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‘What The Hell Is RoBoy Doing??’ Patton Oswalt, Seth Green and John Hodgman Lend Their Voices To This Week’s VENTURE BROS.!!
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What if fat and/or middle-aged versions of the Hardy Boys, Jonny Quest, Dick Grayson, AstroBoy and Rusty Venture teamed up to solve the murder of an old associate?
Tonight’s episode of “The Venture Bros.,” titled “Self-Medication,” features the voices of Patton Oswalt, Seth Green and John Hodgman.
11:59 p.m. Sunday. The Cartoon Network.
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Venture Bros never fail to make me laugh. Easily one of the best shows on TV right now.
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"Encyclopedia Brown-Noser" FTW.
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awesome. season's getting better each episode.
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not as much as Seth MacFarlane does though
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Nov 22, 2009 1:32:53 PM CST
They really need to work on the audio mix for this show.
by rev_skarekroe
The music is always so loud you can barely understand the dialog.
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TOO FUCKING FUNNY. GO TEAM VENTURE
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Started out fantastic in seasons 1&2 but I have been largely unimpressed with Seasons 3&4.
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Little weird how much they got into their Dean gay-rape fantasy during the season 1 commentaries.
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Guest voices. Can't wait for this.
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It may have more to do with the feed. The DVD mixes are fine. I think it's either the arbitrary stereo surround sound DirecTV (or your cable provider) or Cartoon Network spits out.
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But they can't get Brock back? Seriously they need to kill off Hatred I never really liked him from the get go and being the boys' body guard makes no sense from any perspective. This season has been pretty funny though for the most part. I always like how they do keep a connection with other older cartoon shows.
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enough of him already. fuck.
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Nov 22, 2009 5:37:03 PM CST
Still the wittiest and most inventive show on the box
by col. tigh-fighter
Go Team Venture
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Seriously. Taking a break from the same story dynamic is a good thing. How many shows hammered a single character into more and more ridiculous storylines just because the writers thought the character was "popular" with fans. I quit watching the Simpsons because they quit doing feature stories with side characters like rev Lovejoy and Apu. Seeing Homer meet a new celebrity of the week killed that show for me. Let's let Brock's storyline rest for a bit. When he comes back we'll all appreciate him more.
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He hath the sound of reason.
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fuck you naysayers...really all i have to say
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Almost like they throw shite on the wall just to see whats funny. Sometimes it does work though.
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Yeah, that makes sense
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Is pretty much Adult Swim's go-to guy for voices. He must do this shit for free
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Season 3 just started with 30-minute episodes and it manages to actually be funny the whole time. Venture Bros. needs to move to 15-minute segments, because it's lack of plot can't hold a half-hour of funny.
And screw Brock. Patrick Warburton thinks he's some sort of voiceover guro...Frank Oz not you are!!! -
It's the best show on television, no matter what a bunch of useless talkbackers without an ounce of creativity in their blood say in here. Go fawn over some cliche-ridden scifi and leave the intelligent and funny Venture Bros to those of us that don't feel the need to suck the enjoyment out of everything.
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but it really does seem like these past 2 seasons are less inspired than the first 2
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Full interview: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5737218n&tag=api
Web Extra 1: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5736838n&tag=api
Web Extra 2: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5736840n&tag=api
Web Extra 3: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5736762n&tag=api
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Metalocalypse is pretty awesome. However, it would be a huge mistake to cut the Venture Bros down to 15 (really 12) minutes. There is a lot of crap on Adult Swim, a good show like VB needs to take up every minute it can.
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It kinda sucks that the whole dynamic has changed ... watching Brock bring the pain was a big chunk of what made it cool.
Tonight's Ep will just go to show that there is more in the geek universe to be lampooned.
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Not agreeing with the negative posts. This is still the best comedy on TV for my money, and one of the few reasons I keep cable.
I think some of the best episodes ever were the last 2 of season 1, leading into the first 2 of season two. However I wouldn't say there has been any significant drop-off in caliber, maybe just not such a fantastic streak of episodes in a row.
To all the disappointed voices out there, sorry that you are not finding your bliss. Maybe tonight will offer you something.
To all the others..
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I offer this list to anyone who thinks that season 3 was sub par. Not saying that anyone's point of view isn't valid or that my taste is the true meter of quality.
