This is a list of notable fictional and real sidekicks.
A * Abu: the monkey companion of Aladdin in Disney versions of the story. * Al Calavicci: Sidekick of Dr. Samuel Beckett on Quantum Leap. As a hologram, he guides Sam throughout his many adventures, or "leaps," by providing him with vital information such as probable mission objectives in the scenarios they come across. * Alphonse Elric: Sidekick to his older brother, Edward Elric (AKA: the Fullmetal Alchemist) who aids him in battle and research. * Anastasia: Sidekick to and daughter of Lady Tremaine from Cinderella. She was later reformed and starred in her very own story. * Andre Grandier: Sidekick to Oscar de Jarjayes in The Rose of Versailles. A double rare case: male sidekick to female heroine, and also romantically involved with her. * Anna Worthington: Sidekick and assistant to Jimmy Nixon McGarfield the 4th Grade President-for-life from Codename: Kids Next Door * Archie Goodwin: Sidekick to detective Nero Wolfe, in mysteries by Rex Stout. Wisecracking Archie provides legwork for the grumpy, sedentary Wolfe. Much of the humor in the stories comes from the two giving each other a hard time. * Artemus Gordon: Sidekick to James West in The Wild Wild West. * Arthur: Sidekick to The Tick. Arthur is a reluctant sidekick who wears a white body suit with wings, thus resembling a giant moth. He helps out his dense pal The Tick in numerous episodes of the comic book, cartoon series, and live-action show. * Aqualad: sidekick to Aquaman and one of the founders to the original Teen Titans. Now known as Tempest * Anguirus: enemy turned sidekick to Godzilla. His help to Godzilla in the original series is only rivaled by Rodan. * Aphrodite A: Female Mecha. Sidekick of Mazinger Z. * Ando Masahashi: Sidekick to Hiro Nakamura on Heroes.
B * Baba Looey: Sidekick to Quick Draw McGraw * Baldrick (sometimes Sodoff Baldrick): Sidekick and whipping boy to Edmund Blackadder in the various Blackadder television series. * Balki Bartokomous: Sidekick to and cousin of Larry Appleton in Perfect Strangers. * Barnacleboy, sidekick to Mermaidman on SpongeBob SquarePants. * Barney Fife: Sidekick to Sheriff Andy Taylor of the Andy Griffith Show * Barney Rubble, sidekick and sometimes patsy for Fred Flintstone. * Batgirl, sidekick to Batwoman or Batman * Beaker: Sidekick to Dr. Bunsen Honeydew of The Muppets. * Bender, sidekick to Fry * Bentley, sidekick to Sly Cooper * Bernardo, mute servant to Zorro. * Big Fat Baby, sidekick to Father Time on ' * Bird, sidekick to Thunderfoot * Boo Boo, sidekick to Yogi Bear * , sidekick to from ' * Boomer the Woodpecker: Sidekick to Big Mama the Owl and Dinky the Sparrow in The Fox and the Hound * Br'er Bear, sidekick to Br'er Fox in the Uncle Remus stories and Song of the South * Brian, sidekick and pet dog of Peter Griffin in the animated series Family Guy * Brian Lueking sidekick to Troy Roskens at Brandt, Solomon, & Anderson, LLP * Bubba, sidekick to Dr. Wasabi from Chop Socky Chooks * Buckskin Blodgett: occasional sidekick to Red Ryder * Bucky, sidekick to Captain America * Boss Borot, giant mecha and comic relief. Sidekick to Mazinger Z.
C * Captain Arthur Hastings, sidekick to Hercule Poirot, plays a similar role as Dr. Watson. An ex-military man, he's both romantic and unimaginative. * Captain Haddock, sidekick to Tintin in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin. In stories without Haddock, the role of the sidekick can be attributed to Milou, Tintin's dog (known as Snowy in the English-language editions). The stories also feature two policemen, Dupont and Dupond (Thomson and Thompson), who can be seen as equal sidekicks to each other. * Catfish: Sidekick to Misterjaw. * Chase Edmunds, Jack Bauer's back up and sidekick in 24 season 3. * Chester Goode: Sidekick to Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke. * The Cheat, sidekick to the "criminal element" Strong Bad in popular Flash web series Homestar Runner. * Chewbacca, Han Solo's sidekick. Serves as his first mate on the Millennium Falcon. * Chrono, Rosette Christopher's romantic interest and faithful companion in Chrono Crusade. * Clank, robotic sidekick to Ratchet in the Ratchet & Clank video game series. * Clarabelle Cow, sidekick to Bad Pete in Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers. * Clarin, the aging, wisecracking squire of Rosaura in Pedro Calderón de la Barca's La vida es sueño. * Cleft the Boy Chin Wonder: Sidekick to the Crimson Chin. * Copper the Hound Puppy: Sidekick to Tod the Fox Kit in The Fox and the Hound * Cornfed Pig: Sidekick to "Duckman" * Crow, sidekick to April Ryan and later, Zoë Castillo (The Longest Journey and Dreamfall). * Crow, Bananaman's sidekick in the cartoon series.
