The top 5 cutest and funniest non-human sidekicks!

Most successful kids movies and franchises feature two major types of characters
1. The protagonist
2. The sidekick
We all know in the best of movies the sidekick or sidekicks are loved sometimes more than the main character and tend to not be human.
Here is my list based on personal opinion and knowledge of pop-culture of the top 5 most loved non-human sidekicks.

5. Thing 1 and Thing 2

These mischief making things may not have been seen since the 2003 making of the Doctor Seuss classic The Cat in The Hat but their legacy still lives on with their famous T-shirts particularly seen throughout Universal Studio's all over the world.

4. Donkey

According to Wikipedia he is annoying, talkative, sensitive and euphoric character who has a fear of spiders and a love of waffles, but did you know he was actually modelled off a real miniature donkey called Perry?  Of all the characters in this list Donkey has been in the media the most having starred in all four Shrek films, a musical, numerous tv specials and video games and other

forms of Media.

3. Toothless

Toothless like Donkey first appeared in a book series before rising to fame in the first movie in the How To Train Your Dragon movie trilogy back in 2010. He has returned to screens once again in June this year and continued to charm the fans of both the movies and the books, but what is it about Toothless that we all love so much? Probably the fact that he is no stereotypical large red dragon but instead a misunderstood cute black dragon.

2.Olaf

Frozen took the world by storm late last year so this list would not be complete without including 'everybody's favourite snowman who has an obsession with Summer... OLAF! I personally prefer Sven over Olaf who is the most unappreciated character of the movie who if he wasn't competing with a Snowman who sung a song about wanting to experience Summer may have got more recognition. So, I have to award the number 2 position to Olaf ( so no hard feelings ok?)

What is surprising however is whilst Olaf is a popular part of the franchise it is not known when he will return as unlike some other major characters of the movie (including Sven) he will not be featured in the season 4 Frozen story arc in the ABC show Once Upon a Time but will most likely feature in some shape or form in the upcoming book series, but whatever the future is for Olaf, hopefully it will feature Summer.

And now in first place (drumroll please...)

1. The Minions!

Ok this is SLIGHTLY bias because I love minions! They fit all the criteria of the perfect non- human sidekicks they are cute, funny, mischievous and they even speak a different language! Due to their rise in popularity in the Despicable Me franchise they will be returning in their very own movie set for release in July next year.

That brings me to the end of my list. Do you agree with me?

Comment below your favourite non- human sidekick