Fakies have a fun but perplexing existence. They can totally enjoy the Realie world and they totally enjoy the Fakie realm too. But somewhere along the line, Fakies have to accept they’re imaginary.
Indeed, in terms of imaginary friends, Fakies are far outnumbered by other imaginary beings:
This means Fakies have certain
imaginary peers they are less inclined to associate with as a result.
and what the fuck is a Michelin man?
To a certain extent, this makes Fakies an elite group of imaginary friends. 
(<—- Navy SEAL attack dog with titanium fangs! TOTALLY ELITE)
More so, however, they're sort of marginalized by their peers and tend to spend much more time in the Realie world as a result.
However, one day, Travis did happen to fall upon THE GREAT IMAGINARY BEINGS LIST.
While reading it over Nigel and Gareth began asking questions.
What’s this, indeed.
For part of the problem with imaginary beings (EG- Bloody Mary, Beetle Juice, Jabberwocky), is that sometimes, just by knowing they’re possible to another Fakie may make them appear.

And so it was that the Fakies learned of a subsection of imaginary beings known as Baddies, and even worse, a specific subset thereof…