Line #7 Trivia/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends


1	!Trivia tropes for ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''
2	!!Trivia With Their Own Pages
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4	* [[ReferencedBy/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Referenced by...]]
5	[[/index]]
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7	!!General examples:
8	* ActingForTwo:
9	** Among the main and secondary cast, Creator/GreyDeLisle plays Frankie, Goo, and Duchess while Creator/CandiMilo is Coco, Madam Foster, and Cheese.
10	** The show very rarely had guest stars - if a new character shows up in an episode, it's going to be voiced by somebody who already voices one of the main characters (and if it isn't, it'll usually be either Creator/JeffBennett or Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson). It's pretty obvious how many characters in the show in particular are voiced by Creator/TomKenny or Creator/GreyDeLisle.
11	* TheCharacterIceCreamBar: Blue Bunny released an ice of Bloo with black gumball eyes. Due to his simple design, it's literally his entire body.
12	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Spain and France, the series' title was oddly translated as "Foster, the House of the Imaginary Friends", leaving "Foster" in English as if it was the place's proper name instead of part of a noun.
13	* CreatorBacklash: Creator/LaurenFaust has made it abundantly clear that she is not at all proud for writing "Everyone Knows It's Bendy."
14	* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Mac's voice actor Sean Marquette cites "Partying is Such Sweet Soiree" as his favorite episode, specifying that he really enjoyed getting to perform the role of Mac while his character was running around screaming like a maniac from his sugar high.
15	* CreatorsPest:
16	** Creator/LaurenFaust admits that she hated Bendy just as much as the audience did, which is why he never appeared again.
17	** Creator/TaraStrong has said that Terrence was her least favorite character to play, as she went hoarse from putting on such a raspy voice (not helping the fact that around the same time she also voiced Dil Pickles from WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp who also shares the same voice tone). [[note]] This is one of the reasons he appeared less in later episodes. [[/note]]
18	* CrossDressingVoices
19	** Terrence is voiced by Creator/TaraStrong.
20	** Cheese is voiced by Creator/CandiMilo, who also voices Madame Foster and Coco. And [[WesternAnimation/ChalkZone that other blue dude.]]
21	** In the Japanese-language dub of the show, Mac is voiced by Makoto Tsumura, who voiced Anime/AstroBoy in the 2003 adaptation. [[Anime/DigimonTamers She also voiced an adorable young boy who created his best friend]] (and if counting other Japanese dubs of American cartoons, [[WesternAnimation/ChalkZone two of them!]])
22	*** Played straight in the French dub too -- Mac's voiced by Creator/NathalieBienaime.
23	* DawsonCasting: Eight-year-old Mac is voiced Sean Marquette, who was about fifteen or sixteen when the show began. He was not replaced after he had gone through puberty. Instead, he had his voice digitally pitched up. It is obvious if one compares episodes from Season 1 to episodes afterward.
24	* DescendedCreator: Series creator Craig [=McCracken=] voices his caricature, a cartoon executive, on "One False Movie".
25	* DevelopmentGag: In "House of Bloo's", Bloo is shown at one point watching a ''Series/{{Lassie}}'' parody. The boy in the show has the same character design as Mac's prototype appearance.
26	* DVDCommentary: The first season DVD set includes a commentary on "Store Wars", where Frankie and Mac are trying to sign a treaty after Bloo caused trouble in the events of the episode.
27	* ExecutiveMeddling:
28	** A minor example, but this is ''the'' reason why "Everyone Knows It's Bendy" ended up being such a disappointment to the writing staff. Before the episode was finished, Cartoon Network insisted that the series switch from half-hour to quarter-hour hour shows and the result was that several key story moments, which would have ended in Bendy and Bloo getting what they respectively deserved, had to be dropped.
29	** For a [[https://mobile.twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/1387143192705867778 different example]], Craig [=McCracken=] talked about how the network wanted the show to remain episodic and rerun the episodes in any order. As such, there was no long lasting character development for anyone, most notably Bloo.
30	* FakeBrit: Kansas native Tom Kane as British-accented Mr. Herriman. He mostly pulls it off, [[OohMeAccentsSlipping but certain pronunciations may give the game away]].
31	* FakeNationality: Goo, an African-American, is voiced by Creator/GreyDeLisle, who is white.
32	* FollowTheLeader: While not the first TV series to use UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash for its animation, it was arguably the first to push its limitations to better suit the looser appearance of traditional character designs instead of the blocky, geometric look often used to make Flash animation easier, and has clearly had an influence on television fully embracing the medium over the following decade in shows like ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and ''WesternAnimation/MotorCity''.
33	* InspirationForTheWork: The inspiration for the show [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/610248929213464576 came from]] when Craig [=McCracken=] and Lauren Faust adopted three dogs from an animal shelter, and wondered what their lives were like before.
34	* KidsMealToy:
35	** In 2006, Burger King released a set of mix-and-match and create-a-face toys.