D * Diana A: Female mecha. Sidekick of Mazinger Z after the destruction of Aphrodite A. * Dan the Dyna-Mite sidekick of the super hero T.N.T. * Daxter: Sidekick to Jak from "Jak and Daxter, Jak 2, Jak 3, and Jak X: Combat Racing. Daxter was transformed into an ottsel and usually tries to take credit for Jak's work. * Delightful Children from Down the Lane: Sidekicks to and children of Father from Codename: Kids Next Door * Diddy Kong: Sidekick to Donkey Kong in many of the Donkey Kong video games including Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Land. * Dijon the Thief: Sidekick to Merlock the Sorcerer in DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, and later Flintheart Glomgold on the series itself. * & : Sidekicks to from ' * Dinky the Sparrow: Sidekick to Big Mama the Owl in The Fox and the Hound. * Dr. Dawson: Sidekick to Basil of Baker Street, The Great Mouse Detective. * Donkey: Sidekick to Shrek. * Drix: Sidekick to Osmosis Jones in the film of the same name and its spin-off TV series * Drizella: Sidekick to and daughter of Lady Tremaine from Cinderella (and its sequels Cinderella II: Dreams Come True and Cinderella III: A Twist in Time) * Dynomutt: Sidekick to The Blue Falcon on The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (ironically, Dynomutt is the show's titular character, of course). * Dyna Girl: Sidekick to Electra Woman
E * Ebony White: Sidekick to The Spirit. * Ed Norton: Sidekick to Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners. * Ernie, Sidekick to Bert in Sesame Street. * Ethel Mertz serves as Lucy Ricardo's sidekick in I Love Lucy. * Eva Kant is the sidekick and girlfriend/partner of the comic anti-hero Diabolik.
F * Fabrizio De Rossi: Sidekick to Jack Dawson in Titanic. Fabrizio, an Italian immigrant, was Jack's best friend. He and Jack won two tickets in a poker game, and they managed to get on board the doomed ship shortly before it left. * Fallout Boy: Sidekick of Radioactive Man * Fang: Sidekick to and pet cat of Mona the Vampire * Fantasio: Sidekick to Spirou in the Spirou et Fantasio comic strips. * Fatman: Sidekick to the super hero Mr. America * Fernando Sucre: cellmate in Prison Break * Festus Haggen: Sidekick on Gunsmoke * Flounder: Sidekick of Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid. * Floyd : sidekick in Jet Force Gemini
G * Gabrielle: Initially considered a sidekick to Xena by fans and even other characters, much to her annoyance. One of the few sidekicks who was openly suggested to have a physical relationship with a titular hero(ine). * General Disarray: Professor Chaos' partner in evil in the animation series South Park. * GIR: Robot sidekick of Invader Zim. * Gnasher: Dennis the Menace's dog, first appeared in The Beano issue 1363 dated 31 August 1968. * Goose: Sidekick to Maverick (Top Gun). * Gurgi: Half man/half animal rhyming creature to Taran in Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain fantasy series.
H * Hadji: Sidekick to Jonny Quest. * Hannibal King: often sidekick to Blade:The Vampire Slayer, unusual being that King is a vampire. * Hank Kingsley: Legendary sidekick to Larry Sanders in the fictional show The Larry Sanders Show * Haroud: Sidekick to Abis Mal from Aladdin * Xander Harris: Sidekick to Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer * Heff Heffalump: Sidekick to Stan Woozle on The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. * : Sidekick to from ' * Hobbes: Sidekick to Calvin in Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes. * Hoppy Uniatz: Sometime sidekick to Simon Templar (The Saint) in later books by Leslie Charteris, and in some black-and-white episodes of the TV series staring Roger Moore. Although the Saint had other associates, none are quite as sidekick-like as Hoppy.
I * Iago: Sidekick to Jafar in Aladdin. He later defected to the good guys. * Igor: Sidekick to and butler of Count Duckula. * Iolaus: sidekick to Hercules.
