"THE TICK'S SINGLE GREATEST LINE" POLL
Vaquero888
I'm sure that you all agree that The Tick has said a lot of funny stuff.
But what is his single greatest line? I'm not talking about those long
schpiels that he does with Arthur at the end of every episode, but rather
just a single line.
My personal favorite goes to one of these two:
a) From the first episode (and the first comic book), when Tick is sitting
in a diner, and some jerk points out that "ticks suck blood. Do you suck
blood?" Tick responds: "Uh...yeah, I suck blood all the time!"
b) From The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil, when Arthur has become tangled in
Neil's facial hair. Tick attempts to help Arthur break loose, and
exclaims: "He has the mustache of a Titan!"
What's your favorite?
Larry M. Eshleman
The line that got me hooked--from "TT vs. Pineapple Pokopo":
"Slideshow...boring. Losing...consciousness."
Larry
"Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball"
matt jacobus
> > What's your favorite?
>
> The line that got me hooked--from "TT vs. Pineapple Pokopo":
>
> "Slideshow...boring. Losing...consciousness."
>
> Larry
How 'bout form the same Episode "NICK SOAPDISH!"? It's not
really a full line, but I thought it was great. :)
Matt
Kelli Ashbridge
In article <32B210...@pilot.infi.net>, mjac...@pilot.infi.net (matt
jacobus) writes:
>
> Msg-ID: <32B210...@pilot.infi.net>
> References: <32B1D9...@cornell.edu>
> Posted: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 18:27:52 -0800
>
> Org. : InfiNet
I have so many Tick favorites, but the one I use the most is actually from
El Seed in the "400 year old Bloom" episode: "ha ha! I win again!"
My sister and I use that one constantly. Often at the same time. :)
--Kelli
elov...@aol.com
I'd have to say my favorite line is also the favorite of my friend, KT
Orr. I've never seen or heard him say this, but it's her fav. line and
she tells it to me all the time.
In a disscussion of what super powers he has, someone asks the Big Blue
Guy, "Could you blow up the world?"
The Tick simply replies, "Egads, NO!! That's where I keep all my stuff!!"
Ciao,
Dustin/y
gle...@tribeca.ios.com
Boulder Hazard!!!
GreyWulph
I would have to say one of the best lines was in the Tick vs Education
when he is trying to determine the Flying Squirrels origin and he says
something along the lines of "Perhaps you were a feral child raised by
twitchy rodents."
Drew Gilmore
Vaquero888 (vaque...@aol.com) wrote:
: I'm sure that you all agree that The Tick has said a lot of funny stuff.
: But what is his single greatest line? I'm not talking about those long
: schpiels that he does with Arthur at the end of every episode, but rather
: just a single line.
: What's your favorite?
"It's a YULE-TIIIIIIDE!!!"
Drew
--
If it smells, it's biology. "I've told you a million
If it blows up, it's chemistry. times -- NEVER use
If it doesn't work, it's PHYSICS! hyperbole!!!"
Don Strong
Either "Bad man...drop street...on dog!"
or
"uh, Spoon?"
GarrettZilla
"Like a great blue salmon of justice, the mighty Tick courses upstream to the
very spawning ground of evil!"
What a fantastic simile.
--
Garrett P. Nievin gni...@gmu.edu http://mason.gmu.edu/~gnievin
Any opinions stated here are probably not shared by anyone, least of all
my employer...
Don
12/14/96
My favorite line changes a lot depending on which episode I've seen
most recently. Currently:
"Monkey out of nowhere!"
My wife's favorite is "I'm doing laundry!". Said with enraptured
interest and a trance like stare. She claims since Tick is male, this
should be included as his 3rd superpower -- mighty, nigh invulnerable,
and able to wash clothes.
BTW, I'm 46. Don't feel, or act, a day over 45.
Don
act...@myna.com
Okay, how about:
"Once I thought I was destined to become Emperor of
Greenland, sole monarch over it's 52,000 inhabitants."
Rob Nemet
Matthew Hubbard
Just to be a nuisance, I consider there are three important types
of Tick lines.
1) Lines during final speeches.
"But you can't let the package hide the pudding; evil is just
plain bad. You don't cotton to it. You've got to hit it in the nose
with the rolled-up newspaper of goodness. Bad Dog! BAD! DOG!"
2) Lines while knocked goofy.
"I'll take the porcelain dog and put the rest on the gift
certificate, Chuck."
3) Lines from the rest of the time.
"Villains, I say to you now... KNOCK OFF ALL THAT EVIL!"
Just my two cents,
MattH
Christopher B. Wright
I like this one:
"Evil comes in all shapes... whether it's a man-eating cow, or Joseph
Stalin!"
Christopher B. Wright (cwb...@ibm.net, Team OS/2)
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
"We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?"
