History Recap / TheVentureBrosS2E13ShowdownAtCremationCreekPart2

Chaos ensues as the wedding guests flee the Cocoon. Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend refuse to comply, so Limb orders two of his inside operatives to attack. It turns out that Music/KlausNomi and Music/IggyPop were double agents working for Limb, and begin to attack. Music/DavidBowie attempts to stop them, but is seemingly destroyed by one of Iggy's attacks. Only a pack of cigarettes falls from where Bowie was after the attack. Dr. Girlfriend faints while Monarch asks for Brock's help to stop them. They are quickly subdued and Dr. Girlfriend is kidnapped. Iggy takes the cigarettes that fell from Bowie.

Brock starts giving orders, telling the Monarch to fly the Cocoon itself away from Phantom Limb's armada while he assembles a strike force to rescue Dr. Girlfriend. Monarch is irritated and insists he should be giving the orders, but then orders what Brock ordered anyway.

Dean launches a strike on a child labor camp run by the Insect King, a mutant insect with the same voice as the Monarch. Dean slays the Insect King and destroys his machine, which is revealed to actually be the engine of the Cocoon (and that all of this is just a stress-induced fantasy of Dean's.) With the Cocoon going down, Monarch and Dr. Venture flee to Monarch's escape cocoon.

Monarch and Venture escape in Monarch's escape cocoon while Dean is still in his imaginary world. He makes out with the princess and a [[Film/TheNeverendingStory Luckdragon]] lands to tell Dean that he loves him. Cut to reality, and the Luckdragon is revealed to be the X-1, which has been piloted straight into the Cocoon. Nien Nunb was killed in the crash, while Orpheus and the Alchemist rescue the still-fantasizing Dean.

Monarch's escape cocoon crashes into Phantom Limb's ship, sending everyone crashing into the river below. The henchmen's wings also double as flotation devices while Hank excitedly screams "Again! Again!" The Monarch grabs who he thinks is Dr. Girlfriend, but actually turns out to be a shapeshifted David Bowie. He finds the real Dr. Girlfriend pinned under one of Phantom Limb's severed invisible legs. Monarch declares that Limb is now his new arch enemy, but Bowie tells him not to worry about it, as he will sick his Diamond Dogs on Limb. Bowie transforms into an eagle and flies away while 21 and 24 discuss his music.

The {{Stinger}} shows the Monarch and his new wife aboard the escape cocoon, enjoying some honeymoon sex. Dr. Girlfriend reveals that she has something tell the Monarch that "might change things." She takes a deep breath and announces "Monarch, I'm..." The scene moves to outside the cocoon as the Monarch screams "WHAT!!!???"

* CurbStompBattle: Subverted with the eponymous battle. By all rights, Phantom Limb with a surprise attack and jets full of [[EliteMooks Guild Strangers]] should have stomped all over the Monarch and his piddly henchman army. The henchman wings actually being functional, having Brock on-hand to lead them, and the Sovereign not actually being dead combine to defeat Limb.

* EnemyMine: Monarch teams up with Brock and the Ventures out of necessity. Brock later leads the Monarch henchmen in their attack.

** Monarch calls Klaus "Taco" and Iggy "Spicoli," a reference to the Sean Penn character in ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh''.
** During the wedding ceremony, Dr. Venture quotes the lyrics to "Jesse's Girl" by Music/RickSpringfield. Monarch calls him out on it.

** When Bowie is supposedly killed, Klaus says "Ding, dong, the queen bitch is dead." This references Klaus' song "Ding, Dong" and Bowie's song "Queen Bitch".

* MakeMeWannaShout: Klaus Nomi's superpower.

** During the wedding ceremony, Dr. Venture quotes the lyrics to "Jesse's Girl" by RickSpringfield. Monarch calls him out on it.

* ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou: [[Recap/TheVentureBrosS4E14AssistedSuicide Not for the last time]], White and Billy appear as surreal dreamscape versions of themselves. As usual, no matter who they are, they fight LikeAnOldMarriedCouple.

Monarch and Venture escape in Monarch's escape cocoon while Dean is still in his imaginary world. He makes out with the princess and a [[TheNeverendingStory Luckdragon]] lands to tell Dean that he loves him. Cut to reality, and the Luckdragon is revealed to be the X-1, which has been piloted straight into the Cocoon. Nien Nunb was killed in the crash, while Orpheus and the Alchemist rescue the still-fantasizing Dean.

