Helper
Sidekick
Sidekick noun - A person who helps a more skilled person.
Usage example: movie heroes invariably have a trusty sidekick, who often provides comic relief
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- For example, Horatio's friend/helper/sidekick Crispin was built by Horatio, and thus is formally named "Crispin Horatiobuilt".
Source: Useful Notes / Patronymic - Pauling, the Annoying Video Game Helper announcer's sidekick attempting to put the team back together.
Source: Genre Shift / Video Games - Another Don Rosa story, "Gyro's First Invention", reveals how Gyro's lightbulb-headed robot sidekick Helper was invented (he was actually a novelty lamp exposed to a prototype of an intelligence-boosting device Gyro made in another story, "The Think Box Bollix" by Carl Barks).
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