List of The Venture Bros. characters
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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
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.
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