# Best sidekick? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316 "2002-08-30T16:01:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/21 "2002-08-31T05:14:47Z")
Gabrielle Iolus and Mighty Molly!! ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/22 "2002-08-31T05:19:41Z")
Jane Lane (I want to marry Jane) GIR R2D2 ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/23 "2002-08-31T06:33:36Z")
Smiley Burnette ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/24 "2002-08-31T08:06:35Z")
Capacitor… I’ve always been partial to Joxer, myself. But, yeah, R2D2 kicks ass. But you know what? My favorite sidekick is Rusty the Boy Robot, from the _Big Guy & Rusty_ cartoons and comics. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/25 "2002-08-31T08:24:24Z")
Wulf Sternhammer (From 2000 A.D.'s _Strontium Dog_) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/26 "2002-08-31T08:26:25Z")
Tom Arnold _true Lies_ ---
**Author:** ![effac3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@effac3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/effac3d)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/27 "2002-08-31T11:28:57Z")
I’d say GIR(“Ohhhh,its got chicken legs”🙂 ) Or the scoobies,can’t imagine the show without Xander’s snarky comments. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/28 "2002-08-31T12:30:01Z")
Ha! Ha! Ha! Very funny Doctor pezpunk! I say Boo Boo. Runner up: Hadji. For movies: Tony in _The Shining_ Runner-up: Pagoda from _The Royal Tennenbaums_ “I’m not a side-kick, I’m a _co-star!_ My name is in the title for cryin’ out loud!” ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/29 "2002-08-31T12:31:54Z")
Doh! Could I change my answer? I of course meant to say: **TV’s Frank.** ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/30 "2002-08-31T15:25:29Z")
Bkue Falcon has Dyno-mutt ---
**Author:** ![king\_of\_spain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@king\_of\_spain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/king_of_spain)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/31 "2002-08-31T15:36:14Z")
I must’ve missed where someone mentioned Sam Gamgee, right? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/32 "2002-08-31T16:35:34Z")
Ed (“Little Ed”) Zotti. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/33 "2002-08-31T16:48:44Z")
For me it’s a toss up between Harold on the _Red Green Show_ and Penfold. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/34 "2002-08-31T17:54:41Z")
Barney Fife ---
**Author:** ![theotherangel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@theotherangel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theotherangel)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/35 "2002-09-01T00:50:12Z")
Pinky (from Pinky and the Brain) ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/36 "2002-09-01T01:37:54Z")
TV … Ed Norton (aka Art Carney) Movie … I’ll go with Chewbacca Realife … I go Rat Pack ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/37 "2002-09-01T06:06:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by king of spain \* > \*\*I must’ve missed where someone mentioned Sam Gamgee, right? \*\* Yeah, Sam Gamgee is the man. Erm, hobbit. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/38 "2002-09-01T06:18:46Z")
Harvey Birdman’s\*\* Peanut & Venger\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/39 "2002-09-01T23:52:42Z")
_Chronic_ and _Silent Bob_ ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316/40 "2002-09-07T20:30:22Z")
FTG are you implying that Silent Bob is _Jay’s_ sidekick? :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sidekick/126316.md?page=3)