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* ''Manga/ACruelGodReigns'': Jeremy and Ian both see [[ArchnemesisDad Greg]], who haunts their lives long after his death. For Jeremy, this is [[YourMindMakesItReal especially true]], and he is often physically affected by Greg's "prescence."
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* In the anime adaptation of ''Manga/SoulEater'', Stein sees some visions of NotQuiteDead villain Medusa, eventually leading to a temporary FaceHeelTurn.
* Jeremy and Ian of ''Manga/ACruelGodReigns'' both see [[ArchnemesisDad Greg]], who haunts their lives long after his death. For Jeremy, this is [[YourMindMakesItReal especially true]], and he is often physically affected by Greg's "prescence."
* Jeremy and Ian of ''Manga/ACruelGodReigns'' both see [[ArchnemesisDad Greg]], who haunts their lives long after his death. For Jeremy, this is [[YourMindMakesItReal especially true]], and he is often physically affected by Greg's "prescence."
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* ''Manga/SoulEater'': In the anime adaptation of ''Manga/SoulEater'', adaptation, Stein sees some visions of NotQuiteDead villain Medusa, eventually leading to a temporary FaceHeelTurn.
* Jeremy and Ian of ''Manga/ACruelGodReigns'' both see [[ArchnemesisDad Greg]], who haunts their lives long after his death. For Jeremy, this is [[YourMindMakesItReal especially true]], and he is often physically affected by Greg's "prescence."FaceHeelTurn.
* Jeremy and Ian of ''Manga/ACruelGodReigns'' both see [[ArchnemesisDad Greg]], who haunts their lives long after his death. For Jeremy, this is [[YourMindMakesItReal especially true]], and he is often physically affected by Greg's "prescence."
* Vertigo Comic's ''"Imaginary Fiends"'' is set in a world where inter dimensional beings latch parasitically onto the minds of children to draw sustenance from their emotions in the guise of their imaginary friends. Some fade with time as the interest of their charges wanes, others get more greedy and grow stronger, eventually moving onto drawing fear out of multiple hosts.
* PlayedForDrama in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel.'' It's revealed that Batman has created contingency plans to destroy every other member of the Justice League in case any of them ever [[FaceHeelTurn go bad]]--and then Ra's al-Ghul steals and implements them. Since ComicBook/WonderWoman lacks the KryptoniteFactor of other heroes, the Caped Crusader instead develops a VR chip that will make her hallucinate an endless wave of imaginary enemies. Batman knows that Diana [[HeroicWillpower will never willingly give up a battle]]; the imaginary attack will eventually force her body to shut down because her mind won't.
* In IDW's {{Transformers}} comics, [[TheStarscream Starscream]] has finally achieved his ambition of becoming ruler of Cybertron, but finds himself haunted by a hallucination of the late Bumblebee who tries to force him to do thing he never would... like become a wise and just leader who acts for the greater good. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that Bumblebee isn't nearly as imaginary as Starscream thinks]].
* PlayedForDrama in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel.'' It's revealed that Batman has created contingency plans to destroy every other member of the Justice League in case any of them ever [[FaceHeelTurn go bad]]--and then Ra's al-Ghul steals and implements them. Since ComicBook/WonderWoman lacks the KryptoniteFactor of other heroes, the Caped Crusader instead develops a VR chip that will make her hallucinate an endless wave of imaginary enemies. Batman knows that Diana [[HeroicWillpower will never willingly give up a battle]]; the imaginary attack will eventually force her body to shut down because her mind won't.
* In IDW's {{Transformers}} comics, [[TheStarscream Starscream]] has finally achieved his ambition of becoming ruler of Cybertron, but finds himself haunted by a hallucination of the late Bumblebee who tries to force him to do thing he never would... like become a wise and just leader who acts for the greater good. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that Bumblebee isn't nearly as imaginary as Starscream thinks]].
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* In IDW's {{Transformers}} comics, [[TheStarscream Starscream]] has finally achieved his ambition of becoming ruler of Cybertron, but finds himself haunted by a hallucination of the late Bumblebee who tries to force him to do thing he never would... like become a wise and just leader who acts for the greater good. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that Bumblebee isn't nearly as imaginary as Starscream thinks]].
* Vertigo Comic's ''"Imaginary Fiends"'' is set in a world where inter dimensional beings latch parasitically onto the minds of children to draw sustenance from their emotions in the guise of their imaginary friends. Some fade with time as the interest of their charges wanes, others get more greedy and grow stronger, eventually moving onto drawing fear out of multiple hosts.
* PlayedForDrama in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel.'' It's revealed that Batman has created contingency plans to destroy every other member of the Justice League in case any of them ever [[FaceHeelTurn go bad]]--and then Ra's al-Ghul steals and implements them. Since ComicBook/WonderWoman lacks the KryptoniteFactor of other heroes, the Caped Crusader instead develops a VR chip that will make her hallucinate an endless wave of imaginary enemies. Batman knows that Diana [[HeroicWillpower will never willingly give up a battle]]; the imaginary attack will eventually force her body to shut down because her mind won't.
* Vertigo Comic's ''"Imaginary Fiends"'' is set in a world where inter dimensional beings latch parasitically onto the minds of children to draw sustenance from their emotions in the guise of their imaginary friends. Some fade with time as the interest of their charges wanes, others get more greedy and grow stronger, eventually moving onto drawing fear out of multiple hosts.
* PlayedForDrama in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel.'' It's revealed that Batman has created contingency plans to destroy every other member of the Justice League in case any of them ever [[FaceHeelTurn go bad]]--and then Ra's al-Ghul steals and implements them. Since ComicBook/WonderWoman lacks the KryptoniteFactor of other heroes, the Caped Crusader instead develops a VR chip that will make her hallucinate an endless wave of imaginary enemies. Batman knows that Diana [[HeroicWillpower will never willingly give up a battle]]; the imaginary attack will eventually force her body to shut down because her mind won't.
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* In ''Film/MrBrooks'', [[spoiler: Earl Brooks is both driven and tormented by his alter ego Marshall.]]
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* In ''Film/MrBrooks'', ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari'': Dr. Caligari appears to be the main villain, but [[spoiler: Earl Brooks there's actually NoAntagonist]].
* ''Film/DropDeadFred'' isboth driven about a grown woman's childhood imaginary friend coming to life. He means well, [[spoiler: and tormented by his alter ego Marshall.]]comes through for her in the end,]] but until then he just serves to make her already awful life that much more stressful.
