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5	''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' has a lot of [[TearJerker emotional moments]]...
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8	* Mac. His mom's is always at work, [[DisappearedDad we never see his dad]] [[note]]Though the pitch bible mentions that his mom and dad divorced not too long before the start of the series[[/note]], he's constantly tortured daily by his [[BigBrotherBully older brother]], it's implied that he doesn't have any friends at school and is a common target for bullies, his imaginary friend is a huge jerk yet he's so sweet that he still visits him every day.
9	* When you think about it, it's rather sad that all of these regular characters are imaginary friends ready to be adopted, but who no child wants, apparently.
10	* Frankie's backstory [[WordOfGod according to the Tweets made by Craig McCracken]]. Because Frankie's dad (who was also Madame Foster's son) was disillusioned over Imaginary Friends thanks to his experiences with Mr. Herriman, Frankie was never allowed to have or create one, and she was forced to get rid of the only one she actually got to create thanks to her dad. Her main reason for living with her grandma in Foster's Home instead of with her parents? So she could see that same Imaginary Friend she herself created again someday.
11	** Similarly, a trading card in the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Leapster game also revealed the reason for Bloo's creation and look. He looks the way he does because Mac was trying to remember his favorite blue baby blanket. The same baby blanket he was forced to get rid of ''when he was only three years old''.
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15	* ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfBloos'':
16	** Bloo and Mac having to split up around the end of the first act, especially after Mr. Herriman [[KickTheDog shamelessly breaks Bloo's spirits]] by telling him to his face that Mac is never coming back after the latter tells him he'll be back. He's seen it a million times.
17	** Mac coming home from his first visit to Foster's after dropping off Bloo, with a handful of Coco's eggs. He just walks glumly back to his room while Terrence follows and [[BigBrotherBully repeatedly smacks him in the back of his head]].
18	---> '''Terrence''': Where were you, anyway, ''stupid''? What are those ''stupid'' eggs, ''stupid''?? Where's that ''stupid'' little blue friend of yours, ''stupid''? Mom told ya to get rid of him!! Ho-ho-hoo boy! If you didn't, you're gonna be sooooo bus-
19	---> '''Mac''': (finally turning around and [[SuddenlyShouting screaming]]) [[RageBreakingPoint I WAS NOWHERE, THEY'RE NOTHING AND I TOOK CARE OF IT!!]] '''[[BigWordShout HAPPY?!]]'''
20	---> ''(Terrance looks at him, speechless, as Mac slams his bedroom door behind him)''.
21	* ''"[[TheWoobie Why everyone hurt Red?]]"''
22	** ''"Red kill flowers..."''
23	* In "Who Let The Dogs In", when Eduardo says goodbye to the puppies and one of them snuggles into his arm before Frankie takes him away. The look on his face afterwards is heartbreaking.
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27	* The series finale. Looks like Mac's moving away! Well he ''did'' move. Just to the apartment next to his because his mom needed a larger working space.
28	* ''WesternAnimation/GoodWiltHunting'' reveals Wilt's past. Wilt ran away from his kid when they lost a basketball game, and thought that he could never forgive him. Turns out, this hurt him more than anything, and the flashback scene at their reunion is heart-wrenching.
29	* You can't help but feel sorry for Frankie missing the concert in "Imposter's Home for... Um Make 'em up Pals".
30	* The episode that first introduced Goo. She spends most of the episode being loud, talkative, clumsy, and obnoxious, incessantly accidentally creating countless imaginary friends which became residents of the house, leading to the house getting overcrowded. Mac tries to get her to stop, but she is oblivious to the fact that she is causing problems. Eventually, the house gets so overcrowded, the main cast has to sleep in the bus and as everyone believes it's Mac who keeps letting her into Foster's and has a crush on her (in both cases, it's really Bloo), Frankie and Mr. Herriman sympathetically but firmly tell Mac that he is no longer allowed at Foster's because he "can't stop bringing Goo there". Even worse, the deal to keep Bloo from getting adopted by another kid will be broken if Mac doesn't stop her from coming. Then everyone gives Mac a sad look (except Bloo who gives an apologetic look, since ''he'' was really responsible). The ultimatum is clear: either Goo goes or both Goo and Mac go and Bloo gets adopted. Mac then releases a shocking TheReasonYouSuckSpeech... which leads to Goo's eyes welling up with tears, and the girl just leaves to hide in one of the rooms. That's when Mac finds out Goo made him a gift: she fixed his backpack after accidentally tearing the straps earlier in the episode. Mac later finds Goo in a room crying, and she tearfully admits that the reason she creates so many imaginary friends is because she has no real friends. She then verbally abuses herself for being such an annoying screw-up. This leads to a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment\|s}} when Mac takes back everything he said, apologizes, and comforts the poor girl, telling her that he likes her and appreciates her imagination and niceness. Goo then responds by giving Mac a big hug.
