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The Tick
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1994 Animated Series, a casual but incisive send-up of Super Hero shows (based on an independent comic by Ben Edlund written in the late '80s), featuring as its title character a super-strong, "Nigh Invulnerable" (or so he says), and (probably) insane Cloudcuckoolander with hypertrophied senses of justice and melodrama, given to bold, thoughtless action and near-incomprehensible aesop-like pronouncements. Assisting the Tick in his daily struggle against the Forces of Evil is Arthur, a former accountant, now moth-themed hero/sidekick. Frequently joining their adventures are Die Fledermaus and American Maid, two fellow crimefighters who bear a funhouse-mirror resemblance to Batman and Wonder Woman (or perhaps Captain America) respectively.The Tick's adventures are evenly split between well-intentioned cluelessness and actual battles against supervillains. These villains — such as Chairface Chippendale, El Seed, Brainchild, and the Terror — are frequently just as bizarre as the Tick and his allies. Some, like the Evil Midnight Bomber (What Bombs At Midnight) ("One of these days, baby! Milkshake! Boom!"), have even developed their own fan followings.In every episode, this program gleefully skewers the tropes and cliches of the Super Hero genre, distorting and twisting them like Silly Putty until they can stretch no more and snap back to hit you in the face. The resulting lunacy has spawned a cult following that continues to this day.A Recap page is in progress here.In 2001, Fox (who had aired the 1994 series through their Fox Kids block) attempted to revive the series in a live-action format with Patrick Warburton as The Tick, details are here.August 19 2016 saw Edlund return to the character for a brand new live action series exclusive to Amazon Prime, starring Peter Serafinowicz in the title role. The series takes a gritter approach to the setting - but not to the character. | |
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Watch Where You're Going! | |
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Watch Where You're Going!: Arthur manages to crash into ... Leonardo da Vinci while flying. Twice. | |
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"Flowers for Algernon" Syndrome | |
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"Flowers for Algernon" Syndrome: In the episode "The Tick versus Pineapple Pokopo." | |
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Miles Gloriosus | |
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Miles Gloriosus: Die Fledermaus. | |
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Dirty Coward | |
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Dirty Coward: Die Fleidermaus. Despite being a superhero we almost never see him fight crime, and for one very good reason: as soon as he sees a weapon he runs and hides. The mayor informs Tick that whenever The City turns on his Fliedermaus signal (like the Bat Signal), he disconnects his phone and leaves town. | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: Sewer Urchin has Dustin Hoffman's "Rainman" voice. Definitely, Rainman. Die Fledermaus acts like the Adam West Batman. Mindy Moleford is more or less Cindy Crawford. | |
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Captain Geographic | |
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Captain Geographic: American Maid, also a Captain Patriotic. She wears a red-white-and-blue maid's outfit and is one of the City's premier heroes. | |
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Bloodless Carnage | |
The Tick / int_135b9977 | comment |
In the episode "Armless But Not Harmless," the Tick and Arthur are struck by a ray that causes their arms to fall off. The Tick takes his sudden debrachiation in stride. Arthur... not so much. | |
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Card-Carrying Villain | |
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Card-Carrying Villain: Many of the antagonists, particularly Chairface Chippendale and The Terror. | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything? | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything?: Arthur's sister disapproves of his superhero "lifestyle", making it seem more like he came out as gay. Arthur and the Tick are also Mistaken for Gay (mostly implied, since it was a Saturday morning kid's cartoon). | |
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Clothes Make the Superman | |
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Clothes Make the Superman: The Carpeted Man. With his suit on, he possesses the awesome powers of static electricity and overheating. Without it... he is nothing. | |
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Santa Clausmas | |
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Santa Clausmas: The Christmas Episode. | |
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Visual Pun | |
The Tick / int_1ba8eb64 | comment |
"Tick vs. Europe" was this mixed in with Visual Pun and Bilingual Bonus. The Belgian superhero-sidekick duo of Eclair and Blitzen both have names referring to lightning (éclair is French for "(flash of) lightning", blitzen is derived from the Germanic word blitznote blits is also a valid word in Flemish Belgium, as it is a Flemish/Dutch/Afrikaans word for "lightning": so the producers either got lucky here or did their homework.), with Eclair actually being a lightning user. On top of this, an éclair is a French pastry (which is the first thing Tick thinks when he hears her name). Naturally, Eclair and Arthur have to take down a villain known as The Breadmaster. | |
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Superhero Capital of the World | |
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Superhero Capital of the World: The City is so full of superheroes, the Mayor has a Bat Signal for each and every one of them and has since run out of room on his window sill to house them all. Since all sorts of shenanigans of epic proportions — from aliens to terrorists, Kaiju and too many supervillains to count — happen in The City and only a handful of them are any good at being superheroes (either due to Crippling Overspecialization or just plain cowardice), The City needs all the help it can get. | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: The Tick and Arthur. | |
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Nigh-Invulnerability | |
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Nigh-Invulnerability: Nothing, not even a black hole, can kill The Tick. | |
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In the Name of the Moon | |
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In the Name of the Moon: "Sun-worshipping dog-launchers, you face... The Tick!" | |
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My Name Is Inigo Montoya | |
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My Name Is Inigo Montoya | |
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For Science! | |
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For Science!: The primary motivation of most of the shows various mad scientists, most notably Professor Chromedome. | |
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Only Sane Man | |
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Only Sane Man: American Maid. She's likely the closest thing to a competent hero here. Arthur counts as well to an extent. Okay, the guy did want to become a hero on the first place, and was fired ("psychiatric leave") from his old desk job by showing up to the office in-costume, but next to the Tick, well... | |
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Captain Ersatz | |
The Tick / int_25b5600 | comment |
Later the Tick successfully blows up the C, but is blown off the moon before he can complete his job, leaving a "HA" on the moon. Later that episode, a Captain Ersatz of Galactus takes a bite out of the moon, which also remains. | |
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It Has Been an Honor | |
The Tick / int_2612a967 | comment |
It Has Been an Honor: In "Tick vs. The Big Nothing", before going off to stop the Heys, Tick and Arthur have this little exchange while shaking hands: | |
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Verbal Tic | |
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Verbal Tic: The Midnight Bomber's "... And so he says to me, he says to me, he says..." | |
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Bilingual Bonus | |
The Tick / int_294ed981 | comment |
For that matter, the "Rive Droite" bank whose fitting slogan is "The Right Bank for You." | |
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Amazonian Beauty | |
The Tick / int_2a3e0069 | comment |
Amazonian Beauty: Jungle Janet of the Civic-Minded Five. On one occasion, a smitten Tick tries to woo Janet with a rose and... a potato that grew on his armpit. She's also a bit of a deconstruction as she sometimes worries she isn't feminine enough. There's also Belgian superheroine Eclair, a one-shot character from "Tick vs. Europe." She is more androgynous-looking than Jungle Janet, though (for instance, compare her to her more traditionally feminine sidekick Blitzen), but this is never commented on by anyone and Die Fledermaus even hits on her (to no avail). | |
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Limited Wardrobe | |
The Tick / int_2a7e7af1 | comment |
Limited Wardrobe: Tick and Arthur, and most of the other superheroes for that matter, are NEVER seen without their costumes, to the point where they usually sleep in them. In Tick's case, its debatable if it comes off at all. Arthur was seen without the bottom half of his suit in "Little Wooden Boy", after Swiss mercenaries stole his pants. Though given that Tick is shown doing laundry in one episode, they presumably have more clothes than just the costumes (unless it's all sheets and towels). | |
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Mayincatec | |
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Mayincatec: The Deertown Aztecs are classic examples of this, right down to the trap filled temple pyramid. They were originally a baseball theam that got stranded in the jungle and copied Aztec culture through a book they picked up at the airport. | |
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Ice-Cream Koan | |
The Tick / int_2bc0fc4d | comment |
Ice-Cream Koan: Many quotes by The Tick and The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight. | |
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Spikes of Villainy | |
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Spikes of Villainy: Baron Violence's costume. | |
