Though it’s science fiction’s leading men that grab all of the glory, they’d be nothing without the friends behind the fame – the loyal companions that have their backs no matter what. While sidekicks play an important role in the genre, they often get overlooked, but you can always rely on SciFiNow to give credit where credit it due, so join us now as we deliver our ode to the ‘little guy’…
Supposedly afflicted with severe depression and boredom, Marvin the paranoid android certainly isn’t the life and soul of the party but he is a valuable asset to have aboard the Heart of Gold. Claiming to be 50,000 times more intelligent than a human, he rarely puts his intellect to good use, choosing instead to linger on the hopelessness of his predicament. Abandoned on the ancient planet of Magrathea, Marvin waited over 500,000 million years for his masters to return before proceeding to tell them what a miserable time he’d had. More Eeyore than Artoo, Marvin does at least earn big points for his brain power and ability to solve cosmos-sized equations… nerd alert.
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