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* AgeAppropriateAngst: Mac's response to having (in his own mind) burned his bridges with Frankie and earned the ire of Terrence and his druggie buddies and being hit with the realization that with Frankie mad at him, there's no one to care that Terrence is abusing him is to start sobbing and spend a good while mute, even after [[BigDamnHeroes Frankie comes to his rescue]]. Then after Frankie gets him safely back to Foster's, he breaks out of the silence into hysterical sobs and babbled apologies.
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* AgeAppropriateAngst: Mac's response to having (in his own mind) burned his bridges with Frankie and earned the ire of Terrence and his druggie buddies and being hit with the realization that with Frankie mad at him, there's no one to care that Terrence is abusing him is to start sobbing and spend a good while mute, even after [[BigDamnHeroes Frankie comes to his rescue]]. Then after Frankie gets him safely back to Foster's, he breaks out of the silence into hysterical sobs and babbled apologies.
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** A particularly dark example occurs when Mac trashes a particularly expensive shipment of pot he was supposed to deliver and mouths off to the dealer; things quickly go downhill and the dealer, Terrence and several of Terrence's druggy friends engage in a "game" that involves [[StuffedIntoATrashcan stuffing Mac inside a trash can]] and then kicking said trash can around. The "fun" only stops [[BigDamnHeroes when]] [[BigBrotherInstinct Frankie]] [[BigDamnHeroes shows up]] and beats the crap out of all the teens.
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** A particularly dark example occurs when Mac trashes a particularly expensive shipment of pot he was supposed to deliver and mouths off to the dealer; things quickly go downhill and the dealer, Terrence and several of Terrence's druggy friends engage in a "game" that involves [[StuffedIntoATrashcan stuffing Mac inside a trash can]] and then kicking said trash can around. The "fun" only stops [[BigDamnHeroes when]] [[BigBrotherInstinct Frankie]] [[BigDamnHeroes shows up]] and beats the crap out of all the teens.
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** Nothing is said about Frankie's parents in canon, but it's implied that they're still around (although they don't visit because [[FantasticRacism her father hates imaginary friends]]. Here, they were killed in a car crash when she was three, and said accident left her traumatized for weeks.
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** Nothing is said about Frankie's parents in canon, but it's implied that they're still around (although they don't visit because [[FantasticRacism her father hates imaginary friends]].friends]]). Here, they were killed in a car crash when she was three, and said accident left her traumatized for weeks.
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* AdoptingTheAbused: Frankie, when she learns how bad Terrence has been treating his little brother (and how his mother has done nothing to stop it), becomes Mac's unofficial older sister, and later becomes his legal guardian when Terrence and his mother are killed.
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* TookAThirdOption: In one one-shot, six-year-old Frankie reveals at school that she lives at Foster's. A lot of kids start teasing her for living in a "freak show". Wilt, who walks her to school every day, knows that he can't let this continue (as Frankie's already in tears whenever he comes to pick her up), but Frankie insists that he not tell Madame Foster or her teachers (as being labeled a tattler will get her teased even worse). So what does Wilt do? [[spoiler: He asks [[PaperTiger Eduardo]] to start taking Frankie to school. Sure, the monster is sweet, cowardly, and totally harmless...but the other kids don't know that...]]
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: In ''Wishing Only Wounds the Heart'', Mac develops a cough, that eventually leads to heavy breathing. Said heavy breathing becomes asthma, which leads to the discovery of Mac having a heart problem...[[spoiler: which leads to him having an asthma/heart attack and needing a heart transplant in the next twenty-four hours or he'll die]].
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* HurtComfortFic: A lot of stories in this series take this form, whether it be Mac recovering from Terrence's abuse, Mac and Frankie recovering from an ''extremosaur attack'', or Mac being diagnosed with a severe illness.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: In ''Wishing Only Wounds the Heart'', Mac develops a cough,that which eventually leads to heavy breathing. Said heavy breathing becomes asthma, which leads to the discovery of Mac having a heart problem...[[spoiler: which leads to him having an asthma/heart attack and needing a heart transplant in the next twenty-four hours or he'll die]].die]].
* JerkassHasAPoint: When Mac comes barging into Fosters in hysterics claiming that Terrence is alive and coming after him, he's shocked and angry that Mr. Herriman and Frankie don't believe him. To their credit, Mac was completely hysterical when he ran in, he has no evidence, and Terrence has been believed to be dead for a few months at least.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: In ''Wishing Only Wounds the Heart'', Mac develops a cough,
* JerkassHasAPoint: When Mac comes barging into Fosters in hysterics claiming that Terrence is alive and coming after him, he's shocked and angry that Mr. Herriman and Frankie don't believe him. To their credit, Mac was completely hysterical when he ran in, he has no evidence, and Terrence has been believed to be dead for a few months at least.
