The Venture Bros. (2003)

Action · Adventure · Animation

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.

IMDb rating: 8.6 (30,439 votes)
Episode average: 8.3 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 7
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2003)

7.81 avg 15 episodes 7.0 → 7.5 21 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay	7.0	579
1	Dia de los Dangerous	7.5	648
2	Careers in Science	7.3	596
3	Home Insecurity	7.7	536
4	The Incredible Mr. Brisby	7.5	516
5	Eeney, Meeney, Miney... Magic!	7.8	512
6	Ghosts of the Sargasso	8.4	545
7	Ice Station Impossible	8.0	481
8	Mid-Life Chrysalis	7.6	478
9	Are You There God, It's Me, Dean	8.0	485
10	Tag-Sale: You're It!	8.3	503
11	Past Tense	8.1	458
12	The Trial of the Monarch	8.1	457
13	Return to Spider-Skull Island	8.3	458
14	A Very Venture Christmas	7.5	357

Season 2 (2006)

8.32 avg 13 episodes 8.6 → 9.0 22 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Powerless in the Face of Death	8.6	479
2	Hate Floats	8.4	435
3	Assassinanny 911	8.2	439
4	Escape to the House of Mummies Part II	8.1	438
5	Twenty Years to Midnight	8.6	464
6	Victor. Echo. November.	8.7	459
7	Love-Bheits	7.7	404
8	Fallen Arches	8.2	397
9	Guess Who's Coming to State Dinner?	7.4	400
10	I Know Why the Caged Bird Kills	8.1	385
11	¡Viva los muertos!	8.5	441
12	Showdown at Cremation Creek: Part 1	8.6	420
13	Showdown at Cremation Creek: Part 2	9.0	474

Season 3 (2008)

8.26 avg 13 episodes 8.5 → 8.9 23 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny	8.5	389
2	The Doctor Is Sin	8.2	367
3	The Invisible Hand of Fate	8.5	385
4	Home Is Where the Hate Is	7.9	347
5	The Buddy System	8.3	357
6	Dr. Quymn, Medicine Woman	7.8	349
7	What Goes Down Must Come Up	7.8	336
8	Tears of a Sea Cow	8.0	329
9	Now Museum - Now You Don't!	8.1	324
10	The Lepidopterists	8.5	340
11	ORB	8.1	328
12	The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together: Part 1	8.8	349
13	The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together: Part 2	8.9	362

Season 4 (2009)

8.21 avg 17 episodes 8.3 → 7.5 24 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Blood of the Father, Heart of Steel	8.3	334
2	Handsome Ransom	8.5	343
3	Perchance to Dean	7.9	327
4	Return to Malice	8.1	308
5	The Revenge Society	8.0	306
6	Self-Medication	8.2	340
7	The Better Man	8.1	292
8	Pinstripes and Poltergeists	8.2	297
9	The Diving Bell vs. the Butterglider	8.4	304
10	Pomp and Circuitry	7.7	291
11	Every Which Way But Zeus	8.0	295
12	Everybody Comes to Hank's	8.8	354
13	Bright Lights, Dean City	8.3	316
14	Assisted Suicide	8.1	287
15	The Silent Partners	8.0	283
16	Operation P.R.O.M.	9.4	480
17	From the Ladle to the Grave: The Shallow Gravy Story	7.5	231

Season 5 (2012)

8.23 avg 9 episodes 8.6 → 8.2 30 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	A Very Venture Halloween	8.6	325
1	What Color Is Your Cleansuit?	8.6	357
2	Venture Libre	8.1	291
3	Sphinx Rising	7.9	284
4	Spanakopita	7.9	287
5	O.S.I. Love You	8.7	314
6	Momma's Boys	7.8	274
7	Bot Seeks Bot	8.3	281
8	The Devil's Grip	8.2	273

Season 6 (2015)

8.67 avg 9 episodes 9.4 → 9.0 25 min avg

U-shaped

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	All This and Gargantua-2	9.4	517
1	Hostile Makeover	8.5	302
2	Maybe No Go	7.9	269
3	Faking Miracles	8.4	265
4	Rapacity in Blue	8.5	263
5	Tanks for Nuthin'	8.7	261
6	It Happening One Night	8.7	280
7	A Party for Tarzan	8.9	290
8	Red Means Stop	9.0	301

Season 7 (2018)

8.70 avg 10 episodes 8.9 → 8.9 22 min avg

Saved best for last

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Venture Bros. and the Curse of the Haunted Problem	8.9	314
2	The Rorqual Affair	8.9	281
3	Arrears in Science	9.3	335
4	The High Cost of Loathing	8.5	254
5	The Inamorata Consequence	8.4	245
6	The Bellicose Proxy	8.4	242
7	The Unicorn in Captivity	8.9	279
8	The Terminus Mandate	8.4	223
9	The Forecast Manufacturer	8.4	221
10	The Saphrax Protocol	8.9	238

The Venture Bros. (2003)

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