Go Team Venture!

[Pak-Man]

Finally finished my Venturethon and the new Special. A lot to take in. I'm going to need to watch it a couple times...


Also, this is tempting:

http://www.asseenonadultswim.com/Content/16.htm

[Johnny Unusual]

That special was fantastic.  It was everything I love about the show.  And I appreciate that while it was really continuity heavy, it was pretty easy to follow.  The very last line (of the episode proper, not the also awesome funeral) got a big laugh out of me for messing with my expectations.  REALLY looking forward to the new season.

"Wait, is that the Crash Test Dummies?"

Oh and how awesome was it for there to be a return by

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Stephen Colbert

?  The answer is VERY!

[Pak-Man]

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OK. So the new Council of 13 (I Think):

1. Killinger
2. Dr. Mrs. The Monarch
3. Professor Incorrigible
4. Fat Choice
5. Baron Underbheit
6. Radical Left
7. Gary
8. Phantom Limb
9. Watch
10. Ward
11/12: Do Dragoon/Red Mantle get grandfathered in? They sold out the Soveriegn after he went rogue...
13: Dr. Z?

Not the Monarch.

[Johnny Unusual]

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Looks like Incorrigible is Impossible again and quit the villain game by the episode's end.  He even showed up to the Venture funeral.

[Pak-Man]

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Oh that's right. He escaped with Sally. Not sure who the missing member is, then...

[Pak-Man]

Raising this thread from the dead!

Great premiere! Need to process before commenting further...

[RoninFox]

Watched it twice so far (once at an Alamo Drafthouse theater event and once the next morning before work). I always forget how much I love this show between seasons, then it just floods back and I need to see it all again.

[Johnny Unusual]

That was a great episode.  Despite the new status quo, it actually feels a bit like a palate cleanser in that it's a lot simpler than a lot of the episodes in construction (and gag construction) than a lot of episodes (certainly more than the last special).

[d00hickey]

Woooo there's new Venture Bros!? What exactly is new? the last Venture Bros. I saw was the special with the party on the Space Station.

[Pak-Man]

One new episode last week and one from last night. 6 more (I think) in the pipes.

[Johnny Unusual]

The last one was pretty great too.  Curious to see about the

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history of the Monarch's parents (who appear to be a crime fighting duo?)

[Pak-Man]

The last one was pretty great too.  Curious to see about the

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history of the Monarch's parents (who appear to be a crime fighting duo?)

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That would explain the link to the original Team Venture and the photo that the Monarch was obsessing over...

[Parker_Hylton]

I was one of the first people (that I'm aware of at least) to postulate at the end of season one that

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Rusty and the Monarch were step-brothers.  They were both skinny, had the same color hair, and the same nose.  They also implied that both fathers died around the same time, although now that's kind of a mess*.  Now of course they've been leaking more and more...we have the photo, Venture Sr. and the blue Morpho "swung" together, etc.

*My only conflict here is that there seems to be a timeline issue that hasn't been particularly constant.  It seem's to me they have implied that Monarch's parents both died in an airplane craft when he was a child, but that he lost one when he was in college around the same time as Rusty.  They've also never said about an age difference, although it seems like Rusty is significantly older...although that might be substance abuse...

[Pak-Man]

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It's being pointed at so directly now that I have to wonder if it's a red herring. Hammer and Publick love to make Fan Theories look true right up until they reveal something nobody expected.

[Johnny Unusual]

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Yeah, it's a good theory, but I don't think that's going to be a reveal.  I could see it being something the characters are lead to believe.  For a while, anyway.