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''Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects'' is the second [[MadeForTVMovie TV movie]] made for the ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' series, following hot on the heels of the earlier ''WesternAnimation/JonnysGoldenQuest''. It aired on on Creator/{{TNT}} in 1995, one year prior to the release of ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures'', making it the final program using the classic 1960s character designs of the original series until 2015's ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerrySpyQuest'', which saw the Quests team up with WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry.

The basic plot has Jonny's father Dr. Benton Quest called in by a nebulous group called Intelligence 1 to investigate strange weather phenomenon that is affecting the entire planet. It turns out that the Quests' old enemy Dr. Zin is behind it all, using a [[WeatherControlMachine stealth satellite]] to control the Earth's weather. On top of this, Zin has a veritable army of genetically-engineered insect monsters, with which he plans to invade Earth after his weather machine is done softening it up.

Benton and his colleague Dr. Eve Belage end up as captives aboard Zin's asteroid fortress after Zin tractor-beams the entire space station into it, and Jonny, Hadji, Race and Jessie (Race's daughter, introduced in the previous film) must rescue them.

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!!Tropes used in this film:
* AdmiringTheAbomination: Zin spends an awful lot of time caressing the glass of the tank the first Assassinoid grows in, and seems to really find his insectoid creations in general to be things of beauty, particularly the Formicoids and Hymenoptoids, describing them in glowing terms as "fearless and devoted warriors" and "my loyal friends."
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: When the Assassinoid finishes developing and busts free of its tank, the first thing Zin does is pet it ("There, there, now, doesn't that feel ''good''?").
* AndThenWhat: Zin avoids this at least partially by being something of a VisionaryVillain. Upon conquering the Earth, he mentions he plans to revolutionize the world by removing humanity's dependence on fossil fuels using the vast quantities of ethanol he has developed and stored.
* AsteroidsMonster: Not only can the Assassinoids regenerate after being blown apart, but their blown off limbs can grow into ''more'' Assassinoids. The final piece has to be kept frozen to keep it from growing.
* BadBoss: Zin has a few human {{Mooks}} in addition to his bugs. He routinely [[HighTurnoverRate kills them off]] for various petty reasons until he has none left.
* BaldOfEvil: Dr. Zin.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: The titular cyber insects.
* ChekhovsGun: Several, but especially the computer virus, the feed to Zin's freezing chamber and also the piece of frozen Assassinoid Mylana obtains. There's also the ethanol that Zin is producing as fuel, which he stores in the open air, leaving it very susceptible to an explosive that helps to destroy his whole station.
* CompressedHair: At one point, Hadji's turban blows off, revealing his hair is actually very long underneath it.
* ComputerVirus: 4-DAC gets infected with a Trojan horse program that brings him under Zin's control. It is later used against Zin's own computer.
* DaChief: Commander Harris.
* DisneyDeath: Race. One exploding control panel and his heart stops. He then revives for no apparent reason, other than, y'know, he's [[MadeOfIron Race freakin' Bannon]].
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: All the guns in the film are [[EnergyWeapon lasers]]. Oddly, though, the ones Race Bannon uses appear to be modeled on a Colt M1911 and a Steyr AUG.
* ForScience: Why Belage says she cloned so many giant prehistoric assassin bugs, who, unlike the other animals she clones, don't seem to be good for anything except death and destruction. Even Zin points this out to her.
* FunWithAcronyms: E.D.E.N. - '''E'''nvironmental '''D'''iversity '''E'''xperimental '''N'''ucleus.
* GenreSavvy: As the asteroid base is being destroyed, Zin runs off, yelling, "Oh, I ''hate'' when this happens!"
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: Intelligence 1, which is apparently multinational and answerable to no one in particular. Commander Harris regularly meets with ambassadors from different sovereign nations and can issue orders of worldwide surrender.
* GreenAesop: There's a little of this peppered into the story with the characters of Dr. Eve Belage and her assistant Mylana, who clone endangered and extinct species.
* HydraProblem: The Assassinoids. When shot or blown up, the bits of them regenerate into more and keep on coming. Only [[KillItWithIce freezing]] or [[NukeEm nuking them]] seems to work.
* HumanPopsicle: Dr. Zin punishes 427 for (ostensibly) failing him by freezing him until he falls over and [[DiscretionShot smashes into bits offscreen]].
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: For genetically-engineered super-bugs, the cyber insects sure can't aim well. They can't even hit ''each other'' properly. The RedShirt [[BadassBystander Quest Station scientists]] are better shots!
