Imaginary Friends in the Media

I went and did a Google search for imaginary friends, and as always, one of the first items to pop up on the list was Wikipedia. Scrolling down to the bottom of the entry, I noticed a rather large list of movies and television shows where imaginary friends had either established roles or made one shot appearances.

I decided to pick and choose from the list, those that I thought would be most recognizable. Most have a standing role on the show/movie they appear in, and not so oddly enough, most tend to be cartoon characters.



Young boy, Calvin, with his imaginary friend Hobbes from the Sunday Funny, Calvin and Hobbes.


Mac (left) with his imaginary friend Blooregard Q Kazoo, more commonly known as Bloo. Both from the Cartoon Network animated series, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends.


Jonny 2x4 with Plank, and imaginary friend who actually seems to be quite real at times. From the animated series Ed, Edd and Eddy.

The former Mr. Garrison with his imaginary puppet friend, Mr. Hat.

Tom Hanks in the movie Cast Away created an imaginary friend out of his blood smear Wilson vollyball, and aptly named it Wilson.

Snuffleupagus is the imaginary friend of Big Bird on Sesame Street. When he was first introduced, only Big Bird could see him, but later the show changed to allow all characters to be able to see Snuffy.