TV series
The Tick
Overview
Based on Ben Edlund's cult comic, a mysterious blue avenger teams up with an odd group of superheroes to fight crime.
Details
- First air date
- 2001-11-08
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 9 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- FOX
- Production
- Sonnenfeld/Josephson Worldwide Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Television
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Patrick Warburton as The Tick
- David Burke as Arthur
- Liz Vassey as Captain Liberty
- Nestor Carbonell as Batmanuel
- Meadow Sisto as Clarissa
- Armin Shimerman as The Terror
- Beth Howland
- Jeff Doucette as Bus Driver
- Ron Perlman as Fiery Blaze
- Antwon Tanner
- E.J. Callahan as Station Manager
- Jonathan Penner as The Champion
Creators and crew
- Ben Edlund - Creator
- Larry Charles - Producer
- Barry Josephson - Producer
- Ben Edlund - Producer
- Barry Sonnenfeld - Producer
- Bo Welch - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: Pilot
The Tick moves to the City and meets superhero wannabe Arthur, who helps battle an archival Soviet robot programmed to kill Jimmy Carter.
Episode 2: The Funeral
A superhero dies on a book tour while in the, um, care of Captain Liberty, who initiates a coverup, with Batmanuel playing impostor, while Arthur and the Tick deal with the body.
Episode 3: Couples
A crimefighting duo's teamwork impresses the Tick, but Arthur detects an underlying tension between the pair.
Episode 4: The License
Tick's inability to account for his past prompts a search for his identity; Captain Liberty dates a man who thinks she's a civilian.
Episode 5: Arthur Needs Space
The Tick assumes he's invited along when Arthur has a date with the girl he worshipped in high school; old nude photos haunt Captain Liberty, who faces a disciplinary hearing.
Episode 6: The Big Leagues
The all-male League of Superheroes invites Tick and Arthur to join, prompting Captain Liberty to sue for discrimination.
Episode 7: The Tick vs. Justice
Tick is jailed for contempt after testifying against a supervillain, who counsels his guard Captain Liberty on her love life.
Episode 8: Arthur, Interrupted
Arthur's mom and sister hire a deprogrammer after he tells them of his choice to be a superhero and his partnership with Tick.
Episode 9: The Terror
Irked by Tick's enthusiasm, Liberty baits him into fighting an archvillain, who happens to be bedridden and 112 years old.
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