Trivia / Sidekick

• Acting for Two: Both Kitty and Vana were voiced by Stephanie Beard in the Funpak shorts before both were given different actors for the 2010 series.
• Adored by the Network: The show seemed to be YTV's favorite show throughout the early 2010's, with it getting many promotions and online games, as-well as airing quite often, it even got its own webpage unlike other shows on the network, and even after ending it still airs in reruns. It also currently airs on the Canadians feeds of both Cartoon Network and Disney XD, and previously Nickelodeon. That's 4 channels in total.
  • Disney XD also loved the show in the Netherlands, it even got a whole marathon during the summer time.
• Channel Hop: In the US, Cartoon Network only aired the first two seasons of the series during its 2011-2012 run on the channel, with Qubo airng the remaining last season five years later in 2017.
• Cowboy BeBop at His Computer: There are some people who believe the show was from Teletoon when in fact the series was actually created by Nelvana for its then-rival YTV. This likely has to do with the fact it was one of several Canadian imports brought over stateside in the late 2000s/early 2010s alongside several Teletoon series and a few other YTV shows occasionally confused by non-Canadians as Teletoon series.
• Creator's Favorite: Todd Kauffman considers Trevor Troublemeyer to be his favorite character.
• Invisible Advertising: Outside of the series premiere, Cartoon Network never advertised the series, the schedule and "coming up next" bumpers were the only way to know when new episodes were airing.
• The Other Darrin:
  • The Funpak shorts had a few different voice actors than the TV series: Eric was voiced by Peter Oldring instead of Miklos Perlous, Vana and Kitty were both voiced by Stephanie Beard instead of Stephanie Anne Mills and Denise Oliver respectvely, and Professor Pamplemoose was voiced by Alex Nussbaum instead of Patrick McKenna. Funny enough, Alex Nussbaum worked on the full Sidekick series as one of the show's writers.
  • In the Italian dub, during season 1 Eric was voiced by Davide Perino and Kitty by Laura Latini. In season 2 they were respectively recast with Gabriele Patriarca and Ilaria Latini. While it's unknown why the former happened, the latter was because of Laura Latini's death in the meantime.
• Role Reprise: When the Funpak shorts were picked up for a full series, Christian Potenza (Trevor), Scott McCord (Martin), Ron Rubin (Master XOX), and Tony Daniels (Maxum Brain) were the only actors from the shorts to reprise their roles for the series.
• Screwed by the Network: The series was initially treated fairly well by Cartoon Network despite getting mixed reception from viewers of the channel when it debuted in June 2011, as it was given a decent amount of airtime and promotion for over a year. In October 2012, however, it was abruptly taken off Cartoon Network's schedule with no explanation. Some viewers believe this was due to CN making room on their line-up to air programs celebrating the channel's 20th anniversary that month, but the series did not return to the network after the celebration was over, despite still having one more season to go. Even when the channel's Cartoon Planet block (previously dedicated exclusively to showing Cartoon Network's pre-2010 original programs) began to air reruns of fellow YTV cartoons Almost Naked Animals and Scaredy Squirrel in 2013 (the year Sidekick's third and final season began premiering in the show's native country), it didn't air this show. However, the series would evenutally find new life on Qubo (partially owned by its creators, Nelvana), where all the season 3 episodes of Sidekick finally made their U.S. debuts when the series began broadcasting there in March 2017, with the channel continuing to air reruns of the show until July 2020.
• What Could Have Been: Todd Kauffman has shared early concept art for the characters through his blogs and social media, revealing a number of design differences that were not present in the Funpak shorts.
  • Maxum Man was originally named Mega Man, presumably changed to avoid confusion with the other, better-known Mega Man. Also, his chest emblem had two M's instead of just one and he had a narrower head shape.
  • Early designs for Eric did not incorporate the so-called "Neptoon Skull" (the same stylized skull seen on Duncan's shirt in Total Drama and Corey's hat in Grojband), with the character instead wearing a formal uniform similar to that of Kitty. He also had a much larger, rounder head, with a much longer, curvier nose.
  • Trevor's dad originally wore glasses and had a white shirt instead of a blue one.
• Written by Cast Member: Miklos Perlous, the voice of Eric, wrote at least two episodes (both in the last season) one of which was "Graduation Daze".

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