Episode Data

The Venture Bros.

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Season 0

• _{Sunday, February 16th, 2003}

  1: The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay

  The Venture family travels to New York City, where Dr. Venture is presenting his newest invention to the United Nations. They are pursued by a ninja intent on acquiring the device, and by Dr. Venture's archenemy The Monarch.

• _{Sunday, December 19th, 2004}

  2: A Very Venture Christmas

  Dr. Venture is a bit behind on his shopping, but he's excited about hosting his annual Christmas Eve shindig. Brock turns out to have some sentimental Yuletide traditions. Dean and Hank, who still believe in Santa Claus, accidentally unlock a magical demon who threatens to ruin Dr. Venture's annual Christmas party and murder all his guests. Dr. Billy Quizboy and Mr. White hit on Triana, Dr. Orpheus' underage daughter. Meanwhile, The Monarch plans the ultimate gift for Dr. Girlfriend--the destruction of the entire Venture Compound.

• _{Sunday, August 28th, 2011}

  3: Ladle To The Grave: The Story of Shallow Gravy

  See the Venture Family as you’ve never seen them before: in a 15-minute documentary-style animated special. Follow the meteoric rise, the equally meteoric fall, and the decidedly un-meteor-like second coming of the most important band Hank Venture, Dermott Fitctel and H.E.L.P.eR. robot have ever been in: Shallow Gravy. If you’re hungry for rock, then open wide, because here comes a ladle of heavy metal fire and metaphoric meat drippings.

• _{Sunday, October 28th, 2012}

  4: A Very Venture Halloween

  Only Team Venture knows how to put the very real, life-threatening element of danger back into Halloween.

• _{Friday, January 9th, 2015}

  6: All This and Gargantua-2 Special Epilogue

  The Venture family and friends gather for Jonas, Jr.'s memorial service. A surprise is in store for Rusty during a reading of Jonas' will.

• _{Monday, January 19th, 2015}

  5: All This and Gargantua-2

  Join the Ventures--and pretty much everyone they've ever crossed paths with--as they rocket to the Gargantua-2 space station for an epic, hour-long adventure that will change the Ventureverse as we know it forever.

• _{Monday, February 1st, 2016}

  7: Hostile Makeover Epilogue

  The Venture family settles down for breakfast in their new home in Manhattan. Hank shows off his newest purchase.

Season 1

• _{Saturday, August 7th, 2004}

  1: Dia de Los Dangerous!

  When the Venture Family visits Tijuana for a lecture Dr. Venture is giving at the (community) University of Mexico, the dastardly Monarch weaves a cocoon of villainy that leaves the Venture brothers trapped in his clutches, Dr. Venture kidney-less and Brock...dead? If only Dr. Venture would return the Monarch's calls...

• _{Saturday, August 14th, 2004}

  2: Careers in Science

  The Venture family must travel to space to repair an orbiting space station that Dr. Venture's father built in the 1970s, but a mysterious space phantom could be haunting the station! Things get even more intense as Brock's presence adds heat to an already tense romantic relationship between the station's two officers.

• _{Saturday, August 21st, 2004}

  3: Home Insecurity

  To protect the Venture compound while Brock is on his yearly mountain survival sabbatical, Dr. Venture builds a panic room and a robotic bodyguard -which are soon put to the test when both the Monarch's and Baron Underbheit's henchmen choose the same night to launch attacks. While the supervillains bicker over who has dibs on Dr. Venture, Brock is busy befriending the strangest couple in the Cascadian mountains. Oh yeah, and H.E.L.P.eR. runs away in a fit of jealousy.

• _{Saturday, August 28th, 2004}

  4: The Incredible Mr. Brisby

  Dr. Venture is offered a job by theme park owner and cartoon magnate Roy Brisby, who won't take no for an answer in his quest for worldwide entertainment dominance. Meanwhile, the boys are given the Patty Hearst treatment by the Orange County Liberation Front, a group of militant suburbanites who want to take down Brisby's empire Brock enlists the aid of former lover and fellow superspy Molotov Cocktease to 'mount' a rescue, but she may have her own agenda.

• _{Saturday, September 4th, 2004}

  5: Eeney, Meeney, Miney...Magic!