(Edward Young)
"The urge to destroy is a creative urge."
(M. Bakunin)
Kevin Martin
In article <19961216105...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
VampStory <vamp...@aol.com> wrote:
[Fave Tic quotes collected for our convenience; thank you!]
>"Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball"
Whoops! That's someone's .sig, not a Tick quote... comes from a Saturday
Night Live ad parody from a few years back.
If anyone cares, there is a standard .signature separator (which is "-- ")
that is meant to avoid this sort of confusion. Hope this helps!
--
"ARTHUR! MONKEY OUTTA NOWHERE!" Kevin <can...@Nic.com> Neat, a 1-line .sig!
VampStory
For thoes of us who like things easy, here are all the Tick quotes that I
found in this thread.
"Like a great blue salmon of justice, the mighty Tick courses upstream to
the very spawning ground of evil!"
"Perhaps you were a feral child raised by twitchy rodents."
Bad man...drop street...on dog!"
"uh, Spoon?"
"Monkey out of nowhere!"
"Naugahyde.. this stuff really is tougher than leather."
"Once I thought I was destined to become Emperor of Greenland, sole
monarch over it's 52,000 inhabitants."
"But you can't let the package hide the pudding; evil is just plain bad.
You don't cotton to it. You've got to hit it in the nose with the
rolled-up newspaper of goodness. Bad Dog! BAD! DOG!"
"Villains, I say to you now...KNOCK OFF ALL THAT EVIL!"
"Evil comes in all shapes... whether it's a man-eating cow, or Joseph
Stalin!"
"Slideshow...boring. Losing...consciousness."
Jason Grunert
In article <32B517...@gwmwc.mwc.edu>, cell...@gwmwc.mwc.edu says...
>> "Slideshow...boring. Losing...consciousness."
>I know that i have used that line and dropped to the floor a couple
>times while sitting through slide shows or some other utterly boring
>experiences and there was no way out much to the odd stares of those
>around me!!!
You know Chris, I seem to remember you doing that back in English class
our senior year...I think you rather pissed off Ms. Hildebrand too...
heheheh...and I think only me and Iad were the only ones who had a clue
what you were doing...
Jason
the Tick
O.k. I've known this information for quite some time, but an
employee at Bandai told me to stay quiet about it so I have. But now it
seems more than obvious that the stuff I've seen isn't going to be
relesed, I'm going to
go ahead and post.
Thanks to the slip up of a very nice employee at Bandai I was given the
opportunity to see all of the Series 3 toys. The story goes somewhat
like this. I wen't into Bandai to pick up a Dino Neil, American maid
and a bound
ing tick for my girlfriend about 2 months ago. I asked If they had any
other tick items avalible at the window (ie, posters, trading
cards..etc...) She said well we have a whole bunch of the tick
cycles.......!!!!!!!"Tick
What?!?!" I said . She says she has a picture of it in one of the
catalogues, and she then starts flipping through a binder filled with
catologues for each line of figures that they produce. She flipps
through series 1..
nothing...series 2...nothing, then the crazy chick flips the page again
to show "the Tick series III catologue" I nearly shit!!! on the cover
it said March 96' but it was crossed out and a fall 96 ? was written in
it's pl
ace.
Well she opens it up and sure enough there it was the tick
cycle!!!which in all of it's two-fisted coolness couldn't even compare
to the tick tank located directly to the right of it, or to the four
new figures locate
d just obove including some new kind of Tick (looked the same to me but
it had a different action) Tick in space suit,Some nig fat dude
(omnibitron or something) and the one I couldn't take my eyes off "Mad
Bomber" (In my
opinion the coolest figure to date). There were also about 25 or so
new Pvc's located to the right of them. I said I'd take a cycle and she
said "shure I'll be right back" then she cmes back about 5 minutes
later and say
s "oh I'm sorry I was wrong we don't have those after all"
Then this other guy comes by about 4 minutes later while she goes to
get my figures and I say "hey what's up....blah ..blah..blah...I just
say the new figures ,they're cool"
"New figures, what figures?"
"the Series III figures " I said
"She showed you those?!?!?!? she's not supposed to show you
those...she's still new here and I'm going to have to talk to her.
Don't tell anybody what you saw, your now part of an elite group of
peple who have seen this( like I give a shit, I just want the damn
figures, not some bullshit honor conjured up to make me feel like I
have a duty) "
So I sure "Sure"
Figuring It would probably be best not to start getting people to start
writting them letters or anything and causing a premature uprise of
"we've just been screwed" anger against Bandai. But I think its safe to
say that
they won't be relesing the figures anytime soon on there own, and
Damnit I want them . I know they've been produced and are just sitting
in the wherehouse..I want my Tank and my tick cycle and I want my Mad
Bomber!!!
