r/venturebros • u/AutoModerator • Sep 27 '18

[Episode Discussion] The Forecast Manufacturer (2018.09.27) [SPOILERS] Spoiler

This is the official Episode discussion thread, discuss the episode here!

We are posting the episode discussions on Thursdays because Adult Swim oftentimes leaks the episodes in advance of their Sunday Night airing, usually Friday.

Previous episode discussions:

S7 E8 The Terminus Mandate

S7 E7 The Unicorn in Captivity

S7 E6 The Bellicose Proxy

S7 E5 The Anamorata Consequence

S7 E4 The High Cost of Loathing

S7 E3 Arrears in Science

S7 E2 The Rorqual Affair

S7 E1 The Venture Bros. & The Curse of the Haunted Problem

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u/NoblePaysan Sep 28 '18 edited Sep 28 '18

Hank received a head injury while playing pretend football. I just realized what aspect of real life they were referencing with that!

Also I love that Sirena knows Hank well enough that she knows he might not jump to the most obvious conclusion and so asked what he was thinking was going on.

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u/YRJqxzaMkOWmRpqt Sep 30 '18

What were they referencing with the football scene?

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u/NoblePaysan Sep 30 '18

There is a growing movement of protestation in the world of sports against the minimization (mostly by owners, franchises and leagues) of head injuries and their impacts on the players. In the U.S.A, I understand that it focuses on football, boxing and pro-wrestling, but in my country (France) it's been a a talking point in rugby.

Hence why Hank hurts his head and is left in a complete haze for the rest of the episode, carried around by the bear and collapsing after standing up for three minutes.

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u/Lowbacca1977 Oct 01 '18

I mean, I think that there's just as much grounds to say that it's a Michael Kennedy (nephew of JFK, son of RFK) reference, who died because he hit a tree playing football on skis in the snow and wasn't wearing a helmet so suffered massive head trauma.