# The Jonny Quest Appreciation Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111 "2002-12-11T22:08:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/41 "2010-08-28T04:50:03Z")
Hey, I liked the '90s version. And I wasn’t even a kid! :o ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/42 "2010-08-28T04:58:15Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Another vote in favor of the 90s “Real Adventures of Jonny Quest” (not to be confused with the 90s TV movies, which were of a different continuity)—it wasn’t without it’s flaw, and it wasn’t the original, but it sure had it’s moments. Starting with the [opening credits](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFccIOABuRE)…_ahem_ okay, and Jessie Bannon doing that Rita Hayworth bit at 0:38. That made an impression as a kid. I have the first volume on DVD. I love how the 90’s show can be epically awesome in one episode, and hysterically retarded in the next. And the Academy Award for most pathetic, inconsequential villain goes to… Jeremiah Surd! Even sidestepping the “Wheelchair bound quadriplegic” angle, his henchmen, when armed with submachine guns, get taken out by a trio of unsupervised fifteen year olds armed with a fire extinguisher! Ezekiel Rage, however, definitely had his moments. _SO IT IS WRITTEN… IN THE **BOOK OF RAGE!** _ And yes, I was Jessie’s biggest fan. I think she got me started on my redhead kink. :eek: And Questworld was so much cooler when I was eleven. Now that I’m not eleven, it’s… well.. why _did_ they decide to do that, anyways? ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/43 "2010-08-28T10:53:29Z")
Wow, a zombie thread I started, I am honored! > [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > The only episode I distinctly remember is the Dr. Mengele one. Well, not Mengele (AFAIK), but the Nazi doctor who had the German-speaking cavemen. > > How did he die? Blow up in an airplane? ISTR him being blown up. He loaded the bi-plane with his diamonds and a crate of potato masher grenades, “ah these grenades will take care of the swine” and started to throw them at the Quest gang while they were crossing a rope bridge. He goes in for the kill, “this time I can not miss!” Unfortunately he throws the grenade and it becomes embedded in the bottom wing as he gasps in horror, tries to roll the plane to dislodge it to no avail, and then it finally goes up blasting off the bottom wing of the plane which then crashes in flames. Dr Quest makes the non PC comment that he deserved it. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/44 "2010-08-28T13:43:27Z")
I can’t believe my brother and I were actually allowed to watch this. Our mom was otherwise extremely strict about what we could watch. Nothing violent ever. Clearly, it didn’t occur to her that cartoons could be violent. This was my brother’s favorite show. In fact, it might be his favorite show ever. I liked it, too, but probably wouldn’t have watched it if we hadn’t had to share a single television (I’m a girl and didn’t much like action/adventure at the time). We watched it in syndication both in the States and in Mexico. I remember coming home from school in Mexico and having a TV-watching and radio-listening routine that included Jonny Quest. I got all excited when I happened to see that Amazon had the DVD set and bought two right away, one as my brother’s Christmas present and one for me. One of my best ideas ever. I’m pretty sure a thread over here prompted me to go look for the DVDs. Guess what I’ll be watching in the next few days…? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/45 "2010-08-28T14:10:45Z")
> [@filling\_pages](#): > > If you’re a Johnny Quest fan, do yourself a favor and check out the [Venture Brothers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Venture_Bros.) cartoons. _ **THIS** _🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/46 "2010-08-28T14:31:18Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > He loaded the bi-plane with his diamonds and a crate of potato masher grenades, “ah these grenades will take care of the swine” and started to throw them at the Quest gang while they were crossing a rope bridge. He goes in for the kill, “this time I can not miss!” Unfortunately he throws the grenade and it becomes embedded in the bottom wing … As soon as I read ‘grenades’ I remembered the one getting stuck in the wing. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/47 "2010-08-28T15:15:59Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > Wow, a zombie thread I started, I am honored! > > > [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > > > The only episode I distinctly remember is the Dr. Mengele one. Well, not Mengele (AFAIK), but the Nazi doctor who had the German-speaking cavemen. > > > > How did he die? Blow up in an airplane? ISTR him being blown up. > > He loaded the bi-plane with his diamonds and a crate of potato masher grenades, “ah these grenades will take care of the swine” and started to throw them at the Quest gang while they were crossing a rope bridge. He goes in for the kill, “this time I can not miss!” Unfortunately he throws the grenade and it becomes embedded in the bottom wing as he gasps in horror, tries to roll the plane to dislodge it to no avail, and then it finally goes up blasting off the bottom wing of the plane which then crashes in flames. Dr Quest makes the non PC comment that he deserved it. I figure, no matter what someone’s ethnicity and culture might be, once they try to kill you with grenades, you can declare that they deserve what they get when they blow themselves up with one 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/48 "2010-08-28T15:18:04Z")
