The Venture Bros. (2003– )

The bizarre animated escapades of pseudo-heroic scientist Dr. Rusty Venture, his competent, high strung bodyguard, and his two over-enthusiastic sons.

Creator:

Christopher McCulloch

Stars:

Christopher McCulloch, James Urbaniak, Michael Sinterniklaas

Cast

Series cast summary:
Christopher McCulloch	...	Hank Venture (59 episodes, 2003-2012)
James Urbaniak	...	Dr. Venture (55 episodes, 2003-2012)
Michael Sinterniklaas	...	Dean Venture (54 episodes, 2003-2012)
Patrick Warburton	...	Brock Samson (49 episodes, 2003-2011)
Doc Hammer	...	Henchman 21 (49 episodes, 2004-2012)
Steven Rattazzi	...	Dr. Orpheus (27 episodes, 2004-2012)
Soul-Bot	...	H.E.L.P.eR. (24 episodes, 2003-2008)

Storyline

The warped misadventures of a former boy genius turned washed-up, middle-aged mad scientist Dr. Rusty Venture; his moronic teenage sons; their maniac bodyguard; and the Doctor's arch-nemeses, incompetent super villain The Monarch and his masculine paramour, Dr. Girlfriend.

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Plot Keywords:

venture | scientist | bodyguard | super villain | villain | 

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Taglines:

Jonny Quest is Jonesin'!

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Adult Swim [uk] Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Os Irmãos Aventura

Company Credits

Production Co:

Noodlesoup Productions, World Leaders Entertainment, Astro Base Go!

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Brock Samson's devotion to Led Zeppelin surfaces in several episodes. Some references are subtle - when driving the Charger, Brock almost always is listening to facsimile Led Zeppelin songs - while others are more overt, such as Hank rifling through Brock's collection of "Zep" cassette tapes, or Brock drawing the logo of the band's label instead of completing the essay portion of a written exam. He even has a (currently incomplete) tattoo of the label on his arm.

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Quotes

The Monarch: I wanted to thank you for finding Grover Cleveland's presidential time machine for me. I'll give him your regards.

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Crazy Credits

Rick Lacy is credited as Rick "Danger" Lacy.

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Connections

Featured in The Nostalgia Critic: Simon Sez (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Tuff"
Written and Performed by J.G. Thirlwell
End credits theme

User Reviews

Adult Swim Redeemed

Adult swim's shows have gone off the deep end of fairly entertaining nonsense to just pure absurdity. I do not see the appeal to any of them anymore and I do not often watch the programming block anymore.

Venture Bros. However stands apart from the rest and provides truly intelligent, well thought out, over-the-top and hilarious entertainment. The show is a perfect balance between tasteless humor and really clever subtleties. The homage/lambasting of early adventure animation/comics is spot on. The characters are full of depth and they're engaging. Brock Samson could pwn Chuck Norris any day of the week. What more could one want?

When I first saw this show I thought it was one of the more ******* up shows I'd ever seen. I was surprised just how graphic it was with particularly disturbing images(guy getting his eyes gouged out, watching a henchman struggle with his last breaths as he's strangled to death by Brock, poll vaulting off henchman's jugular...etc.)

I was not turned off though because aside from the surprising imagery, the jokes and references were all spot-on. I was laughing the whole way through and intrigued around every corner.

Truly, my only real gripe with the show is that it has a hard time taking itself seriously and often resorts to fairly flippant endings and/or resolutions that sometimes I feel aren't necessary. I think the show could support itself just fine with a persistent story arc, which I think we are starting to see more of in the new season anyway, so that's good.

And again, Brock Samson, there could hardly be a better cartoon character.

Check out this show, it's well worth it. I hope that it continues for a long time.