Episode
Jonny Quest: The Fraudulent Volcano
Overview
While investigating unusual tremors on a tropical island in the South Pacific, Dr. Quest and Race uncover a secret ray gun base (operated by Dr. Zin and protected by hovercraft-mounted guards) hidden deep within a local volcano.
Details
- Series
- Jonny Quest
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1964-12-31
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Fraudulent Volcano is Episode 16 in Season 1 of Jonny Quest. It aired on 1964-12-31. The runtime is 25 min.
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While searching for a rare strategic mineral in the Amazon jungle, Dr. Quest and Race discover a prehistoric Pteranodon, trained by a wheelchair-bound slave driver to capture and guard native workers needed for his mining operation.
Episode 17: Werewolf of the Timberland
While hunting for samples of petrified wood in the Canadian Rockies, Dr. Quest is threatened by a gang of lumberjacks (one of whom disguises himself as a werewolf) intent on protecting their gold-smuggling operation.
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Episode 13: A Small Matter of Pygmies
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Episode 19: Attack of the Tree People
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Episode 12: The Dreadful Doll
While researching marine biology in the Caribbean, Dr. Quest encounters a phony witch doctor, who is protecting a secret submarine base (under construction by a criminal contractor) with his supposed voodoo powers.
Episode 20: The Invisible Monster
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Episode 11: Skull and Double Crossbones
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Episode 21: The Devil's Tower
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Episode 10: Shadow of the Condor
After an emergency landing in the Andes Mountains, Race is challenged to an aerial dogfight by Baron Heinrich von Frohleich, an old German fighter ace of World War I fame (who keeps a collection of vintage aircraft at his Bavarian-style castle in South America). The Baron's machine guns, however, are loaded — Race's are not.
Episode 22: The Quetong Missile Mystery
While investigating the contamination and mutation of marine life in China, Dr. Quest discovers a secret missile base (operated by a rogue general and protected by treetop-posted guards) hidden deep within a local swamp.