| Dr. Z | |
|---|---|
| The Venture Bros. character | |
 | |
| First appearance |
The Buddy System |
| Voiced by |
Christopher McCulloch |
| Information | |
| Aliases | Councilman 4 |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Supervillian, councilman |
| Relatives |
Mrs. Z (wife) Ro-Boy (adoptive son) |
| Alliances |
The Council of 13, The Guild of Calamitous Intent |
| Enemies |
Action Johnny (Traditionally) |
Dr. Z is a super-villain and member of the Council of 13.
History
Dr. Z is the aged, former nemesis of Action Johnny. He first appeared in the season three episode "The Buddy System," making an appearance at a "boy-adventurer" day camp as the "special guest" and, upon seeing the drugged out mess Action Johnny has become, expresses dismay and sadness.
He has since appeared in the fourth season episode "Self-Medication", wherein he was accused of murdering the therapist of Johnny and other former adventurers. Dr. Z eventually explains that the men have to leave their boy-adventurer past behind them and become men. In the same episode it is implied that he is gay and his wife is his "beard". At the end of the episode, he and his wife adopt Ro-Boy after he asked to be part of their family after hearing they don't have kids.
In "Bot Seeks Bot" it's revealed that he is also a member of the Council of 13.
In "All This and Gargantua-2", Red Mantle, Dragoon, and Dr. Z fled from the Guild, most likely after hearing of the other council members suddenly being murdered. They fled to OSI headquarters for a deal. In exchange for full immunity, they would tell the Sovereign's location. Mostly, the three fled out of fear of both the Sovereign and the Investors.
He and Red Mantle/Dragoon were recruited back as part of Dr. Killinger's new Council of 13.
Blue Morpho reveals himself to Dr. Z, demanding that he gives up the jade dragon.
In 1973, he was in possession of a jade dragon, which Jonas Venture wanted to be retrieved. Jonas sent The Blue Morpho to do the job. He ended up seducing Dr. Z by pretending to be a woman, and eventually had Dr. Z at gunpoint and forced him to give up the jade dragon. To this day Dr. Z can't figure out how Blue Morpho managed to trick him into believing he was a woman, as he performed every known sexual act with him.
Dr. Z in his lab with Venturion.
During a weekend in March 1977, Dr. Z had teamed up with Shrill Specter and Scary Nilsson. They were drunk and decided to go arch Dr. Jonas Venture. Jonas was not home however, and the three resorted to throwing garbage at his lawn. Dr. Z then found the wrecked body of Venturion inside a dumpster, and took it back to his lab. He discovered that Venturion was not a robot, but a cyborg with a human brain inside it's head. He pitied him, and considered letting him out of his misery. But he could not resist turning Jonas Venture's inventions against him, so he reprogrammed Venturion for evil, thus creating Vendata. Soon after the makeover, Dr. Z was arrested for possession of drugs. When he escaped prison, Vendata had escaped his lab.
Gallery
Episode Appearances
- Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny (silhouette)
- The Buddy System
- The Revenge Society (silhouette)
- Self-Medication
- Pomp and Circuitry (silhouette)
- Bot Seeks Bot
- All This and Gargantua-2
- Hostile Makeover
- Faking Miracles
- Tanks for Nuthin'
- It Happening One Night
- A Party for Tarzan
- The Rorqual Affair
- Arrears in Science
- The High Cost of Loathing
Trivia
- Dr. Z is a parody of Johnny Quest villain Dr. Zin.
- In "Bot Seeks Bot," it is revealed that Dr. Z's drink of choice is a Tom Collins.