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Doug Wildey created this 1964 animated AdventureSeries, the first produced by {{Hanna-Barbera}} and the first to use realistically drawn human characters in ScienceFiction or adventure settings. The series aired in prime time on ABC-TV.

The young hero Jonny traveled the world with his father, Dr. Benton Quest; Roger “Race” Bannon, a friend and bodyguard of Dr. Quest; Hadji, Jonny’s adopted brother from India, and Bandit, the family dog. According to one MadeForTVMovie probably 1993’s ''Jonny’s Golden Quest'', Jonny’s mother, Rachel, died before the series began.

A second ''Jonny Quest'' series was syndicated in 1986-87, with two new characters: Jessie Bradshaw, whose father was a colleague of Dr. Quest, and Hard Rock, a man made of living stone.

CartoonNetwork made some changes to the format when it debuted ''The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'' in 1996. New characters included Race Bannon’s daughter, Jessie (not the same character as Jessie Bradshaw), and the recurring villains Jeremiah Surd and Ezekiel Rage, along with [[TheVamp the twin daughters]] of Dr. Zin (who, of course, was from the original series). Also, the characters had access to Questworld, a [[{{Cyberspace}} virtual reality realm]] represented in most episodes by 3-D computer animation. According to this [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Adventures_of_Jonny_Quest [=Wikipedia article=]]], development began in 1992, but the series went through three production teams over the next four years.

A LiveActionAdaptation of ''Jonny Quest'' was announced in August 2007. It has yet to be seen.

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'''This series provides examples of:'''

