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The Tick (2016)

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The Tick (2016)

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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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive

Viewer Rating
8.0

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 byJustWatch

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 series features Dot Everest, a main supporting character, in an openly loving relationship with her girlfriend, Joan. Their queer identity is presented naturally and positively, integrated into the narrative without being a source of conflict or negative stereotypes, affirming the worth of their relationship.

The show 'The Tick' does not depict any transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on superhero comedy without engaging with transgender identity or experiences.

The show features female characters who participate in action scenes, such as Dot Punc and Ms. Lint. However, Dot Punc primarily uses firearms for combat, and Ms. Lint's victories are consistently achieved through her electrical superpowers, rather than direct physical combat or martial arts against male opponents.

The 2016 series of The Tick introduces new characters and reinterprets existing ones, but no established legacy characters from the comics or prior adaptations had their gender changed in this iteration.

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
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7.0

Critic Ratings

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9.5
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N/A

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