The Venture Bros.

The Venture Bros. is an animated series which ran on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block from 2003 to 2018. Focusing on the misadventures of the Venture family, the series spoofs many well known action cartoon, comic book and superhero tropes.
==Mentions==
* 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."
* In the season two episode "Showdown at Cremation Creek Pt. 2," the Sovereign of the Guild of Calamitous Intent is revealed to be a shape-shifting David Bowie (he is later revealed to not actually be the musician). As he transforms into an eagle and takes off, Hank cries, "The guy from Labyrinth turned into a bird!"
* 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 DVD commentary for the season four episode "The Devil's Grip," creators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer go on a tangent about the musical Pippin and "a guy who was on Sesame Street" having a breakdown.
* 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 season seven episode "The Inamorata Consequence," Shore Leave comments to the members of the Guild, "You're shoving your hand up my ass and telling me you're Jim Henson." He also imitates some Muppet lip-sync with his own hand.
* In the season seven episode "The Bellicose Proxy," the Crystal from The Dark Crystal is one of the many famous media props in St. Cloud's possession.
==Connections==
* Aziz Ansari voiced Martin in "What Color Is Your Cleansuit?"
* Stephen Colbert voiced Prof. Richard Impossible in three episodes
* Nathan Fillion voices Brown Widow
* Seth Green voiced Lance Hale and Mrs. Z in "Self-Medication"
* Bill Hader voiced various characters in seasons four and five
* Mark Hamill voiced Presto Change-O and Illuminati 1 in "The Unicorn in Captivity"
* Kate McKinnon voiced various characters in seasons four, five, and six
* Jane Lynch voiced Bobbi St. Simone in The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
* Guy Moore serves as an animation director for the series
* Patton Oswalt voiced Wonderboy in "Self-Medication"
* J. K. Simmons voiced Ben in "A Very Venture Halloween" and The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
* Patrick Warburton voices Brock Samson
* Jeffrey Wright voiced Think Thank in "Tanks for Nuthin"
==See also==
*Black Dynamite
*Dream Corp LLC
*Mary Shelley's Frankenhole
*Rick and Morty
*Robot Chicken
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