Rapacity In Blue

Rapacity In Blue

February 21, 2016 TV Episode The Venture Bros.

Studio
Titmouse, Astro Base Go!, Williams Street
Distributor
Cartoon Network

Synopsis

With his relationship with his wife continuing to sour, the Monarch struggles to come to terms with the truth about his father. Meanwhile, Dr. Venture, Billy and Pete try to come up with an invention to present at a conference J.J. had scheduled an appearance for prior to his death. After rejecting several of Billy and Pete's proposals, Dr. Venture discovers the existence of "God Gas," a gaseous weapon capable of making targets susceptible to mind control, and enthusiastically orders testing. Harangutan, a brutish supervillain, attacks the building and injures Sgt. Hatred, then gets into a war of egos with Brock until Warriana, one of the members of the mercenary superhero group, interferes. When Harangutan returns, Venture uses the God Gas on him and accidentally afflicts Billy and Brock with it as well. Under the effects of the gas, Brock hallucinates Warriana as an actual goddess and goes to her apartment for a triest, while Harangutan suffers a mental breakdown and violently attacks Billy. The Monarch and 21 - having adopted the Blue Morpho and Kano identities for themselves in order to eliminate competition to the Monarch's claim on arching Venture - intervene, kill Harangutan and rescue Billy, who mistakes the Blue Morpho's identity as Dr. Venture himself. Dr. Mrs. the Monarch catches the Monarch and 21 when they return home, angrily believing that he went out on "date night" with 21 to spite her. The Monarch allows her to believe this in order to hide his activity as the Blue Morpho.

Characters

Dr. Venture, Brock Samson, Dean Venture, Hank Venture, Pete White, Dr. Paul Entmann, Dr. Orpheus, Jefferson Twilight, The Alchemist, Dr. Jonas Venture

Credits

Directing

Director
Jackson Publick

Producing

Producer
David Lipson
Executive Producers
Jackson Publick Christopher McCulloch, Michael Lazzo, Steven S.H. Yoon
Supervising Producer
Jeffrey Nodelman
Associate Producers
Nathan Graf, Rachel Simon

Writing

Writer
Doc Hammer

Voices

Voice
James Urbaniak (Dr. Venture), Patrick Warburton (Brock Samson), Michael Sinterniklaas (Dean Venture), Chris McCulloch Christopher McCulloch (Hank Venture, Pete White), Stephen DeStefano (Dr. Paul Entmann), Steven Rattazzi (Dr. Orpheus), Charles Parnell (Jefferson Twilight), Dana Snyder (The Alchemist), Paul Boocock (Dr. Jonas Venture)

Music

Music
Nick DeMayo
Theme, Underscore
J.G. Thirlwell

Editing

Editor
Doc Hammer

Crew

Created By
Christopher McCulloch (as Jackson Publick)
Song "No Vacancy" Written and Performed By
J.G. Thirlwell
Color Supervisor
Marina Dominis-Dunnigan
Character and Prop Design Supervisor
Mike Foran
Storyboard Revision Supervisor
Douglas Lovelace
Storyboard Supervisor
Bill Presing
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dave Paterson
Supervising Sound Editor
Dave Paterson
Digital Compositor
Luciano DiGeronimo
Visual Effects
Doc Hammer
Animatic Directors
Tom Bayne, Steffen Vala
Animation Direction Supervisor
Miguel Martinez-Joffre
Production Coordinator
Brad Nord
Background Design Supervisor
Freya Tanz
Special Thanks
Kim Manning

Production notes

In this spoof of 1960s cartoons such as "Jonny Quest" and boys; adventure novels like the "Tom Swift" and "Hardy Boys" series, the Venture brothers – Hank and Dean – travel around the world with their renowned scientist father, Doctor Venture. Fraternal twins Hank and Dean are total idiots who think, act and talk like they're in the ‘60s, even though they're 21st-century teenagers. Doc Venture, who really can't stand his dimwitted sons, pops "diet pills" like candy. Doc reeks of failure and unrealized potential, but he hopes his new invention will bring him the glory and respect he has long sought. Meanwhile, the family bodyguard, Brock Sampson, is a former secret agent who responds to any and all crises with relentless, remorseless brutality.