Line #9 Trivia/TheTick2016


1	* ActorAllusion:
2	** Walter is oddly concerned with the condition of people's feet [[spoiler: and secretly a badass fighter]]. Makes sense since he's played by the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze former head of the Foot Clan.]]
3	** In the Japanese dub, the titular hero is voiced by Creator/KentaMiyake, better know for anime fans for voicing another super hero dressed in blue (and other colors): [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia All Might]]. He also voiced another super hero, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], in the Japanese dubs of the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' films.
4	* TheCastShowoff: The Terror plays the drums, just like his actor Creator/JackieEarleHaley.
5	* DuelingWorks: With two shockingly different takes on street-level Superheroes who follow The Hero's Journey and launching one week apart with similarly low episode counts, this and ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' have drawn inevitable comparisons in reviews. The Tick's main draw in comparison has been it's ability to keep a grounded, entertaining story without having to resort to a dark tone to keep audiences hooked, much like ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}'' did to ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' before.
6	* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Curiously enough, the 2016 series will be the first time that any adaptation of the comic being dubbed to Japanese, as neither the 2001 miniseries nor the [[WesternAnimation/TheTick animated show]] were brought there before.
7	* PlayingAgainstType: In the US, Peter Serafinowicz is primarily known as the asshole roommate Pete in ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'', the asshole Nova Corpsman Garthan Saal in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'', and the voice of [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Darth Maul]], all very British. Here, he's playing a flamboyant BigGood CloudCuckoolander.
8	* PromotedFanboy: Griffin Newman has stated in interviews that he has been a huge fan of 'The Tick', mostly of the 2001 series.
9	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/GriffinNewman has been none-too-shy about accusing Creator/PrimeVideo of treating the show with disdain and effectively dooming its second season to failure, and has since gone on to harshly criticize the streaming television model in general. Indeed, season 2 of ''The Tick'' received drastically less online advertising compared to ''Series/{{Hanna}}'' (which debuted just a few weeks earlier) as well as ''[[Series/TheBoys2019 The Boys]]'' (another Amazon superhero show that premiered just months afterwards, and whose second season was treated as a major event by the network).
10	* ShoutOut: Behind Tinfoil Kevin's office, there's a sheet of metal with "[[VideoGame/{{Portal}} The cake is a lie]]" scrawled on it.
11	* RemakeCameo:
12	** Creator/TownsendColeman, the voice of the Tick from the animated series, voices Midnight, the talking dog sidekick.[[note]]Mascot![[/note]]
13	** Following the midpoint reveal for Season 2, Creator/LizVassey, who played Captain Liberty/Janet in ''Series/TheTick2001'', provides the voice of Lobstercules.
14	* RoleReprise: In the Latin American Spanish dub, Creator/GerardoReyero reprises the Tick from [[Series/TheTick2001 the 2001 series]].
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