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| 3 | For the 2016 series' versions of the characters, click [[Characters/TheTick2016 here]]. |
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| 5 | [[folder:Main characters]] |
| 6 | !!'''The Tick''' |
| 7 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_tick_9.jpg]] |
| 8 | ->'''Appears In:''' All Versions |
| 9 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TownsendColeman (animated series), Creator/PatrickWarburton (2001 live-action series), Creator/PeterSerafinowicz (2016 live-action series) |
| 10 | |
| 11 | The boisterous big blue defender of The City no matter the version. NighInvulnerable, Super strong, and a really cool set of head... thingies, he fights for justice, for The City, and for clean underwear. He is... The Tick. |
| 12 | ---- |
| 13 | * AllLovingHero: He cares greatly for all people alike. |
| 14 | * AnimalMotifs: As his superhero name implies, he dresses like a superpowered tick. |
| 15 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Evident in all adaptations, and explicitly described by Arthur in the comic "The Tick's Back". |
| 16 | -->'''[[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind Tick's Brain]]:''' Sorry I haven't been around much lately, but I'm easily distracted by shiny objects. |
| 17 | * AxCrazy: When The Tick is pushed to his absolute limit, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he becomes a remorseless destructive force against whatever angered him]]. The only thing that snapped him out of this state when he first entered it was the revelation that Oedipus (whose critical injury pushed him there in the first place) was saved and in stable condition. |
| 18 | * BloodKnight: The Tick relishes the chance for a decent fight and will respond to possible worthy opponents with absolute glee. |
| 19 | * BoisterousBruiser: A hammy nigh-invulnerable bruiser. |
| 20 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: He's an idiot, a manchild, and a lunatic he may be, but regardless of the adaptation, he's the city's best hero (though this speaks more to the competence level of the other heroes). Not only that but in the animated series he is capable of being serious if the situation calls for it, capable of many things up to and including [[spoiler:[[{{RealityWarper}} bending the laws of physics itself]]]]. |
| 21 | * TheCape: In attitude. In appearance he's closer to TheCowl. |
| 22 | * CaptainOblivious: In the comics, he is rather slow to recognize ninjas with swords pointed at him. |
| 23 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "You face... THE TICK!" |
| 24 | * ChasteHero: Due to not really understanding relationships. [[spoiler:His inability to understand love as well as conceive a child ultimately destroyed his marriage and left Cloris a broken mess]]. |
| 25 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He originally escaped from a mental institution. Whether this was caused by receiving a TapOnTheHead all too often or if he's clinically insane is unknown. |
| 26 | -->'''Tick:''' Isn't sanity a one-trick pony anyway? I mean, all you get is one trick: rational thinking. But when you're good and crazy, the sky's the limit. |
| 27 | * DecoyProtagonist: While the comics and cartoon are chiefly concerned with his gonzo antics, the live-action adaptations have Arthur as the actual protagonist who goes through character development and story arcs with the Tick acting as his comic relief or HypercompetentSidekick. |
| 28 | * DestructiveSavior: Downplayed, but the Tick's SuperStrength in the cartoon means he sometimes causes more damage than he intends to. In particular, he has a tendency to break things when RoofHopping. |
| 29 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 30 | ** He might be loony, but even he found a scientist trying to invent "room temperature fire" to be boring and pointless. |
| 31 | ** He also doesn't consider Brainchild to be his arch-nemesis, no matter how much the latter wants him to be; he correctly realizes Brainchild's just a SpoiledBrat, though that doesn't mean The Tick will go easy on him. |
| 32 | ** He also believes the Fin's "fish magnet" to be crazy...until it actually starts to cause fish to fall from the sky. |
| 33 | ** While in the psychological care of Captain Sanity, even the Tick, [[CloudCuckoolander who has one foot out of reality at the best of times]], finds Sanity's therapy methods (namely, having his assistant Taft wrestle the Tick while wearing a variety of costumes) to be totally ludicrous. |
| 34 | --->'''Tick:''' Sanity, ''you're a madman''! |
| 35 | * FluffyTamer: In the cartoon, after being launched into deep space by an explosion, the Tick befriends Omnipotus, a gargantuan planet-devouring alien monster (and a parody of ComicBook/{{Galactus}}), and is even able to talk him out of eating Earth by appealing to their friendship. |
| 36 | * ForGreatJustice: Talks about justice constantly, especially in the cartoon. |
| 37 | * GreenEyedMonster: Tick was initially jealous of Arthur's relationship with Carmelita. He eventually gets over it, and even becomes a ShipperOnDeck. |
| 38 | * HeartIsAnAwesomePower: In the comics, he has an inexhaustible supply of two-dollar bills in his pockets, which he uses for expenses. |
| 39 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Arthur. For all their many, many differences, the two are inseparable, to the point that the Tick seems to actually consider them to be brothers (when he found out Arthur was Jewish, Tick assumed that this meant ''he'' was also Jewish). |
| 40 | * HeroismMotiveSpeech: He has a tendency to launch into these kind of speeches with little-to-no provocation, but he also [[{{Metaphorgotten}} quickly forgets where he was going with them]]. |
| 41 | * IdiotHero: Luckily for him, TooDumbToLive is combined with Nigh-Invulnerability! |
| 42 | * LargeHam: A very hammy superhero. He often talks like he's in a big stage production. |
| 43 | * LoonWithAHeartOfGold: He often says bizarre and nonsensical things all the time, and has a VERY strange way of thinking, yet he's a chivalrous and kind-hearted hero. |
| 44 | * ManChild: Has no understanding of romance and tends to be extremely naive. |
| 45 | * {{Metaphorgotten}}: Has a tendency to launch into these. |
| 46 | * MonochromaticEyes: In the Comics and Cartoon. |
| 47 | * MistakenForGay: In the live action series, due to mistaking some gay guys for superheroes. [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in the comics, where he specifically wants to avoid this with Arthur and anyone who sees them together. |
| 48 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:He deeply regrets how much he hurt his ex-wife Cloris, regardless of how unintentional it was]]. |
| 49 | * MysteriousPast: In the cartoon and live action series, especially in the latter where a thorough police search found nothing about his past. The comics have only filled in some of his past; up until ''The Tick: Luny Bin'', all that was known was that he was an escapee of the Evanston Asylum and that [[spoiler: he's married, but separated]]. Even now, much of his past is spotty. |
| 50 | * NiceGuy: Unless he knows you're evil, he'll treat you with the utmost kindness. |
| 51 | * NighInvulnerable: Although someone sufficiently strong can hurt him, he can withstand lasers, gunfire and, most notably, a point-blank bomb blast going by the cartoon alone. Blows to the head seem to affect him particularly. Confusingly, in a different episode of the same cartoon, he survived going past the event horizon of a black hole. |
| 52 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In the comics, when his friend Oedipus is stabbed (the result put her in critical condition at the hospital), The Tick stops being a mere {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and instead shows just how dangerous an escaped mental patient with SuperStrength and NighInvulnerability can be (he single-handedly levels his foes' AmusementPark base). |
| 53 | * RedOniBlueOni: Red to Arthur's Blue |
