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The Best Episodes of The Venture Bros.

Every episode of The Venture Bros. ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Venture Bros.!

Hank and Dean Venture, with their father Doctor Venture and faithful bodyguard Brock Samson, go on wild adventures facing megalomaniacs, zombies, and suspicious ninjas, all...
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Best Episodes Summary

"Operation: P.R.O.M." is the best rated episode of "The Venture Bros.". It scored 9.3/10 based on 412 votes. Directed by Christopher McCulloch and written by Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch, it aired on 11/21/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Arrears in Science".

  • Operation: P.R.O.M.
    9.3/10412 votes
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    #1 - Operation: P.R.O.M.

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 11/21/2010

    Team Venture, Conjectural Technologies and the Order of the Triad come together as Dean and Hank prepare to face an obstacle that is more intimidating then anything they have confronted before: a prom to celebrate their "graduating" high school, while Dr. Venture throws out all the stops to bring the twins the best dance $500 can buy. But when things go awry, the greatest battle in Venture history looms as two old enemies - the OSI and SPHINX - clash once again.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch

  • Arrears in Science
    9.3/10288 votes
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    #2 - Arrears in Science

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 8/20/2018

    The Morphic Trilogy reaches its conclusion in a decades-spanning tale of friendship, betrayal and mass murder that overwrites Venture history.

    Director: Juno John Lee

    Writer: Christopher McCulloch

  • Showdown at Cremation Creek (2)
    9.0/10422 votes
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    #3 - Showdown at Cremation Creek (2)

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 10/14/2006

    The fate of almost everyone in the Venture universe hangs in the balance as The Sovereign reveals his identity and stuff explode all over the place.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

  • Red Means Stop
    9.0/10262 votes
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    #4 - Red Means Stop

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 3/21/2016

    The Guild of Calamitous Intent sets a trap for Blue Morpho with a notorious villain as the bait. Meanwhile, two battered men struggle to escape from their mysterious imprisonment.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Doc Hammer

  • The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (2)
    8.9/10315 votes
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    #5 - The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (2)

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 8/24/2008

    Brock and the Venture family are on the run from the Law, the Monarch, Sgt. Hatred and the entire O.S.I.! Only bald ingenuity and an unlikely ally can possibly save their necks from the deadly noose tightening around the Venture Compound.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch

  • A Party for Tarzan
    8.9/10251 votes
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    #6 - A Party for Tarzan

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 3/14/2016

    In a case of mistaken identity, the Guild targets Dr. Venture for assassination, pooping his party for a fancy new friend.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Doc Hammer

  • The Venture Bros. and the Curse of the Haunted Problem
    8.9/10274 votes
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    #7 - The Venture Bros. and the Curse of the Haunted Problem

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 8/6/2018

    The Venture headquarters is either possessed, just regular haunted, or suffering from a computer glitch; Dr. Orpheus and the Order of the Triad are called upon to unlock the mystery.

    Director: Juno John Lee

    Writer: Christopher McCulloch

  • The Unicorn in Captivity
    8.9/10236 votes
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    #8 - The Unicorn in Captivity

    Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 9/17/2018

    Dr. Venture's latest invention is a real game-changer, and the new game is deadly.

    Director: Juno John Lee

    Writer: Christopher McCulloch

  • The Saphrax Protocol
    8.9/10199 votes
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    #9 - The Saphrax Protocol

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 10/8/2018

    Deep inside Guild Headquarters, the Monarch and 21 face their ultimate ordeal; the Venture brothers confront one of their own.

    Director: Juno John Lee

    Writer: Doc Hammer

  • The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (1)
    8.8/10300 votes
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    #10 - The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (1)

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 8/17/2008

    Brock Samson is a marked man.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch

  • Everybody Comes to Hank's
    8.8/10296 votes
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    #11 - Everybody Comes to Hank's

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 10/3/2010

    Hank opens a detective agency and enters a dark world of sinister crime and shady women.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Doc Hammer

  • The Rorqual Affair
    8.8/10241 votes
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    #12 - The Rorqual Affair

    Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 8/13/2018

    Deadly waters surround the Monarch when he becomes Wide Wale’s prisoner

    Director: Juno John Lee

    Writer: Doc Hammer

  • Victor. Echo. November.
    8.7/10404 votes
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    #13 - Victor. Echo. November.

