History Characters / TheVentureBrosTheMonarchAndCohorts

* SmokyVoice: Season three establishes that her extremely husky voice is the result of very heavy smoking; she goes through three packs a day.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Her extremely deep voice is usually completely ignored, though it gets occasional LampshadeHanging (especially from Brock Samson, who often seems to be the only one to notice it). She is otherwise a DudeMagnet with none caring about the voice.

* VocalDissonance: A decidedly feminine MsFanservice with a voice gruffer and deeper than many of the male cast members. It's eventually revealed to be the result of a [[SmokyVoice three-pack-a-day smoking habit]], and her voice was a little lighter during college (though Brock still thinks she was born male).

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: One would assume that a butterfly-themed supervillain would be an expert on the subject, but lot of jokes are made at his expense in the first season for not knowing nearly as much about butterflies as he should. The very first episode reveals that he was raised by monarch butterflies after his parents died, and was then abandoned by them.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: A lot of jokes are made at his expense in the first season for not knowing nearly as much about monarch butterflies as he should. The very first episode reveals that he was raised by monarch butterflies after his parents died, and was then abandoned by them. This trait is brought back in season six when it's revealed that he has no idea what the link between a guy calling himself the Blue Morpho and a guy who collects butterflies might be because he had no idea what a "morpho" is.

* UglyGuyHotWife: He's pale, gaunt, and lacky with a massive nose and BigOlEyebrows while Dr. Mrs. The Monarch is a conventionally attractive woman.

[[center: [-[[Characters/TheVentureBrothers Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/TheVentureBrothersTeamVenture Team Venture]] | [[Characters/TheVentureBrothersOSI The OSI]] | [[Characters/TheVentureBrothersVentureAllies Venture Allies]] | '''The Monarch And Cohorts''' | [[Characters/TheVentureBrothersTheGuild The Guild of Calamitous Intent]] | [[Characters/TheVentureBrothersOthers Others]]]]-]

Dr.Venture's arch enemy, his wife/equal partner, second in command and pains in his ass.

[[folder: The Monarch]]
->''"I just...I just wanted to kick his [Dr. Venture's] ass! I wanted to build a ''machine'' to kick his ass! I wanted to build an empire to ''house the machine'' to kick his ass!"''

->'''Voiced By:''' Christopher McCullochhttps://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Monarch_8289.jpg

As Dr. Venture's self-proclaimed arch-nemesis, the Monarch plots the downfall of Team Venture with the utmost glee. His back is adorned with the wings of the mighty Monarch Butterfly from which he takes his name. Insecure and uncertain at heart, he leans on Dr. Girlfriend probably more than a super-villain should. His first name, as stated by his wife and in flashbacks, is Malcolm, while his last name is revealed in the season 1 finale to be [[spoiler: The Monarch]].

Tropes associated with The Monarch:
* ArchEnemy: To Dr. Venture.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: A lot of jokes are made at his expense in the first season for not knowing nearly as much about monarch butterflies as he should. The very first episode does a decent example of it after he reveals that he was raised by monarch butterflies after his parents died, and was then abandoned by them.
-->'''Dr. Girlfriend''': Oh sweetie. Butterflies only live about nine months.
-->'''The Monarch''': What?
* BadBoss: He actually stays away from YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness murders, but he often kills his henchmen for either startling him, annoying him, or in one case, to downsize. It later turns out that ''all'' of his henchmen except {{Mauve Shirt}}s 21 and 24 are suicidal {{Death Seeker}}s.
* BatmanGambit: A rare case of a villain pulling one off. [[spoiler: In ''The Lepidopterists,'' he manages to get Jonas Jr. to try to kill him, thus qualifying as "prior escalation" and allowing Monarch to arch "guild sanctioned relatives," i.e., Rusty Venture.]]
* BigBadWannabe: How he started out, even taking on Captain Sunshine while still an unlicensed rookie villain. As of season four, he's reversed that position to be a big fish in a small pond. Then, after his wife gets promoted to the Council for Thirteen in season five, he is back to fitting the trope since he now wants to be on the council as well.
* BiTheWay: When 21 revealed that he accidentally made out with his wife, Monarch scoffed stating that villains have threesomes all the time.
** The photo in his unauthorized biography of him "making out with Stiv Bators and Lydia Lunch."
* BrilliantButLazy: Not unlike Rusty Venture. He's [[NotSoHarmlessVillain able to demolish every]] ScienceHero the guild throws him against, and not only that, but he does it ''too quickly''. He has excellent talent at villainy, but he chooses to use it for the purpose of tormenting Rusty Venture for... [[MysteriousPast some]] [[IrrationalHatred reason]].
* [[CampStraight Camp Bi:]] This is also brought up when he expresses his disbelief at someone from Depeche Mode showing up to a party with a girl.
* CardCarryingVillain: He is proud to say that he is evil and lives for the torment of a guy he just doesn't like.
* CompanionCube: The Butter-Glider. He even took it on a picnic. [[CargoShip He had it in bed with him, and defended it from his wife.]]
** Before that, it was revealed that he talks to his dead stuffed cat, Mister Mostly Mittens.
* ContractualGenreBlindness: Only when arching Rusty Venture. Against anyone else, he proves to be ruthlessly effective.
* DisembodiedEyebrows: His eyebrows are so long that a very large part of each of them is not on his head.
* [[EtTuBrute Et Tu, King Gorilla?]]: He actually says this in the episode "Powerless in the Face of Death", when the latter is rather hesitant to help him escape from prison.
* ForgottenChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:During "SPHINX Rising", he finds a picture of a young Rusty and him playing together at the Venture Compound. To say it unnerves him is a massive understatement.]]
* ForTheEvulz: His sole motivation is hating Dr. Venture. It is implied that the only reason he does so is because he just ''feels'' like it.
** Given the rather soul-crushing realization that he and Venture are both losers, it could simply be that he wants to destroy Rusty because the man represents everything about himself that he hates.
* FreudianExcuse: When Monarch tried to kill Venture during college years, it injured Baron Underbheit and people thought Venture did it so now Monarch wants vengeance. It's still left unexplained as to why Monarch tried to kill Venture in the first place.
* HeroicLineage: [[spoiler:Season 6 reveals that he is the son of the Blue Morpho, an expy of Franchise/TheGreenHornet]].
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: At first. By the end of season 2, after a little help from Dr. Killinger and reuniting with Dr. Girlfriend, he is downright ''lethal'' by season 3.
* IrrationalHatred: Why he hates Venture is unexplained, nor is it likely to be anything particularly significant.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a jerk to his men (kills them or sends them to their deaths), his fellow villains (steals their technology and frequently belittles them), and on several occasions, to his wife (pre and post marriage) as well. By numbers the only reason Rusty doesn't get the brunt of it is because they don't usually get much screen time together.
* LamarckWasRight: [[spoiler:It turns out that his father also had a predilection for butterfly-themed costumes.]]
* LargeHam: He loves classic-style villain speeches.

