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| - Team Venture land in what appears to be Africa, having travelled there in the X-1. Hank Venture and Dean Venture wake up to find their new location a total surprise, and are in awe of the local wild animals. Dr. Venture advises bodyguard Brock Samson to keep the tranquillizer gun ready, as the boys will be overly ecstatic if they learn the more precise location that they are at. Roy Brisby radios X-1 to welcome Venture, and notifies them that his employee Mandalay is on his way to meet and escort them to Roy's office. Venture attempts to shush any mention of their location, but the boys still learn that they are in the 'African savannah' portion of Brisbyland in Orange County, California. Venture and Brock depart the X-1, whilst Hank and Dean are reluctantly confined aboard. Venture voices his dislike of the tourist theme park, but it's not before long that they are met by the silent Mandalay, whom they believe to be a mute. Mandalay takes them both to Roy's office, where only Venture is allowed inside. Brock remains outside with the guarding Mandalay, which quickly annoys him. Venture is startled by the wheelchair-bound Roy's appearance, who's face muscles seem extremely tensed due to an accident at his theme park which gave him a stroke. Roy offers Venture panda milk from his Companda (companion panda) which he won from David Bowie in 1981. Roy reveals why he has summoned Venture; Roy wants cloning technology to extend his existence, and cites that Jonas Venture Sr. was "dabbling" in clone research, so Roy wants all his research notes. Venture claims that he has kept no such notes, but Roy doesn't believe him, and reveals that his intelligence sources have learnt that Venture is not even a real doctor as he never finished his schooling, and since he took over Venture Industries, profits have become "zippity-doo-dah." Venture is angry and calls the deal off. Whilst Dean is enjoying his observation of all the exotic animals, Hank gets bored really fast and Dean's enthusiasm starts to annoy him, and they eventually fight. One of the alligators that pass by in water opens its mouth to reveal that its actually an artificial housing for two soldiers. The soldiers run around to assess the situation, and find the boys fighting. Taking advantage of the situation, they sedate first Hank then Dean. Meanwhile, Brock attempts to converse with Mandalay, but is repeatedly ignored, until Mandalay gives him a cigarette, which changes Brock's opinion of him. But at that very moment, Companda covers Venture with a sack to kidnap him under Roy's orders. Hearing the noise, Brock breaks down the door, but suddenly loses focus; his cigarette contains a drug. Brock falls unconscious, and Venture realises the situation has become quite dire. Venture awakes within a giant bee hive cocoon; the Brisby Dome, located within the theme park. The boys also awake as hostages in a new locale; a community college gymnasium serving as a makeshift base for the Orange County Liberation Front. Though they claim to be ordinary people fighting for a cause, they question the boys about any information their father might know about Roy Brisby. The boys say that they know nothing of importance about the matter, which frustrates the OCLF leader, who explains that their county has been destroyed by Brisbyland's expansion. However, their campaign is bigger than just their home; Brisby's empire and ideas have spread to other places, such as America and France. The OCLF give the boys prototype mind-control bee hats that they have stolen from Brisby's headquarters, as the boys become willing test subjects, and become temporary members of the OCLF. The attack on Brisby Dome commences tonight. Brock, however, wakes up elsewhere, having been seemingly rescued by an old friend - Molotov Cocktease. She knocks him out once more, and he then awakens in a bathroom where Molotov tends to his wounds. Immediately he begins to fight with her, but they seem evenly-matched. Brock recounts that it's been three years and forty-eight days since their last meeting. Through their arguing, it's revealed that sometime in the past, Brock had killed Molotov's father and took her left eye, whereas Molotov had killed one of Brock's old partners. Despite all this, Brock is in love with her. They proceed to have sex, but she is wearing a chastity belt, somehow because of the Cold War. Brock instead masturbates in the bathroom, and Molotov informs him of the boy's location. Back at the Brisby Dome, Brisby gives Venture a tour, and explains that the hive is to serve as the template for a new society to prosper in. In exchange for a single clone, Venture is allowed to reside within. Venture denies the deal, and exclaims Brisby to be crazy. Venture is again rendered unconscious, and is subjected to a truth serum. Mandalay forces Venture awake in a chamber attached to a lie detector. However, the serum has the unseen effect on Venture to have him act like he's in his own little world. Outside, Brock and Molotov infiltrate the facility where the X-1 has been moved to. However, it takes off just as they arrive, so Brock uses his Communicator Watch to tell H.E.L.P.eR. to over-ride the jet's controls. H.E.L.P.eR. misunderstands the instruction, and jumps from the jet. They jump in her car instead, as Molotov knows where the Brisby Dome is anyway. The failing interrogation of Venture is interrupted as Mandalay opens the chamber door to find that the rest of the Brisby Dome is under attack by the OCLF who have penetrated the hive. Brock and Molotov are also here, but they split up as Molotov is here on her own mission; she gives Brock a slap and a kiss as she leaves. Venture eventually snaps out of his condition, and falls but is saved by Brock. Brock goes over to Venture but is stopped by Mandalay. Brock calmly demonstrates the use of his weapon, to which Mandalay simply resigns from his job and leaves the dome. Brock finds Hank and Dean, armed with guns and obsessed by the aim of "Kill. The. Bee." Brock bangs their heads together which switches off the mind-control. Brisby returns to his office to gather his documents and orders the preparation of his evacuation jet. That is until Molotov enters the room, demanding that Brisby hand a certain thing over to her. Distracted by the conversation, Brisby is set alight by the flames of the his office's fireplace. Molotov drives away from the situation in her car, and rings her client, telling him that the package - Companda in the passenger seat - has been secured for him. She names her client, revealing that she was here for David Bowie.
