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'''Oedipus'''
-->Appears in: The Comic
The daughter of a wealthy man who took ninja lessons instead of ballet.
* AbusiveParents: Her step mother berates her, cares nothing for how she feels and procedes to chastize oedpius 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.
* {{Expy}}: A parody of Elektra.
* HighlyVisableNinja:Downplayed. Her yellow outfit won't do her any favors stealthwise but she's leagues ahead of her incompetent competition.
* PunnyName: Oedipus is the opposite of an Elektra complex.
* WickedStepMother: Has one. Oedipus is exastic at the thought of her possibly dying due to the ninja swarming her house.
-->Appears in: The Comic
The daughter of a wealthy man who took ninja lessons instead of ballet.
* AbusiveParents: Her step mother berates her, cares nothing for how she feels and procedes to chastize oedpius 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.
* {{Expy}}: A parody of Elektra.
* HighlyVisableNinja:Downplayed. Her yellow outfit won't do her any favors stealthwise but she's leagues ahead of her incompetent competition.
* PunnyName: Oedipus is the opposite of an Elektra complex.
* WickedStepMother: Has one. Oedipus is exastic at the thought of her possibly dying due to the ninja swarming her house.
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** HeartIsAnAwesomePower: In the comics,he has an inexhaustible supply of two-dollar bills in his pockets, which he uses for expenses.
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** HeartIsAnAwesomePower: In the comics,he comics, he has an inexhaustible supply of two-dollar bills in his pockets, which he uses for expenses.
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* UglyCute: He's not much to look at, but his bulging wall-eyes give him an appealingly baffled look.
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A capybara The Tick found in the Amazon jungle after getting tossed by a catapult and hallucinated speaking, Speak ends up being adopted as Tick and Arthurs "crime fighting dog". Naturally, Speak cant actually talk, and mostly seems terrified by his new owners histroic behavior. Still, he remains with the duo for the remainder of the series.
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* TeamPet
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* TeamPet
TeamPet: Against his will.
* UglyCute: He's not much to look at, but his bulging wall-eyes give him an appealingly baffled look.
* UglyCute: He's not much to look at, but his bulging wall-eyes give him an appealingly baffled look.
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* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Very skilled in his home turf. Outside it well....Once he's up on street level he devolves to a babbling dolt.
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* {{Expy}}: Of Batman and Die Fledermaus
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* {{Expy}}: Of Batman and Die FledermausFledermaus (and therefore, indirectly, Batman).
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* CleavageWindow: A star-shaped one
* {{Expy}}: Of American Maid and Captain America.
* {{Expy}}: Of American Maid and Captain America.
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* CleavageWindow: A star-shaped one
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* {{Expy}}: Of American Maidand (and, through her, of Captain America.America).
* {{Expy}}: Of American Maid
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* DisappearedDad: Turns out he was inside blowhole the whole time
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* LoveInterest: To Arthur
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* IdiotHeroIdiotHero: Luckily for him, TooDumbToLive is combined with Nigh-Invulnerability!
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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. Nervous and far more reserved than his partner, Arthur provides a grounded persepctive the Tick deperatnly needs.
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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. Nervous A little neurotic and far more reserved than his partner, Arthur provides a grounded persepctive perspective the Tick deperatnly desperately needs.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: In the comics his Judaism is spelled out: it doesn't come up much in the cartoon or live-action series.
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** NighInvulnerable: Though someone sufficently strong can hurt him, he can withstand lasers, gunfire and, most notably, a nuclear bomb blast going by the cartoon alone.
** HeartIsAnAwesomePower: In the comics,he has an inexaustable supply of two-dollar bills in his pockets, which he uses for expenses.
** HeartIsAnAwesomePower: In the comics,he has an inexaustable supply of two-dollar bills in his pockets, which he uses for expenses.
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** NighInvulnerable: Though someone sufficently strong can hurt him, he can withstand lasers, gunfire and, most notably, a nuclear point-blank bomb blast going by the cartoon alone.
** HeartIsAnAwesomePower: In the comics,he has aninexaustable inexhaustible supply of two-dollar bills in his pockets, which he uses for expenses.