--->'''Sgt. Hatred:''' Nope, you talked, I can't count it.\\
'''Monarch:''' HATRED! MARK MY WORDS! ...\\
'''Hatred:''' Blah, blah, blah. We're all supervillains here, Monarch. We've heard that speech a thousand times. You don't get the points.
* LoopholeAbuse: When the Guild prevented him from arching Dr. Venture, [[spoiler: he signed up to arch Jonas Venture, Jr. and after a [[BatmanGambit clever plan]], earned the right to terrorize JJ's immediate relatives.]]
** [[spoiler: Also how he saves Rusty's life in a Guild operated night club since, as Rusty's primary arch, he has the first right to kill Dr. Venture. The other villains are forced to release him.]]
* NotSoDifferent: He and Rusty actually share a moment to reflect on their lives in ''The Devil's Grip'' and realize they have a lot in common.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Posterboy for this trope. At first he seemed like an IneffectualSympatheticVillain, but it quickly turned out that he was a significantly bigger threat to people who didn't have [[{{Badass}} Brock Samson]] on their side.
** After losing the rights to arch Dr. Venture he actually made it a habit out of killing his new Archs ''too quickly.''
** It's also heavily implied that he does care for Rusty and the boys in a way; he wants Rusty ''crushed'', not merely killed, and feels a connection to them due to their long adversarial relationship. When he's facing people he simply doesn't care about at all, he's far, far more lethal.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Gets into rivalries with Baron Underbheit and Sgt. Hatred over who gets to be Rusty's ArchEnemy. [[spoiler: Also saves Rusty's life in a Guild operated nightclub, since, as Rusty's primary arch, he has the first right to kill Venture.]] In Season Six, [[spoiler:he becomes the new Blue Morpho in order to kill off any other potential arches of Rusty.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Invokes this himself when he calls JJ a "retard" [[spoiler:while arching him]] in "The Lepidopterists" — as he points out, he's the ''bad'' guy, he's not going to stoop to saying something embarrassing like "bungling boob" if he can, and he doesn't give a shit if it makes the mentally disabled Ned feel bad.

* RunningGag: There are several instances when The Monarch is forced to take a taxi, he either shoots the cab driver, or sends his henchmen to do his dirty work to get out of paying the fare.
* SkewedPriorities: Everything takes backseat to tormenting Dr. Venture, except for [[PetTheDog his relationship with Dr. Girlfriend.]] This leads to him taking on Rusty as his ''best man''.
* TriggerHappy: Approach him cautiously; he tends to shoot a lethal dosage of darts into the mouth of anybody who startles him.
* UnknownRival: Well, hardly ''unknown'', but his obsessive hatred of Dr Venture is entirely one-sided - Rusty doesn't seem to care much about him at all beyond "That clown in a butterfly suit who tries to kill me slightly more often than all those other guys who try to kill me".
* TheUnreveal: When remembering his first atttempt to kill Venture in college (which failed and blew off Ãœnderbheit's jaw) in ''Shadowman 9'', the Monarch remembers a fellow student telling him what happened. Said student used his real first name: [[spoiler:apparently the Monarch's real name is Malcolm]].
* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: In the season 5 episode "Bot Seeks Bot," Rusty Venture is captured in a Guild operated night club and about to be dipped into acid (even ''Brock Samson'' knows it would be suicide to attempt to rescue Doc surrounded by so many supervillains), when Monarch shows up, citing Guild regulations which state that he has the first right to kill Venture as Venture's primary arch. The other villains are forced to release Dr. Venture.]]
* VillainProtagonist: He is the story's protagonist as often as the antagonist.

[[folder: Dr. Girlfriend/Dr. Mrs. The Monarch]]

->'''Voiced By:''' Doc Hammerhttps://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DMtM-SeaCow_7815.jpg

The [[CrossDressingVoices husky-voiced]] Dr. Girlfriend is perhaps the only voice of reason in the Monarch's sad little world. Skilled and capable, she is often the only thing that makes the Monarch's plans even remotely viable. Before teaming up with the Monarch, she was involved with the Phantom Limb under the name of Queen Etherea.

Tropes associated with Dr. Girlfriend:
* AbsoluteCleavage: Kept in place with a lot of tape.
* AffablyEvil: When The Monarch was torturing H.E.L.P.eR for the Ventures' location, she put a stop to it and put a comforting arm around him. And soon had exactly the information the Monarch was trying to get...
* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: She still holds a grudge against Brock Samson for not taking advantage of her when he had the chance.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She knows what she's doing and she can be very civil and friendly, but you shouldn't let your guard down when she's around. Just ask H.E.L.P.E.R..
* DarkActionGirl: Martial prowess isn't her specialty, but she has been shown on a few occasions to be capable of kicking ass.
* DarkMistress: A classic example.
* DeadpanSnarker: Most often happens when whatever villains she is with jeopardizes their plans by trying to be overly macho, particularly Phantom Limb.
* TheDragon: She's the Monarch's right-hand woman and is in charge of his security and gadgetry; she's also a very capable combatant on her own.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Part of the reason she leaves Phantom Limb to work for the Monarch is that the latter actually appreciates her for making his plans to go after Venture possible while Limb is more than a touch sexist and condescending to her.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: During her first meeting as [[spoiler:one of the Council of Thirteen]], she calls out the Sovereign's plan to [[spoiler:destroy Gargantua-2 and all the innocent civilians onboard]] to be extreme and insane. Overlaps with PragmaticVillainy due to the fact that such an action would anger the O.S.I., whom the Guild has an uneasy truce with.
* FriendlyEnemy: She gets along really well with Dr. Venture.
* GadgeteerGenius: She designed the Monarch's wings, built his security system, replicated Captain Sunshine's solar powers, and more.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: She's TheDragon for someone she can outdo in ''a lot'' of things.
** She admits though that she was something of a failure as a solo villain (she doesn't have powers or a budget on her own, and was frankly being strangled by the Guild's red tape regarding female villains which kept her from doing anything productive as a solo GadgeteerGenius). Not to mention that she doesn't have nearly the talent for dramatics and villainous monologues that the Monarch does.
* IHaveManyNames: She has been officially known as Lady Au Pair, Queen Etherea, Dr. Girlfriend, and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch; The Monarch has also called her Dr. Ex Girlfriend, Dr. Fiancee, and Dr. My Wife.
** Incidentally, her first name is Sheila.
* LoopholeAbuse: Her intimate knowledge of Guild law allows her to do this frequently. [[spoiler: At the end of Season 5, it's even been recognized by the Sovereign who has offered her a seat on the Council of Thirteen]].
* MoralityPet: Her main purpose is to make the Monarch more relatable.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: But at least she is clearly an engineer of some sort, and WordOfGod confirms that she has a Ph. D.
* MsFanservice: Oh yes, just look at her!
** AbsoluteCleavage
** AloofDarkHairedGirl
** LeotardOfPower
** ZettaiRyouiki
* NiceHat: Based on that of Jackie Kennedy Onassis (along with her look for the first couple of seasons). Ironically, she has no idea who that is. It's implied that the guild came up with the persona for her when she wanted a 'competent female counterpart of a great leader' motif and rejected their more {{stripperiffic}} ideas.
** Later, she typically dresses as like a female version of the Monarch, complete with CoolCrown.
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: She eventually reveals in an offhand comment she's a physicist. And given the amount of technical work she does, the title is most certainly earned.
* OnlySaneMan: She's one of the sanest people in the series. She's generally easygoing and her default demeanor isn't malicious, which just makes her someone you shouldn't underestimate. This is best shown in the season 5 opening, where it's revealed that to combat the supposed mutant army Dr. Venture was building, she contacted the foremost specialist on genetic mutations [[spoiler: to create a serum to reverse the mutations and neutralize Venture's supposed army. In her words "You don't fight fire with fire, you fight it with water."]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her Queen Etherea and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch costumes.
* TaughtByExperience: Had apparently been working for supervillains for some time before The Monarch met her.
* {{Transsexual}}: Subverted. Her voice makes Brock suspect she's one, but it's later revealed she just smokes a lot.
* [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Unusually Uninteresting Sound]]: Her obviously-male voice is usually completely ignored, though it gets occasional LampshadeHanging (especially from Brock Samson, who often seems to be the only one to notice it.)
* UptightLovesWild: Of a sort. She's not ''exactly'' uptight but she is rather reserved and stoic to a large amount of the insanity inherent to the world while her attraction to the Monarch seems partly based in how passionate he is about the supervillain life.
* VocalDissonance: A decidedly feminine MsFanservice with a voice gruffer and deeper than Brock Samson's. It's justified in-universe by her pack-a-day smoking habit, and her voice was a little lighter during college.
* VocalEvolution: Her voice was even deeper and masculine in [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness earlier episodes,]] but gradually became (somehow) more feminine while retaining the Brooklyn-trucker vibe.
* WholeCostumeReference: Often wears a dress and hat nearly identical to one worn by Jackie Kennedy. Hilariously, as shown in "Home Is Where the Hate Is", she doesn't know who Jackie Kennedy is.

