We have Superman, Batman, Spider-man, X-Men, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Fantatstic Four, Iron Man, and The Incredible Hulk on the famous television animated series, and now we have The Tick. This is definitely one of the funniest shows around, back when cartoons actually had quality to them. Although I doubt I saw this show on Fox Kids (now called Fox Box and 4KidsTV, all because of the hostile takeover of 4KidsEntertaiment, unfortunately), I have seen three episodes- Heroes (a parody of the show Cops), The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil, The Tick vs. Mr. Mental- on Jetix, which has luckily re-aired it along with Spider-Man, X-Men, and recently Fantastic Four.
The idea of each episode is simple by fruitful. The Tick, the "blue-bug" human warrior goes out on patrol to subdue evildoers (and we know that The Tick wouldn't be evil, cause eating kittens is WRONG, yeah!). He would also have his sidekick Arthur the Moth, who could actually fly (or more likely glide) while Tick would crash through the top of buildings to find where evil has it's insidious location. There would be The Deadly Bulb (aka Pig-Leg), Dinosaur Neil (who's somewhat like Dr. Curt "Lizard" Conners, if you know what I mean), Mr. Mental (known for specialized mind control), Bread Master, Chairface Chippendale, an impostor Tick, Mole-Men, 'El Seed, even Arthur's bank account!
This show has a lot of spoofs of famous comic characters like Batman, X-Men, S.H.I.E.L.D., etc. In addition to Tick and Arthur, there's also American Maid (Wonder Woman), Die Flatermeus (Batman), Sea Urchin, and many others to fight evil. The voices are just about watermark. It's strange that Townsend Coleman, the voice of Michelangelo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is the voice of Tick, as he sounds much more like Beau Weaver or Neil Ross. Rob Paulsen, voice of Raphael, does the second voice of Arthur (who was originally voiced by Mickey Dolenz), and also others like Crusading Chameleon, and Cam Clarke, who does Leonardo, performs Die Flatermeus and sound very much the same. That's just about it except for Barry Gordon who plays Donatello. The guest voices look promising, like Mark Hamill, Dan Castelleneta, Maurice LaMaurche, Tony Jay, and Jim Cummings.
All in all, this is definitely worth watching if you can find it on Jetix or Toon Disney. And remember- Spoon!
The idea of each episode is simple by fruitful. The Tick, the "blue-bug" human warrior goes out on patrol to subdue evildoers (and we know that The Tick wouldn't be evil, cause eating kittens is WRONG, yeah!). He would also have his sidekick Arthur the Moth, who could actually fly (or more likely glide) while Tick would crash through the top of buildings to find where evil has it's insidious location. There would be The Deadly Bulb (aka Pig-Leg), Dinosaur Neil (who's somewhat like Dr. Curt "Lizard" Conners, if you know what I mean), Mr. Mental (known for specialized mind control), Bread Master, Chairface Chippendale, an impostor Tick, Mole-Men, 'El Seed, even Arthur's bank account!
This show has a lot of spoofs of famous comic characters like Batman, X-Men, S.H.I.E.L.D., etc. In addition to Tick and Arthur, there's also American Maid (Wonder Woman), Die Flatermeus (Batman), Sea Urchin, and many others to fight evil. The voices are just about watermark. It's strange that Townsend Coleman, the voice of Michelangelo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is the voice of Tick, as he sounds much more like Beau Weaver or Neil Ross. Rob Paulsen, voice of Raphael, does the second voice of Arthur (who was originally voiced by Mickey Dolenz), and also others like Crusading Chameleon, and Cam Clarke, who does Leonardo, performs Die Flatermeus and sound very much the same. That's just about it except for Barry Gordon who plays Donatello. The guest voices look promising, like Mark Hamill, Dan Castelleneta, Maurice LaMaurche, Tony Jay, and Jim Cummings.
All in all, this is definitely worth watching if you can find it on Jetix or Toon Disney. And remember- Spoon!