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Post by KATIE on Oct 10, 2005 9:09:41 GMT -5
I know what happened to Wilt! He got hit by a car trying to save hid kid then like a year later they moved away leavin wilt in the rain.
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Post by pitbulllady on Oct 10, 2005 17:38:08 GMT -5
I know what happened to Wilt! He got hit by a car trying to save hid kid then like a year later they moved away leavin wilt in the rain. The problem with that scenario is this: Think about it-when a human, of average adult height is walking, and is struck by a vehicle(assuming it's not a semi), take into consideration the height of the human relative to the height of the vehicle's grill. What part of the human is most likely going to be struck? Why, it would be the lower half, of course. In fact, almost every time a pedestrian is struck by a vehicle, there are specific types of fractures to the legs, which are so indicative of a hit-by-car situation, that medical and forensic people even have a specific name for those types of fractures, though that name eludes me at the moment. I'm sure it'll crop up again on "CSI", though. Wilt does not have any apparent injuries, whether healed or not, to his legs, and surely if a vehicles struck him, his legs would have sustained the most damage, not the upper part of his body or face. The only way that could have happened, given his height, and NOT also resulted in severe leg injuries or even loss, is if he were lying down in the road when the car hit him. Whatever happened to Wilt, it directly impacted JUST his upper body, his head and arm, specifically, without apparently affecting his legs or even his torso, and that's just not consistent with a vehicle impact, especially not on someone so tall. Yeah, I know-I watch way too much "CSI" and crime shows on "The Discovery Channel", but you can actually learn something from those. pitbulllady
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Post by labloogirl on Oct 15, 2005 19:28:51 GMT -5
I agree. I still think it's one of two scenarios.....a car accident that he got into, or someone hurt him deliberately.
~Ami~
EDIT- Wait a minute, she said he got hit by a car trying to save a kid, right? If Wilt leapt in front of the car, knocking the kid out of the way (let's just say it happened that way) he would be sideways, possibly even looking at the car right before it struck him. So it severs the arm he used to knock the kid away, and hits his face, causing the damage.
Hmm...could be, could be!
Poor poor Wilt. ::sniffles::
~Ami~
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Post by pitbulllady on Oct 15, 2005 21:29:20 GMT -5
An explosion could also cause such injuries, as could being caught in high-velocity winds, as from a tornado or hurricane, in which debris is blowing around a great speed. Collapsing rubble from a building would also strike someone's head and upper torso first, and could result in a limb being pinned beneath heavier pieces. This actually happened to some people who were in the Murrow Federal Building in Oklahoma City when it was blown up, and if you watch the evening news, or CNN, or FoxNews, you will see that many of the people who survive terrorist bombings around the world(but especially in the Middle East)sustain injuries similar to Wilt's, so an explosion of some sort, human-created or not, seems to be a good "suspect".
pitbulllady
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Post by Cassini90125 on Oct 16, 2005 0:48:19 GMT -5
However it happened, he's certainly adjusted to it pretty well. I don't think I'd be so positive minded if I lost an arm. Wilt deserves a lot of credit.
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Post by pitbulllady on Oct 16, 2005 7:54:37 GMT -5
However it happened, he's certainly adjusted to it pretty well. I don't think I'd be so positive minded if I lost an arm. Wilt deserves a lot of credit. Yeah, he does. I guess a lot of people would feel sorry for him, but I admire people like that instead. I really don't think that I myself could adapt to losing a limb like he has. You have to wonder, though, if he DID go through a period of bitterness and depression following that incident, like most people do, and learned to deal with it, and see beyond it. He's still self-concious about it, though, and mindful of how most people see those with missing limbs or other "handicaps", as indicated in the first episode when he thinks that Mac and Bloo are staring at his missing arm and fake eye, when in fact they were just sorta blown away by his height! pitbulllady
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Post by labloogirl on Oct 18, 2005 9:13:41 GMT -5
Wilt is strong, and that makes him more loveable. There's an episode where we are "gifted" with his laugh...it was the most pleasant thing to listen to. A sincere laugh that doesn't make fun, just emphasizes the humor in the situation. (If you understand what I mean.) I also just LOVE IT when he gets in his chiding mode. In one episode, about "New Guy", he was chiding Bloo for his comment he made, obviously HE didn't think it was funny. (Probably cause making fun is one thing that really bothers Wilt, obviously.) The look on his face makes you instantly realize Wilt is no pushover and you better not get on his bad side. I know I sure would not want to be chided by him, I'd probably shrink to five inches tall! LOL
All in all, gotta love him. Wilt's my fave and always will be!
