Examples Of Emotional Connection:

In this post I look at similar emotional connections to one I have concieved for the Butterfly boy. On the left and image from the Movie "My Dog Skip", based around a shy boy with no friends but gains a new best friend, his dog named Skip. 
http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/screen/books/art/skip/photo6_01.jpg

On the right an image from the disney movie, Aladdin. Aladdin is described as a "Street rat" meaning poor, homeless or vagrant and is seen as a social outcast. But with his best friend "Abu" a monkey that helps him in his daily life. 






http://disneyfriendsclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/abu.jpg