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Nilbop posted:I don’t waste my time reading any book I couldn’t use to stun a wolverine. Don't you mean a wereodile?
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You mean a red well beaver?
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Jul 28, 2021 15:56
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You mean a chupacabra? They're all over Mexico.
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Jul 28, 2021 16:11
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You mean a defective Dean clone? Those things are scurrying around everywhere.
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Jul 28, 2021 16:29
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You mean Manosaurus? Better go check if he's got any henchmen stuck further down.
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Jul 28, 2021 18:49
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You mean the actual Zeus, just pissed off that nobody's praying to him anymore?
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Jul 28, 2021 21:33
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limp_cheese posted:loving truth. I exercise reguarly and I still had sore muscles from trying to read it like a normal book. Gotta work them forearm curls and farmer's carries. You're obviously no Brock.  tarlibone posted:You mean Manosaurus? Better go check if he's got any henchmen stuck further down. It's Manotaur, you heathen! 
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Jul 29, 2021 01:08
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AlternateNu posted:It's Manotaur, you heathen!  manotaur and manosaurus are different. I know this because that manosaurus line is right after the opening theme in The Doctor Is Sin, noted for being
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:OGOPOGO
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Jul 29, 2021 10:45
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Bettie Rage is probably my favorite dumb pun name in the Venture Bros, but Tank Top is a close second. And also the one I'm the most shocked wasn't taken. Of all the dumb G.I. Joe names or Silver Age superheroes and villains, how is there not either a G.I. Joe named tank top, or a comic book character with that name and a similar gimmick as the one on the show. I mean I even recall Doc saying how hard it was to name the OSI crew because nearly every dumb pun he thought up was already the name of a canonical character in the franchise.
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World War Mammories posted:
I absolutely adore the Monarch just kinda flailing around to figure out how to cover his own rear end and then Phantom Limb totally buying it, from the dude with the butterfly motif etc, I'm sure I massacred that line but I don't even care it's making me laugh just to think about
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:Bettie Rage is probably my favorite dumb pun name in the Venture Bros, but Tank Top is a close second. Ah yes, The Most Murderous Bettie Rage. Loved it. Purple Pete Rose was fun, too, if more of an inside joke amongst writers. I also like Vain Gloria. ... I wonder what Plug Head's name is?
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Jul 29, 2021 13:17
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I am hoping they might flesh out the last minor background filler characters, but this movie will be doing of closure and tying up loose ends. Just imagine they went straight and all weird and christian if we never know.
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Jul 29, 2021 13:28
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tarlibone posted:Ah yes, The Most Murderous Bettie Rage. Loved it. The Intangible Fancy has always been my favorite and while they really didn't do anything to come up with it, I really enjoyed Mr. Fahrenheit The Supersonic Man's obvious Freddie Mercury look.
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Jul 29, 2021 13:37
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Bum Rush and Laugh Riot are the 2 that get me.
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:Bettie Rage is probably my favorite dumb pun name in the Venture Bros, but Tank Top is a close second. One-Punch Man has a whole group of Tank Top heroes, though they might be after that episode.
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Jul 29, 2021 19:12
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The fact that Brick Frog originated as just a dumb childhood idea of one of them but accidentally ends up working in a deeper way due to there being a term relating to bricks called a frog probably would work as an analogy for the show itself
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Jul 29, 2021 19:19
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It's really funny how the stated reason VB maintains its continuity and deep callbacks (and tone for that matter) is that Doc and Jackson rewatch the series before they start writing a new season. How many shows have horrible continuity issues in plot and characters because the creators are too lazy and/or conceited to rewatch the material?
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Jul 29, 2021 20:01
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Sometimes I think about brick frog. I mean, with the show canceled, what's he been up to? That guy only had two things going on: brick throwing, and frog-being. What's he going to do when the show is completely over?
