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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

 

Ed McMahon vs. Jughead is looking tight.