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The Tick
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The Tick

Sat, Sep 10, 1994
  • Animation
  • Comedy
  • Kids
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

Attention Evil-doers! The Tick is here, and he’s wearing the blue tights of justice! Together with his trusty moth-costumed sidekick Arthur, The Tick keeps the streets of The City safe from a rogue’s gallery of hilariously malevolent villains. So grab a snack, put your feet up and get ready to laugh and cheer as everyone’s favorite brawny hero swats evil on the snout with the rolled-up newspaper of goodness!

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  • Fox Kids↗
Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Townsend Coleman
    Townsend Coleman
    as The Tick (voice)
  • Rob Paulsen
    Rob Paulsen
    as Arthur (voice)
  • Kay Lenz
    Kay Lenz
    as American Maid (voice)
  • Cam Clarke
    Cam Clarke
    as Die Fledermaus (voice)
  • Jess Harnell
    Jess Harnell
    as Sewer Urchin (voice)
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Episodes

3 seasons · 36 episodes

Ended · 36 aired
Season 1
13 episodes · 13 aired
▾
  • E1
    The Tick vs. The Idea Men
    Aired · Sat, Sep 10, 1994 · 30m

    The Tick arrives in 'The City' and shortly after meeting Arthur, his side-kick to be, is called into action to foil the evil plans of the 'Idea Men'. Tick and Arthur manage to thwart the Idea Men's plan to blow up the City Dam.

  • E2
    The Tick vs. Chairface Chippendale
    Aired · Sat, Sep 17, 1994 · 30m

    The Tick and Arthur are on patrol, and spot some suspicious activity. The get involved, blowing American Maid's plan to follow the thugs. Luckily they find an invitation to Chairface Chippendale's birthday party. Unlike other criminals, Chairface doesn't want to make his mark on the world...

  • E3
    The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil
    Aired · Sat, Sep 24, 1994 · 30m

    Dinosaur Neil talks about dinosaurs at his job, but when he is eating his lunch in the lab (even though a sign clearly states "Don't Eat in the Lab"), he accidentally ingests Dinosaur DNA, becomes a dinosaur, and rampages through the city.

  • E4
    The Tick vs. Mr. Mental
    Aired · Sat, Oct 1, 1994 · 30m

    Mr. Mental invites the Tick and Arthur to his stage show at the Evil Eye so that he can hypnotize the Tick to steal a device that will allow him to take over the world.

  • E5
    The Tick vs. the Breadmaster
    Aired · Sat, Oct 8, 1994 · 30m

    The Breadmaster and his sidekick, Buttery Pat, plot to conquer The City by baking a giant Lemon Dessert Souffle and only The Tick and Arthur can stop him. The Tick uses the Human Cannon's cannon to fire himself, create a sonic boom, and collapse the Souffle before it can crush The City.

  • E6
    The Tick vs. El Seed
    Aired · Sat, Oct 15, 1994 · 30m

    El Seed has mobilized the plants to help him take over the world. Arthur and The Tick infiltrate his army; when asked what kind of corn soldiers they are, Arthur says they are "kernels/colonels".

  • E7
    The Tick vs. the Tick
    Aired · Sat, Oct 22, 1994 · 30m

    The Tick, Arthur, Die Fliedermaus, and Sewer Urchin visit The Comet Club in Dot's car. Arthur is denied entry by "The Doorman", as he is a sidekick. The heroes are shocked to learn of The Tick, as they know a different The Tick, Barry. As those two fight, The Evil Midnight Bomber what Bombs at Midnight is seeding The Comet Club with bombs, which no superhero seems to notice...

  • E8
    The Tick vs. the Uncommon Cold
    Aired · Sat, Oct 29, 1994 · 30m

    The Tick falls prey to an uncommon cold and is a less then subtle sufferer - Arthur while tending him goes next door and is kidnapped by Thrakkorzog, evil ruler of Dimension 14B. Thrak plans to conquer Earth with an army of Tick clones, but all that an Arthur-clone can get in the way of Tick's cell samples is mucus from his handkerchiefs. This leads to the creation of Mucus Tick, whom The Tick must battle for the sake of the world!

  • E9
    The Tick vs. Brainchild
    Aired · Sat, Nov 5, 1994 · 30m

    While shopping, the Tick and Arthur run afoul of Charles, aka Brainchild - a 9-year old with his brain in a transparent dome on his head. Assisted by his cyborg dog Skippy, Charles uses his multi-mega-destructor cannon to smash the Moon into the Earth, and only the Tick can save the day!

  • E10
    The Tick vs. Pineapple Pokopo
    Aired · Sat, Nov 12, 1994 · 30m

    The government asks the Tick and Arthur to help when a space capsule with a monkey (with super smarts due to exposure with cosmic rays) crash lands in Pokoponesia - the heroes must recover the monkey. The two plus American Maid go there and find themselves in battle with the country's evil ruler, Pineapple Pokopo.

  • E11
    The Tick vs. the Mole-men
    Aired · Sat, Nov 19, 1994 · 30m

    The Mole Men come to the surface on vacation and the Tick ends up being their tour guide and protector - they meet supermodel Mindy Moleford and pursue her romantically. Complicating matters is the arrival of the Lava Man, who tries to kill the Mole King.

  • E12
    The Tick vs. the Proto Clown
    Aired · Sat, Feb 4, 1995 · 30m

    As The Tick and Arthur return to The City from a trip, The City is too quiet. Soon, they learn that a clown is terrorizing the city. Unfortunately, The Tick is knocked into his own mind, for a journey of discovery.

