History YMMV / JonnyQuest

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* EnsembleDarkhorse:

* FairForItsDay: Nearly all the characters from more "exotic" countries - including villains - are little more than ethnic stereotypes of varying degrees by today's standards (most notable example: the ChasedByAngryNatives scene in "Pursuit of the Po-Ho" where Race infamously calls the tribesmen "ignorant savages" and "heathen monkeys"). This includes one of the ''main characters'', Hadji (though, despite this, Hadji was treated as an equal by Johnny, Race Bannon, and Dr. Quest). This is also the case of some of the Asian villains, who clearly show shades of YellowPeril in their characterization. That said, many of them are presented as capable and intelligent. Many episodes' plots are driven by the strange foreigners being colleagues or old friends of Dr. Quest, whom often does take note to respect their achievements and culture. An example would be the Raj Guru and his Tibetan township in ''Monster in the Monastery'' as a contrast to the villains. Raj Guru is presented as a wise leader of his community, a practicing Buddhist, and a kind host to the Quest team; joining in for the finale. The villains are a group of dangerous conquerors who wreck terror on the Tibetans and are implied to be from UsefulNotes/{{Mao|Zedong}}ist China. The show's portrayal of foreign cultures often comes down to if the characters are hostile or not.

* MemeticMutation: Mike Pence is Race Bannon [[note]]The internet seems to have discovered that with his white hair, facial build, and penchant to wear red, former US Vice President, Mike Pence, bears a close resemblance to Race Bannon. This led to many stills of Johnny Quest getting satirical captions, primarily based on Mike Pence being believed to support the use of [[CureYourGays conversion therapy upon gays via the use of electrical shock]].[[/note]]

* SpiritualSuccessor:

* ValuesDissonance: While FairForItsDay, the show still engages in some pretty cringy racism, most notably Race’s “heathen monkeys” line. Also, in “The Quentong Missile Mystery” Dr. Quest casually refers to Asian culture as vaguely “sinister” at one point.

* HilariousInHindsight: "Werewolf of the Timberland" has Dr. Quest denying the existence of werewolves, with the titular werewolf being a ScoobyDooHoax to prove his point. ''WesternAnimation/TheRealAdventuresOfJonnyQuest'' would feature ''real'' werewolves in the episode "The Dark Side of the Moon".

** Doctor Zin seems to border on BreakoutVillain at times, having popped up in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' and become a recurring character on ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', which points pretty much to him being this.

* FairForItsDay: Nearly all the characters from more "exotic" countries - including villains - are little more than ethnic stereotypes of varying degrees by today's standards (most notable example: the ChasedByAngryNatives scene in "Pursuit of the Po-Ho" where Race infamously calls the tribesmen "ignorant savages" and "heathen monkeys"). This includes one of the ''main characters'', Hadji (though, despite this, Hadji was treated as an equal by Johnny, Race Bannon, and Dr. Quest). This is also the case of some of the Asian villains, who clearly show shades of YellowPeril in their characterization. That said, many of them are presented as capable and intelligent. Many episodes' plots are driven by the strange foreigners being colleagues or old friends of Dr. Quest, whom often does take note to respect their achievements and culture. An example would be the Raj Guru and his Tibetan township in ''Monster in the Monastery'' as a contrast to the villains. Raj Guru is presented as a wise leader of his community, a practicing Buddhist, and a kind host to the Quest team; joining in for the finale. The villains are a group of dangerous conquerors who wreck terror on the Tibetans and are implied to be from Maoist China. The show's portrayal of foreign cultures often comes down to if the characters are hostile or not.

* IdiotBall: Dr. Benton Quest runs with the Idiot Ball for a 90-yard touchdown in the first quarter of "The Devil's Tower." After promising Race that he would stay put atop the Escarpment while Race went and got the boys, he instead wanders off into a random cave and gets lost, leaving no indication of where he went. In the process, he somehow manages to leave his rifle behind, making himself helpless when the Nazi villain finds him. He caps this off by shouting to Race and the boys in the cave, ensuring that the bad guys are alerted to their presence. His actions are so out of character for the normally reliable and intelligent Doctor that some viewers may wonder if he's under MindControl or has been replaced by an EvilTwin.

** Animating realistic movement ''without'' rotoscoping is something even Disney had trouble with for a long time, and Hannah-Barbera was (mostly) able to do it on TV with a barebones budget.

** Some have wondered if Dr. Quest and Race have a relationship or if it's really just all business. (For instance, an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' had Quest and Bannon in a custody dispute.) As Race did have a hetero love interest in Jezebel Jade and Dr. Quest had a wife who at first is only known to have been murdered.