Talk:List of The Venture Bros. characters

message: Was very impressed with some of the detailed cross-referencing on the specific parodies being made with various characters. For example, I enjoyed the information about King Gorilla and all the relatively obscure comic book villains of whom he is a satire. Knowing these references makes the funny even funnier, and I'm sure the writers of the show appreciate this more subtle information and humor getting out to a wider audience. Just wanted to compliment the editors.63.230.163.39 (talk) 11:03, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Great Knowledge of Topic! 

message: Who was the genius who deleted half of the character entries? With Manstrong and Anna appearing again in the show, it would be worth noting that Anna has died and Manstrong is actually handicapped by his mother's controlling nature.
:Several of us many months ago, see Talk:Characters_from_The_Venture_Bros.#Remove_some_characters.3F and Talk:Characters_from_The_Venture_Bros.#Getting too trivial. And please sign your posts with four tildes (~) -th1rt3en 07:53, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good job 

message: The Action man derives his name from another Bowie song that follows up "Space Oddity" called "Ashes to Ashes". I've added it.
I could have sworn that Otto Aquarius referred to Action man as a "murderer" rather than as an "adulterer" during the deleted outtake of Past Tense.  It would make more sense in terms of the character.  The twin .45s seem reminiscent of the Shadow and even more the Spider from the pulps (who was definitely an enthusiastic killer).  Otherwise, I'm amazed and appalled at the organizational nitpicking I read about an excellent entry.  Talk about fanboy cubed!  The original author's done a great job. I've seen worse organization and editing on entries of substantial historical import.
Go Team Fanboy!
209.247.21.15 05:30, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Action man 

message: His diary hints at a weird resentment for society and a yearning for the things that kids have now that he lacked as a child. Perhaps this is the cause of his pederast nature, much like Michael Jackson's textbook mental problem? Either way, did Gentleman overdose on Opium(Alan Quatermaine) or did he commit suicide some other way?
Would it perhaps be worth pointing out that Col. Gentleman bears some similarities to William Burroughs, i.e. living in Tangier, having a 'man-servant' Kiki, etc. Dean also quotes from the Colonel's diary: "another dreary party at the Frosts' Flat," which is certainly a reference to Joan and Tom Frost from the film Naked Lunch. 2001:558:6026:B:4A5:FECA:713B:BE42 (talk) 01:21, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Col. Gentleman 

message: I think this article needs a bit of cleanup and reorganization. Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer tend to make up several characters that are vital and named but only appear in one or two episodes. I suggest there be the following sections:
*Venture Family/Compound (which would include Orpheus and Trianna)
*Allies/Friends (Dr. White, Master Billy Quizboy, original team Venture)
*Arch Enemies (Monarch, Unterbeit, henchmen, etc.)
*Guild of Calamitous Intent (Phantom Limb, Strangers)
*Recurring Characters (Molotov, other characters associated with aforementioned ones)
*Minor Characters (possibly just a list of named and important characters such as Brisby, Speedy, Major Tom, Dr Impossible's family, the arches that are in jail, etc)
or basically something to that effect. -th1rt3en 23:27, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reorganization? 

message: Dr Girlfriend is no longer with the Monarch. She with her ex now.
She is married to him now: Dr. Mrs. The Monarch.98.227.140.14 (talk) 11:29, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr Girlfriend 

message: I'm not sure that Venture's late father should be referred to as "Jonas Venture Sr." The fact that Dr. Venture's twin brother existed at all was only revealed late in the second season, so Jonas Venture was long dead before it was evident that he had a namesake. (For that matter, I'm not sure why the newly-found twin named himself Jonas Jr.) Um, short version I guess, no one ever called him Jonas Venture Senior while he was alive, and there was no evidence to do so for 95% of the first season. My vote is to call their father "Jonas Venture" and the little guy "Jonas Venture Junior". - DynSkeet *  Talk 20:33, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I added the Sr. mainly to differentiate between them, and added Dr. to Jonas, Jr., because he recieved two doctorates. Jonas Venture, Jr., and Jonas Venture are both fine with me. -th1rt3en 03:14, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jonas Sr. 

message: Well, see title.
I'll be doing Phantom Limb once I get a bit of free time; but does Triana qualify for an entry? I'm figuring if even Billy got one, maybe she can work up an article, though at best she's a minor, recurring character. She still appears enough in the show I know people may wonder why she's not gotten a page yet...blah on her being exactly at the crossroads of 'minor' and 'supporting'. 
If we DO do her, I think that's every major character receiving their own article...for real, this time. Umbric Man 1:25 15th July 2006
:It might be a bit sparse at first, but sure... just be careful not to pad the article with every trivial thing you can remember about her. I don't want VB pages to get crufty. - DynSkeet *  Talk 15:59, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Triana Deserves a Page? 