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2006

    Phantom Limb and Dr. Girlfriend agree to a civil double date with The Monarch to discuss his official re-entry into the Guild of Calamitous Intent.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Doc Hammer

  • It Happening One Night
    8.7/10240 votes
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    #14 - It Happening One Night

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 3/7/2016

    Avant-garde supervillains try to arch Dr. Venture while Hank searches for love in a den of ninjas.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

  • 20 Years to Midnight
    8.6/10408 votes
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    #15 - 20 Years to Midnight

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/6/2006

    Brock's discovery of a videotape from Jonas Venture Sr. sets Team Venture on a global hunt for pieces of a fantastic and potentially deadly machine.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Christopher McCulloch

  • Showdown at Cremation Creek (1)
    8.6/10368 votes
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    #16 - Showdown at Cremation Creek (1)

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 10/7/2006

    The stage is set for a deadly, ultimate showdown between The Monarch and Phantom Limb for the hand of Dr. Girlfriend.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

  • What Color Is Your Cleansuit?
    8.6/10311 votes
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    #17 - What Color Is Your Cleansuit?

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 6/2/2013

    A three-month period in the lives of our heroes and villains is chronicled. Dr. Venture recruits college interns to help him complete a project for J.J. in time, but things go awry. Dean makes a life-changing decision after Triana rejects him, and Billy Quizboy acquires a new archenemy.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch

  • O.S.I. Love You
    8.6/10277 votes
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    #18 - O.S.I. Love You

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 6/30/2013

    OSI has a riot on their hands when the super-villains in their custody make a desperate bid to escape.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Christopher McCulloch

  • Tanks for Nuthin'
    8.6/10222 votes
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    #19 - Tanks for Nuthin'

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 2/29/2016

    A super-widow surfaces and makes Dr. Mrs. The Monarch's job difficult while a criminal genius tries to arch Dr. Venture.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Christopher McCulloch

  • Powerless in the Face of Death
    8.5/10419 votes
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    #20 - Powerless in the Face of Death

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/25/2006

    Team Venture struggles to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives and move on in the wake of Hank and Dean's violent and untimely deaths.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

  • ¡Viva los Muertos!
    8.5/10381 votes
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    #21 - ¡Viva los Muertos!

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 10/1/2006

    When Dr. Venture finally attains the holy grail of superscience, a gang of former teen sleuths is convinced that the Venture Compound is haunted.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Ben Edlund

  • Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny
    8.5/10337 votes
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    #22 - Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/2008

    The wait is over. The truths and half-truths about Dr. Venture's former arch nemeses, Dr. Girlfriend and The Monarch, are finally revealed (albeit obliquely) in an episode spanning twenty years.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch

  • The Invisible Hand of Fate
    8.5/10330 votes
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    #23 - The Invisible Hand of Fate

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 6/15/2008

    At long last, The Venture Bros. peels away the onion-like shrouds of time for a look back into the troubled past of America's most beloved hydrocephalic former boy genius.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Christopher McCulloch

  • Handsome Ransom
    8.5/10294 votes
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    #24 - Handsome Ransom

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/2009

    The Monarch decides to settle for cash as the best revenge on Dr. Venture and takes Hank and Dean hostage. However, Hank is rescued by Captain Sunshine, who wants a new boy sidekick to replace his fallen comrade Wonder Boy.

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Christopher McCulloch

  • Hostile Makeover
    8.5/10258 votes
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    #25 - Hostile Makeover

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 2/1/2016

    The Ventures are back! And they’re movin’ on up to a deluxe apartment in the sky. But will mo’ money bring mo’ problems? And can The Monarch handle the commute?

    Director: Christopher McCulloch

    Writer: Christopher McCulloch