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Necromancer extraordinaire Dr. Byron Orpheus has the tendency to speak in a ringing, melodramatic tone, often at inappropriate times and [[Main/{{Leitmotif}} [[{{Leitmotif}} usually accompanied by dramatic music]]. Dr. Orpheus is divorced and has one child (Triana Orpheus). Currently living in back of the Venture Compound, in the old Advanced Arachnid Research Lab with his daughter. Although he calls himself 'Doctor', he only has a degree in Communications with a minor in Women's Studies from a community college. He does, however, claim that his title comes from a higher power. He can be an absent-minded parent, but he means well.
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Another old friend of Dr. Orpheus, who is searching for the philosopher's stone ("as a metaphor for enlightenment") as well as a cure for AIDS. Unlike Twilight and Orpheus, it would seem that he is much less serious about his business and would rather mix business with pleasure; however, his true opinion on the Triad was revealed in the episode "Showdown at Cremation Creek", where he stated that he was more into helping the balance of the Universe than running around fighting one Super-Villain. It has been openly acknowledged that he is gay and a fan of Jimmy Buffett. He is sometimes referred to as "Al", but whether this is his real name or merely short for Alchemist is uncertain. He has an open hatred of the internet due to finding out his boyfriend was cheating on him via MySpace. [[spoiler:At least that's what he thinks happened after an O.S.I. mindwipe.]]
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Another old friend of Dr. Orpheus, who is searching for the philosopher's stone ("as a metaphor for enlightenment") as well as a cure for AIDS. Unlike Twilight and Orpheus, it would seem that he is much less serious about his business and would rather mix business with pleasure; however, his true opinion on the Triad was revealed in the episode "Showdown at Cremation Creek", where he stated that he was more into helping the balance of the Universe than running around fighting one Super-Villain. It has been openly acknowledged that he is gay and a fan of Jimmy Buffett. He is sometimes referred to as "Al", but whether this is his real name or merely short for Alchemist is uncertain. He has an open hatred of the internet due to finding out his boyfriend was cheating on him via MySpace. [[spoiler:At At least that's what he thinks happened after an O.S.I. mindwipe.]]
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Triana is the daughter of Dr. Orpheus and lives with her father in a rented out laboratory-cum-apartment within the Venture compound. She is 17, a bit of a goth, but otherwise a completely normal teenage girl. She is possibly the most down-to-earth character on the show, despite her father's tendency to dramatize. She takes an interest in kitsch. Dean had nurtured a crush her for most of the show's run. [[spoiler: The very moment that Dean decided to tell her, Triana revealed her non-interest in him.]]
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* InformedAbility: If his master and other statements are to be believed, Orpheus is likely a very powerful necromancer. This being ''The Venture Bros.'', however, a large portion of his feats are usually just alluded to while he tends to fail on a regular basis on-screen. (Not that he doesn't have his moments.)
** He does trap the souls of two rednecks in a tiny figurine because they were interfering with his quest to look out for the Venture Brothers.
** He's also usually shown to be capable of effortlessly teleporting people anywhere in the world, among other useful feats. It's just that the problems he usually faces aren't ones that those kinds of powers help with; and when other people encounter problems that his powers ''could'' face, they rarely seem to think to ask him for help. The few times people do ask him for assistance with straightforward brute-force issues, he tends to resolve them very quickly.
** In the Halloween special, after all the other high level magicians, including The Outrider, raise zombies while Orpheus is out moping after just having been bested by The Outrider again, [[spoiler: The Master states in front of all of them, that Orpheus is his best pupil. Possibly it could be due to Orpheus getting the point if not the ability.]]
** To be fair he destroys a death trap from a continent away, the time he failed to resurrect someone it was because he was already alive. He has telekinesis, can teleport easily, and can remove you soul at will. He's pretty clearly not someone to be triffled with, sillyness aside.
** He does trap the souls of two rednecks in a tiny figurine because they were interfering with his quest to look out for the Venture Brothers.
** He's also usually shown to be capable of effortlessly teleporting people anywhere in the world, among other useful feats. It's just that the problems he usually faces aren't ones that those kinds of powers help with; and when other people encounter problems that his powers ''could'' face, they rarely seem to think to ask him for help. The few times people do ask him for assistance with straightforward brute-force issues, he tends to resolve them very quickly.
** In the Halloween special, after all the other high level magicians, including The Outrider, raise zombies while Orpheus is out moping after just having been bested by The Outrider again, [[spoiler: The Master states in front of all of them, that Orpheus is his best pupil. Possibly it could be due to Orpheus getting the point if not the ability.]]
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* BrilliantButLazy: Heavy on the "Lazy" part, since he never seems to do much. He does seem to be the defacto computer expert of the group and isn't too bad at it, however.
* CampStraight: Despite his appearance and nature, he is straight.
* TheEighties: Heavily influenced by the culture.
* HahvahdYahdInMyCah: Speaks with a New England accent.
* HeroicAlbino: Well, heroic by ''Venture Bros.'' standards.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Billy.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Particularly towards Billy, becoming his caretaker after Billy's mind was wiped by the O.S.I. and offering his last bit of money to anyone who would help him get Billy back when he was kidnapped by the Investors.
* MistakenForGay: Several times, even by his best friend Billy.
* [[NotWorthKilling Not Worth Memory Wiping]]: The O.S.I/Sphinx don't bother wiping his memory whenever they wipe Billy's. (It actually works out, since White can bring Billy to them whenever he does regain his memory.)
* PunnyName: An albino with the last name of "White."
