Brock Samson | |
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The Venture Bros. character | |
First appearance |
The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay |
Last appearance |
Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart |
Voiced by |
Patrick Warburton |
Information | |
Nickname(s) |
"Walking Swedish Murder Machine" "Super Kill-Guy" "Franken-Mullet" "Murderist Extraordinaire" "Slayer of Henchmen" Agent 9262 Agent Topanga Lawrence |
Aliases |
Jesus Tralfaz Yeti-Mummy Goldilocks |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Secret agent |
Family |
Bonnie Jablonski Samson (mother, according to "Poker Night 2") An unnamed brother Neko (son) An unnamed son |
Nationality | American |
Notable characteristics |
Great strength, stamina, and agility Exceptional skill in hand-to-hand combat Street smart and usually level-headed |
Alliances |
The Office of Secret Intelligence Team Venture |
Prior alliances |
United States Armed Forces S.P.H.I.N.X. |
Enemies |
The Guild of Calamitous Intent The Investors (all deceased) Long Division Monstroso (deceased) Mike Sorayama (deceased) The Monarch Phantom Limb S.P.H.I.N.X. Commander (deceased) Old S.P.H.I.N.X. (defunct) Tiger Shark |
Brock Fitzgerald Samson is the deuteragonist on the Adult Swim television series The Venture Bros. He is an O.S.I. agent and bodyguard of Dr. Thaddeus Venture. He is voiced by Patrick Warburton.
Appearance
Brock was originally based on pro-wrestler Sid Vicious. After complaints by the WWE about this, the creators had to tone down Brock's psychotic behavior from the first season. In tune with his half-Swedish heritage, he has blonde hair and light blue eyes. His mullet hairstyle is a trademark of sorts as other characters comment on it frequently, and it earns him the nickname 'Franken-Mullet.' His hair grows steadily longer over the course of the second season, and he grows mutton-chop sideburns.
At the beginning of Season 4, after quitting the O.S.I., Brock lived with his old friends Steve Summers and Sasquatch, during which his body fell horribly out of shape, resulting in a potbelly and devolved muscles. Upon joining with his fellow Ex-O.S.I. members in S.P.H.I.N.X. however, Brock slowly regained his fit muscular physique.
In keeping with the show's vaguely anachronistic sense of fashion, Brock is usually drawn in clothing styles that were popular in the 1970s and early 80's and pointed out by Wide Whale's henchman Rocco: four-pocket sports shirts, skin-tight polos, pastel-colored pants, white shoes, and side-zip ankle boots are all recurring items of clothing in his wardrobe. He and Dr. Venture appear to be the only characters on the show with significantly varied wardrobe. Brock also sports a half-finished tattoo of the Swan Song Records logo on his right biceps which he describes as "Icarus from the Led Zeppelin albums."
Despite this antiquated look, Brock seems to have no trouble with women, as he not only hooks up with plenty of them on a regular basis, many of the show's major female characters such as Dr. Mrs. The Monarch, Amber Gold, Warriana, and Molotov Cocktease find him sexually attractive.
After the start of season 4, Brock has a metal plate fastened on his chest to cover a wound he received when H.E.L.P.eR's head was lodged in his chest following an explosion. Although he has since healed, the plate has yet to be removed, and has more than once allowed him to be shot by heavy ordinance yet not be harmed.
Personality
Though he became a well-developed, three dimensional character over time, Brock mostly embodies the 'strong, silent' stereotype. He usually speaks in a low, gravelly deadpan and maintains a casual aura. He speaks calmly in anything short of the most urgent circumstances. However, and whenever angry or in general responding to a threat to himself and anyone he cares about, he turns into a hyper aggressive berserker rage. Brock will take down every enemy in sight but despite that, he refuses to kill women and children due to his teachings from Colonel Hunter Gathers. He loves fighting and killing, seeing his agent duty as his true purpose even though he sometimes doubts his lethal actions. This came to ahead in ¡Viva los Muertos! when he killed a helpless henchman who had given up fighting and was later resurrected as Venturestein. His terror of Brock and tortured existence made Brock realize that he'd gone too far killing a helpless man. Afterwards, while reconciling the fact that being a effective killer is what he is while also resolving to control his bloodlust so as to only resort to serious violence and lethal force if it's necessary and unavoidable. His fear of the supernatural is one of the few things which was shown to be able to faze Brock, as shown when Dean spoke Sumerian and when the VenTech Tower was "haunted".[1]
Brock seems to be unfazed by most super-villains, despite his comment that The Guild is one of few organizations he respects.The only villain who seems to be able to communicate with Brock on his own level and not fear him is Phantom Limb and Red Death. He also has a history with David Bowie, who, in the Venture Brothers universe, is impersonated by a shapeshifter that is the leader of the Guild in addition to a famous performer. Whether or not Brock knows of Bowie's role in the Guild is not clear, but Brock makes it clear that he would be happy to kill Bowie if the opportunity arose.
