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The Tick (2001–2002) 7.7
The story of superhero The Tick, based on the popular comic book. |
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| Patrick Warburton | ... |
The Tick
(9 episodes, 2001-2002)
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| David Burke | ... |
Arthur
(9 episodes, 2001-2002)
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| Liz Vassey | ... |
Captain Liberty
(9 episodes, 2001-2002)
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| Nestor Carbonell | ... |
Batmanuel
(9 episodes, 2001-2002)
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The story of superhero The Tick, based on the popular comic book.
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In a City filled with danger, one man stands in the shadows, waiting for evil to rear it's ugly head, and feel the power of his superhuman noogie! See more »Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
1 November 2001 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Krpelj See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,400,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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| (9 episodes)Sound Mix:
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1.33 : 1
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Arthur: It's called a headache.
The Tick: It has a name?
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Trivia
Tick's shoes would constantly change from a sleek pair of sculpted Tick feet for close-ups, to thicker versions with sneaker bottoms, to huge blue platforms, to increase Patrick Warburton's apparent height. See more »Quotes
The Tick: Owwwww! My head feels like it's... like it's gunna have a baby.Arthur: It's called a headache.
The Tick: It has a name?
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Fox is such a lame-ass network these days. Always canning shows because they aren't instant hits but never thinking that they should give them a decent time slot to begin with.
The Tick is a classic piece of comedy that really should have been given at least two seasons to develop. Instead we got, what, 9 episodes or something. Just as you were beginning to really like the characters the series is over.
Most of the humour comes from The Tick's complete lack of understanding of anything resembling normal human values or maturity. All he knows is that he must fight evil (and utter priceless lines of dialogue in the process).
Batmanuel (originally Deflator Mouse in the cartoon) started off a little weakly, but quickly grew to match the Tick in humour value.
It's a crime worthy of the Tick himself sorting out that this show did not last longer. Another season and we could have got a lot of the superheroes from the cartoons involved, and perhaps some really awful cheese-laden SFX to add to the mix. But it was not to be.
Watch what there is and mourn the missed oppportunity.