* ''Film/DropDeadFred'' is
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* In ''Film/TheSevenPercentSolution'' it turns out that Professor Moriarty being an evil criminal mastermind is a drug induced fantasy of Sherlock Holmes's.
* In ''Film/SecretWindow'' it turns out that the killer is a cross between this and a SplitPersonality of the main character.
* [[Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari Dr. Caligari]]. He appears to be the main villain, but [[spoiler: there's actually NoAntagonist]].
* ''Film/DropDeadFred'' is about a grown woman's childhood imaginary friend coming to life. He means well, [[spoiler: and comes through for her in the end,]] but until then he just serves to make her already awful life that much more stressful.
* The Red Knight that torments Parry in ''Film/TheFisherKing''. Inspired by [[spoiler: the appearance of his murdered wife's body.]]
* The scary-looking person behind Winkie's in ''Film/MulhollandDrive''.
* The Korean horror film ''Film/ATaleOfTwoSisters'' has this as its biggest plot twist. [[spoiler:Until the ending, the stepmother was never in the mansion. The little sister was also not there, because she died long before the film started. The big sister is crazy and imagined herself in three different roles after her release from the mental hospital.]]
* In ''Film/{{Starkweather}}'', Charlie is tormented by a manifestation of his darker impulses known as as 'The Dark Man' (or 'The Mentor') who calling him weak and pathetic and goading him into killing to prove himself a real man.
* In ''Film/SecretWindow'' it turns out that the killer is a cross between this and a SplitPersonality of the main character.
* [[Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari Dr. Caligari]]. He appears to be the main villain, but [[spoiler: there's actually NoAntagonist]].
* ''Film/DropDeadFred'' is about a grown woman's childhood imaginary friend coming to life. He means well, [[spoiler: and comes through for her in the end,]] but until then he just serves to make her already awful life that much more stressful.
* The Red Knight that torments Parry in ''Film/TheFisherKing''. Inspired by [[spoiler: the appearance of his murdered wife's body.]]
* The scary-looking person behind Winkie's in ''Film/MulhollandDrive''.
* The Korean horror film ''Film/ATaleOfTwoSisters'' has this as its biggest plot twist. [[spoiler:Until the ending, the stepmother was never in the mansion. The little sister was also not there, because she died long before the film started. The big sister is crazy and imagined herself in three different roles after her release from the mental hospital.]]
* In ''Film/{{Starkweather}}'', Charlie is tormented by a manifestation of his darker impulses known as as 'The Dark Man' (or 'The Mentor') who calling him weak and pathetic and goading him into killing to prove himself a real man.
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* In ''Film/TheSevenPercentSolution'' it turns out that Professor Moriarty being an evil criminal mastermind is a drug induced fantasy of Sherlock Holmes's.
* In ''Film/SecretWindow'' it turns out that''Film/TheFisherKing'' has the killer is a cross between this and a SplitPersonality of the main character.
* [[Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari Dr. Caligari]]. He appears to be the main villain, but [[spoiler: there's actually NoAntagonist]].
* ''Film/DropDeadFred'' is about a grown woman's childhood imaginary friend coming to life. He means well, [[spoiler: and comes through for her in the end,]] but until then he just serves to make her already awful life that much more stressful.
* TheRed Knight that torments Parry in ''Film/TheFisherKing''.Parry. Inspired by [[spoiler: the appearance of his murdered wife's body.]]
*The scary-looking person behind Winkie's in ''Film/MulhollandDrive''.
* The Korean horror film ''Film/ATaleOfTwoSisters'' has this as its biggest plot twist. [[spoiler:Until the ending, the stepmother was never in the mansion. The little sister was also not there, because she died long before the film started. The big sisterIn ''Film/MrBrooks'', [[spoiler: Earl Brooks is crazy both driven and imagined herself in three different roles after her release from the mental hospital.tormented by his alter ego Marshall.]]
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* [[Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari Dr. Caligari]]. He appears to be the main villain, but [[spoiler: there's actually NoAntagonist]].
* ''Film/DropDeadFred'' is about a grown woman's childhood imaginary friend coming to life. He means well, [[spoiler: and comes through for her in the end,]] but until then he just serves to make her already awful life that much more stressful.
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* The Korean horror film ''Film/ATaleOfTwoSisters'' has this as its biggest plot twist. [[spoiler:Until the ending, the stepmother was never in the mansion. The little sister was also not there, because she died long before the film started. The big sister
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* ''Film/SecretWindow'': It turns out that the killer is a cross between this and a SplitPersonality of the main character.
* ''Film/TheSevenPercentSolution'': It turns out that Professor Moriarty being an evil criminal mastermind is a drug induced fantasy of Sherlock Holmes's.
* In ''Film/{{Starkweather}}'', Charlie is tormented by a manifestation of his darker impulses known as as 'The Dark Man' (or 'The Mentor') who calling him weak and pathetic and goading him into killing to prove himself a real man.
* The Korean horror film ''Film/ATaleOfTwoSisters'' has this as its biggest plot twist. [[spoiler:Until the ending, the stepmother was never in the mansion. The little sister was also not there, because she died long before the film started. The big sister is crazy and imagined herself in three different roles after her release from the mental hospital.]]
* ''Film/TheSevenPercentSolution'': It turns out that Professor Moriarty being an evil criminal mastermind is a drug induced fantasy of Sherlock Holmes's.
* In ''Film/{{Starkweather}}'', Charlie is tormented by a manifestation of his darker impulses known as as 'The Dark Man' (or 'The Mentor') who calling him weak and pathetic and goading him into killing to prove himself a real man.
* The Korean horror film ''Film/ATaleOfTwoSisters'' has this as its biggest plot twist. [[spoiler:Until the ending, the stepmother was never in the mansion. The little sister was also not there, because she died long before the film started. The big sister is crazy and imagined herself in three different roles after her release from the mental hospital.]]
* The ''Literature/BoneChillers'' book "Strange Brew" eventually revealed that the source of the magic spellbook was Tori's imaginary friend, who wanted to keep her brand of 'fun' going forever.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': A minor example is Perdita, Agnes Nitt's "the part of you that wants to dance naked in the rain". Perdita isn't exactly malevolent, but is constantly putting Agnes down. She's actually referred to as "an imaginary enemy" in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum''.
