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The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
"Assault on Questworld"
Episode no.	H00616-94036
Airdate	September 4, 1996
Chief locations	Mugu, Nepal
Vehicle(s)	Questor Small Sailing Catamaran
Writer(s)	Samuel Graham Chris Hubbell Michael Ryan
Guest roles	Meyim Bialik (Julia / French Woman) Chick Vennera (Lorenzo) Robert Ito (Pradad) Page Leong (Choi Li)
Episode sequence	East of Zanzibar <--> Ezekial Rage
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Plot Summary

Teaser

In Mugu, Nepal, two riders approach a small village high in the mountains during a blizzard as a shady man watches. They enter a small inn, and as they unpack, the innkeeper removes her knife from her sleeve while the shady man signals the other villagers, who turn the lights off in their huts and begin moving towards the inn. The two travelers sit down in front of the fire, revealing their identities as Dr. Benton Quest and Race Bannon. One of the villagers enters, dressed in green; he nods to the knife woman, who addresses the two travelers by name and seemingly threatening them with the blade.

Act One

She notes that she's been waiting for them, as dinner is prepared—domesticated yak. Race wonders if yak are endangered, and she jokes that everyone is endangered this high up. The man in the ornate clothing greets Dr. Quest; he is Pradad, a colleague of the scientist, and anticipates comparing notes on phenomenology with him. Race begins dining as Dr. Quest is alerted to the flying of a satellite overhead, prompting him to contact Jonny Quest back at the Quest Compound. The signal is weak, and Benton notes that he'll contact Jonny again in thirty-six hours. Jeremiah Surd overhears the conversation, noting that opportunity knocks. Back at the lighthouse, Hadji Singh is apparently visiting the astral plane through meditation while Jonny and Jessie Bannon watch. He returns as his pulse comes back to normal, and feels he cannot describe the place to Jonny. This prompts the young Quest to connect Hadji's brain to Questworld, granting an image of the plane on the main screens. They see purple and beige clouds floating behind a blue sky which change colors every few seconds. Meanwhile, Pradad asks Dr. Quest why he scheduled the meeting three weeks earlier than previously planned; Dr. Quest is surprised, as he notes that Pradad sent him a schedule change. Race wonders who was actually behind the differences as a ship (probably Surd's old one) sails to three miles within range of the lighthouse. Surd detects alpha brain wave signatures in Questworld, and jacks in, causing the appearance of the astral plane to turn sinister. Beforehand, he had made sure that Race and Dr. Quest were helpless in Nepal.

Hadji's heart rate is still low as Jessie surmises his brain is being downloaded, and Jonny goes hot in cyberspace to find a landscape he did not program. A giant Surd appears, displaying a helpless, unconscious Hadji set to die soon from the process, and Jonny asks for Surd's demands. He desires that Dr. Quest and Race appear to him within five minutes, impossible due to their distance around the world. Surd boots Jonny out of Questworld, then tells Julia and Lorenzo to prepare to take over the Quest Compound, which will give him undisputed control of cyberspace. Jonny and Jessie suggest going in as their fathers, despite having to break the golden rule of having an external monitor to pull them out of danger. They enter as a motorized boat makes landfall on the beach, containing Julia and Surd's team. Inside, Surd apparently believes that the real Race and Dr. Quest have appeared, and pursues them as a flash of green energy as they take refuge in a cannon. Unfortunately, it is a box canyon, and they are trapped as Surd speeds towards them.

Quotes

• Race - "It's colder than the north end of a southbound moose out there."

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• Choi Li - "These yaks are domesticated, of course."
• Race - "Tell that to the yak I rode in on."

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• Dr. Quest - "Above all people, Pradad, you know that phenomenology is a little more than simple adventure."

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• Jonny - "Nothing's impossible, Hadj. There are only possibilities waiting to be discovered."

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• Race - "No offense Pradad, but this yak meat is tougher than my thirty-year old combat boot."
• Pradad - "I'll take that as a compliment.

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• Jonny - "Whoa, something's not right."
• Jessie - "Not right? It looks downright evil!"

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• Surd - "I want your father and Race Bannon here in five minutes! Or little Hadji will be on the menu tomorrow as the vegetable dujour."

Goofs

• Dr. Quest's gray hair is missing in Questworld.

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