"Powerless in the Face of Death" Quiz

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1. In the beginning of the episode, there was a montage featuring many characters doing different things. Which of the following scenes did not happen in this montage?

Answer: Phantom Limb plans to kill The Monarch

Phantom Limb was in the montage but he was with Dr. Girlfriend giving her a hug. The Monarch was in the montage as well looking out of his window in prison. After seeing his sons get killed in the season one finale "Return to Spider-Skull Island", Dr. Venture ran away from the Venture Compound to travel across the world, in the montage he visited jungles and mountains. Brock went looking for him and eventually found him in a dance club. Brock had to force Dr. Venture out of the club and say "you can't run away from your life forever Doc."

2. The opening theme song for this episode was slightly different then most of the others in the past, Hank and Dean were not in this one. Which two characters replaced Hank and Dean in the opening credits?

Answer: Dr. Rusty Venture and Jonas Venture Jr.

Since Dr. Rusty Venture and Jonas Venture Jr. were brothers, the title of the show "The Venture Brothers" was still appropriate to be included in the credits. The credits also had featuring Brock Samson, Dr. Orpheus, and H.E.L.P.E.R. Another time the opening credits were slightly modified without Hank and Dean was in the season three premiere "Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny", that one featured The Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend.

3. Dr. Orpheus felt guilty about Hank and Dean's deaths as he was suppose to watch over them at the time of their deaths. He decided to resurrect them and he told his daughter that he has done this many times for his clients. Who of the following was not a client Orpheus mentioned he once had?

Answer: Tony Hawk

Dr. Orpheus's daughter, Triana was upset about what happened and just wanted to move on but her father insisted that he could resurrect them. Orpheus did say that he stopped providing services for Reagan when he had bounced a check.

4. The Monarch was planning to escape prison with other inmates, who of the following was not one of them?

Answer: Truckules

When The Monarch was trying to make a plan to escape, the other villains were either complaining or making ridiculous demands. The Monarch wanted Tigerrific to tear down the gates of the prison but Tigerrific said all of his power was in a costume and that he could not do it in a prison uniform. Mr. Monday insisted that the escape should be planned on a Monday.

The Monarch was getting annoyed and said "you're worse than my old henchmen."

5. We learn in this episode the first name of Henchman 21, what was his first name?

Answer: Gary

Gary was at an alcoholic's anonymous type meeting for former henchmen, the main goal was to rehabilitate the former henchmen so that they can live normal lives. Gary however kept talking about how great it was to be a henchman; the instructor of the meeting had to remind him that the meeting was not about encouraging henching. Only Henchman 21's mother calls him by his first name.

6. Dr. Orpheus was wondering why Dr. Venture and Brock were not upset over the loss of Hank and Dean. Dr. Venture explained that he created many clones of his sons. Dr. Venture even said that Dr. Orpheus does the same things he does as a necromancer. Which of the following was not a comparison Dr. Venture made about science and necromancy?

Answer: Spirit- data

Dr. Orpheus thought that what Dr. Venture was doing with the clones was evil. Since Dr. Venture always takes his sons out on dangerous adventures, he thought it would be better to have clones of them so that he would not lose them forever. He used DNA from their toenails to make the clones.

7. Dr. Venture and Brock told Dr. Orpheus that Hank and Dean have died fourteen times. A montage was then showed on how both Hank and Dean died each time, which of the following did not kill Hank or Dean in the montage?

Answer: Dean driving with Hank in the car

Hank also died in a gas explosion when he attempted to smoke a cigarette. Hank and Dean were both killed in their bedroom when a robot and a giant spider entered their room. Both Hank and Dean died from falling into a pit of spikes. They also died from being sucked into the X-1, Dr. Venture's experimental jet engine turbines. Even their father had accidentally killed them twice.

He once killed them as a werewolf and another time when he accidentally burned down their bedroom while they were inside. Hank also died from a satellite falling on him.

While riding their hover bikes, Hank and Dean were incapacitated from driving by a clothesline. There was also a gas leak in Hank and Dean's bedroom which killed them both while they were sleeping.

These were all of the deaths shown in that montage of the episode.

8. Henchman 21 and Henchman 24 met for the first time without their costumes at the henchman counseling. Who did Henchman 24 say Henchman 21 looked like without his costume?

Answer: Kevin Smith

Henchman 21 thought that Henchman 24 looked like Seinfeld with a unibrow. They met at the Henchmen's Anonymous meeting. They both missed working for The Monarch and neither of them had much to do ever since The Monarch was sent to jail.

9. Did The Monarch manage to escape from prison in this episode?

Answer: Yes

At first when he tried to escape, none of his inmates would help him and he was caught by the guards. When they grabbed him The Monarch begged King Gorilla to help, he mentioned that he missed Dr. Girlfriend. King Gorilla thought nothing was more important than love and helped The Monarch escaped through the prison's sewage system.

10. Who of the following was not in this episode?

Answer: The Master

Even though Dr. Orpheus felt guilty about Hank and Dean's deaths, he did not visit his mentor The Master in this episode for guidance. White Noise was one of The Monarch's inmates in jail in this episode. Phantom Limb was seen in the opening montage and he also visited King Gorilla in jail. Both Dean and his brother Hank were shown in this episode as incomplete clone slugs.

They were also both shown in their normal form in the montage which showed them dying.

Source: Author themonarch

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In the season two premiere, Dr. Venture deals with the loss of his two sons while The Monarch figures out how to escape from prison.

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