High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sidekick is a Canadian animated television series created by Todd Kauffman (former co-director of Total Drama) and Joey So. The series first aired on YTV on September 3, 2010 in Canada as a special preview and officially premiered on October 2, 2010 at 10:30AM ET. It premiered on Cartoon Network on June 13, 2011 at 3:30PM ET in the United States. The series is based on the original shorts of the same name aired as part of the 2005 TV series, Funpak.