I have returned after pretty much spending 圣诞节 break w/ family (mostly my sister) and am in such a good mood due to non-Disney related epicness, Nostalgia Critic finishing Disneycember, and my shows returning while my 最喜爱的 one comes to the finale.
But enough excuses. I also took time off to carefully go over the subject for this 文章 because of very good reason. What's the reason?
I 爱情 迪士尼 SIDEKICKS!
Yes, the side characters are what make the 电影院 for me in the 迪士尼 pics because I remember mostly their moments because they're awesome. To me, the sidekicks are the funny characters that are helpful to our main heroine 或者 hero. So I'm counting down...
Favorite DP Sidekicks
And for the record, I'll indentify them 由 movie.
10. Pocahontas
Boo me all 你 wish but I don't think Pocahontas is a strong 迪士尼 movie and I don't like a lot of things about it. I'm not saying I hate it, but I just get bored watching it and I find nothing really exciting 或者 memorable about it.
Sidekick wise, they 偷了 this movie. I thought they were funny. Well not they I should say. I can't stand Flit, Meeko is better with Percy, Nakmoma's too serious and uninteresting, and the spirtual sidekicks aren't interesting 或者 entertaining. I do like Wiggins though. I think Wiggins is my 最喜爱的 character in this movie...which is kinda sad when 你 think about it.
Sorry, but I'm not really a big 粉丝 of Pocahontas today. Back when I was younger...I dunno, I wasn't as into her as I was the other princesses. I guess it's hard for me to like Pocahontas.
9. Mulan
Again, please attribute this to not seeing this movie for a while. Also keep in mind I don't own this on DVD 或者 video.
What I do remember is the sidekicks were funny. But not memorable. Nostalgia Critic (sorry if I keep mentioning him but he's awesome and I agree with most of his viewpoints) did point out that he felt he was watching Eddie Murphy not as Mushu, but as Eddie Murphy. Honestly, I don't remember but now that I know 更多 about Eddie Murphy and what he does, I should watch this movie again somehow. I honestly don't remember Cri-kee 或者 the dog (Little Brother was his name right?). The 3 army buddies were pretty cool...but again, I don't really remember them.
When 你 make a stupid xmas 列表 for your parents and 你 put mostly DVDs on that list...you won't get any of the good DVDs 你 asked for, trust me. Never put a 迪士尼 movie 你 don't have (Aladdin, Mulan, Rescuers Down Under, etc) on a 圣诞节 list. TRUST ME!
8. Sleeping Beauty
This one should be higher up because the movie's really about the sidekicks right?
Wrong.
Well yeah, it is all about the side characters...but they're not anywhere near my favorites. Sure the 精灵 are cool but really it's just them I like side character wise. And most people consider them main characters too because they're in the movie more. What about actual side characters? The kings, the jester, Samson, the unnamed 皇后乐队 without a voice actress? They're not entertaining to me. Okay, maybe the drunk jester, but I would've loved it if he talked. As for Diablo the raven...he was okay but he worked for the bad guy so I didn't really like him. The goons were tolerable and funny, but again they worked for the bad guy. And the animal sidekicks just annoyed me.
And yeah, I'm kinda cheating with the fairies. People either consider them main characters 或者 side characters, but I'm not sure what to consider them. They're not that bad of characters, but they're not my favorites.
7. Tangled
Were any of the sidekicks girls? Seriously? I would've liked that 迪士尼 but noooooooooo!
The good sidekicks in this movie were guys. Pascal, Maximus, the Pub Thugs, the Stabbington Brothers. ALL GUYS!
Can 你 really count the 皇后乐队 as a sidecharacter. I dunno. We don't see her much and SHE DOESN'T GET A SINGLE LINE!
Re-watching 魔发奇缘 I think it's sexist. I do 爱情 the movie don't get me wrong, but the only strong female characters are the villain and the once titular character who has no social skills 或者 real friends.
But I'll admit, the guy sidekicks are funny. I kinda wish Maximus and Pascal talked though. I also 爱情 the song "I've Got a Dream".
6. Beauty and the Beast
Originally they were higher up, but after watching almost all the 电影院 again, I put them in the middle.
So what's the problem?
