However, some darkly comedic heroes have sidekicks of a more subservient nature ; though these relationships are often a form of " tough love " or even just a condescending affection, the henchman is in this case usually known as a minion.

He was about to sell his life story just before being killed, and investigation into his and M ' rrgla's past with the Seven Sentinels reveals the dark secret behind the group: the Seven Sentinels are not a superhero group, but a pedophile ring, having faked all of their famous battles and used the Young Sentinels ( sidekicks ) as sexual slaves.

Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes ' Doctor Watson, The Lone Ranger's Tonto, The Green Hornet's Kato, and Batman's Robin.

While many sidekicks are used for comic relief, there are other sidekicks who are less outrageous than the heroes they pledge themselves to, and comedy derived from the hero can often be amplified by the presence or reaction of the sidekick.

A villain's supporters are normally called henchmen, minions, or lackeys, not sidekicks.

Frodo Baggins ' Samwise Gamgee, and Harry Potter's Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, as well as the afore-mentioned Sancho Panza and Doctor Watson, are notable sidekicks from fiction.

Examples of alien sidekicks are Mr. Spock ( sidekick of Captain James T. Kirk ) on Star Trek and Chewbacca ( sidekick of Han Solo ) in the original Star Wars trilogy.

Duos of equal importance on TV such as Kate McArdle and Allie Lowell ( Kate & Allie ), Oscar Madison and Felix Unger ( The Odd Couple ), Bret Maverick and Bart Maverick ( Maverick ), Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue ( Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons ), or Laverne De Fazio and Shirley Feeney ( Laverne & Shirley ), are sometimes both called sidekicks to each other, although the usual sense of the term denotes inequality.

Chester and Festus Haggen are perhaps Dillon's most recognizable sidekicks, though there were others who would become acting-deputies for two and a half to seven and a half year stints: Quint Asper ( Burt Reynolds ) ( 1962 – 1965 ), Thad Greenwood ( Roger Ewing ) ( 1966 – 1968 ), and Newly O ' Brian ( Buck Taylor ) ( 1967 – 1975 ), who served as both back-up deputy and doctor-in-training, having some studies in medicine via his uncle which then continued under Doc Adams.

Christie then retaliates by saying ' they ' still think that the outfits are bad, but Lisa tells her to let her sidekicks think for themselves even just for once.

At the start of the second disc ( after mission 8 on Windows 7 reissue ), Carmen busts all of her eight criminal sidekicks out of jail so they can return to stealing, but " laser bars " are added after this to prevent another jailbreak from happening.

Their members are El Sharp Tongue ( Monkey again ) and A Book ( a book about sidekicks ).

He wants to take over Snorkland and is always accompanied by two sidekicks, who are miniature versions of him minus the magical abilities.

They are normally masculine persons of integrity and principle-courageous, moral, tough, solid and self-sufficient, maverick characters ( often with trusty sidekicks ), possessing an independent and honorable attitude ( but often characterized as slow-talking ).

There are two areas that are commonly used as impact points in sidekicks: the heel of the foot and the outer edge of the foot.

Meanwhile, Olaf, his sidekicks, and Sunny are on the peak of Mount Fraught, the tallest mountain in the region.

This version is the stereotype of what kid sidekicks are, saying phrases like " Golly!

In fiction, such heroic supporting characters are normally portrayed in a more positive light, tied to the hero by bonds of friendship and loyalty and are usually called sidekicks ; the villain's supporters are called henchmen or minions because of their evil nature, which implies that such personal bonds are difficult to establish.

It is also not unusual, especially in more recent TV programs such as Bones and NCIS, for there to be a team of sidekicks.

After the plan was a success, the team learned from Red Tornado that Savage took over the Justice League, with Starro tech, but as the sidekicks fight their hero / teachers, they subdue them long enough to put Robin's anti-virus tech in place and emerge triumphant.

Sparky is scheduled to appear in volume two, as part of a team of kid heroes and sidekicks.

Vic mentored the new incarnation of the Teen Titans, consisting mainly of sidekicks, most of whom have taken over the identities of former members ( i. e. Tim Drake, the third Robin, instead of Dick Grayson, the original Robin and Titans leader ), as well as stalwarts such as Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy, where they have fought enemies such as Deathstroke, Brother Blood, Doctor Light, The Titans Tomorrow, and a brainwashed Superboy and Indigo during a team up with the Outsiders in the Insiders storyline.

When invited by Robin to join the covert team of young heroes, he refuses, feeling it to be a ploy to simply keep the sidekicks in their place.

