List of minor characters in The Tick

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This article details the minor characters found in all three versions of The Tick.

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[edit] Comic book

[edit] Superheroes

Picture Character Notable powers Notes
Unaffiliated
The Caped Wonder (a.k.a. Clark Oppenheimer) Parody of Superman and reporter for the Weekly World Planet.
Crime Cannibal Real name, Keith Donner, a superhero who later poses as a supervillain in order to infiltrate Lord Byron's gang. Possesses slight superhuman strength and the ability to eat human beings at high speed, but has given up cannibalism.
Hollowpoint Parody of The Punisher
Man-Eating Cow Originally appeared in a pit of crocodiles and cows in Chairface Chippendale's castle. She is the only cow to survive. Considerably stronger and tougher than any ordinary cow. Like Crime Cannibal, Man-Eating Cow can consume humans with alarming speed. Has never been seen to eat anyone but violent criminals.
Mighty Agrippa, Roman God of the Aqueduct Arch-enemy of Thrakkorzog.
Oedipus Parody of Elektra. A ninja and apprentice of Shing, a ninja master. Real name Oedipus Ashley Stevens.
Paul the Samurai Arch-enemy and half-brother of Sagin, who deposed him as master of ninjas.
Shing The former leader of the ninjas in America.
Civic-Minded Five
Radio King Leader
Oddman
Mr. Envelope
Feral Boy
Fernslinger
Unnamed Superhero Team (includes The Tick and Arthur)
The Running Guy Speed Parody of the Flash. Motto: Can run as fast as ten fast men.
Rubber Ducky Elasticity Has a relationship with Bumbling Bee.
Bumbling Bee Shoots bees from hive strapped to wrist
Caped Cod Alcoholic.
Portuguese Man-of War Self-pitying divorcee.
Crazy Blue Rocket Flies (erratically) Went insane after death of sidekick.
Johnny Wingless Sidekick to Crazy Blue Rocket, really, a detached tongue in a jar. All that remains of Johnny after a rocketing accident.

[edit] Supervillains

Picture Character Notable powers Notes
Unaffiliated
Barry Hubris (a.k.a. "The Tick") Was defeated by the Tick and stripped of his name and possessions by the Tri-State Superhero Congress.
Chainsaw Vigilante Skilled fighter with a chainsaw Attacks superheros, who he thinks are self-interested meddlers, but he is not a true supervillian. He has never killed anyone with his chainsaw. Has a vendetta against the Tick who he was unable to subdue.
Chairface Chippendale Has a chair for a head. Tries repeatedly to gain infamy by vandalizing public objects with his image. Has a son named Stoolface.
The District Manager The leader of Ninjas in America. Henchman to Sagin.
Lord Byron Leader of a criminal gang. Speaks mainly in dramatic verse.
The Ninjas
The Red Eye Lethal touch A mysterious hitchhiker whose touch can kill.
The Red Scare Villain for hire from Villains, Inc. Originally known as the Whirling Scottish Devil.
Sagin World overlord of the ninjas.
Thrakkorzog Being from another dimension whose goal is to take over the world with an army of gelatinous clone-soldiers.
The Evileers
The Fuzzy Person Can inflate himself. Most foes find his power humorous rather than frightening.
Mr. Tragedy
Multiple Santa Can create multiple copies of himself in battle.
The Terror Decrepit leader of the Evileers.
Tuun-La, Not of this World

[edit] Animated series

[edit] Superheroes

Picture Character Notable powers Notes
Unaffiliated
Big Shot Parody of Punisher/Deadshot; By his second appearance, he has undergone anger management therapy
Bipolar Bear A hero dressed as a polar bear, with bipolar disorder.
Blitzen Éclair's sidekick, superheroine of Belgium, named after the German word for lightning, not the reindeer
Caped Chameleon Changes his coloring to match his surroundings, sticks to walls a.k.a. Crusading Chameleon - He cannot replicate plaid, and attempting to do so causes him to pass out.
Carmelita Vatos Flight (with moth suit) Both her and Arthur's moth suits were made by Carmelita's father, J.J. Eureka Vatos
Éclair Flies and fires lightning energy from her eyes Superheroine of Belgium, named after the French word for lightning, not the pastry
Fishboy Lost Prince of Atlantis
Human Bullet None - Fires himself from a cannon in his backyard As a running gag, he will fire himself at the first sign of trouble, but somehow always manages to make the situation worse.
Jet Valkyrie
Mighty Agrippa, Roman God of the Aqueduct
Civic-Minded Five
Captain Mucilage A man armed with mucilage-spraying nozzles
Carpeted Man Can generate a static charge on any surface (with suit of shag carpet) Susceptible to warm weather and heat. His real name is Gary.
Feral Boy Drives the team's car
Four-Legged Man Has four legs Leader
Jungle Janet Very athletic and skilled in combat Perhaps the most competent member of the team
The Decency Squad
Captain Decency Leader
Johnny Polite
The Living Doll Opens up to reveal many smaller versions of himself Battlecry: "I'm full of tinier men!"
SuffraJet
The Visual Eye Shoots eyes as reconnaissance projectiles "Rocket from the Sockets!"

