Possibly. There is a flashback in one episode that shows a toddler-aged Frankie with Madame Foster. It's likely Frankie's parents died or abandoned her while she was an infant.
She's a grown woman. They may live far away, and she may live with/near her grandmother because Madame Foster is elderly and may need help.
Word of God said that they're alive, it's that Frankie mostly stayed with Madame Foster to find her imaginary friend that her dad sent away because of his experiences with Harriman.
Fictional Friends
Why are there so few fictional friends? We see one, but very few works of fiction seem to produce friends.
Because the animators would have to pay royalties to use the likenesses of celebrities and/or fictional characters that they do not own the rights to. They were able to use Mojo Jojo as a one-scene gag because Cartoon Network owns the rights to the character and FHFIM is a Cartoon Network-produced show. If they wanted to use Darth Vader for example, they would have to pay George Lucas the rights to use the character's likeness. Sure, they could create an Expy for the characters, but, they'd have to make sure not to make them look too much like the original, or else they'd be sued for infringement.
Not only are Foster's and PPG both owned by Cartoon Network but they were created by the same person, Craig McCracken. He obviously wouldn't sue himself, so there was no copyright risk.
They might get fostered faster. Like if you had the option to adopt a blue blob guy or Mojo Jojo, you'd most likely pick the latter.
They did have Mandy make a cameo appearance in one episode.
It's a huge house. Why isn't there a visual directory on each floor that could have helped Bloo and Mac get downstairs so that they won't go hungry from missing dinner?
The episode establishes that the house defies the laws of physics, so it's possible it has some crazy shifting non-Euclidean architecture going on that would be impossible to solidify.
Legal things and Imaginary friends.
Are Imaginary Friends seen as citizens under the law? Can they get paid jobs? Can they marry each other or even humans? Most of them are old enough to be on their own or living in a foster home, but can't they at least rent an apartment?
In Foster's Goes to Europe it is shown that the Imaginary Friends need passports and tickets to travel via airplane and are therefore not seen as pets. However, it is often mentioned that the Friends' kids are their "owners," which sounds more like they were pets or even slaves (which is definitely not the case).
Herriman was a bagger at a grocery once, so getting a job is definitely possible. A successful job might be another story...
Coco gets and leaves several jobs in rapid fire, apparently getting full payload each time. One of the jobs is as a security guard, implying that Imaginary Friends can have jobs of responsibility, or that Rule of Cool rules.
This is more a matter of individual opinion. Each person has their own view. At first, a friend lives with the family of their creator, who is viewed more or less as a surrogate parent. Then when the child is deemed too old, the friend is expected to go out and make a living of their own. The fact that friends have little or no preparation for this doesn't usually cross people's minds. And Mac's teacher even casually tossed a couple of friends in a schoolroom closet, as though they were confiscated toys.
My guess is that they're covered under a different subset of laws.
Can Imaginary friends create other imaginary friends?
If everyone with imagination can create an imaginary friend, what happens if an Imaginary Friend tries to create an Imaginary Friend? Bloo has been shown to be at least as creative as Mac. How he turned the story about "Mac, I broke your Nintendo DS" into this awesome Her Codename Was Mary SueFan Fiction was just....awesome!
Maybe an imaginary friend's imagination is actually that of their creator, so it prevents them from imagining things already imagined once the Friend is born and co-imagines things with them post-birth. (IE. Bloo wouldn't have been able to imagine a blue blob friend because that's already been created in the form of himself, but if Mac wanted to imagine any new Friends, Bloo would practically be co-creating them since creators and Friends share imaginations.)
Correcting Imaginary friends
Has any kid ever tried to "correct" an Imaginary Friend by imagining them differently from before? What would happen if they did? Think about it. Mac could de-jerkizise Bloo, Madame Foster could make Mr. Herriman at least a little bit less stiff, Wilt could even regain his lost arm!
Think about this carefully, with an eye towards Fridge Horror. "Quit being such a jerk, Bloo, or I'll make you be nice."
Well given the likeliest reason Bloo is a jerk (the kid blames his imaginary friend for problems he causes), that would be hard for Bloo, a major point of his existence.
It would probably just make another Imaginary Friend who was identical except for the changed attribute, like when Goo was imagining all those different rehashes of Bloo.
