History Recap / TheVentureBrosS7E3ArrearsInScience

* KickTheDog: 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.

* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: It's heavily implied that Jonas Venture dealt with the Blue Morpho and his wife's problems conceiving a child by impregnating her himself. If this is true, that would make Rusty and The Monarch half-brothers.

* 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 [[WarOnTerror a costly war on a terrorist organisation]] was built on a lie.

** 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]].

** 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]].

* 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.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: One of Red Death's associates in the 1980s was Mister Fahrenheit, the Supersonic Man, a SuperSpeedster who looks remarkably like Music/FreddieMercury.

*** 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.

* 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 Malcolm aka the Monarch) on him, in order for both the Guild to save face with their members and for OSI to avoid revealing that [[WarOnTerror a costly war on a terrorist organisation]] was built on a lie.

** Vendata? He's actually the Monarch's dad and the real Blue Morpho.

* ShownTheirWork: The building the Triad considers buying for their new headquarters is [[https://www.google.com/maps/place/60+Rivington+St,+New+York,+NY+10002/@40.7206561,-73.9902547,3a,75y,1.64h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s7YDRZD5Y5Bub4C-adFRxIg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D7YDRZD5Y5Bub4C-adFRxIg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D392%26h%3D106%26yaw%3D1.6370513%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c25986bda242f9:0xa1a6b082d59077a5!8m2!3d40.7207377!4d-73.9902508?hl=en a real place in NYC]] (complete with "Doctor Strange window").

** Hank brings up his old alter-ego, "Russian Guyovitch" from ''[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS2E13ShowdownAtCremationCreekPart2 Showdown at Cremation Creek Pt II]]''.

* NotSoStoic: Kano speaks for the first time since [[Recap/TheVentureBrosS3E11Orb ORB]].

* TheBadGuyWins / KarmaHoudini: The Monarch ultimately. Not only does he get away with pretending to be the Blue Morpho, but he ''actually takes credit for killing the real Blue Morpho''.

* ComicBookTime: 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.
** ExtremelyShortTimespan: For this episode, the Morphic Trilogy, and the series as a whole. Not including flashbacks, the last three episodes have only covered one day through the night, with the stinger of this episode briefly showing the morning after. WordOfGod has also stated that less than four years have passed since the beginning of the series.

* KarmicDeath: Jonas gets this. For the ''second'' time.

** Vendata? He's actually the Monarch's dad and the real Blue Morpho.

** 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.

** Vendata? He's actually the Monarch's dad and the real Blue Morpho.
** Rusty and the Monarch are revealed to be half-brothers, though none of them are aware yet.

* SequelEpisode: Of sorts to both "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS5E7BotSeeksBot Bot Seeks Bot]]" and "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E2CareersInScience Careers in Science]]."

* 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.

* 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 deaths of Jonas Sr as well as the crimes of the ''current'' Blue Morpho (his son Malcolm aka the Monarch) on him, in order for both the Guild to save face with their members and for OSI to avoid revealing that [[WarOnTerror a costly war on a terrorist organisation]] was built on a lie.

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

* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Zigzagged. Upon learning that Vendatta (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 disassemble Vendatta and pin the deaths of Jonas Sr as well as the crimes of the ''current'' Blue Morpho (his son Malcolm aka the Monarch) on him, both to save face and in order to avoid revealing that [[WarOnTerror a costly war on a terrorist organisation]] was built on a lie.

* FrameTheGuiltyParty: Zigzagged. Upon learning that Vendatta (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 disassemble Vendatta and pin the deaths of Jonas Sr as well as the crimes of the ''current'' Blue Morpho (his son Malcolm aka the Monarch) on him, both to save face and in order to avoid revealing that [[WarOnTerror a costly war on a terrorist organisation]] was built on a lie.

** ExtremelyShortTimespan: For this episode, the Morphic Trilogy, and the series as a whole. Not including flashbacks, the last three episodes have only covered one day through the night, with the stinger showing the morning after. WordOfGod has also stated that less than four years have passed since the beginning of the series.

* ComicBookTime / ExtremelyShortTimespan: 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.

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

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