J * Jaken: The Kappa sidekick, retainer and servant of Sesshomaru. Known for his toad-like appearance, grumpy comments and undying devotion and loyalty to the dog demon. * James "Jimmy" Trivette played by Clarence Gilyard would say in an advertisement for Walker Texas Ranger, "I am NOT Chuck Norris's sidekick! THIS (film of Norris giving a Roundhouse kick to a villain) is Chuck Norris's 'sidekick'!" * Jiminy Cricket: Sidekick to and "official conscience" of Pinocchio in the Disney version of the story. * Jimmy Olsen: Sidekick to Superman, especially when using the names Nightwing and Flamebird * Jingles: Wild Bill Hickok's sidekick portrayed by Andy Devine in radio and television's The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, starring Guy Madison as Wild Bill. * Joe: Sidekick to and Italian restaurant employee of Tony in the Lady and the Tramp series. * Jolly Jumper: Sidekick and mount of Lucky Luke. Jolly Jumper is an example of an animal as sidekick, which is not at all unusual, though in most cases the non-human sidekick is a dog (such as Milou in Tintin or Devil in The Phantom). Jolly Jumper is more of a parody of a sidekick, poking fun at the wonder horses of the Western genre, and his specific task in the series is to provide witty and cynical commentary. Some stories also feature Ran Tan Plan, who in turn is the parody of the super-intelligent dogs prevalent in adventure genre (such as Rin Tin Tin): he is possibly the most stupid canine in fiction. * Jubilee: Unofficial sidekick of Wolverine. * Jughead Jones: Sidekick to Archie Andrews. * Jonathan Gray: Sidekick to Lewie 'The Shank' Procter.
K * Karate: not very bright but strong and a martial arts expert, the sidekick of Batfink. * Kato: Sidekick to The Green Hornet. Kato served as chauffeur and assistant to the Green Hornet. Because of Bruce Lee's appearance in the television series based on the character, this is one property where the key interest is more on the sidekick than the hero. In Hong Kong during the original series run, The Green Hornet was known as "The Kato Show". * Kaz Harada: Sidekick and manager of Puffy AmiYumi in real life and animation. * Kif Kroker: Sidekick to Zapp Brannigan from Futurama * Kirstee & Kaycee (aka the Tweevils): Sidekicks to and fashion interns of Burdine Maxwell from ' * Kid Flash: Sidekick to the Flash and founding member of the Teen Titans. Originally made by Wally West (later Flash) and later followed by Bart Allen (also later the Flash). * Kid Devil: Edward Bloomberg, estranged sidekick to the Blue Devil and member of the Teen Titans * KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand). Sidekick to Michael Knight in Knight Rider. * Krillin: Sidekick to Goku in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z * Kronk: Sidekick of Yzma in The Emperor's New Groove (and its TV spin-off, The Emperor's New School) who was later reformed and starred in .
L * Lafayette: Sidekick to Napoleon (not to be confused with Napoleon Bonaparte) from The Aristocats * Launchpad McQuack: Sidekick to Darkwing Duck. * Linus: Sidekick to Gatsby from the show Cats * LeFou: Sidekick to Gaston, the villain of Beauty and the Beast. His name is French for "the fool". * Leonardo: Sidekick to Clyde Crashcup in The Alvin Show. * Little Beaver: Sidekick to Red Ryder * Lucifer: Sidekick to and pet cat of Lady Tremaine from Cinderella (and its sequels Cinderella II: Dreams Come True and Cinderella III: A Twist in Time) * Luigi: Sidekick to and brother of Mario. * Lothar: Sidekick to Mandrake the Magician. * Lydia Deetz: Sidekick to Beetlejuice
M * Mahesuan: Sidekick to Dum in Tears of the Black Tiger. He was formerly the best gunman in the outlaw gang until Dum came along, and is dissatisfied with his status as a sidekick. * Marcie: Sidekick to Peppermint Patty in Peanuts. * Mark P.: Sidekick of Greybush * Maya Fey: Sidekick to Phoenix Wright in the Ace Attorney games. * Marv Murchens: Sidekick to Harry Lyme in Home Alone. * Miles "Tails" Prower: Sidekick to Sonic the Hedgehog in the video game series of the same name. He has the ability to fly by twirling his two tails. * Mike Boogie: Sidekick to Dr. Will in Big Brother * Mike Diamond: Sidekick to Jared in the game series of the same name. * Milhouse Van Houten: Sidekick and patsy to Bart Simpson. * Mini-Me: Dr. Evil's identical clone but one eighth his size, in the Austin Powers series of films. * Monroe: Sidekick to Juniper Lee from The Life and Times of Juniper Lee * Mr. Smee: Sidekick to Captain Hook in the story of Peter Pan. * : Sidekick to from ' * Mouser: Sidekick to King Koopa on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. * Murray: Sidekick to Sly Cooper. * Muttley: Sidekick to Dick Dastardly in Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines.