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Ax-Crazy | |
The Tick / int_2d4fa515 | comment |
Ax-Crazy: The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight. | |
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Hidden Depths | |
The Tick / int_2dc0d2bf | comment |
Hidden Depths: Most of the dumb characters get at least one such moment. The Human Ton's hidden depths actually have their own personality, the hand-puppet supervillain known as "Handy". The Flying Squirrel superhero student in "The Tick vs. Education" proved to be pretty effective with her squirrels. The Sewer Urchin gets a whole episode showing off his hidden depths. | |
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Dumb Dinos | |
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Dumb Dinos: Dinosaur Neil's transformation causes his body to grow but his mind to shrink, leaving him nothing more than a rampaging monster. | |
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Perfect Disguise, Terrible Acting | |
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Perfect Disguise, Terrible Acting: In the episode "The Tick vs. the Uncommon Cold'', the alien Thrakkorzog creates a clone of Arthur, perfect in every respect except the only words it can say are "I Arthur". Luckily for him, the Tick is an Idiot Hero, so it nearly works. | |
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Deconstructor Fleet | |
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Deconstructor Fleet | |
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All Psychology Is Freudian | |
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All Psychology Is Freudian: In one episode, The Tick goes to see a psychiatrist. His "therapy" consists of being forced to wrestle the psychiatrist's assistant Shaft, er, Taft in various disguises. | |
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The Unintelligible | |
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The Unintelligible: The Idea Men, while their helmets are closed anyway. | |
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Good-Guy Bar | |
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Good-Guy Bar: The Comet Club. | |
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Mad Scientist | |
The Tick / int_3517000d | comment |
Mad Scientist: The comic and cartoon being what it is, it has these guys coming out of its ears, but the most notable ones are the evil Dr. Chrome Dome, Brainchild and the mostly good but somewhat quirky Professor Vatos, the creator of Arthur's flying suit, as well as Dr Mung Mung, a less villainous take on the Yellow Peril, and the trouser-obsessed Dr Strangepants. | |
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"Freaky Friday" Flip | |
The Tick / int_36754cc7 | comment |
"Freaky Friday" Flip: "The Tick Vs. Science." Also includes Voices Are Mental. | |
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Mad Bomber | |
The Tick / int_3678fbfa | comment |
Mad Bomber: The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight (yes, that is his full title). "Yeah, baby!" | |
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I Am Not Weasel | |
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I Am Not Weasel: Arthur's moth costume is confused for a rabbit rabbit. | |
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Instrumental Theme Tune | |
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Instrumental Theme Tune | |
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Does Not Know His Own Strength | |
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Does Not Know His Own Strength | |
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Embarrassing Old Photo | |
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Embarrassing Old Photo: In "The Tick vs. Brainchild." | |
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Amazon Chaser | |
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Amazon Chaser: In "The Tick vs El Seed" the Tick is shown to be one towards Jungle Janet. Also, Die Fledermaus hits on some super heroines that look stronger than him. | |
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Boring, but Practical | |
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Boring, but Practical: The superhero community, apart from the Tick and Arthur, responds to Dinosaur Neil's rampage by deciding to "sit it out and wait for the National Guard." | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle: Tick versus the Infinity Orb. | |
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1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_3d699462 | |
The Tick / int_3e416b0f | type |
Perma-Shave | |
The Tick / int_3e416b0f | comment |
Perma-Shave: Arthur comments that the Tick has never shaved since they met. Tick has never grown facial hair and thinks that all guys with mustaches must get beaten up by them. Arthur stays clean-shaven throughout the 6 months he and Tick were trapped in prehistory, despite being seen shaving in other episodes. | |
The Tick / int_3e416b0f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_3e416b0f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_3e416b0f | |
The Tick / int_3e682843 | type |
Lampshaded the Obscure Reference | |
The Tick / int_3e682843 | comment |
Lampshaded the Obscure Reference: A hand puppet compared The Tick to Achilles in his tent. When no one, even his ventriloquist, got it he said "It's from The Iliad. Read a book!" Done again in a follow up episode where The Human Ton slips on The Visual Eyes ejected eyeballs, upon which Handy remarks that it was an "Oedipal moment." Once again, no one gets it. | |
The Tick / int_3e682843 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_3e682843 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_3e682843 | |
The Tick / int_422f566c | type |
Love Freak | |
The Tick / int_422f566c | comment |
Love Freak: The Tick. He avoids being a Wide-Eyed Idealist simply by the world being only slightly less loony than himself. | |
The Tick / int_422f566c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_422f566c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_422f566c | |
The Tick / int_429732d8 | type |
Bat Signal | |
The Tick / int_429732d8 | comment |
Bat Signal: The Tick Signal first seen in "The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account." Die Fledermaus has one, as pointed out by the mayor, but he disconnects his phone and leaves town whenever it is lit. | |
The Tick / int_429732d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_429732d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_429732d8 | |
The Tick / int_43dc74d0 | type |
Sensitive Guy and Manly Man | |
The Tick / int_43dc74d0 | comment |
Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Arthur and the titular character provide the page image. | |
The Tick / int_43dc74d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_43dc74d0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_43dc74d0 | |
The Tick / int_44f5d199 | type |
Pretty in Mink | |
The Tick / int_44f5d199 | comment |
Pretty in Mink: Supermodel Mindy Moleford has a fur-trimmed coat. | |
The Tick / int_44f5d199 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_44f5d199 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_44f5d199 | |
The Tick / int_45007296 | type |
Metaphorgotten | |
The Tick / int_45007296 | comment |
Metaphorgotten: The Tick's aesops almost inevitably turns into this, if they are not coming off as straight up Non Sequiturs. | |
The Tick / int_45007296 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_45007296 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_45007296 | |
The Tick / int_46ba2113 | type |
Minidress of Power | |
The Tick / int_46ba2113 | comment |
Mini Dress Of Power: American Maid. | |
The Tick / int_46ba2113 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_46ba2113 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_46ba2113 | |
The Tick / int_46e53efd | type |
Screams Like a Little Girl | |
The Tick / int_46e53efd | comment |
Screams Like a Little Girl: Arthur in the live action series, making The Tick think it's a Damsel in Distress. | |
The Tick / int_46e53efd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_46e53efd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_46e53efd | |
The Tick / int_478ae179 | type |
And Now You Must Marry Me | |
The Tick / int_478ae179 | comment |
And Now You Must Marry Me: The leader of the Aztecs initially wanted to force Arthur to be his "bride" after they mistakenly kidnapped him instead of Carmelita. | |
The Tick / int_478ae179 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_478ae179 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_478ae179 | |
The Tick / int_479f9ad0 | type |
Characterization Marches On | |
The Tick / int_479f9ad0 | comment |
Characterization Marches On: The first episode has Die Fledermaus springing into action, among other superheroes, to stop the Idea Men. Though he got distracted by American Maid. | |
The Tick / int_479f9ad0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_479f9ad0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_479f9ad0 | |
The Tick / int_47fea76b | type |
Butt-Monkey | |
The Tick / int_47fea76b | comment |
Butt-Monkey: It seems that the Moon itself is this in the animated series. It's one thing having Chairface Chippendale using a laser to partially carve his name on it but a Galactus expy took a bite of it. So everytime something bad happens to the moon it stays this way thoughout the entire series. Lampshaded in the series' guidebook when the Tick responds "Hasn't the Moon suffered enough already?" | |
The Tick / int_47fea76b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_47fea76b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_47fea76b | |
The Tick / int_485011b | type |
MadLibsCatchPhrase | |
The Tick / int_485011b | comment |
Sewer Urchin: "[Something]. Yeah-h-h, definitely [something]," as part of being an Expy of Rain Man. | |
The Tick / int_485011b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_485011b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_485011b | |
The Tick / int_48b9731f | type |
Paper-Thin Disguise | |
The Tick / int_48b9731f | comment |
Paper-Thin Disguise: Often used by Tick and Arthur, who will usually just wear obvious disguises over their costumes, and in one episode, Die Fledermaus "disguises" himself and the Sewer Urchin with the contents of a potting shed (in order to get into a villainous auction). | |
The Tick / int_48b9731f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_48b9731f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_48b9731f | |
The Tick / int_4d28eee2 | type |
Roofhopping | |
The Tick / int_4d28eee2 | comment |
