I love that episode so much. It's definitely my favourite if Good Wilt Hunting can't be counted as a proper episode.

I think this was the first time we saw a bit more of Wilt's character, really. I mean, we'd always seen him as that up-beat happy go lucky red dude that's good at sport, but in this episode, it was fun to see him acting so competitive. And that shot of him stretched out on the bed is to die for...

I love that "Lean, mean, muscle machine" line as well. Perhaps Wilt isn't as humble as we thought, ah?

That's probably my favorite episode as well(since I consider GWH to be a movie, rather than an episode), for those same reasons! I love seeing Wilt's competitive, show-off side, which he keeps hidden most of the time. It's great to see him want something badly enough to stick up for himself and not give in to the others once in awhile, and along with other things he's done from time to time, like back-handing Bloo in "Eddie Monster", or pulling that somewhat twisted practical joke in "Nightmare On Wilson Way", it gives a bit of insight in what Wilt must have been like before he got hurt and was separated from Jordan, and apparently made that vow to himself never to hurt, let down or disappoint anyone else, ever again. It gives us just a little inkling of that "old Wilt" that Jordan knew as a kid, self-confident and determined and in-charge, rather than obsessed over how his actions might upset someone or cause trouble for someone. That response to Bloo's pitiful begging act was just so absolutely perfect in its coldness-"Ya know...I thought about that and...the thing is....I REALLY DON'T CARE!"

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I feel that Wilt's practical jokes in "Nightmare on Wilson Way" sort of show us that, even though he isn't like, completely back to the way he used to be back when he lived with Jordan, he's getting there. I think he really needed a boost of confidence from Jordan to, you know, let loose a little. I mean, I know that the producers aren't allowed to have any particular order in the shows, but, you know, it's possible. In "Nightmare on Wilson Way" when there's a flashback to the year before, Wilt's dressed as a werewolf, and he doesn't seem to be planning on pulling a prank or anythin, then, a year later, he's freaking kids out by making them believe that they just yanked his arm off.

Apparently, that rule about not being able to make episodes in a particular order, so that CN can show re-runs at any time without them seeming "dated", has been either dropped, or it's being ignored. Most of the Season Five episodes have definate references to previous episodes that would not make sense, or at least would not be very effective, unless you'd seen the previous episode. In fact, "Nightmare On Wilson Way" even had a reference to a Foster's COMIC book, with the brief cameo by "Ron Zombie", the Imaginary Friend zombie who appeared in the very first(I think)DC Foster's comic. Unless you'd seen "One False Movie" and later, "Cheese A Go-Go", that werewolf Wilt wouldn't quite be as eyecatching. I personally find it really neat that they're including all these references that tie in with earlier episodes; that, along with such previously-"taboo" subjects as characters attempting REAL murder("Affair Weather Friends"), makes me wonder what other ventures the writers will be allowed to dealve into.

But, yeah, Wilt definately seemed to be loosening up in the last couple of episodes. He not only played that joke in "Nightmare On Wilson Way", but he also very willingly went along with the whole "everyone-turns-into-zombies" plan just to teach Bloo a lesson, even though technically it WAS lying, since none of them actually were zombies! It sure didn't bother him nearly as much as covering for Mac and Bloo in "Bus The Two of Us". In "Better Off Ed", Wilt not only refused to be cajoled by Bloo into participating in the paintball skirmish, he actually said "NO" to Bloo, clearly and distinctly! That sure is a big change from "Where There's a Wilt, There's a Way"! I was hoping we'd see him start to shake off those obsessive inhibitions against saying or doing anything that might hurt someone's feelings, or disappoint someone, and start to realize that HIS feelings count, too, and what little we've seen of him in Season Five does seem to show that is happening.

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Zombie thing: I wonder if Wilt kinda overdid the zombie act, for some reason. Out of all the zombies, Wilt stuck out, NOT because he's my favorite, but because of what he did. Random buck teeth, long black stitches going down his right cheek (not the lobes), not looking where he is going, not walking straight, and basically acting like a mentally retarded person. Everyone else seemed to act, even a small amount, smarter, for some reason.

