#foster's home for imaginary friends season 4

[seeksstaronmewni]

I forgot so much of “Challenge of the Superfriends”...

except for this scene of course.

Tweet version here.

[wanderfan2000]

“It’s hot in Topeka!” - Bloo, Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends.

[ordinaryschmuck]

Hey, do you remember this irritating little turd?

Yeah, that one. From Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends. Remember how it was frequently annoying how he was constantly antagonistic towards his friends, made his own best friend be constantly annoyed by him, and was just sometimes the worst character in the show? Turns out that there's a reason for that.

Apparently, Craig McCracken WANTED Bloo to experience this neat little writing trick called "Character Development." But Cartoon Network, wanting more of an episodic sitcom, gave a big fat no to that idea. Because they wanted this series to have no continuity, they had to make sure that the characters couldn't develop. And that is...nonsense for a number of reasons.

#1

These shows came out the same time as Foster's:

The continuity wasn't MAJOR with these shows, you can still watch any episode at random from either of them and still have a good time. BUT they still had this sense of subtle progression where characters, villains, and little touches in the story. Granted, they're both more along the lines of action adventure stories instead of sitcoms, but KND is a lot more or less the same as Foster's in terms of characters going on goofy adventures and being a comedy for kids. It just so happened that the comedy could be taken a little seriously at times. Besides...

#2

Sitcoms CAN have character development and continuity. You can watch any episode of either of these shows too, BUT there's a noticeable sense of character progression and continuity from all of them. Sometimes it's something simple as a character dating someone else at a certain point or a change in location or even when a character is working a certain job or not. Character development and continuity can still exist and work in making an episode enjoyable without previous context, but seeing these characters grow, even in subtle ways, is great. Mainly because...

#3

Character development is NOT a bad thing. Far from it, in fact. If anything, it makes watching a show more interesting as you can look back at how a character USED to act with a fond nostalgia of "Man, remember when they used to act like THAT?" And then look at how they CURRENTLY act with the sense of, "Wow, this character's really grown up in the last few seasons." And while it feels SLOW in some cases, it gives the sense that the character can learn, grow, and BE BETTER despite how they might have started off. Even Foster's understood this, because...

#4

The Show HAS character development AND continuity. Like how Cheese just didn't exist in the show until a certain point and became a main stay for the entire series. Or how Goo was introduced as another main stay character. Not only that, but after her introduction as this overly imaginative little girl, she learned her lesson to cool down her over imagination so she wouldn't cause the exact same problems in the future but still faced a NEW problem with her imagination that she and the others could learn from. Like it or not, that IS character development AND continuity. It's just that other characters can experience it instead of Bloo. But fine. They wanted to make Bloo a stagnant character who never changes? Sure. I can accept that...Except for one last thing.

#5

DID THEY HAVE TO MAKE HIM SO IRREDEEMABLE?! In fairness, the bus episode IS entertaining, but that still shows how Bloo, as a character, went through regression instead of development. He's not the same as he started in the first season. Heck, he's not the same as he was in the FIRST THREE EPISODES. There, he was written as brash and a bit immature, but still apologetic and polite in certain spaces. He was even about to object to Wilt giving him the bed, but Wilt was too polite to let Bloo refuse his offer. If this was the Bloo in future seasons, he would have guilt tripped Wilt into giving him the bed and would have been the first to suggest Wilt would sleep on the floor.

If the show wasn't allowed to make Bloo develop, I can understand that. Networks and studios can kiss all the asses. But when it got to the point where I couldn't understand why Mac was friends with Bloo anymore, it leaves me wondering why they had to highlight his worst qualities instead of his best ones? To quote MY favorite character in this show, "I'm sorry, but that is NOT okay." The writers have my sympathy, it's not easy trying to appease your network overlords while still making the show good. But if Bloo's an example of anything, it's that studios should trust showrunners more and that character development is NEVER a sin.

[deadlockorignalfilms]

This seems really important

List of reported  and confirmed Warner Home Video DVDs that have rotted:

Box Sets and Series:

4 film favorites: Hugh Grant

4 Film Favorites: King of Horror- The Dreamcatcher side of Disc 1 doesn't load in any player. That side of the disc has become discolored.

4 Film Favorites: Lethal Weapon

4 Film Favorites: Urban Action (Black Belt Jones, Hot Potato, Black Samson, Three the Hard Way) - Hot Potato freezes at layer chagne

Adventures of Superman: The Complete Fifth & Sixth Seasons - Disc 2 (2U / L907)

Alfred Hitchcock - The Signature Collection-All these discs fail at the layer change:- Foreign Correspondent- Strangers on a Train: Two-Disc Special Edition (both discs)- Stage Fright- Suspicion- The Wrong Man

Animaniacs Seasons

Astaire and Rogers Collection Vol 1 and 2 and complete set

Barbara Stanwyck Signature Collection

Batman - The Complete Animated Series- Volume 2, Disc 3 starts skipping at episode 5.- Volume 3, Disc 2 doesn't play the last episode.