* ''Literature/DonQuixote'' fights an unending stream of foes, all of them existing only in his delusional mind. Chief among these is Friston the magician, an imaginary character who Quixote imagines as the thief of his books and the enchanter of the windmills.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': In multiple books, wizard Harry Dresden has regular visits from a fallen angel, Lasciel, after Harry briefly touched a Roman denarian coin inhabited by Lasciel. Only Harry can see the fallen angel, and she appears to Harry to tempt him and offer him power. [[spoiler:In the book ''Dead Beat'', Harry has periodic encounters with another character, and only late in the story does Harry realize that the character is actually Lasciel and only he can see her.]]
* In the ballad "Literature/TheErlKing" by Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe, a boy feels he is pursued by a supernatural entity which his father cannot see, and which wants to take him away to a supernatural realm against his will.
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': The "best friend" from ''Literature/MyBestFriendIsInvisible'' often gets the main character in a lot of trouble out of boredom, and of course no one will believe his wild stories about an invisible friend. [[spoiler:Then the ending reveals that the main character is actually an evil alien who only looks human and the invisible friend is a scared human boy who survived the invasion of his planet by becoming invisible.]]
* In Franchise/{{Mistborn}}, Vin always hears the memories of her long-gone brother Reen telling her she can't trust anybody. [[spoiler: It turns out that the voice she hears is neither imaginary nor her brother. It's the BigBad, Ruin, who's apparently fond of this particular con.]]
* Appears in ''The Musicians'' by Andrzej Sapkowski when [[HumansAreBastards humans try to be bastards]] too hard for their own good.
* In the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'', Tahiri spends several books haunted by visions of Riina, the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Yuuzhan Vong]] personality brainwashed into her earlier in the series. It's eventually revealed that, thanks to the incomplete nature of the brainwashing (and likely Tahiri's connection to the Force) that Riina has become an almost entirely seperate entity still attached to Tahiri's mind and soul. Since Tahiri can't get rid of Riina without destroying herself in the process, she ends up [[SplitPersonalityMerge merging]] with her instead.
* ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' has Peter Quint, although the story is [[UnreliableNarrator ambiguous]] as to whether he is in fact imaginary.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': A minor example is Perdita, Agnes Nitt's "the part of you that wants to dance naked in the rain". Perdita isn't exactly malevolent, but is constantly putting Agnes down. She's actually referred to as "an imaginary enemy" in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum''.
* ''Literature/DonQuixote'' fights an unending stream of foes, all of them existing only in his delusional mind. Chief among these is Friston the magician, an imaginary character who Quixote imagines as the thief of his books and the enchanter of the windmills.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': In multiple books, wizard Harry Dresden has regular visits from a fallen angel, Lasciel, after Harry briefly touched a Roman denarian coin inhabited by Lasciel. Only Harry can see the fallen angel, and she appears to Harry to tempt him and offer him power. [[spoiler:In the book ''Dead Beat'', Harry has periodic encounters with another character, and only late in the story does Harry realize that the character is actually Lasciel and only he can see her.]]
* In the ballad "Literature/TheErlKing" by Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe, a boy feels he is pursued by a supernatural entity which his father cannot see, and which wants to take him away to a supernatural realm against his will.
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': The "best friend" from ''Literature/MyBestFriendIsInvisible'' often gets the main character in a lot of trouble out of boredom, and of course no one will believe his wild stories about an invisible friend. [[spoiler:Then the ending reveals that the main character is actually an evil alien who only looks human and the invisible friend is a scared human boy who survived the invasion of his planet by becoming invisible.]]
* In Franchise/{{Mistborn}}, Vin always hears the memories of her long-gone brother Reen telling her she can't trust anybody. [[spoiler: It turns out that the voice she hears is neither imaginary nor her brother. It's the BigBad, Ruin, who's apparently fond of this particular con.]]
* Appears in ''The Musicians'' by Andrzej Sapkowski when [[HumansAreBastards humans try to be bastards]] too hard for their own good.
* In the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'', Tahiri spends several books haunted by visions of Riina, the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Yuuzhan Vong]] personality brainwashed into her earlier in the series. It's eventually revealed that, thanks to the incomplete nature of the brainwashing (and likely Tahiri's connection to the Force) that Riina has become an almost entirely seperate entity still attached to Tahiri's mind and soul. Since Tahiri can't get rid of Riina without destroying herself in the process, she ends up [[SplitPersonalityMerge merging]] with her instead.
* ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' has Peter Quint, although the story is [[UnreliableNarrator ambiguous]] as to whether he is in fact imaginary.
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* In multiple books of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', wizard Harry Dresden has regular visits from a fallen angel, Lasciel, after Harry briefly touched a Roman denarian coin inhabited by Lasciel. Only Harry can see the fallen angel, and she appears to Harry to tempt him and offer him power. [[spoiler:In the book ''Dead Beat'', Harry has periodic encounters with another character, and only late in the story does Harry realize that the character is actually Lasciel and only he can see her.]]
* Appears in ''The Musicians'' by Andrzej Sapkowski when [[HumansAreBastards humans try to be bastards]] too hard for their own good.
* Peter Quint in Henry James's ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'', although the story is [[UnreliableNarrator ambiguous]] as to whether he is in fact imaginary.
* In Franchise/{{Mistborn}}, Vin always hears the memories of her long-gone brother Reen telling her she can't trust anybody. [[spoiler: It turns out that the voice she hears is neither imaginary nor her brother. It's the BigBad, Ruin, who's apparently fond of this particular con.]]
* In the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'', Tahiri spends several books haunted by visions of Riina, the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Yuuzhan Vong]] personality brainwashed into her earlier in the series. It's eventually revealed that, thanks to the incomplete nature of the brainwashing (and likely Tahiri's connection to the Force) that Riina has become an almost entirely seperate entity still attached to Tahiri's mind and soul. Since Tahiri can't get rid of Riina without destroying herself in the process, she ends up [[SplitPersonalityMerge merging]] with her instead.
* In the ballad "Literature/TheErlKing" by Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe, a boy feels he is pursued by a supernatural entity which his father cannot see, and which wants to take him away to a supernatural realm against his will.
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': The "best friend" from ''Literature/MyBestFriendIsInvisible'' often gets the main character in a lot of trouble out of boredom, and of course no one will believe his wild stories about an invisible friend. [[spoiler:Then the ending reveals that the main character is actually an evil alien who only looks human and the invisible friend is a scared human boy who survived the invasion of his planet by becoming invisible.]]