  Dr. Venture's new experiment has the entire family interested -not to mention trapped inside! The Ventures' strange new neighbor, master of mysticism Dr. Orpheus, may be the only one who can help them escape. Meanwhile Dean falls for Dr. Orpheus's teen aged daughter and Brock falls for his old flame: Molotov Cocktease.

• _{Saturday, September 11th, 2004}

  6: Ghosts of the Sargasso

  On a scientific expedition in the Bermuda Triangle, Doc's experimental equipment awakens and possibly enrages the submerged ghost of Major Tom, a test pilot who crashed in an experimental aircraft designed by Doc's father. While there, the Ventures' hydrofoil is hijacked by a group of fake ghost pirates who've been stranded in the sargassum since Jesus Jones was popular.

• _{Saturday, September 18th, 2004}

  7: Ice Station - Impossible!

  Dr. Venture, Pete White and Master Billy Quizboy are invited to take part in a top secret government think tank run by supergenius Professor Impossible (coincidentally their former college professor), but Doc's life is in jeopardy once he learns the dark secrets of Impossible's sequestered family. Meanwhile, Hank has become a walking time bomb thanks to a stolen Cold War serum, and Brock and Dean must race the clock to save him.

• _{Saturday, September 25th, 2004}

  8: Mid-Life Chrysalis

  The Monarch sends Dr. Girlfriend undercover to seduce Dr. Venture in order to inject him with a body-altering serum. Meanwhile, Brock is deeply depressed to he learn his secret agent license to kill has expired, but the boys are hell-bent on helping him cram for his government exam.

• _{Saturday, October 2nd, 2004}

  9: Are You There, God? It's me, Dean.

  The Monarch finally has the Venture family right where he wants them- hanging upside down above the Amazon river! But his victory is postponed when Dean suffers a strange but fairly common injury- acute testicular tortion. According to the bylaws of the Guild of Calamitous Intent, a temporary truce must be called in order to get Dean medical attention, so Brock and Hank are held as collateral. Doc calls on his friends, Master Billy Quizboy and Mr. White, to perform orchiopexy on Dean.

• _{Saturday, October 9th, 2004}

  10: Tag Sale - You're It!

  Always short on cash, Dr. Venture decides to unload some of his father's old scientific equipment in a huge yard sale that attracts fellow scientists and super-villains alike. Everyone is supposed to be on their best behavior, but The Monarch can't resist the temptation to wreak havoc once he finds himself inside the 'belly of the beast'...nor can he find a bathroom.

• _{Saturday, October 16th, 2004}

  11: Past Tense

  When Brock and Dr. Venture are kidnapped from the funeral of a college friend, the boys enlist the aid of the original Team Venture: a group of superscience adventurers who worked for their grandfather in the sixties. Meanwhile, the mysterious kidnapper reveals the secret of his twenty year old grudge through a series of flashbacks to when he, Brock, Doc, Baron Underbheit and Mr. White were all in college together.

• _{Saturday, October 23rd, 2004}

  12: The Trial of the Monarch

  The Monarch is on trial for the one crime he may not have committed, under mysterious circumstances stemming from his bitter breakup with Dr. Girlfriend. The boys and Dr. Orpheus are forced to testify, but only Brock is aware that something far more sinister is afoot.

• _{Saturday, October 30th, 2004}

  13: Return to Spider-Skull Island

  Dr. Venture finally learns the secret of his recurring womb nightmares when a stomach tumor turns out to be something far more sinister. In a fit of jealousy over their mistaken belief their father is pregnant, the boys run away from home. But their newfound freedom is short lived once they run afoul of the law and land themselves in a 'Scared Straight'-style outreach program headed by none other than the recently incarcerated Monarch.

Season 2

• _{Sunday, June 25th, 2006}

  1: Powerless in the Face of Death

  The premiere episode finds Team Venture and friends struggling to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives and move on in the wake of Hank and Dean's violent and untimely deaths. While Doc searches for his soul in the far corners of the globe, Dr. Orpheus wallows in guilt, and a mullet-less Brock repairs his beloved Charger, The Monarch plots a daring prison break with the help of his fellow supervillainous inmates.

