Right. Back on topic... So, uh, do you think Wilt has a fear of something? My guess is knifes or needles or something else that's sharp. (Sure hope that Wilt fans won't get mad at me for that. I just have to bring up something that's about Wilt:P)

Well, we know he's afraid of "Cannonball Ghosts", LOL! Even still, it's not an overwhelming fear, not a phobia by a long shot, since he DID rally his courage to take on that "Phantom Menace" once he realized that it was a threat(or seemed to be at the time)to the other residents of Foster's. That's Wilt for ya-he won't back down from any threat, real or otherwise, if he thinks his friends are in danger!

Wilt really doesn't seem to be the fearful type at all, at least not where tangible things, like spiders, Extremasaurs(doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who K.O'd that big armour-wearing Extremasaur that the gang THOUGHT was going to fight Eduardo in "Eddie Monster", so they could steal his outfit), or such, but Wilt's biggest fear seems to be more of things you cannot touch, like being unwanted or being abandoned, and of disappointing those he cares about. It's a lot easier to overcome a fear of something you can see, than of such abstract things.

pitbulllady

Yes, but the Canible Ghost was just a myth, used with puppeteering. (if you look close enough on the TV the ghost *did* have srings on it) Everyone gets scared if watching a scary movie AT NIGHT.

No, Wilt hasn't shown any sign of fear, YET. But it's also clear as day with the whole "abandonment" fear thing. Aww, poor guy.

Assuming Wilt has a fear of anything isn't insulting in the least. Why would Wilt fangirls get over a comment like that? 8D

I can't see him being afraid of anything though...

I do seem to recall him hiding in a stack of tires once.

Yeah, but just like in "Bloooooo!", when he realized his friends were in danger, he found the courage to come to the rescue, using his natural basketball skills that time. Even when Wilt IS afraid of something initially, he manages to get over it. He does not appear to have any major fears of physical objects, that we've seen, anyway, that he is unable to cope with. If he does, he simply represses them, as he does with most of his emotions.

pitbulllady

I was actually surprised at the hinting with the line,"Everyone belongs to someone, right?"
It kinda makes perfect sense that Wilt suffered trauma to his head and therefore has lost memories of his past.
So maybe even if someone asked him, he couldn't tell them how he lost his arm. Now that's pretty sad....the moment Wilt remembers it may be like reliving it all over again. :(
But the good news is, perhaps he WILL find his creator and also relive some happy memories. :D

Yes well, I think I would of hidden to if I were about to be eaten alive by a giant black pac-man.

I would feel even more sorry for the guy if he did. Trust me, since I have aichmophobia as well (fear of, knives, needles and other sharp objects) it isn't really a very nice thing to fear *shudders*

I think he fears abandoment (if that's even spelt right). It would definitely make sense, I mean, come on! In 'crime after crime' he punishes himself by sending himself to prison (haha Wilt the jail bird. He has his own title!), just so he's safe from what ever he thinks will happen to him if he isn't punsihed for standing on a rug, holding chalk, standing with in one hundred feet of a lamp ya da ya da ya da...

I say he has a fear of sharp things, because even though he has amesia, he may have quick flashbacks of something sharp and that will be all. If he sees a sharp object, he gets terrifide (SP) of it and doesn't know why, but that's just me.:P ;) Besides, there could be other ways that he lost his arm.

If Wilt was involved in a gang beforehand (which might explain how he ended up being rival to that other IF, like the other guy was from a rival gang) it could explain how he got hurt. Well, that's assuming that assumption is even near being close to what the real scenario is. LOL I'm going to be driven insane trying to figure this out until the day it airs....8D

We all are. This forum is going to be full of raving lunatics November 22nd.

I can guess that things are gonna get pretty...shall we say...INTERESTING? On Fanfiction.net for a few weeks following Thanksgiving Day, too!

pitbulllady

Oh, lord....what shall we do?

You have no idea how much self control I am exercising right now. ;D

The clip was SO well-done and interesting, I say that all the raving this forum suffers shall be justified. ;)

XD Yup, you can bet on it. It seems like it's getting a bit more active right now as well, but that's just me, I guess.

Nah, I don't think it's just you, because it seems a bit like it to me, as well. I think everyone (especially the major Wilt fans, myself included of course!) is getting a little "antsy", to say the least, and the people who don't care either way are probably at least ready for all the talk to die down.

I agree with Kzinistzerg, that these forums are going to be absolutely buzzing directly after GWH airs.

And Wilt deserves nothing less. :D

I don't, I laugh like Coco does. :P
I can't wait to see Wilt finally play BB with someone who is *probally* as good as Wilt. :D
Go, Wilt Go!

It will be interesting indeed to see Wilt finally go one-on-one with someone who is his equal at basketball, if not a bit superior to him, as presumably Basketball-Head will have the advantage of still having all his body parts intact.