* A minor example is Perdita, Agnes Nitt's "the part of you that wants to dance naked in the rain" in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels. Perdita isn't exactly malevolent, but is constantly putting Agnes down. She's actually referred to as "an imaginary enemy" in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum''.
* ''Literature/DonQuixote'' fights an unending stream of foes, all of them existing only in his delusional mind. Chief among these is Friston the magician, an imaginary character who Quixote imagines as the thief of his books and the enchanter of the windmills.
* The ''Literature/BoneChillers'' book "Strange Brew" eventually revealed that the source of the magic spellbook was Tori's imaginary friend, who wanted to keep her brand of 'fun' going forever.
* Appears in ''The Musicians'' by Andrzej Sapkowski when [[HumansAreBastards humans try to be bastards]] too hard for their own good.
* Peter Quint in Henry James's ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'', although the story is [[UnreliableNarrator ambiguous]] as to whether he is in fact imaginary.
* In Franchise/{{Mistborn}}, Vin always hears the memories of her long-gone brother Reen telling her she can't trust anybody. [[spoiler: It turns out that the voice she hears is neither imaginary nor her brother. It's the BigBad, Ruin, who's apparently fond of this particular con.]]
* In the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'', Tahiri spends several books haunted by visions of Riina, the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Yuuzhan Vong]] personality brainwashed into her earlier in the series. It's eventually revealed that, thanks to the incomplete nature of the brainwashing (and likely Tahiri's connection to the Force) that Riina has become an almost entirely seperate entity still attached to Tahiri's mind and soul. Since Tahiri can't get rid of Riina without destroying herself in the process, she ends up [[SplitPersonalityMerge merging]] with her instead.
* In the ballad "Literature/TheErlKing" by Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe, a boy feels he is pursued by a supernatural entity which his father cannot see, and which wants to take him away to a supernatural realm against his will.
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': The "best friend" from ''Literature/MyBestFriendIsInvisible'' often gets the main character in a lot of trouble out of boredom, and of course no one will believe his wild stories about an invisible friend. [[spoiler:Then the ending reveals that the main character is actually an evil alien who only looks human and the invisible friend is a scared human boy who survived the invasion of his planet by becoming invisible.]]
* A minor example is Perdita, Agnes Nitt's "the part of you that wants to dance naked in the rain" in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels. Perdita isn't exactly malevolent, but is constantly putting Agnes down. She's actually referred to as "an imaginary enemy" in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum''.
* ''Literature/DonQuixote'' fights an unending stream of foes, all of them existing only in his delusional mind. Chief among these is Friston the magician, an imaginary character who Quixote imagines as the thief of his books and the enchanter of the windmills.
* The ''Literature/BoneChillers'' book "Strange Brew" eventually revealed that the source of the magic spellbook was Tori's imaginary friend, who wanted to keep her brand of 'fun' going forever.
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': In one episode, the Unsub of the week has three hallucinated 'friends' as a result of his paranoid schizophrenia. Said hallucinations incessantly heckle and insist he should stab various people to death. Sadly, the Unsub complies because the adrenaline from stabbing is the only thing that allows him to overcome his insomnia.
* ''Series/DansUneGalaxiePresDeChezVous'': Off-handedly mentioned that Brad is such a jerkass even his imaginary friend tried to strangle him.
* ''Series/DansUneGalaxiePresDeChezVous'': Off-handedly mentioned that Brad is such a jerkass even his imaginary friend tried to strangle him.
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* Near the end of season 5 of ''Series/{{Highlander}}'', Duncan is tormented by Ahriman, a demon only he can see, who likes taking the form of old enemies Duncan has killed. In the SeasonFinale he ends up [[spoiler:confusing Duncan to the point of accidentally killing his friend and pupil Richie Ryan]], causing a WhatNowEnding ending. In the next season [[spoiler:he [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself faces]] Ahriman alone, and ends up defeating him through a combination of [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath conversation]] and [[MartialPacifist poking ballet]].]]
* In the ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch about the Piranha Brothers, Dinnsdale is haunted by Spiny Norman, an giant imaginary hedgehog, who was normally twelve feet long, but could be up to eight hundred yards long if Dinnsdale was depressed.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. In the MirrorUniverse episode, Jonathan Archer discovers that his counterpart in the other universe is a famous starship captain, and for the rest of the episode gets taunted by his imaginary counterpart, who constantly implies that he'll never amount to anything.
* In the ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch about the Piranha Brothers, Dinnsdale is haunted by Spiny Norman, an giant imaginary hedgehog, who was normally twelve feet long, but could be up to eight hundred yards long if Dinnsdale was depressed.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. In the MirrorUniverse episode, Jonathan Archer discovers that his counterpart in the other universe is a famous starship captain, and for the rest of the episode gets taunted by his imaginary counterpart, who constantly implies that he'll never amount to anything.
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* ''Series/TheHauntingHour'': In one episode, a kid named Shawn creates an imaginary friend named Travis, who forces Shawn to do bad things, and eventually tries to kill his brother David.
* ''Series/{{Highlander}}'': Near the end ofseason 5 of ''Series/{{Highlander}}'', Season 5, Duncan is tormented by Ahriman, a demon only he can see, who likes taking the form of old enemies Duncan has killed. In the SeasonFinale he ends up [[spoiler:confusing Duncan to the point of accidentally killing his friend and pupil Richie Ryan]], causing a WhatNowEnding ending. In the next season [[spoiler:he [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself faces]] Ahriman alone, and ends up defeating him through a combination of [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath conversation]] and [[MartialPacifist poking ballet]].]]
* In the ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch about the Piranha Brothers, Dinnsdale is haunted by Spiny Norman, an giant imaginary hedgehog, who was normally twelve feet long, but could be up to eight hundred yards long if Dinnsdale was depressed.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. In the MirrorUniverse episode, Jonathan Archer discovers that his counterpart in the other universe is a famous starship captain, and for the rest of the episode gets taunted by his imaginary counterpart, who constantly implies that he'll never amount to anything.]]
