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|'''[[Peanuts|Linus van Pelt]]''', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}BQZilj7V1q4 Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown]''}}
As defined on [[The Other Wiki]] "A '''security blanket''' is any familiar object whose presence provides comfort or security to its owner, such as the literal blankets often favored by small children."
When you deal with small children, it is a common sight to see them carrying something such as a blanket or stuffed toy. In fact, some children are attached to this object to the point of making it a [[Companion Cube]]. There are numerous reasons for this, but the simplest and most common is the fact that, as the definition above says, it provides comfort to the owner.
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While blankets are perhaps most common, the Security Blanket can be any object. A toy, a pillow, some kind of trinket. Can also be a type of [[Magic Feather]], giving its owner a bit of confidence where otherwise they would have none.
If the character is separated from their
[[The Other Wiki]] calls this a "[[comfort object]]".
Can overlap with [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]. Compare [[Living Emotional Crutch]] or [[Overwhelming Obsession]].
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