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The Tick (1994 TV series)

The Tick
The Tick (Série de desenho animado).jpg
Genre Superhero
Comedy
Satire
Created by Ben Edlund
Starring Townsend Coleman
Voices of Micky Dolenz (1994–95)
Rob Paulsen (1995–96)
Cam Clarke
Kay Lenz
Jess Harnell
Composer(s) Doug Katsaros
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 36 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Joe Bacall
Tom Griffin
C.J. Kettler
Producer(s) Hank Tucker
Running time 30 minutes (including commercials)
Production company(s) Sunbow Entertainment
Graz Entertainment
Fox Children's Productions
Distributor BVS Entertainment
Release
Original network FOX (Fox Kids)
TCC and Fox Kids (UK)
Original release September 10, 1994 – November 24, 1996

The Tick: The Animated Series is an American animated television series adaptation of the New England Comics satirical superhero, The Tick. The series aired for three seasons from 1994 to 1996 on the Fox network's Fox Kids block, which introduced the character to a mainstream audience. The Tick has been syndicated by various networks, further increasing the show's cult following, and has been released on both VHS and DVD. A live-action series aired in 2001.

The Tick was also shown on Teletoon in Canada as part of its Toonaholics Anonymous block in 2001 and on Jetix in the United States.

While still in college, Tick creator Ben Edlund was producing his independent comic book series The Tick based on the character. He was eventually approached by Kiscom, a small, New Jersey-based toy licensing and design company. Kiscom wanted to merchandise The Tick, much in the way that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a rival independent comic series, had been merchandised the previous year. Major TV networks and studios were reluctant to take on an animated series based on the absurd character. Kiscom stayed in touch with Edlund and finally Sunbow Entertainment, the small, New York-based animation company that created The Transformers, G.I. Joe, and The Mask, paired him up with writer Richard Liebmann-Smith. Neither had any experience in animation or television, but for two months they worked vigorously on the first episode of The Tick. Neither man held high esteem for their final script, and their feelings were validated when FOX turned down the first pitch. They were given one more chance to refine it in five days. Over one weekend, they worked "instinctively" with little sleep and ended up satisfying FOX. Edlund later reflected, "We kind of defined in one weekend exactly where the show went for that first season, which was cool."


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