It is typical for the character and sidekick to be of the same gender - otherwise the term "sidekick" is replaced with "partner" or "companion". Examples include Porky Pig, who is more sensible and calmer than Daffy Duck in later short films similarly, Sancho Panza is more rational than Don Quixote. While many sidekicks are used for comic relief, there are other sidekicks who are less outrageous than the heroes they pledge themselves to, and comedy derived from the hero can often be amplified by the presence or reaction of the sidekick.
And a strong, silent and modest hero may have his fighting qualities revealed to the other characters and the audience by a talkative sidekick. Similarly, a flamboyant or effeminate sidekick may make an otherwise unimposing hero look more masculine. The apparent stupidity of some comedy sidekicks is often used to make a non-intellectual hero look intelligent. The Left Hand of Vampire Hunter D, being mentally linked to the reticent protagonist, often reveals thoughts, feelings, and the physical condition of his host, as well as background elements of the story. Watson convinces the reader that Holmes is a good person. Although Sherlock Holmes was portrayed as a difficult man to know, his friendship with Dr. The sidekick is often the confidant who knows the main character better than anyone else, and gives a convincing reason to like the hero. Sidekicks frequently serve as an emotional connection, especially when the hero is depicted as detached and distant, traits which might make it difficult to like the hero. And by asking questions of the hero, or giving the hero someone to talk to, the sidekick provides an opportunity for the author to provide exposition, thereby filling the same role as a Greek chorus. A sidekick can also be a character to whom the audience can more easily relate than the hero, or whom the audience can imagine themselves as being (such as teen sidekicks). They often function as comic relief, and/or the straight man to the hero's comedic actions. Sidekicks can fulfill one or multiple functions, such as a counterpoint to the hero, an alternate point of view, or knowledge, skills, or anything else the hero does not have. Other early examples are Achilles and Patroclus in the Iliad and Moses and Aaron in the Old Testament. One of the earliest recorded sidekicks may be Enkidu, who adopted a sidekick role to Gilgamesh after they became allies in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Thus, by analogy, a "side-kick" was a person's closest companion. The "kick" was the front pocket of a pair of trousers, believed to be the pocket safest from theft. It is believed to have originated in pickpocket slang of the late 19th century.
The first recorded use of the term dates from 1896.
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