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by jake
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funny as always
brock is still looking for scars

and dean is going to be another dr ventrue is hank training to be another brock?

Jul. 2, 2006, 6:32am

by H
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I was thinking something like that. Doc Venture spends alot of time with Dean while Brock has more scenes with Hank.
I assume Doc clone is Dean & Hank is a Brock clone. Perhaps a promise of eternal life? That might explain why Brock tolerates Doc Venture. What exactly keeps Brock in Doc's employ?

Jul. 3, 2006, 3:53am

by Andrew
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I think the boys are biological, otherwise, the "nail clippings" comment on dr. v's part wouldnt make any sense. As far as why brock hangs out with dr. v., i cant even speculate. I'm sure there's a good reason they just haven't revelead yet.

Jul. 3, 2006, 6:05am

by Harry Moore
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Could be Brock's nail clippings?
Notice that Hank is the more "physical" of the two. Hank is much more willing to fight, Dean's instinct is to run.

Jul. 3, 2006, 2:37pm

by Andrew
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Hmmm, interesting idea. But, it doesnt explain the "always 16" thing, which suggests that they were cloned at that age. I'd be willing to agree that Hank is more brockish, but what if brock has a sister or something who could be the boys mother? Then you could end up with one like Venture and one like Brock (dean and hank).

Jul. 4, 2006, 5:01pm

by cuavsfan
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Watching it again tonight, when Hank was hanging out with Brock (specifically running back to him with the football after running into the henchmen) I really noticed how his body shape (and obviously hair color) are similar... I've always noticed how his shoulders looked different, but only just now did they look so much like Brock's (Hank just needs a tad more muscle)... Dean obviously has the same build and physical characterstics of Dr. V... Hmm... Maybe another story line for this season...

Jul. 3, 2006, 8:22am

by brokeback mama
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The comment about Hank being Brock's clone and Dean bein Dr. Venture's clone makes a lot of sense. That would explain, as pointed out why Hank is the more macho and Dean is a little more feminine, and also why if they are both Dr. Venture's clones why Hank has blonde hair. That whole clone being and exact DNA copy of the original would make it impossible for Hank to be Dr. Venture's clone.
Also, was the "Mars-The Bringer of War" piece used in Batman? 'Cause it seemed like 21 was mimicing Batman in getting to and putting on his suit.

Jul. 3, 2006, 5:27pm

by Andrew
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True, but by your reasoning it's impossible for Dean to be Dr. V's clone, since he has brown hair instead of red.

Jul. 4, 2006, 5:02pm

by H
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Dean has rust colored hair, as Orpheus described to the dead...
Rusty was Doc's nickname when he had hair

Jul. 4, 2006, 6:35pm

by Andrew
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Ahhh, true, I forgot about that.

Jul. 4, 2006, 9:56pm

by justin
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It shouldn't be possible for Hank to be Brock's clone. Dr. Venture stole one of each of the boy's kidneys after his were stolen in Mexico. For that to work, they both need to be of his blood type and, generally, family. Unless the reason Dr. Venture keeps Brock around is that he is the same blood type...oh damn.

Jul. 6, 2006, 1:55pm

by Peter
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I see where you're coming from, but I'm not so sure about that. Dr. Venture talked about making clone slugs of the boys from nail clippings, not making the boys as clones. Plus, in Mid-life Chrysalis (I've been watching the DVDs), Venture says (not quite verbatim) "oh right, your mother. I never told you about her, did I...", implying they do in fact have a mother.
As far as Brock hanging out with Dr. Venture, the way I've been seeing it is that Brock is a government agent assigned to protect Dr. Venture, Brock's liking him has nothing to do with it. But why OSI would assign their best agent to bodyguard a super-scientist who seems to produce nothing but failures is a question I have been pondering for a while...
(my theory is that it does have something to do with the boys)

Jul. 3, 2006, 9:17pm

by Peter
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Also, in "Dia de los Dangerous!" Dr. Venture is able to take a kidney from both Dean and Hank because they have the same blood type as he does (and thus each other). Plus the manner in which he realizes this implies they are both his sons (or clones). But if they were clones, I think they would look more alike, having the same genetic makeup. It's the same with identical twins - yeah, you can tell them apart if you know them well enough, but the similarities are still overwhelmingly obvious. Hank and Dean don't look enough alike.

Sorry for the long posts, I'm bored at work the day before the 4th of July, there's noone here.

Jul. 3, 2006, 11:11pm

by Andrew
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While Dr. V may be a failure with many of his own projects, he still has access to all of his dad's old research, and probably more importantly, seems to be quite adept at making clones. That could easily be something that the government would want to keep a tight leesh on, and it seems that he may be the only one who can do it (why else would Brisby have asked his help as opposed to one of the other super-scientists like prof. impossible?). But, then again, if hate floats taught us anything it's that brock genuinely cares about the ventures, which suggests that it's more than just an assignment but that he's there voluntarily. Even more than his reaction to his family being kidnapped, he came after venture when he ran away in "death.."

Jul. 4, 2006, 5:06pm

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