This is a list of imaginary characters in fiction, being characters that are imagined by one of the other characters. The list is divided into sections by the primary medium.
Film
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Adolf Hitler | imaginary friend of the title character in Jojo Rabbit |
| Billy | Murdock's invisible dog in The A-Team |
| Bing Bong | childhood friend of Riley in Inside Out |
| Blue | Jeremy's childhood imaginary friend and several other characters in IF |
| Captain Excellent | Paper Man |
| Chauncey | Imaginary |
| Drop Dead Fred | Drop Dead Fred |
| Elvis Presley | True Romance |
| Eric Cantona | Looking for Eric |
| Mr. Floppy | perverted gray stuffed bunny in Unhappily Ever After |
| Frank | Donnie Darko |
| The Green Fairy | EuroTrip |
| Harvey | rabbit in the film and play of the same name |
| Humphrey Bogart | Allan Felix's alter ego in Play It Again, Sam |
| Jack Flack | Cloak & Dagger |
| Rudger | book and Japanese anime film The Imaginary |
| Sy | Everything You Want |
| Tony, Lloyd the bartender, and several other characters | The Shining |
| Tully | Tully |
Literature
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Angus | imaginary companion of the anchorite St Ungulant in the novel Small Gods by Terry Pratchett |
| The Bear | from a book of the same name by Raymond Briggs |
| Booby | unicorn in the short story The Unicorn in the Garden by James Thurber |
| Budo | novel Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks |
| Dorothy Spinner's imaginary friends | comics published by DC Comics |
| Hobbes | comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson |
| The Imaginary Friend | book The Hole In The Sum Of My Parts by Matt Harvey |
| Jimmy Jimmereeno | Ramona Wengler's imaginary friend in the short story Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut by J. D. Salinger |
| Los Chimichangos | colorful chihuahuas who are imagined by Skippyjon Jones in the book series of the same name by Judith Byron Schachner; named after chimichangas |
| Malcolm/Sally | stuffed goat in several books featuring the character Eddie Dickens by Philip Ardagh |
| Ninja Ninja | Afro's friend in the manga Afro Samurai |
| Pobby and Dingan | Pobby and Dingan by Ben Rice |
| The Policemen | novel The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien |
| Skellig | Skellig by David Almond |
| The Story Giant | by Brian Patten |
| Tomo | Yozora Mikazuki's friend in the Japanese novel Haganai |
| The Wild Things | Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak |
| Winnie-the-Pooh and several other characters | Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne |
Television
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Barney | dinosaur in Barney & Friends |
| Bloo (and several other characters) | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends |
| Dudley | JoJo's imaginary friend in Fancy Nancy |
| Happy | unicorn imagined by Nick Sax and his daughter Hailey in Happy! |
| Harry Morgan and Professor James Gellar | Dexter (characters) |
| Josephina | whale who is a friend of Santi in the Japanese anime series Josephina the Whale |
| Koosalagoopagoop | Dee Dee's imaginary friend in Dexter's Laboratory |
| Milco | 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. |
| Nadine Flumberghast | imaginary friend of D.W. Read in Arthur |
| Mr. Snuffleupagus | 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 |
| Soren Lorenson, | Lola's imaginary friend in the book and television series Charlie and Lola |
| Spiny Norman | giant hedgehog in the sketch Piranha Brothers from Monty Python's Flying Circus |
Theatre
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Alberta | imaginary girlfriend in the musical Avenue Q said to be from Vancouver; invented by Rod to deny that he is gay |
| Bunbury | play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde |
| Elvira | play Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward |
| Godot | unseen, ambiguously anticipated acquaintance of Vladimir and Estragon in the play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett |
Video games
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Faye | Finding Paradise |
References
- 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.
- ^ Harrold, A. F. (23 October 2014). "Top 10 imaginary friends in fiction". The Guardian.
- De La Torre, Vanessa (22 August 2012). "West Hartford Teacher's 'Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend' Novel Published This Week". Hartford Courant.