Series synopsis
The Tick is an American animation comedy kids television series that premiered on FOX on September 10, 1994. It ended on November 24, 1996. It was created by Ben Edlund. It stars Townsend Coleman, Micky Dolenz, Kay Lenz and Cam Clarke.
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!
Premise
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!
Premise: The Superhero Who's More Than a Little Off-Balance!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Townsend Coleman as The Tick (voice)
- Micky Dolenz as Arthur (voice)
- Kay Lenz as American Maid (voice)
- Cam Clarke as Die Fledermaus (voice)
- Jess Harnell as Sewer Urchin (voice)
- Rob Paulsen as Arthur (voice)
- Bobcat Goldthwait as Uncle Creamy (voice)
- Jim Belushi as Mr. Fleener (voice)
Supporting cast
- Laraine Newman as Flying Squirrel (voice)
- Charlie Adler as Sarcastro (voice)
- Xander Berkeley as Octopaganini (voice)
- Martin Jarvis as Breadmaster (voice)
- Candi Milo as Blitzen (voice)
- Lisa Raggio as Eclair (voice)
- Danny Mann as Mr. Exciting (voice)
- Tony Jay as Chairface Chippendale (voice)
- Kimmy Robertson as Dot (voice)
- Jennifer Darling as Mydna (voice)
- Pat Fraley as Mayor Blank (voice)
- Roddy McDowall as The Breadmaster (voice)
Guest cast
- Rob Paulsen as Arthur (voice)
- Bobcat Goldthwait as Uncle Creamy (voice)
- Jim Belushi as Mr. Fleener (voice)
- Laraine Newman as Flying Squirrel (voice)
- Charlie Adler as Sarcastro (voice)
- Xander Berkeley as Octopaganini (voice)
- Martin Jarvis as Breadmaster (voice)
- Candi Milo as Blitzen (voice)
- Lisa Raggio as Eclair (voice)
- Danny Mann as Mr. Exciting (voice)
- Tony Jay as Chairface Chippendale (voice)
- Kimmy Robertson as Dot (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 40 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 4 | ||
| Season 1 | 13 | September 10, 1994 | February 11, 1995 |
| Season 2 | 13 | September 9, 1995 | February 17, 1996 |
| Season 3 | 10 | September 14, 1996 | November 24, 1996 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Arthur Explains It Arthur explains the background and research put into multiple episodes |
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| 2 |
Tick Sums It Up The tick philosophically sums up multiple episodes |
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| 3 |
Tick Interviews Arhur and the Tick are interviewed to uncover the secret to the dynamic duo |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Tick vs. The Idea Men Tick and Arthur reveal their superhero origin story. |
September 10, 1994 |
| 2 |
The Tick vs. Chairface Chippendale A criminal mastermind with an evil plan and a face only an interior decorator could love. |
September 17, 1994 |
| 3 |
The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil Mutant Dino-Park scientist Neil proves to be a major headache. |
September 24, 1994 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Little Wooden Boy and the Belly of Love 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 Blowhole, a giant long-distance running whale, accidentally swallows everyone, forcing the Tick to light up Little Wooden Boy to cause Blowhole to choke them up. Yep, just another day in The City... |
September 9, 1995 |
| 2 |
Alone Together 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 fantastically large alien named Omnipotus. The Tick befriends him and becomes a janitor on his body. But Omnipotus is an eater of planets and plans to eat the Earth when they get to it. |
September 16, 1995 |
| 3 |
Armless But Not Harmless 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 begins a crime spree with the help of the heroes' arms, while The Tick and Arthur evade a police manhunt and try to reclaim their errant extremities and save the day. |
September 23, 1995 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
That Mustache Feeling 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. Meanwhile, Dinosaur Neil and Dot plan for their marriage. |
September 14, 1996 |
| 2 |
Tick vs. Dot & Neil's Wedding 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 tampering with Neil's medication, man-eating bouquets, exploding wedding cake, and The Indigestible Man. And as if that wasn't enough, Neil's best man is... The Tick! It's up to our blue hero, Arthur and Dot to save Neil, with the aid of a submarine and 1,400 pounds of pungent raw meat... |
September 21, 1996 |
| 3 |
Sidekicks Don't Kiss 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 pursue, the Aztecs and their leader Wally unleash ""Speak"", some kind of lowly animal that they intend to wed Arthur to. Tick takes a shine to ""Speak"" (as he names him) and he defeats the Aztecs and rescues Arthur. |
September 28, 1996 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | FOX |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 10, 1994 |
| Last aired | November 24, 1996 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 11:30:00 |