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Classic Jonny Quest - Hadji's Mystical Powers
© 1998-2000, Lyle P. Blosser
Part of the reason for Hadji's character was to serve as an offset to Jonny's "All-American"
character; to this end, the writers endowed the young Calcutta orphan with several
mystical abilities, based on reported feats by fakirs and other eastern mystics.
In truth, many of these abilities could be attributed to very well executed sleight-of-hand
or illusionary performances, although some others could not be so easily dismissed.
It is a credit to the writers that they did not rely on Hadji's "magic" to get our
heroes out of too many tight spots, and that most of the occurrences were fairly
reasonable (with a few exceptions).
Thanks to Paulo Brandão, who proposed the conceptual
design of this page, as well as providing all of the images.
Arctic Splashdown
appear/disappear
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Making a dog biscuit appear as if from Bandit's ear would seem to be a trivial use
of sleight-of-hand, but Bandit was upset after the dog-skiing fiasco and the boys
were trying to apologize. The apology was accepted.
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Curse of Anubis
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The old "guess which jug I'm in" trick -- was used twice: once in fun as a guessing
game with Jonny and once as a way to keep the bad guys distracted while Jonny escaped.
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snake charming
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Used to save Dr. Quest and Race from poisonous adders; Hadji commented before he
started to the effect that the snakes were not cobras, but that maybe they were
still susceptible to persuasion. Fortunately, they were, and Hadji was able to direct
them out of the tomb.
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Riddle of the Gold
levitation
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The only time we know of that Hadji tried to teach Jonny how to accomplish some
mystical feats was this instance of using a flute to make a rope levitate. Poor
Jonny, even Bandit had better luck at this one.
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appear/disappear
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In this particular case, once again it was Bandit who "disappeared"; although we
were let in on the secret when we saw Bandit's tail wagging from Hadji's carry-on
luggage.
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Calcutta Adventure
levitation
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Levitated a rope so Jonny could climb it and listen in on the bad guy's plans from
outside a second-story window. This scene has been popularized a number of times,
including this image
from a storyboard for the episode.
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appear/disppear
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As a distraction to prevent Jonny from being caught spying on the bad guys, Hadji
performed this trick in which Bandit seemed to vanish.
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The Robot Spy
levitation
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Levitated Bandit while he was sleeping; without ever waking the unsuspecting pup.
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Double Danger
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Jade's earring from Jade's ear to Hadji's hand...
...and onto Bandit's ear.
Tabak was amused...
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Next, Tabak's gun from his hand (under cover of a handkerchief) to behind Tabak's
back...
Tabak was not so amused.
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Finally, bullets removed from Tabak's gun without his knowledge...
Tabak was very annoyed -- or he would've been if Race hadn't knocked him unconscious.
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A Small Matter of Pygmies
levitation
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Made the pygmy chief very frightened by levitating him; made him very angry by dropping
him onto the ground.
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Pirates from Below
levitation
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Levitated Jonny into the air upwards of 20 feet as a small demonstration of his
abilities. This is Jonny's least favorite exhibition.
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hypnosis
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Hypnotized their guard by using the jewel from his turban to effect their escape
-- and provide himself a comfortable way to get to the prober without having to
walk all that way.
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