** HeartIsAnAwesomePower: In the comics,he has an
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A capybara The Tick found in the Amazon jungle after getting tossed by a catapult and hallucinated speaking, Speak ends up being adopted as Tick and Arthurs "crime fighting dog". Naturally, Speak cant actually talk, and mostly seems terrified by his new owners histroic behavior. Still, he remains with the duo for the remainder of the series.
* InformedSpecies: Looks ''nothing'' like a real capybara, his design looks more like a really ugly dog.
* TeamPet
'''American Maid'''
--> Appears In: The Cartoon
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* GreenEyedMonster: Tick was initially jealous of Arthur's relationship with Carmelita. He eventually gets over it, and eventually even becomes a ShipperOnDeck.
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* AxCrazy
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* LargeHam: Even for this show, he stands out.
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* ForGreatJustice: Talks about justice constantly, especially in the cartoon.
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* NotInTheFace: TropeNamer
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* TookALevelInJerkass: When Arthur took a villains belt that gave him super-strength, he became a bigger and bigger jerk until Tick literally knocked some sense into him.
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* OOCIsSeiousBusiness: 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 Nigh Invulnerability]] can be (he single-handedly levels his foes' AmusementPark base).
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* OOCIsSeiousBusiness: 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 Nigh Invulnerability]] can be (he single-handedly levels his foes' AmusementPark base).
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Evident in all adaptations, and explicitly described by Arthur in the comic "The Tick's Back".
** The comics have only filled in some of his past; up until ''The Tick's Loony 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.
* OOCIsSeiousBusiness: 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 Nigh Invulnerability]] can be (he single-handedly levels his foes' AmusementPark base).
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** HeartIsAnAwesomePower: In the comics,he has an inexaustable suply of two dollar bills in his pockets, which he uses for expenses.
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** HeartIsAnAwesomePower: In the comics,he has an inexaustable suply supply of two dollar two-dollar bills in his pockets, which he uses for expenses.
expenses.
* 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.
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* AnimalMotifs: He wears a moth costume
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* OfficialCouple: With Carmetia in the cartoon.
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* OfficialCouple: With Carmetia Carmelita in the cartoon.
* CanonForeigner: Debuted in the cartoon.
* CanonForeigner: Debuted in the cartoon.
* CanonForeigner: Debuted in the cartoon.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Takes the Tick's advice to seek some help in the cartoon to heart, and is much friendly and mellow in his second apperance.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Appears in the comic only as a one-off gag about the NinetiesAntiHero.
* CharacterDevelopment: Takes the Tick's advice to seek some help in the cartoon to heart, and is much friendly and mellow in his secondapperance.appearance.
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* 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.
* 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 Charo.
* 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 Charo.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: ''Tick vs Filth'' shows that he's had many successful adventures in the sewers unbeknownst to the rest of the city.
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* BadassNormal: The single most competent hero in the animated series.
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* BadassNormal: The single most competent hero in the animated series.series (and, apart from The Tick and Arthur, the only one who actually manages to get anything heroic done on a remotely reliable basis).
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'''The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight'''
-->Portrayed by Creator/MauriceLamarche
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment
* {{Expy}}: Upgrade [[Series/TheMuppetShow Crazy Harry]] from wild-eyed prankster to actual supervillain and this is what you have.
* MadBomber: [[CaptainObvious In case you missed that]]
* TalkativeLoon: Sample dialogue:
-->''And so he says to me, he says, “You want to be a baaaaad guy?!” and I say, “Yeah, baby! I want to be bad!” I says, “Surf's up, Space Ponies! I'm making gravy without the lumps!” [[EvilLaugh Ah ha ha ha ha haaaaa]]!''
-->Portrayed by Creator/MauriceLamarche
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment
* {{Expy}}: Upgrade [[Series/TheMuppetShow Crazy Harry]] from wild-eyed prankster to actual supervillain and this is what you have.
