- Jonny Quest: We failed, haven't we, Chief Atacama?
- Chief Atacama: Many do not pass the Orinokon test of manhood the first time.
- Jonny Quest: But we overcame every obstacle! We reached the sacred circle!
- Chief Atacama: And then you ignored your friend's warning. Do you see the lesson in this? You were headstrong and impulsive, Jonny Quest. Before a child may enter the circle of adults, he must first learn the virtues of patience and caution.
- Dr. Benton C. Quest: Easier said than done, Chief Atacama. Whatever my son may be, he's never been patient. Or cautious.
- Dr. Benton C. Quest: These climatic anomalies are not limited to equatorial latitudes. It's too warm in Greenland, too dry in England.
- Hadji: [as his turban is almost blown off] And too windy in Mexico!
- 4-DAC: Greetings, young Jonny. I apologize if I startled you.
- Jonny Quest: You shouldn't sneak up behind people like that, 4-DAC.
- Hadji: Yes, you were as quiet as a cobra.
- 4-DAC: Ah. Perhaps I should shut down and program myself to make footsteps.
- Dr. Zin: Take the prisoners to the station's cargo bay, but not Quest and Belage. I have plans for them.
- Dr. Benton C. Quest: Something unpleasant, no doubt.
- Dr. Zin: Not at all, Dr. Quest. As compensation for your space station, I'd merely like to offer you and the brilliant Dr. Belage a tour of my asteroid fortress.
- Dr. Eve Belage: Do we have any choice?
- Dr. Zin: Not really.
- 4-DAC: Though your plans seem sound on the surface, Dr. Zin, your logic is actually quite specious.
- Dr. Zin: Specious?
- 4-DAC: Yes. Quite. Processing and storing large quantities of ethynol in this manner is extremely dangerous. You would be better advised to store it in closed containers.
- Dr. Zin: Oh, shut up.
- [Zin hits 4-DAC, causing him to switch off]
- Dr. Benton C. Quest: 4-DAC!
- Dr. Zin: You know, Quest, your robot's most endearing feature is his off switch.
- Race Bannon: A series of high-pressure storm systems blanketing the world! Impossible!
- Jessie Kenyon: Not if something hot was creating a strong convection current in one of the three principle jet streams.
- Jonny Quest: Oh, sure, a volcano is doing all this. Or how about a forest fire?
- Dr. Benton C. Quest: Don't be so quick to criticize, Jonny. Any reasonable theory must be explored, and Jessie's suggestion is quite reasonable.
- Dr. Benton C. Quest: [as Zin prepares to shoot down Quest Shuttle 2] Listen to me, Zin, you have no reason to destroy the shuttle! This asteroid is invisible to them!
- 427: He's right, sir. Our base is cloaked with the finest stealth technology.
- 426: Quest Team will never find us.
- Dr. Zin: True, but how can I pass up a chance to rid myself of Race Bannon and the ever-annoying Quest Team?
- 427: [as he is about to be executed] No, this isn't fair! I wasn't in charge of watching Quest! Your bugs were responsible for guarding him! It's not my fault he escaped!
- Dr. Zin: Your "number" is up.
- 427: Noooo!
- [427 is thrown into a freezing chamber and frozen solid]
- Dr. Zin: Your argument leaves me... cold.
- Dr. Zin: We are under attack? Unbelievable! Who would dare attack me? The entire world is capitulating but this persistent little band of Questlings still insists on annoying me!
- Dr. Benton C. Quest: Fight it, Eve! We must maintain independence from the computer!
- Dr. Zin: How shall I put it? Resistance is... a waste of time.
- Jessie Kenyon: This is Quest Station's last known location.
- Jonny Quest: Could it have blown up?
- Jessie Kenyon: No way! There'd be twelve-thousand tons of debris floating out there!
- Jessie Kenyon: But how can an entire space station just disappear?
- Hadji: Yes, not even I am capable of that kind of magic.
- Dr. Zin: It is truly ironic that after years of searching for the perfect genetic material, I finally discovered it right "underfoot," you might say. Insects! Common, household insects, which I will use to conquer the Earth!
- [Zin prepares to drain the scientists' memories with his computer]
- Dr. Zin: I apologize for any discomfort you may be experiencing, Doctors, but I assure you it is necessary to drain all your knowledge into my computer.
- Dr. Eve Belage: Zin, no! We won't survive!
- Dr. Zin: Can't make an omellette without breaking an egg. Sorry.
- Jonny Quest: You mean when we blow those things up, all the bits and pieces will grow back into new ones?
- 4-DAC: Exactly.
- Jessie Kenyon: Then how would we ever destroy one?
- 4-DAC: There are two ways. Thermal nuclear explosion...
- Hadji: [interrupting nervously] Let us rule that out for now.
- Jessie Kenyon: Jonny? I just wanted to remind you, you're not a kid anymore now that you know how to learn from your mistakes.
- Jonny Quest: Yeah, and thanks to all the mistakes I've been making, I've learned a lot lately.
- Dr. Zin: Thanks to your research, Dr. Belage, I now have the DNA extract of an extinct species of pseliopus cinctus, better known as... the assassin bug! And with this I should have no trouble transforming this larvae and all these others into perfect killing machines!
- 4-DAC: [uploading a virus into Zin's computer] To paraphrase, revenge is a dish best served... via upload!