* ''Series/{{Highlander}}'': Near the end of
* In the ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch about the Piranha Brothers, Dinnsdale is haunted by Spiny Norman, an giant imaginary hedgehog, who was normally twelve feet long, but could be up to eight hundred yards long if Dinnsdale was depressed.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. In the MirrorUniverse episode, Jonathan Archer discovers that his counterpart in the other universe is a famous starship captain, and for the rest of the episode gets taunted by his imaginary counterpart, who constantly implies that he'll never amount to anything.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': In the sketch about the Piranha Brothers, Dinnsdale is haunted by Spiny Norman, an giant imaginary hedgehog, who was normally twelve feet long, but could be up to eight hundred yards long if Dinnsdale was depressed.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': In the episode "Confidence and Paranoia," there's a discussion of how every human being has the two titular imaginary enemies inside their head: Confidence telling you that you can do anything (even if you can't) and Paranoia telling you that you're bound to fail (even if you aren't). Unfortunately, this discussion occurs while Lister is suffering from a mutated YourMindMakesItReal disease, so they don't stay imaginary long.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. In the MirrorUniverse episode, Jonathan Archer discovers that his counterpart in the other universe is a famous starship captain, and for the rest of the episode gets taunted by his imaginary counterpart, who constantly implies that he'll never amount to anything.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': In the episode "Confidence and Paranoia," there's a discussion of how every human being has the two titular imaginary enemies inside their head: Confidence telling you that you can do anything (even if you can't) and Paranoia telling you that you're bound to fail (even if you aren't). Unfortunately, this discussion occurs while Lister is suffering from a mutated YourMindMakesItReal disease, so they don't stay imaginary long.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. In the MirrorUniverse episode, Jonathan Archer discovers that his counterpart in the other universe is a famous starship captain, and for the rest of the episode gets taunted by his imaginary counterpart, who constantly implies that he'll never amount to anything.
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* In an episode of ''Series/TheHauntingHour'', a kid named Shawn creates an imaginary friend named Travis, who forces Shawn to do bad things, and eventually tries to kill his brother David.
* In an episode of ''Series/CriminalMinds'', the Unsub of the week has three hallucinated 'friends' as a result of his paranoid schizophrenia. Said hallucinations incessantly heckle and insist he should stab various people to death. Sadly, the Unsub complies because the adrenaline from stabbing is the only thing that allows him to overcome his insomnia.
* An episode of ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' featured a lonely man who kept his imaginary friend into adulthood. Said friend isn't too happy when he gets a girlfriend. [[spoiler:He ends up disposing of the man and taking over his life.]]
* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Confidence and Paranoia," there's a discussion of how every human being has the two titular imaginary enemies inside their head: Confidence telling you that you can do anything (even if you can't) and Paranoia telling you that you're bound to fail (even if you aren't). Unfortunately, this discussion occurs while Lister is suffering from a mutated YourMindMakesItReal disease, so they don't stay imaginary long.
* Off-handedly mentioned in ''Series/DansUneGalaxiePresDeChezVous'' that Brad is such a jerkass even his imaginary friend tried to strangle him.
* In an episode of ''Series/CriminalMinds'', the Unsub of the week has three hallucinated 'friends' as a result of his paranoid schizophrenia. Said hallucinations incessantly heckle and insist he should stab various people to death. Sadly, the Unsub complies because the adrenaline from stabbing is the only thing that allows him to overcome his insomnia.
* An episode of ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' featured a lonely man who kept his imaginary friend into adulthood. Said friend isn't too happy when he gets a girlfriend. [[spoiler:He ends up disposing of the man and taking over his life.]]
* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Confidence and Paranoia," there's a discussion of how every human being has the two titular imaginary enemies inside their head: Confidence telling you that you can do anything (even if you can't) and Paranoia telling you that you're bound to fail (even if you aren't). Unfortunately, this discussion occurs while Lister is suffering from a mutated YourMindMakesItReal disease, so they don't stay imaginary long.
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* In an ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'': One episode of ''Series/TheHauntingHour'', a kid named Shawn creates an imaginary friend named Travis, who forces Shawn to do bad things, and eventually tries to kill his brother David.
* In an episode of ''Series/CriminalMinds'', the Unsub of the week has three hallucinated 'friends' as a result of his paranoid schizophrenia. Said hallucinations incessantly heckle and insist he should stab various people to death. Sadly, the Unsub complies because the adrenaline from stabbing is the only thing that allows him to overcome his insomnia.
* An episode of ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt''featured a lonely man who kept his imaginary friend into adulthood. Said friend isn't too happy when he gets a girlfriend. [[spoiler:He ends up disposing of the man and taking over his life.]]
* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Confidence and Paranoia," there's a discussion of how every human being has the two titular imaginary enemies inside their head: Confidence telling you that you can do anything (even if you can't) and Paranoia telling you that you're bound to fail (even if you aren't). Unfortunately, this discussion occurs while Lister is suffering from a mutated YourMindMakesItReal disease, so they don't stay imaginary long.
* Off-handedly mentioned in ''Series/DansUneGalaxiePresDeChezVous'' that Brad is such a jerkass even his imaginary friend tried to strangle him.]]
* In an episode of ''Series/CriminalMinds'', the Unsub of the week has three hallucinated 'friends' as a result of his paranoid schizophrenia. Said hallucinations incessantly heckle and insist he should stab various people to death. Sadly, the Unsub complies because the adrenaline from stabbing is the only thing that allows him to overcome his insomnia.
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* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Confidence and Paranoia," there's a discussion of how every human being has the two titular imaginary enemies inside their head: Confidence telling you that you can do anything (even if you can't) and Paranoia telling you that you're bound to fail (even if you aren't). Unfortunately, this discussion occurs while Lister is suffering from a mutated YourMindMakesItReal disease, so they don't stay imaginary long.
* Off-handedly mentioned in ''Series/DansUneGalaxiePresDeChezVous'' that Brad is such a jerkass even his imaginary friend tried to strangle him.
* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', Batman is tormented by a [[spoiler: Joker]] hallucination. He starts off simply bullying Batman and making snarky comments, [[spoiler:but over time he gets more and more malicious and in-your-face until eventually he begins to take over Batman's mind. Prompting the JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind final level.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'', Isaac is frequently beset by vivid hallucinations of his dead girlfriend, Nicole. If he doesn't resist them, they will [[spoiler:make Isaac kill himself]].
* In ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'', Isaac is frequently beset by vivid hallucinations of his dead girlfriend, Nicole. If he doesn't resist them, they will [[spoiler:make Isaac kill himself]].
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* In ''Videogame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', Batman is tormented by a [[spoiler: Joker]] hallucination. He starts off simply bullying Batman and making snarky comments, [[spoiler:but over time he gets more and more malicious and in-your-face until eventually he begins to take over Batman's mind. Prompting the JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind final level.]]