message: Where does all this stuff about the Baron being deposed and Girl Hitler becoming president come from?  None of this sounds in the least familiar to me. -CWD 18:20, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: From the newest episode, Love-Bheits. -th1rt3en 19:36, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, very well, I was waiting to watch it tonight instead of viewing it online. -CWD 00:02, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Baron Underbheit stuff 

message: This still isn't working for me, so I'm going to make a List of secondary characters from The Venture Bros. and put all of the one-timers in there. It'll look like List of secondary characters from Futurama. -th1rt3en 17:11, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: it's because Manservant, King Gorilla, and Tiny Joseph are minor characters. Manservant's been in about 4 episodes, and Joeseph and King have each only been in two. And I changed the villians section to Archvillians to distinguish them -th1rt3en 19:48, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Actually, Limb stated he was "between arches", and Watch and Ward had met up with Dr. V in the briefing room without any care for him. Manservant only did what Underbheit said. I'm going to change it up a bit and try to keep the same layout -th1rt3en 21:41, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Im going to keep manservant in Underland since Undergound no longer exists since Baron has been overthrown and Manservant might no longer be a servant. -th1rt3en 21:48, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Splitting 

message: I'd like the page to be re-named List of Characters from The Venture Bros.. That's the way most list of characters are named.--201 20:10, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: can do. -th1rt3en 20:21, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: List of

message: With his second appearance and his chat over the phone with Dr. Vanture in the last episode, I think is safe to say Manhowers is a recurring character. From the phone call and his appearance in the first episode, we can infer he is probbably Dr. Ventures main client. Of cource since we can't be sure I only wrote that "he is ONE of Dr. Ventures main clients", which I think it's safe to say. That's of course, if you guys don't think otherwise. Feel free to rephrase me if you feel it's necesary.--201 08:13, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: '''General Manhowers'''

message: I wrote this for the list of secondary characters. Is it ok or would you guys like to rephrase it?
*Mike Sorayama: A former College friend of Dr. Venture, Pete White, and Baron Werner Ünderbheit. At, College, he is target of mean jokes, each played by every one of his friends and Brock Samson, so several years later, at present day, Sorayama fakes his own death in order to gather and he kidnap the four of them at the funeral. After the Samson and Dr. Venture broke free and the original Team Venture arrived with the Venture Brothers to rescue them, they discover the kidnaper is a robot while the real Sorayama is actually dead and planned all before dying. 
--201 20:03, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mike Sorayama 

message: Here is another reference to follow as template in the List of secondary characters from The Venture Bros.: Smallville Characters Season One.
:Every article is going to be different, it's whatever works for the show. VB tends to have a lot of one-time characters, simply because the creators do so. If we listed every one-time character like that the article would be too big, in my opinion. A short description works fine for them for now. A template/box style list would also work well and might look a bit more organized. -th1rt3en 23:20, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Smallville

message: Since this split was done by a sockpuppet of a blocked user, I've just reintegrated the two articles. CovenantD 20:20, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've placed the minor organizations into the secondary cahracter article -th1rt3en 20:53, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge with organization from the Venture Bros.

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message: On Jackson Publick's most recent blog he said that Stephen Colbert will no longer be doing the voice of Professor Impossible. Perhaps a note should be added about this? DX927 (talk) 04:05, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colbert No Longer Involved with the Show 

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message: How on earth is Catclops a "Maus" reference?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.229.12.117 (talk) 09:00, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Maus"? 

message: Bad grammar and speculation abound in this article. Lots42 (talk) 07:39, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems 

message: Tim-Tom does not have a cockney accent; it is much more akin to an Australian accent.Chebghobbi (talk) 04:30, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Moppets 

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message: "Status" depends on episode. There was a similar discussion in the list of Heroes and in many infoboxes and status was removed. I am proposing to do the same there. -- Magioladitis (talk) 09:31, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing "status" from table in Organisations section 

message: Should it be pointed out that because Brendon Small is among the voice actors handling the incarcerated villains such as White Noise, King Gorilla, and so on, the inclusion of "Dr. Septapus" as one of the villain characters may be a reference to the "Septopus" of Home Movies?Brian Tiemann (talk) 00:27, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr. Septapus 

message: The section of Rusty's dad says that it was implied that he died in ORB, this isn't true. It was Rusty's Grandfather that was shown in the flashback in the episode. Should we create a new section or just delete that part of the section?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yangon (talk • contribs) 20:43, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr. Jonas Venture Sr. 

