50 Fun Facts About Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Which 1980s pop star interrupted the Foster's characters at the 2008 Macy's parade as a live internet prank?

Rick Astley cut in singing Never Gonna Give You Up, turning the Foster's float into a live Rickroll. The float, built as a replica of the mansion, rode in the parade three years running.

The idea for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends came after its creator adopted which animals from a shelter?

Two dogs from an animal shelter sparked the show. Wondering what their lives had been like before adoption led to a house full of outgrown imaginary friends waiting for new families.

Which actor, famous as the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, played the timid purple giant Eduardo at Foster's?

Tom Kenny gave Eduardo his nervous, gentle voice, having already played the Mayor and the Narrator in The Powerpuff Girls.

Wilt, the towering red basketball fan at Foster's, lost which part of his body while saving his creator during a game?

His left arm was lost when Wilt took a blow meant for his creator, and the same accident bent one of his eye-stalks. He then ran away out of shame, sure he had let his friend down.

Coco, the bird-like friend at Foster's who can only say her own name, lays eggs made of what?

Plastic eggs are Coco's speciality: each colorful shell holds an object of her choosing. Tools from a batch of them once helped Mac break out of a locked closet.

Which everyday ingredient turns sensible young Mac from Foster's uncontrollably hyperactive after a single taste?

Sugar sends Mac into a rabid frenzy, hunting for more of it. Bloo once strapped him to his bed on Halloween to keep him away from trick-or-treating.

Which drink does Cheese adore in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, even though he is lactose-intolerant?

Chocolate milk sits beside goldfish crackers, cereal and juice on the list of things Cheese loves, and his lactose intolerance never puts him off it.

Mr. Herriman, the monocled business manager Madame Foster imagined as a child, is what kind of animal?

Rabbit is right: Mr. Herriman is a lop-eared one in a tailcoat and top hat. Madame Foster dreamed him up as a girl and, unlike most children, never gave her friend up.

What grand full name does Bloo, the blue friend Mac dreamed up, claim for himself at Foster's?

Blooregard Q. Kazoo is the name Bloo gives himself, a mouthful for a simple domed cylinder that Mac imagined when he was three years old.

Which animator, already known for The Powerpuff Girls, created Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends for Cartoon Network?

Craig McCracken designed the main characters himself, and has said Bloo reminds him of the attention-seeking child he once was.

How often must Mac visit Foster's to stop Bloo being put up for adoption, under the deal Madame Foster allows?

Every day is the deal, and it bends the house rules so far that Mr. Herriman resents it. That grudge is why he comes down so hard on Bloo.

Frankie, the 22-year-old who cooks and cleans at Foster's, is related to its founder Madame Foster in what way?

Her granddaughter Frankie was raised by Madame Foster and keeps the whole house running, though Mr. Herriman rarely thanks her for it.

Which language does Eduardo, the huge horned friend at Foster's, speak alongside English?

Spanish runs through Eduardo's speech, and his design blends a minotaur with the beasts of the picture book Where the Wild Things Are.

Which habit is Wilt, the gentle giant of Foster's, so well known for that housemates take advantage of him?

Constant apologizing is Wilt's trademark, along with never refusing a favor. In one episode he keeps missing a big game because he cannot turn down a single request.

Who tells eight-year-old Mac that he is too old for an imaginary friend, forcing Bloo to move into Foster's?

His mother makes the demand because she gave up her own imaginary friend at Mac's age, and she seems to have no idea that he still sees Bloo.

Coco's body is shaped like an airplane at Foster's, but her head resembles which plant?

A palm tree, fronds and all, tops Coco's head above a crooked red beak. Despite the airplane build, she can neither fly far nor hover for long.

Which plaything does Bloo adore and brag about at Foster's, even though he can rarely get it to work properly?

Paddle ball is Bloo's obsession, though he rarely makes the two parts meet. A rich boy once tempted him away from Mac with an automatic machine for it.

Eduardo looks fearsome at Foster's but is scared of almost everything; which creatures frighten him most of all?

Spiders top Eduardo's long list of fears. He still turns ferocious when friends are in danger, and once outfought the scariest monsters in a junkyard battle.

Which ill-tempered resident of Foster's schemes with Mac's bullying brother Terrence to get rid of Bloo in the premiere?

Duchess wanted revenge after Bloo spoiled her chance of adoption by a wealthy couple. Her punishment was having to stay in the house she calls a dump.

Bloo starts a booming business selling which of Madame Foster's treats, at first to fund a new roof for the house?

Cookies from Madame Foster were meant to pay for the roof, but success goes to Bloo's head and he grows obsessed with turning them into big business.

In the special Destination: Imagination, what holds the vast land where Frankie from Foster's is treated like royalty?

A toy chest found chained on the doorstep hides the place. Frankie peeks inside against orders, worn out by endless chores that nobody thanks her for.

Why does Foster's become badly overcrowded soon after Mac meets the talkative girl Goo?

She keeps imagining new friends on each visit, because her odd ways had cost her any real ones. Goo stops once Mac tells her to get to know those she has already made.

Nina Valerosa dreamed up Eduardo of Foster's to protect her as a child; which job does she hold as an adult?

Police officer Nina Valerosa now does the protecting herself. She joins the search party when Wilt goes missing in Good Wilt Hunting.

Cheese first seemed to be Mac's accidental creation at Foster's, but who had really imagined him?

His neighbor Louise created Cheese, which is why he is only a visitor to the house for most of the series, turning up uninvited again and again.