* The character [[spoiler:John Conrad]] in ''Videogame/SpecOpsTheLine''. He turns out to be a manifestation of [[spoiler:Walker's]] internalized guilt, added to his possibly pre-existing PTSD from Afghanistan. [[spoiler:The real John Conrad died long before the game began.]]
* Zigzags between friend and enemy in ''Videogame/UntilDawn''. [[spoiler:Segment where the player aka Josh interacts with his psychiatrist start out with the psychiatrist being at times critical, supportive, and most often creepy towards Josh. Finally, he becomes ''horrified'' at Josh's actions, and antagonizes him over the pointless harm and pain he is causing them. As Josh's anti-psychotic medication loses effect and he keeps slipping farther into madness (and if certain choices are made, such as fearing Zombies) the psychiatrist's appearance begins to decay as he rots.]]
* In ''Videogame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', Batman is tormented by a [[spoiler: Joker]] hallucination. He starts off simply bullying Batman and making snarky comments, [[spoiler:but over time he gets more and more malicious and in-your-face until eventually he begins to take over Batman's mind. Prompting the JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind final level.]]
* The character [[spoiler:John Conrad]] in ''Videogame/SpecOpsTheLine''. He turns out to be a manifestation of [[spoiler:Walker's]] internalized guilt, added to his possibly pre-existing PTSD from Afghanistan. [[spoiler:The real John Conrad died long before the game began.]]
* Zigzags between friend and enemy in ''Videogame/UntilDawn''. [[spoiler:Segment where the player aka Josh interacts with his psychiatrist start out with the psychiatrist being at times critical, supportive, and most often creepy towards Josh. Finally, he becomes ''horrified'' at Josh's actions, and antagonizes him over the pointless harm and pain he is causing them. As Josh's anti-psychotic medication loses effect and he keeps slipping farther into madness (and if certain choices are made, such as fearing Zombies) the psychiatrist's appearance begins to decay as he rots.]]
* ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' has the character [[spoiler:John Conrad]]. He turns out to be a manifestation of [[spoiler:Walker's]] internalized guilt, added to his possibly pre-existing PTSD from Afghanistan. [[spoiler:The real John Conrad died long before the game began.]]
* ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'': Zigzags between friend and enemy. [[spoiler:Segment where the player aka Josh interacts with his psychiatrist start out with the psychiatrist being at times critical, supportive, and most often creepy towards Josh. Finally, he becomes ''horrified'' at Josh's actions, and antagonizes him over the pointless harm and pain he is causing them. As Josh's anti-psychotic medication loses effect and he keeps slipping farther into madness (and if certain choices are made, such as fearing Zombies) the psychiatrist's appearance begins to decay as he rots.]]
* ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'': Zigzags between friend and enemy. [[spoiler:Segment where the player aka Josh interacts with his psychiatrist start out with the psychiatrist being at times critical, supportive, and most often creepy towards Josh. Finally, he becomes ''horrified'' at Josh's actions, and antagonizes him over the pointless harm and pain he is causing them. As Josh's anti-psychotic medication loses effect and he keeps slipping farther into madness (and if certain choices are made, such as fearing Zombies) the psychiatrist's appearance begins to decay as he rots.]]
* According to the [[http://dresdencodak.com/2010/03/11/mademoiselle/ MADEMOISELLE]] boardgame, Kimiko Ross of ''Webcomic/DresdenCodak'' could only create these instead of imaginary friends.
* ''Webcomic/TheNightmareWitch'' takes place in a world full of these given life by creative children. The main character's imaginary enemy is an uncontrollable mass of hands that painfully transformed anything it touches into [[TheVirus an extension of itself.]]
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* Subverted in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', where the images of Kiki and Jaya torment Bun-bun for abandoning them (they're okay, but Bun-bun doesn't know that). Telling them off in CardCarryingVillain fashion [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/980725 cheers him up immensely]].
* Subverted in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', where the images of Kiki and Jaya torment Bun-bun for abandoning them (they're okay, but Bun-bun doesn't know that). Telling them off in CardCarryingVillain fashion [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/980725 cheers him up immensely]].
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* According to Subverted in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', where the [[http://dresdencodak.com/2010/03/11/mademoiselle/ MADEMOISELLE]] boardgame, Kimiko Ross images of ''Webcomic/DresdenCodak'' could only create these instead of imaginary friends.Kiki and Jaya torment Bun-bun for abandoning them (they're okay, but Bun-bun doesn't know that). Telling them off in CardCarryingVillain fashion [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/980725 cheers him up immensely]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'', [[BigBad Megabyte]] left a hologram of himself in The Core to taunt Bob as he was trying to prevent the system from crashing.
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* PlayedForDrama in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel.'' It's revealed that Batman has created contingency plans to destroy every other member of the Justice League in case any of them ever [[FaceHeelTurn go bad]]--and then Ra's al-Ghul steals and implements them. Since ComicBook/WonderWoman lacks the KryptoniteFactor of other heroes, the Caped Crusader instead develops a VR chip that will make her hallucinate an endless wave of imaginary enemies. Batman knows that Diana [[HeroicWillpower will never willingly give up a battle]]; the imaginary attack will eventually force her body to shut down because her mind won't.
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* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': The "best friend" from ''Literature/MyBestFriendIsInvisible'' often gets the main character in a lot of trouble out of boredom, and of course no one will believe his wild stories about an invisible friend. [[spoiler:Then the ending reveals that the main character is actually an evil alien who only looks human and the invisible friend is a scared human boy who survived the invasion of Earth by becoming invisible.]]
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* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': The "best friend" from ''Literature/MyBestFriendIsInvisible'' often gets the main character in a lot of trouble out of boredom, and of course no one will believe his wild stories about an invisible friend. [[spoiler:Then the ending reveals that the main character is actually an evil alien who only looks human and the invisible friend is a scared human boy who survived the invasion of Earth his planet by becoming invisible.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' once had to face an imaginary friend of a classmate that went rogue and had powers in the real world. Being unable to see or confront him, they had to concoct an imaginary friend of their own. Their [[MentalFusion combined brainstorming]] created a bunny lady scientist with a pretty dress and combat boots.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' once had to face an imaginary friend of a classmate that went rogue and had powers in the real world. Being unable to see or confront him, they had to concoct an imaginary friend of their own. Their [[MentalFusion combined brainstorming]] created a bunny lady scientist with a pretty dress and combat boots.
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* ''Literature/DonQuixote'' fights an unending stream of foes; all of them existing only in his delusional mind. Chief among these is Friston the magician, an imaginary character who Quixote imagines as the thief of his books and the enchanter of the windmills.