Roofhopping: But tends to smash the parts he lands on, and they don't take too kindly to that in Europe. | |
The Tick / int_4d28eee2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_4d28eee2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_4d28eee2 | |
The Tick / int_4ebbbd17 | type |
Matryoshka Object | |
The Tick / int_4ebbbd17 | comment |
Matryoshka Object: The Living Doll. | |
The Tick / int_4ebbbd17 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_4ebbbd17 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_4ebbbd17 | |
The Tick / int_4fff0dfe | type |
Sarcasm-Blind | |
The Tick / int_4fff0dfe | comment |
Sarcasm-Blind: | |
The Tick / int_4fff0dfe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_4fff0dfe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_4fff0dfe | |
The Tick / int_504a1991 | type |
Body Horror | |
The Tick / int_504a1991 | comment |
Body Horror: "ARTHUR! My mustache is touching my brain!" Also, The Tick's transformation in "Coach Fussel's Lament." In the episode "Armless But Not Harmless," the Tick and Arthur are struck by a ray that causes their arms to fall off. The Tick takes his sudden debrachiation in stride. Arthur... not so much. Not to mention the various, Dick Tracy esque villains, such as Zipperneck, who has a zipper on his neck that he can pull down to expose the inside of his throat to horrify his opponents, Chairface Chippendale, Bolthead and countless others. Also worthy of mention is The Deadly Bulb/Pig-Leg, who for some unknown reason has a live pig in place of his right leg. The pig is perfectly healthy and acts like a normal pig, but being attached to each other leads to some strife. | |
The Tick / int_504a1991 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_504a1991 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_504a1991 | |
The Tick / int_504ca25a | type |
Live-Action Adaptation | |
The Tick / int_504ca25a | comment |
Live-Action Adaptation: See the pages. | |
The Tick / int_504ca25a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_504ca25a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_504ca25a | |
The Tick / int_50ca4422 | type |
Unresolved Sexual Tension | |
The Tick / int_50ca4422 | comment |
Unresolved Sexual Tension: Between Die Fledermaus and American Maid. It's implied they previously had quite the intimate relationship, but broke up before the beginning of the series and are still bitter about it. Every once in and a while, though, they have their moments. | |
The Tick / int_50ca4422 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_50ca4422 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_50ca4422 | |
The Tick / int_51566669 | type |
Auction of Evil | |
The Tick / int_51566669 | comment |
Auction of Evil: Takes place in the episode "Coach Fussell's Lament." | |
The Tick / int_51566669 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_51566669 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_51566669 | |
The Tick / int_537dd8fe | type |
Affably Evil | |
The Tick / int_537dd8fe | comment |
Affably Evil: Thrakkorzog, an interdimensional alien who wants to take over the world and eat everyone's brains... And is delighted to meet his new neighbors in the process. | |
The Tick / int_537dd8fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_537dd8fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_537dd8fe | |
The Tick / int_53ecf83f | type |
Lensman Arms Race | |
The Tick / int_53ecf83f | comment |
Lensman Arms Race: The CIA made a sentient mustache, because "The Russians were working on a beard!". | |
The Tick / int_53ecf83f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_53ecf83f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_53ecf83f | |
The Tick / int_562abd51 | type |
Let's Get Dangerous! | |
The Tick / int_562abd51 | comment |
Let's Get Dangerous!: "That'll be QUITE ENOUGH OF THAT!" | |
The Tick / int_562abd51 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_562abd51 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_562abd51 | |
The Tick / int_575fd5e2 | type |
Dark Is Not Evil | |
The Tick / int_575fd5e2 | comment |
Dark Is Not Evil: Sarcastro, whose based off of the late controversial dictator of Cuba, Fidel Castro. He's a genuine superhero, albeit a highly sarcastic one to the point where he labels it as being his power, albeit one that's just as quirky and sometimes ineffective as the rest of the misfit superheroes. | |
The Tick / int_575fd5e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_575fd5e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_575fd5e2 | |
The Tick / int_58626d87 | type |
Genius Ditz | |
The Tick / int_58626d87 | comment |
Genius Ditz: The Tick may be very, very ditzy in just about everything, but he has shown a certain level of philosophical thought in some cases. Especially so in the second episode of the live-action series, where he learns that everyone (even potatoes) can die, and after thinking about it for about a minute, gives Arthur a motivating speech that actually makes sense. | |
The Tick / int_58626d87 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_58626d87 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_58626d87 | |
The Tick / int_59aa1ff8 | type |
Deface of the Moon | |
The Tick / int_59aa1ff8 | comment |
Deface of the Moon: An aborted attempt by Chairface Chippendale to write his name. The letters "CHA" appear on the moon as a Continuity Nod. Later the Tick successfully blows up the C, but is blown off the moon before he can complete his job, leaving a "HA" on the moon. Later that episode, a Captain Ersatz of Galactus takes a bite out of the moon, which also remains. In the video game adaptation, the laser will manage to spell out "Chairface" on the moon if the Tick doesn't destroy it in time. If "Chairface" is spelled out, the time will be up and you will lose a life and start over where you left off when you fought the laser. | |
The Tick / int_59aa1ff8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_59aa1ff8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_59aa1ff8 | |
The Tick / int_59ddd197 | type |
Metaphysical Fuel | |
The Tick / int_59ddd197 | comment |
Metaphysical Fuel: The Whats's starships run on fear — their own. | |
The Tick / int_59ddd197 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_59ddd197 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_59ddd197 | |
The Tick / int_5a40d6a | type |
Adaptation Distillation | |
The Tick / int_5a40d6a | comment |
Adaptation Distillation: Most fans agree that the cartoon version was a great step for the franchise. | |
The Tick / int_5a40d6a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_5a40d6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_5a40d6a | |
The Tick / int_5a59b3a1 | type |
Hulk Speak | |
The Tick / int_5a59b3a1 | comment |
Hulk Speak: The Protoclown is practically an Expy of Ol' Greenskin. | |
The Tick / int_5a59b3a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_5a59b3a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_5a59b3a1 | |
The Tick / int_5a71be2d | type |
Bad Santa | |
The Tick / int_5a71be2d | comment |
Bad Santa: Multiple Santa. | |
The Tick / int_5a71be2d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_5a71be2d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_5a71be2d | |
The Tick / int_5cfa64d0 | type |
Dashing Hispanic | |
The Tick / int_5cfa64d0 | comment |
Dashing Hispanic: El Seed, to a certain degree. | |
The Tick / int_5cfa64d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_5cfa64d0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_5cfa64d0 | |
The Tick / int_5f9d7299 | type |
EnfanteTerrible | |
The Tick / int_5f9d7299 | comment |
Enfante Terrible: Charles/Brainchild, who was also a Mad Scientist. | |
The Tick / int_5f9d7299 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_5f9d7299 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_5f9d7299 | |
The Tick / int_60985aa7 | type |
In with the In Crowd | |
The Tick / int_60985aa7 | comment |
In with the In Crowd | |
The Tick / int_60985aa7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_60985aa7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_60985aa7 | |
The Tick / int_61b8f9e2 | type |
Bunny-Ears Lawyer | |
The Tick / int_61b8f9e2 | comment |
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Arthur is pretty competent in a variety of things, once you look past the fact that he's in a giant moth suit all the time. Averted in Arthur's backstory in multiple adaptations: he attempted to wear his moth suit all the time at his accounting position, and this bothered the higher-ups enough that he was "encouraged" to take a leave of absence and get psychiatric help. The Tick himself qualifies, as well. When compared to most of the other "heroes" in The City, at least The Tick has the drive and focus to get the job done, with most of the city's other heroes, excepting American Maid and Sewer Urchin in sewer-related crimes, are either too weak or too cowardly to be particularly effective. | |
The Tick / int_61b8f9e2 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
The Tick / int_61b8f9e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_61b8f9e2 | |
The Tick / int_61fee923 | type |
Reinventing the Telephone | |
The Tick / int_61fee923 | comment |
Reinventing the Telephone: Parodying the Bat Signal. | |
The Tick / int_61fee923 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_61fee923 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_61fee923 | |
The Tick / int_6377d6e6 | type |
Grievous Harm with a Body | |
The Tick / int_6377d6e6 | comment |
Grievous Harm with a Body: "Arthur, my body is a weapon. Use it!" | |
The Tick / int_6377d6e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_6377d6e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_6377d6e6 | |
The Tick / int_6411dac8 | type |
BadassNormal | |
The Tick / int_6411dac8 | comment |
Badass Normal: Most of the heroes aside from the Tick himself are this or at least trying to be this. Some have a gadget-based gimmick like Arthur. Sewer Urchin is probably the closest when acting in his element, since he has faced off against those weird filth monsters and won. | |
The Tick / int_6411dac8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_6411dac8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_6411dac8 | |
The Tick / int_641cf81d | type |
Viewers Are Geniuses | |
The Tick / int_641cf81d | comment |
Viewers Are Geniuses: You don't have to know the then-obscurenote this was a few years before the South Park creators popularised the story and turned it into a musical historical footnote concerning the Donner Party and their descent into cannibalism, when they were trapped in the Rocky Mountains in the winter of 1846 on the way to California. But it helps your appreciation of Keith Donner, cannibal villain. note And of course a "doner" is also a style of kebab, made from what you hope is meat. It's likewise not necessary to know the Iliad, or the fight between Patroclus and Achilles, to get Handy's comment that The Tick is sulking in his tent like Achilles, but it helps. | |