| 54 | * StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: In the cartoon, he seems to always be strong enough to overcome whatever he's dealing with while also always weak enough that he still has to struggle and exert himself. Likewise, he's always durable enough to survive anything that happens to him without real injury, but also just sensitive enough to suffer pain from it. |
| 55 | %%* SuperPowerLottery: Parodied. |
| 56 | %%* SuperSenses: Occasionally |
| 57 | %%* SuperStrength: To a ludicrous degree. |
| 58 | * WeaksauceWeakness: The antenna on his head aren't just for decoration. Remove them and he loses his balance and becomes disoriented. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | !!'''Arthur''' |
| 61 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arthur_6.gif]] |
| 62 | ->'''Appears In:''' All Versions |
| 63 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Mickey Dolenz (animated series, season 1), Creator/RobPaulsen (animated series, seasons 2-3), David Burke (2001 live-action), Creator/GriffinNewman (2016 live-action) |
| 64 | |
| 65 | A former accountant, and current moth-themed (though everyone tends to assume he's a rabbit due to his wings usually being retracted) superhero, he's The Tick's roommate and sidekick. A little neurotic and far more reserved than his partner, Arthur provides a grounded perspective the Tick desperately needs. |
| 66 | ---- |
| 67 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Arthur occasionally makes references to how people in his pre-hero life have started treating him condescendingly since he acquired the costume. In the comics, his break from his old accounting job, for example, isn't totally his own decision; he was put on medical leave to seek psychiatric treatment. |
| 68 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: In the comics his Judaism is spelled out: it doesn't come up much in the live-action series, aside from him wearing a yarmulche a few times, while in the cartoon, it features fairly prominently in the episode about his sister's wedding. |
| 69 | * AnimalMotifs: He wears a moth costume. 90% of people confuse it with a bunny costume, though. |
| 70 | * ArtEvolution: While he's still a bit heavyset, Arthur was extremely portly in his first appearance - he's much slimmer than he used to be. Also, the antennae of his costume were serrated at the edges, making them appear much more like a moth's combed or feathery antennae in silhouette. The smooth edges of the antennae in later appearances make the "bunny suit" comments make more sense. Remarkably, this art evolution seems to have continued into live action. His first portrayer, David Burke, was of average body type, and his second, Creator/GriffinNewman, is downright scrawny. |
| 71 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Subverted. Plenty of people take him for a near-literal case of this, but a) [[InsistentTerminology they're moth antennae, not bunny ears]] and b) he's an accountant who left his chosen profession to fly and save lives. |
| 72 | %%* ButtMonkey: At times. (Zero-Context) |
| 73 | * ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Arthur's just an ordinary accountant that bought a moth costume at an auction. All of his super abilities come from said costume. |
| 74 | * CloudCuckooLander: This varies [[DependingOnTheWriter upon both writer and adaptation]], but Arthur isn't looking at reality like anyone else. Seemingly with one foot in the mundane world and one in the superheroic world, Arthur manages to come off this way to ''both'' sides, even as he acts like the OnlySaneMan to both. Some of his statements, particularly in the original run, suggest that he's actually not quite all there in the head himself, even if he's clearly more normal than The Tick. |
| 75 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: The more sane sidekick to the loony Tick. |
| 76 | * CowardlyLion: Is usually terrified by whoever they're fighting, but will always do his best to assist Tick anyway. |
| 77 | * TheGogglesDoNothing: Averted. He has goggles as part of his costume in the live action series, which are used to help him with wind resistance during flight. It's suggested in one comic that the blank white eyes in that version are also goggles to help with eye protection and wind resistance in flight. |
| 78 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With the Tick. While the Tick's eccentricities can wear on Arthur's patience, their loyalty to each other is totally unbreakable, and Arthur would never truly abandon the Tick. |
| 79 | * IAmNotWeasel: He's not a rabbit no matter how many people mistake him for one. |
| 80 | * JumpedAtTheCall: Is a better accountant than a superhero, but accountancy doesn't save lives. |
| 81 | %%* NiceGuy: Probably one of the nicest characters in the series. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here") |
| 82 | * NotInTheFace: His [[CharacterCatchphrase catchphrase]]. |
| 83 | * OfficialCouple: With Carmelita in the cartoon. They hit it off immediately, but Arthur is reluctant to pursue a relationship at first due to his insecurities. After a while, though, they become a happy couple. |
| 84 | * OnlySaneMan: Zigzagged, and arguably Deconstructed. Arthur believes that both the "normal world" and the "supers world" have importance, and tries to live between them as best he can. This makes him a lot more aware of real world issues, like the need for money to pay for living expenses in between superhero stuff, and also makes him much more aware of the importance of what superheroes do than many "normals". However, those more fully immersed in one world tend to think of ''him'' as "the crazy one". Supers often look down on Arthur for not fully and unquestioningly embracing the madness of their world, whilst average people often call him a fool for getting involved in "superhero nonsense". |
| 85 | ** A secondary way in which Arthur's sanity is showcased is the costume. On the one hand, he is known to have worn it to work on several occasions prior to either quitting or being fired, which is kind of crazy. On the other hand, the suit '''[[RuleOfCool lets him fly]]''', so ''not'' wearing it as often as he can would also be pretty nuts. |
| 86 | * OpaqueLenses: In all of the non-live action incarnations, Arthur's eyes are always obscured by his goggles/glasses. It's a subtle indication that nobody else really gets what's going through his mind. |
| 87 | %%* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to the Tick's red. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here") |
| 88 | %%* TheSmartGuy (Zero-Context) |
| 89 | * ShoutOut: When Arthur first meets The Tick in the comics, he calls The Tick "[[Literature/CatsCradle a wampeter for a world-spanning karass]]" |
| 90 | * TookALevelInJerkass: |
| 91 | ** When Arthur took a villain's belt that gave him super-strength, he became a bigger and bigger jerk until Tick knocked him off a roof while fighting him, forcing him to turn the belt off. It's implied that the belt had some sort of mental effect as well, as the villain he took it from was immediately reduced to a cowering wuss without it. |
| 92 | ** The comic version has this when, in a parody of the opening of ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', Arthur licks a black monolith and starts becoming a nascent MadScientist. |
| 93 | %%* WeakButSkilled: No inherent powers, but a keen wit who's saved the city dozens of times. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here") |
| 94 | |
| 95 | !!'''Speak''' |
| 96 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/speak.jpg]] |
| 97 | ->'''Appears In:''' animated series |
| 98 | |
| 99 | During a trip to the Amazon, the Tick was flung headfirst into the jungle by a catapult. Momentarily concussed, he encountered a 'wise spirit guide' in the form of a talking dog. When he came out of it, the 'spirit guide' turned out to be a passing capybara, whom he instantly adopted as a comrade-in-arms in his fight against evil. In reality (or what passes for 'reality' in the Tick's world), Speak is not an all-wise crime-fighting dog: he's a species of large native rat. Speak ends up living with the Tick and Arthur back in The City for the remainder of the series. |
| 100 | ---- |