Bette Davis Collection Vol 1

Bette Davis Collection Vol 2

Bette Davis Collection Vol 3

Blade Runner 4 Disc Collector’s Edition-Disc 1,2 and 4

Burt Lancaster Signature Collection

Busby Berkeley Collection Vol 1

Busby Berkeley Collection Vol 2

Buster Keaton TCM Archives collection

Cary Grant Signature Collection

Clark Gable Signature Collection

Classic Comedies Collection

Classic Comedy Teams Collection

Classic Musicals From the Dream Factory Vol 2

Classic Musicals From the Dream Factory Vol 3

Cult Camp Classics Volumes

Dallas-multiple seasons

Doris Day Collection Vol 2

Dukes of Hazzard - Multiple Seasons

Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton collection

Elvis Presley [Deluxe 2-Volume] (10-Disc Set)

Errol Flynn Signature Collection Vol 2

Errol Flynn TCM Spotlight WWII Adventures

Esther Williams Collection Vol 1

Film Noir Classic Collection Vol 3

Film Noir Classic Collection Vol 4

Film Noir Classic Collection Vol 5

Forbidden Hollywood Vol 1

Forbidden Hollywood Vol 2

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Friends: Season 3, Disc 1,Season 6, Discs 1, 3, and 4

F-Troop Season 2

Gary Cooper Signature Collection

Greta Garbo Signature Collection

Henrik Ibsen Collection- The Master Builder and The Lady From The Sea will not play.

Humphrey Bogart Signature Collection Vol 2

James Cagney Signature collection

James Stewart Signature Collection

Joan Crawford Collection Vol 1 and 2

John Ford and John Wayne Collection

John Ford Collection

Katharine Hepburn 100th Anniversary Collection

Katharine Hepburn Collection

Legends of Horror Collection-all discs rot.

Literary Classics Collection 

Lois & Clark - The Complete Fourth Season: Disc 4 freezes at episode 3 on one player and read as invalid on another.

Looney Tunes Gold Coll 5 - Disc 2,Disc 4

Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 2: Disc 3

Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 4 - all four discs have rotted

Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 5 - all four discs have rotted

Lucille Ball Film Collection

Man From Uncle Complete Series: Season 2 Disc 6

Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland Collection- TCM reissue pack is okay

Motion Picture Masterpieces Collection

Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection TCM Spotlight

Nancy Drew Movie Mystery Collection

One Tree Hill

Paul Newman Collection

Pinky and the Brain seasons

Popeye Volumes

Powerpuff Girls Complete Series

Rooney & Garland Collection

Sam Peckinpah Collection

Shakespeare Collection

SilverHawks Volume One - Disc 4 (2U / L906)

Smallville - The Complete Sixth Season: Disc 2 skips and freezes. Discs 3 and 4 only play the first two episodes on one player and read as invalid on another.

Spawn: The Animated Collection - 10th Anniversary Signature Edition (Steelbook)- Disc 1 freezes and skips over the opening eight minutes of the first episode.

Stanley Kubrick - Warner Home Video Director's Series

Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show - Disc 2 (60, L387)

Superman Ultimate Collector’s Edition Tin-multiple films and extras no longer play. Some discs completely rotted.

Superman: The Theatrical Serials Collection: Disc 4

Supernatural (Season 2), some episodes on discs 4 & 5 won't play

Tales from the Crypt - The Complete Fifth Season: Disc 1, Disc 2 froze before the end of the last episode on one player and read as invalid on another.

Tales from the Crypt - The Complete First Season: Disc 1 doesn't play.

Tales from the Crypt - The Complete Sixth Season: Disc 1 & 2 won't play some of the episodes. At least three are inaccessible.

Tarzan Collection Vol 2

TCM Archives Laurel and Hardy Collection - both discs rotted

TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection - Horror

Tennessee Williams collection

Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection - both discs rotted

The All-New Super Friends Hour Volume One - Disc 1 (2U / L908), Disc 2 (2U / L907)

The Christopher Reeve Superman Collection

The Cult Camp collection

The Exorcist - The Complete Anthology- Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist fails at the layer change.

The Flash: The Complete Original Series - Disc 2 (2U / L907), Disc 6 (2U / L907)

The John Wayne Collection

The Sopranos

The Twisted Terror collection

The West Wing-Multiple Seasons

Tom & Jerry Spotlight Collection Volume 2: Discs 1 and 2

Tom & Jerry Spotlight Collection Volume 3: Disc 1

Tough Guys Collection-reissued as Gangsters Volume 2

Twisted Terror Collection

Vacation/European Vacation- Comedy Double Feature release

Val Lewton Collection-I Walked With A Zombie / The Body Snatcher, The Leopard Man / The Ghost Ship

Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars - The Complete Second Season

Veronica Mars - The Complete Third Season

Warner Bros Gangsters Vol 1

Warner Bros Gangsters Vol 2

Warner Bros Gangsters Vol 3

Warner Bros Gangsters Vol 4

Individual Titles (Boxsets listed if originally released as part of a set): 

2001: A Space Odyssey-Stanley Kubrick Director’s Series

30 Seconds to Tokyo

A Clockwork Orange-Stanley Kubrick Director’s Series

A Free Soul/Divorcee-A free Soul rotted-Forbidden Hollywood Collection - Volume 2

A Midsummer Night’s Dream-Shakespeare collection and standalone

A Nightmare on Elm Street - Infinifilm Edition

A Slight Case of Murder-Tough Guys Collection and Gangsters V2

Across the Pacific-Humphrey Bogart: The Signature Collection - Volume 2

Act of Violence /Mystery Street (Only Plays Mystery Street) Film Noir v4

Action in the North Atlantic-Bogart Signature Collection v2

Adventures of Don Juan-Errol Flynn SC V2

Air Force

All This and Heaven Too

Angels in the Outfield (1951)

