Line #113 WesternAnimation/HouseOfBloos


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2	[[caption-width-right:1000:[[{{Tagline}} Imagine that!]] [[note]]From front to back: Bloo, Mac, Wilt, Eduardo, Coco, Frankie and Mr. Herriman[[/note]]]]
3	'''House of Bloo's''' is the first MadeForTVMovie for ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' and serves as the PilotMovie / PilotEpisode to the show. It was released on August 13, 2004.
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5	It introduces us to Mac, a [[ShrinkingViolet shy]] eight-year-old living in [[DingyTrainsideApartment dingy apartment]] with his [[WhenYouComingHomeDad distant mother]] and [[BigBrotherBully cruel thirteen-year-old brother Terrence]] who bullies on him with his mom being away for so long. With the only positive outlit in his life being his imaginary friend - and best friend - [[CoolBigBro Blooregard Q. Kazoo]] (or "Bloo" for short), who's always there to help Mac confront Terrence with mind games and sass, which led to tons of fights in the house.
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7	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!
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10	!!The film provides examples of:
11	* AdoptiveNameChange: When Sweetums wants to adopt Bloo, she names him Tiffany (since she believes Bloo is a girl).
12	* AsYouKnow: The PreviouslyOn of Parts 2 & 3 in the three-episode stripped version is Bloo and Mac recapping the events of the previous part to each other.
13	* BaitAndSwitch: In Coco's introduction scene, to Mac and Bloo it seems like she was asking if they wanted coco, with her repeatedly asking Bloo that question, until Wilt reveals all Coco can say is "Coco", and what she was asking - according to Wilt - was "Do you want any juice?"
14	* TheBet: [[spoiler:In the end, Madame Foster offers to keep Bloo from adoption under the condition Mac has to visit Foster's daily.]]
15	* BigBad: Duchess. Sweetums acts as a major big bad for the second act.
16	* BigBadDuumvirate: Terrence and Duchess, who team up to get rid of Bloo once and for all.
17	* BigDamnHeroes: Mac, twice.
18	* BigWhat: Mac cries out: "WHAT?!" when Frankie reveals if Bloo comes to live at Foster's, he won't see him anymore and will be put up for adoption.
19	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Duchess' plan has Terrence fake a NiceGuy ego in front of the Foster's staff to adopt Bloo, just to ruthlessly torment him and further psychologically scar Mac.
20	* {{Bookends}}: While Bloo and Mac wait to be welcomed into Foster's in the first part, Bloo tells a worried Mac to make him feel better "With me living here, Mom will be happy, Terrence will leave you alone, and you can visit me every day. It's perfect! Our problems are solved!". At the end of the movie, Bloo repeats this, but adds: "[[{{Understatement}} It was just a little more of a hassle than we thought.]]"
21	* BrickJoke: During Coco's EstablishingCharacterMoment - as said in BaitAndSwitch above - she seemed like she was asking the boys if they wanted coco, when she was really asking if they wanted juice. Around the end of the movie, Coco asks Bloo if he wanted coco.
22	* ChekhovsGift: Around the end of the first act, Coco lays Mac plastic eggs which he throws into his bedroom closet at the start of the second act. Which becomes important when Mac uses the eggs to escape from being locked in the closet.
23	* ClosetPunishment: Non-punishment example. Terrence locks Mac up in his bedroom closet so Terrence can go to Foster's and adopt Bloo without any problems.
24	* ContrivedCoincidence: What are the odds that a random ad for the Foster home would be playing on the exact same night Bloo decided to watch TV to take his mind off being rid of? And what are the odds Bloo randomly found the channel it was playing on at the exact right time when he was rapidly channel surfing?
25	* CowardlyLion: Best seen with Eduardo. Despite being afraid, he saves Mac from an Extremeasaurs ''twice''!
26	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Bloo decides to take Mac to Foster's to have him live there to solve their problem, but doesn't realize that Foster's is a ''foster'' home until the end of the first part.
27	* DisproportionateRevenge: Duchess comes up with a big plan to have Terrence adopt Bloo, drag him to a junkyard and have an Extremeasaurus she freed earlier eat Bloo - or in darker terms '''''KILL''''' Bloo... simply because the daughter of a rich family wanted him instead of her.
28	* DistressedDude:
29	** Mac gets caught in the tentacle of an Extremeasaur twice (the second one however was [[DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel done intentionally]]).
30	** Bloo himself needs saving twice. Once in the second act when Sweetums tries to adopt him and in the third act when he's outright close to being ''killed'' by Duchess.
31	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Being that this is ''still'' a pilot episode made when the show was still figuring itself out, it contains many major differences from the main series. To wit...