So if anyone has any ideas on how to get these figures relesed please
let me know...I'll do whatever it takes..and if anyone knows who that
fat guy figure was please let me know.
-Marc-
>
>
Jason Snell
In article <32B5A9...@asymetrix.com>, sco...@asymetrix.com wrote:
>"Wow! They got a blimp!"
Actually, I prefer:
"Where do they keep getting those blimps?"
-jason
--
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jsn...@macuser.com | Senior Editor/Online, MacUser / Editor, InterText
jsn...@etext.org | Read TeeVee! http://search.intertext.com/teevee/
matt jacobus
All I can say is - WOW, That's cool as shit!!!!
Matt
Matt
best line i think is from when they were trying to get into the
villain's club (i think maybe from the midnite bomber one):
"Eating kittens is just plain WRONG, mister! And you shouldn't do it,
EVER!!"
Mark W Modrall
my favorite tick line, bar none...
"Arthur, is this a warm moment, or should we be disturbed?"
-the tick in the 1st brainchild episode...
-mark
matt jacobus
Jason Snell wrote:
>
> In article <32B5A9...@asymetrix.com>, sco...@asymetrix.com wrote:
>
> >"Wow! They got a blimp!"
>
> Actually, I prefer:
>
> "Where do they keep getting those blimps?"
>
> -jason
My favorite has to be when the Tick can ask his Innerself one question he
says "How's it goin' ?!"
Matt
Fitz Augustin
In article <01bbea2e$9e0455a0$82ce2bcf@rdonr>, "Don" <rd...@ios.com> wrote:
> 12/14/96
>
> My favorite line changes a lot depending on which episode I've seen
> most recently. Currently:
> "Monkey out of nowhere!"
I'd have to agree with Don on this. I've been looking for instances where
I can insert any noun into that phrase.
--
Fitz Augustin
Middle Earth Productions
<ph...@enteract.com>
"All that is gold does not glitter"---Aragorn
DENNIS BITHOULKAS
My favorite Tick line still comes from the comics:
"Remember, ninjas are more afraid of you, than you are of them."
From the TV show:
"For three months I've been roomates with the Apocalypse, and it's
a comin' this way!" -From the Omnipoteus episode
Vaquero888
I can't believe this! Here I am, running around looking desperately for
any sort of Tick item, and it ends up that BanDai has even more Tick
figures that they haven't sold yet!
The fat guy, by the way, was probably OMNIPOTUS, the Galactus rip-off from
the episode, "Alone Together," where the Tick gets blasted off into space
while trying to erase the "CHA" from the face of the moon.
Thanx for the info, Marc...but I had some trouble understanding the
message. There might have been some trouble with formatting...
-Daniel
IrmaGobb1
My fav-o-rite would have to be from the christmas special.
"This is the last time you make epic naughty in Santa's threads!"
Irm : )
Clym Escudero
Thanks for the list.
I like the .wav file that's been around for a while that says:
"It's starting to smell a little like danger in here."
C.
In article <19961216105...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, vamp...@aol.com
(VampStory) wrote:
>For thoes of us who like things easy, here are all the Tick quotes that I
>found in this thread.
>
<snip>
_________
\ | /
- - If you don't stand for something . . .
- . . . You'll fall for anything.
-
elov...@aol.com
I thought of more Fav. quotes from the tick during my Trig, class today.
-After Speak tells the Tick he loves him, the tick replys, "Right On!!"
(I plan to use this the next time someone says this to me)
-"Shalom." (enough said)
-The whole "Now that's cool" dialouge from That Moustache Feeling (my fav.
episode if you can't tell)
-"I can't read your crazy moon language" (this quote is especially
effective in the classroom setting. i.e. teacher's notes on the board,
friends' notes, GERMAN class)
-"It makes a person look responsible, like a fireman or somebody's DAD!"
(I know this isn't right, it's been awhile since I've watched this
episode.)
-"Arthur.....moustache.....touching..Brain...."
-these are good compition, but above all others, we can all agree the
Tick's single best line would have to be "SPOON!!"
Dustin/y
Bob and Maureen Dallago
...
>
> > I'm sure that you all agree that The Tick has said a lot of funny
stuff.
> > But what is his single greatest line? I'm not talking about those long
> > schpiels that he does with Arthur at the end of every episode, but
rather
> > just a single line.
> >
>
> ohh..this is a tough one !!!
but it has got to be the line he said to the emperess of the ottoman empire
when she proposed marriage to Die fledermaus . the tick told her "There
will be no justice of the peace for you, just a Big piece justice !!!"
>>
>
>
Julie Ann Swindell
One of my favorites too. I keep bringing it up at random times.
Just in case anybody had gotten the urge to eat a kitten.
And it's from "Armless but not Harmless" one of my favorite episodes.
