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R2D2 - Sidekick of Skywalker family He's shaped like a trash can on wheels and communicates entirely in digital bloops and squeals, yet the little astromech droid R2D2 is in many ways the heart and soul of the Star Wars movies. Robot or not, he's one of its most human characters, and he expresses a greater range of emotion than some of the flesh-and-blood actors. Though small and fragile, Artoo is also plucky, resourceful, and reliable enough to earn the trust of the Jedis and pilots who outrank him.  Indeed, the first third of A New Hope hinges on Artoo's top-secret mission to deliver the Death Star plans to the Rebellion. True, his underdog heroics in the original trilogy were ballooned into cartoonish super-competence in the prequels. But it's a testament to the character that his slide into late-period Lucasian mediocrity wasn't as sharp a decline as that of the newly petulant Darth Vader. When even the new Star Wars movies can't make a character completely uncool, that's a sign of endurance. Marvin - Sidekick of everyone on "Heart of Gold" ship Douglas Adams' science-fiction satire contains no shortage of characters who'd be fun to get drunk with. And even terminally bewildered protagonist Arthur Dent seems like a nice enough guy. But no character captured the hearts of Adams' fans as much as the gloomy Marvin, the Paranoid Android. Though Marvin's constant melancholy was a source of irritation to his shipmates on the Heart Of Gold, it was easy to sympathize with the slump-shouldered robot. Marvin may have exaggerated and obsessed over his many burdens-pain in all the diodes on his left side, or being forced to park cars for millions of years while his friends went to a fancy restaurant.  But in Douglas Adams' mixed-up and often terrifyingly random universe, Marvin's weary resignation was one of the only sane responses to life. Besides, Marvin was more than a piece of miserable machinery, he was also the series' stoic hero figure, often the only character smart enough to know what was actually going on, he repeatedly saved the lives of his (usually ungrateful) friends at great peril to himself.  Whether it meant facing down an intelligent battle tank unarmed or staying behind on a doomed starship while the others teleported to safety, Marvin was always willing (though never eager) to put himself in harm's way. Perhaps Marvin's popularity also owed something to Adams' own identification with the character-though it was inspired by a fellow writer named Andrew Marshall, Marvin's disconsolate pessimism also came from Adams' own bouts with depression. Kato - Sidekick of Green Hornet Kato was The Green Hornet's driver, bodyguard and side-kick who donned a mask to help him in his adventures. According to the storyline, years before the series, Britt Reid had saved Kato's life while travelling in the Philippines. Depending on the version of the story, this prompted Kato to become Reid's assistant or friend.  Kato was a skilled driver, fighter and mechanic in all versions of the story. In the television series he also became an expert in kung fu. It was due in part to Bruce Lee's portrayal of this character that kung fu became popular in the United States in the 1960s. In addition, this version also had him using green sleeve darts to give him a ranged attack he can use to counter enemies with guns long enough to close in to fight hand to hand. In a cross over episode of Batman from the same time Kato battled Robin and ended in a draw, and the show's popularity in Hong Kong, where it was popularly known as The Kato Show, led to Lee making the feature films that would make him a film icon.  Nothing keeps a hero on his toes more effectively than knowing that your "sidekick" could kick your white-bread ass from here to Hong Kong if you ever pissed him off. Max - Sidekick of Sam Max is a "hyperkinetic rabbity thing" (he prefers being called a "lagomorph") with a huge jaw normally stuck in a crazed grin, showing off his razor sharp teeth.  He enjoys violence and tends to prefer the aggressive way of solving problems. He has a slight distaste for the long stories, anecdotes and sentences that Sam consistently spouts forth, often asking Sam not to use various words (such as 'ensue' and 'acumen'). 
He shares Sam's enthusiasm in just about anything, especially if it involves large guns and trouble. According to Bosco, his full name is Maximillian. Pinky - Sidekick of Brain Pinky is another genetically modified mouse who shares the same cage at Acme Labs but is substantially less bright. He speaks with a heavy Cockney accent. He frequently says nonsensical interjections such as "narf", "zort","poit", and "troz" (the last of which Pinky started saying after noticing it was "'zort' in the mirror"). He also used "fjord" and "gnurf" on unique occasions, and "natch" in an episode set in the film noir era, as well as "hark" in an episode that was partially set in the medieval ages. Although Pinky is also an albino lab mouse like the Brain, he has a straighter tail, a severe overbite, and is taller than the Brain. 