The Tick / int_641cf81d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_641cf81d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_641cf81d | |
The Tick / int_651a8540 | type |
Indy Escape | |
The Tick / int_651a8540 | comment |
Indy Escape: The boulder in "Sidekicks Don't Kiss" is no match for the Tick. | |
The Tick / int_651a8540 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_651a8540 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_651a8540 | |
The Tick / int_680bb6b1 | type |
Hot-Blooded | |
The Tick / int_680bb6b1 | comment |
Hot-Blooded: The Tick, especially in his more scenery-chewing moments. | |
The Tick / int_680bb6b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_680bb6b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_680bb6b1 | |
The Tick / int_6aa199f3 | type |
Old Superhero | |
The Tick / int_6aa199f3 | comment |
Old Superhero: The retired superheroes from "Grandpa Wore Tights," who despite their advanced age and failing powers, put up quite a fight against The Human Ton and Handy, and actually manage to defeat him. | |
The Tick / int_6aa199f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_6aa199f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_6aa199f3 | |
The Tick / int_6bfebfe2 | type |
Endangered Soufflé | |
The Tick / int_6bfebfe2 | comment |
Endangered Soufflé: Inverted. The souffle is the danger (because it's large enough to crush the City once fully risen), and Tick saves the day by collapsing it by launching himself out of Human Bullet's cannon to create a sonic boom. | |
The Tick / int_6bfebfe2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_6bfebfe2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_6bfebfe2 | |
The Tick / int_6d6dfca1 | type |
Wearing a Flag on Your Head | |
The Tick / int_6d6dfca1 | comment |
Wearing a Flag on Your Head: American Maid. | |
The Tick / int_6d6dfca1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_6d6dfca1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_6d6dfca1 | |
The Tick / int_6d7026fa | type |
Punny Name | |
The Tick / int_6d7026fa | comment |
Punny Name: Scarf Ace, a knitting supervillain. For that matter, the "Rive Droite" bank whose fitting slogan is "The Right Bank for You." Stalingrad, a graduate in Russian studies turned villain who looks and acts like Joseph Stalin. Sarcastro, a failed hero (literally, as he fails a course that The Tick offered) who dresses like Fidel Castro and uses sarcasm as a weapon. | |
The Tick / int_6d7026fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_6d7026fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_6d7026fa | |
The Tick / int_6dec2f19 | type |
Swiss-Army Weapon | |
The Tick / int_6dec2f19 | comment |
Swiss-Army Weapon: Literally—the Swiss Army mercenaries use gigantic Swiss Army knives with attachments like telescopes and helicopter blades. | |
The Tick / int_6dec2f19 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_6dec2f19 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_6dec2f19 | |
The Tick / int_6ef6417b | type |
Disney Death | |
The Tick / int_6ef6417b | comment |
Disney Death: In "The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil", Arthur and the army think that the Tick is Swallowed Whole by a mutated Dinosaur Neil, though the "gulp" Neil makes indicates that it is not the Tick that he has swallowed, but rather the special aspirin pill that our blue hero tries getting him to swallow while struggling inside Neil's mouth, until he manages to get the aspirin down Neil's throat successfully. It's just that the army doesn't see the action inside Neil's mouth as much as we, the viewers, do; and just when they think they lost the Tick and are about to shoot Neil, our hero manages to open the dinosaur's mouth and escape unharmed (though covered in saliva) in front of everyone. | |
The Tick / int_6ef6417b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_6ef6417b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_6ef6417b | |
The Tick / int_6ef9d3fe | type |
Christmas Episode | |
The Tick / int_6ef9d3fe | comment |
Christmas Episode: “The Tick Loves Santa!â€� is, naturally, set at Christmastime. It features the debut of Multiple Santa, a bank robber who stole a bell-ringer's costume, who gains electricity-based Self-Duplication powers after running into a neon sign and being electrocuted. The Tick wrestles with his love of Santa and the need to stop him from flooding the streets with his clones after he hijacks the local hydroelectric dam — until the real Santa shows up and snaps him out of it. | |
The Tick / int_6ef9d3fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_6ef9d3fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_6ef9d3fe | |
The Tick / int_702c2de3 | type |
Line-of-Sight Alias | |
The Tick / int_702c2de3 | comment |
Line-of-Sight Alias: Tick has to think of an alias when checking into a hotel and comes up with Nick Soapdish after seeing a soap dish. | |
The Tick / int_702c2de3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_702c2de3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_702c2de3 | |
The Tick / int_7041e520 | type |
Super Breeding Program | |
The Tick / int_7041e520 | comment |
Super Breeding Program: El Seed had an ultimate goal of creating an army of super-strong animated plants. | |
The Tick / int_7041e520 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_7041e520 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_7041e520 | |
The Tick / int_7289b368 | type |
Idiot Hero | |
The Tick / int_7289b368 | comment |
Idiot Hero | |
The Tick / int_7289b368 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_7289b368 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_7289b368 | |
The Tick / int_74b85afd | type |
If You're So Evil, Eat This Kitten! | |
The Tick / int_74b85afd | comment |
If You're So Evil, Eat This Kitten!: Named the trope in an episode where the duo was trying to join an obviously evil organization to spy on them. | |
The Tick / int_74b85afd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_74b85afd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_74b85afd | |
The Tick / int_78cdd5f6 | type |
"Fantastic Voyage" Plot | |
The Tick / int_78cdd5f6 | comment |
"Fantastic Voyage" Plot: "The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil" - without as much shrinking, though - as the Tick needs to get into Dinosaur Neil's mouth and get him to swallow the giant aspirin in order to neutralize the dinosaur DNA in his body. "Tick vs. Dot and Neil's Wedding" plays this more-or-less straight, complete with submarine (but again, no shrinking). | |
The Tick / int_78cdd5f6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_78cdd5f6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_78cdd5f6 | |
The Tick / int_7a87fa80 | type |
Animal-Themed Superbeing | |
The Tick / int_7a87fa80 | comment |
Animal-Themed Superbeing: The Tick... even if he doesn't actually suck blood. Also, Arthur is not a bunny, he's a moth. (Or at least he could fly like one with his folding wings). Not to mention Sewer Urchin, Die Fledermaus, The Ant, Man-Eating Cow, Bumbling Bee, Caped Cod, Portuguese Man-of-War, Cockroach, The Praying Mantis, Blowfish Avenger, Caped Chameleon, Captain Lemming, Fishboy, The Angry Red Herring, The Fin, Octo-Raymond, Shiela Eel, and more. | |
The Tick / int_7a87fa80 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_7a87fa80 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_7a87fa80 | |
The Tick / int_7ae52fff | type |
Hollywood Magnetism | |
The Tick / int_7ae52fff | comment |
Hollywood Magnetism: "A fish magnet?!" | |
The Tick / int_7ae52fff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_7ae52fff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_7ae52fff | |
The Tick / int_7b0fddcd | type |
Battle Cry | |
The Tick / int_7b0fddcd | comment |
Battle Cry: The Tick has many, but among the ones we hear more than once: '"SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!"' "Knock Off All That Evil!" Arthur: "Not in the face!" The Human Bullet: "FIRE ME, BOY!" The Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight: "Boom baby, Boom!" Suffragette: "I vote for JUSTICE!" The Living Doll: "I'm filled with tinier men!" The Civic-Minded Five: "Let's make a difference!" The Tick attempts to teach a class of would-be heroes how to use battle cries, with mixed results. Mr. Exciting: “It’s great to be alive!� Baby-Boomerangutang: "It's okay to play with dolls! The Flying Squirrel: "I like Squirrels!" | |
The Tick / int_7b0fddcd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_7b0fddcd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_7b0fddcd | |
The Tick / int_7ccd3698 | type |
Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever | |
The Tick / int_7ccd3698 | comment |
Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: The plot behind "The Tick Vs. Dinosaur Neil." | |
The Tick / int_7ccd3698 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_7ccd3698 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_7ccd3698 | |
The Tick / int_7d0ffcc0 | type |
Single Substance Manipulation | |
The Tick / int_7d0ffcc0 | comment |
Single Substance Manipulation: The Ottoman Emperor has the ability to control furniture, a talent she plans to use to take over first The City and then the World. | |
The Tick / int_7d0ffcc0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_7d0ffcc0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_7d0ffcc0 | |
The Tick / int_7d163c9c | type |
Dating Catwoman | |
The Tick / int_7d163c9c | comment |
Dating Catwoman: Die Fledermaus meets his own personal Catwoman when he encounters The Ottoman, a stylish woman who knows everything about furniture. | |
The Tick / int_7d163c9c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_7d163c9c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_7d163c9c | |
The Tick / int_7ea2a915 | type |
Animation Bump | |
The Tick / int_7ea2a915 | comment |
Animation Bump: The first four episodes are the best animated in the series. This is especially noticeable later on when they start using clips from other episodes in the intro. The difference is enormous. | |
The Tick / int_7ea2a915 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_7ea2a915 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_7ea2a915 | |
The Tick / int_80eb641c | type |
Straw Nihilist | |
The Tick / int_80eb641c | comment |
Straw Nihilist: The Heys, an alien race that coincidentally happen to look exactly like Arthur, who have a species-wide obsession with non-existence and the lack of purpose of life. | |