* {{Jerkass}}: Jonny, surprisingly. He's actually quite mean here. He learns to be less confrontational as the movie progresses, though.
* KillItWithIce: Freezing the Assassinoids is the one way to stop them cold.
* LiterallyShatteredLives:
** What happens to 427 after he gets frozen.
** Also the fate of many a frozen Assassinoid.
%%* MadeForTVMovie
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Chief Atacama.
* MeaningfulName: Dr. Belage's first name is Eve, and her project to clone extinct wildlife is called [[FunWithAcronyms E.D.E.N.]]
* MechanicalInsects: The titular cyber-insects, who are mostly biomechanical, but still have machine-like features, sure as {{Arm Cannon}}s.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Russian ambassador looks an awful lot like UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev.
* NoOshaCompliance: Zin's asteroid base is pretty much your standard supervillain death trap with high, suspended walkways without handrails suspended over hundred foot chasms. He ''does'' have handrails over his ethanol vats, but no lids on them.
* NonIndicativeName: There's not much that's "cyber" about the "cyber insects," except for maybe the Formicoids' arm-guns. And the Assassinoids are purely organic.
* NukeEm: This is one of the only other ways to kill an Assassinoid. Since they're on the asteroid ''with'' said Assassinoids at the time, though, they don't do it.
* OutrunTheFireball: The Quests escaping from the exploding asteroid base have to race down a tunnel while being "chased" by the explosion. ''And'' an Assassinoid.
* PragmaticVillainy: 426 talks Zin out of blowing up Quest Shuttle 2, not because she cares about the Quests, but because she points out that that firing their ion cannon will reveal their cloaked base to Intelligence 1.
* PreMortemOneLiner:
** "Your number is up."
** BondOneLiner: "Your argument leaves me ''cold''."
* RemakeCameo: Jonny's original voice actor Tim Matheson does the voice of 4-DAC.
* RememberTheNewGuy:
** Benton's old colleague Dr. Eve Belage is implied to have known him ever since childhood, but she wasn't mention in the [[WesternAnimation/JonnysGoldenQuest previous film]] or the [[WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest series]].
** Similarly, we have Commander Harris, a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute to the previous film's Commander Burns. Burns is never mentioned, and Harris is treated like he's been i1's commanding officer from the beginning.
** And finally 4-DAC, who is basically just a more mobile version of 3-DAC without the CreepyMonotone voice. The family acts like he's been with them for years, and no mention is ever made of 3-DAC.
* RiteOfPassage: Jonny fails one at the beginning of the movie.
* RobotBuddy: 4-DAC. He is actually pretty smart and capable (and has some fun lines), but a bit of a liability given how easily he can be reprogrammed.
* SequelHook: Dr. Belage with the last Assassinoid fragment (shades of ''[[Film/TheBlob1988 The Blob]]''). [[spoiler: And also Zin's escape ship drifting out in space.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: 4-DAC calls a lot of Zin's more inane villainous shenanigans out as being illogical and dangerous. While ostensibly under his control, no less. After too much of this, Zin becomes annoyed with him and [[ShutUpKirk switches him off]].
-->'''Zin''': You know, Quest, your robot's most endearing feature is his off switch.
* SpaceBase: The asteroid fortress.
* SpockSpeak: 4-DAC:
-->'''4-DAC''': [''trying to capture two Platinoids''] Elevate your appendages, immediately!\\
[...]\\
'''4-DAC''': [''running away''] Turbo-ambulators, don't fail me now!
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Jonny and Race kill most of the bug army by opening the door of the asteroid hangar, sucking them all into space.
* WeatherControlMachine: The stealth satellite, which uses reflected light from the sun to melt the polar ice caps and sent Earth's climate haywire.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The other two Formicoids that were sent to Earth. There were three, and Race killed one, but we never saw the fate of the other two.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Zig-zagged. The cyber insects don't tend to be seen as sympathetic and the heroes kill them left and right (although Zin seems to genuinely care about them at times), while 4-DAC, although he's a robot, is treated like a living, breathing member of the Quests' family and his possible demise(s) cause the characters much distress.
* YellowPeril: Dr. Zin, as usual.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Whenever Zin kills whoever it was that was in charge of his human subordinates, he promotes the person with the next number into their place.
-->'''Zin:''' [''after killing 426''] Congratulations, 427. You are now in charge.
* YouAreNumberSix: Zin's {{Mooks}} all have numbers instead of names - [[NumericalThemeNaming 425, 426 and 427]].
* YouHaveFailedMe: Played with. Zin kills 425 and 427 for things that weren't their fault, apparently just to have somebody to punish.
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