| 101 | * InformedSpecies: He looks nothing like a real capybara; his design looks more like a really ugly dog. |
| 102 | %%* TeamPet: Against his will.%%How? |
| 103 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Looks like he could've wandered out of a Creator/KlaskyCsupo show. |
| 104 | * TheVoiceless: Being an animal, he can't talk, he usually just communicates through grunts. |
| 105 | * SuddenlyVoiced: In Tick's fantasies where Speak is a superpowered animal sidekick. |
| 106 | |
| 107 | !!'''American Maid''' |
| 108 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/americanmaid.png]] |
| 109 | ->'''Appears In:''' animated series |
| 110 | ->'''Portrayed By:''' Kay Lenz |
| 111 | |
| 112 | The City's most competent hero. While frustrated with the Tick's antics, she respects his ability and drive to legitimately help the City. |
| 113 | ---- |
| 114 | * ActionGirl: If being the city's most competent heroine wasn't evidence enough. |
| 115 | * BadassNormal: The single most competent hero in the animated series (and, apart from The Tick and Arthur, the only one who actually manages to get anything heroic done on-camera on a remotely reliable basis). |
| 116 | * BelligerentSexualTension: With Die Fledermaus. A romantic past is hinted at, though largely unexplored. |
| 117 | * CanonForeigner: She debuted in the cartoon. |
| 118 | * CaptainPatriotic: "The Most Patriotic Domestic". |
| 119 | %%* CombatStilettos: Which she frequently uses as projectiles. |
| 120 | * DeadpanSnarker: Especially when talking to Die Fledermaus, she has a very dry wit and she's not afraid to use it. |
| 121 | * MostCommonSuperpower: Averted, she's rather flat-chested for a superheroine. |
| 122 | * NoodleIncident: As the cartoon makes it quite obvious that The City is the National Super Institute's dumping ground for washouts, failures and incompetents, and American Maid is the most overtly competent superhero in the City, one wonders what she did to get assigned there. (Of course, it's also possible they assigned her there to ensure the City had at least one halfway-competent hero.) |
| 123 | * OnlySaneMan: Shares the position with Arthur, but she's much more no-nonsense and action-oriented. |
| 124 | * PunnyName: Her alias is a pun on "American-made". |
| 125 | * WonderWomanWannabe: A pastiche of both ComicBook/WonderWoman and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica (the latter mostly in personality), she is an Amazonian warrior who dresses in a maid outfit patterned after the American flag. Instead of a tiara, she [[ShoeSlap uses her high-heeled shoes as throwing weapons]]. Though, unlike most examples of this trope, she has no powers. |
| 126 | |
| 127 | !!'''Die Fledermaus''' |
| 128 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/die_fledermaus.png]] |
| 129 | ->'''Appears In:''' animated series |
| 130 | ->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CamClarke |
| 131 | |
| 132 | A bat-themed superhero with a penchant for trying to hit on his fellow crimefighters (and failing at it) and for running away the second things get dangerous. |
| 133 | ---- |
| 134 | %%* AnimalThemedSuperbeing |
| 135 | * BatmanParody: He's basically Batman if he were a massive coward. |
| 136 | * BatSignal: He has one, but the mayor notices that every time he lights it in an attempt to summon him, he instead takes his phone off the hook and leaves town for a week. |
| 137 | * BelligerentSexualTension: With American Maid. It's hinted they were involved in a relationship at some point in the past. |
| 138 | * BilingualBonus: His name means, literally, "the bat" in German. Loosely, it can mean batman. |
| 139 | * CanonForeigner: He debuted in the cartoon. |
| 140 | %%* CaptainErsatz: Of Batman. |
| 141 | * CasanovaWannabe: Hits on almost any woman in sight. Strikes out a lot. |
| 142 | * TheCowl: Parodied; he has the standard trappings... but he's a bumbling, incompetent coward. |
| 143 | * DatingCatwoman: Had a brief romance with a supervillainess who shared his stylish sensibilities, The Ottoman. Surprisingly, he does not indulge in this otherwise, despite him otherwise hitting on anything that moves. |
| 144 | * DirtyCoward: Played for laughs, as he ping pongs between the two. Interestingly, in the first episode, he was among the many superheroes heading to stop the Idea Men until he got distracted by American Maid. |
| 145 | * HandsomeLech: He's implied to be fairly handsome, and he knows it, hitting on women constantly. |
| 146 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: Subverted. Unlike American Maid, who is obviously doing her own adventuring off-screen, and Sewer Urchin, who turns out to be [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman an incredibly competent and brave adventurer in his native environment]], Die Fledermaus is never shown to be anything but a cowardly, narcissistic poser. |
| 147 | * JerkassBall: During Sewer Urchin's [[ADayInTheLimelight limelight episode]], "The Tick vs. Filth", Die Fledermaus, who usually gets along reasonably well with Sewer Urchin, has no problems with bullying him, mostly to emphasize the contrast between Urchin's uselessness on the surface and his [[GracefulInTheirElement talent in the sewers]]. |
| 148 | * MilesGloriosus: He considers himself the City's greatest superhero, but rarely does anything truly heroic. A brief period where Arthur served as his sidekick reveals that Die Fledermaus mostly hangs out at the local diner, reads fashion magazines, and practices his heroic poses. |
| 149 | * ShoutOut: To ''Theatre/DieFledermaus,'' a German comedy play. ''Fledermaus'' means ''bat'' in German. |
| 150 | %%* ThoseTwoGuys: With Sewer Urchin. |
| 151 | |
| 152 | !!'''Sewer Urchin''' |
| 153 | [[quoteright:274:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sewer_urchin.jpg]] |
| 154 | ->'''Appears In:''' animated series |
| 155 | ->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JessHarnell |
| 156 | |
| 157 | Basically what you get when you combine ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} and Film/RainMan. One of the Tick and Arthur's closest friends, Sewer Urchin is a sewer-dwelling man who dresses in a prickly costume and aqualung. Mocked for his social awkwardness and clinging odor, it turns out he's actually a very skilled adventurer in the sewers, who just is out of his element in the surface world (and any ally who enters his domain finds out they're just as out of their element in his). |
| 158 | ---- |
| 159 | * ADayInTheLimelight: For the first two seasons, Sewer Urchin is just a gimmicky side-character. In season 3's "The Tick vs. Filth", we get to see Sewer Urchin in one of his own adventures, with the Tick and Arthur in the role of his sidekicks. |
| 160 | * CanonForeigner: He debuted in the cartoon. |
| 161 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "[Something]. Definitely [something]." |
| 162 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Like all the characters in the series, he's kind of quirky. |
| 163 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Him doing a complete 180 from an incompetent socially awkward dolt with a stutter, to a hypercompetent and knowledegable hero when he fights crime in the sewers is similar to the special interests and fixations that autistic people have. |
| 164 | * {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} and Film/RainMan. |
| 165 | * GracefulInTheirElement: Sewer Urchin is an easily defeated, socially awkward dork on the surface world, but "the apotheosis of cool" in the sewers. |
| 166 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: ''The Tick vs. Filth'' shows that he's had many successful adventures in the sewers unbeknownst to the rest of the city, aside from the city maintenance workers, who regard him as a great legend. |
| 167 | * InSeriesNickname: For [[ThePigPen obvious reasons]], both The Tick and Die Fledermaus occasionally call Sewer Urchin "Stinky". |
| 168 | * NiceGuy: He's always willing to help out The Tick and Arthur on a case and doesn't seem to have a single mean bone in his body. |
| 169 | * ThePigPen: He has a constant stench about him. In "The Tick vs. Filth", we also learn he scavenges most of his food from dumpsters and the like. |
