Friends of The Tick

[@evrbody]

"Trouble with the ol' cannon, eh Mitch?" One for the adults in the audience.

[@skaman125]

And like a true bro, he helps him with it.

[@Cyke101]

​@@skaman125They're close neighbors. *VERY* close neighbors.

[@DemonicRemption]

@evrbody I was fine until I read this comment, because I JUST got that! xD

[@AlvinKazu]

and right before that his wife says "No, none of my friends' husbands make their wives blow them..... out of cannons."

[@gamingpanda7516]

I’ll be honest my mind was in that pot of thoughts too.

[@scruffnananessful]

The human bullet is the greatest thing ever

[@Wolf10media]

FIRE ME BOY!!!

[@therandombats2579]

Think the Living Bullet (Dexter's Laboratory) puts the Human Bullet to shame.

[@saltysergeant4284]

His wife sure is a POS, though.

[@TheDeathclawhunter]

he is, from face value, a pretty wholesome hero. gets his kid involved in his hobby, good relationship with his neighbor and spends quality time with his family. and as goofy as his wife finds him, im sure she loves that hes so enthused about something like saving the world from monsters

[@Dorelaxen]

Definitely human. Very Bullet.

[@mercuropheliac]

"But I just can't seem to get out of bed this month" MOOD

[@shinigamiphantom1391]

In Polish dub he is called "Polar Bear" and he hoped to hibernate that month.

[@DemonicRemption]

@mercuropheliac Tell me about it. xD

[@TheStr8tshooter]

“What do you have in that poodle gun? Anything for me?” I’m still trying to wrap my head around that pickup line 😂

[@mdizzle99987]

You have a point! Exactly what was he EXPECTING to happen? There's no lady kisses in that gun!

[@csbanahan]

I honestly don't know what he was expecting to happen.

[@AlvinKazu]

Us as kids: "HUH!?" Us AS Adults: "..... HUUUUUUUUUH!?"

[@Poodle_Gun]

I just realized that Die Flautermaus is an Operetta.

[@Jedidiah_Martin_2]

Turned out they were ALL for him 🤣

[@geminiguy6032]

The Captain Lemming bit went over my head as a child but now I realize its one of the absolute funniest gags I've ever seen.

[@GrandmasterDevo]

"C'mon, spine! Work with me!"

[@Rtkat3]

His only other appearance was a cameo in the episode that introduced Dinosaur Neil.

[@aurahoneydew9607]

love how the people in the plane gave the most genuine reaction.

[@xx3astmanxx928]

This show was criminally underrated. Plenty of adult humor in it as well

[@Poodle_Gun]

Criminals? Evil is a foot!

[@davidperkins7782]

Maybe if you're on TMNT.

[@davidperkins7782]

I just like that roach guy. The evil midnight bomber what bombs at midnight.

[@Absolutely_Nobody]

"Havin' trouble with the ol' cannon, eh?"

[@alonzosmith6138]

this looks like a job for bipolar bear. if only I can get out of bed this month

[@noisemarine561]

Alonzo Smith Very clever

[@zyxelztrife2408]

What kind of power is bi-polarism?

[@Rtkat3]

Bi-Polar Bear is a superhero in a polar bear costume who has bipolar disorder.

[@Rtkat3]

The line is actually "This looks like a job for the Bi-Polar Bear, but I just can't seem to get out of bed this month."

[@deadinside9565]

I say this on a regular basis. u__u

[@DoctorInk20]

Looking at this, I would love a Tick video game with the aesthetics of the cartoon show and the gameplay of _Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction._ Imagine jumping around a colourful, cel-shaded rendition of The City, leaving impact marks wherever you land. 😂

[@Dunge0n]

Or smiling imprints of your face whenever you run full-sprint into something.

[@DoctorInk20]

@@Dunge0n Yes! Brilliant! 🤣 That'd be fun to discover.

[@ahmadmalaki8364]

It will be funny. To think that the tick imagines himself as this great hero When he leaves more wreckage destroyed buildings than villains do

[@DoctorInk20]

@@ahmadmalaki8364 In fairness, the villains tend to start it. Although Tick ends it pretty disastrously. 🤣

[@DemonicAdj]

"Price of justice, chum"

[@OldTimeyDragon]

"Yeah! Definitely underground, very resistant!" My favorite.

