List of The Tick characters
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This article details the characters found in all four versions of The Tick.
Main characters
The Tick
The Tick is a superhero in a blue bug suit (which may or may not be part of his body). He is the main protagonist of the Tick franchise.
Arthur
Arthur is the Tick's sidekick. He is formally introduced in The Tick #4, but appears as a mysterious flying figure in the background of earlier issues of that series. Trained as an accountant, Arthur purchased his moth suit at an auction and decided to pursue the life of a superhero (resulting in indefinite "psychiatric leave" from his accounting firm). After rescuing a powerful ninja artifact (the Thorn of Oblivion) and helping the Tick and Oedipus defeat the ninjas, Arthur decides to become the Tick's sidekick. In a running joke, Arthur is often mistaken for a rabbit because of the shape and size of his costume's antennae and because his wings are usually folded up. His doughy physique, shy manner, lack of self-confidence, and hesitation in the face of danger are often played for comic contrast against the attitudes and tendencies of other characters (especially the Tick). Arthur is ethnically Jewish (which is mentioned in an episode of the 1994 cartoon series), and his family wants him to leave the superhero lifestyle and return to accounting.
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