Brock's personality has evolved considerably throughout the series. In the beginning of the series, he seemed to be hostile and closed off to The Ventures, as he saw protecting them as a boring, babysitting job. Except for when they were in danger, he largely ignored them, focused on brutally murdering his enemies, and having sex with women as often as possible. However, as the season progressed, he began to show affection for the Ventures, and a great deal of concern for their safety. He later becomes a mentor and fatherly figure to especially Hank and Dean and not being judgemental on Dr. Venture for his incompetence and failure like many others on the show. Though it was a departure from the unfeeling Brock of early episodes, the writers confirm he is still assumed to be the 'Swedish Murder Machine' behind the scenes.
Brock's devotion to Led Zeppelin surfaces in several episodes. Some references are rather subtle (when driving the Charger, Brock almost always is listening to facsimile Led Zeppelin songs) while others are more overt, such as Hank rifling through Brock's collection of "Zep" cassette tapes or Brock drawing the logo of the band's label instead of completing the essay portion of a written exam, in addition to having a (currently incomplete) tattoo of it on his arm. He passionately believes that the band is more than just "jock rock" whose music talks about love and longing... and hobbits. In an "interview" with IGN.com, Brock has stated that his favorite track is led Zeppelin's "'Moby Dick', live at Montreaux." His password is "John. Bonham. Rocks." In response to a question sent from a fan on MySpace, Doc Hammer stated that Brock also likes Rush (up to the album "Moving Pictures"), early music from the Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath (until Ozzy Osbourne left), and the solo Dio. At some point in his youth, Brock also played the bass guitar (according to the Christmas special - the only episode to mention this - it was painted with zebra stripes - a popular motif among 80s rockers). In said Christmas special, he intended to give it to Hank as a present (whereas Dean was much more difficult to shop for); it is worth noting, however, that all but the last few moments of the episode were part of Dr. Venture's dream sequence, so whether or not he actually played is not currently known. The only other reference to his musical aspirations is his regret, in his possibly non-canon interview with IGN that he regretted not getting a band together (he claimed to play "bass" and "vox" [1]). Hank did receive the bass, as shown in Dr. Quymn, Medicine Woman and a few other episodes.
Abilities
Brock exhibits near super-human strength, a facial twitch, and the ability to endure almost any kind of physical punishment, including unprotected exposure to the vacuum of outer space. During surgery to remove a bullet from his shoulder in the episode Hate Floats, his body is discovered to harbor three additional bullets, "a blowgun dart, two shark's teeth, the tip of a bayonet, a twisted paper clip, and a meager handful of buckshot," which he had apparently failed to notice. He is seen by his enemies as unstoppable, which is sometimes confirmed as he took a tank shot to the chest and survived, though he had a metal plate installed. He has only been matched in battle few times and shows respect to each enemy that manages it.
His ability to endure pain is matched by his ability to inflict it, which he does with great enthusiasm. He has shown himself to be capable of killing many different creatures at a moment's notice, including men, monsters, bears, and tyrannosaurus. He refuses to use firearms, preferring to kill instead with his hands or his Bowie knife, but occasionally makes exceptions for certain projectile weapons. Despite his disdain for guns, he is an excellent marksman: in the episode The Incredible Mr. Brisby, Brock repeatedly stops the fall of Dr. Venture by pinning the cuff of his pants to the wall with a rivet-gun. As of season 7, Brock wears a pistol on his person at all times as a visual deterrent to anybody facing him, though he admits to those close to him it's never loaded.
One of the show's signature vehicles is Brock's orange 1969 Dodge 'Hemi' Charger, which he calls Adrienne. Brock has the apparent ability to instantly know when someone is in his car from a distance. He does this in Assisted Suicide, prompting Shore Leave to describe it as a "legitimate superpower". Hank then claims he's seen Brock do it from a country away.