31	** The speech from Mac itself is acidic enough:
32	---> '''Mac''': '''''I DON'T LIKE YOU!!!''''' Don't you get it?! '''''NOBODY''''' likes you!!! You're annoying and weird and you talk too much, and Bloo's name is not Chester, Mr. Herriman is not a badger, that's not how you play checkers, and protein doesn't come from bananas, it comes from '''''NUTS!!!''''' Which you don't need to eat more of because you '''''ARE''''' nuts!!! You're chock '''''FULL''''' of nuts!!! You're so nuts, you drive '''''ME''''' nuts!!! (jumps in Goo's face) [[IronicEcho Get it? GetitGetitGetitGetitGetitGetitGetitGetitGetitGetitGetitGetitGetit]]'''''[[IronicEcho GETIT?!!]]''''' Everybody thinks you're a nuisance and they all want you to just '''''GO!!!!! HOME!!!!!!''''' ({{Beat}}) '''''WELL!!!??'''''
33	* In "The Sweet Stench of Success"
34	** Bloo enjoys living the life of luxury. But then his producer Kip refuses to let him leave and makes him to sleep in a cage. He is then forced to attend several gigs and conventions which he quickly becomes bored of.
35	--->'''Bloo''': (''weakly'') Have...B.O.? Get...Deo.
36	** Mac and the gang try to visit Bloo at his Deo gig, but the security guard won't let him in with no ticket. Mac desperately calls out for Bloo. But Bloo can hardly see his friend among the massive crowd.
37	** Later the others sit on the Foster porch and Mac believes that Bloo doesn't care about him anymore due to his newfound fame.
38	--->'''Mac''': I can't believe he didn't say hi to us.\
39	'''Frankie''': Well, maybe he didn't see you.\
40	'''Mac''': Oh, he saw us! I guess he's just too big of a star now.\
41	'''Eduardo''': No! Must be another reason!\
42	'''Coco''': Coco! Coco!\
43	'''Mac''': He looked me right in the eyes and I looked into his!\
44	'''Wilt''': What'd you see?\
45	'''Mac''': ''Nothing!''
46	** Bloo desperately begging Kip to let him contact his friends, only to be cruelly rejected once more.
47	--->'''Bloo''': Lemme call Mac just once! I miss him!\
48	'''Kip''': I told ya, you don't need him anymore. It's easier if you cut him off cold turkey.\
49	'''Bloo''': But--\
50	'''Kip''': Hey! Celebrities don't complain! (''turns off the lights with a devious smirk, then closes the door as Bloo's eyes well up with tears'')
51	*** Followed scene where Mac and Bloo are sad about being away from each other, and a montage plays over their sadness.
52	** When Bloo tells Kip that he quits and just wants to go home, Kip drops his nice guy act and he tells Bloo that the contract he signed wasn't an acting contract but adoption forms, thus Bloo has no choice in the matter. Bloo pleads that this isn't what he wanted but Kip still heartlessly blows him off.
53	--->'''Kip''': Deo, honey, baby! Why ain't you dressed? We gotta go-go-go!\
54	'''Bloo''': NO! I'm not doing any more appearances, corporate speaking gigs, sleeping in a cage or sticking my head into some guy's underarm ever again! I quit!\
55	'''Kip''': What're you saying, kid? Don't mince words.\
56	'''Bloo''': I quit! I just wanna get something to eat, then go home to see my friends! I quit!\
57	'''Kip''': You can't quit.\
58	'''Bloo''': Sure, I can. Watch. '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! QUIT!]]'''\
59	'''Kip''': ''(frowns angrily)'' I own you, kid. [[WhamLine That contract you signed--that wasn't an acting contract. It was adoption papers.]] So, as your legal guardian, I say YOU CAN'T QUIT!\
60	'''Bloo''': But... I didn't wanna be adopted!\
61	'''Kip''': "But I didn't wanna be adopted!" Well, [[JerkassHasAPoint you shouldn't have gone on television saying that you did! You]] ''[[JerkassHasAPoint asked]]'' [[JerkassHasAPoint for this!]] Now, you are gonna get into your little costume and you're gonna perform your live variety show for millions of TV viewers like we planned! '''''YA GOT THAT, PUNK?!'''''\
62	'''Bloo''': (''gulps'') Y-Y-Yes, sir...
