Wilt (Foster's)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Wilt | |
|---|---|
 Wilt |
|
| First appearance | House of Bloo's |
| Information | |
| Species | Imaginary Friend |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 31 |
| Year of birth | 1975 |
| Occupation | basketball player |
| Family | Jordan Michaels(creator)(father) Jordan's Brother(Uncle) |
| Portrayed by | Phil LaMarr |
Wilt is a fictional character in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends who is voiced by Phil LaMarr.
Contents |
[edit] Personality
Wilt is overly friendly and helpful; almost to a fault. He is an optimistic imaginary friend who was created by a kid named Jordan Michaels (a play on the famous basketball player Michael Jordan) who is now a famous basketball player. Wilt got his name from the legendary center Wilt Chamberlain. Wilt was created to teach Jordan how to play basketball, who was extremely short for his age and constantly lost to his older brother. He wears old school styled basketball sneakers - which make his footsteps squeak like he's on a basketball court when he walks around - a red, white and blue sweatband on his wrist, and the number one on his chest like a basketball jersey.
[edit] Appearance
He has large stitches (or scars) on his head and has only his right arm to use in a normal manner as his left arm is a stump (although a stump, he can use his left to hold little things, as seen in "Where There's a Wilt, There's a Way" when he holds a bowl of chips with it). His eyes are on stalks protruding from his head, the left one rattles when it moves and the eyelid doesn't open and close with his other eye. He is the tallest of the imaginary friends (according to his Coco Card) at ten feet tall and 130 pounds of lean muscle (so he thinks its muscle). He is also strong enough to lift Eduardo (for a few seconds).
[edit] Traits
Wilt prides himself on finding abandoned imaginary friends, making him a "helper friend," and is kind-hearted to a fault, sometimes apologizing a lot; he just can't say no, especially when someone asks him to do something, even if it's incredibly inconvenient. For example, in "Where There's A Wilt, There's A Way", he missed the entire basketball game doing favors for everyone who saw him. Though he has not been able to say no that episode, he said it twice before admitting he couldn't say it and has also said it numerous times in other episodes, even ones made before "Where There's a Wilt, There's a Way". Bloo's laziness sometimes makes him take advantage of Wilt's niceness by pretending to be sad or hurt. In "Partying Is Such Sweet Soirée", we also learn that he's an excellent dancer, but tends to get nervous in front of large gatherings as seen at the County Imaginary Friends Talent Show Pageant in "Hiccy Burp", resulting in him flubbing his lines. Wilt also hosted the contest the previous year, apparently forgetting his lines and causing something horrible (which was mentioned but never explained), but after messing up a second time Madame Foster says "That was much better than last year". Wilt is generally a pushover, although he does have his dignity and will stand up for himself past a certain point. In one episode, a new bedroom was available and he was quite insistent that he deserved it being that the room was very large with basketball wallpaper and two basketball hoops and even a scoreboard. Bloo attempted to fake sadness, in an attempt to coax Wilt into giving Bloo the room, stating: "But Wilt, you'll hurt my feeeeeewiiiings!" Wilt responds with: "You know, I thought about that. And... I really don't care." In another episode (namely, "Beat With a Schtick") he refused to help Bloo after he discovered he was making fun of tall people. In "Bus the Two of Us", Mac and Bloo ask Wilt to distract Frankie while they are out on the Foster's bus taking a joy ride. After several attempts to keep Frankie in the house, Wilt screams into the phone, "Two minutes! You have TWO MINUTES before Frankie leaves the house and there's nothing I can do to stop her, Mac! I am trapped in a tangled web of lies and I can't do it anymore! I tried, I really tried but it's too much okay? IT'S TOO MUCH! The Wilt man is signing off, you are on your own, mister!" He then slams down the phone, then picks it up to say, "Sorry." In "Squeeze the Day" he apparently got all of Fosters banned from the beach after an accident involving jellyfish and lots of sand. Wilt is one of the oldest friends at Foster's, and the third oldest of the imaginary main characters (with Duchess and Herriman as second and first, respectively) as shown in the episode "The Big Picture" where he is seen in all but the first of the annual house photos.
[edit] History
In "Good Wilt Hunting", his history is revealed. His creator, Jordan Michaels, wasn't very good at basketball, so he created Wilt, who, when created, had a left arm and eye exactly like his current good ones. With Wilt's help, Jordan became unbeatable. For a whole year, they were unstoppable. However, a jealous boy created Foul Larry (a double pun on former Boston Celtics star Larry Bird, and the penalty known as a "foul" in basketball) a giant with a basketball head. Jordan and Wilt faced off against them, and they were ahead 48-47 until Larry went in for a final shot. Wilt was ready to defend, but Jordan was right under Larry when he jumped. Wilt, setting aside the victory, rushed in and pushed Jordan out of the way just as Larry came down, saving Jordan's life, but crushing Wilt's left arm, leaving it the length it is now. The ball went through the basket and knocked his left eye, bending it into its current shape. (It is still unknown how he got his scars, but they seem to have been acquired shortly thereafter.) Jordan was so upset about the loss that Wilt, distraught, ran away. It wasn't until Stats, the score keeper, told Jordan what happened that he went to look for Wilt, but all he found was the wristband from Wilt's broken arm. Jordan went on to become a professional basketball star, and while filming an ad in Japan was found by Mac, Bloo, Frankie, Coco, Eduardo, Nina Valerosa, and the scientists who researched Coco (Douglas and Adam) who looked for him after Wilt left to take on Foul Larry. The two were reunited, and Wilt promised to visit Jordan whenever he wanted.
[edit] Trivia
- Good Wilt Hunting revealed that Wilt is over 30 years old.
- During a series of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy shorts, one such short depicted a dream date between Irwin and Mandy. Mandy told Irwin that it was in fact too good to be true, followed by Irwin waking up and cursing his bad fortune. Mandy was shown to have been dreaming, then Grim woke up, wondering what he ate last night. The short was then revealed to be a dream of Wilt's, who then said, "I'm sorry, but I don't even know these people!"
[edit] External link
| Characters | Bloo • Mac • Wilt • Coco • Eduardo • Mr. Herriman • Frankie Foster • Madame Foster • Goo • Cheese • Terrence • Duchess Main characters • Secondary characters |
|---|---|
| Other | List of episodes • Craig McCracken • Lauren Faust |
