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Oh, Puck

A list of 105 words by reesetee.

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Thou speak'st aright;

I am that merry wanderer of the night.

I jest to Oberon and make him smile....

-- A Midsummer Night's Dream

Famous sidekicks, real and imaginary. Thanks to mollusque for the idea.

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  • bilby commented on the list oh-puck

    How do you tell which of Abbott & Costello was the sidekick?

    And is the sidekick to Martini the olive or the hangover?

    December 14, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    See, those are trick questions, if you ask me! And that's why I didn't add them. :-)

    December 14, 2007

  • bilby commented on the list oh-puck

    Inspector Rex was the sidekanine but also kind of the star. I'm confuddled.

    Does a missed conversion for the extra point count as a sidekick?

    December 14, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    That's a tricky one. Wasn't he pretty much the star of the show?

    And no, a missed conversion doesn't count. :->

    December 14, 2007

  • rolig commented on the list oh-puck

    Don't forget Poirot's Captain Hastings, Dobie Gillis's Maynard G. Krebs, Gilligan's The Skipper (or was it the other way around?), Achilles' Patroclus, Lucy's Viv (in the post–I Love Lucy series), Rob Petrie's double sidekick (one for each side?) Buddy & Sally (is that one word: buddyandsally?), Laura Petrie's Millie Helper (note the surname), Don Giovanni's Leporello (just to show I don't only watch '60s TV), Luke Skywalker's C-3PO, C-3PO's R2-D2 (is there a hierarchy of sidekickery?), and I suppose, skirting blasphemy, one could add Jesus's Peter, and God's Gabriel, Moses's Aaron ... well, it's an old tradition...

    Great list!

    December 15, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    Haha! Thanks, rolig! I have to think on some of those. You're right--it's hard to tell sometimes which one's the sidekick, so I suppose I'll need to make some executive Wordie list decisions. But these are great ideas! I've been trying to think of more literary examples but the TV, movie, & cartoon sidekicks just keep popping into my head. ;-)

    December 15, 2007

  • rolig commented on the list oh-puck

    And then, of course, there's Dubya's Tony Blair ...

    December 15, 2007

  • sionnach commented on the list oh-puck

    Papageno, Tamino's sidekick in "The magic flute"?

    December 15, 2007

  • sionnach commented on the list oh-puck

    Ariel as sidekick to Prospero?

    December 15, 2007

  • bilby commented on the list oh-puck

    Girlfriend's hint, communicated under the table.

    December 15, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    Thanks, sionnach! More classic suggestions. It's looking a little too heavy in the pop culture field. :-)

    December 15, 2007

  • bilby commented on the list oh-puck

    I was going to suggest Desi Arnaz (to Lucille Ball) and now I feel silly.

    December 15, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    Added! Don't feel silly. :-)

    December 15, 2007

  • bilby commented on the list oh-puck

    Indeed, I am silly!

    December 15, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    Oops. I meant "Don't feel, silly." ;-)

    December 15, 2007

  • bilby commented on the list oh-puck

    Buzz Aldrin. Armstrong got the glory for giant-stepping and I can't even remember the name of the third astronaut :-7

    December 15, 2007

  • skipvia commented on the list oh-puck

    Here's a clue that might provide a new item for your list:

    "Eh, Cisco!" "Eh, ******!"

    A true hero/sidekick relationship, this.

    December 15, 2007

  • rolig commented on the list oh-puck

    Condoleezza?

    December 15, 2007

  • bilby commented on the list oh-puck

    Condoleeza Rice? Yes!!!!! I love cajun cooking!

    December 15, 2007

  • uselessness commented on the list oh-puck

    bilby, you're terrible. In a good way, of course. ;-)

    December 15, 2007

  • bilby commented on the list oh-puck

    I've always wanted to be an enfant terrible and this is the closest I've got :-))) Seeing as I remain devastatingly unanagrammed I may countenance terrible bilby to fill the void.

    "Is this a pregnant pause?" asked bilby expectantly. *waits*

    December 15, 2007

  • minerva commented on the list oh-puck

    Well, since there are characters from Mozart's operas listed, what about Pedrillo, sidekick to Belmont in The Abduction from the Seraglio?

    December 15, 2007

  • minerva commented on the list oh-puck

    There are also scores of soubrettes in plays and operas who fill the requirements of sidekick.

    December 15, 2007

  • rolig commented on the list oh-puck

    A literary suggestion: Queequeg (Ishmael's cannibal friend in Moby Dick). Also, I would dispute Mr. Ed's being listed as a sidekick - he was the star! It's Wilbur who was Mr. Ed's sidekick.

    December 16, 2007

  • skipvia commented on the list oh-puck

    For some reason, last night I just started thinking about sidekicks.

    Speedy (Green Arrow)

    Aqualad (Aquaman, duh)

    Beaker (Dr. Bunsen Honeydew)

    Barney Fife (Sheriff Taylor)

    Andar (Turok, Son of Stone)

    Iago (Jafar)

    This could get ugly...

    December 16, 2007

  • rolig commented on the list oh-puck

    Then, from gumshoe lit, there's Archie Goodwin (Nero Wolfe's right-hand man) and Perry Mason's pair, Paul Drake and Della Street.

    December 16, 2007

  • rolig commented on the list oh-puck

    Oh, I see Archie's there already... Sorry...

