El Seed
Encyclopedia
El Seed is a fictitious supervillain
from the animated cartoon series The Tick
. He is "the self-proclaimed liberator of the plant population". He is voiced by Ed Gilbert
.
El Seed is a walking humanoid sunflower who speaks with a faint Spanish
accent and wears a lime-green bullfighter's suit. He hates all non-plant life-forms, who he usually refers to as "monkey
s", and intends to eliminate them all so that plants may rule the world again. He never actually fights but creates various forms of plant monsters using chemical concoctions to do his dirty work.
El Seed is served by two women called the Bee Twins; identical twins in bee costumes (with wings that let them fly) who speak in unison.
El Seed's name is a parody of that of El Cid
.
Supervillain
A supervillain or supervillainess is a variant of the villain character type, commonly found in comic books, action movies and science fiction in various media.They are sometimes used as foils to superheroes and other fictional heroes...
from the animated cartoon series The Tick
The Tick
The Tick is a fictional character created by cartoonist Ben Edlund in 1986 as a newsletter mascot for the New England Comics chain of Boston area comic stores. He is an absurdist spoof of comic book superheroes. After its creation, the character spun off into an independent comic book series in...
. He is "the self-proclaimed liberator of the plant population". He is voiced by Ed Gilbert
Ed Gilbert (actor)
Ed Gilbert was an American actor, with extensive credits in both live action roles and voice work in animation, although he was better known for the latter. He did most of the voicings for the Baloo character in Tale Spin...
.
El Seed is a walking humanoid sunflower who speaks with a faint Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
accent and wears a lime-green bullfighter's suit. He hates all non-plant life-forms, who he usually refers to as "monkey
Monkey
A monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys...
s", and intends to eliminate them all so that plants may rule the world again. He never actually fights but creates various forms of plant monsters using chemical concoctions to do his dirty work.
El Seed is served by two women called the Bee Twins; identical twins in bee costumes (with wings that let them fly) who speak in unison.
El Seed's name is a parody of that of El Cid
El Cid
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar , known as El Cid Campeador , was a Castilian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat...
.