The Venture Bros.
It Never Ends Lyrics

@Phelan666

Still is.

@xtzyshuadog

you can watch The Venture Brothers on Adult Swim's free online Marathon stream, where every episode is on a loop

@jessyleger7114

He has gotten better since then. sure still a trainwreck but a work in progress trainwreck.

@BHRamsay

I was convinced that the show would end up with Rusty going into Supervillainy while Monarch would redeem his own father's name by accidentally becoming a real hero while trying to maintain his fued with Rusty

@vguyver2

@@BHRamsay I was also wondering that considering the title and themes of the show.

@LeapsofFaith1234

"More chemical preservatives in you than a twinkie"
I shouldn't have laughed at that, but I did XD

@cunningsmile4166

0:25

@devinnall2284

His diet pills would disagree with him about that eating disorder

@mckenzie.latham91

of course in this show the retired ex villain would be the only one capable of helping these former boy adventurers get over their shit.

@yangfox1755

Well that's how life works :P leave a legacy or just dont exist

@Nmille98

"So, a snake killed your psychiatrist, and you decided the best thing to do would be all fly down here in the middle of the night and beat up an old man?"

@slanetroyard92

Because of a match book?

@ivanvee7800

Well it sounds kinda sloppy when you say it

@TheLichruler

Some people are saying it's hypocritical of Dr. Z to tell the guys here to give up, while he is still on the council of 13, and is still technically an "active supervillain" at this point, but honestly it isn't.

Sure, Dr. Z is still being in the villain life, but he's changed so he's more helping other villains, using his experience and knowledge to benefit the guild rather than chasing kids with attack helicopters. Most of the "boy adventurers" here never grew past being boy adventurers, and are still desperately trying to cling to their past, and they have literally nothing to show for it. The only one actually trying is Rusty, and despite him not being the best, he knows he's no longer a boy adventurer, and is actively trying to make a name for himself as a scientist and inventor. If he never had to deal with villains and heroes again, he would be ecstatic.

@quartzskull8772

Right it's not like he's arching

@zeokingsilver

@@quartzskull8772 yep just mentoring and leading

@spyrofan9681

"As much as I resented my father I never wanted to kill him." Ok Rusty just one question, why the hell not?

@mrroboshadow

well to be honest while his father was neglectful he may have been just that
its his cronies like action man and colonel gentleman that scarred him physically and emotionally
for god's sake they pulled his pants down and used a shrink ray on his junk in front of a whole host of celebrities and, most importantly, playboy bunnies on his 16th birthday party

@Nmille98

Because he doesn't know how terrible his father truly was.

@Quasarion

@@Nmille98 THIS for the win. Knowing what we know now.

@juliandavidhoffer2022

Because he has morals

@TheLichruler

@@mrroboshadow I don't think they were being bullies when they shrunk his junk.. I think they intended to make it larger to impress the ladies there in hope of him getting laid, but didn't have it on the right setting, and accidentally shrunk it. And it doesn't matter what would happen after that, the damage had been done at that point.

@Corgifan2

Rusty should still totally have a therapist, cause his father truly did so much damage to his life

@RicklessSanchez

Maybe not important obviously.

@RomanSnow

A "beard" is a woman who marries, dates, etc. a man so that people are not aware that he is gay.

EDIT: I swear when I made this comment 7 years ago, it was a reply to someone's question.

@billvolk4236

Is Dr. Z not bi? What the hell was he doing with Billie Jean King?

@rodrikofharlaw6848

@@billvolk4236 To be honest you'd have to be at least half in the cloest to want to bang Billie Jean King. He couldn't even tell the difference from the real King or a dude in a suit. Because Billie Jean King looks like a dude in a woman suit

@fyka2902

It took him a while to get over The Blue Morpho and his super-duper costume.

@billvolk4236

@@rodrikofharlaw6848 Does he not know that there are such things as men? He doesn't have to settle.