[[folder: Henchman "Two-Ton" 21 (Gary) and the late Henchman 24]]
->'''Henchman 24:''' Come on! They have one female servicing a large group of males. That implies a species that lays eggs.\\
'''Henchman 21:''' Oh my God, you're crazy! They're so obviously mammals!\\
'''Henchman 24:''' Please! She'd be in estrus 24/7 if she didn't lay eggs.\\
'''Henchman 21:''' Smurfs don't lay eggs! I won't tell you this again! Papa Smurf has a f**king beard! They're mammals!

->'''Voiced By:''' Doc Hammer (21) and Christopher McCulloch (24)https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px-2T2124_9491.png

The Monarch's henchmen are known only by their official numbers. #21 and #24 were the two best known. Somehow, despite their ineptitude and questionable loyalty, they managed to avoid the unceremonious slaying The Monarch often levies on his less fortunate henchmen. #21 (real name Gary) came into the employ of the Monarch when his henchman army kidnapped him at age 15. #24 seems to have joined of his own volition, having lost his job when the local factory closed down and his G.E.D. left many other careers inaccessible to him. He was a career henchman, first henching for [[spoiler: Phantom Limb, alongside the future The Monarch, as seen in "Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny!". In exchange for helping The Monarch strike out on his own, 24 was allowed to come along... eventually.]]

At the end of season three, [[spoiler: 24 died in an explosion.]] [[spoiler: 21]] went a little nuts, TookALevelInBadass, and became the Monarch's drill sergeant and go-to muscle. [But by the end of season four, Gary became completely disillusioned with The Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch alike, and found greater peace with the various residents of the Venture compound. SPHINX quickly took Gary in even before he had decided to quit The Monarch. In the Shallow Gravy special, Gary has been shown to have stayed with SPHINX, and is interviewed under his pseudonym "The Viceroy". And in the season five premiere, [[spoiler: he remains the sole member of SPHINX after the rest of the team rejoined with OSI]]

[[spoiler: Gary tried to strike out on his own but only kept getting in the OSI's way. The original SPHINX members eventually responded to his call for new members and came to reclaim their old base in the hopes to do a suicide run against the OSI wanting to go out in blaze of glory. Which resulted in the base getting blown up, putting an end to SPHINX for good. Jobless and directionless, Gary camped out on the Venture Estate for the remainder of the season before ultimately re-joining the Monarch.]]

Tropes associated with 21 and 24:
* {{Acrofatic}}: 21, along with StoutStrength, once he [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] following [[spoiler: the death of 24]]. Despite his size, he becomes faster, more athletic, and capable of performing some impressive martial arts moves.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: 24 frequently mentions that he has methods of dealing with living in a floating fortress with no women.
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Then in "Operation: P.R.O.M.", Gary decides he probably isn't evil after all.]]
* AlasPoorYorick: [[spoiler: After 24 dies, 21 keeps his skull as a memento, and claims he can still listen to 24 speaking to him through it.]]
* AscendedFanboy: 21 alternates between this and PunchClockVillain, depending on whether the mission features cool VillainTropes.
* AuthorAvatar: Listening to the creator commentary and seeing Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick at cons makes it very obvious that 21 and 24 ''are'' the writers. When a fan asked them to settle an UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny that 21 and 24 argued about in the show, they seriously debated it with each other and were indistinguishable from the characters.
* BrutalHonesty: [[spoiler:21 has a bit of a breakdown in "Operation: P.R.O.M." in front of The Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch.]]
-->'''Monarch'''[[spoiler:: 21's bailing on us.]]
-->'''Dr. Mrs.'''[[spoiler:: What?!]]
-->'''Monarch'''[[spoiler:: Ask him.]]
-->'''21'''[[spoiler:: It's true! I'm sick of this! I'm slightly drunk, I'm talking to the ghost of my fucking dead friend, I'm probably in love with you, and...so yeah, whatever, I'm over it!]]
-->'''Monarch'''[[spoiler:: You're over it?]]
-->'''Dr. Mrs.'''[[spoiler:: You're in love with me?]]
-->'''Monarch'''[[spoiler:: Whoa, wait, what?!]]
-->'''21'''[[spoiler:: We made out!]]
-->'''Dr. Mrs.'''[[spoiler:: Well... Well, that's a stretch. We got drunk. Maybe we kissed, but uh...]]
-->'''Monarch'''[[spoiler:: Suuuuuuuuure, you d— where was I, then, uh?]]
-->'''21'''[[spoiler:: Where were you—you were there! We were on top of you! We made out on you!]]
** [[spoiler:It's also part of the reason 21 gets rid of 24's skull. He keeps showing up when he tries to masturbate.]]
* BulletProofVest: 21 bought one, it's protects him from a rifle shot from Hatred, but the force knocks him out and leaves a nasty bruise on his torso.
* TheDreaded: "Two-Ton" 21.
* DrillSergeantNasty: [[spoiler: 21 following 24's death.]]
* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler: After 24 dies, we see a henchman's hand checking off a list of suspects for his killer.]]
** [[spoiler:It's just the Moppets trying to cover up their (likely) murder.]]
* GenreSavvy: They catch on to a lot of details regarding the workings of the Venture universe.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: 21 leaves the Monarch and joins SPHINX.]]
** HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler:He rejoins the Monarch at the end of season 5.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: 21 even lampshades this in a third-season episode, when The Monarch doesn't know who 24 is.
* [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I Always Wanted To Do That]]: Instead of taking their mission seriously with #1, they hide in plain sight from Brock by pretending to be mannequins in a "villain diorama"; they comment on how little chance there is to actually do it.
* LampshadeHanging: 21 in particular loves to hang them, such as commenting on their PlotArmor.
* LargeHam: Jackson Publick's delivery while voicing 24 frequently moves into MundaneMadeAwesome territory. The hamminess really fits once he becomes a SpiritAdvisor.
* MauveShirt: [[spoiler: Subverted. 24 starts as one, but dies anyway.]]
* MeaningfulName: [[GeniusBonus Gary's recurring "Viceroy" identity.]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monarch_Viceroy_Mimicry_Comparison.jpg The Viceroy butterfly is so called because its appearance mimics that of the Monarch butterfly]].[[note]]It has been long believed that the Viceroy butterfly employs mimicry to resemble the Monarch butterfly, which is foul-tasting and poisonous to predatory birds. It turns out both of them share the unpalatable defense system and their similar wing patterns are a form of mimicry that's an evolutionary coincidence rather than selective pressure on non-mimic ancestors.[[/note]]
* NobleTopEnforcer: Post-[[TookALevelInBadass Taking A Level in Badass]], 21 becomes this is Season 4 for the Monarch. [[spoiler: This eventually leads to [[HeelFaceTurn him quitting]] in the season finale.]] In the season five finale, [[spoiler:he goes back to being this for the Monarch after the OSI rejects his efforts to join, and he fails in his attempts at being a hero as the only member of SPHINX]].
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: 24 is voiced as an imitation of Ray Romano. Out of costume, 21 and 24 look like Creator/KevinSmith without a beard and Jerry Seinfeld with a unibrow, respectively.
* NonActionGuy: They breeze through their assignments by slacking off and using their [[GenreSavvy Genre Savviness]] to avoid deadly cliches. [[spoiler: This stops after the death of 24.]]
* PlotArmor: They start bragging about it in season three. [[spoiler: Not a good idea, as it costs 24 his life.]]
* PunchClockVillain: They're losers and social outcasts who are just trying not to get killed. In one episode, #24 is overheard to complain that working for the Monarch was the only job he could get after the factory he worked at closed ("It was either this or the Army").
* RedBaron: 21 eventually picks up the epithet "Two Ton" 21.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:21 in "Operation: P.R.O.M."]]
* StoutStrength: 21, along with {{Acrofatic}}, once he [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] following [[spoiler: the death of 24]]. He's even larger now, with a still-massive gut, but a clear increase in strength.
* TalkingToTheDead: [[spoiler: In season four, 21 starts talking to 24's skull.]]
** [[spoiler: In "Operation P.R.O.M.", when Dr. Orpheus helps 21 realizes that one of 24's ghost friends isn't actually dead yet, 24 vanishes, and Gary breaks down in tears. This indicates that 24 was a figment of 21's imagination the entire time. This is seemingly contradicted by 24 communicating with one of Monstroso's dead henchmen when 21 isn't exactly present onscreen, but this could simply have been an extension of 21's hallucination.]]
** When incessantly asked about it, Jackson Publick confirmed that [[spoiler:they ''intended'' for 24 to not really be a ghost, but ultimately, it's open to interpretation (although the "24 really was a ghost" theory only works under very specific and unlikely circumstances).]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: Among The Monarch's henchmen.
* TookALevelInBadass: The biggest example in the show. Following the events of the season three finale, NonActionGuy 21 becomes "Two Ton 21," the {{Badass}} DrillSergeantNasty of the Monarch's henchman - he turns his tubbiness into StoutStrength, fights Sgt. Hatred to a standstill, and impresses Brock Samson with his fighting skills and sheer balls.
** However, in the same episode that said badassery asserts itself, he fails [[spoiler: to find 24's killer]], flubbed his attempt at Chinese Water Torture, realized that [[spoiler: his friend's death could've been avoided if he hadn't been such a lazy coward]], and accidentally gives his boss horrendous food poisoning, causing the Monarch to lose out on his chance at appearing in a high-profile supervillain magazine.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In "The Lepidopterists".
* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: Their favorite subject of conversation, along with copious FanWank. 24 always takes the less logical position. invoked
* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:As the sole remaining member of SPHINX [[RunningGag (sphinx!)]] at the start of season 5, Gary dubs himself "SPHINX Commander" and uses that as his codename]].
* YouAreNumberSix: Subverted with 21, who sometimes went by his real name, "Gary".

