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Powerless in the Face of Death

Episode aired Jun 25, 2006
TV-MA
22m

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8.5/10

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Action Adventure Animation Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi

Life goes on after the tragic deaths of Hank and Dean. Meanwhile, the Monarch deals with life "inside," but you can't keep a good criminal mastermind down. Will King Gorilla prove to be his ... Read allLife goes on after the tragic deaths of Hank and Dean. Meanwhile, the Monarch deals with life "inside," but you can't keep a good criminal mastermind down. Will King Gorilla prove to be his greatest ally or his worst betrayer?Life goes on after the tragic deaths of Hank and Dean. Meanwhile, the Monarch deals with life "inside," but you can't keep a good criminal mastermind down. Will King Gorilla prove to be his greatest ally or his worst betrayer?

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James Urbaniak

Dr. Venture
(voice)
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Patrick Warburton

Brock Samson
(voice)

Michael Sinterniklaas

Clone Slug Dean
(voice)

Christopher McCulloch

The Monarch
(voice)
(as Chris McCulloch)
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Steven Rattazzi

Dr. Byron Orpheus
(voice)

Doc Hammer

Henchman 21
(voice)
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Brendon Small

Swifty
(voice)
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Paul Boocock

Tigerriffic
(voice)
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Lisa Hammer

Triana Orpheus
(voice)

Nina Hellman

J.J.'s Ride to the Marina
(voice)

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Trivia
Brendon Small of Home Movies (1999) fame provides several guest voices. In the jail where the Monarch is being held, he calls an inmate with five arms "Septopus," as he has seven limbs. The Septopus was a sea creature in one of the Home Movies.

Goofs
All entries contain spoilers

Quotes
Dr. Byron Orpheus: Who is your grief counselor, Mother Theresa? How can you be so nonchalant about this? My stupid talismans and I have made movie monsters from your sons!

Crazy credits
Beginning in this episode the end credits include "Mostly-important Robot Duties by Soulbot"

Connections
References Poltergeist (1982)

Soundtracks
Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)
Written by Nigel Swanston and Tim Cox
Performed by Rozalla

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Featured review

9/10

The Beginning!

After watching the first season of Venture Brothers, it kinda grew on me and without much to look forward to, I sat down to see this episode the day it came out. It took 1 minute, and I went from liking the Venture Brothers, to loving the Venture Brothers. Regardless how the show will live and die through time, seeing that opening sequence was as good of Television as it gets. After I bought the episode, I would replay that first segment over and over amazed that they crammed so much character development, story development, and personality into that short segment. And the music just became the glue to tie it all together. The rest of the episode ... meh ... but the beginning was worth the loyalty the show continues to have.