@LordThomasPassion

Wow a man with a woman, such a crime

@Alterego912

hard to believe that Rusty can be the most exemplary in any kind of group at all

@AngryLittleAmericansCartoons

I think the reason Dr. Z married Mrs. Z was after the Blue Morpho incident and was In paranoia of everyone thinking he was gay

@jaredgarcia8638

Well was that made public knowledge or was that a personal fear

@MyriadOC

I never noticed before but when Rusty says he never wanted to kill his father the second brother (Dale?) says "oh god, Lance he knows"
Well now the reason they're both in therapy makes a lot more sense.

@androgoly9123

Myriad_of_Chaos OMG I haven't noticed that before you pointed it out 😄👍🏻

@franknilop

omg ive seen this episode a million times and never noticed, good eye sniper

@yseson_

Good catch

@shanehudson3995

They're a mix of the Hardy Boys and the Menendez Brothers.

@juliandavidhoffer2022

You mean you didn’t know that was their gimmick off the bat? It’s obvious during their introduction they killed their father.

@respectfullyrazerian2154

I love how Dr.Z talking about all this while he was working with the guild. People like Rusty don't have a choice anymore as soon as a guild member wants to arch you, you have to deal with it until you're dead.

@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985

I love Dr Z's speech and Rusty's epiphany.

@wakipaki7381

So did we ever find out who actually killed the therapist?

@sketchydude8431

Yes

In the end credits I believe (which a majority of Venture Bros episodes have), it was revealed that 21 snuck the snake through the air ducts under orders from The Monarch, just so Rusty wouldn't have any excuses to get away from arching.

@tnerbtnerb5136

A.) You are kind of a drug addict Rusty. B.) Both businesses you`ve owned you"ve inherited and successfully run into the ground.

No eating disorder though.

@danielmedina4276

And he never wanted to kill his dad

@T4silly

I'm pretty sure consuming his brother in the womb counts as an eating disorder.

@furioussherman7265

@@T4silly Not really. It's actually something that happens IRL.

@matthewriley7826

Also Ventech is still around so he hasn’t destroyed it.....yet

@juliandavidhoffer2022

He was actually a pill popper in the pilot.

@Exeedra

Man, the fact that Rusty is the most stable out of all of them is...kinda sad. Hilarious, but sad.

@williamleonardreesejr.1992

I kinda want Action Johnny and Rusty to be seen on screen together more often, I like this version of Johnny you know. . . versus how he was in earlier episodes.

@drbeard4505

Yeah, like this episode is kind of Johnny's swan song but they also have a great dynamic.

@slumshoes

The recent episode did this. It was touching.

@ComicWriter-ml3qt

William Leonard Reese Jr. that’s some great development

@juliandavidhoffer2022

I just wanna know what happened to Benton

@fernandosegovia8806

And he was also kind of a badass here, he kicked some butts in that strip club with Rusty and the others.

I'm really sure we would have gotten to see more of him and Roboy in season 8.

@irregulargamer1352

Had the same realization talking to my schools counselor. made me realize there are people with way more legitimate and serious problems than me

@irregulargamer1352

@Chichopuente like rusty said. what the hell am i doing in therapy? I'm not an adict, overweight, severely bullied, etc. I have a family to care about and work to do. Sure my time was rough but it wasn't something i couldn't make it through and i did. I'm finally a graduate with a job

@Maxisamo1

@@irregulargamer1352 Except Rusty had a fucking awfully traumatic early life that has seeped into his present one.

A lot of the issues the main characters deal with are BECAUSE of this.

@TheDude8008

@@irregulargamer1352 You're giving me courage to go on

@zeokingsilver

@@Maxisamo1 yeah but he learned over time somewhat

@manboy9736

That’s not good tho, just because people have it worse doesn’t mean what you’re going through isn’t bad

@bombabombom3603

I can't believe how well Jackson can do Dr. Zin's voice.

@szbnahl

Z's point is sort of undermined by the fact that MINOR SPOILERS the next season he's shown to still be an active supervillain, and is in fact a member of the Council of Thirteen.

@HyperGolem

He hasn't arched anyone in years so he's not exactly an ''Active super villain'', despite being a council member.

