History WesternAnimation / JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures

A SequelSeries to the wildly popular [[TheSixties 1960s]] Creator/HannaBarbera animated show ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'', which aired simultaneously on Creator/{{TBS}}, Creator/{{TNT}} and Creator/CartoonNetwork when it was introduced in 1996. It covers the same basic idea as the previous versions, that of a teenage boy named Jonny Quest, who travels the world with his family, investigating mysterious phenomena they encounter along the way (sometimes said phenomena [[CoincidenceMagnet come find them at home]], of course). [[AdventureSeries Adventure plots ensue]].

* TheMissusAndTheEx: Race's ex-wife Estella, and his ex-girlfriend Jade, both make an appearance in "The Robot Spies". Save for a few tense moments, it's not as bad as one would expect.

* YourWorstNightmare: Surd tries to stop Jonny and Benton from saving Jessie by trapping them in their own worst fears: Jonny's is being a disappointment to his father, and Benton's is his family dying because of him.

* CluelessAesop: The ending of "Ndovu's Last Journey," wherein the Quests decide ''not'' to reveal the location of the elephant graveyard. Because clearly the most pressing problem is humanity's greed for ivory, not that living elephants are being hunted and slaughtered for it. This effectively makes them [[NiceJobBreakingItHero indirectly responsible]] for every elephant killed by poachers afterward.

* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: "The Secret of the Moai", of course.

* ShoutOut: Surd in his introduction episode, "Escape to Questworld":

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: In ''The Spectre of the Pine Barrens'', Jonny is astonished that a Hippy couple in the 1960's had put a peace tattoo on the hand of their daughter. As Hadji points out it was a different time and culture.

* EnvironmentSpecificActionFigure: The figure line for ''The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'' didn't even ''have'' "regular" versions of the characters. You could get Race as a skydiver, Jonny as an astronaut, or Jessie as a [[BadassCape cape-wearing]], [[SpyCatsuit catsuit-sporting]] {{ninja}}, but good luck finding them in anything they actually ''wore on the show''. The closest to being [[ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy vaguely accurate]] were the [[CyberSpace Quest World]] figures, but these featured [[WTHCostumingDepartment candy-colored paint jobs]] that were in stark contrast with the dark-colored suits on the show, and featured a toy of the motorcycle from one sequence with ''giant yellow training wheels''.

* EvilRedeemedInACan: "The Mummies of the Malenque" has a descendant of the Malenque try and revive a plague that the Malenque had supposedly engineered as part of a plot to rule the world. Unfortunately for him, his deceased ancestors woke up and had a few strong opinions on the subject.

* MissingTrailerScene: The teasers for "To Bardo and Back" featured Jonny and Jessie fighting some kind of mechanized bull creature. Nothing remotely like this appears in the episode.
* MotiveDecay: The writers promptly forgot about Ezekiel Rage's original (TearJerker and tragic) [[FreudianExcuse reason for going insane and becoming a villain]], in favor of making him the nigh-immortal leader of a bunch of doomsday cultists. Although given all the things the man has gone through, it's possible between episodes he has descended even further into madness.

* NotDisabledInVR: They try to get [[Main/EvilCripple Jeremiah Surd]] to become a Main/BoxedCrook in exchange for access to [[Main/{{Cyberspace}} Quest World]]. This backfires, and trying to take it over because of this trope becomes his main motivation for antagonizing them. [[spoiler:Eventually inverted when he's [[AndIMustScream trapped in Quest World in his crippled form]].]]

--->'''Malenque Mummy:''' It was our own evil that wiped us out centuries ago, we will not let you do it again!

* KilledOffForReal: While the show's other main villains tended to get the NoOneCouldSurviveThat treatment in their last episodes — and since the show didn't get a third season, it's probably safe to say that they're gone for real — Ezekiel Rage had an established tendency to cheat death. Therefore, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim just to be sure]], [[spoiler:he got sent back to prehistoric times and blown up by a nuclear bomb, [[NeverFoundTheBody leaving his mask behind]] for good measure]]. DeaderThanDead? Deader than dead.

* HornyDevils: In "Eclipse", a succubus-like creature entices Hadji and tries to drain Jessie of her lifeforce.

* AccidentalKiss: "Ghost Quest" saw Jonny and Jessie kiss under the influence of mutual spectral possession. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, really!]]. Jessie did give Jonny a good natured ribbing about it later.

* ReallyGetsAround: Race has a lot of ex-girlfriends (and implied one-night stands) that he keeps running into, much to his daughter's chagrin. Hey, [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow "(he) was only doing (his) job."]]

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The backgrounds of some of their outdoor adventures (especially cloudy skies or northern lights) tended to stand out from the regular 2D animation, mostly in season 1.

** Noticeably between the first and second seasons in the non-CG animation, bordering on OffModel for Race and Dr. Quest. The CGI sequences in season 2 also went through this, switching between different companies (including Creator/BlurStudio and Creator/SonyPicturesImageworks) between episodes.