* AdventureSeries
* AirVentEscape: Jonny in TOS episode "Mystery of the Lizard Men"
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: TOS episode “Turu The Terrible” had the Quests encounter a trained attack ''pteranodon''.
* AnimatedSeries
* AsideGlance: Bandit winks at the audience in TOS episode “Arctic Splashdown.”
* BadassFamily: Dr. Quest and son, Race and daughter -- and let’s not forget Hadji.
* BigBad: Dr. Zin. In ''Real Adventures'', Jeremiah Surd shares the slot.
* BigNo: Von Dueffel in TOS episode “The Devil’s Tower.”
* CanonDisContinuity: Lance Falk, a writer on ''Real Adventures'', has argued fervently against the canonicity of the 1980’s series and movies.
** Actually, it was [[WordOfGod official policy]] for the writers of the second season of TRS that ''everything'' that came between them and the original series was not canon. This troper, who has seen all of it, feels this is a ''very'' [[JustifiedTrope Good Idea]].
* CharacterTitle
* ChasedByAngryNatives: In the original series’ ''opening'', no less, as well as “Pursuit of the Po-Ho”
* ChekhovsGun: Multiple times in TOS episodes.
* {{Cyberspace}}: Quest World
* DeconstructiveParody: This is the basis for the ''VentureBrothers'' series by AdultSwim. Jonny actually shows up as a drug-addled, burned-out middle-aged man, raging against his negligent father and running scared from old foe, Dr. Zin.
** Which is odd when you consider that Dr. Quest never intentionally took the kids into dangerous situations in the old show, it was more the result a visit to someplace snowballing into something because some evil faction was operating in the area.
* TheDoctorDolittle: White Feather in the TOS episode "Werewolf of the Timberland".
* DoubleDontKnow: TOS episode “The Robot Spy”
* TheDragon: Zin’s Robot Spy; Dr. Ashida’s Sumi.
** In ''Real Adventures'', Dr. Zin’s twin daughters follow this trope. The other major villain, Dr. Surd, has Julia, his loyal assistant/lover/bodyguard.
* DragonLady: “Jezebel” Jade is an exceptionally rare ''Good'' variant, combined with mild ActionGirl -- she even wears a ''qipao'' in TOS episode “Terror Island.”
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The new villains in ''Real Adventures'' were pointedly written out by devotees of the original series and Dr. Zin, although they were nice enough to send them off with a bang.
* EarWorm: Don’t lie – every time you heard that big band opening theme, you used your hands to drum along with it on the nearest flat surface.
* EvilDetectingDog: Bandit and Jose in TOS episode “Skull and Double Crossbones”.
* EvilLaugh: Dr. Zin in TOS episode “The Robot Spy”
* EvilMinions: Zin has them by the bushel.
* EthnicScrappy: Charlie, the Chinese cook in TOS episode “The Sea Haunt,” comes uncomfortably close.
* ExecutiveMeddling
* {{Family Unfriendly Death}}: What set it apart from other cartoons in its time. It’s even more noticeable in ''Real Adventures''.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Surd in ''Real Adventures''. [[spoiler: He's trapped in his powerchair, even in Questworld, unable to move on his own.]]
* FishPeople: The sea monster in TOS episode “The Sea Haunt”
* FrickinLaserBeams: TOS episode “Mystery of the Lizard Men”
* GoneHorriblyWrong: TOS episode “The Invisible Monster”
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy
* HeroesWantRedheads: Jessie Bannon
* HeyItsThatVoice: Ezekiel Rage being voiced by [[{{Rugrats}} Angelica Pickle’s dad]] makes his StartOfDarkness a bit more disturbing.
* HoYay: Dr. Quest and Race. Watching the cartoons gives you every reason to believe they're a couple.
** [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Multiple TOS episodes
* IconicCharacters
* InstantSedation: TOS episodes “The Quetong Missile Mystery” and “Pirates from Below”, both times with a tranquilizer dart rifle.
* InvisibleMonsters: TOS episode “The Invisible Monster”, strangely enough
* ISurrenderSuckers: Race Bannon to some guards in TOS episode “Terror Island”. He then gives them a live grenade as a present.
* KarmicDeath: Multiple TOS episodes.
* MediumBlending: Quest World
* MissingMom: Jonny and Hadji. Jessie’s mom is a regular.
** The first episode states that Jonny’s mom died -- from what is unknown. An episode in “Real Adventures” explains Hadji’s family. [[spoiler: Short answer: he’s actually a prince who was smuggled out of his homeland as an infant due to his traitorous uncle and cousin. Said cousin kills the uncle in a flashback, and said cousin [[KarmicDeath gets his]], allowing Hadji to take his birthright, which he shares with his mother.]]
** Also, the movie that connected the old series with the ''Real Adventures'' revealed that [[spoiler: Dr. Zin killed Jonny’s mom.]]
* NonHumanSidekick: Bandit
* NowDoItAgainBackwards: In TOS episode "The Invisible Monster", Dr. Quest destroys the title creature by reversing the process by which it was created.
* PistolWhipping: Occurs in TOS episodes "The Quetong Missile Mystery" and "Mystery of the Lizard Men".
* PowderTrail
* RealAfterAll: The Yeti in TOS episode “Monster in the Monastery”
* RedScare
* ReligionOfEvil: “So it is written... '''[[ThisIsSPARTA IN THE BOOK OF RAGE!!]]'''”
** ProphecyTwist: The book he keeps quoting from? [[spoiler:No scripture, just a photo album of his dead wife and daughter.]]
*** [[spoiler: With only one photo. In the middle of the book.]]
** [[MotiveDecay Which the writers promptly forgot in favor of making him the nigh-immortal leader of a bunch of doomsday cultists.]]
* RopeBridge: In TOS episode “The Devil’s Tower”.
* SimSimSalabim: The TropeNamer
* SpiderTank: The title device in TOS episode “The Robot Spy”.
* StealthHiBye: White Feather in the TOS episode "Werewolf of the Timberland".
* StunGuns: The antennae of “The Robot Spy”
* TapOnTheHead: Several TOS episodes.
* TeamPet: Bandit
* ThisCannotBe: Notably, Kareem in TOS episode “The Curse of Anubis.”
* TimmyInAWell: Bandit and Superintendent Owens in TOS episode “Skull and Double Crossbones”.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: It’s still set in the present day, but there is futuristic tech, like robots and personal hovercraft, not to mention prototypes like the Parapower Ray Gun
* VisibleInvisibility: “The Invisible Monster” left burning…er…''blob''-prints, and blew up things in its path, so there was a clear delineation of where it had been. How Dr. Quest and Race were able to make it visible by [[FridgeLogic dropping paint balloons]] onto it is never explained.
* WalkingTheEarth
* YellowPeril: Dr. Zin... and Dr. Ashida, and General Fong, and Chu Sing Ling -- heck, TOS '''lived''' on this trope.
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