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Someone feels that Jessie Bannon has not spent enough quality time with her mother Estella Velasquez and they decided to take steps to remedy this. Unfortunately for them the person handlng this is Julia, assistant to the evil Dr. Jeremiah Surd. Now both of them will be going on a trip whether they want to or not. This is a request by
Jessica "Jessie" Bannon is one of the main characters of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Cartoon Network's 1990s reimagining of Hanna-Barbera's 1960s and 1980s Jonny Quest series. (She first appeared in the 1980s series.) She is Race's daughter, as well as Jonny and Hadji's best friend.
Jessie Bannon is Race Bannon's daughter by Estella Velasquez, and a good friend of Hadji Singh, Jonny Quest, and Dr. Benton Quest. She accompanies the Quest family on many of their adventures, providing another voice of intelligence in addition to Hadji's eastern approach and Jonny's impulsive resourcefulness. She identifies with Dr. Quest more than her father, and is eager to analyze new information and help in the course of Dr. Quest's phenomenology investigations. She's revealed in "Thoughtscape" to be very ambitious at heart, hoping to improve humanity through her dedicated effort and research. Her father often calls her by the nickname "Ponchita." The Dark Horse comic series includes a different origin for Jessie's mother in issues five and seven; she's an unnamed acquaintance of Race who died years ago, and Jessie went on an adventure to find treasure with the Quest team before revealing her identity as Race's daughter.
It is also implied by both fans and non-fans that she and Jonny have romantic feelings for each other as she hangs around with him equally as Hadji does. However in season 2 she has shown an interest in Hadji, but the Jonny/Jessie coupling still stood as shown in "Ghost Quest" while under the possession of the ghosts of Lady Caroline and Jean Leger and that Jonny is the only one who rescues Jessie when she is in a "damsel in distress" situation. She most likely has a crush on both the boys or that she likes Hadji and Jonny secretly has feelings for her.
Jessie is a little older, and therefore much more mature than the boys. She is also somewhat tomboyish, and often reluctant to go along with Jonny when it involves defying Dr. Quest or her father, Race. Jessie seems to idolize her father.
Estella Velasquez is one of the main supporting characters in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Cartoon Network's 1990s reimagining of Hanna-Barbera's 1960s Jonny Quest series. She is a Colombian archaeologist. She was married to Race, but they got divorced before he became the Quest's bodyguard. She is Jessie's mother. It is generally assumed that Jessie is with her whenever she's not with the Quest Team.