History YMMV / JonnyQuest

** Even still in 2015 his appearance in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerrySpyQuest'' is very similar to how he was depicted later. He's able to be a little sillier but has no problem plotting to cause some major damage. Strangely enough he gets to order around Tin, Pan and Alley, who while established over several years of Tom and Jerry movies happen to be Siamese cats. Interestingly, ''Comicbook/FutureQuest'' has revealed that he has a Western-style first name: he is Dr. Archimedes Zin, and he and Benton were friends before Zin turned to crime ''(Future Quest'' also depicts Zin ultimately cooperating with Benton after his partners from [[WesternAnimation/Birdman1967 FEAR]] finally [[MoralEventHorizon cross]] his personal EvenEvilHasStandards limit). That being said, despite Zin's ties to the Yellow Peril trope, his home company has not much problem using him today, something other companies are not wont to do.

* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven: One of the animators working on "Shadow of the Condor" was a UsefulNotes/WorldWarI airplane buff, and the Fokker Dr.1 and Spad are gorgeously drawn.

* 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 leads to UnfortunateImplications in 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.

* SpiritualAdaptation: Bordering on RecycledScript or even plagiarism; both the main plot about a sea monster stalking and attacking people on a boat, and the unrelated subplot about stolen gold being smuggled during a political strife, in "The Sea Haunt" episode is awfully similar to Creator/RogerCorman's 1961 horror-comedy film ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_from_the_Haunted_Sea Creature from the Haunted Sea]]''.

** Speaking specifically of Dr. Zin, he is very much one of the trope codifiers for the Yellow Peril Asian mastermind, but at the same time avoided some of its trappings. He does ''not'' have the stock droopy moustache, talon-like fingernails, a stereotyped accent, or a fashion sense 100 years out of date; but he could be just as capable villain as ''Literature/FuManchu'' himself. Regrettably, ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestVersusTheCyberInsects'' went ahead and ''gave'' him a weird robe and a droopy mustache after all -- but fortunately, that film remains the exception, and he's usually depicted as he was in the original series. In other later productions Zin still maintains these elements but also is allowed to be a bit funnier than he was in the original series.

* 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 leads to UnfortunateImplications in 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.

* UncannyValley: As this was the first cartoon series to adopt a more realistic artstyle, it's natural that several of the characters would look off in terms of facial expressions and[=/=]or anatomy.
** A notable example occurs at the end of “The Quetong Missile Mystery” as General Fong orders his men to stop the heroes escaping by detonating the swamp’s mines. His face contorts into a wildly off-model visage of rage and hate.

** Speaking specifically of Dr. Zin, he is very much one of the trope codifiers for the Yellow Peril Asian mastermind, but at the same time avoided some of its trappings. He does ''not'' have the stock droopy moustache, talon-like fingernails, a stereotyped accent, or a fashion sense 100 years out of date; but he could be just as capable villain as ''Literature/FuManchu'' himself. Regrettably, ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestVersusTheCyberInsects'' went ahead and ''gave'' him a weird robe and a droopy mustache after all -- but fortunately, that film remains the exception, and he's usually depicted as he was in the original series. In other later productions Zin still maintains these elements but also is allowed to be a bit more funny than he was in the original series.
** Even still in 2015 his appearance in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerrySpyQuest'' is very similar to how he was depicted later. He's able to be a little more silly but has no problem plotting to cause some major damage. Strangely enough he gets to order around Tin, Pan and Alley, who while established over several years of Tom and Jerry movies happen to be Siamese cats. Interestingly, ''Comicbook/FutureQuest'' has revealed that he has a Western-style first name: he is Dr. Archimedes Zin, and he and Benton were friends before Zin turned to crime ''(Future Quest'' also depicts Zin ultimately cooperating with Benton after his partners from [[WesternAnimation/Birdman1967 FEAR]] finally [[MoralEventHorizon cross]] his personal EvenEvilHasStandards limit). That being said, despite Zin's ties to the Yellow Peril trope, his home company has not much problem using him today, something other companies are not wont to do.

** There's also Jonny's first red-head girl. Denise Lor, the DamselInDistress in "The Dreadful Doll". At the end of the episode her attempt to kiss Jonny and Hadji ends with them running away from her. So there's that. And also this sometimes leads to obscure shippers to let Denise pair up with the similar red-head from ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfJonnyQuest'' Jessie Bradshaw.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The show is very much a time capsule for the US in the mid 1960s. The show is awash in 60s style vehicles and googie style architecture. Multiple episodes reference the then-ongoing Space Race. Technology like lasers are portrayed as cutting edge. Numerous villains are heavily implied to be working on the behalf of either the USSR or Maoist China. The show’s well-meaning but problematic archaic relationship to race is very indicative of the mid 60’s before the rise of the hippy movement.

* WhatAnIdiot: Two of the submarine crew members in “Arctic Splashdown” force Jonny and Hadji openly at gunpoint to wave to the air reconnaissance crew flying above them in a very badly veiled attempt to make it look like everything is okay. The bigger idiots however are the crew who look down at the two boys waving at gunpoint and actually fall for it.

** Definitely one of Hanna-Barbera's most visually compelling shows, with the action sequences being well animated (for a [[LimitedAnimation 1960s]] [[NoBudget cartoon show]] at least) and highly detailed backgrounds that provide a lot of SceneryPorn. The ThickLineAnimation and black shading also helped give the show a unique comic book feel.