* MadBomber: [[CaptainObvious In case you missed that]]
* TalkativeLoon: Sample dialogue:
-->''And so he says to me, he says, “You want to be a baaaaad guy?!” and I say, “Yeah, baby! I want to be bad!” I says, “Surf's up, Space Ponies! I'm making gravy without the lumps!” [[EvilLaugh Ah ha ha ha ha haaaaa]]!''
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* KillerRobot: Originally built to assassinate then-president Jimmy Carter. In the present, the Russians decide to destroy the U.S. Postal Service, but was accidentally activated before they could reprogram it.
* PunchClockVillain: In the comics, h was hired by The Running Guy to cause some chaos and take a dive for him.
* PunchClockVillain: In the comics, h was hired by The Running Guy to cause some chaos and take a dive for him.
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* KillerRobot: Originally built to assassinate then-president Jimmy Carter. In the present, the Russians decide to destroy the U.S. Postal Service, Service instead, but was accidentally activated before they could reprogram it.
* PunchClockVillain: In the comics,h he was hired by The Running Guy to cause some chaos and take a dive for him.
* PunchClockVillain: In the comics,
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* {{Expy}}: Of WonderWoman, minus the powerspowers.
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** Interestingly, in the first episode, he was among the many superheroes heading to stop the Idea Men until he was distracted by American Maid.
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[[folder: Supervillains]]
'''Chairface Chippendale'''
-->Appears in: The Comics and the Cartoon
-->Portrayed by Tony Jay
A crime boss who has a chair for a head, also a sword fighting expert.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Or at least noticed.
'''The Terror'''
-->Appears in: All Versions
-->Portrayed by: Rob Paulsen (Cartoon), Armin Shimerman (Live-Action)
"The greatest villain of the 20th century... and maybe some of the 19th."
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
'''Red Scare'''
-->Appears in: The Comics and the Live Action Series
-->Portrayed by Carrick O'Quinn
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: He's a robot in the live-action series.
* KillerRobot: Originally built to assassinate then-president Jimmy Carter. In the present, the Russians decide to destroy the U.S. Postal Service, but was accidentally activated before they could reprogram it.
* PunchClockVillain: In the comics, h was hired by The Running Guy to cause some chaos and take a dive for him.
* RedScare
* StarterVillain: In the live-action pilot.
[[folder: Supervillains]]
'''Chairface Chippendale'''
-->Appears in: The Comics and the Cartoon
-->Portrayed by Tony Jay
A crime boss who has a chair for a head, also a sword fighting expert.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Or at least noticed.
'''The Terror'''
-->Appears in: All Versions
-->Portrayed by: Rob Paulsen (Cartoon), Armin Shimerman (Live-Action)
"The greatest villain of the 20th century... and maybe some of the 19th."
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
'''Red Scare'''
-->Appears in: The Comics and the Live Action Series
-->Portrayed by Carrick O'Quinn
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: He's a robot in the live-action series.
* KillerRobot: Originally built to assassinate then-president Jimmy Carter. In the present, the Russians decide to destroy the U.S. Postal Service, but was accidentally activated before they could reprogram it.
* PunchClockVillain: In the comics, h was hired by The Running Guy to cause some chaos and take a dive for him.
* RedScare
* StarterVillain: In the live-action pilot.
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A former accountant,and current moth themed (Though everyone tends to assume he's a rabbit due to his wings usually being retracted)superhero, retracted) superhero, he's The Tick's roommate and sidekick. Nervous and far more reserved than his partner, Arthur provides a grounded persepctive the Tick deperatnly needs.
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A DashingHispanic version of batman. A lecherous, cowardly, moron who hits on captain liberty constantly.
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A DashingHispanic version of batman. Batman. A lecherous, cowardly, moron who hits on captain liberty Captain Liberty constantly.
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* CleavageWindow: A star shaped one
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* CleavageWindow: A star shaped onestar-shaped one
* {{Expy}}: Of American Maid and Captain America.
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* NinetiesAntiHero: A parody of them.
them, particularly Punisher.
* SuperheroPackingHeat: A parody of such. His use of them makes him ineffectual and only underlies his serious mentalissues.
issues.