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* RunningGag: Near the end, Bloo has a nightmare about there being a cannibal ghost in the closet and goes to sleep in Mac's room...and then they become worried that there's a cannibal ghost in Mac's closet. So they go to sleep in Frankie's room...and then they all become worried that there's a cannibal ghost in ''her'' closet. So they all go to sleep in Wilt's room, and Frankie tries to keep Bloo from scaring anyone else by ''promising'' there's no ghost in the closet...then Bloo wonders if it's hiding under the ''bed''...
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* RunningGag: Near the end, end of ''FallingApart'', Bloo has a nightmare about there being a cannibal ghost in the closet and goes to sleep in Mac's room...and then they become worried that there's a cannibal ghost in Mac's closet. So they go to sleep in Frankie's room...and then they all become worried that there's a cannibal ghost in ''her'' closet. So they all go to sleep in Wilt's room, and Frankie tries to keep Bloo from scaring anyone else by ''promising'' there's no ghost in the closet...then Bloo wonders if it's hiding under ''under the ''bed''...bed''...
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* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: [[spoiler: Terrence is able to convince the hospital to donate his heart to Mac, a procedure that kills him. Terrence, however, is a thirteen-year-old without a legal guardian, meaning that, in real life, no hospital would have let him be a donor. Furthermore, no doctor would allow a living person to donate their heart, seeing as how such a procedure would be fatal. However, this is a world where imaginary friends are brought to life every day, so maybe the rules are a little different.]]
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* JerkassRealization: Mr. Herriman has one after Madame Foster gives him the [[WhatTheHellHero scolding of a lifetime]] for not only allowing Mac to be taken from Frankie, but to bring up her worst trauma as if it was no big deal, do absolutely ''nothing'' to apologize for it, and then allowing Wilt (arguably her closest friend in the house) to be adopted. He quickly realizes that he's done nothing but make the situation worse, and starts working to amend it.
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* JerkassRealization: Mr. Herriman has one after Madame Foster gives him the [[WhatTheHellHero scolding of a lifetime]] for not only allowing Mac to be taken from Frankie, but to bring up her worst trauma as if it was no big deal, do absolutely ''nothing'' to apologize for it, and then allowing Wilt (arguably her closest friend in the house) to be adopted. He quickly realizes that he's done nothing but make the situation worse, and starts working to amend it. For the rest of his appearances in the series, he is noticeably [[TookALevelInKindness nicer]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: After spending the entire series driving Frankie (and everyone else) insane with her increasingly ridiculous demands for pampering, Duchess finally gets her comeuppance. After Terrance's plan to get "revenge" on Mac goes wrong, she's caught red-handed as his accomplice and is sent to what's implied to be prison for imaginary friends. She won't be getting her coveted pampered lifestyle, nor will she bother anyone at Foster's ever again.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: After spending the entire series driving Frankie (and everyone else) insane with her increasingly ridiculous demands for pampering, Duchess finally gets her comeuppance. After Terrance's plan to get "revenge" on Mac goes wrong, she's caught red-handed as his accomplice and is sent to what's implied to be prison for imaginary friends. She won't be getting her coveted pampered lifestyle, nor will she bother anyone at Foster's ever again.]]
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* CoughOfDoom: In ''Wishing Only Wounds the Heart'', Mac develops a cough, that eventually leads to heavy breathing. Said heavy breathing becomes asthma, which leads to the discovery of Mac having a heart problem...[[spoiler: which leads to him having an asthma/heart attack and needing a heart transplant in the next twenty-four hours or he'll die]].
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: In ''Wishing Only Wounds the Heart'', Mac develops a cough, that eventually leads to heavy breathing. Said heavy breathing becomes asthma, which leads to the discovery of Mac having a heart problem...[[spoiler: which leads to him having an asthma/heart attack and needing a heart transplant in the next twenty-four hours or he'll die]].
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* CoughOfDoom: In ''Wishing Only Wounds the Heart'', Mac develops a cough, that eventually leads to heavy breathing. Said heavy breathing becomes asthma, which leads to the discovery of Mac having a heart problem...[[spoiler: which leads to him having an asthma/heart attack and needing a heart transplant in the next twenty-four hours or he'll die]].
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* DarkFic: It has a good amount of cursing, violence, and dark subject matter not present in the original cartoon. The multichapter sequels are equally dark with near-death experiences, an AbuseMistake scare, and attempts to rip Frankie and Mac away from each other featuring prominently.
