The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest,^[1] also known by its title card as Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures, is a science fiction/action-adventure animated television series, produced by Hanna-Barbera.

While the series was somewhat promoted as a sequel/continuation to the original 1960's series, with the team just being a couple years older, it made some notable changes to established canon. In particular, Hadji is now two years older than Jonny, his mystical abilities are much more subtle, and he's Dr. Quest's assistant. The series basically ignores other versions of the series such as the 80's series, but it draws some elements from the two TV films, such as remaking Jessie's character.

Cast

Character	Season 1 cast	Season 2 cast
Jonny Quest	J.D. Roth	Quinton Flynn
Hadji Singh	Michael Benyaer	Rob Paulsen
Jessie Bannon	Jesse Douglas	Jennifer Hale
Dr. Benton Quest	George Segal	John de Lancie Don Messick (some lines)
Race Bannon	Robert Patrick	Sonny Van Dusen (episodes 1-6) Robert Foxworth
Bandit	Frank Welker	Frank Welker

When the production team was changed between seasons, the voice cast was predominantly replaced, with only Frank Welker remaining on. The season two team brought back several voice actors from previous versions of the series:

Paulsen reprises his role as Hadji from the 80s series and the two '90s television films.
Messick, who previously voiced Dr. Quest, recorded lines for the first four episodes, but his deteriorating health led to recasting the role with de Lancie. A distinct line of Messick's can be heard in Rock of Rages, when Dr. Quest says, "And not a moment too soon!"
Van Dusen reprises his role as Race Bannon from the '80s series and the two television films of the '90s. He was credited as Granville Van Dusen in those appearances.

List of episodes

Main article: List of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest episodes

The series consists of 52 episodes, with 26 episodes in two seasons. The two seasons overlapped in air dates.

Season	Episodes	Premiere episode	Premiere date	Finale episode	Finale date
1	26	The Darkest Fathoms	August 26, 1996	To Bardo and Back	January 2, 1997
2	26	The Mummies of Malenque	September 18, 1996	More Than Zero	April 16, 1997

Expanded series and merchandising

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest had spin-off material and merchandise:

Book series published by HarperCollins
Comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics
Cover-Up At Roswell PC video game from Virgin Sound and Vision
Portable arcade game, handheld video game from MGA
Play-A-Sound book
Trading cards from Upper Deck
Action figures from Galoob
Home video releases on VHS and DVD

Notes/trivia

This is the only mainstream incarnation to show Jonny and Hadji in their mid-teens. Everything, except for the alternate universe series, Future Quest, has depicted them as their 1960s preteen incarnations. Because of this, it would appear that The Real Adventures is no longer canon, as intended by the people involved.
The show was intended to be one season of 65 episodes, but production problems cut it down to 52. The series was split between two production groups with vastly different styles in terms of continuity and animation style. As if that wasn't confusing enough, both styles were aired at the same time. To set them a part from each, they have gotten labelled as two different "seasons," which was how Warner Home Video and the Warner Archive Collection treated them when they were released onto DVD.