The Tick / int_80eb641c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_80eb641c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_80eb641c | |
The Tick / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
The Tick / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Pretty much anytime that Tick opens his mouth. The scary part? His villains are often even bigger hams than he is! Done, as just about everything else in the franchise, as an Affectionate Parody of super hero comics.) | |
The Tick / int_823c6e3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_823c6e3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_823c6e3e | |
The Tick / int_8286e2c3 | type |
Big Dumb Body | |
The Tick / int_8286e2c3 | comment |
Big Dumb Body: In Tick vs. For and Neil's Wedding Chairface's evil plan is to mutate Dinosaur Neil worse than before and have the Indigestible Man infiltrate his body and hijack his brain so they have control over the biggest mook in history. | |
The Tick / int_8286e2c3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_8286e2c3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_8286e2c3 | |
The Tick / int_82b78473 | type |
Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass | |
The Tick / int_82b78473 | comment |
Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass: Evil giant ants plan to deliver Karmic Deaths to all of humanity via one gigantic magnifying glass. | |
The Tick / int_82b78473 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_82b78473 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_82b78473 | |
The Tick / int_8409a385 | type |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
The Tick / int_8409a385 | comment |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin: The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight. Minor villain the Whirling Scottish Devil-he can spin at superspeed, he's Scottish and he wears a devil hood. | |
The Tick / int_8409a385 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_8409a385 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_8409a385 | |
The Tick / int_8504b817 | type |
Where the Hell Is Springfield? | |
The Tick / int_8504b817 | comment |
Where the Hell Is Springfield?: The Tick fights crime in a city named The City. | |
The Tick / int_8504b817 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_8504b817 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_8504b817 | |
The Tick / int_85bcc5a8 | type |
Lampshaded Double Entendre | |
The Tick / int_85bcc5a8 | comment |
Lampshaded Double Entendre: The Tick doesn't "know what they mean." | |
The Tick / int_85bcc5a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_85bcc5a8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_85bcc5a8 | |
The Tick / int_86eea0e5 | type |
World of Pun | |
The Tick / int_86eea0e5 | comment |
World of Pun: "It's a YULE TIDE!!" Another episode had a gun that turned half The City into "some guy named Ray." Apparently there was also a "Tommy Gun" that did something similar. "Tick vs. Europe" was this mixed in with Visual Pun and Bilingual Bonus. The Belgian superhero-sidekick duo of Eclair and Blitzen both have names referring to lightning (éclair is French for "(flash of) lightning", blitzen is derived from the Germanic word blitznote blits is also a valid word in Flemish Belgium, as it is a Flemish/Dutch/Afrikaans word for "lightning": so the producers either got lucky here or did their homework.), with Eclair actually being a lightning user. On top of this, an éclair is a French pastry (which is the first thing Tick thinks when he hears her name). Naturally, Eclair and Arthur have to take down a villain known as The Breadmaster. As well as the Donner Party association, Keith Donner, cannibal, also has a name evoking the "doner kebab", a Turkish/Greek fast food item made from reconstituted meat of unknown provenance served in a pitta bread. | |
The Tick / int_86eea0e5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_86eea0e5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_86eea0e5 | |
The Tick / int_87e661e8 | type |
Absurdly Spacious Sewer | |
The Tick / int_87e661e8 | comment |
Absurdly-Spacious Sewer: The Sewer Urchin's domain. | |
The Tick / int_87e661e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_87e661e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_87e661e8 | |
The Tick / int_8c9e724c | type |
Big Beautiful Woman | |
The Tick / int_8c9e724c | comment |
Big Beautiful Woman: Venus is a villainess who is very rotund and has the ability to entrance men. The only man she tries this on who is immune is Arthur. This is further invoked by her stealing clothes and such for her outfit to attend the Enemies Awards. | |
The Tick / int_8c9e724c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_8c9e724c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_8c9e724c | |
The Tick / int_8ef99dbb | type |
Pin-Pulling Teeth | |
The Tick / int_8ef99dbb | comment |
Pin-Pulling Teeth: The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight does this with a smoke grenade when caught by Arthur. | |
The Tick / int_8ef99dbb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_8ef99dbb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_8ef99dbb | |
The Tick / int_932da128 | type |
Monster Clown | |
The Tick / int_932da128 | comment |
Monster Clown: The Proto-clown. | |
The Tick / int_932da128 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_932da128 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_932da128 | |
The Tick / int_96d9236e | type |
AnimatedShows | |
The Tick / int_96d9236e | comment |
Animated Shows | |
The Tick / int_96d9236e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_96d9236e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_96d9236e | |
The Tick / int_97514bef | type |
Parodied Trope | |
The Tick / int_97514bef | comment |
Parodied Trope: About half the Superhero Tropes were spoofed, as well as various other tropes. | |
The Tick / int_97514bef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_97514bef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_97514bef | |
The Tick / int_97a82530 | type |
Sewer Gator | |
The Tick / int_97a82530 | comment |
Sewer Gator: In the "The Tick vs. Filth" episode, Tick and Arthur are attacked by giant lobsters in the sewers and Sewer Urchin chases them off with melted butter and lemon. | |
The Tick / int_97a82530 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_97a82530 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_97a82530 | |
The Tick / int_9ae0ead1 | type |
Villains Out Shopping | |
The Tick / int_9ae0ead1 | comment |
Villains Out Shopping: Which can turn even that into doing unspeakable evil. | |
The Tick / int_9ae0ead1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_9ae0ead1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_9ae0ead1 | |
The Tick / int_9bd8f6c8 | type |
Nested Mouths | |
The Tick / int_9bd8f6c8 | comment |
Nested Mouths: Thrakkorzog has a little face on his tongue that talks about eating brains. | |
The Tick / int_9bd8f6c8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_9bd8f6c8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_9bd8f6c8 | |
The Tick / int_9bf3470e | type |
Santa Claus | |
The Tick / int_9bf3470e | comment |
Santa Claus | |
The Tick / int_9bf3470e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_9bf3470e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_9bf3470e | |
The Tick / int_9dab0a6e | type |
Continuity Nod | |
The Tick / int_9dab0a6e | comment |
Continuity Nod: Countless examples, in addition to the Deface of the Moon example below. In one case, Handy loses one of his eyes at the end of "The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account" and when Handy returns in "Grandpa Wore Tights," he's wearing an eyepatch. A goon calls Arthur fat and in the next episode he's dieting. | |
The Tick / int_9dab0a6e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_9dab0a6e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_9dab0a6e | |
The Tick / int_9fbf8969 | type |
Cut Lex Luthor a Check | |
The Tick / int_9fbf8969 | comment |
Cut Lex Luthor a Check: In "The Tick Vs Reno, Nevada" the henchmen is surprised when The Fin creates a fish magnet, when he thought that the dolphin was going to do something to get their gang a lot of money. Something that a device that allows you to bring hundreds of tonnes of live fish in moments to your location without need of boats, fishermen or fishing equipment clearly can't do. | |
The Tick / int_9fbf8969 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_9fbf8969 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_9fbf8969 | |
The Tick / int_a18fda9c | type |
Dumb Muscle | |
The Tick / int_a18fda9c | comment |
Dumb Muscle: The Tick himself. | |
The Tick / int_a18fda9c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_a18fda9c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_a18fda9c | |
The Tick / int_a1b74f5d | type |
And That's Terrible | |
The Tick / int_a1b74f5d | comment |
And That's Terrible: "Eating kittens is just plain wrong, and no-one should do it! Ever!" | |
The Tick / int_a1b74f5d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_a1b74f5d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_a1b74f5d | |
The Tick / int_a246aed6 | type |
Sapient Cetaceans | |
The Tick / int_a246aed6 | comment |
Sapient Cetaceans: "Tick vs Reno, Nevada" featured a dolphin who, like Blowhole, wanted to conquer mankind rather than amuse it. | |
The Tick / int_a246aed6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_a246aed6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_a246aed6 | |
The Tick / int_a2b38d3b | type |
Eye Scream | |
The Tick / int_a2b38d3b | comment |
Eye Scream: One of the retired old heroes from "Grandpa Wore Tights", The Visual Eye, had the power to eject his eyeballs from their sockets with the phrase "Rocket From The Socket", and fly them around for scouting purposes. In his old age, he can no longer control them as well, and when he sends them out, they simply flop to the floor, where the Human Ton ends up slipping on them like a pair of marbles. | |
The Tick / int_a2b38d3b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_a2b38d3b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_a2b38d3b | |
The Tick / int_a448674 | type |
Gratuitous Latin | |
The Tick / int_a448674 | comment |
Gratuitous Latin: Milo from the supervillain team Venus and Milo spouts Latin phrases constantly. | |
The Tick / int_a448674 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_a448674 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_a448674 | |
The Tick / int_a5b12e14 | type |
Commitment Issues | |
The Tick / int_a5b12e14 | comment |