I can hardly wait, though, to find out just WHO the Basketball-Headed Dude really is, and just what his relationship to Wilt, and to Wilt's seemingly sordid past, is. Here are some of my theories as to the possibilities; time will tell which, if any, are close to hitting the mark:

1. The Dr. Faustus/ "Devil and Daniel Webster"/Robert Johnson scenario-Wilt once made a deal with the Devil to be the best basketball player there is-his immortal soul in exchange for the talent. His injuries were the result of a failed attempt by Lucifer to collect on the deal. That Basketball-Headed Dude is one of the Devil's own minions, a demon if you will, created for the sole purpose of playing the best, one-on-one. Wilt must beat him at his own game to win back his soul, or perhaps that of his creator.

2. The Darth Vader/Luke Skywalker scenario-Wilt and the Basketball-Headed Dude are biologically related, just as humans can be biologically related. We have seen that SOME Imaginary Friends CAN, apparently, reproduce the "old-fashioned way". Either the Basketball-Headed Dude is Wilt's biological father, or his SON, begotten either by a female Imaginary Friend, or more likely, a female HUMAN, and some deep animosity has arisen between them. This would make one of them a "F-2" Imaginary Friend, created not by the mind of a human child, but conceived and born just as we are. That scene in that Star Wars movie in which Darth Vader cuts off Luke Skywalker's arm with the light saber comes eerily to mind.

3. The Brother scenario-same situation as above, except that the Basketball-Headed Dude is either Wilt's biological brother, born to the same parents, or a "brother" Imaginary Friend, created by the same child. Sibling rivalry, anyone?

4. The Gangsta's Paradise scenario-Wilt is a former gangbanger, having gotten involved with it either because his creator was, or he got caught up in it while trying to survive on his own. The Basketball-Headed Dude is a member of a rival gang(have to watch the video of the trailer again, but was he wearing BLUE?), or a member of the same gang that Wilt tried to leave, or snitched on. He was the one who is responsible for Wilt being injured, in any case, and has thought all this time that Wilt was dead. Wilt, meanwhile, survived his injuries(duh), but has become involved with the Federal Witness Protection Act, giving him a new identity(what if his name wasn't always "Wilt"?)and a new life at Foster's, provided he keeps quiet about his violent past. They might have even employed some brainwashing techniques(a'la that Richard Nixon lookalike guy in "The Incredibles")to erase Wilt's memory of his past, but the picnic at Foster's triggered their return, and a desire for revenge!

5. The Ford Prefect scenario-Wilt is NOT an Imaginary Friend at all, but an alien being from another planet, as is the Basketball-Headed Dude, only they are from RIVAL planets, both at war with each other. Wilt has been ordered by the MIB(Men In Black)to keep quiet about his identity, and has been masquerading as an Imaginary Friend all this time.

6. The Monsters, Inc. scenario-same as above, only instead of an alien from another planet, Wilt is a refugee from the Monster World, banished either legally or illegally to the Human World, where, instead of going insane(though the jury is still out on THAT)and slowly dying in some remote corner of the world, Wilt has managed to assimilate himself into the Imaginary Friend population, and no one is the wiser. The Basketball-Headed Dude is a former rival of some capacity from the Monster World, both winding up here, or the other guy is able to move back and forth between the two worlds, like the Scarers-turned-Comedians at the former Scream factory. Don't ask me how Wilt would know when the other guy is in the Human World, or how to find him.

7. Almost forgot this one-The Syndrome syndrome scenario-The Basketball-Headed Dude is a former idol/role model of Wilt's, from his younger days, someone he sought to emulate and join forces with, to become part of the greatest basketball team ever. However, after years of pestering his idol for autographs, etc., Wilt finally went too far at an important game, causing his idol to miss a free throw that would have clinched the game for his team. Angered at his young fan's insistence, the older basketball star chewed him out in public, admonishing him that "I play ALONE", and calling the police to take Wilt home to his creator. Shamed and humiliated beyond belief, Wilt vows someday to be a better basketball player than his former idol ever was, and to get revenge on his former for his humiliation, which ultimately led to his injuries.

Anyone else got any theories?

pitbulllady

Good one, Cassini! That almost made me forget my sinus headache and the fact that I still have to go outside in the rain to feed the dogs!

pitbulllady

Pitbulllady: LOL! You got a lot of theorys there! But I highly disagree about the whole "alien" thing, since IFs can look like anything. And BRAINWASHING? I don't think today's technology can do that much. Yet. He could've just gotten anmesia until that part.

I think they're just rivals. My theory is that the Basketball-head somehow won over Wilt's creator at some point. XD

I liked this, so I thought about showing mom that, since she also likes "Star Wars"(And "Lord Of The Rings" and "Harry Potter"). Mom liked it, too!:D So the screenshot is *good*!

