The Venture Bros./Home Insecurity

Home Insecurity
Season 1, Episode 3
Airdate	August 21, 2004
Production Number	107
Written by	Jackson Publick
Directed by	Jackson Publick
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The Venture Bros. — Season One

Home Insecurity is the third episode of the first season of The Venture Bros., and the fourth episode overall.

Guest stars: Mia Barron (Girl Hitler), James Urbaniak (Catclops, G.U.A.R.D.O., Misc. Ünderbheit Henchmen, Soldier #2), Christopher McCulloch (Steve Summers, Sasquatch, Man Servant, Misc. Monarch Henchmen), Doc Hammer (Monarch Henchman #1), T. Ryder Smith (Baron Ünderbheit, Soldier #1)

Plot Overview

To protect the Venture compound while Brock is on his yearly mountain survival sabbatical, Dr. Venture builds a panic room and a robot bodyguard -- which are soon put to the test when both the Monarch's and Baron Underbheit's henchman choose the same night to launch attacks. While the supervillains bicker over who has dibs on Dr. Venture, Brock is busy befriending the strangest couple in the Cascadian mountains. Oh yeah, and H.E.L.P.eR. runs away in a fit of jealousy.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Baron Ünderbheit executes three of his henchmen: Manic 8-Ball, Catclops, and Girl Hitler.

• Brock leaves on his yearly sabbatical, a camping trip that he usually spends alone. His trip is interrupted by an encounter with Steve Summers and Sasquatch, who are on the run from the government. Brock helps them escape.

• Baron Ünderbheit and the Monarch both send henchmen to the Venture Compound to kill Dr. Venture. Their plans interfere with each other and wake Dr. Venture up, who locks them out of the compound. Baron Ünderbheit and the Monarch meet to discuss who has the right to take out Dr. Venture, and eventually decide to cooperate.

• Dr. Venture starts building a new robot (G.U.A.R.D.O.). Dean accidentally activates it by entering the lab, and the robot tries to kill the boys and their father. They get HELPeR to reset the system, releasing the robot outside the building, where it kills most of the henchmen (both Baron Ünderbheit and the Monarch's) who were hanging out. Brock accidentally runs over the robot with his car when he returns.

• The combined henchmen, bored with waiting for their bosses to come to an agreement, trash the front yard of the Venture Compound.

Characters

• This is the first and last time we see Manic 8-Ball, Catclops, and Girl Hitler, who are executed for crimes like embezzlement and drawing silly cartoons of Baron Ünderbheit.

• Henchman 21: The Monarch's henchman #21 (the fat one) was kidnapped by the Monarch's men when he was fifteen years old.

• HELPeR gets upset at Dr. Venture for building a new robot, and tries to run away. He returns only when Dr. Venture apologizes and begs him to come back.

Referbacks

• Dr. Venture says robots don't have feelings, but then remembers HELPeR trying to clean Dean's helmet in 102 and giving Brock a hug in 108 (which aired after this episode).

Trivia

References

• Doctor Doom: Baron Werner Ünderbheit is based on Doctor Doom, a supergenius of a small (fictional) European country. Doctor Doom was scarred in an experiment gone awry; likewise, Baron Ünderbheit lost his jaw in the lab at college. Doom blames Reed Richards for his disfigurement (though it wasn't his fault); Ünderbheit blames Dr. Venture for his own accident (he says that Venture was his lab partner and did not look out for him). The major difference is that Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) is Doctor Doom's archenemy, while it has not been stated whether there is any enmity between Baron Ünderbheit and Professor Impossible (who is modeled on Mr. Fantastic).

• The Six Million Dollar Man: Steve Summers is based on Steve Austin, from the television show The Six Million Dollar Man. Both were astronauts who suffered near-fatal accidents that destroyed their bodies, necessitating replacement with bionic parts. But while Steve Austin is recruited as an agent for the OSI (Office of Scientific Intelligence), they don't actually expect him to fully pay back the cost of rebuilding his body. The name "Steve Summers" combines "Steve Austin" with "Jaime Sommers", a character from the spin-off series The Bionic Woman. Bigfoot appears in five episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man between Seasons 3, 4 and 5.

• Pajamas: Hank is wearing Aquaman pajamas, while Dean wears Spider-Man pajamas. Aquaman is a superhero published by DC Comics, who lives underwater, has super strength, and can telepathically talk to fish. Spider-Man is a superhero published by Marvel Comics, who can climb walls, has super-strength, and creates his own super-sticky webbing that lets him swing from buildings.

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