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1994 AnimatedSeries, a casual but incisive send-up of SuperHero shows (based on [[ComicBook/TheTick an independent comic]] by Ben Edlund written in the late '80s), featuring as its title character a super-strong, "{{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le" (or so he says), and (probably) insane {{Cloudcuckoolander}} with hypertrophied senses of justice and {{melodrama}}, given to bold, thoughtless action and near-incomprehensible {{A|nAesop}}esop-[[SpoofAesop like]] pronouncements. Assisting the Tick in his daily struggle against the Forces of Evil is Arthur, a former accountant, now moth-themed hero/{{sidekick}}. Frequently joining their adventures are Die Fledermaus and American Maid, two fellow crimefighters [[{{Expy}} who bear a funhouse-mirror resemblance]] to Comicbook/{{Batman}} and Comicbook/WonderWoman (or perhaps Comicbook/CaptainAmerica) respectively.

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1994 AnimatedSeries, a casual but incisive send-up of SuperHero shows (based on [[ComicBook/TheTick an independent comic]] by Ben Edlund written in the late '80s), featuring as its title character a super-strong, "{{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le" (or so he says), and (probably) insane {{Cloudcuckoolander}} with hypertrophied senses of justice and {{melodrama}}, given to bold, thoughtless action and near-incomprehensible {{A|nAesop}}esop-[[SpoofAesop aesop-[[SpoofAesop like]] pronouncements. Assisting the Tick in his daily struggle against the Forces of Evil is Arthur, a former accountant, now moth-themed hero/{{sidekick}}. Frequently joining their adventures are Die Fledermaus and American Maid, two fellow crimefighters [[{{Expy}} who bear a funhouse-mirror resemblance]] to Comicbook/{{Batman}} and Comicbook/WonderWoman (or perhaps Comicbook/CaptainAmerica) respectively.
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* BoringButPractical: The superhero community, apart from the Tick and Arthur, responds to Dinosaur Neil's rampage by deciding to "sit it out and wait for the National Guard."
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Arthur's sister disapproves of his superhero "lifestyle", making it seem more like he came out as gay. Arthur and the Tick are also MistakenAsGay (mostly implied, since it was a Saturday morning kid's cartoon).

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Arthur's sister disapproves of his superhero "lifestyle", making it seem more like he came out as gay. Arthur and the Tick are also MistakenAsGay MistakenForGay (mostly implied, since it was a Saturday morning kid's cartoon).

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