* WeaksauceWeakness: White helpfully reminds people at every opportunity that he can't take much sunlight. He's even been shown to ''burst into flames'' when directly exposed to strong sunlight.
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-->''"It's industrial espionage, you've come to steal our great ideas. You've been foiled; we have none!"''
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A hydrocephalic neurogeneticist of dubious professional accomplishment, he was once a child prodigy and often capitalizes on his pedomorphic looks to pass for one in his adulthood. His nickname stems from his reign as champion of a TV quiz show in his youth. He lives, platonically, with Pete White in a trailer which doubles as the headquarters of their startup tech business, Conjectural Technologies.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Even moreso in {{Flashback}}.
* ArchEnemy: [[RememberTheNewGuy Apparently]], Billy has a longstanding rivalry with the exceptionally rich collector/fanboy Augustus St. Cloud, who becomes his official arch-enemy at the beginning of season 5 (Augustus joined the Guild solely for this reason).
* AscendedFanboy: Billy is Rusty's biggest fan. He has "ascended" as far as being able to help his idol.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: After being pushed to far in {{Flashback}}, he managed to punch [[BadassNormal Brock Samson]] in the balls and escape from him and Col. Gathers.
* BrilliantButLazy: It is implied that he and White actually have some pretty decent skills between the two of them; they successfully cured Dean when he had a rare and embarrassing medical condition despite having no medical experience, and Billy reattached Rusty's arm after a Guild member ripped it off. However, they mostly just goof off in their spare time.
** If Pete is the 'Lazy' one, Billy is the 'Brilliant' one; by "The Diving Bell Vs. The Butter-Glider" he's guiding a miniaturized submarine through Rusty's vascular system, apparently from memory.
** As shown by "The Silent Partners" He's not lazy; he just never got his medical degrees and seemed to always regret it.
* ButtMonkey: Being a ButtMonkey on a SadistShow where everyone is either a {{Jerkass}}, a failure, or both is a major accomplishment. What's even funnier is that he gets so much flak despite being the useful half of his duo.
* CatchPhrase: "High five!" His constant attempt to trick people into slapping his metal hand.
* EyepatchOfPower
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Pete.
* HonorBeforeReason: He was willing to restore Monstroso, first for the money, but then because of his doctor's honor. He was still willing to let Brock kill Monstroso after he recovered, though. To be fair, Monstroso had treated him more than fairly, was offering him his life's dream, and had spent a while bonding with him; he had plenty of reasons to like the guy even knowing he was a monster.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Every time he regains the memory of how he lost his eye and hand, Pete knocks him out and takes him to the O.S.I/Sphinx to have his memory wiped again.
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Rusty and White come to the conclusion that since he's a virgin, killing Billy wouldn't be murder, "just a very late abortion."
** [[spoiler:No longer a Virgin thanks to Monstroso and some prostitutes]]
* MyBrainIsBig: Billy claims that his excess of brain fluid makes him smarter. This is debatable.
* NiceGuy: One of the least {{Jerkass}} characters in the show.
* NoodleIncident: He doesn't know how he got his metal hand. He eventually remembers... or maybe Col. Gathers wiped his memory again.
* OffModel: His robotic left hand/arm isn't always consistent. Most of the time, it makes up his left forearm and hand, however, in some shots (such as the scene where he is performing surgery on Monstroso in ''The Silent Partners,'' it is only his left hand, stopping at his wrist.
** In "The Buddy System", the mechanics of his left arm appear to go into his flesh. It might just be a covering.
* ProperlyParanoid: Apparently, Billy was right to look for conspiracy clues on his Rusty Venture [=DVDs=].
* TeenGenius: Subverted on two occasions. First, when it is revealed that he is actually in his 30's; secondly, in a flashback showing him in his actual TeenGenius phase, he is completely overwhelmed by college-level classwork. He was smart and racked up the points on quiz shows, but he didn't really display any real-world talent until he grew up and began successfully sewing limbs onto bodies with full function.
** Also discussed when he acts as Dean and Hank's guidance counselor - he reminds Rusty, privately, that the boys really don't have the life skills to face the real world, and you realize that he's speaking from experience.
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!The Order Of The Triad
A magical super-team headed by Doc's Tenant Dr.Byron Orpheus. Also included in this section are Orpheus' daughter Triana and unnamed master.
[[folder:Dr. Byron Orpheus]]
-->''"Well, if you ''must'' call me [a magician], yes. But if you are after mere parlor tricks, you'll be sorely disappointed. For if I reach behind your ear, it will not be a ''nickel'' I pull out... BUT '''YOUR VEEERY SOOOOUUL'''!!"''
-->'''Voiced By:'''Stephen Ratazzi
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Necromancer extraordinaire Dr. Byron Orpheus has the tendency to speak in a ringing, melodramatic tone, often at inappropriate times and [[Main/{{Leitmotif}} usually accompanied by dramatic music]]. Dr. Orpheus is divorced and has one child (Triana Orpheus). Currently living in back of the Venture Compound, in the old Advanced Arachnid Research Lab with his daughter. Although he calls himself 'Doctor', he only has a degree in Communications with a minor in Women's Studies from a community college. He does, however, claim that his title comes from a higher power. He can be an absent-minded parent, but he means well.
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Tropes associated with Dr. Orpheus:
* ActuallyNotAVampire: Dr. Orpheus is easily mistaken for "a Dracula."