** Even still in 2015 his appearance in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerrySpyQuest'' is very similar to how he was depicted later. He's able to be a little more silly but has no problem plotting to cause some major damage. Strangely enough he gets to order around Tin, Pan and Alley, who while established over several years of Tom and Jerry movies happen to be Siamese cats. Interestingly, ''Comicbook/FutureQuest'' has revealed that he has a Western-style first name: he is Dr. Archimedes Zin, and he and Benton were friends before Zin turned to crime ''(Future Quest'' also depicts Zin ultimately cooperating with Benton after his partners from [[WesternAnimation/{{Birdman}} FEAR]] finally [[MoralEventHorizon cross]] his personal EvenEvilHasStandards limit). That being said, despite Zin's ties to the Yellow Peril trope, his home company has not much problem using him today, something other companies are not wont to do.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: Definitely one of Hanna-Barbera's most visually compelling shows, with the action sequences being well animated (for a [[LimitedAnimation 1960s]] [[NoBudget cartoon show]] at least) and highly detailed backgrounds that provide a lot of SceneryPorn. The ThickLineAnimation and black shading also helped give the show a unique comic book feel.
** Animating realistic movement ''without'' rotoscoping is something even Disney had trouble with for a long time, and Hannah-Barbers was (mostly) able to do it on TV.

* {{Narm}}: One episode features an Indian chief who is ''very'' obviously voiced by the same actor as Race, to the point that it's genuinely surprising it never turns out he's Race in disguise.

** Speaking specifically of Dr. Zin, he is very much one of the trope codifiers for the Yellow Peril Asian mastermind, but at the same time avoided some of its trappings. He does ''not'' have the stock droopy moustache, talon-like fingernails, a stereotyped accent, or a fashion sense 100 years out of date, but he could be just as capable villain as ''Literature/FuManchu'' himself. Regrettably, ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestVersusTheCyberInsects'' went ahead and ''gave'' him a weird robe and a droopy mustache after all -- but fortunately, that film remains the exception, and he's usually depicted as he was in the original series. In other later productions Zin still maintains these elements but also is allowed to be a bit more funny than he was in the original series.

** Speaking specifically of Dr. Zin, he is very much one of the trope codifiers for the Yellow Peril Asian mastermind, but at the same time avoided some of its trappings. He does ''not'' have the stock droopy moustache, talon-like fingernails, a stereotyped accent, or a fashion sense 100 years out of date; but he could be just as capable villain as ''Literature/FuManchu'' himself. Regrettably, ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestVersusTheCyberInsects'' went ahead and ''gave'' him a weird robe and a droopy mustache after all -- but fortunately, that film remains the exception, and he's usually depicted as he was in the original series. In other later productions Zin still maintains these elements but also is allowed to be a bit more funny than he was in the original series.

** Speaking specifically of Dr. Zin, he is very much one of the trope codifiers for the Yellow Peril Asian mastermind, but at the same time avoided some of its trappings. He does ''not'' have the stock droopy moustache, talon-like fingernails, a stereotyped accent, or a fashion sense 100 years out of date, but could be just as capable villain as ''Literature/FuManchu'' himself. Regrettably, ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestVersusTheCyberInsects'' went ahead and ''gave'' him a weird robe and a droopy mustache after all -- but fortunately, that film remains the exception, and he's usually depicted as he was in the original series. In other later productions Zin still maintains these elements but also is allowed to be a bit more funny than he was in the original series.

** Even still in 2015 his appearance in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerrySpyQuest'' is very similar to how he was depicted later. He's able to be a little more silly but has no problem plotting to cause some major damage. Strangely enough he gets to order around Tin, Pan and Alley, who while established over several years of Tom and Jerry movies happen to be Siamese cats. Interestingly, ''Comicbook/FutureQuest'' has revealed that he has a Western-style first name: he is Dr. Archimedes Zin, and he and Benton were friends before Zin turned to crime ''(Future Quest'' also depicts Zin ultimately cooperating with Benton after his partners from [[WesternAnimation/{{Birdman}} FEAR]] finally [[MoralEventHorizon cross]] his personal EvenEvilHasStandards limit). That being said despite Zin's ties to the Yellow Peril trope his home company has not much problem using him today, something other companies are wont to do.

** Speaking specifically of Dr. Zin, he is very much one of the trope codifiers for the Yellow Peril Asian mastermind but at the same time avoided some of trappings. He does ''not'' have the stock droopy moustache, talon-like fingernails, a stereotyped accent or a fashion sense 100 years out of date but could be just as capable villain as ''Literature/FuManchu'' himself. Regrettably, ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestVersusTheCyberInsects'' went ahead and ''gave'' him a weird robe and a droopy mustache after all -- but fortunately, that film remains the exception, and he's usually depicted as he was in the original series. In other later productions Zin still maintains these elements but also is allowed to be a bit more funny than he was in the original series.

* SpiritualAdaptation: Bordering on RecycledScript or even plagiarism; both the main plot about a sea monster stalking and attacking people on a boat, and the unrelated subplot about stolen gold being smuggled during a political strife, in "The Sea Haunt" episode is awfully similar to the plot in Creator/RogerCorman's 1961 horror-comedy film ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_from_the_Haunted_Sea Creature from the Haunted Sea]]''.

* 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 conversion therapy upon gays via the use of electrical shock.[[/note]]

** Some have wondered if Dr. Quest and Race have a relationship or if it's really just all business. (For instance, an example 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.