[@Poodle_Gun]

Sewer Urchin's lack of faith is a mood

[@TheMaskedDonut]

There is something deeply funny to me about American Maid. She is, by far, the most competent superhero in the show, and she's pretty much written like all "STRONG INDEPENDENT WOMEN" archetypes proving she can do what any man can and more And yet her persona is a maid, It's like the writer was thinking: how can I undo all of that goodwill with just a costume choice? Brilliant joke

[@ahmadmalaki8364]

So they came up with the idea of the perfect superhero woman who is capable of anything a man can do And. Than they gave her a maid as her costume

[@kadeshaderow]

I always pictured it as a pun on "American Made"...you know, Made In America?

[@bepisthescienceman4202]

I thought it was supposed to be like she's constantly cleaning up everyone's messes

[@Avalon64]

@@kadeshaderow yeah I thought she was going for the "American Made" pun...and what's wrong with a maid as a profession? If there is any negative connotations with it, then it is more about the individual who is doing it then the profession as a whole...

[@ironmaster6496]

I mean considering that Sakuya Izayoi from Touhou is also a maid and is one of the coolest characters of the franchise..... I don't see it as lame anymore XD

[@evilmiera]

"Toppling an unauthorized dictatorship" Ooof, the Tick knew the score even back then

[@spaceghostcqc2137]

fr 😆💀

[@GenericProtagonist118]

Oh I get it... it implies the existence of an authorized dictatorship.

[@supercoolclown1831]

What a gift of a show

[@SurgeCess]

we need more Bi-Polar Bear

[@TheDeathclawhunter]

i feel like we've had more than enough

[@TiredofGaming]

Maybe next month

[@Rtkat3]

He did make a cameo in the episode detailing Dinosaur Neil's appearance and the episode that featured Deadly Bulb/Pigleg.

[@Link00007]

I love how American Maid is the only competent superheroe 😂

[@jjm152]

Well, Arthur too - but technically he's a side kick.

[@slang1517]

@@jjm152 Arthur can't fight though.

[@EHH246]

Hey, The City may be where the reject heroes go but somebody has to be there who actually knows what they are doing when evil needs fighting.

[@bluesorcerer83]

@slang1517 Not every hero was born to fight. Some are supporters, healers, shields, etc.

[@virovac885]

Only one in the city at least. This city is where reject superheroes go

[@johnrie18]

"Don't give up! Stinky and I will start the underground resistance." LOL This was such a great cartoon. They do not make them like this anymore.

[@starwish1037]

and then stinky said "Yaaa very underground, very resistant!" AHAAAAAAA

[@DemonicAdj]

Funny part is, Sewer Urchin is incredible when he's underground. He's a superhero, he's just out of his element when he's above ground.

[@horatio_lionheart]

"Switzerland is a neutral country, you goober!" "Does this look neutral to you?!" i laughed at this more than i should've when it was on the air...roughly 25 years later, i still laugh at it.

[@snowvoredude]

not neutral anymore

[@Sassy_Witch]

This aged badly

[@XxDigitalDaftPunkxX]

@@Sassy_Witch Copy Pasted from wikipedia because I just woke up and can't think well yet: In 2022, Switzerland adopted sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While Switzerland follows defined rules to remain neutral in military conflicts, it imposed sanctions for this "serious violation of the most fundamental norms of international law within the scope of its political room for manoeuvre." According to federal councilor Viola Amherd, Switzerland is only involved in humanitarian missions and will not allow direct shipments of arms to the war zone from or through its territory. Irrespective of the actual laws governing a neutral country, many media outlets still labelled this as a break with 500 years of Swiss neutrality.

[@firk_figgler]

We all need a friend like chet

[@ramgladore]

I like how the Tick is comically indestructible

[@darksideofevil13]

I thought he just had super strength and invulnerability?

[@Googleistheantichrist]

Nigh invulnerable! That’s why he still feels pain. (According to the comic)

[@PeptoAbismol]

"You know youre in a lot of trouble my friend. You are out of control." "WE'RE FALLING!!!!" the delivery of these lines, absolute perfection.

[@mugwump242]

The Tick cartoon series definitely deserves to be in the GOAT category! So funny and clever.

[@nilzero5686]

the funniest joke is that the human bullet's son is actually his official sidekick, and his official sidekick name is...Fire Me Boy.

[@micheljavert5923]

Tick’s calm: “You know, you are in a lot of trouble, my friend. You are out of control,” as he accelerates 9.8 meters per second per second to the ground, contrasted with Der Fledermaus’s panicked observation of their current predicament (“We’re falling!”) never ceases to get a laugh out of me. Even after all these years.