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tarlibone posted:Sometimes I think about brick frog. I mean, with the show canceled, what's he been up to? That guy only had two things going on: brick throwing, and frog-being. He's gonna hit the bricks
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prolly gonna chuck bricks at people while dressed as a frog
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It's not even just that, it's also the fact that these guys are the ONLY writers for the show. So it's not just that they remember the references, they know specifically why they made the reference to begin with are intimately aware of the whole cultural experience that caused the reference to exist in the first place. VB was pretty drat unique in this situation because when they had a callback to something they did prior, it wasn't just making a reference to that thing. It's a continuation of the reference with all the same reasoning and history which can't be replicated by a different set of writers riffing off the writing room of 3 seasons ago. Also, the fact that they wrote jokes to make themselves laugh. It wasn't to target a specific audience, they didn't even try to EXPLAIN them to an audience. It made them laugh, it hit the script, you have to mine the gold yourself.
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Jul 29, 2021 20:16
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tarlibone posted:Sometimes I think about brick frog. I mean, with the show canceled, what's he been up to? That guy only had two things going on: brick throwing, and frog-being. Venture Brothers is just his side gig, his main job is being the stunt double for various other frog characters in comics and cartoons, he's been really busy ever since Amphibia premiered
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Jul 29, 2021 20:17
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bull3964 posted:It's not even just that, it's also the fact that these guys are the ONLY writers for the show. So it's not just that they remember the references, they know specifically why they made the reference to begin with are intimately aware of the whole cultural experience that caused the reference to exist in the first place. I don’t know any other show that would let a Henry Darger joke just stand on its own. Absolutely the best joke of the series IMO. Or at least my favorite.
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bull3964 posted:It's not even just that, it's also the fact that these guys are the ONLY writers for the show. So it's not just that they remember the references, they know specifically why they made the reference to begin with are intimately aware of the whole cultural experience that caused the reference to exist in the first place. This does hit the nail on the head. One of my favorite lines is when the family is on the run from assassins and go to Hunter for advice. He has the line "You call parking a supersonice jet in front of a titty bar inconsipicuous?! Who taught you how to be a spy loving GALLAGHER?!" That Gallager reference slayed me and I hadn't thought of that guy in years. That line runs through my head anytime I see some stupid spy thing in anything. I'm pretty sure the Spanakopita episode came entirely from them thinking its a fun word ro say and yelling it at each other for months while at the Astrobase. These guys are immature children and its great.
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Jul 29, 2021 21:30
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How about the fact that their studio is called "Astrobase Go!"? And they commit to it, referring to it in casual conversation as the "Astrobase." It's so goofy, faux-nostalgic, and on-brand.
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Jul 29, 2021 21:35
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limp_cheese posted:This does hit the nail on the head. One of my favorite lines is when the family is on the run from assassins and go to Hunter for advice. He has the line "You call parking a supersonice jet in front of a titty bar inconsipicuous?! Who taught you how to be a spy loving GALLAGHER?!" That Gallager reference slayed me and I hadn't thought of that guy in years. That line runs through my head anytime I see some stupid spy thing in anything. Then just ticking on how the internet pronounced retiarius is so great. God I miss the commentaries. There has to be a way to get them digitally, right?
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Jul 29, 2021 21:41
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TK-42-1 posted:Then just ticking on how the internet pronounced retiarius is so great. God I miss the commentaries. There has to be a way to get them digitally, right? Thats what I want. I'd love to listen to it podcast style. I have the DVDs but I don't have a DVD drive lol. I bought the DVDs way after having a working player/drive even. I'm interested in what doc/jackson will do if this is the end. Anything they work on will be great.
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Jul 29, 2021 21:47
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limp_cheese posted:Bum Rush and Laugh Riot are the 2 that get me. Shuttlecock is my favorite
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Jul 29, 2021 22:20
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deong posted:Thats what I want. I'd love to listen to it podcast style. I have the DVDs but I don't have a DVD drive lol. I bought the DVDs way after having a working player/drive even. A USB external DVD drive is like 20 bucks on Amazon from a quick check
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I don’t know any other show that would let a Henry Darger joke just stand on its own. It's definitely up there for me as well. I think about it every time I think about Darger, which is usually just when Flagpole Sitta comes on the radio and I misremember the name of the band that wrote it. Still a good laugh and whenever it comes up, though.
