Assistant
Gofer
Gofer noun - An employee whose duties include running errands.
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- Nebula: It's unclear if Mercury is Sun's assistant/gofer, if he's not and their jobs just happen to involve working with each other a lot, or if their jobs have little official overlap at all and they're just friends who talk together during the workday.
Source: What, Exactly, Is His Job? -
Seedling's assistant does in fact stay with the aliens, albeit not of his own free will; he does seem to be adapting very well to being the planetary ruler's new gofer and sycophant by the end, however.
Source: Film / Coneheads
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