Noticed a neat little detail. Phantom Limb's "will work for food sign" is made in the frilliest Elizabethan script he can manage. The guy is so posh he nearly ruined his bum disguise just for some fancy script.
@@gamesux420 and the fact that he keeps them in lockdown against their wills and that he manipulates his "family"... if you can still call it that at this point
well, many super-scientists/superheros shown in the show are absolute monsters in their private lives(best example: Jonas Venture Sr and Rusty himself) and many evil villains were wholesome people like red death not much of a....stretch
Doesn't help that the few times we saw him as a "hero" he was shown to be a neglectful husband and father. Really being evil works perfectly for him. I mean at least he's being honest with himself.
Even though this clip didn’t include the next scene, I honestly found it incredibly touching how Dr. Phineas Phage (Richard’s arch) blew up the wall and broke in out of genuine concern for Richard’s well being to see if maybe a battle would help cheer him up or take his mind off things. I really love how this show portrays the villains at times being more sympathetic and better people than most of the so called “good guys”
@@spacecore94 Howard Hughes became super paranoid about germs and contamination in his later years. It got to the point where he would barely leave his room and wear Kleenex boxes as shoes.
Colbert does VA all the time. Harvey Birdman, Monsters vs Aliens, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Rick and Morty, The Ambiguously Gay Duo , probably others too.
Phantom Limb actually turned into one of my favorite characters after season 2, I kind of wish he hadn't been turned into a background character in season 6
As bad as Professor Impossible was in his first two episodes in Seasons 1+2, it's a wonder that Richard wasn't a supervillain already. I know he's technically considered to be one of the "good guys," but he often acted like a supervillain posing as a superhero. I'm surprised he wasn't secretly a member of the Guild of Calamitous Intent during the times he nearly killed Dr. Venture. If Richard were still as smug, self-assured, and ruthless as he was in the first two seasons, he'd be working for both the Guild and the OSI to further his own selfish scientific pursuits. The more dangerous supervillains are usually the ones who think they're the good guys. Ironically, after Sally left him, and after Phantom Limb turned him into a rogue villain, his character became more relatable and a little more likable. However, I get the sense that Richard from Seasons 1+2 wouldn't have cared that Sally left him as much as Richard from Seasons 3-5 did. Richard did say in "Twenty Years to Midnight" that he believed science was more important than his family. I don't think the Richard before Season 3 would've minded being called a bad guy, either.
HolySok They both sound rather alike!! :p *Where did you hear/learn it was seasons 1 & 2? **DAMN! I missed the special. -.- I haven't watched Adult Swim for a while b.c it's like brain rape (!!) to me anymore! The older shows were better.
It tells you in the credits and they talk about it in the commentaries. One of the writers did the voice in Season 3 and Bill Hader did it in Season 4.
I don’t know I feel like the trump admin was kind of a comedy killer. Stewart’s line of comedy poked fun at the absurdity of the government but managed to make sure his show wasn’t over saturated with it, the daily show alum don’t really understand the rationing issue of their work, with possibly the exception of John Oliver
The Goliath serum injected into hank was technically a doomsday device. I saw a post that someone did, and it was all the math played out. If hank had exploded, it would have destroyed the earth 10 times over. Soooo either hank dies or everyone on planet earth dies. He's not quite in the clear tho. He did develop the serum, and like you said, left rusty for dead
Phantom Limb "appears" to be missing a leg or at least a foot. The guard wouldn't of known he could stand up like that, yet still picked him up in a way that seemed like he was expecting him to stand on his own.
@@jetblackangelX I never thought about that much sense that happened in like season 2. That makes sense, since he would go after Rusty even though the Monarch was his arch.
Um, if you're going with a Howard Hughes-style breakdown I think you've got the wrong Marvel superhero (expy). ...Then again, so did the MCU with Endgame, so I guess you're good.
Noticed a neat little detail. Phantom Limb's "will work for food sign" is made in the frilliest Elizabethan script he can manage. The guy is so posh he nearly ruined his bum disguise just for some fancy script.
That's such a great detail
It's an attention grabber.
To be fair I'd tip him just because of the sign
“Elizabethan”?
@@d.l.technic5 the font/text form i assume
Say what you will, becoming evil was a huge help for the guy.
BoneMaster he actually became a competent character.......... till he left but still
You say that like he wasn't always slightly evil anyway
@@spyrofan9681 "slightly" evil, the guy whos in a constant state of burning to death without beeing able to actually die would like a word with you.