~Ami~
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Post by pitbullladywork on Oct 18, 2005 10:02:52 GMT -5
Wilt DEFINATELY can take up for himself, or anyone else. That's why I can't see how some people figure that he could have been injured like that by his creator, unless his creator had a shotgun, or a Molotov c o c k-tail. I can't see him just allowing himself, or anyone else, to be abused. He does, as you say, have a "bad side", and woe be unto those who cross it, LOL! He's not a bully, by any means, but he has his limits and can get tough when he needs to. Bloo found THAT out the hard way in "Eddie Monster", and that tall gold-armored Extremasaur(the one that was supposed to fight Eduardo) probably had a headache for days as a result of encountering that single red fist!
pitbulllady
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Post by imaginaryxlight on Oct 18, 2005 15:23:13 GMT -5
I suppose anyone, even the nicest of people (or imaginary friends, in this case), have something that really bothers them. I'm actually happy that Wilt has gotten to sticking up for himslef more through out time^_^
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Post by pitbulllady on Oct 18, 2005 19:14:53 GMT -5
Yeah, me too! Ever since "Where There's a Wilt, There's a Way", he's been much more assertive, without being mean-spirited. He has his "hot buttons", like everyone else, and when it comes to protecting someone else, Wilt doesn't put up with too much!
pitbulllady
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Post by astrodude100 on Oct 23, 2005 2:40:05 GMT -5
I think Wilt is really nice. He's funny, too. His sorry's aren't annoying, and his constant helping isn't annoying either. I think he's a pretty cool character.
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Post by pitbulllady on Oct 23, 2005 7:43:14 GMT -5
Well, I did check it out-didn't see ANYTHING to do with Wilt, though. I did see that you have a ferret, too. pitbulllady
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Post by Beavergard Q. Kazoo on Oct 25, 2005 20:46:16 GMT -5
*gets on her soap box* I'm new, and what better way to express my love for Foster's than to rant about my mostest favorite character?
Anyhow, please, just hear me out.
True, the 'tragic character' approach is interesting, but I think he WANTS to be nice and not to hide. I believe he was created that way (missing limbs and such). My brother suggested this idea to me and I agree.
Wilt represents a hero. Broken, yet modest and kind, always willing to smile and help out. He says 'I'm not so great' for the sake of helping others.
I came up with an origin for Wilt, hopefully I can type it up sometime in the near future.
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Post by pitbulllady on Oct 26, 2005 5:48:42 GMT -5
It's understandable for someone to say that they're "not so great". Lots of people are modest like that and don't want to hog the spotlight from others. However, using the word, "broken" to describe something or someone means one thing: that person or thing once was whole, but now isn't. If a toy is broken, it once worked, but now doesn't. If a person't spirit is broken, they once were happy, but now they're not. It indicates a change in the physical/emotional state of something/someone from the original.
pitbulllady
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Post by Beavergard Q. Kazoo on Oct 29, 2005 14:09:11 GMT -5
True. I like your philosophical way of looking at it ;D . It'll be fun discussing things here. Anyhow, here's a new angle: amnesia. What if he can't remember why he's like that or where he came from? Then describing himself as broken makes sense (I think ) I just thought that's a perspective I haven't seen Wilt looked at from. If you listen hard enough on the part when it switches to Coco laughing, Wilt's laugh reaches a high 'cracking point', for lack of a better term, sounding like he finds the situation very funny. I have World Wide Wabbit taped, so I watch and listen for things like that. I dunno-can't really picture Wilt being into the whole flower deal at all; that's Red's department! Wilt is more of a sports sorta guy. I guess the whole reasoning behind the sunflower thing is that they are also very tall...but you'd have to be rather careful mentioning anything like that around HIM, since you know how touchy he can be when it comes to his height! pitbulllady Ahem! My mom meditates and that's NOT a hippy thing! It's spiritual recollection! Y'know, relaxing. I can completely see Wilt just taking a moment to stop and recollect his nerves; no one stays calm without feeling like boiling over at one point or another. Wilt's touchy about his height? Since when? If he is, he's like an oppisite Edward Elric ;D I'm like Wilt in the sense that I appologize for things people don't consider nesicary for appology, so I understand why he says it so often. He might feel he hasn't gotten up to standard; hasn't done what was asked of him properly. Or it might be because he feels what he's doing or saying is immoral (for example, laughing at Mr. Herriman). Besides, his catch-phrase is 'I'm sorry, but that is not okay'...but then again sorry is a part of it...
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