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Disproportionate Retribution is not subjective, but Karmic Overkill is (though the latter trope didn't exist until 2021, to be fair.
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* Tropers/{{heartauthor}}: "Nightmare on Wilson Way," the Halloween special, was the only episode where the ending left me legitimately rubbed the wrong way. Basically, the episode is about Bloo getting ready for one of his infamous Halloween pranks, while Mac voluntarily locks himself in a room in the house because [[GRatedDrug sugar and him don't mix]]. However, as the episode goes on, more and more of the Foster's residents begin disappearing...only for them all to come back as [[ZombieApocalypse zombies]] who begin chasing Bloo around the house. Desperate and terrified, Bloo is forced to give Mac sugar, causing him to go on a rampage that [[CurbStompBattle defeats all the zombies]]. But then...it's revealed that [[spoiler:the {{Zombie Apocalypse}} was all a prank by the Fosters' residents to get back at Bloo for all his pranks]]. Then, to add insult to injury, Frankie tells Bloo that he's in trouble because [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin he set a sugar-buzzed Mac loose on the unsuspecting trick-or-treaters outside]]. Well, newsflash Frankie: maybe if Bloo hadn't been thinking that he was going to be ''eaten by zombies'', he wouldn't have buzzed up Mac. Okay, considering some of Bloo's {{Jerkass}} behavior in some episodes, it does make sense that [[spoiler:the Fosters' residents]] want to get back at him. But Bloo's only crime in this episode? [[DisproportionateRetribution Wanting to pull some Halloween pranks]]. And then after scaring the crud out of Bloo, they have the gall to say ''he's'' the one in trouble at the end of the night? I can't get behind that. I just can't.
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* Tropers/{{heartauthor}}: "Nightmare on Wilson Way," the Halloween special, was the only episode where the ending left me legitimately rubbed the wrong way. Basically, the episode is about Bloo getting ready for one of his infamous Halloween pranks, while Mac voluntarily locks himself in a room in the house because [[GRatedDrug sugar and him don't mix]]. However, as the episode goes on, more and more of the Foster's residents begin disappearing...only for them all to come back as [[ZombieApocalypse zombies]] who begin chasing Bloo around the house. Desperate and terrified, Bloo is forced to give Mac sugar, causing him to go on a rampage that [[CurbStompBattle defeats all the zombies]]. But then...it's revealed that [[spoiler:the {{Zombie Apocalypse}} was all a prank by the Fosters' residents to get back at Bloo for all his pranks]]. Then, to add insult to injury, Frankie tells Bloo that he's in trouble because [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin he set a sugar-buzzed Mac loose on the unsuspecting trick-or-treaters outside]]. Well, newsflash Frankie: maybe if Bloo hadn't been thinking that he was going to be ''eaten by zombies'', he wouldn't have buzzed up Mac. Okay, considering some of Bloo's {{Jerkass}} behavior in some episodes, it does make sense that [[spoiler:the Fosters' residents]] want to get back at him. But Bloo's only crime in this episode? [[DisproportionateRetribution [[KarmicOverkill Wanting to pull some Halloween pranks]]. And then after scaring the crud out of Bloo, they have the gall to say ''he's'' the one in trouble at the end of the night? I can't get behind that. I just can't.
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* MrMediaGuy2: "Beat With a Schtick" is a great case of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor for anyone who wanted a Bloo torture porn. The premise of the episode is that Bloo is telling silly one-liners about the other imaginaries. At one point, he says "How's the weather up there?" to a gigantic monstrous imaginary [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep known simply as]] "the Big Scary New Guy". Now it looks like Big Scary New Guy is going to pulverize him at 4:00, and Bloo spends most of the episode terrified at this. The worst part? None of the other residents of the house are supporting of Bloo at all. Madame Foster [[{{Sadist}} gleefully]] gambles on him losing, and even [[NiceGuy Wilt]] angrily tells Bloo that he deserves to be pulverized, [[DisproportionateRetribution all for making a harmless one-liner about the guy's height]]. At the end, it turns out that BSNG is just a comedian like Bloo and he just wanted to show off his act. However, Bloo calls his act lame, resulting in BSNG angrily smashing him, much to the amusement of Eduardo. Yes, I know Bloo can be an asshole in other episodes, but in this particular instance, he did absolutely nothing to deserve what happened to him, and there is no excuse whatsoever for the way the other house residents behaved.
