Sidekicks Don't Kiss

**"Sidekicks Don't Kiss"** is an episode of the animated television series *The Tick.*

## Synopsis

Arthur is abducted by Aztecs who mistook him for Carmelita. The Tick reluctantly joins forces with Carmelita to recover his sidekick, and he finds a new animal ally along the way.

## Plot

Arthur prepares for a date with Carmelita, though he is unsure of how to behave. The Tick worries that he will lose Arthur and monitors the date. Arthur and Carmelita attend a movie, where Arthur is mistaken for Carmelita by a group of Aztecs wearing baseball gear. The Tick attempts to stop them without success.

The Tick and Carmelita follow the Aztecs to the airport, where they board a plane for Mexico City. The Tick and Carmelita are too late to stop the Aztecs, but they learn the plane's destination. They pursue in one of Carmelita's father's inventions - an inflatable airplane.

In Mexico, Arthur is brought to an Aztec pyramid and presented to Wally, the leader of the Aztecs. Wally is disappointed that Arthur is not Carmelita, for whom he has been waiting for fifteen years. Arthur attempts to escape, but his wings are cut off and he is imprisoned in a dungeon.

Arriving in Mexico, The Tick and Carmelita encounter Corduroy Cordoba, a tour guide at the Aztec ruins. Cordoba guides them to where Arthur is being held, and The Tick and Carmelita begin to bond despite The Tick's reluctance. The Aztecs forcibly marry Arthur to a large rodent, then launch them both into the air with a catapult. The Tick and Carmelita arrive in time to save Arthur, but The Tick crashes into the jungle with the animal.

Arthur and Carmelita are captured by the Aztecs. Carmelita recognizes them as being the Deertown Aztecs, her grade school baseball team who had gone missing years previously while traveling to the International Championship game. Meanwhile, The Tick has landed on his head and been knocked senseless. He believes that the animal (which he mistakes for a dog) can talk to him. The Tick names the animal "Speak" and brings him along to rescue Arthur and Carmelita.

Wally explains to Carmelita how he and the other team members had crashed in the jungle and decided to live like real Aztecs, locking their Coach in the dungeon while they did so. The Tick arrives and subdues most of the Aztecs, but Wally flees with Carmelita. The Tick frees Arthur and the Coach, then helps them survive some of the booby traps that the Aztecs had set. Upon encountering a seemingly impassable trap The Tick breaks through a wall to an adjoining chamber. They find that Carmelita has subdued Wally and recovered Arthur's wings.

The Aztecs are defeated and everyone prepares to return to the United States and justice.

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Tick
* Arthur

### Supporting Characters

* Carmelita Vatos
* Die Fledermaus
* Sewer Urchin
* Speak

### Antagonists

* The Deertown Aztecs
	+ Wally Head
	+ Dennis
	+ Justin
	+ Eddie
	+ Danny
	+ Lloyd
	+ Doug

### Other Characters

* Coach
* Corduroy Cordoba

## Locations

* Ben's Diner
* Cinema Lethargique
* Airport
* Mexico
	+ Aztec Temple

## Notes

* The Deertown Aztecs became stranded in Mexico fifteen years ago. Carmelita states that she had promised to marry Wally when she was eleven years old, which would place Carmelita in her mid-to-late twenties at the time of this adventure.