 Announcement of Jessie Bannon 's inclusion caused backlash among Quest fans . TV Guide 's editors feared that Jonny and Jessie would become romantically entangled , declaring her an " icky female " . H @-@ B Chief Fred Seibert responded , " Jessie is a little older and smarter than Jonny ... We 're not doing Moonlighting here . " Seibert also denied that Jessie had been created solely to appeal to little girls , citing extant support for Jonny and the classic team . A Miami Herald columnist called Jessie an " effort to rewrite the past to conform to the sociopolitical mandates of the present " and political correctness " run amok " . Billboard conversely welcomed the change over an all @-@ male cast . The fiasco subsided after the Cyber Insects telefilm aired ; the Atlanta Journal @-@ Constitution rebuffed the " icky girl " label , as Jessie saved Jonny 's life and taught him patience . A test screening of Cyber Insects to 30- to 35 @-@ year @-@ old males revealed that though some questioned her addition , most understood that like certain elements criticized in the original series , it was a reflection of the times . 
