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11After wrapping up four seasons and [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie a feature film]] for ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', Creator/CartoonNetwork approached Creator/CraigMcCracken for a new series. He pitched them this simple premise: where do {{imaginary friend}}s go when their young creators outgrow them?
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13Why, to [[TitleDrop Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]], of course! A home for imaginary friends whose kids have outgrown them, Foster's is a place where friends can live together until they are eventually adopted by another child who needs them.
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15Set {{in a world}} where imaginary friends are living, tangible beings who [[{{Tulpa}} can be seen and heard by everyone]] including their creator, ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' follows Mac (Creator/SeanMarquette), a shy and creative 8 year old boy, who is forced by his mother to give up his imaginary friend Bloo (Creator/KeithFerguson), a walking, talking protection blanket. He and Bloo discover the titular home for Bloo to live, but because they don't want to be separated forever, they strike a deal with the house that, as long as Mac comes to visit him every day, Bloo won't be adopted.
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17Upon arrival, Mac makes three new friends: Wilt (Creator/PhilLaMarr), a tall basketball-loving monster who ApologizesALot; Eduardo (Creator/TomKenny), a ferocious-looking but kind bull-like imaginary friend who's [[ShrinkingViolet afraid of his own shadow]]; and Coco (Creator/CandiMilo), a kooky bird/airplane/palmtree creature who can lay eggs that contain anything she imagines. As all of the other characters were once dreamed up by children, the house's other residents are a CastOfSnowflakes made up of an array of wildly surreal creatures. Most of the episodes involve Bloo's egotistical, mischievous personality, in complete contrast to the shy, polite Mac, getting him and his friends into wacky hijinks around the house. As with most Cartoon Network shows, expect plenty of {{parental bonus}}es along the way.
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19Of note, ''Foster's'' was Cartoon Network's first original 2D animated show to be produced 100% digitally: the backgrounds were all drawn in Photoshop and the animation was done in-house in UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash, all with the aide of graphics tablets. This not only brought down the cost and shrank the staff, but allowed for the nuances of Craig [=McCracken=]'s personal drawing style to come through in the final product rather than the blocky, geometric look Flash had been known for up to that point.
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21A total of 71 episodes in six seasons were produced, along with three DarkerAndEdgier {{Made For TV Movie}}s that took up two/three episodes in the episode solts: ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfBloos'' in 2004 - which served as the PilotMovie to the show - ''WesternAnimation/GoodWiltHunting'' in 2006, and ''WesternAnimation/DestinationImagination'' in 2008. The series ran from 2004 to 2009 and, as a result, is seen as singlehandedly bridging Cartoon Network's "classic" and "renaissance" periods (coincidentally, it ended the same year as the station's longest-running series, ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'').
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23In 2012, the series returned to Cartoon Network as a part of ''WesternAnimation/CartoonPlanet'', although strictly the 11-minute minisodes, since the block doesn't incorporate any 22-minute episodes of former network series. Also as of 2012, reruns are airing on Creator/{{Boomerang}}. [[https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/powerpuff-girls-fosters-home-for-imaginary-friends-reboots-1235318832/ On July 18, 2022]], it was announced that Craig [=McCracken=] would return to the series to produce a preschool spin-off with [[Creator/HannaBarbera Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe]], featuring an original cast of imaginary friends.
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25Not to be confused with ''Series/TheFosters''.
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27!!Additional pages:
28* [[Recap/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends has a work in progess recap page]].
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31!!''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' provides examples of:
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33[[AC:General examples]]
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35[[index]]
36* FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends/TropesAToD
37** [[BodyWipe/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Body Wipe]]
38* FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends/TropesEToL
39** [[Radar/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Getting Crap Past the Radar]]
40* FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends/TropesMToR
41* FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends/TropesSToZ
42** [[ShoutOut/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Shout-Out]]
43[[/index]]
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