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Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

The logo for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
Genre Animated television series
Comedy
Running time 22 minutes foster home for imaginary friends approx.
Creator(s) Craig McCracken
Starring Keith Ferguson
Sean Marquette
Candi Milo
Tom Kenny
Phil LaMarr
Grey DeLisle
Tom Kane
Tara Strong
Country of origin United States
Original channel Cartoon Network
Original run August 13, 2004–Present
No. of episodes 53
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an Emmy award-winning, American animated television series fosters home for imagnary friends created and produced at Cartoon Network Studios by animator Craig McCracken, who also created The Powerpuff Girls. It first fosters home for imaginary friend premiered on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2004, as a 90-minute television movie, which fosters home for imaganary friends led to a series of half-hour episodes. The series currently airs on Cartoon Network and its affiliates worldwide, except in Canada where it currently airs on English and Francophone Teletoon networks due to Canadian television ownership regulations. The show was also fosters home for imaginery friends on Kids' WB! from July 9 through August 13, 2005, but has since been taken off the schedule.

Mac and Bloo, the two main characters, fosters home for imaginary frinds also served as the hosts of Cartoon Network's "Cartoon Summer" promotion from May 29 (Memorial Day in the USA) through September 4 (Labor Day) of 2006, mostly fosters hom for imaginary friends during prime time Monday through Thursday nights. In addition, in fosters home fer imaginary friends that same year, Mac and Bloo serve as the North American spokescharacters for Trick or Treat for UNICEF and also particpated in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day fosters home for amaginary friends Parade as well on November 23 in New York City on a float. The characters starring on the float were Coco, Wilt, Eduardo, Bloo. Even Cheese made an appearance. They sang The Beatles song fosters home for imagimary friends "With A Little Help From My Friends" performed by the original voice actors themselves except for Cheese who did not fosters home forimaginary friends sing the song.

Contents

  • 1 Overview
    • 1.1 Inspiration
    • 1.2 Animation fosters home for imaginary friends technique
  • 2 The World of Foster's
  • 3 Characters
    • 3.1 Humans
    • 3.2 Imaginary friends
  • 4 Episode list
  • 5 Awards
    • 5.1 Annie fosters home for imaginary friends cheese Awards
    • 5.2 Emmy Awards
  • 6 DVDs
  • 7 Merchandising
  • 8 Other cheese from fosters home for imaginary friends countries
  • 9 See also
  • 10 External links

Overview

Inspiration

When McCracken cheese fosters home for imaginary friends and his wife, Lauren Faust, adopted a pair of dogs from a California animal shelter, fosters home for imaginary friends dvd set McCracken wondered what the dogs' lives were like before he got them. From this, the idea for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends was created.

Animation technique

The show fosters home for imaginary friends ringtone is produced in-house and overseas using computer vector graphics programs, including Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects. This all-digital animation fosters home for imaginary friends characters method is relatively inexpensive. Mac's name could be a pun or tribute to the original name of the Adobe Flash program, Macromedia Flash.

The fosters home for imaginary friends theme World of Foster's

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.

In this cartoon network fosters home for imaginary friends world, imaginary friends become real the instant a child imagines them. Unfortunately for the imaginary friends, the children outgrow them. When that happens, the friends are left to fend for themselves. fosters home for imaginary friends games Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends was founded by the elderly Madame Foster to provide a foster home (hence the title) fosters home for imaginary friends wallpaper for abandoned imaginary friends; their motto is "Where good ideas are not forgotten." There are (according to "Setting A President") 1,340 imaginary friends at Foster's Home. It has fosters home for the imaginary friends been suggested that the house itself may be imaginary, as well. In the end of "Emancipation Complication" Madame Foster states that there are 2,037 Imaginary Friends currently residing in the house.

The show is not clear on exactly what city or state fosters home for imaginary friends coloring pages the events are set in. In fosters home for imaginary friends dvd the episode "Squeeze The Day," the Foster's friends are at a beach while Bloo watches a weather station on cable, which is reporting on the weather in Topeka and Spokane. In "A Lost Claus," it is seen that in winter there is fosters home for imaginary friends mp3 snow. In "Imposter's Home For Um…Make 'Em Up Pals," the new imaginary friend, Goofball John McGee, says he is from Canada. These clues place the setting somewhere vaguely in the northern half fosters home for imaginary friends the movie dvd of United States. In the episode how to draw fosters home for imaginary friends "Bus The Two Of Us," a sign for Northern New Hampshire is partially seen during Bloo's road trip. In "Good Wilt Hunting", vocal talent on fosters home for imaginary friends Wilt's destination on his road map resembles Nevada. Frankie exclaims that the destination is across the country.