Spoon!
jules
Mezzoid
matt jacobus <mjac...@pilot.infi.net> said:
>All I can say is - WOW, That's cool as shit!!!!
>
> Matt
And you know how cool shit can be.
mil...@napanet.net
In article
<19961213035...@ladder01.news.aol
.com>,
vaque...@aol.com (Vaquero888) wrote:
>
> I'm sure that you all agree that The Tick has said a lot of funny stuff.
> But what is his single greatest line? I'm not talking about those long
> schpiels that he does with Arthur at the end of every episode, but rather
> just a single line.
>
> a) From the first episode (and the first comic book), when Tick is sitting
> in a diner, and some jerk points out that "ticks suck blood. Do you suck
> blood?" Tick responds: "Uh...yeah, I suck blood all the time!"
>
> b) From The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil, when Arthur has become tangled in
> Neil's facial hair. Tick attempts to help Arthur break loose, and
> exclaims: "He has the mustache of a Titan!"
>
> What's your favorite?
My personal favorites are:
1) From The Tick vs. Breadmaster, when
Arthur is trying to politely tell the Tick
that he has a milk mustache;
"Tick, you have some. . .uuhhh. . .you
know. . . . .right here...." - Arthur
"Gad, a crumb?!!. . . .an errant
particle?!. . . . .I am besmirched!" - The
Tick
2) From The Tick vs. The Uncommon Cold;
"Arthur. . .is that you?. . .eyes failing.
. .chicken soup only chance for survival.
. ." - The Tick
"Oh Tick, relax, everyone gets a cold once
in a while." - Arthur
3) And lastly, my personal favorite. I
don't remember which episode it's from;
"Gravity is a harsh mistress. . . . ." -
The Tick
Chris Millikan
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matt jacobus
Uh, Yeah.
Cyclonus
Here are a few of my favorites:
The infinity ball scene. (Sorry disregard the mistakes) "Ooh we have
those on earth, and we have higher numbers too!"
Tick vs. Europe in reply to, the brothers have the strength of ten men
"Is that 5 each or 20 all together."
Michael and Monica Gertz
Gregory Loren Hansen wrote:
>
> In article <19961213035...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
> Vaquero888 <vaque...@aol.com> wrote:
> >I'm sure that you all agree that The Tick has said a lot of funny stuff.
> >But what is his single greatest line? I'm not talking about those long
> >schpiels that he does with Arthur at the end of every episode, but rather
> >just a single line.
>
From The Tick #11 ("Two Strange Warm Men and the City of Their Dreams")
the invisible superhero standing next to Arthur at the urinal says:
"What are you looking at? This is no Peep Show Fella!! Keep your eyes
on the urinal cake!"
--
"E pur si muove" -Galileo Galilei, 1633
David R. Brewer
On Wed, 18 Dec 96 18:25:23 GMT, escu...@idx.com (Clym Escudero)
wrote:
>I like the .wav file that's been around for a while that says:
>
>"It's starting to smell a little like danger in here."
"*sniff* *sniff* Or heavily fried food."
David Brewer
dbr...@linfield.edu
bcbe...@aol.com
How about, "Gravity is a harsh Mistress."?
Which ep it's from I don't recall, but I bet someone else does!
BC
Danny Marquardt
DENNIS BITHOULKAS wrote:
My favorite is:
"Sneaky HOLE!!!"
when he falls into something resembling the grand canyon
from Tick vs. Prehistory
Danny Marquardt
dmar...@be.ucle.edu
Frederic Trobaugh
1) Arthur! Monkey out of nowhere!
2) We've got a few microwave pizza's to unevenly heat ourselves, chum!
3) It's time to give evil a swat on the nose with the rolled-up
newspaper of justice! (pretty accurate quotation, I think)
spork
Jason Grunert mummbled something about:
> You know Chris, I seem to remember you doing that back in English class
> our senior year...I think you rather pissed off Ms. Hildebrand too...
> heheheh...and I think only me and Iad were the only ones who had a clue
> what you were doing...
>
> Jason
why yes, i did piss her off quite a bit!! remember, i was "the rudest
student she had taught in 20 years of teaching" anything to piss that
lady off!!!! :)
--chris
Bob and Maureen Dallago
bcbe...@aol.com wrote in article
<19961220000...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
> How about, "Gravity is a harsh Mistress."?
> Which ep it's from I don't recall, but I bet someone else does!
>
> BC
>
its from the first episode "The Tick vs. The Idea Men"
bob
Tim Kerans
"Eyes playing tricks like tiny round devils"
Vaquero888
Wow...so many postings! Can I start a string or what?
How about, "Yep. You got a planet stuck in your ear." (from the episode,
Alone Together)
Kestrel the Fairly Decent Dragon
bcbe...@aol.com wrote:
>How about, "Gravity is a harsh Mistress."?
