The Quest For Monday! Part 27: Peeping Tom…Er, Jonny

(Episode: “Calcutta Adventure”)

Synopsis: It’s Hadji’s origin story! The awesome orphan meets the Quests for the first time and helps foil a plot to manufacture nerve gas. Also on the scene is Hadji’s friend, the greedy Pasha Peddler, who has a knack for making timely rescues profitable.

Tip 27: Safety is more important than etiquette.

Eavesdropping is wrong; eavesdropping on the people trying to kill you might, however, be necessary.

If you're wondering why Dr. Quest is letting this happen when he knows about it for once, so am I.
If you’re wondering why Dr. Quest is letting this happen when he knows about it for once, so am I.

Astute campers will notice that Jonny is helped by a version of the legendary Indian rope trick. Alas, the mind-blowing knowledge that this not only is real but can be done by a ten-year-old boy is of  as much interest to scientist Benton Quest as that mummy from a while back.

You'd think "Rope Trick" and "Cobra Charm" would require different tunes, but they do not.
You’d think “Rope Trick” and “Cobra Charm” would require different tunes, but they do not. The more you know™…

Special bonus screenshot: Dr. Quest forgets all kinds of Indian history.

BQOhYouKnowTheBritishEmpire

Next time on TQfM!: Into the mountains.

J. A.

It reads. It writes. It watches. It researches. It overdoes many of those things!

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