You can't always expect the hero to go it alone. Behind every strong man is a cute, cuddly sidekick. More often than not, nesting in their hair. And in some cases, it may even be their hair.
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Cool Robot and its spawn, Robo-berry
Franklin
Sugarloaf, Frost Bit, Shield Bit
Dwayne
Suzie, Einphys
Happy Face
General Oswald Duck
Bartholemeu and Marcello
Morlin, and non-canon in-joke Hairasite
- Overtime
Harold. Trope named after the command > Recruit gosling as dashing sidekick.
Super Tortoise and Nervous Businessman
Nigel, and Nigel's sidekick-within-a-sidekick Nigel's Thornberry. And even then Nigel's Thornberry is backed up by a Small Piece Of Rubble.
Reversed; the Hero essentially becomes the Spider Hero's sidekick, due to the fact that the Hero is actually weaker than the Spider Hero. Also subverted; the Spider Hero gains the ant as his sidekick, that actually turns on him later on in the act.
Snuffy the Pooch, purple robot dog.