![]() At first they want nothing to do with such a dirty little urchin, but when Dick hits her and finds out she’s a girl he is impressed by her pluck. The Five first meet Jo on Kirrin beach when she steals George’s sand hole to sit in. In order for me to count them as a sidekick the child must: have some sort of purpose within the story, take part in some or all of the adventure, be accepted however temporarily into the friendship group of the Five.Ī couple of sidekicks appeared more than once – Jo the gypsy girl and Tinker Hayling.Īppearances – Five Fall Into Adventure, Five Have a Wonderful Time and Five Have Plenty of Fun. ![]() I will look at the genuine sidekicks first, and perhaps revisit the topic for the hangers-on. Some are enemies like Edgar Stick, others are merely rescued by the Five, like Mary Armstrong of the same book. They met a lot of other children during the 21 adventures but not all of them are worthy of sidekick status. ![]() We all know about the main Famous Five cast, but what about the various friends that show up throughout the series? They never had any long-term sidekicks, no Robin, no Samwise Gamgee or Watson, but in several stories they had friends who tagged along and helped out (in the subservient sort of way that denotes them as sidekicks and not equals). ![]()
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