Just damn.... these were fucking good episodes... IMHO
303 - "The Invisible Hand of Fate"
313,314 - "The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (Part I&II)"
302- "The Doctor Is Sin"
305 - "The Buddy System"
310 - "The Lepidopterists"
308 - "Tears of a Sea Cow"
301 - "Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny"
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"20 Years To Midnight" is still my favorite/most inspired episode. Hope they have one this season that tops it.
I agree with the comment about The Simpsons...at least VB has the balls to let the characters evolve and grow each season. -
This show is BANK!
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Nice.
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Funny shit- the pedophilia was a bit much, but the therapy group was classic Publick.
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will people get off Warburton 's back. Find me ONE single piece of evidence that says he's not playing ball. Its not like it would be that hard to find a replacement. Warburton 's voice is unique, but hardly impossible to imitate.
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with one single quote, and it was my first time watching it. Shake gets reunited with his retarded bastard son and, none too pleased about it, berates the little shit with "The only reason God doesn't wipe you from the face of the earth is because you amuse him somehow."On a 1-10 insult scale, I'm giving that a 9.5
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Fun episode! I liked the small visual details, like "Wonderboy" wearing a knee brace and having a faded W on his costume where the badge used to be.
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enough already! stuff them in a bag with seth green and throw it off a cliff!
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I thought the same thing, Donny.
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In one for or another, he will be back...if he's even really dead. And what of Brock's son's mystery mom, hmmm? This show has more mysteries than Lost and is much funnier.
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just a couple of weeks after shel dorf the con is quickly losing its founders
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to exit stage left
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the stripper who is recurring in the background since season one.She is most likely to be the one living in a trailer park within driving distance of the venture compound and the strip club.
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were a not too subtle take on the possible future of Hank and Dean.
Dr. Z not quite as good as his first appearance.
Mrs. Z is pretty GILFY for a cartoon lady.
AICN shout out. Herc you better work harder on that Doc and Jackson interview transcript. -
Talk about running a joke into the ground. And a joke that is only marginally a joke, anyway. Sgt. Hatred and his 'urges' just aren't funny. Not in any offensive way, it's just really, really, really, really, really, really not funny.
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We may've seen the last of him though. Monarch is still awesome in small doses too. I love his "work-friend" relatioship with 21.
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And it comes from the Simpsons, ironically enough... Dean: Hi, Sgt. Hatred. You look like you've got something to say. Do you? / Sgt. Hatred: Yes, I certainly do! (a different voice) I have to go now. My planet needs me (the cel with Sgt. Hatred on it is crudely moved upwards. A note stated " Sgt. Hatred died on the way back to his home planet")
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This pedostuff is AWFUL. Unless they are building to a Hatred/Sunshine queen-off.Still... Go Team Venture!
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The references to Hatred's unsavory run-ins with the Venture Brothers go back that far... remember that Hank puts on his Russian accent after asking Hatred "You're not gonna bad-touch me, are you?" prompting Hatred to ask Princess Tinyfeet "Honey, do we know him?"
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Loved Rusty's line to Action Johnny that he has more chemical preservatives in him than a Twinkie.
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What about "Damn! Even his dot is fat!"
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I love the show, but I find it now to be up to the same caliber... now I only re-watch it cuz it was confusin but not cuz it was cool or funny... 1st and 2nd season was great, that ep wit the Fantastic 4 and bullhorn alien, Dean gettin married to Underbeit, that 4 way date, and Brock just goin ape shit...
The past 2 seasons however, seem to focus on buildin mythlogy unnaturally...like they shoehorn in chars just so in a next season, we get to see why they sorta make sense in their universe. And all the cool chars are not bein utilized like they were used to like Monarch, Orpheus, and DrGF. I have no prob Brock bein away, but this pedophile wit a heart full of gold (and a apparently a penis covered in d), is not helpin the show at all! bring back the greatness dammit! and stop makin me use wikipedia to understand a single episode plot...
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Sounds so good.
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is Hatred really that incompetent that he is basically in a draw between 24 or is 24 really bad ass? or is it a lil of both?
and I was just thinkin, we need Kissinger to come back and give Hatred some words of advice... I feel he could bring Hatred to somewhat coolness (or at least up to total non-usefulness) -
I was just thinking that Sgt. Hatred needs a visit from ol' Dr. Henry Killenger..
