Side kicks/Secondary characters that are better than the main character.

[Duck Sandwich]

Zero > Mega Man X
Protoman > Mega Man
Mareg > Ryudo (Grandia 2)
Gambit, Iceman, Nightcrawler, and an arseload of other X-Men > Cyclops
Pretty much everyone in Phantasy Star 4 > Chaz

 

[-Orgasmatron-]

Dr Cox> Everyone else on Scrubs

He's the only character, besides Dr Kay and Janitor, who doesn't make me angry at the tv.

 

[tiredinnuendo]

Luigi to Mario as always, and Obi-Wan > Luke.

But Obi-Wan's a sith! He is EVIIIIIL!

Wait... what?

- J

 

[Cherry Cola]

Luigi to Mario as always, and Obi-Wan > Luke.

But Obi-Wan's a sith! He is EVIIIIIL!

Wait... what?

- J

Yup, Obi-Wan is a Sith. How do I know this? Let me quote him..

"Only Sith deal in absolutes!"

Tada!

 

[stone0042]

Dr Cox

Yup

 

[JemJar]

Bender.

 

[gigastrike]

Luigi to Mario as always, and Obi-Wan > Luke.

But Obi-Wan's a sith! He is EVIIIIIL!

Wait... what?

- J

Yup, Obi-Wan is a Sith. How do I know this? Let me quote him..

"Only Sith deal in absolutes!"

Tada!

Win.

 

[Legion]

Games:

The Halo series - Cortana (no, not for that reason).
Bioshock - Andrew Ryan.
The Gears of War series - Baird.

Films/TV:

Scrubs - Dr. Cox, Kelso and the Janitor are all better than the main cast (JD, Elliot, Turk and Carla).

Lost - Benjamin Linus.

Twighlight: New Moon (not seen the other one) - Alice (yes, for that reason).

Anime:

Death Note - L.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Nagato Yuki.

Ergo Proxy - Pino.

Blood + - Haji.

Books:

The Harry Potter series - Severus Snape, Tonks and Mad Eye Moody.

Luigi to Mario as always, and Obi-Wan > Luke.

But Obi-Wan's a sith! He is EVIIIIIL!

Wait... what?

- J

Yup, Obi-Wan is a Sith. How do I know this? Let me quote him..

"Only Sith deal in absolutes!"

Tada!

Not a Star Wars fan, but I like this very much, well found.

 

[DashRollRush]

Roy Mustang > Edward Elric.

 

[XIGBARx13]

Dr Cox> Everyone else on Scrubs

He's the only character, besides Dr Kay and Janitor, who doesn't make me angry at the tv.

Lol I definitely agree.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

In Gladiator, Proximo is by far the coolest character.

 

[ZeroVex]

Riku > Sora
Vincent & Barrette > Cloud
Auron > Tidus
Lulu > Yuna
Gaara > Naruto
Zero & Protoman > Mega Man
Gambit > Cyclops
Storm > Jean Grey (She doesn't even have a nick name)
Shadow > Sonic
Luigi > Mario (watch TWBB if you don't believe me)

 

[klaynexas3]

zeke in infamous, cuz alex is a dick and won't let his friend have super powers, and zeke would be better with them cuz he has no friends except alex so no one can hold a friend hostage.

 

[Soxafloppin]

Bender.

What did you call me :O

 

[Kajin]

Most of the things people posted are not Hero/Sidekick relationships.

I don't get the deal why people think Vincent is better than Cloud. I only ever got him so I wouldn't be a man short in that giant 4-way battle with bizzarro sephiroth.

Morte>NamelessOne, if only because the namelessone is whoever we want him to be and I tend to hate myself.

 

[TK421]

arbiter>and of course
bass>guitar.

Duh.

Chewbacca/Scout Trooper/Snow trooper > Luke
Wrex > Everyone else in Mass Effect
Dead Pool >>>>> All other Marvel characters

Spoiler: I mean, look at him

The Rabbit > King Arthur
Scotty/Spock = Captain Kirk
Jack Sparrow's Father and Mr Gibbs > Jack and Will

I may have more later, but thats good for now.

 

[Legion]

Most of the things people posted are not Hero/Sidekick relationships.

That would be because the title says Side kicks/Secondary characters and the OP says:

Okay, we've all been in a situation where we prefer the side character to the main character.

What are yours?