The Terminus Mandate

The Terminus Mandate
"Doctor Z"'s parting gift to "Action Johnny".
Premiere date	September 23, 2018
Music composed by	J.G. Thirlwell
Writer(s)	Doc Hammer
Director(s)	Juno Lee
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"The Terminus Mandate" is the seventh episode of The Venture Bros. season seven, and the seventy-ninth overall. It aired on September 23, 2018 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Doc Hammer, and directed by Juno Lee.

Due to Guild rules, Dr. Z is forced to arch Johnny for the final time.

Memorable quotes

Dr. Z: "Doctor Z, we have only one word for you. That word is 'Johnny.'" Of course, it is. Good times, good times.

Dr. Z: I love you, Johnny.
Johnny: Yeah, no, uh, that's cool.
Dr. Z: In the platonic sense.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Dr. Mrs the Monarch	Doc Hammer
Doctor Z	Chris McCulloch
Watch	Chris McCulloch
Ward	Doc Hammer
Mrs. Z	N/A
Sergeant Hatred	N/A
Doctor Z's henchman	Hal Lublin
Bandit/Buddy	Unavailable
Young Jonny Quest/Action Johnny	Brendon Small
Rajni	N/A
Race Bannon	Unavailable
Anubis
Receptionist	Christin Milioti
Doctor Benton Quest
Action Johnny	Brendon Small
Ro-Boy

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Meteor Majeure
    • Zin residence
    • Sunnylake Retreat

Music

The music was composed by J.G. Thirlwell.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 23, 2018 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

• The flashback depicts Dr. Zin wearing Ahmed Kareem's clothes, from the Jonny Quest episode "The Curse of Anubis".
• Dr. Zin reveals that Dr. Quest has died.
• For all intents and purposes, The Venture Bros. exists in the same world as Jonny Quest, but due to the limitations set upon the producers by Cartoon Network, Bandit is now Buddy and also looks different, Hadji/Rajni is dressed as a stereotypical Native American, and there's an unnamed character protecting Johnny, who is presumably Race, but has red hair like Dr. Quest, and his top is white.
  • If this was to be considered canon, it's right at the end of the timeline.
• Ro-Boy was adopted by Dr. Zin in "Self-Medication".

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • June 4, 2019: Warner Home Video releases The Venture Bros.: Season 7 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc.