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The Best Episodes of The Venture Bros. Season 1

Every episode of The Venture Bros. Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Venture Bros. Season 1!

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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
    The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 6 - Ghosts of the Sargasso
    8.4/10(551 votes)

    S1:E6

    On a scientific expedition in the Bermuda Triangle, Doc's experimental equipment awakens and possibly enrages the submerged ghost of Major Tom, a test pilot who crashed in an experimental aircraft designed by Doc's father.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  2. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 10 - Tag-Sale – You're It!
    8.3/10(511 votes)

    S1:E10

    Always short on cash, Dr. Venture decides to unload some of his father's old scientific equipment in a huge yard sale that attracts fellow scientists and super-villains alike.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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  3. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 13 - Return to Spider-Skull Island
    8.3/10(465 votes)

    S1:E13

    Dr. Venture finally learns the secret of his recurring womb nightmares when a stomach tumor turns out to be something far more sinister. In a fit of jealousy over their mistaken belief their father is pregnant, the boys run away from home.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  4. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 11 - Past Tense
    8.1/10(465 votes)

    S1:E11

    When Brock and Dr. Venture are kidnapped from the funeral of a college friend, the boys enlist the aid of the original Team Venture: a group of superscience adventurers who worked for their grandfather in the sixties.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  5. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 12 - The Trial of the Monarch
    8.1/10(464 votes)

    S1:E12

    The Monarch is on trial for the one crime he may not have committed, under mysterious circumstances stemming from his bitter breakup with Dr. Girlfriend.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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  6. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 7 - Ice Station Impossible!
    8.0/10(487 votes)

    S1:E7

    Dr. Venture, Pete White and Master Billy Quizboy are invited to take part in a top secret government think tank run by supergenius Professor Impossible.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  7. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 9 - Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean
    8.0/10(491 votes)

    S1:E9

    The Monarch finally has the Venture family right where he wants them hanging upside down above the Amazon river! But his victory is postponed when Dean suffers a strange but fairly common injury, acute testicular tortion.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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  8. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 5 - Eeney, Meeney, Miney… Magic!
    7.8/10(518 votes)

    S1:E5

    Dr. Venture's new experiment has the entire family interested--not to mention trapped inside! The Ventures' strange new neighbor, master of mysticism Dr. Orpheus, may be the only one who can help them escape.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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  9. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 3 - Home Insecurity
    7.7/10(543 votes)

    S1:E3

    To protect the Venture compound while Brock is on his yearly mountain survival sabbatical, Dr. Venture builds a panic room and a robotic bodyguard, which are soon put to the test.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  10. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 8 - Mid-Life Chrysalis
    7.6/10(486 votes)

    S1:E8

    The Monarch sends Dr. Girlfriend undercover to seduce Dr. Venture in order to inject him with a body-altering serum.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  11. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 1 - Dia de los Dangerous!
    7.5/10(659 votes)

    S1:E1

    When the Venture Family visits Tijuana for a lecture Dr. Venture is giving at the (community) University of Mexico, the dastardly Monarch weaves a cocoon of villainy that leaves the Venture brothers trapped in his clutches.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  12. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 4 - The Incredible Mr. Brisby
    7.5/10(522 votes)

    S1:E4

    Dr. Venture is offered a job by theme park owner and cartoon magnate Roy Brisby, who won't take no for an answer in his quest for worldwide entertainment dominance.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  13. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 2 - Careers in Science
    7.3/10(605 votes)

    S1:E2

    The Venture family must travel to space to repair an orbiting space station that Dr. Venture's father built in the 1970s, but a mysterious space phantom could be haunting the station!

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Ghosts of the Sargasso" is the best rated episode of "The Venture Bros." season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 551 votes. Directed by Christopher McCulloch and written by Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer, it aired on 9/11/2004. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Tag-Sale – You're It!".