Arsenic and Old Lace-snapper case

Austin Powers in Goldmember (Infinifilm Series)

Babes In Arms- Rooney & Garland Coll

Babes on Broadway- Rooney & Garland Coll

Bathing Beauty-Esther Williams Vol. 1

Best Foot Forward

Billy Budd-Literary Classics Coll 

Black Legion-Gangsters V3

Blade Runner- 4 disc collector’s edition

Bombers B-52

Boom Town

Born to Dance

Bringing Up Baby-Classic Comedies Collection

Broadway 1936

Brother Orchid-Gangsters v4

Bullets or Ballots-Tough Guys Collection and Gangsters V2

By the Light of the Silvery Moon-The Doris Day Collection, Vol. 2

Captain Blood-Errol Flynn SC V1

Captain Horatio Hornblower-Literary Classics Coll

Captain of the Clouds-James Cagney Signature Collection

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof-Tennessee Williams collection

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory SE

City for Conquest-Tough Guys Collection and Gangsters V2

Command Decision

Crime Wave/Decoy-Film Noir V4

Critic’s Choice

Cruising

Damn Yankees

Dance Girl Dance

Dangerous When Wet-Esther Williams, Vol. 1

Dark Passage

David Copperfield-Motion Picture Masterpieces 

Decoy-Film Noir Classic Collection Volume 4

Deep in My Heart-Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 3

Desperate Journey-Errol Flynn TCM WWII Adventures

Destination Tokyo-The Cary Grant Signature Collection

Dinner at Eight-Standalone copy

Dive Bomber-Errol Flynn SC V2

Dog Day Afternoon SE

Dr. X/Mask of Fu Manchu-Legends of Horror

Dragon Seed-Katharine Hepburn 100th Anniv Coll

Droopy

Du Barry Was a Lady 

Each Dawn I Die-Tough Guys Collection and Gangsters V2

East of Eden SE

East Side West Side 

Eight Legged Freaks

Evelyn Prentice-Powell and Loy TCM Collection

Executive Suite-Barbara Stanwyck Signature Collection

Eyes Wide Shut-Stanley Kubrick Director’s Series

Female/Three on a Match-Forbidden Hollywood v2

Firecreek-James Stewart Signature collection

Flamingo Road-Joan Crawford V2

Flying Down to Rio (Astaire/Rogers Collection)

Fort Apache

Friendly Persuasion

G Men-Tough Guys Collection and Gangsters V2

Garbo Silents Collection-Garbo Signature Collection

Gentleman Jim-Errol Flynn Signature Collection V2

Girl Crazy-Rooney & Garland Coll

Gold Raiders/Meet the Baron double feature

Hairspray SE

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix SE

High Sierra

His Kind of Woman-Noir V3

His Majesty O'Keefe-Burt Lancaster Signature Collection

Hit the Deck-Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 3

I Love You Again (Loy/Powell collection)

I'll See You in My Dreams-The Doris Day Collection, Vol. 2

Illegal / The Big Steal (only plays Illegal)-Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol 4

In This Our Life-Bette Davis collection v2

Invisible Stripes-Gangsters V4

Jeopardy-Barbara Stanwyck: The Signature Collection

Jailhouse Rock Remastered (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - Elvis Presley 10 Film Set

John Carpenter’s Someone is Watching Me

Julius Caesar

Kismet-Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 3

Lady Be Good- Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 3

Lady Killer-Gangsters V3

Land of the Pharaohs-Cult Camp Classics v1

Looney Tunes Golden Collection vol 1 disc 1 & vol 5 disc 4

Love Crazy-Powell and Loy TCM Collection

Lucky Me-The Doris Day Collection, Vol. 2

Madame Bovary-Literary Classics Coll 

Manhattan Melodrama-Powell and Loy TCM Collection

Meet the Baron/Gold Raiders-Gold Raiders won’t play

Mogambo-Clark Gable SC

Mr. Skeffington-Bette Davis collection v1

My Dream Is Yours-The Doris Day Collection, Vol. 2

Mystery Street-Film Noir Classic Collection Volume 4

Neptune's Daughter-Esther Williams, Vol. 1

Night and Day-The Cary Grant Signature Collection

Night of the Iguana

Ninotchka-Garbo Signature Collection

Nothing But Trouble-Classic Comedy Teams Collection

Lucky Man

On An Island With You-Esther Williams V1

On Moonlight Bay-The Doris Day Collection, Vol. 2

Operation Crossbow

Othello-Shakespeare Coll

Passage to Marseille-Bogart Signature Coll V2 

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid SE-Peckinpah Collection

The Wild Bunch 2 disc SE-Peckinpah collection

Personal Best

Popeye

Popeye vol 1 discs 1 & 4

Presenting Lily Mars

Pride and Prejudice-Motion Pic Masterpieces

Prince of The City

Rebel Without a Cause

Red-Headed Woman-TCM Archives: Forbidden Hollywood Collection - Volume 1

Reflections in a Golden Eye

Reunion in France

Rio Bravo

Roberta-Astaire Rogers coll

Romance on the High Seas-The Doris Day Collection, Vol. 2

Romeo and Juliet-Shakespeare coll

Royal Wedding-Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 2

Sadie McKee-Joan Crawford V2

Shawshank Redemption SE

Shoot the Moon-Rooney and Garland coll

Side Street-Film Noir Classic Collection Volume 4

Splendor in the Grass-snapper

Story of Vernon and Irene Castle-Astaire and Rogers

Straight Time

Streetcar Named Desire

Strike Up the Band-Rooney and Garland Collection

Superman the Movie [Four Disc Edition]

