H.E.L.P.eR.
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H.E.L.P.eR. is a major supporting character on the Adult Swim show The Venture Bros.. Its voice is provided by Jackson Publick and processed by Soul-bot.
Personality and Relationships
H.E.L.P.eR. stands for Helpful Electronic Lab Partner Robot (with the extra 'e' for aesthetic purposes). He was created by Jonas Venture to serve as a nanny for his son Rusty and performed well in that regard. He now serves as nanny to Hank and Dean and frequently helps the Venture family and bodyguard Brock Samson in their adventures. Years of neglect by Thaddeus have left H.E.L.P.eR. a wreck, both physically and emotionally, and it was only recently Dr. Venture realized that H.E.L.P.eR. truly did have feelings. Hank and Dean tend to treat H.E.L.P.eR. better, even if their attempts to help the robot end up occasionally causing more trouble.
He can only 'eep' out a number of electronic beeps to speak, despite this, everyone in the family can understand him. This, and his general appearance, is quite similar to Beaker. He also sticks his head out of the X-1 when flying in it, a reference to R2-D2. He seems to be able to consume and enjoy eating glass, though he does not take to the chemicals inside them well ("Mid-Life Chrysalis"). He can malfunction occasionally, such as sending out a grappling hook without a cable.
Jackson Publick stated H.E.L.P.eR. was meant to be shown in "Past Tense" as much a member of the original Team Venture as any of the rest, with a multitude of weapons and devices purposely suited to adventuring, but this plot point was cut out.
History and Activities on the Show
As noted, H.E.L.P.eR. was created by Jonas Venture to look after Thaddeus Venture, which the robot did admirably. As Thaddeus grew he became quite neglectful of the robot, H.E.L.P.eR. only really found new life looking after Thaddeus's sons Hank and Dean, whom love the robot more than Thaddeus ever did. Despite this he's still treated as an old appliance or pet.
He was given by Hank and Dean a makeover in Tijuana, and shortly afterwards left the Venture compound over seeing plans for the robot G.U.A.R.D.O., thinking he was to be replaced. As it turns out, Dr. Venture realized while being attacked by his new robot that H.E.L.P.eR. truly did have feelings and begged for him to come back and save him and the boys, which H.E.L.P.eR. subsequently did (though he would not let the family out of their guard room until Dr. Venture apologized). He also found he could not bring himself to shoot Thaddeus. Most recently, Brock learned the hard way H.E.L.P.eR. could not drive stick shift; he crashed the car into the wall and burnt Brock's mullet off from the resulting fire (Brock had been chained to the car in the meantime).
He tends to suffer at others' hands who aren't aware of what he is, the boys mistook him for a Phantom Spaceman and threw him out into open space (he got back into orbit and crashed back at Venture Industries), and Dr. Orpheus shut him down to avoid detection one night.
Equipment and Abilities
H.E.L.P.eR. has a wide range of devices in him and knowledge. He can do surgery (as he once did to retrieve a kidney each from the boys), can fly the X-1, and holds a number of various gadgets in his body-enough that Dr. Venture could even use him as a makeshift kidney.
Soul-bot voice credits
'Soul-bot' is a toy robot that processes Christopher McCulloch's 'eeps' into much more electronic sounds. Soul-bot is given a different end credit in every episode:
- ...and introducing SOUL-BOT as... -"Dia de Los Dangerous!"
- ...please welcome SOUL-BOT as -"The Incredible Mr. Brisby"
- The vocal stylings of SOUL-BOT as... - "Ghosts of the Sargasso"
- Iron Elf - "A Very Venture Christmas"
- With mighty SOUL-BOT as... "Assassinanny 911"
- Your pal SOUL-BOT as... "Escape to the House of Mummies Part II"
| The Venture Bros.
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| PRESENTED IN GLORIOUS EXTRA COLOR | |
| Characters | Hank Venture | Dean Venture | Dr. Thaddeus Venture | Brock Samson | H.E.L.P.eR. Dr. Orpheus | Pete White | Master Billy Quizboy | Molotov Cocktease The Monarch | Dr. Girlfriend | Baron Werner Ünderbheit | Phantom Limb |
| Organizations | Team Venture/Venture Industries | Monarch Henchmen | The Guild of Calamitous Intent | Orange County Liberation Front |
| Staff and crew | Jackson Publick | Doc Hammer | Lisa Hammer | James Urbaniak | Patrick Warburton | Michael Sinterniklaas | Steven Rattazzi J. G. Thirlwell | World Leaders Entertainment |
| Episodes | | | | Specials | Phone Calls |
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