Wilt has said himself in the Adopt-A-Friend 2 (which is over now) that the punk thing isn't his thing. Sorry. :(

Unless of course it's another thing that the people who built the game never watched the show.

I can't see Wilt being "punk rock" anymore than I can see him being Goth. Quite honestly, I wouldn't WANT to see him any other way than he is now. You certainly couldn't improve on it, now could you?

pitbulllady

Same here. I remember reading a three page long comic on DA where Mac walks out of the rooms at Foster's and see's Wilt leant up against the with a leather jacket on. One of the things I like about the comic is when Mac says "Wilt?" he immediatly turns with huge grin of his and replies "Oh hey Mac!" the pauses and says something like "Um... I mean... Yo." He explains that Frankie had told him that he was letting people walk all over him and I think it's pretty good :D

Look, dude, mate amigo... Another word for friend: I think you're over reacting a bit. I mean, I KNOW you adore Frankie but, I don't think she would be who she is if she didn't get overly stressed at times. Thats what make her funny, and Fosters just wouldn't be Foster's if it wasn't funny.

And then was hacking a storm when he tried a cigarette. XDDD

He learned smoking was bad - the hard way. XD

...You guys wouldn't happen to know where I could see that, would you? xD

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/12099267/

Here's the first page and there's links to the second and third pages in the artist comments. Hope you like it as much as I did ^__^ It's pretty cool :D

hahaha. Poor Wilt! He cant play basketball if he keeps that up!

I will just stick with the nice, nekkid, Wilt. No bad boy for me, thanks. ;D

Well said. :D

Agreed! Ah the Wiltish logic we come out with.... What?

Even though Wilt shouldn't change, I like it when fans, in fanfics and fanart, make him try and act all street tough, because it's adorabley cute when he gets it wrong (which he ALWAYS does) XD

I like it when a kind of goofy side of Wilt shows, it's adorbale :D

Did anyone else notice that in the pilot episode, Wilt was a LOT "looser" and sort of "cut up" a lot more, like his impersonation of Groucho Marx in the conversation with Coco, and telling the snobbish family that they didn't want Bloo because he was...and I quote, "A stinky, STINKY man...PEEE-EEWWWWW!" He says that latter just as seriously as can be, too, even though it's not really true! The only other two times I've seen him really show that sorta goofy, silly side was in "Partying Is Such Sweet Soiree", in the dance sequences, and of course most strongly in "Make Believe It Or Not", when he actually goes so far as to develope, and get totally into, a whole new "dark" persona. Most of the time, though, Wilt is pretty serious, not as stick-in-the-mud serious as Mr. Herriman, but Wilt definately represses his "inner child" to the point of "inner child abuse". His humor tends to be quite "dry" and a bit on the sarcastic side, as shown in "Eddie Monster", when he commented on the Imaginary Friends of teenage boys. I guess that a lot of that self-repression is due to his emotional state, fearing that in attempting to be funny, he might say something that would offend or hurt someone's feelings. I read some comments and reviews on other sites in which some people described Wilt as "shy", which really is NOT the case at all. He's very much a "people person", who has no trouble introducing himself to new people at all. It was just so interesting in the movie to see him open up to these total strangers in ways he's never done with old friends at Foster's, and to reveal just how articulate he really is, even though in most episodes, he limits what he says to just a few brief lines. I guess at that point, though, Wilt realized that his hour of "High Noon" was finally upon him, and he had nothing left to gain by holding back, so he might as well open up and tell all to these people he knew he'd never see again.

pitbulllady

Well, we don't know if he had even "opened up" to a few of his friends, since no one ever seemed to ask about his past, and Wilt never seemed to actually hint to his past.

Who knows? Maybe someone in the house knew all along, one who Wilt would trust most, and didn't tell those other people till now.