Superman II [2 Disc Deluxe Edition]

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Superman III (Deluxe Edition)

Superman IV-deluxe reissue

Superman Returns

Tarzan’s Desert Mystery-Tarzan collection v2

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (Unrated)

That Midnight Kiss-Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory, Vol 2

That’s Entertainment 3

That's Dancing-Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory, Vol 2

The Big Cube

The Big Steal-Film Noir v4

The Charge of the Light Brigade-Errol Flynn SC V2

The Clock (1945)

The Comedians-Taylor-Burton collection

The Corn is Green-Katharine Hepburn 100th Anniv Coll

The Dawn Patrol-Errol Flynn SC V2

The Devil Doll/Return of Dr. X-Legends of Horror Collection

The Divorce-Forbidden Hollywood V2

The Fighting 69th-James Cagney Signature collection

The Flintstones

The Fountainhead-individual and Gary Cooper Signature Collection

The Golden Compass SE

The Great Lie

The Great Ziegfeld

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

The Hill-WWII collection

The Informer-John Ford collection

The Jazz Singer-2007 release

The Little Giant-Gangsters v4

The Live By Night/Side Street-Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol 4

The Maltese Falcon 3-disc SE and Humphrey Bogart: The Signature Collection - Volume 2

The Man Who Came to Dinner-Bette Davis collection

The Naked Spur-James Stewart Signature Collection

The Old Maid-Bette Davis V3

The Pirate-Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 2

The Prince and the Pauper-snapper case

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex-Errol Flynn SC v1

The Prodigal

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 

The Stratton Story-James Stewart SC

The Three Musketeers-Literary Classics Coll

The Toast of New Orleans-Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory, Vol 2

The West Point Story-James Cagney Signature Collection

The Wreck of the Mary Deare-Gary Cooper SC

The Yakuza-Robert Mitchum SC

There Was A Crooked Man

They Died With Their Boots On-Errol Flynn SC v1

They Live By Night-Side Street-Film Noir v4

Three Little Words

To Please a Lady/Jeopardy-Jeopardy does not play. Barbara Stanwyck SC

Torch Song-Joan Crawford V2

Treasure Island

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Undercurrent-Katharine Hepburn 100th Anniv Coll

Vacation/European Vacation Comedy Double Feature release

Wally Gator

Watch on the Rhine-Bette Davis collection V3

Waterloo Bridge-TCM Archives: Forbidden Hollywood Collection - Volume 1

West Point Story-James Cagney Signature collection

Where Danger Lives/Tension-Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol 4

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? SE-Taylor Burton Collection

Without Love-Katharine Hepburn 100th Anniv Coll

Wizard of Oz- 2 disc SE

Wonder Woman

Words and Music-Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 2

[paranoidgemsbok]

Channel zero season 4, or 'Fosters home for imaginary friends, but watch out!'

[ewzzy]

I got the new Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends dvd set for Christmas and I want to give a heads up to any other fans.

So starting off the first few seasons are identical to the old discs. The second season is incredibly rare so it's just nice to have these. Same small extras and everything.

Season 4 is a mess. A dvd basically has to be 720x480 but can be 4x3 or 16x9 by telling the player to stretch or squish. You should never ever have black bars on the side of a dvd. It throws away resolution and you don't have a lot to begin with. Maybe a bigger problem is the ghosting. Whoever mastered this season didn't know how to handle interlaced video and every single bit of movement looks like this.

The good news is that the final 2 seasons are full wide screen. I did a lot of checking to make sure these weren't cropped from a 4x3 frame, but it turns out they're 16x9 native and the streaming version is cropped. That really makes this the best way to watch season 5 & 6.

I can be a bit of a snob when it comes to these things, but the show's style of sharp flats with no outlines can become a blurry mess if not handled right. It really looks like a show designed for the HD era that came out too early.

[nicktoonsfans]

My Favorite And Least Things

My Favorite Shows Are

All Grown Up! BKN (Seasons 1-2) Magi-k Casado Con Hijos (Married With Sons) Pulentos Diego & Glot 31 Minutes (Seasons 1-3) El Chavo Del 8 ( Both Live-Action And Animated Versions) Spongebob Squarepants The Powerpuff Girls (1998-2005) Foster 's Home Imaginary Friends The Grim Adventures Of Billy & Mandy Ben 10 (2005-2008) Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi Dexter's Laboratory Teen Titans (2003-2006) The Fairly Oddparents Danny Phantom Hey Arnold Rocket Power The Wild Thornberrys Rugrats (1991-2004) American Dragon Jake Long Kim Possible Disney s' Recess Phineas & Ferb Amango Karku (Seasons 1-2) The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius Papi Ricky Brujas The Simpsons Adventure Time The Amazing World Of Gumball Astro Boy (1986 Series)

My Least Shows Are

Barney Teletubbies (Both Classic And Reboot) High School USA! Jellabies Secret Millionaires Club Coconut Fred s' Fruit Salad Island Boohbah 31 Minutes (Season 4 Only) BKN (Seasons 3-11) Karkú(Season 3 Only) My Dad The Rockstar The Powerpuff Girls (2016 Reboot) Boj All Grown Up! (Season 1 Only) Warped Club 57 The Tiny Chef Show HexVets and Magic Pets Hamsters of Hamsterdale The Ast⁷ronauts Cupcakery of Doom Drama Club Kinderwood Dorg Van Dango The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder My Little Pony Pony Life The Brothers Flub Rainbow Fish Teen Titans Go! Peppa Pig Índigo Juegos De Poder Caillou (Both 1997 And 2023) Johnny Test (Both Classic And 2021 Reboot) Fanboy And Chum Chum Sanjay And Craig Breadwinners Rock, Paper, Scissors Pig Goat Banana Cricket Historias del ocho Walala The Series Glu Glu