@furiousfinch1587

He's a councillor, but he no longer arches Action Johnny or anyone else. He has passed the torch, but not let his talent and his passion go to waste.

@battlesheep2552

In the current season, Red Death wanted a seat on the council because he wanted to retire from arching but still needed an income. Dr. Z is probably on the council for that very same reason.

@adrianadonis4558

From what we've seen, most of the council members serve more of an advisory role than anything else. Such a thing happens a lot in the corporate world. About half of the board members in most companies is made up of old people who no longer really interact much with the company's inner workings and pretty much just give advice to the other half.

@furiousfinch1587

Bad advice. And many of them are too conceited to consider that maybe their command isn't best.

@OnDavidsBrain

1:58 Oh Rusty if only you knew. Trust me, Jonas Venture Sr was nothing short of a monster.

@theoneandonly7063

Yea a huge d head

@Gojiro7

man, this is a growing moment that really went nowhere all around

@godusopp1797

My favourite Rusty moment in all of the series

@RicklessSanchez

Rusty Venture no drug addict problem.

@RW77777777

it's kind of a fun ambiguity with what Mrs Z says
she either was the beard; or she's just teasing him for the Morpho dalliance
the wiki summarizes Z's wistful "I took so long to figure it out" to mean 'they met later in life' preventing a family
probably the context of the whole therapy session and him telling the boy adventurers to stop wasting their lives favors the latter

@JohnLewis-oz9wn

Good for Rusty and all but wasn't he their ride? Guy just bones out

@Solus94

For people in a system design for one group to kill the other one. This is a heart warming scene.

@candybot3858

To be fair to them, that death was very scary and suspicious and not something that usually happens in group therapy...they were allowed to solve a mystery there!

@mattgroening8872

In the end it was the monarch, so technically it was Rusty’s fault

@DarkheroNateX

Doctor Z became my favorite character in this series that isn't a main character after this scene, he's just that awesome.

@jarintylerglenn

Damn. I never expected Mrs Z to look so good

@vaughnmckinley3968

Seriously

@siner6666

I wonder if Rusty did kill his father when he time traveled. Technically he did break his body into pieces with that toy that somehow got on the ship.

@manliomartinez7821

When a villain talked sense and wisdom to heroes. Oh the irony

@grimmashley8422

While I do believe that Rusty still has a lot of therapy to get through, this was still a big moment for him, realizing that he's not as twisted as he thought he was, even if that is an EXTREMELY low bar

@RicklessSanchez

Lol low bar with date.

@Katarinarabbit

It’s funny how the villains turn out better off than the hero’s in this show red death retired and became a dad dr z found love and monarch and dr gf are starting to settle down.

@ntinosaggelopoulos6718

0:09 me when i hear nick avocado complain about being fat and doesn't know why and blaming me for that

@Dhips.

When did Rusty stop popping pills anyway?

@B.B.Digital_Forest

This is the conversation that DC Comics and Marvel are afraid to have. One day their moneymakers will end up like the pulp heroes.

@jaredgarcia8638

You know, as ominous that sounds, you do have a point. Both companies have done anything and everything. Eventually the movies will begin to decline if they haven't already and then what? What happens to nerd culture as a whole? Do we all grow up or try to hold on what was left of mighty entertainment empires?

@FREE-lw4lb

Prolly not those characters are bigger then those ever were. They'll be like Sherlock Holmes especially after they go public domain

@B.B.Digital_Forest

@@FREE-lw4lb We'll have to see if that's true for Superman and Batman after 2031. At this rate it's doubtful anybody would bother to make a new film after all the reboots WB keeps doing. They're really exhausting them past the point of exploitation.

@zeokingsilver

@@B.B.Digital_Forest when they and some others become public domain no telling what is next

@matthewgallaway3675

I could watch this clip over and over for the rest of my life and i would never be tired of this.

@nevanoconnell3356

I love the oh god he knows from the detective fellas

@gustavgnoettgen

What a beautiful scene and what a wholesome conclusion by Rusty.

