The Tick (2010 Series)

There could be a Possiblity of The Tick to Return back to animation in the 2010s though. The Series will be run by the creators of The Venture Bros.

Premise
A square-jawed, muscular, bright blue-costumed figure with antennae sticking up from his head, The Tick is a surreal parody of superheroes, in the vein of Dave Sim's character, The Cockroach. He is well-intentioned, friendly, good-natured, high-spirited, frequently obtuse, and prone to quipping odd, dim remarks and "inspirational" speeches filled with bizarre metaphors. The Tick is known for his nonsensical battle cry, "Spoooooon!", which he decided upon one day while eating breakfast (specifically, the cereal Drama Flakes).

Like many superheroes, The Tick has a sidekick, a rather plump former accountant named Arthur. Arthur wears a white moth suit that allows him to fly; although he is often mistaken for a bunny due to the long ear-like antennae of his costume and the fact that his wings are often folded up. The Tick is impulsive, and Arthur serves as a sort of conscience; he also figures out the schemes of villains and formulates plans to stop them. Arthur's "battle cry" (such as it is) is "Not in the face! Not in the face!"

In all of his incarnations, The Tick is surrounded by a cast of equally absurd heroes and villains, many of them parodies of popular comic book characters and character types. Few of the "superheroes" in the Tick mythos have powers that would measure up to those of DC Comics or Marvel Comics characters, but their foes are often equally silly and/or weak. The Tick lives in a city simply called "The City." In the animated series, The Tick was assigned to The City after his "Cabinet of Terror" (described by The Tick as the "deadliest engine of destruction 1974 had to offer") exploded, leaving him unharmed, during his city assignment selection trials at the National Super Institute Convention in Reno, Nevada. According to the series' companion book, The Tick: Mighty Blue Justice!, at least one of the judges was amazed by this (perhaps by The Tick's survival), awarding The Tick a score of 10 out of 10.

Principal Cast
John DiMaggio - The Tick, The Living Doll, Lava Man

Cam Clarke - Arthur, Fishboy, Johnny Polite

Diedrich Bader - Die Fledurmaus, Lou Salazar: The Sewer Czar

Susan Eisenberg - American Maid

Steven Blum - Sewer Urchin, The Visual Eye, Jim Rage, Flith

Supporting Cast
Keith Szarabajka

Nolan North

Grey DeLisle

Tom Kenny

Bill Fagerbakke

Jennifer Hale

Philip Proctor

Kevin Michael Richardson

Hyden Walch

Rick D Wasserman

Kari Wahlgren

John Kassir

John Cygan

Roger Rose

Terri Hawkes

Jim Cummings

Robin Atkin Downes

Greg Eagles

Dwight Schultz

Supervillians
Dwight Schultz

Brian Bloom

Jim Cummings

Cathy Moriarty

JB Blanc

Jeffrey Combs

Dana Snyder

Michael T. Wiess

Grey DeLisle

John Kassir

Peter Lurie

Neal McDonohugh

Edward Asner

Xander Berkeley

Philip Proctor

Clancy Brown

Grey DeLisle

Dorian Harewood

Dave Fennoy

Gregg Berger

Mark Hamill

Lex Lang

Tricia Helfer

Gerrit Graham

Phil Austin

Chairface Chippendale and his Henchmen
Richard McGonagle

Robin Atkin Downes

Mark Hamill

James Arnold Taylor