Characters

The cast (and some guests) of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, from left to right: Wilt, cartoon networks fosters home for imaginary friends Cheese, Coco, Frankie, Eduardo, Berry, Mac, Bloo, Madame Foster, Ivan, Mr. Herriman, and Uncle Pockets.
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Humans

  • Mac — Mac is a bright nine-year-old boy who lives with his mother and older brother Terrence. Mac almost always seems to know what to do when there is a problem, but Mac fosters home for imaginary friends downloads isn't always the most responsible one. There are some times (such as in "Partying is Such Sweet Soiree" where Mac becomes hyperactive from fosters home for imaginary friends franke eating sugar or "I Only Have Surprise For You" where he tries to sabotage the friends' attempts to throw him a birthday party) that fosters home for imaginary friends henta he becomes wild and untamed.
  • Frankie — Frances "Frankie" Foster is Madame Foster's 22-year-old granddaughter. She does almost every chore around the house and helps keep everything fosters home for imaginary friends on dvd in order and, although Mr. Herriman's fixation with rules and cleanliness causes her tremendous stress, she is usually very friendly and fosters home for imaginary friends theme song mp3 easy-going.
  • Madame Foster — Madame Foster is the founder of the Foster home. She is elderly, but she has a lot of spunk and loves to play myspace layouts fosters home for imaginary friends tricks on others. Her imaginary friend is Mr. Herriman, whom she imagined wilt fosters home for imaginary friends when she was a child and never gave up. She is very strong for an old lady and is very adventurous.
  • Terrence — Terrence is Mac's 13 year old brother. Exceptionally dense and lacking any sense of compassion, he constantly bullies Mac and Bloo mostly as seen in a picture of cheese from fosters home for imaginary friends the first episode which then partially causes Bloo to go awesome house party from fosters home for imaginary friends to Foster's.
  • Goo — Goo is a friend of Mac who named herself Goo Goo Ga Ga when she was a baby because that was all she knew how to say, but her berry scary form fosters home for imaginary friends nickname (just to make things simpler) is Goo. Goo has an overactive imagination and has imagined over 750 friends. She is hyperactive, and talks fast. Her parents are most likely hippies. In the berry scary from fosters home for imaginary friends episode cartoon network: fosters home for imaginary friends she was first introduced, the friends in the house thought she and Mac were in love.
  • Mac and Terrence's Mother - Mac's mom who first appeared in the "House of Bloo's" pilot episode, is a 35-year-old woman. Her face is never shown.