32	** 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 compassion 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.
33	*** Bloo also showed a level of cleverness from him taking advantage of Terrence's stupidity. Something that would be quite ironic with the more absent-minded Bloo who has a ''very'' loose grip on reality at worst.
34	** While most of the voices are pretty on par, Mac and Bloo have completely different voices. Mac's voice is far more higher while Bloo's is far more lower, 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)
35	** 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 the show proper, ''anyone'' could understand her, even if they had just met her.
36	*** On the note of Coco, Wilt says she lays eggs when she gets excited, when in the show proper, she does it basically whenever she wants.
37	** Mr. Herriman calls Bloo "Master Bloo" in this movie only when in every other instance he calls him by his full first name Blooregard.
38	** Duchess was an outright villain, willing to ''kill'' Bloo, instead of the simple RoyalBrat she is in the main series.
39	** [[spoiler:Madame Foster was depicted as having a hard time going down the stairs and traversing the hallways due to her age, hence 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.]]
40	** Eduardo speaks a lot more GratuitousSpanish than in the later episodes, to the point where Wilt had to translate both him ''and'' Coco when saying good night to Bloo.
41	* 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.
42	-->'''Frankie:''' ''[[SayMyName DUCHESS!!!]]''
43	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Hilariously [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. When Duchess offers Terrence the chance to team up with her to kill Bloo, Terrence gives a speech to Duchess about how he's disgusted that she 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.
44	* EverybodyLaughsEnding: The movie ends with Mac, Bloo, and the others all sharing a happy laugh after Madame Foster allows Bloo to be kept from adoption as long as Mac visits every day, which Mr. Herriman finds annoying.
45	* EveryoneHasStandards: Even ''Mr. Herriman'' agrees with Jackie Khones's comment on Duchess being evil.
46	* FailedAttemptAtDrama: When Mac and his new friends arrive to Bloo's rescue, Mac shouts out "Okay guys. Let's Bloo this!". Absolutely no one is impressed, and when it looks like Mac is about to repeat the phrase, he is forced to change it to "Do this" just to satisfy everyone.
47	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
48	** Wilt is rather uncomfortable when told he should play basketball. [[WesternAnimation/GoodWiltHunting Wonder why...]]
49	** A small bit that hints that Madame Foster [[spoiler: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]].
50	** When Frankie rebuts Mr. Herriman's claim that Bloo will be abandoned by Mac for certain, citing how his creator didn't, as creators often leave their imaginary friends behind, Mr. Herriman visibly pauses as the camera zooms out, showing a painting of Madame Foster.
51	* ForTheEvulz: When Mac asks Terrence why he's locking him in the closet, all he gets is an uninterested "'''cuz.''"
52	* FirstEpisodeTwist: Two of 'em!
53	** Bloo goes to live in the titular foster home, with the plot surrounding Mac and Bloo's attempt to create the deal that would allow the latter to live there without fear of adoption.
54	** Throughout the movie, it's also implied that Madame Foster is dead. [[spoiler:However, she makes an appearance around the final minutes of the movie, and goes on to be a main character throughout the series]].
55	* FluffyTamer: Duchess can exert near-perfect control over an Extremosaur in the first episode. She speaks to it affectionately with BabyTalk to boot.
56	* TheGhost: Madame Foster [[spoiler:until the end of the movie, to the point where Bloo assumed she was dead.]]
57	* GrowingUpSucks: Pretty much the main reason why Bloo has to leave Mac's life is because he's growing up.
58	* HiddenDepths: When Duchess proposes an alliance to wipe Bloo out, Terrance is noticeably disgusted by her and tries to get away from her, implying that he knows how to handle StrangerDanger. He accepts when Duchess makes her point clearer, but still.
59	* IdiotBall:
60	** 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.
61	-->'''Bloo''': ''[as Sweetums comes to grab him]'' Hey, guys, news flash, you're all fighting about the same thing. So why don't you all shut up '''AND HELP ME!?!'''
62	** Bloo himself holds this the third act. When he sees right through Terrence's disguise, he doesn't run or get away from Terrence or trick him, but rather stand there in the open. Leaving him a target for Terrence to easily grab.
63	* IronicEcho: When it looks like Mac's mother is buying into Terrence's WoundedGazelleGambit, he responds with "Ha!" at Mac and Bloo. Once she reveals she sees through his sob story, Mac and Bloo fire the same word back at him.
64	* ItsAllAboutMe: Not Bloo, surprisingly, but rather Duchess. Who plots to kill Bloo simply because the daughter of a rich family wanted him instead of her. That's pretty normal behavior for her.
