Best of Action Johnny [Venture Bros]

[@ldstof]

Crazy how they parodied action Johnny first until they realised the company they work for already owns Johnny quest

[@Megaawesomeguy]

They weren't allowed to straight up use him apparently

[@helium-379]

@@Megaawesomeguy We all know the real truth. They are just saying that.

[@timtheskeptic1147]

In the first episode he appears in (20 Years to Midnight) he's in the credits as Johnny Quest. I'm betting that Doc and Jackson changed it later for their own reasons.

[@theHedgex1]

That makes it cannon right?

[@BTAL1ama]

Honestly Im glad they didnt make it revolve around Johnny, it let them create their own foundation before they dug themselves deeper into pure parody. Also, when Johnny showed up as a genuine relic of the material it sort of hammered it all home. Like "Just in case you didnt realize, THIS IS REALLY WHAT THOSE SHOWS AND THOSE CHARACTERS TAUGHT US, SEE? It wasn't all just an irreverent nostalgic goof!"

[@devilred18]

Honestly Dr Z had the most successful final arch. Not only did he make peace with Johnny but he also did what Dr Quest never could. Care for his son.

[@ellingtonshelton2845]

Facts honestly it goes to show that the real villains in this show were the good guys

[@allen60524]

Jonas Venture is the real villian

[@ValdVincent]

@@ellingtonshelton2845 And the TV network that canceled it

[@lief1]

Nah phantom limb was the most successful. By like a whole inch.

[@ValdVincent]

@@lief1 Fairly sure he cheated for that inch

[@fetusdeletus9266]

I love how all these boy adventurers are now just socially maladjusted men with a lot of stress and trauma related disorders

[@-0rbital-]

Just like most child actors irl.

[@michaeljeffery7466]

I love that this show is basically the extremes of failure, it's hilarious.

[@sethbarkan5918]

Totes. To whit: most dudes. Lol.

[@CoreyT127]

Kinda the basis and what the entire show is about!😂😂😂

[@gryphonavocatio]

"After I put herpe in there" is one of my favorite lines in the whole show.

[@pottage97]

Me too. That's what made me look up this video. The way he says that line is great.

[@pu-FP]

Who wouldn't throw hands after that

[@perfectlyfueled]

After I put herpe in there lol I was about to comment that

[@dylanpatterson5995]

That and when Saint Cloud breaks into Billy's moms place.

[@Tysolo52]

I feel like it goes down as the grimiest line in history

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

Man, moment like this you realize how relatively stable Rusty is despite his parentage. I can't imagine Dr. Quest was any worse than Jonas but Johnny certainly came out worse.

[@shloopydoopersontheloreguy9069]

Pilot Rusty was basically Johnny as he is now.

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

@@shloopydoopersontheloreguy9069 Less chemically dependent and more narcissistic

[@shloopydoopersontheloreguy9069]

@@r.pizzamonkey7379 Check out the Pilot.

[@VinluvAntonHandesbukia]

Johnny has a little lower IQ/EQ balance and is a little more fudged up on drugs

[@shloopydoopersontheloreguy9069]

@@VinluvAntonHandesbukia hence the was basically.

[@jailcatjones3250]

I love that Dr Z actually cares for his former arch enemy almost like an adoptive father figure.

[@sethbarkan5918]

Can I drop scorpions on him from my helicopter?

[@gabrielaubry1334]

@@sethbarkan5918 "I...don't think so."

[@selenacollections]

I love that they gave a side character like Action Johnny so much character growth

[@RosalieValentineCHENG]

I mean, honestly he should be like his golden days... when he was a kid y'know?

[@TheMasterofMasters1]

I don't know why. But I Believe This Nobody Character's Problem Is that He Had A Falling Out With He's Father(Benton Quest)Who I Still Is Old Guy Ben.

[@LORDSofCHAOS333]

I do like the Jonny did start like a paranoid drug junkie. And then try to recover himself . Also not all of his paranoid actions were that far off.

[@Weeklong_Seagull]

True looking at what he went through and that he masked his pain with drugs for years its really understandable how he got to that point. Love this show so much it really knows how to talk about real shit and mirrors the real world perfectly. I had a lil jonney quest level problem and I can tell ya that's exactly how it goes

[@bulletbillstudios1982]

I really like the ending with dr z and Johnny in season 7, the two have so much history they treat each other like family and they laugh at when they were rivals it’s wholesome

[@jameswilson8433]

"In the platonic sense, I mean. Not literally. Not even platonically, really, since Plato was all about showing naked young boys a good time. You know, classical Greece. I... It was totally cool back then..." You might not know it, but Venture Brothers was totally an educational program.

