I’m going with Brain on this one.

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the2nddoctor111@reddit

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Every....single....time...

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CaptServo@reddit

Brain was the actual hero, Penny was the sidekick and Gadget was the diversion

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0sometimessarah0@reddit

The Inspector has the power of arrest so he's kinda like a useful tool lol

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CookieBarfspringer@reddit

Gadget was the bungling middle-aged white guy who got all the public acclaim, while a behind-the-scenes team of competent minorities did all the actual work.

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dontbajerk@reddit

I will say the one episode where he is completely by himself is maybe the best of the series. Legitimately funny too.

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JimmyHatsTCQ@reddit

As a middle aged white man I find this... accurate.

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WilHunting2@reddit

Orko is a goddamn wizard.

How is Brain a better sidekick than a wizard?

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BooBeeAttack@reddit

He doesn't talk so often and annoyingly that you would rather strangle the sidekick instead of whomever you were fighting.

Orko is powerful, but Orko is obnoxious.

And I like Orko, but totally understand how he can be grating on the nerves.

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BlackLioConvoy@reddit

Orko created/ contributed to a lot of the shows problems.

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VicFantastic@reddit

But also solved a good amount of problems with magic

Pretty standard wizard shit

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MireLight@reddit

Wizards...the cause of and solution to all our problems

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TheVenetianMask@reddit

Wizards: No sense of right and wrong.

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hamburgler26@reddit

Sapphires? With those I could open the Gate of Kerash!

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BooBeeAttack@reddit

This is why most prefer to stay in towers and avoid others.

Brain is best sidekick. Loyal to a fault, smart, and never talks ao much you wanna punt them from the Gadget Mobile mid conversion.

He and Penny were the only effective heroes of that show.

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TheVenetianMask@reddit

Orko gots the chops to run for President.

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

Orko was a real POS in the writer's room.

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D2Dragons@reddit

Also depending on which dimension you are his magic is completely useless. He’s powerful in his home dimension but his magic fizzles in Eternia, that’s half the jokes in the show!

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-Ailynn-@reddit

Wasn't Orko a bit of a bumbling wizard, though? I may be remembering incorrectly, but I thought a lot of his spells go wrong.

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9for9@reddit

I remember them going wrong in the best ways.

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WilHunting2@reddit

Aren’t all wizards bumbling, though?

At the end of the day, a wizard is a wizard.

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Bytowneboy2@reddit

Consistency and competence. Orko is fine when he’s effective, but there is a lot of time wasted and successes are only sometimes intentional. Brain gets shit done.

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Mueryk@reddit

Brain is intelligent and effective and doesn’t screw up for comedic purposes.

Orko is the opposite and often quite annoying.

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lorenzo463@reddit

Brain is a dog who once put on a coconut bra and hula’d so convincingly that a grown adult man thought he was an actual hula girl.

If that’s not wizardry, show me what is.

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MajorMiners469@reddit

Orko always fukt up his first few attempts. Turned me into a newt!

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CaptinEmergency@reddit

If it’s for like actual quests/missions and shit then yeah I’d go with the goddamn wizard.

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Aronacus@reddit

Orko vs Presto you had to pick one which?

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karaloveskate@reddit (OP)

Tie between snarf and scrappy for the worst.

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hitliquor999@reddit

“Why, snarf, didn’t you, snarf, choose Snarf? Snarf snarf.”

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Caftancatfan@reddit

I almost reflexively downvoted this. That character was insufferable.

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The_Abjectator@reddit

I'm dropping him off with the Smurfs.

I think they all may be pokemon.

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Diarrhea_Beaver@reddit

Snarf was definitely a closet Pokemon. It was a different time and Pokemon weren't accepted yet, so its understandable

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gnark@reddit

Snarf was written by someone who hates cats.

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bakeranders@reddit

Bruh don’t be ragging’ on Scrappy like that!! Lil bruh would be clutch

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brakeb@reddit

I thought I was the only one who hated Scrappy doo as a kid... That sog needed duct tape and restraints

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geese_moe_howard@reddit

Snarf would freak me out all the time. What is he? A bearded lizard cat?

Brain would be the most useful but Orko would probably be the most fun.

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Crans10@reddit

Brain I know will save me for sure. I trust him with my life.