| 170 | * SecretlyWealthy: It turns out that Sewer Urchin is actually very wealthy; he's turned the AbsurdlySpaciousSewer to his advantage by establishing a luxurious penthouse-style home down there, and he scavenges huge amounts of money from the sewers due to people losing wallets and cash. He just doesn't flaunt it because he's a NiceGuy. |
| 171 | * ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: He's very skilled in his home turf. Once he's up on street level he devolves to a babbling dolt. |
| 172 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Die Fledermaus. Despite the bat-clad hero's constant bullying of Sewer Urchin, he seems to be Sewer Urchin's closest "friend" outside of the Tick and Arthur. |
| 173 | |
| 174 | !!'''Batmanuel''' |
| 175 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batmanuel_8.jpg]] |
| 176 | ->'''Appears In:''' 2001 live-action series |
| 177 | ->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NestorCarbonell |
| 178 | |
| 179 | A DashingHispanic version of Batman. A lecherous, cowardly, moron who hits on Captain Liberty constantly. |
| 180 | ---- |
| 181 | %%* BatmanParody: Another one, like Die Fledermaus. |
| 182 | %%* TheCasanova |
| 183 | * CasanovaWannabe: He's actually [[TheCasanova reasonably successful with women a lot of the time]], but strikes out whenever it would be funny. Note the first episode, where he seduces Captain Liberty easily and is implied to have gotten her pregnant, but then spends the rest of the series being shot down by her grumpily. |
| 184 | %%* TheCowl |
| 185 | * DashingHispanic: Most of the humor surrounding Batmanuel involves his hyperactive libido and tendency towards making bad choices thanks to his penis. |
| 186 | * {{Expy}}: Of Die Fledermaus (and therefore, indirectly, Batman) due to licensing issues. |
| 187 | %%* HandsomeLech |
| 188 | %%* ItsAllAboutMe: Frequently |
| 189 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite hitting on her every chance he gets, he does genuinely care for Janet, as well as The Tick and Arthur. He actually manages to salvage Captain Liberty's career at a hearing by spinning her naked posing as representing America's openness to other countries. |
| 190 | * LovableCoward: Though unlike Die Fledermaus he does actually try to fight crime. |
| 191 | |
| 192 | !!'''Captain Liberty ''' |
| 193 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_liberty_2.jpg]] |
| 194 | ->'''Appears in:''' 2001 live-action series |
| 195 | ->'''Portrayed By:''' Liz Vassey |
| 196 | |
| 197 | A patriotic superhero working for the government who is, essentially Art/StatueOfLiberty-themed. Has a complicated relationship with Batmanuel after a one-night stand at the beginning of the series. Her real name is Janet. |
| 198 | ---- |
| 199 | %%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Batmanuel |
| 200 | * CleavageWindow: A star-shaped one. After the first episode, the cleavage inside it is visibly felt rather than natural. |
| 201 | * {{Expy}}: Of American Maid (and, through her, of Captain America and Wonder Woman) due to licensing issues. |
| 202 | * MsFanservice: She and other characters complain about her sexualized costume from time to time, and one episode's B-plot actually revolved around her being photographed naked for a magazine without her knowledge. |
| 203 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Despite seeing herself as the sane one in her circle, she has her own pack of neuroses and problems to deal with. |
| 204 | %%* OnlySaneMan: She trades this role with Arthur. |
| 205 | * StockingFiller: She wears fishnets. |
| 206 | [[/folder]] |
| 207 | |
| 208 | [[folder:Other heroes]] |
| 209 | !!'''Big Shot''' |
| 210 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bigshot.png]] |
| 211 | ->'''Appears in:''' comics, animated series |
| 212 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Kevin Schon |
| 213 | |
| 214 | A gun-toting psychopathic superhero with issues. |
| 215 | ---- |
| 216 | %%* NinetiesAntiHero: A parody of them, particularly Punisher.%%How? |
| 217 | * AbusiveParents: Heavily Implied. When he breaks down crying he cries about how he wishes his mother loved him, meaning she could've either been outright abusive or simply a neglectful moron. |
| 218 | * AdaptationExpansion: Appears in the comic only as a one-off gag about the NinetiesAntiHero. |
| 219 | * BerserkerTears: Whenever he starts firing guns, he sheds tears. It eventually culminates in him breaking down about his mother. |
| 220 | * BottomlessMagazines: Subverted. In the first episode he runs out of ammo before he actually gets to fight the Idea Men. |
| 221 | * CaptainErsatz: Though a parody of {{Nineties Anti Hero}}es in general, he's a specific parody of ComicBook/ThePunisher. |
| 222 | * CharacterDevelopment: Takes the Tick's advice to seek some help in the cartoon to heart, and is much more friendly and mellow in his second appearance. |
| 223 | * CleanDubName: He was called Hollowpoint in the comics, but that probably wouldn't fly on Saturday mornings. |
| 224 | * DeconstructiveParody: Of [[NinetiesAntiHero '90s Anti-Heroes]]. Instead of his traumatic backstory turning him into a ruthless killing machine, it realistically just gave him genuine mental and emotional issues, making him dysfunctional. |
| 225 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: He ends up running out of ammo right before a fight because he wasted most of it turning things into his skull insignia. |
| 226 | * SuperheroPackingHeat: A parody of such. His use of them makes him ineffectual and only underlies his serious mental issues, though mostly because he wastes all his ammo by stopping to shoot his logo on every wall he finds. |
| 227 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: His traumatic past didn't make him into an ultra-lethal and unstoppable killing machine but gave him some deep-seated issues and emotional baggage. |
| 228 | |
| 229 | !!'''Carmelita Vatos''' |
| 230 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carmelita.png]] |
| 231 | ->'''Appears in:''' animated series |
| 232 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JenniferHale |
| 233 | |
| 234 | The daughter of the man who designed Arthur's flying suit. |
| 235 | ---- |
| 236 | * AdaptationExpansion and LeftHanging: The comic does feature the silent appearance of a woman in a moth suit near the end of the original run that was never elaborated upon; some of Ben Edlund's notes were used in developing Carmelita for the cartoon. |
| 237 | * DisappearedDad: It turns out he was a Gepetto case -- stuck inside a whale. |
| 238 | %%* DistaffCounterpart: To Arthur. |
| 239 | %%* LoveInterest: To Arthur. |
| 240 | * OohMeAccentsSlipping: Her Latina accent seems to dip in and out. |
| 241 | |
| 242 | !!'''Oedipus''' |
| 243 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oedipus_01.jpg]] |
| 244 | ->'''Appears in:''' comics |
| 245 | |
| 246 | The daughter of a wealthy man who took ninja lessons instead of ballet. |
| 247 | ---- |
| 248 | * AbusiveParents: Her step mother berates her, cares nothing for how she feels and proceeds to chastise Oedipus for getting injured keeping ninjas at bay, ninjas who planned to wipe out every last person present at said step-mom's party. Thankfully said stepmother leaves when Oedpius' father stands up to the woman. |
| 249 | %%* CaptainErsatz: She's a parody of Elektra.%%How? |
| 250 | * HighlyVisibleNinja: Downplayed. Her yellow outfit won't do her any favors stealthwise but she's leagues ahead of her incompetent competition. |
| 251 | * PunnyName: Oedipus is the opposite of an Elektra complex. Ironically, she shows hints of having an Elektra complex (at the very least, she seems inordinately protective of her father and pleased at the idea that her stepmother might be killed). |
| 252 | * WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Oedipus outright admits that her name is pretty awful when The Tick reacts in surprise to it. |
| 253 | * WickedStepMother: She has one. Oedipus is ecstatic at the thought of her possibly dying due to the ninja swarming her house. |
| 254 | |