* SuperheroPackingHeat: A parody of such. His use of them makes him ineffectual and only underlies his serious mental
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* 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.
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* OnlySaneManOnlySaneMan: Deconstructed. Depending on the source material, he either quits his job as an accountant or is fired from it, both times after wearing his suit to the office on several occasions. The deconstruction occurs because this [[RuleofCool COSTUME LETS HIM FLY,]] so not using it as often as possible would clearly be crazy, too. His interactions with legitimately insane people show that either have similar powers but use them dangerously or inappropriately, or mundane humans who look down on him because they think there's something wrong with him for willingly looking ridiculous even if it lets him fly and save lives.
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[[folder: Other Heroes]]
'''Big Shot'''
-->Appears in: The Comics and The Cartoon
-->Portrayed by: Kevin Schon
A gun toting psychopaththic superhero with issues.
* CharacterDevelopment: Takes the Tick's advice to seek some help in the cartoon to heart, and is much friendly and mellow in his second apperance.
* NintiesAntiHero: A parody of them.
* SuperheroPackingHeat: A parody of such. His use of them makes him ineffectual and only underlies his serious mental issues.
'''Carmelita Vatos'''
-->Appears in: The Cartoon
-->Portrayed by Jennifer Hale
The Daughter of the man who designed Arthur's flying suit.
* DisappearedDad: Turns out he was inside blowhole the whole time
* DistaffCounterpart: To Arthur
* LoveIntrest: To Arthur
[[folder: Other Heroes]]
'''Big Shot'''
-->Appears in: The Comics and The Cartoon
-->Portrayed by: Kevin Schon
A gun toting psychopaththic superhero with issues.
* CharacterDevelopment: Takes the Tick's advice to seek some help in the cartoon to heart, and is much friendly and mellow in his second apperance.
* NintiesAntiHero: A parody of them.
* SuperheroPackingHeat: A parody of such. His use of them makes him ineffectual and only underlies his serious mental issues.
'''Carmelita Vatos'''
-->Appears in: The Cartoon
-->Portrayed by Jennifer Hale
The Daughter of the man who designed Arthur's flying suit.
* DisappearedDad: Turns out he was inside blowhole the whole time
* DistaffCounterpart: To Arthur
* LoveIntrest: To Arthur
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Basically what you get when you combine aquaman and rainman. One of the Tick and Arthur's closest friends.
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Basically what you get when you combine aquaman Aquaman and rainman.RainMan. One of the Tick and Arthur's closest friends.
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* LoveableCoward:Though unlike Die Fledermaus he does actually try to fight crime.
''Captain Liberty aka Janet''
''Captain Liberty aka Janet''
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''Captain '''Captain Liberty aka Janet'''''
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'''The Tick''Tick'''
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'''The Tick''
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'''American Maid'''
--> Appears In: The Cartoon
-->Portrayed By: Kay Lenz
The City's most competent hero. While frustrated with the Tick's antics, she respects his ability.
* ActionGirl
* BadassNormal: The single most competent hero in the animated series.
* CaptainPatriotic
* CombatStilettos: Which she frequently uses as projectiles.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Expy}}: Of WonderWoman, minus the powers
* PunnyName: "American Made"
'''Die Fledermaus'''
--> Appears In: The Cartoon
--> Portrayed By: Cam Clarke
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.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing
* CasanovaWannabe
* TheCowl
* DirtyCoward/LoveableCoward: Played for laughs,as he ping pongs between the two.
* {{Expy}}: Of Batman
* HandsomeLech
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Sewer Urchin
''Sewer Urchin''
-->Appears In: The Cartoon
-->Portrayed By: Jess Harnell
Basically what you get when you combine aquaman and rainman. One of the Tick and Arthur's closest friends.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* {{Expy}}: Of Aquaman and RainMan
* ThePigPen: Has a constant stench about him.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Very skilled in his home turf. Outside it well....
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Die Fledermaus
''Batmanuel''
-->Appears In: The Live Action Series
-->Portrayed By: Nestor Carbonell
A DashingHispanic version of batman. A lecherous, cowardly, moron who hits on captain liberty constantly.