Hoist with his own petard, as it were. . ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/49 "2010-08-28T19:06:49Z")
Still enjoy this show, but I wish I could afford a pair of Bose noise reduction headphones that could filter out the Bandit barking. God that gets on my nerves! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/50 "2010-08-30T10:59:46Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > Still enjoy this show, but I wish I could afford a pair of Bose noise reduction headphones that could filter out the Bandit barking. God that gets on my nerves! Good boy! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/51 "2010-08-30T13:13:01Z")
The only two things I remember are the Walking Eye and Race finding out that the purple dye won’t wash off and he’s stuck with it until it wears off. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/52 "2010-08-30T13:14:25Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > The only two things I remember are the Walking Eye and Race finding out that the purple dye won’t wash off and he’s stuck with it until it wears off. “Oh no!” ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/53 "2010-08-30T14:19:47Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Race finding out that the purple dye won’t wash off and he’s stuck with it until it wears off. At least the heathen monkeys got a good look. (Yeah, the old dialogue could get a little…um…yeah. :eek: ) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/54 "2010-08-31T22:24:42Z")
Yes it could, Ranchoth, but Jonny Quest still remains one of the best cartoons I’ve ever seen. The plots were pretty intelligent for a kid’s show. Jade and Dr. Zinn are great supporting characters. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/55 "2010-08-31T23:40:34Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > heathen monkeys That phrase is censored for the DVDs.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/56 "2010-08-31T23:54:32Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > Some of the posters on the 1960s thread, > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=149156](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=149156) > > mentioned how they were fans of Jonny Quest. I don’t remember if > we have ever had a JQ thread on SDMB so I decided to start one. > > What are your memories of Jonny Quest? What are your favorite > episodes, vehicles, moments? > > One of the most memorable episodes for me is **The Invisible Monster** > A scientist experimenting with “molecular energy” accidentally creates a living > mass of energy that only exists to consume more energy. Who can forget the > sight of that horrid creature after the Quest team swoops down on their jetpacks > and bomb the creature with paint to make it visible? The shimmering blob with one > huge eye and mouth coming at you…shudder. This episode scared the crap > out of me when I was a kid and still packs a punch today. > > So, do any dopers want to share memories of Jonny Quest? I loved the show when I was growing up, and the episode you mention here is the one I remember as being rather scared of. Hey, I was a lot younger then! What was the one with the cavemen? Or some really primitive tribe, some Germans had sort of enslaved them. Kind of funny to hear this guy in a loincloth going “Kommen zie hier” (Not sure of the spelling. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/57 "2010-09-01T00:04:12Z")
Okay, now I’ve read the rest of the thread I see that others remember that episode too, and found the title. And I may order the DVDs. I wonder if Amazon will notice a spike in sales of this item? ---
**Author:** ![ShallowEnd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@ShallowEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShallowEnd)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/58 "2010-09-01T06:53:18Z")
I love Jonny, have way too much merch from both shows. I really wanted the coloring book, but only had the ad for it on the back of my coloring book. Probably something lame, but now I have a few… [Jonny](http://www.retroreprints.com/book.php?genre_id=1&book_id=691)and others coloring pages! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/59 "2010-09-01T09:19:41Z")
> [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](#): > > Yes it could, Ranchoth, but Jonny Quest still remains one of the best cartoons I’ve ever seen. The plots were pretty intelligent for a kid’s show. Jade and Dr. Zinn are great supporting characters. What, like I’m arguing? Hell, when I was growing up, they still reran the old wartime Looney Toons and Disney shorts. Plenty of historical-context horror to go around in classic, quality work. (And I still find it refreshing that JQ actually \*shot and killed people \*onscreen, when the situation demanded. Try doing _that_ today in a “kid’s” show outside a Very Special Episode. :smack: ) > [@Icerigger](#): > > That phrase is censored for the DVDs.☹ They actually played it uncensored on Cartoon Network when they were rerunning an old episode, just a couple of years ago. (I’m guessing the censor monkeys were asleep at the switch that morning. Oops. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111/60 "2010-09-01T10:44:57Z")
One memorable scene with Jade. She is trying to get information from some oriental flunky, his memory keeps failing until she pays him more and more cash, fed up with the continual shakedown she pulls a pistol on him and his memory problems resolve themselves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jonny-quest-appreciation-thread/142111.md?page=4)