| 255 | !!'''Agrippa, Roman God of the Aqueduct''' |
| 256 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mighty_agrippa_god_of_the_aqueduct.jpg]] |
| 257 | ->'''Appears in:''' comics and animated series |
| 258 | |
| 259 | An obscure member of the Roman pantheon of gods who has turned to crimefighting. |
| 260 | ---- |
| 261 | * DemotedToExtra: He didn't have a huge role in the comics, but he was reduced entirely to cameos in the cartoon. |
| 262 | * HeartIsAnAwesomePower: He's able to instantly transport water from one location to another, which turns out to be a surprisingly useful power given that he's essentially manipulating water itself due to his control over it. |
| 263 | * MakingASplash: Appropriate for a god of aqueducts, he can instantly transport water from one location to another. He has enough control to weaponize it, dumping vast quantities at once onto foes. |
| 264 | * MissedTheCall: An odd example, he was apparently the last member of the Roman pantheon to be created, and was told to report for duty the next day, only to find the gates to Olympus locked, with a note saying the other gods left to "try and start something on Jupiter". He still retains all his godly powers despite this. |
| 265 | * {{Parody}}: Of Thor and Hercules from Marvel, being a literal god who has turned to super-heroics like the former, but having the Greco-roman theme of the latter. |
| 266 | * SuperPowerLottery: Being a minor god, he has super strength, invulnerability, super speed, and as part of his original role, control over water. |
| 267 | |
| 268 | !!'''The Human Bullet''' |
| 269 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/humanbullet.png]] |
| 270 | ->'''Appears in:''' animated series |
| 271 | A bullet-themed hero who lives in the suburbs with his wife and son. His real name is Mitch. |
| 272 | ---- |
| 273 | * ActionDad: He has a family, lives in the suburbs, and fights crime. Self-explanatory, really. |
| 274 | * BattleCry: (To his son) "Fire me, boy!" Even when his son isn't available, he never alters his battle cry, once telling his wife to "fire me, boy!". |
| 275 | %%* CaptainErsatz: Of Bulletman. |
| 276 | * HumanCannonball: His entire schtick, along with being a family man, is being fired out of a cannon. |
| 277 | * LogicalWeakness: His sole tactic is being fired out of a cannon at the current problem; since, like an actual bullet, he can't maneuver in mid-air, he usually ends up either contributing nothing or just making matters worse. |
| 278 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: More than once he's made a situation worse; when he was fired against Dinosaur Neil he hit him in the gut, causing him to vomit the aspirin that the Tick made him take [[ItMakesSenseInContext to turn him back into a human]]. |
| 279 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Often seen having a barbeque with his family any time he's not engaged in super-heroism. |
| 280 | |
| 281 | !!'''The Caped Chameleon''' |
| 282 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chameleon_8.jpg]] |
| 283 | ->'''Appears in:''' animated series |
| 284 | A chameleon-themed superhero who doesn't do much. |
| 285 | ---- |
| 286 | * AccidentalMisnaming: Arthur seems to think his name is "The Crusading Chameleon". |
| 287 | * ButtMonkey: He fails to blend into a plaid surface in his first appearance, and is instantly [[CurbStompBattle humiliatingly beaten by a brainwashed Tick in his second]]. |
| 288 | %%* HollywoodChameleon: His superpower. |
| 289 | * WeaksauceWeakness: He can't do plaid; when he tries, his powers short-circuit and disorient him. |
| 290 | |
| 291 | !!'''Civic-Minded Five''' |
| 292 | ->'''Appears in:''' Comics, animated series |
| 293 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Roger Rose (Four-Legged Man), Rob Paulsen (Captain Mucilage), Creator/PatFraley (Carpeted Man), Creator/SusanSilo (Jungle Janet) |
| 294 | A quintet of bizarre heroes who do good as their civic duty. |
| 295 | ---- |
| 296 | * AdaptedOut: Feral Boy is the only member of the team in both the comics and the animated series; otherwise the lineups are completely different (the comics lineup had Oddman, Radio King, Mr. Envelope, and Fernslinger). |
| 297 | * AdaptationalLocationChange: Defended the town of Mankato, MN in the comics; in the animated series, they defend The City. |
| 298 | * BattleCry: "Let's make a difference!" |
| 299 | * {{Expy}}: Aside from being a super-team (and thus inviting comparisons to the ComicBook/FantasticFour, the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, etc.), each member is basically multiple characters mashed together. Four-Legged Man acts and looks akin to Silver Age ComicBook/{{Superman}} (complete with his eyes [[EyesAlwaysShut always being closed]], but having four legs might come from the period where ComicBook/SpiderMan had six arms. Captain Mucilage is basically a heroic spin on a B-list Marvel villain, the Trapster (better known by his AtrociousAlias Paste-Pot Pete). Jungle Janet is a mix of Giganta (a DC villain who often wears animal skin, though she can grow; Janet can't) and ComicBook/AnimalMan (given that she can communicate with animals). Feral Boy might be a clone of ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}, though he's noticeably less intelligent and more rabid than Kamandi ever was. |
| 300 | * LogicalWeakness: Carpeted Man's biggest obstacle is the fact that, as he's constantly covered in thick, shag carpet, he's always overheating. |
| 301 | * ShockAndAwe: Carpeted Man's power...if his suit [[WeaksauceWeakness wasn't constantly causing him to overheat]]. |
| 302 | * SpeaksFluentAnimal: One of Jungle Janet's powers. |
| 303 | * StatuesqueStunner: Jungle Janet notably towers over her teammates. |
| 304 | * StickySituation: Captain Mucilage's specialty. |
| 305 | * VertebrateWithExtraLimbs: Four-Legged Man has, well, four legs. |
| 306 | * WildChild: Feral Boy. |
| 307 | [[/folder]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | [[folder:Supervillains]] |
| 310 | |
| 311 | !!'''Chairface Chippendale''' |
| 312 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chairface1.png]] |
| 313 | ->'''Appears in:''' comics and the animated series |
| 314 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TonyJay |
| 315 | |
| 316 | A crime boss who has a chair for a head, also a sword fighting expert. |
| 317 | ---- |
| 318 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: According to Chairface himself, he was shunned by society due to having a chair for a head. |
| 319 | * ArchEnemy: He declares himself this to The Tick in the comics. Supplementary materials reveal that The Tick would be thrilled; it's the one element of the superhero lifestyle that The Tick fears he lacks. |
| 320 | * AttentionWhore: He tries to write his name on the moon just to show off. In the comics, just to tweak him over this trait, the attempt is blamed on Creator/{{Charo}}. |
| 321 | * BodyHorror: When he briefly switches bodies with Chrome Dome, who was occupying The Tick's body at the time, Chrome Dome points out how bizarre and horrifying Chairface's physical state really is and can't even figure out how he's talking. Chrome Dome wants a different body even though Chairface's is half his original age and very fit. His entire desire for the [[FreakyFridayFlip Body Swapper]] is how unhappy he is with his own body. |
| 322 | * TheDon: In the cartoon, he basically runs organized crime in The City. |
| 323 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: In the comics, when The Tick was trapped in an asylum Chairface attempted to strike up a deal with Barry Hubris where his gang would acknowledge him as the "real" Tick in exchange for him ignoring their crimes. Unfortunately for him, Barry was so insane that he completely ignored this deal, leading to Chairface deciding to bust Tick out of the Asylum because he's at least predictable. |
| 324 | * {{Homage}}: He is based on the various disfigured ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' villains, such as Flattop or Pruneface. Same with his henchmen. In fact, in ''ComicStrip/LilAbner'', the Dick Tracy parody "Fearless Fosdick" once encountered a murderous villain known as The Chippendale Chair, whose ''entire body'' took the form of... a chair. |