Man, you never know what Wilt pulls out from his "sleeve". :D

No thing: Yeah, huge, HUGE improvement on Wilt, being able to reject Bloo's idea, not only that, but insulting it, with an apology beforehand. "I'm sorry, Bloo, but that's the worst idea you've ever had!" Who knew he had it in him to say that, even with an apology with it? ...Even if it IS true? :D

HAHAHA. XD I love that line! I laughed so hard when I heard it the first time.

Out of curiosity, who else was a tad weirded out when they first saw Wilt? Before I actually saw the show I read stuff about it on the Foster's section of CN's website. (Sometimes I like to do a bit of research on a show before I watch it; I'm weird that way. >>) I remember looking through the characters and coming to Wilt and being all "...Wait WHAT?" at his appearance. I was surprised they let a character looking like THAT in a kid's show! I wasn't sure what to think of him though until I saw Where There's a Wilt There's a Way, where I think I finally started to like him.

Funny thing... I did NOT notice Wilt's off appearance until he SAID it to Mac and Bloo XD I was just the same as them, I was thinking "Wow, he's tall... AND RED :D!" XDD ...then, when he pointed out the eye and the arm I was like "Ooohh... ew D:" ...I guess I'm still in a kid's state of mind (though I'm 21), and, I'm only 5'1 so tall people/characters amuse me :bloosmirk:

(yes, the first episode i saw was House of Bloo's when it first premiered here)

Aiiiiii :blooxd: my twin! Short ladies unite! Also that first encounter with Wilt is one of my favorite moments in the series. "You're taaaall.." :blooupset:

I'm shorter than that...4'11 1/2. 8D

I had actually seen fanart of Wilt on Deviant Art, and got intrigued as to WHY this character(who was obviously very popular with female fans)had a stump of an arm and was apparently blind in one eye. I'd never watched the show up until that point, and Season Two had already started, but I decided to catch a re-run episode and got hooked from the very start, after no one on DA could tell me what had happened to Wilt. I honestly began watching the show because of him, mainly to see what the big deal over this guy was; needless to say, it didn't take me long to find out, at least with regards to his popularity, though I had to wait like all the rest to find out what happened to his arm and eye. I was probably one of the few people who always believed that he ended up that way through some traumatic injury, while many fans believed he was simply created that way. It IS odd, though, when you think about it, to have a character on a "children's show" who is obviously "handicapped" like that, yet nothing is really made of that fact at all. They don't constantly run it in the ground that Wilt only has one arm and one eye, so while those things are noticeable, we are able to concentrate more on the things that Wilt CAN do, rather than what he can't. The show's writers don't try to be all politically-correct in handling that particular issue, and indeed, don't really make an issue of it at all, and that really makes Wilt much more of a positive role model than someone who wears a disability like a crown and constantly calls attention to it.

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Jokes on you; so am I. ;) They just make me put 5" on my ID.

How old are you? :0 I'm 21, and my 14 year old and 13 year old niece are growing taller than me already :[ Jenny (the 13 year old) kept teasing me all last weekend how she was taller than me D; (we're more like sisters than aunt and nieces) :cheesegrin:

Well, I wasn't really "weirded out" when I first saw him, but I DID notice the whole arm and eye thing and the first thing that went through my mind was something more like "what on earth could have happened to him to make him lose an arm and an eye?" Of course, we know what that was now, but at the time it was definitely interesting to speculate about it. I remember when all of the Wilt fans would speculate on what happened. It was crazy, but fun! XD

About them developing Wilt's character further, I do like the idea of him being more assertive toward Bloo and telling him "no" for a change. It's really great that he's starting to stand up for himself and loosen up a bit now and I hope the Foster's crew continues to do this with his character in the future. :)

I wasn't weirded out by Wilt really, when I first saw him, I was all "Aww, he's cute and he's got a big smile!"

Big smiles make me happy, dunno why XD But yea, despite not being weirded out, I was a bit surprised that he was a main character on a kids show. I've always like cartoons and stuff, and most cartoons I've seen I've never encountered a character who was missing an arm and had a broken eye, regardless of whether they were born that way, or had something traumatic happen to them.