[@multiversalsingularity398]

Very Verbose. I envy that

[@CrownRock1]

Looks like I'm going solo.

[@ryangray8075]

it's my favourite clip because it's probably the most serious he's been the whole show 😭

[@Jedidiah_Martin_2]

​@@ryangray8075Tick was serious for almost the entire show! The only times he wasn't serious were when he got knocked loopy 🤣

[@ryangray8075]

@@Jedidiah_Martin_2 i meant die fledermaus 😂😂

[@Ashguy733]

"And towards the front of the plane you might just be able to make out five people in costumes having a fight with some dining room furniture." Lmao the delivery is just great.

[@shanechannel7066]

Human bullet is voiced by Captain Hero from Drawn Together. I thought his voice sounded familiar.

[@AudreyII970]

"You've reached the American Maid Emergency Hotline! She's out of the country toppling an unauthorized dictatorship!" LMAO that's so good and definitely flew over my head as a kid Also wow Cam Clarke was Die Fledermaus? Crazy lol

[@thaneros]

Maybe my brain was just misremembering but I could have sworn Die Fledermaus was voiced by Adam West.

[@cteal2018]

Cause nothing worse than an Unauthorized Dictatorship... authorized Dictatorships??... fine😅😂

[@arcticbanana66]

Sewer Urchin was such a cutie. "Oh, bad, very bad, definitely unacceptable." The Civic-Minded Five were always fun whenever they showed up, especially Carpeted Man constantly in the early stages of heatstroke.

[@GrandmasterDevo]

"Just take off the suit." "But I'm the Carpeted Man! Without this suit... I'M NOTHING!"

[@Jedidiah_Martin_2]

"By rubbing my feet against any surface, I can build up an incredible static charge!"

[@kingkazma3246]

What an amazing time to have been alive, glad I lived the 90's!

[@dangerousdays2052]

"Non-authorized dictatorship" - Wow, this show was waaaaaaay ahead of its time. 😂🤣

[@theylivewesleep.5139]

It’s not ahead of its time, we’re just in a state of political entropy.

[@Marcell2aG]

Watching this again as an adult, this is absolutely hilarious. The Human Bullet may be my favorite.

[@BarricadeSkywalker]

"Yeah! Definitely underground, very resistant!" LOL

[@JanetStarChild]

You can really hear Cam Clarke in Die Fledermaus' voice; the original Leonardo from _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles._

[@teddybeer6206]

The Tick was Michelangelo and Arthur from Season 2 onwards was Raphael.

[@JanetStarChild]

@@teddybeer6206 I just looked it up now, and damn, you're right! Even Pat Fraley (Krang) was in there.

[@Johnlindsey289]

He was also Keneda in original dub of Akira

[@aaronorenstein5963]

He's really channeling his best Adam West for Die Fledermaus, I have to say.

[@Guilty-Gearer-Does-Things]

@@Johnlindsey289 Plus he's the voice actor for Male Corrin from Fire Emblem Fates

[@SlicksMcGee]

Wow! This was really funny for a kid's show! I'm 25 and laughing my ass off! I didn't watch a whole lot of this as a kid, and what I did watch I don't really remember. But I have to say I can't think of a single kid's show today that is this funny!

[@miamimagicians]

Tiny Toons, Animainacs,

[@DontHugMePlzz]

Brian same!

[@Guyverman01]

The superhero genre fits comedy like a glove.

[@antmagor]

What I still can’t comprehend is why some idiot at Fox thought that this would be best presented as a kid show? It wasn’t until I became an adult that I was able to appreciate over half the humor that’s in the series.

[@Off-with-a-bang]

Same with Sam and Max" that show had much humor that would clearly go over most children's heads.

[@ghostchick5275]

I was a kid in the 90's and I loved this show. It works for both kids and adults.

[@inn5268]

cartoons and animation were almost exclusively regarded as for children

[@micheljavert5923]

Ah but you see, that was the point. ‘Twas a Golden Age, one with shows that had jokes that the kids *and* their parents could enjoy. I watched a lot of Saturday Morning cartoons with my Dad growing up; The Tick is still one of our favorites all these years later.

[@Chill59190]

Fox Kids dominated weekdays and Saturday mornings when I was a kid for a good while. Fox was taking risk especially with kids television. The tick was funny when I was a kid because they had silly jokes that kids could laugh at. But there's things that I see now as an adult, i appreciate it alot more.