* AesopAmnesia: Apparently a common result of his chats with his Master, such as when he declared "I already know that I know nothing!" [[ComicallyMissingThePoint when he clearly hadn't learned that lesson]].
* AntiquatedLinguistics: Will throw out some rather archaic terms, particularly during some of his more dramatic speeches. Or when simply giving the "the birds and the bees" speech to his daughter:
--> '''Dr. Orpheus:''' Hear me out! [clears throat] When young women reach estrus, the, uhh, lignum, ummm, craves theeee stamen-like skills of the yonie. This is quite natural.
--> '''Triana:''' Dad. Come on. I'm doing you a favor.
--> '''Dr. Orpheus:''' It's just that boys at their age have unchecked desires coursing- nay, ''RAGING AS A TEMPEST WOULD!!'' Through their ''tingling nethers!''
* ArchEnemy: He spends the first season pining for one, and is eventually given one in the form of Torrid, who bears a physical resemblance to Comicbook/DoctorStrange's nemesis Dormammu, but little more.
* TheArtifact: Introduced as a "necromancer", and he attempts to resurrect somebody at one point while saying that it's perfectly routine. This does not get visited again for a while, and he later says that he only uses the word "necromancer" because "wizard," "sorcerer," and "magician" have fallen out of favor.
* BerserkButton: HIS DAUGHTER'S VIRGINITY IS NOT A PRIZE TO BE WON!
* CaptainErsatz: Of Comicbook/DoctorStrange.
* DarkIsNotEvil: In fact he's one of the most morally ''decent'' people on the show.
* InformedAbility: If his master and other statements are to be believed, Orpheus is likely a very powerful necromancer. This being ''The Venture Bros.'', however, a large portion of his feats are usually just alluded to while he tends to fail on a regular basis on-screen. (Not that he doesn't have his moments.)
** He does trap the souls of two rednecks in a tiny figurine because they were interfering with his quest to look out for the Venture Brothers.
** He's also usually shown to be capable of effortlessly teleporting people anywhere in the world, among other useful feats. It's just that the problems he usually faces aren't ones that those kinds of powers help with; and when other people encounter problems that his powers ''could'' face, they rarely seem to think to ask him for help. The few times people do ask him for assistance with straightforward brute-force issues, he tends to resolve them very quickly.
** In the Halloween special, after all the other high level magicians, including The Outrider, raise zombies while Orpheus is out moping after just having been bested by The Outrider again, [[spoiler: The Master states in front of all of them, that Orpheus is his best pupil. Possibly it could be due to Orpheus getting the point if not the ability.]]
** To be fair he destroys a death trap from a continent away, the time he failed to resurrect someone it was because he was already alive. He has telekinesis, can teleport easily, and can remove you soul at will. He's pretty clearly not someone to be triffled with, sillyness aside.
* LargeHam: He cannot ''stop'' being a ham.
* {{Leitmotif}}: This plays whenever he's in extra LargeHam mode, which is quite often.
* MilkingTheGiantCow: He'll gesture wildly [[MundaneMadeAwesome even if saying rather mundane things]].
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Any time he ''RAISES HIS VOICE'' to deliver '''MUNDAAAAANE INFORMATION''' to the tune of SWELLING MUUUUSIC!
--> "Get me... my ''BLUUUUUUUE WINDBREAKER!!!''"
--> "Who wants...''PIZZZZZZA ROLLS?!''"
* MundaneUtility: He uses his powers as a powerful necromancer to cook frittatas, among other things.
* MysticalHighCollar: Since he's an {{Expy}} of Comicbook/DoctorStrange and wears the same outfit.
* NiceGuy: Seriously, he's the nicest guy in the show. And a good dad, too.
* NoIndoorVoice: Constantly shouts over a blaring, overly dramatic soundtrack.
-->'''Orpheus:''' Do not be too hasty in entering that [bath]room, I had '''TACO BELL for lunch!'''
* OutOfFocus: Orpheus was a major supporting character throughout the first three seasons but was scaled back, almost to the point of absence in the first half of season four. He gets some more focus mid-late season four, but is once again out of focus in the first half of season five, getting only one brief appearance.
* PapaWolf: For both his own daughter and the Venture Brothers
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Didn't have anything to do with the incident, but [[TropeNamer named the trope.]]
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[[folder:Jefferson Twilight]]
-->''"What's the use in training? I have no magic powers. The second someone uses magic, I get killed!"''
-->'''Voiced By''':Charles Parnell
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An old friend of Dr. Orpheus. He is a black man who fights Blaculas (black vampires) for a living and wields two swords. He is a pastiche of the superhero Blade and the blaxploitation movie protagonist, Shaft. As a play on Blade's half-vampire thirst for blood or an artificial replacement, Jefferson Twilight suffers from diabetes and low blood-sugar, leading him to heavily thirst for sugared liquids, such as Nik-L-Nips. His left eye is discolored as it is a magical Blacula tracker he calls the "Blood Eye." The episode "What Goes Down, Must Come Up" revealed a lot of his BackStory. For example: his mother was taken by marauding Blaculas when he was ten, and he was a tank commander in the USMC.
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Tropes associated with Jefferson:
* BadassNormal: Originally the only non-mystical member of the Triad. Later on he's revealed to be "between worlds," which, while impressive, is also an incredibly specific ability.
* BuffySpeak: Starkly contrasts the grandiose speaking style of Dr. Orpheus.
* CaptainErsatz: Of {{Blade}} the Vampire Hunter. Also with a dash of {{Shaft}}.
