Regarding Troy, I'll admit that while watching it, I mentally cast
Achilles's myrmidons as a band of AP-lending followers, with Patroclus
and what's-his-name as "named" sidekicks. The myrmidons didn't seem to
do much on-screen -- at least nothing that I can clearly recall -- but
their presence sure seemed to help Achilles.
--
Pile on!
http://pile.org/