The Greatest Sidekicks Ever?

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1) Otacaon Dude, Metal Gear Solid was one of the greatest video games ever made. It was fun, very different from anything else that was out there and something you could brag to your friends about when you beat it. If you could beat it that is. This game was hard. Could you imagine how painful this game would have been without this chippy little guy whispering in your ear giving you hints? Thank you Otacon. 2) Robin Yea yea yea, we’re not going to make any jokes about dressing a pre-pubescent boy in tights, or talk about the pale imitation that Chris O’Donnel was. We’re talking about the real Robin. Batman’s boy wonder. He saved Bats from the frying pan more times than you could count. He had the same trauma that Batman had to motivate him, but he had the benefit of already being a world-class athlete and was trained by the best. Plus his name is D.i.c.k. That’s just cool. 3) A Pirate’s Parrot When you think of a Pirate a few things come to mind: A hook, an eyepatch, a peg-leg and a parrot. A pirate is about the only character that comes with a built in sidekick. I think it would be pimp to just rock the parrot all the time. I could teach him to say random things, whistle at women, curse on command, and I could write it all off to my parrot. Plus, it’d finally allow me to wear feathers without looking gay. 4) Dan Quayle In 1991, George Bush was having some trouble in the White House. The gulf war was getting messy (nothing like his son though) and the economy was in the crapper. It never mattered how bad he screwed up though because his Vice-President, Dan Quayle, was always the bigger idiot. It was like having Goober from Mayberry as the VP. If I was George Bush and ever got grilled about something I would have just shrugged and pointed at Dan Quayle. Chances are when everyone turned to look at him anyways he’d be picking his nose or something else ridiculously cartoony. 5) Luigi If I had to go stomp some mushrooms and turtles to save my girlfriend, I wouldn’t choose my brother to go with me. But my brother’s also kind of a jerk and we’d just end up fighting each other. Plus he doesn’t look as good in green as Luigi does. And I don’t have a girlfriend. 6) Screech Samuel Powers aka “Screech” was that kid that you always wanted around you. He could simultaneously make you look cool and save your butt by thinking his way out of any predicament. One thing that I loved was that Screech was more or less the king among geeks because he hung out with THE Zach Morris. The times that they didn’t have screech were almost always the times that something went wrong. Remember the episode where the American Gladiators came to Bayside and Zach got to pick the teams. Who’s team won?7) Chewie Mix your family dog with Hulk Hogan and you’ve got Chewbacca. Loyal as hell and able to toss a man 30 yards. Who wouldn’t want someone like that to owe you his life. Of course, I’d probably be a little more like Yoda and just make Chewie carry me around all the time. Plus you’ve got to check out this picture of him groping up Leia. Oh yea. Giggidy. 8) A Midget Everyone has a midget these days. From rock and country music singers to movie stars to comedians. Apparently in Hollywood, it’s like this year’s Chihuahua. I think I’d dress mine up in a red and white shirt, big thick black glasses, blue jeans and a little beret. I’d let him loose in a big crowd of people and then yell “There’s Waldo!” and point. Ha. That’d be great. These just happen to be my favorite Top 8 please feel free to list your or any i mentioned and what made them great?