* CripplingOverspecialization: He often complains about the fact that there are no Blaculas for him to fight, and implies that he'd be lost if he came up against a non-black vampire. However, he does make up for it with an array of other useful skills, such as his military training.
* TheHunter: Of Blackulas, after watching his mother get taken by them when he was 10.
* InsistentTerminology: He hunts "Blaculas." ''Not'' African-American vampires, because there is not a sizable African-American population in ''Britain''.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Uses two of them as his primary weapons.
* MagicalEye: One that allows him to track and hunt Blaculas.
* TokenMinority: The most prominent black character in the show.
* WeaksauceWeakness: In a world with real magic, super-powered heroes and villains, and actual mythical creatures, Jefferson's weakness is ''diabetes.'' He's also the only non-magical person a team of magic users that often fights ''other'' magic users.
[[folder:The Alchemist]]
-->''"I care about the true spirit of the divine. I care about the universal truth. But being a magic superhero that keeps chasing ''the same guy'' is completely '''gay'''! And that is coming from a guy that voluntarily has sex with men!"''
-->'''Voiced by:'''Dana Snyder
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Another old friend of Dr. Orpheus, who is searching for the philosopher's stone ("as a metaphor for enlightenment") as well as a cure for AIDS. Unlike Twilight and Orpheus, it would seem that he is much less serious about his business and would rather mix business with pleasure; however, his true opinion on the Triad was revealed in the episode "Showdown at Cremation Creek", where he stated that he was more into helping the balance of the Universe than running around fighting one Super-Villain. It has been openly acknowledged that he is gay and a fan of Jimmy Buffett. He is sometimes referred to as "Al", but whether this is his real name or merely short for Alchemist is uncertain. He has an open hatred of the internet due to finding out his boyfriend was cheating on him via MySpace. [[spoiler:At least that's what he thinks happened after an O.S.I. mindwipe.]]
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Tropes associated with The Alchemist:
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Foil}}: To Orpheus. Even more apparent when they move in together.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Okay, so it may have only been in one episode ("What Goes Down Must Come Up"), but when the triad are performing magic, it's implied that The Alchemist has one too. When Orpheus does some magic, his leitmotif plays and when The Alchemist does some magic immediately afterward, a little trumpet piece plays. And immediately after that, when it's Jefferson's turn and it's revealed that he has no magic to do, it's completely silent.
* LivingLieDetector: Mentioned in passing during "Everybody Comes To Hank's". It is apparently part of his mystical powers. (As it isn't terribly useful when fighting supernatural threats, he uses it for [[MundaneUtility mundane]] things like double-checking everyone he and Hank interviewed are telling the truth.)
* OnlySaneMan: Frequently the voice of reason for the Order of the Triad.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Once turned someone's tire into gold. Why does he need to shack up with Orpheus, again?
* StraightGay: Mostly.
** CampGay: When he wants to be.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Shore Leave in "Operation P.R.O.M." [[spoiler: They did.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Orpheus's Master]]
-->''"So, I taste my own genitals... In my mouth. It's.. a conundrum"''
-->'''Voiced By:'''H. Jon Benjamin
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A snarky, mysterious magician who taught Orpheus everything he knows...and takes every opportunity to shove Orpheus's failures in his face. Likes to take a form that relates to whatever problem Orpheus needs help with, which is often just an excuse for him to try out the PowerPerversionPotential of VoluntaryShapeshifting. He wishes Orpheus would loosen up and act like a normal guy instead of a LargeHam.
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Tropes associated with Orpheus's Master:
* ActorAllusion: Creator/HJonBenjamin plays Master essentially like [[WesternAnimation/HomeMovies Coach McGuirk]] with near omnipotent supernatural powers.[[invoked]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Loves to needle Orpheus for this - apparently their chats often result in AesopAmnesia.
* CynicalMentor: ''Super'' heavy emphasis on the cynical.
* TheFaceless: We've never seen his ''true'' form, if he even has one.
* NobleBigot: Subverted. He's intially built up as this, with Orpheus not bringing The Alchemist to see him because of his sexuxality. When the two do actually meet he shows no issue with Al, joking with him before chastising Al and the assembled magicians for raising zombies on a whim.
* PowerPerversionPotential: He turns into Catherine the Great's horse so that he can [[strike:re-enact Catherine's supposed sexual encounter with it]] teach Orpheus a lesson about biting off more than he can chew, turns into Cerberus to [[strike:lick his own genitals and talk at the same time]] teach Orpheus a lesson about being a stuffy know-it-all, and takes the form of [[spoiler: Orpheus's ex-wife]] to [[strike:enjoy the curvy, sexy body]] hit Orpheus where it hurts the most. His shapeshifting always has a purpose and a point, but nonetheless he milks the Perversion Potential as much as he can.
* SeriousBusiness: From his dialogue, it sounds like Orpheus's supposed higher calling is actually pretty insignificant fluff that Orpheus treats as Serious Business. This could just be part of his attempt to puncture Orpheus's stuffed shirt.
* TricksterMentor: For all the grief he gives Orpheus, he honestly does give him useful advice... albeit indirectly and in the form of riddles. His fondness of VoluntaryShapeshifting also suggests a [[TricksterArchetype Trickster]] background.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Note that ''only'' Orpheus gets the TricksterMentor and PowerPerversionPotential treatment. When appearing before anyone else (Triana, Orpheus' guests), the Master opts for forms that have more direct and obvious connections to what he's about to impart.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Triana Orpheus]]
-->''" Great my closet is the doorway to hell."''