| 325 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: Or at least noticed. Apparently having a chair for a head isn't enough. |
| 326 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: Always seen in a sharp vest, tie and white gloves. |
| 327 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: He's named for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Chippendale Thomas Chippendale]], a famous furniture designer. |
| 328 | * NonHumanHead: He's got a wooden chair in place of a head; it's right there in his name! |
| 329 | * WickedCultured: Dresses sharply, eats fine food and is prone to sophisticated dialogue. |
| 330 | |
| 331 | !!'''The Terror''' |
| 332 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/terror2.png]] |
| 333 | ->'''Appears in:''' all versions |
| 334 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RobPaulsen (animated series), Creator/ArminShimerman (live-action, 2001), Creator/JackieEarleHaley (live-action, 2016) |
| 335 | |
| 336 | "The greatest villain of the 20th century... and maybe some of the 19th." |
| 337 | ---- |
| 338 | * EvilOldFolks: When he first appears, he's already nearly 100. Previously assaulted UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt and was friends with UsefulNotes/JosefStalin. |
| 339 | * EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Averted, he is incredibly disappointed that his son didn't become a supervillain himself, and instead became a regular white-collar worker. |
| 340 | * HumongousMecha: Travels in a mobile, spider-legged base, which is armed with a giant spring-loaded boxing glove he once used to try to punch the Roosevelt memorial on Mount Rushmore. |
| 341 | * LegionOfDoom: Put one together which consisted of The Human Ton and Handy, Tuun-La Not of This World, The Man Eating Cow and his old compatriot Joseph Stalin, though this was later revealed to be a former graduate student in Russian studies named Stalingrad, who based his supervillain identity on the original Stalin. |
| 342 | * UrExample: In-universe, he was one of the first supervillains. |
| 343 | * WellDoneSonGuy: His son, who is in his 60's himself, tries to bond with his father in "Grandpa Wore Tights" by joining his supervillain group. |
| 344 | * WhenYouComingHomeDad: His son Charlie calls him out at one point for never spending any time with him when he was a kid. Terror says that he had to work, but also because Charlie was such an annoying little dweeb. |
| 345 | |
| 346 | !!'''Red Scare''' |
| 347 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/redscare.gif]] |
| 348 | ->'''Appears in:''' comics, 2001 live-action series |
| 349 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Carrick O'Quinn |
| 350 | |
| 351 | * AdaptedOut: Didn't appear in the animated series. |
| 352 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: He's a robot in the live-action series. |
| 353 | * KillerRobot: Originally built to assassinate then-president Jimmy Carter. In the present, the Russians decide to destroy the U.S. Postal Service instead, but they accidentally activated it before they could begin reprogramming. |
| 354 | * PunchClockVillain: In the comics, he was hired by The Running Guy to cause some chaos and take a dive for him. |
| 355 | * RedScare: Played straight in the live-action pilot, where he was a robot created in the later days of the USSR. [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in the comics; he's merely an actor who intentionally takes the fall for would-be heroes so that they have a "villain" to defeat and can gain street cred. As the comic appearance was in the late 80's, it was just the then-popular convenient villain choice. |
| 356 | * StarterVillain: In the live-action pilot. In the comics, he's one as an attempted InvokedTrope - The Running Guy hires him to take a fall to be the stepping stone for what Running Guy hopes is a prosperous heroing career. |
| 357 | |
| 358 | !!'''[[SelfDemonstrating/TheEvilMidnightBomberWhatBombsAtMidnight The Evil Midnight Bomber (What Bombs at Midnight)]]''' |
| 359 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evilmadbomber.png]] |
| 360 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MauriceLamarche |
| 361 | |
| 362 | * AnimalMotifs: Bugs. He has a vague resemblance to a cockroach, and he drives a Volkswagen Beetle. |
| 363 | * AxCrazy: If there's anything he's interested besides blowing things up, we never see it. |
| 364 | * BeneathNotice: Apparently everyone but [[OnlySaneMan Arthur]] is buying his PaperThinDisguise as a "part-time electrician". |
| 365 | * BlatantLies: He can't even get through a full sentence without launching back into another rant: |
| 366 | -->'''The Evil Midnight Bomber (What Bombs at Midnight):''' You'll never prove a thing copper, I'm just a part time electrician. I... I... I... {{BAD IS GOOD|AndGoodIsBad}}, BABY! [[BombThrowingAnarchists DOWN WITH GOVERNMENT!]] |
| 367 | * BombThrowingAnarchists: Played utterly straight -- he wants to blow up superheroes and the government for no readily apparent reason other than [[CardCarryingVillain because he's evil]]. |
| 368 | * CardCarryingVillain: He's not just any Midnight Bomber, he's the '''Evil''' Midnight Bomber: |
| 369 | -->'''The Evil Midnight Bomber:''' ...So he says to me, "You wanna be a baaaaad guy?" And I say yeah, baby! I wanna be bad! I SAYS, SURF'S UP SPACE PONIES! I'M MAKING GRAVY WITHOUT THE LUMPS! [[LaughingMad Ah ha ha ha ha haaaaa!]] |
| 370 | * CaptainErsatz: Upgrade [[Series/TheMuppetShow Crazy Harry]] from wild-eyed prankster to actual supervillain and this is what you have. |
| 371 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: A VerbalTic of his in general, including his villain name. |
| 372 | * EvilCounterpart: Despite being a one time villain, he can be considered a villainous version of the Tick himself, as they're both completely out of their minds and have insect motifs, and even having antannae as a part of their outfit. The main difference is that despite being a lunatic, the Tick is an incredibly friendly and benevolent guy who isn't held back at all by his insanity, while the Evil Midnight Bomber is dangerously insane, not to mention self-centered, as he wants to blow up as many superheroes as possible just for the VillainCred. |
| 373 | * EvilLaugh: Punctuates almost every line with cackling LaughingMad villainous laughter. |
| 374 | %%* FunnySchizophrenia: Implied. |
| 375 | * TheGhost: Whoever it was that "says to him" he needs to blow up the Comet Club. (Probably just a voice in his head.) |
| 376 | * IceCreamKoan: Botches a number of common aphorisms to the point where they they become this instead. |
| 377 | -->'''The Evil Midnight Bomber:''' AN OBJECT AT REST, [[UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject CANNOT BE STOPPED]]!!! |
| 378 | * IncrediblyObviousBomb: Gas grenades and stick-on metal cylinders with blinking lights... carried in a huge black leather bag marked "BOMBS". |
| 379 | * LargeHam: Even for this show, he stands out. Ranting, shrieking, and laughing like a lunatic are basically the whole of his character. |
| 380 | * LaughablyEvil: Even though every villain is some shade of this, he stands out in particular for being a gigantic loony who uses '''''very''''' unusual phrases and never stops rambling incoherently to himself. |
| 381 | * LaughingMad: Seems to find the thought of blowing stuff just ''hilarious''. |
| 382 | * MadBomber: Self-declared and right in the name, in case you missed that. He's planning to blow up the Comet Club and all the superheroes in it. |
| 383 | * MotiveRant: PlayedWith -- he's not delivering it to anyone in particular, just muttering [[TalkingToThemself to]] ''[[TalkingToThemself himself]]'': |
| 384 | -->'''The Evil Midnight Bomber:''' So he says to me, "You gotta do something smart, baby. Something BIG!" He says, "You wanna be a super villain, right?" And I go yeah, baby, YEAH! YEAH! WHAT DO I GOTTA DO? He says, "You got bombs, blow up the comet club, it's packed with super heroes, you'll go down in SUPERVILLAIN HISTORY!" And I go yeah, baby, 'cause I'm the Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight! Aaahhh-hahahahaha! |