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* DarkFic: It has a good amount of cursing, violence, and dark subject matter not present in the original cartoon. The multichapter sequels are equally dark with near-death experiences, actual death, a HeroicSacrifice, an AbuseMistake scare, and attempts to rip Frankie and Mac away from each other featuring prominently.
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* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: Terrence is forgiven by Mac and the residents of Foster's after he pulls his HeroicSacrifice (it's implied that they're actually horrified that he went that far to save Mac). Before that, though, [[NiceGirl Goo]] willingly forgave him, despite knowing what he'd done, and told him that Mac, in all the time he was sick, was never mad at Terrence]].
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* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: When given the chance to kill Mac, Frankie, and Bloo after sneaking into the hospital, Terrence watches in shock as Frankie rolls over Mac and his imaginary friend, willing to give her life to protect them. This causes Terrence to realize that Frankie, who isn't related to Mac at all, is a better sibling then him. This realization floors him so much that he leaves the hospital and makes no more attempts on Mac]].
* HiddenDepths: Goo's CloudCuckoolander tendencies mean that few people take her seriously when she says she can do something...but she's not kidding when she says that she knows CPR. A ''doctor'' later compliments her on it.
* HiddenDepths: Goo's CloudCuckoolander tendencies mean that few people take her seriously when she says she can do something...but she's not kidding when she says that she knows CPR. A ''doctor'' later compliments her on it.
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* LetsGetDangerous: The imaginary friends of Foster's are mostly fun-loving and happy-go-lucky, wanting only to play with and help children however they can. But if someone they love is in trouble, they are all willing to do whatever it takes to help them. [[spoiler: Terrence and his gang learn this the hard way when their attack on Mac is interrupted by an entire ''army'' of imaginary friends busting into the backyard.]]
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Due to his newly-discovered asthma and heart condition, an asthma/heart attack leaves Mac dying in the hospital unless they can find a donor soon. Terrence, fresh off of his HeelRealization and not wanting to see his little brother die, donates his heart, sacrificing his life for his little brother and redeeming himself in the eyes of the Foster's residents.]]
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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Terrence's "friends" have this reaction when their plan to [[spoiler: abduct and possibly [[WouldHurtAChild kill]] Mac]] is interrupted by Bloo leading all of the Fosters friends in an attack.
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** Mac's home life in canon wasn't perfect, but Terrence's bullying wasn't ''nearly'' as bad as it is once he gets hooked on pot here. Plus, [[spoiler: Mac later has to deal with losing the only biological family he had left to a car wreck]].
** Nothing is said about Frankie's parents in canon, but it's implied that they're still around (although they don't visit because [[FantasticRacism her father hates imaginary friends]]. Here, they were killed in a car crash when she was three, and said accident left her traumatized for weeks.
** Averted with Wilt, whose backstory (how he lost his kid, eye, and arm in one day) is unchanged. To be fair, it was already sad enough.
** Mac's home life in canon wasn't perfect, but Terrence's bullying wasn't ''nearly'' as bad as it is once he gets hooked on pot here. Plus, [[spoiler: Mac later has to deal with losing the only biological family he had left to a car wreck]].
** Nothing is said about Frankie's parents in canon, but it's implied that they're still around (although they don't visit because [[FantasticRacism her father hates imaginary friends]]. Here, they were killed in a car crash when she was three, and said accident left her traumatized for weeks.
** Averted with Wilt, whose backstory (how he lost his kid, eye, and arm in one day) is unchanged. To be fair, it was already sad enough.
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** While her initial reaction is hurt rather than anger, Frankie takes Mr. Herriman accidentally implying that she doesn't belong at Foster's when he [[OpenMouthInsertFoot snaps that they can't take in every child orphaned by a car crash, a statement that describes Frankie just as much as it does Mac]], ''very'' badly.
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** While her initial reaction is hurt rather than anger, Frankie takes Mr. Herriman accidentally implying that she doesn't belong at Foster's when he [[OpenMouthInsertFoot snaps that they can't take in every child orphaned by a car crash, a statement that describes Frankie just as much as it does Mac]], ''very'' badly. Madame Foster later [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls him out for it]].
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Wilt was created to be the best older brother/mentor figure a kid could ask for, so this is part of his character. He and Frankie met because he heard her crying after the accident that killed her parents and stayed by her side throughout the grieving process. He's also this to Mac and Bloo, and does everything he can to help them...even if all they need is backup in a tickle fight.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: A particularly dark example occurs when Mac trashes a particularly expensive shipment of pot he was supposed to deliver and mouths off to the dealer; things quickly go downhill and the dealer, Terrence and several of Terrence's druggy friends engage in a "game" that involves [[StuffedIntoATrashcan stuffing Mac inside a trash can]] and then kicking said trash can around. The "fun" only stops [[BigDamnHeroes when]] [[BigBrotherInstinct Frankie]] [[BigDamnHeroes shows up]] and beats the crap out of all the teens.