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tinglep@reddit

I love that Penny was one of Cree Summers first voiceovers

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bout-tree-fitty@reddit

He’s the only one that doesn’t make thing worse when he tries to help

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Jerkrollatex@reddit

I agree. The rest of them are a problem.

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Azuras_Star8@reddit

You say "problem", I say "side quest creator."

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deephurting66@reddit

He's the only non obnoxious one of the bunch

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JazzlikeAd1555@reddit

Agreed the rest were annoying screw ups lol

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Super_Direction498@reddit

Brain is by far the most competent and least annoykng

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spooninthepudding@reddit

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Never forget Glomer!

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Ltimbo@reddit

Slimmer for sure. He’s a handful to deal with but he has ghost powers.

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karaloveskate@reddit (OP)

Like what? All I ever saw him do was eat and slime people.

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Ltimbo@reddit

He can go through walls. And he can fly.

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KeepYaWhipTinted@reddit

Well it's not gonna be Snarf is it, the useless irritating prick

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My husband sometimes uses the name Snarf Thundercat to sign up for free trials. He forgot to cancel once and had to have a long convo a call center rep who called him Mr. Thundercat through the whole thing. It was genuinely hilarious.

"Am I speaking with Snarf?"

"Thank you, Mr. Thundercat."

Literally the funniest thing that ever happened.

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karaloveskate@reddit (OP)

He should have tried to do Snarf’s voice while on the phone.

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strawberrylemonapple@reddit

I had an Inspector Gadget book when I was a kid (like one of those Little Golden Books) and when my mom would read it to me, she always pronounced his name as “Brian.”

Also I have no idea who Orko, Snarf, or T-Bob are. Is this one of those things I missed out on because we didn’t have the Disney Channel?

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karaloveskate@reddit (OP)

Orko is from He-Man, and Snarf is from ThunderCats. Neither of which are Disney

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LEGOMyBrick@reddit

These guys were the heavy hitters on Saturday morning cartoons on network TV.

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ImpossibleJob5788@reddit

I just showed my six year old Inspector Gadget for the first time and she demanded to know why Penny and Brain even needed Uncle Gadget.

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karaloveskate@reddit (OP)

Valid question

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jikt@reddit

Slimer. I'm not going to explain why.

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forbothofus@reddit

Slimer is inspired by John Belushi, no better wingman in history

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R0botDreamz@reddit

I used to ride my bike to school and would pretend Slimer was my sidekick floating along side me. Slimer is the answer.

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aimademedia@reddit

The real answer right here. Slimer for the win.

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Scrodnick@reddit

Okay, but didn’t he help the ghostbusters capture ghosts on the show? Doesn’t that mean that Slimer is a Quisling?

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chriskulture@reddit

100%. Who needs a genius when your friend can walk through walls and make everything gross?
Need to look smart? Slimer is unliving proof of life after death.
Need to look tough? Slimer can knock over your opponent and make them miserable.
Need to beat Joey Chestnut at Nathan's hot dog eating contest? Slimer's got you.

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RineMetal@reddit

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hightower242@reddit

My guess is when the ABC network executives pushed the "Slimer and Real Ghostbusters" timeframe.

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kjbolin@reddit

Ecto Cooler's back on the menu, boys!

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Doja_Gnat@reddit

I know Brain is the right answer but I can’t just abandon Orko like that.

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deekamus@reddit

If the team is allowed to expand to a trio, Orko is #2 pick for support and being a generally cool dude.

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Doja_Gnat@reddit

And mysterious! What even is he under that scarf? Is he just a gaseous cloud of animate vapour?

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deekamus@reddit

IIRC, Orko's people are just very private...

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Doja_Gnat@reddit

I ended up down a rabbit hole of the fan wiki. Was surprisingly faster than last week’s Smurf deep dive.

But yes! Showing their face is considered an intimacy like humans kissing.

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Illegal_Ghost_Bikes@reddit

Magician Orko? With the power of teleportion, Orko? The same Orko that can summon objects at will from his hat?

Brain is a cool dog, but I'm going with the being closest to a god for a sidekick.

