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In UsefulNotes/AnimeFanSpeak this is one of the symptoms of "{{Chuunibyou}}", and the most famous. You might have been looking for ''Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' and also [[{{Chuunibyou}} the trope itself]].

** Jake is sometimes close to being Mr. Imagination, particularly in the episode where everything he imagines becomes real.
** BMO. The episode "BMO Noire" is entirely dedicated to BMO's FilmNoir style fantasies.

%%* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}, especially in the TV specials, ''Garfield's Babes and Bullets'' and ''Garfield's Feline Fantasies''.

* Deconstructed in the ''Sonic the Hedghog'' fanfic ''Fanfic/FallenAngel''. Amy has a big imagination, however, being [[TokenMinority one of the only hedgehogs in town]] and [[FriendlessBackground being ignored by older kids]] at her orphanage, she needed to be imaginative in order to stop herself from getting bored or depressed.

* Calvin from ''Comicstrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' is a major example of this trope, as can be seen in the page image. More than half the time, he's in his own little world trying to escape the harshness and boredom of reality.

* Played with in a dark way for ''FanFic/TheRugratsTheory''. In it, Angelica from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' made up the babies (except Dil) after Tommy [[TragicStillbirth was stillborn]], Chuckie [[DeathOfAChild died]], Phil and Lil were aborted, and Kimi was taken away by social services. However, in some versions she's just imagining them because she has no friends apart from Susie, and in others, she's hallucinating them. In the original story, it was a bit of both-- she initially simply imagined them, but when she turned to drugs, she started hallucinating them.

* A heartbreakingly darker version is from ''[[Literature/{{Push}} Precious]]'' with the main character, an impoverished, morbidly obese, illiterate and pregnant [[spoiler:through incestuous rape]] Black teenager deals with her painful existence by fantasizing about how she is a world-famous and well-loved celebrity with a [[ButNotTooBlack light-skinned boyfriend]] and respected by her abusive mother and her indifferent teacher. Even when her mother informs her that [[spoiler: father is dead from AIDS and that she possibly has been exposed herself]], Precious goes back into her fantasy world briefly, only for her mother to [[KickTheDog point out how irritated she is by her not listening to her due to her fantasizing.]]

* ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer'': Tom, and to a lesser extent, his best friend Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, like to have imaginary adventures such as reenacting ''Literature/RobinHood'' and fantasising on their futures.

* ''/KagerouDaze'': Kido is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example; she leads the Mekakushi Dan (Blindfold Gang), and likes to invoke and cultivate a JapaneseDelinquents-esque image with simple rules like "always wear your hood up" and "block out the world with your headphones". The lyrics of her ImageSong, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM-U279Z03c Blindfold Code]], seem like she's describing the gang as a non-exclusive club of heroes, and that secret missions are a daily occurrence. [[spoiler:To be fair, the first thing we see the gang do is prevent a terrorist attack, and the story is on a time-loop lasting 2 days, so that last part is technically true]].

* A ''constructive'' variation is in the old Tvontario educational series, ''WriteOn!'' where half the episodes were of Henry, a young reporter, gets reamed out by his editor on a mistake in writing and suddenly has a Walter Mittyesque daydream where he is a dashing hero having strange adventures that illustrate the particular writing lesson. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sSLbBeAK7w Here's a complete episode with one such daydream]].

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* [[WesternAnimation/{{Doug}} Doug]] is constantly going into [[ImagineSpot imagine spots.]]

* The [[TitleCharacter titular character]] of ''Olive the Ostrich'' is characterized as this, spending most of her time daydreaming while the rest of her family are "running, pecking, and laying eggs". The episodes of the show are the wild [[FantasySequence Fantasy Sequences]] she has with her head in the sand.

** Also Phineas is likes imagination as well.

* Sydney from ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' has this as her defining character trait. Her purpose on the show is to represent the power of imagination in science. She often leads the gang in various [[ImagineSpot Imagine Spots]], usually themed after her favorite franchise, ''[[ShowWithinAShow Commander Cressida]]''.

* The [[TitleCharacter titular character]] of ''Olive the Ostrich'' is characterized as this, spending most of her time daydreaming while the rest of her family are "running, pecking, and laying eggs". The episodes of the show are the wild [[ImaginationSequence Imagination Sequences]] she has with her head in the sand.

* In ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger,'' the [=ToQgers=] are ''all'' this; their imagination-fueled powers demand it. The clearest example is Pink: normally more the type to duck and cover than do ChopSockey if a bunch of the BigBad's goon squad show up, when in battle she's at her most scared she imagines herself having super powers, and we get a cutesy ImagineSpot... followed by her using that power to deliver epic beatdowns. With the power of [[CatchPhrase IMAGINAAAAAATION!!!]] the least Rangerly Ranger of all time is suddenly ''breaking metal chains with her bare hands.''

%%* Unnamed Character from ''Walfas''. [[http://www.walfas.org/ A link.]] [[CatchPhrase Imagination Sequence, go!]]

* ''LightNovel/GroundControlToPsychoelectricGirl'' has Erio Touwa, who started believing she was an alien after she disappeared for six months, with no memory of what happened. There's also Yashiro Hoshimiya, who believes she's an Alien [[PsychicPowers ESPer]], and always wears a spacesuit.