-->'''Voiced By:'''Lisa Hammer
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Triana is the daughter of Dr. Orpheus and lives with her father in a rented out laboratory-cum-apartment within the Venture compound. She is 17, a bit of a goth, but otherwise a completely normal teenage girl. She is possibly the most down-to-earth character on the show, despite her father's tendency to dramatize. She takes an interest in kitsch. Dean had nurtured a crush her for most of the show's run. [[spoiler: The very moment that Dean decided to tell her, Triana revealed her non-interest in him.]]
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Tropes associated with Triana:
* BackForTheFinale: Returned for the season four finale.
* DeadpanSnarker: One of the more well-adjusted individuals in the series, and will break out the snark in regards to the ridiculousness of the other characters.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Inverted. Orpheus would rather she go to art school, and for her own safety not get mixed up with the magical or supernatural. (It's not touched upon whether this was the case ''before'' they met the Ventures or not.)
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: She's the Goth girl daughter of a necromancer and studying magic with her mother, who's also an accomplished sorceress.
* LimitedWardrobe: She always wears the same outfit, which is later [[JustifiedTrope justified]] because her father put a portal to a mystical realm in her closet and she finds it scary.
* MissingMom: Eventually [[spoiler: leaves the Venture Compound to study magic with her mother.]]
* OnlySaneMan: During the first season and a half or so she was this around Dean and Hank, before slowly vanishing from importance.
* PerkyGoth: Phenomenally well-adjusted for the daughter of a high-level sorcerer.
** She's now studying magic herself, but her personality remains the same.
* PutOnABus: To study magic with her mom.
* SupernaturalSensitivity: Orpheus' Master points out in their conversation together, that just by ''coming through the portal in her closet'' Triana has proved that she has significant magical talent - {{Muggles}} can't even see the portal.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Seen mostly toward Hank and Dermott.
[[/folder]]
A tech start-up by Rusty's college friend Pete White and former child progidy Billy Quizboy. The two are Rusty's closest friends and he frequently calls on them and serves as their primary source of income.
[[folder: Pete White]]
-->''"Oh, FYI, I issued some shares back when we needed cash for the Nintendo Wii."''
-->'''Voiced By:'''Christopher [=McCulloch=]
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The "ever popular" Pete White is an unlikely friend of Dr. Venture who attended State University with him and Baron Underbheit in the early 1980s. He is a computer scientist and lives in a trailer with Master Billy Quizboy, where the two have launched their own tech company, Conjectural Technologies. He patterns his trademark new wave look after Phil Oakey of The Human League. And he's an albino.
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Tropes associated with Pete:
* BrilliantButLazy: Heavy on the "Lazy" part, since he never seems to do much. He does seem to be the defacto computer expert of the group and isn't too bad at it, however.
* CampStraight: Despite his appearance and nature, he is straight.
* TheEighties: Heavily influenced by the culture.
* HahvahdYahdInMyCah: Speaks with a New England accent.
* HeroicAlbino: Well, heroic by ''Venture Bros.'' standards.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Billy.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Particularly towards Billy, becoming his caretaker after Billy's mind was wiped by the O.S.I. and offering his last bit of money to anyone who would help him get Billy back when he was kidnapped by the Investors.
* MistakenForGay: Several times, even by his best friend Billy.
* [[NotWorthKilling Not Worth Memory Wiping]]: The O.S.I/Sphinx don't bother wiping his memory whenever they wipe Billy's. (It actually works out, since White can bring Billy to them whenever he does regain his memory.)
* PunnyName: An albino with the last name of "White."
* WeaksauceWeakness: White helpfully reminds people at every opportunity that he can't take much sunlight. He's even been shown to ''burst into flames'' when directly exposed to strong sunlight.
[[/Folder]]
[[folder: William "Billy" Whalen, AKA Master Billy Quizboy]]
-->''"It's industrial espionage, you've come to steal our great ideas. You've been foiled; we have none!"''
-->'''Voiced By''': Doc Hammer
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A hydrocephalic neurogeneticist of dubious professional accomplishment, he was once a child prodigy and often capitalizes on his pedomorphic looks to pass for one in his adulthood. His nickname stems from his reign as champion of a TV quiz show in his youth. He lives, platonically, with Pete White in a trailer which doubles as the headquarters of their startup tech business, Conjectural Technologies.
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Tropes associated with Master Billy:
* {{Adorkable}}: Even moreso in {{Flashback}}.
* ArchEnemy: [[RememberTheNewGuy Apparently]], Billy has a longstanding rivalry with the exceptionally rich collector/fanboy Augustus St. Cloud, who becomes his official arch-enemy at the beginning of season 5 (Augustus joined the Guild solely for this reason).
* AscendedFanboy: Billy is Rusty's biggest fan. He has "ascended" as far as being able to help his idol.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: After being pushed to far in {{Flashback}}, he managed to punch [[BadassNormal Brock Samson]] in the balls and escape from him and Col. Gathers.
* BrilliantButLazy: It is implied that he and White actually have some pretty decent skills between the two of them; they successfully cured Dean when he had a rare and embarrassing medical condition despite having no medical experience, and Billy reattached Rusty's arm after a Guild member ripped it off. However, they mostly just goof off in their spare time.
** If Pete is the 'Lazy' one, Billy is the 'Brilliant' one; by "The Diving Bell Vs. The Butter-Glider" he's guiding a miniaturized submarine through Rusty's vascular system, apparently from memory.
** As shown by "The Silent Partners" He's not lazy; he just never got his medical degrees and seemed to always regret it.
