The Tick (animation): Difference between revisions

 

In 2001, [[FOX]] attempted to revive the series in a [[The Tick (television)|live action format]] with Patrick "Puddy" Warburton in the title role. The short-lived series was surprisingly good, but did not last even an entire season.

 

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* [[Captain Ersatz]]: All over the place. The live action series had them for the major characters.

** In ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', of all places, The Tick gets one. Sentinel Prime is voiced by Townsend Coleman, resembles the Tick (he's large, blue and has a lantern jaw and antennae) and even speaks like the Tick at times. The biggest difference being that Sentinel is a [[Jerkass]] instead of a [[Cloudcuckoolander]].

* [[Captain Geographic]]: American Maid.

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Many of the antagonists, particularly Chairface Chippendale and The Terror.

* [[For Science!]]: The primary motivation of most of the shows various mad scientists, most notably [[Mad Scientist|Dr Chrome Dome]].

* [[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.

* [[Gratuitous Latin]]: [[Gadgeteer Genius|Milo]] from the supervillain team [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl|Venus and Milo]] spouts Latin phrases constantly.

* [[Grievous Harm with a Body]]: "Arthur, my body is a weapon. Use it!"

* [[Idiot Hero]]

* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Keith "Crime Cannibal" Donner, superhero with the power to ''eat human beings incredibly quickly''.

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hN-uCyWbjo "It's a YULE TIDE!!"]

** Another episode had a gun that turned half The City into "[[Ray Gun|some guy named Ray]]".

** Well, they would. They carefully studied the situation, and came to the conclusion that the fact that he was pantsless was Neil's beef.

* [[Matryoshka Object]]: The Living Doll.

* [[Meganekko]]: Arthur's sister Dot

* [[Metaphysical Fuel]]: The Whats' starships run on fear -- their own.

** Die Fladermaus acts like the [[Adam West]] [[Batman (TV series)|Batman]].

* [[No Export for You]]: Finally averted when the live-action version got its UK premiere, in January of 2011. [[Friday Night Death Slot|At 9PM on a Friday night]].

* [[Paper Master]]: Papercut

* [[Plant Person]] : El Seed

* [[She's Got Legs]]: American Maid

* [[Shout-Out]]: To many sources, including ''Dick Tracy'' and [[The DCU]].

* [[Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass]]: Evil giant ants plan to deliver [[Karmic Death|Karmic Deaths]] to all of humanity via one gigantic magnifying glass.

* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: Baron Violent's costume.

* [[Spoof Aesop]]: "You know, though today was the worst day of my life, I learned many things. First, the world looks a lot different when you're six inches tall and covered with feathers. Second, two heads are definitely not better than one. And finally, you can lay eggs and still feel like a man."

{{quote|'''Arthur:''' (sotto voce) "Who knew Sewer Urchin of all people would be this cool?"

'''Sewer Urchin:''' (revealing that he heard Arthur just fine) "Down here I'm the apotheosis of cool." }}

* [[The Unintelligible]]: The Idea Men, while theyre helmets are closed anyway.

* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Which can turn even that into doing unspeakable evil.

 

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[[Category:The Nineties]]

[[Category:Toon Disney]]

[[Category:Saturday Morning Cartoon]]

[[Category:American Series]]

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