** Dean's fantasy adventure is based heavily on ''TheNeverendingStory.''

Chaos ensues as the wedding guests flee the Cocoon. Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend refuse to comply, so Limb orders two of his inside operatives to attack. It turns out that Music/KlausNomi and IggyPop were double agents working for Limb, and begin to attack. Music/DavidBowie attempts to stop them, but is seemingly destroyed by one of Iggy's attacks. Only a pack of cigarettes falls from where Bowie was after the attack. Dr. Girlfriend faints while Monarch asks for Brock's help to stop them. They are quickly subdued and Dr. Girlfriend is kidnapped. Iggy takes the cigarettes that fell from Bowie.

** Monarch calls Klaus "Taco" and Iggy "Spicoli," a reference to the Sean Penn character in ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh.''
** During the wedding ceremony, Dr. Venture quotes the lyrics to ''Jesse's Girl'' by RickSpringfield. Monarch calls him out on it.

** MANY to ''StarWars'':
*** Brock says "Great shot kid, that was one in a million!" to Hank after he shoots down a Guild Wasp, quoting Han Solo from ''A New Hope.''

*** The sound of the Cocoon's engine failing is the same sound as the hyper-drive failing on the Millenium Falcon in ''The Empire Strikes Back.''
*** The character the Order of the Triad summons from a trading card is Nien Nunb, a pilot from ''Return of the Jedi.''
*** The "Insect King" in Dean's fantasy looks like a cross between General Grievous and [[SpaceGhost Zorak]].

** When David Bowie transforms from the pack of cigarettes, he shouts "Make way for the Homo Superior!" A line from his song ''Oh! You Pretty Things.'' (The same song also gives us the name for the Guild Strangers.)
** Dr. Girlfriend calls Iggy and Klaus Phantom Limb's "Stooges." Klaus says that he was not in TheStooges. (Iggy Pop was.)
** When Bowie is supposedly killed, Klaus says "Ding, dong, the queen bitch is dead." This references Klaus' song ''Ding, Dong'' and Bowie's song ''Queen Bitch.''
** Iggy references two of his songs as well. Prior to his fight scene, he says "now you're gonna be my dog," a reference to ''I Wanna Be Your Dog.'' He tells Bowie that for thirty years, he has been playing the idiot. A reference to Iggy's solo album ''The Idiot.'' He has also received extensive help and support from Bowie throughout his real life career. He later quotes lines from his songs ''Search and Destroy'' and ''Raw Power.''
** Hank calls David Bowie "the guy from ''{{Labyrinth}}.''"
** Monarch calls Klaus "Taco" and Iggy "Spicoli," a reference to the Sean Penn character in ''FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh.''

* ZergRush: How the Monarch henchmen fight the Guild Wasps. The ones they are seen taking down are thanks to either sheer luck, suicide attacks, or by piling onto it so the pilot can't see and crashes.

Chaos ensues as the wedding guests flee the Cocoon. Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend refuse to comply, so Limb orders two of his inside operatives to attack. It turns out that KlausNomi and IggyPop were double agents working for Limb, and begin to attack. DavidBowie attempts to stop them, but is seemingly destroyed by one of Iggy's attacks. Only a pack of cigarettes falls from where Bowie was after the attack. Dr. Girlfriend faints while Monarch asks for Brock's help to stop them. They are quickly subdued and Dr. Girlfriend is kidnapped. Iggy takes the cigarettes that fell from Bowie.

At the compound, the Order of the Triad prepares the X-1 to rescue the Venture family. Orpheus and the Alchemist debate putting Nien Nunb, who they summoned from a trading card, out of his misery. However, the ''StarWars'' character proves to be capable of flying the X-1.

* NighInvulnerability: David Bowie is able to NoSell Phantom Limb's DeathTouch. Rather than killing him, it just forces him to cycle through his shapeshifted forms.

At the compound, the Order of the Triad prepares the X-1 to rescue the Venture family. Orpheus and the Alchemist debate putting Nien Numb, who they summoned from a trading card, out of his misery. However, the ''StarWars'' character proves to be capable of flying the X-1.

Monarch and Venture escape in Monarch's escape cocoon while Dean is still in his imaginary world. He makes out with the princess and a [[TheNeverendingStory Luckdragon]] lands to tell Dean that he loves him. Cut to reality, and the Luckdragon is revealed to be the X-1, which has been piloted straight into the Cocoon. Nien Numb was killed in the crash, while Orpheus and the Alchemist rescue the still-fantasizing Dean.

!!Tropes:

Meanwhile, Brock, Hank, 21, and 24 have landed on top of Limb's ship. Brock futilely tries to cut through the roof of the ship with his knife while berating 21 for not bringing the bolt cutters.

First Aired - October 15. 2006