Commitment Issues: Die Fledermaus plays this card after the Ottoman suggests marriage. To be fair, even a normal person would probably freak at a proposal minutes into the first date. | |
The Tick / int_a5b12e14 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_a5b12e14 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_a5b12e14 | |
The Tick / int_a5c78451 | type |
Graceful in Their Element | |
The Tick / int_a5c78451 | comment |
Graceful in Their Element: Sewer Urchin in the, well, sewer. | |
The Tick / int_a5c78451 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_a5c78451 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_a5c78451 | |
The Tick / int_a65288e2 | type |
Ascended Extra | |
The Tick / int_a65288e2 | comment |
Ascended Extra: Several very minor characters from the comic took on bigger roles in the show. For example, Pineapple Pokopo and Multiple Santa were just henchmen of Chairface Chippendale and The Terror, respectively, but ended up becoming primary villains in their own episodes. | |
The Tick / int_a65288e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_a65288e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_a65288e2 | |
The Tick / int_a6ed3cd6 | type |
Scatting | |
The Tick / int_a6ed3cd6 | comment |
Scatting: Music director Doug Katsaros was imitating a bass trombone, and it came out like this. | |
The Tick / int_a6ed3cd6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_a6ed3cd6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_a6ed3cd6 | |
The Tick / int_a8c6a317 | type |
Super-Strength | |
The Tick / int_a8c6a317 | comment |
Also, the Fortissimo Brothers from "The Tick vs. Europe" are the superstrong henchmen of a musical-themed villain. Fortissimo is a musical term meaning "very loud" in Italian, but it has a second meaning: "very strong". | |
The Tick / int_a8c6a317 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_a8c6a317 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_a8c6a317 | |
The Tick / int_ab9311f0 | type |
Closer to Earth | |
The Tick / int_ab9311f0 | comment |
Closer to Earth: American Maid, compared to Die Fledermaus and most of the rest of the cast. Arthur, compared to the Tick. | |
The Tick / int_ab9311f0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_ab9311f0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_ab9311f0 | |
The Tick / int_af19229b | type |
Plant Person | |
The Tick / int_af19229b | comment |
Plant Person: El Seed. | |
The Tick / int_af19229b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_af19229b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_af19229b | |
The Tick / int_b13bb418 | type |
Alien Among Us | |
The Tick / int_b13bb418 | comment |
Alien Among Us: Tick and Arthur get new neighbors in one episode: Thrakkorzog, some normal guy, and Thrakkorzog's brain-eating tongue. | |
The Tick / int_b13bb418 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_b13bb418 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_b13bb418 | |
The Tick / int_b1f18adb | type |
Ray Gun | |
The Tick / int_b1f18adb | comment |
Another episode had a gun that turned half The City into "some guy named Ray." | |
The Tick / int_b1f18adb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_b1f18adb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_b1f18adb | |
The Tick / int_b333f02e | type |
Achilles in His Tent | |
The Tick / int_b333f02e | comment |
Achilles in His Tent: Handy isn't the Trope Namer — that was Homer — but he certainly re-popularized it. | |
The Tick / int_b333f02e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_b333f02e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_b333f02e | |
The Tick / int_b3c0ed0c | type |
Spoof Aesop | |
The Tick / int_b3c0ed0c | comment |
Spoof Aesop: An Once an Episode fixture of the show. You'd even suspect that some episodes was written with the objective of delivering as far-out an Aesop as possible. | |
The Tick / int_b3c0ed0c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_b3c0ed0c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_b3c0ed0c | |
The Tick / int_b427f328 | type |
Hand Puppet | |
The Tick / int_b427f328 | comment |
Hand Puppet: Handy, the Human Ton's good pal. "Read a book!" | |
The Tick / int_b427f328 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_b427f328 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_b427f328 | |
The Tick / int_b4754f84 | type |
The Worm That Walks | |
The Tick / int_b4754f84 | comment |
The Worm That Walks: "ANTS IN PANTS!" | |
The Tick / int_b4754f84 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_b4754f84 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_b4754f84 | |
The Tick / int_b4a6ae4c | type |
Everyone Has Standards | |
The Tick / int_b4a6ae4c | comment |
Everyone Has Standards: As insane and weird as the Tick is, even he finds a Mad Scientist inventing 'room temperature fire' too pointless and stupid. He also explicitly states Brainchild isn't his arch-nemesis, but just a bratty kid. That said, he's more than willing to fight Brainchild. | |
The Tick / int_b4a6ae4c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_b4a6ae4c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_b4a6ae4c | |
The Tick / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
The Tick / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: Tick is abducted by aliens who can only speak one word. "What?" except for their official translator who has "taught myself to speak all your Earth languages. Except Esperanto. (chuckles) You could see that one was going nowhere." | |
The Tick / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_b53077b3 | |
The Tick / int_b7e5f66b | type |
Jungle Princess | |
The Tick / int_b7e5f66b | comment |
Jungle Princess/Nubile Savage: Jungle Janet. | |
The Tick / int_b7e5f66b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_b7e5f66b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_b7e5f66b | |
The Tick / int_b83aeca9 | type |
Lantern Jaw of Justice | |
The Tick / int_b83aeca9 | comment |
Lantern Jaw of Justice: Really, just look at the Tick's profile (preferably against the Tick-signal). | |
The Tick / int_b83aeca9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_b83aeca9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_b83aeca9 | |
The Tick / int_b97a2fa7 | type |
Forced Transformation | |
The Tick / int_b97a2fa7 | comment |
Forced Transformation: In the episode “Coach Fussell’s Lament�, Brainchild uses one of his inventions to turn the Tick into a two-headed bird that only speaks high school French and lays chocolate eggs. Later, as Arthur tries to reverse the transformation, he is briefly turned into a flatworm, a chimp, an ant, a sock, and a cow before his sidekick finally finds the button marked “NORMAL�. | |
The Tick / int_b97a2fa7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_b97a2fa7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_b97a2fa7 | |
The Tick / int_ba236071 | type |
It Makes Sense in Context | |
The Tick / int_ba236071 | comment |
"ARTHUR! My mustache is touching my brain!" | |
The Tick / int_ba236071 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_ba236071 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_ba236071 | |
The Tick / int_bb44af57 | type |
Robot Dog | |
The Tick / int_bb44af57 | comment |
Robot Dog: Brainchild has one. | |
The Tick / int_bb44af57 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_bb44af57 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_bb44af57 | |
The Tick / int_beb9a361 | type |
Anti-Hero | |
The Tick / int_beb9a361 | comment |
Anti-Hero: Parodied with Big Shot, a satire on the type of gun-toting psychotic vigilantes popular in the 90s, who's revealed to be deeply psychologically unstable and unsuited for crimefighting. Luckily, the show also averts There Are No Therapists, and Big Shot switches from a skull motif to a turtleneck. | |
The Tick / int_beb9a361 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_beb9a361 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_beb9a361 | |
The Tick / int_c0218941 | type |
Hollywood Chameleons | |
The Tick / int_c0218941 | comment |
Hollywood Chameleons: The Caped Chameleon has the power to mimic the pattern of any surface. Except plaid. He doesn't do plaid. | |
The Tick / int_c0218941 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_c0218941 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_c0218941 | |
The Tick / int_c176e0ad | type |
"Nighthawks" Shot | |
The Tick / int_c176e0ad | comment |
"Nighthawks" Shot: Ben's Diner, where there heroes often hang out. | |
The Tick / int_c176e0ad | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_c176e0ad | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_c176e0ad | |
The Tick / int_c1944f9 | type |
Getting Eaten Is Harmless | |
The Tick / int_c1944f9 | comment |
Getting Eaten Is Harmless: Indigestible Man, who is sent to enter inside Dinosaur Neil and stop him from transforming back to normal. | |
The Tick / int_c1944f9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_c1944f9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_c1944f9 | |
The Tick / int_c33ba0a8 | type |
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome | |
The Tick / int_c33ba0a8 | comment |
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: The Crusading Chameleon was a recurring ally of the Tick and Arthur alongside American Maid, Sewer Urchin, Die Fledermaus and the Civic-Minded Five. However, he stopped appearing after Season 1. The first episode showed that the City was crawling with superheroes. By Season Three, the only ones left were the Tick, Arthur, American Maid, Die Fledermaus, Sewer Urchin and the Civic-Minded Five. | |
The Tick / int_c33ba0a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_c33ba0a8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_c33ba0a8 | |
The Tick / int_c34a1799 | type |
Kaiju | |
The Tick / int_c34a1799 | comment |
Kaiju: Dinosaur Neil. | |
The Tick / int_c34a1799 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_c34a1799 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_c34a1799 | |
The Tick / int_c48667d9 | type |
Backseat Driver | |
The Tick / int_c48667d9 | comment |
Backseat Driver: Tick and Die Fledermaus in "The Tick Vs. The Tick". | |
The Tick / int_c48667d9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_c48667d9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_c48667d9 | |
The Tick / int_c59cfa2e | type |
Felony Misdemeanor | |
The Tick / int_c59cfa2e | comment |
Felony Misdemeanor: The Dreaded Infinity Ball, the most powerful weapon of the Hey Empire. Lampshaded by The Tick: "We have things like those on earth. We knock them into little pockets with sticks." | |
The Tick / int_c59cfa2e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_c59cfa2e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_c59cfa2e | |