@@gamesux420 and the fact that he keeps them in lockdown against their wills and that he manipulates his "family"... if you can still call it that at this point
well, many super-scientists/superheros shown in the show are absolute monsters in their private lives(best example: Jonas Venture Sr and Rusty himself) and many evil villains were wholesome people like red death
not much of a....stretch
I'm so used to Richard being evil that I forgot that he was at some point a hero.
Same!
"Hero"
Doesn't help that the few times we saw him as a "hero" he was shown to be a neglectful husband and father. Really being evil works perfectly for him. I mean at least he's being honest with himself.
They predicted the creation of the Maker one the dangerous villains in Marvel
And this show made not wanna trust mister fantastic after this series and his selfish actions he would pull off.
"Oh pull yourself together man!"
I don't know why, but I just love the way he says that!
Is this really such a stretch?
flashmozzg I see what you did there.😄
For me, it's the annoyance and exasperation in his tone.
Even though this clip didn’t include the next scene, I honestly found it incredibly touching how Dr. Phineas Phage (Richard’s arch) blew up the wall and broke in out of genuine concern for Richard’s well being to see if maybe a battle would help cheer him up or take his mind off things. I really love how this show portrays the villains at times being more sympathetic and better people than most of the so called “good guys”
Phantom Limb really regretted teaching Professor that pun.
"Right, that's it, last stretch pun. Really, it's getting embarrassing."
@@Zombiewithabowtie "Why must you poop on my party?...."
More like rekindled it
Love the Howard Hughes reference. The writers of this show are so tasteful in what they include.
Howard Hughes reference?
@@spacecore94
Howard Hughes became super paranoid about germs and contamination in his later years. It got to the point where he would barely leave his room and wear Kleenex boxes as shoes.
@@MM-xn6tn To he fair, Hughes was a germaphone throughout his life, it just got worse over time
"Is it even such a stretch" fits even without being a play on words
Phantom limb went from a background character to one of the mains and it was so fun seeing that developmentss
He tried to kill Rusty and then thinks he’s not evil? Now that’s how I define evil!
I'd describe him more as aggressively amoral.
It isnt like the other "good" guys in this show are really any better
Richard Impossible definitely not does have self-awareness since he never sees himself as a bad guy even when he does something immoral.
Colbert really nails imposable, never thought the man would do voice acting work but he truly makes this character.
Actually that's Bill Hader doing it for this episode but I believe Colbert did come back at some point
Get on Hulu and watch Harvey Birdman. Its pre Colbert Report. Some of his most hilarious voice work.
Colbert does VA all the time. Harvey Birdman, Monsters vs Aliens, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Rick and Morty, The Ambiguously Gay Duo
, probably others too.
Too bad Colbert is a shill
It's not hard for him to play a liberal douche he already is one.
Yes, yes, I share your pain old friend.
'Nyyeahhah'
Phantom Limb actually turned into one of my favorite characters after season 2, I kind of wish he hadn't been turned into a background character in season 6
Is it really such a stretch, was later used my Richard during the abilities inhibitor scene when Watch & Ward were surprise he went evil.
He was pretty dickish already.
And Phantom Limb gave him shit for his stretch pins, when initially he started it again
You ask me, it isn’t
As bad as Professor Impossible was in his first two episodes in Seasons 1+2, it's a wonder that Richard wasn't a supervillain already. I know he's technically considered to be one of the "good guys," but he often acted like a supervillain posing as a superhero. I'm surprised he wasn't secretly a member of the Guild of Calamitous Intent during the times he nearly killed Dr. Venture. If Richard were still as smug, self-assured, and ruthless as he was in the first two seasons, he'd be working for both the Guild and the OSI to further his own selfish scientific pursuits. The more dangerous supervillains are usually the ones who think they're the good guys.
Ironically, after Sally left him, and after Phantom Limb turned him into a rogue villain, his character became more relatable and a little more likable. However, I get the sense that Richard from Seasons 1+2 wouldn't have cared that Sally left him as much as Richard from Seasons 3-5 did. Richard did say in "Twenty Years to Midnight" that he believed science was more important than his family. I don't think the Richard before Season 3 would've minded being called a bad guy, either.
"Is it REALLY such a stretch?"
I see what ya did there.
Stephen Colbert will forever be Richard Impossible
And Phil Ken Sebben.
