Editing Sidekick (section)

==In television==
TV sidekicks usually play a supporting pivotal role to the star. Examples include [[Ethel Mertz]] to [[Lucy Ricardo]] (''[[I Love Lucy]]''), [[Ed Norton (Honeymooners)|Ed Norton]] to [[Ralph Kramden]] (''[[The Honeymooners]]''), [[Screech Powers]] to [[Zack Morris (Saved by the Bell)|Zack Morris]] (''[[Saved by the Bell]]''), [[Roger Healey|Major Roger Healey]] to [[I Dream of Jeannie|Major Anthony "Tony" Nelson]] (''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]''), or even a group of people such as the [[Sweathogs]] to [[Gabe Kotter|Mr. Kotter]] (''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]''). Duos of equal importance on TV such as [[Kate McArdle]] and [[Allie Lowell]] (''[[Kate & Allie]]''), [[Oscar Madison]] and [[Felix Unger]] (''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]''), [[Bret Maverick]] and [[List of Maverick episodes|Bart Maverick]] (''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]''), or [[Laverne De Fazio]] and [[Shirley Feeney]] (''[[Laverne & Shirley]]''), are sometimes both called sidekicks to each other, although the usual sense of the term denotes inequality.

Many television talk shows make use of a sidekick as a co-host who anchors a show with the main star. [[Ed McMahon]] played this role famously to [[Johnny Carson]] on the ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson|Tonight Show]]'', as did [[Andy Richter]] to [[Conan O'Brien]] on the ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'', ''[[The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien|Tonight Show]]'', and ''[[Conan (talk show)|Conan]]''. ''[[The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson]]'' employed a mechanical robot sidekick named [[Geoff Peterson]] (voiced by [[Josh Robert Thompson]]).

[[Clarence Gilyard]] informed viewers on a television commercial for ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'' that he was ''not'' [[Chuck Norris]]'s sidekick, instead humorously saying "''This'' is Chuck Norris's sidekick" over footage of Norris kicking a villain.

===Animation===

In [[animated cartoons|animation]], some popular examples are [[Boo-Boo Bear]] being [[Yogi Bear]]'s sidekick, [[Barney Rubble]] being [[Fred Flintstone]]'s sidekick, [[Waylon Smithers]] being the sidekick of [[Mr. Burns]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', [[Baba Looey]] being the sidekick of [[Quick Draw McGraw]], and [[Stimpy]] being the sidekick of [[Ren Höek]] on ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]''.

In the seventh episode of the 1994 animated series ''[[The Tick (1994 TV series)|The Tick]]'', the heroes take a night to relax at a local superhero nightclub. When they arrive, however, Arthur is promptly escorted to the Sidekick Lounge, a small shack behind the club, where he meets several other sidekicks who spend the night lamenting their second-fiddle lot in life.