Episode
Jonny Quest: Monster in the Monastery
Overview
During a trip to Nepal, a band of terrorists disguised as yetis attempt to overthrow the local spiritual/government leader (a Dalai Lama-style figure) who is an old friend of Dr. Quest's.
Details
- Series
- Jonny Quest
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 25
- Air date
- 1965-03-04
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Monster in the Monastery is Episode 25 in Season 1 of Jonny Quest. It aired on 1965-03-04. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 24: Terror Island
Dr. Quest is kidnapped by a rival scientist who needs help with his experiments to develop gigantic (crab, spider, lizard) creatures at a secret Hong Kong-based laboratory compound.
Episode 26: The Sea Haunt
Responding to a maritime distress signal in the Java Sea (east of Indonesia), the Quest group is stranded aboard an abandoned freighter ship with an (amphibious) sea monster.
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Episode 21: The Devil's Tower
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Episode 20: The Invisible Monster
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Episode 19: Attack of the Tree People
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Episode 18: Pirates from Below
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Episode 17: Werewolf of the Timberland
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Episode 16: The Fraudulent Volcano
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Episode 15: Turu the Terrible
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