This is a list of main and recurring fictional characters from The Venture Bros., a comic science fiction television series aired on Adult Swim from 2003 to 2018.
Overview Character Portrayed by Appearances First Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Special Season 6 Season 7 Part 1 Part 2 Team Venture Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture James Urbaniak "The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay" colspan="9" Brock Fitzgerald Samson Patrick Warburton colspan="9" Henry Allen "Hank" Venture #14 Christopher McCulloch colspan="8" #15 "Powerless in the Face of Death" colspan="8" Dean Venture #14 Michael Sinterniklaas "The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay" colspan="8" #15 "Powerless in the Face of Death" colspan="8" Sergeant Hatred Brendon Small "Fallen Arches" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="7" Christopher McCulloch "The Invisible Hand of Fate" colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="6" Dr. Jonas "J.J." Venture Jr. James Urbaniak "Return to Spider-Skull Island" colspan="6" colspan="2" Dermott Fictel Doc Hammer "The Buddy System" colspan="2" colspan="3" Sirena Ong Cristin Milioti "Hostile Makeover" colspan="7" The Order of the Triad Dr. Byron Orpheus Steven Rattazzi "Eeney, Meeney, Miney... Magic!" colspan="5" The Alchemist Dana Snyder "Fallen Arches" colspan="5" colspan="2" Jefferson Twilight Charles Parnell colspan="5" Venture acquaintances Billy Quizboy Doc Hammer "The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay" colspan="6" colspan="2" Pete White Christopher McCulloch colspan="6" colspan="2" Triana Orpheus Lisa Hammer "Eeny, Meeny, Miney...Magic!" colspan="5" colspan="4" The Pirate Captain Christopher McCulloch "Ghosts of the Sargasso" colspan="2" colspan="2" The Guild of Calamitous Intent The Monarch Christopher McCulloch "The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay" colspan="9" Dr. Mrs. The Monarch (née Dr. Girlfriend) Doc Hammer colspan="9" Gary "General / Henchman 21" Fischer colspan="9" Henchman 24 Christopher McCulloch colspan="3" colspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" The Sovereign "The Trial of the Monarch" colspan="6" Dr. Henry Killinger "I Know Why the Caged Bird Kills" colspan="2" colspan="2" The Revenge Society The Phantom Limb James Urbaniak "Home Insecurity" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="3" Professor Richard "Incorrigible" Impossible Stephen Colbert "The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay"colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="2" Peter McCullochcolspan="1" colspan="8" Christopher McCullochcolspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="6" Bill Hadercolspan="3" colspan="2" colspan="4" Baron Werner Ünderbheit T. Ryder Smith "Home Insecurity" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" Zero (Scott Hall) Christopher McCulloch "The Lepidopterists" colspan="2" colspan="2" The Council of Thirteen Wide Wale Hal Lublin "Hostile Makeover" colspan="7" colspan="2" Red Death Clancy Brown "Red Means Stop" colspan="7"
Team Venture Team Venture consists of the central characters in the show; they previously resided in a fortified compound in Colorado Springs which also served as the headquarters for their company, "Venture Industries." Following the destruction of the compound in Season Six and Dr. Venture's inheritance of his brother's fortune, they relocate to the Ventech Tower at Columbus Circle in Manhattan.
Dr. Rusty Venture Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture (voiced by James Urbaniak) is Dean and Hank's father, and head of Venture Industries. He is a capable scientist and inventor, but his greed, lack of formal education, and insistence on cutting corners result in his attempts at technological innovation failing, causing chaos for him, his family, friends, and sometimes the world at large. Although the money he earns is sufficient to support him and his family, it fails to satisfy his greed and his aspirations to match his father's wealth and success. While he cares for his sons, his father's abusive and negligent parenting influences the way he treats them, sometimes showing as much indifference to them as his father did to him. In Season 7, it is revealed that Venture is a clone of the late Rusty Venture.
Brock Samson Brock Fitzgerald Samson (voiced by Patrick Warburton) is the Venture family's bodyguard. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to a single mother, and is of Swedish, Polish, and Winnebago descent. He attended the same university as Dr. Venture until he was expelled for accidentally killing one of his football team's teammates. Despite holding a license to kill, Brock eschews guns and instead favors a Ka-Bar knife as his signature weapon. He grapples with his role in the world and his purpose, guided by a personal code of ethics concerning innocents and whom he will eliminate if they pose a threat to himself or the Ventures. Brock owns an orange 1969 Dodge Hemi Charger named "Adrianne", frequently seen driving or shirtlessly washing at the Venture compound. Following the explosion of the car carrying Henchman 24, H.E.L.P.eR.'s head was briefly embedded in Brock's chest, leading to 24's death; the head was later removed and replaced with a metal plate. Brock is reassigned back as the Venture's bodyguard after Dr. Venture moves to New York City and inherits the fortune left to him by his late brother JJ.