On several occasions the car has become an instrument of death and destruction. Brock has used it not only to fatally run down dozens of The Monarch's henchmen, but also to defeat Venture's twin brother, Jonas Venture Jr. Brock has apparently built a flamethrower into the car's steering wheel, and rigged it to activate during any attempt at hotwiring the vehicle. When Brock is forced to destroy the car in The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (Part I), he is so emotionally affected that he is temporarily unable to speak. In Assisted Suicide, Brock demonstrates what his friends believe to be a 'legitimate superpower': his ability to know when someone is in his car. He also reveals that, after rebuilding the machine, he kitted it with an environmentally safe electric motor.
Brock's List of Cool Crap he never thought he'd get to do
Due to the extraordinary situations Brock finds himself in due to his work as a member of O.S.I., Team Venture, and as a member of S.P.H.I.N.X., Brock has been able to accomplish things he never thought possible, such as:
- His boyhood dream of putting Edgar Allan Poe in a headlock in Escape to the House of Mummies Part II.
- Stabbing Adolf Hitler (whose soul was currently inhabiting the body of a dog) to death in Blood of the Father, Heart of Steel.
- Killing a polar bear with only a knife in Ice Station – Impossible!.
History
Little has been revealed in the series about Brock's upbringing. He was born the older of the two boys to a single mother in Omaha, Nebraska and is of Swedish, Polish, and Winnebago [2] ancestry. He lost his virginity at the age of fourteen and pursues a highly promiscuous lifestyle as an adult. There are several references to the state of Minnesota throughout the series in relation to Brock: e.g., Minnesota Vikings logo on his headphones and Hunter saying he's "from the land of the lakes country Dammit!" In dialogue, there is a reference to Brock potentially being Jewish within the episode Pomp and Circuitry.
He attended college on a football scholarship to State University in the early 1980s, where his fellow students included Thaddeus Venture, The Monarch, Pete White, Mike Sorayama, and Werner Ünderbheit. He roomed with Dr. Venture, but the two never socialized as he spent much of that time having sex with other female students. Brock accidentally killed his team's quarterback, Tommy, during practice, leaving him with a guilt he has carried ever since. Afterwards, he went on a drunken rampage and beat up Rusty, The Monarch, and others. Brock's athletic scholarship was subsequently cut, and he left the day after for the Army. Before leaving, Brock apologized to Rusty for the attack on him and his friends and told him that while he was at the nurse, someone from Ventures industries left a message that his father died. He casually left as the young man process this news.
After leaving school, he joined the United States Marine Corps, and was eventually recruited by the Office of Secret Intelligence. There he was taken under the wing of Colonel Hunter Gathers, who Brock later described as "the second-closest thing to a father I ever had." As an O.S.I. agent, Brock was granted License to Kill, a freedom he exercised with great zeal and often took pleasure in.
Brock's initial time at the O.S.I. was going on field missions, sometimes with Hunter Gathers. During one of his first missions of his career, Brock encountered KGB agent Molotov Cocktease, at the 1986 Goodwill Games who was also on her first mission. During that mission, Brock's partner was killed by Molotov, as Brock in turn, killed her father, Siberian Husky, who was attempting to assassinate a VIP. Brock would have encounters with Molotov in the ensuing years, and she would come to be the "only woman [he has] ever loved."
Brock's career as an O.S.I. field agent effectively came to an end when he and Gathers attempted and failed to expose Phantom Limb (then known as Professor Fantomas) as a member of the Guild of Calamitous Intent, forcibly using Billy Quizboy as bait. As a result, the double-agent Sergeant Hatred (then known as Sergeant Haine) separates him from Gathers and reassigned him to the 'rookie' duty of Dr. Venture's bodyguard. Feeling guilty over using Billy, Brock saves him from O.S.I. experiments and returns him to his partner Pete White, making an arrangement with him and Dr. Venture to keep his memories of that mission and most of his past erased. In the episode ORB, it is revealed that this assignment was actually one in a series of ruses stretching back to the late Victorian era enacted to keep agents close to each Venture super-scientist so that they could be killed quickly in the event that they tried to make use of a mysterious artifact known as the Orb.
