10 Animated Animal Sidekicks Who Dont Get Enough Love

10 Animated Animal Sidekicks Who Don’t Get Enough Love

From Princess and the Frog to Inspector Gadget, there are many underrated animated animal sidekicks from the past who deserve more love.

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From Disney to Dreamworks, animal sidekicks are often more beloved than their hero counterparts. How to Train Your Dragon’s Toothless is much more beloved than Hiccup, and plenty of fans cite Mushu as their favorite rather than the titular character of Mulan. Some animal sidekicks are even completely overrated, like Moana’s Pua, who is adorable but was barely even in the movie.

But there are plenty of loyal, funny, and just plain cool sidekicks that tend to be overlooked. Many of them are integral to the heroes’ journeys, or even more courageous or interesting than the main characters they stand beside.

10 Icarus, Little Nemo

One of the most imaginative movies of the 1980s, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland featured several cool characters, one of which was Icarus, the flying squirrel who could speak squirrel as well as English. This gem of a film doesn’t get enough love, and neither does the adorable squirrel who proves to be an invaluable and valiant warrior against the forces of evil in the film as well as a stout-hearted friend.

The bilingual critter is a feisty animal who hates being mistaken as a rat, but he’s also one of the cutest yet overlooked animal sidekicks. Plenty of 90s kids definitely wanted a flying squirrel like him as a pet.

9 Heen, Howl’s Moving Castle

Studio Ghibli’s masterpiece Howl’s Moving Castle is filled with incredible characters, from the titular wizard himself to the indomitable Sophie, the fire demon Calcifer, and even the prince, “Turnip Head.” But it’s Madame Suliman’s dog, Heen, that doesn’t get much recognition.

Audiences first meet Heen as a possible version of Howl in disguise, which is who Sophie believes him to be. Instead, the wizard-dog works for Suliman… or does at first. Instead of spying for her, he discovers love and appreciation in the makeshift family and changes sides almost immediately. He’s more loyal to Sophie than her own mother.

8 Captain Amelia, Treasure Planet

Emma Thomson proved that she’s just as lovely as a voice actress as she is onscreen when she played the formidable Captain Amelia on Disney’s Treasure Planet, a completely underrated sci-fi twist on the classic Treasure Island. The entire movie is delightful and deserves more recognition, but Amelia is the coolest Disney anthropomorphic character since Robin Hood.

Captain Amelia is everything a captain should be, aside from being attacked by a mutinous crew. Captain Amelia’s cool factor stems from both her style as well as her shrewdness. She’s witty, pragmatic, and tough, and fans really need a movie featuring her at the helm.

7 Ray, Princess And The Frog

Disney’s Princess and the Frog isn’t perfect, but it’s one of the best animated features the company has ever made, filled with magic, music, and some really fun sidekicks. The Cajun lightning bug Ray is one of the best Disney sidekicks, but he’s rarely mentioned among audience favorites. That may be simply because he’s not as cute as, say, Tink, Olaf, or Thumper, but he’s certainly just as deserving of the love.

Ray gives up his very life defending his friends. He’s funny, determined, brave, and caring, everything someone could ask for in a sidekick. Without Ray’s knowledge and help, Tiana and Naveen may not have escaped a few sticky situations.

6 Swift, David The Gnome

One of the most oft-forgotten yet wholesomely delightful TV shows of the 80s and 90s was David the Gnome, an animated Spanish program many American kids caught on Nickelodeon after it aired internationally. The gentle show depicted the titular character’s exploits as he helped various gnomes and creatures in the forest, often accompanied by his fast fox friend, Swift.

Like the other woodland animals, Swift didn’t speak, but he was a kind and brave friend, always loyal to David and his wife, Lisa. Swift wasn’t only David’s best friend, but he was often his transportation when David dealt with forest emergencies.

5 Fish, Chicken Little

People don’t often cite Disney’s Chicken Little as their favorite animated movie, but it’s a cute story with an even cuter cast of barnyard misfits that gives a sci-fi update to the whole “The sky is falling!” story. Chicken Little has so many cool friends, from Runt the anxious pig to the natural leader, Abby, otherwise known as the “ugly duckling.” His friend Fish (out of water) is a really fun sidekick who doesn’t get much attention.

Fish, whose voice is obscured by the scuba helmet of water on his head much like Kenny’s is by his parka in South Park, is abducted by aliens but never seems alarmed by it. In fact, he’s always up for an adventure, and his fun expressions and gestures make him one of the most interesting characters in the movie.

4 Brain, Inspector Gadget

Brain is one of the best animal sidekicks in the history of animation in terms of usefulness. He’s smarter than Gadget himself, which really doesn’t take much, but he also does all of the important fieldwork while Gadget just bumbles around like a newborn lamb.

Both Penny and Brain are underappreciated, as it’s the goofy yet completely incapable Inspector Gadget who gets the most love. Between lines like, “Go Gadget ‘Brella!” and his earworm of a theme song, it’s really not surprising. It’s definitely not the first show to put the spotlight on a mediocre middle-aged man, but he literally puts his life in danger and doesn’t even know it every single episode.

3 Lady Kluck, Robin Hood

Robin Hood is one of Disney’s most beloved classic animated features. Plenty of fans can sing along with every song or even cite the charming fox among their first crushes as children, but people really don’t give the audacious Lady Kluck nearly enough credit. While she might only be known as “the fat one” by that no-good Prince John, Kluck is a fierce protector of her friend, Maid Marion, and her fat otherwise isn’t used as a joke so much as an athletic extension of her strength.

When Robin and his pals face Prince John following the archery tournament, she jumps right in and is able to handle the soldiers as well as Little John. She’s smart, kind, funny, and an all-around great sidekick.

2 Aisling, The Secret Of Kells

Playful yet fierce, warm yet wild, Aisling of The Secret of Kells is a beautifully-illustrated Celtic character who uses both friendship and magic to help save her friend Brenden, the protagonist in the film. At one point she even seemingly sacrifices herself for him, and the audience is relieved to see her in wolf form, alive and well, later.

Another character who is an animal but also isn’t, Aisling is a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, supernatural Irish folk who can shapeshift and use magic. Both she and the movie she’s in are highly underrated and could use more love. Cartoon Saloon has produced some gorgeous films, two of which Aisling has appeared in.

1 Bridget, American Tale

It’s rare to find a supporting cast member in a children’s film who is a political activist, let alone a female activist, but that’s exactly what Bridget, the Irish mouse from An American Tail, is. She is passionate and vocal, imploring her community to “do something about the cats.”

Not only does Bridget not get enough accolades, but she’s also completely given a disservice when she’s written out of the series. In Fievel Goes West, it’s implied that she and Tony have a family together, but she doesn’t appear to be politically active anymore. She just holds babies. Then in the direct-to-video sequels, Bridget is completely written out while Tony pursues another character.

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