N * Nanny: Sidekick to and maid of Count Duckula. * Natasha Fatale: Sidekick to Boris Badenov. * Navi: Link's faerie companion in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. * Marc: Wilhemina's sidekick in Ugly Betty.
O * Obelix: Sidekick to Asterix. * Otacon: Sidekick to Solid Snake since Metal Gear Solid. * Otis: Sidekick to Lex Luthor in Superman: the Movie.
P * Pastel, sidekick and cousin to Light in the Konami's Twinbee video game series. * Pat Patton, sidekick to Dick Tracy before he became Police Chief. * Penfold, a timid hamster and loyal comic sidekick to DangerMouse. * Pete Sheppard, the overweight, bumbling sidekick of Glenn Ordway * Peter Puppy, sidekick of Earthworm Jim * Pikachu, sidekick of Ash Ketchum of Pokémon (though it is debatable if Ash himself is the sidekick, since Pikachu mainly does more effects) * Pinky the not so bright mouse, sidekick of the Brain in Pinky and the Brain. * Poe DeSpell: Sidekick and brother of Magica DeSpell on DuckTales. * Pokey: sidekick on the claymation show Gumby. * Polly Roger the Parrot: Kaptain Skurvy's parrot on Donkey Kong Country. He later left Skurvy's band to work for King K. Rool. * Porky Pig: Frequent sidekick to Daffy Duck, especially in Duck Dodgers * Puck : mischievous sidekick to Oberon in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream
Q R *R2-D2: Sidekick to C-3PO in the Star Wars film series. * Ray Ray Lee: Sidekick to and brother of Juniper Lee from The Life and Times of Juniper Lee * Andy Richter: former sidekick of Conan O'Brien on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. * Robin: Sidekick to Batman. He shows Batman's softer side. Batman, orphaned by criminals, takes on young Dick Grayson as his ward after his parents were killed by criminals. Batman trains Robin in crime-fighting. Dick eventually left to become his own hero, Nightwing. Since then, others have stepped in to fill the role of Robin: Jason Todd, Tim Drake (current) and Stephanie Brown. * Rodan: Sidekick to Godzilla in the original series. His help to Godzilla was only rivaled by Anguirus' assistance. * Roll: Sister and assistant to video game hero Mega Man. Though not frequently depicted as a side kick in the main video games, she appears as one in the various television series based on the games. * Ronald "Ron" Stoppable: Sidekick (and boyfriend) of Kim Possible on Disney's Kim Possible. * Ron Weasley: Sidekick to Harry Potter. Ron was Harry's first friend and Harry considers him his "best friend in the world". While he commonly functions as the laid-back comic relief, he is fiercely loyal and will confront even his worst fears if he feels that is what must be done. * Willow Rosenberg: Sidekick to Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer * Rush: Canine/robotic sidekick to video game hero Mega Man.