[@emmanuelwil-jeff]

Can confirm and the way venture bros teaches is the best way 😏😏

[@zoiker3512]

I mean, by this point is common knowledge greek people were "creative"

[@MrFeligris]

Tanks to this show I know Tesla and Twain was friends on their time also make go immediately to the doctor if I feel pain in my nuts.

[@jameswilson8433]

@@MrFeligris Stop. Touch. Tell.

[@TheManCalledDrHorse]

It was a society of teachers and students

[@binterwinterboyii1095]

I think there's a certain cadence in the voices of people who have blown half their brain faculties on hardcore drugs tend to have and Johnny's voice actor really nails it It really seems like the characters are talking to a person that's lost so much of who they are when they talk to Johnny

[@gabe.network3645]

It was pretty strange moving in with your old arch enemy

[@SuperODST1]

Less abusive than his actual dad I assume

[@paulrippcord506]

Idk, Dr. Z seems like he’s mellowed out with age. I know that the series overall theme is failure but I wanted Johnny to get help.

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

Well, Z was a big influence on Johnny's life, mostly from a terrorizing perspective. But it was all just the arching business, and probably personally Dr. Z eventually felt some responsibility for how Johnny ended up, and in the end wanted to really, finally let him have a safe and good home.

[@ianfinrir8724]

@@paulrippcord506 It was about failure, but people started repeating that like it was Gospel so they turned the show around to show the characters being successful

[@fernandosegovia8806]

@@ianfinrir8724 I guess the show will end when Rusty is successful. Even in the last season, where Brock gets a good woman at last, Monarch gets to arch Venture again, becomes a level 10 villain and his friendship with 21 and marriage with Dr. Ms The Monarch go well, where the Guild is rebuild, the original team Venture members settle down, Billy and White are happy with their arch and get a job they seem to like, Hatred gets to keep working for the Venture family and to look over Hank and Dean along with Brock, the captain gets off those tranquilizer darts and becomes quite a decent businessman, Dermott becomes an O.S.I rookie, Hank and Dean... Fucked up their relationship but surely will get better in the hypothetical 8th season, Jared is still a good parody of Peter Parker and the Order of the Triad will probably keep doing well in their new place, it seems like the only one who didn't get anything is Rusty and I'm sure they were or are aiming to give him a success with the discovery that Malcolm is his brother.

[@paddyjarns]

I love how the Pickles comes out of Brendon Small when he starts screaming, or Nathan Explosion when he's confused

[@fireninja1972]

2:24 that is straight-up the pickles voice also I love how its pickles voice talking about father issues just feels right

[@yerabbit]

He also sounds a lot like Duane (from home movies)

[@The_Marine708]

"You've got more chemical preservatives in you than a Twinkie."

[@MutaScale]

Love Brendon Small, he's always great, but him as Action Johnny was always a highlight, especially since he's more or less using a more strung out Pickles voice. XD

[@BigMikeMcBastard]

Brutal.

[@adamholmes8672]

And a little less Irish

[@DaFro3713]

“Ooh Nathaaaan, I found some hot sauce, and some blueberry schnaaaaps!!!”

[@ALotOfCancer]

I can never unhear Pickles when I look at Johnny now...

[@ronansullivan432]

he sounded like an insane city adult.

[@the_punch_line9474]

Man, Johnny Quest living a typical child star life.

[@jamesflowers1295]

"after I put herpes in there?" has got to be one of the best deadpan lines delivered.

[@I_AM_BAYTOR]

Herpe, singular. That's what really makes it.

[@paladro]

i literally bust out laughing everytime i see that... lulz

[@jamesflowers1295]

@@I_AM_BAYTOR I thought it was the same way plural form and singular. Like Moose

[@Jorgee9001]

Rusty's immediate follow-up, "Oh no, he didn't" is just the cherry on top.

[@JoeKerr019]

if they ever do a live action Venture Bros, we need Macaulay Culkin to play action Johnny

[@martenselabs3212]

Omg, yes

[@axelramirez6730]

Congrats dude, you figured out your purpose in life way too soon everything else is meaningless now.

[@plooper14]

Let’s hope they never do a live action venture bros

[@dontemorgan1517]

Jonny Quest, one of the greatest boy adventurer along with Rusty Venture now a drug addict. Quote by Batman for Action Johnny and Dr. Venture "We both looked into the abyss, but when it looked back at us, you blinked" and Johnny blinked.

[@caesarseizure1625]

I love how I’m 7:54 Dr Z notices that they’re still in front of an audience and he just decides to entertain them.

[@starsandbeyond5848]

Action junkie :D So much comedy gold in this show .

[@CreamTheEverythingFixer]

I'll let you give me an Action Johnny

[@willznuts]

Alright but you gotta return the favor with a Rusty Venture

[@jameswilson8433]

Don't believe the hype!

