History Recap / TheVentureBrosS7E3ArrearsInScience

* GivenNameReveal: According to Vendata's identification software, The Monarch's real name is Malcom [[Film/Fitzcarraldo Fitzcarraldo]].

* FailedASpotCheck: Back in season one's "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E2CareersInScience Careers in Science]]", the Venture family "fixed" the blinking "P.R.O.B.L.E.M." light about Gargantua-1. Jonas reveals here that he was communicating in Morse code, but one thought to check.

** One of Red Death's associates in the 1980s was Mister Fahrenheit, "the Supersonic Man", a SuperSpeedster who looks remarkably like Music/FreddieMercury. The name is taken from the Music/{{Queen}} song ''Don't Stop Me Now''. In fact, given all the other rock stars in the Guild, past and present, it would not be unreasonable to suggest that it actually ''is'' Freddie Mercury.

** Back in ''[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E11PastTense Past Tense]]'', Orpheus predicted that Action Man was "two years and 17 days" away from having a stroke. Guess what happens to him here. [[note]]Despite 14 years passing since that episode aired, there are many implications that far less time has passed in-universe, making it plausible.[[/note]]

* DyingAsYourself: After decades of being Jonas Sr.'s robotic slave, Vendata dies when Jonas Sr.'s attempt to forcibly seize control of his body leads to them fatally crashing. In the process, Vendata's humanity is restored, and he is briefly reunited with his long-lost son, Malcom aka the Monarch, in his last moments.

* FailedASpotCheck: Back in season one's "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E2CareersInScience Careers In Science]]", the Venture family "fixed" the blinking "P.R.O.B.L.E.M." light about Gargantua-1. Jonas reveals here that he was communicating in Morse code, but one thought to check.

** Red Death takes no small amount of pleasure in revealing to Brock Samson that SPHINX were framed for Jonas Venture Sr's death by the Sovereign, setting off the Pyramid Wars (which Brock was recruited by OSI to fight in) under false pretenses and destroying the Guild's only serious competition. Red Mantle gets in some gloating as well.

* MeaningfulName: The title itself. "Arrears" by definition means "money that is owed and should have been paid earlier." In other words, debts. The episode's plot is about Vendata/Blue Morpho confronting the barely-alive Jonas Sr. about personal debts that had been prevalent between the two for a very long time. Eventually, Jonas pays for the debts - [[KarmicDeath with his own life]].

* PetTheDog: For all of Jonas' unspeakable acts throughout this episode, he does refer to Jonas Jr. as his "savior" when the latter uncovered him in the desert, whether he managed to realize he was his other son, or is if he was even aware that Rusty ate him in the womb, is still up in the air.

** The death of Jonas Venture Sr. was the result of him being a victim of the Movie Night Massacre of 1987 in Gargantua-1 and Vendata was the one to cause the disaster. [[AmbiguousSituation Maybe.]] Also Jonas is only a head because Kano, Colonel Gentleman, and the Action Man accidentally dropped his frozen corpse on the way to the P.R.O.B.L.E.M. device after tripping on Rusty's toy cowboy that had been stuck in the machine since the 1960s.
** The Pyramid Wars? The Guild framed SPHINX for the Gargantua-1 Movie Night Massacre, kickstarting the war just so the OSI can get rid of their only competitor.

* VillainousBreakdown: Jonas Sr. flies into a rage and shouts "[[BigNo NO!!!]]" when the Monarch's presence causes Vendata to disconnect from the PROBLEM, and attempts to forcibly seize Vendata's body for himself. It turns into a fatal mistake when Jonas Sr. and Vendata end up flying out the building during their scuffle, and they are both killed when they crash.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: One of Red Death's associates in the 1980s was Mister Fahrenheit, "the Supersonic Man", a SuperSpeedster who looks remarkably like Music/FreddieMercury. The name is taken from the Music/{{Queen}} song ''Don't Stop Me Now''. In fact, given all the other rock stars in the Guild, past and present, it would not be unreasonable to suggest that it actually ''is'' Freddie Mercury.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Pete White, checking on the hacking of Ventech Tower, identifies the P.R.O.B.L.E.M. as the device interfering with the tower systems, and furiously stomps to the lobby with an axe to destroy it, catastrophically damaging the connection and Jonas' half-regenerated body. Vendata's arrival delays the inevitable, allowing Jonas to take the more drastic step to attempt to convince Rusty and Billy to implant him into Vendata.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Pete White, checking on the hacking of Ventech Tower, identifies the P.R.O.B.L.E.M. as the device interfering with the tower systems, and furiously stomps to the lobby with an axe to destroy it, catastrophically damaging the connection and Jonas' half-regenerated body, forcing Jonas to take the more drastic step to attempt to convince Rusty and Billy to implant him into Vendata.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: One of Red Death's associates in the 1980s was Mister Fahrenheit, the Supersonic Man, a SuperSpeedster who looks remarkably like Music/FreddieMercury. In fact, given all the other rock stars in the Guild, it would not be unreasonable to suggest that it actually ''is'' Freddie Mercury.

