![]() ![]() set its Scooby-spoof apart by reminding viewers of the darkness lurking in the era that produced the characters The show demonstrates an admirable creativity and approach to parody that made the show a perennial favorite among fans of adult animation. characters to their basest, most obnoxious selves and hope that's enough. Instead, the showrunners see it fit to reduce the Mystery, Inc. Parodies of the Scooby-Doo formula are as old as the show itself and Velma does nothing to expand on these tired jokes. This is where Venture succeeds where Velma falls short. usually gets, but nonetheless still fits in with the show's aesthetic of spoofing the animated nostalgia of yesteryear. ![]() Ted's abuse of Sonny and Val groping Patty are both undercut by Hanna-Barbera-esque sound effects. Ted bribes Sonny into working for him with "groovy snacks" that are actually a bottle of prescription pills. What adds to the pitch-black humor of the Groovy Gang is the way they go through the motions of a typical Scooby-Doo mystery while indulging in their decidedly dark eccentricities. Venture's clone lab and come one step closer to realizing they themselves are the latest in a long line of genetic duplicates of Dr. In the process, Hank and Dean discover Dr. Patrick Warburtons (Brock Samson) distinctive, deep voice has won him roles in many animated TV series and movies, including Family Guy, Scooby-Doo. Before they can finish the job, Brock - who has accepted his role as a government-backed murder machine - arrives and easily dispatches the Gang, alongside Venturestein. It turns out the latter had previously bumped into clones of the boys, whom they killed two years prior. The Gang is then spotted by Hank and Dean Venture, which horrifies the Gang. Into these stories comes the Groovy Gang, four teens and their mascot dog who arrive at the Venture compound to "solve a mystery." However, it soon becomes clear their real goal is to just burgle the place and disappear into the night. Orpheus, who also happens to be hosting a symposium for his various mystical contemporaries that night. Mystery Incorporateds DNA is also threaded throughout the series, with its fake pirate ghosts and inane mysteries. 'Jonny Quest' gets an irreverent but affectionate spoofing in this animated series chronicling the sometimes hair-raising adventures of Hank and Dean Venture, the not-especially-bright twin sons. Freddies neckerchief, for example, is key to Hanks original look and everyone knows it. This leads to him seeking counsel from necromancer Dr. Scooby Doo exists as a series of cartoon series in the Ventureverse. This triggers an existential quandary in Brock, who is confronted by the end result of his regular violence. Venture take a shot at reanimating a dead body and, in his words, "beat God at his own game." The result is Venturestein, a slow-witted walking corpse made from the dead body of one of the many Monarch henchmen Brock Samson has killed over the years. It is possible that Groovy may have been involved with the dark arts, or maybe the Master's underling it is possible that Groovy is an expy of one of the fierce dogs attending another 'Master' in the famous bad-film Manos: The Hands of Fate. The only known Venture Bros character called by that is Orpheus's Master. Groovy mentions Sonny being the hand of someone called the "The Master". Venturestein later used one of Groovy's feet to make a shoe, planning to give it to a prostitute in exchange for sex. The community is based inside the ruins of an Aztec temple in the jungles of Central America. They are a community of monsters who escaped the pain and abuse of their creators to live with their fellow abominations in Puerto Bahia. ![]() Together, Groovy and Sonny had previously brutally murdered Hank and Dean Venture in an underground cavern, and dumped their battered, mutilated corpses into a dark hole.ĭuring the Groovy Gang's second encounter with the Venture Family, Rusty Venture's latest unholy abomination, Venturestein, strangled Groovy to death while Brock Samson killed Sonny and Ted. (United Repressed Grotesque Humanity) is an organization on The Venture Bros. Given that Sonny is a drug-addled, murderous lunatic, it is very probable that he is merely hallucinating Groovy's voice, although Sonny adamantly denies this, claiming, "And this dog f**king talks, man!" His voice is more Germanic, menacing and demonic, and he often advises Sonny to do terrible things to punish the wicked in the name of The Master. He is capable of speech, but will only talk to Sonny, claiming to have no interest in speaking to anybody else because only Sonny is chosen by a evil enitity known as "The Master". Groovy was a Great Dane-like demon and the mascot of The Groovy Gang. ![]()
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