[edit] Supervillains

Picture Character Notable powers Notes
Unaffiliated
Baron Violent
Barry Hubris (a.k.a. "The Tick") He uses the name "The Tick", unaware that a hero exists with the same name. He claims to be a hero himself, but is only in it for the fame.
Betty: Queen of the Ants
The Breadmaster Creates baked goods that are used as weapons Kicked out of baking college.
Buttery Pat Can slip through tight spaces due to being covered in butter The Breadmaster's sidekick
Charles (a.k.a. Brainchild) Super intelligence Gave himself a glass skull to show off his large brain. He acts as a villain on principle alone, and has no real motivation.
Dinosaur Neil Turned himself into a dinosaur by accidentally eating from a petri dish containing growing dinosaur tissue, instead of a petri dish containing pasta salad
The Deadly Bulb (a.k.a. Pigleg)
Dynamole Dwarf who talks like Peter Lorre and is continually ensconced in sticks of dynamite
El Seed An anthropomorphic sunflower wearing a green matador uniform. His name is a play on the historic Spanish hero El Cid.
The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight Crazed bomber who tries to blow up a superhero gathering. Always shouts "Yea, Baby!" Also heard to proclaim, "I'm making gravy without the lumps!"
The Human Ton and Handy Handy can speak while The Human Ton's mouth is otherwise preoccupied, such as when biting the head of The Tick An enormous dim-witted man and his verbose, much more intelligent hand puppet who longs to be "a real boy."
The Idea Men A group of men wearing suits, white gloves, and large metal masks that muffle their voices to the point that their ransom demands cannot be heard. They travel via zeppelin.
The Man Eating Cow
Mr. Mental (a.k.a. Mel Mental) Mind control Has an assistant/sidekick, Minda, who grows increasingly sick and tired of the excessivly dramatic supervillain lifestyle
The Mother of Invention Super intelligence An androgynous character who creates a time machine to steal the credit for every invention ever made
Multiple Santa Being shocked by high-voltage current creates electric clones of him Was 'granted' his power after stealing a charity worker's Santa suit, in an attempt to escape from police, and being accidentally chased off the roof of a building and into a large electric billboard by The Tick, who believed the criminal was really Santa
Octo Paganini From Belgium; has three sets of arms, for a total of eight limbs
Eastern-Bloc Robot Cowboy A cyberneticist (presumably from communist eastern europe, despite the western theme) who transferred his brain to a walking, talking vending machine. Has an unfortunate weakness to quarters.
Omnipotus Galactus parody
The Ottoman Empress Ability to control furniture Falls in love with Die Fledermaus
Pineapple Pokopo The leader of a small nation known as Pokoponesia (known for two things: Sharks, and pineapples). His head resembles a pineapple.
Proto Clown Superhuman strength The product of genetic engineering in an attempt to make a super-clown with the capacity to amuse and entertain more people than a normal clown
The Terror "The greatest villain of the 20th century... and maybe some of the 19th."[citation needed] He once punched out President Teddy Roosevelt.
Thrakkorzog An alien creature from dimension 14B. Had an apartment across the hall from Arthur and The Tick
Tuun-La, Not of this Earth
Venus
The Yes Men
Chairface Chippendale and henchmen
Chairface Chippendale A crime boss who has a chair for a head
Boils Brown Henchman, covered in boils
The Forehead Henchman
Zipperneck Henchman - The zipper on his neck can be unzipped to reveal the interior of his esophagus, which is so grotesque that heroes will cease fighting just to avoid looking at it.
Dean Henchman - Has a wingnut for a head. He is referred to in a novelization of the cartoon series as "The Butterfly Wingnut"
Professor Chromedome Mad scientist henchman

[edit] Live-action series

[edit] Superheroes

Picture Character Notable powers Notes
Unaffiliated
Captain Comet
The Cape
Fiery Blaze
Fishboy, Lost Prince of Atlantis Parody of Aquaman and/or Sub-Mariner
Friendly Fire Fiery Blaze's sidekick, not to be confused with Friendly Fire, a member of the DC Comics superhero team Section 8 that appeared in Hitman
The Immortal (deceased) Died following a sexual interlude with Captain Liberty,parody of Superman
Johnny Republic
Kid Caboose
Medusa
Metcalf
Sonic Boom
Tiny Man
League of Superheroes
The Champion Parody of Superman

[edit] Supervillains

Picture Character Notable powers Notes
Unaffiliated
Apocalypse Cow
Destroyo His real name is Leonid Kasparov Destroyovitch
The Red Scare Robot
The Terror