Maybe an Imaginary Friend's creator can change it as long as it is "their" Imaginary Friend. It's similar to growing or evolving. The moment a child breaks the bond with the Imaginary Friend, they can't change it anymore.
If a kid tried to do that, they would just make an alternate version of the friend. Goo did that in her debut episode, creating a series of Bloo clones, each one a different person.
Frankie's imaginary friends
Didn't Frankie ever have any imaginary friends herself?
It's possible that growing up in an environment where there were already so many imaginary friends meant that creating one of her own was unnecessary.
Word of God is that she did, but was forced to get rid of it by her father, who was disillusioned with imaginary friends thanks to Mr. Herriman.
Jailing Mac
With all the times Mac ends up in jail with the rest of the gang at the end of a few episodes (Cheese-A-Go-Go for example), you'd think his mother, overworked or not, would've been notified?
Who do you think bails him out?
Madame Foster?
Frankie?
One of these two is more likely; keep in mind Mac's mom is unaware of Foster's existence (or at least the fact that he goes there every day). If she went to bail him out and saw all the other imaginary friends, the jig would be up.
Actually, Mrs. Kazoo (Mac's mom, I'm guessin' that's her surname) might have relaxed her rule on visiting with Foster's betwixt Infernal Slumber and Cheese-A-Go-Go(which comes after the former) and so is likely aware and doesn't mind, as, regardless, Bloo isn't in the apartment anymore, so, odds are, she's the one who gets him out of jail in that episode.
Could we have avoided any of this?
In "Foster's Go to Europe", when Madam Foster stole Mac's airplane tickets, why didn't Coco just pop out an egg with more tickets in it? She did it maybe three times before in the same episode!
It was probably just luck that she did it three times, considering plane tickets are worth a pretty penny. Most of the time, whatever Coco lays, it's usually trinkets that have little to no real value just like an egg capsule machine or an Easter egg, as the imaginary friend is designed to do.
Coco doesn't take requests. The contents of her eggs are as random as she is.
She laid the contents of a dinner table, (canned) food and all, in the camping episode after Bloo ate everyone's food. Hard to believe that was random.
Plus if you do that sort of thing too often, the airlines and the police would probably frown on it.
Addicted to Carrots
In the episode where Mr. Herriman tries to overcome his carrot addiction, Bloo uses a wrecking ball to destroy a good chunk of the house so he can refuse to eat dinner that night (the meal in question was simply called "it," and Bloo found it disgusting). However, he actually helps Herriman, who says to Bloo that he "is eternally in his debt" as a result. So why didn't Bloo just ask to be excused from dinner?
Bloo misses the point pretty often, so he didn't think of that possibility.
Indestructible friends
Can it be possible to create an imaginary friend that's completely indestructible? What stops any Enfant Terrible from creating an atomic bomb imaginary friend, or a plague imaginary friend? What happens then?
Let us not forget World, from "Destination Imagination". Who, at least in his own toy-box world, essentially wielded god-like powers. The only way to stop him is to lock him in a box and never, EVER go in there.
Reproducing Imaginary Friends
Can a person create an imaginary friend capable of reproducing?
Yes, the flea friends that lived on Eduardo.
This would explain why some episodes show that the Foster Home has a room for baby imaginary friends. It seemed dubious that that many children would want an infant for their imaginary friend.
Maybe some of those children wanted a little sibling, so they made an imaginary friend to fill in that role for them.
Food Friends
In the show, people can create food imaginary friends. If this is true, then any starving person would instantly be able to feed themselves by imagining that they had food. Noted in "Dinner Is Swerved"; a Chicken Leg friend notes he was imagined by a kid at a diet camp. Imaginary friends (regardless of their forms) are living beings. Doesn't this verge on cannibalism?
In "Seeing Red", just moments before Terrence creates Red, he says that he's hungry and creates a slice of pizza (accidentally) that says that it would love him and stuff like that, just before he eats him.
Lookalike friends
In one episode, Goo managed to imagine two imaginary friends who looked like Mac and Bloo but could speak Japanese (and the fake Mac had a long tongue). Would those imaginary friends be able to have the memories of the originals?
