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The Tick
Based on the popular comic book series 'The Tick' brings his over-zealous desire to protect humanity!
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About the Show
“The life of a super hero is a lonely one, filled with hardship and danger. The few who answer the call must leave comfort, safety, and often sanity behind. But, someone’s gotta stand the heat and stay in the kitchen. Someone’s gotta don the oven mitts of all that’s right, and strangle the red-hot throat of all that’s wrong. This is that someone’s story……”
Leaping from rooftop to rooftop in a single, hard-hitting thud, a mysterious, blue defender of justice patrols the city known as The City. He is THE TICK, and his limited understanding of all things human does not interfere with his over-zealous desire to protect humanity.
From Executive Producers Barry Sonnenfeld, Barry Josephson, Larry Charles, David Sacks and Ben Edlund, comes a comedy about action. The Columbia TriStar Television series, based on Ben Edlund’s cult comic book, The Tick stars Patrick Warburton as The Tick, as well as David Burke, Nestor Carbonell and Liz Vassey as his crime fighting friends.
Deep in The City, a frustrated, mild-mannered accountant known only as ‘Arthur’ (Burke) secretly desires to be a super hero. Well, it’s not much of a secret since he wears his crime-fighting moth jumpsuit to work. And, when Arthur quits his job in corporate America to pursue his desire, it is only a matter of time before he encounters the bizarre crime-fighting style of The Tick (Warburton). The two team up to conquer the evils in The City –The Tick with gusto and The Moth with a little trepidation.
Joining them in their fight against injustice is Batmanuel (Carbonell), a suave, Latin, crime-fighting lover who’s never without cause to promote himself. His kriptonite comes in the form of lady liberty – Captain Liberty (Vassey) to be exact – the government’s top operative in the war against super-villainy. A super hero whose torch of righteousness burns brightly with a hard whack to its bottom – a move Batmanuel would greatly appreciate.
Barry Sonnenfeld, Barry Josephson, Larry Charles, David Sacks and Ben Edlund serve as executive producers. Flody Suarez and Vahan Moosekian are producers for THE TICK produced by Sonnenfeld/Josephson Worldwide Entertainment in association with Columbia TriStar Television and distributed by Columbia TriStar International Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment company.
Meet the Characters
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The Tick
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Arthur
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Batmanuel
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Captain Liberty
Episodes
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Episode 1
Pilot
A mild mannered accountant leaves hiss boring life behind to become a superhero under the tutelage of The Tick.
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Episode 2
The Terror
A superhero known as The Tick recruits an amateur sleuth for his fight against crime.
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Episode 3
Arthur, Interrupted
After his family commits Arthur to a deprogramming facility, it's up to The Tick to rescue him.
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Episode 4
The License
The need for a superhero license reveals that The Tick doesn't know anything about his past.
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Episode 5
Arthur Needs Space
Arthur's chances at dating an old high school classmate are jeopardized by The Tick; Captain Liberty struggles to stop some nude photographs of her from being published.
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Episode 6
Couples
A dysfunctional superhero/sidekick team leads Arthur to question his relationship with The Tick.
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Episode 7
The Funeral
When a famous superhero dies during their sexual tryst, Captain Liberty enlists Batmanuel to don his costume.
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Episode 8
The Tick vs. Justice
The Tick, Arthur and Batmanuel are all called to testify at the trial of an evil and intimidating supervillain.
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Episode 9
The Big Leagues
When the Tick and Arthur are invited to join the Legion of Heroes, Captain Liberty sues the exclusive club for discrimination.
Characters
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The Tick
Patrick Warburton portrays the mysterious blue-avenger, THE TICK, in Columbia TriStar’s new half-hour, tongue-in-cheek, comic book comedy of the same name.
Probably best known for playing Puddy, Elaine’s laconic, enigmatic boyfriend on Seinfeld, Warburton also spent two seasons on the CBS series Dave’s World. Numerous other television appearances include News Radio, commercial spots for Cadillac, M&Ms and American Express (as the voice of Superman alongside Jerry Seinfeld) as well as the voice of Joe on the animated series The Family Guy.