S * Sam Bolt: Sidekick to Honey West. * Samantha "Sam" Manson, Tucker Foley, Jazz Fenton and Dani Phantom are all sidekicks to Danny Phantom. * Samwise Gamgee: Sidekick to Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings. He followed Frodo across Middle-earth and into the darkness of Mordor with his undying loyalty and need to aid his friends. * Sancho Panza: Sidekick to Don Quixote. *Sandy the Golden Boy: Sidekick to the Golden Age Sandman, Sanderson Hawkins is now known as Sand. * Scooter Lad: Sidekick and son of Chopper Daddy on Teamo Supremo. * Scrappy-Doo: Sidekick to Scooby-Doo, whom he idolizes and aids in solving mysteries, especially in the Scooby-Doo and Scrappy TV series. * Scrappy Mouse: Sidekick to Mighty Mouse on Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures * Shego: Sidekick to Dr. Drakken on Kim Possible. Despite being the sidekick, Shego is generally dominant in their relationship. * Sideshow Bob: Originally Krusty the Clown's TV sidekick, but turned villainous homicidal maniac. In The Simpsons. * Sideshow Mel: Sidekick to Krusty the Clown on The Simpsons. * Silent Bob: Sidekick to Jay in the ViewAskew movie series * Short Round: Sidekick to Indiana Jones in the movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. * Skeets: long suffering robotic assistant to the inept Booster Gold from DC Comics. * Skye Blue: Summer Cummings' sidekick in various lesbian-based pornographic videos. * Smee: a pirate, and Captain Hook's right-hand man. * Waylon Smithers: loyal aide, advisor, confidant and secret admirer of Mr Burns in The Simpsons. * Snarf: Lion-O's cat companion sidekick in Thundercats. Snarf's real name is Osbert. * Snively Kintobor: Sidekick to Dr. Ivo Robotnik in the SatAM and Archie Comic storylines of Sonic the Hedgehog. * Snoops: Sidekick to and pawn shop employee of Madame Medusa in The Rescuers. * Stimpson J. "Stimpy" Cat: Sidekick to Ren Hoëk in The Ren & Stimpy Show. * Stripesy: Sidekick to the Star-Spangled Kid.Unique in that he's the only adult sidekick to a teenage superhero. * Sparky & X-5: Sidekicks to Atomic Betty * Speedy: sidekick to the Green Arrow. Currently, the identity is taken by Mia Dearden, the second Speedy. The first Speedy was Roy Harper who is now Arsenal. * Spitz: Sidekick to Dribble from WarioWare, Inc. * Spock: Sidekick to James T Kirk in Star Trek, the original series. Spock is always loyal to the captain and make his none emotional, Vulcan mind to good use in relief to Kirks human felings. * Stewie: Sidekick to Joe Balooka from Codename: Kids Next Door * Stiletto Mafiosa: Dim-witted sidekick/henchcrow to villain Baron Silas Greenback on DangerMouse. * Streaky the Supercat: Sidekick and comic relief to Krypto the Superdog. * Stuff the Chinatown Kid: sidekick to the Golden Age Vigilante in DC Comics. * Swiftnik: sidekick to Dick Turpin played by Michael Deeks in the tv-series Dick Turpin.
T *: Link's faerie companion in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. *: Sidekick to from ' * Tinker Bell: Peter Pan's fairy companion. *Tochiro Oyama: Typically shown as the sidekick to Space Pirate Captain Harlock but sometimes vice versa as in Gun Frontier. *Torgo: Sidekick to the Master in the infamously low-budget film, Manos: The Hands of Fate. Torgo is not very loyal to his mentor or vice-versa. * Tonto: Sidekick to The Lone Ranger. His name means "fool" in Spanish, although he was not foolish, for which his name was change to Toro (bull) in Spanish dubbings. Always described as the "faithful Indian companion", Tonto frequently served as a spy, going into town to find out what was going on. * Toro: Sidekick to the original Human Torch. * Syrus Truesdale (Sho Marufuji): Frequently acts as the sidekick to ' protagonist Jaden Yuki (Judai Yuki). * Tuffy: little, grey, diaper-wearing mouse sidekick/companion to Jerry Mouse in Tom and Jerry. * Twitchy: crazy squirrel Sidekick of Wolf W. Wolf in Hoodwinked. * TV's Frank: Sidekick to mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester on the popular comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000.
U V * Venus A: Female Mecha, sidekick of Great Mazinger.
W * Willie Garvin: Sidekick to Modesty Blaise. Garvin is notable as a male sidekick to a female hero, a setup less frequently encountered in adventure fiction. Most often, the sidekick is of the same sex than the hero, and for male heroes, a female companion more often serves as a romantic object rather than a sidekick. * J. Wellington Wimpy sidekick to Popeye * Wing sidekick to the golden age Crimson Avenger * Doctor Watson: sidekick and partner to Sherlock Holmes * Dr. James Wilson: best, and only, friend of Dr. Gregory House (House) * Windy Halliday, played by Gabby Hayes, the sidekick to Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) in movies from 1935 to 1939. * Woodstock sidekick to Snoopy in Peanuts * Woozy Winks sidekick to Plastic Man in DC Comics * Wrybot, sidekick to The Collector from Atomic Betty
X * Xerxes the Eel: Sidekick to Mozenrath from Aladdin.
Y
* Yes Man: sidekick to Ozu in Kappa Mikey. * Ying Ying: bird sidekick to Hannibal Roy Bean in Xiaolin Showdown. *Yoshi: Mario and Luigi's dinosaur helper in various Nintendo games.
Z * Zook, sidekick to Martian Manhunter (1963 to 1968).
