The Venture Brothers Season 1 Episode 0

The score for this episode is excerpted from the albums Flow by Foetus, Ectopia by Steriod Maximus, and The Radiolarian Ooze by Manorexia. All three bands are pseudonyms of J. G. Thirlwell.

There are signs for the Bizzy Bee Club, a reference to BrisbyLand, which we'll see later in The Incredible Mr. Brisby. There is also a Brisby Store on Times Square.

In the end credits, "The PP" are credited as playing The Do-Ray. Yes, it probably means something.

Additional Music: "Hobbit Ride" (To the Midnight Sun of Valhalla)" and "The Astrobase+Go! Cadet Boys' Fife & Drum Corps (featuring Billy No. 9).

Among concepts changed later in the series from what is shown here as a pilot: 1) The Monarch has a different costume in this episode than he has in the rest of the series; 2) it seems like Dr. Venture is interested in Brock more than just as a bodyguard - a parody of the supposedly implied relationship between Dr. Quest and Race Bannon; 3) H.E.L.P.eR. doesn't appear yet; 4) the brothers' dog Scamp (a parody of Bandit on Jonny Quest) disappears (perhaps thankfully) after this episode; 5) Dr. Venture is portrayed as actually competent here; 6) Brock is much shorter; and 7) Dr. Girlfriend looks substantially different.

The ninja's name "Otaku Senzuri" is a joke in itself. In Japanese, Otaku (lit: House, formal) is a word used to describe a nerd or a fan of something and Senzuri (lit: thousand rubs) is a word for masturbation.

Turtle Bay is the portion of Manhattan where the U.N. is located.