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Sidekick is a Canadian animated television comedy series created by Todd Kauffman (former co-director of Total Drama, and later co-creator of Grojband and Looped) and Joey So. The series ran from September 3, 2010, to September 14, 2013, on YTV. In the US it airs on Cartoon Network and in the UK it airs on CBBC.

Premise
Sidekick centers on an orphan boy named Eric Needles, with his best friend Trevor Troublemeyer and his two female friends, Vana Glama and Kitty Ko, who are training to become sidekicks at the Academy for Aspiring Sidekicks in the city of Splittsboro. While dealing with intense sidekick training, Eric must also contend with his strict guardian Maximum Brain, his grumpy teacher Professor Pamplemoose, the evil Master XOX, and keeping the disappearance of his superhero mentor, Maximum Man.

Why It DESERVES to Eat Chum!

 * 1) The main problem with the show is that it's way too mean-spirited to the main protagonist as every episode just has him being tortured by every single character for no reason to the point where it makes it unwatchable.
 * 2) It has very messed up, and horrible, messages:
 * 3) *"If you do something wrong, you get off Scott free, but if you haven't done anything wrong, you get punished by torture."
 * 4) *"Who cares how you act? Looks are more important than behavior."
 * 5) Aside from being mean-spirited, the show is also littered with everyone being a hypocrite and an idiot.
 * 6) The animation, while good and decent, was pretty cheap and lazy in the first season.
 * 7) It tends to be inappropriate at times.
 * 8) * Even worse is that just like Fanboy & Chum Chum, tends to overuse gross-out humor in most episodes. Examples are, but are not limited to:
 * 9) ** Almost any scene that involves Trevor.
 * 10) ** Eric having smelly feet in the episode "Match Dot Com".
 * 11) ** A gross-out close-up of Kitty's snot-covered tie in the episode "The Heartbreak Golly-Gee Kid".
 * 12) **Vana and Kitty (in turtle form) having a burping and then a farting contest in "Eric and Trevor’s Mediocre Adventure". This scene however, was censored on Qubo reruns.
 * 13) ** Kitty licking the sludge off of Eric's window in the episode "What's He Hiding".
 * 14) ** Eric popping his mutated pimple brother Derek at the end of the episode "My Brother, the Pimple".
 * 15) ** Master XOX kissing Eric's feet in the episode "OppoXOX".
 * 16) ** Another gross-out close-up of Eric's unwashed hand in the episode "Vapo House".
 * 17) * As mentioned above, the entirety of the episode "My Brother the Pimple" just focuses on Eric getting a mutated pimple brother named Derek and also uses the gross-out humor this show has as a major plot device.
 * 18) The series writing is mediocre and lackluster, as it just relies on the same old "Yank the Dog's Chain" plot device that is seen in some cartoons. As such, it's filled to the brim with a handful of bad or mediocre episodes, such as:
 * 19) * Something Smells
 * 20) * The Golf Club
 * 21) * Chicken Burgers Sold at the Krusty Krab!
 * 22) * Feral Friends
 * 23) * This Hour Has 22 Million Minutes
 * 24) * Eric Squared
 * 25) * Patrick's Tantrum (arguably the WORST and most annoying episode)
 * 26) * Drop the Needles (depending on your view)
 * 27) * Henchman for a Day
 * 28) * Pamplemouse and Son
 * 29) * Lights, Camera, Sidekick Action
 * 30) * Four's a Crowd
 * 31) * Super Frenemies
 * 32) While the voice acting is decent, it can be lackluster and annoying at times. (ex/Any scene whenever Vana screams or mainly Eric's voice)
 * 33) It tends to reuse character models in some episodes. For example, some scenes of episodes have the same character models of the background characters at their school and just reuse the same character model without no recolors at all. Another example comes from the episode "Maxium Men" were the same models for the 70's women are reused again without any recolors at all. It makes it feel as if the animators are too lazy to even draw any other background characters at all.
 * 34) There is no sign of character development as each of the characters keep on getting worse.
 * 35) What's worse is that Maxum Man can be seen in person ANYWHERE, like when he's at his actual Mansion of Maxumtude, or when he grabs candy that from the Maxum Mobile.
 * 36) The series ended off on a cliffhanger, as it ends up not showing if Eric or anyone who knows Maxum Man tried to search for him.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The character designs are pretty good.
 * 2) The sondtrack is pretty good, along with the theme song].
 * 3) There are some decent episodes here and there, such as:
 * 4) * Dream Hoppers
 * 5) * Say Chum-thing
 * 6) * Jawbroken
 * 7) * The Hero
 * 8) The backgrounds and the art style is colorful and beautiful.

Reception
Sidekick received mixed to negative reviews from critics and audiences, and currently holds a 3.9/10 on IMDb.

Trivia

 * This show is the second show made by Todd Kauffman to carry on the tradition of having a skull on one of the character's appearances. In this case, it's on Eric's shirt.