Congresswoman Marsha Backwood

Marsha Backwood
The Venture Bros. character
First appearance	Venture Libre
Voiced by	Gillian Jacobs
Information
Species	Human (Formerly) Venturestein/Undead human
Gender	female
Occupation	Politician
Nationality	American
Current Alliances	United States Congress, unnamed assistant
Cause of Death	Bomb explosion (resurrected by Dr. Venture)

Congresswoman Marsha Backwood was a one-time-appearing character on the Venture Bros. Marsha Backwood is a Congressional representative of the area in Colorado Springs, Colorado that contained the Venture Compound. She traveled to Puerto Bahia to discover the fate of Dr. Venture, one of her constituents. Instead, she met her doom, but she was reconstructed as one of the Undead by the man she came to save.

History

During election season in the episode Venture Libre, Marsha Backwood came to the Venture Compound with her assistant in tow. Dr. Venture and company had been called away to Puerto Bahia by General Manhowers to deal with the Venturestein problem, leaving only Dean Venture behind to get the door. As he was preparing to restore H.E.L.P.e.R. to his old body, Dean was irate and dressed in clothing reflecting a repairmen or gardener when he answered the door. Marsha introduced herself, resulting in a noncommittal "'Kay" (as in, "okay") from Dean. Backwood mistook this answer for the Spanish word qué, meaning "what", to which she responded by speaking louder and reintroduced herself in basic Spanish. After Dean told her his father had been called by General Manhowers but otherwise brushed her off, Backwood told her assistant to get Manhowers on the phone and to check if Dean was an illegal immigrant.

Meeting with General Manhowers, Backwood launched into a lecture and managed to glean information on where Dr. Venture had disappeared. However, she failed to secure any further help from Manhowers, who (falsely) claimed that his help was voluntary.

Toward the end of the episode, Backwood showed up in a helicopter above Puerto Bahia coincidentally just as several ships of Abominations arrived. Marsha demanded Dr. Venture's release as a citizen of the United States and one of her constituents. However, she became momentarily distracted by a seemingly lost J-Pad and picked it up. Henceforth, she was killed in the explosion when the J-Pad's built in detonator went off. Following her gruesome demise, Dr. Venture cracked his knuckles and said he could "fix this".

Marsha as an abomination

In the post credit scenes, the Venture Family (or at least, Dr. Venture) is seen sitting in front of the television. Marsha Backwood is seen addressing the United Stations with what she learned from her journey to Puerto Bahia. Now one of the -steins herself, she favorably proclaims the Abomination a proud people. As the Ventures are now okay, it might be concluded that Dr. Venture's reanimation of Backwood contributed to the cause of U.R.G.H. enough to let the Ventures go free.

Notes and Trivia

• Creator commentary revealed that Marsha Backwood is a parody of Michelle Bachman and Sarah Palin.
• Unlike other -steins, she recalls her old life and seems to have been re-educated more quickly than the others.