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Little Helper functioned primarily as an extra in the stories starring Gyro Gearloose. Either he was just fooling around in the background with no special influence on the stories, or he helped the absent-minded inventor out of troubles that he rarely was aware he was in. The small metalstick man with the large head always remained a secondary character. But a valued one. Had he not been around the Gyro stories might have been in danger of becoming slightly too formal and technical.
Below is shown a few situations in which the little background figure almost got all the attention. You should know that parts of most of the pictures are details of larger panels to focus our attention on Little Helper.

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Luckily, it seems that Little Helper is able to repair himself if he needs to...

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Gyro wants to know why the birds are singing, so he must catch one first. He only succeeds after Little Helper sprinkles salt on its tail. Observe Barks' ingenious use of the bulb's filament, which brings the reader to think of a smile!

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Little Helper assists Gyro in his effort to scare the neighbourhood crow out of his garden. A book about the mighty Thor and his hammer serves as inspiration...

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The goodhearted Gyro works cheaply for Uncle Scrooge but Little Helper decides to do something about it...

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The hungry snowbirds repay Little Helper for the bread-crumbs by melting the snow at Duckburg Stadium so the football match can begin on time.