No, they weren't the same people, just lookalikes. One would assume they'd have their own personalities and memories. Much like the many Bloos Mac's schoolmates created.
Overpopulation
Wouldn't the constant imagining of friends overpopulate the Earth? Goo managed to overwhelm the entire mansion in only a few days with her over-imagination.
Maybe they've got a "Soylent Green is People" thing going on.
Well not every child is creative enough to create one of their own or perhaps just think it's less work to adopt.
I imagine it's like children: not everyone has kids, or some may choose to adopt for personal or charitable reasons (why create a new being when there are many out there looking for a home?)
If I remember right, some people don't have enough of an imagination to create a friend, so there's a reason why they get adopted.
Non-sentient frens?
Can people create imaginary friends who are non-sentient? So far we have had sentient fleas, doors, horses, puppies, and even mops and buckets.
Well, only one of the puppies was demonstrated as being able to talk. The rest were just pets, although with extraordinary abilities.
There were the Scribbles, which were basically floating black line scribbles imagined by infants. Before Bloo released them, the Scribbles were locked behind a door by Herriman because they were considered useless, annoying, and bothersome, something he would never do to any sentient imaginary friend.
In the pilot, Wilt distinguishes "ones with horns and wings" from "ones with horns and wings that talk", plus the Xtremosaur didn't appear to be sentient.
I think the word y'all are looking for is "sapient", in which case, the scribbles definitely aren't that. They're definitely sentient as they can and do feel and perceive things (i.e. only being able to do one thing at a time, lest they get upset). On the note, the imaginary fleas did get put in that closet, too, and they were sapient, so there y'all go. In terms of the extremosaurs, the ones we see are imagined to be more animalistic and so they act more akin to that.
Anger born of worry?
What was up with Mac's reaction at the end of "The Bloo Superdude and the Great Creator Of Everything's Awesome Ceremony Of Fun"? Bloo was clearly extremely ill, had absolutely no idea what was going on, and was hallucinating pretty severely. It seems unfair of Mac to get so angry at somebody for wrecking a party when they're in that state and have no idea they've done any of it. Mac's supposed to be the nice one.
Mac was less angry about ruining the party and more angry about Bloo running around when he should have been resting, Besides, it's probably not the first time Bloo did something like that. Sick or not, a person's patience only goes so far.
Adopting a friend
Once a kid who dreams up an imaginary friend, it becomes real. But eventually, they outgrow them and the Friend lives at Foster's until someone adopts them. So, why would a kid ever need to adopt an existing imaginary friend when they could just imagine one that is more personally and specifically suited to their personality? Are some kids simply unable to imagine? Since the whole premise is parallel to human adoption, does that mean those kids who are unable to imagine their own friends are somehow deficient — the equivalence of impotent/infertile in humans? Or do parents just encourage their kids to adopt an imaginary friend out of some sort of moral/ethical motivation?
Easy: Some kids just aren't creative. It's easier for them to adopt a friend than try to create one when they don't have strong enough imaginations to make an imaginary friend. Wilt even lampshades it in the first episode of the show when he's touring Mac and Bloo around the House, cueing an "imaginary" version of Mojo Jojo.
Wilt: Some kids aren't creative, so they just copy what they see on TV.
To reiterate, some people, according to a few episodes, don't have enough of an imagination to create a friend.
Ageless?
Do imaginary friends age, and can they die? Mr. Herrimann is portrayed as an elderly rabbit, but Madame Foster may well have imagined him as older, to begin with. If they never age or die, essentially when a kid creates one, he/she is creating an immortal being, who will be forced to go through endless cycles of abandonment and adoption. And if they are immortal, the planet would quickly be overrun with billions of them, not just those few dozen we see at Foster's.
Possibility: If the creator of the imaginary friend dies, the friend dies with them. The imaginary friend is just another facet of their personality...
Mac may have imagined Bloo to be somewhat of a jerk because deep down, he, like many people, wishes he could act that way. Why do you think characters like Greg House from House, Sue Sylvester from Glee, and Bender from Futurama are so popular? Because even nice people like Mac wish they could behave like the loveable jerks we see and love on TV.