[@WanderingPropeller]

1:00 - Ah, good old 90's cartoons innuendo.

[@donnaly5146]

Gravity is a harsh mistress 🤣🤣

[@rodster6campingprepper]

I wish we'd seen more opf Bipolar Bear.

[@dwaugh2215]

probably still in bed lol

[@Mysterey101]

Such a trip to have a vague recollection of this same footage's original airing on Fox Kids as a small child, a more clear memory of seeing it again as a HS'er on ToonDisney's "Jetix" block, and replaying all those simultaneously while I watch it all again here on youtube today. 😄

[@ptassa270]

I think Tick and Arthur's coworkers might be the best justice league parody I've ever seen.

[@Thejigholeman]

gotta love Die Fledermaus.

[@DEADHEAD16090976]

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[@TrackerRoo]

Bipolar Bear is just mood, pure mood

[@Adonis.D.Prince]

3:57 mouse's response to tick is so goddamn funny. That voice crack in his angry, panicky yelling is chef's kiss

[@Dunge0n]

FIRE ME BOY! My sides have been blown asunder.

[@xsailor85]

Isz A little trouble with the old cannon eh Mitch

[@zyxelztrife2408]

Fire me lady!

[@alonzosmith306]

Bipolar bear is my favorite hero in the tick. This looks like a job for bipolar bear if only I could get out of bed this month 😅

[@phillydaize9634]

I will never have enough of Sewer Urchin

[@rayray6490]

I love how Die Fledermaus is a complete coward even though he’s technically a super-hero

[@BrandyBrandalia]

There are so many jokes I didn't understand as a kid lmao. "Bipolar Bear" "The Lemming" Also, I just now realized Die is voiced by Cam Clarke 😮

[@donsurlylyte]

the tick was a cleverly written series

[@marakarthegreat]

when I was a kid I genuinely used to think Die Fledermaus was a mouse until I found out his name is German for "The Bat"

[@curtisljordanjr7273]

One of the funniest superheroes of the 90s since TMNT & DARKWING DUCK, I was a teenager watching these shows & it made me laugh

[@Jedidiah_Martin_2]

OH, HELZ YEAH!

[@Asher_Tye]

This show was a gem

[@patrik9328]

"Fire me boy!!!" Dude, thats your wife

[@AlvinKazu]

0:50 "No, none of my friends' husbands make their wives blow them..... out of cannons." This entire scene is just wtf....

[@sickdream4067]

American Maid's legs had no business being so dam curvy

[@saltysergeant4284]

The TV programming was strong, even in my childhood shows. I never really noticed it when I was younger, but looking back, I can't imagine women saying that there was no strong female character representation. Its really all there WAS, taking a look back!

[@mattiasilva1705]

Better pretend they never existed, so those people can play the victim card as much as they want.

[@zoltanz288]

idiots never let little things like facts get in the way.

[@gogeterdone]

Just Googled and can confirm. Human Bullet and Captin Hero from Drawn Together are voiced by the same actor, Jess Harnell aka Wako! For some reason I can't get over weird that is.😂

[@EternalRoman]

The Tick: You are out of control my friend. Der Fledermaus: WE'RE FALLIIIIN'!! NOOOHOHOHOOO!!!! Cam Clarke was a great Leonardo and a Great Adam/He-Man, but his Der Fledermaus was so hilarious.

[@BluPotato]

I loved this show as a kid and love it even more as an adult. Seriously some great gags here.

[@cooliostarstache5474]

"I think we'll just sit this one out and wait for the national guard" should be in this video

[@Irrelevant402]

Maybe his wife is hinting she wants a Bullet Woman costume? Or at least a "fire me, woman!"

[@ghostdog1521]

American Maid was hot.

[@shaalis]

"Hey baby, I didn't mean it that way!" OMG

[@diplamatikjuan3595]

Come'on spine work with me!

[@pyrotechnick420]

I was too young to understand the Bipolar Bear joke lol

[@stevenhibbert952]

The tick and his amazing friends

[@ktutran8256]

Move over Wonder Woman for American Maid!!

[@eyeseer1]

Made with American Maid.

[@mgrillo2863]

this has to be one of the best superhero shows ever

[@Jedidiah_Martin_2]

It's at least the funniest 😆

[@freddyes2242]

This is just so much more relatable now that many of us are adults lol 😂

[@ahmadmalaki8364]

This show inspires me to make my own hero team called The heroes at recruiting defenders of Poor people or hard pp for short

[@billyoncampus]

I’ve never seen this show but I love this so much.