And for Bloo's ramble about getting to the 'hood, he might have been "adding things" of what he thinks happened. You know Bloo and his imagination. XD

If Wilt ever DID tell anyone at the house, it obviously was NOT one of the main characters, and I've never seen him hanging around with anyone else. You would think that out of the entire household, he would surely confide best in Eduardo, Coco, and Frankie, and probably Madame Foster, but every one of them was as in the dark as can be about why Wilt disappeared, or who his creator was. Frankie even says so herself in the movie, that even though Wilt has been there at Foster's for as long as she can remember, even she knew nothing of his past. Madame Foster was equally perplexed as to why he left, and certainly the news would have gotten out quickly at the house that Wilt was gone(I'm sure Bloo wasted no time telling everyone). If there was someone there who knew of Wilt's past, knew who had created him, and therefore had some notion of why he'd left, that individual would have realized what Wilt was up to and come forth and said something. If he/she were that good a friend and confidant to Wilt, he/she would have realized that Wilt's life was very possibly in danger at this point, and broken that silence to let everyone else know where Wilt was heading. Unless there was someone in the past at the house whom Wilt really trusted, and was even closer to than he is to Ed, Coco, Bloo, Mac and Frankie, and that individual has been adopted and no longer lives there, it seems very unlikely that Wilt ever told anyone at all.

pitbulllady

I've just came with a theory as to why he didn't tell anyone at Foster's but he told these completely random strangers about his past. See, people at Foster's REALLY care about (as we've seen) however these strangers don't know him at all, so they wouldn't get as worried about him, or ask too many questions or make THAT much of a fuss. However, his friends at Foster's would ask as many questions as they could, and they would ask why he didn't tell them sooner and make a HUGE fuss, and from what we have seen Wilt doesn't REALLY like being the centre of attention.

Good point, Vampyre. :D

Or maybe he was just rambling as he did something, not even knowing he was even talking about it. :D

Yeah that's pretty likely too... LOL, it kinda makes Wilt like one of the old ladies you sit next to on the bus and they just start randomly talking to you about the weather, or their hip replacement or their late husband XD

... Seeing as this thread is about to die, I think we should chage the subject before it just kinda pos it's clogs all together.

I'm curious as to how long it will be before Wilt is finally adopted (and not used as a flag pole. Bless). As he said in GWH, there's a kid out there waiting for him, and he'll find them eventually (although i still believe that his ideal kid is twenty two years old XD). Alot of his fans beleive that the reason he hasn't been adopted because of his... um... imperfections, which is probably true, but if so many of his fans (me included) would wnat nothing more than to take him home with them, then why is it the Foster's Universe does not?

Someone asked this question on the Toon Zone CN forum, I believe it was. Lauren Faust answered that the main IF characters probably would NOT be adopted, at least not while the show in still in production. After all, each of them-Coco, Wilt, and Eduardo-have some very devoted fans who would be really disappointed if their favorites were no longer part of the show. I actually worried, prior to Good Wilt Hunting, that Wilt would go live with his creator and not be part of the Foster's cast any longer. I know it is horribly selfish on my part, especially considering what Wilt considers his destiny(to eventually be adopted by a child who really needs him), but I can't help it. In the Foster's Universe, most kids are like kids here-they cannot see past Wilt's "brokenness". To them he's messed-up and imperfect, and nothing else. Most of us, of course, are older than the typical kid who would be looking to adopt an Imaginary Friend, so we are able to realize that Wilt's injuries make him BETTER, not broken.

pitbulllady

You've got to love the guys determination have you not? Although I would be terribly unhappy if Wilt WAS adopted off (which I highly doubt he will be, because without Wilt, I'm guessing a lot of the fans will be put off and the show would eventually be cancelled all together due to lack of viewers) I think its a terrible shame that so many children can be so cruel, just because of ones appearence. Wilt is possibley one of the most loveable friends at the house, and alot of the kids who walk through the front door, just DO NOT see that. I think it's such a shame, seeing as Wilt wants nothing more than to make some special kid happy, but nobodies giving him that chance. Thinking about it actually... I think it's even more of a shame that Wilt beleives thats his only purpose; to make OTHER people happy.

