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The Tick (2001)

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The Tick (2001)	comment	A 2001 live action version of surreal cartoon superhero The Tick.Fed up of having a big blue spandex-clad lunatic weirding out his customers, a bus centre manager ships The Tick to The City. Meanwhile, mild-mannered accountant Arthur gets fired from his job for showing up to work in a winged bunny suit (OK, moth suit) and deciding he wants to fight crime. They team up with Captain Liberty and Batmanuel,note substitute characters for American Maid and Die Fledermaus, who were absent due to licensing and rights issues and get into all manner of high action battles with evildoers...... which all occur offscreen due to budget trouble. Most of the shows deal with their downtime, being described as "Seinfeld in tights". Much of the animated show's style and wit was retained, along with different humor and comedic deconstrunctions. It was canceled before it could run a whole season. (It probably didn't help anything that the last Episode, The Terror was scheduled to run on 9/11/2001.)A reboot would eventually be produced by Amazon Prime, and while The Tick (2016) does not share continuity with this series Patrick Warburton was involved as a producer and Liz Vassey (who played Captain Liberty) would provide the voice of a character in the second season.
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The Tick (2001) / int_1324c576	comment	Captain Geographic: Captain Liberty.
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The Tick (2001) / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
The Tick (2001) / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: The episode "Arthur, Interrupted" compares superherodom to homosexuality. Arthur is told by his fellow heroes that he should "come out" to his family, that being "closeted" is a bad thing (both are terms commonly used in regards to homosexuality). After he does he's taken away to be "cured" (attempting to "cure" homosexuality is a controversial yet common thing in America and many other parts of the world). He's sent to an insane asylum where he discovers that the creepy, effeminate psychiatrist secretly has a superhero fetish (a reference to how many anti-gay crusaders are eventually outed as having gay tendencies). The episode "Couples" spends its runtime comparing the superhero/sidekick dynamic to a marriage, with sidekicks being portrayed as the wives. It comments on domineering relationships and spousal abuse in the process.
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The Tick (2001) / int_1ec3eb0a	type	Take Our Word for It
The Tick (2001) / int_1ec3eb0a	comment	Take Our Word for It: While the bizarre level of superheroes and giant monsters of the Tick universe (such as a 50- foot Apocalypse Cow) apparently still occur, we never get to see anything more than the aftermath.
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The Tick (2001) / int_25fd37c3	type	Cleavage Window
The Tick (2001) / int_25fd37c3	comment	Cleavage Window: Captain Liberty's outfit has a star-shaped window. Destroyo remarks on it in his Hannibal Lecture.
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The Tick (2001) / int_266e4fc7	type	The Perry Mason Method
The Tick (2001) / int_266e4fc7	comment	The Perry Mason Method: Inverted in "The Tick Versus Justice". Destroyo, acting as his own attorney, asks witness Arthur a loaded question, which Arthur answers in such a way as to provoke a Villainous Breakdown in Destroyo.
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The Tick (2001) / int_26ac510e	type	Mythology Gag
The Tick (2001) / int_26ac510e	comment	Mythology Gag: Batmanuel is referred to as "Little Fledermaus" by Destroyo in "The Tick vs Justice", a reference to the character that Batmanuel is based on: Die Fledermaus.
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The Tick (2001) / int_2982798c	type	Short-Runners
The Tick (2001) / int_2982798c	comment	Short Runner: Only six episodes aired of nine produced.