[@endrankluvsda4loko172]

"You make me sick to my stomach." "It's always about you, isn't it?" Lmao absolutely amazing. And where is the Little Wooden Boy!?!?

[@jackieboyborden]

3:30 wow look it's where they got the Jane Foster design for Thor

[@Raspse7en]

Oh... God, you're right.

[@Drixenol86]

Cam Clarke channeling his inner Adam West.

[@DeuCyJUIcY22]

Die fledermaus (Batman parody)’s voice actor also did Liquid snake. Tick! Did you like my sunglasses?

[@hemlockfischer-hoeft489]

The Tick predicting the End of Swiss Nutrality like a boss

[@reaper78541]

Man i had such a thing for American Maid as a teen. Idk if it was the patriot in me or the maid kink but she was all kinds of hell yeah.

[@Fraggle-h7o]

the most unbelievable thing about this is that the human bullets hoa would allow a canon in his back yard that could be zeen from the street

[@micheljavert5923]

This is from that halcyon era when HOAs barely existed.

[@Jedidiah_Martin_2]

He probably had it grandfathered in with his superhero license.

[@rileysheehan943]

Fuck! I had Bipolar Bear as a game tag for years, I thought I came up with it first!

[@harvey2906]

Better than the current MCU.😉

[@happygoluckyscamp]

This show was so far ahead of its time....

[@Mi_Fa_Volare]

That plane's interior looks quite spacey if you ask me.

[@raymarinas2107]

I love 4:00 Just the sheer fear of death covered up with the tough guy voice

[@EHH246]

The Tick may not be all right in the head but aside from American Maid (and Sewer Urchin when it comes to his usual hangout), at least he can effectively stop crime, which is more can be said for the other rejected heroes of The City.

[@joshuahughes3377]

0:30 - 0:35 Captain hero?

[@89Dustdevil]

It's almost weird that kids liked this show. This was clearly written for adults lol.

[@nighthoodlupin3500]

Weird for these days, yeah. Most stuff kids watched before the 2000s was by adults making stuff they'd like to watch themselves. For instance, the xmen series was actually trying to be a faithful and accurate adaptation of the comic books, even if the censor boards forced them to water some things down or "get creative". Then theres The Simpsons. Almost everyone at my primary school watched and loved The Simpsons.

[@Johnlindsey289]

While stuff like spawn, aeon flux, the maxx, Simpsons, duckman, dr Katz, cowboy bebop etc were aimed at adults

[@dimpopcornyo3637]

I remember watching south park with me mom once we laughed and feel bad for kenny

[@ChiefJudge]

@@Johnlindsey289 Great, some I didnt even knew about. Any more recommendations?

[@zoltanz288]

kids used to be a lot smarter.

[@Poodle_Gun]

American Maid seems to be uhhh really on top of things 🤨

[@moisesdanielalvarado5578]

The Tick was a really cool cartoon and I remember American Maid

[@CardinalKid87]

HumanBullet sounds kinda like Captain Hero from Drawn Together

[@Hugelag]

This is one of the greatest shows ever created.

[@subliteral]

Bi-Polar Bear is the funniest 5 second gag of all time.

[@gabriellitewski7988]

The Tick and Arthur are the only ones bonded together

[@Crazycoyote-we7ey]

Hard to believe this was from Disney

[@BixDugan-tf3lx]

The Tick always had the best heroes and villains

[@1987MartinT]

This reminds me of the various superhero mmos.

[@salsamancer]

Anybody who likes this show should really go find the books, they're even better Also the creator is a friend of The Venture Bros and even wrote a couple of episodes

[@LilGhostlyX_X]

Lol wtf does the human bullet do? What if he misses? Is that it? Just go home and try the next day?

[@GnrMilligan]

I know I'm gonna get some hate for this, but I actually thought the two live action series were pretty enjoyable. Clearly the source material was superior, but I didn't expect them to be any good at all. Years ago I had a DVD rom of the tick. Set out as a comic book with interactive panel. I would love to find that again.

[@IGotToGetFunkedUp]

The city calls upon her steadfast protectors 😂😂😂

[@okrajoe]

Nobody can stop Bipolar Bear!

[@zak22wolftheultramanzenith35]

okrajoe if only he could get up this morning.

[@Devilsblood]

Prozac is probably his kryptonite

[@brandontaylor6677]

Except for mood swings