Because of the brothers’ sheltered lives and dubious upbringing, teenagers Hank and Dean Venture are incredibly out of sync with the way the real world works. They approach every new situation as if it is just a big, exciting adventure. Their slang comes mostly from a bygone era of “golly gees” and “gosh darn its,” but occasionally their language is peppered with stray misused modern phrases they pick up intermittently. The Venture brothers are geeks in the extreme and always side by side (usually hopelessly abandoned somewhere together). They are good kids, but their playful cajoling of each other and their incessant high-pitched laughter quickly grates on the nerves of their perpetually uptight father, Dr. Venture.
The Venture Brothers Characters
By Nancy Basile, About.com Guide
Hank is the older of the two fraternal twin brothers by six minutes. He is the self-proclaimed “jock” of the two, which means very little considering the athletic prowess of both of the boys leaves much to be desired. He imagines himself to be an adventurer and man of the world like Brock, whom he idolizes, so he’s much more likely to jump to action – or conclusions – than his brother.
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