Top tien van vervelende cartoon sidekicks

RDJ134 8 november 2010 om 15:47 uur

Veel films,comics en cartoons maken gebruik van een sidekick voor de komische noot. Maar zoals wel vaker kan dit zeer vervelend uitpakken, want laten we eerlijk zijn Willie uit Maja de bij was gewoon een labiel insect. Maar voor de mensen die niet zoals ik uit het stenentijdperk komen heeft Topless Robot een top tien gemaakt met irritante sidekicks en daar staat ook deze nummer twee op:

2) Scrappy Doo from Scooby Doo

Was Scrappy Doo really that awful? Perhaps history is a bit unkind to Scooby's fierce little nephew, added to keep the show on the air in the late 1970s. Considering how one-note every Scooby-Doo character is, can we blame Scrappy for sticking to his tough-guy act? And considering how every monster on the show was a conniving old landlord in disguise, can we also blame Scrappy for attacking them without fear?

All right, so Scrappy's still annoying, and he's funniest when depicted as a bitter little runt in satirical commercials. Maybe it's not Scrappy people hate so much as it's what he represents. He's the perfect example of a sagging, cheaply written show's attempt to freshen itself up by adding a younger, smaller, allegedly funnier version of the main character. Scrappy epitomizes everything repetitive and uncreative about Scooby Doo and TV in general, and that's his true flaw.


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