The Venture Bros.: Difference between revisions

** 21's design for the Mark V henchman battle armor. It's far too advanced for current technology to actually ''create'' most of its systems.

*** Subverted occasionally as 21 thinks that the henchman suits are just for show, but turn out to include first nightvision goggles and later the seemingly impossible functional butterfly wings.

** {{spoiler|Hank and Dean, though season three removes the resurrection option from the table}}.

** Colonel Gentleman, whose season two death was handwaved away as being in a diabetic coma.

* [[Chaos Architecture]]: Underland is somehow in Eastern Europe and at the same time bordering with Michigan.

* [[Character Development]]: Most of the characters started out as ''[[Jonny Quest]]''/pulp comic parodies whose personalities could be summed up in one or two sentences, but all of them have become more complex and three-dimensional as the show progressed. For example:

*** Dean is by no means a Badass, but let's be fair, he did manage to kneecap Baron Ünderbheit with a steel baton after being caught *completely* off-guard by The Revenge Society. Definitely an improvement over Dean's previous onscreen fight, where he just flailed wildly against Dermott. In the same scene his rape whistle seems to disable Mr. Impossible, or at least forces him to put his hands over his ears instead of using his stretching powers to subdue Dean. It takes Phantom Limb's "killer hand thing" to drop him.

** The Monarch has become more intelligent and sane in his villainy, even pulling off a [[Batman Gambit]] -- though it's possible he was always this way, since he became horrifically lethal the moment he was arching anyone other than Venture. His relationship with Doctor Girlfriend (now Dr. Mrs. The Monarch) has dramatically evolved, too.

* [[Doomed New Clothes]]: We'll miss you, Butterglider.

* [[The Dragon]]: Dr. Girlfriend made a career out of playing "Number 2" to various supervillains, including the Monarch and Phantom Limb. Shortly after their marriage, however, she and the Monarch became an [[Evil Duo]], with the Pupa Twins (formerly Dr. Girlfriend's Murderous Moppets) acting as twin Dragons.

** Depending on whether or not one sees Rusty as a [[Villain Protagonist]], Brock Samson could also count.

* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]: Attempted by the original Venture Team in ''[[FemBot]] swimsuits''.

** ...and averted completely in another episode.

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Dr. Mrs. the Monarch:'''}} Gary, you've seen too much.

'''Henchman 21:''' Okay, I have not seen that ever! }}

* [[Sequel Hook]]: Each season finale had these. In fact, seasons one and especially three have had full on [[Cliff Hanger|cliffhanger]] deaths. On killing {{spoiler|Henchman 24}}, Doc Hammer stated that it was such a stupid decision that you ''have'' to see where they're going with it.

* [[Time Travel]]: "Escape To The House Of Mummies Part II" with Grover Cleveland's Presidential Time Machine.

* [[Tongue on the Flagpole]]: In "Now Museum, Now You Don't", Hank sticks his tongue to [[Human Popsicle|the ice block containing Ug-Ugh.]]

* [[Too Much Information]]: Col. Gentleman and Sgt. Hatred's sex lives. Billy Quizboy's "guilty pleasures" list is considered too much information by Billy himself when he realizes he misunderstood the question.

* [[Too Soon]]: "Handsome Ransom" involves a [[Captain Ersatz]] of Superman and Batman who takes a shine to Hank as his new Robin. It involves "sleepovers" and giving him lots of toys. For what it's worth, the season had started production ''before'' [[Michael Jackson]] died.

 

== U-Z ==

* [[Ultimate Evil]]: {{spoiler|The Leviathan from "Assisted Suicide".}}

* [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]: 21 and 24 like to debate these. Their debut consisted of an argument about who would win in a fight between {{spoiler|Ann Frank and Lizzie Borden}}. When this conversational well runs dry, they also engage in excessive [[Fan Wank]]. In all cases, 24 takes whichever position is most obviously wrong.

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

[[Category:Adult Swim]]