# Sidekicks **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 10, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559 "2017-06-10T01:26:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/181 "2017-07-25T17:16:22Z")
Prospero Azrael ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/182 "2017-07-25T17:30:17Z")
Batman King ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/183 "2017-07-25T17:43:41Z")
[Actually, I had in mind Gargamel’s cat Azrael, but Batman works.) Sgt. Preston Peter Boyd ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/184 "2017-07-26T17:51:15Z")
No idea on Boyd- just bumping to keep this active (if somebody doesn’t get it soon, I’ll cheat and Google it!) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/185 "2017-07-27T00:52:56Z")
If it helps, it’s Prof. Peter Boyd, and not the guy from _Waking The Dead_. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/186 "2017-07-27T02:39:58Z")
Bonzo J. Fred Muggs ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/187 "2017-07-27T15:48:33Z")
Another chimp! Dave Garroway Nordberg ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/188 "2017-07-27T15:55:22Z")
Frank Drebbin Buttons ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/189 "2017-07-27T17:05:50Z")
Baron Hardup or Sinderella Godzooky ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/190 "2017-07-27T18:58:26Z")
Either Uncle Godzilla or Pete Darian Zorak ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/191 "2017-07-27T19:14:26Z")
Brak Gabrielle ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/192 "2017-07-27T19:18:22Z")
Xena Iolaus ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/193 "2017-07-27T20:27:33Z")
Hercules. Ned Gerblansky ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/194 "2017-07-28T00:30:13Z")
Jimbo Kern Garry Moore ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/195 "2017-07-28T16:20:23Z")
Durward Kirby…but it was Kirby that was sidekick to Moore, I believe. Bob, Agent of Hydra ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/196 "2017-07-28T16:24:47Z")
[Kirby was Moore’s sidekick, but, earlier, Moore was Jimmy Durante’s sidekick on his radio show. Durante’s catchphrase “Dat’s my boy who said dat, and I wish I knew what it meant.” references Garry as his boy. The phrase was later coopted by Hanna-Barbara’s Doggie Daddy regarding Augie Doggy.] ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/197 "2017-07-28T16:33:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > [Kirby was Moore’s sidekick, but, earlier, Moore was Jimmy Durante’s sidekick on his radio show. Durante’s catchphrase “Dat’s my boy who said dat, and I wish I knew what it meant.” references Garry as his boy. The phrase was later coopted by Hanna-Barbara’s Doggie Daddy regarding Augie Doggy.] Thanks-I did not know about the earlier Durante/Moore history, and will probably hit my radio archives for a listen. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/198 "2017-07-28T18:04:02Z")
Deathpool Vir Cotto ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/199 "2017-07-28T19:31:18Z")
Londo Mollari ZZZ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/200 "2017-07-29T22:22:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Londo Mollari > ZZZ How about ZZZ, aka “Lila” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559.md?page=11)