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The Venture Bros.: Home Is Where The Hate Is

Sgt. Hatred drops by the Venture Compound to invite Dr. Venture to attend his evening party. The occasion? Sgt. Hatred celebrates the announcement of new arch-nemesis Dr. Venture. Dr. Girlfriend and The Monarch (reluctantly) attend the party as well. Meanwhile, Hank and Dean are being babysitted by Number 21, and Dr. Girlfriend's Moppets try to kill them.


9/10 (4 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 3x4
Production Number: 3-37
Airdate: Sunday June 22nd, 2008



Guest Stars
Christopher McCullochChristopher McCulloch
voiced Sgt. Hatred / Henchman 24 / Tim-Tom Moppet / Additional Voice
Recurring
Doc HammerDoc Hammer
As Dr. Mrs. The Monarch / Henchman 21 / Kevin Moppet
Recurring
Main Cast
James UrbaniakJames Urbaniak
voiced Dr. Thaddeus S. "Rusty" Venture / Various
Michael SinterniklaasMichael Sinterniklaas
voiced Dean Venture / Various
Christopher McCullochChristopher McCulloch
voiced Hank Venture / The Monarch / Various
Patrick WarburtonPatrick Warburton
voiced Brock Samson
Doc HammerDoc Hammer
voiced Dr. Girlfriend (Dr. Mrs. the Monarch) / Various

Recap

The episode starts off with a paperboy riding his bicycle and working his route in a seemingly quiet little town. When we finally see the boy’s face it turns out it’s a robot. After we see his face, he rides toward a sign that says: “Welcome to Malice: a nice place to have." The paper-bot throws a paper at the Monarch’s new home / Phantom Limb’s formal mansion. The paper he threw hits one of the Monarch’s henchmen. The camera pans up and we see smoke coming from a window inside the house. Dr. Girlfriend asks the Monarch what he’s doing. The Monarch, who is burning several items in a bed that he had lit on fire, asks her sarcastically what she thinks he’s doing. He explains to her that he doesn’t want to sleep on the bed the Phantom Limb used to “pleasure” her in, and that he’s burning the bed and all the object that were his. The Monarch throws a portrait of the Phantom Limb’s relatives into the burning bed. He then looks at a trophy and a book that use to belong to the Phantom Limb. The Monarch looks surprised and thinks that they were the Phantom Limb’s “Little "League trophy” and his self-help books. Dr. Girlfriend tells him that he doesn’t need to burn them, and that he could just as easily sell them. She calls his actions insane. A henchman walks into the room holding a box full of the Phantom Limb’s old stuff, he gives the box to the Monarch. The Monarch grabs a book from the box and tells Dr. Girlfriend that what’s insane is that she slept with a man who had read a book, the one he’s holding, called “The Secret." He asks her if she’d like to have the book. The Monarch throws the book in the burning bed and tells her that her ex-boyfriend was pathetic, and asks her, sarcastically in a low voice, to keep what he just said a “secret," referencing the book he just burned. Dr. Girlfriend tells him that she can’t believe that he could still be upset over the Phantom Limb, and asks him what’s wrong. The Monarch tells her that he’s upset over his new life, and that it’s the new house, the neighborhood. He tells her that he can’t believe that he’s living in a town named “Malice." Dr. Girlfriend tells him that it’s an excellent community and that it has the “lowest property tax” in the district, and that it has three supermarkets in it as well. The Monarch tells her that it’s a gated community for super-villains, and that it’s like “Boca Raton in Halloween” because of all the masked villains living in it. Dr. Girlfriend tells him that it’s not so bad and that one of the Monarch’s friends “Manta Claws” lives close by. The Monarch tells her that he used to like him but until he found out he didn’t have any real powers. Dr. Girlfriend then tells him that he knows that the Monarch used to like Sgt. Hatred, and that he also lives nearby. The Monarch tells her that he only use to listen to him to distract him enough so that his henchmen could sneak around and steal some of the Sgt’s machinery. Dr. Girlfriend tells him that Sgt. Hatred is having a party that evening, and the Sergeant had invited them. She tells him that she thinks they should go together. The Monarch tells her that he doesn’t really want to go, and asks her what the Sergeant has to celebrate...

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Episode Notes
Working title: "My Dinner With Hatred"
Several cable television providers like Comcast had it listed as this.

During the credits, animation director Kimson Albert had a nickname added to his credit, which was a gag from the episode:"Full Nerf". It reads, Kimson "Full Nerf" Albert.

The episode had credited a "Special Thanks" to Vishal Roney & Jennifer Stephens.



Episode Quotes
Dr. Mrs. The Monarch: I mean, Manta Claws lives a block away. You used to love Manta Claws.
Monarch: Until I found out he uses a little hidden scuba tank. And the claws are made of Sculpie.

Dean: Hank, if a big man walks out of the burning cloud, do not be afraid. That’s Jesus.

Sgt. Hatred: I just gotta tell ya what an honor it is to be working with the legend himself, the Dr. Venture. The guy who put the “pro” in protagonist.

Sgt. Hatred: I know the difference between arching and real life, thanks you. “Hate to live, don’t live to hate.” That’s my motto.

Dr. Venture: I don’t even know why we’re doing this.
Brock: We kind have to. It’s just one of those things that comes with this life you chose.
Dr. Venture: Chose my keister! My dad dumped this life in my lap like a cup of scalding hot responsibility.

