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The Venture Bros.: Fallen Arches
When Dr. Orpheus finally receives his approval for his very own arch-nemesis from the Guild of Calamitous Intent, Dr Orpheus must look for his old superhero friends, The Alchemist and Jefferson Twilight, to rejoin his “Super-team” called “The Order of the Triad” before the arch-nemesis tryouts begin. Dr. Venture is less then pleased of this and decides to show off his latest invention to the incoming supervillains. Meanwhile Dean and Hank have to entertain Triana for the evening.
| 9.3/10 (3 Votes cast) |
Episode Info
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Episode number: 2x8 Production Number: 2-22 Airdate: Sunday September 03rd, 2006 |
Recap
The episode starts of with two “Guild of Calamitous Intent” agents and their Sovereign greeting Dr. Orpheus via video recording. The two guild agent’s names are shown, and which are: Ward, a guild communications agent, and Watch a guild command dispatch agent. The two guild agents mention that Dr. Orpheus and his team have been approved for their very own “Guild certified” supervillain. A guild member then introduces their Sovereign, which is on a screen on the background and has a distorted face. The Sovereign, whom has a subtext indicating that he’s the “Guild Command Supreme Being”, starts to talk about that the guild’s history and continues to say that it has been around since 1910 and that they have done a great deal on matching supervillains and super heroes alike. The two guild agents and the Sovereign then start to talk about statistic and comparisons between their organization and their rivals. The two guild agents sarcastically talk about why Dr. Orpheus doesn’t just get his own supervillain. Then they show him clips of examples of what happens when a supervillain doesn’t have rules to follow, miss matched supervillains and awkward moments between superheroes and their arch nemesis, which include: A superhero is attacked while preying for his dinner with his family, while his arch nemesis counter part brakes into his house and starts fighting. The subtext on this clip is of “Discarded Treaties”. The next clip shows a built up superhero being attacked by a small supervillain who is kicking him and doing no damage at all. The subtext on this clip is “Improperly Matched Animosity”. The final clip shows us a superhero that has been captured and is being tortured by the supervillain. Then his supervillain starts to kiss him. The subtext on this clip is “Inappropriate Behavior”..Read the full recap
Episode Notes
The walking eye first appears on this episode, but was originally shown at beginning of the first opening credits.
Dr. Girlfriend appears on this episode, but has a different alias though. On this episode she refers to herself as Lady Au Pare. The credits are even changed to maintain her cover-up.
Episode Quotes
Dean: List our clues again
Hank: 1. Goth chick catches fire and disappears. 2. No smoldering body beating "kill me, kill me" in Morse code with what is left of her head.
Dean: Stop it.
Hank: 3. The smell of a dumpster full of burning diapers. and 4...
Hank: 1. Goth chick catches fire and disappears. 2. No smoldering body beating "kill me, kill me" in Morse code with what is left of her head.
Dean: Stop it.
Hank: 3. The smell of a dumpster full of burning diapers. and 4...
Episode Goofs
The Sovereign tells us to look at the numbers in compression between the guild and its rival companies. We are shown a pie chart that only has colors and text matching up to the pie chart, but with no numbers
At the beginning of the episode, the Sovereign changes facial expression in a split second when the camera change off angle.
When Jefferson Twilight is fighting the two vampires he threatens to take out one of the Vampire's fangs for his necklace. He pulls them out and as he does we are shown his teeth are still their.
On the scene where The Alchemist, Jefferson Twilight and Dr. Orpheus interview a man lizard villain, the man lizard is shown wearing no pants at all. When the camera cuts back to him later, we are shown the lizard villain wearing a red Speedo.
Dr. Orpheus admits he owns an island in the Torrid Zone, he explains that the Torrid Zone is a real place between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. But in other episode we have been told that Dr. Orpheus is a poor man asking for pay cuts on his rent.
When Triana suddenly disappears, Hank and Dean notice that Triana wrote them a message on the bathroom mirror. Later in the episode we understand that Triana only got transported to a different location on the world and she did not disappear.
In the kitchen scene near the end of the episode, Dr. Venture rants about how the villains that are fighting his walking eye know a real arch rival when they see one, his inner left ear briefly disappears and then suddenly reappears.
Cultural References
Jefferson Twilight is a spoof on the marvel comic superhero Blade, who is a half vampire half human who hunts Vampires
Jefferson Twilight and Dr. Orpheus debate over what is Aquaman’s identity is, if he has a secret identity or if he doesn’t. Aquaman, of course, is a DC comic superhero.
Triana mentions that she ordered Splash on her dad’s NetFlix list. Splash is a movie staring Tom Hanks and Eugene Levy, which is about a mermaid falling in love with Tom Hanks.
Triana mentions that she ordered Splash on her dad’s NetFlix list. NetFlix is the popular online video store which you order videos (DVDs) to be sent to you in the mail.
Monarch henchmen number 21 mentions that he got the pair of costumes from the classic Nickelodeon show Double Dare.
Monarch henchman number 21 mentions that the stains on their new costumes are that of Gak, which is a Nickelodeon prop slime.
On the scene where the prostitute runs through a hallway and arrives at a corner with 3 doors, the Monarch tells her to choose one of the doors. The Prostitute opens a door and a polar bear jumps out of it. The Monarch mentions that this is the polar bear from Lost. Lost, of course, is the hit television series about survivors of a plane crash, whom encounter many strange situations including polar bear inside a tropical island.
One of the villains that are located outside the Venture compound has the uncanny resemblance of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il
Near the end of the episode, Brock says to Dr. Venture that he likes to wear a suit when he’s fighting because it makes him look like James Bond.
The Walking Eye is actually a spoof on a known Johnny quest episode where in the original Johnny quest episode this walking eye is referred to a “Robot Spy”
Torrid most likely is based of the marvel comic super hero Deadman and Dormammu another marvel comic supervillain. Whom combined would have a similar resemblance to Torrid. Torrid having a much older appearance though.
On the scene where Monarch henchman number 21 tells number 24 his planed names for their supervillain group, Jet Boy and Jet Girl, he tells 24 that he got the idea from an old Damned cover of a French song. The Damned are a punk rock/gothic rock group formed in London in 1976.
While the Monarch was bathing as the prostitute strives for her life, he mentions that his Axe body wash becomes more soothing as the prostate dodges her current impending dangers. Axe is a popular brand name of male body products.
On the scene where Brock and Dean are trying to entertain Triana, they try to stage a small play about Lady Windermere. Lady Windermere's Fan is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892
On the scene where the Monarch mocks the prostitute after she asks for direction, he takes his robes off and reveals a tattoo of a Minotaur. Other then the tattoo, his mocking of the prostitute is spoof on the popular Thomas Harris novel Red Dragon, which became famous for its double movie debut of Manhunter, in 1986; and Red Dragon, in 2002
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