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The Tick (2001) / int_3322dd48	type	Hollywood Law
The Tick (2001) / int_3322dd48	comment	Hollywood Law: In "The Tick vs. Justice", a few of Destroyo's Unconventional Courtroom Tactics, blatantly attempting to get himself Off on a Technicality, would never fly in a real court. First, Destroyo confesses to killing witnesses in front of Captain Liberty (and implies he intends to kill The Tick and Arthur too), but since he's acting as his own attorney and he was talking to himself, the confession was privileged communication and therefore could not be used against him. (It was implied he knew she would find out anyway and so decided to say it in such a way that she wouldn't be allowed to tell anyone.) However, in the lawsuit Clark v. The United States it was determined that if attorney-client communication is used to commit fraud or further a crime then it is not subject to attorney-client privilege law. In other words, Captain Liberty totally could have reported it and added even more charges to the list of Destroyo's offenses, just as she originally plans to, and there would have been nothing Destroyo could do about it. Second, he has all of the evidence against him ruled inadmissible on the grounds that The Tick and Arthur didn't have a warrant when they searched his car. There are two problems with this... Number 1: The legal doctrine at play here is the "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree" which states that evidence gained illegally is inadmissible if it was gained (even indirectly) through means that violate the suspect's rights. The "tree" of the investigation is tainted, therefore its "fruit" is no good. However, this only counts if the suspect's rights were violated by law enforcement officials. Regardless of whether The Tick and Arthur were in the right or not, they are not police officers or detectives and so their actions don't count for the purposes of the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine and the evidence is fine unless the police also screwed up. Number 2: The Tick and Arthur never "searched" the car anyway. Destroy's trunk popped open in the accident, and they happened to see ransom notes, nuclear weapons, and very strong rope in there. Seeing things that are in plain sight does not constitute a search. Third, although not actually something Destroyo did, the way the group finally get him convicted, by baiting him into attacking Arthur in the middle of the courtroom, thereby showing the court his true colors. In reality that would likely have resulted in an immediate mistrial and everyone involved would have been arrested on the spot, although admittedly a rampaging supervillain in power armor battling with the Tick in the well would present problems for the average bailiff to contain.
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The Tick (2001) / int_33ba37ca	type	Out with a Bang
The Tick (2001) / int_33ba37ca	comment	Out with a Bang: Captain Liberty sleeps with The Immortal and somehow kills him in the process. This was a guy who once fought a man made entirely out of black holes!
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The Tick (2001) / int_37005c4a	type	I Am Not Weasel
The Tick (2001) / int_37005c4a	comment	I Am Not Weasel: Arthur's moth-themed costume is constantly confused for a rabbit.
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The Tick (2001) / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
The Tick (2001) / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: "The Lesson of Metcalf". The man quit his job, bought a jetpack and tried to become a super hero. Exactly what happened is a mystery, but he now needs a machine to pass his bowels.
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The Tick (2001) / int_3cb68bd3	type	Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon
The Tick (2001) / int_3cb68bd3	comment	Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon: An especially creative one, courtesy of The Terror:
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The Tick (2001) / int_44796d0f	type	No Guy Wants an Amazon
The Tick (2001) / int_44796d0f	comment	No Guy Wants an Amazon: Captain Liberty laments at one point that it's hard to find a boyfriend because other heroes are all jerkasses and normals are afraid that "we're going to zap them with a ray and shrink their johnson." Her boyfriend in that same episode also ends up leaving her when he discovers she's a superhero. Of course, considering what she did to The Immortal, they might have a point.
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The Tick (2001) / int_46e53efd	type	Screams Like a Little Girl
The Tick (2001) / int_46e53efd	comment	Screams Like a Little Girl: Arthur when he gets into trouble, making The Tick think it's a Damsel in Distress.
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The Tick (2001) / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
The Tick (2001) / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: The final episode's storyline follows immediately after the first episode and wraps up a lot of its plot threads. Further, they both contain a number of similar plot elements. Both episodes see someone attempting, unsuccessfully, to use a coffee vending machine and being saved by The Tick. In the first episode The Tick "saves" a citizen by bashing the out-of-order machine until it works. In the final episode the person who tries to use the machine, Batmanuel, is waylaid by The Terror before he can get his coffee and has to be rescued. Both episodes include Arthur screaming like a little girl when attacked by villains. Both episodes involve Metcalf, a man from Arthur's old job who became a superhero and who now needs a machine to poop. He is mentioned repeatedly in the first episode and actually appears in person during the final episode. (These two episodes are also the only times he is even so much as mentioned in the show.) Both episodes include an actual, on-screen superhero vs. supervillain battle, against The Red Scare in the first episode and against The Terror in the last episode. (These are also the only two on-screen battles in the series.) Both episodes feature the four main characters (Tick, Arthur, Batmanuel, and Captain Liberty) on a rooftop together. While the four spend a lot of time together and rooftops also play a large role throughout the series these two episodes are the only ones that feature all four together on a rooftop.
