History Recap / TheVentureBrosS7E4TheHighCostOfLoathing

* ActorAllusion: Dean's college roommate, Jared (Brown Widow) has a Canada flag hanging above his bed. Jared is voiced by Creator/NathanFillion, who is proudly Canadian.
* ArmourPiercingQuestion: Dean directly asks Monarch 'why' he hates his dad so much[[note]]This being the first time anybody has asked the Monarch directly[[/note]], and if he even remembers the reason. Monarch very pointedly avoids the question.

* BookEnds: The episode begins with The Monarch daydreaming about stealing a crate-load of Handy Dandy pomade, and then he gets a container of it for free in TheStinger from Dr. Z as a reward for becoming a Level 6 villain again.

* BullyingADragon: Despite being provided with his file The Monarch completely underestimates Victor Von Helping, who proves to be a lot more powerful than he can handle.

* DaydreamSurprise: The episode opens with a scene of Monarch and his army with souped-up outfits and technology looting a Venture-owned cargo ship covertly smuggling Handy Dandy, the styling cream Monarch uses. Turns out this was a daydream he entered when Dr. Z asked him why his facial hair wasn't gelled during a surprise inspection.

** One-sided with the Monarch to Dean. The Monarch affectionately says hello to Dean while arching his new college professor. Dean on the other hand is utterly dismayed.

* GameFace: Victor von Helping looks like a handsome university professor, but threaten his students and his face melts to reveal a robotic and threatening visage underneath as Victor von Hellfire, son of legendary Guild member Vigo von Hellfire.
* GroinAttack: Monarch tries to do one on Victor von Helping, but fails horribly.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Rusty may be a bit cruel to Hank and not let him use any of their massive fortune but he makes a point that Hank has to act more mature now.

* PapaWolf: Victor von Helping is a sweet man who wants to help Dean find his place in the world and he enjoys teaching botany to him and Sirena. However, he becomes enraged when the Monarch threatens Sirena and nearly burns him to a crisp until Dean defuses the situation.
* PetTheDog: Dr. Z after making a mockery of the Monarch in the ColdOpening, is the one to finally give the "Handy Dandy" facial cream for the Monarch's eyebrows in TheStinger.

* RichesToRags: The Monarch spent the remainder of trust fund on renovating the house in Newark, and has been left with little aside from Gary, Sheila, and a handful of shabbily-dressed migrant workers posing as henchmen by the start of the episode.
* SeenItAll: Nobody is surprised by The Monarch barging into the class. Dean, Sirena, and Victor (the first being the son of [[WeirdnessMagnet Rusty Venture]] and the latter two having notorious supervillains for fathers) are at most, annoyed by his entrance and want him out.

* ShoutOut: Two to [[{{Film/Dune1984}} Dune (1984)]]. Gary compares Monarch's unkempt eyebrows to Piter de Vries. A moment later he describes Dr. Von Helping as looking like Paul Atreides.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Victor Von Helping is a pacifist... to a point. Once he's pushed too far by the Monarch threatening Dean and Sirenna, [[OneWingedAngel he reveals his true form]] and the Monarch has to be ''saved'' by Dean.

* FriendlyEnemy: One-sided with the Monarch to Dean. The Monarch affectionately says hello to Dean while arching his new college professor. Dean on the other hand is utterly dismayed.

** Stars and Garters visits Think Tank at the hospital, even singing to him in his comatose state in the hopes of aiding his recovery.

* SeenItAll: Nobody is surprised by The Monarch barging into the class. Dean, Sirena, and Victor, are at most, annoyed by his entrance and want him out.

* NotSoDifferent: Both the Monarch and Dean are trapped into doing things they don't want to do. Dean is forced into Super Science by Rusty and the Monarch ''is still stuck with arching people he doesn't want''.

* ArmourPiercingQuestion: Dean directly asks Monarch 'why' he hates his dad so much, and if he even remembers the reason. Monarch very pointedly avoids the question.