[[folder: The Murderous Moppets, AKA The Pupa Twins]]
->'''Tim-Tom Moppet:''' We can take out his tongue...\\
'''Kevin Moppet:''' ''(With relish)'' With a knife!\\
'''Tim-Tom Moppet:''' Or remove 'is 'eart...\\
'''Kevin Moppet:''' ''(With great relish)'' Yeah, with a knife!\\
'''Tim-Tom Moppet:''' A bigger knife!\\
'''Kevin Moppet:''' ''(With greater relish)'' Fucking knife!

->'''Voiced By''': Christopher McCulloch (Tim-Tom) and Doc Hammer (Kevin)https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Pupa_Twins_6558.jpg

Tim-Tom and Kevin originally served as Dr. Girlfriend's [[TheDragon muscle]] when she was known as Lady Au Pair. She eventually got back in contact with them after she left The Monarch. She brought them back into the fold in time for her wedding to The Monarch, after which they started terrorizing the henchmen.

Tropes associated with Tim-Tom and Kevin:
* AerithAndBob:
-->'''Doc Hammer''': "You want one to be named like a Moppet - like Tim-Tom - and the other one to just walk in with like, 'What's your name?' 'Kevin.' 'Good enough!'"
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: [[spoiler: Dr. Mrs. The Monarch is upset at their deaths. The Monarch and 21... not so much.]]
* AxCrazy: They [[KnifeNut like knives]] a little too much.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: 21 figures out they were the ones who offed 24 and calls for a "hench must kill hench" rule on them. The rest of the Monarch henchmen gang up and kill them off screen. Dr. Mrs The Monarch confirms their deaths in ''All This And Gargantua 2''.]]
* KnifeNut:See their quote, and keep in mind they've been told their target is underage.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: According to Phantom Limb, they're "well-placed sleeper agents". We don't know for sure if this is correct, but the recent revelation that they were likely the ones who killed 24 (and are messing with 21's mind by crossing names off his list of suspects, which would contribute towards Limb's plan from "Bright Lights, Dean City") adds some additional proof.]]
* PermaStubble: Both of them have it.

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: to The Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend, though as time passes they become less compliant.
* SaltAndPepper: Only in appearance, as their personalities aren't actually very different.

* ThoseTwoGuys: An AxeCrazy version. They don't qualify as ThoseTwoBadGuys because they don't act like TTBGs typically do.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Everyone they work with has tried to get to know them, generally for Dr. Girlfriend's sake. They ''all'' hate them. [[spoiler: Even Dr. Girlfriend has started feeling uncomfortable around them, which was evidently so satisfying to the Monarch that he got an erection.]] The Monarch has intended to kill them, [[spoiler:and 21 succeeded getting them killed by the rest of the Monarch's henchmen after accusing them of killing 24.]]

[[redirect:Characters/TheVentureBrothersTheMonarchAndCohorts]]

Dr.Venture's arch enemy, his wife/equal partner, second in command and pains in his ass.

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[[folder: The Monarch]]
->''"I just...I just wanted to kick his [Dr. Venture's] ass! I wanted to build a ''machine'' to kick his ass! I wanted to build an empire to ''house the machine'' to '''kick his ass'''!"''

