List of The Tick episodes

The following is an episode list for Fox's animated TV series, The Tick.

Contents

Season 1: 1994–1995

# Title Original airdate #
1 "The Tick vs. The Idea Men" September 10, 1994 (1994-09-10) 101
The Tick moves to The City and meets Arthur, convincing him to become his partner in the battle against evil. 
2 "The Tick vs. Chairface Chippendale" September 17, 1994 (1994-09-17) 102
The Tick attempts to thwart Chairface Chippendale's plan to commit the "Crime of the Century": using a powerful heat ray to write his name across the face of the moon. 
3 "The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil" September 24, 1994 (1994-09-24) 103
Neil, chief paleontologist at a dig known as "Dinosaur Grotto", is attempting to grow a fully functional dinosaur from tissues found in fossils. After accidentally ingesting some of the culture he mutates into a 70-foot-tall (21 m), 180-ton dinosaur and goes on a rampage across The City. 
4 "The Tick vs. Mr. Mental" October 1, 1994 (1994-10-01) 104
The evil Mr. Mental takes control of The Tick's mind and forces him to steal the Thinking Cap, a device which will give Mr. Mental the "powers of the gods". 
5 "The Tick vs. the Breadmaster" October 8, 1994 (1994-10-08) 105
The Breadmaster uses deadly baked goods to terrorize The City. 
6 "The Tick vs. El Seed" October 15, 1994 (1994-10-15) 106
The insane El Seed uses his powers over plants to enact revenge on all animal life. To battle him, the Tick and Arthur join forces with The Civic-Minded Five: Captain Mucilage, The Carpeted Man, Feral Boy, 4-Legged Man and Jungle Janet. 
7 "The Tick vs. The Tick" October 22, 1994 (1994-10-22) 107
The Tick battles with Barry Hubris, a wannabe superhero who also calls himself "The Tick", over rights to the name. Meanwhile, The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight plans to blow up the Comet Club. 
8 "The Tick vs. the Uncommon Cold" October 29, 1994 (1994-10-29) 108
The Tick has a cold, which affects his ability to overcome the alien invader Thrakkorzog, who plots to take over the Earth with an army of evil Tick clones. 
9 "The Tick vs. Brainchild" November 5, 1994 (1994-11-05) 109
Brainchild (aka Charles) wants to use his mega-multi-devastator cannon to make his mark on the earth, with the moon. 
10 "The Tick vs. Pineapple Pokopo" November 12, 1994 (1994-11-12) 110
The Tick, Arthur, and American Maid are sent to Pokoponesia to rescue a hyperintelligent monkey. 
11 "The Tick vs. the Mole-Men" November 19, 1994 (1994-11-19) 111
The Tick and Arthur play host to a group of Molemen and their King. 
12 "The Tick vs. The Proto-Clown" February 4, 1995 (1995-02-04) 112
The Tick and Arthur return to The City from a trip to discover a genetically engineered clown terrorizing the city. The Tick is knocked into his own mind, for a journey of discovery. 
13 "The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account" February 11, 1995 (1995-02-11) 113
The Terror meets The Tick for the first time, and tries to take over The City. 