* ButtMonkey: Being a ButtMonkey on a SadistShow where everyone is either a {{Jerkass}}, a failure, or both is a major accomplishment. What's even funnier is that he gets so much flak despite being the useful half of his duo.
* CatchPhrase: "High five!" His constant attempt to trick people into slapping his metal hand.
* EyepatchOfPower
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Pete.
* HonorBeforeReason: He was willing to restore Monstroso, first for the money, but then because of his doctor's honor. He was still willing to let Brock kill Monstroso after he recovered, though. To be fair, Monstroso had treated him more than fairly, was offering him his life's dream, and had spent a while bonding with him; he had plenty of reasons to like the guy even knowing he was a monster.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Every time he regains the memory of how he lost his eye and hand, Pete knocks him out and takes him to the O.S.I/Sphinx to have his memory wiped again.
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Rusty and White come to the conclusion that since he's a virgin, killing Billy wouldn't be murder, "just a very late abortion."
** [[spoiler:No longer a Virgin thanks to Monstroso and some prostitutes]]
* MyBrainIsBig: Billy claims that his excess of brain fluid makes him smarter. This is debatable.
* NiceGuy: One of the least {{Jerkass}} characters in the show.
* NoodleIncident: He doesn't know how he got his metal hand. He eventually remembers... or maybe Col. Gathers wiped his memory again.
* OffModel: His robotic left hand/arm isn't always consistent. Most of the time, it makes up his left forearm and hand, however, in some shots (such as the scene where he is performing surgery on Monstroso in ''The Silent Partners,'' it is only his left hand, stopping at his wrist.
** In "The Buddy System", the mechanics of his left arm appear to go into his flesh. It might just be a covering.
* ProperlyParanoid: Apparently, Billy was right to look for conspiracy clues on his Rusty Venture [=DVDs=].
* TeenGenius: Subverted on two occasions. First, when it is revealed that he is actually in his 30's; secondly, in a flashback showing him in his actual TeenGenius phase, he is completely overwhelmed by college-level classwork. He was smart and racked up the points on quiz shows, but he didn't really display any real-world talent until he grew up and began successfully sewing limbs onto bodies with full function.
** Also discussed when he acts as Dean and Hank's guidance counselor - he reminds Rusty, privately, that the boys really don't have the life skills to face the real world, and you realize that he's speaking from experience.
[[/folder]]
!The Order Of The Triad
A magical super-team headed by Doc's Tenant Dr.Byron Orpheus. Also included in this section are Orpheus' daughter Triana and unnamed master.
[[folder:Dr. Byron Orpheus]]
-->''"Well, if you ''must'' call me [a magician], yes. But if you are after mere parlor tricks, you'll be sorely disappointed. For if I reach behind your ear, it will not be a ''nickel'' I pull out... BUT '''YOUR VEEERY SOOOOUUL'''!!"''
-->'''Voiced By:'''Stephen Ratazzi
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Necromancer extraordinaire Dr. Byron Orpheus has the tendency to speak in a ringing, melodramatic tone, often at inappropriate times and [[Main/{{Leitmotif}} usually accompanied by dramatic music]]. Dr. Orpheus is divorced and has one child (Triana Orpheus). Currently living in back of the Venture Compound, in the old Advanced Arachnid Research Lab with his daughter. Although he calls himself 'Doctor', he only has a degree in Communications with a minor in Women's Studies from a community college. He does, however, claim that his title comes from a higher power. He can be an absent-minded parent, but he means well.
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Tropes associated with Dr. Orpheus:
* ActuallyNotAVampire: Dr. Orpheus is easily mistaken for "a Dracula."
* AesopAmnesia: Apparently a common result of his chats with his Master, such as when he declared "I already know that I know nothing!" [[ComicallyMissingThePoint when he clearly hadn't learned that lesson]].
* AntiquatedLinguistics: Will throw out some rather archaic terms, particularly during some of his more dramatic speeches. Or when simply giving the "the birds and the bees" speech to his daughter:
--> '''Dr. Orpheus:''' Hear me out! [clears throat] When young women reach estrus, the, uhh, lignum, ummm, craves theeee stamen-like skills of the yonie. This is quite natural.
--> '''Triana:''' Dad. Come on. I'm doing you a favor.
--> '''Dr. Orpheus:''' It's just that boys at their age have unchecked desires coursing- nay, ''RAGING AS A TEMPEST WOULD!!'' Through their ''tingling nethers!''
* ArchEnemy: He spends the first season pining for one, and is eventually given one in the form of Torrid, who bears a physical resemblance to Comicbook/DoctorStrange's nemesis Dormammu, but little more.
* TheArtifact: Introduced as a "necromancer", and he attempts to resurrect somebody at one point while saying that it's perfectly routine. This does not get visited again for a while, and he later says that he only uses the word "necromancer" because "wizard," "sorcerer," and "magician" have fallen out of favor.
* BerserkButton: HIS DAUGHTER'S VIRGINITY IS NOT A PRIZE TO BE WON!
* CaptainErsatz: Of Comicbook/DoctorStrange.
* DarkIsNotEvil: In fact he's one of the most morally ''decent'' people on the show.
* InformedAbility: If his master and other statements are to be believed, Orpheus is likely a very powerful necromancer. This being ''The Venture Bros.'', however, a large portion of his feats are usually just alluded to while he tends to fail on a regular basis on-screen. (Not that he doesn't have his moments.)
** He does trap the souls of two rednecks in a tiny figurine because they were interfering with his quest to look out for the Venture Brothers.