- The Venture family is onboard the X1, traveling to Brisbyland (a take on Disneyland). After arriving, the boys are told by Dr. Venture to stay onboard the jet while he and Brock see to some business with Roy Brisby, owner of the park. Brisby's personal assistant Mandalay, a huge, silent man wearing a turban and business suit, escorts Brock and Venture to Brisby's office in an electric cart. Brock is forced to wait in the hallway with Mandalay as Venture meets Brisby - an aged man and a wheelchair user, whose face is locked in a grimace. Brisby explains that he was trapped in an accident beneath an animatronic Lincoln for several hours; he suffered a stroke during the ordeal. He engages Venture in small talk for a while, introducing his longtime "com-panda" Li-Li, who he won from David Bowie in a trivia contest some time in the early 1980s. Soon, however, Brisby tells Venture the reason for his invitation: a interest in cloning. Brisby offers a generous payment for Jonas Venture's notes. Venture, offended by the lack of interest in his work, feigns ignorance on the subject. Outside Brisby's office, Mandalay provides Brock with a cigarette and lights it for him. Inside, Venture rejects Brisby's final offers of employment; on the old man's signal, Li-Li throws a large bag over Venture and subdues him. Brock hears the scuffle and overpowers Mandalay, but collapses after breaking down the door. Brisby gloats over the chloral hydrate with which he laced Brock's cigarette, until he rolls too close to the fireplace. His lap blanket bursts into flame, but Li-Li quickly rolls her master on the carpet to extinguish him. Hank and Dean, wrestling with each other on board the X-1, fail to notice two figures dressed in paramilitary uniforms sneaking onto the jet. The intruders easily subdue the boys with what appear to be orange halves. Venture is released from the bag inside the "Brisby-dome", a huge beehive-shaped structure located a few yards from Brisby's office. He continues to refuse Brisby's offers until Mandalay knocks him out with an injection. Brock regains consciousness as a cable pulls him from a tar pit. He finds he is being rescued by Molotov Cocktease, a scantily-clad woman with a Russian accent whom he obviously recognizes. She gives him a brief greeting before knocking him out again with a kick to the head. Inside a community college gym, Hank and Dean wake up surrounded by people wearing commando-like uniforms. Their leader explains that they are the Orange County Liberation Front, a covert organization dedicated to overthrowing the Brisby empire. Its members are repulsed by the "entertainment complex" that has overtaken their once-peaceful home. Hank and Dean, longtime Bizzy Bee fans, refuse to believe that Brisby is evil. The rebel leader produces two Bizzy Bee beanies he says were stolen from Brisby's secret laboratories, intended for mind control, and stats his intentions to use the two boys as test subjects. Brock comes to again in a motel bathtub. He and Molotov abruptly engage in hand-to-hand combat, which just as quickly turns into passionate kissing. Brock slams her onto the bed and rips off her clothes, only to reveal a chastity belt bearing a hammer-and-sickle logo. Insane with frustration, he excuses himself to the bathroom with a large erection that is visible through his towel. Venture finally wakes up from the sedative, connected via wires to a polygraph. He has been injected with truth serum while unconscious, and Brisby begins to question him. Instead of answering truthfully, however, Venture engages in bizarre behavior due to the interaction of the injections and his so-called "diet pills," which are actually methamphedamines. After Brock has "taken care of business", Molotov tells him that she knows where the boys are and agrees to help him find them. Inside the gym, the beanies seem to be quite effective as the boys attempt to murder a Bizzy Bee doll. Brock and Molotov infiltrate the community college grounds just as the stolen X-1 takes off. Molotov says that she knows where the OCLF are headed and that she will drive Brock there. The OCLF reaches the Brisby-dome and a chaotic battle ensues between the soldiers and bee-suited workers. As Brock and Molotov arrive, the mercenary abandons Brock to pursue her own objective. When Venture groggily emerges from a room stories above, an explosion hurls him over the railing. Brock grabs a nearby rivet gun and secures Venture's pant leg to the wall in mid-fall. Hank and Dean, under full hypnosis by their hats, point weapons at Brock without recognizing him. The cloth holding Venture rips and Brock pins his other pant leg to the wall. Brisby prepares to escape the battle but is confronted by Molotov, who says he knows what she is there for. Before he can refuse or comply, he catches fire again. The staredown between Brock and the boys continues as Venture falls once more. Samson fires another rivet which pins the doctor to the wall yet again. Brock then knocks the boys heads together, releasing them from the beanies control. Brock then responds to Dr. Venture's drugged moans, as it is revealed that he was pinned to the wall by the wrist this time, and only a few feet from the ground at that. The team heads home after Brock releases the impaled and woozy Venture. After the credits, Molotov assures her employer, Mr. Bowie, that everything went as planned as she speeds down the highway with Li-Li as a passenger.
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