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The Tick

7.2 / 10

2001

1 season

9 episodes

Comedy

Based on Ben Edlund's cult comic, a mysterious blue avenger teams up with an odd group of superheroes to fight crime.

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Cast

Patrick Warburton

David Burke

Liz Vassey

Nestor Carbonell

Meadow Sisto

Armin Shimerman

Beth Howland

Jeff Doucette

Ron Perlman

Antwon Tanner

E.J. Callahan

Jonathan Penner

1.Pilot
10.0
08-11-200122m
The Tick moves to the City and meets superhero wannabe Arthur, who helps battle an archival Soviet robot programmed to kill Jimmy Carter.
2.The Funeral
15-11-200122m
A superhero dies on a book tour while in the, um, care of Captain Liberty, who initiates a coverup, with Batmanuel playing impostor, while Arthur and the Tick deal with the body.
3.Couples
05-12-200122m
A crimefighting duo's teamwork impresses the Tick, but Arthur detects an underlying tension between the pair.
4.The License
06-12-200122m
Tick's inability to account for his past prompts a search for his identity; Captain Liberty dates a man who thinks she's a civilian.
5.Arthur Needs Space
13-12-200122m
The Tick assumes he's invited along when Arthur has a date with the girl he worshipped in high school; old nude photos haunt Captain Liberty, who faces a disciplinary hearing.
6.The Big Leagues
21-12-200122m
The all-male League of Superheroes invites Tick and Arthur to join, prompting Captain Liberty to sue for discrimination.
7.The Tick vs. Justice
17-01-200222m
Tick is jailed for contempt after testifying against a supervillain, who counsels his guard Captain Liberty on her love life.
8.Arthur, Interrupted
24-01-200222m
Arthur's mom and sister hire a deprogrammer after he tells them of his choice to be a superhero and his partnership with Tick.
9.The Terror
31-01-200222m
Irked by Tick's enthusiasm, Liberty baits him into fighting an archvillain, who happens to be bedridden and 112 years old.

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