The Venture Bros.

Tag Sale - You're IT!

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired 10/9/04

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Always short on cash, Dr. Venture decides to unload some of his father's old scientific equipment in a huge yard sale that attracts fellow scientists and super-villains alike.

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Patrick Warburton

Brock Samson
Christopher McCulloch

Hank Venture/The Monarch
Michael Sinterniklaas

Dean Venture

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Shrink rays, granny panties, light sabers and big ol' ruckus during a tag sale at the Venture compound.

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By illfish, Dec 08, 2006 Report Abuse

This is one of the funniest shows I have seen--ever. Jackson Public, Doc Hammer and co show their true brilliance and pop culture savvy by easily mixing Star Wars references with Shakespearean quotes. And hello...having the Monarch (as ridiculous as he is with his long eyebrows and thigh-high yellow boots) quote from Macbeth while in a Porta-Potty...frickin' hilarious. Dr. Orpheus may be the most powerful of the whole damn lot (who else can do magic and fire bolts of energy outta their hands?), but all he wants is a little respect and validation! Great mix of eccentric characters. The only thing missing was the sexy Molitov Cocktease.moreless

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Dr. Venture holds a yard sale to earn some much-needed cash, which attracts a slew of supervillains to the Venture Compound. Hank and Dean set up a lemonade stand to get a slice of "that fat money cake," while Brock supervises a security team.moreless

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By robojif, Sep 28, 2006 Report Abuse

One of the best episodes of the series, "Tag Sale--You're It!" is a shining example of what makes the Venture Bros. so great. It takes a bunch of extraordinary characters (superscientists, necromancers, supervillains) and places them in the most ordinary, mundane of situations: A yard sale.

This episode did a bit to develop some major character relationships. Dr. Venture and Dr. Orpheus worked together to sell the "sundries". Dean awkwardly tries to talk to Triana. The Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend do everything from arguing about bringing henchmen with them, to making a bet on Brock Samson, to sneaking into the Venture Compound to "find a real toilet". Henchmen 21 and 24 have classic banter involving a "crazy fantasy fistfight" and 21's love of Star Wars.

This episode also marks the first appearances of supervillains Baron Underbheit and Phantom Limb, and the first developed roles of Pete White and Master Billy Quizboy.

This episode is probably the beginning of the major character evolvements that we see in the show today. Extremely hilarious and highly recommended.moreless

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- When the Monarch takes Dr. Girlfriend in his arms as he prepares to make his great escape, Dr. Girlfriend's left hand is missing, yet the outline of where it was supposed to be is still there, allowing one to see through the Monarch's body to the background of the wall behind them. Edit
- The Monarch puts his wrist shooter in one agent's pocket and takes it out of a different agent's later. Edit
- Although The Monarch hides a wrist band from his right arm in an agent's pocket, his left one is missing for several scenes, but returns when Brock bumps into him and knocks him down. Edit
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- Ratings report! Looks like moving The Venture Brothers after Futurama worked, because 510,000 people tuned in for this episode, nearly double than usual! Edit
- The metal-armed boy standing in line ahead of Dr. Girlfriend is Rick Danger, the alter-ego of Venture Bros character designer Rick Lacy. Jackson Publick added the belly-shirt and fanny pack. Edit
- Dr. Orpheus's card reads: Doctor Byron Orpheus Master: Necromancer Astral Projection, Levitation, Conjuring, Etc. 1297 Venture Compound West Edit
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- Brock: You have some dangerous machinery for sale here. I think you're begging for trouble on this one. Dr. Venture: I thought you handled all that, and I don't hear any big ideas from you on how to get some quick cash, come on! Most of this stuff is old crap my dad left behind. Brock: Doc, you have a table over there with a sign that says Laser Death Ray Bargain Bin! Dr. Venture: Well that's why you have your little ska band there to keep the oddballs in costumes from raising Cain. Edit
- Dr. Orpheus: You're one lucky duck. Oh, it must be dreamy to have a costumed nemesis--chasing you, wringing his gloved hands in concern of your every move. Dr. Venture: You're kidding, right? Dr. Orpheus: It just seems so romantic. Edit
- (The argument over Lizzie Borden and Anne Frank)) Henchman 21: Here is where you are wrong, my friend. This woman has killed before. Henchman 24: Allegedly. Henchman 21: Okay, whatever. But she was a big girl. We are talking about a large, healthy woman of questionable stability. Henchman 24: Oh, you are totally underestimating the never-say-die scrappiness of a survivor. Monarch: Hey, guess what? Nobody cares who would win in a crazy fantasy fist-fight between Anne Frank and Lizzy Borden. We never should have brought the henchmen! We're going to be the only ones there with henchmen! I'm gonna have to kill them. Pull over if you see a good spot to dump their bodies! Edit
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- Dr. Venture: That's what I have you and your ska band here for...
  Referring to Brock's team of agents as a "Ska Band" because of the fact that most third wave ska bands (and a few of the second wave) wore the same suits on stage as a gimmick. Edit
- Green Goo Scientist: Officer, I'd like to press charges.
  This sounds an awful lot like an impression of the actor Paul Lynde - especially the intonation of "char-ges". Mr. Lynde is sadly deceased now, but he was a popular character actor from the 60's & 70's, and was a long-running regular on the gameshow "Hollywood Squares". Edit
- The Monarch: It was all sound and fury, signifying nothing.
  The Monarch's description of his progress in the porta-potty is taken from MacBeth's lament on life, "...it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing," as written by Shakespeare. Edit