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Kgby13@reddit

I don’t remember t bob but fk scrappy doo

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TollyVonTheDruth@reddit

I read "Brain" then saw the image of "Brain", but it wasn't the "Brain" I pictured because I forgot about that "Brain"

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digitaljestin@reddit

I mean, T-Bob can be ridden, but Brain is obviously the most help. But frankly, Brain isn't actually sidekick material. He is the hero. I'd have to be the sidekick.

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MaxPower836@reddit

I’m going Orko. If he focuses he can one shot all these guys

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karaloveskate@reddit (OP)

That’s the problem with him, he struggles to focus.

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hellllllsssyeah@reddit

Wait till I shove 40mg of Adderall down his throat

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MortgageRegular2509@reddit

He has a throat?

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Tabord@reddit

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abd1tus@reddit

I guess you’d just toss them anywhere into the black void around his eyes.

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djseifer@reddit

One "Power Word: Kill" and the majority of He-Man's plot is solved.

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ShibaInuDoggo@reddit

Good news! ADHD meds are easy to get. He'll do great with a fidget spinner and a fistful of Stratera

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Designer_Chicken_832@reddit

Scrappy.

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Emperor_85@reddit

Brain all day mvp sidekick A tier.

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the-icarus-77@reddit

NOT Scrappy Doo, that lip bastard! 😆

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an0m1n0us@reddit

Narf!

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smokythejoker@reddit

Snarf sucks.

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Ultimate-Flexionator@reddit

T-Bob and it's not even close. He turns into a robot motorized unicycle. And is a robot. And this is all MASK adjacent tech so I don't know, I'm assuming if not Illusion tech than at least distress beacons signalling heavy hitters in the area.

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tideshark@reddit

What was he from? He’s the only one on here I have absolutely zero clue what he’s from.

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Ultimate-Flexionator@reddit

M.A.S.K. Best theme song of the 80s.

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Cael_NaMaor@reddit

Looks interesting. Watching ep 41... first I found.

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tideshark@reddit

I gotta look it up later. These was my early childhood cartoons I watched daily for years and Tbob and/or MASK are ringing any bells. Fairly sure I’ll know as soon as I see it tho.

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silversunshinestares@reddit

Ugh, begrudgingly, I have to say Scrappy-Doo. He's annoying as fuck, but he's eager, and actually a lot of the time he ultimately found the clue that solved the case.

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sarithe@reddit

Depends on the universe I'm in.

Orko is 100% the strongest character here by a landslide, but if we're talking about being in our world, then Brain is the better choice because he has more knowledge of this world and can apply that knowledge to figure out how to solve basically any problem this world can throw at him.

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ialsohaveadobro@reddit

I choose whoever has the stomach to take all of them out for me.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

T-Bob, he’s a friend and transportation. Next best thing to KITT

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ErnieBochII@reddit

Obviously. The rest of them are liabilities and will get you into trouble that YOU will have to get out of.

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LasagnahogXRP@reddit

Brain is the only competent one if the group

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Difficult-Republic57@reddit

Slimer is the only one who got his own mini show

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Difficult-Republic57@reddit

Don't like slimer?

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Difficult-Republic57@reddit

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aaronwintergreen@reddit

I like Scrappy

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Destron81@reddit

Definitely Brain. Smart, reliable, and talented.

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-Ailynn-@reddit

DEFINITELY good boy Brain.

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Sufficient_Two_5753@reddit

Given the choices, brain is the least annoying. So him.

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Orc_face@reddit

Brain the only non annoying guy in the lineup

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Fair-Cookie@reddit

Brain or Orko FTW.

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2PM2@reddit

Brain cuz he’s has one. The rest are a bunch of troublesome doofuses.

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mysocalledmayhem@reddit

Brb

Gonna drink an Ecto-Cooler before I make a decision

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SuperModes@reddit

Brain is the only one who won’t make everything worse.

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sonsofthedesert@reddit

Orko

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Cutthechitchata-hole@reddit

But you can ride on t bob's bek!

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nanneryeeter@reddit

Scrappy Doo because my first act will be to toss him into a wood chipper.

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Garrwolfdog@reddit

Brain! We need someone competent on the team!

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zipty842@reddit

That picture of Brain has been the face of my Apple Watch for years

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Frosty_Cloud_2888@reddit

Snarf

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thatsnotchocolatebby@reddit

Scrappy is gonna get you in some trouble

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solemn_penguin@reddit

I see a lot of love for Brain, but you always have a ride with T-Bob around.

