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

Season one

J.D. Roth as Jonny Quest
Michael Benyaer as Hadji Singh
Jesse Douglas as Jessie Bannon
George Segal as Dr. Benton Quest
Robert Patrick as Race Bannon
Frank Welker as Bandit. Welker also played the recurring villain, Dr. Jeremiah Surd.

Season two

Quinton Flynn as Jonny Quest
Rob Paulsen as Hadji Singh. Paulsen reprises his role from the 80s episodes, and the two '90s television films.
Jennifer Hale as Jessie Bannon
John de Lancie as Dr. Benton Quest. Original voice actor, Don Messick, recorded lines for the first four episodes, until 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!"
Sonny Van Dusen as Race Bannon (episodes 1-6). Van Dusen also reprises his role from the '80s episodes, and the two television films of the '90s. He was credited as Granville Van Dusen in those appearances.
Robert Foxworth as Race Bannon. Foxworth won the role after auditioning for Dr. Quest.^{[citation needed]}
Frank Welker as Bandit. Welker once again plays the recurring role of Surd.

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
Trading cards
Play-A-Sound book
Action figures
Home video release 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.