@SurprisinglyDeep

Rusty in his own way is the most messed up one in the therapy group

@theoneandonly7063

Yes but at the same time he fixed himself better than the others who still hold on to their issues which rusty also use to do

@neftalialvarez3926

This show is so down to earth while still having and the action aspects we love

@DeathofInk

I don't care what the copyright people say, I'm still calling him Johnny Quest cause that's who he's meant to be.

Actually he is. He started out as a parody of Johnny Quest but then Doc Hammer and Jackson Public found out that Cartoon Network owns the rights to all Hanna-Barbera shows and characters, so he really is THE Johnny Quest. He just goes under the name Action Johnny now, maybe because he resents his dad so much.

@billvolk4236

So Dr. Z really is Dr. Zin, inventor of the Walking Eye.

@Teknanam

He became Action Johnny because CN didn't want Venture Bros. tearing apart Johnny Quest too much since they are wasting time with a movie and randomly released comics.

@TheAllSeeingEye2468

metaXzero there's a movie coming?

@bombabombom3603

+TheAllSeeingEye Yeah, I remember hearing talks of a Johnny Quest movie a while ago. I think it was live-action or CGI, not sure.

@cob6259

Took me until now to realize that Dale and Lance aren't just based on the Hardy Boys, they're also based on Hank and Dean.

@leblanc3536

more that Hank & Dean are heavily based on the Hardy Boys too

@cob6259

​@@leblanc3536 True, but the ascot/sweater-vest contrast specifically is a reference to Hank and Dean - it was never part of the Hardy Boys' look. They aren't just another set of Hardy Boys clones, they're a window into a possible future of Hank and Dean and the consequences of Rusty's bad parenting.

@talkindurinthemovie

I love rusty...don't try to tell me that isn't a weave

@foxxygradius7858

Honestly this moment just cements why Rusty is such an awful person. Even this moment of introspection and supposed growth is mostly just him pissing on everyone around him. He can't pull himself up without pushing others down, and that has always and will always be his greatest flaw.

@theoneandonly7063

Nah he was just telling the truth but ur right he does/did bring his sons down they honestly could end up way better if he for once just stops and focus only on helping them, which never happened

@AGuyWithAChannel

Character development. This Rusty, and Rusty from Season 1.
Man...

@xtzyshuadog

AGuyWithAChannel "No I started it years ago in a night of passion and I'll end it right here in front of Brock Helper and God!"

@landonletterman831

Spoilery theory ahead:





Due to the time travel shenanigans we see hinted at in the last season, and this shows proclivity for prophetic statements, my money is on Rusty Venture killing his father after the depths of his evil are revealed to him during movie night on Gargantua-1. My guess is he catches his father in the middle of an underground illegal weapons/technology trade, but everything is laid bare to him in the process (from Jonas Sr's callous disregard for his friends lives, to the cloning of Rusty), resulting in Rusty venting Jonas Sr into space to save the lives that would be callously destroyed (along with Rusty's ability to even say, "he was a lousy father, but a great scientist,") in the process.of Sr doing whatever he wants in the name of science.

@RudyBlackman

How many spin offs would this show produce

@GZilla311

Scarlet soltice ALL of them.

@SUforever-pg7ct

That's a very good question. I can imagine a Conjectural Technologies show or a 21 series, they might as well give the Guild a series.

@julealero7689

100.

@eternallegacy89

@@SUforever-pg7ct a guild of calamitous intent with Ward and Wasp? Sounds good.

@maskedmarvyl4774

Well, Dr. Venture seems to have a talent for making speeches that end with an awkward silence, then leaving....

@mattgroening8872

Can’t be fan of the venture bros without getting used to things that end awkwardly and abruptly

@onitea1275

Dr.z,super villan and wise man

@TheFunnestofHats

"Self Medication"

@skyrogue1977

Kinda hypocritical for Dr. Z to talk about letting things go when he’s on the Council of 13.

