The Tick
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The Tick is a satirical superhero character best known from the cult-favorite live-action TV series in which Patrick Warburton portrayed the absurdly earnest, nigh-invulnerable blue-costumed crimefighter.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Tick canonical | 8 |
| The Tick (2001 TV series) | 2 |
| Batmanuel in The Tick | 1 |
| The Tick (1994 animated TV series) | 1 |
| The Tick (2001 live-action TV series) | 1 |
| The Tick (2016 live-action TV series) | 1 |
| The Tick (animated series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1638930 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: The Tick Context triple: [Patrick Warburton, notableWork, The Tick]
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Garfield
Garfield is best known as the 20th president of the United States, whose term in 1881 was cut short by assassination.
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The Boondocks
The Boondocks is an animated television series known for its sharp social and political satire centered on a Black family navigating life in a predominantly white suburb.
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Laffing Sal
Laffing Sal is a historic, animatronic laughing woman figure from early 20th-century amusement parks, now preserved as a popular attraction at San Francisco’s Musée Mécanique.
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D.
Regular Show
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E.
Taz
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Tick Target entity description: The Tick is a satirical superhero character best known from the cult-favorite live-action TV series in which Patrick Warburton portrayed the absurdly earnest, nigh-invulnerable blue-costumed crimefighter.
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A.
Garfield
Garfield is best known as the 20th president of the United States, whose term in 1881 was cut short by assassination.
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B.
The Boondocks
The Boondocks is an animated television series known for its sharp social and political satire centered on a Black family navigating life in a predominantly white suburb.
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C.
Laffing Sal
Laffing Sal is a historic, animatronic laughing woman figure from early 20th-century amusement parks, now preserved as a popular attraction at San Francisco’s Musée Mécanique.
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D.
Regular Show
Regular Show is an animated comedy series following the surreal misadventures of two slacker friends, a blue jay and a raccoon, who work as groundskeepers at a park.
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E.
Taz
Taz is a major 17th-century halachic commentary on the Shulchan Aruch, authored by Rabbi David HaLevi Segal and highly influential in later Jewish legal works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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satirical superhero ⓘ superhero ⓘ |
| adaptation |
The Tick
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Tick (1994 animated TV series)
The Tick self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Tick (2001 live-action TV series)
The Tick self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Tick (2016 live-action TV series)
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| alignment | superhero ⓘ |
| ally |
American Maid
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Arthur ⓘ Captain Liberty ⓘ Die Fledermaus ⓘ |
| associatedWith | New England Comics universe ⓘ |
| catchphrase | Spoon! ⓘ |
| costumeColor | blue ⓘ |
| costumeFeature | antennae ⓘ |
| creator | Ben Edlund ⓘ |
| cultStatus | cult favorite ⓘ |
| enemy |
Chairface Chippendale
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El Seed ⓘ Multiple Santa ⓘ The Terror ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | New England Comics Newsletter #14 ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| genre | superhero parody ⓘ |
| hasSidekick | Arthur ⓘ |
| medium |
animated television
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comic books ⓘ live-action television ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableLiveActionSeriesDebutYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
childlike earnestness
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limited intelligence ⓘ nigh-invulnerable ⓘ superhuman durability ⓘ superhuman strength ⓘ |
| personality |
bombastic
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heroically idealistic ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Patrick Warburton
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Peter Serafinowicz ⓘ Townsend Coleman ⓘ |
| power |
enhanced stamina
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resistance to pain ⓘ superhuman jumping ability ⓘ |
| publisher | New England Comics ⓘ |
| setting | The City ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult and older teen viewers ⓘ |
| theme | parody of superhero tropes ⓘ |
| tone | comedic ⓘ |
| weapon | spoon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: The Tick Description of subject: The Tick is a satirical superhero character best known from the cult-favorite live-action TV series in which Patrick Warburton portrayed the absurdly earnest, nigh-invulnerable blue-costumed crimefighter.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.