| “Eeeney, Meeney, Miney. . . Magic!” | |||||||
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 "What the hell is this thing made out of?" |
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| Episode no. The Venture Bros (alternatively The Venture Brothers) is an American Animated television series airing as part of Adult Swim | Season 1 Episode 5 |
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| Written by | Doc Hammer | ||||||
| Directed by | Jackson Publick | ||||||
| Production no. Doc Hammer (born Eric Arthur Hammer on February 2 1976 in New London Connecticut, U Christopher McCulloch (born September 14 1971) is the creator director and co-writer (with Doc Hammer) of The Venture Bros | 1-04 | ||||||
| Original airdate | 4 September 2004 | ||||||
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Plot
A booth-like machine in Dr. The Venture Bros (alternatively The Venture Brothers) is an American Animated television series airing as part of Adult Swim Venture's Lab opens, from which ominous green light and smoke pour. A figure silhouetted by the light comes into view from the depths of the gadget. H.E.L.P.eR. moves towards the newcomer, beeping and waving its arms, but is subdued with an arcane gesture. HELPeR is a major supporting character on the show The Venture Bros In the compound's living room, Hank and Dean are playing with an Ouija board. A ouija board (correctly pronounced "wee-jah" /wiʤə/ although often pronounced "wee-gee" /wiʤi/ and commonly known as a 'Spirit Board') is any flat board Dean asks if he will find true love and the planchette moves under its own power to indicate "YES". A planchette is a triangular or heart-shaped board supported by castors which moves to spell out messages or answer questions Immediately afterwards, a strange gray-haired and bearded man silently enters the room. Before the boys can react, the stranger renders them unconscious with a twitch of his fingers.
The next morning, Dean wakes his father to tell him about the previous night's events. Dr. Venture explains to Dean that the stranger is merely renting out space in the compound because "Venture Industries" could use the money. He takes Dean to see the man, who introduces himself as Dr. Orpheus, a necromancer. Dr Byron Orpheus is a major supporting character on the Adult Swim show The Venture Bros Necromancy ( Greek νεκρομαντία nekromantía) is a form of Divination in which the practitioner seeks to summon "operative spirits" When Orpheus's teenaged daughter, a goth/punk girl named Triana, arrives Dean is immediately smitten with her. The goth subculture is a contemporary Subculture found in many countries The punk subculture is based around Punk rock. It emerged from the larger Rock music scene in the mid-to-late-1970s in the United Kingdom, the United Orpheus sends the younger duo off to eat breakfast while he and Dr. Venture discuss the difficulties of being single parents.
Meanwhile, Hank wakes Brock from a nightmare concerning a dead football player and is nearly strangled to death as a result. After some discussion Brock and Hank head to the lab to repair H. E. L. P. eR. . When Hank spots the booth, he is entranced, walking towards it in a dazed state. He sees a blissful vision of his father offering to play catch as his mother (heard but not seen) offers them grilled cheese sandwiches. Brock notices Hank's near-hypnosis and forcibly stops him from entering the booth; he glances towards the machine, however, and walks into it in the same trancelike manner.
Dean and Triana make small talk while eating breakfast, Triana remaining cool while smitten Dean approaches incoherence. Meanwhile, Orpheus and Venture arrive in the lab, discussing the new invention. Orpheus trips over Hank, still prone on the floor after being tackled by Brock. Hank tells them that Brock is now inside the booth, which has no controls on the outside. As Dean fantasizes in his room about saving Triana from a dangerous situation, Hank intrudes and explains that Brock is trapped inside the booth and that they have to save him.
The necromancer learns that the machine probes the user's brain to manufacture hallucinations of his or her deepest desires, or as Venture puts it, "it's a joy can" primarily intended for masturbatory uses (a parody of the orgasmatron). The Orgasmatron is a fictional electromechanical device that appears in the 1973 movie Sleeper, which also shows the effects of a related device Questioning Dr. Venture further, Orpheus is disgusted at the revelation that the booth is powered by the heart of an orphan (which Dr. The heart is a muscular organ in all Vertebrates responsible for pumping Blood through the Blood vessels by repeated rhythmic An orphan (from the Greek ὀρφανός) is a child whose natural parents are absent or dead and who are not there to bring him up Orpheus refers to as a "forsaken child") to which Dr. Venture replies "Well, I didn't use all of it!". Inside the booth, Brock fulfills his dreams, first by receiving forgiveness from the dead football player we saw during his nightmare, who is revealed to be a teammate Brock accidentally killed during a college football practice. The football player then disappears, Brock's clothing becomes that of a Native American warrior, and ninjas begin to rain down from the sky while Brock is assaulted by cowboys, dinosaurs, and polar bears driving cars mounted with machine guns. For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. A cowboy is an animal Herder who tends Cattle on Ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback and often performs a multitude of The polar bear ( Ursus maritimus) is a Bear native to the Arctic Ocean and its surrounding seas Brock proceeds to kill them all brutally; his garb then changes to a tuxedo, a bed materializes, and Molotov Cocktease appears from nowhere to finally consummate their relationship.