** Back in ''[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E11PastTense Past Tense]]'', Orpheus predicted that Action Man was "two years and 17 days" away from having a stroke. Guess what happens to him here. [[note]]Despite the real-world flow of time, the world of the show could experience a different passage of time.[[/note]]

--> '''Red Mantle:''' Oho, look at that. I have never actually seen a man realize his whole life has been a lie.

* SequelEpisode: Of sorts to both ''[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS5E7BotSeeksBot Bot Seeks Bot]]'' and more importantly, ''[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E2CareersInScience Careers in Science]]''.
* ShownTheirWork: The building the Triad considers buying for their new headquarters is the very real First Warsaw Congregation synagogue on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivington_Street Rivington Street]] in the Lower East Side (complete with a "Doctor Strange window").
* SpannerInTheWorks: The Monarch completely ruins Jonas Sr.'s plans to take over Vendata's body ''just by showing up''. The Monarch's presence causes Vendata to recognize the former as his long-lost son Malcom, disconnecting Vendata from the PROBLEM and sending Jonas Sr. into a VillainousBreakdown. In trying to forcibly seize Vendata's body for himself, Jonas Sr. ends up flying out the building with his former friend before crashing to the ground, killing them both.

** The death of Jonas Venture Sr. was the result of him being a victim of the Movie Night Massacre of 1987 in Gargantua-1 and Vendata was the one to cause the disaster. [[AmbiguousSituation Maybe.]]
*** Also Jonas is only a head because Kano, Colonel Gentleman, and the Action Man accidentally dropped his frozen corpse on the way to the P.R.O.B.L.E.M. device after tripping on Rusty's toy cowboy that had been stuck in the machine since the 1960s.

* SpannerInTheWorks: The Monarch completely ruins Jonas Sr.'s plans to take over Vendata's body ''just by showing up''. The Monarch's presence causes Vendata to recognize the former as his long-lost son Malcom, disconnecting Vendata from the PROBLEM and sending Jonas Sr. into a VillainousBreakdown. In trying to forcibly seize Vendata's body for himself, he ends up flying out the building with his former friend before crashing to the ground, killing them both.

* AllForNothing

* BigBad: Jonas certainly sets himself as one for the whole trilogy.
* CallBack

* ContinuityNod

* DyingAsYourself: Vendata and Jonas Sr.

* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Zigzagged. Upon learning that Vendata (and by extension Venturion) and the Blue Morpho are one and the same person, and was likely responsible for the Movie Night Massacre on Gargantua-1 that led to the death of Jonas Venture Sr. and set off the Pyramid Wars (thanks to the Sovereign impersonating the SPHINX Commander), Brock Samson (representing the OSI) and the Guild's Council of Thirteen agree to take dual custody of and disassemble Vendata and pin the death of Jonas Sr. as well as the crimes of the ''current'' Blue Morpho (his son Malcom aka the Monarch) on him, in order for both the Guild to save face with their members and for OSI to avoid revealing that [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror a costly war on a terrorist organization]] was built on a lie.

* KarmicDeath: Jonas is killed by the man he callously turned into a robotic slave and tried to take his body--for the ''second'' time.

* MeaningfulName: The title itself. "Arrears" by definition means "money that is owed and should have been paid earlier." In other words, debts. The episode's plot is about Vendata/Blue Morpho confronting the barely-alive Jonas Sr. about personal debts that had been prevalent between the two for a very long time.

* NotMeThisTime: While Red Death relishes the fact that he's able to tell Brock that he was an UnwittingPawn in the SPHINX Wars, he also very clearly states that he had nothing to do with the actual massacre that preceded the conflict in spite of being involved with the raid on Gargantua-1.