->'''Voiced By:''' Christopher [=McCulloch=]
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As Dr. Venture's self-proclaimed arch-nemesis, the Monarch plots the downfall of Team Venture with the utmost glee. His back is adorned with the wings of the mighty Monarch Butterfly from which he takes his name. Insecure and uncertain at heart, he leans on Dr. Girlfriend probably more than a super-villain should. His first name, as stated by his wife and in flashbacks, is Malcolm, while his last name is revealed in the season 1 finale to be [[spoiler: The Monarch]].
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Tropes associated with The Monarch:
* ArchEnemy: To Dr. Venture.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: A lot of jokes are made at his expense in the first season for not knowing nearly as much about monarch butterflies as he should. The very first episode does a decent example of it after he reveals that he was raised by monarch butterflies after his parents died, and was then abandoned by them.
-->'''Dr. Girlfriend''': Oh sweetie. Butterflies only live about nine months.
-->'''The Monarch''': What?
* BadBoss: He actually stays away from YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness murders, but he often kills his henchmen for either startling him, annoying him, or in one case, to downsize. It later turns out that ''all'' of his henchmen except {{Mauve Shirt}}s 21 and 24 are suicidal {{Death Seeker}}s.
* BatmanGambit: A rare case of a villain pulling one off. [[spoiler: In ''The Lepidopterists,'' he manages to get Jonas Jr. to try to kill him, thus qualifying as "prior escalation" and allowing Monarch to arch "guild sanctioned relatives," i.e., Rusty Venture.]]
* BigBadWannabe: How he started out, even taking on Captain Sunshine while still an unlicensed rookie villain. As of season four, he's reversed that position to be a big fish in a small pond. Then, after his wife gets promoted to the Council for Thirteen in season five, he is back to fitting the trope since he now wants to be on the council as well.
* BiTheWay: When 21 revealed that he accidentally made out with his wife, Monarch scoffed stating that villains have threesomes all the time.
** The photo in his unauthorized biography of him "making out with Stiv Bators and Lydia Lunch."
* BrilliantButLazy: Not unlike Rusty Venture. He's [[NotSoHarmlessVillain able to demolish every]] ScienceHero the guild throws him against, and not only that, but he does it ''too quickly''. He has excellent talent at villainy, but he chooses to use it for the purpose of tormenting Rusty Venture for... [[MysteriousPast some]] [[IrrationalHatred reason]].
* [[CampStraight Camp Bi:]] This is also brought up when he expresses his disbelief at someone from Depeche Mode showing up to a party with a girl.
* CardCarryingVillain: He is proud to say that he is evil and lives for the torment of a guy he just doesn't like.
* CompanionCube: The Butter-Glider. He even took it on a picnic. [[CargoShip He had it in bed with him, and defended it from his wife.]]
** Before that, it was revealed that he talks to his dead stuffed cat, Mister Mostly Mittens.
* ContractualGenreBlindness: Only when arching Rusty Venture. Against anyone else, he proves to be ruthlessly effective.
* DisembodiedEyebrows: His eyebrows are so long that a very large part of each of them is not on his head.
* [[EtTuBrute Et Tu, King Gorilla?]]: He actually says this in the episode "Powerless in the Face of Death", when the latter is rather hesitant to help him escape from prison.
* ForgottenChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:During "SPHINX Rising", he finds a picture of a young Rusty and him playing together at the Venture Compound. To say it unnerves him is a massive understatement.]]
* ForTheEvulz: His sole motivation is hating Dr. Venture. It is implied that the only reason he does so is because he just ''feels'' like it.
** Given the rather soul-crushing realization that he and Venture are both losers, it could simply be that he wants to destroy Rusty because the man represents everything about himself that he hates.
* FreudianExcuse: When Monarch tried to kill Venture during college years, it injured Baron Underbheit and people thought Venture did it so now Monarch wants vengeance. It's still left unexplained as to why Monarch tried to kill Venture in the first place.
* HeroicLineage: [[spoiler:Season 6 reveals that he is the son of the Blue Morpho, an expy of Franchise/TheGreenHornet]].
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: At first. By the end of season 2, after a little help from Dr. Killinger and reuniting with Dr. Girlfriend, he is downright ''lethal'' by season 3.
* IrrationalHatred: Why he hates Venture is unexplained, nor is it likely to be anything particularly significant.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a jerk to his men (kills them or sends them to their deaths), his fellow villains (steals their technology and frequently belittles them), and on several occasions, to his wife (pre and post marriage) as well. By numbers the only reason Rusty doesn't get the brunt of it is because they don't usually get much screen time together.
* LamarckWasRight: [[spoiler:It turns out that his father also had a predilection for butterfly-themed costumes.]]
* LargeHam: He loves classic-style villain speeches.
** Lampshaded by Sgt. Hatred in ''Home is Where the Hate Is'' while playing charades:
--->'''Sgt. Hatred:''' Nope, you talked, I can't count it.\\
'''Monarch:''' HATRED! MARK MY WORDS! ...\\
'''Hatred:''' Blah, blah, blah. We're all supervillains here, Monarch. We've heard that speech a thousand times. You don't get the points.
* LoopholeAbuse: When the Guild prevented him from arching Dr. Venture, [[spoiler: he signed up to arch Jonas Venture, Jr. and after a [[BatmanGambit clever plan]], earned the right to terrorize JJ's immediate relatives.]]
** [[spoiler: Also how he saves Rusty's life in a Guild operated night club since, as Rusty's primary arch, he has the first right to kill Dr. Venture. The other villains are forced to release him.]]
* NotSoDifferent: He and Rusty actually share a moment to reflect on their lives in ''The Devil's Grip'' and realize they have a lot in common.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Posterboy for this trope. At first he seemed like an IneffectualSympatheticVillain, but it quickly turned out that he was a significantly bigger threat to people who didn't have [[{{Badass}} Brock Samson]] on their side.
** After losing the rights to arch Dr. Venture he actually made it a habit out of killing his new Archs ''too quickly.''
** It's also heavily implied that he does care for Rusty and the boys in a way; he wants Rusty ''crushed'', not merely killed, and feels a connection to them due to their long adversarial relationship. When he's facing people he simply doesn't care about at all, he's far, far more lethal.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Gets into rivalries with Baron Underbheit and Sgt. Hatred over who gets to be Rusty's ArchEnemy. [[spoiler: Also saves Rusty's life in a Guild operated nightclub, since, as Rusty's primary arch, he has the first right to kill Venture.]] In Season Six, [[spoiler:he becomes the new Blue Morpho in order to kill off any other potential arches of Rusty.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Invokes this himself when he calls JJ a "retard" [[spoiler:while arching him]] in "The Lepidopterists" -- as he points out, he's the ''bad'' guy, he's not going to stoop to saying something embarrassing like "bungling boob" if he can, and he doesn't give a shit if it makes the mentally disabled Ned feel bad.
* RaisedByWolves: Claims to have been raised by monarch butterflies after his parents died in a plane crash when he was a preteen. The money for his college education and villainy were provided for by a trust fund.
* RunningGag: There are several instances when The Monarch is forced to take a taxi, he either shoots the cab driver, or sends his henchmen to do his dirty work to get out of paying the fare.
* SkewedPriorities: Everything takes backseat to tormenting Dr. Venture, except for [[PetTheDog his relationship with Dr. Girlfriend.]] This leads to him taking on Rusty as his ''best man''.
* TriggerHappy: Approach him cautiously; he tends to shoot a lethal dosage of darts into the mouth of anybody who startles him.
* UnknownRival: Well, hardly ''unknown'', but his obsessive hatred of Dr Venture is entirely one-sided - Rusty doesn't seem to care much about him at all beyond "That clown in a butterfly suit who tries to kill me slightly more often than all those other guys who try to kill me".
* TheUnreveal: When remembering his first atttempt to kill Venture in college (which failed and blew off Ünderbheit's jaw) in ''Shadowman 9'', the Monarch remembers a fellow student telling him what happened. Said student used his real first name: [[spoiler:apparently the Monarch's real name is Malcolm]].
* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: In the season 5 episode "Bot Seeks Bot," Rusty Venture is captured in a Guild operated night club and about to be dipped into acid (even ''Brock Samson'' knows it would be suicide to attempt to rescue Doc surrounded by so many supervillains), when Monarch shows up, citing Guild regulations which state that he has the first right to kill Venture as Venture's primary arch. The other villains are forced to release Dr. Venture.]]
* VillainProtagonist: He is the story's protagonist as often as the antagonist.
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[[folder:Dr. Girlfriend/Dr. Mrs. The Monarch]]
->''"I was thinking of something that plays off my abilities more than my sexuality."''

