History WMG / FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends

** Imaginative and sufficiently horrible, eh? Foster's is lucky that [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Sid Phillips]] doesn't live in their world, then. Non-living toys means that he would likely have remained the way the first movie portrayed him. Add that to his status as a pseudo-ShadowArchetype to Andy...

World wasn't dumped at Foster's; he made up Foster's so that his "dream friend" (Frankie) would open the chest and have the events of Destination Imagination unfold. To add a little more drama, he made up "dream enemies" (Mac, Bloo, Wilt, Eduardo and Coco) so that he wouldn't get bored. He is technically the only sentient creature besides Frankie (remember, [[spoiler: he controlled all of the Foster's Five's so-called allies while trying to get Frankie back]]).

* Another reason that Mac may have came up with 90% of the show - [[WordOfGod Craig McCracken]] said at Comic-Con that Mac and Terrence's father [[spoiler: divorced their mother]]. Bloo might've been "created" as a psychological shield for Mac to get over this event.
* There's a [[https://i.imgur.com/wQTfp.jpg fan art piece]] that shows a variation of this sort of theory, depicting it as a "final episode". The twist is that it's [[spoiler:''Frankie'' doing the imagining. It also made her as an autistic kid staring at a snowglobe with the Foster's home in it.]] Wow, what a downer.

In "Seeing Red", Terrence actually showed pride and mild affection for Red, the imaginary friend he created, and only started treating him badly when [[spoiler: he messed his scheme up and completely disobeyed his orders, rather blatantly in fact]].

[[WMG: WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls takes place on the same world as WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends and WesternAnimation/AdventureTime (but not at the same time)]]

* The alternative would be Frankie, who is/was likely Madam Foster's heir. Though it's hard to say if Frankie actually ''wants'' to run Fosters or would even object to Mac getting the spot.

[[WMG: Mac has a [[BigScrewedUpFamily]] and is a severe [[StepfordSmiler.]] Also, his relationship with Frankie.]]

Frankie gets final say in everything that goes on. She had already proven that she'd be an excellent house president. Though she does occasionally spoil herself at the spa. Knowing how hard she had to work, she does a better job at dividing the work.
Mac takes over Mr. Herriman's job. He handles the finances, paperwork, etc.
Wilt does most of the cleaning and repairs. He's happy to do so, and it really comes in handy when changing high light bulbs. He also finally gets his own bed.
Eduardo becomes the house chef, with occasional help from Jackie Khones. He likes treating the house to his special pies. He spends much of his free time taking care of the baby friends in the nursery.
Coco, being surprisingly charismatic, handles all public relations. She assists people looking to adopt friends, handles phone calls, and advertising.
Bloo started abusing Mac's authority, but karma caught up with him. His punishment involved being Duchess' assistant, and keeping Cheese out of trouble.
Goo becomes Frankie's assistant. Having so many imaginary friends of her own, she knows exactly how to keep them happy and healthy.

It's the reason why Cheese called Mac his Daddy

My theory, or whatever it should be called, is that Mac has been raised in an incredibly abusive household. Let me talk about how simply his family life is so screwed up and then let me go into deeper detail. According to Mr. Craig McCracken himself, Mac’s father is implied to be either dead or divorced. The reason why is never explored and I believe the show missed a wonderful opportunity to discuss that. However, this more than about a non-existent father for this rant mainly covers two of my most loathed characters besides you-know-who.

I have tried talking to other fans and even Mr. Craig McCracken himself, but so far there has been no answer.

Bloo: A ConMan that died during a prison riot.
Eduardo: Had been a cowardly spanish bull fighter who died thanks to a bull.
Wilt: An Athlete killed when a stadium was blown up in a terrorist bombing.
Coco: An Airplane pilot, who named her Airplane Coco, she ended up blown up when the plane was destroyed.
Duchess: A self centered, snobbish, high class member, who ended up killed by her own Greed.
Cheese: A Cheesemaker killed during an accident at a cheese factory.
Berry: A serial killer who had been in the same cell as Bloo prior to his death, she ended up gaining a crush on him, she died in the exact same prison riot that Bloo died in.

* Goo is exactly what she is in the series: a hyperactive, creative little girl. She's probably playing along with Mac's [="Foster's Home"-Games=] because making things up is her specialty as well. The SheIsNotMyGirlfriend moments stem from this: Mac is NotSoDifferent from Goo. He just keeps denying it because she scares him a bit.

* Both disappeared after the war once they lost faith in the ideals.

Mac thought up bloo so he could grow out of his shell so why does bloo need mac? So he can have someone nice keeping him from getting in bigger trouble or becoming worse, without mac bloo would have become as bad as bendy, duchess or even berry.

** Alternative to the above: Imaginary friends are a bit like deities - the deities in the greek pantheon needed to be worshipped so they could keep on existing. Maybe they ''only'' existed because they were imagined to begin with. Someone thought up Zeus as an imaginary friend, and Zeus grew in popularity. Same thing's happening now - imaginary friends need "adopters" because if there isn't someone who "believes" in them, they'll lose their powers and fade away.

While it's commonly believed that Imaginary Friends are simply immortal beings, it's also possible that their "immortality" only lasts as long as they remain a companion to a human (or possibly a couple months or so longer). As humans are responsible for their very creation, this would make quite a bit of sense, and it would also explain why we don't ever seen any Imaginary Friend try to start a life on their own rather than staying with their creator or getting adopted by another human. The Imaginary Friends at Foster's manage to stay alive due to Madame Foster's caring personality, while the rest of the living friends stay alive through the companionship of either their creator or their most recent adopter. Given the fact that Foofy Woogums managed to survive several months since her creator lost her, it's likely that actual interaction is not exactly needed to keep the friend alive, and all that's really needed is mutual care for one another.

Eventually, Mac had to take over the home because Frankie was in no condition to take care of it herself.

Bloo started abusing Mac's authority, but karma caught up with him. His punishment involved being Dutchess' assistant, and keeping Cheese out of trouble.

* Makes sense. May also explain the inconsistencies in Bloo's CharacterDevelopment /CharacterDerailment.

Bloo is a Jerkass; Mac is a nice guy. Wilt is constantly apologetic; [[spoiler: Jordan Michaels]] is strong and asertive. Mister Herriman is a strict workaholic; Madame Foster is free spirited.

Of course, that means that jerks like Bendy, Goofball and Duchess might have had sweet creators. You never know...

They're pretty much responsible for appearance, sure. But the friends have personalities of their own, or maybe based on their appearance.

Goo becomes Frankie's assistant. Having so many imaginary friends of her own, she knows exactly how to keep them happy and healthy.

* There's a [[http://talkingincircles.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/fosters_final_episode.jpg fan art piece]] that shows a variation of this sort of theory, depicting it as a "final episode". The twist is that it's [[spoiler:''Frankie'' doing the imagining. It also made her as an autistic kid staring at a snowglobe with the Foster's home in it.]] Wow, what a downer.