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Let's review each episode of the TV show The Venture Bros, the greatest adult animated series ever made!
Transcript:
In Pomp and Circuitry, Hank and Dean complete their electronic bed education and have technically officially graduated school, thus their futures are as open as their proven experience allows them to be. Meanwhile, Phantom Limb escapes Guild custody and decides to once again take revenge on those he feels wronged him. But this time, not without help. This is another surprisingly serious episode, or at least as serious as the series gets, and one of the more mature plots we've seen. As Hank and Dean take the next step in their lives, realizing they have to decide what to do with their futures. ...Where Rusty's failings as a parent become ever more obvious, as Billy, serving as their guidance counselor, has to point out just how little social and professional experience the sheltered and frequently abandoned boys actually have. Especially since Hank thinks Batman is a career option, while Dean doesn't quite know what he wants to do, his list of careers mostly just as fantastical but more subdued than Hank's, suggesting he doesn't want to accept he's growing up. All he knows is that he doesn't want to follow exactly in his father's footsteps, which is what Venture pushes him to do, even trying to get him enrolled in his alma mater. ...Only for the dean to deny Dean since Venture never actually graduated and in fact blew up a wing of the university. That was actually a young Monarch's doing, but they don't know that. As someone who also received a nontraditional education, and whose own life mirrors the Venture boys' in several ways, I find myself relating to them, especially Dean, more than I want to. And while Dean is dealing with his insecurities, Hank decides the best place for him is the armed forces, volunteering to join the ranks of SPHINX. Who, of course, refuse and try to get rid of him, but he mistakes their attempts as initiation tests, proving that, what do you know, his experience as a boy adventurer has actually prepared him to handle dangerous, focus intensive tasks! Where he does so well, you genuinely feel his pain when he's ultimately rejected for his age, despite acing every single one of their tests! Honestly, if I was writing this, I would have kept him as part of SPHINX, partnered up with Brock, until such time as he can no longer be part of the group! Or at the very least, shown that while he has the skill, lacks the stomach or maturity to reach the level of discipline the organization demands. The stuff with Hank and Dean is so well written and engaging, that I kind of don't want to focus on the other plot, where Phantom Limb reveals his phantom limbs are detachable and can be controlled through telepathy, using them to escape the Guild and reform a twisted version of the Boys Brigade he was part of during the time of Venture Senior. Where we get to see a few characters that haven't appeared in quite some time. Including a now homeless Baron Underbite, and an absolutely despondent Professor Impossible, now voiced by the ever talented Bill Hader, who are tired of the fact they hit rock bottom and join with Phantom Limb to seek revenge on those who put them there. Resulting in quite a few incredibly funny scenes involving Professor Impossible, including how he sneaks Phantom Limb onto university grounds to recover the blueprints for the machine that gave Phantom Limb his abilities. As well as how he tries to distract the student assembly from the break in. It's good stuff! It's just, considering how well done the Hank and Dean plot is, I'm surprisingly not invested in what should be some of the show's most exciting moments. But ultimately, I guess that's an outstanding accolade for the episode! Again one of the show's best, and a must watch, no matter which plot you prefer. And knowing how many times the ACTUAL Reed Richards has turned evil, Professor Impossible doing the same just adds another layer of hilarity.
Help Support the Channel: patreon.com/ZCInfinity
Let's review each episode of the TV show The Venture Bros, the greatest adult animated series ever made!
Transcript:
In Pomp and Circuitry, Hank and Dean complete their electronic bed education and have technically officially graduated school, thus their futures are as open as their proven experience allows them to be. Meanwhile, Phantom Limb escapes Guild custody and decides to once again take revenge on those he feels wronged him. But this time, not without help. This is another surprisingly serious episode, or at least as serious as the series gets, and one of the more mature plots we've seen. As Hank and Dean take the next step in their lives, realizing they have to decide what to do with their futures. ...Where Rusty's failings as a parent become ever more obvious, as Billy, serving as their guidance counselor, has to point out just how little social and professional experience the sheltered and frequently abandoned boys actually have. Especially since Hank thinks Batman is a career option, while Dean doesn't quite know what he wants to do, his list of careers mostly just as fantastical but more subdued than Hank's, suggesting he doesn't want to accept he's growing up. All he knows is that he doesn't want to follow exactly in his father's footsteps, which is what Venture pushes him to do, even trying to get him enrolled in his alma mater. ...Only for the dean to deny Dean since Venture never actually graduated and in fact blew up a wing of the university. That was actually a young Monarch's doing, but they don't know that. As someone who also received a nontraditional education, and whose own life mirrors the Venture boys' in several ways, I find myself relating to them, especially Dean, more than I want to. And while Dean is dealing with his insecurities, Hank decides the best place for him is the armed forces, volunteering to join the ranks of SPHINX. Who, of course, refuse and try to get rid of him, but he mistakes their attempts as initiation tests, proving that, what do you know, his experience as a boy adventurer has actually prepared him to handle dangerous, focus intensive tasks! Where he does so well, you genuinely feel his pain when he's ultimately rejected for his age, despite acing every single one of their tests! Honestly, if I was writing this, I would have kept him as part of SPHINX, partnered up with Brock, until such time as he can no longer be part of the group! Or at the very least, shown that while he has the skill, lacks the stomach or maturity to reach the level of discipline the organization demands. The stuff with Hank and Dean is so well written and engaging, that I kind of don't want to focus on the other plot, where Phantom Limb reveals his phantom limbs are detachable and can be controlled through telepathy, using them to escape the Guild and reform a twisted version of the Boys Brigade he was part of during the time of Venture Senior. Where we get to see a few characters that haven't appeared in quite some time. Including a now homeless Baron Underbite, and an absolutely despondent Professor Impossible, now voiced by the ever talented Bill Hader, who are tired of the fact they hit rock bottom and join with Phantom Limb to seek revenge on those who put them there. Resulting in quite a few incredibly funny scenes involving Professor Impossible, including how he sneaks Phantom Limb onto university grounds to recover the blueprints for the machine that gave Phantom Limb his abilities. As well as how he tries to distract the student assembly from the break in. It's good stuff! It's just, considering how well done the Hank and Dean plot is, I'm surprisingly not invested in what should be some of the show's most exciting moments. But ultimately, I guess that's an outstanding accolade for the episode! Again one of the show's best, and a must watch, no matter which plot you prefer. And knowing how many times the ACTUAL Reed Richards has turned evil, Professor Impossible doing the same just adds another layer of hilarity.