The Morphic Trilogy reaches its stunning conclusion in a decades-spanning tale of friendship, betrayal, and mass murder that overwrites Venture history.

** Jonas' grand plan to place his brain in Vendata's body is rendered moot when both [[KarmicDeath he]] and Vendata are killed.

** Back in ''[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E11PastTense Past Tense]]'', Orpheus predicted the cause of Action Man's death would be a stroke. Guess what happens to him here. Here is a quote from Orpheus "Two years, 17 days, from a stroke". Despite the real-world flow of time, the world of the show could experience a different passage of time.

* CrossReferencedTitles: To Season One's ''[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E2CareersInScience Careers in Science]]'' where the Problem light first showed up.
* DyingAsYourself: Vendata and Jonas.
* EveryOneHasStandards: Old Team Venture is suitably uncomfortable with Jonas reviving the old Blue Morpho and turning him into a sentient robot.

* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Zigzagged. Upon learning that Vendata (and by extension Venturion) and the Blue Morpho are one and the same person, and was likely responsible for the Movie Night Massacre on Gargantua-1 that led to the death of Jonas Venture Sr and set off the Pyramid Wars (thanks to the Sovereign impersonating their commander), Brock Samson (representing the OSI) and the Guild's Council of Thirteen agree to take dual custody of and disassemble Vendata and pin the death of Jonas Sr as well as the crimes of the ''current'' Blue Morpho (his son Malcom aka the Monarch) on him, in order for both the Guild to save face with their members and for OSI to avoid revealing that [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror a costly war on a terrorist organisation]] was built on a lie.

* KarmaHoudini: The murders and violation of Guild law the Monarch committed are pinned down on the original Blue Morpho letting him off the hook.

--> '''Red Mantle:''' Oho, look at that. I have never actually seen a man realise his whole life has been a lie.

* SequelEpisode: Of sorts to both ''[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS5E7BotSeeksBot Bot Seeks Bot]]'' and ''[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E2CareersInScience Careers in Science]]''.
* ShownTheirWork: The building the Triad considers buying for their new headquarters is the very real First Warsaw Congregation synagogue on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivington_Street Rivington Street]] in the Lower East Side (complete with "Doctor Strange window").
* TheReveal: So so many.
** Jonas' death was the result of being a victim of the movie night massacre and Vendata was the one to cause the disaster. [[AmbiguousSituation Maybe.]]
*** Also he's only a head because Kano, Colonel Gentleman, and the Action Man accidentally dropped his frozen corpse on the way to the P.R.O.B.L.E.M. device after tripping on Rusty's toy cowboy that had been stuck in the machine since the 1960s.

** Gargantua-1's problem light is actually a P.R.O.B.L.E.M. ([=PROgressive=] Biological Life Extension Module) that Old Team Venture popped Jonas Sr.'s head into after the Movie Night Massacre, with the blinking being Jonas trying to get someone's attention using Morse code. Gargantua-1 falling from orbit was also Jonas Sr. fault after he screwed up trying to interface with the station's systems.

* WebcomicTime: Action Man finally has the stroke Dr. Orpheus warned him about back in ''[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E11PastTense Past Tense]]''. In show time, that means 2 years and 17 days have passed. ''[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E11PastTense Past Tense]]'' aired in 2004 -- ''14 years prior'' to this episode.

** The entire Pyramid Wars was nothing more than a trick controlled by the Guild to make the OSI exterminate SPHINX. [[OhCrap Brock is justifiably shocked when he finds out.]]

* CrossReferencedTitles: To Season One's [[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E2CareersInScience Careers in Science]] where the Problem light first showed up.

* WebcomicTime: Action Man finally has the stroke Dr. Orpheus warned him about back in "Past Tense". In show time, that means 2 years and 17 days have passed. "Past Tense" aired in 2004 -- ''14 years prior'' to this episode.

* TheUnreveal: There's still no definitive proof who the culprit of the Movie Night Massacre really was, since the Blue Morpho has no memory of doing so as Vendata and says that he would have remembered otherwise.

* TheUnreveal: There's still no definitive proof who the culprit of the Movie Night Massacre really was, since the Blue Morpho clarifies that he would have remembered if it were him.