I 爱情 them as the objects they are that it's sad to know in the end they're gonna be human again. Granted I still like human Lumiere and Cogsworth (I loved Lumiere in general, he's my 最喜爱的 BATB character), I didn't much like Mrs Potts 或者 Chip. And 你 gotta wonder how an old lady has a kid (or kids counting the other 'brothers and sisters' of Chip) under 10 when they've been cursed for 10 years exactly.
But I digress, maybe they were 《冰雪奇缘》 at the ages they were cursed.
Chip I think they tried to make too cute and he does kinda annoy me at times. As for Mrs. Potts, I'm not really sure how to feel about her. She was just there and I got used to her, and that's how I feel about her today. Cogsworth is uptight and works best when paired with Lumiere. Maurice is a typical bumbling 迪士尼 father. The dog (named Sultan in the sequel) has no purpose. The bimbettes are annoying and too stereotypically blonde for me. Phillipe...he had some purpose but I didn't care for him and I 问题 how he knew where the 城堡 was when he didn't go there himself.
So the only sidecharacters I like are Lumiere and Lefou. Lefou is funny and he's like Gaston's punching bag. So I give credit to the little bugger for taking all that abuse with humor.
Seriously though, Lumiere is awesome and I wish Jerry Orbach was still with us. R.I.P. Lennie Briscoe ("Law & Order" reference if 你 didn't catch on).
5. Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs
While I may not like the heroine, hero, 或者 villain, I do 爱情 the sidekicks.
The seven dwarfs were the first sidekicks practically everyone was introduced and everyone practically loved them! If 你 asked me to pick my 最喜爱的 dwarf, I couldn't. However, if 你 asked me to name them in alphabetical order, introductory order, 或者 line formation order during "Heigh Ho" I could totally do that.
When we had to downsize after my gramma died and 移动 to a 2-bedroom apartment (which sucks), we sold our toys. However, the toys I did keep were the 7 Dwarfs. I have them lined up in formation order on my shelf...unless the 猫 knocked them down again then I will go fix them (I have OCD it's a habit).
But this movie is here in the middle for a reason. While the good human sidekicks are fantastic, the animal sidekicks are not. Granted, they were cute and helped Snow White they were just there to be cute helpful animals. I would've liked to have seen Snow White handle the scary situations on her own without the animals, but that wasn't gonna happen was it? As for the villain sidekicks...scary. The huntsman when he was gonna kill Snow White and the Magic Mirror...scary. The raven? I don't remember because I'm always too scared to watch his scenes because the witch is there.
So that counts as scary too.
As for the 7 dwarfs, I 爱情 'em and I'm always gonna 爱情 'em. And if 你 forced me to pick 收藏夹 I'd probably pick Bashful, but only 由 a close margin.
4. Cinderella
If the movie wasn't focused on the human aspect of Cinderella, it was focused on the mice.
And it's a good thing the mice were entertaining. I mean, there were some moments where they're scenes seem to drag on forever, but 你 still like them don't you? At least I do. Plus I 爱情 that the sidekicks get their own villain via Lucifer the cat.
Human sidekick wise. The Duke is hilariously uptight like Cogsworth, but because he does the prince's job for the prince, we like him. Fairy Godmother, awesome and casting Verna Felton as the fairy godmother was perfect. The stepsisters had their moments too.
But again, there were a lot of sidekick filler scenes with the mice and while it got annoying, we still liked the mice in the end.
3. Little Mermaid
For the record; Sebastian is my 最喜爱的 迪士尼 sidekick. He's never been the main focus of any Little Mermaid story, he actually goes through some good character development, and he's a talking reggae 唱歌 Jamaican 螃蟹 with his own side villain. Bonus: the voice of Sebastian originated the role of Mufasa in the Lion King Bway 显示 AND released albums of him as Sebastian 唱歌 pop songs with reggae beats.
Now the other characters.
I would say they're all male, but technically they're not. There's Carlotta with her small part, there's the 6 唱歌 sisters with their small parts, and can 你 count Vanessa with her small part? 你 see where I'm going with this?
Going over the others, I really only like Scuttle and Louie. Scuttle is one of those dummies that always thinks he knows what he's talking about 或者 what he's doing when he clearly doesn't and to me, that's funny. Louie, I just think he's funny with that accent and the extremes he tries to go through to make a 螃蟹 dinner.
