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COLLECTION · Series · 1994

The Tick

Tick was created by cartoonist Ben Edlund in 1986 as a mascot for American comic book publisher New England Comics. It is a parody of classic comic book superheroes. In 1988, a comic book series based on the character was published. In 1994, a TV series was created, showcasing the adventures of the human-tick and his humorous jokes.

Source: TMDB
* 7.4 (112)AnimationComedyFamily
Creators
Ben Edlund
Studios
FOX · Comedy Central · Fox Kids · Sunbow Productions · Graz Entertainment
Runtime
22 min/ep
Age rating
TV-Y7
Release
10/09/1994
Score
7.4 / 10 (112)

Awards and nominations

  • Best Individual Achievement for Writing in the Field of Animation
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
4 episodes
Episode 1. Arthur Explains It
30 min

Arthur explains the background and research put into multiple episodes

Episode 2. Tick Sums It Up
30 min

The tick philosophically sums up multiple episodes

Episode 3. Tick Interviews
30 min

Arhur and the Tick are interviewed to uncover the secret to the dynamic duo

Episode 4. Viewer Mail
30 min

A combination of multiple viewer mail as analyzed by the Tick.

Season 1
Season 1
13 episodes · 1994
The Tick vs. The Idea Men
Episode 1. The Tick vs. The Idea Men
1994-09-10 · 22 min

Tick and Arthur reveal their superhero origin story.

The Tick vs. Chairface Chippendale
Episode 2. The Tick vs. Chairface Chippendale
1994-09-17 · 22 min

A criminal mastermind with an evil plan and a face only an interior decorator could love.

Episode 3. The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil
1994-09-24 · 22 min

Mutant Dino-Park scientist Neil proves to be a major headache.

Episode 4. The Tick vs. Mr. Mental
1994-10-01 · 22 min

Mr. Mental hypnotizes The Tick and sends him to steal the Thinking Cap from Pendecker Labs.

Episode 5. The Tick vs. The Breadmaster
1994-10-08 · 22 min

The Breadmaster is an evil baker that uses baked goods to terrorize The City.

Episode 6. The Tick vs. El Seed
1994-10-15 · 22 min

El Seed hopes to take over the city by bringing all of the plants and trees to life.

Episode 7. The Tick vs. The Tick
1994-10-22 · 22 min

A night at the local superhero bar turns explosive thanks to the evil midnight bomber!

Episode 8. The Tick vs. The Uncommon Cold
1994-10-29 · 22 min

Arthur is nursing The Tick, who is infected with a most uncommon cold!

Episode 9. The Tick vs. Brainchild
1994-11-05 · 22 min

While Charles's parents discuss child-rearing with no punishinment, their Branchild is ending Earth!

Episode 10. The Tick vs. Pineapple Pokopo
1994-11-12 · 22 min

Arthur and The Tick try to rescue Yank, a super-genius, space monkey, captured by an evil ruler.

Episode 11. The Tick vs. The Mole-Men
1994-11-19 · 22 min

The King of the Mole People and his ministers come to the surface for a vacation.

Episode 12. The Tick vs. The Proto-Clown
1995-02-04 · 22 min

A clown with a major hang-up. Laugh at him and you'll pay the price.

Episode 13. The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account
1995-02-11 · 22 min

See Arthur face off against the most evil sock puppet in organized crime.

Season 2
Season 2
13 episodes · 1995
Episode 1. The Little Wooden Boy and the Belly of Love
1995-09-09 · 22 min

When Arthur goes off on a date with Carmalita on Hobby Night, Tick builds himself a new sidekick - Little Wooden Boy. Swiss Commandoes are after the notebook of Dr. Vahtoss, Carmalita's father and the inventor of Arthur's flight suit. And…

Episode 2. Alone Together
1995-09-16 · 22 min

The Tick is sent into space to blow the ""CHA"" out of the Moon from when Chairface tried to write his name in the moon. He blows the letter C up while he's inside it and gets sent through space. While in space he comes across a…

Episode 3. Armless But Not Harmless
1995-09-23 · 22 min

The Tick and Arthur run afoul of Venus, a portly but alluring love goddess/villain, and her sycophantic sidekick, Milo. The villains successfully remove The Tick and Arthur's arms and attach them to a pair of crude lookalike robots. Venus…

Episode 4. Coach Fussell's Lament
1995-09-30 · 22 min

The evil Brainchild returns and using his Nanny-of-the-Apocalypse, captures the Tick and transforms him into a two-headed bird that speaks bad French. Thus rendered powerless, The Tick is auctioned off by Brainchild, and it's up to the…

Episode 5. Leonardo da Vinci and His Fightin' Genius Time Commandos!
1995-10-07 · 22 min

A flunky of air conditioner repair school makes a time machine and goes back and kidnaps the greatest inventors of all time so he can go back in time and reinvent everything.

Episode 6. Bloomsday
1995-10-21 · 22 min

El Seed has returned and this time he wants to destroy the whole city by making a 400 year flower bloom in ""the bad way"". This flower will bloom in this ""bad way"", when there is no gentle music around. But when Professor Ichibana,…

Episode 7. Evil Sits Down for a Moment
1995-11-04 · 22 min

A villain who can animate furniture and make it do her bidding falls in love with Die Fledermaus and tries to take over The City, with hilarious consequences and sexy results.

