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The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
15 Episodes 2003 - 2004
Episode 0
The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay
Sun, Feb 16, 200322 mins
Dr. Venture, his teen sons Hank and Dean, and their bodyguard Brock head to New York to unveil Dr. Venture's new invention. They are pursued by a ninja intent on acquiring the device.
Episode 1
Dia de los Dangerous
Sat, Aug 7, 200422 mins
Dr. Venture and his family are in Mexico, where the boys get kidnapped by the Monarch's henchmen. Brock goes on a rampage to get them back and Dr. Venture wakes up in a bathtub of ice to find he has no kidneys.
Episode 2
Careers in Science
Sat, Aug 14, 200422 mins
Dubbed the Ninth Wonder of the World, Jonas Venture's space station, Gargantua-1, has developed a problem, and Dr. Thaddeus Venture must fix his father's creation.
Episode 3
Home Insecurity
Sat, Aug 21, 200422 mins
Brock goes on a wilderness retreat, and gets more than he bargained for when he encounters the Army searching for something. Meanwhile, the Venture family retreats to the panic room when the forces of both The Monarch and Baron Ünderbheit attack.
Episode 4
The Incredible Mr. Brisby
Sat, Aug 28, 200422 mins
Dr. Venture takes the X1 to "Brisbyland" for a meeting with the theme park owner Roy Brisby. But the boys get kidnapped by the "Orange County Liberation Front" and Brock and his former lover and secret agent Molotov Cocktease mount a rescue.
Episode 5
Eeney, Meeney, Miney... Magic!
Sat, Sep 4, 200422 mins
The boys discover a dangerous pod in the lab that projects your fantasies, thus trapping you inside. Dr. Byron Orpheus is introduced as well as his daughter, Trianna, whom Dean becomes enamored with immediately.
Episode 6
Ghosts of the Sargasso
Sat, Sep 11, 200422 mins
Dr. Venture and his family encounter pirates while trying to recover an old crashed aircraft made by Dr. Jonas Venture decades earlier.
Episode 7
Ice Station Impossible
Sat, Sep 18, 200422 mins
Pete White, Master Billy Quizboy, and Dr. Venture are recruited by their old college professor, Dr. Richard Impossible, to work for him doing super-science at his remote arctic lab. But when Hank is infected by one of Dr. Impossible's old serums, Brock must race to locate the lab and save Hank's life.
Episode 8
Mid-Life Chrysalis
Sat, Sep 25, 200422 mins
While trying to relive his younger days, Dr. Venture is seduced by Dr. Girlfriend in disguise as part of The Monarch's evil plan. Brock learns he has to renew his license to kill.
Episode 9
Are You There God, It's Me, Dean
Sat, Oct 2, 200422 mins
While Brock and Hank are held hostage by The Monarch, Master Billy Quizboy and Pete White are called in to help diagnose a mysterious painful illness afflicting Dean.
Episode 10
Tag-Sale: You're It!
Sat, Oct 9, 200422 mins
To raise much-needed cash, Dr. Venture holds a yard sale for his father's old, unwanted super-science equipment and inventions. Brock and other agents from the Office of Secret Intelligence maintain security as many of Venture's arch-nemeses attend, but The Monarch has other plans.
Episode 11
Past Tense
Sat, Oct 16, 200422 mins
Hank and Dean learn about Brock and Dr. Venture's early days as they attend a funeral for Mike Sorayama, an old college buddy they used to tease. But the funeral proves to be a ruse by Sorayama to exact revenge for their torment.
Episode 12
The Trial of the Monarch
Sat, Oct 23, 200422 mins
The Monarch finds himself on trial for a murder, but it soon becomes clear that the "Guild of Calamitous Intent" may be behind the whole thing.
Episode 13
Return to Spider-Skull Island
Sat, Oct 30, 200422 mins
While Hank and Dean run away from home to seek their independence, an old enemy of Dr. Venture's, long thought destroyed, returns seeking vengeance.
Episode 14
A Very Venture Christmas
Sun, Dec 19, 200411 mins
It's Christmas and the Ventures are having their annual party. But the festivities are interrupted by the Dean who accidentally summons a Christmas demon, and the Monarch who plans to blow up the Venture home.