Sidekick (TV series)

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Sidekick
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Genre
Created by
  • Todd Kauffman
  • Joey So
Directed by
  • Joey So (Season 1–2)
  • Kerry Sargent (Season 2–3)
Voices of
Theme music composerWilliam Kevin Anderson
Composers
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes52 (104 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Joey So
  • Todd Kauffman
  • Doug Murphy (Season 1–2)
  • Colin Bohm (Season 3)
  • Irene Weibel (Season 3)
ProducerMichael Décsi
Running time22 minutes (2 11-minute segments)
Production company Nelvana
Original release
Network YTV (Canada)
Cartoon Network (US)
ReleaseSeptember 3, 2010 (2010-09-03) 
September 14, 2013 (2013-09-14)

Sidekick is a Canadian animated series created by Todd Kauffman and Joey So for YTV, and produced by Nelvana. [1] The series ran from September 3, 2010, to September 14, 2013, with 52 episodes produced. The series is based on the original shorts originally titled The Not-So-Superheroic Adventures of Sidekick aired as part of the 2005 TV series, Funpak. It currently airs reruns on Boomerang, and Disney XD in Canada.

Contents

Premise

The series is about an orphan boy named Eric, with his best friend Trevor and his two female friends, Vana and Kitty, who are training to become superhero sidekicks at the Academy for Aspiring Sidekicks (though in "Graduation Daze", supervillains can send their henchmen to the academy) in the Canadian city of Splittsboro (based on Scarborough, Toronto). While dealing with intense sidekick training, Eric must also contend with his strict guardian Maxum Brain, his grumpy teacher Professor Pamplemoose, the evil Master XOX and keeping secret the disappearance of his superhero mentor Maxum Man from the city!

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 26September 3, 2010February 19, 2011
2 14October 8, 2011April 14, 2012
3 12June 1, 2013September 14, 2013

Characters

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Recurring

Broadcast

In the United States, the series premiered on Cartoon Network alongside Almost Naked Animals on June 13, 2011, until October 15, 2012. [2] The series also aired on Qubo from March 27, 2017, until August 24, 2019. However, it returned on April 4, 2020, but left the schedule once again on July 25, 2020.

In Australia and New Zealand, the series premiered on ABC3, (now ABC Me,) later also on Network Ten on November 23, 2011, and later Disney XD on April 9, 2015.

In the UK, the series premiered on CBBC on September 1, 2014. [3]

The series aired reruns on YTV until June 30, 2023. It currently airs on Boomerang and Disney XD in Canada.

The series is streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Pluto TV and Tubi.

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