message: Unless there are cites, I question whether the Jonny Quest characters actually appear in the series.  Without question, Race Bannon does, because not only does the character design support that conclusion but Brock Samson says it is Race Bannon (using his full name).  However, that is not the case of the other characters. Action Johnny's name is clearly spelled differently than the character on Jonny Quest, and Action Johnny's last name is never used.  Rajni Singh's first name is different from the character Hadji Singh on Johnny Quest. And Dr. Z's name is never pronounced "Zin" on The Venture Bros.  These are parodies of the Jonny Quest characters, much as the show has parodied the Fantastic Four, Scooby-Doo, and G.I. Joe. But parodies are not the same as the characters. Cartoon Network may be able to get away with parodies which are much closer to their serious counter-parts because it owns the Jonny Quest characters, but this is not the same as saying that these are, in fact, the characters. Absent citations to the contrary, I think that section needs to be revamped. - Tim1965 (talk) 23:27, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Johnny Quest 

message: It just seems weirdly out of place compared to the rest. -98.84.107.61 (talk) 06:18, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is Brock Samson the only person of the main cast without a separate page? 

message: I'm not sure where this information is from. After watching Operation: P.R.O.M. I was under the impression that the mutated women were actually part of the escort service, and that Molotov lied about them being part of the Blackhearts Elimination Agency. I would check on this info before saying that they are no longer in existence.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.25.19.101 (talk) 21:40, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Blackhearts Elimination Agency 

message: Sgt. Hatred is discussed and referenced in multiple places throughout the article, including in his own wife's section, yet he has no section of his own. He is an integral part of several episodes during seasons 2 and 3 and deserves mention. Thank you. -matrulove  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.40.6.217 (talk) 04:06, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sgt. Hatred 

message: As the Monarch is such a significant character of the show, isn't it kinda odd he doesn't have an article of his own? Should we make one? --DarthNightmaricus (talk) 20:36, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems like none of the main characters have standalone articles any longer. Perhaps moving some of the material from the main characters' sections to their own pages would help make this article shorter and more readable? I'm not too clear on where all the back-and-forth landed regarding who should have their own entry, if anyone at all. --FacultiesIntact (talk) 23:04, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Monarch 

message: Hold the phone!  This article is currently more than 176KB in length, which is over  three times the recommended article length provided at Wikipedia:Article size.  I realize that without having independent standalone articles for each character, all the information about each character has to be crammed into this article...  But rather than suggesting spinoff articles on each of the characters, maybe the answer is just to reduce the size of this article: there appears to be much more detailed information about these characters than is needed in a basic encyclopedia article "list" (never mind that there is also an entire Wikipedia article on the Venture Bros. television show, with its own "Characters" section).  Also, none of this information looks like it is referenced to any source, meaning that all of it is original research written by viewers/ fans who have watched the show.  This is not how Wikipedia is supposed to work: we are supposed to have information sourced to reliable, independent, verifiable sources, not viewer memories (independent, maybe; reliable, verifiable, not so much).  Two thirds or more of what is here should simply be sliced out.  This is a list of characters, not a complete biography of each.  Someone please arrive with a machete and boldly make it fit!  KDS4444 (talk) 02:25, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article size is getting way overblown: 176KB! 

message: Yeah … kinda torn. I do like the idea of a character reference article. Those folks saying it doesn't belong … go tell that to the folks making character lists for any other long running t.v. show … which is also taking up Wikipedia's oxygen! ( Seriously , I don't watch , "M*A*S*H" , or "Battlestar Galactica" or "Game of Thrones" , among others , BUT , should I be so blind as to not acknowledge other people DO like those shows , and to those watchers , character notes might be a great thing for them? ) Some descriptions need shortening. The current boxes , at the bottom … need to be axed. ( They are just restating the information shown above. ). Grouping them by … uh … group associations is probably a good idea , while avoiding double mentions , is a thought.  For example: noting "Dr.Z. / Dr.Zyn" twice is redundant. Just mention he's a parody of a Jonny Quest character , and be done with it , in one entry. The article might also benefit from having two sections -  The A List & The B List. ( With perhaps an area for "reoccurring , importance level tangible , characters" , such as ; " Franklin Disco Roosevelt" and "Criswell" … whom have yet to have lines , but , have appeared in several episodes. ).  Just some thoughts. Not for removing it … just tightening it up. 75.104.163.77 (talk) 22:16, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's So Funny About Love , Hate , & Venture Characters? 

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message: Whereas they have an entry … someone may be too young to know the joke, or just didn’t acknowledge the reference point? They are a take off on U.S.President Lyndon B.Johnson,and his wife Ladybird Johnson. Go Team No-So-Important Trivia! 75.106.32.81 (talk) 23:48, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lyndon Bee & Ladyhawk Johnson.