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The Tick (2001) / int_575fd5e2	type	Dark Is Not Evil
The Tick (2001) / int_575fd5e2	comment	Dark Is Not Evil: Batmanuel, the "Prince of the Night."
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The Tick (2001) / int_5cfa64d0	type	Dashing Hispanic
The Tick (2001) / int_5cfa64d0	comment	Dashing Hispanic - Batmanuel is a fairly straight, if humorous, example. Beneath his cynical exterior lies the heart of a romantic. A cynical romantic.
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The Tick (2001) / int_5db7301f	type	Prophetic Names
The Tick (2001) / int_5db7301f	comment	Prophetic Names: A woman claiming to be the Tick's wife says his real name is "Ted Glick". Drop the "ed Gl" and you're left with Tick. Subverted, though, when it's revealed that's not his real name.
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The Tick (2001) / int_603f1a80	type	Pragmatic Adaptation
The Tick (2001) / int_603f1a80	comment	Pragmatic Adaptation: Compared to a cartoon where you can draw whatever you want, special effects and superpowered battles are much harder to pull off in live-action, especially for a show with a budget as low as this show's budget was. As a result the show spends more time focusing on their characters' daily lives, with the villains and battles mostly relegated to happening off-screen.
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The Tick (2001) / int_61b8f9e2	type	Bunny-Ears Lawyer
The Tick (2001) / int_61b8f9e2	comment	Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Arthur. He was quite a competent accountant aside from the "dressed as a moth" thing. It was almost a literal use of the trope, as his suit is often mistaken for a rabbit. It should also be noted that while the Tick is even stupider than usual, when actually called upon to battle supervillains or fight crime (usually off-screen, but still), he's never less than spectacular at it.
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The Tick (2001) / int_7175cb16	type	Clark Kenting
The Tick (2001) / int_7175cb16	comment	Clark Kenting: At various times the heroes take off the uniforms resulting in confusion when their fellow heroes don't immediately recognize them. Parodied with The Champion who, like the Trope Namer, disguises himself with nothing more than a pair of glasses - despite how flimsy the disguise is no one notices until it's pointed out at the end of the episode. The Tick himself never quite manages to figure it out, still believing that The Champion and lawyer Steve Filbert are different people, even after witnessing his "transformation" first hand.
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The Tick (2001) / int_7289b368	type	Idiot Hero
The Tick (2001) / int_7289b368	comment	Idiot Hero: The Tick, even more than he was in the cartoon. For one, he doesn't even know what his name is or where he's from.
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The Tick (2001) / int_7598fec1	type	Stocking Filler
The Tick (2001) / int_7598fec1	comment	Stocking Filler: Captain Liberty wears fishnets.
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The Tick (2001) / int_7a87fa80	type	Animal-Themed Superbeing
The Tick (2001) / int_7a87fa80	comment	Animal-Themed Superbeing: The Tick, at least in name. He doesn't actually have any tick-like traits or abilities. Arthur's superhero identity is modeled after a moth, though his white suit and ear-like antennae lead many people to confuse him for a rabbit. Batmanuel is based on a bat, obviously.
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The Tick (2001) / int_8448fdd0	type	Superhero
The Tick (2001) / int_8448fdd0	comment	Super Hero: All of the main cast.
