American Maid

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American Maid is a recurring character from the superhero parody animation series, the Tick. She herself is largely a parody of both Captain America and Wonder Woman. She is quite noble in character, and unlike most "good" characters featured in the Tick series, she is actually relatively effective as a superhero. Having no super powers, she relies on her Olympic-level trained acrobatic skills. Her only weapons are her stiletto high-heels and her tiara, both of which she can throw with great accuracy and effectiveness and which can boomerang back to her, but she is also adept at improvising every day items such as as chairs and plates in taking down her enemies. She has made more appearances on the Tick series than any other female character.

At first she saw the Tick and his sidekick Arthur as little more than a bungling impediment to her crime-fighting crusade, but she relunctantly teamed up with the pair to take down the super-villain and magnate Chairface Chippendale. She eventually came to trust them and would team up with them again. In contrast to the Tick's rather direct way of dealing with evil, she prefers a clandestine approach, at least at first, and has been known to go undercover as a caterer and a tourist to get close to rival super-villains and their schemes. She was romantically involved with another recurring character, Die Fledermaus at some point before the series storyline began. She has also been revealed to be an operative (at least part-time) for the U.S. government.

The character Captain Liberty from the Tick live action series is based loosely on American Maid's character.

American Maid is voiced by Kay Lenz.

Favorite line: You'll never get away with this (current villain)!

Former Aliases: Jeanine Smith