  • E13
    The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account
    Aired · Sat, Feb 11, 1995 · 30m

    The Terror meets The Tick for the first time, and tries to take over The City.

Season 2
13 episodes · 13 aired
▾
  • E1
    The Little Wooden Boy and the Belly of Love
    Aired · Sat, Sep 9, 1995 · 30m

    Arthur falls for a new flying girl, Carmelita, so the Tick carves himself a new sidekick. In the mean time, the city is in the path of the giant whale Blow Hole who is running across the country.

  • E2
    Alone Together
    Aired · Sat, Sep 16, 1995 · 30m

    The Tick spends time with a world-eating menace while lost in space. Meanwhile, Arthur tries partnering with different superheroes.

  • E3
    Armless but Not Harmless
    Aired · Sat, Sep 23, 1995 · 30m

    The Tick and Arthur defeat Venus and Milo with the help of the janitor. The villains later disarm our heroes, and use the arms to make robots that (sorta) look like our heroes.

  • E4
    Coach Fussell's Lament
    Aired · Sat, Sep 30, 1995 · 30m

    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 other heroes to sneak into the villain gathering and save him.

  • E5
    Leonardo da Vinci and His Fightin' Genius Time Commandos!
    Aired · Sat, Oct 7, 1995 · 30m

    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.

  • E6
    Bloomsday
    Aired · Sat, Oct 21, 1995 · 30m

    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.

  • E7
    Evil Sits Down for a Moment
    Aired · Sat, Nov 4, 1995 · 30m

    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.

  • E8
    Heroes
    Aired · Sat, Nov 11, 1995 · 30m

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

  • E9
    Ants in Pants!
    Aired · Sat, Nov 18, 1995 · 30m

    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.

  • E10
    The Tick Loves Santa!
    Aired · Sat, Nov 25, 1995 · 30m

    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 superhero friends are called upon to rid The City of this Christmas menace.

  • E11
    Tick vs. the Big Nothing
    Aired · Sat, Feb 3, 1996 · 30m

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

  • E12
    Tick vs. Reno, Nevada
    Aired · Sat, Feb 10, 1996 · 30m

    Sister and brother performers, Fred and Soren, beg for Arthur's help after their dolphin, Mr. Smarty Pants, is kidnapped by The Cult of the Fin, which has sinister plans for Reno, Nevada.

  • E13
    Grandpa Wore Tights
    Aired · Sat, Feb 17, 1996 · 30m

    The Tick and Arthur visit a home for retired superheroes, and hear the story of the Desire-O-Vac. Arthur doesn't believe a word of it, but the old super-villain The Terror wants it, and is using his son to find out all about it.

Season 3
10 episodes · 10 aired
▾
  • E1
    That Mustache Feeling
    Aired · Sat, Sep 14, 1996 · 30m

    The Tick wakes up with a full-grown mustache that has its own agenda. The Tick is pleased with the change and adopts a new, hipper attitude, but a group of specialists are tracking the mustache and cause problems at the bachelor party for Dinosaur Neil's upcoming nuptials. The mustache changes hosts and escapes the party, only to meet its destiny.

  • E2
    Tick vs. Dot and Neil's Wedding
    Aired · Sat, Sep 21, 1996 · 30m

    Dot and Dinosaur Neil are to get married, but Chairface messes with Neil's medication, so he becomes a dinosaur again.

  • E3
    Sidekicks Don't Kiss
    Aired · Sat, Sep 28, 1996 · 30m

    While on a date with Carmelita, Arthur is kidnapped by the Deertown Aztecs. The Tick teams up with Carmelita to find and rescue Arthur and, in the process, gets a pet capybara named Speak.

  • E4
    Tick vs. Arthur
    Aired · Sat, Oct 5, 1996 · 30m

    Arthur confiscates a belt from a new super-villain which allows him to become bigger, stronger and not so nice.

  • E5
    Devil in Diapers
    Aired · Sun, Oct 6, 1996 · 30m

    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.

  • E6
    Tick vs. Filth
    Aired · Sat, Oct 26, 1996 · 30m

    The Tick and Arthur gain a newfound respect for the Sewer Urchin, who shines beneath the streets of The City as a super villain unleashes an army of intelligent filth.

  • E7
    Tick vs. Europe
    Aired · Sat, Nov 2, 1996 · 30m

    The Tick is sent to Antwerp, Belgium on a superhero exchange program to sip flavored coffees, dance until dawn and... oh, yeah... contend with Octopaganini and the Eastern Bloc Robot Cowboy while his Belgian counterpart Eclair helps Arthur deal with the Breadmaster.

  • E8
    Tick vs. Science
    Aired · Sat, Nov 9, 1996 · 30m

    The mad scientists have a science fair to show off their work. A personality swapper is used to cover a theft. Arthur manages to kiss Carmelilta, only to find out that The Tick is still in Carmelita's body.

  • E9
    Tick vs. Prehistory
    Aired · Sat, Nov 16, 1996 · 30m

    The Tick and Arthur travel back in time over 3 million years, join a tribe of Australopithecines and work in a restaurant for time travelers from the distant, distant future.

  • E10
    Tick vs. Education
    Aired · Sun, Nov 24, 1996 · 30m

    The Tick and Arthur become teacher and teacher's aid at an Extension Class for people who want to become Superheroes. While on a field trip, they encounter Mr. Creamy, a disgruntled former employee of an ice cream company on a mission.