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  • Blooregard Q. Kazoo — Blooregard, called Bloo for short, is Mac's best friend. He's a small, wisecracking blue security blanket fosters home for imaginary friends bedding who gets into trouble because of his mischievous mind and attention-craving ego. Bloo is extremely selfish and is often fosters home for imaginary friends bloo seen acting and behaving with no regard to anyone around him (such as eating all the food that Mac brought fosters home for imaginary friends cards for their camping trip or throwing a bowl of chips on the ground when Wilt gets him the wrong variety, telling him to clean it up and get him the correct flavor). Despite being very irresponsible and unruly, Bloo is fairly intelligent and good at fosters home for imaginary friends frankie scheming out complex plans (which also supports his other personality quirk; his ability to manipulate others). Unlike the other friends fosters home for imaginary friends game who live at Foster's, Bloo is not up for adoption fosters home for imaginary friends mac and cheese because of an agreement between Mac and Madame Foster (if Mac arrives everyday at exactly 3:00 pm, Bloo is not for adoption).
  • Eduardo — Eduardo is an fosters home for imaginary friends picture imaginary protector friend who speaks "Spanish." With his huge horns, purple hair, skull buckle, and grey pants, he resembles a Wild Thing from Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are (although he is identified in one episode as a "big fosters home for imaginary friends season dvd purple ogre"). His appearance scares people away. Unfortunately, Eduardo harbors a cowardly streak a fosters home for imaginary friends topeka pick it hot mile long. In spite of his almost constant state of terror, he is unbelievably strong, but rarely uses his strength (he uses it only when a friend is in need). He can, however, be trusted to come to his friends' rescue pictures of fosters home for imaginary friends whenever they are in trouble. His creator, Nina Valarosa, is now a police officer.
  • Wilt — Wilt is a tall, red imaginary friend with a stubby left arm and a crooked left eyestalk. However it is discovered that he was not always this way. In "Good Wilt Hunting", he used to have two arms, and both eyes straight. However in an attempt to save his creator from being crushed, Wilt pushed him out of the way of a huge and heavy imaginary friend, but his arm was crushed in the process. His arm was still attached though, and it is presumed that his arm was amputated later. The basketball thrown landed on his left eye, and thus made it crooked. Wilt enjoys basketball and is generally very easygoing. He will always aid a friend in small tasks, prides himself on rescuing abandoned imaginary friends, and sometimes helps Frankie around the house. His defining aspect is his sense of fair play and good sportsmanship, which he applies to every part of life he can. Wilt also is extremely courteous, to a fault (he's often willing to perform anything asked of him, even if he has to go entirely out of his way to do so) and apologizes almost constantly. His name is an obvious homage to NBA star Wilt Chamberlain. Wilt was shown to be created by Jordan Michaels, a basketball star, and an obvious homage to Michael Jordan.
  • Coco — Coco is a bird-airplane-palm tree imaginary friend who can only speak or write the word "coco" at various speeds and with different emphasis. One way to understand her is to break down each "coco" into syllables and then apply them to the situation. The other characters understand her without any apparent difficulty. In the pilot episode, Mr. Herriman appears surprised that Mac is able to understand her. The characters often repeat what she says, or close to it, so the conversation is understood by them. She can also lay plastic eggs with different items inside them (that can range from cans of soup to a large pile of money). Her personality is somewhat independent, not liking to be bossed around and unafraid to snap if someone becomes too pushy for her liking. However, she is also sensitive and can have her feelings hurt (as she shows in the episode "Cuckoo for Coco Cards" where she holds a grudge against Bloo for the entire episode when he mistreats her). It hasn't been shown who created Coco, though she was discovered by two nerds, Douglas and Adam, a tribute to sci-fi author Douglas Adams, on a little known island in the South Pacific, completely alone.
  • Mr. Herriman — Mr. Herriman is a giant rabbit created by Madame Foster herself. He is often seen wearing a tuxedo coat and a stovepipe hat as well as a monocle over his right eye (though it periodically changes eyes, depending on which way he faces). He serves as the president of the home, expects the inhabitants to follow his rules (which he lists in a very big book that he keeps in his office), and prefers to have as many things around him in his control and rigidly scheduled down to the very minute. He is very formal and well mannered, which leaves his tolerance for Bloo lacking in most regards. He hates the outdoors and is easily frightened by the woods (as evidenced by the episode "Camp Keep a Good Mac Down"). Though Frankie is Madame Foster's granddaughter, Mr. Herriman shows absolutely no respect to her and constantly angers her because of his inconsideration of her and her feelings. He often feels obligated to protect his creator (who is often found trying to wiggle around his stuffy attitude to express her free spirit) but doesn't mind to spend some private time with her where he entertains her (shown in the episode "World Wide Wabbit"). He has been described as being nude in an episode which then makes him wear giant baggy pants which only appear once.
  • Duchess — Duchess, as she is commonly called (her full name is Duchess Diamond Persnickety the First, the Last and the Only One), is a cross, selfish, ungrateful imaginary friend, resembling a figure from a Cubist painting or a work from Pablo Picasso. Her tail resembles sculpture by the modern artist Alexander Calder. In fact, Duchess is literally two-dimensional, as shown in the episode "Partying Is Such Sweet Soireé". Due to an oath, everyone must cater and care to her every need, although she complains repeatedly, and wishes to leave the foster home. It was revealed in the episode "Duchess of Wails" that Mr. Herriman spends Foster's entire advertising budget to get Duchess out of the house. The Applebee's finally adopt her, but she is forced to go back to Foster's in order to keep Mac in town rather than moving to Malaysia as Terrence fooled him into believing.
  • Cheese — Created by Mac's next-door neighbor Louise, Cheese is a lactose intolerant (though he seems to ask for milk-based products, despite his intolerance to the foods), pale-yellow friend who debuted in "Mac Daddy." Cheese appears to be somewhat infantile and demented, often saying incoherent phrases and breaking into sudden bouts of screaming (as is his creator but to a lesser degree). Cheese enjoys socializing with real kids and other imaginary friends, despite the fact that he lacks social skills. He goes to Foster's constantly, even though he doesn't live there, often sneaking in and pestering the inhabitants, will agree to leave after being told to by saying "ok," yet still hangs around until it pleases him to leave. Sometimes the other characters will have to force him out (at which point he returns and they attempt to get him to leave again). He was originally thought to have been a second friend Mac created by accident during a dream. He later appears in the episode "The Big Cheese," where he proves to having the ability to memorize sound sequences, this case being a security code by the sequences of beeps and boops the keypad makes (which eventually forces all the inhabitants of the house to try to squeeze the code out of him when everyone is locked outside). Cheese has become popular thanks to regular appearances in Cartoon Network advertisments. A pun that can be seen with Cheese's name is one stated by himself when he was with Mac, with the phrase "Mac and Cheese", while with Bloo, he called Bloo and himself "Bloo Cheese" (related to Bleu cheese), and when Louise is introduced, so is a new pun, "Cheese Louise" (after the interjection "Geez Louise"). Mice were the first creatures other than Louise to love Cheese in the house.