...So you *finally* post it... ;)

I was handed an opening; there's no way I could pass it up. :D

*applauds* Simply beautiful!

I'm going with this gangsta theory. To me, it would make for the most unexpected and interesting scenario to have Wilt being a former gang-member, and getting hurt in that way. (From snitching or some other gang-related incident.) The basketball-head dude could very well be a rival gang member.

Nice theorizing, PBL.

I agree with that. Because not only would of Wilt of been a bandoned but he would of been replaced, so that could be one of the reasons why he's so nice: He doesn't want to be abbandoned again or have anyone begin to dislike him and find some else. However his niceness may now be permanent no matter what because well, he IS a pretty old friend.

I also have a different theory. I think that the basketball headed dude doesn't REALLY have anything to do with Wilt at all. It's just one of those famous spur of the moment things (or however you spell that). I was thinkin' maybe Wilt felt like taking a break while walking through... where ever he is and just so happens to stumble upon a basket ball court with a Basket Ball left carelessly by the gate. Wilt sees this and thinks 'hey why not. I could do with a break any ways' so he's in the court being his groovy wiltish self and shooting a few hoops and then that basket ball headed dude comes along and rambles on saying something like "Hey this MY turf." and everything just comes from that.... yeah. It's not my fault I'm simple!

OK, I noticed this today...I stumbled across CG's LiveJournal while I got a very brief interlude from my scheduled classes(substitute homeroom teacher forgot to bring kids to Art class until first 15 minutes of class had already passed). On it, she has a larger, clearer pic of that classic face-off/stare-down scene from GWH, between Wilt and Mr. Basketball Head, which is large enough to see what's in the background behind them. It appears that they are in a rough neighborhood, with chainlink fencing that's been cut, and crumbling buildings. HOWEVER, the most interesting thing is that there are several other beings behind them, either monsters or IF's, and one of them is a dead-ringer for a bit character from Monsters, Inc., a multi-eyed, tentacled guy called "Waxford" in the movie. If you recall, he was the one accosted by Randall after Mike tried to pin the blame(of letting in a human child)on him, because of his "shifty eyes". I swear that the guy on the other side of the fence, behind Wilt and Mr. Basketball Head, looks exactly like him. Whether this is pure coincidence or not, I can't say. It DOES, however, from the background, anyway, make the "Gansta" scenario look a bit more probable indeed, since it gives that "feel" that there are not only human gangs in this world, but gangs made up of lost or abandoned Imaginary Friends and/or monsters, who, like human kids, become involved with such activities in order to feel that they "belong", and to survive by strength in numbers, even if it means turning to crime and violence.

pitbulllady

Hey, that's what I was mentioning before! "They're appearently not alone on this court.".

BTW, this thread's flame is dimming. :(

Never fear, Antgirl1.
After GWH premiers, Wilt's thread will most likely pick up.

You got that right! The chatroom will burn the whole world when GWH comes out!:D

Yes, and I'll bet the majority of them will be "AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW"s. XDD

Oh that's right. I'll make a GWH room in the chat so people who haven't seen it yet don't have to be exposed to spoilers. :terrsmile:

Sweet idea!:D

This whole "Wilt, Eduardo, and Coco's creators are all girls" thing went down the drain. XDD

At least, I THINK.

I'm glad you added "I THINK", because while we know for certain that Coco and Ed were created by girls, and even though most of us DID see the pic of Wilt's creator, keep in mind that with little kids, it's not always easy to tell if that is a boy or girl! I've been fooled quite a few times by boys with long hair or braids or "Afro" styles, and unisex names like LaShawn or Ashley or Shaquille. That name of Wilt's creator can be either a male or female name, also, and I've actually known more GIRLS with that name than boys. The kid had a hairstyle that could have been either male or female(especially "back in the day", as we say down here), and had on a basketball uniform, which gave no real clue to gender, either. A tom-boyish girl would not have had any ribbons or bows or "sissy" stuff, uh-uh, nope. While it appears LIKELY that Wilt was created by a boy, until we see for ourselves, we cannot completely rule out that this was in fact a girl.

pitbulllady

I know a guy and a girl, who are completly unrelated, who look like twins. Like i mean, TWINS. So you can't rule it out toally. I mean they're the same height, wera the same clothes, both have glasses, and have the exact same long hair. It's kinda funny, hehe...

Oh lord I'm so exited! But child, you think the board and the chatroom will explode then?
.....What will we do if the movie.....lets us down? This thought is tramatizing me to no end
And then , even more scary....what will the other episodes be like after the movie? Will this be the end? The conclusion to a dearly beloved cartoon?.
Oh man, now I'm even more anxious!