The BEST episodes of The Venture Bros. season 2

Every episode of The Venture Bros. season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Venture Bros. season 2!

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.

Last Updated: 12/8/2024Network: Adult SwimStatus: Ended
Showdown at Cremation Creek (2)
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8.62
364 votes

#1 - Showdown at Cremation Creek (2)

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/15/2006

As Phantom Limb makes his stunning power play, only Brock can rally The Monarch's forces to mount a defense. The fate of almost everyone in the Venture universe hangs in the balance as The Sovereign reveals his true identity and guys and stuff explode all over the place.

Directors: Jackson Publick
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Showdown at Cremation Creek (1)
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8.31
453 votes

#2 - Showdown at Cremation Creek (1)

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/8/2006

Dr. Girlfriend finally accepts the Monarch's wedding proposal... if he calls off his grudge with Dr. Venture. He agrees, but things take a turn for the worse when his henchmen mistakenly capture Team Venture, while the Phantom Limb vows not to take his break-up lightly.

Directors: Jackson Publick
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Hate Floats
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8.15
597 votes

#3 - Hate Floats

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/2/2006

Aided by Henchman 21, 24, and a ragtag band of roughneck new recruits, the Monarch attempts to rebuild his villainous empire and rekindle his relationship with Dr. Girlfriend. A showdown at the local shopping mall forces his hand, and he struggles to choose between revenge and reconciliation amidst a sea of violence. Meanwhile a wounded Brock falls into the clutches of The Phantom Limb, Hank drives Brock's car, and Dr. Venture gets an eye full.

Directors: Jackson Publick
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Kills
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8.14
511 votes

#4 - I Know Why the Caged Bird Kills

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/24/2006

The Monarch continues to rebuild his villainous empire with the aid of his shadowy new Number 2, Dr. Henry Killinger, but Henchman 21 is suspicious of the deadly foreigner's unctuous charms. Meanwhile, as Dr. Orpheus attempts to exorcise a Japanese demon from Dr. Venture, a mysterious woman from Doc's past resurfaces. And she'd kill to find out where Hank and Dean are.

Directors: Jackson Publick
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Assassinanny 911
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8.12
534 votes

#5 - Assassinanny 911

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/9/2006

When Brock is reactivated by the Office of Secret Intelligence to track down a rogue agent, he subcontracts his ex-girlfriend, the malevolently mercenary Molotov Cocktease, to protect the Venture Compound from enemies within and without. Love is in the air! Or is it...murder?

Directors: Jackson Publick
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Victor. Echo. November.
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8.07
466 votes

#6 - Victor. Echo. November.

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2006

The Phantom Limb and Dr. Girlfriend agree to a civil double date with The Monarch and some girl he met on the internet in order to discuss The Monarch's official re-entry into the Guild of Calamitous Intent. Doc and Brock become the unwitting pawns in a low-grade pissing contest when Phantom Limb's sics the Guild's commandos on the Venture compound to prove his dominance. Can Brock hold off an army? Can Doc escape death and finish watching the worst porno ever?

Directors: Jackson Publick
Writer: Doc Hammer
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Love-Bheits
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8.05
412 votes

#7 - Love-Bheits

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/20/2006

Baron Ünderbheit captures Team Venture when the X-1 crash lands in Ünderland while en route from a superscience costume party. Rather than execute them immediately, he inflicts an unspeakable torture upon them: they're forced to attend his wedding. Only the shadowy, disorganized Ünderground resistance group can help them escape.

Directors: Jackson Publick
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¡Viva los Muertos!
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8.02
483 votes

#8 - ¡Viva los Muertos!

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/1/2006

When Dr. Venture finally succeeds in attaining the holy grail of superscience - the revivification of a human corpse for fun and profit - a washed up gang of wandering former teen sleuths is convinced that the Venture Compound is haunted. Their investigation uncovers something far creepier. Meanwhile, Orpheus shepherds Brock through a crisis of conscience with the help of a New Age shaman and a bizarre tea party.

Directors: Jackson Publick
Writer: Ben Edlund
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Powerless in the Face of Death
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7.99
596 votes

#9 - Powerless in the Face of Death

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/25/2006

The premiere episode finds Team Venture and friends struggling to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives and move on in the wake of Hank and Dean's violent and untimely deaths. While Doc searches for his soul in the far corners of the globe, Dr. Orpheus wallows in guilt, and a mullet-less Brock repairs his beloved Charger, The Monarch plots a daring prison break with the help of his fellow supervillainous inmates.

Directors: Jackson Publick
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Escape to the House of Mummies (Part II)
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7.98
474 votes

#10 - Escape to the House of Mummies (Part II)

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/16/2006

Team Venture find themselves trapped in the clutches of a bloodthirsty Egyptian cult and their time machine. Doc narrowly escapes and teams up with Master Billy Quizboy and Pete White, but promptly forgets to mount a rescue. So it's up to Brock and a pantheon of history's greatest men to find another way out.

Directors: Jackson Publick
Writer: Doc Hammer
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Guess Who's Coming to State Dinner?
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7.94
420 votes

#11 - Guess Who's Coming to State Dinner?

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/10/2006

When the Gargantua-1 Space Station breaks orbit and crashes into a wanted terrorist, Colonel Bud Manstrong becomes a national hero. But did it really happen or is Bud's mother, the indomitable Mrs. Manstrong, behind an insidious plot to assassinate the President? The mysterious blinking band aid on Bud's head might be the key to a mystery only the ghost of Abraham Lincoln and Team Venture can solve.

Directors: Jackson Publick
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Fallen Arches
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7.86
481 votes

#12 - Fallen Arches

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/3/2006

When the Guild of Calamitous Intent finally approves Dr. Orpheus for his very own arch nemesis he calls upon old friends The Alchemist and Jefferson Twilight to resurrect their former super-team, The Order of the Triad. While they audition supervillain candidates at the Venture Compound, a jealous Doc isn't about to let Orpheus steal the show. Let loose the Walking Eye!

Directors: Jackson Publick
Writer: Doc Hammer
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Twenty Years to Midnight
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7.85
451 votes

#13 - Twenty Years to Midnight

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/6/2006

In the middle of spring cleaning, Brock's discovery of a lost videotape from Jonas Venture Sr. sets Team Venture off on a global scavenger hunt for the hidden pieces of a fantastic and potentially deadly machine. But to save humanity from a terrible fate, they'll have to overcome death, drug addiction, Jonny Quest and Professor Impossible - all under the watchful eye of the mysterious Grand Galactic Inquisitor.

Directors: Jackson Publick
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