My Favorite Character Are

Tommy Pickles Chuckie Finster Angelica Pickles Samantha Shane Kimi Finster Phil & Lil Deville Susie Carmichael Daniel Harold Frumpkin Harriet Nicholas Sean Butler Justin Rogers Spongebob Squarepants Patrick Star Sandy Cheeks Pearl Krabs Mr Krabs Squidward Tenclates Seba Villanueva Claudia Lopez Cata Valdavieso Jota Gaby Ferrada Pipe Zambrano Rocio Valtierra Isidora Matilde Farias Bruno Troy Bolton Gabriella Montes Ryan And Sharpey Evans Chad Danforth Taylor Mckessie Phineas Flynn Ferb Fletcher Isabella Garcia Shapiro Tulio Triviño Juan Carlos Bodoque Juanin Juan Harry Policarpo Avendaño Cindy Miraflores Patana Blossom Bubbles And Buttercup Arnold Shortman Helga Pataki Gerald Johanssen Astro Boy Uran Nea Barry Benzo Ramon Walala Diego Pla Violeta Ochoa Ismael Droguet Danilo Viviana Felipe Garcia Maida De La Fuente Robin Starfire Cyborg Beast Boy Raven Mac Foster Bloo Frankie Foster Savannah Shane Brianna Penlope Paris Seltzer Chelsea Koyano

My Least Characters Are

Rachel Alcroft Z Spine Snapper Nacho Villanueva Barney The Dinosaur Bj Baby Bop Riff The Teletubbies Plankton Karen Plankton Bubble Bass Cachirula Cossimo Gianni Fanboy & Chum Chum Robot & Monster Sanjay & Craig Max & Ruby Peppa Pig George Pig Suzy Sheep Marsh Merriweather Amber Lamber Cassandra Barrren Lamort Blackstein Brad Solvee Blackfire The HIVE FIVE Caillou Rosie Mojo Jojo Princess Morbucks Vicky

[we-dont-talk-about-potato-nonono]

✨ Current Fandom / Media that I’m familiar with ✨

(it’s not in order & most fandoms / media are going strong/on hiatus/dead, but eh these are some that I can remember!)

If there’s anything you guys want to recommend, do let me know! even if I don’t end up liking it, I still really appreciate it and plus, I’m down to find new content! 💖

Anime

• Soul Eater

• Ranma 1/2

• DB, DBZ and DBS

• Beastars

• Spy x family

• Aggretsuko

• Prison School

• Mob Psycho 100 (never watched the anime before but I’m familiar with the characters because of the popularity)

Films:

• (first film and second film) Into and Across The Spiderverse

• Avatar: The Way of Water

• Barbie (2023)

• Bee Movie

• Every Disney or Pixar movies

• Encanto

• Every Marvel movie

• Back To The Future

• Venom (2018)

• Shrek 1-3

• Studio Ghibli

• Puss in Boots 1-2

• Chucky franchise

• Megamind

• Mean Girls

• Rango

• Kung Fu Panda

• Trolls

• Hotel Transylvania

TV Series & Web Series:

• Adventure Time

• Arcane

• Amphibia

• Animaniacs

• BoJack Horseman

• Breaking Bad

• Better Call Saul

• Camp Camp

• Clone High

• Courage the Cowardly Dog

• Danny Phantom

• Dan Vs.

• Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared

• Fionna And Cake

• Gorillaz (music)

• Gravity Falls

• Happy Tree Friends

• Harley Quinn

• Inside Job

• Invader ZIM

• Kim Possible

• Looney Tunes

• Moral Orel

• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

• Mystery Skulls Animated

• Nickelodeon sitcoms from the 2000s-early 2010s [example Drake & Josh, ICarly, Victorious, & Big Time Rush]

• OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes

• Phineas and Ferb

• Pinky and the Brain

• Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (didn’t finish all episode)

• Regular Show

• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

• Salad Fingers

• Samurai Jack

• Spooky Month

• Squid Game

• Star vs. the Forces of Evil

• Steven Universe

• Superjaill

• The Amazing Digital Circus

• The Vampair series

• Teen Titans (2003)

• The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police

• The Amazing World of Gumball

• The Cuphead Show!

• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

• The Looney Tunes Show

• Basically most of Cartoon Network’s 90s-late 2000s cartoons [Dexter’s Laboratory, Foster’s Imaginary Friends, Billy & Mandy, Samurai Jack, the OG Teen Titans, Chowder, Flapjack!]

• The Owl House

• The Simpsons

• Total Drama

• Tuca & Bertie

• Villainous

• Welcome Home

• Wednesday (Netflix)

Video Games:

• Assassins Creed

• Beyond Two Souls

• Crash Bandicoot

• Cyberpunk 2077

• Bully

• Deltarune

• Deponia

• Destroy All Humans!

