About

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (also known as Foster's Home) is an American cartoon created by Craig McCracken that ran from August 13, 2004 to May 3, 2009 ^[1]. The show takes place in a foster home for imaginary friends, and centers around 5 friends, mainly Mac, a human boy, and Bloo, his imaginary friend.

The 5 main characters, counter-clockwise: Eduardo, Coco, Mac, Bloo, and Wilt

History

Foster's Home first started out as a television movie, being broadcasted on Cartoon Network. It centered around Mac dropping off Bluu for the first time at Foster’s and meeting and befriending the staff and other imaginary friends. After meeting good reviews, Cartoon Network decided to make it a full-fledged cartoon. Foster's Home ended up spanning 6 seasons, with a total of 77 episodes ^[2]. The series ended with and hour long special titled "Destination Imagination".

Through the span of its run, Foster's Home has won 7 Emmy Awards, has been nominated for 10, won 5 Annie Awards, been nominated for 20, has won and been nominated for 2 Pulcinella Awards, has won and been nominated for 1 Ottawa International Animation Award, and has been nominated for a Television Critics Association Award ^[3].

Reception

WIP

IGN named Foster's Home the 85 best cartoon ^[4].

Fandom

The show has been popular with fan-artists (With Frankie Foster being a popular subject of more risqué material) ^[5]

Frankie Foster

Frankie Foster (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is the 22 year old redhead granddaughter and house keeper of Madam Foster. She acts as the voice of reason for the main cast and is often caught up in their shenanigans (much to her Chagrin) and resents doing chores. She has become a popular source fan art online and is what the show has become most remembered for.

Imaginary Frankie

Imaginary Frankie who (as the name implies) is an imaginary friend that is a clone version of Frankie. She is essentially a ditzy over-sexualized bimbo version of Frankie with more prominent curves, lipstick, wavier hair and crossed eyes. In contrast to normal Frankie, she loves to do chores and is more lustful. In most fan art/comics, it’s usually implied that she was imagined by kids who have some sort of crush on her.

Cheese (WIP

Cheese is an imaginary friend introduced in season 2 episode 7. He is loud and very annoying as well as having the mind of a child and often says “I Like Cereal” and “I Like Chocolate Milk”.

Blue (WIP)

Blue is the deurteragonist of the show and Mac’s imaginary friends. He is know for being haughty and arrogant and often acts selfish.

Search Interest

External References

^[1] IMDb- Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

^[2] Wikipedia- Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

^[3] Wikipedia- List of awards and nominations received by Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

^[4] IGN- Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

^[5] DeviantArt- Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends:https://www.deviantart.com/search/deviations?q=Fosters+Home+For+Imaginary+Friends