Dirk Strider is Bro Strider's clone, and he's not particularly happy about that fact. After growing up spending his life around Bro's weirdo puppets and being called Mini Me, he did his best to get distance from his older self. Apparently getting distance meant fighting crime.

He's also definitely a sidekick. No main storyline asskicking for him. He's the guy who's behind the scenes, finding information on the bad guys and helping build the team cool gadgets that they use for one episode and never touch ever again. And occasionally getting kidnapped and putting everything on hold while the other heroes all come to the rescue. I'm definitely going to try to attach him to a group of heroes, be they sentai or teen titans/young Avengers style.