The Tick!

Karl Hungus

"I am mighty! I have a glow you cannot see. I have a heart as big as the moon, as warm as bathwater. We're superheroes, man! We don't have time to be charming! The boots of evil were made for walking. We're watching the big picture, friend. We know the score. We are a public service, not glamour boys! Not captains of industry! Not makers of things! Keep your vulgar moneys. We are a justice sandwich, no toppings necessary! Living rooms of America, do you catch my drift? Do you...dig?"

My god! What a fantastic cartoon!

Pity they dont make it any more...
I know it's not that retro, only being early ninties, and all...
But oh my, the memories!

"You know gang, when you're a superhero, you never know where the day will take you. You may find yourself halfway around the world in the shark-infested waters of true-to-life living. Or you may find yourself going down to the store for a lozenge. You can't know, can you? No! You gotta ride that wave, you gotta suck that lozenge! Cause if you don't, who will?"

El Marco

Oh man, this forum is about things that I'm too young to understand but my god the tick is my kind of cartoon! Every episode is a quote central and with the funniest villians and super heros I've ever seen. Who knew being a super hero could be an every day occupation

But in all seriousness I would give my right testical (not old lefty, he's close to my heart) for the tick in a dvd box set.

GoneShootin

ah yes, one of the greatest comin creations of all time !!

SPOON !!!

Karl Hungus

What would be the legality of downloading episode of The Tick?
Obviously it isn't being aired any more, and there's probably no plans to release it on DVD.
So is it basically Abandon-Ware?

"Yeah, the first patrol is usually pretty quiet. Your average villain prefers the cover of night. You get the occasional evil morning person but rarely before seven. I don't know why that is. By seven-thirty, eight o'clock, evil is wide awake. But we're even wider! We've been up since six-thirty! Hello TV land! I love this show! I watch this every week."

damnyanks

/me sings "Bom be bom bi di da da"

And so on,

That cartoon rocked!!

sceptre

Originally posted by AngelWhore
What would be the legality of downloading episode of The Tick?

Exactly the same as grabbing mp3s ("abandonware" is an oft overused (or misused) term wrt copyright, even where the company doesn't give a rats about it)

I won't tell if you don't:)

Dont be at yourself

www.newenglandcomics.com

Home of The Tick comics and toys. They appear to only sell one episode on video though. And it's no doubt NTSC too. Bastards.

We want The Tick DVD!

(And Earthworm Jim)

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

earthworm jim was bloody class!!

loved that show

I WANT THE DVD

TheAlmightyArse

Very true, both very very, very good. You can pick up EWJ vidjeos on amazon.com. They are, of course, NTSC, though.

Drazhar

What was earthworm jims saying
"EAT HOT PLASMA, HA AH AH HA HAH AHA HA HA HAA..."
oir something like that, i bloody loved the evil laugh he had when shootin bad guys. I especially loved the bad guy that was a crow

the Tick, feckin excellent cartoon. Christ, where have all those deadly off the wall, LSD droppin, coffee guzlin writers and animators gone, leaving us with the likes of feckin Pokemon

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

the tick is on tv RIGHT NOW

on fox kids on digital.. OMFG i can't believe it!

brilliant!!

TheAlmightyArse

"EAT DIRT, NEFARIOUS SQUEAKY-HEADED BASTION OF EVIL, AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"You call that a battlecry?"
"Well, you see, I'm a worm, and-"
"I invented battlecries! What's he going to do now?"
"Oh, he's just going to maul me for a while."
"Bit of a draw-back in a sidekick, isn't it?I invented sidekicks! I invented invention!"

Not an actual quote, mind, but they were all featured at some stage, in some order. Hehehe...

Oh, and now I hate you digital people even more.

"Not... the Fabled, Longsought, Home of the Gods?! Thousands have searched for it and perished!"
"Yes... but I have something they didn't have - the Phonebook of the Gods! Now, let's see... ah, here we are, 'Gods, Home of the, Fabled Longsaught.'"

ozpass

I know it's not that retro, only being early ninties, and all...

and

Oh man, this forum is about things that I'm too young to understand

Retro is Retro lads! I'm not familiar with 'The Tick' myself. A good friend of mine used to watch it religiously (with associated evangelising).... I think I may have watched an episode once, and recall chortling heartily.

As regards the legality of downloading episodes.... Well, I'm not a lawyer but copyrighted material remains the property of the copyright holder. The potential of the show being re-aired would- I imagine- be reduced if it were widely circulated in warezland.

Is it not commercially available at all (besides airing on Fox kids last night)?

Johnny Gomez

Now your talking! That program was just brilliant I used to love Deflater Mouse and The Human Bullet(He used to get his son to launch him out of the cannon and said "Launch Me Boy!!!") - Classic

lordsippa

"Fire me boy"

<me is pedantic>

Hehe... Chairface was class.

El Marco

"That's deflator mouses search light. Any time we use that he unplugs his phone and leaves the country"

_sheep

The Tick > earthworm jim > *.*:*

Karl Hungus

Originally posted by El Marco
"That's deflator mouses search light. Any time we use that he unplugs his phone and leaves the country"

That's 'Die Fledermaus' you faux tick fan! :mad:

Panda

top quality cartoon, should still be on imo.

i remember the one where chair face in particular tried to write his name on the moon, and every episode after that there was a c, h and an a left on the moon.

The Reaper

Big muscley guy in a blue suit called the tick ah yes class "i wana watch it" SPOON!!!!!! :rolleyes:

Ixidor

I loved the tick! best (and most realistic) super hero in the world..... i also miss alburt... he was the best side kick in the world

Cactus Col

Was the sidekick not called arthur, anyway did you know that there was a live action tv show too, couldn't tell you if it was anygood, but it was there

Ixidor

SEE!! i've been so deprived of the tick that i've messed up his side kicks name, thanks Cactus Col, i shall never forget......


ARTHUR!!! the true unsung hero of cartoons

Mad_Patrick

Ah Earthworm Jim and The Tick, the memories make me smile and I had an Earthworm Jim game for the megadrive. Oh Well............SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON

The Reaper

aw yea i played dat earthworm game 4 the megadrive! i taut id was a mad game! aw yes the memories just came back!

Carbiens

i used to love the way the tick used to run across all the buildings, breaking the edges off every one.

when i saw the matrix for the first time in the cinema,in the part where the agent chases trinity across the buildings near the start, well when he landed and nearly cracked the ground i nearly it reminded me of the tick and i nearly pissed myself laughing and for the whole film i was s******ing "SPOOOON" to myself.