9.4/10 409 votes#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
9.3/10 286 votes#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
9.0/10 418 votes#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: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch
9.0/10 261 votes#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
8.9/10 309 votes#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
8.9/10 251 votes#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
8.9/10 272 votes#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
8.9/10 235 votes#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
8.9/10 198 votes#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
8.8/10 295 votes#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
8.8/10 294 votes#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
8.8/10 239 votes#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
8.7/10 399 votes#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
8.6/10 403 votes#14 - 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
8.6/10 364 votes#15 - 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: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch
8.6/10 309 votes#16 - 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
8.6/10 275 votes#17 - 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
8.6/10 222 votes#18 - 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
8.6/10 240 votes#19 - 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: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch
8.5/10 412 votes#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: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch
8.5/10 377 votes#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
8.5/10 333 votes#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
8.5/10 325 votes#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
8.5/10 289 votes#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
8.5/10 258 votes#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
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 for the glory of adventure. Or something like that.
Genres:AnimationComedyAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Adult Swim
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Venture Bros." is "Operation: P.R.O.M.", rated 9.4/10 from 409 user votes. It was directed by Christopher McCulloch and written by Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch. "Operation: P.R.O.M." aired on 11/21/2010 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Arrears in Science".