Which actress, the voice of Bubbles in The Powerpuff Girls, played Mac's bullying older brother Terrence at Foster's?

Tara Strong played the acne-faced bully Terrence, one of several Powerpuff Girls voice actors who followed the show's creator to his next series.

On which American holiday did the Foster's specials Good Wilt Hunting and Destination: Imagination both premiere?

Thanksgiving was the slot both times, two years apart, and the earlier special opened a holiday marathon of the series.

In which sport does Madame Foster of Foster's lead a team against her old rival Flo Jerkins?

Bowling brings out Madame Foster's competitive side. Mac recruits the gang for her team, gets dropped from it, and turns to an imaginary guru for coaching.

In Cheese a Go-Go, a science fiction film and a tabloid convince Bloo of Foster's that Cheese is secretly what?

An alien spy scouting for an invasion is Bloo's theory. He ends up on the house observatory's intercom, trying to reach outer space himself.

In The Big Cheese, a new security system locks everyone out of Foster's; how had Cheese memorized the password?

As a song is how the code stuck in Cheese's head, leaving the locked-out household at the mercy of its most irritating visitor just as a news crew was due.

Which honor did the Foster's special Destination: Imagination win, beating Afro Samurai: Resurrection to it?

A Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program went to the special, which lost both of its Annie nominations to Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Which voice actor, who has also stood in for Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen, played Bloo at Foster's?

Keith Ferguson landed Bloo as one of his first notable roles, and later voiced the villain Lord Hater in Wander Over Yonder.

Which actress voiced three Foster's characters: Coco, Madame Foster and, from season two, Cheese?

Candi Milo covered all three, and also voiced the title character in the American version of the 2003 Astro Boy series.

Frankie of Foster's was inspired by which animator, who later developed My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic?

Lauren Faust, married to the show's creator, was the model for Frankie. She also wrote many episodes herself, among them Good Wilt Hunting.

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends was animated mainly with which piece of software?

Adobe Flash handled the animation after hand-drawn artwork had been prepared in Illustrator, and the characters were then composited in After Effects.

Which puppet series did the creator of Foster's want his cartoon to echo as character-driven family fun?

The Muppet Show was the model for the tone, while the look borrowed from late-1960s poster art with Victorian flourishes.

The scribbles that pour from a forbidden door at Foster's are simple imaginary friends created by whom?

Babies imagined the scribbles, hundreds of them. Once Bloo lets them out, they do the chores so well that the rest of the house turns lazy.

Which sweet-seeming newcomer to Foster's falls obsessively for Bloo and decides that Mac is standing in her way?

Berry is polite and magenta, and dangerous once ignored. Her jealousy lands on Mac because he is so close to Bloo.

What is the name of the regular event at Foster's meant to find new children for its imaginary residents?

Adopt-a-Thought Saturday upsets Mac and Bloo when their pal Jokey is chosen, so they try to keep everyone else shut inside the house.

To which classroom event does Mac take Bloo of Foster's, inspiring his classmates to imagine a crowd of copycats?

Show-and-tell goes so well that the class dreams up knock-off Bloos. They all turn up at the house, leaving Mac to work out which one is the original.

Which gathering, held at Foster's every five years, upsets Wilt enough to run away in Good Wilt Hunting?

A reunion picnic brings creators back to see their old friends, and Wilt's never comes. He sets off to put right the day he believes he failed him.

Which clown-like resident of Foster's, hailed as the best imaginary friend ever, keeps returning between adoptions?

Uncle Pockets charms the whole house on each return, which makes Bloo so jealous that he uses the house newspaper to try to expose him as a fraud.

Which tiny green, one-eyed resident of Foster's speaks in a surprisingly deep voice and schemes to get sandwiches?

Jackie Khones is a stick figure with a habit of blurting out other residents' secrets. Mac turns to him to find out who stole his library card.

Frankie suspects that Goofball John McGee, a freeloading newcomer to Foster's, is really what in disguise?

A human teenager in a clown costume is Frankie's theory, but pulling off his red nose uncovers an elephant trunk: he is imaginary after all.

Why is Goo, a regular visitor to Foster's, officially called Goo Goo Ga Ga?

Her parents let her choose her own name while she was still an infant, and the result stuck. Mac is the only one who notices she cannot really play the games she loves.

Nobody at Foster's knows who imagined Coco; where did two scientists named Adam and Douglas find her?

On a South Pacific island is where the pair came across Coco before bringing her to the house. Both men later join the road trip to find Wilt.

Boulder Media, which supplied extra animation for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, was based in which country?

Ireland hosted the overflow work at Boulder Media in Dublin, while most episodes were produced and animated in Burbank, California.

The creator of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends described its theme music as psychedelic what?

Ragtime with a psychedelic twist was his phrase for the theme by James L. Venable, a composer he had already worked with on The Powerpuff Girls.

Imagination Invaders, the 2007 Foster's game in which Bloo battles Space Nut Boogies, was released for which handheld?

Nintendo DS owners got the second Foster's game. The first had been a Game Boy Advance release a year earlier, and IGN was unimpressed by both.

After the band Pizza Party refuses to let Bloo of Foster's sing lead, what does he call his own rival group?

Taco Fiesta is Bloo's answer, with Wilt, Eduardo and Coco as his bandmates. The two groups end up in a battle of the bands.

What happens to the mansion in the final shot of Foster's, as the theme tune plays in reverse?

It is slowly erased from the screen, and then Cheese appears to give the audience one last goodbye.