* ''LightNovel/KagerouDaze'': Kido is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example; she leads the Mekakushi Dan (Blindfold Gang), and likes to invoke and cultivate a JapaneseDelinquents-esque image with simple rules like "always wear your hood up" and "block out the world with your headphones". The lyrics of her ImageSong, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM-U279Z03c Blindfold Code]], seem like she's describing the gang as a non-exclusive club of heroes, and that secret missions are a daily occurrence. [[spoiler:To be fair, the first thing we see the gang do is prevent a terrorist attack, and the story is on a time-loop lasting 2 days, so that last part is technically true]].

* Himeka of ''LightNovel/{{Oreshura}}'' can't stop talking about past lives and alternate dimensions. It seems that the protagonist, Eita, was an example of this in the past, as well, and being blackmailed over it is what kicks off the plot to begin with.

* Haruhi Suzumiya of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' frequently melds her imagination with the Real Life through {{Reality Warp|er}}ing -- ''and isn't even aware of it''. Her friends go to great lengths to keep her entertained and hide the truth from her out of concern that she might destroy the world they know and replace it with something far stranger.
* ''LightNovel/GroundControlToPsychoelectricGirl'' has Erio Touwa, who started believing she was an alien after she disappeared for six months, with no memory of what happened. There's also Yashiro Hoshimiya, who believes she's an Alien [[PsychicPowers ESPer]], and always wears a spacesuit.
* ''LightNovel/KagerouDaze'': Kido is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example; she leads the Mekakushi Dan (Blindfold Gang), and likes to invoke and cultivate a JapaneseDelinquents-esque image with simple rules like "always wear your hood up" and "block out the world with your headphones". The lyrics of her ImageSong, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM-U279Z03c Blindfold Code]], seem like she's describing the gang as a non-exclusive club of heroes, and that secret missions are a daily occurrence. [[spoiler:To be fair, the first thing we see the gang do is prevent a terrorist attack, and the story is on a time-loop lasting 2 days, so that last part is technically true]].

* Himeka of ''LightNovel/{{Oreshura}}'' can't stop talking about past lives and alternate dimensions. It seems that the protagonist, Eita, was an example of this in the past, as well, and being blackmailed over it is what kicks off the plot to begin with.

-->-- '''[=SpongeBob=]''', ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', "Idiot Box"

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'': Agnes has very fanciful desires, such as wanting a pet unicorn and wanting to live in a house made of Gummi bears.
* ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'':

%%* Bobby from ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld''.

** One Claymation skit features a boy named Arnold, who imagines his chair can fly, that the birds can talk, etc.

* The character Vincent from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' TheMovie lives in a constantly delusional psychosis that makes him see butterflies everywhere. This is ''[[PlayedForDrama not]]'' [[PlayedForDrama played for comedy]], as his unstable mental state led him to become a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.

In UsefulNotes/AnimeFanSpeak this is one of the symptoms of "{{Chuunibyou}}", and the most famous. You might have been looking for ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' and also [[{{Chuunibyou}} the trope itself]].

* Haruhi Suzumiya of ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' frequently melds her imagination with the Real Life through RealityWarping - ''and isn't even aware of it''. Her friends go to great lengths to keep her entertained and hide the truth from her out of concern that she might destroy the world they know and replace it with something far stranger.

* From Creator/KyotoAnimation: ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'':

** It's implied that [[TheChick Isabella Garcia-Shapiro]] spends much of her time daydreaming about her crush, Phineas, turning into a centaur and carrying her off along a rainbow. She calls this fantasy "Phineasland" and can drift off even while Phineas is ''actually talking to her''.

* ''LightNovel/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecameCommonplace'': Andou's defining characteristic is being a super chuuni. He is referred to as such multiple times per episode. And then there's Kiryuu. Ironically he's the most emotionally and socially mature of the club.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': Andy has a vivid imagination and acts out elaborate stories with the toys (who, unbeknown to him, are [[LivingToys sentient]]). While he stops playing with them in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', the imagination never goes away, as demonstrated by him making up a story with Bonnie. Bonnie herself is also a Ms. Imagination, thinking up even ''crazier'' stories (such as a bakery haunted by [[PieInTheFace pie-throwing]] ghosts).

* Snoopy from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' was deliberately created as a canine {{Expy}} of [[OlderThanTheyThink Walter Mitty]].

* ''VideoGame/TheAwesomeAdventuresOfCaptainSpirit'' is ''all'' about this.

* ''WesternAnimation/KateAndMimMim'': This is the basic idea of the show. Kate's imagination is so powerful that in each episode she goes on detailed adventures in Mimiloo with an animate version of her stuffed bunny friend, Mim-Mim, and their other friends in Mimiloo.

* ''Literature/LittleBear'': The title characters, especially the title character, frequently lapse into imagination sequences, which can make the show kind of surreal at times since it's sometimes unclear where an imagination sequence starts and ends. They also play make-believe games a lot.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': Arnold starts out as this, before the show expanded and began to put the spotlight on its LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.%%ZCE. How is he an example?