Could be that the friend is an opposing personality of the child. Look at Mac and Bloo's contrasting personalities, and Herriman and Madame Foster too. Or that kid whose imaginary kid kept destroying stuff and getting him in trouble (Bendy), two opposing personalities.
Or maybe the part of the personality that the imaginary friend represents is actually taken out of the kid to create it (hence the opposing personality thing), and Mac was a Jerkass before he gave that part of his personality to Bloo.
If this is true, maybe some imaginary friends are created to get rid of parts of a kid's personality that they don't like. Mac could have created Bloo to become less of a jerk, Madame Foster could have created Mr. Herriman to get rid of her own inability to enjoy life, Wilt could have been created by someone who wanted to be less of an Extreme Doormat, Coco could have been created by a weird kid who wanted to fit in more, etc.
If that's true, say an imaginary friend gets adopted by a compatible, loving kid. A couple of weeks later, his original creator dies in an auto wreck. So, the imaginary friend "dies" (ceases to exist), too. That would suck big-time for the kid who adopted him!
Well, in one episode, a new imaginary friend states that his creator went 'up there' and points up. Of course, he meant that he went to Canada, but Herriman naturally thought he meant he died. Since he offered condolences instead of wondering why he still exists, it is safe to assume they do NOT disappear when their creator dies.
The friend is likely whatever the kid needs it to be. Eduardo's creator was a little girl frightened of bullies, so she dreamed up a frightening creature to protect her. Wilt's creator was a lonely boy with no one to teach him how to play basketball, which he desperately wanted to get good at, so he created Wilt, a kind, brotherly figure who loves basketball. Both these friends also possess character flaws: Eduardo is just as scared as his creator, and it ends up teaching her to be brave by defending him (notice that he's brave when his buddies are in danger); Wilt is insecure, hence running away after losing a big game and constantly apologizing. With this in mind, look at Mac's situation: absent father, overworked mother, and a 13-year-old brother who has no one to teach him right from wrong. Now look at Bloo's character design and personality: he's shaped like a Security Blanket and behaves like a rambunctious, if selfish, child who thinks it's all about him. Mac essentially created a friend who forces him to take responsibility for his actions and be empathetic, to play with him when the house is empty, and to vent his frustration at being ignored by his parents and left to the mercy of his brother. Also, note that in early episodes Mac did not stand up to Terrence's bullying unless Bloo said something first. Mac is such a sweet child that he's nervous to tell his brother to knock it off, so he creates a friend to do it for him. Bloo's personality is specifically suited to being Mac's protector, playmate, and de facto moral compass, which may be why he gets less sympathetic as the series goes on — without bullies to defend Mac from, he's been removed from the environment he was designed for and thus behaves in unsympathetic ways.
Maybe the friend only dies when they are forgotten about. By them being adopted and fostered (or just being around other friends). They are remembered and are there for real at that point. When they are forgotten, they aren't real anymore, and return to being a figment of the imagination, and essentially die.
Whether or not they age seems to depend on how they're imagined to be. We do know that, for the most part, they can die but their existence (and possible death) is separate from their creator's, as Uncle Pockets is a very old imaginary friend and a frequent Foster's resident.
Convenient friends
The whole point of the series is that Imaginary friends can exist. Why then, couldn't the characters just imagine convenient friends to solve any problem they're dealing with?
It's obvious that some kids have thought of that, which is we have salon friends, imaginary mops and buckets, a walking television, an imaginary camcorder...
"I got A LOT out of that hug."
How did Madame Foster manage to steal the tickets from Mac? When she hugs him, there is absolute silence.
She wouldn't be a very good pickpocket if everyone heard you stealing things, now would you?
Eldritch friends.
Anybody can create an imaginary friend. What happens if a kid gets really into H.P. Lovecraft and creates Cthulhu? Wouldn't that be bad?
Presumably a child would not be able to fully perceive Cthulhu to imagine him, and create thusly a less powerful imaginary doppelgänger.
Plus that's where the giant monster friends come from.
Or else some kid who's really into South Park just creates Mint Berry Crunch. Problem solved.
Toxic friends
How come Bloo is so mean to Mac all the time? Aren't they friends? And what did Mac do? He's so sweet.
Bloo can be viewed as the opposite of Mac in many ways. Mac is (usually) a level-headed kind kid, while Bloo is more of a careless trickster most of the time.