Sometime after that incident, Hunter Gathers went rogue and left the O.S.I. with forty million dollars, and kidnapped a plastic surgeon to undergo sexual reassignment surgery, and used her new operation to avoid being killed by other O.S.I. agents. Brock, desperate to find him, temporarily abandoned his assignment with The Ventures, asks Molotov Cocktease to watch them, and proceed to locate her. Brock locates Gathers and is prepared to kill her, but couldn't bring himself to carry out the act as Gathers had taught him everything he knew, serving as a surrogate father to him, and left her in peace.
At the Showdown at Cremation Creek (Part I), Brock presides over the wedding of The Monarch and Mrs Girlfriend and assists them in defeating Phantom Limb's attack along with one of Hank Venture's alter ego's, Russian Guyovich.
Leaving the Ventures
At the end of the third season, Molotov Cocktease warns Brock of a plot by the O.S.I. to have him assassinated. He, along with The Venture family, go on the run and into hiding. He kills the three assassins sent, Herr Trigger, Go-Fish, and Le Tueur, reunites with his former OSI colleagues Shoreleave, and Sky Pilot, and played the Monarch against the O.S.I., only to learn that they had never intended to have him killed in the first place. General Treister offered to reassign Brock to "something a little easier on the ol' noggin." Brock upset of being manipulated in that way, chooses to resign instead, but after helping The Ventures and O.S.I. defend against The Monarch's latest assault on the Venture Compound. During that battle, Brock was caught in an explosion from the Monarch-mobile which caused the head of H.E.L.P.eR. to be lodged in his chest.
Brock survived and was treated by the O.S.I, but believing they were up to something, he escaped and went into hiding, but not before a metal plate was secured to his chest to cover the wound inflicted by H.E.L.P.eR's head. For some time after this, he stayed in a log cabin with Steve Summers and Sasquatch, a couple he met in Home Insecurity. While Brock managed to heal during this period of inactivity, he also became overweight and out of shape.
Later on, he learned that Molotov and Hunter Gathers had hired the assassins and lead him to believe that the O.S.I. wanted to kill him. The intention was for Brock eliminate competition for Molotov's all-female organization of contract killers, the The Black Hearts. When he attempted to get revenge on the Black Hearts, he discovered that Hunter Gathers had in fact infiltrated the group as a member of S.P.H.I.N.X. for the purpose of disbanding it, and that he had never meant for Brock to come to harm. Brock joined S.P.H.I.N.X to aid in their mission against villains whom the O.S.I. could not effectively combat due to bureaucratic restrictions.
During his time at S.P.H.I.N.X, he and Hunter Gathers go on missions to hunt down and expose The Investors, focusing on Monstroso and his links to them. His hatred towards Monstroso intensifies when he learns that he is dating Molotov Cocktease. In the season 4 finale Operation P.R.O.M., Molotov infiltrates S.P.H.I.N.X on the Venture Compound and attacks Brock. After engaging in an epic high-speed battle, the two confront each other with her telling him she loves Monstroso more than Brock, breaking his heart, and appears to commit suicide with Monstroso.
In Season 5, due to Gathers becoming the new leader of the O.S.I., S.P.H.I.N.X. dissolves, and the members, including Brock, rejoin the agency. They resume their hunt of Monstroso and The Investors. Brock recaptures him again along with Molotov and imprisons them in the O.S.I. Hover-Quarters, but this was part of their plan as Molotov escapes and Monstroso is killed by The Investors. Brock, over his romantic feelings for Molotov, captures and is ready to kill her when he is stopped by Gathers who alerts him to their plan of Molotov being inducted as an O.S.I. agent, there to expose and eliminate double agents in their midst. This was Molotov's last appearance on the show and their relationship was left unresolved.
In All This and Gargantua-2, Brock and his O.S.I. colleague Amber Gold are sent on a undercover mission to the Gargantua space station to hunt down The Investors. However, they are caught and imprisoned by The Pirate Captain. After The Revenge Society's attack on the space station, they escape and leave the space station with the rest of the Ventures.