Season 2: 1995–1996

# Title Original airdate #
14 "The Little Wooden Boy and the Belly of Love" September 9, 1995 (1995-09-09) 214
Arthur ditches the Tick on Hobby Night to go on a date with Carmelita, so Tick builds himself a new wooden sidekick. Meanwhile Swiss Commandos are after Dr. Vahtoss' notebook. 
15 "Alone Together" September 16, 1995 (1995-09-16) 215
The Tick is sent to the moon to revert Chairface Chippendale's attempt to write his name on it. He ends up traveling through space on Omnipotus (a parody of Galactus), the devourer of planets. (This episode was not included on the U.S. Season 2 DVD release, although it was included on the UK DVD set.) 
16 "Armless but Not Harmless" September 23, 1995 (1995-09-23) 216
Tick & Arthur's arms get removed and attached to crude look-a-likes for a crime spree. 
17 "Coach Fussell's Lament" September 30, 1995 (1995-09-30) 219
Brainchild uses his 'Nanny of the Apocalypse' to capture The Tick and turn him into a bird to match his brain. 
18 "Leonardo da Vinci and His Fightin' Genius Time Commandos!" October 7, 1995 (1995-10-07) 218
A villain called the Mother of Invention travels back in time to kidnap history's greatest inventors and plants a bomb in the Renaissance so the world will revert to the dark ages, allowing him to re-invent everything and claim credit. 
19 "Bloomsday" October 21, 1995 (1995-10-21) 220
The return of El Seed with his newest monster Rosebud. 
20 "Evil Sits Down for a Moment" November 4, 1995 (1995-11-04) 221
A villain that can animate furniture tries to take over The City. 
21 "Heroes" November 11, 1995 (1995-11-11) 222
A camera crew follows The Tick & Arthur for a day of crime fighting. 
22 "Ants in Pants!" November 18, 1995 (1995-11-18) 223
The Tick checks himself into Captain Sanity's Superhero Sanitarium, letting a large colony of ants capture the other superheroes and lock them into a giant people farm. 
23 "The Tick Loves Santa!" November 25, 1995 (1995-11-25) 217
A small-time bank robber, dressed as Santa, is chased into an electric billboard, giving him miraculous powers. 
24 "The Tick vs. the Big Nothing" February 3, 1996 (1996-02-03) 224
The Whats, and alien race, kidnap The Tick and Arthur to thwart their nemesis the Heys from destroying the universe. 
25 "The Tick vs. Reno, Nevada" February 10, 1996 (1996-02-10) 225
While performing in Reno, dolphin The Fin plans to rule the world with his Fish Magnet. Arthur & Tick come to the rescue only to find that Tick has a gambling problem. 
26 "Grandpa Wore Tights" February 17, 1996 (1996-02-17) 226
An aging Terror sends his somewhat villainous son Terry to recover his Desire-O-Vac from the aging Decency Squad. 

Season 3: 1996

# Title Original airdate #
27 "That Mustache Feeling" September 14, 1996 (1996-09-14) 327
The Tick wakes up with a mustache, only to find out that it has a mind of its own. 
28 "The Tick vs. Dot and Neil's Wedding" September 21, 1996 (1996-09-21) 329
Dot and Dinosaur Neil are to get married, but Chairface messes with Neil's medication, causing him to mutate into a dinosaur again. 
29 "Sidekicks Don't Kiss" September 28, 1996 (1996-09-28) 330
While on a date with Carmelita, Arthur is kidnapped by "Aztecs". The Tick teams up with Carmelita to find and rescue Arthur and, in the process, gets a pet. 
30 "The Tick vs. Arthur" October 5, 1996 (1996-10-05) 332
Arthur confiscates a belt from a new super-villain which allows him to become bigger, stronger and not so nice. 
31 "Devil in Diapers" October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06) 328

An old enemy hides in the Tick and Arthur's apartment while working on a super-weapon.

Note: This episode premiered on Comedy Central
32 "The Tick vs. Filth" October 26, 1996 (1996-10-26) 331
The Tick and Arthur gain a newfound respect for the Sewer Urchin, who shines beneath the streets of The City as a super villain unleashes an army of intelligent filth. 
33 "Tick vs. Europe" November 2, 1996 (1996-11-02) 333
The Tick is sent to Antwerp, Belgium on a superhero exchange program to battle Octo Paganini and the Eastern Bloc Robot Cowboy while his Belgian counterpart Eclair helps Arthur deal with the Breadmaster. 
34 "The Tick vs. Science" November 9, 1996 (1996-11-09) 335
Professor Chromedome strikes at a Mad Science Fair, and chaos erupts when he uses a mind-swapping machine to cover his escape. Arthur finally manages to kiss Carmelita, only to find out that The Tick's mind is in Carmelita's body. 
35 "The Tick vs. Prehistory" November 16, 1996 (1996-11-16) 334
The Tick and Arthur travel back in time over 3 million years, join a tribe of Australopithecines and work in a restaurant for time travelers from the distant, distant future. 
36 "The Tick vs. Education" November 24, 1996 (1996-11-24) 336

The Tick and Arthur become teacher and teacher's aid at an Extension Class for people who want to become Superheroes. While on a field trip, they encounter Uncle Creamy, a disgruntled former employee of an ice cream company on a mission.

Note: This episode premiered on Comedy Central. 

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