Wilt never said that his ONLY purpose was to make others happy, but he DID say that his MAIN purpose was to HELP some child who really needed his help. Sometimes helping someone might not make them so happy at first; it's like when your parents won't let you do something that you really want to do, because THEY know it's not in your best interest. You don't realize how much that helped you until you're much older. One of the things that Wilt needs to consider is that there are ways that he can help MANY children, without leaving Foster's. Perhaps at some point he will realize that his thinking might have been too narrow, and that he can make a difference for more than one child by staying where he is. Wilt, like most of the fans, and most of the residents of Foster's, is thinking in terms of HIM being adopted, but what of the many children who have no families? He's got a good voice and a commanding presence when he wants to, so he could do a public service announcement to call attention to this. He can volunteer to coach at-risk kids in basketball. He just needs to "think outside the box" a bit, and I believe he is capable of doing so.

pitbulllady

I agree, he really DOES need to think outside the box, seeing as he IS capable of a lot of things. Mechanics, Cleaning, Acting, Dancing, Plumbing, Hair Dressing, Decorating... and something else that starts with a B... but I just can't remember what it is.... Oh yeah! Basket ball!... He can do a darn sight more than a lot of the friends at Foster's THATS for sure.

He can do a darn sight more than 99.9% of the HUMANS I know! My grandfather was probably the only person I knew personally who could come close to being as versitile, or as helpful and self-sacrificing, as Wilt is, which I guess is one of the reasons I am so fond of Wilt. Wilt doesn't even realize just how much he does help others, or how much the household counts on him.

pitbulllady

People call Wilt a hero, and Wilt doesn't agree to that because he probably DOESN'T realize that if he could watch himself for one day, he'd know why people call him a hero and/or a helper.

Him doing the helpful things is like as if he was programed to do so. But he doesn't realize that he is doing it half the time. He does it and half the time he didn't know he did it. Just doing something without self-notice. XD

People who are Type Two personalities ARE "hard-wired" to help others, literally. It is, more or less, their main reason for existing. It's also not unusual for people to see themselves quite differently from how OTHERS see them, for better or worse. I don't think that Wilt has any idea how important he is, or how he touches others' lives in a positive way, since for him, it's as natural as breathing. Still, even with that compulsion to help others, few Type Two's can master as many skills as we've seen Wilt undertake successfully. While people like him-those who can do pretty much anything, and do it better than most of the other people out there-used to be rather common, now it's more common to see a person who might excel at one or two things, and be totally clueless about everything else. With Wilt, it's all the more remarkable for having overcome not one, but TWO, serious physical handicaps. Most of the people like him in this world are vanishing as "The Greatest Generation" dies out, which is so sad, because in another decade or so, Wilt will most likely be the ONLY such character, real or otherwise, that most people under the age of 30 will ever have known.

pitbulllady

When you think about it, Society is really slipping is it not? Because not only are there few people these days who can do as much as Wilt, but there are also very few people who are as nice as Wilt. I hate using the word nice, but it's the only way to describe him. He's friendly, he's generous and he's one of the most optmistic characters I've ever heard of (next to a character in the fourth Lemony Snicket book, whom had been caught on a converor belt or something and had had his leg crushed by a stamping machine. A few paragraphs later he declares something like "Well, I have a severely broken leg, but at least i'm right legged!"). But now, everyone mostly cares about themselves. there ARE a few dotted about with a generous nature whoma re still willing to hold the door open instead of letting it slam in someones face, but those few seem to become fewer with every passing year.

Why must the world become so selfish? Whhhy?? :(

When the show will stop (hopefully not in recent years) Wilt will still live on in our hearts, leaing us with his fondest memories. And a crap-load of "sorry"s to top it all off. :D

LOL

I'm very curious as to how Wilt is going to be once the fifth season rolls around, I'm sure he'll still be the same loveable old push over we've come to know and love, but do you think he'll say more? As Bloo said "It's ALWAYS the quiet ones." and although Wilt is a pretty confident speaker (usually XD) I've always seen him as rather quiet. For example: Take note, that you can BARELY here him when everyones speaking at the same time like in 'Busted' when they all declare "Madame Foster!" he may as well not have said anything at all, seeing as you can't here him, even if you listen really close and try to blank out the rest of the guys.