• Detroit: Become Human

• Far Cry 3

• Far Cry 4

• Five Nights at Freddy's

• Grand Theft Auto San Andreas and V

• HIVESWAP

• Hitman 1-3

• Life Is Strange

• Little Misfortune

• Pokemon

• Horizon Zero Dawn

• Randal’s Monday

• Saint Row 3 & 4

• Sally Face

• Sam & Max Hit The Road and Save the World

• Skyrim

• Undertale

• The Wolf Among Us

• The Walking Dead season 1

[mhumiston965]

My Favorite Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends Episode From Each Season!

1. House Of Bloos & Blooooo

2. Partying Is Such Sweet Soiree, Frankie My Dear & Mac Daddy

3. Camp Keep A Good Mac Down & Challenge of the Super Friends

4. Squeeze the Day & Good Wilt Hunting (only for the Wilt moment/scene)

5. Schlock Star & Affair Weather Friends

6. Race for Your Life, Mac and Bloo, Destination Imagination & Goodbye to Bloo

[dennistamayo]

1 channel down, 1 to go

Through the years, Cartoon Network Studios produced original shows for both Cartoon Network & its late night block Adult Swim respectively. Soon when I started working animation in Los Angeles County, California, Cartoon Network Studios will produce original shows for Boomerang sometime next year. Since 2015, Warner Bros. Animation produced original shows for Boomerang such as New Looney Tunes & the Wacky Races reboot. After the premiere of the third & final season of the Animaniacs reboot on Hulu 11 months ago, none of the Boomerang original shows were produced by Cartoon Network Studios. That will have to change when I come to the studio at the new & current Second Century building in Burbank, California to produced a Cartoon Network crossover show by mixing characters from the past Cartoon Network original shows that I watched as a kid & designing new characters for it, & the art style I use will be inspired by Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken, Chris Savino & more. A Cartoon Network crossover show will possibly be not only on Boomerang in the United States, but a Max original (formerly HBO Max) late next year. Also, Cartoon Network Studios will produce shorts based on Dexter’s Laboratory early next year. In addition to the proposed shorts with Dexter & his annoying sister Dee Dee, Mee Mee & Lee Lee will have shorts of their own making it the first Dexter’s Lab spin-off. The shorts I’ll wrote at Cartoon Network Studios will premiere on Cartoon Network, Boomerang & Amazon Prime Video early next year, after the premiere of second season of Tiny Toon Looniversity on Cartoon Network & Max (streaming service). & then, Cartoon Network Studios will produce direct-to-video films which will be released on DVD & Blu-ray between early 2025 & late 2026. Cartoon Network Studios always made television films based on shows since 1999, although Warner Bros. released The Powerpuff Girls Movie in theaters back in 2002. When Michael Ouweleen’s once again in charge of Cartoon Network & Sam Register’s now the Cartoon Network Studios president since 3 years & 4 months ago, I’ll be sure J. G. Quintel won’t be involved in my projects ether. By the way, my future projects will have the current aspect ratio of 16:9 (1.78:1) & 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound (only used for streaming). Before I write scripts & designing new characters at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California, I’ll make student animated short films at the Animation Academy in the same location which will be released during & after the Japanese premieres of new episodes & shows of American TV cartoons that premiered in the United States 3 years ago & before & during the premiere of the second season of Tiny Toon Looniversity on Cartoon Network & Max. After this year, Dexter & Dee Dee will soon be better than Pinky & the Brain. To me, The Powerpuff Girls (1998 TV series), Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends & The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack are the only Cartoon Network original shows on Boomerang in the United States as of now. Some classic Cartoon Network shows like Juniper Lee in its uncropped 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio (1.78:1) should air on Boomerang this winter, as well as My Gym Partner’s a Monkey. Both Cartoon Network & Boomerang are owned by the Cartoon Network Group of Warner Bros. Discovery Networks U.S., a division of Warner Bros. Discovery. By the way, the 22 minute mark for animated shows will be better than the 11 minute mark.

[a34trgv2]

Are there any shows that you liked as a kid but nowadays do not consider to be as good as you remember?

Oh yeah, plenty. Teamo Supremo, Dexter's Lab Seasons 3&4, Skunk Fu, Sabrina The Animated Series, Chop Socky Chocks, most of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Robotboy, and Fairly Oddparents for the most part.

[wanderfan2000]

‘‘GODZILLA! WILT’S CREATOR IS GODLIZZA!”‘ - Bloo, Good Wilt Hunting. 

[luci-hemwin-evanson]

MY FAVE CARTOON CARTOONS BC IM BORED AND NOSTALGIC

AND AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT ON THE SHOWER AND I HAVE TO WRITE IT DOWN BC ILL FORGET AND ITS INMPORTANT! ALSO BC I WANT TO :)

1.Code Name: Kids Next Door (I said what I said)

2. Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

3. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

4. Total Drama (specially seasons 1 & 3)

5. Winx Club (bc Im latina and they aired it on Cartoon)

6. Mucha Lucha!

7. Ed, Edd & Eddy

8. The Powerpuff Girls

9. Dexter's Laboratory

10. Chowder

11. Hi Hi Puffy Amy Yumi

12. Johny Test

13. Mike, Lu & Og

14. Adventure Time

15. MAD

16. The Amazing World of Gumball

17. The Life & Times of Juniper Lee

18. Duck Dodgers

19. Regular Show

20. Garfield

21. Angelo

22.Being Ian

23. 6Teen

24. Robot Boy

25. Tom & Jerry

26. Baby Looney Tunes

27.My Gym Partner is a Monkey

28. The Flinstones

29. The Looney Tunes

30. Oggy & the cockroaches

special mention to We Bare Bears & Hamtaro bc I forgot them and idk where to put them, I changed the list too many times