[@Kazic5000]

2:27 Oh the pickles the drummer is coming out hard there.

[@miregojitohotookmyhandle]

Good fucking ear.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Doodly Doo. Ding dang doodly doodly doo

[@bigchiefsmackaho387]

i love when they dip into their world building with segments like the Therapy session. We learned a lot about the lives of has been cartoon characters in their world in that single episode. The Hale Bros crack me up with all the little giveaways to the fact that they murdered their father like The Ramirez Bros. Action Johnny is too damned funny though. The drugs, the herpes, the hair. All of it. I love every second Johnny is on screen. The fact that they couldnt call him Johnny quest after season 2 bums me out.

[@mathieuleader8601]

he had a great recovery

[@Jack-kb5nb]

Rusty and Brock just standing back and watching Johnny having have a complete breakdown nonchalantly will always be my favorite party

[@georgebrown2175]

I loved Johnny Quest as a child. One of the early sixties action cartoons on Saturday mornings.

[@Tuckbro]

Yeah this show has almost ruined any enjoyment I had of the original Johnny Quest

[@soulbot119]

Brendon Small is so awesome. I really wish they would've done a few more seasons of Home Movies, it's my personal favourite project of his.

[@anthonyatkins5409]

“AND HE IS IN A BAD BAD WAY” LMFAOAOA I really hope he has a cameo in the upcoming movie

[@notarmchairhistorian7779]

The disturbing part about this is we can never really know if the stuff be did in Johnny Quest were real or just part of his acid induced trips.

[@SuperWolsey]

Probably the latter

[@derekpayneszubliminals7723]

Maybe both, after all, it is fun to see a light-hearted character/series to have a dark or serious take.

[@andrewvillatoro4605]

It was real because Dr.Z also has memories of it, is his arch villain, and even brought an artifact from a memory they both shared

[@gastonbell108]

It's all supposed to be an extended parody of 50's cartoons. Even Doc Hammer's name is a gag on old cartoons. "How did those kids turn out?". Badly, as it turns out!

[@shin-oni4223]

I can't believe what they did to Johnny Quest, it cracks me up

[@finally9902]

7:28 My all time favorite moment from this show. I would show this to people who never heard of this show and it would always get them 😂

[@alexanderward5286]

-“Everyone whose got a Dad raise your hand!” *sees a kid without his hand raised* - “Hey Man why your hand not Raised?! You don’t look like Jesus Man!” -“My Daddy died in a Fire, while I was sleeping” -“Well whatever, come on I wanna see those hands up!!” “Wait, how come Action Johnny’s hand isn’t up? Does he not have a Father” *”N O O O O O ! ! ! !”*

[@rachaeldangelo1337]

Well now you're fuckin free man

[@cyberperson53]

"I think I preferred him when he was strung out."

[@sarakeeet]

FATTTTTHHHHEEEEERRRR!!!!!!

[@HellishSpoon]

Dr.Z is such a great character

[@ThaabBenton7491]

I grew up on Johnny quest, then watched every episode of the venture brothers. Both great series in my opinion.

[@Angrtard]

R.I.P Race Bannon Race would have NEVER let Johnny end up like this. At least Johnny got better in the end.

[@emmachavarria9361]

Voiced Of Brendon Small Of Home Movies.

[@emmachavarria9361]

4:12.

[@MrRonald327]

I’m sure Dr. Z would love to be your new daddy, Johnny…he can’t be any worse than your last one. This guy makes Rusty look normal and well-adjusted.

[@derekdutra4516]

you know, if I had to live through three different cartoon series, (including a "gritty and extreme reboot from the 90s" that had a hench's face melt off from snake venom) I'd probably be a junkie as well. those memories, man...

[@INSOMNIAREX]

Thanks, your uploads make my days a lil brighter.

[@_goodmeasure]

Was that robot character a reference to astro boy? Lol

[@stevestever8907]

Mmmhm They’re all parodies of Johnny Quest, Astro Boy, Robin and the Hardy Boys

[@sv32099]

Yeah Steve already listed the other references but they're basically the first major boy adventurers from different mediums Johnny- t.v. Astroboy- Japanese animation Robin- comics Hardy boys- novels

[@mariodude345]

yeah but with Megamans colour scheme

[@anonluxor470]

I didn't even know johnny quest was in this show until years later 😂

[@enmanuelreyes2435]

Always loved how Rusty was an expy of both Johnny Quest and his father Dr Benton Quest

[@SuperMrHiggins]

I'm just glad they put a lot of character growth into a character with a substance use problem.

[@lightyearpig12]

Tons of characters could qualify as total wet cats, but I think Action Jonny takes quite a bit of the cake. You know you've failed as a parent when your archenemy is considered a better father figure to your son than you are.

