Terror Island
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
- Distributor
- Columbia/Screen Gems
Synopsis
Dr. Quest is kidnapped by Dr. Chu Sing Ling, who wants help solving some problems he is having with his experiments altering the growth cycle of some common animals. Race enlists the help of Jade to rescue the doctor.
Characters
Roger T. "Race" Bannon, Jonny Quest, Dr. Benton C. Quest, Bandit, Hadji, Jezebel Jade, Photographer, Kallum, Jade's Servant, Dr. Chu Sing Ling, Informant, Guards
Credits
Directing
- Director
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
- Animation Direction
- Charles Nichols (as Charles A. Nichols)
Producing
- Producer
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Writing
- Writer
- Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Douglas Wildey, Alex Lovy, Walter Black, William D. Hamilton, Herbert Finn, Alan Dinehart, Joanna Lee, Charles Hoffman
- Story
- Paul Sommer, Doug Wildey
- Story Direction
- Kin Platt, Lewis Marshall, Paul Sommer, Alex Lovy
- Story Supervision
- Arthur Pierson
Animation
Voices
- Voice
- Mike Road (Roger T. "Race" Bannon), Tim Matheson (as Tim Matthieson) (Jonny Quest), Don Messick (Dr. Benton C. Quest, Bandit), Danny Bravo (Hadji), Cathy Lewis (Jezebel Jade, Photographer, Kallum, Jade's Servant), Will Kuluva (as Will Kaluva) (Dr. Chu Sing Ling), Sam Edwards (Guard 1, Informant, Guard 3), Tol Avery, Daws Butler, Henry Corden, Keye Luke, Marvin Miller, Pat O'Malley, Nestor Paiva, Vic Perrin, Everett Sloane, John Stephenson, Janet Waldo, Jesse White, Sandy Wormser, Doug Young
Music
- Music
- Hoyt Curtin
Editing
- Editor
- Warner Leighton, Donald A. Douglas, Ken Spears, Ed Warschilka, Larry Cowan
- Supervising Film Editor
- Tony Milch
Crew
- Supervising Art Director
- Doug Wildey
- Based On An Idea By
- Doug Wildey
- Character Design
- Alex Toth
- Layouts
- Dick Bickenbach, Bruce Bushman, Walt Clinton, Jerry Eisenberg, Mo Gollub, C.L. Hartman, Alex Ignatiev, Z.T. Jablecki, Mel Keefer, Ken Landau, Bill Lignante, Hi Mankin, Earl Martin, Sparky Moore, Ernest Nordli, Joe O'Malley, Lewis Ott, Noel Quinn, Bill Perez, Tony Sgroi, Bob Singer, Iwao Takamoto, Warren Tufts, Jim Tutweiler, Doug Wildey
- Backgrounds
- Fernando Arce, Lee Branscombe, Janet Brown, Robert Caples, Ron Dias, Martin Forte, Robert Gentle, Paul Julian, M. Mike Kawaguchi, Richard Khim, Rod Lowe, F. Montealegre, Tom O'Loughlin, Harvard Pennington, Anthony Rizzo, Bob Singer, Leo Swenson, Richard H. Thomas, Peter Van Elk
- Production Supervision
- Howard Hanson
- Technical Supervisor
- Frank Paiker
- Ink And Paint Supervisor
- Roberta Greutert
- Continuity
- Marceil Ferguson, Evelyn Sherwood, Annie Lee Holm, Jane Phillippi, Joyce Gard, Woody Chatwood, Jan Gusdavidson, Myke Nelson, Elizabeth MacGowan, Christine Decker, Natalie Yates, Joan Orbison, Ted C. Bemiller
- Camera
- Charles Flekal, Norman Stainback, Bob Collis, Roy Wade, Eugene Borghi
- Sound Direction
- Buddy Myers
Companies and other credits
- © MCMLXIV Hanna-Barbera Productions
- Inc
- A
- HANNA-BARBERA
- PRODUCTION
Production notes
Jonny Quest is one of the longest running Saturday morning cartoon shows of all time, alongside such mainstays as Scooby-Doo and Fat Albert. Unlike Scoob and Al, however, only a mere 26 episodes were produced of the original Jonny Quest.
The show was an adventure series about pre-teen Jonny Quest, who, along with mystical Indian friend Hadji, pet dog Bandit, Jonny's super-scientist father Dr. Benton Quest, and government intelligence agent/bodyguard/pilot Race Bannon, investigated strange goings-on all over the world. Episodes of Jonny Quest blended mystery, adventure, action, intrigue, scientific marvels, and humor as the group traveled everywhere from the Sargasso Sea to equatorial Africa.
Jonny Quest originally ran in primetime on ABC during the 1964-65 season, but much like Hanna-Barbera predecessor The Jetsons, the program didn't find success until it moved to Saturday morning. When it hit, it hit big. Jonny Quest ran on CBS from 1967-1970, then back to ABC through 1972. In 1978, the program became part of The Godzilla Power Hour, and in 1979, Jonny Quest moved to NBC, where it stayed until 1981. All that milage on twenty-six original episodes- pretty impressive.
Hanna-Barbera rebooted the character in 1986 in The New Jonny Quest, a segment on The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. This lasted thirteen episodes.
In 1996, the Turner Company released an updated, all-new series entitled Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures. This new series featured an additional character in Jessie Bannon, the daughter of Race, and made extensive use of computer animation.
The show was an adventure series about pre-teen Jonny Quest, who, along with mystical Indian friend Hadji, pet dog Bandit, Jonny's super-scientist father Dr. Benton Quest, and government intelligence agent/bodyguard/pilot Race Bannon, investigated strange goings-on all over the world. Episodes of Jonny Quest blended mystery, adventure, action, intrigue, scientific marvels, and humor as the group traveled everywhere from the Sargasso Sea to equatorial Africa.
Jonny Quest originally ran in primetime on ABC during the 1964-65 season, but much like Hanna-Barbera predecessor The Jetsons, the program didn't find success until it moved to Saturday morning. When it hit, it hit big. Jonny Quest ran on CBS from 1967-1970, then back to ABC through 1972. In 1978, the program became part of The Godzilla Power Hour, and in 1979, Jonny Quest moved to NBC, where it stayed until 1981. All that milage on twenty-six original episodes- pretty impressive.
Hanna-Barbera rebooted the character in 1986 in The New Jonny Quest, a segment on The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. This lasted thirteen episodes.
In 1996, the Turner Company released an updated, all-new series entitled Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures. This new series featured an additional character in Jessie Bannon, the daughter of Race, and made extensive use of computer animation.
Reviews
Terror Island
This is my least favorite episode. Admittedly a limited-animation show, the quality of the cell drawing seems lower than usual, and the scene of the big lizard emerging from the sea at the finish doesn't have that skin-crawling quality that a lot of the best shows accomplished. The mad scientist lacks gristle compared to such evil villains as Dr. Zin, Baron von Freulich, Karim, and Ashida. Good to have Jade on hand, though.
Terror Island
When a Chinese Mad Scientist, Chu Sing Ling, kidnaps Dr. Quest to examine his mutant animals, Race uses the help of Jade to get Quest back. This is the best Jonny Quest cartoon.