Do imaginary friends age?
 

I'm sure we all notice a change in Bloo's voice during season 2. Which came the question: Do IF's age? All the resources of IF's aging is that one flashback in The Trouble with Scribbles and the photo album in The Big Picture, but it didn't look like If's were aging.

I don't think they do, personally, or at least not that we can see. Bloo's change in voice is.... something probably involving Craig and Co. wanting it to be higher.

It may depend on the IF; perhaps some show signs of aging while others don't. I cannot, however, picture Mr. Herriman as a cute little baby bunny. :herriman:

Phsyically, no, imaginaries don't age. This is evident from Mr. Herriman explaining to Mac and Bloo about the photos, given they don't change their appearance it's a waste of time to take a photo every year.

But aging as in, still celebrating a 'creation' day happens given the whole Arty incident. Even if it was a hoax, I like to believe the imaginaries to at least celebrate the day they were created. So they'd be a certain number or ages, even if there has been no physical change from when they celebrated their 1st birthday to say.. their 75th birthday.

But aging mentally? That's another issue all together. They obviously learn things as they go through the years. What's right, what's wrong, world around them etc. etc.

I think that their behavior does indeed change, depending on their environments, their experiences, and of course, their mental capacity to begin with. They might very well age internally, though. Many animals do not exhibit any outward signs of aging, but inside, their parts just eventually "wear out", for lack of a better term. There just comes a time when their bodies' capacity to repair themselves internally is no longer able to keep up with the stresses of life. I think, too, in the case of sentient beings like Imaginary Friends, aging can be very much a state of mind, just as it often is with humans. You've probably heard the old saying, "You're as young as you feel", which can be quite true. My mother died at the age of just 46, from complications of emphasema, but due to her long-term depression, she was an old woman by that time, tired of living. In contrast, my great aunt, who lives across the road from me, is 87, and she's more active than I am, and most of the time, FEELS better than I do! It has a lot to do with attitude and spirit, as much as with time.

pitbulllady

Yeah, I too agree with pbl.
And in my opinion, who knows, mabe it also can depend on if the child imagined the friend to be "physically age-able"? I dunno, I'd kinda want my imaginary friend to grow old with me. But that's me. Speaking of the subject, even if some imaginaries don't appear to physically age, I wonder if they can still go through puberty? You don't have to change on the outside to change on the inside you know.

Like aging, it likely varies from IF to IF, and let's be careful with this, okay?

Oh okay, I just always wondered.

That makes me wonder. When Mr. Herriman was imagined by Madame Foster as a young girl,was he already an old rabbit?

I think so; my theory is that he was created as a substitute for her own father, who was absent for one reason or another.