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* ShoutOut: To ''Theatre/DieFledermaus,'' a German comedy play.

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* ShoutOut: To ''Theatre/DieFledermaus,'' a German comedy play. ''Fledermaus'' means ''bat'' in German).
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* 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.

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* BerserkButton: Despite having the features of a circus clown, he ''hates'' being laughed at.



* TheJuggernaut: His physical might far surpassing most other characters in the series. Not even having BOTH of American Maid's shoes thrown at him!




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* TragicMonster: Proto-Clown only wanted to have his feelings respected. Unfortunately being a clown, he's always laughed at.
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-->Portrayed by: Townsend Coleman (Cartoon), Creator/PatrickWarburton (2001 Live-Action Series), Peter Serafinowicz (2016 Live-Action Series)

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-->Portrayed by: Townsend Coleman (Cartoon), Creator/PatrickWarburton (2001 Live-Action Series), Peter Serafinowicz Creator/PeterSerafinowicz (2016 Live-Action Series)
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** NighInvulnerable: Though 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 a black hole.

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** NighInvulnerable: Though 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.
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* BerserkerTears: Whenever he starts firing guns he sheds tears. It eventually culminates in him breaking down about his mother.
* BottomlessMagazines: Subverted. In the first episode he runs out of ammo before he actually fighting the villains.

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* BerserkerTears: Whenever he starts firing guns guns, he sheds tears. It eventually culminates in him breaking down about his mother.
* BottomlessMagazines: Subverted. In the first episode he runs out of ammo before he actually fighting gets to fight the villains.Idea Men.
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* AnimalMotifs: Bugs. He has a vaguely resemblance to a cockroach, and he drives a Volkswagen Beetle.
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* 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, revolt en masse the moment Lou is put in a disadvantageous position by the heroes.

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* 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, world with whom they form a symbiotic relationship with, revolt en masse the moment Lou is put in a disadvantageous position by the heroes.
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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, aside from him wearing a yarmulche a few times.

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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, aside from him wearing a yarmulche a few times.times, while in the cartoon, it features fairly prominently in the episode about his sister's wedding.

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* OverlyLongName: The Evil Midnight Bomber isn't exactly pithy by itself, but he [[InsistentTerminology always adds]] "What [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Bombs At Midnight]]!" to the end.


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* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: The Evil Midnight Bomber isn't exactly pithy by itself, but he [[InsistentTerminology always adds]] "What [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Bombs At Midnight]]!" to the end.
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-->'''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... [[GoodIsBadAndBadIsGood BAD IS GOOD]], BABY! [[BombThrowingAnarchists DOWN WITH GOVERNMENT]]!

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-->'''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... [[GoodIsBadAndBadIsGood BAD IS GOOD]], BABY! [[BombThrowingAnarchists DOWN WITH GOVERNMENT]]!GOVERNMENT!]]



-->'''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]]!

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-->'''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]]!haaaaa!]]



-->'''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]]!'''

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-->'''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]]!'''
AAAAAHH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAA!]]'''



* {{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]].

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* {{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]].

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* NinetiesAntiHero: A parody of them, particularly Punisher.
* 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.



* 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.



* NinetiesAntiHero: A parody of them, particularly Punisher.
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* MostCommonSuperpower: Averted, she's rather plain for a superheroine.

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* MostCommonSuperpower: Averted, she's rather plain flat-chested for a superheroine.
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* TheCowl: Parodied; he has the standard trappings... but he's a bumbling incompetent and a coward.

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* TheCowl: Parodied; he has the standard trappings... but he's a bumbling bumbling, incompetent and a coward.
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* 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.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: He ends up running out of ammo right before a fight because he wasted most of it turning things into his skull insignia.



* RealityEnsues: He ends up running out of ammo right before a fight because he wasted most of it turning things into his skull insignia.
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* 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.
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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.

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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 is... The Tick.
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For the Amazon Series version, click [[Characters/TheTick2016 here]].


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For the Amazon Series version, versions of the characters, click [[Characters/TheTick2016 here]].

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* BerserkerTears: Whenever he starts firing guns he sheds tears. It eventually culminates in him breaking down about his mother.
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!!'''The Evil Midnight Bomber (What Bombs at Midnight)'''

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* AndThenWhat: Unlike most of the other villains who usually have some cartoonish master plan, all the Idea Men want is money.

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* AndThenWhat: Unlike most of the other villains who usually have some cartoonish [[EvilPlan master plan, plan]], all the Idea Men want is money.


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* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/WonderWoman, minus the powers. Also of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica in personality.




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* WonderWomanWannabe: A pastiche of both Franchise/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 lasso, she [[ShoeSlap uses her high-heeled shoes as throwing weapons]]. Though, unlike most examples of this trope, she has no powers.
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* CelibateHero: 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]].

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* CelibateHero: 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]].

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* CaptainErsatz: Not of any specific character, but he is based on the various disfigured ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' villains, such as Flattop or Pruneface. Same with his henchmen.
** The joke goes deeper: 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.

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* CaptainErsatz: Not of any specific character, but he {{Homage}}: He is based on the various disfigured ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' villains, such as Flattop or Pruneface. Same with his henchmen.
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henchmen. In fact, in ComicStrip/LilAbner, ''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.


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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: He's named for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Chippendale Thomas Chippendale]], a famous furniture designer.

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* ShoutOut: To ''Theater/DieFledermaus,'' a German comedy play.

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* ShoutOut: To ''Theater/DieFledermaus,'' ''Theatre/DieFledermaus,'' a German comedy play.



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* {{Hypocrite}}: Hates the entire animal kingdom for eating plants, yet he has no problem employing the Bee Twins, a pair of AnimalThemedSuperbeings, as his henchmen.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Hates the entire animal kingdom for eating plants, yet he has no problem employing the Bee Twins, a pair of AnimalThemedSuperbeings, {{Animal Themed Superbeing}}s, as his henchmen.



* PlantPeople: He's a walking, mobile sunflower with a face in a NiceSuit. And [[MookMaker he's planning to make more...]]

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* PlantPeople: He's a walking, mobile sunflower with a face in a NiceSuit.suit. And [[MookMaker he's planning to make more...]]



* SpeakingInUnison: All of the time.

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!!!’’’Proto-Clown’’’
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