# Name that sidekick! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289 "2007-06-08T18:18:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289/1 "2007-06-08T18:18:10Z")
Inspired by the recent ‘name that villain’ thread, identify the following lackeys/companions/underlings/right-hand men, etc: Pepper Potts Woozie Winks Bubble Walter the Wobot Marion Ravenwood Jamie McCrimmon Venus Smith Ariadne Oliver Agatha Aellyn Barney Gimble Jerry Van Horne No. 1 Son Mr. Mooney Roy Harper ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289/2 "2007-06-08T18:19:30Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] No. 1 Son [/QUOTE] Charlie Chan ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289/3 "2007-06-08T18:23:33Z")
Woozie Winks - Plastic Man Roy Harper - Green Arrow (Ollie Queen) ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289/4 "2007-06-08T18:27:55Z")
Ariadne Oliver–Hercule Poirot Barney Gimble–Andy Taylor Mr. Mooney–Lucy (Isn’t he more of a nemesis than a sidekick?) Jamie McCrimmon–one of the Doctors, can’t remember which ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289/5 "2007-06-08T18:28:54Z")
Marion Ravenwood - Indiana Jones ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289/6 "2007-06-08T18:32:59Z")
[QUOTE=cher3] Barney Gimble–Andy Taylor [/QUOTE] No, that would be Barney Fife. Barney Gimble would be for Homer Simpson I guess. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289/7 "2007-06-08T18:38:24Z")
[QUOTE=Who\_me?] No, that would be Barney Fife. Barney Gimble would be for Homer Simpson I guess. [/QUOTE] Oops. Yes, I had an inkling that might not be right, but I didn’t want to cheat and Google. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289/8 "2007-06-08T18:40:44Z")
[QUOTE=cher3] Oops. Yes, I had an inkling that might not be right, but I didn’t want to cheat and Google. [/QUOTE] Except I’d swear it’s “Gumble”. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289/9 "2007-06-08T18:45:09Z")
[QUOTE=Merijeek] Except I’d swear it’s “Gumble”. -Joe [/QUOTE] And I do believe you’re correct. Oh, well… I’ve never claimed to be a major Simpson expert. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289/10 "2007-06-08T18:48:01Z")
Pepper Potts- Ironman Marion Ravenwood- Indiana Jones Mr. Mooney- Lucille Ball? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289/11 "2007-06-08T18:48:03Z")
Virginia “Pepper” Potts - Tony Stark / Iron Man Brian d’oh - mised it by less than a minute ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289/12 "2007-06-08T18:51:34Z")
[QUOTE=Merijeek] Except I’d swear it’s “Gumble”. -Joe [/QUOTE] My bad. Should’a been “Gumble.” All correct so far. Here’s a couple more: Warren Weber (better known by a nickname) Eve Teschmacher Oliver Pike Martin Pawley ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289/13 "2007-06-08T18:54:21Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] Warren Weber (better known by a nickname) [/QUOTE] That would be Potsie, Richie Cunningham’s sidekick during the early years of _Happy Days_. (He later faded more into the background.) > [@](#): > > Eve Teschmacher That would be Lex Luthor’s sidekick from the first of the Christopher Reeve _Superman_ movies. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sidekick/407289/14 "2007-06-09T04:31:02Z")
Walter the Wobot is Judge Dredd’s sidekick. Venus Smith was one of the Avengers - the British TV show, not the Marvel comic; she worked with John Steed in a few episodes of the second season, before they brought in Mrs. Gale. Jamie McCrimmon was the longest-running sidekick of the second (Patrick Troughton) Doctor Who. (In fact, IIRC, by number of episodes he’s the longest-serving Who companion ever.)