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. 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. *** 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. Woodstock (4) Sidekick to: Snoopy. Advantages: Loyal. Scrappy. Trivia whiz. Disadvantages: Understood only by Snoopy. Unathletic. *** Barney Fife (6) Sidekick to: Sheriff Andy Taylor Advantages: Passionate about law enforcement. Disadvantages: An emotional powderkeg, Barney easily projects panic, despair and fear. Also lousy with a firearm. vs. Sideshow Bob (3) Sidekick to: Krusty the Clown Advantages: Criminal mastermind. Extremely well-read. Disadvantages: Megalomania and obsessive hatred for Bart Simpson. *** Mini Me (10) [/size] Sidekick to: Dr. Evil Advantages: Tenacious. Perhaps as important to the popularity of the Austin Powers franchise as Powers himself. Disadvantages: Lack of verbal communication skills. Vertically challenged. Actor who portrayed him known for public intoxication and urination. vs. Barney Rubble (2) Sidekick to: Fred Flintstone Advantages: Devoted friend. Hot wife. Disadvantages: Annoying laugh. Complicit in the marketing of tobacco to youngsters in the 1960s.
It's a good point. Who would you rather have as a sidekick: a nice guy with a bone in his hair who sells your jokes, or a homicidal maniac? Oh, and if Hobbes doesn't take this bracket, I'm taking hostages. Sorry, but it must be said. I'm still praying for Bill Watterson's triumphant comeback.
It wouldn't surprise me for Woodstock to win the bracket, he seems like the classical cartoon sidekick that people like.
porky pig sux compared to hobbes. It shouldn't be a contest IMO. You are now on my ignore list. Good day.