# 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:** 5
**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:** [June 29, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/81 "2017-06-29T14:59:11Z")
Nancy Drew Henry Jackson ---
**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 4, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/82 "2017-07-04T16:55:22Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Nancy Drew > > Henry Jackson What-no Asimov fans here? ---
**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 5, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/83 "2017-07-05T12:29:25Z")
Henry Jackson =\> the butler for _The Black Widowers_ Sofia Murray ---
**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 5, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/84 "2017-07-05T12:37:30Z")
Was he the one who masqueraded as a waiter? If so, would the answer be the Black Widowers? He’s an Asimovian twist for sure, but it’s hard to see him as a sidekick. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/85 "2017-07-09T21:15:13Z")
Vampirella (of course I cheated and looked her up!) Muttley ---
**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 9, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/86 "2017-07-09T21:23:54Z")
Dick Dastardly Count Kook ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/87 "2017-07-14T02:26:52Z")
Count Kook was the sidekick of Professor Weirdo, on “Milton the Monster.” LeFou ---
**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 14, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/88 "2017-07-14T12:53:27Z")
LeFou was Gaston’s sidekick in Disney’s _Beauty and the Beast_. Ding-a-Ling ---
**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 14, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/89 "2017-07-14T17:43:39Z")
Another Hanna-Barbara character: Hokey Wolf Beegle Beagle ---
**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 14, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/90 "2017-07-14T18:01:25Z")
Grape Ape Bernardo ---
**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 14, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/91 "2017-07-14T18:04:44Z")
The inspiration for Batman-Zorro H.E.R.B.I.E. ---
**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 14, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/92 "2017-07-14T18:14:05Z")
[On Disney’s TV series _Zorro_, Bernardo was his mute valet sidekick.] The Fantastic Four Hardy Har Har ---
**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 14, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/93 "2017-07-14T18:23:33Z")
Lippy The Lion Tippy-Toe ---
**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 14, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/94 "2017-07-14T20:39:58Z")
Squirrel Girl Proty II ---
**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 14, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/95 "2017-07-14T21:00:57Z")
Chameleon Boy Toomie ---
**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 16, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/96 "2017-07-16T15:35:59Z")
[I was waiting for someone else, since I answered this last time:] Toomie is the Silver Surfer’s surfboard. Groot ---
**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 16, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/97 "2017-07-16T21:37:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > [I was waiting for someone else, since I answered this last time:] > > Toomie is the Silver Surfer’s surfboard. > > Groot [del]I am Groot[/del]Rocket Racoon Perpugilliam Brown ---
**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 18, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/98 "2017-07-18T00:15:15Z")
[I had to look it up. I’d have gotten it if you’d said “Peri”.] The Doctor/Doctor Who Sea Dog ---
**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 18, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/99 "2017-07-18T00:24:36Z")
Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch Ogee ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559/100 "2017-07-18T00:32:31Z")
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