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An invulnerable, somewhat dim, superhero protects The City from all manner of evil-doers.
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00:00and how long have you been a superhero me well i guess i've always been a superhero i don't know
00:11much else arthur it what's the tick really like the tick he's great he's a little hard to work
00:18with sometimes but he's stronger than anybody listen ours is an epic tale true friendship
00:24heart-stopping danger men and women in tights making the rules and breaking them we are not
00:29two men we are ten men listen it all started in reno every year heroes flock to the national
00:37super institute to compete for the best cities to protect from crime ladies and gentlemen the
00:43blowfish avenger blowfish gets new rochelle way to go one year i decided to compete
00:59hello reno i am the tick
01:13i am mighty now you may ask but how does one prove one's mightiness to this i reply by surviving the
01:29deadliest engine of destruction 1974 had to offer ladies and gentlemen you may want to shield
01:36yourselves with your dessert menus i might be dangerous
01:52well this is disappointing
02:04and the rest is history
02:22is
02:24well
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02:44Ah!
03:14destiny destiny's powerful hand has made the bed of my future and it's up to me to lie in it
03:28i am destined to be a superhero to write wrongs and pound two-fisted justice into the hearts of
03:35evildoers everywhere you don't fight destiny no sir and you don't eat crackers in the bed of your
03:42future or you get all scratchy hey i'm narrating here they've assigned me a city my mission to free
03:55it from the ravages of evil and super villainy so its citizens may sleep easy secure in the knowledge
04:02that they are protected the city my the city it cries to me of its need excuse me
04:15arthur yes mr weederspan arthur i'm afraid the firm feels that it's time to allow you the
04:29opportunity to pursue other avenues of employment i'm fired is there a problem with my work oh no
04:36arthur no it's it's it's it's that stupid bunny outfit oh no not bunny sir moth it's my moth suit
04:45actually it's a flying suit the wings are in my briefcase arthur you're making the other
04:51accountants nervous we all find this kind of rampant individuality very disturbing
04:58i know you think i'm crazy mr weederspan but i'm not it's just ever since i found this suit i felt
05:06strange new needs urges i can't live this life a moment longer somewhere out there a destiny of
05:15adventure and excitement waits for me accounting is a fine skill to fall back on but the road less
05:21traveled much less traveled the moth suit and wings road is a lot more exciting than taxes
05:28city it is i the tick your destined defender show me where it hurts
05:44tall
05:47oh there's crime here i can smell it i can taste it so shall i begin my first patrol of the city
06:12with one giant leap
06:14soon they will know me soon they will need me
06:24well great now i'm unemployed how am i gonna find adventure and excitement when i can't even
06:34cover my expenses
06:36and double clip aha i'll bounce off that flagpole and flip to safety aha i'll bounce off that broad flat
06:51surface i don't eat out and reverse my underwear to get an extra day or maybe not
06:56gravity is a harsh mistress are you all right i'm fine i'm a superhero i'm nigh invulnerable
07:10i'm built for this kind of thing nice outfit a superhero known to evildoers everywhere as
07:17the tick i'm arthur known to taxpayers everywhere as the accountant i'm looking for adventure
07:23hmm come have lunch with me arthur adventure will follow
07:27why would they send a superhero of my caliber to a place like this
07:44oh i'm not sure this city even needs a champion
07:48so you're a superhero huh and what sort of costume is that supposed to be
07:52costume no costume friend i am simply the tick
07:57well you can't be the tank ticks are arachnids they got eight legs
08:01how do you know i don't ticks suck blood do you suck blood
08:06uh yeah i suck blood all the time
08:09yeah right look i got a straw right here pal you want a demonstration
08:13no no no no thanks no
08:15an explosion come arthur evil is a foot a foot that's funny i have only seconds to shed my
08:24everyday disguise this looks like a job for there's somebody in here occupied
08:30this looks like a job for the cape chameleon
08:43they've got guns this is definitely illegal
08:51arthur do you fly my wings are in my briefcase back at the diner i'll go get them
08:59no time chum
09:00i think i'll just lie down here for a second
09:10criminals you face the sworn protector of this fair city
09:21you face the tick
09:24speak up i can't understand a word you're saying through those stupid masks
09:31enunciate
09:34can't do plan
09:43are we dead yet far from it arthur we have them on the run
09:55hey cool they got a blimp
10:05that was the scene today at the reevedroit bank as the mysterious gang known as the idea
10:12men struck again continuing their terrible crime wave
10:16it was the sixth time in as many days that the baffling criminals have descended from the sky
10:21to literally lift the city's most valued assets but today their nefarious plot was thwarted
10:27by an heroic blue stranger
10:29hey cool they got a blimp
10:32our modest blue benefactor exited the scene without comment
10:36the idea men menace is far from over says mayor blank
10:40in fact we have reason to believe that these criminals have been merely practicing
