The Venture Bros.

The Invisible Hand of Fate

Season 3, Episode 3, Aired 6/15/08

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Billy Quizboy recovers the memories of his former life as a failed TV Quizboy, the loss of his hand and eye in a dogfight, his recruitment into the OSI, and his first mission as a spy.

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James Urbaniak

Dr. Thaddius S. "Rusty" Venture
Patrick Warburton

Brock Samson
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Billy Quizboy has a flashback and learns how he came to be.

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By YeomansJ, Jun 16, 2008 Report Abuse

After last weeks episode being me least favorite of the whole series, I think this episode may be one of my most favorites. If they plan on spending the whole season slowly piecing together everyones backstories, I am completely cool with that. Sooner or later though I am going to need them to give me my Hank fix, I enjoy how he has been slowly learning to fight since last season. Also, we have confirmation that the boys aren't Venture and Sampsons clones, which was a rumor I have been hearing around the net. All in all, a great episode.moreless

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Trivia
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- The closed captions mispelled "Sorayama" (as in Mike Sorayama from a previous episode) as "Sariamo" when referring to the design of Billy's cybernetic arm. Edit
- Trivia: Brock's superior, Sgt. Haine, bears a striking resemblance to the villain Sgt. Hatred seen briefly for the first time in "Fallen Arches." Haine is French for "hate." Edit
- The closed captioning misspells Bilderberg as "Build-A-Bear." Edit
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- Working title: "Billy Quizboy and the Invisible Hand" Edit
- Jackson Publick had originally planned to air this episode as the penultimate episode of season 2, before "Showdown at Cremation Creek" was expanded to a two-parter. The episode was then bumped to Season 3. Edit
- Hank and Dean appear as babies in flashback but have no dialogue. Edit
Quotes
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- Computer Nozzle Voice: Please do not be alarmed. We are about to engage… the nozzle. Please do not move while the nozzle is engaging. Moving will disrupt calibration of… the nozzle. Pleae wait while we calibrate… the nozzle. Please do not look away from… the nozzle. The nozzle is now calibrating. (long pause) The nozzle is still calibrating. The nozzle has completed calibration. Thanks you. Edit
- Billy: I'm still a little confused. I mean, why me? Brock: You fit the profile. Colonel Gathers: Deformed, disgraced. An extra-intelligent superfreak shunned by an unforgiving world. Billy: Yeah, that sounds like a profile for, like, suicide. Brock: Or an international supervillain. Edit
- Billy: I kind of wanted to go to MIT Colonel Gathers: (rips open his shirt) And I wanted to be born with big, beautiful tits! (to Brock) Make some lemonade with this, would you? Edit
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- Marvel Comic's S.H.I.E.L.D.: The standard special O.S.I. uniforms worn in this episode are patterned after the special suits worn by agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in Marvel Comics, consisting of blue costumes with white piping. Edit
- Colonel Hunter Gathers: Yeah, well the Village People called, and they want you to go **** kill yourself, you prancy bastard. The new team of OSI agents reference the Village People, a concept disco group of the 1970s which targeted disco's large gay fan base. The five members parodied male stereotypes: Indian, Cowboy, Sailor, Biker, Construction Worker. The group rose to fame in 1977 but had died out by 1985. Their biggest hits included Macho Man, YMCA, and In the Navy. Edit
- Sgt. Haine: Your windmill-chasing days are over, Sancho Panza. Referencing Cervantes' Don Quizote, and Quizote's assistant Sancho, who aided his master in his "knightly" quests, including battling windmills that Quixote perceived as monsters. Edit