The Titans series ' redefinition of the team beyond its " sidekicks club "/" Justice League Junior " perception seems to be noted in the Awesome Holiday Special story, where Shaft rejects Suprema's attempt to replace his chosen lineup with junior assistants of Supreme's Allies teammates.

Each team consists of a captain character from the Mario series and three secondary Mario characters known as " sidekicks ".

In the Project Superpowers: Chapter Two Prelude one-shot, it was stated that the two heroes would appear in future issues in this line — Cat-Man as a feral being called Man-Cat, and Kitten as part of a team of kid heroes and sidekicks.

Comic book sidekicks have a long and popular history, dating back to the beginnings of the form.

Speedy is the name of two DC Comics superheroes, fictional characters that have each served as teenaged sidekicks for the Green Arrow ( a. k. a. Oliver Queen ).

In addition to the superheroes a trio of sidekicks was introduced, each of whom were new characters not drawn from the comic books: Wendy and Marvin ( voiced by Sherri Alberoni and Frank Welker ) and Wonder Dog ( also voiced by Frank Welker ), none of whom had any special abilities ( save the dog's unexplained ability to reason and " talk ").

He travels with a cadre of silent yet efficient penguin sidekicks.

Gibson initially fashioned the character as a man with villainous characteristics, who used them to battle crime, and in this was archetypal of the superhero, complete with a stylized imagery, a stylized name, sidekicks, supervillains, and a secret identity.

", Speedy teams up with fellow sidekicks Aqualad and Robin to battle Ra's al Ghul.

His first television success was as one of Michael Bentine's sidekicks in the inventive and surreal BBC show It's a Square World ( 1960 ), but Guyler gained greater recognition on the small screen in his association with comedian and writer Eric Sykes.

Ambushing Nelson and his sidekicks, they commence saturation bombing with water balloons.

* In 1975 in comics by Richard Comely, Captain Canuck is a super-agent for Canadians ' security, with Redcoat and Kebec being his sidekicks.

However, Amsterdam soon exited the show, leaving Lester the sole host, performing sketches with his crew of sidekicks ( including some of the earliest TV appearances of brassy Barbara Nichols ), running through standard nightclub comedy routines and introducing the show's vocal group, the Mello Larks.

After his high-profile role, West, along with Burt Ward and Yvonne Craig ( who played crime-fighting sidekicks Robin and Batgirl ), was severely typecast.

This film was more Disney in tone than modern anime with musical numbers and animal sidekicks.

Ignoring the sidekicks, pets, and other elements of the earlier Super Friends show, the line-up of this new JLA adaptation was created with two things in mind: to pay tribute to the original line-up of the Justice League of America while also reflecting racial and cultural diversity.

The first year of the series focuses upon a series of one-off stories exploring The City, Spider's background, and his often tense relationship with his assistants / sidekicks, Yelena Rossini and Channon Yarrow ( known collectively as the ' filthy assistants '), who become his full-time partners in his journalistic battles as the series progresses.

In later years, a talking mini version of the mallet called Pinky Punky was introduced ( the name Pinky Punky was chosen after Mallett asked viewers to write in with their ideas for a name ) and soon became one of Mallett's established sidekicks along with Magic, his pet cockatiel.

One-time villains Zorak ( a giant Praying Mantis or Locust, depending on the particular episode ) and Moltar ( a lava creature inside a metal suit ) were Space Ghost's sidekicks ( with guest appearances from many other old Space Ghost villains, most notably Brak ).

The plot concerned Sabre ( who became Fox ) and Krystal, along with their sidekicks Tricky and Kyte ( who appears briefly at the beginning and near the end ), and Randorn, a wizard who was Sabre's father and Krystal's adoptive father ( who was dropped entirely ).

Clyde, the most durable of the sidekicks, remained with the series until it ended.

The beast creature from the first level was ranked sixth on the GameSpot's 1999 list of the best monsters in gaming, while the alien " Buddy " was ranked third on the list of the ten best sidekicks in 2000, along with a comment that the " groundbreaking " Another World " is one of those rare games that everybody seemed to love.

He presents the former with several sidekicks ; Tim Smith and Janey Lee Grace ( both radio DJs in their own right, and often heard as solo holiday relief presenters on Radio 2 ), plus traffic reporter Sally Boazman ( who Wright calls ' Sally Traffic ') and " The Old Woman ", whose identity has never been revealed, though it is apparent that she is genuinely a senior citizen and not a younger actress ( despite her vocal similarity to the late Wendy Richard ).

His on-air interaction with off camera staff and sidekicks is somewhat in the vein of what Howard Stern and Chelsea Handler would later do.