Bloo was most likely brought into existence by Mac blaming him for any trouble Mac caused. As a result, Bloo is kind of a jerk.
Maybe deep down Mac wishes he could do whatever he wanted and Bloo is a reflection of that. Even nice people have bad thoughts sometimes.
Well, Mac imagined Bloo when he was about three and, thus, grew up, growing "mature", so to speak, while Bloo never aged and so acts like a five-year-old might.
Why is Terrence like this?
Does anybody know how Mac's brother became such a jerk in the first place? Mac is a nice, intelligent kid while Terrence is a rude, obnoxious, not-too-bright Jerkass despite the fact that they're brothers. Did something happen when Terrence was a child that caused him to turn into the jerkass he is on the show? And since we're discussing Terrence, where is Mac and Terrence's father?
Terrence's behavior could possibly involve younger sibling jealousy. His mother probably doted on him until Mac came along and then Mac started getting more of their mother's affection. As for the boys' father, since we never see him or hear the boys talking about their father, a possible answer could be their parents are divorced or Mac's mom is a widow, and their father could also potentially be the source of Terrence's rude behavior. Mac takes after their mother more.
Often when parents are suddenly absent, the oldest sibling becomes a surrogate parent until the real parent returns/a new guardian is installed, but that would require the child to see an example of good parenting. Since their father could have disappeared when Terrence was as young as five, and it's possible their mother has always been the breadwinner, he may not know how to be nurturing. It's also possible that their father went away recently, and Terrence could be having anger issues that he's taking out on his brother to avoid feeling powerless/is blaming Mac for some reason. This could also be why their mother is reluctant to punish him for his behavior — she thinks it's a phase he needs to work through and is just too overworked to actually sit down and talk with Terrence. The boy is only 13 after all.
Are there?
If there are Imaginary Friends, are there any Boogeymen? You know, Monsters in the Closet/under the bed/etc? It seems that if a kid is so imaginative to create a friend, shouldn't they be just as imaginative to create something in the dark of the night?
Might explain some of the Xtremesaurs.
Possible a child has to imagine then will a creature to manifest, which would minimize the existence of the scary monster. The Xtremosaurs are probably the creation of older siblings who wanted to scare their younger siblings.
Accidentally real?
Could people like George Lucas, J.K. Rowling, or Alan Moore accidentally create Imaginary Friends from their creations? They are very creative...
Meaning, there might be a Darth Vader or Voldemort walking around killing people.
They probably created them when they made stories or at least created "actors" who played such a character. So in this world, there are probably no guys in rubber suits and makeup or CGI characters.
In this world, Jar-Jar is actually a Shakespearean-trained actor with a British accent and a degree from Harvard and has a Playboy bunny girlfriend.
Actually it's been said that when people reach adulthood the ability to create friends just sort of switches off.
No. Creating imaginary friends is a voluntary process.
But we have seen imaginary friend versions of Prince Charming and Santa, so a kid imagining Darth Vader isn't out of the question.
The wrong type of compass
In "Seize the Day," Mac makes a compass from a magnet and a needle to figure out which way is north. It was stated that it was around 5 or 6 in the afternoon, so why couldn't he have just checked where the sun was? If he's smart and resourceful enough to jury-rig a compass, he should know that the sun sets in the west.
Unless it's an equinox or you're on the equator, the sun doesn't rise and set dead-center east and west; it's always a bit north or south as well. He needed something more precise if they were going to find the treasure in time.
Dutchess, the neighbor from hell
In the episode "Duchess of Wails", Duchess gets adopted, but the family happens to live next door to Mac. Mac's mother grows tired of Duchess's obnoxiousness and declares they'll move if it doesn't stop. Terrence lies to Mac and tells him his mother already decided they're moving to Singapore, Malaysia, and Wisconsin, and Mac believes him. Mac knows Terrence is nothing but a bully, so why does he automatically believe him rather than go to his mother for confirmation?
Even if you know an older sibling is the type to mess with you, you can still get scared by some of the things they say. Mac may be smart, but he's still a kid.
Plus Mac had just woken up from a very bad night thanks to Duchess's complaining keeping him awake. His rational thinking was probably dampened somewhat by sleep deprivation, otherwise, he might have been quicker to question Terrence's words.