So yea, his smile and his lack of arm and broken eye intrigued me, and I wanted to learn more about him, starting off with his name, what his personality was like, all that good stuff, so I started to watch the show, and I was all "Hmm, this show is pretty dang funny, and very entertaining, I'll continue watching it~"

And that's about it =P

Sorry if something I said is not spelled correctly or doesn't make sense, I'm exhausted XD

I thought that Wilt looked cool the first time I saw him. Of course, it was my assumption that he was meant to look that way, but why not? Is that really any weirder than Coco, say? Or Duchess? To be honest, the one who really freaked me out at first was Mr Herriman.:herriman:

When I first saw Wilt properly (I'd seen him on commercials and all, but other than this was the first time) I looked at his handicapped-ness and I didn't think anything of it. I felt sorry for him a week or so later, though, while reading the notes for "Blooooooo" because that episode hadn't aired in the UK yet and I'm a spolier-muffin-of-doom. Anyway I was reading the notes, and then somebody had written about how Wilt is blind in his left eye, because his googley eye could be seen in the closet... I actually thought he could see through it at the time, 'cos I've all been a bit of a retard... But anyway I was like "Aww... He's half blind..."

I'd never really thought about his arm. I mean, sure, I thought about it, wondered what happened to it, but, I dunno, I'm always like this. I don't normally feel sorry for people sat in wheels chairs or on crutches, because I know that they normally don't WANT to be sympathized with. They're still people and they wanna get on with their lives, with out people buzzing round them, asking them what had happened and offering to do stuff for them which they're quite capable of doing theirselves...

At the risk of sounding a little slow here, I didn’t really notice Wilt’s physical blemishes until I was a few episodes into the show. Well, I did notice them, but what I mean is that I didn’t actually pay them a great deal of conscious attention at the time. I didn’t get to see the pilot episode (in which Wilt makes direct reference to his lack of left arm or functional left eye) prior to the release of the Season One DVD, and in the earliest stages of my Foster’s fandom I was still trying to nail down the exact premise and concept of the show, so back then I pretty much took all the character designs at face value (as Dan points out, a lot of the imaginary friends have quite bizarre designs, so who’s to say what’s normal and what’s not?). Strangely enough, it was only when I noticed Wilt’s facial scars that it occurred to me that the deal with his arm and his eye might be connected and, as I became more interested in and attached to the character himself, I got thinking about exactly what the story behind them could be. I speculated that he’d been in some kind of accident which had disrupted his past as a champion basketball player, which wasn’t too far from the truth, though in my version of events I was always pretty hard on his creator - I just assumed that he (or she, for all we knew until last November) had been the one who’d intentionally made Wilt feel inferior and had dumped him, hence why they showed no interest in turning up to any of the creator reunions. I’m kind of ashamed to admit that now, given how nice Jordan turned out to be when we finally met him.

Don't worry, if the pilot episode hadn't been my first, I think I would've been the same as you. I honestly did not SEE the blemishes and scars et.c, but I'm sure I would've noticed it later on, just, I would've thought he had a very cruel creator who just created him that way 8D

But then again, Wilt has never been an interesting character to me (not that I don't LIKE him, just, doesn't click with me). I think I was mostly interested in Frankie when I first saw the pilot

I think we can all agree that for most of us Wilt's appearance was a major reason we got curious about the show in the first place. :blooxd:

I was watching "Make Believe it or Not" again recently. I always love how when Goo got really sad, Wilt looks over and is like awww she looks so left out and then includes her back into the game. 8D I think this episode really made me think about Wilt as being well older than the others and can be more like a big brother/parental type.

He just seemed really sweet with the "oh okay.." saying it in a way an adult or older sibling would to humor the kiddies.

E: I know he's not like this all the time, but in episodes like this you can really see it shine through. :3 That's just how I feel about it though.

