All this talk reminds me of a time in Japanese class. Sensei had us get into groups of three. My group only had two people so she gave me an inflatable Doraemon. At the end of class as she was explaining what we just did, she suddendly stopped and looked over at me. I was punching Doreamon in the face! Upon being caught I quickly started patting Doreamon on the head and hugging him and said in Japanese "I love you Doreamon, You're my friend." It got a big laugh out of the class.