Episode 8. Heroes
1995-11-11 · 22 min

A camera crew follows the Tick and Arthur around for a day of crime fighting as they do battle with a unique villain.

Episode 9. Ants in Pants!
1995-11-18 · 22 min

Betty, Queen of the Ants, leads the ants of the City in revolt - it loses its major defender when the Tick is thoroughly creeped out and checks himself into Captain Sanity's Superhero Sanitarium. Betty and her minions capture the other…

Episode 10. The Tick Loves Santa!
1995-11-25 · 22 min

A small-time bank robber in a stolen Santa Claus costume is chased into an electric billboard, gaining miraculous powers. He becomes Multiple Santa, a villain able to create electric clones of himself. The Tick, Arthur, and their…

Episode 11. Tick vs. The Big Nothing
1996-02-03 · 22 min

An alien race called the ""Whats"" kidnap the Tick and Arthur to attempt to thwart their nemesis' the ""Heys"" from destroying the universe.

Episode 12. Tick vs. Reno, Nevada
1996-02-10 · 22 min

When Reno entertainers Soren and Frederica lose their prized animal, a trained dolphin, they call upon Arthur (they know his parents), and he and the Tick come to their aid. Little do they know that the dolphin, The Fin, plans to rule the…

Episode 13. Grandpa Wore Tights
1996-02-17 · 22 min

The Terror sends his so-so villainous son Terry to recover his Desire-O-Vac - he lost it in an epic battle against the Decency Squad decades ago. The Tick is there listening to the old-time Squadders' tales and eventually gets involved,…

Season 3
Season 3
10 episodes · 1996
Episode 1. That Mustache Feeling
1996-09-14 · 22 min

The Mustache, a U.S. secret weapon, escapes from the lab and tries to team up with its counterpart, the Russian Beard. In hot pursuit are Jim Rage and the Ladies of Project: Shave, so the Mustache takes refuge on the Tick's lip.…

Episode 2. Tick vs. Dot & Neil's Wedding
1996-09-21 · 22 min

Dinosaur Neil, palaeontologist, curator of Dinosaur Grotto and one-time giant city-destroying mutant, is marrying Arthur's sister Dot. Chairface Chippendale, The Breadmaster and El Seed have other plans, though - plans which involve…

Episode 3. Sidekicks Don't Kiss
1996-09-28 · 22 min

The Deerfield Aztecs, a baseball team, crashed in Mexico and formed their own lost tribe of real Aztecs. They track their missing shortstop, Carmalita (Arthur's girlfriend) to America but grab Arthur instead. When the Tick and Carmalita…

Episode 4. Tick vs. Arthur
1996-10-05 · 22 min

Arhtur is annoyed at his failed attempts to lose weight and dismayed at how much of a wimp he is. When he and Tick defeat a villain named Evil, Arthur takes Evil's strength-enhancing belt. When Arthur wears it, he gains confidence and…

Episode 5. Devil in Diapers
1996-10-12 · 22 min

Mr. Mental steals a device from Dr. Pendecker that lets him hypnotize Arthur and the Tick into thinking he's a baby so they'll protect him. Unfortunately, Mental leaves the device in the taxi and has to recover it.

Episode 6. Tick vs. Filth
1996-10-26 · 22 min

Sewer Urchin battles his arch enemy, the Sewer Czar, earning the respect of his fellow superheroes.

Episode 7. Tick vs. Europe
1996-11-02 · 22 min

The Tick is chosen for a superhero exchange program - he travels to Antwerp while Eclair comes to The City. While the Tick and Eclair's sidekick Blitzen foil a kidnap plot against the King of Belgium, Arthur and the lightning-blasting…

Episode 8. Tick vs. Science
1996-11-09 · 22 min

The Tick and Arthur are invited to the Mad Scientist Fair to help Dr. Vahtoss try out his mind-transference device. Hilarity ensues when the two switch bodies. Chairface Chippendale moves in to try and steal the device and soon everyone…

Episode 9. Tick vs. Prehistory
1996-11-16 · 22 min

The Tick and Arthur end up in the distant past and uncover a diabolical plot by the Hotel Manager, a man from the future using prehistoric man as staff for his Hotel at the beginning of the universe. They manage to defeat him and free…

Episode 10. Tick vs. Education
1996-11-24 · 22 min

The Tick and Arthur are chosen to teach Superhero School and a classroom of unlikely heroes. They must rush into action to take on Uncle Creamy, a corporate mascot turned into a evil ice cream cone who strikes out at the company who made…

Cast by season
Townsend Coleman
Townsend Coleman
The Tick (voice)
Micky Dolenz
Micky Dolenz
Arthur (voice)
Kay Lenz
Kay Lenz
American Maid (voice)
Cam Clarke
Cam Clarke
Die Fledermaus (voice)
Jess Harnell
Jess Harnell
Sewer Urchin (voice)
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