History WesternAnimation / HouseOfBloos

* EurekaMoment: Frankie, Mr. Herriman, Wilt, Coco, and Eduardo have this when Mac reveals that there’s no way Terrence would be smart enough to plan to get rid of Bloo on his own, and wonders who else would want to get rid of him. This then quickly turns into an OhCrap when they not only know exactly who would want to get rid of Bloo, but find the Extremosaurus cage wide open.
-->'''Frankie:''' ''[[SayMyName DUCHESS!!!]]''

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Hilariously [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. When Duchess offers Terrence the chance to team up with her to kill Bloo, Terrence he gives a speech to Duchess about how he's disgusted that Duchess would ever contemplate taking Bloo out of existence for good... before unpredictably asking how she does it and being very eager to formulate the plan.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Being that this ''still'' a pilot episode made when the show was still figuring itself out, it contains many major differences from the main series. To wit...
** Bloo is shown to be slightly mischievous - best seen with him tricking Terrence - and had an occasionally brash and boisterous exterior, but still showed to be a very nice guy who shows a lot of BigBrotherInstinct, standing up for Mac when he was bullied by Terrence, showed a lot of compassionate and in fact, the other characters constantly describe him as "a lovable imaginary friend". This comes as a shock to anyone used to the rude, egotistical, and borderline sociopathic Bloo in the later episodes.

** A small bit that hints that [[spoiler:Madame Foster is alive]] is when the friends talk about her. Note that they don't say sentences with "She ''was'' [x]" and just "She's [x]", being a small but important foreshadow for [[spoiler:her appearing]].

'''House of Bloo's''' is the first MadeForTVMovie for ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' and serves as the PilotMovie to the show. It was released on August 13, 2004.

When Mac's mother gets tired of the three always fighting when she comes home to a wrecked apartment, she forces Mac to get rid of Bloo, thinking Bloo's the reason for Terrence bullying Mac[[note]]Spoiler, it's not. Terrence is just an ass.[[/note]]. And since she's nice enough to let Bloo stay one more night, a distraught Bloo comes across a TV commercial for "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"--"where good ideas are not forgotten," according to the motto. But while Mac and Bloo both think Foster's will be a good place for Bloo to live, there's a catch: if Bloo stays there, he will be eligible for adoption whenever Mac is not around. So the two friends need to find a way to let Bloo still live at the house and not be in danger of adoption.

* TheBet: In the end, Madame Foster offers to keep Bloo from adoption under the condition Mac has to visit Foster's daily.

** Madame Foster was depicted as having a hard time going down the stairs and traversing the hallways due to her age, which is why she doesn't even physically appear until the end of the movie, with her saying that it took her that whole time to walk down. Which is surprisingly weird for anyone who watched episodes afterwards, she becomes a surprisingly agile CoolOldLady.

** Throughout the episode, it's also implied that Madame Foster is dead. She makes an appearance in the last scene, and goes on to be a main character throughout the series.

* TheGhost: Madame Foster for most of the pilot movie, to the point where Bloo assumed she was dead.

* PosthumousCharacter: Throughout the pilot, Madame Foster is mentioned and appears in portraits, but she herself doesn't appear for most of the runtime, implying that she passed away some time ago. However, this becomes Subverted when she makes her appearance, even lampshading this when Bloo exclaims his surprise at her being alive.
--> '''Bloo:''' Madame Foster! You're alive!\\

'''Madame Foster:''' [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It takes me a while to get down the steps, okay?]] '''[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome I AM]]''' '''''[[[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome OLD!!!]]''''\\
'''Jackie Khones:''' ''[to Mr. Herriman]'' [[BrickJoke See]]?

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Madame Foster ultimately overrides Mr. Herriman and agrees to keep Bloo out of the running for adoption, so long as Mac visits every day.

** In this movie at least, Madame Foster appears at the tail end of the movie, but she's the solution to Mac and Bloo's dilemma is the one who lets Bloo stay at the house without fear of adoption.

* WhamShot: During the arguing about whether letting Bloo stay at the house, the sound of someone decesending the stairs is heard. Making everyone go quiet and step away from the stairs to reveal Madam Foster at the top of the stairs.

When Mac's mother gets tired of the three always fighting when she comes home to a wrecked apartment, she forces Mac to get rid of Bloo. And since she's nice enough to let Bloo stay one more night, a distraught Bloo comes across a TV commercial for "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"--"where good ideas are not forgotten," according to the motto. But while Mac and Bloo both think Foster's will be a good place for Bloo to live, there's a catch: if Bloo stays there, he will be eligible for adoption whenever Mac is not around. So the two friends need to find a way to let Bloo still live at the house and not be in danger of adoption.

* IdiotBall: Wilt, Eduardo and Coco hold this in the second act when they aren't aware that the others are trying to help save Bloo from getting adopted by Sweetums, so they end up trying to keep Bloo away from each other as well. Bloo lampshades this when he's in danger with Sweetums and the friends are too busy arguing.

* PosthumousCharacter: Throughout the pilot, Madame Foster is mentioned and appears in portraits, but she herself doesn't appear for most of the runtime, implying that she passed away some time ago. However, this becomes {{SubvertedTrope|Subverted}} when she makes her appearance, even lampshading this when Bloo exclaims his surprise at her being alive.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Being a pilot episode made when the show was still figuring itself out, it contains many major differences from the main series. To wit...
** Bloo is shown to be slightly mischievous - best seen with him tricking Terrence - but still a very nice guy who shows a lot of BigBrotherInstinct, standing up for Mac when he was bullied by Terrence, showed a lot of compassionate and in fact, the other characters constantly describe him as "a lovable imaginary friend". This comes as a shock to anyone used to the rude, egotistical, and borderline sociopathic Bloo in the later episodes.

** While most of the voices are pretty on par, Mac and Bloo have completely different voices. Mac's voice is far more child-like while Bloo's is far more adult, when in the series it's the other way around. This weirdness can be heard best when comparing the movie to the [[PreviouslyOn recaps for Parts 1 & 2]], which contain the more well-known acting, with Bloo being more higher pitched and Mac being deeper (though still not entirely there)
** Only a select few characters could understand Coco (Mac and Wilt). In fact, Mac somehow being able to understand her, much to Mr. Herriman's surprise, was a major indication of how intelligent he was for his age. In episodes afterwards, ''anyone'' could understand her, even if they had just met her.