The Venture Bros. (TV Series) The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay (2003) User Reviews

A decent start to an excellent television show.

[sandcastle-10358 · 7/10 · 6 July 2023]

While below the rest of the series in terms of plot, animation quality, and characterization, the pilot episode of the Venture bros still holds a decent amount of charm and entertainment that makes up for its follies. The art is considerably more stylized than the later episodes of the series (due to the fact that most of the pilot was done by Jackson and Hammer) which makes it stand out considerably from the rest of the series. The animation makes use of extensive motion tweening which yet again can be attributed to more limited resources held by the team for the pilot and unfortunately restricts the episode when compared the rest. Humour and characterization is definitely much more rough than later on (Hank and Dean are even more plain than how they are in the rest of season 1, dr. Venture is uncharacteristically chipper) and doesn't fit in much with the rest of series. Ultimately while this episode isn't incredible, it's a good start to a truly outstanding show and is more than entertaining.

I missed this one originally!

[injury-65447 · 9/10 · 1 June 2020]

I used to watch this show on DVD but I guess they didn't include this awesome pilot episode as I don't remember ever seeing it before.

Hank and Dean are so incredibly innocent and adorable, how could you not love them?

The characters are hilarious and quirky and this pilot serves as a perfect example for the overall tone of the series.

I loved the twist that happens with the ninja at the end - shows what kind of a show this is.

Sets up lots of the elements that I know and love: dr venture's attitude to parenting, the boys' naïveté, brock's pummeling montages, super science inventions, the Monarch and his harebrained schemes, henchman PoVs etc etc . It's really great! Such a beautiful show. I love it so much.