Pedigree friends?
In the first episode, "House of Bloos", Duchess is showing her papers to a family looking to adopt, referring to herself as a "pedigree" imaginary friend. What exactly does that entail for the world of imaginary friends? Does it mean she was created by someone of high standing, like with a lot of money, power, or creativity? Or did she just make that up to look better?
Duchess probably just has proof she was created by a child from a well-to-do family, with a long heritage. If a friend is created by a Rockefeller for example, they'd probably brag about it.
Imagining Deities/Religious figures
Why hasn't anyone tried to imagine God yet? What about Satan? Or Jesus? Or maybe even an Eldritch Abomination? One episode had it where there was more than one imaginary Santa Claus, so it would make sense there would also be a bunch of Jesuses around since Christmas is around the day of his birth. In addition, would these imaginary friends have what comes with the package (omniscience, omnipotence, world-destroying powers, etc.)?
Because a) the censors wouldn't have allowed a direct appearance of God or Jesus in a kid's show, and b), the kids who want there to be one probably believe they already exist.
Remember World in Destination Imagination?
Alien imaginations
Can only humans conjure up imaginary beings? What if there was a planet with sentient alien creatures who could also conjure up their own imaginary friends? What would theirs' look like?
The show isn't very clear.
Imaginary Cloning Bloos
Is there any sense of Clone Angst among imaginary friends who happen to be one of the many kinds conjured up from one concept, idea, or character? Bloo didn't seem to mind the fact that his appearance at Mac's school caused the students to create 100s of different versions of him, many of the same personality characteristics. Of course, this is Bloo we're talking about, him thinking too deeply about his existence would go completely against his character. But what of the other imaginary friends who did have existential feelings for themselves? There is also the issue of copyright infringement because Disney would have a field day suing the pants of anyone who makes unauthorized imaginary friends of their mascot.
That would basically be the equivalent of making fanfics and fanarts. Normally companies don't really care if you make fanfics or fanarts about their work as long as you don't make money off them. Presumably the same goes with Imaginary Friends.
NOPE!
What sort of imaginary friends would a child psychopath/sociopath be able to conjure up?
This was discussed on the show, in the pilot. They're called "Xtremosauruses", and Foster's has a containment facility for them.
How come Mac never decided to leave Bloo at one point? He became a bigger jerk each season!
Mac is the nicest kid you could ever meet. He would never even think about leaving Bloo.
That may also be the reason Bloo is never kicked out of the house. The staff care about Mac and don't want to punish him by kicking out Bloo.
He created Bloo to be like that, so he probably feels it is his responsibility to deal with the problem he created.
He needs Bloo. That's why Bloo was created and why he comes to visit him. Maybe he will get fed up one day, but for now, Bloo is basically a security blanket. Besides, people care about and for unpleasant people regularly, and by creating Bloo, he made a bond with him, probably similar to a bond between a parent and child.
Noodle Incident?
In the election episode, one reason Mac said Bloo couldn't run the house is because he ruined a date with Frankie. Wasn't that a good thing since her date was really a jerk pretending to be nice who is willing to hit a child?
Maybe because Frankie was referring to another guy she dated.
Just because it ended well doesn't make the action itself any less shady. The point stands that Bloo is willing to use underhanded methods to get what he wants.
Coco Cards
If the contents of Coco's eggs are as random as she is, then how did she consciously choose to create trading cards?
Because the contents being 'random' is not always the case, necessarily - she is not always random. Remember the Pilot episode; she gave Bloo a picture of Mac - likely a conscious decision given the way she is looking at him when he looks up. It was also stated that she 'does not take requests' and that is pretty much the only limit on the contents of her eggs. She has been known to lay certain items on purpose at other times as well. So they're not random, they're whatever she wants them to be.
So when she refused to lay a can opener in the "Camp Keep a Good Mac Down", after having laid all the canned food and knowing everyone was hungry, she was just being a jerk?
It was requested.
According to a few episodes, Coco does a lot of her laying on her terms and, at times, it's randomized, so, you could request and she either 1), just not lay it because she doesn't want to or, 2), she'll do it but it's not in the way you'd want her to (i.e laying canned food but no can opener).