I think that may be for two reasons. One being that his voice is lower and smoother than the other characters, so it's difficult to hear him over "COCOCOCOCO!" or Bloo's loud, high voice. Perhaps it also shows his more adult side.... that he doesn't feel the need to scream over the characters with the younger mind-sets.

I've noticed that a lot have people have stopped posting on the majority of the other thread in the Imaginary Friend catergory. I really hope this thread keeps going, mainly because it would a be a darn shame if it didn't.

I wonder how long it took for Wilt to get used to being, dare i say it, disabled? Although Wilt is anything BUT disabled, due to the fact that he has four hundred and something batting average on his Coco card and can play pretty much any sport you can think of off the top of your head, he is TECHINICALLY handicapped. Do you think in the miserable situation that he was in when he ran away from home, that when he finally did get that arm of his amputated, do you think he thought he'd never be able to play a sport again? Of course if he DID he wouldn't have thought so for long seeing as he plays Basketball out on the court day but still. I'm also curious how long it took him to learn to tie his shoe with only one hand...

I'e never done it before, so it could've taken years. XD

One of the most amazing and wonderful things about Wilt is his Pit Bull-like determination; he just doesn't know the meaning of "give up"! For most people, the loss of an arm would be bad enough, but Wilt has also has to cope with the loss of the sight in one eye, leaving him without binocular vision. Still, the brain is such an astoundingly adaptive organ, and with determination and practice, practice and more practice, it can "re-wire" itself to be able to deal with so many situations. It probably did take Wilt several years to re-learn how to do things that most of us take for granted, like tying his shoes, or driving a car(he CAN drive), or even just standing up, since your arms are valuable in maintaining proper balance, for us bipeds. One of the reasons that Wilt adapted was because he HAD to; he spent eight years on his own, after losing his arm and eye, before coming to Foster's, and it's unlikely that he had anyone to help him or care for him during much of that time. He either had to adapt or die, and the latter doesn't sound like a very good option.

pitbulllady

'Adapt or Die'... I think my Geography teacher used that term once in a lesson, something to do with Lemmings in the artic...

I've seen two picture's of Wilt re-learning how to tie his shoe laces. One was by PBL her self and the other was by another artist known as Princefala I beleive. Those two are two of my favourite pieces, they're awesome! I could just look at 'em both all day.

I remember once, I had a go at putting my shoes on with just one hand, my other arm tucked behind my back. Well I couldn't get my shoe on at all (Converse: They're cool and they're really comfortable, but just so AWKWARD to get on)... After a few minutes I gave up, regained my other arm, tugged the shoe lace out of my shoe and had a go at tying it around my wrist with one hand... It took me ages, but when I finally DID get it tyed, I wore round my wrist for the rest of the day (because I'm cool like that) XD

He could always use his teeth!
I use my mouth a lot for tasks when I have one or no arms available. Meh...its a thought. :D

I do that, too; it's very convenient at times. I would assume Wilt does it as well.

I don't think anyone else has ever brought up this comparison before but when you mentioned using the teeth to hold things...well it's just that sometimes I compare Wilt with Creb, the deformed, one-armed one-eyed holy man from Clan of the Cave Bear (he developed severe dental problems late in life because he held things in his teeth so often). Of course, Creb was born deformed (though he lost his arm and eye in a cave bear attack) so he always had to deal with that part. In fact he would have been Clan leader if he hadn't been born deformed, so instead his younger brother Brun took over. But *becuase* of his deformity and later his loss of limb and eye, Creb concentrated on his spiritual studies and later became the greatest Mog-ur (holy man) ever known to *any* Clan. His initial deformity was caused by the fact that his head was unnaturally large and it was that superior brain that made it possible for him to the greatest Mog-ur...but he wouldn't have studied so hard if he wasn't crippled.

