 Hanna @-@ Barbera President Fred Seibert allowed Lawrence to create a new team of companions for Jonny , but Lawrence chose to revive the original group . Sebast and Lawrence decided to make the series as realistic as possible through accurate physics and depictions of machinery . Lawrence emphasized believability , eschewing " ridiculous ... laser guns " for real sidearms . The creative team researched child psychology , ensuring they could depict realistic action and consequences without fueling nightmares . Seibert described the show 's theme as " The X @-@ Files for kids " , citing difficult questions and mysteries to be posed in each episode . Departures from the classic series included new character designs and the introduction of a new character to the Quest family . Takashi designed Jonny to be " edgy and handsome " , and rendered characters in the style of Japanese animation to differentiate from American superhero cartoons . The team used a new character — Race 's daughter , Jessie Bannon — to create conflict with Jonny . She was introduced in Jonny 's Golden Quest as Race 's daughter by Jezebel Jade . Lawrence initially titled the show Jonny Quest 's Extraordinary Adventures , but the title changed in 1995 to its final name . Intended for a 1995 release with sixty @-@ five episodes , Real Adventures fell into development hell ; roughly thirty scripts and only eight reels were in progress by March 1995 . Both Lawrence and Takashi were removed in 1996 , hiring John Eng and Cosmo Anzilotti to finish the first twenty @-@ six episodes . Certain sequences necessitated exhaustive work and heavy revision . 