** He's also usually shown to be capable of effortlessly teleporting people anywhere in the world, among other useful feats. It's just that the problems he usually faces aren't ones that those kinds of powers help with; and when other people encounter problems that his powers ''could'' face, they rarely seem to think to ask him for help. The few times people do ask him for assistance with straightforward brute-force issues, he tends to resolve them very quickly.
** In the Halloween special, after all the other high level magicians, including The Outrider, raise zombies while Orpheus is out moping after just having been bested by The Outrider again, [[spoiler: The Master states in front of all of them, that Orpheus is his best pupil. Possibly it could be due to Orpheus getting the point if not the ability.]]
** To be fair he destroys a death trap from a continent away, the time he failed to resurrect someone it was because he was already alive. He has telekinesis, can teleport easily, and can remove you soul at will. He's pretty clearly not someone to be triffled with, sillyness aside.
* LargeHam: He cannot ''stop'' being a ham.
* {{Leitmotif}}: This plays whenever he's in extra LargeHam mode, which is quite often.
* MilkingTheGiantCow: He'll gesture wildly [[MundaneMadeAwesome even if saying rather mundane things]].
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Any time he ''RAISES HIS VOICE'' to deliver '''MUNDAAAAANE INFORMATION''' to the tune of SWELLING MUUUUSIC!
--> "Get me... my ''BLUUUUUUUE WINDBREAKER!!!''"
--> "Who wants...''PIZZZZZZA ROLLS?!''"
* MundaneUtility: He uses his powers as a powerful necromancer to cook frittatas, among other things.
* MysticalHighCollar: Since he's an {{Expy}} of Comicbook/DoctorStrange and wears the same outfit.
* NiceGuy: Seriously, he's the nicest guy in the show. And a good dad, too.
* NoIndoorVoice: Constantly shouts over a blaring, overly dramatic soundtrack.
-->'''Orpheus:''' Do not be too hasty in entering that [bath]room, I had '''TACO BELL for lunch!'''
* OutOfFocus: Orpheus was a major supporting character throughout the first three seasons but was scaled back, almost to the point of absence in the first half of season four. He gets some more focus mid-late season four, but is once again out of focus in the first half of season five, getting only one brief appearance.
* PapaWolf: For both his own daughter and the Venture Brothers
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Didn't have anything to do with the incident, but [[TropeNamer named the trope.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jefferson Twilight]]
-->''"What's the use in training? I have no magic powers. The second someone uses magic, I get killed!"''
-->'''Voiced By''':Charles Parnell
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An old friend of Dr. Orpheus. He is a black man who fights Blaculas (black vampires) for a living and wields two swords. He is a pastiche of the superhero Blade and the blaxploitation movie protagonist, Shaft. As a play on Blade's half-vampire thirst for blood or an artificial replacement, Jefferson Twilight suffers from diabetes and low blood-sugar, leading him to heavily thirst for sugared liquids, such as Nik-L-Nips. His left eye is discolored as it is a magical Blacula tracker he calls the "Blood Eye." The episode "What Goes Down, Must Come Up" revealed a lot of his BackStory. For example: his mother was taken by marauding Blaculas when he was ten, and he was a tank commander in the USMC.
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Tropes associated with Jefferson:
* BadassNormal: Originally the only non-mystical member of the Triad. Later on he's revealed to be "between worlds," which, while impressive, is also an incredibly specific ability.
* BuffySpeak: Starkly contrasts the grandiose speaking style of Dr. Orpheus.
* CaptainErsatz: Of {{Blade}} the Vampire Hunter. Also with a dash of {{Shaft}}.
* CripplingOverspecialization: He often complains about the fact that there are no Blaculas for him to fight, and implies that he'd be lost if he came up against a non-black vampire. However, he does make up for it with an array of other useful skills, such as his military training.
* TheHunter: Of Blackulas, after watching his mother get taken by them when he was 10.
* InsistentTerminology: He hunts "Blaculas." ''Not'' African-American vampires, because there is not a sizable African-American population in ''Britain''.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Uses two of them as his primary weapons.
* MagicalEye: One that allows him to track and hunt Blaculas.
* TokenMinority: The most prominent black character in the show.
* WeaksauceWeakness: In a world with real magic, super-powered heroes and villains, and actual mythical creatures, Jefferson's weakness is ''diabetes.'' He's also the only non-magical person a team of magic users that often fights ''other'' magic users.
[[folder:The Alchemist]]
-->''"I care about the true spirit of the divine. I care about the universal truth. But being a magic superhero that keeps chasing ''the same guy'' is completely '''gay'''! And that is coming from a guy that voluntarily has sex with men!"''
-->'''Voiced by:'''Dana Snyder
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Another old friend of Dr. Orpheus, who is searching for the philosopher's stone ("as a metaphor for enlightenment") as well as a cure for AIDS. Unlike Twilight and Orpheus, it would seem that he is much less serious about his business and would rather mix business with pleasure; however, his true opinion on the Triad was revealed in the episode "Showdown at Cremation Creek", where he stated that he was more into helping the balance of the Universe than running around fighting one Super-Villain. It has been openly acknowledged that he is gay and a fan of Jimmy Buffett. He is sometimes referred to as "Al", but whether this is his real name or merely short for Alchemist is uncertain. He has an open hatred of the internet due to finding out his boyfriend was cheating on him via MySpace. [[spoiler:At least that's what he thinks happened after an O.S.I. mindwipe.]]