    December 16, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    Geez, why didn't you guys warn me you were going to be flooding Wordie over the weekend? I'd have made some time.... ;-)

    Michael Collins, bilby. He's the poor sap who stayed behind while the other two cavorted on the moon. Skipvia: Pancho, of course. Great idea, as are all your other suggestions--clearly, this list got under your skin (mine too)! Oh, but Barney Fife's already listed.

    Minerva: thanks also. One can never have too much Mozart. Rolig, you're right--silly of me. Wilbur added, Mr. Ed rightfully restored to his star status, and other suggestions added as well.

    Damn, this list is fun. :-)

    December 17, 2007

  • uselessness commented on the list oh-puck

    Hmm, how about Phoenix Wright's sidekick, Maya Fey? Or Big Bird's sidekick, Mr. Snuffleupagus? Or Satan's sidekick, Bill Gates?

    December 17, 2007

  • skipvia commented on the list oh-puck

    Hey, U. Bil Gates isn't Satan's sidekick. He is Satan...

    December 17, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    Right. And as we know, he therefore has no place on this list. ;-)

    Thanks, u--good ideas. I'd forgotten all about Aloysius Snuffleupagus!

    December 18, 2007

  • skipvia commented on the list oh-puck

    Help. I can't stop...

    Artemus Gordon (James West)

    Smee (Captain Hook)

    Kato (The Green Hornet)

    The Cheat (Strong Bad)

    Torgo (The Master, Manos, the Hands of Fate; this one is pretty obscure unless you love cheesy pre-70's scifi/horror flicks, in which case Torgo is much beloved...)

    December 18, 2007

  • rolig commented on the list oh-puck

    Wouldn't Smithers by Mr. Burns's sidekick? And of course Sideshow Bob started out as the sidekick of Crusty the Clown, though he later went bad.

    December 18, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    Thanks, guys! I may end up splitting this list into categories, at the rate we're going.

    December 18, 2007

  • skipvia commented on the list oh-puck

    Thanks for the invitation to add to this list, reesetee. I can't find an obvious way to do so, so here are a few more possibilities until the way becomes clear...

    Obelix (Asterix)- these could both go on arby's Fingernails on My Chalkboard list in another context...

    Dale Arden (Flash Gordon)

    Arthur (The Tick)

    Bucky (Captain America, in the old version)

    Kid Flash (The Flash)

    December 18, 2007

  • skipvia commented on the list oh-puck

    Ooh...Pat Brady (Roy Rogers)

    December 18, 2007

  • minerva commented on the list oh-puck

    How about Olivier, who was Roland's sidekick?

    December 18, 2007

  • mollusque commented on the list oh-puck

    Skipvia, if you're a contributor to but not the creator of the list, you can add to it on the list page. The "add word:" box will be there if you've been listed as a contributor. Fortunately, the words you add will count toward your total, not reesetee's. :-)

    December 18, 2007

  • skipvia commented on the list oh-puck

    I guessed that's how it should work, mollusque, but there is no "add words" box available when I open reesette's list. Hmmm...

    December 18, 2007

  • john commented on the list oh-puck

    If a list has been successfully converted to a group list, you should see a list of contributors under the name of it, like so. If you don't, you might want to try again, and if it still fails, please email me (john-at-wordie.org) with details -- what list, what collaborators, etc. Thanks.

    December 18, 2007

  • skipvia commented on the list oh-puck

    Thanks, John. I suspect that, although I have been invited to contribute, the list has not been set up so that I can access it.

    Or perhaps it's just reesetee playing mind tricks, or tying to make me look foolish. (I'm perfectly capable of making myself look foolish, thank you very much.)

    December 18, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    Sorry skipvia--wasn't trying to gaslight you. It just didn't take the first time, although you were apparently notified anyway. Try it now and see if it works. I'll refrain from adding your suggestions until you do. :-)

    December 18, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    Thanks, Minerva--another great suggestion.

    December 18, 2007

  • skipvia commented on the list oh-puck

    Hey! I can add my own entries to this list now! Many thanks, reesetee.

    Although you may come to regret it... ;-)

    December 18, 2007

  • chained_bear commented on the list oh-puck

    I know it's completely irrelevant to the list, and was probably a mistyping anyway, but I love that skipvia called reesetee "reesette," and propose adding that name to my list. :)

    December 18, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    Go for it. It makes me sound positively diminutive.

    Enjoy, skipvia! I know I can trust you to keep the list as highbrow as it has been thus far. ;-)

    December 18, 2007

  • skipvia commented on the list oh-puck

    I don't know about the highbrow thing, reesetee (or reesette?). You may have noticed that most of my entires refer to comic book characters and B-actors from old TV shows. Nary a Papageno nor a Queequeg in the lot.

    Maybe you should rethink your invitation...

    *hoping he doesn't*

    December 18, 2007

  • skipvia commented on the list oh-puck

    C_B; reesetee's name has always confused me since I first misread it as re-settee (perhaps a reupholstered couch of some sort?). Combine that with being a marginal typist and you never know what will come out...

    December 18, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    I'm not even going to look. I just know I've ended up as a reupholstered couch on c_b's list. :-\

    It would have helped if I'd remembered to capitalize where I usually do when I signed up here: ReeseTee. But alas, I've doomed myself to Wordie misreadings.

    *sighs dramatically*

    December 18, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    Skipvia, for every Queequeg I believe there must be a Sideshow Bob. It's the way of the world. ;-)

    December 18, 2007

  • plethora commented on the list oh-puck

    I love this list.

    How about Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes, and Gir of Invader Zim.

    April 27, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list oh-puck

    Thanks, plethora! How could we have missed Calvin & Hobbes?

    April 28, 2008