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The Tick (2001) / int_86ae1278	type	Adaptational Dumbass
The Tick (2001) / int_86ae1278	comment	Adaptational Dumbass: Between lengthy conversations with clogged toilets and not understanding the concept of death, this is the Tick at his absolute dumbest. This is likely because of the show's differing format. His gung-ho heroic personality doesn't have an outlet, so his smarts are dialled down to better bounce off for comedic purposes.
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The Tick (2001) / int_8c681acc	type	Third-Person Person
The Tick (2001) / int_8c681acc	comment	Third-Person Person: Batmanuel.
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The Tick (2001) / int_92a9442	type	Second Episode Morning
The Tick (2001) / int_92a9442	comment	Second Episode Morning: Coupled with Whole Episode Flashback, while celebrating their one-year anniversary as partners, Arthur tells them about how he assumed everything that happened in the first episode was a dream until he hears the Tick in his living room.
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The Tick (2001) / int_97914ed	type	Idiot Savant
The Tick (2001) / int_97914ed	comment	Idiot Savant: The Tick was always a ditz, but in this series his ditzy traits are played up so much that he seems barely capable of functioning in society. Notably, he doesn't even know his own real name or where he's from, he can't recognize other superheroes when they're out of costume (the other characters might have trouble at first, but The Tick never picks up on it even when it's explained to him), and at first doesn't even know what death is. When it comes to heroics, however, he's a genius: he's an expert fighter and shows a decent amount of philosophical thought. Notably, when he did discover that everyone (even potatoes) can die, he spent about 30 seconds thinking about it before giving Arthur a motivating speech that actually makes sense.
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The Tick (2001) / int_9f6198cb	type	What Is This Feeling?
The Tick (2001) / int_9f6198cb	comment	What Is This Feeling?: In "The Tick vs. Justice", he has his first headache, due to the frustration of Destroyo's impending discharge despite obvious evidence of his crime.
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The Tick (2001) / int_a698ad42	type	City with No Name
The Tick (2001) / int_a698ad42	comment	City with No Name The Tick fights crime in a city named The City.
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The Tick (2001) / int_a9de87d2	type	Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
The Tick (2001) / int_a9de87d2	comment	Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: The Tick is absolutely, unequivocally insane. He's also super strong, bulletproof, and definitely good to have on your side in a fight.
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The Tick (2001) / int_ac0827be	type	Private Eye Monologue
The Tick (2001) / int_ac0827be	comment	Private Eye Monologue: The Tick is fond of this sort of narration, only he does it out loud instead of in a voiceover, and it's typically nonsensical. Arthur even comments about it at one point. "What are you talking about? And who are you talking to?"
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The Tick (2001) / int_ac1e30d8	type	Red Scare
The Tick (2001) / int_ac1e30d8	comment	Red Scare: The name of a robot built by the Russians in the 1970s to assassinate Jimmy Carter. A group of Russians decide to get revenge on the U.S. Postal system instead by assassinating the Postmaster General, but the robot has accidentally been activated before they could reprogram it. Now the Red Scare is after Jimmy Carter, who happens to be visiting The City on the same night.
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The Tick (2001) / int_b5914444	type	Noodle Implements
The Tick (2001) / int_b5914444	comment	Number 2: The Tick and Arthur never "searched" the car anyway. Destroy's trunk popped open in the accident, and they happened to see ransom notes, nuclear weapons, and very strong rope in there. Seeing things that are in plain sight does not constitute a search.
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The Tick (2001) / int_bb18a227	type	It's All About Me
The Tick (2001) / int_bb18a227	comment	It's All About Me: In the episode "The Tick vs. Justice", a car accident between Batmanuel and a supervillain named Destroyo reveals the villain's trunk is full of ransom letters, nuclear weapons, and very strong rope. Despite an obvious threat to national security Batmanuel spends the entire episode worried about his insurance premiums, even turning his statement to the court into an argument that he was not at fault for the accident that led to the altercation and a plea for them to lower his deductible.