• _{Sunday, July 2nd, 2006}

  2: Hate Floats

  Aided by Henchman 21, 24, and a ragtag band of roughneck new recruits, the Monarch attempts to rebuild his villainous empire and rekindle his relationship with Dr. Girlfriend. A showdown at the local shopping mall forces his hand, and he struggles to choose between revenge and reconciliation amidst a sea of violence. Meanwhile a wounded Brock falls into the clutches of The Phantom Limb, Hank drives Brock's car, and Dr. Venture gets an eye full.

• _{Sunday, July 9th, 2006}

  3: Assassinanny 911

  When Brock is reactivated by the Office of Secret Intelligence to track down a rogue agent, he subcontracts his ex-girlfriend, the malevolently mercenary Molotov Cocktease, to protect the Venture Compound from enemies within and without. Love is in the air! Or is it...murder?

• _{Sunday, July 16th, 2006}

  4: Escape to the House of Mummies (Part II)

  Team Venture find themselves trapped in the clutches of a bloodthirsty Egyptian cult and their time machine. Doc narrowly escapes and teams up with Master Billy Quizboy and Pete White, but promptly forgets to mount a rescue. So it's up to Brock and a pantheon of history's greatest men to find another way out.

• _{Sunday, August 6th, 2006}

  5: 20 Years to Midnight

  In the middle of spring cleaning, Brock's discovery of a lost videotape from Jonas Venture Sr. sets Team Venture off on a global scavenger hunt for the hidden pieces of a fantastic and potentially deadly machine. But to save humanity from a terrible fate, they'll have to overcome death, drug addiction, Jonny Quest and Professor Impossible - all under the watchful eye of the mysterious Grand Galactic Inquisitor.

• _{Sunday, August 13th, 2006}

  6: Victor. Echo. November.

  The Phantom Limb and Dr. Girlfriend agree to a civil double date with The Monarch and some girl he met on the internet in order to discuss The Monarch's official re-entry into the Guild of Calamitous Intent. Doc and Brock become the unwitting pawns in a low-grade pissing contest when Phantom Limb's sics the Guild's commandos on the Venture compound to prove his dominance. Can Brock hold off an army? Can Doc escape death and finish watching the worst porno ever?

• _{Sunday, August 20th, 2006}

  7: Love-Bheits

  Baron Ünderbheit captures Team Venture when the X-1 crash lands in Ünderland while en route from a superscience costume party. Rather than execute them immediately, he inflicts an unspeakable torture upon them: they're forced to attend his wedding. Only the shadowy, disorganized Ünderground resistance group can help them escape.

• _{Sunday, September 3rd, 2006}

  8: Fallen Arches

  When the Guild of Calamitous Intent finally approves Dr. Orpheus for his very own arch nemesis he calls upon old friends The Alchemist and Jefferson Twilight to resurrect their former super-team, The Order of the Triad. While they audition supervillain candidates at the Venture Compound, a jealous Doc isn't about to let Orpheus steal the show. Let loose the Walking Eye!

• _{Sunday, September 10th, 2006}

  9: Guess Who's Coming to State Dinner?

  When the Gargantua-1 Space Station breaks orbit and crashes into a wanted terrorist, Colonel Bud Manstrong becomes a national hero. But did it really happen or is Bud's mother, the indomitable Mrs. Manstrong, behind an insidious plot to assassinate the President? The mysterious blinking band aid on Bud's head might be the key to a mystery only the ghost of Abraham Lincoln and Team Venture can solve.

• _{Sunday, September 24th, 2006}

  10: I Know Why the Caged Bird Kills

  The Monarch continues to rebuild his villainous empire with the aid of his shadowy new Number 2, Dr. Henry Killinger, but Henchman 21 is suspicious of the deadly foreigner's unctuous charms. Meanwhile, as Dr. Orpheus attempts to exorcise a Japanese demon from Dr. Venture, a mysterious woman from Doc's past resurfaces. And she'd kill to find out where Hank and Dean are.

• _{Sunday, October 1st, 2006}

  11: ¡Viva los Muertos!

