Something we've noticed about Adult Swim's The Venture Bros.
-- it gets better the more it digs into the mythology of its
characters. Unlike lots of other parodic or fantastic shows, which bog
down every time the backstory is brought up, Venture Bros.
revels in the backgrounds of its characters like rabid pigs in bloody
trash. The jokes might not come quicker -- it's a pretty quick show, no
matter when you see it -- but the gags are punchier, more well-excuted,
and as the big fights and muddled monologues let loose, the characters
themselves get excited -- even downright giddy -- at the bombast of it
all.
Which is why we're happy and sad in equal parts to note that
Season Three is about to wrap up, and if Sunday's showdown between the
Monarch's flying cocoon and Jonas Jr's Voltron-inspired superrobot --
with henchmen flung everywhere and the titular teenagers nowhere to be
seen -- is just the lead-in to the August 24 season finale, we're
literally a-tingle with anticipation for the real deal..
To that end, we report to you that io9 has cooked up possible Venture Bros. spoilers for either this season or the show in general
-- nothing that will knock your socks off if you've been at all paying
attention, but still, nicely spelled out nonetheless. And, after the
jump, for those of you who paused your DVR when they showed it Sunday
night -- we've got a screengrab of that gal dressed up as Molotov Cocktease that you can print out and paste over your bed. (Just so long as you don't cover up that 8x10 of Dr. Mrs. The Monarch!)
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