63	** Mac stands with his back to the TV and rants about how Bloo has been "ignoring" him.
64	--->'''Wilt''': Mac! ''The Deo Variety Hour'' is about to start!\
65	'''Mac''': I don't care! I'm not watching!\
66	'''Coco''': Coco?\
67	'''Mac''': 'Cause Bloo doesn't care about us anymore! So why should I care about him? He hasn't been home in forever! He hasn't called in weeks! He didn't even acknowledge us when we saw him!\
68	'''Eduardo''': But es Bloo! Your amigo!\
69	'''Mac''': Not anymore, Ed. Not anymore.
70	*** What's even worse is that Bloo is mentally a young child and how Kip treats him is hard to watch. Bloo may be a jerk, but even he doesn't deserve to be treated like a slave.
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72	* In "Affair Weather Friends", a sugar-crazed Mac's acting out of an imagined conversation between him and Bloo where he imagines Bloo insulting him, saying he doesn't need Mac, and leaving for good. It shows that his biggest fear is losing his best friend.
73	** Earlier in the same episode, Mac looking like he's about to cry as he watches Bloo willingly almost leave Foster's with a rich kid wanting to adopt him (actually Berry in disguise).
74	* "Challenge of the Super Friends" shows that Bloo is just as afraid of losing Mac too, and it's a heartbreaking episode on his end. It starts with Mac becoming utterly entranced with an imaginary superhero named Imaginary Man, spending gradually less time with Bloo and more time with Imaginary Man. When Bloo tries in earnest to join them in their escapades, he screws up and causes Nemesis to escape, leading Mac to angrily chew him out before storming off with Imaginary Man. Bloo does nothing but ''break down crying'' over Mac's words and actions, and continues until Nemesis offers him to join her. [[FreudianExcuse Small wonder Bloo agreed after his best friend appeared to have thrown him away like that.]]
75	* When the gang finds Frankie in ''WesternAnimation/DestinationImagination'' and tells them that they need her, Frankie immediately believes that they didn't come to rescue her, but that they missed the stuff she did for them. She angrily calls them out, telling them they're no better than Mr. Herriman and his constant demands.
76	** Mr. Herriman's verbal beatdown of World. It's the scolding ''every'' kid dreads, and World looks like he's having a freakin' ''panic attack!''
77	--->'''Mr. Herriman:''' You, young man, are a bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad boy! Luring a naïve young woman into this silly little imaginary world and keeping her from her duties! Tsk, tsk, tsk! Shame on you! Now, I am taking Miss Francis and these insubordinate whippersnappers over here back to their rightful home! And you, young man, you shall stay here in this toy chest ''alone'' and think long and hard on what you have done!
78	** What follows is World having a full on mental breakdown, letting out BigNo after BigNo screaming "NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME! YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO! I WON'T LET YOU LEAVE WITH HER! GIVE HER BACK! YOU CAN'T TAKE HER FROM ME! SHE'S MINE! MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MIIIINE!" as we're treated to a visual representation of his state of mind while the gang flees for their lives - [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds his world literally coming apart.]]
79	** As the gang is making their escape from the chest, Frankie stays behind to let them escape, but [[DisneyDeath is seemingly eaten by World]]. Mac's reaction to watching the apparent death of his [[CoolBigSis big sister figure]] is heartbreaking.
80	--->'''Mac:''' [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOO!]] FRANKI-(Wilt pulls him out of the chest)
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82	* Even if she is an EthnicScrappy with an annoying singing voice, Eurotrish gets quite a raw deal in "Foster's Goes to Europe". Not only does Bloo keep on rudely denying Eurotrish her chances to go back to Europe, but the scene that plays during the credits shows Eurotrish finally making it to her creator's home, [[YankTheDogsChain only for her creator to turn her away because she couldn't stand her singing, which was the reason she sent her to Foster's in the first place]]. It's especially heartbreaking when you take into account that most creators in this series are shown to be loving and caring toward their imaginary friends even in adulthood.
83	* Cheese has to leave Louise in the series finale because the hotel she's moving in to doesn't allow imaginary friends. One can only hope the move is temporary, especially for the sake of the residents of Foster's.
84	* The BookEnds finale shot. After years of seeing the house be drawn as part of the opening title sequence, the cast of the show finally say goodbye by un-drawing the house in the final shot.
85	-->''' Cheese:''' Okay, bye, doggies!

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