The Monarch is none too pleased, but this does lead to his facing the hated Doctor Venture, who insults him terribly by professing no memory of who his supposed foe even is. They get a little over-enthusiastic, however, and end up kidnapping the twins, while sustaining heavy losses due to the intervention of the hulking Brock Samson. The Monarch sends a phalanx of henchmen, led by pubescent-voiced Speedy, to spy on Doctor Venture. Doctor Venture’s presence in Mexico is detected by The Monarch, his butterfly-inspired arch nemesis. THE VENTURE BROS SERIESOdd that they would start the series so far from the Venture Compound where much of the series takes place, but the plot is just as absurd as in any of the other episodes. Doctor Venture starts this episode teaching a locum at the Tijuana School For Continuing Education. With simpatico writing partner Eric “Doc” Hammer, they crafted a unique show that offers more real laughs than your average “mature audience” series.ĭia De Los Dangerous establishes several hallmarks of the show, from the letterboxed tease to the humorous post-credit tag. has a delightful sense of the absurd, but the latter show is laced with more innuendo and potty jokes, hence its placement on the block on Cartoon Network. is a combination between a Jonny Quest parody and The Tick. The creator of The Venture Bros., Jackson Publick (real name Christopher McCulloch), was a writer on The Tick with Ben Edlund. I was really at a loss to find anything else that I could compare it to, until the bonus materials provided the answer. Plus, the resulting show is much more than the sum of its parts- a cool, fun, satirical, mature content-laced romp of an adventure show, the likes of which I had never quite seen. While I was watching The Venture Bros., I was struck by an awful thought: How the heck do I describe this show? The easy way out is to say that it is a parody of Jonny Quest, which is made quite obvious in the opening titles and is certainly part of the show but there is such a hodgepodge of influences present, that that description really doesn’t do the concept of the show justice.
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