65	* KarmaHoudini: Duchess basically ''almost murders Bloo'' and the only "punishment" she gets is not expulsion from Foster's (or even getting arrested), but to stay at Foster's because she hates living there so much.
66	* LackOfImagination: Addressed when Wilt gives Mac and Bloo a tour, he points out an imaginary friend that is [[ShoutOut an exact copy]] of Mojo Jojo from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' saying that some kids just copy what they see on the TV.
67	* LampshadeHanging: When Terrence’s WoundedGazelleGambit fails, Mac’s mother says actually asks him she’s really going to believe his sob story.
68	-->'''Mac's Mother:''' Terrence, you expect me to believe that a 13-year-old boy was overpowered by an 8-year-old and his cute little imaginary friend?
69	* LamePunReaction: Mac does one by saying "Let's ''Bloo'' (do) this", [[LampshadeHanging which everyone clowns on him for]].
70	-->''[After Mac says the above line]''\
71	'''Wilt:''' Aww man, I'm sorry, that was not okay.\
72	'''Eduardo:''' Muy stinko.\
73	'''Terrence:''' [laughs] Lame. That's even more stupider than me.\
74	'''Bloo:''' He's right. "Let's Bloo this?", come on, man.
75	* LaserGuidedKarma: Compared to [[KarmaHoudini Duchess]], Terrence gets this when the others lock him in the unicorn stables as punishment for his duplicity, and gets surrounded by the Unicorns who he called 'girly' earlier.
76	* OhCrap: The look on Terrence's face says it all when the mother reveals she isn't buying into his WoundedGazelleGambit.
77	* PilotMovie: Originally when it first aired. It later re-aired as a [[FiveEpisodePilot three-part pilot]].
78	* 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. [[spoiler:However, this becomes Subverted when she makes her appearance, even lampshading this when Bloo exclaims his surprise at her being alive.]]
79	-->[[spoiler:'''Bloo:''' Madame Foster! You're alive!\
80	'''Madame Foster:''' Huh? Well, of ''course'' I'm alive! Whadaya think?\
81	'''Bloo:''' Well, just that I've been here a few days, and I never saw you, so I just figured...\
82	'''Madame Foster:''' [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It takes me a while to get down the steps, okay?]] '''[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome I AM]]''' '''''[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome OLD!!!]]''''\
83	'''Jackie Khones:''' ''[to Mr. Herriman]'' [[BrickJoke See]]?]]
84	* PricelessMingVase: When Terrence begins forcing Mac and Bloo to destroy the house by running them into objects. The Ming vase only gets broken at the end of the scene, when Bloo is able to trick Terrence into throwing him above the cabinet where the vase is and smashes it over Terrence's head.
85	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Madame Foster becomes one in the climax, when she adores Bloo so much she agrees to keep him from adoption under the deal that Mac comes to visit him daily.
86	* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Wilt, Eduardo and Coco's attempt to keep Bloo out of Sweetums's hands take them through this midway through their chase, and they start switching who's carrying who (at one point Coco is carrying ''Eduardo''). It ends with Bloo ending up carrying the bratty girl and running off with the others chasing after him. The scene repeats in the episode's credits, where at one point a previously introduced imaginary friend (who looks just like Mojo Jojo) makes an appearance.
87	* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: [[spoiler:Madame Foster ultimately overrides Mr. Herriman and agrees to keep Bloo out of the running for adoption, so long as Mac visits every day]].
88	* SealedEvilInACan: Because of their destructive nature, the Extremeasaurs at Foster's have to be locked in a large cage.
89	* SmallRoleBigImpact:
90	** Mac's mother only appears for about one to three minutes at the start of the movie, and isn't seen again afterwards aside from mentions, but she's the driving force for the plot of the movie and the entire series happening.
91	** [[spoiler: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]].
92	* SomethingWeForgot: After the gang successfully gets rid of the Extremeasaur's legs, their celebration makes them forget - sans Mac - that Bloo is ''still'' being chased by the Extremeasaur.
93	* SpecialEditionTitle: When it aired as a movie, it only showed the show's logo and the "Created by" card with a shortened version of the theme played.
94	* SpoiledBrat:
95	** The millionaire's daughter (ironically nicknamed "Sweetums") who tries to adopt Bloo (whom she calls "Tiffany") by force. Wilt, Eduardo and Coco spend all day trying to keep Bloo out of reach of the little girl and try prevent him from being adopted before Mac's timely arrival saves him at the last minute.
96	** After their plan is foiled, both Mr. Herriman and Frankie call Terrence and Duchess spoiled rotten.
97	* TheStinger: Each of the three parts when reruned as separate have an additional gag relating to the part.
