Episode 1: The Tick, a superhero who has been protecting a small bus station, decides it's time to go to the city when he finds a misplaced bus ticket. Meanwhile Arthur, an accountant with little self-confidence or belief in himself, tries to fulfill his lifelong urge to become a superhero, and loses his job in the process. In their first-ever team up, the Tick and Arthur must thwart the Red Scare, a robot made in the 1970s by the Soviet Union, programmed to destroy the US president. Unaware of the present year, the Red Scare seeks to destroy former President Carter. Christopher Lloyd plays Mr. Fishladder in this episode.