The Tick / int_c673210e | type |
Informed Judaism | |
The Tick / int_c673210e | comment |
Informed Judaism: Arthur and Dot. | |
The Tick / int_c673210e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_c673210e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_c673210e | |
The Tick / int_c6e9e40d | type |
Retro Rocket | |
The Tick / int_c6e9e40d | comment |
Retro Rocket: A miniature one was used as a Jet Pack by The Suffragette during her hero career. | |
The Tick / int_c6e9e40d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_c6e9e40d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_c6e9e40d | |
The Tick / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
The Tick / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: To many sources, including Dick Tracy and The DCU. | |
The Tick / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_c75df49a | |
The Tick / int_c949edd4 | type |
Magic Pants | |
The Tick / int_c949edd4 | comment |
Magic Pants: Averted in "The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil," where Dinosaur Neil's monstrous transformation renders him completely nude, causing a group of top scientists outside of The City to attempt to clothe him with the largest pair of pants, then they decide it's his problem and leave him to find his own pants. | |
The Tick / int_c949edd4 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
The Tick / int_c949edd4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_c949edd4 | |
The Tick / int_c9e64c09 | type |
Paper Master | |
The Tick / int_c9e64c09 | comment |
Paper Master: Papercut. | |
The Tick / int_c9e64c09 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_c9e64c09 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_c9e64c09 | |
The Tick / int_ca2ebf44 | type |
Saw It in a Movie Once | |
The Tick / int_ca2ebf44 | comment |
Saw It in a Movie Once: In "The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil", Neil explains to the Tick and Arthur that he got the idea of regrowing dinosaur issue from a movie. It's likely Jurassic Park, which came a year before. | |
The Tick / int_ca2ebf44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_ca2ebf44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_ca2ebf44 | |
The Tick / int_ca87e3ec | type |
No Name Given | |
The Tick / int_ca87e3ec | comment |
No Name Given: The Tick. | |
The Tick / int_ca87e3ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_ca87e3ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_ca87e3ec | |
The Tick / int_caa28b82 | type |
Cloudcuckoolander | |
The Tick / int_caa28b82 | comment |
Cloudcuckoolander: Tick, turned to 11. | |
The Tick / int_caa28b82 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_caa28b82 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_caa28b82 | |
The Tick / int_cb4389cb | type |
DopplegangerSpin | |
The Tick / int_cb4389cb | comment |
Doppleganger Spin: Multiple Santa, who duplicates whenever touched by an electrical spark. | |
The Tick / int_cb4389cb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_cb4389cb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_cb4389cb | |
The Tick / int_cb4acbbf | type |
Jewish Smartass | |
The Tick / int_cb4acbbf | comment |
Jewish Smartass: Arthur's sister Dot. | |
The Tick / int_cb4acbbf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_cb4acbbf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_cb4acbbf | |
The Tick / int_cb8880a5 | type |
Soul-Crushing Desk Job | |
The Tick / int_cb8880a5 | comment |
Soul-Crushing Desk Job: Mister Mental takes over Tick's mind to make him commit crimes, and when he resists, Mental summons his worst nightmare to keep him in line. This turns out to be Tick at an office desk, having paperwork handed to him as other workers say he's nothing special. | |
The Tick / int_cb8880a5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_cb8880a5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_cb8880a5 | |
The Tick / int_cce399 | type |
This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman | |
The Tick / int_cce399 | comment |
This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman: Sewer Urchin, normally somewhat useless and meek, becomes a badass in the episode where they have to battle his sewer-based archnemesis. Here, he is largely unflappable with just the right tools for the job and a pretty cool base of operations. | |
The Tick / int_cce399 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_cce399 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_cce399 | |
The Tick / int_ce10b025 | type |
Versus Title | |
The Tick / int_ce10b025 | comment |
Versus Title: Every episode in season 1 has these for episode titles. Season 2 drops this gimmick, but then it returns for the last six episodes of the show. | |
The Tick / int_ce10b025 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_ce10b025 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_ce10b025 | |
The Tick / int_d001c42c | type |
Anti-Villain | |
The Tick / int_d001c42c | comment |
Anti-Villain: One episode had the mascot for an ice cream company, Uncle Creamy, mutated by its toxic product and literally turning into his costume. He's seen as the villain for most of the episode except by the Flying Squirrel, and eventually he reveals that he was attacking the company because he was trying to reveal that their ice cream is made from artificial sweetener and toxic waste. | |
The Tick / int_d001c42c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_d001c42c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_d001c42c | |
The Tick / int_d129e13e | type |
"Eureka!" Moment | |
The Tick / int_d129e13e | comment |
"Eureka!" Moment: Given the less than stellar intellects of many cast members, these tend to be gems such as "... Water. People swim... in water!" | |
The Tick / int_d129e13e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_d129e13e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_d129e13e | |
The Tick / int_d13f7848 | type |
Planet Eater | |
The Tick / int_d13f7848 | comment |
Planet Eater: Omnipotus, an obvious parody of Galactus. | |
The Tick / int_d13f7848 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_d13f7848 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_d13f7848 | |
The Tick / int_d148b019 | type |
Mundane Made Awesome | |
The Tick / int_d148b019 | comment |
Mundane Made Awesome: To escape the Infinity Ball (see Felony Misdemeanor), they're forced to use a new drive to get to the Speed of Lint! | |
The Tick / int_d148b019 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_d148b019 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_d148b019 | |
The Tick / int_d2b8cd85 | type |
Idea Bulb | |
The Tick / int_d2b8cd85 | comment |
Idea Bulb: The terrorist group Idea Men have a light bulb logo. | |
The Tick / int_d2b8cd85 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_d2b8cd85 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_d2b8cd85 | |
The Tick / int_d308cbb0 | type |
Character Catchphrase | |
The Tick / int_d308cbb0 | comment |
Character Catchphrase: Arthur: "Not in the Face! Not in the Face!" Sewer Urchin: "[Something]. Yeah-h-h, definitely [something]," as part of being an Expy of Rain Man. | |
The Tick / int_d308cbb0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_d308cbb0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_d308cbb0 | |
The Tick / int_d7bc08e9 | type |
Superhero Packing Heat | |
The Tick / int_d7bc08e9 | comment |
Superhero Packing Heat: Parodied with Big Shot. | |
The Tick / int_d7bc08e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_d7bc08e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_d7bc08e9 | |
The Tick / int_d8ad2130 | type |
Anal Probing | |
The Tick / int_d8ad2130 | comment |
Anal Probing: Subverted. When The Tick is abducted by aliens, he is enthusiastic about being probed to expand interstellar knowledge, but it turns out the aliens actually want him to help defeat their enemies. The thought of probing him never crossed their minds. When The Tick finally goads them into "probing" him they do so by tapping an electrical device against his elbow. He is sorely disappointed. | |
The Tick / int_d8ad2130 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
The Tick / int_d8ad2130 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_d8ad2130 | |
The Tick / int_d9e9ed98 | type |
Smurfing | |
The Tick / int_d9e9ed98 | comment |
Smurfing: The Whats mistake Arthur for a Hey and he still manages to get through an interrogation. | |
The Tick / int_d9e9ed98 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_d9e9ed98 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_d9e9ed98 | |
The Tick / int_da0eeab5 | type |
Breakout Character | |
The Tick / int_da0eeab5 | comment |
Breakout Character: The Evil Midnight Bomber What bombs at Midnight! ("Yeah, baby!") has a rather strong cult following. | |
The Tick / int_da0eeab5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_da0eeab5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_da0eeab5 | |
The Tick / int_da9d2f16 | type |
'90s Anti-Hero | |
The Tick / int_da9d2f16 | comment |
'90s Anti-Hero: Parodied with Big Shot. | |
The Tick / int_da9d2f16 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_da9d2f16 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_da9d2f16 | |
The Tick / int_dc205a79 | type |
Catapult to Glory | |
The Tick / int_dc205a79 | comment |
Catapult to Glory: The Human Bullet. | |
The Tick / int_dc205a79 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_dc205a79 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_dc205a79 | |
The Tick / int_dd3272bb | type |
What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway? | |
The Tick / int_dd3272bb | comment |
What Kind of Lame Power Is xxx, Anyway? Many heroes and villains have weird/marginal abilities: The Indigestible Man, Pig Leg/The Deadly Bulb, Bi-Polar Bear, the Caped Chameleon, the Carpeted Man, Four-Legged Man, Baby Boomerangutan, loads more... | |
The Tick / int_dd3272bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_dd3272bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_dd3272bb | |
The Tick / int_ddf4698 | type |
Pulling Themselves Together | |
The Tick / int_ddf4698 | comment |
Pulling Themselves Together: The Living Doll is, as his catchphrase goes, "full of tinier men." Of course, that means that once the fighting's over he has to round himself up and make sure he's got all of them in the right order. | |
The Tick / int_ddf4698 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_ddf4698 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_ddf4698 | |
The Tick / int_de51d725 | type |
Eye Lights Out | |
The Tick / int_de51d725 | comment |
Eye Lights Out | |
The Tick / int_de51d725 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_de51d725 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_de51d725 | |