Episode list

Main article: List of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episodes

Awards

Annie Awards

The show was nominated for four Annie Awards in 2004, and five more in 2005, winning two awards that year for Best Original Music in a Television Series (James L. Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington for "Duchess of Wails") and Production Design in an Animated TV Series (McCracken with Mike Moon, David Dunnet and Martin Ansolabhere for the Christmas episode "A Lost Claus").

Emmy Awards

The show has won a total of four Emmy Awards. The episode "House of Bloo's" won two Emmy Awards for art direction (Mike Moon) and character design (Craig McCracken). "World Wide Wabbit" won an Emmy for best storyboard (Ed Baker). The show's theme song (described by McCracken as "psychedelic ragtime" and written by Venable) was nominated for Best TV Show Theme in 2005, but lost to Danny Elfman's theme to Desperate Housewives. The episode "Go Goo Go" was nominated for Best Animated Program Under One Hour in 2006, and Character Design supervisor Shannon Tindle won an Emmy that same year for that same episode.

DVDs

Screenshot Title Release date Episodes
Season 1 March 7, 2007 1-13

This two-disc DVD set will include the pilot movie and the rest of the episodes from the first season, along with character commentaries, intersitials, and never-before-seen footage.

Merchandising

Other than in-house items such as Cartoon Network's internet shop (T-Shirts, a Bloo plush, etc.), there has not been much as far as major products. As of 2006, there has been a statue series with Bloo, Mac, and Eduardo featured in the first statue. A second statue features Frankie, Madame Foster, and Mr. Herriman released in December of 2006, and the third in the series featuring Wilt and Coco is scheduled to be released the next month. Two limited edition gilcee cels — one with the cast posing for a picture, the other styled like an cross-stitch — were also created. Since then, the merchandizing has begun to pick up steam. Burger King had nine toys in a kids meal give-away promotion in April and May of 2006, Scholastic Books has printed activity and story books based on episodes, and the complete first season of episodes were made available on Apple's iTunes downloading service as well as a Game Boy Advance game created by CRAVE Entertainment made its' debut in the Fall of 2006. Starting in January of 2007, as part of an overall deal with Cartoon Network, Mattel will have items related to the mass marketing of the show.

On May 15, 2006, Cartoon Network introduced a new online game, Big Fat Awesome House Party, which allows players to create an online friend to join Bloo and the others in a one-year game online, and earn points that would give them gifts cards and other on-line "merchandise" for their albums and that friend made from one of over 900,000 possible characters could wind up in a future episode of Foster's.

Other countries

A cast picture from Cartoon Network's Japanese website featuring the show logo in katakana.

Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends is now seen in many languages on various channels worldwide. While most of these are Cartoon Network affiliates (except in Canada, where due to Canadian television rules the show airs on the English and French Teletoon networks), a few are not, mostly over-the-air or terrestrial channels.

In France, it airs on France 3 during the France Truc block, in the Philippines on RPN, in Mexico on Televisa, in Spain on Cuatro TV and in Germany on Super RTL.

Because of translation, the title for the show is not always the same in each language. The titles for the show vary from country to country.

See also

  • Big Fat Awesome House Party
  • Powerpuff Girls

External links

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
  • BLOGregard Q. Kazoo, the official production blog for the show.
  • The Very Unofficial Guide to Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, a fan site with an interview with McCracken and show information hosted by Toon Zone.
  • Never Forgotten, A Foster's fansite maintained by Cynthia "Sparky" Read.
  • The full theme song for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. www.freewebs.com/fostershomerox/


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