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bull3964 posted:It's not even just that, it's also the fact that these guys are the ONLY writers for the show. So it's not just that they remember the references, they know specifically why they made the reference to begin with are intimately aware of the whole cultural experience that caused the reference to exist in the first place. One that always gets me is in the Black Widow episode in s7 Doc says that he hasn't been laid since the boy's prom, and when they go 'eewww' he just brushes it off with 'oh, you don't know the half of it'. That they're able to casually reference something that happened off-screen 3 seasons prior and have it be a throwaway line in the middle of a conversation like that just goes to show how well they know their characters and how organic their approach to worldbuilding is. No other team of writers could ever know Dr Venture well enough to make that joke.
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pablo gbscobar posted:One that always gets me is in the Black Widow episode in s7 Doc says that he hasn't been laid since the boy's prom, and when they go 'eewww' he just brushes it off with 'oh, you don't know the half of it'. That they're able to casually reference something that happened off-screen 3 seasons prior and have it be a throwaway line in the middle of a conversation like that just goes to show how well they know their characters and how organic their approach to worldbuilding is. No other team of writers could ever know Dr Venture well enough to make that joke. That wasn't the first time Doc did that routine. When he tells Orpheus that he didn't lose his virginity until he was 24 because of he went to school in a talking Venture bed, Orpheus says "That is awful." Not missing a beat, Doc says, "Well, you didn't see her; it was horrific."
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tarlibone posted:How about the fact that their studio is called "Astrobase Go!"? "Astrobase. Go." tarlibone posted:That wasn't the first time Doc did that routine. When he tells Orpheus that he didn't lose his virginity until he was 24 because of he went to school in a talking Venture bed, Orpheus says "That is awful." Not missing a beat, Doc says, "Well, you didn't see her; it was horrific." "Wanna' go halfsies on a skin flick?" "...Kay."
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There's definitely a theme with the Docs Rusty and Orpheus having a lot in common despite their different fields. Rusty might even have been an inspiration for Orpheus to hang out with his old team again- after all, as pathetic and lonely as Rusty is, one of the things that clearly keeps him going is his friends and colleagues. And of course both of them are in so deep in their genre trappings they have a lot of trouble interacting with society outside of that.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:There's definitely a theme with the Docs Rusty and Orpheus having a lot in common despite their different fields. Rusty might even have been an inspiration for Orpheus to hang out with his old team again- after all, as pathetic and lonely as Rusty is, one of the things that clearly keeps him going is his friends and colleagues. And of course both of them are in so deep in their genre trappings they have a lot of trouble interacting with society outside of that.
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Warbird posted:Could you point me in that direction? I poked around looking for one a bit ago but only came up with some sketch rear end looking sites. Happy to prove ownership of the real deal if needed. I rarely buy anything full price there; why would I with so many sales and many with insane cuts? But the physical book was an amazing deal at $28 when I bought it years ago. I'm used to most books like these costing at least $50, usually between $75-$150. So spending another $23 didn't seem like a big deal to me. Especially since I don't need reading glasses. As much as I love the information and detail, woof that's a small font for my old-rear end eyes.
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limp_cheese posted:I'm pretty sure the Spanakopita episode came entirely from them thinking its a fun word ro say and yelling it at each other for months while at the Astrobase. These guys are immature children and its great. ayup: jackson publick, the big ol book posted:Doc and I got together to work out the rest of the script [of Operation: P.R.O.M.]. We had three weeks, or a month, to write the second draft. We already pretty much knew what we were writing, but somehow when we were having these meetings with each other at the Base - we were just chatting and riffing - I started ticking on the word spanakopita. And we kind of accidentally came up with three or four great ideas for season 5 episodes. the way these precious fellas write is a treasure speaking of, it took me years to get the joke in the pseudonym "jackson publick"
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World War Mammories posted:speaking of, it took me years to get the joke in the pseudonym "jackson publick" Figured there was one, but what is it? Opposite of Private Jackson?
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