Full bracket Porky Pig (1) Sidekick to: Daffy Duck Advantages: Fairly famous as a lead character, he achieved his greatest renown stepping down to sidekick. Disadvantages: Speech impediment. vs. Droop-a-Long (16) Sidekick to: Ricochet Rabbit Advantages: Voiced by Mel Blanc. Adequate comic chops. Disadvantages: Toiled for a relatively obscure cartoon lead. *** Hobbes (8) Sidekick to: Calvin Advantages: Pounce-and-tackle attack. Mastery of the scientific method. Good-natured. Disadvantages: Poor drawing and math skills. Weakness for the ladies. vs. Boo Boo (9) Sidekick to: Yogi Bear Advantages: Functions as Yogi’s conscience. Soft-shoe. Cuddly. Disadvantages: Short. Whiny moralizing can be annoying. *** Ed McMahon (5) Sidekick to: Johnny Carson Advantages: Set-up man to one of the most beloved comics ever. Power to award millions of dollars. Disadvantages: Hosted Star Search and – worse, Star Search Junior. vs. Jughead Jones (12) Sidekick to: Archie Andrews Advantages: Loyal friend. Comic relief. Cool hat. Disadvantages: Eating compulsion hides fear of women. *** Woodstock (4) Sidekick to: Snoopy. Advantages: Loyal. Scrappy. Trivia whiz. Disadvantages: Understood only by Snoopy. Unathletic. vs. Patrick Star (13) Sidekick to: SpongeBob SquarePants Advantages: Musically talented. Friendly. Disadvantages: Stupidity can be so potent that he sometimes suffers from lapses of memory and complete shutdown of any thought whatsoever.
The comic genius of Bill Watterson and his creations of Calvin and Hobbes should totally carry this bracket in a landslide imo