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lol yea I guess I mispelled his name... but the good ol Doc is always welcomed... he could probably prescribe somethin stronger than nomolestol (that sight bit was funny)
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It's obvious from the structure of the 4th season that they've anticipated these complaints:
1. Sgt. Hatred was shot and netted at the end of this week's episode -> The boys are obviously sick of his BS, as are we.
2. The absence of Brock? How did this episode start? With Rusty running in fear for his life (how often have you really seen the expression of fear on his face?) and actually being captured by the Monarch. With Brock around, that would not have happened -> it is obvious that the Venture's NEED Brock. This is smart writing.
Frankly, I'm impressed, and I wrote television and film reviews in radio and print before the internet. Booya, bitches.
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After 21's death, he's gone berserker.
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Nov 23, 2009 12:12:04 PM CST
Figures only shut in pedos like this shite
by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes
And they will defend it as 'funny' until their last boy-groping breath escapes them. This shite needs to be flushed. It has maybe one decent non-pedo laugh every ep and that is it. I tried to give it a chance, but fuck that. You pedo's enjoy. Roman will be getting out soon too.
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Feel free to go on Wikipedia is you continue to have trouble keeping their numbers straight.
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Now see what you've done?!
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see but I think he is only as badass as Brocks son, who himself only thinks he is badass... I havent seen 24 do anythin cept be revered by his fellow red shirts... his new costume is badass, but he himself, i dont think...
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I've not seen anyone mention this, but James Urbaniak and John Hodgman were twittering they had to perform last night's episode live, or so it seems. Not sure why, but they seem to be sincere.
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I am not a shut-in, as I am typing this from an internet cafe! What was the other part again?
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But c'mon...the irony is palpable...a known 'reformed' pedo-freak quits the Guild to become caretaker of two teen boys? Their clue-less, self-absorbed father has no problem with it?
I think Doc and Publick are commenting on all of the weird 'villains' from the Johnny Quest/Batman who committed their lives to 'luring' & 'capturing' characters like Johnny and Robin the Boy Wonder, and how all that weird shit might affect these 'evil geniuses' later in life....or even their trusted caretakers like Captain Sunshine. I mean...watch Frank Gorshin or Ceasar Romero oogling Burt Ward tied up and in his gay little suit from the old Batman series. Wonder Boy's line last nite "Why is it I can only get an erection when I'm tied to a chair" was evidence that they are exploring how all these crazy scenarios might impact not only the 'wards' but the 'sidekicks and villains' years later. Let's face it...there was always an underlying 'creepy' vibe to all of it. And exploring the 'creepy' of all these childhood favorites is what Venture Brothers is all about!
They spent three years showing us how Dr. Venture has had to deal with the 'trauma' of growing up a 'boy adventurer' with an absentee dad. Now their focusing on the other side of the coin. Hatreds years of arching led him down an unfortunate and creepy path in his later years...just as Action Johnny's sorted past led him to some weird places. (God, I loved that he was stealing the therapist's Rx pad last nite!).
So, while I'm not defending a serious subject like pedophilia done for comedy purposes...I think TPTB were simply TIRED of retreading Rusty's conflict with his past and wanted to explore how the other side of the coin has dealt with their younger days...and obviously...they also are not having the best of times reconciling their past.
Have they run the joke into the ground? Absolutely...But I have a feeling it was run into the ground on PURPOSE. Sgt. Hatred's days are numbered. They had to write a way that Sgt Hatred HAS to 'exit stage left'...so the great and awesome Brock Samson can return to take care of the boys again. We all know Hatred is not worthy of the job despite his 'urges'.
I would not be surprised if Hatred agrees to enter rehab, thus causing the need for Brock to return.
They have been purposely building a void this season for two characters by focusing on Hatred & others...the return of Brock...and the return of 24.
Things will be back on track soon enough...but I definitely think last nite's episode was the END of the pedo storyline.
GO TEAM VENTURE!!
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Byron Orpheus! Can't wait for THAT dude to get a 'centric' episode this season!! And, seeing Triana is also a plus!
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I understand what youre sayin bout the irony and stuff, but EVERY other char could fill in Hatred part and do it better... imagine if Jonny was the boys bodyguard... now that would been cool... Hatred tryin not to stick his "d" in kids, not as cool... hell, even Brocks capt/lt/whatever been a good fit wit his transgenderticies...
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I think it was probably them making fun of the audio issues. At least I was having problems with the audio and I bet I'm not the only one.
