Trouble on the Colorado

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
"Trouble on the Colorado"
Episode no.	H00616-94040
Airdate	September 11, 1996
Chief locations	Lake Powell, Utah 112.21W, 37.04N (2,412 miles)
Vehicle(s)	PBY Catalina
Writer(s)	Samuel Graham Chris Hubbell Michael Ryan
Guest roles	Michael Banyear (Man / Shaman) Frank Welker (Indian / Pilot / Policeman) Irene Bedard (Alice Starseer / Young Girl) Kathleen Freeman (Mrs. Evans) Jim Meskimen (Chief Man in Black / Pilot)
Episode sequence	The Alchemist <--> In the Wake of the Mary Celeste
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Teaser

At the Quest Compound, Jonny wakes to Bandit's barking to find that the crystal beacon given to Dr. Quest by Alice Starseer is shining, and informs his sleeping father. The team depart for Lake Powell, Utah in the PBY Catalina, intending to raft down the lake to the Anasazi ruins. Nearby, three men and one woman are performing an Anasazi ritual with a feather dropped in a puddle and dust sprinkled into the air. The dust forms a yellow aura and flies into the canyons as the Quest team enter a large raft to avoid separation rapid, where men deserted from John Wesley Powell's first expedition of the river. The people continue their ritual as one man lights a peace pipe and blows smoke on the feather. The team soon enter dangerous waters, and after a maneuver to avoid a branch throws them slightly off course, the raft overturns on a rock as Jonny struggles to reel Bandit in.

Act One

Jonny washes up on a rock; Dr. Quest and Race are nearby on a shore and reel in Jessie and Hadji, who has lost his helmet and turban. Bandit is nowhere to be found, his life jacket having ominously washed up on the canyon beach. Dr. Quest laments losing some gear and rations, but Jonny finds paw prints and pleads with his father to search for Bandit and rendezvous with Race and Benton at sunset. He acquiesces to the request, and Jonny, Jessie, and Hadji set out to find their pawed friend. Dr. Quest cannot wait to meet Alice and hear of hear trip, including visits to other galaxies. Julia and Lorenzo have been monitoring the Quest team's progress, and prepare to enter the canyon as Surd amuses himself with games in Questworld. The teens find that the paw prints lead to a steep canyon wall, while Jessie find an inscription denoting the presence of the Colorado Exploration Expedition. Jonny reasons that if the one-armed Powell did it in the Old West, he is well qualified to climb the walls. At night, Benton and Race wait in one of the Anasazi cliff dwellings; suddenly, Lorenzo appears with a submachine gun and orders them to stand down. Race kicks a log at him from the fire and tangles as the gun is knocked away. In the resulting fight, Lorenzo feigns forfeiture before reaching for the gun. Race trips him up with a stick thrown to him by Dr. Quest, but as Benton recovers the gun, Julia enters and trains her gun on him. At the cliff, Jonny and Jessie have made it, the latter wondering how Bandit climbed the canyon. Hadji's ascent is marred when a foothold cracks and he must hang on with one arm.

Quotes

• Jonny - "Uh, dad. Phone's for you! It's kinda long distance."

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• Dr. Quest - "Besides Bandit, we've also lost one third of our food, and our walkie-talkies."
• Race - "Well, at least we still have our good looks..."

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• Hadji- "Right! We have struck in I believe."
• Jonny - "You mean, struck out, Hadji."
• Jessie - "Actually, we didn't. We hit a grand slam!"
• Hadji - "I have never claimed to comprehend silly sports analogies."

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• Surd - "I cannot tell you how much I resent these returns to the real world!"

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• Jonny - "No problemo! Remember Hadj, the optimist always sees the donut, but the pessimist sees only the hole!"
• Hadji - "This instance, it is a very large hole!"
• Hadji - "Do you think he even listened to me?"
• Jessie - "Nope."

Goofs

• The paw prints lead to the canyon walls, but how on earth did Bandit scamper up them?

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