Self-Medication

Self-Medication
Network	Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
Premiere date	November 23, 2009
Starring	James Urbaniak Brendon Small Patton Oswalt Seth Green Paul Boocock
Music composed by	J.G. Thirlwell
Writer(s)	Jackson Publick
Director(s)	Jackson Publick
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"Self-Medication" is the sixth episode of The Venture Bros. season four, and the forty-fifth episode overall. It aired on November 23, 2009 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written and directed by Jackson Publick, who created the series.

When their psychiatrist drops dead, Dr. Venture's group therapy of former boy adventurers, including Action Jonny (otherwise known as Jonny Quest), are forced into another mystery.

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Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Psychiatrist	Paul Boocock
Doctor Thaddeus Venture	James Urbaniak
Wonderboy	Patton Oswalt
Lance Hale	Seth Green
Dale Hale	John K. Hodgman
Action Johnny	Brendon Small
Ro-Boy	Chris McCulloch
Captain Sunshine
Doctor Benton Quest
Daphne Blake
Velma Dinkley
Ernesto "Frog Man" Juarez	N/A
Francis	Unavailable
Doctor Z	Chris McCulloch
Mrs. Z	Seth Green
Henchman 21	Doc Hammer
The Monarch	Chris McCulloch

Locations

• Psychiatrist's office
• Nightin' Ale's
• Z residence

Objects

• Native puppet

Vehicles

• Johnny's car
• Lance Hale's car

Music

The music was composed by J.G. Thirlwell.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 23, 2009 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

Behind the scenes

• Jonny and Dr. Zin are referred to as Action Johnny and Dr. Z, because from season three, Cartoon Network had restricted the use of using real names from Jonny Quest.
• Jonny is revealed to be older than Dr. Venture.
• Dr. Zin/Dr. Z is given the first name of Lazlo.
• Mrs. Z implies that she's only married to Dr. Z to cover up his homosexuality.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 26, 2010: Warner Home Video releases The Venture Bros.: Season 4, Volume 1 on DVD.
  • March 22, 2011: Warner Home Video releases The Venture Bros.: The Season 4 on Blu-ray Disc.
  • June 13, 2023: Warner Home Video releases The Venture Bros.: The Complete Series on DVD.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • 2011: Revolver Entertainment releases The Venture Bros.: Season 4 on DVD.