Flounder...he's okay. I dunno, I think they tried to make him the cute character. I'm not so sure but to me he's okay. Max is okay too but I wish he would talk. All the sea 动物 and a bird talk; why can't the dog? Probably because the movie would be over with faster due to Max knowing Ariel's identity, but I still wish that he and Ariel could communicate 或者 something. Grimsby, again too uptight. Flotsam and Jetsam work for the villain and were the ones who screwed up the almost 吻乐队（Kiss） prolonging the movie a little more. Do we consider Triton a side guy? He's also okay. The seahorse served nearly no purpose except moving things along w/ Sebastian talkin' to Triton. I think those are all the other side characters.
All in all, this movie is high up because of Sebastian. And 由 the by, which song from Little Mermaid won Best Original Song? Which other song was nominated? So yeah, the Academy likes Sebastian better too (btw "Under the Sea" won the Oscar and "Kiss the Girl" was the only other song from the movie that got nominated)
2. Princess & the Frog
I frickin' 爱情 these sidekicks! Let's discuss them.
Louis: funny and talented with a horn- one of Disney's best musical gators.
Ray: funny, helpful, good songs, and I'm so glad Jim Cummings got a much bigger role in a major 迪士尼 film. And his ending, while sad, had a happy outcome that surprised me in a good way. My 最喜爱的 song from PATF is actually "Ma Belle Evangeline".
Mama Odie: Bad-ass 197 年 old blind lady (pardon my French). I kinda wish we saw 更多 of her and Juju because she was funny and her song was also pretty good.
夏洛特 LaBeouf: AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME! Finally, 迪士尼 got a female sidekick and they got it right. 夏洛特 is hilarious. I 爱情 that she also cares about her friend and her friend's wants and needs and that she can help her...and she does try and help her. Plus 夏洛特 has just the right touch of selfishness, not a lot, but what the selfishness she has is funny.
Those are the ones I like, and now onto the rest. Big Daddy, didn't really have much of a part but he did serve a purpose. Lawrence, an uptight who worked for the bad guy. Yes, he did serve purpose, but I didn't much care for him and found him interesting when he was disguised as Naveen. Tiana's mom- while supportive- doesn't have much of a part and her father falls victim to DPDS (Disney Parent Death Syndrome). Do we consider the Fenner Bros. 或者 the rednecks side characters? I didn't like them either.
Honestly, I liked the sidekicks better than the princess so this is why they're high up.
1. Aladdin
Okay, before 你 start calling me a bias hypocrite, hear me out.
I know they're all male sidekicks, but that's because there's a strong female lead romantically involved with the hero. Adding a female sidekick to an already male dominated movie, in my opinion, would be unnecassary and serve no use.
Also, there's not a lot of sidecharacters to hate.
Abu: 下一个 to Parker, he's the world's greatest thief (Leverage reference btw). Sure he can't talk like a human, but we can understand him and we care for him. Abu is helpful and serves to the plot.
Carpet: A MAGIC FLYING CARPET! Need I say more. Carpet, like Abu, is there for 阿拉丁 and provides excellent transportation and he can beat a magical creature in chess.
Iago: Funny. He's also there throughout the 阿拉丁 series keeping the same Gilbert Gottfried voice. He does switch sides, but he keeps his same egotistical personality.
Sutlan: He's a funny bumbling father who cares deeply for his daughter and his kingdom. Plus he's the only human father who likes to play with toys, so he has a childlike innocence to him.
Rajah: Jasmine's only friend beforehand and pet tiger who, although we can't understand him, we know he cares and wants what's best for his mistress. He has no bad moments in any of the 阿拉丁 series.
Genie: HELLZ YES HE'S AWESOME! Genie is funny, he's helpful, he can have emotional moments too, and he's my 秒 最喜爱的 sidekick. I have nothing bad to say about him.
I have nothing bad to say about the 阿拉丁 sidekicks in general. I for one would 爱情 to pal around with a monkey thief, flying carpet, funny 鹦鹉 with a comedian's voice, and a hilarious magic genie. Wouldn't you?
Well, that's all I have to say about that. Again, these are my opinions, please respect them.