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I don't mind the pedo schtick, but that's literally all he has. This show has some of the deepest characters on TV, so a one-note character like falls flat.
I enjoyed last week, when we saw the side of him struggling with Hank's non-acceptance. But even that was quickly thrown aside for pedo stuff. -
an over-long gag that is really starting to grate
I had to quit watching Monk for over usage of the over-long gag
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...were the hilight of an episode filled with hilights. 'TORN MESNISCUS' FTW!!!
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Sgt Hatred just kinda stomped into the storyline last season out of the blue like he owed the place.
Kind of like when 'Nikki & Paulo' tromped into LOST a couple of seasons back...and everyone was like 'Who the fuck are these idiots? And where the hell is John Locke?'.
The Nikki & Paulo fan hated was dealt with immediately (they actually got the creepiest death scene on LOST to date)...and I'm sure Hatred will be given a similar send off.
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Any negative response from the fans won't immediately kill off Hatred. This isn't South Park. They can't come up with a new episode plot and animate it within a week's time. Whatever their original purpose of Hatred is for this season will proceed as planned since those episodes have already been through the animation process for MONTHS now and they can't change the direction of the storyline at the last minute to appease fans. So if something suddenly happens to Hatred to get rid of him, it's because they planned it that way beforehand and not because it's a response to fan negativity. Otherwise, fan complaints probably won't get rid of Hatred until next season.
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Where it is actually pretty obvious that the Monarch killed the therapist due to the beginning of the episode with Venture, but by the end, there is SO much going on, and you're so far removed from the original point, that this doesn't even cross your mind. It's great "mis-direction."
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but, they may be over reaching in an attempt to top themselves.
Next season expect a character that is a necrophiliac, bestiality, pedophile. ie. a guy that likes to fuck dead baby animals. -
There are two more episodes before the season 4 "break". I bet the Sgt. Hatred arc is finished by then. Welcome back, Brock?
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Brock, Dr. Orpheus and Triana all return next in the next two episodes.
http://mantiseye.com/?ep44 -
I know how unlikely it sounds, but with Urbaniak tweeting a pic of him in the booth panicking, and Hodgman too....I dunno. I've not read anything anywhere else about it, but for the moment I'm still siding with Urbaniak telling the truth.
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We all know how LONG these things take to animate. I'm just saying...last nite's episode definitely felt like Hatred's curtain call. Not saying they could possibly kill him off immediately like South Park. Heck...it took lost half a season to kill off 'Nikki & Paulo'!
I'm just saying...perhaps his own NAME "Hatred" is an inside joke on us from Doc & Publick....perhaps they are reveling in how disgusting and annoying they can make the character in order to instill true hatred in all of us! -
Last week the friday numbers talkback came up on monday, so i've been patient--HERC, PLEASE post a talkback, so much to discuss about friday.
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then in the last 30 seconds, Brock will come up behind him and slit his throat (for no apparent reason) in front of the boys then casually ask "Hey boys, how's it goin?"
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and I kept waiting for the funny, but it never happened.
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...and the TB is scarce. The fucking Monarch reads this site.
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Coincidence? Yes.
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"but, they may be over reaching in an attempt to top themselves.
Next season expect a character that is a necrophiliac, bestiality, pedophile. ie. a guy that likes to fuck dead baby animals."
VENTURESTEIN!!!
As far as the mother of Brocks supposed kid. Easy. This ones been telegraphed since season 1. Leslie Cohen.
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And started laughing like crazy. VB stays with you.
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get a good look at who was swimming in the pool during the flash back to Rusty's therapy with Jonas Sr. Was it Hector?
And the most pedophilia - centric show on TV is Hanna Montana. -
...yawn. Despite the stunt casting, pretty ho hum.
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Brock was banging Leslie in college, which was *well* over 20 years ago in the Ventureverse. Dermott is no more than 16.
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The last two seasons are just a mess. The more they try to create a mythology the worse it get's. They play episodes out of order simply because there is no other way for it to hold your interest. This show really has just gone to shit.
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They played episodes out of order in the first and second seasons!
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That is hardcore!
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But even I am finding Hatred a little grating. Enough already!
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They were very clear in the commentaries-- when they came up with Dermott there was no idea about who his mother is -- no mystery, no significance, just one of the millions-- you don't see her because they'd have to do a character design for that.
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