The Tick @ The Cartoon Scrapbook

Prod. Notes:

September 1994 - September 1997, Fox

1996, syndicated

Akom, Graz Entertainment, Sunbow

Cast:

Tick ................................................................................ Townsend Coleman

Arthur (1995) ..................................................................... Mickey Dolenz

Arthur (1996-97) .................................................................... Rob Paulsen

American Maid ............................................................................... Kay Lenz

Bigshot ........................................................................................ Kevin Schon

Brainchild .................................................................................. Rob Paulsen

Breadmaster .......................................................................... Martin Jarvis

Captain Mucilage .................................................................... Rob Paulsen

Carmelita Vatos ................................................................... Jennifer Hale

The Carpeted Man ..................................................................... Pat Fraley

Chairface Chippendale .............................................................. Tony Jay

Crusading Chameleon ............................................................ Rob Paulsen

The Deadly Bulb ........................................................ Maurice LaMarche

Die Fledermaus ......................................................................... Cam Clarke

Dinosaur Neil ........................................................................... Danny Mann

Mrs. Dinosaur Neil ....................................................... Kimmy Robertson

El Seed .......................................................................................... Ed Gilbert

Dot ...................................................................................... Kimmy Robertson

4-Legged Man ............................................................................ Roger Rose

The Human Bullet .................................................................. Jess Harnell

Jungle Janet ............................................................................... Susan Silo

Mister Mental ....................................................................... Jim Cummings

Multiple Santa ...................................................................... Jim Cummings

Brian Pehnade ............................................................................ Roger Rose

Sewer Urchin ......................................................................... Jess Harnell

Speak ......................................................................................... Jess Harnell

Taft .................................................................................. Dorian Harewood

Thrakkorzog ......................................................................... Jim Cummings

Jim Rave ................................................................................... Brad Garrett

Baron Violent .......................................................................... Brad Garrett

What Interrogator ............................................................... Brad Garrett

Synopsis:

Ticks are usually parasitic little arachnids that burrow into your skin and can only be removed by elaborate home remedies. But if you're the Tick, you're in an entirely different class, a class of kooky, lovable superheroes.

Ben Edlund’s The Tick began as a spoofy send-up of the superhero genre, until it ironically became a hugely successful addition to the genre in its own right. The "insect" in question was actually an unlikely, 400-pound superhero, clad in a blue skintight suit and looking for something to defend. After crashing a Superhero Convention in Reno, NV, the bumbling crime fighter took a bus to the City and never looked back. In a town full of superheroes, The Tick was the best man for the job, or so he told himself. High on energy but low on logic, he teamed up with Arthur, a former accountant dressed in a white moth costume (complete with requisite eye mask), and together they somehow managed (barely) to clean up crime.

On the half-hour series, The Tick, standing 7-feet tall (including antennae), was blessed with a condition self-described as “nigh invulnerability.” This condition rendered our superhero impervious to most traditional weapons, like punches, kicks, bullets, swords, hammers, tomahawks, gardening tools, and even the most biting of insults.

Obsessed with becoming a true superhero, there were times when The Tick seemed more interested in the perks of being one, like cool gadgets and secret hideouts, than actually saving people - though he never shirked his do-gooder duties. He even acquired a small arsenal of pointless gadgets, like the Mighty Dinner Straw, the Pez Dispenser of Graveness, and his Hypnotic Secret Identity Tie, not that any of these came in handy in his fight against evil.

The Tick and Arthur weren’t the only superheroes in the City, and they had their work cut out for them when it came to competition. Die Fledermaus, American Maid, the Caped Chameleon, Plunger Man, Fishboy, and the Sewer Urchin were just a few of the colorful characters The Tick and Arthur had to share the City with. There were also teams of crusaders, like The Decency Squad (Captain Decency, Johnny Polite, Living Doll, SuffraJet, and Visual Eye) and the Civic-Minded Five (the 4-Legged Man, Captain Mucilage, The Carpeted Man, Feral Boy, and Jungle Janet). Occasionally our two stars would join forces with the others to eradicate crime in the City, although American Maid was the only real superhero among them with any talent.

The more super heroes the better, since there was no shortage of amoral villains plotting to destroy the City. Some of the recurring ones were such evildoers as Thrakkorzog, Professor Chromedome, Sub-Human, the Mother of Invention, Proto Clown, Brainchild, the Breadmaster, and the dreaded clones of the Tick and Arthur.

The Tick garnered a massive following, both in print and on television, and made the world realize that even parasitic creatures deserve a chance at superhero-dom.

Episodes:

Season 1

The Tick vs. The Idea Men

The Tick vs. Chairface Chippendale

The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil

The Tick vs. Mr. Mental

The Tick vs. The Breadmaster

The Tick vs. El Seed

The Tick vs. The Tick

The Tick vs. The Uncommon Cold

The Tick vs. Brainchild

The Tick vs. Pineapple Pocopo

The Tick vs. The Mole Men

The Tick vs. The Proto Clown

The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account

Season 2

The Little Wooden Boy And The Belly Of Love

Alone Together

Armless But Not Harmless

Coach Fussel's Lament

Leonardo Da Vinci & His Fightin' Genius Time Commandoes

Bloomsday

Evil Sits Down For A Moment

HEROES

Ants In Pants!

The Tick Loves Santa

The Tick vs. The Big Nothing

The Tick vs Reno, Nevada

Grandpa Wore Tights

Season 3

That Mustache Feeling

The Tick vs. Dot And Neil's Wedding

Sidekicks Don't Kiss

The Tick vs. Arthur

Devil In Diapers

The Tick vs. Filth

The Tick vs. Europe

The Tick vs. Science

The Tick vs. Prehistory

The Tick vs. Education