SuperTed 1989. The revival was one of four series aired as part of "The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera" syndicated animation block. SuperTed, along with Spotty and his sister Blotch, appeared in a Public Information Film in 1986. The film, commissioned by the Central Office of Information, was entitled "Supersafe with SuperTed", and featured the three characters being flown to Earth by SuperTed, in order to teach Spotty how to cross the road safely. A flashback during the short reveals an incident when Spotty was nearly killed, running across the road on the planet Spot (his home), to talk to his sister.
Sidekick are usually portrayed as less brilliant or lacking Machiavellian skills. The sidekick has the literary function of playing against the hero, often contrasting in skill, or performing functions not suited to the hero. The sidekick was a regular presence in westerns, where Fuzzy Knight, Al "Fuzzy" St. John, Smiley Burnette, and Andy Devine had longer careers than some of the heroic singing cowboys for whom they took pratfalls. In science fiction the sub-type of the alien sidekick has been established. Examples of alien sidekicks are Mr. Spock (sidekick of Captain James T. Kirk) on "Star Trek" and Chewbacca (sidekick of