That's one of the reasons I really do like "Make Believe It Or Not", in spite of it not really being so popular with fans in general. It really shows Wilt's adult/parental side off well. When they try to get him away from the computer long enough to play the part of the "bad guy", he DOES really sound like any grown-up who's capitulating to the kiddies, even though it's obvious that such a thing is below his grown-up dignity, and he really would rather not join in. Later, when Mac and Goo start arguing and it's clear that Goo is getting the short end of the stick, so to speak, Wilt immediately recognizes the symptoms of a real falling-out, if not an outright fight, about to occur, and intervenes by stepping out-of-character and telling them to go back to attacking him, trying to take their minds off the conflict. His whole adult outlook and responsibility probably are what set him apart from the other Imaginary Friends more than anything, including his past injuries or his height. Most IF's act like kids, since they were created to be playmates and pals to children, for the most part, but Wilt's role seemed to have been much different, since he was more or less subconciously created to take the place of a big brother or father. Just as Nina subconciously needed for HER big, scary-looking Imaginary Friend to be gentle with her baby brother, and love playing little girl games like tea parties and dress-ups, Jordan needed for his Imaginary Friend to do things around the home that fathers normally do, including keeping the peace between Jordan and his older brother, when he wasn't coaching Jordan on the finer points of basketball.

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I think that's another one of the big reasons I like Wilt above all the others. It sounds goofy but my childhood I didn't really have much of a father figure(my dad was..eh..not so nice), but I did have a lot of older siblings(3 brothers and my sister). It reminds me of one of my brothers specifically and how he'd put up with my ADD shinanigans as a kid. So I see Wilt in that episode and it makes me smile. :D

Hey, um, forgive me if this's been talked about before, but...

I was watching The Sweet Stench of Success today and thought of something. Wilt says he's been on TV before on that Friday's Friend news segment. ...But... given how he generally fails at public speaking, I wonder how well he did with that? XD As bad as Eduardo, d'you think?

Also look how bad he was just speaking over the intercom in Better Off Ed. :blooxd: Oh man..

Yeah, that tv appearance probably didn't help win over any potential adopters, that's for sure, poor guy! It's odd, though, that Wilt had no trouble performing onstage in front of a large audience in "Schlock Star", not once, but twice, nor did he have any issues being in front of a camera in "One False Movie". Apparently, if he's playing some role, whether it's acting the part of a pirate captain or a retired cop or a '70's Funkster, he doesn't have a problem with being in front of a crowd, but as himself, he does...as Mr. Spock would say, "Interesting....".

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Perhaps it has something to do with this guilt he's been harbouring for the past thirty years. Obviously, he's got a problem with his confidence, he has a pretty low self esteem, and has seen himself as a horrible little creature for a large amount of time after that unfortunate accident back home. But perhaps when playing a role of some sort, he feels better about it, because it's not HIS character he's portraying. If you ask me, he's probably gonna get better at speaking in front of crowds now that he can finally put the past behind him. It'll probably take a while, since it takes a while to get over any fear as bad as his, but I think he can do it. I mean, even he WAS a little nervous speaking over the intercom in "Better ff Ed" he wasn't too bad... It just sounded as though he was trying to cough up a rabbit or something. But, hey, baby steps, baby steps...

I don't think his confidence in One False Movie was because he was acting out another role or something. I mean, wouldn't acting in front of a camera be different than actually speaking in front of a ton of people, though? I mean, when we see Bloo directing stuff for that movie, there's not much of an audience other than the other actors, Bloo, and occasionally Mac.

I'd forgotten about Schlock Star, though. Man, how the HECK did he manage to NOT be nervous playing keyboard in front of the whole house? O__o

I get bad stage fright myself, but for a play I get rid of it by putting all my concentration on the play and ignoring all of the people, but that doesn't keep my hands and legs from trembling. I've had to do piano solos for recitals and for church offertories, and let me tell you, if your hands are shaking when you're playing piano, you WILL make mistakes, even if you know the song by heart.

Sure, Wilt was only playing the keyboard using his stub of an arm (for the first performance, anyway... was he using his right hand for that final song? I don't remember), but even then he could have easily missed a key and hit the wrong one several times, had he been shaking. But he seemed pretty calm... I can't figure out how that could be, though, unless it's just a consistency error.