>Which ep it's from I don't recall, but I bet someone else does!
For shame! "The Tick vs. the Idea Men", the very first episode!
Kestrel
The Fairly Decent Dragon
Kestrel the Fairly Decent Dragon
Frederic Trobaugh <trob...@ucunix.san.uc.edu> wrote:
Hmm. I think the full quote is something like this:
"Yes, evil comes in many forms, from a man-eating cow to Josef
Stalin. But you can't let the package hide the pudding! You don't
cotton to it! You've got to smack it on the nose with the rolled-up
newspaper of justice! Bad dog! Bad dog!"
Dan Long
"Roof pig! Most unexpected!"
IrmaGobb1
What about, "Sight old friend, you've come back to me."
TICK vs. The DEADLY BULB
Christopher B. Wright
"Down here, I'm the apotheosis of cool."
Christopher B. Wright (cwb...@ibm.net, Team OS/2)
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
"We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?"
(Edward Young)
"The urge to destroy is a creative urge."
(M. Bakunin)
Ed Dergharapetian
How about:
"Clowns don't charge...they scamper."
edward.
Katherine Baker
tT> it had a different action) Tick in space suit,Some nig fat dude
tT> let me know...I'll do whatever it takes..and if anyone knows who that
tT> fat guy figure was please let me know.
Omnipotus, I think. He's from Tick Karma Tornado comics and the episode,
"Alone together".
~TWINSEN!~
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Merritt Stone™
Dan Long <cdl...@swcp.com> wrote in article <59jntg$4...@sloth.swcp.com>...
>
> "Roof pig! Most unexpected!"
>
>
I've always been kinda partial to:
"Stop... Or I'll throw a chimney at you."
--
My work here is done. ™
Merritt Stone™, MSTie #54420
RATMM's Resident Dirty Old Man
howi...@pixi.com
Max: "Mind if I drive?"
Sam: "Not if you don't mind me clawing the dash and screaming like a
cheerleader."
...From Sam and Max Hit the Road
Brian E. Bruns
I'm surprised that no one's posted my favorite, although
technically it may not be a Tick line. It's from TICK VS THE
PROTOCLOWN, where he is knocked into space and has the out of body
experience:
"Hello, Tick. This is your brain. Sorry I haven't been around
more, but I'm easily distracted by shiny objects."
--Brian Bruns
--
tak
These are, without a doubt, the best Tick lines IMHO...
In the face of a recently materialized simian:
'Arthur! Monkey outa nowhere!'
Staring down an avalanche of Santas:
'It's a YULE TIDE!'
In the mouth of a great beast, wrestling the tougne:
'Stop... tasting... ME...!'
While fighting slime-based alien:
'Oh, mucusy evildoer, is there NO END to your OOZING?!?'
Cindy Bonnen
"Bad man .. hit dog.. WITH STREET!"
Reverend Jake
Merritt Stone™ wrote:
>
> Dan Long <cdl...@swcp.com> wrote in article <59jntg$4...@sloth.swcp.com>...
> >
> > "Roof pig! Most unexpected!"
> >
> >
> I've always been kinda partial to:
>
> "Stop... Or I'll throw a chimney at you."
>
the big blue guy but rather Die Fledermaus to The Sewer Urchin.
"I, of course, am a master of disguise. He, on the other hand, looks
like a dink!"
Rev. Jake
--
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
"Supermodel's don't usually date guys who live in the dirt."
TICK vs...
http://tick-vs.home.ml.org
tick.vs....@mad.scientist.com
Kittie
PookiAdams wrote:
>
> One of my faves (there are soooo many !) is:
>
> "I don't know the meaning of the word fear! Well, I know the
> meaning....I'm not stupid...just not in this context." (I may not be
> quoting verbatim - I'm doing it from memory....)
Close, it's the word "surrender" he doesn't know the meaning of.
PookiAdams
Chip Reaves
AL8726 wrote:
>
> one of my favorites is:
> "I we go British when we get hit on the head, then what do the British
> get...I know, they get comatose"- the tick in the tick vs. the otoman
> empire
You gotta put it in context... and I'm not exact here:
"Comfort, Commitment, and Marriage. What do they have in common? The
letter 'C'... er, except for marriage. And if we go British when we get
hit on the head, what do the british get? I know! 'Comatose', another
'C'! "
A great episode for Tick lines, including "You may address me as
'Duchess'".
-The DiscoCow
AL8726
HappyHead
Dan Long <cdl...@swcp.com> wrote:
>"Roof pig! Most unexpected!"
"Gravity is a harsh mistress."
Terrence "HappyHead" McKay - http://supernova.uwindsor.ca/staff/mckaya
- "The other humans around it are trying to explain to it what a planet is."
- "Doesn't it know?"
- "Many humans don't. Mistervicepresident is one of them."