  When Dr. Venture finally succeeds in attaining the holy grail of superscience - the revivification of a human corpse for fun and profit - a washed up gang of wandering former teen sleuths is convinced that the Venture Compound is haunted. Their investigation uncovers something far creepier. Meanwhile, Orpheus shepherds Brock through a crisis of conscience with the help of a New Age shaman and a bizarre tea party.

• _{Sunday, October 8th, 2006}

  12: Showdown at Cremation Creek (1)

  Dr. Girlfriend finally accepts the Monarch's wedding proposal... if he calls off his grudge with Dr. Venture. He agrees, but things take a turn for the worse when his henchmen mistakenly capture Team Venture, while the Phantom Limb vows not to take his break-up lightly.

• _{Sunday, October 15th, 2006}

  13: Showdown at Cremation Creek (2)

  As Phantom Limb makes his stunning power play, only Brock can rally The Monarch's forces to mount a defense. The fate of almost everyone in the Venture universe hangs in the balance as The Sovereign reveals his true identity and guys and stuff explode all over the place.

Season 3

• _{Sunday, June 1st, 2008}

  1: Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny

  The truths and half-truths about Dr. Venture's past arch nemesis, Dr. Girlfriend and The Monarch, are revealed.

• _{Sunday, June 8th, 2008}

  2: The Doctor is Sin

  Dr. Venture learns that a life without an arch enemy is not fulfilling.

• _{Sunday, June 15th, 2008}

  3: The Invisible Hand of Fate

  Billy Quizboy recovers the memories of his former life as a failed TV Quizboy, the loss of his hand and eye in a dogfight, his recruitment into the OSI, and his first mission as a spy.

• _{Sunday, June 22nd, 2008}

  4: Home is Where the Hate Is

  With the Monarch busy settling into his new home with his wife, a new villain arises to arch Dr. Venture.

• _{Sunday, June 29th, 2008}

  5: The Buddy System

  Dr. Venture decides to raise money by running a Day Camp for Boy Adventurers. Things don't go quite as planned when a giant ape gets loose, Action Johnny loses it, Sgt. Hatred arrives for an unscheduled bush burning, Hank gets a new friend who pushes Brock's buttons, and the Monarch sends the Moppets in to spy.

• _{Sunday, July 6th, 2008}

  6: Dr. Quymn, Medicine Woman

  Team Venture meets Team Quymn, led by Dr. Tara Quymn, Dr. Venture's childhood sweetheart. Her two twin daughters and manly bodyguard seem oddly familiar, but the two teams must join forces to battle a dreaded were-o-dile: half man, half crocodile.

• _{Sunday, July 13th, 2008}

  7: What Goes Down, Must Come Up

  Brock and Dr. Venture stumble into a hidden state-of-the-art fallout shelter beneath the Venture compound, while Hank and Dean call in Dr. Orpheus to summon the Order of the Triad and help them out.

• _{Sunday, July 20th, 2008}

  8: Tears of a Sea Cow

  The Monarch gets word that Dr. Venture and Brock are at a science conference, and decides to launch an attack on the Venture compound.

• _{Sunday, July 27th, 2008}

  9: Now Museum, Now You Don't

  Dr. Jonas Venture Jr. builds a museum in honor of his "father," and invites all of Jonas Sr.'s old friends and enemies to the grand opening.

• _{Sunday, August 3rd, 2008}

  10: The Lepidopterists

  The Monarch leads an attack on his new arch-nemesis, Dr. Jonas Venture Jr., at his base on Spider Skull Island.

• _{Sunday, August 10th, 2008}

  11: ORB

  Billy Quizboy has spent thirty years trying to decipher a series of cryptic clues hidden in Rusty Venture Cartoon Show episodes. Finally the solution to the mystery is at hand, but the answer forces Brock to discover what his true orders are.

• _{Sunday, August 17th, 2008}

  12: The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (1)

  The OSI has put a termination contract on Brock's head, and three top assassins plan to collect. Meanwhile, the Monarch and Sgt. Hatred battle to see who will be Dr. Venture's arch.