...And back on the subject with the TV, oh man, I can just imagine what some kid watching Wilt on that Friday's Friend program would be thinking. "Sheesh, this imaginary friend is broken AND he can't talk! No thanks!" Poor Wilt. XD It's really no wonder he, Ed, and Coco haven't been adopted yet, given how shallow some kids can be.

EDIT: Ah, yeah, Wilt WAS using his right hand to play keyboard for the final song. ...wait, is that thing an ORGAN? Oo Wonder how he learned to play that.

Wilt apparently is one of those individuals who have a real "ear" for music, who can hear a song one time and memorize it, note for note, and play it back, without even reading music. He also apparently DOES know the keyboard, whether it's a piano or an electronic organ. I'd nearly forgotten, until someone in a discussion post on "Schlock Star" reminded me, that in the pilot, he actually plays a few notes on the piano while showing Mac and Bloo around the house, so even with one hand, he's able to still play one end of the scale. Given how LARGE that one hand is, Wilt can probably manage quite well playing with a group(so the others' instruments will partially mask when he misses a note due to being unable to play those two notes at the same time), and having an electronic keyboard that can probably be programmed to automatically play notes that he can't would help. You have to wonder if someone actually taught him to play, or if it's just a natural talent he's had from the get-go. I can easily picture in my head a scene back home in Charleston, with Jordan's mother being able to play piano or organ in church(which is a BIG part of that culture), and teaching Wilt how to play when he expressed interest in it. I do agree that Wilt's stage fright probably has more to do with his 30-year guilt trip and subsequent self-esteem issues than anything else, and that it's something he will eventually get over. He's been so obsessed with disappointing anyone, with hurting someone, that it just makes him awfully insecure and uptight when he knows that someone is depending on him, and of course, we all know that the more worried you are about messing up, the more likely you are to do just that. I don't know if his apparent nervousness on the PA system was really nervousness, or if he just wasn't sure how to work the darn thing...y'all should hear the Principal at our school on our sometimes-faulty PA system sometimes, when he's not sure if it's working or not, lol! A year ago, it would have been difficult to picture Wilt playing a rather twisted practical joke, making fun of his own amputee status, in a way, on those trick-or-treaters, since he would have been too worried about really traumatizing those kiddies, OR going along with an elaborate plan to basically get even with Bloo(concussion or no concussion), which involved lying when you get right down to it. It's clear that he has made some real progress in tearing down that self-made wall of self-doubt and obsessing over making anyone else feel bad.

It's kinda interesting too, though, that Wilt would have natural musical ability, since his artistic ability is...uh, lacking. Big time. Most people who are very strong musically are weak in the visual arts, and vice versa(I can't carry a note in a bucket, with reinforced handles), which is why someone who is equally talented in both areas is such a rarity.

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Aww, I can see Mrs./Miss Michaels teaching Wilt how to play a piano. It's just so....I donno, cute. :D

Yes, for sure he can't draw (or never had practice, it was never hinted that he liked to in the first place) but he can play an instrument. Really makes up for it. Music is an art too, so Wilt is artistic with music, but just not with drawing whatever on paper.

I feel Wilt was nervous over the PA system. Y'know, knowing the whole house would be able to hear him...and he wouldn't want to screw up...

I did wonder if Wilt's glossophobia (I think that's the correct term for it) had something do to with the immense pressure he'd have inevitably felt through being gawked at by all those eyes at the talent show - really, who wouldn't falter under all that immediate scrutiny? (other than Coco, of course ;) )

I didn't get the vibe that "Friday's Friend" was filmed before a live studio audience, so maybe he felt a little less distracted and a little more at ease in that particular environ...nonetheless, I have a feeling that his personal pitch was still likely to have been of a somewhat self-depreciating nature - remember his message to all potential adopters at the start of "World Wide Wabbit"?

Even so, he knew that the Friday's Friend thing would be broadcast to a ton of TVs and he only got once chance of doing it, so wouldn't that make him nervous?

With the thing on "World Wide Wabbit" and "One False Movie" he could've re-done any scenes he messed up on, but with the Friday's Friend thing it looks like he would've only gotten one chance.

