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**Thydaysuh** · 10-28-2009, 12:38 AM

Dean and Hank Venture are the twin teenaged sons of Thaddeus S. "Rusty" Venture, a former "boy adventurer"--think Jonny Quest--who has taken over his dead father's super-science racket. They are protected by their loyal bodyguard/quasimilitary operative, "Swedish murder machine" Brock Samson. They are menaced by a "supervillian" known as The Monarch, whose supervillany is guided by a very strict rulebook for supervillians and their "arching" activities.

It's a show about failure. Rusty is a barely-passable scientist, and an even worse father; the boys are, in their best moments, dim. The Monarch is also failure-prone. None of them are dumb, exactly--they just don't tend to think things through very well.

There is a very, very large cast of very, very funny supporting characters, including but not limited to: Dr. Byron Orpheus, a necromancer who is renting out some unused labspace in the Venture compound; Dr. Girlfriend, a beautiful villian with the voice of a Brooklyn bully who is The Monarch's "Number Two"; 21 & 24, two cowardly and pop-culture obsessed henchmen; Phantom Limb, a rival supervillian; and Molotov Cocktease, a former Russian superagent and current assassin, and the unrequited love of Brock Samson's life.

The humor ranges from Three Stooges-esque slapstick to outright parody to high-falutin' comedy of language and manners. It is very, very heavy on both character and plot. It wouldn't be inaccurate to call it the "Lost" of comedy and/or cartoons.

Here is 21 putting on his henchman gear, after The Monarch returns from yet another setback:

10-28-2009, 12:38 AM	#12
Thydaysuh Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 501 Senior Member	Dean and Hank Venture are the twin teenaged sons of Thaddeus S. "Rusty" Venture, a former "boy adventurer"--think Jonny Quest--who has taken over his dead father's super-science racket. They are protected by their loyal bodyguard/quasimilitary operative, "Swedish murder machine" Brock Samson. They are menaced by a "supervillian" known as The Monarch, whose supervillany is guided by a very strict rulebook for supervillians and their "arching" activities. It's a show about failure. Rusty is a barely-passable scientist, and an even worse father; the boys are, in their best moments, dim. The Monarch is also failure-prone. None of them are dumb, exactly--they just don't tend to think things through very well. There is a very, very large cast of very, very funny supporting characters, including but not limited to: Dr. Byron Orpheus, a necromancer who is renting out some unused labspace in the Venture compound; Dr. Girlfriend, a beautiful villian with the voice of a Brooklyn bully who is The Monarch's "Number Two"; 21 & 24, two cowardly and pop-culture obsessed henchmen; Phantom Limb, a rival supervillian; and Molotov Cocktease, a former Russian superagent and current assassin, and the unrequited love of Brock Samson's life. The humor ranges from Three Stooges-esque slapstick to outright parody to high-falutin' comedy of language and manners. It is very, very heavy on both character and plot. It wouldn't be inaccurate to call it the "Lost" of comedy and/or cartoons. Here is 21 putting on his henchman gear, after The Monarch returns from yet another setback:
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