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The Tick

★ 7.7 7K votes 2001–2002 1 season · 9 episodes Ended FOX
ParodyA sustained send-up of other genres or works.This show: 9/10CampyKnowingly over the top and enjoying every minute of its own excess.This show: 9/10AbsurdistSurreal, logic-bending comedy.This show: 8/10WhimsicalPlayful, fanciful and lightly magical in sensibility.This show: 7/10Warm humorAffectionate comedy that genuinely loves its characters.This show: 7/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Patrick WarburtonDavid BurkeLiz VasseyNestor CarbonellWilliam NewmanCharley Rossman
Written by
Ben Edlund
Starring
Patrick WarburtonDavid BurkeLiz VasseyNestor CarbonellWilliam NewmanCharley Rossman
Written by
Ben Edlund
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"Deadpan superhero parody that never winks at you"

Based on the cult comic, this live-action series follows a dim but supremely powerful superhero called The Tick and his anxious accountant-turned-sidekick as they patrol a city crawling with oddball villains. It's a broad, silly parody of superhero tropes, played completely straight by its cast, which is exactly why it works. The humor is deadpan and gleefully dumb, the pace brisk, and Patrick Warburton's booming, clueless heroism carries every scene. It never got room to grow, but what's here is a tight, quotable, good-natured goof on capes-and-tights earnestness.

Watch it for

Patrick Warburton's gloriously oblivious, booming performance as the title hero.

Maybe skip if

you want modern superhero polish rather than cheap, earnest early-2000s sitcom energy.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12001
7.42K924h 54m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot7.2
31622 min
▶2The Funeral7.7
242207 min
▶3Couples7.4
232207 min
▶4The License7.3
209207 min
▶5Arthur Needs Space7.3
205207 min
▶6The Big Leagues7.8
20723 min
▶7The Tick vs. Justice7.5
198207 min
▶8Arthur, Interrupted7.5
202207 min
▶9The Terror7.4
216207 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Patrick Warburton The Tick
David Burke Arthur
Liz Vassey Captain Liberty
Nestor Carbonell Batmanuel
William Newman The Cape
Charley Rossman Cop #1
Maury Ginsberg Officer Shapiro
Missi Pyle Stacy
Ron Perlman Fiery Blaze
Sam McMurray The Immortal

Crew

Ben Edlund

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