The Venture Bros.



The Venture Bros. is an animated series that has been running on Cartoon Network's [adult swim] block since 2003. Focusing on the misadventures of the Venture family, the series spoofs many well known action cartoon, comic book and superhero tropes.

The Venture Bros.

 * In the season four episode "Perchance to Dean," Dermott Fictel notes that he saw Fight Club in 1999 instead of The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, the age-appropriate fare his mother had intended him to see.


 * In the season six episode "Maybe No Go," the Monarch comments that fellow villain Tantrum Rex looks like "that 'Not the Mamma, Not the Mamma' baby dinosaur puppet."


 * In the 2018 book Go Team Venture!: The Art and Making of the Venture Bros, creator Jackson Publick acknowledges that the mouth animation and vocal noises of robot H.E.L.P.eR. were directly inspired by "Beaker from the Muppets."

Connections

 * Aziz Ansari voiced Martin in "What Color Is Your Cleansuit?"
 * Stephen Colbert voiced Prof. Richard Impossible
 * Nathan Fillion voices Brown Widow
 * Seth Green voiced Lance Hale and Mrs. Z in "Self-Medication"
 * Bill Hader voiced various characters
 * Kate McKinnon voiced various characters
 * Patrick Warburton voices Brock Samson