Hank Venture Henry Allen "Hank" Venture (voiced by Christopher McCulloch) is the eldest son of Dr. Venture. He emerges as the more extroverted and adventurous of the pair, drawn to action and thrill-seeking, often envisioning himself as a vigilante superhero. In season 4, he exhibits increased rebelliousness following Brock's departure, even losing his virginity to an older woman who happens to be his best friend's mother. After briefly affiliating with former Henchman 21's rendition of S.P.H.I.N.X., Hank acquires the power suit of former S.P.H.I.N.X. member Countess, donning it until it is stolen and destroyed. This incident leads to Hank undergoing physical therapy due to muscle atrophy. In season 6, he opts out of college and takes on a job as a delivery boy at a pizzeria. Additionally, he embarks on a romantic relationship with Sirena Ong, the daughter of his father's current Guild-assigned villain, Wide Wale. In season 7, Hank receives a concussion and slips into a coma after discovering Sirena's infidelity with Dean but eventually recovers.
Dean Venture Dean Venture (voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas) is the younger son of Dr. Venture, Dean is the younger fraternal twin with red hair. Despite being more timid than Hank, he exhibits signs of greater emotional maturity. Dean garners more favor from their father, who grooms him to succeed as the heir to Venture Industries. Like his brother, Dean has faced death over a dozen times, only to be replaced by an exact clone each time, devoid of memories of his death. Following a breakup with Triana and the revelation of his clone status, Dean adopts a more emo persona, donning a black "speedsuit" and relocating from his childhood bedroom, displaying reluctance to join family adventures. However, Hank's optimism and familial support pull him out of his emotional slump. In season 6, Dean enrolls at the fictional Stuyvestant University in New York, excelling as a philosophy student and befriending Brown Widow, his roommate. In season 7, he engages in an affair with Hank's girlfriend, Sirena Ong, but later regrets his actions.
H.E.L.P.eR. H.E.L.P.eR. (voiced by Christopher McCulloch; credited as "Soul-Bot"): H.E.L.P.eR., short for Humanoid Electronic Lab Partner Robot, serves as the Venture family's helper robot, communicating through electronic beeps. Despite his sensitivity, the Ventures often regard him as an old appliance or pet. Throughout their adventures, H.E.L.P.eR. frequently gets smashed to pieces but miraculously appears repaired by the next episode.
Sergeant Hatred Sergeant Hatred, also known as Courtney Robert Haine,Season 5 Deleted Scenes, Season 5 Episode 2 Venture Libre is voiced by Brendon Small in season 2 and Christopher McCulloch from season 3 onward. He serves as Brock's former supervisor in the O.S.I., the husband of Native American villainess Princess Tinyfeet, and the Venture family's bodyguard. He is a large, muscular man with a giant red 'H' tattooed on his face, often seen wearing military fatigues. Despite being a convicted sex offender for having slept with a 17-year-old, he is liked and respected throughout the supervillain community for his unfailing politeness and generosity; certain episodes also reveal that he knows his sexual attraction to teenagers is wrong, and tries to keep it in check using a medication called "nomolestol" and electroshock therapy. He is known for his caring nature beneath his battle-hardened exterior. It's implied through flashbacks that his ephebophilia is possibly a side effect from a super soldier experiment done on him.
Dermott Fictel Dermott Fictel (voiced by Doc Hammer) is an obnoxious teenager who first appears in "The Buddy System"; he was hinted to be the son of Brock Samson. Dermott is a compulsive liar and frequently interjects wild, and often clearly false, claims about his abilities and past deeds into unrelated conversations. He is Hank's best friend and occasionally visits the Venture compound from the nearby trailer park where he and his "mother" live. In "Everybody Comes to Hank's", Hank sleeps with Nikki Fictel (voiced by Kate McKinnon), whom Dermott knows as his older sister, but is actually his mother. His real father is also revealed to be Rusty, making him Hank and Dean's half-brother. He stays behind when the Venture family moves to New York and later joins the OSI, being accepted as an operative despite his lack of training, thanks to a good word put in for him by Dr. Venture.
Venture acquaintances Dr. Jonas Venture Jr. Dr. Jonas Venture Jr., also known as J.J. (voiced by James Urbaniak) is Dr. Venture's deformed twin, who was absorbed by Rusty in the womb and surgically freed from Rusty's body after being mistaken for a tumor. Although he has the body of an infant, he has an adult appearance and seems to have inherited his father's brilliance. He is scientifically astute, hard-working, attractive to women, and a multi-billionaire CEO of a profitable corporation. However, his worship of his father causes the original Team Venture to dislike him greatly, as he ignores their importance to his father's life, business, and legacy. JJ dies in "All This and Gargantua-2" when he sacrifices himself to prevent his space station, Gargantua-2, from harming people, when it self-destructs due to sabotage from The Investors. In his will, he bequeaths his fortune, the New York City Headquarters, and technology patents to his brother.
Triana Orpheus Triana Orpheus (voiced by Lisa Hammer) is Dr. Orpheus's 17-year-old quasi-goth daughter. She has purple hair and is fairly friendly with the Venture twins. She and Dean become close until they have a major fight and fall out after she chooses to date another boy named Raven over Dean. In season four, it is revealed that she has inherited her father's abilities when she encounters her father's mystical mentor, who purposely took up residence in her closet because of her power.
Pete White