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The Tick (2016)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.0
The Tick poster

Overview

In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an accountant with zero powers comes to realize his city is owned by a super villain. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Bias Dimensions


Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate

LGBTQ: Positive

Overview

In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an accountant with zero powers comes to realize his city is owned by a super villain. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Prime Video logoPrime Video
Apple TV logoApple TV
Powered by
JustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The series is primarily a comedic parody of superhero tropes, focusing on individual character development and the absurdity of its world rather than explicitly promoting specific political ideologies or critiquing societal systems, leading to a neutral rating.

The movie features visible diversity in its supporting cast, but maintains traditional casting for its central characters without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. The narrative focuses on superhero comedy and does not explicitly critique or negatively portray traditional identities, nor are DEI themes central to its plot.

Secondary

The Tick features a positive portrayal of an LGBTQ+ relationship through Dot Everest and her girlfriend, Joan. Their relationship is depicted as normal, stable, and supportive, integrated naturally into the narrative without being a source of conflict or negative stereotypes, contributing to an affirming overall impact.

The show features Ms. Lint, a female character with electrical superpowers, who engages in combat with male opponents. However, her victories and effectiveness in these encounters are consistently achieved through the use of her powers, rather than through superior physical combat skills or strength in close-quarters engagements.

The 2016 series maintains the established genders of its core characters from previous comic and screen adaptations, including The Tick, Arthur, American Maid, and The Terror. No significant characters underwent a gender change from their canonical portrayals.

Analysis of major and legacy characters from The Tick's comic and prior screen adaptations reveals no instances where a character canonically established as one race is portrayed as a different race in the 2016 series. All significant characters maintain their established racial depictions.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.0

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.4
The Movie Database logo
7.0

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
9.5
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N/A

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