36	** In 2007, UsefulNotes/McDonalds sold a set of eight toys based on this series, ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'', and ''WesternAnimation/SquirrelBoy'', with each franchise having two characters. The ''Foster's'' toys were a plastic figure of Wilt with a stencil in his back, and a wind-up vibrating pencil topper of Bloo.
37	* MissingEpisode: You can count the amount of episodes that aired on WesternAnimation/CartoonPlanet with one hand.
38	* NoExportForYou: The first three seasons are avaliable for people to watch across multiple regions of the world on both physical (DVD) and digital media (Amazon). Seasons 4, 5 and 6 on Amazon US, however, have been restricted to Region 1 only. Unless you had a way to bypass the region IP lockout and include an attached US address to your account, it's impossible to see the conclusion of the series. No explanation has been given for this odd decision.
39	** Google Play and Youtube also have the entire series restricted to Region 1 as well. Again, no reason has been given for this odd and frustrating choice.
40	* OutOfOrder: The episodes on the first season DVD set are listed differently than how CN aired them, as they go from production order. This makes sense as "Busted" feels like it takes place shortly after "House of Bloo's".
41	* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/GreyDeLisle voices Frankie and Goo, who are nicer than her [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents other]] [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy well known]] roles at the time. Duchess is a subversion though.
42	* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Around 2006, there was a Wikipedia article posted about a BigDamnMovie in which Mac and Bloo entered a secret door in the building and ended up in a strange new world. It was confirmed as false (and the article subsequently deleted), but it may have inspired the movie ''WesternAnimation/DestinationImagination'', released two years later.
43	* TributeToFido: Not only was Craig [=McCracken=] inspired to make the show after he and Lauren Faust adopted their dogs and imagined what their lives were like before getting adopted, but they get referenced twice in the show. In "Who Let The Dogs In?", Mac names two of the puppies "Buckaroo" and "Lucy", which were what Craig and Lauren named their dogs. Two dogs modeled after the real Buckaroo and Lucy appear at the beginning of "Bus the Two of Us" in a car the Foster's bus passes.
44	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
45	** In the earliest sketches of the show, Mac was blond and had shorter hair.
46	** [[http://cmcc.deviantart.com/art/Eduardo-Development-76338423 See]] [[http://cmcc.deviantart.com/art/Coco-Development-76338828 some]] [[http://cmcc.deviantart.com/art/Frankie-Deveopment-76339145 concept art]] [[http://cmcc.deviantart.com/art/Bloo-Development-76337898 from]] [[http://cmcc.deviantart.com/art/Wilt-Development-76338091 Craig [=McCracken=]'s]] [[http://cmcc.deviantart.com/art/Mac-Development-76337605 Deviantart here.]]
47	** A character originally conceived for the show was an imaginary friend who was created from the acid trip of a college student. However, Craig [=McCracken=] had no idea how to convey it subtly before realizing he ''didn't want to know'' what kinds of imaginary friends an adult could create, hence the rule that only children can make imaginary friends.
48	** [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/1557114923771039744 There were plans]] for a ThanksgivingEpisode that involved Madame Foster's son (AKA Frankie's father, Harriman's "kid brother"), but they were scrapped in favor of ''WesternAnimation/GoodWiltHunting''.
49	* WordOfGod: Years after the show ended, the show's creator provided numerous odd bits of information on Twitter:
50	** [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/611928065912868867 Only children could make imaginary friends]], then this ability [[GrowingUpSucks is lost]] [[InvertedTrope upon completing]] [[PubertySuperpower puberty]]. Terrence was able to make one because he wasn't fully post-pubescent then.
51	** [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/612061383434219520 Both of Frankie's parents are alive.]] Having to grow up with Mr. Herriman around [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/609812747715350528 soured Frankie's dad on the idea of imaginary friends]], so he [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/609813042860142592 never let Frankie have one]]. The only one she ever made [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/609817339400355840 she had to give up]], and one of the reasons she works at Foster's [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/609817724760408064 is so she might see that friend again some day]].
52	** The CityWithNoName the show it set in is located [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/609737072014790657 somewhere in the Pacific Northwest]].
53	** [[https://youtu.be/tc2r4AcjvXY Despite what the closed captioning would]] have you believe, Creator/LaurenFaust [[http://www.fosters-home.com/forum/showthread.php?p=100101#post100101 has gone on record saying that]] Keith Ferguson never once said pissed in ''WesternAnimation/DestinationImagination''.
54	** According to the show's pitch bible, Mac and Terrence's parents divorced shortly before the events of the series.
55	* WriteWhoYouKnow: Frankie is based on Craig [=McCracken=]'s wife and series writer Creator/LaurenFaust. He denies that Mac was based on himself, but seeing as Mac has a crush on Frankie, [=McCracken=] eventually decided to roll with it. The concept came to him when he and Faust adopted a puppy and [=McCracken=] made up a story about what his life was like before they got him.

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