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

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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

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Harrold, A. F. (23 October 2014). "Top 10 imaginary friends in fiction". The Guardian.
2. ^ De La Torre, Vanessa (22 August 2012). "West Hartford Teacher's 'Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend' Novel Published This Week". Hartford Courant.
3. ^ Child, Ben (3 August 2009). "Spielberg pulls rabbit out of hat with Harvey remake". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
4. ^ 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.