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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.!

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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 for the glory of adventure. Or something like that.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Venture Bros. Season 4 Episode 16 - Operation: P.R.O.M.
    9.4/10(451 votes)

    #1 - Operation: P.R.O.M.

    S4:E16

    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
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  2. The Venture Bros. Season 7 Episode 3 - Arrears in Science
    9.4/10(316 votes)

    #2 - Arrears in Science

    S7:E3

    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

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  3. The Venture Bros. Season 2 Episode 13 - Showdown at Cremation Creek (2)
    9.0/10(458 votes)

    #3 - Showdown at Cremation Creek (2)

    S2:E13

    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
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  4. The Venture Bros. Season 6 Episode 8 - Red Means Stop
    9.0/10(286 votes)

    #4 - Red Means Stop

    S6:E8

    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

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  5. The Venture Bros. Season 7 Episode 7 - The Unicorn in Captivity
    9.0/10(261 votes)

    #5 - The Unicorn in Captivity

    S7:E7

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

    Director:Juno John Lee
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  6. The Venture Bros. Season 3 Episode 13 - The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (2)
    8.9/10(345 votes)

    #6 - The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (2)

    S3:E13

    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
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  7. The Venture Bros. Season 6 Episode 7 - A Party for Tarzan
    8.9/10(276 votes)

    #7 - A Party for Tarzan

    S6:E7

    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

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  8. The Venture Bros. Season 7 Episode 1 - The Venture Bros. and the Curse of the Haunted Problem
    8.9/10(297 votes)

    #8 - The Venture Bros. and the Curse of the Haunted Problem

    S7:E1

    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

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  9. The Venture Bros. Season 7 Episode 2 - The Rorqual Affair
    8.9/10(264 votes)

    #9 - The Rorqual Affair

    S7:E2

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

    Director:Juno John Lee
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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  10. The Venture Bros. Season 7 Episode 10 - The Saphrax Protocol
    8.9/10(222 votes)

    #10 - The Saphrax Protocol

    S7:E10

    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

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  11. The Venture Bros. Season 3 Episode 12 - The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (1)
    8.8/10(328 votes)

    #11 - The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (1)

    S3:E12

    Brock Samson is a marked man.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  12. The Venture Bros. Season 4 Episode 12 - Everybody Comes to Hank's
    8.8/10(329 votes)

    #12 - Everybody Comes to Hank's

    S4:E12

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

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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  13. The Venture Bros. Season 2 Episode 6 - Victor. Echo. November.
    8.7/10(436 votes)

    #13 - Victor. Echo. November.

    S2:E6

    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

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  14. The Venture Bros. Season 5 Episode 5 - O.S.I. Love You
    8.7/10(304 votes)

    #14 - O.S.I. Love You

    S5:E5

    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

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  15. The Venture Bros. Season 6 Episode 5 - Tanks for Nuthin'
    8.7/10(247 votes)

    #15 - Tanks for Nuthin'

    S6:E5

    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

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  16. The Venture Bros. Season 6 Episode 6 - It Happening One Night
    8.7/10(265 votes)

    #16 - It Happening One Night

    S6:E6

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

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  17. The Venture Bros. Season 2 Episode 1 - Powerless in the Face of Death
    8.6/10(459 votes)

    #17 - Powerless in the Face of Death

    S2:E1

    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
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  18. The Venture Bros. Season 2 Episode 5 - Twenty Years to Midnight
    8.6/10(442 votes)

    #18 - Twenty Years to Midnight

    S2:E5

    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

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  19. The Venture Bros. Season 2 Episode 12 - Showdown at Cremation Creek (1)
    8.6/10(402 votes)

    #19 - Showdown at Cremation Creek (1)

    S2:E12

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

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  20. The Venture Bros. Season 3 Episode 3 - The Invisible Hand of Fate
    8.6/10(363 votes)

    #20 - The Invisible Hand of Fate

    S3:E3

    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

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  21. The Venture Bros. Season 5 Episode 1 - What Color Is Your Cleansuit?
    8.6/10(340 votes)

    #21 - What Color Is Your Cleansuit?

    S5:E1

    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
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  22. The Venture Bros. Season 7 Episode 4 - The High Cost of Loathing
    8.6/10(237 votes)

    #22 - The High Cost of Loathing

    S7:E4

    The Monarch faces financial challenges as he attempts to rebuild his fiendish organization; Dean tries to establish a normal life outside of his father's shadow at sleep-away college.

    Director:Juno John Lee
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  23. The Venture Bros. Season 2 Episode 11 - ¡Viva los Muertos!
    8.5/10(421 votes)

    #23 - ¡Viva los Muertos!

    S2:E11

    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

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  24. The Venture Bros. Season 3 Episode 1 - Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny
    8.5/10(368 votes)

    #24 - Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny

    S3:E1

    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
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  25. The Venture Bros. Season 3 Episode 10 - The Lepidopterists
    8.5/10(320 votes)

    #25 - The Lepidopterists

    S3:E10

    The Monarch launches his first attack on his new arch nemesis, the other Dr. Venture. But Jonas has the formidable defenses of Spider-Skull Island on his side, as well as his own Team Venture.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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Best Episodes Summary

"Operation: P.R.O.M." is the best rated episode of "The Venture Bros.". It scored 9.4/10 based on 451 votes. Directed by Christopher McCulloch and written by Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer, it aired on 11/21/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Arrears in Science".