Tonto and the Lone Ranger.
Or, Zorro's mute manservant. Can't recall his name. Bernardo? He was in the Disney series, with Guy Williams as Zorro. The comedy figure was the dimwitted Sgt. Garcia.
I don't like dufus sidekicks.
What about Cdr. Spock as Capt. Kirk's sidekick? Or the doctor?Leonard McCoy. Hmmm...was T'Pol a sidekick of the captain on, Star Trek Enterprise? She was his executive officer. But loved an engineer. I wanted her to be with the Captain, now on NCIS New Orleans.
If you saw, Sea Patrol, the exec was certainly the sort of sidekick to the captain, although the couple kept their romance a secret. I liked Kate, although she was sometimes a bit too emotional, as was Nikki, the navigator. But I liked Nikki, too.I'm just not sure she was cut out to be a naval officer. Her affair with the enlisted man was taboo, although a big draw for viewers. My favorite female crew member was Bomber, but she wasn't anyone's sidekick. She was the reserve medic, who worked mainly in the galley. Isn't that what sailors call the kitchen?
I really detested Two Dads on that show. He wasn't really comedic; just a train wreck. The Royal Australian Navy was lucky when he deserted.
Oh! What about Frank Smith and Sgt. Joe Friday on, Dragnet?
Many of these aren't in Westerns, but I think the concept fits. And my favorite Westerns usually didn't have sidekicks. Think Paladin or Chris Colt or Cheyenne. Texas Ranger Hobie Gilman on, Trackdown. Josh McQueen and his silly cut - down Winchester on Wanted: Dead or Alive...I liked the newspaper editor with the marshal on, Tombstone Territory. But was he really a sidekick or just a good friend?
Was Penny Sky King's sidekick as well as his niece? I liked them.
