Jonny's Golden Quest
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Jonny's Golden Quest is a 1993 animated
television movie
produced by Hanna-Barbera
and originally aired on the USA
cable channel. It attempts to fill back-story holes that were left unexplored in the original Jonny Quest
cartoon series. It was in particular a follow-up to The New Adventures of Jonny Quest
, with the same actors voicing Dr. Quest (Don Messick
, also from the original), Race Bannon (Granville Van Dusen
) and Hadji (Rob Paulsen
).
It cannibalized the storyline of that series' episode "Deadly Junket," wherein a little girl appears to ask the Quest party to help her find her missing father, a scientist kidnapped by Dr. Zin. Here, the girl is ultimately revealed to have been lying about her identity, and her parents are really Race and his romantic interest from two episodes of the original series, Jade (voice of JoBeth Williams
).
This television film states that they had wed, quickly realized that marriage and intelligence work did not go together, and had the union dissolved. Subsequently discovering her pregnancy, Jade never told her ex-husband.
)'s death (depicted here as happening at the hands of Dr. Zin), while the original series made it quite clear that each joined after her passing.
released Jonny's Golden Quest on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the US.
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
television movie
Television movie
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produced by Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...
and originally aired on the USA
USA Network
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cable channel. It attempts to fill back-story holes that were left unexplored in the original Jonny Quest
Jonny Quest (TV series)
Jonny Quest – often casually referred to as The Adventures of Jonny Quest – is an American science fiction/adventure animated television series about a boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures...
cartoon series. It was in particular a follow-up to The New Adventures of Jonny Quest
The New Adventures of Jonny Quest
The New Adventures of Jonny Quest was a 1980s continuation of Hanna-Barbera's Jonny Quest animated television series from the 1960s. Debuting in 1986 as part of the Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera syndication package, this new Jonny Quest series could be seen as the second season to a program...
, with the same actors voicing Dr. Quest (Don Messick
Don Messick
Donald Earl "Don" Messick was an American voice actor best known for his work for Hanna-Barbera. Perhaps his most well-known voice creations include Scooby-Doo, Papa Smurf, and Dr. Benton Quest....
, also from the original), Race Bannon (Granville Van Dusen
Granville Van Dusen
Granville Van Dusen is an American stage, screen, and voice actor who portrayed Race Bannon in the 1986 television series The New Adventures of Jonny Quest, Jonny's Golden Quest, Jonny Quest vs...
) and Hadji (Rob Paulsen
Rob Paulsen
Robert Fredrick "Rob" Paulsen III , sometimes credited as Rob Paulson, is an American voice actor, best known as the voice behind Raphael from the 1987 cartoon of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yakko Warner and Dr...
).
It cannibalized the storyline of that series' episode "Deadly Junket," wherein a little girl appears to ask the Quest party to help her find her missing father, a scientist kidnapped by Dr. Zin. Here, the girl is ultimately revealed to have been lying about her identity, and her parents are really Race and his romantic interest from two episodes of the original series, Jade (voice of JoBeth Williams
JoBeth Williams
JoBeth Williams is an American film and television actress and director, and current President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.-Early life:...
).
This television film states that they had wed, quickly realized that marriage and intelligence work did not go together, and had the union dissolved. Subsequently discovering her pregnancy, Jade never told her ex-husband.
Reception
Classic Jonny Quest fans are often critical of this particular film for seemingly trying to reinvent or redo the original Jonny Quest storyline. They dislike the fact that Race Bannon and Hadji are seen to be members of the Quest extended family prior to Mrs. Quest (voice of Meredith MacRaeMeredith MacRae
Meredith Lynn MacRae was an American actress and singer.-Life and career:MacRae was best known for her television roles as Billie Jo on Petticoat Junction and as Sally Ann in My Three Sons...
)'s death (depicted here as happening at the hands of Dr. Zin), while the original series made it quite clear that each joined after her passing.
DVD release
On August 9, 2011, Warner Bros.Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
released Jonny's Golden Quest on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the US.