# 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:** 17
**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:** [August 28, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/321 "2017-08-28T21:56:30Z")
Rory Gilmore Willie Loomis ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/322 "2017-08-29T01:27:58Z")
Barnabas Collins, vampire Cameron Frye ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/323 "2017-08-29T02:50:09Z")
Ferris Bueller Miss Jane Hathaway ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/324 "2017-08-29T02:50:55Z")
Bueller. Bueller. Bueller. Beka Valentine ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/325 "2017-08-29T03:26:42Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Ferris Bueller > Miss Jane Hathaway Mr Drysdale Okay, go with Beka Valentine ---
**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:** [August 30, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/326 "2017-08-30T21:31:03Z")
Dylan Hunt The Death of Rats ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/327 "2017-09-02T05:20:17Z")
Okay, I got tired of waiting for someone to get this, so I cheated and looked it up. Problem is, while I know this comes from Terry Pratchett, and that she’s Death’s adopted daughter, I still don’t know whose “sidekick” she is. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/328 "2017-09-02T12:57:55Z")
I think you are thinking of Susan Sto Helit, who is Death’s adoptive granddaughter. The Death of Rats in those books is the sidekick of Death himself. New one: Phineas T. Bluster ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/329 "2017-09-02T14:35:44Z")
It’s Howdy Doody time! Al Neri ---
**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:** [September 2, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/330 "2017-09-02T15:59:19Z")
Michael Corleone Inza Cramer ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/331 "2017-09-03T01:28:47Z")
Dr. Fate Bunter ---
**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:** [September 3, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/332 "2017-09-03T15:35:46Z")
Lord Peter Wimsey Vanna White ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/333 "2017-09-03T16:43:03Z")
Pat Sajak! Cletus Purcell ---
**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:** [September 4, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/334 "2017-09-04T13:56:08Z")
Dave Robicheaux Billina ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/335 "2017-09-06T00:12:04Z")
Dorothy Gale Matthew the Raven ---
**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:** [September 6, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/336 "2017-09-06T02:12:20Z")
Dream, of the Endless Roger Murtaugh ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/337 "2017-09-06T15:09:42Z")
Martin Riggs Windy Halliday ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/338 "2017-09-07T10:34:46Z")
Hopalong Cassidy Rowdy Yates ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/339 "2017-09-07T11:21:23Z")
Gil Favor George Russel ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/340 "2017-09-08T02:59:35Z")
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