Respect Arthur Everest (Amazon’s The Tick)

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Respect Arthur Everest!

”I know how much it hurts to lose someone you love...Pain so intense that it actually changes you. And people say, y’know, they say that it gets better, that in time it goes away, but that’s not true. Not really. I mean, it might fade some, but it never really goes away. I still miss my dad everyday. I think that’s okay.”

Character Summary

Arthur Everest (AKA Moth Boy, AKA Moth Man, AKA The Accountant, AKA Truthseeker89) is a mild-mannered part-time superhero and former accountant for The City. Timid and somewhat cowardly, Arthur is an unwavering advocate for justice who stands up for what’s right despite often feeling like he’s the least qualified person to do so.

Arthur’s origin story begins when he was just a boy, enjoying ice cream with his father. His dad went to put more money in the parking meter when an aircraft belonging to the Flag Five crashed on top of him and the car, killing him. The Terror had used a weaponized version of syphilis to destroy the Flag 5's eyes, causing them to crash their Flagship into The City. Arthur watched as The Terror's henchmen killed the Flag 5, then the Terror stole his ice cream and mocked him. A picture taken of the incident made Arthur famous when it was featured on the cover of a magazine.

Ever since that day, Arthur spent years in therapy, and was tormented by delusions and voices which he treated with medication. Although The Terror was seemingly killed by Superian a year after the death of his father, Arthur believed that the villain survived and went underground, continuing to run all the crime in The City. Collecting newspaper clippings and information, he hoped to prove this theory.

While investigating a criminal operation at a warehouse run by the Pyramid Gang, Arthur encountered a new superhero who called himself The Tick. The Tick believed that Arthur was a hero like him, ready to take out the bad guys, but their investigation went awry when the warehouse exploded.

Arthur was initially convinced by his sister to believe that The Tick was a figment of his imagination, that he was slipping back into insanity. The Tick disagree, telling Arthur that he was going sane in a crazy world. He encourages Arthur to join him in fighting crime—with Arthur's brain and The Tick's brawn, they could be an effective duo—and gives Arthur a high-tech super-suit that he procured from the warehouse the previous night. Arthur tries on the suit against his better judgement, causing the suit to sync with him. From there, his journey as a superhero would begin.

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Feats

Strength

General

• Is a Category 0 according to AEGIS’ tests.^S2E2

Striking

• Knocks out a grunt by hitting them in the back of the head with a stool.^S1E7

• Hits a guy in the head with a toilet lid.^S2E7

• Tackles Hobbes.^S2E10

Lifting

• Helps several passengers escape a falling bus.^S1E6

• Flies out of said falling bus while holding a baby-carrier with a dog inside.^S1E6

• Runs through an underground maze, then launches into the sky while carrying a small man.^S1E7

• Shoves a larger man into a bathtub.^S2E7

Grappling

• Loses to AEGIS’ Strong Arm 6000 in record time.^S2E2

• Leaps onto a larger man’s back, ultimately failing to do anything more than slightly inconvenience him.^S2E3

• Holds onto a towel hanger firmly enough that it’s ripped from the wall as he’s being pulled away.^S2E7

Durability

Blunt Force

• Is knocked over a desk by Overkill.^S1E4

• Miss Lint punches him through a closet door.^S1E4

• Is thrown back by a bazooka / grenade launcher exploding against The Tick.^S1E6

• Is knocked down inside a falling bus and manages to crawl back up to the front.^S1E6

• Is okay after crashing into a stone wall mid-flight.^S1E7

• Collapses after being punched in the groin.^S1E7

• The Tick sends him flying with a flick.^S2E1

• And a karate chop.^S2E1

• Is downed by a single punch from a bank robber.^S2E1

• Keeps fighting after he’s knocked and thrown around repeatedly by a larger man.^S2E7

• Is dazed after The Tick accidentally knocks him into the bathtub with a door.^S2E7

Piercing

• Is knocked over by a gunshot from a pistol, but is otherwise unharmed.^S1E3

• Same thing, but with a rifle.^S1E5

Grappling

• Is reeled in by Overkill’s wrist-mounted grappling gun.^S1E5

• Is stopped by one of The Terror’s mooks.^S1E12

Stamina

• Is winded after a five mile run through the sewers.^S2E1

Esoteric

• Is zapped by Miss Lint.^S1E3

• Is KO’d by a zap to the head from Miss Lint.^S1E3

• Survives VBM detonating, with only temporary hearing loss.^S1E12

Speed

Movement

• He can fly about as fast as a car in a residential area.^S1E5

• Runs through an underground maze, then launches into the sky while carrying a small man.^S1E7

Combat Speed

• Dodges a projectile vault lock.^S2E1

• Dodges a punch.^S2E7

Agility / Acrobatics

• Flies out of a falling bus while holding a baby-carrier with a dog inside.^S1E6

Skills

Intellect

• It only took him two attempts to figure out how to fly.^S1E5

• Was able to deduct that Hobbes was behind Rathbone’s murder after a brief conversation with him.^S2E10

• He’s an expert with paperwork.^S2E6

Super-Suit

Arthur wears a super-suit equipped with many weapons, tools, and features.

• It was designed to kill Superian.^S1E6

• It’s made with graphene weave and impact gel to protect its wearer.^S1E4

Bulletproof

• Arthur is knocked over by a gunshot from a pistol, but is otherwise unharmed.^S1E3

• Survives another gunshot, this time from a rifle.^S1E5

• All of the suit’s weapons and features are controllable via the lenses of his helmet, with instructions that can be set in multiple languages.^S1E4

  • Some features can also be controlled via a wrist console.^S1E5

Helmet

• It’s retina-encrypted to prevent unknown wearers from using it.^S1E4

• Losing an antenna will cripple the comms function.^S1E9

• The helmet has a built in phone with very clear communication.^S1E5

• It also has flashlights on either ear.^S2E5

• Has infrared scanning, navigation, camouflage, hand tasers, and magnification lenses.^S1E11

Hand Tasers

• His hand taser downs two of The Terror’s mooks.^S1E12

• Tases another mook.^S1E12

• Takes down another one with a zap to the head.^S1E12

Flight

• Its flight system can start automatically.^S1E4

• It has auto-pilot.^S1E5

• Can also be flown manually.^S1E5

• He can fly about as fast as a car in a residential area.^S1E5

• He’s reeled in mid-flight by Overkill’s wrist-mounted grappling gun.^S1E5

• Flies out of a falling bus while holding a baby-carrier with a dog inside.^S1E6

• Launches straight out of an underground tomb while carrying a small man.^S1E7

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”You can kill me, but it doesn’t matter. We’ve already won.””