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Originally Posted by The Huntsman
Thanks. I have another question I’d like to ask, as I’ve missed too many episodes to ponder it properly. What rights, if any, do Imaginary Friends have in the Foster’s world? I can only imagine that, if Imaginary Friends were “real” in the “real world”, the government would be using them as cannon-fodder soldiers and there would be a lot of illegal activity going on. Fortunately, Imaginary Friends seem to be rather well treated in the Foster’s universe, and from what I recall, they’ve pretty much integrated into society without any questions being asked. However, can humans do things that Imaginary Friends aren’t allowed to do? Can Imaginary Friends own their own property and so forth? I wish I could answer my own questions, but I’ve practically missed the entire fourth season, except for a few episodes, and I need to seriously catch up before I can do anything of that sort.
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There seems to be a lot of conflicting information about this on the show, but as the seasons have progressed, it would seem that Imaginary Friends do have most of the rights that adult humans have. We've seen several hold jobs, if only for brief periods of time, although the jobs have all been more or less menial labor jobs. The judge in "Cheese A Go-Go", however, didn't question Madame Foster having an Imaginary Friend for a defense attorney, and I doubt very seriously that Wilt had passed the bar exam! That same judge also didn't question the notion of an Imaginary Friend(Jackie) being able to legally sue a HUMAN, and awarded judgement to the Imaginary Friend! We've seen that both Wilt and Coco can drive, apparently legally(unlike Bloo), so they must have driver's licenses. Wilt was given a trial in
GWH, so we know that IF's have the right to a fair trial if accused of a crime. No one in that movie told him he had to sit at the back of the bus, either; he was treated as any other person would have been treated, even though he was clearly on his own, not with a family. When he was reading that magazine at the train depot, the man who wanted to read it asked him very politely if he could read it when Wilt finished, rather than simply taking it(but then, I wouldn't try to take something away from anyone who's 10-ft. tall and has a scarred-up face, either, not knowing their personality). Doctors and dentists treat Imaginary Friends along with human patients. We have not yet seen any of the Imaginary Friends hold "white collar" jobs, nor vote in a real election, but that doesn't mean that they can't. I've seen the argument made that families can kick out Imaginary Friends to survive by any means necessary when they feel their kids have outgrown them, and this is often taken to mean that the Imaginary Friends have no rights, but think about it-families can kick out any child over the age of 16, too! As for property, Eduardo owns extensive stock in several toy companies, and a human child cannot legally do so. I'm sure that if Wilt wanted one, Jordan would happily pay for him to have a sports car, in Wilt's name, and no one would contest his right to have one, especially since he's got a license to drive a car.
As an addendum, in "Room With a Feud", when Coco apparently suggests killing Peanut Butter to get him out of the coveted room, Mac reminds her that "I believe we'd go to JAIL for that", so obviously Imaginary Friends have the same protection from murder and violence that humans have under the law, but are also bound to follow those same laws with regards to committing such acts, and are subject to the same punishments if they break the law.
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