• _{Sunday, August 24th, 2008}

  13: The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (2)

  Continuing after the prior episode, General Traceter (alluded to in Season 1 during Brock's License exam in Mid-Life Chrysalis) heads a OSI assault team to go after Samson and the Venture Family after the original three assassins fail to do their job. Using ingenuity to save the Venture Family once more, Brock Samson hatched a plan to force OSI and Monarch's Henchmen to fight each other instead of pursuing the family. In the aftermath of the fight, OSI gains victory after one of Monarch's Flight Suits malfunctions and ends up shooting his own minions in friendly fire. After revealing himself being on neither side of the fight, Brock makes a shocking announcement to Thaddeus and General Traceter that would affect the rest of their lives.

Season 4

• _{Sunday, October 18th, 2009}

  1: Blood of the Father, Heart of Steel

  Henchman 21 copes with life without 24. Brock and the Venture family are forced to part ways. Discover the final fate of H.E.L.P.eR. And Dean must kill Hitler.

• _{Sunday, October 25th, 2009}

  2: Handsome Ransom

  The Monarch decides to settle for cash as the best revenge on Dr. Venture and takes Hank and Dean hostage. However, Hank is rescued by Captain Sunshine, who wants a new boy sidekick to replace his fallen comrade Wonder Boy.

• _{Sunday, November 1st, 2009}

  3: Perchance to Dean

  Rusty begins to indoctrinate Dean into his career as a super scientist, not knowing that a deformed and believed aborted Dean clone stalks the compound. The deformed clone's attempt to kill Dean leads to a mix up with Hank thinking that he's killed his brother, while local police prepare to raid the Compound after a UPS delivery man suspects illegal activities going on.

• _{Sunday, November 8th, 2009}

  4: Return to Malice

  Henchman 21 kidnaps the Venture brothers without The Monarch's knowledge or consent, resulting in Sgt. Hatred having to storm his former hometown of Malice to rescue his charges. We also learn of the recent activities of 21 since the death of 24.

• _{Sunday, November 15th, 2009}

  5: The Revenge Society

  The Guild of Calamitous Intent comes under attack by an insane Phantom Limb, who now goes by the name "Revenge". Meanwhile, Hank and Sergeant Hatred must protect the compound from the Guild's agents. We also learn something very interesting about Dean's birthright.

• _{Sunday, November 22nd, 2009}

  6: Self-Medication

  While Dr. Venture goes into therapy with other boy adventurers, Sgt. Hatred takes Dean and Hank to the movies, only to have a relapse.

• _{Sunday, December 6th, 2009}

  7: The Better Man

  After seeing the OutRider, the man who stole his wife, pass through the Second World, Dr. Orpheus is determined to do the same. Meanwhile, Hank takes Dean to the mall to teach him how to talk to girls, and Triana has a life-altering discussion with The Master.

• _{Sunday, December 13th, 2009}

  8: Pinstripes & Poltergeists

  While the Monarch schemes to dispose of Dr. Venture once and for all, Henchman 21 seeks revenge on Brock for the death of 24.

• _{Sunday, September 12th, 2010}

  9: The Diving Bell vs. The Butterglider

  Brock, Hank, and Dean must go on a fantastic voyage into Rusty's brain to find out why he's in a coma. Meanwhile, Henchman 21 demands new henchsuits, but the Monarch is too busy obsessing with his latest purchase, a butter-glider.

• _{Sunday, September 19th, 2010}

  10: Pomp & Circuitry

  Hank and Dean graduate from their education beds, and look into college. Hank rebels and tries to join Sphinx. Meanwhile, Phantom Limb breaks out of the Guild's dungeons and seeks revenge once more.

• _{Sunday, September 26th, 2010}

  11: Any Which Way But Zeus

  Someone is capturing heroes and villains and taking them to a super death camp. The forces of good and evil must join forces to stop their mysterious captor.

• _{Sunday, October 3rd, 2010}

  12: Everybody Comes to Hank's

  Hank opens a detective agency and enters a dark world of sinister crime and shady women.

• _{Sunday, October 10th, 2010}

  13: Bright Lights, Dean City

  Dean ends up interning with Professor Impossible, and discovers that his new employer is a member of the Revenge Society.

• _{Sunday, October 17th, 2010}

  14: Assisted Suicide

  Dr. Venture is possessed by an entity that attempts to make him commit suicide, and Dr. Orpheus tries to save him.