Warburton stars Barry Sonnenfeld’s Big Trouble with Tim Allen and Rene Russo. Other feature film work includes The Apartment Complex, 40 Large, Scream 3 and The Woman Chaser which received critical acclaim at the New York Film Festival, The Sundance Film Festival and recently won the Audience Choice Award at The South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin TX. His upcoming films include Camouflage with Leslie Nielsen and The Dish. Other voice work includes the animated series Buzz Lightyear and the Disney animated feature The Emperor’s New Groove.
A native Californian, Warburton grew up in Huntington Beach and makes his home in Southern California with his wife and four childr
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Arthur
David Burke portrays Arthur, a mild-mannered accountant who chucks his secure world aside to become a full-time super hero known as “The Moth” in Columbia TriStar International Television’s new half-hour, tongue-in-cheek, comic book comedy THE TICK.
Burke has numerous television credits that include series regular roles on Secret Service Guy, The Crew and Instant Girl. He had recurring parts on Holding the Baby and the drama Party of Five; and has guest-starred on Just Shoot Me, Family Law, Any Day Now, Ally McBeal and Star Trek: Voyager. Burke can also be seen in the feature film Cyberstorm.
He was seen in Six Degrees of Separation on Broadway, and Off-Broadway in A Portrait of My Bikini. Other stage credits include Les Liason Dangereuses, Prairie Du Chien, The Best Man and Revenge of the Space Pandas all at the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. Other repertory performances include Broadway Bound at the Virginia Stage Company; Gang on the Roof at Capital Rep.; The Nutcracker and The Rivals at Playmakers’ Repertory Company. He also toured nationally with Six Degrees of Separation. Burke currently makes his home in Los Angeles.
THE TICK is produced by Sonnenfeld/Josephson Worldwide Entertainment in association with Columbia TriStar Television and is distributed internationally by Columbia TriStar International Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. Barry Sonnenfeld, Barry Josephson, Larry Charles and Ben Edlund serve as executive producers.
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Batmanuel
Nestor Carbonell portrays the suave crime-fighter Batmanuel in Columbia TriStar’s new half-hour, tongue-in-cheek, comic book comedy THE TICK.
Born in New York City, Carbonell spent his formative years in London, Mexico, Venezuela, Florida and the Bahamas. He attended Harvard where he became interested in acting and appeared in numerous stage productions, which led to starring roles in the Off-Broadway productions of A Silent Thunder and The Doctor is Out.
He is best known for his role as Luis Rivera on the television series Suddenly Susan. This portrayal earned Carbonell numerous awards including two ALMA Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.
Currently guest-starred in Showtime’s original series Resurrection Blvd. with Elizabeth Pena and Michael De Lorenzo. Carbonell received rave reviews in Showtime’s Noriega and can next be seen playing the title role in the upcoming film Jack the Dog. Other recent film work includes Attention Shoppers, a film that Carbonell wrote, produced, directed and starred in opposite Michael Lerner, Martin Mull and Kathy Najimy. Attention Shoppers recently premiered on the Encore! Channel and is currently making festival rounds.
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Captain Liberty
Liz Vassey portrays the torch-carrying, sexy, super hero, Captain Liberty, in Columbia TriStar’s TriStar International Television’s new half-hour, tongue-in-cheek, comic book comedy THE TICK.
Vassey was a series regular on the comedy Brotherly Love, ABC’s Maximum Bob, and Pig Sty, and also received an Emmy nomination for her work on All My Children. Her other television credits include guest-starring and recurring roles on Dharma and Greg, Home Improvement, Beverly Hills 90210, ER, and Dream On, among many others.
Her feature films include Pursuit of Happiness and Calendar Girl. Motion pictures-for-television include starring roles in Captain Zoom, Saved by the Bell, Sad Inheritance and The Secrets of Lake Success.
Vassey currently lives in Los Angeles.
THE TICK is produced by Sonnenfeld/Josephson Worldwide Entertainment in association with Columbia TriStar Television and is distributed internationally by Columbia TriStar International Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. Barry Sonnenfeld, Barry Josephson, Larry Charles and Ben Edlund serve as executive producers.
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Episode 9: The Big Leagues
Arthur and the Tick are invited to join the Legion of Heroes - but Captain Liberty is angry at being excluded and decides to sue the exclusive club for discrimination. Superhero comedy, starring Patrick Warburton and David Burke
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