And so, may evil beware and may good dress warmly and eat lots of fresh vegetables.
¶ The Tick
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Ben Edlund (b. 1968) American cartoonist, writer, producer
Everybody was a baby once, Arthur. Oh, sure, maybe not today, or even yesterday. But once! Babies, chum: tiny, dimpled, fleshy mirrors of our us-ness, that we parents hurl into the future, like leathery footballs of hope! And you've got to get a good spiral on that baby, or evil will make an interception!
¶ The Tick
You know gang, when you're a superhero, you never know where the day will take you. You may find yourself halfway around the world in the shark-infested waters of true-to-life living. Or you may find yourself going down to the store for a lozenge. You can't know, can you? No! You gotta ride that wave, You gotta suck that lozenge! Cause if you don't, who will?
¶ The Tick
Oh what a goofy work is man!
¶ The Tick
Yes, evil comes in many forms, whether it be a man-eating cow or Joseph Stalin, but you can't let the package hide the pudding! Evil is just plain bad! You don't cotton to it. You gotta smack it in the nose with the rolled-up newspaper of goodness! Bad dog! Bad dog
¶ The Tick
CHROME DOME: Bah. Warm, fuzzy nice-nice! What good is science if nobody gets hurt!?
¶ The Tick, "The Tick vs. Science"
Falling in love with a supervillain is Trouble with a capital Troub.
¶ The Tick, "The Tick vs. the Ottoman Empire"
INTERVIEWER: Can you destroy the Earth?
THE TICK: Egad, I hope not! That's where I keep all my stuff!
¶ The Tick, Ep. 1, "The Tick vs. The Idea Men" (1994)
Destiny's powerful hand has made the bed of my future and it's up to me to lie in it. I am destined to be a superhero to right wrongs and pound two-fisted justice into the hearts of evil-doers everywhere. You don't fight destiny, no sir! And you don't eat crackers in the bed of your future or you get all ... scratchy. Hey, I'm narrating here!
¶ The Tick, Ep. 1, "The Tick vs. The Idea Men" (1994)
You're not going crazy, you're going sane in a crazy world!
¶ The Tick, Ep. 1, "The Tick vs. The Idea Men" (1994)
It's starting to smell a little like danger in here,
¶ The Tick, Ep. 12, "The Tick vs. Proto Clown" (1995)
On justice and on friendship, there is no price, but there are established credit limits.
¶ The Tick, Ep. 13, "The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account" (1995)
Destiny has her hand on my back, and she's pushing!
¶ The Tick, Ep. 13, "The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account" (1995)
Isn't sanity really just a one trick pony anyway? I mean all of you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh oooh oooh, the sky is the limit!
¶ The Tick, Ep. 22, "Ants in the Pants!" (1995)
Well, once again my friend, we find that science is a two-headed beast. One head is nice, it gives us aspirin and other modern conveniences ... but the other head of science is bad! Oh beware the other head of science, Arthur, it bites!
¶ The Tick, Ep. 3, "The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil" (1994)
I'm betting that I'm just abnormal enough to survive.
¶ The Tick, Ep. 5, "The Tick vs. The Breadmaster" (1994)
Life is a big wild crazy tossed salad, but you don't eat it, no sir! You live it! Isn't it great?
¶ The Tick, Ep. 6, "The Tick vs. El Seed" (1994)
I don't know the meaning of the word surrender! I mean, I know it, I'm not dumb. Just not in this context.
¶ The Tick, Ep. 8, "The Tick vs. The Uncommon Cold" (1994)
Arthur, I just had the strangest dream. I was taking some math test I hadn't studied for ... and then you tried to saw off my head. Weird, huh?
¶ The Tick, Ep. 8, "The Tick vs. The Uncommon Cold" (1994)
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