Trivia / Jonny Quest

• Acting for Two:
  • Don Messick voices both Dr. Benton Quest and Bandit.
  • The voice actor for Race, Mike Road, fills in the voices for a lot of one-off characters such as White Feather in “Werewolf of the Timberland.”
• Canon Discontinuity: Comics of Jonny Quest was created by a publisher called Comico in the 1980s. These comics attempted to provide Race Bannon's past history, an origin story of Jezebel Jade (in a self-titled limited series), and a backstory of Dr Zin.
• Children Voicing Children: Tim Matheson (Jonny) and Danny Bravo (Hadji) were 16 years old at the time of the series' premiere.
• Creator Backlash: Doug Wildey disliked both Bandit and Dr. Zin, both for taking away the show's credibility, with the latter being his least favourite human villain due to finding the Mad Scientist seeking to take over the world a bad cliche.
• Creator's Favorite Episode: Doug Wildey's favourite episode was "Shadow of the Condor", one of the best looking episodes of the series with powerful layouts and artwork and an entirely plausible story.
• Follow the Leader: The main cast are iconic action/adventure characters although Jonny Quest's original show was designed as an adaptation and then a follow the leader of the radio series Jack Armstrong.
  • Some elements of Jonny Quest would become elements other Hanna Barbera shows would Follow the Leader on as well.
• Inspiration for the Work: For inspiration Doug Wildey drew from the films of Jackie Cooper and Frankie Darrow, Terry and the Pirates, and, at the behest of Hanna-Barbera, Dr. No.
• Remake Cameo: In Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest, the President is voiced by Tim Matheson, Jonny's 60s voice actor.
• The Other Darrin: As noted, Don Messick replaced John Stephenson as Dr. Quest due to creators feeling his voice was too similar to Race.
• Screwed by the Network: The show swapped nights with The Flintstones so the latter show wouldn't get thrashed in the ratings by The Munsters.
• What Could Have Been: The show was originally supposed to be an adaptation of the radio serial Jack Armstrong. The story is that Hanna-Barbera could not or would not get the rights resulting in the concept having to be reworked.
• Working Title: The Saga of Chip Baloo and Quest File 037. The latter is referenced in the pilot when Benton Quest’s file with Intelligence One codenames him “O37”.
• Write What You Know: Or draw, in this case. One of the animators working on "Shadow of the Condor" was a World War I airplane buff, and the Fokker Dr.1 and Spad are gorgeously drawn.

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