What I'm saying of course is that Wilt was imagined to be a great basketball player, he was created that way. But his injuries probably spurred him on to be an even *better* basketball player...and person. He probably never would have been as good as he is now if he hadn't been in the accident. I'm just saying that all that reminds me of Creb. Sorry if I'm way out there. :terrsmile:

No, it's not "way out there"; I'd completely forgotten that movie and book, since I have not seen the movie, or read the book it was based on, since college, and THAT was a looooooong time ago! Now that you mention it, of course, the comparison makes total sense. Wilt's skills as a basketball player, to the point that he can easily defeat even his now-famous pro basketball-playing creator, have not so much to do with his height, or the fact that he was created to play basketball, as the obstacles he's had to overcome. I know everyone has heard the old saying that "that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger", and there are many references in literature, including most religious books, about steel being weak and useless until it has been forged in fire, an analogy to a person not really gaining strength until they've faced and overcome severe adversity. Wilt certainly comes to mind when I see or read any of those passages. He's not only developed physical skills, but mental ones as well. Wilt has far more in the way of old-fashioned common sense than just about any person you'll meet in real life. He's just kept most of his intellect under wraps, probably so as not to annoy others, or instigate a conflict, but his speech patterns in Good Wilt Hunting indicate that there's a pretty sharp mind in that rather oddly-shaped head of his, even though he is lacking in any formal sort of education.

pitbulllady

I've always considered Wilt to be terribly intelligent, even before Good Wilt Hunting, not because of the way he strings his words or anything, but because even thoguh it took me a while to take in the he was over the age of ten (yay slowness), he's always seemed to have A LOT of experience with just... stuff. He always seemed to know JUST what to say, and he has a limitless understanding of what's right and wrong, like in 'Adoptcalypse Now' when he finds Bloo in their room watching from the window after shoving all the friends back in the house, not onyl did Wilt tell the friend's to all go back outside, but he also showed a great understanding as to why Mac and Bloo were keeping the friend's inside. "Look, I KNOW you don't wanna lose your buddy's but, you're being really selfish OK?" To me that shows a pretty wise person (friend)

That's what I mean by having common sense. Wilt also possesses something infinately more valuable than mere knowledge, and that's wisdom, and no, they are NOT the same thing! Wisdom can only come from experience, and by learning from the experiences of others, not from a book or college course. For someone who's not even as old as I am, I have to say that Wilt's wisdom amazes me. That's one of the reasons I always assumed he was much older, since it usually takes a person many decades to acquire what he knows.

pitbulllady

Although Wilt has never been properlay eduacted seeing as he's an imaginary friend, I'm also curious as to how intelligent he is academically (sp?). The only thing I know about his English skills is that he has VERY neat handwriting, and then only thing I know about his French skills is that he can tell when Bloo has absolutely no idea how to teach it XD.

LOL, Wilt was very much aware that whatever that was that Bloo was speaking in "Foster's Goes to Europe", it sure wasn't French; he was just too polite to come straight out and tell him that, knowing that Bloo would only argue with him, anyway. Wilt knows that arguing with Bloo is about as useful as trying to teach a hog to sing opera!

I do have to wonder, though, that if Wilt ever DID have an opportunity to get a college education, just how bright he'd prove to be. I have no doubt that he could ace the GED that people take here in the US, when they have not completed high school, and could almost certainly do quite well on the college entry exams, too. On the other hand, Wilt already knows more about "real life" than any college can ever teach you.

pitbulllady

I agree. If anything, it's kind of as though Wilt has already gone to college (though I highly doubt it) seeing as he knows a lot about mechanics and plumbing (Oh my GOSH! He saved paco from the evil drain pipe of DOOM).

If he DID get through college and all, and decided for some sudden reason he wanted to get a job to help manage the house (bless his not so little cotton socks), I wonder what kind of job he would go for. Although I don't beleive it has anything to do with college, I can suddenly see him in a Fire Fighter Uniform XD