Poor communications
Since Goofball is an imaginary friend all along, why did he hide his trunk the first time Frankie tried to prove he's just human? Also, he looked like he had a pointy of sorts nose when wearing the clown one.
He could be embarrassed of the trunk.
She didn't ask, actually.
We think you might be confused, Herriman
In the episode Go Goo Go, Frankie and Herriman jump to the conclusion that Goo is Mac's girlfriend because they saw her holding his hand. Mac is eight years old, and while Goo may be older, she's seemingly no older than ten. How on Earth could they, especially Mr. Herriman being as proper as he is, think an eight-year-old has a girlfriend?
In Frankie My Dear, Mac's love for Frankie was taken to climatic proportions.
It isn't at all uncommon for children to date in a playful or exploratory manner. Puppy Love exists.
Dealing with Duchess
Why does everyone, including Mr. Herriman and Madame Foster, bend over backwards to accommodate Duchess? No one else in the house gets that kind of treatment, and if they tried to get it, Herriman would chew them out for it.
Because no one else in the house is anywhere near as demanding as Duchess is.
Plus, in the episode where Duchess is given away to a family that cannot possibly accommodate her, she screamed and cried all day and night long, and it was so loud that the Foster Home could still hear it. Odds are, they only do it to shut Duchess up.
More on Cloning Bloos
How come the last Bloo clone Mac eliminates is even at the house? Wasn't the point of sending all the Bloo clones to the house because the kids who made them thought they weren't enough like the original? Sure he's nicer than the real Bloo but the kids who made up the clones didn't know about Bloo's nasty personality so at least that particular Bloo clone would have been close enough to keep.
At least one of the kids mentioned that his parents wouldn't let him keep the Bloo clone.
Hmm...
Imaginary Friends are (almost always) sapient creatures with wants, needs, ideas, and feelings. How is it acceptable for any person, regardless of their intentions, to sell off/give away sapient creatures to other people, especially without the consent of the sapient creature? (Bloo, in the pilot, would have been given to a Rich Brat simply because she wanted him, regardless of his complaints or the complaints of others.) That's a form of slavery.
To be honest, the answer literally is "that's what they are made for". Imaginary friends exist as sort of best friends for kids who want one (probably due to loneliness or whatever). They've addressed What Measure Is a Non-Human? a few times. But if you want something else, try MST3K Mantra.
Hmm, a way of looking into this is to think of the imaginary friends as being (kinda) like pets.
More on Coco cards
In the trading card episode, Bloo tries to trade a card of himself to Wilt. When Wilt tells him that a Bloo card isn't worth much, Bloo signs the card and offers it to him, only to be told that it's worth even less now. So Bloo...rips the card in half and offers one of the halves to Wilt, saying, in a hopeful tone of voice, "Now we trade?" Bloo may have thought that signing the card would make it more valuable, but ripping the card in half? What exactly was he trying to do there?
Nothing in particular. He was just acting without thinking, as usual.
Maybe he was trying to remove the signature?
Keeping a secret
Mac has gone on several multiple-day excursions with his friends like in "Good Wilt Hunting" and "Destination: Imagination". How does he keep his secret from his mom when he's been known to not be home for days on end?
It's implied that his mom knows he's going to Foster's. She just wanted Bloo outside of the apartment and just puts up with Mac visiting Bloo. With how overworked she is, she'd likely be too energy-deprived to punish him for continuing to hold on to a major part of his life, sparing him some sympathy contrary to her initial attitude about him keeping Bloo.
Maybe he told his mom he was staying at a friend from school's place for a sleepover?
Actually, he might not have kept his visits with Bloo a secret, at least, not by a point. In one episode (I think it was the Eurotrish one), he mentions speaking with his mother, so, odds are, she's probably aware that he visits Bloo. If she was unaware, she probably would have forbidden it initially but, perhaps, softened up to the idea and let it slide.
That still didn't solve the issue with Terrence, Mom.
If Terrence is still a jerk to Mac, even after leaving Bloo at Foster's, what was the point of Mac's mother making him get rid of Bloo at all (unless she was the one who was wrong)?
Her reasoning wasn't just about Terrence, it was also that she thought Mac was too old for Bloo.