@inanimatesum4945

The art either for the fried rice and egg roll changed OR Mrs. Z is the quickest host ever to refill their plates

@yamakbats

formidable speech at the end

@SSHHAAWWFISH

Man, is it strange I feel so proud of Rusty after seeing this clip

@zeokingsilver

no he come a long way from season one

@jasonblitz1741

“As much as ive wanted to kill my father ive never wanted to kill him.”

“Oh god he knows.”

Anyone else caught that lol

@dswynne

You know, Dr. Z's speech could be applied to us "fanboys" who still cling to comic books, action figures, social media and pop culture. Maybe...just maybe it's time to b the type of men our Dads and Moms would be proud of, if not already.

@Sturmdude

Or you can be like the Monarch and find a girl that's into all the same nerd stuff you are.

@bacht4799

I thinking about it now and then.. I getting tired of trying to fit in and having guilty over I don’t like some comics I used to do because I don’t relate to the main characters anymore or I don’t want read something because it’s intellectually or because I it’s so called good for me.. I should do something there makes me feel good about myself and not feeling shame about it.. or .. !

@selenacollections

I actually really liked Lance and Dale. I wish they'd used them again, even in some small way

@Oldbmwr100rs

He was great in the episode when Rusty tried to start a day camp at the venture compound. Shame Johnny didn't think so!

@vegetasaiyanprinceofragebo5520

I want a spin-off show of the boy adventurers

@Alterego912

thanks... Now if only he and JJ could get in the same room and clarify that Rusty deserves a little respect, seeing as JJ didn't grow up with a "ransom note for a birthmark"...

@deptusmechanikus7362

Such a wise old villain 😔

@slanetroyard92

Dr Z was right though. They had their adventures as kids. Done things kids can only dream of doing. It's time they pass the torch to the next generation and go live their lives. The next generation of kids can pick up where they left off.

@zoidboy1569

Yeah but some got to many issues to get through not sure how doc did it these guys need more

@slanetroyard92

@@zoidboy1569 you're not wrong about them having a lot of issues. Johnny needs rehab and the big guy has a eating disorder. Rusy's old man really messed him up.

@zeokingsilver

@@slanetroyard92 His dad was a monster, but he is trying to be better he a better dad then his. The rest are like those characters who as adults are washed up but when they were younger were star athletes or like washed up celebrities with struggling carriers that had only one win and clung to it.

@Godzilla00X

Couldn't Dr. Z and his wife have a kid through super science? He could probably get help from a guild member

@zeokingsilver

they might not allow that tho he could do it on his own

@ditto7047

Yeah, because last time someone infertile had a kid through "super science" that went SO well

@leodmonkey

Omg so Roboy is probably join the guild.

@ohnonotjalen9153

that whould be so fucking cool

@themachoechidnaugandarandy7583

Yo they never show Dr z's wife ever again

@asturianix9820

I honestly want to see this show make their own versions of Dipper and Mabel as part of "the new generation of kids adventurers".

@fireblast133

most likely would have been a reference. if it's not 60's-80's super science/boy adventurer related, it was considered fiction or nonfiction based on our world, so it's still a tv show in their world.

@jackassqwe2

Something Dr.House would do too.

@haroldthaf

He's right and wrong at the same time.

@clayxros576

"Amazing, you used the wrong equation and came to the correct answer"

Except the answer is also somewhat wrong lol

@GZilla311

So... did they adopt Robot Boy?

@damienofthedamned

GZilla311 according to all the other sources they did.

@blackdemonknight

@@damienofthedamned Yes, in the Season 7 episode Terminus Mandate Dr. Z on his final Arch which is with Johnny in a clinical home for his drug recovery, Z mentions Roboy when discussing how his wife and Roboy are okay with Johnny moving in with them.

@kennethmorrison3012

At least he is a functional one

@kianjelogiorgio1713

I love how seth green does both voices

@nathanmccollough9501

Action man should have a TV show.

@PatrickGilland

Seth Green in a show that's actually funny.

@StandWatie1862

Patrick Gilland Yeah he's an unfunny little midget. I don't get the appeal

@doctoc1334

I like Robot Chicken?

