Line #24 Awesome/TheTick


1	!!''Comicbook Examples''
2	* The Tick's defeat of Barry is one of the few scenes the comic and the cartoon shared. Short, but very, VERY sweet.
3	--> '''Barry:''' Where's the jerk who calls himself 'the Tick'?!
4	--> '''The Tick''' ''(proudly):'' I'm that jerk! Who wants to know?
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6	* From The Tick: New Series #2, Chairface makes multiple successful attempts to escape prison, only failing due to dumb luck or his own bewilderment at how easy it was.
7	* Issue 100, The Tick/Invincible: The two heroes team up to battle Martin of Mars (Imagine ComicBook/MartianManhunter crossed with [[Franchise/LooneyTunes Marvin The Martian]]). It's a fun romp...until Martin disintegrates Arthur. Understandably upset, they decide to FLY TO MARS AND SHOVE THE MOON ONTO MARTIN'S BASE, PINNING HIM TO THE GROUND. Very possibly the coolest thing the character has ever done.
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10	!!''Animated Examples''
11	* While under Mr. Mental's control (in, where else but ''The Tick vs. Mr. Mental''), the Tick becomes a silent, efficent ''monster.'' His break-in of the high tech lab is played entirel straight with not a joke, even his ridiculous appearance obscured by muck and seaweed. The whole scene makes for a reminder that for all his goofiness, the Tick is a ''beast.''
12	* "The Tick vs. Filth" is one big, sustained moment for Sewer Urchin. After years of taking everyone's crap and being regarded as moronic and useless, he is revealed to be just as much of a hero as everyone else in his native environment, living in a luxurious apartment with all kinds of gadgets to take down sewer dwelling monsters.
13	--> "Down here, I'm the apotheosis of cool."
14	* "PUT THE MOON BACK, DEMON WAIF!"
15	* A lot of the Tick's speeches, though incredibly funny, are also surprisingly insightful and some are even somewhat inspiring in a certain hammy way.
16	--> ''The Tick'': "We're super heroes man, we don't have ''time'' to be charming! The boots of evil were made for walking! We're watching the big picture friend, we know the score! We are a public service, not glamor boys! Not captains of industry, not makers of things! [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules Keep your vulgar monies! We are a justice sandwich, no toppings necessary]]!"
17	* The ending of The Tick vs. The Idea Men, where the Tick ''fails'' to disarm a powerful bomb that's barely a meter away from his face. Obviously, he's unharmed, but that had to hurt a little.
18	* The majority of the city's heroes have intentionally stupid or useless powers (such as The Carpeted Man who gives electric shocks, and whose costume has him constantly on the verge of heatstroke), but the equally silly villains tend to make the most of their dumb gimmicks. For instance, The Breadmaster bakes pastries of mass destruction. Possibly amongst the lamest supervillain gimmicks of all time. And yet, he and Buttery Pat easily hold their own against The Tick and use quick-expanding bread as a legitimately dangerous weapon.
19	* In "Tick Vs Dinosaur Neil", Tick risks life and limb to feed Neil a giant aspirin, which will reverse his transformation. This is even commented on by the news reporter, who also Lampshades how Tick is risking himself while Der Fledermaus, stated as a representative for the superhero community, said they'd "sit this one out".
20	--> '''Caped Chameleon''': This is looking kinda bad, isn't it?
21	* Arthur's journey from a timid wannabe-hero, to a competent and capable, albeit still timid, sidekick. By season 2, he's recognized as The City's most prominent sidekick.
22	** Tellingly, in "Tick Vs Europe", the superheroine Eclair immediately views Arthur as an equal, despite her powers dwarfing even Tick's. He ends up being vital in taking down the Breadmaster after he has Eclair dead to rights.
23	* The scene in "Tick Vs The Idea Men" showing all the City's superheroes rallying against the Idea Men. Granted, most of them dont actually REACH the bad guys, but hey, B+ for effort.
24	* Suffragete defeating [[TheDreaded ''The Terror'']] in a flashback to the Decency Squad's heyday in the late 40's. It's especially notable considering that she's the only one of the retired heroes we actually get to see in full action in the flashbacks, and the Terror was armed with a reality-altering wish machine.
25	--> '''Past!Suffragete''': zooms in wearing a rocket pack I VOTE FOR JUSTICE!!
26	--> '''Terror''': Uh-oh.
27	--> '''Present!Suffragete''': Hah, I cleaned his clock good!
28	** The present-day Decency Squad taking down the GiantMook Human Ton, despite their old age and failing powers.
29	** The Terror's son Terry (who's roughly the same age as the Decency Squad) finally turning on his asshole father and knocks him out of the Desiro-Vac. It bears mentioning that Terry was never actually a villain (he was a retired white collar worker) and had only helped The Terror in the hopes that the two could finally bond. He finally has enough and decides he'd rather be friends with the Decency Squad than put up with the Terror's crap.
30	* The Tick's singing opera to reverse the growth of the devastating Thousand Year Bloom.
31	* Chairface gets a villainous one in "The Tick Vs. Science" when he after a series of body swaps, he gets to turn one of the Tick's catchphrases back on him.
32	---> '''The-Tick-As-A-Zebra:''' Body pirate, you face... The Tick!
33	---> '''Chairface-As-The-Tick:''' rounding on the heroes Noooo, '''I''' face a zebra, '''YOU''' face The Tick.
34	* ''Evil Sits Down For a Moment'' sees the Tick fall into the World's Most Comfortable Chair, which is so comfortable the last person who sat in it was unable to get out of it for ''20 years''. He manages to break free by sheer force of will.
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36	!!''Video Game Examples''
37	* [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames The game's very existence.]] It may not have the best frame-rate or the best gameplay for a BeatEmUp, but it captures the signature humor of the series in very subtle ways, it mixes and matches elements from the cartoon and original comic series, ''and'' does so in a way that feels organic to the franchise and the game!
38	* The Tick going full-on BackToBackBadasses with Paul the Samurai, Odiepus, or American Maid. Not quite the case with [[TheLoad Die Fledermaus]], though, since he doesn't really do anything.
39	* Arthur being an [[AdaptationalBadass assist that clears the field of all enemies.]]
40	* All three ways the Tick can finish off a combo: An uppercut, flicking the opponent's forehead, and a [[RoundhouseKick spinning hook kick]].

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