| 385 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Creator/MauriceLamarche has said in interviews that the character's off-the-wall speech patterns were meant to be a take on Creator/SamKinison, a friend of his. |
| 386 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: All things considered, he comes closer to killing the heroes than anyone. |
| 387 | * OneShotCharacter: Despite becoming one of the animated series' best-known and most memetic characters, his only actual appearance is in "The Tick Vs. The Tick". After that, the only times we see him are when he's being removed by a bouncer at a supervillain awards show and a cameo in the episode "Heroes", where he is shown being arrested by Agrippa in the intro of the ''Series/{{COPS}}''-parody ''HEROES''. |
| 388 | * PinPullingTeeth: Uses his teeth to pull the pin of a [[SmokeOut smoke grenade]]. |
| 389 | * TalkativeLoon: Is not, in fact, capable of holding in his insane ranting for more than a few seconds at a time. Sample dialogue: |
| 390 | -->'''The Evil Midnight Bomber:''' I-I-I just, uh, I just uh, wanted to use the uh, heh, ah-AND SO HE SAYS, EVIL'S OKAY IN MY BOOK, WHAT ABOUT YOURS? AND I GO YEAH, BABY, YEAH! YEAH! I... I... uh, just wanted to, uh, wash my hands. |
| 391 | * TalkingToThemself: Seemingly incapable of ''not'' muttering and ranting to himself. |
| 392 | * TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: The Evil Midnight Bomber isn't exactly pithy by itself, but he [[InsistentTerminology always adds]] "What [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Bombs At Midnight]]!" to the end. |
| 393 | * VerbalTic: A whole ''bunch'' of them. "And I go yeah, baby! Yeah!" "So I says to him, I says to him, I says..." He also [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment repeats himself a lot]] in general. |
| 394 | -->'''The Evil Midnight Bomber:''' And I go YEAH, BABY, YEAH! [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya I'M THE EVIL MIDNIGHT BOMBER]] WHAT BOMBS AT MIDNIGHT! '''[[LaughingMad AAAAAHH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAA!]]''' |
| 395 | |
| 396 | !!'''The Breadmaster''' |
| 397 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/breadmaster.png]] |
| 398 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RoddyMcDowall (1st voice), Creator/JessHarnell (2nd voice), Martin Jarvis (3rd voice) |
| 399 | |
| 400 | Just what a says, a terrorist bomber who makes expanding and explosive breads, Aided by a person named Buttery Pat, a man literally made of butter. |
| 401 | ---- |
| 402 | * EvilChef: He makes bread-bombs and targets any business he's insulted by. |
| 403 | * EvilIsPetty: Went into villainy because the breadmaking school he went to kicked him out for making explosive bread (and other perverse baking experiment such as sentient pastries). |
| 404 | * HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Despite how ridiculous his skills sound, he's actually one of the most competent and dangerous villains, not just for the somewhat lackluster heroes of The City, but against far more powerful ones such as FlyingBrick Eclair from "The Tick Vs. Europe". |
| 405 | * HonorBeforeReason: His baked goods do not contain any artificial preservatives, even if it means that his gingerbread henchmen will go stale and no longer move. Though he ''is'' willing to cut corners on his soufflé when pressed for time and materials. |
| 406 | * MadBomber: Somewhat, his bread is less explosive and more expanding. Still has the same effect though. His bread rolls fits this trope better, as they're essentially edible hand grenades. |
| 407 | * SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Wrote out his EvilLaugh in a letter to the heroes. |
| 408 | * SupremeChef: The few times anyone has a chance to try his creations, they're stated to be very tasty, despite their evil purpose. |
| 409 | * WeaksauceWeakness: His Gingerbread Tank in "The Tick Vs Europe". It's a very powerful weapon, capable of shooting explosive pastries and an extremely tough frosting spray that disables the super-strong Eclair. However, Arthur destroys one of it's treads with a box of milk and ruins it's ability to move, since, you know, it's still made of gingerbread, meaning that liquid turns it soft and mushy. |
| 410 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: In his first appearance anyway; the Breadmaster despises the food industry, ''especially'' the mass production of bread and other baked goods, since so much of it is cheaply made with inferior ingredients and soaked in chemicals to ensure a long shelf life. While this does keep the cost low for the consumer, it also results in a bland, flavorless product with terrible texture. |
| 411 | |
| 412 | !!'''El Seed''' |
| 413 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elseed.png]] |
| 414 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/EdGilbert |
| 415 | |
| 416 | A humanoid flower bent on spreading a floral revolution. |
| 417 | ---- |
| 418 | * ArtisticLicenseHistory: Claims that before most animals evolved, plants lived in harmony with the bees. Plants and animals both originated on the cellular level. |
| 419 | %%* BondVillainStupidity: |
| 420 | %%* DashingHispanic: He tries to come off as one at least.%%As what? |
| 421 | * FantasticRacism: Despises all mammals, especially humans, for their consumption of plant life. |
| 422 | * GirlPosse: Followed around by two women who speak in CreepyMonotone dressed in bee costumes. |
| 423 | * GreenThumb: A lot of his plans are plant based. |
| 424 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He hates the entire animal kingdom for eating plants, yet he has no problem employing the Bee Twins, a pair of {{Animal Themed Superbeing}}s, as his henchmen. |
| 425 | * MookMaker: Uses chemicals to make plant-based mooks to fight for him. |
| 426 | * PlantPeople: He's a walking, mobile sunflower with a face in a suit. And [[MookMaker he's planning to make more...]] |
| 427 | * VillainsOutShopping: He rented the crop-duster he uses to spread his plant-sentience-giving chemicals around, and took an agricultural course in night school. |
| 428 | |
| 429 | !!'''The Bee Twins''' |
| 430 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beetwins2.png]] |
| 431 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Pat Musick |
| 432 | Two bee-costumed women who work for El Seed. |
| 433 | ---- |
| 434 | * AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Which is odd considering they work for a plant with a known hatred of the entire animal kingdom. |
| 435 | * CreepyMonotone: For added creepy factor, they do it in unison. |
| 436 | * CreepyTwins: It doesn't get much creepier than bee-themed supervillains speaking and acting in unison. |
| 437 | * SingleMindedTwins: They say and do everything in unison. |
| 438 | %%* SpeakInUnison: All of the time. |
| 439 | * UndyingLoyalty: When El Seed is feeling down on himself, the Bee Twins take the time to give his self-esteem a boost. |
| 440 | |
| 441 | !!'''Brainchild''' |
| 442 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charles_4.png]] |
| 443 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RobPaulsen (1st voice), Stuart Stone (2nd voice) |
| 444 | |
| 445 | A young evil genius who has an exposed brain inside a dome and schemes to make a name for himself for villainy. His real name is Charles. |
| 446 | ---- |
| 447 | * BigBadWannabe: He aspires to be a major threat and his second (and last) appearance had him trying to prove himself to villain community by showcasing a transformation weapon and selling it to the highest bidder. |
| 448 | * CardCarryingVillain: Since he's still a child, most non-evil adults assume he's just misguided, but as he'll tell you repeatedly, he really is a bad guy. The Tick realizes this during his first appearance, and his parents in the second. |
| 449 | * ChildProdigy: Has a very high level intellect, though likewise is still pretty childish. |