In Season 6, Brock is re-assigned to protect the Ventures by General Gathers due to Dr. Venture being given a large company and fortune from his late brother, making him a major target for high ranked villains re-taking his place from an ousted Sergeant Hated. He takes a disliking to the local superheros, namely the protection racket Crusader Action League, though he is attracted to Warriana. After being exposed to the God Gas, Brock confronts Warriana with his feelings for her and the two have a one night stand. During a battle with a villain named Think Tank, Brock is blasted out of Ventech Tower but is saved by Warriana who admits to having feelings for Brock and seeing him as more than a hook up. With her help, they defeat Think Tank as an "unsanctioned team-up", a precursor to entering a full relationship. He also returns to working together with Hunter Gathers on missions such as when they try to convince Dr. Venture to surrender the Teleporters he invented and fighting off The Guild villains that attack VenTech towers attempting to steal them. He becomes more of a fatherly figure to Hank and Dean such as giving Hank advice on how date Sirena, and assisting Dean with his admission to Stuyvestant University and escorting him there. He also grudgingly works with Wide-Whale's number one henchman Rocco in order to watch Hank and Sirena.
In Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart, he leads the search for Hank along with Dean. After the attack on a O.S.I lab. who Dr. Mrs. Monarch is framed for, he, Shoreleave, and Red Death, take her side as far as being innocent of the crime, and help her escape The Guild and O.S.I.. Later he tries to plead with Hunter Gathers to not shoot down the VenTech tower falling to Earth. He's present when Ben breaks the news that Rusty and The Monarch are clones.
Poker Night 2
Brock appears in the game Poker Night 2, revealing more information about his lineage, his interests, etc. It has not been confirmed if these information about him are considered canon with in the Venture Brothers universe. Some new information about him revealed from the game:
- His drink of choice is vodka.
- Brock is a fan of the show British series Downton Abbey.
- His hairdresser's name is Miss Lily, and she is the only one who he trusts to do his hair.
- Super-testosterone prevents Brock from wearing a hat for more than a few hours.
- Brock appeared in a fictional Mortal Kombat knockoff called Immortal Bomcat. His likeness was used without permission, under the name "Tutu Blondie", and his Fatality was a kiss of death "(Missed me, missed me, now you have to kiss me!)". He mentions that he made sure the company that made the game went bankrupt "with extreme prejudice".
Relationships With Other Characters
Dr. Venture
Dr. Venture and Brock first met in college, where they where roommates, but they didn't see much of each other due to Brock being a jock football player always hooking up with women. After they both drop out of college, they don't see each other again until Brock is assigned to protect Dr. Venture. Brock is initially disgusted by Rusty's cloning of Hank and Dean, and his cavalier attitude towards the boys, but he grew to accept it, and Dr. Venture as a whole; devoting himself to protect him at all times. He even travels around the world to find and force Dr. Venture back to work after he had quit at the start of season two. Their long friendship hasn't prevented him from arguing with and insulting Dr. Venture when the latter's flippant attitude frustrates him. Despite seeing what a failure and loser Venture is, and despite how badly Rusty sometimes treats him, Brock overall has come to like and respect Dr. Venture.
Hank and Dean
It has been shown that Brock deeply cares for the "boys," as he calls them. While being a mentor-like figure to both of them as well as their primary guardian. On occasions, Brock has attempted to even tried to teach the boys various martial arts in order for them to be better prepared for the world.
Hank seems to have developed a closer relationship to Brock and even goes to great lengths to emulate him. Brock even smiled when Hank boasted about his first sexual encounter before wiping his memory. With Dean, Brock has tried to make Dean become more masculine but usually ends up failing however, he did show pride when Dean violently beat up Dermott Fictel and cheered him on.
In season 4, Brock speaks to Rusty about leaving the boys for a time and is not allowed to contact them in any way (though he was located in The Venture Compound, with the rest of S.P.H.I.N.X.) He goes on to say that being away from them was one of the hardest things he has ever done. In Season 6, when he returns to work with them, the boys are overjoyed and Brock is shown helping the boys in their new lives as young adults. He has several times mentored Hank on how to be a man and is currently training him in athletics, while helps Dean study for college and drops him off on campus. He often reminds Hank the best way to attract women is through self-confidence and esteem.
Sergeant Hatred
In the past, the two both worked for the O.S.I. Hatred was Brock's superior as he had the latter give up on his investigating of The Guild of Calamitous Intent. This was most likely an attempt for Hatred to cover his own status as super-villain. In Assisted Suicide, the two compete over who is more qualified to protect Hank and Dean. This little skirmish appears to have been forgotten as the two later worked together in Maybe No Go to get back at the villain Wide Wale and later go for a beer. In Rapacity in Blue, Brock tried to save Hatred from the villain Haranguetan and later felt bad when the former was hospitalized.
O.S.I.