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* ''Literature/DonQuixote'' fights an unending stream of foes; foes, all of them existing only in his delusional mind. Chief among these is Friston the magician, an imaginary character who Quixote imagines as the thief of his books and the enchanter of the windmills.
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** [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that Lews Therin's voice was never real at all, being instead a function of Rand's progressive SanitySlippage and the fact that he had refused to accept Lews Therin as part of himself. After he does so at the end of book twelve, he basically absorbs Lews and has access to his memories, but remains one personality]].
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** [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that Lews Therin's voice was never real at all, being instead a function of Rand's progressive SanitySlippage and the fact that he had refused his refusal to accept Lews Therin as part of himself. After he does so at the end of book twelve, he basically absorbs Lews and has access to his memories, but remains one personality]].
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* Near the end of season 5 of ''Series/{{Highlander}}'', Duncan is tormented by Ahriman, a demon only he can see, who likes taking the form of old enemies Duncan has killed. In the SeasonFinale he ends up [[spoiler:confusing Duncan to the point of accidentally killing his friend and pupil Richie Ryan]], causing a WhatNowEnding ending. In the next season [[spoiler:He [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself faces]] Ahriman alone, and ends up defeating him through a combination of [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath conversation]] and [[MartialPacifist poking ballet]].]]
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* Near the end of season 5 of ''Series/{{Highlander}}'', Duncan is tormented by Ahriman, a demon only he can see, who likes taking the form of old enemies Duncan has killed. In the SeasonFinale he ends up [[spoiler:confusing Duncan to the point of accidentally killing his friend and pupil Richie Ryan]], causing a WhatNowEnding ending. In the next season [[spoiler:He [[spoiler:he [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself faces]] Ahriman alone, and ends up defeating him through a combination of [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath conversation]] and [[MartialPacifist poking ballet]].]]
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* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. In the MirrorUniverse episode Jonathan Archer discovers that his counterpart in the other universe is a famous starship captain, and for the rest of the episode gets taunted by his imaginary counterpart, who constantly implies that he'll never amount to anything.
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* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. In the MirrorUniverse episode episode, Jonathan Archer discovers that his counterpart in the other universe is a famous starship captain, and for the rest of the episode gets taunted by his imaginary counterpart, who constantly implies that he'll never amount to anything.
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* One of main uses for illusion spells in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. The Phantasmal Killer that causes target to face its worst nightmare and die of horror on the spot. For extra fun, on the [[LayeredWorld Ethereal]] illusion/phantasm effects has a chance to be permanently materialized, and this includes monsters (now free-willed). Including Phantasmal Killer spells, of course.
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* One of the main uses for illusion spells in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. The Phantasmal Killer that causes target to face its worst nightmare and die of horror on the spot. For extra fun, on the [[LayeredWorld Ethereal]] illusion/phantasm effects has a chance to be permanently materialized, and this includes monsters (now free-willed). Including Phantasmal Killer spells, of course.
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* Subverted in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', where the images of Kiki and Jaya torment Bun-bun for abandoning them (they're ok, but Bun-bun doesn't know that). Telling them off in CardCarryingVillain fashion [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/980725 cheers him up immensely]].
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* Subverted in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', where the images of Kiki and Jaya torment Bun-bun for abandoning them (they're ok, okay, but Bun-bun doesn't know that). Telling them off in CardCarryingVillain fashion [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/980725 cheers him up immensely]].
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* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', Stein sees some visions of NotQuiteDead villain Medusa, eventually leading to a temporary FaceHeelTurn.
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* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': The "best friend" from ''My Best Friend is Invisible" often gets the main character in a lot of trouble out of boredom, and of course no one will believe his wild stories about an invisible friend. [[spoiler:Then the ending reveals that the main character is actually an evil alien who only looks human and the invisible friend is a scared human boy who survived the invasion of Earth by becoming invisible.]]
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* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': The "best friend" from ''My Best Friend is Invisible" ''Literature/MyBestFriendIsInvisible'' often gets the main character in a lot of trouble out of boredom, and of course no one will believe his wild stories about an invisible friend. [[spoiler:Then the ending reveals that the main character is actually an evil alien who only looks human and the invisible friend is a scared human boy who survived the invasion of Earth by becoming invisible.]]
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* In ''The Seven Percent Solution'' it turns out that Professor Moriarty being an evil criminal mastermind is a drug induced fantasy of Sherlock Holmes's.
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* One of main uses for illusion spells in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Turned UpToEleven with Phantasmal Killer that causes target to face its worst nightmare and die of horror on the spot. For extra fun, on the [[LayeredWorld Ethereal]] illusion/phantasm effects has a chance to be permanently materialized, and this includes monsters (now free-willed). Including Phantasmal Killer spells, of course.
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* One of main uses for illusion spells in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Turned UpToEleven with The Phantasmal Killer that causes target to face its worst nightmare and die of horror on the spot. For extra fun, on the [[LayeredWorld Ethereal]] illusion/phantasm effects has a chance to be permanently materialized, and this includes monsters (now free-willed). Including Phantasmal Killer spells, of course.
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* The ''Bone Chillers'' book "Strange Brew" eventually revealed that the source of the magic spellbook was Tori's imaginary friend, who wanted to keep her brand of 'fun' going forever.
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* ''[[VideoGame/{{Manhunt}} Manhunt 2]]'' has [[spoiler:Danny implanting SerialKiller personality Leo into his head for his career, but the Pickman Bridge malfunctioned, explaining of how he could see and talk to him. Ultimately, depending on which ending, it is either Danny or Leo would win the fight.]]
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* ''[[VideoGame/{{Manhunt}} Manhunt 2]]'' has [[spoiler:Danny implanting the personality of SerialKiller personality Leo into his head for his career, as an experiment, but the Pickman Bridge malfunctioned, explaining of how he could see and talk to him. Ultimately, depending on which ending, it how brutal the player is in executing enemies, either Danny is able to destroy Leo or Leo would win the fight.takes over Danny's body.]]
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* A major plot point in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. The first arc reveals that when Rena wasn't living in Hinamizawa, she reported footsteps behind her and thought someone (or rather, [[BigBad Oyashiro-sama]]) was watching her all the time. [[spoiler:Paranoia of this sort is actually a symptom of the HatePlague, which can also make innocents seem creepy/trying to kill you. Subverted in that the shadowy presence watching people is usually Oyashiro/Hanyuu, she is [[GoodAllAlong just not evil]]]].