And now I will leave 你 with pictures of the sidekicks. I can't very well leave individual pics of my 最喜爱的 sidekicks so bare with me in pics.
But enough excuses. I also took time off to carefully go over the subject for this 文章 because of very good reason. What's the reason?
I 爱情 迪士尼 SIDEKICKS!
Yes, the side characters are what make the 电影院 for me in the 迪士尼 pics because I remember mostly their moments because they're awesome. To me, the sidekicks are the funny characters that are helpful to our main heroine 或者 hero. So I'm counting down...
Favorite DP Sidekicks
And for the record, I'll indentify them 由 movie.
10. Pocahontas
Boo me all 你 wish but I don't think Pocahontas is a strong 迪士尼 movie and I don't like a lot of things about it. I'm not saying I hate it, but I just get bored watching it and I find nothing really exciting 或者 memorable about it.
Sidekick wise, they 偷了 this movie. I thought they were funny. Well not they I should say. I can't stand Flit, Meeko is better with Percy, Nakmoma's too serious and uninteresting, and the spirtual sidekicks aren't interesting 或者 entertaining. I do like Wiggins though. I think Wiggins is my 最喜爱的 character in this movie...which is kinda sad when 你 think about it.
Sorry, but I'm not really a big 粉丝 of Pocahontas today. Back when I was younger...I dunno, I wasn't as into her as I was the other princesses. I guess it's hard for me to like Pocahontas.
9. Mulan
Again, please attribute this to not seeing this movie for a while. Also keep in mind I don't own this on DVD 或者 video.
What I do remember is the sidekicks were funny. But not memorable. Nostalgia Critic (sorry if I keep mentioning him but he's awesome and I agree with most of his viewpoints) did point out that he felt he was watching Eddie Murphy not as Mushu, but as Eddie Murphy. Honestly, I don't remember but now that I know 更多 about Eddie Murphy and what he does, I should watch this movie again somehow. I honestly don't remember Cri-kee 或者 the dog (Little Brother was his name right?). The 3 army buddies were pretty cool...but again, I don't really remember them.
When 你 make a stupid xmas 列表 for your parents and 你 put mostly DVDs on that list...you won't get any of the good DVDs 你 asked for, trust me. Never put a 迪士尼 movie 你 don't have (Aladdin, Mulan, Rescuers Down Under, etc) on a 圣诞节 list. TRUST ME!
8. Sleeping Beauty
This one should be higher up because the movie's really about the sidekicks right?
Wrong.
Well yeah, it is all about the side characters...but they're not anywhere near my favorites. Sure the 精灵 are cool but really it's just them I like side character wise. And most people consider them main characters too because they're in the movie more. What about actual side characters? The kings, the jester, Samson, the unnamed 皇后乐队 without a voice actress? They're not entertaining to me. Okay, maybe the drunk jester, but I would've loved it if he talked. As for Diablo the raven...he was okay but he worked for the bad guy so I didn't really like him. The goons were tolerable and funny, but again they worked for the bad guy. And the animal sidekicks just annoyed me.
And yeah, I'm kinda cheating with the fairies. People either consider them main characters 或者 side characters, but I'm not sure what to consider them. They're not that bad of characters, but they're not my favorites.
7. Tangled
Were any of the sidekicks girls? Seriously? I would've liked that 迪士尼 but noooooooooo!
The good sidekicks in this movie were guys. Pascal, Maximus, the Pub Thugs, the Stabbington Brothers. ALL GUYS!
Can 你 really count the 皇后乐队 as a sidecharacter. I dunno. We don't see her much and SHE DOESN'T GET A SINGLE LINE!
Re-watching 魔发奇缘 I think it's sexist. I do 爱情 the movie don't get me wrong, but the only strong female characters are the villain and the once titular character who has no social skills 或者 real friends.
But I'll admit, the guy sidekicks are funny. I kinda wish Maximus and Pascal talked though. I also 爱情 the song "I've Got a Dream".
6. Beauty and the Beast
Originally they were higher up, but after watching almost all the 电影院 again, I put them in the middle.
So what's the problem?