Hunter Gathers
Hunter Gathers trained Brock and is responsible for turning him into the super-agent he is today. In Assassinanny 911, Brock says that he was like a father to him which showed he was hesitant to kill his former mentor. It is shown that Brock had a hard time accepting many of his former mentor's choices but still respects him and comes to the latter for advice. At one point, a vision of Hunter motivated Brock to get him out of his sadness and the latter accepted his advice.
Later Hunter, Brock, Shore Leave and other rogue O.S.I. agents join SPHINX and worked together. When Gathers is given full control of O.S.I., Brock and the other SPHINX agents are able to rejoin the O.S.I. Hunter is also aware of Brock's care for the Venture Family, placing him as their bodyguard in Season 6 after they moved to New York. They continue to work together such as when they had to convince Dr. Venture to surrender his teleporters.
Shore Leave
Shore Leave and Brock first met back in their O.S.I. days, where he mocked Brock for his belief in the The Guild. Later in The Family That Slays, Stays Together Part I, Brock reunites with Shore Leave when he needed their help in defeating the assassins sent to kill. They become colleagues and friends again when they were a part of S.P.H.I.N.X. and go on missions together.
Their friendship continues when they rejoin the O.S.I. and Shoreleave even stopped Brock from initiating a war with the GUILD after realizing he wants to save Dr. Venture. In Red Means Stop, Shoreleave admits to like dressing up as Brock and express jealously at him fighting Red Death.
Head Shot
Brock seemingly has a rivalry with O.S.I. agent Headshot. The latter asked if Brock if he should take out both Monstroso and Molotov only for Brock to dissuade him which caused Headshot to make fun of Brock's old feelings for Molotov Cocktease.
It is implied that another reason for the tension between the two agents is Brock possibly having an affair with Headshot's girlfriend Amber Gold. In The Devil's Grip, he took a glance at the pair as Headshot happily "consoled "Amber about the latter's sympathies for the cyborg Vendata. Also, when Shore Leave made a coy remark about Amber and Headshot's relationship Brock was very eager to change the subject before a confused Headshot could get an answer out of him.
Amber Gold
It is implied that Brock may be having an affair with fellow O.S.I. agent Amber Gold. This was hinted in O.S.I. Love You, where she is seen scolding her boyfriend telling him "Brock could never love such an awful lying bitch person". In The Devil's Grip, Amber remarks sadly about relating to the loneliness of the cyborg Vendata, looking to Brock while saying this, until her boyfriend Headshot "comforted" her as Brock looked at both of them. In that same episode, Brock was eager to change the subject about Amber and Headshot's relationship when Shore Leave made a coy remark about it.
In the season six episode All This and Gargantua-2, they are later shown in bed together, and it is shown that Brock would confide some of his past times with the Ventures. Amber also seem rather touched and understanding of the latter's old feelings for his previous job as a bodyguard. Since his return to working as Venture's bodyguard and his relationship with Warriana it is unknown what happened/or if anything happened between him and Amber.
Romance
Molotov Cocktease
In the episode Eeney, Meeney, Miney... Magic! Brock says that Molotov is the only woman he ever loved. She and Brock have a history of trying to kill each other every few years. The two first met early in Brock's career as an O.S.I. agent during a mission at the 1986 Goodwill Games where he inadvertently killed her father, Siberian Husky, while they were both on a mission as well. They met again in Paris, during which Molotov left Brock temporarily paralyzed in a burning hotel. Brock would later kill her father and also removed Molotov's left eye, which he keeps in a jar as a memento. Despite the awful things they have done to each other, they love and respect each other as the best professionals in the field. Despite their intense chemistry, Brock and Molotov have never slept together because of the iron chastity belt she wears in respect of her dying father's wishes. When Brock believes Molotov to be dead after their confrontation in Operation P.R.O.M., he finds the belt and keeps it. She believes that her bodyguard assignment is beneath him and asks him to quit and work as a mercenary with her. He turns her down with a "go team Venture."
However, by Season 5, and after her declared devotion to Monstroso, he increasingly falls out of love with her to the point where in O.S.I. Love You, he is ready to kill Molotov after defeating her only to stop when Hunter Gathers informs him that the agents killed were traitors and the O.S.I. hired her as a mercenary. Molotov offered her hand to show her allegiance, though whether Brock shook her hand is unknown. Molotov has not been seen since then, and its unknown where they stand in regards to their feelings.