While the two doctors are arguing, the boys manage to get inside the machine wearing tinfoil hats. Thinking quickly, they wrap a urine-soaked shirt around Brock's head to block the machine's effects; it works, but they can not find a way to open the machine. Urine is a liquid waste product of the body secreted by the Kidneys by a process of filtration from Blood and Excreted through the Urethra. Outside the booth, Dr. Orpheus has concluded that true love is the key to opening the machine, but is fruitless at inspiring it. Triana enters the lab, looking for her father. When her voice penetrates the booth, Dean's feelings of love open the doors at once. With Venture's reluctant agreement, Orpheus destroys the foul machine with arcane bolts.
Cultural references
- Dean wears a Burger King crown in his fantasy of being Triana's hero. Burger King ( often abbreviated to
- Triana sarcastically calls Dean David Koresh in a reference to the word "compound" when Dean says "So, I'll see you around the compound?"
- When asked about the skull and crossbones on her shirt, Triana replies that she is going for a "retro Adam and the Ants kind of thing", referring to the new romantic band of the same name. New Romantic was a short- lived Fashion and music movement that occurred primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland during the very early 1980s
- Dean apparently watches reruns of Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Kolchak The Night Stalker is an American Television series that aired on ABC in 1974
- The brothers wrap Dean's shirt around Brock's head after peeing on it. This is a reference to Total Recall where the character wrapped a wet towel around his head to disrupt a tracking device. Total Recall is a 1990 Academy Award -winning American Science fiction film.
- When Hank is shuffling through a box of Brock's cassette tapes, he finds the Led Zeppelin album "In Through the Out Door" and ask if he and Brock can listen to it, but Brock refuses stating that "Zep sold out on that one", and the album brings back memories of the only woman he ever loved, most likely Molotov Cocktease. Led Zeppelin were Molotov Cocktease is a supporting character on the Adult Swim show The Venture Bros
- The beds in the boys' room are nearly identical to the hibernation pods used in the movie Alien. Alien is a 1979 science fiction / Horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver.
- Dean's statement that "penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater into freshwater," apparently learned in his subliminal learning bed, is quoted directly from Snapple Fact #131. Snapple is a brand of iced tea and fruit drinks owned by Dr Pepper Snapple Group and based in Rye Brook New York.
- Doctor Orpheus resides in the advanced arachnid research center, a reference to Spider-Man. Spider-Man is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Connections to other episodes
- Hank and Dean see Scamp, their pet dog from "The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay", when they are inside the machine. " The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay " is the pilot episode of the series The Venture Bros [1]
- The football player seen dead here is revealed to be Tommy the deaf quarterback in "Past Tense. " Past Tense " is the eleventh episode in the first season of The Venture Bros " Brock accidentally killed him during a practice session in his freshman year of college, which led to a revocation of Brock's scholarship and his enrollment in the military. [2]
- Brock refuses to listen to one of Led Zeppelin's albums because of the strong memories of Molotov Cocktease it brings back. Led Zeppelin were Molotov Cocktease is a supporting character on the Adult Swim show The Venture Bros In The Incredible Mr. Brisby the two of them speak of an encounter they had in Akron, Ohio at a Laser Zeppelin show. " The Incredible Mr Brisby " is the fourth episode in the first season of The Venture Bros Akron is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Summit County.
- Dean brags about Brock killing a guy to Triana, yet in Past Tense he refuses to believe when Hank says that Brock kills bad guys. " Past Tense " is the eleventh episode in the first season of The Venture Bros
- Dean mentions to Triana that they were kidnapped by pirate ghosts, which actually happens the following episode. It is either a continuity error, or the episode wasn't the first time they have been held captive by pirates.
American Sign Language
The deaf football player is presented with a caption, as well as a deaf man (referenced in the commentary) signing the following:
- Tommy: Don't worry "B"
- Tommy: You didn't do anything wrong
- Tommy: It's Ok that you killed me
- Tommy: It was my fault not wanting to give you the football
- Tommy: Wrong, wrong, wrong
- Tommy: Sorry, Ok? What are you gonna do?
Facial expressions and body language are important in American Sign Language and account for the difference between a literal translation and the above "English" translation. American Sign Language (or ASL Ameslan is the dominant Sign language of the Deaf community in the United States, in the English-speaking parts The commentary also mentioned the speaker was leaning and the film was rotated, which might account for the actor's "frantic" tone, as he seemed to have balance problems.
The literal transliteration below is presented for non-signing views, but should not be taken as an English translation:
- Tommy: not worry "B"
- Tommy: (You implied) not wrong
- Tommy: (It is implied) Ok, you killed (literally stab) me
- Tommy: my fault not want/give (unclear) football
- Tommy: Wrong, wrong, wrong
- Tommy: Sorry, Ok? (ending expression palms up implies "what are you gonna do")
It should also be noted that football is signed differently than the interpreter would have been used to seeing it, but which may just be regional differences.
Production notes
- One of the animation directors (Kimson Albert) has a "nickname" inserted into his credits. The nickname is an unusual line or word from the preceding episode. For "Eeeney, Meeney, Miney. . . MAGIC!" the credit reads Kimson "In Twain" Albert.
References
- ^ Episode "The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay"
- ^ Episode "Past Tense"
| Preceded by: "The Incredible Mr. Brisby" |
The Venture Bros. episodes original airdate: September 4, 2004 |
Followed by: "Ghosts of the Sargasso" |
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