"Pull yourself together"
"Is it really such a _stretch_ ?"
I'm using these
Funny that Colbert does the voice for Impossible- I used to watch this show like nuts (!) as it was one of my fav's!
This is actually Bill Hader. Colbert did the voice in Season 1, 2 and the recent special.
HolySok They both sound rather alike!! :p
*Where did you hear/learn it was seasons 1 & 2?
**DAMN! I missed the special. -.- I haven't watched Adult Swim for a while b.c it's like brain rape (!!) to me anymore! The older shows were better.
It tells you in the credits and they talk about it in the commentaries. One of the writers did the voice in Season 3 and Bill Hader did it in Season 4.
Too bad colbert ended up being totally insane with TDS lmfao
I don’t know I feel like the trump admin was kind of a comedy killer. Stewart’s line of comedy poked fun at the absurdity of the government but managed to make sure his show wasn’t over saturated with it, the daily show alum don’t really understand the rationing issue of their work, with possibly the exception of John Oliver
This hits... So much deeper and *darker* now...
Poor Underbheit and Manservant.
"I can't be Evil"
Hasn't Richard attempted to kill Hank one time??
Yup and left Rusty for dead
The Goliath serum injected into hank was technically a doomsday device. I saw a post that someone did, and it was all the math played out. If hank had exploded, it would have destroyed the earth 10 times over. Soooo either hank dies or everyone on planet earth dies.
He's not quite in the clear tho. He did develop the serum, and like you said, left rusty for dead
"Do you work for me?"
"It nearly broke me."
YOU HAD SEX, WITH A SHOE!!
Could've been acting to lower the guard of the guild's guards.
I'd definitely like to see their Boy Brigade days
1:31 nyawhh wtf
He turned into Joey Wheeler for a sec there
Why do I suspect that most superheroes would end up like those hobos in real life?
Only the stupid ones.
@@Nehfarius Most of them then
@@Nehfarius Dan Slott furiously hiding all traces of Spider-Man: Reign
Phantom Limb "appears" to be missing a leg or at least a foot. The guard wouldn't of known he could stand up like that, yet still picked him up in a way that seemed like he was expecting him to stand on his own.
that sound when impossible retracts 1:33
“Is It really such a stretch?”😏
In a world where almost every hero is a failure in some way, you’d have to become evil
1:41 YAOI
Anyone pick up "The Aviator" reference?
More like a general Howard Hughes reference.
Monsignor It’s the way of the future
I guess that it’s funny that the actual bum in the wheelchair just keeps ranting as his cohort shocks a guy and just asks for his coat.
"Is it really such a stretch?"
...I get it!
Was underbite ever actually guild sanctioned?
Nope. He was leader of his own country, could arch without the guild. Till he got kicked out my catclops and girl-hitler.
@@jetblackangelX I never thought about that much sense that happened in like season 2. That makes sense, since he would go after Rusty even though the Monarch was his arch.
So it was Phantom Limb who started Mr. Impossible's "stretch" puns!
He shouldn't complain then.....
*becomes evil*
Good.
Now Rusty!
this show is so relatable...like in all seriousness
Um, if you're going with a Howard Hughes-style breakdown I think you've got the wrong Marvel superhero (expy). ...Then again, so did the MCU with Endgame, so I guess you're good.
Gone Howard Hughes.
It’s the way of the future
damn phantom limb can kind of get it when he's out of that awful costume
I wish we saw what this Boys' Brigade thing was. It was named drop in the last couple of seasons but we never got any details.
Phantom limbs gets mad he uses stretch puns later but does the same thing
Richards appearance is meant to image depression.
Poor Underbite!
If i see another face tune ad i FUCKING SWEAR!
Hader does a damn good colbert
He deserves this
dat lieutenant dan reference
This aged very well.
At this point, a lot of us are Richard.
Makes me wonder about Richard's hair.
S..ss Sally?
Less of a reference to the film, more to the actual Howard Hughes.
It’s the way of the future
The way of the future.
Get one whack from brock samson and he went into the deep end
Hans Gruber phase
What season and episode is this from?
Replace Stephen Colbert with Bill Hader? Is that an upgrade or just as good?
I'd say a shift sideways. He isn't really better or worse than Colbert.
Lmao Howard Hughes reference
It’s the way of the future
food for science xD
This is literally just Alec Baldwin
(sighs) Not really, Phantom. :|