I 爱情 them as the objects they are that it's sad to know in the end they're gonna be human again. Granted I still like human Lumiere and Cogsworth (I loved Lumiere in general, he's my 最喜爱的 BATB character), I didn't much like Mrs Potts 或者 Chip. And 你 gotta wonder how an old lady has a kid (or kids counting the other 'brothers and sisters' of Chip) under 10 when they've been cursed for 10 years exactly.
But I digress, maybe they were 《冰雪奇缘》 at the ages they were cursed.
Chip I think they tried to make too cute and he does kinda annoy me at times. As for Mrs. Potts, I'm not really sure how to feel about her. She was just there and I got used to her, and that's how I feel about her today. Cogsworth is uptight and works best when paired with Lumiere. Maurice is a typical bumbling 迪士尼 father. The dog (named Sultan in the sequel) has no purpose. The bimbettes are annoying and too stereotypically blonde for me. Phillipe...he had some purpose but I didn't care for him and I 问题 how he knew where the 城堡 was when he didn't go there himself.
So the only sidecharacters I like are Lumiere and Lefou. Lefou is funny and he's like Gaston's punching bag. So I give credit to the little bugger for taking all that abuse with humor.
Seriously though, Lumiere is awesome and I wish Jerry Orbach was still with us. R.I.P. Lennie Briscoe ("Law & Order" reference if 你 didn't catch on).
5. Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs
While I may not like the heroine, hero, 或者 villain, I do 爱情 the sidekicks.
The seven dwarfs were the first sidekicks practically everyone was introduced and everyone practically loved them! If 你 asked me to pick my 最喜爱的 dwarf, I couldn't. However, if 你 asked me to name them in alphabetical order, introductory order, 或者 line formation order during "Heigh Ho" I could totally do that.
When we had to downsize after my gramma died and 移动 to a 2-bedroom apartment (which sucks), we sold our toys. However, the toys I did keep were the 7 Dwarfs. I have them lined up in formation order on my shelf...unless the 猫 knocked them down again then I will go fix them (I have OCD it's a habit).
But this movie is here in the middle for a reason. While the good human sidekicks are fantastic, the animal sidekicks are not. Granted, they were cute and helped Snow White they were just there to be cute helpful animals. I would've liked to have seen Snow White handle the scary situations on her own without the animals, but that wasn't gonna happen was it? As for the villain sidekicks...scary. The huntsman when he was gonna kill Snow White and the Magic Mirror...scary. The raven? I don't remember because I'm always too scared to watch his scenes because the witch is there.
So that counts as scary too.
As for the 7 dwarfs, I 爱情 'em and I'm always gonna 爱情 'em. And if 你 forced me to pick 收藏夹 I'd probably pick Bashful, but only 由 a close margin.
4. Cinderella
If the movie wasn't focused on the human aspect of Cinderella, it was focused on the mice.
And it's a good thing the mice were entertaining. I mean, there were some moments where they're scenes seem to drag on forever, but 你 still like them don't you? At least I do. Plus I 爱情 that the sidekicks get their own villain via Lucifer the cat.
Human sidekick wise. The Duke is hilariously uptight like Cogsworth, but because he does the prince's job for the prince, we like him. Fairy Godmother, awesome and casting Verna Felton as the fairy godmother was perfect. The stepsisters had their moments too.
But again, there were a lot of sidekick filler scenes with the mice and while it got annoying, we still liked the mice in the end.
3. Little Mermaid
For the record; Sebastian is my 最喜爱的 迪士尼 sidekick. He's never been the main focus of any Little Mermaid story, he actually goes through some good character development, and he's a talking reggae 唱歌 Jamaican 螃蟹 with his own side villain. Bonus: the voice of Sebastian originated the role of Mufasa in the Lion King Bway 显示 AND released albums of him as Sebastian 唱歌 pop songs with reggae beats.
Now the other characters.
I would say they're all male, but technically they're not. There's Carlotta with her small part, there's the 6 唱歌 sisters with their small parts, and can 你 count Vanessa with her small part? 你 see where I'm going with this?
Going over the others, I really only like Scuttle and Louie. Scuttle is one of those dummies that always thinks he knows what he's talking about 或者 what he's doing when he clearly doesn't and to me, that's funny. Louie, I just think he's funny with that accent and the extremes he tries to go through to make a 螃蟹 dinner.