@zeokingsilver

so rusty the normal one here

@manofmercy1500

In a way, he’s actually the most disturbed out of the whole group, given what his father Jonas & the original Team Venture put him through as a kid, but he’s also the only one who actually managed to work past most of his issues & move on from them, whereas the others are still plagued by their own inner demons & still try to be “Kid Adventurers” like they used to be as a coping mechanism without actually confronting their problems like Rusty did.

@zeokingsilver

@@manofmercy1500 yeah but since he moved on he is more normal now granted he is still haunted by it but he has a better life than them

@sadtoast6122

I like old boy Jonny Quest

@xxDrain

Poor johnny

@Yaesumuji

IdontlikeusingLOL Beard ~ "A female or male(though,mainly female) who is used as a cover-up for a homosexual." Urbandictionary

@qualivia

well he did do it with the Blue Morpho

@raptirboy180

Bampersand I think she meant beard as in she sat on his face

@ryur2521

no she definitely meant beard as in shes there to hide the fact hes gay. The urban dictionary definition was correct.

@inspector5122

Ryuuji Takasu urban dictionary is like wikipedia. You can't trust something that you can publicly edit lol

@ohnonotjalen9153

@@inspector5122 you should be a teacher

@AGrayPhantom

Didn't he kick that habit?

@PatrickGilland

You're right. Stephen King's It was kinda funny too.

@Anime_CartoonKIA

1:30
Am I the only one who didn't like that "beard" joke? I actually felt sorry for Dr. Z and his wife not being able to have kids, so hearing that joke turned it into a mood-killer to me.

And speaking of Dr. Z, why is he active in the Guild Council? I thought he retired from supervillany completely!

@drixg555

Just because Dr. Z doesn't arch anyone nowadays does not mean he's totally given up on supervillainy. Being on the Guild Council keeps him busy with ensuring standards and protocol are followed.

@jorgetrevino8040

AnimexCartoonKIA That little run in with the Blue Morpho is what did it for him.

@nyotamwuaji6484

to join the council i think you have to stop actively being a villain. at least they do in the new one. and just because hes retired doesnt mean he has to stop giving advice to new villains.

@Rgoid

Seriously, Thaddeus?

@SpencerLemay

Thank you I was not sure what she said.

@SpencerLemay

What does Mrs.Z say when she says why she thought they couldn't have kids? Because i was your beard?

@גיאורטנשטיין

she means that Dr Z used her to hide his homosexuality

@ShadowWolfRising

was gonna word it differently, but Altergo912 put it far better then could.

@Thunderclese3

Yes it is.

@DragonAlchemist0

Well rusty isn't a crap dad like his. But at least he..... Ehh I don't know where I was going with this one.

@johnnymcblaze

Dr Z cloned Mrs Z from his beard, but she's older than him. That's, that's just....

@ianfinrir8724

"Beard" is a slang term for a heterosexual person that a homosexual person passes off as their partner in order to keep their homosexuality a secret.

@theguywhoannoysme

If Mass Effect 3 is somehow turned into a TV show you're gonna be sorry you said that.

@chuckledarkly

ok. at 1:31 what is mrs Z saying? she was his beard??? what? its bugging the hell outa me. i dont understand.

@rileywillis9575

A "beard" is a woman who either is or pretends to be in a relationship with a gay man in order for him to be perceived as straight.

@franknilop

@@rileywillis9575 that's why Dr.Z gives her a dirty look

@wdcain1

Z admitted in this season that he was in love with Action Johnny.

@Teknanam

@wdcain1

What episode did he admit that? Certainly not the one with the Council's final arches. Z does like Johnny since he's all thats really left of the good old days of Dr. Zin arching Dr. Quest and young Johnny.

@wompstopm123

wat episode is this

@gigagent64

what episode is this?

@ezriderk

what about robot chicken?

@Mustbcedric

what is this it's not the venture brothers is it .....what season is it I need to know I need to watch the full episodes

@WastedMailman

cedric smith Season 4 Episode 45 "Self-Medication" one of my favourites.