"Like a great, blue salmon of justice, the mighty Tick courses upstream to the very spawning ground of evil!"
The Tick is an admittedly odd superhero parody. He looks like a guy in a blue spandex suit and he's nigh invulnerable. He's also kind of slow and goofy, but has an overblown sense of civic duty and drama, which often results in peculiar remarks and quasi-inspirational speaches. His battle cry is "Spoon!"
Created by Ben Edlund in 1986, The Tick has appeared as a New England Comics series, an animated TV show on Fox Kids' (1994-1996) and a live-action TV series on Fox (2001-2002) starring Patrick Warbuton.
The animated series is also currently being aired in reruns on Toon Disney and the Family Channel.
The Tick vs. Season One DVD
The animated cartoon finally comes to DVD
The Tick Vs. Season One
12 stellar episodes including The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil ("Bad move, Neil!"), The Tick vs. The Tick (featuring the Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight!), The Tick vs. The Uncommon Cold ("I don't know the meaning of the word 'surrender'. I mean, I know it, I'm not stupid. Just not in this context."), The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account (featuring the Man Eating Cow) and more.
Amazon Price: $25.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
Used Price: $12.54
The Tick Vs. Season Two DVD
The second season is available August 7, 2007.
The Tick Vs. Season Two
More mighty justice, including Armless But Not Harmless ("Plunger man!"), HEROES (featuring the Tick Cam!), The Tick Loves Santa (""Like a great, blue salmon of justice, the mighty Tick courses upstream to the very spawning ground of evil!"), The Tick vs. The Big Nothing ("The speed of lint!") and more.
Amazon Price: $24.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
Used Price: $19.02
Tick Sites
- New England Comics
- The official comic book home for The Tick.
- Wikipedia
- The Wikipedia's entry on The Tick.
- Tick Quotes
- The Wikiquote collection of Tick quotes.
- Pazsaz Entertainment Network
- Episode guide for the animated series.
- The Ticklopedia
- A full-blown encyclopedia full of Tick information from the comic, animated series and live-action show.
- Spoon!: The Tick Headquarters
- A fan site with characters and episode guides from both animated and live-action series.
- Leggman's Tick Page
- Episode downloads, hero and villain sections and show synopsis.
Tick Stuff on Amazon
The Tick - The Entire Series
The live-action series on DVD.
Amazon Price: $12.49 (as of 10/13/2008)
Used Price: $10.99
The Tick - The Idea Men/Chairface Chippendale
A rare VHS collection from the animated series.
Amazon Price: (as of 10/13/2008)
Used Price: $1.47
The Tick - The Tick vs. Arthur
A rare VHS collection from the animated series.
Amazon Price: (as of 10/13/2008)
Used Price: $0.25
The Tick: Mighty Blue Justice
A great book full of all things Tick.
Amazon Price: (as of 10/13/2008)
Used Price: $2.65
Interviews with Creator Ben Edlund
- Tick Fever Endures
- Ben Edlund talks about the evolution of The Tick in this 1997 interview from Animation World Magazine.
- Thus Spake Tick Creator Ben Edlund
- Ben Edlund answers questions about the live-action series on Slashdot in 2001.
- Ben Edlund Comments on the Live-Action Tick
- Comments from Ben Edlund about the live-action pilot that originally appeared on alt.tv.the-tick.
