Imaginary Friends from elsewhere

[Lynnie]

Imaginary friends have been around forever. And this obviously includes during the writing of books or producing of movies and other shows. So I was wondering what IF's everyone else has noticed in other forms of entertainment. As for what I've noticed-

Joey on Friends had an IF named Maurice, and he was imagined to be a space cowboy. Sounds like a perfect friend for him. He was mentioned only once during a game between the girls and the guys to see which gender knew the other better. And yes, Steve Miller Band fans, clearly he was a parody from the song "Joker".

Miguel on Maya and Miguel had an IF named Pepe when he was younger, although he still insists Pepe was real. He brought Pepe back in an episode where he's trying to get a girl who has a crush on him to stop liking him so much (hoping it will make her think he's weird). My personal favorite episode, it's just toooo funny! In a later episode where he dreams his sister Maya was never born, Pepe is brought up again when his family keep hearing him mention the name "Maya", and they think Miguel's replaced him with another imaginary friend.

D.W. in Arthur has an IF named Nadine. She's in a lot of episodes, but when she first shows up, "she" annoys the living daylights out of Arthur because their parents keep playing along with D.W. and her new "friend", seemingly ignoring Arthur and the rest of reality. D.W. regularly talks to Nadine and you can see that the other people around her are looking around as if thinking "Who is she talking to?", as is a very typical first reaction. In one of the newer episodes, their next door neighbor's IF (don't remember her name) noticed that Nadine isn't seen around much anymore, and some of D.W.'s friends are accused of kidnapping her. Nadine shows up at the end of the episode claiming she was on vacation because D.W. hasn't been playing with her much anymore, and someday soon, she may leave and never come home again. It was kind of sad since D.W. is suppose to only be 5 and she's already "getting too old to play with her imaginary friend". Boo! But the first time I saw the episode I couldn't help but yell at the TV "Nadine, I know where you can go!"

So does anyone else remember seeing or hearing of IFs in other TV shows, movies or books?