Idk who this Cervantes guy is, but I suspect Misters Hanna and Barbera would like a word with him:
The originator of the format
Everyone should have a Sancho because we're all tilting at windmills.
Cervantes or Shakespeare with "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (Falstaff and Slender). It's possible both were using an even older trope though.
Oh god this show was REAL!? I watched it once when I was really sick and thought it was a fever dream.
yeah it's a holdover from the early days of movies and vaudeville... think Abbot & Costello, Laurel & Hardy, Spanky and Alfalfa, the list goes on and on...
I realize this is a joke but there's something real here about contrast making your characters more memorable or something
The word “prime mover” being used outside of the train community brings a smile to my face :3
Just jumping in to say that c/lemmytellyousomething should definitely be the name of an advice / self-help community on here