The Tick (the animated series) is reportedly on its way to DVD. Huzzah!
I enjoyed the live action series, but the animated series rocked. I actually purchased one of my few bootleg DVD sets from the SDCC in order to get a (crappy, flaky) copy of it, so I’ll be in line to buy the real one when it is formally released.
“Yes, evil comes in many forms, whether it be a man-eating cow or Joseph Stalin, but you can’t let the package hide the pudding! Evil is just plain bad! You don’t cotton to it. You gotta smack it in the nose with the rolled-up newspaper of goodness! Bad dog! Bad dog!”
In the meantime, I’m — amused — to discover that the series is owned by … Disney?!
(via Julia)
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“Destroy the Earth? eGAD, I hope not! The Earth’s where I keep all my stuff!!!”
“Can’t. Do. Plaid.”
Evil Mad Bomber What Bombs at Midnight!!!
Ah, yes. Eminently quotable.
How in the hells did Disney end up with the rights to this?
Still… Damn I can’t wait for it to come out. I can recall many a session of many a role-playing game that broke down into Tick ‘quote-offs’.
Fox Children’s Network had bought the property from Saban, the producers of it. Disney bought Fox Children’s Network. It’s why Disney owns the Power Rangers, too.
Some Tick quotes (from WIST):
And so, may evil beware and may good dress warmly and eat lots of fresh vegetables.
Everybody was a baby once, Arthur. Oh, sure, maybe not today, or even yesterday. But once! Babies, chum: tiny, dimpled, fleshy mirrors of our us-ness, that we parents hurl into the future, like leathery footballs of hope! And you’ve got to get a good spiral on that baby, or evil will make an interception!
Oh what a goofy work is man!
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?
INTERVIEWER: Can you destroy the Earth?
THE TICK: Egad, I hope not! That’s where I keep all my stuff!
Destiny’s powerful hand has made the bed of my future and it’s up to me to lie in it. I am destined to be a superhero to right wrongs and pound two-fisted justice into the hearts of evil-doers everywhere. You don’t fight destiny, no sir! And you don’t eat crackers in the bed of your future or you get all … scratchy. Hey, I’m narrating here!
You’re not going crazy, you’re going sane in a crazy world!
It’s starting to smell a little like danger in here, , or heavily fried food.
Destiny has her hand on my back, and she’s pushing!
On justice and on friendship, there is no price, but there are established credit limits.
Isn’t sanity really just a one trick pony anyway? I mean all of you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you’re good and crazy, oooh oooh oooh, the sky is the limit!
Well, once again my friend, we find that science is a two-headed beast. One head is nice, it gives us aspirin and other modern conveniences … but the other head of science is bad! Oh beware the other head of science, Arthur, it bites!
I’m betting that I’m just abnormal enough to survive.
Life is a big wild crazy tossed salad, but you don’t eat it, no sir! You live it! Isn’t it great?
Arthur, I just had the strangest dream. I was taking some math test I hadn’t studied for … and then you tried to saw off my head. Weird, huh?
I don’t know the meaning of the word surrender! I mean, I know it, I’m not dumb. Just not in this context.
This is another one of those shows I just don’t get, like Monty Python or South Park. I watch it or read/hear the quotes and think, “Why would anybody find this amusing?”
Okay, that’s another black mark for me, huh?
Given that I have that reaction to way too many shows out there, I certainly don’t hold it against you. “Concerning taste there’s no disputing.”