The Tick

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The Tick is a comic book character created by Ben Edlund. A parody of superheroes in general, the Tick is a strange, justice-obsessed individual who usually causes more damage than he prevents and often gives nonsensical, long-winded soliloquies about the nature of justice in the style of those often given by Adam West on the 1960s Batman series. The Tick also appeared in two Fox television series -- an animated Saturday morning cartoon which aired from 1994 to 1996, a live-action series from 2001 to 2002, and a second live-action series from 2016 to 2019.
==Muppet Mentions==
* In the Tick's first appearance, drawn in 1986 for the New England Comics Newsletter, the hero escapes from an insane asylum in Minnesota overseen by Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (whom The Tick calls "Honeydip") and Beaker. Bunsen describes the Tick's personality: "He is superhumanly strong and nigh invunerable, with the intelligence level of topsoil."
* In the 2001 TV episode "The License," The Tick is watching Grover on TV, and wistfully says, "Daddy."
* The first season finale of the revival series, "The End of the Beginning (Or the Start of the Dawn of the Age of Superhero)" (2018), has the Tick proclaim "This crater is brought to you by the letter T."
==Notes==
* Edlund referenced the Muppets again as co-writer of the "Smile Time" episode of Angel.
==Connections==
* Mary Kay Bergman voiced ants in the animated series.
* Townsend Coleman voiced the Tick in the animated series.
* Micky Dolenz voiced Arthur in the first season of the animated series.
* Brad Garrett voiced Jim Rage in the animated series.
* Jess Harnell voiced Sewer Urchin, the Human Bullet, and others in the animated series.
* Danny Mann voiced Dinosaur Neil in the animated series.
* Linda Mendoza directed two episodes of the 2016 live action series.
* Pippin Parker wrote three episodes of the animated series.
* Rob Paulsen voiced Arthur for the remaining seasons of the animated series.
* Peter Serafinowicz starred as the Tick in the 2016 live action series. 
* Patrick Warburton starred as the Tick in the 2001 live action series.
==External links==
*ToughPigs: The Tick vs. Muppets
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