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Watch Sidekicks Online: A Story of Courage and Heroism

Barry Gabrewski is a troubled and bullied asthmatic boy who lives with his widowed father, Jerry (Beau Bridges), in Houston, Texas. A loner, Barry has vivid daydreams about being Chuck Norris’ sidekick, and about battling against Norris’ movie enemies. Said foes are often personified by Barry’s everyday nemeses, such as class bully Randy Cellini (John Buchanan); Coach Horn (Richard Moll), their loudmouthed and demanding PE instructor; and apathetic Principal Mapes (Gerrit Graham). Noreen Chan (Julia Nickson-Soul), Barry’s favorite teacher, often plays the damsel-in-distress in these daydreams, most of which parody assorted Chuck Norris films (notably Missing in Action, The Delta Force, and The Hitman).

Barry’s Struggle: Seeking Strength and Acceptance

Barry wants to learn martial arts; yet he is rejected by arrogant dojo-master Kelly Stone (Joe Piscopo) – who also happens to be Randy’s sensei – for being too weak. Instead, he is taken on as a student by an old Chinese man named Mr. Lee (Mako), Noreen’s sly uncle and the owner of a local Chinese restaurant, “Frying Dragon”. Mr. Lee finds creative ways of teaching Barry to defend himself from bullies; he devises training methods that increase Barry’s endurance, thus helping the boy’s asthma. Lee also deduces Barry’s hero-worship of Norris from Barry’s daydreams; he creatively incorporates this into Barry’s training, devising scenarios that seem more dangerous than they are so that Barry will feel heroic for succeeding at them.

The Karate Tournament: A Test of Strength and Friendship

Lee enters himself, Barry, and Chan into a local team Karate tournament but is a bit stymied to learn that a team must have four members. Norris is attending the tournament as a guest and, at Lee’s urging, Chan convinces Norris to join the team. Norris is both willing to help an ardent fan and has his own motivation for participating: he has encountered Stone on several occasions and wants to teach him “a lesson in humility”. Barry is stunned to find himself working together with his hero.

The tournament involves four events: Breaking, Men’s Weapons, Female Kata, and Freestyle fighting. Stone’s team narrowly defeats Chan in the Female Kata, but Lee defeats Cellini, one of Stone’s students, in Breaking. True to his word, Norris defeats Stone in Freestyle fighting, and Barry – aided by a vivid daydream – scores a victory in Men’s Weapons. The result is a tie between Stone’s team and Lee’s team. In the tie-breaker, Lee is allowed to choose the participants, and chooses Barry and Cellini, saying Barry is the member of the team with “something to prove”. Stone chooses the event, Breaking. Barry is dismayed to be confronting Cellini in the latter’s best event, but Lee tilts the odds in Barry’s favor by using a small amount of lighter fluid to set Barry’s bricks on fire. Faced with a much more heroic-seeming task, Barry wins.

Finding Strength and Courage: A Hero’s Journey

After the tournament, Barry is seen talking to Norris, thanking him for his help. Norris vanishes, and it is implied that Barry has found the strength to live his life without the need for his daydreams. A young boy in a wheelchair finds Barry’s Chuck Norris magazine and reacts with an excited “Wow!”

If you want to witness Barry’s journey of courage and heroism, watch Sidekicks online today and discover the power within to overcome any challenge.