* TheCasanova
** CasanovaWannabe: When it comes to Captain Liberty
* TheCowl
* DashingHispanic
* {{Expy}}: Of Batman and Die Fledermaus
* HandsomeLech
* ItsAllAboutMe: Frequently
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite hitting on her every chance he gets, he does genuinely care for Janet, as well as The Tick and Arthur
* LoveableCoward:Though unlike Die Fledermaus he does actually try to fight crime.
''Captain Liberty aka Janet''
--> Appears in: The Live Action Series
--> Portrayed By: Liz Vassey
* ClevageWindow: A star shaped one
* FishnetStockings
* FlyingBrick
* MsFanservice
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite seeing herself as the sane one in her circle, she has her own pack of neuroses and problems to deal with.
* OnlySaneMan: Trades this role with Arthur
* SlapSlapKissKiss: With Batmanuel
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--> Appears In: The Cartoon
-->Portrayed By: Kay Lenz
The City's most competent hero. While frustrated with the Tick's antics, she respects his ability.
* ActionGirl
* BadassNormal: The single most competent hero in the animated series.
* CaptainPatriotic
* CombatStilettos: Which she frequently uses as projectiles.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Expy}}: Of WonderWoman, minus the powers
* PunnyName: "American Made"
'''Die Fledermaus'''
--> Appears In: The Cartoon
--> Portrayed By: Cam Clarke
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.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing
* CasanovaWannabe
* TheCowl
* DirtyCoward/LoveableCoward: Played for laughs,as he ping pongs between the two.
* {{Expy}}: Of Batman
* HandsomeLech
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Sewer Urchin
''Sewer Urchin''
-->Appears In: The Cartoon
-->Portrayed By: Jess Harnell
Basically what you get when you combine aquaman and rainman. One of the Tick and Arthur's closest friends.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* {{Expy}}: Of Aquaman and RainMan
* ThePigPen: Has a constant stench about him.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Very skilled in his home turf. Outside it well....
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Die Fledermaus
''Batmanuel''
-->Appears In: The Live Action Series
-->Portrayed By: Nestor Carbonell
A DashingHispanic version of batman. A lecherous, cowardly, moron who hits on captain liberty constantly.
* TheCasanova
** CasanovaWannabe: When it comes to Captain Liberty
* TheCowl
* DashingHispanic
* {{Expy}}: Of Batman and Die Fledermaus
* HandsomeLech
* ItsAllAboutMe: Frequently
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite hitting on her every chance he gets, he does genuinely care for Janet, as well as The Tick and Arthur
* LoveableCoward:Though unlike Die Fledermaus he does actually try to fight crime.
''Captain Liberty aka Janet''
--> Appears in: The Live Action Series
--> Portrayed By: Liz Vassey
* ClevageWindow: A star shaped one
* FishnetStockings
* FlyingBrick
* MsFanservice
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite seeing herself as the sane one in her circle, she has her own pack of neuroses and problems to deal with.
* OnlySaneMan: Trades this role with Arthur
* SlapSlapKissKiss: With Batmanuel
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The boisterous big blue defender of the city no matter the version. NighInvunerable, 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.
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The boisterous big blue defender of the city no matter the version. NighInvunerable, 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.
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* TheGoogglesDoSomething: He has goggles as part of his costume in the live action series, which are used to help him with wind resistance during flight.
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The Tick
-->Appears In: All Versions
-->Portrayed by: Townsend Coleman (Cartoon), Patrick Warburton (Live-Action)
The boisterous big blue defender of the city no matter the version. NighInvunerable, 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.
* AllLovingHero
* AdultChild: Has no understanding of romance and tends to be extremely naive.
* BoisterousBruiser
* BunnyEarsLawyer/CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: An idiot, a manchild, and a lunatic he may be, but regardless of the adaptation, he's the city's best hero.
* TheCape: In attitude. In appearance he's closer to TheCowl.