Im aware this are not all Cartoon Cartoons whoever this where shown on Cartoon Network Latinoamerica so I'll call them that

also this was kinda harder than the Nicktoons one

(No, I did not watch any version of Ben 10)

[sidetable-drawer]

Thoughts on every season of Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends:

Season 1 - Great introductory season. The show’s still coming into its’ own but it started out amazing with “House of Bloo’s”. That pilot movie alone was enough to let you know “oh yeah, this show is gonna be special” (I remember our local newspaper having articles about it- the day after it premiered, I remember my mom putting the front of the entertainment section in front of my cereal bowl...Foster’s was THE main story!) One of the most amusing things about it looking back are how different some of the voices are- same voice actors, but you have Bloo with a lower and more relaxed voice and Mac with a higher, more childlike one (I prefer how Bloo sounded in the earlier episodes, meanwhile I’m a little more used to how Mac would sound later on). Also I miss the “nicer” Bloo from the first season!

Season 2 - Season 1 was really good but this is when the show REALLY started to shine. Some of my favorite episodes came from this season. We were introduced to Cheese, Mac’s sugar condition, and “Orlando Bloo”. Bloo’s voice got higher and midway through the season, Mac’s voice broke. I think this might just be my favorite season of the show overall. And “The Sweet Stench of Success” is probably my all-time favorite episode of the entire series. It just has that perfect balance of humor and emotional moments that won me over in the pilot movie.

Season 3 - While still with some good episodes, this might have been the weakest season overall. While some good episodes premiered this season, the best one probably being “A Lost Claus” (which is still one of my favorite Christmas specials in general), this was also the season with some of the worst and most mean-spirited episodes of the show, like “Imposter’s Home for Um...Make ‘Em Up Pals” and “Foster’s Goes to Europe”. Even episodes that I did kinda enjoy had at least something that brought them down, like “Duchess of Wails” having a crappy ending despite having a lot of parts I liked, and “Go Goo Go” had that annoying part over everyone thinking Goo and Mac were an item, much to Mac’s annoyance, and then them blaming him for Goo continuously coming over...yeah, Goo’s a wonderful character but I really wish her introduction episode was handled a little better. Not a terrible season, but there was a much more mean-spirited streak to it that didn’t feel right.

Season 4 - Much better than season 3 with some REALLY iconic episodes coming from this season, such as “Squeeze the Day” and “Good Wilt Hunting”. Also it was nice to see Goo again since she didn’t appear for the rest of S3 after “Go Goo Go”. If anything brought it down though, it was “I Only Have Surprise for You”- like how Frankie was treated horribly for all of “Imposter’s Home for Um...Make ‘Em Up Pals”, this one does the same to Mac, and it’s just painful to watch (especially since Mac is one of those characters I tend to get kinda maternal over- he’s just so sweet but goes through so much). The whole thing felt like one of those later season Fairly OddParents episodes where everyone, even the nicer characters, are just assholes for no reason. BUT the good episodes outweighed that one and “Good Wilt Hunting”, which concluded the season, might be THE most emotional thing to come out of the series. And yes, this is the season that brought us “It’s hot in Topeka”, which is one of the most iconic moments in any Cartoon Network show. On another note...one of the strangest things to come out of this season was probably “Emancipation Complication”, where a pen that looks like Abe Lincoln and his crony sell all the imaginary friends into jobs so he can turn the house into a casino. And there’s a big musical number which, while kinda fun, isn’t something Foster’s tends to do at all. The wackier tone of the episode almost felt like something out of Tiny Toon Adventures. It’s...something.

Season 5 - Another favorite season of mine! An interesting thing about it is that it puts a lot of focus especially on Mac and Bloo and their friendship. Most of the season unfortunately put Wilt, Eduardo, and Coco on the sidelines, but they had a bigger focus in some of the season’s later episodes. I love “band episodes”, so “Schlock Star” is one of my personal favorites (”Talk to the Jeans” is still an amazing song). Mac and Bloo’s friendship is one of my favorite things about the show and I could analyze the two to hell and back, so I loved how “The Bride to Beat” and “Affair Weather Friends” showed more of Bloo’s fear of Mac outgrowing him in the former and Mac’s fear of Bloo ditching him for another kid in the latter (specifically, Mac imagining Bloo saying “I’m TIRED OF YOU!” to him was pretty heartbreaking). Another great episode was “The Bloo Superdude and the Magic Potato of Power!”, which my friends and I quoted constantly after it aired. “The Buck Swaps Here” was also pretty fun and felt like one of the earlier episodes in the best way possible. “The Little Peas” was a letdown though- while not one of the WORST episodes, it did end up ruining the end of “The Big Cheese” (of which the episode is a POV switch to Peas, an imaginary friend who was never seen before this one). After the 2006 all-day Foster’s marathon on Thanksgiving Day led up to “Good Wilt Hunting” and 2008′s Thanksgiving CN marathon (which was the only time a new episode premiered on the holiday that wasn’t preceded by a marathon of the show) led up to “Destination Imagination”, this was...underwhelming. Oh well.

