Flareup: A Prime, a kid-appeal yellow car type, and a human kid sidekick. Just a moment, I'll ask - hey, short stuff! What's your name, Hot Shot or Bumblebee?
Bumblebee: Bumblebee...though Hot Shot does have a certain ring to it...
Bumblebee: Bumblebee...though Hot Shot does have a certain ring to it...
- "Bee in the City"
Mr. Incredible: The rabbit is cuddly! Kids like little cuddly sidekicks!
-Mr. Incredible attempts to defend Mr. Skipperdoo in the Mr. Incredible and Pals commentary by him and Frozone.
"When I was a kid, I loved reading about Batman. Robin was a pain in the butt! Because I could become Batman some day, but Robin was my own age and I couldn't do those things."
— J. Michael Straczynski on why he consider the trope a Pet-Peeve Trope
