Sidekick is a Canadian animated television series created by Todd Kauffman, who directed of the first season of Total Drama, and Joey So, it was originally 5 shorts for Funpak. (Essentially Nelvana's answer to What a Cartoon or Oh Yeah Cartoons) before it was made into a television series 5 years after Funpak premiered. A second series has already been ordered. It tells the story of Eric Needles, the sidekick of missing superhero Maxum Man and his adventures in Splitsboro, a town divided between heroes and villains. Can be seen on YTV in Canada and Cartoon Network in the States.