List of imaginary characters in fiction
This is a list of imaginary characters in fiction, being characters that are imagined by one of the other characters:
| Character | Medium |
|---|---|
| Barney the dinosaur in Barney & Friends | Television |
| The Bear, The Bear by Raymond Briggs[1] | Literature |
| Bing Bong, the childhood friend of Riley in the Pixar movie Inside Out | Film |
| Murdock's invisible dog Billy on the series The A-Team | Television |
| Booby, a unicorn in Thurber's The Unicorn in the Garden | Literature |
| The Bogeyman | Film |
| Bunbury from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde[1] | Literature |
| Captain Excellent, played by Ryan Reynolds, in the film Paper Man | Film |
| Drop Dead Fred from the film of the same name | Film |
| Elvis Presley in True Romance | Film |
| Elvira from Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward[1] | Literature |
| Eric Cantona in Looking for Eric | Film |
| Frank from Donnie Darko | Film |
| Mr. Floppy, a perverted gray stuffed bunny from Unhappily Ever After | Television |
| Mr. Robot from Mr. Robot | Television |
| The Imaginary Friend from The Hole In The Sum Of My Parts by Matt Harvey[1] | Literature |
| Godot, the unseen, ambiguously anticipated acquaintance of Vladimir and Estragon in Beckett's play Waiting for Godot | Theater |
| The Green fairy in Eurotrip | Television |
| Happy, an unicorn imagined by Nick Sax and his daughter Hailey in the TV series Happy! | Television |
| Harvey, the rabbit in the movie and play of the same name[2] | Film |
| Harry Morgan, imagined in TV series Dexter | Television |
| Hobbes from Calvin and Hobbes | Literature |
| Humphrey Bogart, played by Jerry Lacy is Allan Felix's alter ego in Woody Allen's film Play It Again, Sam | Film |
| Jack Flack from Cloak & Dagger | Film |
| A whale named Josephina is a friend of Santi in Josephina the Whale, the Japanese anime television series | Television |
| Koosalagoopagoop, Dee Dee's imaginary friend in the cartoon television series Dexter's Laboratory | Television |
| Colorful chihuahuas, Los Chimichangos, are imagined by Skippyjon Jones in the book series of the same name | Literature |
| A stuffed goat named Malcolm/Sally from several works with the character Eddie Dickens by Philip Ardagh [1] | Literature |
| Milco from 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 |
| Ninja Ninja is Afro's friend in Afro Samurai | Literature |
| The Policemen from The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien[1] | Literature |
| Professor James Gellar imagined in TV series Dexter | Television |
| Skellig from book of the same name by David Almond[1] | Literature |
| Mr. Snuffleupagus, a formerly imaginary character. He is Big Bird's friend on Sesame Street and was imaginary for many years until it was decided that he be real on November 18, 1985 in Season 17, episode 2096 | Television |
| Spiny Norman, a giant hedgehog in Monty Python's sketch Piranha Brothers | Literature |
| The Story Giant from the book of the same name by Brian Patten[1] | Literature |
| Sy from the film Everything You Want | Film |
| Tomo, Yozora Mikazuki's friend in the Japanese novel Haganai | Literature |
| Tony, Lloyd the bartender, and several other characters from The Shining | Film |
| Tully in film of the same name[3] | Film |
| All of Christopher Robbin's friends in the book Winnie-the-Pooh: Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit, Eeyore, Owl, Kanga, Roo, Heffalump, Gopher, and Winnie-the-Pooh | Literature |
| The Wild Things from Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak[1] | Literature |
| Soren Lorenson, Lola's imaginary friend in the book and television series, Charlie and Lola | Literature |
| Nadine Flumberghast, the imaginary friend of D.W. Read in the television series, Arthur | Television |
References
- Harrold, A. F. (23 October 2014). "Top 10 imaginary friends in fiction". the Guardian.
- Child, Ben (3 August 2009). "Spielberg pulls rabbit out of hat with Harvey remake". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- Caron, Christina (5 May 2018). "Diablo Cody, Responding to Criticism, Says 'Tully' Is Meant to Be 'Uncomfortable'". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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