- The Tick (live action TV series)
moved The Tick (2001 TV series) toThe Tick (live action TV series) : Mentioning it's a live action series is much more significant than saying it was aired in 2001.Infobox Television
show_name = The Tick
caption = "The Tick" DVD cover
format = Sitcom
runtime = 30 minutes (including commercials)
creator =Ben Edlund
starring =Patrick Warburton
David BurkeNestor Carbonell Liz Vassey
country = USA
network = FOX
first_aired =November 8 ,2001
last_aired =January 24 ,2002
num_episodes = 8 (1 unaired)
imdb_id = 0242949
tv_com_id = 3832|The Tick is an American
sitcom based on the comic book character of the same name. It aired on FOX in late 2001 and was produced by Columbia-TriStar Television. With a pilot airing onNovember 8 , the series only lasted nine episodes.This series was the first and only attempt at a
live action incarnation of The Tick five years after a successful, 3-season animated series. It features aparody style similar to the animated series and the bulkyPatrick Warburton . Guest appearances includeRon Perlman ,Christopher Lloyd , andDave Foley .Naugle, Patrick [http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/tickseries.php "The Tick: The Entire Series"] DVDVerdict.com (October 31 ,2003 ). RetrievedJanuary 5 ,2008 .] However, obvious changes had to be made for such a diverse format. For instance,American Maid and Die Fledermaus, both characters created on the animated series and therefore owned byThe Walt Disney Company , the inheritor to Fox's previous children's programming lineup, were replaced byCaptain Liberty andBatmanuel , aEurotrash ,Latin lover Spaniard . The back story also has The Tick being tricked into moving to (and protecting) The City after irritating employees of a remote bus station he had sworn to protect. The series was also more adult oriented, including moresexual innuendo and the superheroes frequenting a local bar. It also deemphasized both action scenes and extravagant supervillains.FOX had a considerable investment in the series, with
N2Toys even producing a line ofaction figures based on it. The live action "Tick" ultimately failed to recapture the success of its animated predecessor; however, its popularity was strong enough that the series would be released onDVD .Christopher McCulloch , who wrote for the Tick comic book, animated series, and live action series, met Patrick Warburton during filming. Shortly after, he would cast Warburton as the voice ofBrock Samson for hisAdult Swim series, "The Venture Bros. " Tick creatorBen Edlund would also write for "The Venture Bros." on occasion.Main cast
List of episodes
The episodes are listed here in their intended order (according to the
DVD release). When they were originally aired on FOX in theUnited States , they were aired out of order.
* 1 "Pilot" (originally aired8 November 2001 )
* 2 "The Terror" (unaired but included on the DVD)
* 3 "Arthur, Interrupted" (originally aired24 January 2002 )
* 4 "The License" (originally aired6 December 2001)
* 5 "Arthur Needs Space" (originally aired13 December 2001)
* 6 "Couples" (originally aired5 December 2001)
* 7 "The Funeral" (originally aired15 November 2001)
* 8 "The Tick Vs. Justice" (originally aired17 January 2002)
* 9 "The Big Leagues" (originally aired21 December 2001)DVD release
The complete series was released on
DVD throughSony Pictures Entertainment inSeptember 30 ,2003 . Tick creatorBen Edlund states on one of the DVD commentary tracks that he hopes the sales of the DVD might spur development of either a revived series or a movie, similar to the fates of other cult TV series such as "Firefly" (for which he was a writer and producer).The "Big Blue Bug" in The Tick's
speech bubble on the DVD cover is a reference toNew England Pest Control , a Providence,Rhode Island based extermination business which is locally famous for its large blue termite statue.External links
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* [http://www.tv.com/the-tick/show/3832/summary.html?q=the+tick "The Tick (2001 – 2002)" at TV.com]
* [http://www.hulu.com/show/319/the-tick "The Tick (full episodes)" at hulu.com]References
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