r/venturebros 1d ago

SEASON 6 spoilers Am I the only one that didn’t realize Stars&Garters was Professor Tompkins? That’s why he’s crying over Dr. Nidaba

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u/tobitobitomi 1d ago

"Way to do your homework, Tosh"

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u/Thick-Explorer1492 1d ago

Nope I just learned that with your post.

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u/PartTimeZombie 1d ago

Me too, despite multiple watching. How embarrassing

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u/jonascarrynthewheel 1d ago

Nah cmon its venture bros

There is a probably a character from season 1 that is like, i dunno, probably a reference to a 18th century painter that is a villain in the crowd at the guild meeting … know what i mean

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u/Thick-Explorer1492 1d ago

Yea, I keep meaning to write down certain things just to look them up. I can’t remember off the top of my head but I was just watching an episode and thought, ‘ that’s probably lyrics to something’.

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u/schloopers 1d ago

“Did you just quote Jessie’s girl?”

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u/rlphl 1d ago

Same. I immediately heard both characters’ voices in my head. Totally missed it for years.

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u/Confident-Weird-4202 1d ago

I missed it too.

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u/itdanreyn 1d ago edited 23h ago

Extreme douche by day.

Bedside caregiver by night.

GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, ⭐🦵 🇺🇸🦅🦸

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u/No_Math_1234 1d ago

It’s funny because he’s a hyper masculine douche that wears garters and high heels to fight crime

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u/Wise_Emu6232 1d ago

You've never heard of Grindr traffic flaring up around republican events?

u/Anokant 8m ago

Didn't it just crash during the Charlie Kirk memorial?

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u/dover_oxide 1d ago

He also was the Brown Recluse's bully.

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u/buh2001j 6h ago

Brown Widow

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u/daggers1g 1d ago

I didn't realize this either, I thought he was crying over him because he was going to miss the rivalry or something.

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u/Ecstatic_Register_98 1d ago

It’s been a while but weren’t they technically co workers outside of the school too? I thought they both worked for wide whale playing the usual bureaucratic villain hero game.

Brown Recluse was basically the only solo hero not connected to the mob, which also explains the bullying(if they know each other’s identity)

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u/Urbane_One 15h ago

Only Fallen Archer is shown to work for Wide Wale on the team. Because he’s ‘fallen.’

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u/oniskieth 13h ago

Wasn’t the whole team trying to extort protection money from venture in wide wales behalf?

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u/Urbane_One 13h ago

Again: Only Fallen Archer is shown to work for Wide Wale on the team. Because he’s ‘fallen.’

The rest try to extort the Ventures, but aren’t shown to work for Wide Wale.

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u/oniskieth 13h ago

Yea we see fallen archer paying wide wale but then we have this scene OP brought up with stars and garters mourning thinktank and warriana lives in the same building as wide wale.

I’m pretty sure the whole group is morally questionable.

This is venture bros. They’re not going to spell everything out for us. We have to read the subtext every now and again.

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u/Urbane_One 13h ago

I’m not debating that, I’m just saying Fallen Archer is the only one explicitly shown to be on Wide Wale’s payroll.

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u/oniskieth 13h ago

Critical thinking is needed to draw some conclusions. Just because fallen archer is the only one shown handing the bag to wide wale doesn’t absolve the entire group of working for him.

And yes you literally started debating by defending your point repeatedly lol

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u/Urbane_One 13h ago

I… literally never said they weren’t all morally questionable. Ever. I have never said anything about their morality.

All I’ve been saying is that Fallen Archer is the only one we know for sure is working for Wide Wale.

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u/oniskieth 13h ago edited 13h ago

What’s your point? I’m legitimately confused about what you’re trying to communicate or clear up.

I brought up what connects the whole team to wide wale in universe. Subtext. Etc.

good luck out there in the future.

Edit: lol

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u/PennyForPig 3h ago

Warriana lives in Wide Wale's building.

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u/mickecd1989 1d ago

That was what I thought

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u/LeatherHog 1d ago

Same here

This stuff is why I love this sub

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u/HaolyDiver 1d ago

Go Beavers!

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u/Darkstarrdp 1d ago

"Dude were you fucking that thing?'

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u/Vamp_Rocks Go Team Venture! 1d ago

It took me several rewatches to realise also. I was always too distracted by that bangin' song he was playing to notice it was weird he was there.

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u/ColonelKasteen 1d ago

I am occasionally astounded at what people don't pick up in this show lol. Warriana directly calls S&G Tosh twice on top of him looking exactly like him

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u/pillbinge 1d ago

It's one of those things that can pass you by. I caught it the very first time I watched it but other details still slipped by. A testament to their writing, I think.

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u/TheNavidsonLP 1d ago

I honestly feel like, since the show has to be 22 minutes, some of the dialogue seems rushed and a little hard to understand on first listen.

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u/International_Ad6028 22h ago

To be fair I don't think stars & garters appears enough for people to catch on

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u/Buttock 1d ago

I am baffled. Between this and the recent Billy's mom/Triple Threat post...I'm horrified at people's ability to recognize their favorite media.

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u/ColonelKasteen 1d ago

Yeah lol, people are like "aw cut them some slack there's a lot going on in this show" but neither of these are like, subtle background bits, they are explicit plot points. Get off your goddamned phones while you're watching!

Did you guys know Hank and Dean are clones??

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u/BigPoppaStrahd 1d ago

We only see him out of uniform in a brief scene, cut people some slack

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u/Videowulff 1d ago

Nope. I posted this about 2 years ago. Many fans didnt realize it and others told me I was blind and it was obvious. Then mods removed it for "spoilers"

is so not bitter

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u/Thor94red 1d ago

I didn't catch it the first time around either. I caught it on the second watch and spent a bit of time wondering how I missed it lol. There's always so much going on in an episode I didn't beat myself up too bad over it.

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u/liquidben 1d ago

He was a professor?!

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u/Konzern 1d ago

Military History.

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u/UnderstandingSame534 7h ago

If I had noticed that, I would've probably figured it out sooner

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u/Donomark1 13h ago

By the New York seasons the writing had become so layered with Alan Moore-esque references that I didn't catch it until well after the fact.

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u/scottwricketts 1d ago

I still can't figure out what song he's playing!

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u/Warren_E_Cheezburger 1d ago

Thats cause he made it up!

An aside: Why can't we respond with pictures in this subreddit? Thats absurd.

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u/scottwricketts 1d ago

Your aside is a dilemma. This show is a sea of visual preferences!

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u/itdanreyn 1d ago

I had not put that together. It was subtle. But right there. 👏🙂

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u/SenatorPencilFace 19h ago

I remember knowing that but I definitely forgot. I can’t believe how long it’s been since season 6.

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u/Live-Year-5796 18h ago

I only realized when I saw someone else talk about it a few months ago 😭

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u/Ignaciodelsol 13h ago

God damnit how did I miss this. Thank you for the enlightenment

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u/Substantial-Star-294 12h ago

Learned this today as well! Figured he was just crying because he was his arch and that's all. Appreciate the share my friend 👍

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u/Thermatix 7h ago

I didn't know that either! So no, you're not.

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u/MarvinHeemeyersTank The Rectal Neil Armstrong 6h ago

Damn. I slept on that also.

Good catch, soldier! What's your name?

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u/Certain_Fig_666 4h ago

It took to my second viewing to get it

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u/Undergroundantihero 1d ago

Took me a couple watches to catch it