Current Events > Every main MCU hero has a black sidekick

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Captain America/Falcon
Iron-Man/War Machine
Doctor Strange/Baron Mordo
Luke Cage/Misty Knight
Black Panther/Michonne from The Walking Dead
Spider-Man/Donald Glover
Ant-Man/T.I.
Daredevil/The cop guy
Jessica Jones/The other cop guy
Punisher/The guy with no legs
Thor/The guy who opens the gate to Asgard
Iron-Fist/Iron Fist IS a sidekick so he doesn't count
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Doctor Strange/Baron Mordo

But Baron Mordo is clearly going to be a bad guy
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ThePrinceFish posted...

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Doctor Strange/Baron Mordo

But Baron Mordo is clearly going to be a bad guy

Shhhhhhh
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Mordo is not Doctor Strange's sidekick.
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idk if I'd call Heimdall anyone's sidekick, tbh
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Luke Cage/Misty Knight

side piece =/= side kick
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Donald Glover wasn't the sidekick in that movie. Zendaya probably fill that spot and even that's a bit of a stretch.
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Star Lord\ ???

Batista isn't black.
I guess you could say that Gamora is played by a black woman, yes, but she plays a green person.
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gaiz stop ruining everything
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Iron-Man/War Machine
Doctor Strange/Baron Mordo
Spider-Man/Donald Glover
Daredevil/The cop guy
Punisher/The guy with no legs
Thor/The guy who opens the gate to Asgard
Iron-Fist/Iron Fist IS a sidekick so he doesn't count

yeah okay
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Hulk/Thor.

oops.

M_Live posted...

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Ant-Man/T.I.

Lol'd at this. Like, the idea of the character literally being T.I.

Yo whatchu know about that
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JustMyOpinion posted...

Calling the guy who opens his door a sidekick is a bit of a stretch. Lady Sif and co are more like his sidekicks.

nope

Loki is his sidekick

Like in all but 2 movies Loki was Thor's sidekick

actually, in all but 1 movie since in Thor 1 Loki was his sidekick for half the movie
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Touch posted...

M_Live posted...

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Ant-Man/T.I.

Lol'd at this. Like, the idea of the character literally being T.I.

Yo whatchu know about that

I know all about that.
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maybe Valkyrie.

idk.
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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackBestFriend
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JustMyOpinion posted...

Vegeta ain't Goku's sidekick

uh yes he is
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JustMyOpinion posted...

darkphoenix181 posted...

JustMyOpinion posted...

Calling the guy who opens his door a sidekick is a bit of a stretch. Lady Sif and co are more like his sidekicks.

nope

Loki is his sidekick

Like in all but 2 movies Loki was Thor's sidekick

actually, in all but 1 movie since in Thor 1 Loki was his sidekick for half the movie

Loki is his frenemy. Vegeta ain't Goku's sidekick. His sidekicks are Lady Sif and those other dudes, although they don't do a whole lot in the movies, but they always talk about the adventures they have together.

The Warrior Three; Fandral, Hogun and Volstagg are the closest thing Thor has ever had to a sidekick. And even that's debatable. Sif has been his on and off lover and Loki is his brother and evil contrary to the goofball he is in the MCU.
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Spider-Man/Donald Glover

How? He gave him information one time and that was it.
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Not my man Star Lord
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darkphoenix181 posted...

JustMyOpinion posted...

Vegeta ain't Goku's sidekick

uh yes he is

Seriously. Goku even considers Vegeta his best friend and only wants to train with him.
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The Prowler is not Spider-Mans sidekick.
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Okay, after a second glance, TC is just being a race baiting troll. Everyone stop posting.
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Kitt posted...

Donald Glover wasn't the sidekick in that movie. Zendaya probably fill that spot and even that's a bit of a stretch.

Wtf?

Ned was clearly his sidekick people...
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RebelElite791 posted...

Kitt posted...

Donald Glover wasn't the sidekick in that movie. Zendaya probably fill that spot and even that's a bit of a stretch.

Wtf?

Ned was clearly his sidekick people...

The list is entirely Hey, a black person was a momentary subordinate to this hero.

Ignore it.
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JustMyOpinion posted...