-- (Terry Pratchett, Wings)
tstak
"Tick, You can't fight crime with a Macaroni Duck!" Arthur in the Belly
of Love.
Susan
CDamour522
Gads! There are almost too many to mention, "Nostril Spawn!" making it
right up there, but the one that stayed on my answering machine longest
was:
"You know Charles, Sometimes when I'm feeling like a raving dingdong, I
find a nice cup of chammomile tea helps..."
They're dead...they're all messed up..
Cherry
Moshe
I think one of my favorites is:
"Now Arthur, you know that I'm my own comic relief" - the one with the
belt?
Ian Pitcher
mck...@uwindsor.ca (HappyHead) wrote:
>Dan Long <cdl...@swcp.com> wrote:
>>"Roof pig! Most unexpected!"
>
>"Gravity is a harsh mistress."
>
"Like a great, blue salmon of justice..."
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A thought crossed his mind, looked for traffic, saw none & crossed back
Robert Hernandez
"sometimes evil is just plain bad and needs to be smacked on the nose with
the rolled up newspaper of justice!"
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Robert
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Compromise is a word used by the weak and spineless.
Ian Pitcher <i.c.p...@ncl.ac.uk> wrote in article
<32d26c4e...@news.ncl.ac.uk>...
DENNIS BITHOULKAS
Robert Hernandez (Roberta...@worldnet.att.net) wrote:
: "sometimes evil is just plain bad and needs to be smacked on the nose with
: the rolled up newspaper of justice!"
: > >Dan Long <cdl...@swcp.com> wrote:
: > >>"Roof pig! Most unexpected!"
: > >
: > >"Gravity is a harsh mistress."
: > >
: >
: > "Like a great, blue salmon of justice..."
I still like:
"I killed Santa."
Just the way he said it made me bust up laughing.
"Get it right, and you're a star, get it half right, and you're a gas
giant." - Spider Robinson
Eben 07
"Wherever villiany rears its ugly head, where ever evil sets its giant,
ill-smelling foot, you will find the Tick"
or
"Do you dig?"
or
that line he says to Die Flatermaus at the Cafe after The Ticks adventure
in the Sewer about how a guy up here can be odd and smelly but bellow can
be a lion or something.
Jeff Bolz
"This looks like a job for.....LEGAL TENDER!!!!"
Jag Jaeger
If I did have an arch enemy, it wouldnt be a kid with a glass bowl on his
head.
Rena J. Taubman
Distribution:
The best line?
"Arthur, I never thought I would be saying this to you, but _SPOON_!"
Very dramatic (and, yes, goofy).
sbos...@aol.com
In article <5c8g2u$6...@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>,
I definately agree. That was a good one. As to whether or not there could
ever a single greatest line by the Tick... I don't think so. Everything
he says is just too cool.
Brian Westley
sbos...@aol.com writes:
>... As to whether or not there could
>ever a single greatest line by the Tick... I don't think so. Everything
>he says is just too cool.
And, I understand, he's his own comedy relief.
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Merlyn LeRoy
MARINER123
Barry at marin...@aol.com contributes: "Honk if you love justice!"
Ron Blancarte
Personally I have to go with the line that I say everytime I see a
dirigable.
"HEY COOL, THEY'VE GOT A BLIMP!!!"
From Tick vs The Idea Men
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> Personally I have to go with the line that I say everytime I see a
> dirigable.
>
> "HEY COOL, THEY'VE GOT A BLIMP!!!"
>
> From Tick vs The Idea Men
>
> RonB
"Where do they keep getting those blimps?"
or
"ARTHUR, MONKEY OUTTA NOWHERE!!!"
Matt Lynch
I think it's a toss up between a bunch of lines...
1) "I am MIGHTY!"
2) "Villains, I say to you now...knock off all that evil!"
3) "Don't count your weasels before they pop, dink!"
4) "Unappealing!"
5) "Monkey...funky..."
6) "Hello?!" (When Mr. Mental's psychic projection wakes up Tick)
----
MATT LYNCH
"How did cocaine suddenly appear in a form where you could
sell like a $2.00 hit? They could have made crack cocaine
in 1890 in New York but they didn't. It's not there in history.
Where the hell did that come from? That's a technology."
William Gibson, "Addicted to Noise" interview
Bob Roberds
In <5i17tm$n...@r02n01.cac.psu.edu> mml...@psu.edu (Matt Lynch) writes:
>1) "I am MIGHTY!"
>2) "Villains, I say to you now...knock off all that evil!"
>3) "Don't count your weasels before they pop, dink!"
>4) "Unappealing!"
>5) "Monkey...funky..."
>6) "Hello?!" (When Mr. Mental's psychic projection wakes up Tick)
My faves:
"What did you do, step in a pig?"
"Ottoman, there'll be no justice of the peace for you! Just
a big piece of justice!"