Flounder...he's okay. I dunno, I think they tried to make him the cute character. I'm not so sure but to me he's okay. Max is okay too but I wish he would talk. All the sea 动物 and a bird talk; why can't the dog? Probably because the movie would be over with faster due to Max knowing Ariel's identity, but I still wish that he and Ariel could communicate 或者 something. Grimsby, again too uptight. Flotsam and Jetsam work for the villain and were the ones who screwed up the almost 吻乐队（Kiss） prolonging the movie a little more. Do we consider Triton a side guy? He's also okay. The seahorse served nearly no purpose except moving things along w/ Sebastian talkin' to Triton. I think those are all the other side characters.
All in all, this movie is high up because of Sebastian. And 由 the by, which song from Little Mermaid won Best Original Song? Which other song was nominated? So yeah, the Academy likes Sebastian better too (btw "Under the Sea" won the Oscar and "Kiss the Girl" was the only other song from the movie that got nominated)
2. Princess & the Frog
I frickin' 爱情 these sidekicks! Let's discuss them.
Louis: funny and talented with a horn- one of Disney's best musical gators.
Ray: funny, helpful, good songs, and I'm so glad Jim Cummings got a much bigger role in a major 迪士尼 film. And his ending, while sad, had a happy outcome that surprised me in a good way. My 最喜爱的 song from PATF is actually "Ma Belle Evangeline".
Mama Odie: Bad-ass 197 年 old blind lady (pardon my French). I kinda wish we saw 更多 of her and Juju because she was funny and her song was also pretty good.
夏洛特 LaBeouf: AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME! Finally, 迪士尼 got a female sidekick and they got it right. 夏洛特 is hilarious. I 爱情 that she also cares about her friend and her friend's wants and needs and that she can help her...and she does try and help her. Plus 夏洛特 has just the right touch of selfishness, not a lot, but what the selfishness she has is funny.
Those are the ones I like, and now onto the rest. Big Daddy, didn't really have much of a part but he did serve a purpose. Lawrence, an uptight who worked for the bad guy. Yes, he did serve purpose, but I didn't much care for him and found him interesting when he was disguised as Naveen. Tiana's mom- while supportive- doesn't have much of a part and her father falls victim to DPDS (Disney Parent Death Syndrome). Do we consider the Fenner Bros. 或者 the rednecks side characters? I didn't like them either.
Honestly, I liked the sidekicks better than the princess so this is why they're high up.
1. Aladdin
Okay, before 你 start calling me a bias hypocrite, hear me out.
I know they're all male sidekicks, but that's because there's a strong female lead romantically involved with the hero. Adding a female sidekick to an already male dominated movie, in my opinion, would be unnecassary and serve no use.
Also, there's not a lot of sidecharacters to hate.
Abu: 下一个 to Parker, he's the world's greatest thief (Leverage reference btw). Sure he can't talk like a human, but we can understand him and we care for him. Abu is helpful and serves to the plot.
Carpet: A MAGIC FLYING CARPET! Need I say more. Carpet, like Abu, is there for 阿拉丁 and provides excellent transportation and he can beat a magical creature in chess.
Iago: Funny. He's also there throughout the 阿拉丁 series keeping the same Gilbert Gottfried voice. He does switch sides, but he keeps his same egotistical personality.
Sutlan: He's a funny bumbling father who cares deeply for his daughter and his kingdom. Plus he's the only human father who likes to play with toys, so he has a childlike innocence to him.
Rajah: Jasmine's only friend beforehand and pet tiger who, although we can't understand him, we know he cares and wants what's best for his mistress. He has no bad moments in any of the 阿拉丁 series.
Genie: HELLZ YES HE'S AWESOME! Genie is funny, he's helpful, he can have emotional moments too, and he's my 秒 最喜爱的 sidekick. I have nothing bad to say about him.
I have nothing bad to say about the 阿拉丁 sidekicks in general. I for one would 爱情 to pal around with a monkey thief, flying carpet, funny 鹦鹉 with a comedian's voice, and a hilarious magic genie. Wouldn't you?
Well, that's all I have to say about that. Again, these are my opinions, please respect them.
And now I will leave 你 with pictures of the sidekicks. I can't very well leave individual pics of my 最喜爱的 sidekicks so bare with me in pics.
