YMMV / Rugrats S 2 E 20 The Seven Voyages Of Cynthia My Friend Barney

• Harsher in Hindsight: Studies show that children, sometimes even adults, that have imaginary friends talk and interact to someone who could be either alive or dead as if they were physically present even though they aren't, talk to a deceased person's ghost, have fictitious flashbacks, detailed and delusional daydreams, have a vivid conscious and split personality, etc., that are very common with people that have experienced a tragic or traumatic event. Judging by other evidence pointed in this episode, we can safely assume that, although it's never discussed or brought up in this particular episode, Chuckie's mother unfortunately passed away very recently time wise to this episode.

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