The 50 Greatest Saturday Morning Cartoons
By Complex Magazine | Aug 9, 2010 | 3:39 pm | Permalink
The Tick
Ben Edlund
TK
Adapted from the comic that spun off of the newsletter mascot that teenager Ben Edlund created for a Boston's New England Comics shop in 1986, this brilliantly written superhero parody took the piss out of popular good guys like Batman, Aquaman, and Captain America. Named for a parasite and dressed in the "blue tights of justice" with antennae, the proud—and rather dense—muscle-bound hero protects The City from ridiculous and hilarious villains (Chairface Chippendale, El Seed, Professor Chromedome) with help from his meeker, wannabe-superhero sidekick, Arthur, an accountant who dresses like a moth and is the actual brains of the team. Given the metropolis' other superhero schmucks, many of whom are lazy, lascivious, and even cowardly, the Tick is like your best worst option when in danger. This joint is must-watch material, 'cause if you can't laugh at men in tights, you need to pick that atomic wedgie out of your tight ass.
Karmine August 9th, 2010 at 11:41 AM
Damn, Good days! wtf happened....?
pop August 9th, 2010 at 11:49 AM
hey. didn't malcom jamal warner used to host cbs storybreak too ? hahaha this brings back memories !
G.O.A.T TOONS August 9th, 2010 at 12:37 PM
HOW THE FUCK YOU GONE PUT POKEMON AT 50 AND SPONGEBOB AT 11? POKEMON AND SPOONGEBOB ARE G.O.A.T. THEY SHOULD OF BEEN IN THE TOP 10.
Thecool August 15th, 2011 at 10:16 AM
thats what i was about to say. Duck tales Really?
riff raff August 9th, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Man this brought back a lot of good memories. I grew up without cable so I was lucky enough to be able to watch most of these. TMNT #1! Hell yeah. Although I would have put Loony Tunes in the top 3. Loony Tunes is definitely better than Duck Tales.
zack August 9th, 2010 at 01:24 PM
Ghostbusters has to be higher than #27!!
M. Lane August 9th, 2010 at 02:06 PM
Great post! I agree with Riff Raff about Looney Tunes. Tom & Jerry is also up there. Muppet Babies let me know when it was time to browse and if nothing was on come back to it. Seeing TMNT #1 was all good though,although they had me up EarlY,lol...and why is it saying and labeled "Hero" Turtles in the intro??? When did that ever happen? No love for Tiger Sharks? or the rapping frogs? I think they should have made an exception for Kung Fu Theatre even if it was ranked #50.
McLovin August 9th, 2010 at 05:12 PM
Everyone born after 89 pretty much has the worse generation EVER!!! Man I miss those days..!
Joanna February 13th, 2011 at 11:40 PM
That is so true
Violent J October 9th, 2011 at 01:08 AM
More like if you were born after 93 or 94
Mook August 9th, 2010 at 05:40 PM
Nah Pokemon should have been number 1
rek August 9th, 2010 at 08:27 PM
man, i really appreciated this one... literally brought a tear to my eye. preemptive strike fuck you to the young'n ass commentator who say anything about this tear drop. you don't know nothing about this tear drop.
for real July 25th, 2011 at 01:15 PM
you don't, you got an f in school, that's all the language u know?
Joey August 10th, 2010 at 08:04 AM
Maybe I'm to young but how dragon ball z ain't make the list and what about captain plant