The Venture Bros.

The Venture Bros.
Premiere	pilot February 16, 2003 series August 7, 2004
Finale	October 7, 2018
Creator	Jackson Publick
Network/Provider	Adult Swim
Style	30-minute animated action comedy
Company	AstroBase Go! World Leaders Entertainment (formerly Noodlesoup Productions) (seasons 1-4), Titmouse Inc. (seasons 5-7)
Seasons	7
Episodes	83 + pilot + 4 specials + 1 film
Origin	USA
Official Site	The Venture Bros.

The Venture Bros. is an animated series broadcast on Adult Swim chronicling the adventures of Dr. Thaddeus S. "Rusty" Venture, his sons Dean and Hank, and their bodyguard Brock Samson. Dr. Venture follows in the footsteps of his super-scientist father, Dr. Jonas Venture. The Venture family frequently clashes with villains like The Monarch and his assistant Dr. Girlfriend.

History

Writer and cartoonist Chris McCulloch came up with the idea for The Venture Bros. around 1998 as a comic book story, and soon wrote the first draft of the script while he worked as a storyboard artist on Sheep in the Big City. At the time, McCulloch was meeting with Comedy Central regarding a show pitch of his comic Uncle Nature, all the while playing around with the Venture Bros. concept in the background. The Comedy Central pitch fell through, and McCulloch's comic book story about the Ventures was becoming too extensive to work as a comic book anymore, so he began to turn it into an animated pilot script. McCulloch also pitched The Venture Bros. script to Comedy Central, who "politely" turned it down within the week.

After Sheep in the Big City and his failed Comedy Central deals, McCulloch moved onto The Tick, which was being produced by Sony Pictures Television for a live action series on Fox, after the comic book (and cartoon series) of the same name. McCulloch continued to work with The Venture Bros. and his agent helped him get in with a studio that was beginning to develop CG animated shows to develop his idea. Unfortunately, the studio soon decided against producing the series and The Venture Bros. fell back into development limbo. Upon the cancellation of The Tick, McCulloch revised his pilot script, made some redesigns, and refined the general look of the series. In New York City, McCulloch met Jeff Nodelman of Noodlesoup Productions, who assured him that the show could be done efficiently and inexpensively.

Later, McCulloch learned about Adult Swim, and contacted network executive Linda Simensky for a pitch meeting. The block, at the time, was looking for a third pilot to greenlight and The Venture Bros. came along at just the right time to fill that space. After months of negotiating, the show was ready to be produced in September 2002 at Noodlesoup using Flash animation and on a very low budget. For the show, McCulloch adopted the alias Jackson Publick for his production and writing credits (but not voice credits). Musical artist J.G. Thirlwell allowed the show to license some of his music, as he was too busy to score anything new. The pilot was completed and finally premiered on Adult Swim in February 2003. Fan and critical response was positive and led, months later, to the show being greenlit for series. The first season of The Venture Bros. premiered in late summer of 2004.

The show is the first traditionally animated half-hour series to be produced by Adult Swim, who mainly produced 15-minute economical animated shows using Flash or Adobe After Effects. The Venture Bros. is one of the lowest budget traditionally animated shows on the air. The Venture Bros. is produced by Astrobase Go! and World Leaders Entertainment in New York City and is animated by Digital eMation, Inc. in Seoul, Korea.

Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Christopher McCulloch	Hank Venture	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	The Monarch	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Peter White	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Michael Sinterniklaas	Dean Venture	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
James Urbaniak	Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Dr. Jonas Venture, Jr.	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Patrick Warburton	Brock Samson	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Supporting/Recurring Cast
Paul Boocock	Jonas Venture, Sr.	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Doc Hammer	Dr. Girlfriend / Dr. Mrs. The Monarch	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Master Billy Quizboy	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Henchman 21	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Lisa Hammer	Triana Orpheus	*	*	*	*
Stephen Ratazzi	Byron Orpheus	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Pilot

Title			Airdate
Adult Swim
The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay			February 13, 2003

Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale				#
Adult Swim
Season One	August 7, 2004	December 19, 2004				13 + 1
Season Two	June 25, 2006	October 15, 2006				13
Season Three	June 1, 2008	August 24, 2008				13
Season Four	October 18, 2009	November 21, 2010				16 + 1
Season Five	October 28, 2012 (special) June 2, 2013 (season)	July 21, 2013				8 + 1
Season Six	January 19, 2015 (special) January 31, 2016 (season)	March 20, 2016				8 + 1
Season Seven	August 5, 2018	October 7, 2018				10

Movie

Title	Network		Airdate
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart	Adult Swim		September 1, 2023

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series
• Characters: A listing of characters in the series
• Production Crew: A list of the people and companies who produce the show.

DVD and Blu-ray Releases

DVD

Title			Release			Discs
Season Sets  (Region 1)
Season One			May 30, 2006	purchase		2
Season Two			April 17, 2007	purchase		2
3rd Season			March 24, 2009	purchase		2
Season 4: Vol. 1			October 26, 2010	purchase		2
Season 4: Vol. 2			March 22, 2011	purchase		2
The Fifth Season			March 4, 2014	purchase		2
VB6			October 4, 2016	purchase		2

Blu-ray

Title			Release			Discs
Season Sets  (Region A)
3rd Season			March 24, 2009	purchase		2
The Complete Season 4			March 22, 2011	purchase		2
The Fifth Season			March 4, 2014	purchase		1
VB6			October 4, 2016	purchase		1

External Sites

• Venture Bros. at AdultSwim.com