Mac – A bright, creative, and somewhat shy 8-year-old boy and the creator of Bloo who visits Fosters.McCracken wondered how things would be if there was a similar place for childhood imaginary friends. The inspiration came when McCracken and his wife, Lauren Faust, adopted a pair of dogs from an adoption shelter. The house motto is "Where good ideas are not forgotten".
There are (according to "Setting a President") 1,340 imaginary friends in Foster's Home however, at the end of "Emancipation Complication", Madame Foster states that there are 2,038 imaginary friends currently residing in the house, plus Bloo and Mr. Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends was founded by the elderly Madame Foster to provide a foster home for abandoned imaginary friends. When this happens, the friends are left to fend for themselves. Unfortunately for them, the children eventually outgrow them around ages 7–8. In the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends universe, imaginary friends (or "friends" for short) become physical beings the instant a child imagines them unlike how the concept often works on other shows, an imaginary friend takes physical and emotional form after a child creates specific details about that character. Conceptįoster's Home for Imaginary Friends creator Craig McCracken at the 2008 Comic-Con International. He is saddened to learn that staying at Foster's makes him eligible for adoption by another child, but eventually Madame Foster makes a special deal: as long as Mac visits every day, Bloo can live there and not be adopted. Bloo moves in with the lanky and one-armed Wilt, the scary-looking but cowardly Eduardo, and the bizarre bird/airplane/tree friend Coco. Mac is an eight-year-old boy, whom his mother told that he needs to give up his friend Bloo, who hears about Foster's and thinks it will be a perfect place for him to stay. Herriman, the business manager and her granddaughter Frankie, who handles day-to-day operations. The home is run by the elderly Madame Foster, its founder her friend Mr. Once the children outgrow them, the friends move to Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, where they stay until other children come to adopt them. In the Foster's universe, imaginary friends take physical form and become real as soon as children think them up. The show finished its run on with a total of 79 episodes.
The series aired on Cartoon Network and its affiliates worldwide, except in Canada where it has aired on English and Francophone Teletoon networks due to Canadian television ownership regulations. It first premiered on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2004, as a 90-minute television movie, which led to a series of half-hour episodes. 1080i (HDTV) for "Good Wilt Hunting" and "Destination Imagination"įoster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an American animated television series created and produced at Cartoon Network Studios by animator Craig McCracken, creator of The Powerpuff Girls.