Those local evening news programs ARE live, AND they have to adhere to a strict schedule, so there's no room for mess-ups. There's no way to shoot a re-take or anything like that, and even if the audience isn't the studio, Wilt would be smart enough to know that there were still a LOT of people watching him at that very moment, whether or not he could see them. That is just the sort of pressure that seems to have the worst effect on him. Knowing Wilt, though, if he did manage to keep his composure, he probably wouldn't have tried to convince anyone to adopt HIM, but would have used that opportunity to talk about Foster's in general and all the OTHER great Imaginary Friends there who needed homes, as Jekyljuice suggested. Probably several other Friends found new homes due to Wilt's public service announcement, but as is the case with the Adopt-A-Thought Saturdays, most people probably assume he's an employee who's not up for adoption.

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Were the "Friday's Friend" segments broadcast live? Given that Eduardo and later Bloo were able to view their spots from the comfort of their own living room, I'd kind of assumed not. Unless of course they were watching repeats of what had been shown earlier in the day.

I Think wilts a very boring character, The only excitement ive seen is when frankie was chasing him in that neighborhood episode, other than that, A waste of ink and vocal cords.

I beg to differ, and as you can see, there are a LOT of people on here who do likewise. It's not a very smart move to come on a thread devoted to a character, and totally bash that character, and it would be prudent of you to avoid doing so in the future. If you want to character-bash, try tv.com's Foster's forum, since it's a haven for character-bashers, spammers, trolls and other internet detritus.

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Im just stating my opinion, if i cant do that in here than where? this is the most appropriate section to do it since its about "WILT".

Makes sense to me.

She told you where. This is a topic for discussing the character, not bashing him.

Not everyone has to like a character, I know I like plenty of characters the some of my friends don't really care for, and vice versa, but they're never outright bash the characters I like, and I'd never bash the characters they like, either.

I don't see anything wrong with saying you dislike him, but outright bashing him and declaring him to be a waste of ink and vocal cords just isn't cool...

I think the complete opposite of you, I like Wilt, but I'm not going to bash you for thinking that way...

If he thinks Wilt's boring, try watching paint dry! That's faaaaar more boring. :D

...But seriously, there's nothing wrong with trying to watch paint dry, and then comparing it to a wonderful nice mysterious helpful apologetic adorable large-smiled character like Wilt.

Wilt is one of the few character on the show that we've seen actually undergo real character development. We've seen drastic changes in his personality, from a confident, head-held-high helper in Season One(especially in the pilot), then the "deeper" they "dug" into the character, the more we realized that all wasn't well, that Wilt had some serious issues and was dealing with them in less and less of a good way as time wore on. His lowest, and yet most-interesting, points were in Season Four, prior to GWH, when it seemed clear that whatever demons he was fighting were winning the battle, and that there was something that he was keeping hidden. What little we've seen of him in Season Five, though, seems to indicate that Wilt is finally beginning to heal and find some closure to his unpleasant past; "Nightmare On Wilson Way" really showed a side of him that has probably always been there, but has been repressed out of fear of upsetting someone or making someone disappointed in some way, and now of course we know WHY that's been Wilt's obsession for the past 30 years. Wilt is by far the most down-to-earth, ADULT character on the show, which is one of the reasons he appeals so much to me, personally. I can't really relate to child or child-like characters anymore, and I certainly cannot relate to someone like Bloo, who thrives on chaos. Wilt is someone who embodies positive character traits, in spite of what most people would see as an insurmountable handicap, and that fact that he's overcome anything like that, and never uses it as a "crutch" or excuse not to do something, is reason alone to like him. His voice is very pleasing to hear also, both the pitch and the accent, which is as familiar to me as the scent of Magnolia blossoms and the taste of a home-cooked Southern Sunday dinner. Wilt is like a relic of a by-gone era when MOST people were willing to help others just because it made themselves feel good, not expecting anything in return, and I guess that to someone who lives for the "it's all about ME" credo, as so many people nowadays do, that must seem awfully strange and screwed-up.

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You know, just a thought.

If this isn't a troll, he has his right to his opinion. of course, other people also have the right to disagree with him.


If he is a troll...
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