98	** Part 1 has Bloo channel surfing like at the beginning and stops at ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''.
99	** Part 2 has Mojo Jojo appear during the chase scene, replacing Jackie Khones.
100	** Part 3 has a repeating loop of the ''VideoGame/PacMan'' ShoutOut.
101	* TalkingIsAFreeAction: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. When Mac and company confront Terrence and Duchess and Mac fails at making a PreAssKickingOneLiner "Let's Bloo this", everyone clowns on him for how bad it as and leads to the Extremeasurus quickly appearing to bypass them.
102	* TearsOfJoy: Eduardo starts crying happily after Madame Foster creates the deal that Bloo can stay as long as Mac visits daily.
103	-->'''Eduardo:''' You can-a stay! I so happy that, no I'm not, so sad!
104	* ThatCameOutWrong: Duchess suggests to Mac's brother Terrence that they work together, but the way she puts it grosses out Terrence because he mistakes it for Duchess coming on to him.
105	-->'''Duchess:''' You and I should hook up!
106	-->'''Terrence:''' Oh, man! I think I'm gonna be sick!
107	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Bloo has this reaction when he runs into a dead end and sees Sweetums trapped him with no one to help him.
108	* UnknownRival: When Duchess reveals herself to Bloo as the mastermind behind his kidnapping and attempted murder, Bloo is confused. It turns out, he doesn't even remember ''who Duchess is''. The two were only in the same room together twice before. Both of those occasions were barely even ten seconds long, and not one time did the two interact directly.
109	* VaryingCompetencyAlibi: Terrence locks Mac up in the closet long enough for him to adopt out Bloo, with Mac arriving too late to stop it. He notes however that Terrence is too stupid to come up with a plan this complex, therefore, Terrence must be receiving instructions from someone who wants to get rid of Bloo. [[EurekaMoment Cue everyone figuring out it's Duchess]].
110	* VillainyFreeVillain: Mr. Herriman isn't the antagonist (that's Duchess), but when Mac leaves Bloo at Foster's and promises to return, Herriman swiftly [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids crushes Bloo's hopes of seeing his creator again]] by sternly telling him that [[IfIHadANickel he'd be very fat if he had a carrot for the amount of time's he's seen creators failing to deliver on this promise]]. He also has absolutely no qualms with handing Bloo over to a SpoiledBrat who will clearly abuse him, despite Wilt, Edwardo, Coco, and Frankie's protests. All this because the house rules mandate that imaginary friends be put up for adoption.
111	* WelcomeEpisode: The first act is dedicated to Mac and Bloo meeting Mr. Herriman and Frankie, and getting a tour by Wilt, Coco and Eduardo.
112	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mac's mother tries to stop Terrance's abuse of Mac... ''By asking Mac to send away Bloo'', who - despite being imaginary - is every bit as alive as his human companions.
113	* WhamLine:
114	** Around the end of the first part, Frankie gives Mac and Bloo one of these.
115	-->'''Frankie:''' Umm, Mac, Bloo. Foster’s is a ''foster'' home. It's not a boarding house. If you leave Bloo here, you can't come see him, 'cause he won't be yours anymore. [...] He'll be put up for adoption, like everybody else here.
116	** A rather quiet one in the second part. When Mac keeps his promise to come back and visit Bloo at the house, proving Mr. Herriman wrong and prompting Frankie to continue trying to melt his frozen heart.
117	-->'''Mr. Herriman:''' It's just a cruel fact of life, Miss Frances. Every child tires of their imaginary friend eventually.\
118	''(Frankie leans in and gives him a knowing grin)''\
119	'''Frankie:''' ''Your's'' didn't.
120	* WhamShot: During the arguing about whether letting Bloo stay at the house, the sound of someone descending the stairs is heard. Making everyone go quiet and step away from the stairs to reveal [[spoiler:Madame Foster at the top of the stairs]].
121	* WingsDoNothing: Coco's wings are short and stubby and don't even have FeatherFingers. She tries to fly briefly around the second act, but she quickly ends up falling.
122	* WoundedGazelleGambit: Terrence tries to pull this off when his mother comes home to get Mac and Bloo in trouble. While she does come home to the two of them dancing while Terrence is on the ground with a broken vase on his head (meaning she could be forgiven for believing him), it ultimately fails because she knows there's no way Mac and Bloo could overpower Terrence, and she also seems to doubt that they'd throw the first punch anyway.
123	* YourTelevisionHatesYou: After Mac’s mother tells him that he can’t keep Bloo anymore, the latter tries watching TV to take his mind off of it. But, every channel he flips on just keeps reminding him that he has to leave, making him angry, at least until he sees a commercial for Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends.

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