Venture Brothers homage/parody Characters.

[samurainoir]

Looking at these guys, there was never any doubt that Orpheus was a loving tribute to Dr Strange, but it just occurred to me that Phantom Limb, with his purple cowl, jumpsuit and domino mask, likely is a pastiche of The Phantom.







Jefferson Twlight of course takes his cue from Blade.




The Mr Fantastic character...




Would it ever be possible for Action Johnny to make the BBP line-up? He cuts pretty close to the original.





What other parody/homage characters are there in Venture Brothers? What is the likelihood that they could make the transition from animation to action figure format?

Obviously David Bowie wouldn't, nor the Prodigy guy. Dr Killenger managed to skate that line of character based on Henry Kissinger... just like Duke in Doonsbury is based on Hunter S Thompson.

[ODBJBG]

Baron Werner Ünderbheit is a Doom parody, but could be made as he's slowly grown to be fairly different. He'd make for a fun figure too.

[GaryPlaysWithDolls]

There's a whole messed-up Fantastic Four behind Mr. Impossible.

Brock is Race Bannon. Dr. Venture is a grown up, pill-popping Johnny Quest and his dad is Benton Quest. The boys (Hank and Dean) and like the Hardy Boys. There was a pretty messed up Scooby Gang in (?) Viva Los Muertos.

Did I ever mention that I was SURE, Dr. Orpheus was "Dr. Orifice"? Oops.

[drmego]

Molotov C***tease is a Black Widow parody.
Shoreleave is an 80s GI Joe character.
The head of OSI is Thunderbolt Ross.

The parody that made me the craziest was
the human callus - Sally's retarded brother (bad word)
Ned - an obvious send up of the Thing.

[The Toyroom]

The boys (Hank and Dean) and like the Hardy Boys.

I always thought there was a little of Hank and Don Hall (the secret IDs of Hawk and Dove) in there too...

[jimsmegos]

Personally every character I've experienced on the show (thru Season 2) I think they would all make GREAT figures. The colors, the designs, the whole VB Universe is excellent.

[B-Lister]

Agreed.

Can't wait for Killinger, and I will begin work on a custom Speedy (Monarch's Ill-fated young henchman, not Green Arrow's ill-fated sidekick) as soon as I can get another 24.

I would like to do a LOT of VB customs.

[jwyblejr]

Looking at these guys, there was never any doubt that Orpheus was a loving tribute to Dr Strange, but it just occurred to me that Phantom Limb, with his purple cowl, jumpsuit and domino mask, likely is a pastiche of The Phantom.

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/images/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CBBP09101EElg.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/JaRob29/DoctorStrange.jpg

http://megomuseum.com/albums/JMC-Stuff/The_Phantom_Full_shot.jpg

Jefferson Twlight of course takes his cue from Blade.

http://fareplay.wizardworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Triad-Toys.JPG

http://toydirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Blade_II_2_Hot_Toys-13.jpg

The Mr Fantastic character...

http://scottking.info/Pics/scr08.jpg

http://www.megomuseum.com/wgsh/accessory/mrfantastic/mrfantastic.jpg

Would it ever be possible for Action Johnny to make the BBP line-up? He cuts pretty close to the original.

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad342/webfrontman/venture-bros-action-johnny.jpg

http://www.awn.com/files/imagepicker/1/goodman02_johnnyQuest.gif

What other parody/homage characters are there in Venture Brothers? What is the likelihood that they could make the transition from animation to action figure format?

Obviously David Bowie wouldn't, nor the Prodigy guy. Dr Killenger managed to skate that line of character based on Henry Kissinger... just like Duke in Doonsbury is based on Hunter S Thompson.

Col. Gathers seems to be based on Hunter too. To me,Jonas Sr. reminds me of Doc Savage. Still trying to figure out who Captain Sunshine is based on. And then there are more obvious ones like Steve Summers.

[samurainoir]

Col. Gathers seems to be based on Hunter too. To me,Jonas Sr. reminds me of Doc Savage. Still trying to figure out who Captain Sunshine is based on. And then there are more obvious ones like Steve Summers.

Wasn't Jonas Sr.'s men also reminiscent of Doc Savage's team as well?

[B-Lister]

So, the phantom limb proto has bicep swivels. None of the figures I have so Far seem to. The clear limbs work for his electroshock power, but were the swivels included so we can pop The limbs off for a more show accurate look?

[B-Lister]

Wasn't Jonas Sr.'s men also reminiscent of Doc Savage's team as well?

Totally.

Big Doc Savage fan. I can name the pastiches of all of the characters if you need.

[Brown Bear]

I really dislike the show Venture Bros. It falls in with other popular shows like Trailer Park Boys and SouthPark as far as humor, all of which I find trashy.

That said, I own two of the figures and plan to buy the phantom dude too. Don't know wheo the heck they are, but they are made pretty darn cool.

[B-Lister]

Unfortunate that you feel that way, but I respect your opinion and do agree to an extent.

Some of the humor is lowbrow and vulgar, but the plot and character development is unrivaled by almost anything.

The characters really DO go through real personal growth.

[GaryPlaysWithDolls]

I like Venturestein (Brock, you hit him so hard he has an afro!)

Oh, and Dr. Girlfriend looks like Jackie O.

The henchman are supposed to look like Jerry Seinfeld and Kevin Smith.

I forgot about the OSI G.i. JOe/shield. The little osi intro is worth the price of admission.

I have the dvd's of the first couple of seasons. Makes me want to go back and watch them!

[B-Lister]

I have all four seasons and it really holds up.