Holy_Cloud105 posted...

darkphoenix181 posted...

JustMyOpinion posted...

Vegeta ain't Goku's sidekick

uh yes he is

Seriously. Goku even considers Vegeta his best friend and only wants to train with him.

Aside from dbz abridged, when has Goku stated that he's no longer besties with Krillin?

The manga has it as Krillin is one of his best friends. He considers both of them that. And he might have mentioned it somewhere in Super unless I'm imagining things. I don't watch DBZ Abridged so yeah.
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darkphoenix181 posted...

Star Lord\ ???

Batista isn't black.
I guess you could say that Gamora is played by a black woman, yes, but she plays a green person.

Rocket's fur is mostly gray/black.
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pegusus123456 posted...

darkphoenix181 posted...

Star Lord\ ???

Batista isn't black.
I guess you could say that Gamora is played by a black woman, yes, but she plays a green person.

Rocket's fur is mostly gray/black.

Rocket is Groot's sidekick. Unless you ask Rocket, in which case Groot is his sidekick.
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thanosibe posted...

pegusus123456 posted...

darkphoenix181 posted...

Star Lord\ ???

Batista isn't black.
I guess you could say that Gamora is played by a black woman, yes, but she plays a green person.

Rocket's fur is mostly gray/black.

Rocket is Groot's sidekick. Unless you ask Rocket, in which case Groot is his sidekick.

Groot is Rocket's sidekick.

Rocket is Starlord's sidekick.
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What about Black Panther?
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I would say the punishers side kick is micro more than anyone. And he is very white.
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RE_expert44 posted...

I would say the punishers side kick is micro more than anyone. And he is very white.

The Punisher's sidekick is every gun in a five mile radius of himself, most of which are black.
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It's pretty telling when they're in that "always the bridesmaid, never the bride" position.

I won't pretend that Falcon should get his own film, but I think he should receive his own mask. Anthony Mackie fought for the part because he wanted black youth to have a superhero they could look up to and was justifiably disappointed when his character turned out to be just a guy in a jet pack. I'm not saying that he's better or worse than Chadwick Boseman, but he deserves full fledged superhero status and that means a mask.

Skye Reynolds posted...

I won't pretend that Falcon should get his own film, but I think he should receive his own mask. Anthony Mackie fought for the part because he wanted black youth to have a superhero they could look up to and was justifiably disappointed when his character turned out to be just a guy in a jet pack. I'm not saying that he's better or worse than Chadwick Boseman, but he deserves full fledged superhero status and that means a mask.

Most superheroes in movies don't wear the mask 90% of the time.
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pegusus123456 posted...

Skye Reynolds posted...

I won't pretend that Falcon should get his own film, but I think he should receive his own mask. Anthony Mackie fought for the part because he wanted black youth to have a superhero they could look up to and was justifiably disappointed when his character turned out to be just a guy in a jet pack. I'm not saying that he's better or worse than Chadwick Boseman, but he deserves full fledged superhero status and that means a mask.

Most superheroes in movies don't wear the mask 90% of the time.

You don't hire a star, and then hide his face.
Only Karl Urban would ever allow that.

Questionmarktarius posted...

You don't hire star, and then hide his face.
Only Karl Urban would ever allow that.

I think studios actually prefer them wearing masks since that means they don't have to pay them to be in scenes.
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pegusus123456 posted...

I think studios actually prefer them wearing masks since that means they don't have to pay them to be in scenes.

I seriously doubt Serafinowicz is showing up in The Tick for free.

The Tick is different, you can still tell it's whoever underneath.

But people like Black Panther, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, etc can just be CGI.
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pegusus123456 posted...

RE_expert44 posted...

I would say the punishers side kick is micro more than anyone. And he is very white.

The Punisher's sidekick is every gun in a five mile radius of himself, most of which are black.

I guess I can't deny that
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Spidermans sidekick was the Asian guy though
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Smashingpmkns posted...

Spidermans sidekick was the Asian guy though

would not be surprised if a lot of CE just dismissed him because he's Asian
like he didn't even log as a major character to them

but i stay hopeful
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Questionmarktarius posted...

You don't hire a star, and then hide his face.

Which is part of the reason why superheroes are best played by talented unknowns.