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Post by brutalis on Sept 22, 2017 8:53:23 GMT -5
Ever since the beginning of Heroes and Villains there has been sidekicks tagging along for the ride and for the entertainment factor. Whether it was a pet, a kid or a group of like minded individuals they helped out and provided comedy and assistance to the main lead. Tarzan has Cheetah/N'Kima, Doc Savage had the Fabulous Five, Captain America has Bucky, Batman has Robin and Ace the Bathound, Falcon has Redwing, Redwolf has Lobo, Blue Falcon has Dyno-Mutt, He-man has Orko, Lion-O has Snarf The FF have Herbie the Robot and the list goes on. Given your choice(s) who or what would you choose as your faithful companion? For myself I choose a robotic partner. Either some sort of all in one personal computer/weapon that can help and or change with any adventure or the ultimate robot sidekick the GIANT ROBOT who is your best friend, best weapon, best everything for whatever you need  Given your choice(s) who or what would you choose as your faithful companion? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 9:06:09 GMT -5
I've picked other because I would think in some situations a pet can be advantageous and a kid can be also. I rather have BOTH for the right reason alone. In the early days of Batman Comics ... Batman has a dog by the name of Ace and Robin and having those two can be interchangeable.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 9:14:26 GMT -5
If I am actually going out as a super-hero and actually getting physical and in fights, I want my sidekick to be a trained medical professional (likely more than one) to treat all the injuries that are going to occur. Secondly, a therapist to help me cope with all the trauma I am going to experience to help stave off PTSD. Third a lawyer, to help me deal with all the lawsuits my activity will engender. Fourth, a bail bondsmen, because I will likely wind up in jail most nights and need to be bailed out. Finally, yes, a service animal because I will likely need the help after my first night out there.
-M
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Post by chadwilliam on Sept 22, 2017 12:20:37 GMT -5
I'd go with: Butler.
If I have one of these then it's a safe bet that I'm rich. Also, a butler will handle all the tedious and mundane aspects of being a superhero - knitting my fighting togs, driving me around, impersonating me, taking messages from the police, dusting my Trophy Room, etc. A kid sidekick might be capable of most of these, but those tend to be lippy and obnoxious especially when I'm telling him that he needs to come to the waterfront right away dressed as me but with his left side painted a glowing green while speaking backwards all due to a complicated series of events which has jeopardized my secret identity. In a situation like that, I want to hear "Very good, sir" and not "Holy Abracadabra it's three in the morning and what the hell are you talking about?"
Now a robot sidekick is a good choice but what's the point of dressing up in an outlandish costume and promoting yourself as the World's Greatest Whatever if your sidekick is just going to steal the limelight from you on account of his being a cool looking robot? Besides, would people really believe he's the sidekick and not me?
From my studies of Silver Age Superman and Batman comics, it's clear that animals think just like humans. That's just unsettling.
A ghost sidekick is a nice possibility. The Fighting Yank had one for instance. I could go for that, but do I really need people regularly asking why I'm always talking to myself? Who knows, maybe they'd have a point. Would I really be sure my sidekick even exists or would I constantly be questioning my sanity?
So, I'm going with Butler.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 12:33:42 GMT -5
Robot.
Wouldn't want to put a kid or pet in danger.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 22, 2017 12:43:53 GMT -5
I'd want a god as a sidekick. There's no such thing as being too prepared.
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 22, 2017 13:30:57 GMT -5
I'd want a god as a sidekick. There's no such thing as being too prepared. Yeah. Like that mysterious voice that the Spectre would talk to. But the voice might object to being called a sidekick. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 22, 2017 13:38:58 GMT -5
I'd want a god as a sidekick. There's no such thing as being too prepared. Yeah. Like that mysterious voice that the Spectre would talk to. But the voice might object to being called a sidekick. My god is called Yokogeri!!!  |
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Post by Jesse on Sept 22, 2017 14:16:32 GMT -5
If your sidekick is an 800-pound super intelligent talking gorilla isn't it a little insulting to call him a pet?
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Sept 22, 2017 16:25:32 GMT -5
Kid...no thanks. Their face will be buried in their cell phone the whole time Pets...no thanks. We would be about to face off against an evil....oh hey look, a squirrel! I would go with robot. So many options. You could have a robot designed any way you like. And if it gets destroyed, just make another. There should be a series that does that...has a sidekick that dies a lot but just gets rebuilt (if there is one, do inform me  |
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Post by batusi on Sept 22, 2017 17:46:39 GMT -5
I chose KID because in a comic book world you can't be a classic crime fighter without a pre-teen wonder!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 17:57:15 GMT -5
Kid...no thanks. Their face will be buried in their cell phone the whole time Pets...no thanks. We would be about to face off against an evil....oh hey look, a squirrel! I would go with robot. So many options. You could have a robot designed any way you like. And if it gets destroyed, just make another. There should be a series that does that...has a sidekick that dies a lot but just gets rebuilt (if there is one, do inform me  It's can dance too !!! ... LOL !!! |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 22, 2017 19:57:08 GMT -5
Pet
I've always had a Schwartz-like fascination with simians.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 22:00:48 GMT -5
Here's my sidekick, ready to answer the Call...  IA! IA! Cthulhu Fhtagn! -M |
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Post by berkley on Sept 23, 2017 0:22:05 GMT -5
I'm pretty much anti-sidekick, so "none of the above", for me. I do like duos that are more or less equal partners, like Gilgamesh and Enkidu, Castor and Pollux, Daredevil and the Black Widow, Power Man and Iron Fist (in theory - I stopped reading before that partnership happened), etc.
Off the top of my head, the closest things I can think of to a hero plus sidekick that I like would be Holmes and Watson, Wolfe and Goodwin, Blaise and Garvin, but in each case I don't really think we're dealing with a sidekick situation:
Archie Goodwin is way too independent and indispensable to be a sidekick, even though he's an employee of Nero Wolfe's. Willie Garvin is treated as an equal by Modesty Blaise and is so formidable a character himself that I can't call him a sidekick even though he definitely defers to Blaise and thinks of her as on a higher level to him in some way. Even Watson is treated with respect as a fellow adult by Holmes, in spite of his amazement at Holmes's abilities.
So down with sidekicks, I say!
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