“Never Forget” is a series of short articles that aim to free specific film, television, and video game characters from the eternal damnation that is pop-culture limbo.

The Copper Kid was a character on the cartoon Silverhawks. He was a mathematical genius from the planet of the Mimes who the Silverhawks kept as an extra-terrestrial mascot / pet. The Copper Kid spoke in calculated whistles and tones, kind of like the aliens in Close Encounters but a lot less adorable. The other human Silverhawks used to tease the non-terran by making him participate in endless astronomy lessons under the false pretenses that one day he’d be one of the team and take over Miraj piloting duties from his honky-ass mentor Bluegrass. Frisbee proved to be the only solace to the Copper Kid during his demeaning tenure under the Silverhawks tutelage.

After finally wising up and leaving the Silverhawks, the Copper Kid was thrust down a spiraling self-destructive road that so many 80’s animated child-mascots had found themselves on before. After shaking off a healthy addiction to huffing paint thinner, the Copper Kid is now two years sober and living with the former Thundercat, WileyKit, in a halfway house in Hoboken. The two of them are available for autograph conventions and public appearances as long they don’t conflict with their parole limitations.