# Coolest fictional sidekicks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022 "2007-06-30T06:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/21 "2007-06-30T22:14:41Z")
The anime _Bleach_ has a supporting cast so awesome they totally steal the show on a regular basis. We have Mr. Last Quincy Archer Ishida Uryuu, who makes his own caped costumes. We have…oh, the entire 11th Division, who are the most crazy-ass mo-fos who ever walked the earth - but if you want me to be specific, then Kenpachi’s little pink-haired terror of a Vice-Captain Yachiru. And Byakuya doesn’t quite count, but he gets a shoutout because he is So Hot Right Now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/22 "2007-06-30T22:41:21Z")
How about [Arthur](http://www.thetick.ws/tvsk.html#arthur)? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/23 "2007-06-30T23:08:07Z")
How about Dr Watson as sidekick to Sherlock Holmes? Or Jane to Tarzan? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/24 "2007-06-30T23:24:48Z")
If we go into the realm of Classical Literature, then of course Sancho Panza is at or near the top of sidekicks/foils. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/25 "2007-06-30T23:56:04Z")
Gabrielle. Sidekick to Xena, and lusted after by every straight male on the planet. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/26 "2007-07-01T00:22:12Z")
Artemis Gordon. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/27 "2007-07-01T01:28:32Z")
how to do spoilers: [QUOTE=Licentious Ectomorph] Just preface the part you want to hide with the word spoiler inside brackets [like this], and then end with /spoiler also inside brackets. [/QUOTE] Thanks! OK then, regarding Nuriko (spoilers for those who haven’t seen _Fushigi Yuugi_: I thought it was kind of a cop-out for him to renounce being gay, start dressing like a guy, and fall in love with Miaka late in the series. I could understand Tamahome liking her, but all the other males? 😕 I still thought he was cool, though, and cried when he got killed by the monster (bear?) guy whose name I forgot. I cried even more than when Chichiri died. It’s been years since I dug up my \*Fushigi Yuugi \* fandubs. I’d watch them again, but right now I’ve been having a bad day and don’t feel like crying. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/28 "2007-07-01T02:08:09Z")
R2-D2. Best. Sidekick. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/29 "2007-07-01T02:18:38Z")
Gromit! ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/30 "2007-07-01T04:02:54Z")
Joe Pike, the taciturn, enigmatic partner to Elvis Cole in the series by Robert Crais. Little is known about him until the most recent novel or two, but he is one hard-ass dude; totally loyal and reliable and no-one to mess with. If he has your back, you are safe. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/31 "2007-07-01T04:03:07Z")
[QUOTE=mrklutz] Gromit! [/QUOTE] You’ve got it backwards. Wallace is obviously Gromit’s sidekick. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/32 "2007-07-01T05:05:01Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] Artemis Gordon. [/QUOTE] [pedant] **Artemus** Gordon. Artemis is a virgin goddess, or perhaps a Fowl. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/33 "2007-07-01T05:05:38Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Zoe and Jayne can kick my side anytime. Wait…that came out wrong… 😛 [/QUOTE] No it didn’t. 😃 My nominee- Willow Rosenberg, who also can kick my side anytime. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/34 "2007-07-01T05:12:42Z")
Spenser’s Hawk. Definitely the guy you want watching your back when your back needs watching. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/35 "2007-07-01T05:14:17Z")
A second vote for R2-D2, here. Chewbaka is a very, very close second. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/36 "2007-07-01T05:15:12Z")
[QUOTE=JRDelirious] If we go into the realm of Classical Literature, then of course Sancho Panza is at or near the top of sidekicks/foils. [/QUOTE] I would normally agree with Sancho Panza. The man devoted his life to Don Quixote, after all. Still, I don’t know if I’d want him at my back if I were up against The Mob. ---
**Author:** ![Heller\_Highwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@Heller\_Highwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heller_Highwater)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/37 "2007-07-01T05:27:54Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] Spenser’s Hawk. Definitely the guy you want watching your back when your back needs watching. [/Quote] Hawk was the person that came to mind immediately upon reading the thread title. Not only was he the guy you’d want watching your back, but he also had a definite aura of coolness about him, at all times. I really should go back and re-read some of those books. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/38 "2007-07-01T06:30:51Z")
I cannot believe I forgot Brock Samson from _The Venture Bros_. I don’t care, he wins. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lovely\_Margo\_Lane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@The\_Lovely\_Margo\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lovely_Margo_Lane)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/39 "2007-07-01T06:38:15Z")
Did somebody ring?? User Name horn-tooting aside, ditto Artemus Gordon. What about [Illya?](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1059/Mptv/1059/9948-0019.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=McCallum,%20David%20(I)) He always boiled my potatoes… ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022/40 "2007-07-01T10:12:27Z")
Hmmm…what’s the current Batgirl count as? Sidekick? Partner? Free agent? Victim of a fad for Silver Age nostalgia that’ll be as embarrassing as bellbottoms and “Disco Duck” in a few years? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-fictional-sidekicks/410022.md?page=3)