Warriana
Brock had encountered Warriana in the episode Hostile Makeover where she and her team mistook Brock for pushing Hank off the Venture Industries building and attacked him for it. During their battle, Brock was impressed with the heroine's strength and openly made it clear of his attraction to her while under the affects of her Truth Lasso, which she seemed to reciprocate. When the misunderstanding was cleared up Warriana parted ways with Brock with a hint of flirtation in her voice.
In Rapacity in Blue, the two encounter each other again after she spots Brock shouting at a villain attacking the Ventures. She interferes in Brock's argument by knocking out the villain leading to Brock yelling at her and causing the two argue in the same matter. Later, when talking to Hank, he shows that he is frustrated by his attraction to her. Later, while under the effects of Dr. Venture's God Gas, Brock visits Wariana's apartment where he proceeds to voice his admiration of her strength and beauty. His words greatly flatter her and she carries him off into her apartment to hook up.
The next morning in Tanks for Nuthin', Brock free from the mind control gas awakens and is surprised to see that he apparently allowed Warriana to insert a foreign object into his rectum. He tries to leave, but Warriana is already awake and working in her apartment. They have an awkward, terse exchange, Warriana dismissively asking "oh, are you still here?", at which point Brock leaves. Later that night, Warriana rescues Brock after he has been shot out of VenTech Tower by Think Tank. They acknowledge that they both lead busy, complicated lives, but agree that they enjoy each other's company. Warriana then helps Brock defeat Think Tank, saying no one was going to do that to "her man". Together they quickly defeat him, Think Tank complaining about their "unsanctioned team-up", to which Warriana suggests to Brock they go to her place an make the team-up official. He agrees, but asks for no "butt stuff"; she uses her Truth Lasso to compel Brock to admit (loudly) he liked it. In A Party for Tarzan, it is shown they are continuing their relationship, which seems to involve some level of bondage with Brock being tied up by the lasso.
Poker Night 2 Relationships
Ashley "Ash" Williams
A conversation with GLaDOS reveals that Brock Samson's lineage can be traced back to the 14th century, when one of the other poker competitors, Ash Williams, traveled back in time during the events of the film Army of Darkness. Ash slept with a woman named Sheila, daughter of Uford, who became pregnant, eventually marrying Sir Theodore in 1300. Sheila had one son, and eight grandchildren, who were killed by the Black Plague in 1347, along with all but one of her heirs. Their direct descendants then emigrated to Poland in the 15th century. The remaining family later escapes to Sweden to escape the Nazis, eventually settling in a Swedish enclave in Nebraska. By the 1960's, Bonnie Jablonski, briefly marries a traveling salesman. The family ended up in Minnesota, where Brock Fitzgerald Samson and his brother were born. Brock mentions in another conversation that he had a sister, too, but she's dead.
Despite all this, he does rip on Ash from time to time for being a moron and thought he was going to be a girl due to girls getting a hold on the name Ashley despite it technically being a boy's name.
Sam
Brock respects Sam for saving the world so often, even though he's not quite sure if Sam is a man who looks like a dog, or a dog who talks and acts like a man. He also finds it hilarious that Sam is a dog that plays poker, referring to the famous painting of Dogs Playing Poker.
Claptrap
Brock finds Claptrap annoying, especially his voice and the fact that he wants Brock to leave the Ventures to be his bodyguard instead. Like with Ash, Brock thinks Claptrap is a moron. Brock and Ash both find it funny to rib on Claptrap, like deliberately confusing Claptrap's home planet of Pandora with the moon of the same name from James Cameron's Avatar. Brock also promises to personally kill Claptrap after the latter contemplates his own immortality.
Steve
After being eliminated in the Borderlands tournament by Claptrap's friend Steve (via a rocket launcher filled with confetti), Brock proceeds to beat Steve up, but doesn't kill him.
Mad Moxxi
Brock flirts with the Borderlands bartender during the intro, calling her "sweet cheeks" as she hands him some smokes.
GLaDOS
Brock seems to be the only one who can tolerate GLaDOS' dark humor, even though he still thinks she's "Grade-A weird". Her opinion of him seems to be that he is "a steroid freak with rage issues".
Reginald Von Winslow
Brock appears to be on thin ice with the host of the establishment, due to his tendancy to stab his opponents. He shrugs it off, saying to send the bill to Venture Industries.