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Read "Soap On A Rope": | I envy YOU having ME
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Michael Vezie
In article <5i2gnb$j...@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com>,
Bob Roberds <brob...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>In <5i17tm$n...@r02n01.cac.psu.edu> mml...@psu.edu (Matt Lynch) writes:
>>1) "I am MIGHTY!"
>>2) "Villains, I say to you now...knock off all that evil!"
>>3) "Don't count your weasels before they pop, dink!"
>>4) "Unappealing!"
>>5) "Monkey...funky..."
>>6) "Hello?!" (When Mr. Mental's psychic projection wakes up Tick)
>
>My faves:
>
>"What did you do, step in a pig?"
>
>"Ottoman, there'll be no justice of the peace for you! Just
>a big piece of justice!"
I can't believe that:
"It's a yule-tide!"
hasn't been mentioned. That's my favorite.
In Christ,
michael, a sinner
Mike Caithness
No question about it....
"EAT MY JUSTICE!!"
:)
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Derek Gilbert
How about, "Mucal invader--is there no end to your oozing?!?"
"Tick vs the Uncommon Cold"
--
Derek Gilbert
"The night is young, and we have UMBRELLAS in our drinks!!!"
<der...@inlink.com>
Robert Beavers
<snip some stuff>
> I can't believe that:
>
> "It's a yule-tide!"
>
> hasn't been mentioned. That's my favorite.
>
> In Christ,
> michael, a sinner
I dunno, I still enjoy the nonsensical:
"Bad... man.. hit... dog... with... street!"
- The tick, taking Speak to the vet, "Tick vs. Arthur."
Fayline the short, pissed-off Amazon
Laura
Robert Beavers (rbea...@cycor.ca) wrote:
: <snip some stuff>
<snip some more stuff>
: I dunno, I still enjoy the nonsensical:
Mee too, I like the line from The Tick vs. Prehistory:
"Arthur! Monkey out of nowhere!!"
--
|Laura "nemo me impune lacessit"
|UMass [no one attacks me with impunity]
Scottish motto
Andy Michalski
I'd have to go with this:
()()()()()()()()()++++++++()()()()()()()()()++++++++()()()()()()()()()++++++++
"Sanity's only a 1 Trick Pony. That's all you get-- 1 TRICK,
RATIONAL THINKING!!. But when you're good and crazy-- OOOOh, SKY'S THE
LIMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
-The Tick
Have fun,
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Scott Colvin Beeler
l...@wilde.oit.umass.edu (Laura) writes:
>Mee too, I like the line from The Tick vs. Prehistory:
>
> "Arthur! Monkey out of nowhere!!"
"Aha! Roof-pig. Most unexpected!"
or
"Hello, Tick. This is your mind speaking. Sorry I haven't been
around much lately, but I'm easily distracted by shiny objects."
Scott
Piper
In article <3348e...@news.oit.umass.edu>, l...@wilde.oit.umass.edu
(Laura) wrote:
> Robert Beavers (rbea...@cycor.ca) wrote:
> : <snip some stuff>
> <snip some more stuff>
> : I dunno, I still enjoy the nonsensical:
>
> Mee too, I like the line from The Tick vs. Prehistory:
>
> "Arthur! Monkey out of nowhere!!"
>
My favorite from that episode.
"So, this is what Kingdom Come looks like."
After he thinks he and Arthur were blown up by a bomb.
Dana
--
one must cultivate his own garden
jb0...@cnsvax.albany.edu
Being new to the news group, I hate to disagre with you, but The Tick's
single greatest line was, "Why are little blue midgets hitting me with
fish?" from The Tick vs. Protoclown.
The Never Dynamic Duo,
Jeremy and Impulse
"Women like silent men; they think they're listening."
On 4 Apr 1997, Bob Roberds wrote:
> In <5i17tm$n...@r02n01.cac.psu.edu> mml...@psu.edu (Matt Lynch) writes:
> >1) "I am MIGHTY!"
> >2) "Villains, I say to you now...knock off all that evil!"
> >3) "Don't count your weasels before they pop, dink!"
> >4) "Unappealing!"
> >5) "Monkey...funky..."
> >6) "Hello?!" (When Mr. Mental's psychic projection wakes up Tick)
>
> My faves:
>
> "What did you do, step in a pig?"
>
> "Ottoman, there'll be no justice of the peace for you! Just
> a big piece of justice!"
>
>
> --
> Bob Roberds -- |-----------------------
> brob...@ix.netcom.com | I have no one to envy.
> Read "Soap On A Rope": | I envy YOU having ME
> http://members..aol.com/bobly1 | to envy.
>
>
>
>
Chris Esser
> "Arthur! Monkey out of nowhere!!"