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* MrMediaGuy2: "Beat With a Schtick" is a great case of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor for anyone who wanted a Bloo torture porn. The premise of the episode is that Bloo is telling silly one-liners about the other imaginaries. At one point, he says "How's the weather up there?" to a gigantic monstrous imaginary [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep known simply as]] "the Big Scary New Guy". Now it looks like Big Scary New Guy is going to pulverize him at 4:00, and Bloo spends most of the episode terrified at this. The worst part? None of the other residents of the house are supporting of Bloo at all. Madame Foster [[{{Sadist}} gleefully]] gambles on him losing, and even [[NiceGuy Wilt]] angrily tells Bloo that he deserves to be pulverized, [[DisproportionateRetribution [[KarmicOverkill all for making a harmless one-liner about the guy's height]]. At the end, it turns out that BSNG is just a comedian like Bloo and he just wanted to show off his act. However, Bloo calls his act lame, resulting in BSNG angrily smashing him, much to the amusement of Eduardo. Yes, I know Bloo can be an asshole in other episodes, but in this particular instance, he did absolutely nothing to deserve what happened to him, and there is no excuse whatsoever for the way the other house residents behaved.
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** [=CutieTabootie=]: As a topper to that scene from an already horrible episode, Mac's mom is present during that shower prank. And doesn't seem too upset by it (even though she's TheFaceless, at least some gesture to show she was shocked or concerned could've been enough). We already know from the first episode that Mac's mom isn't exactly the greatest parent ever, but...''yikes''.
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* Tropers/{{mariic}}: The episode ''Duchess of Wails'', where [[TheScrappy Duchess]] gets sent away, is nothing more than an unfunny Mac TorturePorn. She moves in with a family next to Mac's home, and annoys his family to the point where Mac's mom considers moving away. If that wasn't bad enough, [[BigBrotherBully Terrence]] tells Mac that they're moving to Singapore, so Mac and Bloo have to carry Duchess back to Foster's, but Terrence gets there first and tells the home about what they're planning. [[WhatAnIdiot It never occurred to any of them that Terrence shouldn't be trusted]], [[ItMakesSenseInContext so they assault Mac and Bloo with sharpened carrots and tomatoes.]] It's only until ''after'' they were betrayed by their friends that Mac and Bloo reveal that Dutchess would've caused them to move to Singapore, and [[KarmaHoudini Terrence gets away with nothing more than a]] DeathGlare from the housemates. [[StatusQuoIsGod They finally take Duchess back]], but Mac and Bloo have to become her servants. The episode then ends with Duchess [[WouldHurtAChild hitting Mac with her hairbrush]] while he and Bloo carry her.
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* Tropers/{{mariic}}: The episode ''Duchess of Wails'', where [[TheScrappy Duchess]] gets sent away, is nothing more than an unfunny Mac TorturePorn. She moves in with a family next to Mac's home, and annoys his family to the point where Mac's mom considers moving away. If that wasn't bad enough, [[BigBrotherBully Terrence]] tells Mac that they're moving to Singapore, so Mac and Bloo have to carry Duchess back to Foster's, but Terrence gets there first and tells the home about what they're planning. [[WhatAnIdiot [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter It never occurred to any of them that Terrence shouldn't be trusted]], [[ItMakesSenseInContext so they assault Mac and Bloo with sharpened carrots and tomatoes.]] It's only until ''after'' they were betrayed by their friends that Mac and Bloo reveal that Dutchess would've caused them to move to Singapore, and [[KarmaHoudini Terrence gets away with nothing more than a]] DeathGlare from the housemates. [[StatusQuoIsGod They finally take Duchess back]], but Mac and Bloo have to become her servants. The episode then ends with Duchess [[WouldHurtAChild hitting Mac with her hairbrush]] while he and Bloo carry her.
