The essential episodes of The Venture Bros.
Watch these 15 in order and you've got The Venture Bros. — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Dr. Venture and family are in Mexico where the boys get kidnapped by the Monarch's Henchmen. Brock goes on a rampage to get them back and Dr. Venture loses both his kidneys and wakes up in a bathtub of ice.
- 02
To raise much-needed cash, Dr. Venture holds a yard sale for his father's old, unwanted super-science equipment and inventions. Brock and other agents from the Office of Secret Intelligence maintain security as many of Venture's arch-nemeses attend, but The Monarch has other plans.
- 03
While Hank and Dean run away from home to seek their independence, an old enemy of Dr. Venture's, long thought destroyed, returns seeking vengeance.
- 04
Showdown at Cremation Creek (2)
The second part of the season finale. Battle begins between Phantom Limb and the Monarch wedding party. Brock takes charge of the Henchmen in an effort to rescue Dr. Girlfriend.
- 05
Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny
The truths and half-truths about Dr. Venture's former arch nemeses are finally revealed.
- 06
Dr. Venture learns that a life with no arch enemy is not nearly so sweet.
- 07
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.
- 08
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.
- 09
Hank opens a detective agency and enters a dark world of sinister crime and shady women.
- 10
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.
- 11
The OSI manage to capture Monstroso and Molotov. But things go horribly wrong and afterward Internal Affairs tries to work out what really happened.
- 12
The Guild and the OSI join forces to bring down Blue Maestro once and for all, setting up a giant sting operation at the Venture penthouse. Meanwhile, Monarch discovers that he's bitten off a bit more than he can choose when he goes after the next villain on his list: Red Death.
- 13
The Venture Bros. and The Curse of the Haunted Problem
The Venture Building is haunted by a ghostly presence, and Dean calls in the Order of the Triad. Meanwhile, Hank poses as a hitman to win Wide Wale's acceptance.
- 14
The secrets of Blue Morpho and Monarch's parentage are revealed in a tale of secrets, betrayal, and infertility... all against the backdrop of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
- 15
The Council needs Rusty to help Ten Monarch. Meanwhile, Watch and Wade make an astonishing discovery about Rusty's bloodline, while Dean confesses his sins to a comatose Hank.
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