But Terrence definitely played a role in why she thought that: because Mac continuing to have Bloo past a certain age is definitely a supplement to Terrence's bullying of Mac.
Accidental Creation?
At the beginning of "Mac Daddy", Mac seems to be completely convinced that he created Cheese by accident. He acts like he did all the way up until the end of the episode. Then Louise appears at the end, and reunites with Cheese, and Mac tells Bloo who Louise is and that Cheese sometimes gets out, acting like he's known both Louise and Cheese for a long time. What the hell? Was Mac pretending that he created Cheese to teach Bloo a lesson (that the latter instantly retracted)?
He may have known Louise but only found out that she created Cheese later, and learned about him getting out.
Mac did think that he created Cheese by accident. Maybe he was at his apartment building and ran into Louise, who said "Hey, have you seen my imaginary friend Cheese?", explained that he gets out sometimes, and introduced herself as Mac's neighbor. He was so relieved that he wasn't Cheese's creator that he was using that particular tone to explain how logical everything was.
Apparently, Cheese gets out a lot. He's prolly not gone for real long (like in that episode) but he does get out Louise's apartment.
Collaborative friend?
Can multiple kids work together to create one imaginary friend with their combined imaginations? Or can each friend be created by only one kid?
Coco's Coco-speak
When they first met, Coco said "Coco?" to Mac and Bloo, which they misunderstood as her offering them hot chocolate. Mac declines, but Bloo says yes. Coco then proceeds to say the same thing several times. Wilt explains that all she says is "coco" and that she was really just offering them juice. So if Bloo said yes and she was offering juice...why didn't she go get him some juice?
Maybe she was asking what kind he'd like?
Mac's Sugar Rush
Mac can't have sugar or else he turns into a complete maniac. So, why don't Madame Foster's cookies make go wild? They weren't stated to be sugar-free, nor was he apprehensive of them at first.
The first mention of Madame Foster's cookies is in World Wide Wabbit, where we don't see the initial interaction between them—we only see him eating them after interviewing her. It's entirely possible they had that conversation offscreen.
Maybe hers are sugar free. We don't know how she made them or what she put in them.
Wilt's face
What are those things sprouting from the sides of Wilt's face? It's been said in at least one episode that he doesn't have fur, so they're not furry tufts. Are they fleshy wattles? Bony projections? Feathers?
They're just appendages apart of his face. He does look like he might belong to Sesame Street. Maybe FHIFIM has a parody of that show and Wilt's creator imagined him to look like that.
Volunteering at Foster's
Why aren't there any sort of volunteer services or internships or even entry-level caregiver jobs for Foster's Home? Madame Foster has an entire establishment available and is essentially speaking a retirement home/adoption center. With a few things set in place, Frankie could get help with taking care of the house, Mac could have an excuse for his mom to go and visit without trouble, and even better, visitors can have more time with friends they may want to adopt to see if they can get along and such.
Because it would ruin the conflict of the show. The entire purpose is for kids to visit their imaginary friends daily and hang out with them after school or on weekends/vacations so as to prevent them from being adopted by other kids, who will eventually outgrow them once they complete puberty, thus re-entering them into the adoption home if they hadn't been sent there already.
Who lost the race?
In Bus The Two Of Us, while we don't see the race and only get the results, how exactly did Bloo get himself and Mac lost? Purely assuming that the drag race was a straight line, what exactly prevented them from turning around the same way they came?
Limos
How does Bloo know what a limo is in "The Sweet Stench of Success", but not "Affair Weather Friends"?
Affair Weather Friends prolly takes place before The Sweet Stench of Success, canonically speaking.
Crime After Crime
Since Frankie was in the kitchen almost all day with Madame Foster, how did she know about all of the destruction Bloo caused?
Because she knows Bloo. When something goes sideways, at least 7-8/10 of the times it's Bloo's doing.
Time Machine Friend
In "Camp Keep a Good Mac Down", Mac sarcastically says he will go back in time to prevent Bloo from eating their food. Bloo then asks "You can do that!?", to which Mac replies "No!". But wait... What's to stop him from creating an imaginary Time Machine friend? Or an imaginary friend with Time Travel powers? Why has seemingly nobody done that before?