Pinky is more open-minded than the Brain (evidenced best, perhaps, by his crush on a similar-looking horse named Phar Fig Newton), and much more up-beat. He doesn't let troubles ruin his day, mostly because he's too scatter-brained to notice them. Pinky also works with Brain despite the fact that Brain insults him constantly and often beats him over the head. However, Pinky actually seems to enjoy this, laughing after every hit. Pinky is just happy spending time with his best friend. 
Pinky has a number of unusual special abilities, something like 'magic' but caused by his genetic engineering. Most notably, he occasionally levitates, but also has been known to come up with incredible insights on the scale that one would expect from Brain, contrasting with his otherwise stupid appearance. Chewbacca - Sidekick of Han Solo It's a fact: Every man wants a buddy like Chewbacca. Think about it, he's essentially a big dog who can kick ass in a bar fight and fix your car. If you've got Chewie at your back, you're the man no matter what room you walk into. 
Hell, if he learned how to cultivate barley and hops into beer we'd fucking marry him. Chewbacca is a 2.3 m tall Wookiee and co-pilot of Han Solo's ship, the Millennium Falcon. Chewbacca is the son of Attichitcuk, the husband of Mallatobuck, and the father of Lumpawarrump.Wise and sophisticated, Chewbacca has a great deal of technological savvy. He is known for his great strength and loyalty. His weakness for sugary sweets is known throughout the Republic. Patrick Star - Sidekick of SpongeBob He is a plump, pink, friendly, well-meaning but really stupid (though he did attend a community college) sea star with good intentions and an IQ of nearly 0. Starfish are said to have no brains, and Patrick lives up to that image, as his head has been seen deflating. However, SpongeBob himself frequently attests to the "genius" of Patrick's harebrained ideas.  Patrick has crazy ideas that often get SpongeBob and himself into trouble such as alien hunting, acting as adults with sideburns and not as babies in front of SpongeBob's grandma, sneaking into Sandy's Treedome in the winter, riding on fishing hooks, raiding girls underpants,and many other situations such as going after King Neptune's crown.  He fancies himself quite the jellyfisher, and loves many of the same things that SpongeBob loves. His erstwhile goal in life was to defeat the giant monkey-man and save the ninth dimension, but SpongeBob convinced him to aim lower. And now, one of the greatest sidekicks ever... Baldrick - Sidekick of Edmund Blackadder He serves as the servant, sidekick, and frequent punching bag of Edmund Blackadder. Just as Blackadder exists in many incarnations throughout the ages, so does Baldrick; wherever there is a Blackadder there is a Baldrick serving him. Initially Baldrick was the smart one and Blackadder the idiot, but as Blackadder's social status has fallen so has Baldrick's intelligence and personal hygiene, while Blackadder's rises with each series. Intelligent or not, Baldrick is always one for inventing "cunning plans", which are generally ridiculed by Blackadder, who nevertheless ends up using them.  The medieval Baldrick was probably the only Baldrick of the four who could really be described as clever. Baldrick, an ex-dung shoveller (a respected position, which he had worked very hard to get - earlier jobs include milking pigs and mucking out lepers), first met Prince Edmund at the feast before the Battle of Bosworth Field. It was this Baldrick who suggested the title 'The Black Adder' for Prince Edmund (Edmund wanted to be called 'The Black Vegetable'), which his descendants later adopted as a surname.  The Elizabethan Baldrick is the servant and bondsman, rather than a friend, to Lord Blackadder, who mistreats him, and, Baldrick claims, at first tried to kill him. He has a bedroom in Blackadder's house, but has also been forced to sleep in the gutter and on the roof. He has a tendency to eat dung. Baldrick has been in Lord Edmund's service longer than either of them care to remember. Yet although his master treats him with the sort of contempt reserved for lepers, he remains intensely loyal.  The Baldrick of Regency Britain works as an underscrogsman (apprentice dogsbody) to Mr. E. Blackadder esq., butler to Prince George. He lives in a pipe in the upstairs water closet of the Palace. There is not the slightest sign of 'cunning' in any of his plans, which include:  Equally as disgusting as the third Baldrick, Private Baldrick is, without a doubt, the stupidest of the Baldrick dynasty to date. His 'cunning plans' verge on those of an insane person. Examples include carving his name on a bullet, in relation to the old saying 'a bullet with your name on it', his explanation being that if he owns the bullet, it won't ever kill him as he won't ever shoot himself ('shame' comments Captain Blackadder), and the chances of there being two bullets with 'Baldrick' on them are 'very small indeed'. Private Baldrick's hobbies include cookery, his specialities include:  This Baldrick is also a poet. His greatest poem is, without a doubt, 'The German Guns'. The words are: 
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