Save-Lot Bandit
One of the characters from Telltale's The Walking Dead game. Brock stabs him to death during a game of Johann Sebastian Joust in the mumbly-peg room.
Episode Appearances
Season 1
- The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay (pilot)
- Dia de los Dangerous!
- Careers in Science
- Home Insecurity
- The Incredible Mr. Brisby
- Eeney, Meeney, Miney... Magic!
- Ghosts of the Sargasso
- Ice Station Impossible
- Mid-life Chrysalis
- Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean
- Tag Sale - You're it!
- Past Tense
- Trial of the Monarch
- Return to Spider-Skull Island
- A Very Venture Christmas
Season 2
- Powerless in the Face of Death
- Hate Floats
- Love-Bheits
- Escape to the House of Mummies Part II
- Twenty Years to Midnight
- Victor. Echo. November.
- Assassinanny 911
- Fallen Arches
- Guess Who's Coming to State Dinner?
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Kills
- ¡Viva Los Muertos!
- Showdown at Cremation Creek Part I
- Showdown at Cremation Creek Part II
Season 3
- Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny
- The Doctor is Sin
- The Invisible Hand of Fate
- Home Is Where the Hate Is
- The Buddy System
- Dr. Quymn, Medicine Woman
- What Goes Down, Must Come Up
- Tears of a Sea Cow
- Now Museum-Now You Don't
- The Lepidopterists
- ORB
- The Family That Slays, Stays Together Part I
- The Family That Slays, Stays Together Part II
Season 4
- Blood of the Father, Heart of Steel
- Perchance to Dean
- Pinstripes & Poltergeists
- The Diving Bell Vs. The Butter-glider
- Pomp and Circuitry
- Any Which Way But Zeus
- Everybody Comes to Hank's
- Assisted Suicide
- The Silent Partners
- Operation P.R.O.M.
Season 5
- From the Ladle to the Grave: The Story of Shallow Gravy
- A Very Venture Halloween
- What Color is Your Cleansuit?
- SPHINX Rising
- Spanakopita!
- O.S.I. Love You
- Bot Seeks Bot
Season 6
- All This and Gargantua-2
- Hostile Makeover
- Maybe No Go
- Faking Miracles
- Rapacity in Blue
- Tanks for Nuthin'
- It Happening One Night
- A Party For Tarzan
- Red Means Stop
Season 7
- The Venture Bros. & The Curse of the Haunted Problem
- Arrears in Science
- The High Cost of Loathing
- The Inamorata Consequence
- The Bellicose Proxy
- The Unicorn in Captivity
- The Terminus Mandate
- The Forecast Manufacturer
- The Saphrax Protocol
Movie
Trivia
- Brock's O.S.I. agent number is 9262, as revealed in The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (Part II).
- The Monarch and his henchmen labeled Brock's killing of The Fluttering Horde as Death by Samson.
- In Spanakopita!, it is revealed that Brock has fathered at least two illegitimate sons with women on the Mediterranean island where the episode is set. This is also the first time when members of his family are seen.
- Brock is heavily based on Samson from The Bible.
- Brock's back and forth, adversarial but playful relationship with Molotov Cocktease is based off famous ones in comics such as Black Widow with Daredevil, Black Cat with Spiderman, and The Silver Sable
- Brock has an herb garden, and regularly does the lawn with his signature special blend of Blue Ridge and Creeping Red.
- According to Think Tank's readout in Tanks for Nuthin', Brock's interests include Hand-to-hand Combat, Murder, and Zeppelin (presumably the band Led Zeppelin, not the dirigibles). It also lists several aliases, many of which were nicknames applied to Brock by Shore Leave such as: Goldilocks, Ape Drape, Captain Mullethead, FrankenMullet, Brock of Ages, Thinkulosa, BrockLobster, Brocodile, Pop n Fresh, Babe Ruthless, Brockness Monster, Agent Topanga Lawrence, and Hockey Hair.
- Brock's name may also be a play on Doc Samson, a recurring character from Marvel's Hulk comic books.
- Brock was born on May 28, 1962.
- Brock is willing to show mercy if he's already hurt someone to the point they aren't a threat, although this is by no means a given if he decides to kill for the heck of it.
- He hates when henchman commit suicide by cyanide capsule, robbing him of the chance to kill them himself, and considers it "cheating".
- According to the O.S.I. report on him, Brock likes motocross.
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