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* In IDW's {{Transformers}} comics, [[TheStarscream Starscream]] has finally achieved his ambition of becoming ruler of Cybertron, but finds himself haunted by a hallucination of the late Bumblebee who tries to force him to do thing he never would... like become a wise and just leader who acts for the greater good. The Annual implies this may not entirely be imaginary.
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* In IDW's {{Transformers}} comics, [[TheStarscream Starscream]] has finally achieved his ambition of becoming ruler of Cybertron, but finds himself haunted by a hallucination of the late Bumblebee who tries to force him to do thing he never would... like become a wise and just leader who acts for the greater good. The Annual implies this may not entirely be imaginary.[[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that Bumblebee isn't nearly as imaginary as Starscream thinks]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' once had to face an imaginary enemy that had powers in the real world; being unable to see or confront him, they had to concoct an imaginary friend of their own. Their [[MentalFusion combined brainstorming]] created a bunny lady scientist with a pretty dress and combat boots.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' once had to face an imaginary enemy friend of a classmate that went rogue and had powers in the real world; being world. Being unable to see or confront him, they had to concoct an imaginary friend of their own. Their [[MentalFusion combined brainstorming]] created a bunny lady scientist with a pretty dress and combat boots.
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* ''Film/{{Psychos}}'': Norma's [[spoiler:two friends, Sasha and [=JJ=]]], compel her to commit horrible atrocities against [[spoiler:her abusive father]] with harsh verbal abuse.
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* ''Theatre/ManOfLaMancha'': As in [[Literature/DonQuixote the source material]], Don Quixote fights a variety of non-existent foes. However, in the play, Dr. Carrasco takes advantage of Quixote's belief in the Knight of the Mirrors. He appears before him as the Knight and he and his attendants bear huge mirrored shields, and as they swing them at Quixote, the glare blinds him. The Knight taunts Quixote, forcing him to see himself as the world sees him: a fool and a madman. Don Quixote collapses, weeping.
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* In ''Film/{{Starkweather}}'', Charlie is tormented by a manifestation of his darker impulses known as as 'The Dark Man' (or 'The Mentor') who calling him weak and pathetic and goading him into killing to prove himself a real man.
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* A minor example is Perdita, Agnes Nitt's "the part of you that wants to dance naked in the rain" in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels. Perdita isn't exactly malevolent, but is constantly putting Agnes down. She's actually referred to as "an imaginary enemy" in ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum''.
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* A minor example is Perdita, Agnes Nitt's "the part of you that wants to dance naked in the rain" in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels. Perdita isn't exactly malevolent, but is constantly putting Agnes down. She's actually referred to as "an imaginary enemy" in ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum''.''Literature/CarpeJugulum''.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Paranoiac}}'', the possibility is brought up that [[spoiler:the monster stalking Miki might be a delusion created by her guilt over failing to save her aunt Yuriko from killing herself]], but [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it is ambiguous as to whether this is the case]].
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* A major plot point in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. The first arc reveals that when Rena wasn't living in Hinamizawa, she reported footsteps behind her and thought someone (or rather, Oyashiro-sama) was watching her all the time. [[spoiler:Paranoia of this sort is actually a symptom of the HatePlague, which can also make innocents seem creepy/trying to kill you.]] Occasionally subverted, though-- [[spoiler:that shadowy presence watching people is usually Hanyuu (Rena was right!).]]
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* A major plot point in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. The first arc reveals that when Rena wasn't living in Hinamizawa, she reported footsteps behind her and thought someone (or rather, Oyashiro-sama) [[BigBad Oyashiro-sama]]) was watching her all the time. [[spoiler:Paranoia of this sort is actually a symptom of the HatePlague, which can also make innocents seem creepy/trying to kill you.]] Occasionally subverted, though-- [[spoiler:that Subverted in that the shadowy presence watching people is usually Hanyuu (Rena was right!).]]Oyashiro/Hanyuu, she is [[GoodAllAlong just not evil]]]].
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* Vertigo Comic's ''"Imaginary Fiends"'' is set in a world where inter dimensional beings latch parasitically onto the minds of children to draw sustenance from their emotions in the guise of their imaginary friends. Some fade with time as the interest of their charges wanes, others get more greedy and grow stronger, eventually moving onto drawing fear out of multiple hosts.
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** And then it turns out that they were just [[spoiler: "angels" trying to prod humans and cylons down a path that wouldn't lead to EternalRecurrance.]]
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** And then it turns out that they were just [[spoiler: "angels" trying to prod humans and cylons down a path that wouldn't lead to EternalRecurrance.EternalRecurrence.]]
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* In multiple books of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', wizard Harry Dresden has regular visits from a fallen angel, Lasciel, after Harry briefly touched a Roman denarian coin inhabited by Lasciel. Only Harry can see the fallen angel, and she appears to Harry to tempt him and offer him power. [[spoiler:In the book Dead Beat, Harry has periodic encounters with another character, and only late in the story does Harry realize that the character is actually Lasciel and only he can see her.]]
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* In multiple books of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', wizard Harry Dresden has regular visits from a fallen angel, Lasciel, after Harry briefly touched a Roman denarian coin inhabited by Lasciel. Only Harry can see the fallen angel, and she appears to Harry to tempt him and offer him power. [[spoiler:In the book Dead Beat, ''Dead Beat'', Harry has periodic encounters with another character, and only late in the story does Harry realize that the character is actually Lasciel and only he can see her.]]
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* In the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'', Tahiri spends several books haunted by visions of Riina, the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Yuuzhan Vong]] personality brainwashed into her earlier in the series. It's eventually revealed that, thanks to the incomplete nature of the brainwashing (and likely Tahiri's connection to the Force) that Riina has become an almost entirely seperate entity still attached to Tahiri's mind and soul. Since Tahiri can't get rid of Riina without destroying herself in the process, she ends up merging with her instead.
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* In the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'', Tahiri spends several books haunted by visions of Riina, the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Yuuzhan Vong]] personality brainwashed into her earlier in the series. It's eventually revealed that, thanks to the incomplete nature of the brainwashing (and likely Tahiri's connection to the Force) that Riina has become an almost entirely seperate entity still attached to Tahiri's mind and soul. Since Tahiri can't get rid of Riina without destroying herself in the process, she ends up merging [[SplitPersonalityMerge merging]] with her instead.
