History Quotes / HypercompetentSidekick

[[folder:Live-action TV]]
->'''Crow:''' So, the hero is this guy; I think it's time we faced that fact.
-->-- ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode ''Film/ThePumaman'' about the titular hero's sidekick Vadinho.

->"But Steve, you take credit for work that other people do. Did your fat beard Wasniak write these raps for you, too?"

'''Morana:''' Or, put another way, we make it work despite Carmilla.\\
-->--''WesternAnimation/Castlevania'', "Walk Away"

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania'', "Walk Away"

->'''Striga:''' ''I think that whatever we achieve, we achieve it together. You and me. Carmilla throws a crazy plan at us, and it's us who make it work.''\\

[[folder:Film]]

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Swat Kats}}'', "The Ghost Kat"

->A good roadie knows that it's his job to make someone else look good, keep someone else safe, help someone else do what they were put here to do. A good roadie stays out of the spotlight; if he's doing his job right, you don't even know he was there. Once in a while, they might step on stage to fix a problem, to set something right, but then before you realize why he was there, or what he did, he's gone.

'''ComicBook/PepperPotts''': Oh, no, I always forget to wear deodorant and dance with my boss in a room full of people I work with in a dress with no back.\\

->''"So, uh, Itto, if she's the one that takes care of everything in the gang, then doesn't that kinda make her the gang's real boss?"''
-->-- '''Paimon''', ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'', on Kuki Shinobu

->''"Hey, it's Paige Harris. I work with Lester Crest... I basically run things over there while he takes credit."-'

->'''Tom Paris''' (as [[CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth "Captain Proton"]]): You're Constance Goodheart; [[StayInTheKitchen you're my secretary.]]\\
'''Seven of Nine:''' ''Secretary.''\\
'''Tom:''' Yeah! You tag along on all the missions. Now, I want you to [[WeNeedADistraction keep the robot occupied]] while ''I'' save Earth. Computer, run program!\\
'''Robot:''' [[AC:citizen of earth! surrender! do no resist!]]\\
'''Seven:''' I am Borg. ''(jams hand into the robot's chest, yanking out cables)'' The robot has been neutralized. [[IncrediblyLameFun May I leave now?]]
-->--''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Night"

[[folder:Web Original]]

->''Tenchi is more like whomever {{Music/Madonna}} marries. Just dragged along for the ride.''
-->--'''[[http://spoonyexperiment.com/tenchi-muyo/ Christopher Kinsey]]''' on ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''

->'''Henry''' (Creator/VinnieJones): ''Cody's right hand man, and a hell of a lot more heroic than the purported main character. At the very least, he looks like he can run from one side of a room to the other [[Creator/StevenSeagal without his heart exploding.]]''
-->--'''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on ''Submerged'' (2005)

->''Realistically, he could fly over everything in the game, go straight to Robotnik and smash him into oblivion with his invincibility. The only way Sonic could do any of this is if Tails [[TheLoad carried him around]], so who's the sidekick here?''
-->-- '''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''' on [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Miles "Tails" Prower"]], [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18870_6-video-game-heroes-made-useless-by-supporting-characters.html#ixzz2wwpak2oo Cracked.com, 6 Video Game Heroes Made Useless By Supporting Characters]]''.

->'''Chris l''': I can’t believe I’m defending this, but I do kind of like the idea that ''Smallville'' Clark just [[HenpeckedHusband totally lets Lois do whatever she wants]] once she gets going.\\
'''David''': That just seems to me a side effect of the fact that Clark basically lets '''anybody''' do whatever they want once they get going.\\
'''Chris''': Touche.
-->--Chris Sims and David Uzumeri [[http://comicsalliance.com/smallville-recap-episode-10-6-harvest/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Harvest")

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->"He comes home from saving charges all day to Piper's shrill, nagging voice, and ''still'' fixes the house afterwards. And really, Leo is the only reason they're alive. He's their favorite {{deus ex machina}}: he [[HealingHands heals them]] from near-death, like, every episode; [[MrExposition gets information]] from the Elders; and [[TeleportationSpam orbs people]] wherever they want to go. They literally ''do not know what to do without him.'' How are these women the most powerful witches in the universe? HOW?"
-->--'''Creator/AllisonPregler''' on ''{{Series/Charmed|1998}}''[='s=] Leo Wyatt

-->-- ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode ''Film/PumaMan'' about the titular hero's sidekick Vadinho.