->'''Voiced By:''' Doc Hammer
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The [[CrossDressingVoices husky-voiced]] Dr. Girlfriend is perhaps the only voice of reason in the Monarch's sad little world. Skilled and capable, she is often the only thing that makes the Monarch's plans even remotely viable. Before teaming up with the Monarch, she was involved with the Phantom Limb under the name of Queen Etherea.
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Tropes associated with Dr. Girlfriend:
* AbsoluteCleavage: Kept in place with a lot of tape.
* AffablyEvil: When The Monarch was torturing H.E.L.P.eR for the Ventures' location, she put a stop to it and put a comforting arm around him. And soon had exactly the information the Monarch was trying to get...
* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: She still holds a grudge against Brock Samson for not taking advantage of her when he had the chance.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She knows what she's doing and she can be very civil and friendly, but you shouldn't let your guard down when she's around. Just ask H.E.L.P.E.R..
* DarkActionGirl: Martial prowess isn't her specialty, but she has been shown on a few occasions to be capable of kicking ass.
* DarkMistress: A classic example.
* DeadpanSnarker: Most often happens when whatever villains she is with jeopardizes their plans by trying to be overly macho, particularly Phantom Limb.
* TheDragon: She's the Monarch's right-hand woman and is in charge of his security and gadgetry; she's also a very capable combatant on her own.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Part of the reason she leaves Phantom Limb to work for the Monarch is that the latter actually appreciates her for making his plans to go after Venture possible while Limb is more than a touch sexist and condescending to her.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: During her first meeting as [[spoiler:one of the Council of Thirteen]], she calls out the Sovereign's plan to [[spoiler:destroy Gargantua-2 and all the innocent civilians onboard]] to be extreme and insane. Overlaps with PragmaticVillainy due to the fact that such an action would anger the O.S.I., whom the Guild has an uneasy truce with.
* FriendlyEnemy: She gets along really well with Dr. Venture.
* GadgeteerGenius: She designed the Monarch's wings, built his security system, replicated Captain Sunshine's solar powers, and more.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: She's TheDragon for someone she can outdo in ''a lot'' of things.
** She admits though that she was something of a failure as a solo villain (she doesn't have powers or a budget on her own, and was frankly being strangled by the Guild's red tape regarding female villains which kept her from doing anything productive as a solo GadgeteerGenius). Not to mention that she doesn't have nearly the talent for dramatics and villainous monologues that the Monarch does.
* IHaveManyNames: She has been officially known as Lady Au Pair, Queen Etherea, Dr. Girlfriend, and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch; The Monarch has also called her Dr. Ex Girlfriend, Dr. Fiancee, and Dr. My Wife.
** Incidentally, her first name is Sheila.
* LoopholeAbuse: Her intimate knowledge of Guild law allows her to do this frequently. [[spoiler: At the end of Season 5, it's even been recognized by the Sovereign who has offered her a seat on the Council of Thirteen]].
* MoralityPet: Her main purpose is to make the Monarch more relatable.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: But at least she is clearly an engineer of some sort, and WordOfGod confirms that she has a Ph. D.
* MsFanservice: Oh yes, just look at her!
** AbsoluteCleavage
** AloofDarkHairedGirl
** LeotardOfPower
** ZettaiRyouiki
* NiceHat: Based on that of Jackie Kennedy Onassis (along with her look for the first couple of seasons). Ironically, she has no idea who that is. It's implied that the guild came up with the persona for her when she wanted a 'competent female counterpart of a great leader' motif and rejected their more {{stripperiffic}} ideas.
** Later, she typically dresses as like a female version of the Monarch, complete with CoolCrown.
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: She eventually reveals in an offhand comment she's a physicist. And given the amount of technical work she does, the title is most certainly earned.
* OnlySaneMan: She's one of the sanest people in the series. She's generally easygoing and her default demeanor isn't malicious, which just makes her someone you shouldn't underestimate. This is best shown in the season 5 opening, where it's revealed that to combat the supposed mutant army Dr. Venture was building, she contacted the foremost specialist on genetic mutations [[spoiler: to create a serum to reverse the mutations and neutralize Venture's supposed army. In her words "You don't fight fire with fire, you fight it with water."]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her Queen Etherea and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch costumes.
* TaughtByExperience: Had apparently been working for supervillains for some time before The Monarch met her.
* {{Transsexual}}: Subverted. Her voice makes Brock suspect she's one, but it's later revealed she just smokes a lot.
* [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Unusually Uninteresting Sound]]: Her obviously-male voice is usually completely ignored, though it gets occasional LampshadeHanging (especially from Brock Samson, who often seems to be the only one to notice it.)
* UptightLovesWild: Of a sort. She's not ''exactly'' uptight but she is rather reserved and stoic to a large amount of the insanity inherent to the world while her attraction to the Monarch seems partly based in how passionate he is about the supervillain life.
* VocalDissonance: A decidedly feminine MsFanservice with a voice gruffer and deeper than Brock Samson's. It's justified in-universe by her pack-a-day smoking habit, and her voice was a little lighter during college.
* VocalEvolution: Her voice was even deeper and masculine in [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness earlier episodes,]] but gradually became (somehow) more feminine while retaining the Brooklyn-trucker vibe.
* WholeCostumeReference: Often wears a dress and hat nearly identical to one worn by Jackie Kennedy. Hilariously, as shown in "Home Is Where the Hate Is", she doesn't know who Jackie Kennedy is.
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[[folder: Henchman "Two-Ton" 21 (Gary) and the late Henchman 24]]
->'''Henchman 24:''' Come on! They have one female servicing a large group of males. That implies a species that lays eggs.\\
'''Henchman 21:''' Oh my God, you're crazy! They're so obviously mammals!\\
'''Henchman 24:''' Please! She'd be in estrus 24/7 if she didn't lay eggs.\\
'''Henchman 21:''' Smurfs don't lay eggs! I won't tell you this again! Papa Smurf has a f**king beard! They're mammals!

->'''Voiced By:''' Doc Hammer (21) and Christopher [=McCulloch=] (24)
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The Monarch's henchmen are known only by their official numbers. #21 and #24 were the two best known. Somehow, despite their ineptitude and questionable loyalty, they managed to avoid the unceremonious slaying The Monarch often levies on his less fortunate henchmen. #21 (real name Gary) came into the employ of the Monarch when his henchman army kidnapped him at age 15. #24 seems to have joined of his own volition, having lost his job when the local factory closed down and his G.E.D. left many other careers inaccessible to him. He was a career henchman, first henching for [[spoiler: Phantom Limb, alongside the future The Monarch, as seen in "Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny!". In exchange for helping The Monarch strike out on his own, 24 was allowed to come along... eventually.]]