• _{Sunday, October 24th, 2010}

  15: The Silent Partners

  Conjectural Technologies' newfound success hits a snag when Billy is kidnapped by the same mysterious benefactors who invested in their company, and SPHINX launches an investigation aimed at determining who is behind these dubious financiers.

• _{Sunday, November 21st, 2010}

  16: Operation P.R.O.M.

  Team Venture, Conjectural Technologies and the Order of the Triad come together as Dean and Hank prepare to face an obstacle that is more intimidating then anything they have confronted before: a prom to celebrate their "graduating" high school, while Dr. Venture throws out all the stops to bring the twins the best dance $500 can buy. But when things go awry, the greatest battle in Venture history looms as two old enemies - the OSI and SPHINX - clash once again.

Season 5

• _{Sunday, June 2nd, 2013}

  1: What Color is Your Cleansuit?

  A three-month period in the lives of our heroes and villains is chronicled. Dr. Venture recruits college interns to help him complete a project for J.J. in time, but things go awry. Dean makes a life-changing decision after Triana rejects him, and Billy Quizboy acquires a new archenemy.

• _{Sunday, June 9th, 2013}

  2: Venture Libre

  The Ventures travel into the jungles of Central America to find an invention that has developed a mind of its own.

• _{Sunday, June 16th, 2013}

  3: SPHINX Rising

  While the Monarch and his wife attempt to destroy the Venture compound once and for all, the Monarch learns a startling secret about his past. Meanwhile, Twenty-One tries to create a new SPHINX... and inadvertently recruits the members of the old SPHINX.

• _{Sunday, June 23rd, 2013}

  4: Spanakopita

  A figure from Dr. Venture's past haunts him during his annual vacation to Spanikos.

• _{Sunday, June 30th, 2013}

  5: O.S.I. Love You

  The OSI manage to capture Monstroso and Molotov. But things go horribly wrong and afterward Internal Affairs tries to work out what really happened.

• _{Sunday, July 7th, 2013}

  6: Momma's Boys

  Dean pays a visit to the mystery woman in his life, while Hank and Dermott play a prank on Dr. Venture which leads him on a quest to find his mystery friend and rescue him.

• _{Sunday, July 14th, 2013}

  7: Bot Seeks Bot

  Brock goes undercover to rescue a volunteer undercover operative helping the OSI track down the Council of 13, and ends up in a night club... of doom!

• _{Sunday, July 21st, 2013}

  8: The Devil's Grip

  When Rusty is apparently killed by the Monarch, Hatred sends the boys off to live with their godparents, and then turns to Twenty-One for help to infiltrate the Flying Cocoon and recover Rusty's body.

Season 6

• _{Monday, February 1st, 2016}

  1: Hostile Makeover

  The Ventures are back! And they’re movin’ on up to a deluxe apartment in the sky. But will mo’ money bring mo’ problems? And can The Monarch handle the commute?

• _{Monday, February 8th, 2016}

  2: Maybe No Go

  White and Billy grapple with their archenemy in their old neighborhood; Doc realizes he cannot face his responsibilities alone.

• _{Monday, February 15th, 2016}

  3: Faking Miracles

  Doc uncovers a mysterious invention that could make or break Dean's college aspirations and The Monarch makes a bad first impression on Dr. Mrs. The Monarch's co-workers.

• _{Monday, February 22nd, 2016}

  4: Rapacity In Blue

  A supervillain attacks the Ventures.

• _{Monday, February 29th, 2016}

  5: Tanks for Nuthin'

  A super-widow surfaces and makes Dr. Mrs. The Monarch's job difficult while a criminal genius tries to arch Dr. Venture.

• _{Monday, March 7th, 2016}

  6: It Happening One Night

  Avant-garde supervillains try to arch Dr. Venture while Hank searches for love in a den of ninjas.

• _{Monday, March 14th, 2016}

  7: A Party for Tarzan

  The Guild targets Dr. Venture, but do they have the right man?

• _{Monday, March 21st, 2016}

  8: Red Means Stop

  The Guild decide to team up with O.S.I. and eliminate a common threat using Dr. Venture as bait.

Season 7

• _{Monday, August 6th, 2018}

  1: The Venture Bros. & The Curse of the Haunted Problem