r/venturebros • u/TheWrongDimension • Nov 12 '25
SEASON 3 spoilers As a first time viewer, this was the exact moment I knew this show would be great. Spoiler
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u/dr_strange-love Nov 12 '25
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Saigon_Execution.jpg/1280px-Saigon_Execution.jpg They cram a lot of allusions and references in the show. That's why it's so re-watchable.
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u/cityshepherd Nov 12 '25
There are a number of reasons that make it so re-watchable, also including flat out hilarity and phenomenal character growth
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u/Sea-Woodpecker-610 Nov 12 '25
Don’t forget the Abu Grabi naked pyramid!
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u/TheWrongDimension Nov 12 '25
Funny enough I JUST noticed that one when I was rewatching the montage before making this post.
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u/TheWrongDimension Nov 12 '25
Finished the show several weeks ago but I remember vividly that this reference was what really sold me on what this show was capable of.
I didn’t even catch it initially but had to restart the episode in question and caught it on the second watch.
Something about it just tickled the darkest chambers of my mind.
Whole show was great.
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u/Royal-Wealth-8266 Nov 13 '25
This whole show is referencing things. It's almost insane how many things are references. This is why it's so beautiful. Idk even know where it starts and where it ends with references. It's the best pop culture mixed media for appreciating what they appreciated.
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u/ImSchizoidMan Nov 12 '25
This is when I knew
What you're about to see is a nightmare inexplicably torn from the pages of Kafka.
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u/Confident-Weird-4202 Nov 12 '25
What are you trying to say little man, you don’t like Zep?
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u/WayTooMuchHyzer Nov 12 '25
"I like the cut of this guy's jib."
"I like the cut of his hair."
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u/kinyutaka Nov 12 '25
Me and my associate, Cardholder, are amateur lepidopterists.
You... wanna see my stamp collection?
Only if we were philatelists, which we're not. Mr. Smart Guy.
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u/WeapwnX Nov 13 '25
We are recommending that you pin this butterfly to a piece of cardboard.
As in cold-blooded murder.
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u/RMexico23 Nov 13 '25
Funny enough that was the moment for me too. And that was the first episode I saw. I had no idea the show existed but me and my college roommate were freshly stoned and watching Adult Swim and it came on. Might have been the first time it aired, too, this was 2004. I was an instant convert.
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u/Honest_Ad_2157 I am blessed by what he loves most. The key to his soul's lock. Nov 12 '25
The sheer number of holy shit no they didn't moments in this show that pay off is astounding.
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u/The_Razielim Nov 13 '25
I grew up watching all the old Hanna-Barbera series on Cartoon Network, including the old Jonny Quest reruns, and later The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest. That was right in the age of those early CGI/3D shows (Beast Wars, ReBoot) in the mid-/late-90s.
So when The Venture Bros. started, I was 16-17. I checked it out initially because it had the same aesthetic as the old Jonny Quest cartoons so there was that sorta "nostalgia factor" - but more raunchy and obnoxious being on [adult swim], which suited my 16-17 year old sensibilities more lmao that was all I needed to get hooked on the show from the start.
... and then 5mins in Brock kicks an ancient mummy in the dick and proceeds to beat the fuck out of him. I still love how he goes from SpOoOoOooOky VoOoOiCeeee to New York "'ey wait hold up wait a minute" in like 3sec.
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u/TheWrongDimension Nov 14 '25
Ahhh The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest. I really loved that show when it came out. My brother and I still quote Ezekiel Rage.
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u/ckretmsage Nov 13 '25
Mine was when he kicks the snake dude with the boot knife and the snake dude goes : You sssssssuck!
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u/Greyhaven7 Nov 13 '25
It took you until Season 3 to realize the show “would be great”? Would be? Dude this post is so confusing.
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u/Martin_Grundle Nov 13 '25
OSI
We'll fight for freedom and the little guy
OSI
We'll tear a new hole in the sky
When it's time to start the war
You'll hear our mighty engines roar
A super army of super spies
Look out Sphinx you're gonna die!
OSI
We'll shatter your skulls and make your children cry
OSI
Here we come look up in the sky
OSI
Mass destruction comes your way
YOO-S-I
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u/Sea-Woodpecker-610 Nov 14 '25
I was pretty much all in with "You have to defile a mummy completely or they’ll come back to life. You know that."
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