>
> "Hello, Tick. This is your mind speaking. Sorry I haven't been
> around much lately, but I'm easily distracted by shiny objects."
Or I really like the ending from "Armless But Not Harmless"..."When
Evil's afoot and you don't have any arms, you gotta use your head....",
always brings a tear of joy to my eye.
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Laura Cox
mailto:ASTRO...@aol.com
Andy Michalski
Just caught another great quote:
()()()()()()()()()++++++++()()()()()()()()()++++++++()()()()()()()()()++++++++
"When evil is afoot, and you don't have any arms, you gotta use
your head. And when evil is ahead and you're behind, you gotta
do the leg work. BUT, when you can't get a leg up, you gotta be
hip. You gotta keep your chin up!
PEx...@postoffice.worldnet.att.net
Ah, from that episode, I'm partial to the exchange:
"My friend here needs a job." "Can he lift a lot of luggage?" "He can."
...and "Oh, well, look at me, I've got speech!" (or however it exactly
goes; the resort manager says it to Arthur when he claims he isn't one
of _them_)
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if no one gets hurt?!" + I weep, for I have but one small tongue
'The Tick vs. Science' /|\ with which to taste an entire world.
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Ken Frauwirth (BioKen)
In article <5ibhiv$m...@uni00nw.unity.ncsu.edu>,
Scott Colvin Beeler <scbe...@eos.ncsu.edu> wrote:
>"Hello, Tick. This is your mind speaking. Sorry I haven't been
>around much lately, but I'm easily distracted by shiny objects."
I like this one a lot, too. But my favorite (as a scientist myself) is from
"Grandpa Wore Tights":
"Science in those days worked in broad strokes. They got right to the point.
Now everything is just molecule, molecule, molecule."
BioKen
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Vaquero888
"Hmmm...Roof pig! Most unexpected." (from "Heroes")
or
"He has the moustache of a Titan!" (from "The Tick vs. Dinasour Neil")
-Dan
Eric Christopherson
Why don't we ever heard about anyone else's quotes? I haven't seen to
many of the shows, but I thought Arthur's "You can't fight evil with a
macaroni duck!" was pretty cool.
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| Eric Christopherson |
x. . - - --+
Libby Vaughn
"Groovy all-girl world NOW!"
Ray
"Must defy laws of physics"
From THE BIG NOTHING
John Foyt
"We have those on earth and higher numbers too."
From THE BIG NOTHING refering to the floating "8" or infinity ball.
r9...@uno.edu
My favorite Arthur line has to be when he flips out at Sewer Urchin: "WHY DO
YOU KEEP SAING THAT!!! 'definately, definately' NOTHING IS EVER DEFINATE!
YOU'RE DRIVING US ALL INSANE!!!!"...
My favorite Tick Quote is in that episode too, when he's on the back of the
giant ant, plumetting from the building, he screams "I LOVE THIS JOB!!!"
Captain Kahunah
Wesley Johnson
Here's my vote for single greatest line.
"What???? NO WAY mister!!!! Eating Cats is wrong!! And no one should do
it, EVER!!!!"
I know that it's a few sentences, but if I had put in the >>...<<< marks
then it could qualify as one.
"A lot of wealthy people are not happy. Health is important but, again,
not every healthy person is happy. I don't pray for wealth or even
health, but for long-lasting happiness." - Vanessa Mae
:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
On 4 Apr 1997, Bob Roberds wrote:
> In <5i17tm$n...@r02n01.cac.psu.edu> mml...@psu.edu (Matt Lynch) writes:
> >1) "I am MIGHTY!"
> >2) "Villains, I say to you now...knock off all that evil!"
> >3) "Don't count your weasels before they pop, dink!"
> >4) "Unappealing!"
> >5) "Monkey...funky..."
> >6) "Hello?!" (When Mr. Mental's psychic projection wakes up Tick)
>
> My faves:
>
> "What did you do, step in a pig?"
>
> "Ottoman, there'll be no justice of the peace for you! Just
> a big piece of justice!"
>
>
> --
> Bob Roberds -- |-----------------------
> brob...@ix.netcom.com | I have no one to envy.
> Read "Soap On A Rope": | I envy YOU having ME
> http://members.aol.com/bobly1 | to envy.
>
>
>
>
Derek Gilbert
Andy Michalski <amic...@shrike.depaul.edu> wrote in article
<Pine.GSO.3.95.97040...@shrike.depaul.edu>...
> I'd have to go with this:
>
>
()()()()()()()()()++++++++()()()()()()()()()++++++++()()()()()()()()()++++++
++
>
> "Sanity's only a 1 Trick Pony. That's all you get-- 1 TRICK,
> RATIONAL THINKING!!. But when you're good and crazy-- OOOOh, SKY'S THE
> LIMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
>
I still like, "Mucal invader--is there no end to your oozing?"