This is a list of imaginary characters in fiction, being characters that are imagined by one of the other characters:
Character | Medium |
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Adolf Hitler, the imaginary friend of the title character in Jojo Rabbit | Film |
Alberta from Vancouver, the imaginary girlfriend of Rod in the musical Avenue Q. He invents her to deny that he is a homosexual | Theatre |
Angus, the imaginary companion of the anchorite St Ungulant in the novel Small Gods by Terry Pratchett | Literature |
Barney the dinosaur in Barney & Friends | Television |
The Bear in the book of the same name by Raymond Briggs [1] | Literature |
Billy, Murdock's invisible dog in The A-Team | Television |
Bing Bong, the childhood friend of Riley in Inside Out | Film |
Bloo and several other characters in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Television |
Blue, Jeremy's childhood imaginary friend and several other characters in IF | Film |
Booby, a unicorn in the short story The Unicorn in the Garden by James Thurber | Literature |
Budo in the novel Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks [2] | Literature |
Bunbury in the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde [1] | Theater |
Captain Excellent in Paper Man | Film |
Chauncey in Imaginary | Film |
Dorothy Spinner's imaginary friends in comics published by DC Comics | Literature |
Drop Dead Fred in the film of the same name | Film |
Dudley, JoJo's imaginary friend in Fancy Nancy | Television |
Elvira in the play Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward [1] | Theater |
Elvis Presley in True Romance | Film |
Eric Cantona in Looking for Eric | Film |
Faye in the video game Finding Paradise | Video Game |
Mr. Floppy, a perverted gray stuffed bunny in Unhappily Ever After | Television |
Frank in Donnie Darko | Film |
Godot, the unseen, ambiguously anticipated acquaintance of Vladimir and Estragon in the play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett | Theater |
The Green fairy in EuroTrip | Film |
Happy, a unicorn imagined by Nick Sax and his daughter Hailey in Happy! | Television |
Harry Morgan in Dexter | Television |
Harvey, a rabbit in the film and play of the same name [3] | Film |
Hobbes in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson [1] | Literature |
Humphrey Bogart who is Allan Felix's alter ego in Play It Again, Sam | Film |
The Imaginary Friend in the book The Hole In The Sum Of My Parts by Matt Harvey [1] | Literature |
Jack Flack in Cloak & Dagger | Film |
Jimmy Jimmereeno, Ramona Wengler's imaginary friend in the short story Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut by J. D. Salinger | Literature |
Josephina, a whale who is a friend of Santi in the Japanese anime television series Josephina the Whale | Television |
Koosalagoopagoop, Dee Dee's imaginary friend in Dexter's Laboratory | Television |
Los Chimichangos, colorful chihuahuas who are imagined by Skippyjon Jones in the book series of the same name by Judith Byron Schachner | Literature |
Malcolm/Sally, a stuffed goat in several books featuring the character Eddie Dickens by Philip Ardagh [1] | Literature |
Milco in the Australian television soap opera Home and Away . Originally believed to be Sally's imaginary friend, he reappeared many years later and revealed himself to be Sally's twin. | Television |
Nadine Flumberghast, the imaginary friend of D.W. Read in Arthur | Television |
Ninja Ninja, Afro's friend in the Japanese manga Afro Samurai | Literature |
Pobby and Dingan in the novella of the same name by Ben Rice | Literature |
The Policemen in the novel The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien [1] | Literature |
Professor James Gellar in Dexter | Television |
Rudger in the book and Japanese anime film The Imaginary | Film |
Skellig in the book of the same name by David Almond [1] | Literature |
Mr. Snuffleupagus, a formerly "imaginary" character in Sesame Street . He is Big Bird's friend and was perceived as imaginary for many years until it was decided that he be revealed to the rest of the show's cast on November 18, 1985 in Season 17, episode 2096 | Television |
Soren Lorenson, Lola's imaginary friend in the book and television series Charlie and Lola | Television |
Spiny Norman, a giant hedgehog in the sketch Piranha Brothers from Monty Python's Flying Circus | Television |
The Story Giant in the book of the same name by Brian Patten [1] | Literature |
Sy in Everything You Want | Film |
Tomo, Yozora Mikazuki's friend in the Japanese novel Haganai | Literature |
Tony, Lloyd the bartender, and several other characters in The Shining | Film |
Tully in the film of the same name [4] | Film |
The Wild Things in the book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak [1] | Literature |
Winnie-the-Pooh and several other characters in the book Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne | Literature |
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