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The Tick (2001) / int_bb35f8b6	type	Mixed Metaphor
The Tick (2001) / int_bb35f8b6	comment	Mixed Metaphor: The Tick often engages in these, which often leads to Metaphorgotten as the Tick rambles nonsensically from one broken metaphor to another.
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The Tick (2001) / int_c5b47b36	type	Offscreen Moment of Awesome
The Tick (2001) / int_c5b47b36	comment	Offscreen Moment of Awesome: No big time heroics are ever shown on screen, beyond the fights with The Red Scare and The Terror. Shown best in "The Tick vs. Justice" where the Tick and Destroyo are about to fight in the courtroom, only for it to cut to the group in their usual spot the next day.
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The Tick (2001) / int_c868a42a	type	Freudian Excuse
The Tick (2001) / int_c868a42a	comment	Freudian Excuse: Arthur and Batmanuel are able to track down Destroyo's former ballet teacher, the only real source they have on his life, and prevent his assassination. In the process, they discover that the reason for Destroyo's evil is painful memories from being jeered and heckled despite his skilled dancing due to his inability to control his weight. Arthur takes advantage to provoke him into a Villainous Breakdown during questioning.
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The Tick (2001) / int_ca773e1c	type	Wisdom from the Gutter
The Tick (2001) / int_ca773e1c	comment	Wisdom from the Gutter: Batmanuel is a coward, a cad, and a sorry excuse for a superhero, but he's the most stable and sane member of the quartet and is often the voice of reason when one of the others gets too manic.
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The Tick (2001) / int_d240ffa	comment	Captain Patriotic: Captain Liberty is a spoof of this. She doesn't seem to be all that patriotic and isn't even that great of a hero, but she does work directly for the U.S. government, unlike most other heroes.
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The Tick (2001) / int_db9940c4	comment	Famed in Story: Metcalf, a former coworker of Arthur's, is infamous in the superhero and criminal communities for being injured so badly in his vigilante career that he now needs to be strapped to a hospital machine to regulate his bowel movements. Arthur is deathly afraid of winding up like him if he continues with his adventures, but a conversation with Metcalf himself, who is accepting of his condition and plans to resume being a hero once he recovers, cures Arthur of this fear.
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The Tick (2001) / int_e1fa333c	comment	Hannibal Lecture: Parodied and played straight with Destroyo. In his first use of this he's able to (almost) talk a cop into shooting himself. When he tries it on Captain Liberty, however, she takes advantage of it for free psychotherapy. She later lists "good with dating problems" as one of Destroyo's two good traits (the other being a "way with words").
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The Tick (2001) / int_e2d457	comment	The Ditz: The Tick.
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The Tick (2001) / int_e5421161	comment	Expy: Since the live action version couldn't get all the rights to characters from the animated version, Die Fledermaus became Bat-Manuel and American Maid became Captain Liberty.
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The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Captain Ersatz / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Catch Your Death of Cold / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Cleavage Window / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Comically Invincible Hero / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Day in the Life / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Definite Article Title / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Dirty Communists / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Eye Lights Out / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Fantastic Comedy / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Have You Tried Not Being a Monster? / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Hilarity Sues / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Idiot Savant / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	In with the In Crowd / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Incendiary Exponent / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Invisible Celebrity Guest / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Live-Action Adaptation / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Magic Feather / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Marquee Alter Ego / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Out with a Bang / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Politician Guest-Star / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Retired Monster / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Rude Hero, Nice Sidekick / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Series of the 2000s / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Smug Super / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Soaperizing / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Something Person / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Soviet Superscience / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Spell My Name with a "The" / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Super Zeroes / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	The Perry Mason Method / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	The Talk / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Too Good to Last / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Too Kinky to Torture / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Understanding Boyfriend / int_2342c3e6
The Tick (2001)	hasFeature	Wonder Woman Wannabe / int_2342c3e6
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