(playing a party game)
Monarch: You’re a brainless failure and live entirely off your father’s fame and fortune.
Dr. Venture: I’m George Bush?
Monarch: Hardly! I’ve never, never hated anyone as much as you.
Dr. Venture: Wait, wait… Hitler? Did he have a famous father?
Monarch: Worse! You wash up! You should just admit that you will never amount to anything and drink poison!
Dr. Venture: Oh, is it… uhh… Socrates’ son?

24: Uh, I don’t know, I guess what I’ve really always wanted to do was be a cabinet maker.
Dean: I saw follow your dreams, even if they are about a giant spider with your father’s head and he keeps stealing your penis.



Episode Goofs
Animation error.

In the scene were Dr. Venture is lying down on the ground injured after Sgt. Hatred shot him with rubber bullets, we see Dr. venture cringing his gut and the blood on the ground next to him moving as when Dr. Venture moves. (Picture)



Cultural References
The Monarch burning the Phantom Limbs possessions on his old bed.
The Monarch: I'm pretending I'm Farrah Fawcett making her big comeback.

Farrah Fawcett is an American film actress best known for her role in the 1970's hit television show Charlie's Angel's. Farrah also stared in a movie called "The Burning Bed".

The Monarch: You know what's insane? You slept with a guy who read "The Secret"

The book the Monarch was referring to is the book version of Rhonda Byrne's "The Secret". The film has been referenced at least one time in the show's past.

The Monarch: And it's a gated community for Super-villeins. It's like Boca Raton on Halloween around here.

Boca Raton is a city in Florida known for there festive Halloween celebrations & stores.

Sgt. Hatred: ...Speaking of green earth, what do you got out there? Kentucky Bluegrass? Ahh! That is flush!
Brock: No, thats my own special blend of Blue Ridge and Creeping Red.

Kentucky Bluegrass, Blue Ridge & Creeping Red, are all real grass belonging to the "Poa" genus.

The Monarch: Oh right, right, right, the one that sounds like Ray Romano. I like him.

Ray Romano is an American award winning actor, writer and stand-up comedian, best known for his starring role on the CBS sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond."

Sgt. Hatred: I still got to go over to the Costco on my way home to pick up some party platters.

Costco is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the world.

Sgt. Hatred Picture of President Nixon.

We see a black and white picture of President Nixon hanging inside Sgt. Hatred's house, on top of his living room's chimney.

Dean's Doctor/clown attire when he goes to visit Number 24.

Hank was acting like Patch Adams when he visited Number 24. Hunter Campbell "Patch" Adams is an American medical doctor, professional clown, performer, and author. He best known for bringing humor and sense of decency to his patients by acting clownish around them.

Number 21: There not. They're watching... they're watching Nell.

Nell is a 1994 movie drama starring Jodie Foster as a young woman who was raised by her mother in an isolated cabin that has to face other human beings for the first time in her life. The film also stars Liam Neeson whose character finds her after her mother dies.

Hank: Dude, I think I just say Schindler's Dingus.

Schindler's Dingus is play on words from "Schindler's List ". Schindler's List is an Award winning 1993 movie based on the book Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally. Staring Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler.

Hank makes the connection between Nell and Schindler's List by see actor Liam Neeson naked.

Brock: I'm watching this PBS special on giant crossbows.

- PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service.

- The special Brock was referring to was an actual special program titled "Leonardo's Dream Machines". In the special, experts from around the world come together to recreate several of Leonardo da Vinci's machines. Including a giant crossbow and a glider.

Dean: Is it Pac-Man?

Pac-Man is a classic arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the U.S. by Midway. It was made popular in the 1980's.



Episode References
The Monarch: You know what's insane? You slept with a guy who read "The Secret"

The book the Monarch was referring to is the book version of Rhonda Byrne's "The Secret". The film has been referenced at least one time in the show's past. In the episode "The Doctor is Sin", Dr. Henry Killinger was heard in a recording reciting a line from the movie.

The first Arch-Nemesis listed on the Guild face book.

The first Arch-Nemesis listed on the Guild face book was named "Dr. Quentin Ball" and was featured on the pilot episode, "The Terrible Secret Of Turtle Bay (Pilot)", as a background scientist on the U.N. Science Expo.



Other Episode Crew

CreatorChristopher McCulloch
Executive ProducerSteven S. H. Yoon  |  Christopher McCulloch  |  Michael Lazzo  |  Keith Crofford
Supervising ProducerCharlie Miller (3)
ProducerRachel Simon
EditorDoc Hammer
MusicJ. G. Thirlwell
Production CoordinatorAlexandra Andrew
Supervising Sound EditorDave Paterson (1)
Re-Recording MixerDave Paterson (1)
OtherDoc Hammer (Additional Graphics & Animation)  |  Tom Bayne (1) (Animatic Director & Animo Compositor)  |  Roger Mejia (Animation Checking)  |  Agatha Sarim Kim (Animation Coordinator)  |  Carly Monardo (Character & Prop Color Key)  |  Liz Artinian (Color Supervisor)
Storyboard ArtistLauren Monardo  |  Danny Hynes  |  Jon Roscetti  |  Douglas Lovelace  |  Rafael Rosado  |  Siobhan Mullen
Art DirectorStephen DeStefano
Character DesignerMatthew I. Jenkins  |  Danny Kimanyen  |  Martin Wittig
Background ArtistChris Palesty  |  Denny Fincke  |  Ray Feldman  |  George Fort  |  Deodato Pangandoyon  |  Chris Fisher (3)
Animation SupervisorNick DeMayo
Production ManagerPeeDee Shindell
Sound EditorGlenfield Payne
Special EffectsDoc Hammer
Animation DirectorJennifer Batinich  |  Kimson Albert  |  Ian Jones-Quartey
FoleyRachel Chancey
 

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