At the end of season three, [[spoiler: 24 died in an explosion.]] [[spoiler: 21]] went a little nuts, TookALevelInBadass, and became the Monarch's drill sergeant and go-to muscle. [But by the end of season four, Gary became completely disillusioned with The Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch alike, and found greater peace with the various residents of the Venture compound. SPHINX quickly took Gary in even before he had decided to quit The Monarch. In the Shallow Gravy special, Gary has been shown to have stayed with SPHINX, and is interviewed under his pseudonym "The Viceroy". And in the season five premiere, [[spoiler: he remains the sole member of SPHINX after the rest of the team rejoined with OSI]]

[[spoiler: Gary tried to strike out on his own but only kept getting in the OSI's way. The original SPHINX members eventually responded to his call for new members and came to reclaim their old base in the hopes to do a suicide run against the OSI wanting to go out in blaze of glory. Which resulted in the base getting blown up, putting an end to SPHINX for good. Jobless and directionless, Gary camped out on the Venture Estate for the remainder of the season before ultimately re-joining the Monarch.]]
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Tropes associated with 21 and 24:
* {{Acrofatic}}: 21, along with StoutStrength, once he [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] following [[spoiler: the death of 24]]. Despite his size, he becomes faster, more athletic, and capable of performing some impressive martial arts moves.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: 24 frequently mentions that he has methods of dealing with living in a floating fortress with no women.
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Then in "Operation: P.R.O.M.", Gary decides he probably isn't evil after all.]]
* AlasPoorYorick: [[spoiler: After 24 dies, 21 keeps his skull as a memento, and claims he can still listen to 24 speaking to him through it.]]
* AscendedFanboy: 21 alternates between this and PunchClockVillain, depending on whether the mission features cool VillainTropes.
* AuthorAvatar: Listening to the creator commentary and seeing Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick at cons makes it very obvious that 21 and 24 ''are'' the writers. When a fan asked them to settle an UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny that 21 and 24 argued about in the show, they seriously debated it with each other and were indistinguishable from the characters.
* BrutalHonesty: [[spoiler:21 has a bit of a breakdown in "Operation: P.R.O.M." in front of The Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Monarch]]'''[[spoiler:: 21's bailing on us.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Dr. Mrs.]]'''[[spoiler:: What?!]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Monarch]]'''[[spoiler:: Ask him.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:21]]'''[[spoiler:: It's true! I'm sick of this! I'm slightly drunk, I'm talking to the ghost of my fucking dead friend, I'm probably in love with you, and...so yeah, whatever, I'm over it!]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Monarch]]'''[[spoiler:: You're over it?]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Dr. Mrs.]]'''[[spoiler:: You're in love with me?]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Monarch]]'''[[spoiler:: Whoa, wait, what?!]]
-->'''[[spoiler:21]]'''[[spoiler:: We made out!]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Dr. Mrs.]]'''[[spoiler:: Well... Well, that's a stretch. We got drunk. Maybe we kissed, but uh...]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Monarch]]'''[[spoiler:: Suuuuuuuuure, you d-- where was I, then, uh?]]
-->'''[[spoiler:21]]'''[[spoiler:: Where were you--you were there! We were on top of you! We made out on you!]]
** [[spoiler:It's also part of the reason 21 gets rid of 24's skull. He keeps showing up when he tries to masturbate.]]
* BulletProofVest: 21 bought one, it's protects him from a rifle shot from Hatred, but the force knocks him out and leaves a nasty bruise on his torso.
* TheDreaded: "Two-Ton" 21.
* DrillSergeantNasty: [[spoiler: 21 following 24's death.]]
* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler: After 24 dies, we see a henchman's hand checking off a list of suspects for his killer.]]
** [[spoiler:It's just the Moppets trying to cover up their (likely) murder.]]
* GenreSavvy: They catch on to a lot of details regarding the workings of the Venture universe.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: 21 leaves the Monarch and joins SPHINX.]]
** HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler:He rejoins the Monarch at the end of season 5.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: 21 even lampshades this in a third-season episode, when The Monarch doesn't know who 24 is.
* [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I Always Wanted To Do That]]: Instead of taking their mission seriously with #1, they hide in plain sight from Brock by pretending to be mannequins in a "villain diorama"; they comment on how little chance there is to actually do it.
* LampshadeHanging: 21 in particular loves to hang them, such as commenting on their PlotArmor.
* LargeHam: Jackson Publick's delivery while voicing 24 frequently moves into MundaneMadeAwesome territory. The hamminess really fits once he becomes a SpiritAdvisor.
* MauveShirt: [[spoiler: Subverted. 24 starts as one, but dies anyway.]]
* MeaningfulName: [[GeniusBonus Gary's recurring "Viceroy" identity.]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monarch_Viceroy_Mimicry_Comparison.jpg The Viceroy butterfly is so called because its appearance mimics that of the Monarch butterfly]].[[note]]It has been long believed that the Viceroy butterfly employs mimicry to resemble the Monarch butterfly, which is foul-tasting and poisonous to predatory birds. It turns out both of them share the unpalatable defense system and their similar wing patterns are a form of mimicry that's an evolutionary coincidence rather than selective pressure on non-mimic ancestors.[[/note]]
* NobleTopEnforcer: Post-[[TookALevelInBadass Taking A Level in Badass]], 21 becomes this is Season 4 for the Monarch. [[spoiler: This eventually leads to [[HeelFaceTurn him quitting]] in the season finale.]] In the season five finale, [[spoiler:he goes back to being this for the Monarch after the [=OSI=] rejects his efforts to join, and he fails in his attempts at being a hero as the only member of [=SPHINX=]]].
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: 24 is voiced as an imitation of Ray Romano. Out of costume, 21 and 24 look like Creator/KevinSmith without a beard and Jerry Seinfeld with a unibrow, respectively.
* NonActionGuy: They breeze through their assignments by slacking off and using their [[GenreSavvy Genre Savviness]] to avoid deadly cliches. [[spoiler: This stops after the death of 24.]]
* PlotArmor: They start bragging about it in season three. [[spoiler: Not a good idea, as it costs 24 his life.]]
* PunchClockVillain: They're losers and social outcasts who are just trying not to get killed. In one episode, #24 is overheard to complain that working for the Monarch was the only job he could get after the factory he worked at closed ("It was either this or the Army").
* RedBaron: 21 eventually picks up the epithet "Two Ton" 21.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:21 in "Operation: P.R.O.M."]]
* StoutStrength: 21, along with {{Acrofatic}}, once he [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] following [[spoiler: the death of 24]]. He's even larger now, with a still-massive gut, but a clear increase in strength.
* TalkingToTheDead: [[spoiler: In season four, 21 starts talking to 24's skull.]]
** [[spoiler: In "Operation P.R.O.M.", when Dr. Orpheus helps 21 realizes that one of 24's ghost friends isn't actually dead yet, 24 vanishes, and Gary breaks down in tears. This indicates that 24 was a figment of 21's imagination the entire time. This is seemingly contradicted by 24 communicating with one of Monstroso's dead henchmen when 21 isn't exactly present onscreen, but this could simply have been an extension of 21's hallucination.]]
** When incessantly asked about it, Jackson Publick confirmed that [[spoiler:they ''intended'' for 24 to not really be a ghost, but ultimately, it's open to interpretation (although the "24 really was a ghost" theory only works under very specific and unlikely circumstances).]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: Among The Monarch's henchmen.
* TookALevelInBadass: The biggest example in the show. Following the events of the season three finale, NonActionGuy 21 becomes "Two Ton 21," the {{Badass}} DrillSergeantNasty of the Monarch's henchman - he turns his tubbiness into StoutStrength, fights Sgt. Hatred to a standstill, and impresses Brock Samson with his fighting skills and sheer balls.
** However, in the same episode that said badassery asserts itself, he fails [[spoiler: to find 24's killer]], flubbed his attempt at Chinese Water Torture, realized that [[spoiler: his friend's death could've been avoided if he hadn't been such a lazy coward]], and accidentally gives his boss horrendous food poisoning, causing the Monarch to lose out on his chance at appearing in a high-profile supervillain magazine.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In "The Lepidopterists".
* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: Their favorite subject of conversation, along with copious FanWank. 24 always takes the less logical position. [[invoked]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:As the sole remaining member of SPHINX [[RunningGag (sphinx!)]] at the start of season 5, Gary dubs himself "SPHINX Commander" and uses that as his codename]].
* YouAreNumberSix: Subverted with 21, who sometimes went by his real name, "Gary".
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[[folder:The Murderous Moppets, AKA The Pupa Twins]]
->'''Tim-Tom Moppet:''' We can take out his tongue...\\
'''Kevin Moppet:''' ''(With relish)'' With a knife!\\
'''Tim-Tom Moppet:''' Or remove 'is 'eart...\\
'''Kevin Moppet:''' ''(With great relish)'' Yeah, with a knife!\\
'''Tim-Tom Moppet:''' A bigger knife!\\
'''Kevin Moppet:''' ''(With greater relish)'' Fucking knife!

