Jonas Venture Sr. Alien | |
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The Venture Bros. character | |
First appearance |
Twenty Years to Midnight |
Voiced by |
Paul Boocock |
Information | |
Species | Unknown, presumably a shapeshifting alien of some kind |
Gender | Unknown, assumed the form of a male human |
Notable Characteristics |
Horrible true form Shapeshifting Takes the form it thinks you're most comfortable with |
Enemies |
The Grand Galactic Inquisitor |
The Jonas Venture Sr. Alien appeared in a single episode of The Venture Bros.
Character History[]
This character was a shapeshifting alien of unknown age or background. He appeared at the end of the episode after Team Venture successfully complete the Dimensional Gate that allowed his passage, taking the form of Jonas Venture Sr. not to panic the earthlings. After he stepped through the portal, the alien shot The Grand Galactic Inquisitor through the head with his energy beam, explaining if the Inquisitor had been allowed to live all life as they knew it would be wiped out.
After Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture half-chided, half-begged his seeming father to stay, "Jonas" admitted he was a shapeshifter that had assumed Jonas Venture Sr.'s form so as to not panic everyone. Following a scolding by Dr. Venture, the alien became angered and revealed its true form, horrifying all present. With a quick rebuke of the "ungrateful little half-monkeys" for their audacity, the alien returned to his own realm.
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Cultural References[]
The alien's technique of shapeshifting into a form it believes Dr. Venture will be most comfortable with (that being the form of Dr. Venture's dead father) is a direct reference to the film Contact (1997) starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey. In the film, the appearance of the aliens at the moment of contact is also Jodie Foster's character's dead father, who explains he has taken this form so she would be more comfortable.
The Thermians also shapeshift into a form to make the humans more comfortable with them in the sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest from 1999.