** The Malenque Mummies in the first episode of season 2 "Mummies of the Malenque" come to life and stop Salazar from using the virus that wiped them out centuries ago.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The first season introduced several recurring villains. The second season crew, as part of their return to [[RunningTheAsylum Classic JQ's themes and tropes]], decreed that, just as in the original series, There Shall Be No Recurring Villains Besides Dr. Zin; all others must meet their KarmicDeath by the end of the season. As a result, season two dispatched the season one RoguesGallery, one by one.

** The first of the two 1990s TV movies (''WesternAnimation/JonnysGoldenQuest'') that preceded TRA revealed that [[spoiler:Dr. Zin killed Jonny's mom.]] However, those telefilms were considered non-canonical by the season 2 production crew, though.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Hadji's "latent" telekinetic abilities in Season Two.

* ShipTease: According to the [[http://questfan.com/Page/Writer%27s_Bible.html Writer's Bible]] of ''The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'', the writers wanted to ShipTease Jonny/Jessie in the first season. When a new head writer took over in season 2, ShipTease was also planned for Hadji/Jessie while continuing the Jonny/Jessie teasing from the previous season, hinting at at possible TwoGuysAndAGirl LoveTriangle. The Jonny/Jessie teasing culminated in the second season episode "Ghost Quest" where Jonny and Jessie [[KissingUnderTheInfluence kiss while possessed by the ghosts of two former lovers]].

** These shots were in the first season only, though-- the season 2 crew respected Classic JQ.

* TrashTheSet: Season Two seemed to be heading this way, blowing up the Dragonfly in Episode 2-23 and the Mansion in 2-25; indeed, the writers planned to bring back the Quest base in Florida if they got a third season.
* {{Tuckerization}}: In season 2, many bit characters and/or RedShirts were named after people the writers knew.

'''Please note''' that all trope examples listed in this page should apply specifically to the 1990s series. Tropes that apply to the 60s series try ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest''. For tropes that apply to the 80s series, try ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfJonnyQuest''

* AbsenteeActor: Each character has a couple of episodes where they're away, sometimes with an explanation (Race's ear infection in "Undersea Urgency"), sometimes without.The only exception is Jonny himself, as the main character. Jessie's absences are implied to be when she's away, spending time with her mom.

* SimSimSalabim: Classic JQ was the TropeNamer. Just as we were thinking it wouldn't pop up in TRA... yep, it did.
** Thanks to the second season production crew. The first season crew apparently took a lot of trouble to ''avoid'' that.

* AnimalWrongsGroup: Every now and again, the enemies have eco-friendly agendas, but rarely fit the trope. The weirdest example appears in "East of Zanzibar", where a submarine crew uses a fake giant squid tentacle to sink whaling ships.

--> '''Hadji:''' Get back! It's against my religion to be eaten by reptiles!
* AgeWithoutYouth: One episode featured a man who was cursed with eternal life without eternal youth. [[spoiler: And he still looks better than his former friend whose DealWithTheDevil turned him into a soulless squid monster. Incidentally, it was his "friend" who cursed him in the first place.]]

--> '''Malenque Mummy''': It was our own evil that wiped us out centuries ago, we will not let you do it again!
* AsTheGoodBookSays: Ezekiel Rage is fond of quoting '''The Book of Rage'''. [[spoiler: Though when they get ahold of it, they find nothing actually ''written'' in the Book of Rage]]

* CasualDangerDialogue: Would it be ''Jonny Quest'' without it? A wonderful example of Type IV appears in "Expedition to Khumbu" as Jessie shimies down a rope to free Jonny and Hadji from a cage.
-->'''Jonny''': Careful, Jess!
-->'''Jessie Bannon''': Ugh. I never understand why people say that. It's like, what, am I stupid enough to take an impossible risk?
--> '''Hadji''': But indeed, you ''are'' taking an impossible risk.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Surd. [[spoiler: He's trapped in his powerchair, even in Quest World, unable to move on his own.]]

** The first of the two 1990s TV movies (''WesternAnimation/JonnysGoldenQuest'') that preceded TRA revealed that [[spoiler: Dr. Zin killed Jonny's mom.]] However, those telefilms were considered non-canonical by the season 2 production crew, though.

* NotDisabledInVR: They try to get [[Main/EvilCripple Jeremiah Surd]] to become a Main/BoxedCrook in exchange for access to [[Main/{{Cyberspace}} Quest World]]. This backfires, and trying to take it over because of this trope becomes his main motivation for antagonizing them. [[spoiler: Eventually inverted when he's [[AndIMustScream trapped in Quest World in his crippled form]].]]

*** [[spoiler: With only one photo. In the middle of the book.]]

* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler: Ezekiel Rage]]'s family photo.

'''Jonny:''' [[IncrediblyLamePun ... A really rotten idea?]]

--> '''Race:''' Pop always said it's not nice to hit a lady. But then again, Miss Julia, you're no lady.

-->'''Jonny:''' Whoa! Iris, you never said anything about these things ''duplicating''!\\