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Tropes associated with The Alchemist:
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Foil}}: To Orpheus. Even more apparent when they move in together.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Okay, so it may have only been in one episode ("What Goes Down Must Come Up"), but when the triad are performing magic, it's implied that The Alchemist has one too. When Orpheus does some magic, his leitmotif plays and when The Alchemist does some magic immediately afterward, a little trumpet piece plays. And immediately after that, when it's Jefferson's turn and it's revealed that he has no magic to do, it's completely silent.
* LivingLieDetector: Mentioned in passing during "Everybody Comes To Hank's". It is apparently part of his mystical powers. (As it isn't terribly useful when fighting supernatural threats, he uses it for [[MundaneUtility mundane]] things like double-checking everyone he and Hank interviewed are telling the truth.)
* OnlySaneMan: Frequently the voice of reason for the Order of the Triad.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Once turned someone's tire into gold. Why does he need to shack up with Orpheus, again?
* StraightGay: Mostly.
** CampGay: When he wants to be.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Shore Leave in "Operation P.R.O.M." [[spoiler: They did.]]
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[[folder:Orpheus's Master]]
-->''"So, I taste my own genitals... In my mouth. It's.. a conundrum"''
-->'''Voiced By:'''H. Jon Benjamin
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A snarky, mysterious magician who taught Orpheus everything he knows...and takes every opportunity to shove Orpheus's failures in his face. Likes to take a form that relates to whatever problem Orpheus needs help with, which is often just an excuse for him to try out the PowerPerversionPotential of VoluntaryShapeshifting. He wishes Orpheus would loosen up and act like a normal guy instead of a LargeHam.
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Tropes associated with Orpheus's Master:
* ActorAllusion: Creator/HJonBenjamin plays Master essentially like [[WesternAnimation/HomeMovies Coach McGuirk]] with near omnipotent supernatural powers.[[invoked]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Loves to needle Orpheus for this - apparently their chats often result in AesopAmnesia.
* CynicalMentor: ''Super'' heavy emphasis on the cynical.
* TheFaceless: We've never seen his ''true'' form, if he even has one.
* NobleBigot: Subverted. He's intially built up as this, with Orpheus not bringing The Alchemist to see him because of his sexuxality. When the two do actually meet he shows no issue with Al, joking with him before chastising Al and the assembled magicians for raising zombies on a whim.
* PowerPerversionPotential: He turns into Catherine the Great's horse so that he can [[strike:re-enact Catherine's supposed sexual encounter with it]] teach Orpheus a lesson about biting off more than he can chew, turns into Cerberus to [[strike:lick his own genitals and talk at the same time]] teach Orpheus a lesson about being a stuffy know-it-all, and takes the form of [[spoiler: Orpheus's ex-wife]] to [[strike:enjoy the curvy, sexy body]] hit Orpheus where it hurts the most. His shapeshifting always has a purpose and a point, but nonetheless he milks the Perversion Potential as much as he can.
* SeriousBusiness: From his dialogue, it sounds like Orpheus's supposed higher calling is actually pretty insignificant fluff that Orpheus treats as Serious Business. This could just be part of his attempt to puncture Orpheus's stuffed shirt.
* TricksterMentor: For all the grief he gives Orpheus, he honestly does give him useful advice... albeit indirectly and in the form of riddles. His fondness of VoluntaryShapeshifting also suggests a [[TricksterArchetype Trickster]] background.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Note that ''only'' Orpheus gets the TricksterMentor and PowerPerversionPotential treatment. When appearing before anyone else (Triana, Orpheus' guests), the Master opts for forms that have more direct and obvious connections to what he's about to impart.
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[[folder:Triana Orpheus]]
-->''" Great my closet is the doorway to hell."''
-->'''Voiced By:'''Lisa Hammer
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Triana is the daughter of Dr. Orpheus and lives with her father in a rented out laboratory-cum-apartment within the Venture compound. She is 17, a bit of a goth, but otherwise a completely normal teenage girl. She is possibly the most down-to-earth character on the show, despite her father's tendency to dramatize. She takes an interest in kitsch. Dean had nurtured a crush her for most of the show's run. [[spoiler: The very moment that Dean decided to tell her, Triana revealed her non-interest in him.]]
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Tropes associated with Triana:
* BackForTheFinale: Returned for the season four finale.
* DeadpanSnarker: One of the more well-adjusted individuals in the series, and will break out the snark in regards to the ridiculousness of the other characters.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Inverted. Orpheus would rather she go to art school, and for her own safety not get mixed up with the magical or supernatural. (It's not touched upon whether this was the case ''before'' they met the Ventures or not.)
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: She's the Goth girl daughter of a necromancer and studying magic with her mother, who's also an accomplished sorceress.
* LimitedWardrobe: She always wears the same outfit, which is later [[JustifiedTrope justified]] because her father put a portal to a mystical realm in her closet and she finds it scary.
* MissingMom: Eventually [[spoiler: leaves the Venture Compound to study magic with her mother.]]
* OnlySaneMan: During the first season and a half or so she was this around Dean and Hank, before slowly vanishing from importance.
* PerkyGoth: Phenomenally well-adjusted for the daughter of a high-level sorcerer.
** She's now studying magic herself, but her personality remains the same.
* PutOnABus: To study magic with her mom.
* SupernaturalSensitivity: Orpheus' Master points out in their conversation together, that just by ''coming through the portal in her closet'' Triana has proved that she has significant magical talent - {{Muggles}} can't even see the portal.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Seen mostly toward Hank and Dermott.
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