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An invulnerable, somewhat dim, superhero protects The City from all manner of evil-doers.
Details
- Created by
- Ben Edlund
- Studio
- Sunbow Productions, Graz Entertainment
- Released
- 10 September 1994
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Rated
- TV-Y7
- Episodes
- 36 across 3 seasons
- Awards
- 2 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Captain Mucilage (voice) / The Terror (voice) / Arthur (voice) / Crusading Chameleon (voice) / Brainchild / Charles (voice) / Caped Chameleon (voice) / The Forehead (voice)
Bud Frontier / Carpeted Man (voice) / Carpeted Man (voice) / Dog Sidekick / Orangutan Sidekick (voice) / Mayor Blank (voice) / Thrakkorzog's Tongue (voice) / Mayor Blank / Sgt. Doodlehead / Captain Sanity (voice) / Visual Eye (voice) / Australopithecine (voice) / Mitch (voice) +4 more
Bigshot (voice) / Proto Clown / Feral Boy (voice) / Feral Boy (voice) / Jack Tuber (voice) / Watt (voice) / Living Doll (voice) / Big Shot (voice) / Babyboomerangutan (voice)
Awards & nominations
See all 8 →2 wins from 8 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Best Animated TV Program 1997 | Best Animated TV Program | The Tick | Nominee |
| Best Individual Achievement: Voice Acting by a Male Performer in a TV Production 1997 | Best Individual Achievement: Voice Acting by a Male Performer in a TV Production | Townsend Coleman for playing the Tick | Nominee |
| Outstanding Sound Mixing - Special Class 1997 | Outstanding Sound Mixing - Special Class | Stuart Calderon, Deb Adair, John Boyd and David John West | Nominee |
| Outstanding Sound Editing - Special Class 1996 | Outstanding Sound Editing - Special Class | Marty Stein, David John West, Rick Hinson, Anthony Torretto, Chris Fradkin and Terry Reiff | Nominee |
| Outstanding in Animation 1996 | Outstanding in Animation | Andres Nieves, Claude Denis, Phillip Kim, David Manners, Richard Liebmann-Smith, Susan Blu, Larry Latham, Elaine Hultgren, Chuck Harvey, Christopher McCulloch, Hank Tucker and Ben Edlund | Nominee |
| Best Animated Television Program 1995 | Best Animated Television Program | The Tick | Nominee |
| Best Individual Achievement for Creative Supervision in the Field of Animation 1995 | Best Individual Achievement for Creative Supervision in the Field of Animation | Ben Edlund (co-producer) | Winner |
| Best Individual Achievement for Writing in the Field of Animation 1995 | Best Individual Achievement for Writing in the Field of Animation | Ben Edlund, Richard Liebmann-Smith for "The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account" | Winner |
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Full cast — The Tick
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Captain Mucilage (voice) / The Terror (voice) / Arthur (voice) / Crusading Chameleon (voice) / Brainchild / Charles (voice) / Caped Chameleon (voice) / The Forehead (voice)
Bud Frontier / Carpeted Man (voice) / Carpeted Man (voice) / Dog Sidekick / Orangutan Sidekick (voice) / Mayor Blank (voice) / Thrakkorzog's Tongue (voice) / Mayor Blank / Sgt. Doodlehead / Captain Sanity (voice) / Visual Eye (voice) / Australopithecine (voice) / Mitch (voice) +4 more
Bigshot (voice) / Proto Clown / Feral Boy (voice) / Feral Boy (voice) / Jack Tuber (voice) / Watt (voice) / Living Doll (voice) / Big Shot (voice) / Babyboomerangutan (voice)
Barry the Tick (voice) / Stalingrad (voice) / Eyebrows Mulligan (voice) / Mr. Mental (voice) / Thrakkorzog (voice) / Joseph Stalin / Captain Decency (voice) / Owner (voice) / Multiple Santa (voice) / Leonardo da Vinci / Mongol (voice)
The Bee Twins / Sally Vacuum (voice) / Mad Nanny (voice) / Sally Vacuum (voice) / Fred (voice) / The Bee Twins (voice) / Tuun-La Not Of This Earth (voice)
Mr. Smarty Pants / Soren (voice) / The Deadly Bulb (voice) / Hotel Manager (voice) / Human Ton / Handy (voice) / Thrakkorzog's Roommate (voice) / Doorman / Evil Midnight Bomber (voice)
George Washington Carver (voice) / Taft (voice) / Pineapple Pokopo (voice) / Golfer (voice)
Bellbot (voice) / Mr. Exciting (voice) / Dinosaur Neil (voice) / Dr. Mung Mung / Tongue Tongue (voice)
Johannes Gutenberg (voice) / El Seed / Indigestible Man (voice) / El Seed (voice) / Idea Man (voice)
Jet Valkyrie / Johnny Omega (voice) / Jungle Janet (voice) / Jungle Janet / Jet Valkyrie (voice)
8 awards — The Tick
×| Best Individual Achievement for Creative Supervision in the Field of Animation | Ben Edlund (co-producer) | Winner |
| Best Individual Achievement for Writing in the Field of Animation | Ben Edlund, Richard Liebmann-Smith for "The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account" | Winner |
| Best Animated TV Program | The Tick | Nominee |
| Best Animated Television Program | The Tick | Nominee |
| Best Individual Achievement: Voice Acting by a Male Performer in a TV Production | Townsend Coleman for playing the Tick | Nominee |
| Outstanding Sound Editing - Special Class | Marty Stein, David John West, Rick Hinson, Anthony Torretto, Chris Fradkin and Terry Reiff | Nominee |
| Outstanding Sound Mixing - Special Class | Stuart Calderon, Deb Adair, John Boyd and David John West | Nominee |
| Outstanding in Animation | Andres Nieves, Claude Denis, Phillip Kim, David Manners, Richard Liebmann-Smith, Susan Blu, Larry Latham, Elaine Hultgren, Chuck Harvey, Christopher McCulloch, Hank Tucker and Ben Edlund | Nominee |