* CelibateHero: Due to not really understanding relationships.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Arthur
* IdiotHero
* LargeHam
* {{Metaphorgotten}}
* MonochromaticEyes: In the Comics and Cartoon
* MistakenForGay: In the live action series, due to mistaking some gay guys for superheroes.
* MysteriousPast: In the cartoon's and live action series, especially in the latter where a though police search found nothing about his past.
* NiceGuy: Unless he knows your evil, he'll treat you with the utmost kindness.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Arthur's Blue
* SuperPowerLottery: Parodied
** SuperStrength: To a ludicrous degree.
** SuperSenses: Occasionally
** NighInvunerable: Though someone sufficently strong can hurt him, he can withstand lasers, gunfire and, most notably, a nuclear bomb blast going by the cartoon alone.
** HeartIsAnAwesomePower: In the comics,he has an inexaustable suply of two dollar bills in his pockets, which he uses for expenses.
Arthur
-->Appears In: All Versions
-->Portrayed by: Mickey Dolenz (Cartoon, Season 1), Rob Paulsen (Cartoon, Seasons 2 and 3), David Burke (Live Action)
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. Nervous and far more reserved than his partner, Arthur provides a grounded persepctive the Tick deperatnly needs.
* ButtMonkey: At times.
* AnimalMotifs: He wears a moth costume
* TheCloudcuckoolandersMinder
* TheGoogglesDoSomething: He has goggles as part of his costume in the live action series, which are used to help him with wind resistance during flight.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With The Tick
* IAmNotAWeasel: He's not a rabbit no matter how many people mistake him for one.
* JumpedAtTheCall
* OfficialCouple: With Carmetia in the cartoon.
* OnlySaneMan
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to the tick's red.
* TheSmartGuy
* WeakButSkilled: No Real powers, but a keen wit that's saved the city dozens of times.
-->Appears In: All Versions
-->Portrayed by: Townsend Coleman (Cartoon), Patrick Warburton (Live-Action)
The boisterous big blue defender of the city no matter the version. NighInvunerable, 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.
* AllLovingHero
* AdultChild: Has no understanding of romance and tends to be extremely naive.
* BoisterousBruiser
* BunnyEarsLawyer/CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: An idiot, a manchild, and a lunatic he may be, but regardless of the adaptation, he's the city's best hero.
* TheCape: In attitude. In appearance he's closer to TheCowl.
* CelibateHero: Due to not really understanding relationships.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Arthur
* IdiotHero
* LargeHam
* {{Metaphorgotten}}
* MonochromaticEyes: In the Comics and Cartoon
* MistakenForGay: In the live action series, due to mistaking some gay guys for superheroes.
* MysteriousPast: In the cartoon's and live action series, especially in the latter where a though police search found nothing about his past.
* NiceGuy: Unless he knows your evil, he'll treat you with the utmost kindness.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Arthur's Blue
* SuperPowerLottery: Parodied
** SuperStrength: To a ludicrous degree.
** SuperSenses: Occasionally
** NighInvunerable: Though someone sufficently strong can hurt him, he can withstand lasers, gunfire and, most notably, a nuclear bomb blast going by the cartoon alone.
** HeartIsAnAwesomePower: In the comics,he has an inexaustable suply of two dollar bills in his pockets, which he uses for expenses.
Arthur
-->Appears In: All Versions
-->Portrayed by: Mickey Dolenz (Cartoon, Season 1), Rob Paulsen (Cartoon, Seasons 2 and 3), David Burke (Live Action)
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. Nervous and far more reserved than his partner, Arthur provides a grounded persepctive the Tick deperatnly needs.
* ButtMonkey: At times.
* AnimalMotifs: He wears a moth costume
* TheCloudcuckoolandersMinder
* TheGoogglesDoSomething: He has goggles as part of his costume in the live action series, which are used to help him with wind resistance during flight.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With The Tick
* IAmNotAWeasel: He's not a rabbit no matter how many people mistake him for one.
* JumpedAtTheCall
* OfficialCouple: With Carmetia in the cartoon.
* OnlySaneMan
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to the tick's red.
* TheSmartGuy
* WeakButSkilled: No Real powers, but a keen wit that's saved the city dozens of times.