The Tick / int_e069fae8 | type |
Bad Guy Bar | |
The Tick / int_e069fae8 | comment |
Bad Guy Bar: The Evil Eye Cafe. | |
The Tick / int_e069fae8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_e069fae8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e069fae8 | |
The Tick / int_e0904aa4 | type |
No Party Like a Donner Party | |
The Tick / int_e0904aa4 | comment |
As well as the Donner Party association, Keith Donner, cannibal, also has a name evoking the "doner kebab", a Turkish/Greek fast food item made from reconstituted meat of unknown provenance served in a pitta bread. | |
The Tick / int_e0904aa4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_e0904aa4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e0904aa4 | |
The Tick / int_e25ff7 | type |
The City | |
The Tick / int_e25ff7 | comment |
The City: Called, oddly enough, "The City." It's said to have been poorly Anglicized from the French "Les Citrons" (The Lemons). Apparently early French explorers found a large quantity of some kind of fruit in the area. | |
The Tick / int_e25ff7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_e25ff7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e25ff7 | |
The Tick / int_e2d457 | type |
The Ditz | |
The Tick / int_e2d457 | comment |
The Ditz: The Tick. Genius Ditz: The Tick may be very, very ditzy in just about everything, but he has shown a certain level of philosophical thought in some cases. Especially so in the second episode of the live-action series, where he learns that everyone (even potatoes) can die, and after thinking about it for about a minute, gives Arthur a motivating speech that actually makes sense. | |
The Tick / int_e2d457 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_e2d457 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e2d457 | |
The Tick / int_e36de06c | type |
Combat Stilettos | |
The Tick / int_e36de06c | comment |
Combat Stilettos: American Maid wears them and actually uses them in combat as throwing weapons. | |
The Tick / int_e36de06c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_e36de06c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e36de06c | |
The Tick / int_e3def52f | type |
Egopolis | |
The Tick / int_e3def52f | comment |
Egopolis: Pineapple Pokopo and Pokoponesia. | |
The Tick / int_e3def52f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_e3def52f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e3def52f | |
The Tick / int_e43b42ea | type |
We Need a Distraction | |
The Tick / int_e43b42ea | comment |
We Need a Distraction: "Hi, I'm Arthur, and this is my diversion!" | |
The Tick / int_e43b42ea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_e43b42ea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e43b42ea | |
The Tick / int_e4cb63f0 | type |
Flight, Strength, Heart | |
The Tick / int_e4cb63f0 | comment |
Flight, Strength, Heart: In the comics, The Tick is incredibly strong, Nigh Invulnerable... and apparently has an inexhaustible supply of two-dollar bills in his pockets (also, he has pockets). The latter avoids the usual use of money for superheroes; The Tick just uses it for day-to-day expenses. | |
The Tick / int_e4cb63f0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_e4cb63f0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e4cb63f0 | |
The Tick / int_e53a34aa | type |
Death Course | |
The Tick / int_e53a34aa | comment |
Death Course: Inside the Aztec pyramid. Spoofed once they get to the Lava Pit - the Tick just busts down a wall to go around it. | |
The Tick / int_e53a34aa | featureApplicability |
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The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e53a34aa | |
The Tick / int_e58e0124 | type |
Pokémon Speak | |
The Tick / int_e58e0124 | comment |
Pokémon Speak: The language of the Whats and the Heys. | |
The Tick / int_e58e0124 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_e58e0124 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e58e0124 | |
The Tick / int_e5e6640b | type |
Flanderization | |
The Tick / int_e5e6640b | comment |
Flanderization: Just compare The Tick from his earliest appearances (among other things, he actively hopes to avoid Ho Yay) to some of his later adaptations. | |
The Tick / int_e5e6640b | featureApplicability |
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The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e5e6640b | |
The Tick / int_e68b72 | type |
The Load | |
The Tick / int_e68b72 | comment |
The Load: Die Fledermaus isn't very helpful in the best of circumstances in the cartoon, but he's awful in the video game. You can pick up an item that occasionally gives you a helper, with whom you fight back-to-back. Most of them attack when you attack, but Die Fledermaus never attacks and flies offscreen if he's hit by a single bullet. (Also, because you're back-to-back, he restricts you to only facing left while he's around.) | |
The Tick / int_e68b72 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_e68b72 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e68b72 | |
The Tick / int_e6c6d3ea | type |
Something Person | |
The Tick / int_e6c6d3ea | comment |
Something Person: There is even a superhero named "Door Man", although he's more of a Bouncer. | |
The Tick / int_e6c6d3ea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_e6c6d3ea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e6c6d3ea | |
The Tick / int_e9023a04 | type |
Title Montage | |
The Tick / int_e9023a04 | comment |
Title Montage: With most of the clips coming from "The Tick vs. Chairface Chippendale", "The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil", "The Tick vs. The Idea Men", and "The Tick vs. Mr. Mental". | |
The Tick / int_e9023a04 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_e9023a04 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e9023a04 | |
The Tick / int_e99f2959 | type |
Webcomic Time | |
The Tick / int_e99f2959 | comment |
Webcomic Time: "I dreamed I stopped existing for eight months!" | |
The Tick / int_e99f2959 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_e99f2959 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_e99f2959 | |
The Tick / int_ea9f0351 | type |
My Brain Is Big | |
The Tick / int_ea9f0351 | comment |
My Brain Is Big: Brain Child and Professor Chromedome. | |
The Tick / int_ea9f0351 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_ea9f0351 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_ea9f0351 | |
The Tick / int_eb9afb9d | type |
Evil Old Folks | |
The Tick / int_eb9afb9d | comment |
Evil Old Folks: The Terror, a crazy old has-been supervillain who used to be buddies with Stalin. Back in the day he used to be a credible threat; these days, not so much, but he still gives Arthur and The Tick a good go of it. | |
The Tick / int_eb9afb9d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_eb9afb9d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_eb9afb9d | |
The Tick / int_ec4bc520 | type |
Snake Pit | |
The Tick / int_ec4bc520 | comment |
Snake Pit: Tick just lies over it and lets the others cross on top of him. | |
The Tick / int_ec4bc520 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_ec4bc520 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_ec4bc520 | |
The Tick / int_edeafb2e | type |
Malicious Misnaming | |
The Tick / int_edeafb2e | comment |
Malicious Misnaming: In "The Tick vs the Uncommon Cold", the Tick gets Thrakkorzog's goat by purposefully mis-pronouncing his name ("Whatchamabog ... Laxativelog ...") A pretty intelligent burn on Tick's part, then he finally rubs it in that he's doing it by calling him "Susan." | |
The Tick / int_edeafb2e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_edeafb2e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_edeafb2e | |
The Tick / int_ee19d278 | type |
Blob Monster | |
The Tick / int_ee19d278 | comment |
Blob Monster: Thrakkorzog. | |
The Tick / int_ee19d278 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_ee19d278 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_ee19d278 | |
The Tick / int_ee7a60e9 | type |
One-Steve Limit | |
The Tick / int_ee7a60e9 | comment |
One-Steve Limit: The premise driving "The Tick vs. The Tick". Tick encounters a superhero at the Comet Club named Barry, who also goes by "The Tick", and has to fight him for the privilege of keeping his name. | |
The Tick / int_ee7a60e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_ee7a60e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_ee7a60e9 | |
The Tick / int_f2a5f7f2 | type |
Expospeak Gag | |
The Tick / int_f2a5f7f2 | comment |
Expospeak Gag: Google "acetylsalicylic acid." | |
The Tick / int_f2a5f7f2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_f2a5f7f2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_f2a5f7f2 | |
The Tick / int_f2d2ec5f | type |
Evil Chef | |
The Tick / int_f2d2ec5f | comment |
Evil Chef: The Breadmaster, expelled from baking college after using his culinary genius for evil, swears revenge and attacks the city with giant, destructive baked goods in revenge. | |
The Tick / int_f2d2ec5f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_f2d2ec5f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_f2d2ec5f | |
The Tick / int_f2d8e3c2 | type |
Evil Plan | |
The Tick / int_f2d8e3c2 | comment |
Evil Plan: Parodied in the pilot episode, when the heroes catch one of the Idea Men and demand he tells them his scheme: | |
The Tick / int_f2d8e3c2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_f2d8e3c2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_f2d8e3c2 | |
The Tick / int_f68664dc | type |
Science Is Bad | |
The Tick / int_f68664dc | comment |
Science Is Bad: | |
The Tick / int_f68664dc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_f68664dc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_f68664dc | |
The Tick / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
The Tick / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: People thinking Arthur's costume is of a rabbit rather than a moth. | |
The Tick / int_f9f2c33 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Tick / int_f9f2c33 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_f9f2c33 | |
The Tick / int_ff3f8c7c | type |
Pretentious Pronunciation | |
The Tick / int_ff3f8c7c | comment |
Pretentious Pronunciation: Brian Pinhead (pih-NAYD) of Channel 17 News. | |
The Tick / int_ff3f8c7c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
The Tick / int_ff3f8c7c | |
The Tick / int_ff89e65b | type |
Not in the Face! | |
The Tick / int_ff89e65b | comment |
Arthur: "Not in the Face! Not in the Face!" | |
The Tick / int_ff89e65b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Tick | hasFeature |
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