[@eriktruchinskas3747]

Aw man I never identified with a cartoon character more, I got my life together though thank god

[@ronansullivan432]

4:11 jj: yes your father wa- johnny: WOAH!!! DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT MY FATHER!! OW!! i can say it to his face!

[@TheAschwittek]

The Dr. Zinn references are just the best!!

[@BrxIghtside]

Took me a minute to relize its supposed to be johnny quest lol and nathan explosions actor and pickles

[@argiedude3762]

Poor Johnny, life dealt him a bad one

[@FortunateJuice]

He's a combination of Nathan Explosion and Pickles.

[@rab7777]

“Hey! How many of you got Fathers out there !?” Lmao oh god

[@alecaquino4306]

So many different visual interpretations of the same character!

[@seanturner1197]

Johnny was never the same after that encounter with medusa in the cyberspace construct of ancient Greece in Quest world.

[@DimensionsofChange]

He’s pretty close to The midpoint between pickles and Nathan.

[@Girder3]

Man, what I would give for some kind of Disco Elysium style game or mini series starring Action Johnny.

[@LadyFranch]

I like to think in the show he actually lost the rights to his name like Zappa's kids

[@halloweenpun202]

I really like the cut at 8:05

[@MarleyKeithPlumb]

Come back Action Johnny, (opposing thumbs not included.)

[@Pleasestoptalkingthanks]

I can’t unhear Pickles whenever Johnny talks. Its so fucking funny.

[@gabrielhinojosa3261]

Love the Menendez boys/ hardy boys spoof...

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

Action Johnny is equal parts funny and sad. It says a lot about the creators....

[@gustavgnoettgen]

The puppet is a little villain, because that's someone who they would open up to.

[@AlriikRidesAgain]

Man, Race should have earned custody.

[@mythra7174]

I believe the "after I put Herpe in it" was an ad lib by Brendan Small.

[@Gorys64]

you can totally hear Pickles' voice, love Brendan Small

[@zero3killamike]

Love the buzzer on the diving bell.

[@oom5768]

The thought of johnny stealing Zs medication is so funny

[@zimbozaggins4640]

2:36..."into your hands I commend my spirit" lol

[@feralcyborggaming1531]

Vietnamese Two-step Cobra.

[@Dalton_Boardman2000]

6:29 Wow, he planted the seed that would be Dean's arc.

[@austinmorrison6953]

Johnny Quest if he never got any love and care from his dad.

[@jonogrossett8407]

8:02 This has the perfect cut of doctor Z

[@AColonDashSix]

Is that Brendan Small? He sounds like Pickles

[@prince_o_hyrule2457]

Wait... that's Johnny Quest? Johnny F*cking Quest???

[@rolandarriaga1295]

yes

[@ronansullivan432]

sound like brendon small was a perfect voice for adult johnny quest!

[@willia3r]

@3:36 wow, AJ is seriously tweekin-out here!

[@gp-1542]

I don’t know how to feel To feel sorry or laughing out loud

[@seandalziel7414]

In my live action Venture Bros Action Johnny is played by Will H Macy.

[@adrian_veidt]

Rusty probably had a worse childhood and he turned up better than other kid adventurers

[@Boston84]

Too heavy man, too heavy

[@mrpresident8546]

man brendon small is awesome

[@jamesgreen1166]

his eyes blinking out of synch in the sub always gets me

[@thepapatootall9982]

"You said 'BEEP BOOP' with your mouth"

[@rickykeim2005]

I figured out why I think Action Johnny sounds like Pickles the Drummer to me. it's because it's Brendon Small providing his voice.

[@huntersteven2194]

all i hear is pickles th drummer

[@ntinosaggelopoulos6718]

5:48 i love how for legal reasons the producers couldn't say the name johnny quest in the venture bros but somehow Jonas did it completely without any problem

[@shawnmcdaniel6255]

My daddy died... while I was sleeping...

[@AgentM79]

Venture Bros in essential Sci-Fi.

[@kmalm4776]

Sounds way much like Pickles.

[@SuperWolsey]

7:04 "What is this shit?? What is this shit, man?!" 😨

[@petrifiedtoaster8572]

Please do Jonas Venture Sr.

[@AM-rq1no]

Pickles in another dimension

[@mombosibes107]

Action Johnny is so self destructive that he should be appear in Soft White Underbelly video.

[@Blaza303]

2:36 FATHER, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT, FATHER INTO YOUR HANDS WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME

[@ironbear7589]

Oof. I like him more with the moustache.

[@rustyrideon]

Its freakin pickles

[@doctorgrubious7725]

4:13 “That’s a good song”

[@JacX1]

Get a grown-up to shoot him? Lol XD

[@DevonLeSuer]

3:52 Album cover material!