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WHRocks@reddit

Huh, I'm absolutely unfamiliar with T-Bob.

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reillan@reddit

I am too, and I was a huge fan of MASK. I must've blocked him from my memory.

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safetyCircuit@reddit

He belongs to the son of the guy that drives the flying Camaro. They were the wrong place at the wrong time comedy relief characters. TBob would change to scooter mode and they'd ride off to the safety of gas station mountain.

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kjbolin@reddit

He turns into a scooter.

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WHRocks@reddit

I looked up the show and thought it would jog my memory...it did not, lol. I've never seen that show before.

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yukonhoneybadger@reddit

Yeah the show wasn't on that long but the toys will great

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Eledridan@reddit

You missed out. Illusion is the ultimate weapon.

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OscarDivine@reddit

Yeah somehow feeling oddly left out of this one too.

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Kain347@reddit

The Black Mage from Final Fantasy 1 reminds me of Orko

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dogtweredog@reddit

Brain. Gadget would be dead a thousand times over if it weren't for him and Penny. Imagine Dr. Claw's reaction if he realized that his plans were being consistently thwarted by a little girl and a puppy dog and not the cyborg detective he thought was his adversary.

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RedSix2447@reddit

Can’t decide either orko or brain. lol depends on what needs to be done. If you need a real sidekick for actual anything brain is the choice. lol

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Wild-Drag1930@reddit

Brain

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cheerful_cynic@reddit

The fluffy guy from rainbow brite

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ryaca@reddit

Slimer. And an ecto cooler, please.

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Azuras_Star8@reddit

Scarf gives me easy access to Cheetarah. Hellooooooo nurse!

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Nicuzn@reddit

I don't know T-Bob and not super familiar with Orko, so I gotta go with Brain. Brain got shit done.

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oriondracowolf@reddit

Brain every time

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SergeantPsycho@reddit

I feel like Scooter from the Gobots should be here.

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Zerostar39@reddit

I remember having a T-Bob toy but I had no idea where it was from.

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Efficient_Shame_8539@reddit

I mean yeah, Brain, duh of course is my pick.

But Orko... If my boy just got some confidence, or got a new wand, he would be unstoppable. Who wouldn't want a wizard at their side?

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Greedy_Ad_3814@reddit

How do I not know who T-Bob is?

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Acslaterisdead@reddit

Orko or Brain. Scrappy was annoying.

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Entire_Log_4160@reddit

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AnotherCannon@reddit

One can argue that Brain wasn’t a sidekick…

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drewbaccaAWD@reddit

I'm going to stick with my initial impression that this is choosing a team, one from each column, and I'm taking Snarf, Slimer, and Brain for my team.

Brain is definitely the mastermind here. Slimer will take care of being a distraction. Snarf is there to balance things out and maintain a sense of caution. I suppose Scrappy could be a good distraction too but he's out of control without Uncle Scooby.

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critic2029@reddit

I’ll be honest. I don’t care what anyone says. I wanted t bob because he could turn into a scooter.

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issi_tohbi@reddit

I’m breaking out and choosing Glomer from the Punky Brewster cartoon

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ArchSchnitz@reddit

Brain was the only one of these (that I know) that didn't cause more problems than he fixed. In fact, Brain was on of the more competent members of the team.

I think if I had him with me, particularly with his "I Am The IOT" level of integration, I'd be unstoppable. Unfortunately that way lies supervillainy.

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MapleSugar228@reddit

Snarf, just because I love ThunderCats.

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Eledridan@reddit

You know he’d love you and take care of you. Snarf is being unjustly ignored in these comments.

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Pmood@reddit

Same

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thisistherevolt@reddit

Scrappy needs to be Old Yeller'ed.

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Ralinor@reddit

Thrilled to see some T-Bob action there.

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GallowsGrove@reddit

I would chose either Orko or Snarf, but because of that I really need Brain. but if I need a dog to keep me from accidentally killing myself then I truly deserve Slimer....but if i really think about it most of my friends are Scrappy. I really didn't need to think this hard about this, but I did

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DBE113301@reddit

Definitely not Scrappy Doo. Even as a child, I hated that dog.

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karaloveskate@reddit (OP)

Same here

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