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** A particularly dark example occurs when Mac trashes a particularly expensive shipment of pot he was supposed to deliver and mouths off to the dealer; things quickly go downhill and the dealer, Terrence and several of Terrence's druggy friends engage in a "game" that involves [[StuffedIntoATrashcan stuffing Mac inside a trash can]] and then kicking said trash can around. The "fun" only stops [[BigDamnHeroes when]] [[BigBrotherInstinct Frankie]] [[BigDamnHeroes shows up]] and beats the crap out of all theteens.teens.
** For some reason, the nuns running the orphanage that Mac ends up at thought it would be a good idea to use an ''extremosaur'' as a guard dog. This ends about as well as you'd expect.
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* HappilyAdopted: In ''Falling Apart'' Frankie adopts Mac and their relationship is quite happy in future works. It's a mix between a maternal relationship and a sisterly one.
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* FamilyOfChoice: By the end, Mac has formed one of these with Bloo, his adopted mom/big sis, Wilt (who is now officially Frankie's imaginary friend), and everyone else at Foster's.
* HappilyAdopted: In ''Falling Apart'' Frankie adopts Mac and their relationship is quite happy in future works. It's a mix between a maternal relationship and a sisterly one. Also applies to Wilt, who Frankie officially adopts as her own imaginary friend (considering how long they've been close, it was already all but official anyway).
* HappilyAdopted: In ''Falling Apart'' Frankie adopts Mac and their relationship is quite happy in future works. It's a mix between a maternal relationship and a sisterly one. Also applies to Wilt, who Frankie officially adopts as her own imaginary friend (considering how long they've been close, it was already all but official anyway).
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After they (supposedly) lose all hope of Mac being adopted by them, Bloo and Frankie each have their own HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: Bloo has abandoned his usual trouble-making ways and now just sulks in his room. Frankie goes about her chores with a blank look on her face, won't even ''look'' at Mr. Herriman, and only snaps out of it when it appears that Mr. Herriman has allowed Wilt to be adopted when she needs him the most.
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* RunningGag: Near the end, Bloo has a nightmare about there being a cannibal ghost in the closet and goes to sleep in Mac's room...and then they become worried that there's a cannibal ghost in Mac's closet. So they go to sleep in Frankie's room...and then they all become worried that there's a cannibal ghost in ''her'' closet. So they all go to sleep in Wilt's room, and Frankie tries to keep Bloo from scaring anyone else by ''promising'' there's no ghost in the closet...then Bloo wonders if it's hiding under the ''bed''...
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* VillainHasAPoint: For as vilified as Mrs. Corningston is, she has a valid point that, unless you know Frankie personally, all the behavior that the social worker was privy to does point to her being an incredibly emotionally unstable individual, rather than a MamaBear. Sure, she could take the word of Frankie's family, friends, and Mac himself that she's capable of being a good caretaker for the kid, but a social worker has to go on the evidence presented to them. And considering that she's seen Frankie's meltdowns, with one such emotional breakdown being the first time they met, you can't really blame Mrs. Corningston for thinking that Frankie is a danger to herself and others and has no business raising a child.
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* VillainHasAPoint: For as vilified as Mrs. Corningston is, she has a valid point that, unless you know Frankie personally, all the behavior that the social worker was privy to does point to her being an incredibly emotionally unstable individual, rather than a MamaBear. Sure, she could take the word of Frankie's family, friends, and Mac himself that she's capable of being a good caretaker for the kid, but a social worker has to go on the evidence presented to them. And considering that she's seen Frankie's meltdowns, with one such emotional breakdown being the first time they met, you can't really blame Mrs. Corningston for thinking that Frankie is a danger to herself and others and has no business raising a child.child.
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: Lighter example in one of the side stories. Frankie is in hysterics after Bridgette jumped out a window and only lucky timing on Mac's part allowed him to catch her safely. Mac tries to calm her down but fails until he calls her "Mom", which he does so infrequently only one other story in the series features him doing it.
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: Lighter example in one of the side stories. Frankie is in hysterics after Bridgette jumped out a window and only lucky timing on Mac's part allowed him to catch her safely. Mac tries to calm her down but fails until he calls her "Mom", which he does so infrequently only one other story in the series features him doing it.