| 450 | * ColonyDrop: His premiere episode had him trying to crash the moon into the Earth - for no reason beyond the fact that he wanted to do ''something'' evil and [[ForTheEvulz this was the first thing he thought of]]. |
| 451 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: After capturing the Tick, Brainchild invites all of The City's biggest villains to bid for the chance to have the hero for themselves. It nearly fails because, while tormenting the Tick for thwarting his previous plans, Brainchild turned him into a two-headed pigeon, forgetting to change him back before presenting him to the other villains; they assume that the bird is just a bird, and Brainchild has to briefly revert the Tick to his usual form to get them to stay. |
| 452 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He was grossed out when [[ItMakesSenseInContext the Tick tasted the yolk from his own egg]]. |
| 453 | * MyBrainIsBig: His brain is so massive it's contained in a glass dome on his head. |
| 454 | * PetTheDog: Despite claiming his dog, Skippy, as just another minion. He was the one who gave him a robot body when he had gotten run over by a car, frantically saved him when his body was crushed in the collapse of his treehouse lair, and likewise built him a new body in his next encounter with the Tick. |
| 455 | * {{Revenge}}: His second episode had him specifically targeting the Tick for stopping his plans the first time... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and getting him grounded in the process]]. |
| 456 | |
| 457 | !!'''The Idea Men''' |
| 458 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ideamen.png]] |
| 459 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Ed Gilbert |
| 460 | |
| 461 | A group of thieves who wear iconic metal masks and tuxedos on their heists, and travel around in a huge blimp with their Idea symbol on it. |
| 462 | ---- |
| 463 | * AndThenWhat: Unlike most of the other villains who usually have some cartoonish [[EvilPlan master plan]], all the Idea Men want is money. |
| 464 | -->'''Idea Man:''' ''[mask pops open]'' Well, we thought we’d steal a lot of money, and then we’d be rich, and we wouldn’t have to work anymore! |
| 465 | * BoringButPractical: Armed with standard machine guns rather than superpowers or super tech. |
| 466 | * CoolAirShip: Their blimp, which they use in their heists to literally airlift their ill-gotten gains away. Even the Tick is impressed. |
| 467 | * ILied: They hold the City Dam hostage with a bomb, which they intend to detonate even after they get paid, presumably to cause chaos while they make their escape. |
| 468 | * {{Greed}}: Matching suits, custom masks, a getaway blimp and an elaborate scheme to hold the city hostage and then flood it anyway, and [[AndThenWhat what's their ultimate motive]]? ...Ten million dollars. It's not trivial, but still, there had to be easier ways to get it. |
| 469 | * {{Parody}}: Probably to Marvel's criminal organization A.I.M., the Advanced Idea Mechanics, who all wear similarly silly headgear that one expects would muffle their voices. But, where the A.I.M. guys are all mad scientists, the Idea Men are just crooks. |
| 470 | * StarterVillain: The villains of the very first episode of the animated series, with their generic villainy and the ease with which they're taken down being [[DontExplainTheJoke the joke]] -- like all "idea men", they want to get paid just for having one big idea without having to put the work in. |
| 471 | * TalkingWithSigns: They resort to this when making their demands. |
| 472 | * TheUnintelligible: They all speak muffled gibberish because their metal masks cover their mouths. |
| 473 | |
| 474 | !!'''Proto-Clown''' |
| 475 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/proto_clown.jpg]] |
| 476 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Kevin Schon |
| 477 | |
| 478 | A creature who happened to resemble a clown, but with superhuman strength who went on a rampage. |
| 479 | ---- |
| 480 | * BerserkButton: Despite having the features of a circus clown, he ''hates'' being laughed at. |
| 481 | * TheBrute: Big, strong, not too bright and very angry. |
| 482 | * HulkMashUp: He’s ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk as a clown.His creator, Bud Frontier, intended for him to be a [[NonIronicClown a funny clown]] but ended being a literal MonsterClown. |
| 483 | * {{Irony}}: Despite being a clown, his BerserkButton is being laughed at. |
| 484 | * TheJuggernaut: His physical might far surpassing most other characters in the series. Not even having BOTH of American Maid's shoes thrown at him! It takes the Tick hitting him ''from orbit'' to take Proto-Clown down for the count. |
| 485 | %%* MonsterClown: Of the brutish behemoth variety.%%Meaning what? |
| 486 | * LastOfHisKind: Bud Frontier had created several proto clowns but only one managed to thrive . . . you guessed it. |
| 487 | * TragicMonster: Proto-Clown only wanted to have his feelings respected. Unfortunately being a clown, he's always laughed at. |
| 488 | |
| 489 | !!'''The Sewer Czar''' |
| 490 | [[quoteright:274:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sewer_czar.jpg]] |
| 491 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' John Mariano |
| 492 | |
| 493 | Lou Salazar was the most corrupt sanitation commissioner The City has ever known. He tried to take over with an army of filth -- a species of BlobMonster created from the garbage and grunge that accumulates in the sewers, but was thwarted by Sewer Urchin at some point prior to the series' start. His first in-series appearance is in ''"The Tick vs Filth"'', where he tries to take over again, this time with an army of smart filth. |
| 494 | ---- |
| 495 | %%* ArchEnemy: To Sewer Urchin. |
| 496 | * BadBoss: Insults and denigrates his Smart Filth, who question his goals and immediately desert him the moment he's captured. |
| 497 | * CorruptPolitician: Tried to take over The City with an army of Filth while serving as its sanitation commissioner. |
| 498 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Attempts to wipe out the surface-dwellers with his army of Filth...only they proceed to point out that without said surface people, there won't be anything to make Filth ''from''. He doesn't listen. |
| 499 | * NoNonsenseNemesis: Probably the most serious of any villain (at least in the animated series), though admittedly that's not much going by the standards of the other villains. |
| 500 | * StevenUlyssesPerhero: His civilian name was Lou Salazar, which shares a lot in common with "Sewer Czar". |
| 501 | * VillainOfAnotherStory: His battles with Sewer Urchin. |
| 502 | |
| 503 | !!'''Smart Filth''' |
| 504 | [[quoteright:342:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smart_filth.jpg]] |
| 505 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' David Landers, Chuck [=McCanin=] |
| 506 | |
| 507 | When the Sewer Czar's first foray in taking over the city failed, he decided that it was due to his minions' incompetence. So he whipped up a new batch of smarter filth. While they are able to follow his directives more effectively, they are also able to question why they should attack the surface world in the first place. |
| 508 | ---- |
| 509 | * BattleCry: "We're Filth! We're Filth! We come from filth, we're going to filth!". They don't actually understand what it's supposed to mean, it's something Lou came up with. |
| 510 | * BlobMonster: They're basically quasi-humanoid masses of chemical sludge. |
| 511 | * HeelFaceTurn: They're not that evil to begin with, but Sewer Urchin is able to convince them pretty easily into deserting en masse. |
| 512 | * MinionWithAnFInEvil: They're fairly chill and friendly, following The Sewer Czar's orders more out of inexperience than anything. |
| 513 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Lou treats his Smart Filth like crap, and because they are smart enough to question his authority as well as the long term repercussions of destroying the surface world with whom they form a symbiotic relationship with, revolt en masse the moment Lou is put in a disadvantageous position by the heroes. |
| 514 | * WeaksauceWeakness: Soap can drive them off. |
| 515 | [[/folder]] |
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