->'''Voiced By''': Christopher [=McCulloch=] (Tim-Tom) and Doc Hammer (Kevin)
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Tim-Tom and Kevin originally served as Dr. Girlfriend's [[TheDragon muscle]] when she was known as Lady Au Pair. She eventually got back in contact with them after she left The Monarch. She brought them back into the fold in time for her wedding to The Monarch, after which they started terrorizing the henchmen.
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Tropes associated with Tim-Tom and Kevin:
* AerithAndBob:
--> '''Doc Hammer''': "You want one to be named like a Moppet - like Tim-Tom - and the other one to just walk in with like, 'What's your name?' 'Kevin.' 'Good enough!'"
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: [[spoiler: Dr. Mrs. The Monarch is upset at their deaths. The Monarch and 21... not so much.]]
* AxCrazy: They [[KnifeNut like knives]] a little too much.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: 21 figures out they were the ones who offed 24 and calls for a "hench must kill hench" rule on them. The rest of the Monarch henchmen gang up and kill them off screen. Dr. Mrs The Monarch confirms their deaths in ''All This And Gargantua 2''.]]
* KnifeNut:See their quote, and keep in mind they've been told their target is underage.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: According to Phantom Limb, they're "well-placed sleeper agents". We don't know for sure if this is correct, but the recent revelation that they were likely the ones who killed 24 (and are messing with 21's mind by crossing names off his list of suspects, which would contribute towards Limb's plan from "Bright Lights, Dean City") adds some additional proof.]]
* PermaStubble: Both of them have it.
* PsychoForHire: It's pretty clear their reason for being minions is because they get off on killing.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: to The Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend, though as time passes they become less compliant.
* SaltAndPepper: Only in appearance, as their personalities aren't actually very different.
* SlasherSmile: They each tend to get one, especially when about to use knives.
* ThoseTwoGuys: An AxeCrazy version. They don't qualify as ThoseTwoBadGuys because they don't act like [=TTBG=]s typically do.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Everyone they work with has tried to get to know them, generally for Dr. Girlfriend's sake. They ''all'' hate them. [[spoiler: Even Dr. Girlfriend has started feeling uncomfortable around them, which was evidently so satisfying to the Monarch that he got an erection.]] The Monarch has intended to kill them, [[spoiler:and 21 succeeded getting them killed by the rest of the Monarch's henchmen after accusing them of killing 24.]]
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Gets into rivalries with Baron Underbheit and Sgt. Hatred over who gets to be Rusty's ArchEnemy. [[spoiler: Also saves Rusty's life in a Guild operated nightclub, since, as Rusty's primary arch, he has the first right to kill Venture.]]

-->''"I just...I just wanted to kick his [Dr. Venture's] ass! I wanted to build a ''machine'' to kick his ass! I wanted to build an empire to ''house the machine'' to '''kick his ass'''!"''
-->'''Voiced By:'''Christopher [=McCulloch=]

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Invokes this himself when he calls JJ a "retard" while arching him in "The Lepidopterists" -- as he points out, he's the ''bad'' guy, he's not going to stoop to saying something embarrassing like "bungling boob" if he can, and he doesn't give a shit if it makes the mentally disabled Ned feel bad.

-->''"I was thinking of something that plays off my abilities more than my sexuality."''
-->'''Voiced By''':Doc Hammer

* UptightLoveWild: Of a sort. She's not ''exactly'' uptight but she is rather reserved and stoic to a large amount of the insanity inherent to the world while her attraction to the Monarch seems partly based in how passionate he is about the supervillain life.

-->'''Henchman 24:''' Come on! They have one female servicing a large group of males. That implies a species that lays eggs.
-->'''Henchman 21:''' Oh my God, you're crazy! They're so obviously mammals!
-->'''Henchman 24:''' Please! She'd be in estrus 24/7 if she didn't lay eggs.
-->'''Henchman 21:''' Smurfs don't lay eggs! I won't tell you this again! Papa Smurf has a f**king beard! They're mammals!
-->'''Voiced By:'''Doc Hammer(21) and Christopher [=McCulloch=](24)

* YouAreNumberSix: Subverted with 21, who sometimes went by his real name, "Gary"

-->'''Tim-Tom Moppet:''' We can take out his tongue...\
-->'''Kevin Moppet:''' (''with relish'') With a knife!\
-->'''Tim-Tom Moppet:''' Or remove 'is 'eart...\
-->'''Kevin Moppet:''' (''with great relish'') Yeah, with a knife!\
-->'''Tim-Tom Moppet:''' A bigger knife!\
-->'''Kevin Moppet:''' (''with greater relish'') Fucking knife!
-->'''Voiced By''': Christopher [=McCulloch=] (Tim-Tom) and Doc Hammer (Kevin)

* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: In the season 5 episode "Bot Seeks Bot," Rusty Venture is captured in a Guild operated night club and about to be dipped into acid (even ''Brock Samson'' knows it would be suicide to attempt to rescue Doc surrounded by so many supervillains,) when Monarch shows up, citing Guild regulations which state that he has the first right to kill Venture as Venture's primary arch. The other villains are forced to release Dr. Venture.]]

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* MeaningfulName: [[GeniusBonus Gary's recurring "Viceroy" identity.]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monarch_Viceroy_Mimicry_Comparison.jpg The Viceroy butterfly is so called because its appearance mimics that of the Monarch butterfly]].[[note]]It has been long believed that the Viceroy butterfly employs mimicry to resemble the Monarch butterfly, which is foul-tasting and poisonous to predators (it turns out they're both this way and the similar coloring and patterns are an evolutionary coincidence).[[/note]]

* MeaningfulName: [[GeniusBonus Gary's recurring "Viceroy" identity.]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monarch_Viceroy_Mimicry_Comparison.jpg The Viceroy butterfly is so called because its appearance mimics that of the Monarch butterfly]].[[note]]They are both foul-tasting to predators, and their shared appearance reinforces the warning to not eat them.[[/note]]

** After losing the rights to arch Dr. Venture he actually made it a habit out of killing his new Archs ''too quickly.'' Although this is seriously mitigated by the fact that he was only dangerous when facing hapless chumps like Doctor Dugong, and when he fought Jonas Jr (AKA someone who actually knew what he was doing) he was [[CurbStompBattle utterly thrashed]] in a straight fight, suggesting that he's out of his depth fighting a genuinely skilled super-scientist who doesn't play by the Guild's rules and is willing to hit back.