10:44for a much larger caper we'll have more on this story as it develops
10:48meanwhile on a lighter note
10:50clown
10:51i always have trouble with these keys
10:56well this is my place
10:58what do you think
10:59it's great it looks just like an apartment
11:02where's your secret headquarters trigger
11:04is this it
11:05no wait
11:06you know the trigger
11:07like a statue or a candlestick that you twist and then everything flips over and
11:11all your crime-busting equipment pops out
11:13this is it right
11:14no
11:15what does your sofa turn into
11:17your sonar radar perimeter defense
11:19no
11:20it turns into a bed
11:22please this is just an apartment
11:24it is
11:25yes yes
11:27well this place is going to take a lot of work if it's going to be our superhero headquarters
11:32no
11:32no
11:33oh i don't know i i just don't know if i'm ready for this
11:36too much excitement too much adventure
11:38i think i'm going crazy
11:40you're not going crazy arthur
11:42you're going sane in a crazy world
11:44some people are destined for greater things
11:47arthur
11:49you are one of those people
11:51you can't hide from it
11:52you've got to hug it
11:54hug your destiny arthur
11:56hug it
11:58uh-huh
12:01well i i i think i'll just sleep on it okay
12:04that's fine my small friend
12:05you rest up and i will monitor the culture
12:09taste me
12:10that's drama flakes tasty challenge
12:13attractive successful people love drama flakes
12:17guaranteed to make your life more dramatic and eventful with every golden spoon pill
12:22just listen to them get an earful
12:26good evening this is sally vacuum with a special report
12:32i'm here at the city hydroelectric plant
12:35apparently the notorious idea men have taken the city dam hostage
12:39although we can't understand a word they're saying
12:42what i'm sorry we didn't get that
12:45good heavens they're going to flood the city
12:51arthur get up the city calls upon her steadfast protectors
12:57what
12:58this looks like a job for bipolar bear
13:01but i just can't seem to get out of bed this month
13:04this looks like a job for captain
13:07i've got to change my outfit
13:17this looks like a job for the human bullet
13:20fire me boy
13:21get those wings on arthur
13:25this isn't such a good idea
13:27the wings put them on
13:28i'm not so good at this
13:29you'll get better
13:30i've never flown before
13:31not a problem
13:33no
13:34no no no no no
13:36change my mind
13:37want to come down
13:38it's your destiny arthur
13:41hug it
13:42i'm very frightened
13:54no arthur
13:55you're very flying
13:57you see
13:58no more doubting yourself
14:00now
14:02on to the death
14:03we have work to do
14:05we're all out of roofs
14:19what happens now
14:27wow
14:32wow
14:32all out of roofs eh
14:36uh yeah
14:37guess so
14:38deflator mouse
14:39i should have known you'd be out tonight
14:42well if it isn't american made
14:44the world's most patriotic domestic
14:46this looks like a job for
14:48deflator mouse
14:49not some mop squeezer
14:50why don't you go
14:51scrub out a toilet somewhere
14:53why don't you go
14:54smell up some cave
14:55people
14:57people
14:57there's a dam about to blow up
14:59we should team up
15:01and use all our resources
15:02to battle this evil
15:03team up
15:04i'm not going to team up with her
15:06there's that fear of commitment again
15:08oh
15:08listen to miss intimacy here
15:10jerk
15:11jingoist
15:12rabbit goon
15:13clean freak
15:13nerf
15:14ice cream
15:15some people just shouldn't be in this business
15:16la la la la la
15:18to the dam
15:19but how
15:20we'll figure it out
15:21are so incredibly immature
15:24sticks and stones
15:25amateurs
15:26none of them really know how to handle evil
15:29this looks like a job
15:32for big shot
15:33the mayor is just now arriving and it looks like he's brought the ransom money
15:51mayor blank
15:52are you actually going to give in to the idea men's criminal demands
15:56well sally
15:57let me put it this way
15:59how well can you swim
16:00but seriously
16:02we have no choice
16:03they have our dam
16:04and no force on earth can stop them now
16:06uh let's see
16:1415 percent of
16:15arthur
16:15onward
16:17oh just keep the change
16:18arthur
16:24seconds from now
16:26the mayor will hand over a briefcase
16:28containing 10 million municipal dollars
16:31the biggest ransom ever paid in the city's history
16:34the mayor will hand over a briefcase
17:04they must have gotten their money
17:07they got their money and they're still going to blow up the dam
17:17oh no fair
17:19okay idea man
17:30what's the big idea
17:32well
17:33we thought we'd steal a lot of money
17:36and then we'd be rich
17:37and we wouldn't have to work anymore
17:39you cats
17:41now turn off your bottle
17:43we can't
17:44once it's activated
17:45it can't be shut off
17:47what are you doing
17:53shh
17:54i'm defusing it
17:56guns and superheroes don't mix
18:14seek professional help
18:17my goodness
18:19i'm a walking time bomb
18:20get out of my way
18:22why didn't you love me mom
18:25why didn't you love me mom
18:27Oh, my God.
18:57I guess we saved the city for the moment yes my friend but with luck our future
19:03holds still more dire threats more perilous plots wherever villainy rears
19:08its great big head wherever evil sets its giant ill-smelling foot you will find
19:13the tick oh and and Arthur his uh a sidekick good show and yes my sidekick
19:24Arthur certainly a force to be reckoned with and so may evil beware and make
19:30good dress warmly and eat plenty of fresh vegetables
19:54yeah
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