Season 6 - One thing I remember the most about S6 was how Cartoon Network REALLY screwed with the show around this time. After “Race for Your Life, Mac and Bloo”, the show was taken off the schedule for months, with some episodes only showing up for holiday airings (”Nightmare on Wilson Way” for Halloween, “A Lost Claus” for Christmas, and “Setting a President” for Election Day 2008) and then “Destination Imagination” premiering on Thanksgiving (speaking of which, this was the season where THAT Macy’s performance took place. You know the one). And then finally burning the final five episodes off in a marathon on a Sunday in May (which fortunately, they DID advertise), before the show was unceremoniously removed and replaced with horrible live-action shows. And how “Race for Your Life, Mac and Bloo” actually had the viewers vote on the CN site for the outcome of the race with two endings animated for it- I voted for Mac (surprise, surprise), expected Bloo to win since he’s more popular especially with CN’s main audience, and was really excited when Mac won (Bloo’s ending would later be shown on the CN site). Other than that, this season was mostly just...okay. Some really funny episodes here and there like “Jackie Khones and the Case of the Overdue Library Crook” and “Race for Your Life, Mac and Bloo”, and “Destination Imagination” was an absolutely amazing movie that might have been the darkest and most intense we’ve seen the show (when 12-year-old me saw the “TV-PG” rating in the corner of a show that was normally Y7...that’s when you knew shit was getting real), most of the season just didn’t really “stand out” as much and felt like the “spark” might have been going. For a finale, “Goodbye to Bloo” I’m pretty mixed on. While I feel like a show like this could’ve done something bigger with a little more drama (since the show handles emotional episodes really well)...it does at least leave the door open for a continuation (and if if ever did, CN needs to hire Craig McCracken and Lauren Faust back because I don’t want a repeat of PPG 2016). And that very last shot of the house erasing itself (being the intro in reverse) and the “Thanks for watching!” drawing during the credits...13-year-old me was not okay for a while and I don’t think she recovered. Especially since a very dark period of CN followed...fortunately Adventure Time premiered the next year.

[sumechiayuu]

I'm now ready to talk about how awful the episode I Only Have Surprise for You in Foster’s is.

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Disclaimer: These are just my opinions, NOT facts. Respect my opinion and I will respect yours. And I love this show with all my heart, it’s one of my favorites. But even the best cartoons have their sour moments. Let’s begin, shall we?

The only episode I hate the most, and I mean THE MOST so far in Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, is I Only Have Surprise for You in Season 4 Episode 5.

I’m just going to get this horrendous episode over with. Because this episode-goodness gracious-is downright AWFUL. Literally unbearable. Before I scream and rant, let’s talk about the plot.

So the beginning of the episode is Mac going to the house. He sees Bloo acting weird and suspicious and realizes that today Bloo has a surprise party ready for Mac. Mac hates this because on these days, the parties Bloo makes always humiliate him, as seen in these three clips. First, I’m gonna point out a few things wrong I see with these scenes already.

First clip: To start, why would ANY normal kid-especially 8-year olds-laugh and giggle in delight seeing their classmate naked? In real life, most kids in elementary school would be covering their eyes and going “Ewww” at the mere sight of nudity. It's just a strange scene in general. What's so funny about an eight-year-old boy being naked with his ass out? I will never know.

Second clip: This is an issue with the third clip too, but I would like to point it out here early on. So in this clip, alongside Bloo and the group of kids, you see Terrence AND the mom ganging up on Mac.

The problem with Terrence being included in this scene is that it weirdly implies that he WORKED TOGETHER with BLOOREGARD Q KAZOO out of all people to help humiliate his brother. If anything, Terrence would just beat up and humiliate both boys, as he beats them up in the PILOT EPISODE OF THIS SHOW.

Now the problem with his Mom helping out with the prank is that his mom is a no-nonsense kind of woman who doesn’t deal with childish things like the pranks Bloo did on Mac. Why in the world would she help Bloo out with such stupid pranks? Especially a prank where it involves MAKING A THIRD-GRADER’S MOUTH BURN WITH HOT SAUCE DISGUISED AS KETCHUP? Mac’s mom may have done stupid things like making a young child give up his imaginary friend, but she's not dumb enough to purposefully harm her kid. She still clearly cares about her two sons.

Third clip: I don’t have a lot to say except that Mac could've avoided being humiliated in a way. He could've either wrapped the ballet dress around his waist instead of wearing it, or he could’ve used the shower curtain as a towel.

After that little montage, we see Mac getting increasingly more and more nervous about his party before he goes Rambo mode after eavesdropping on the gang planning a party and decides to destroy and ruin the party in the only funny parts of this episode.

But then he finds out that the party was actually for Artie, a toddler that Goo “created”. Feeling bad after everyone chews him out for ruining a toddler’s 4th birthday party, Mac decides to make it up to him by fixing up the party. During this, I’d like to point out one funny scene that made me laugh a bit before I head on to the worst parts of the episode.

While planning the party, Bloo says that Artie likes clowns. Since it’s Mac’s “fault” he ruined the party, he has to dress as one to cheer up Artie.

Now we get to the most frustrating part of the episode; the ending. While Mac entertains the toddler, it’s all revealed that the party was a prank after all. And then Bloo makes the most punchable face imaginable as he rubs it in his face that his best friend-his CREATOR-is an idiot and that Bloo will always be one step ahead.

Incoming warning for an anger-induced rant here now. Viewer discretion advised, hehe.

First of all, let’s talk about the extreme out-of-character moments in this episode. Why would WILT-a character who gets so guilty about just LYING FOR A DAY in one episode, FRANKIE-a character who literally can’t stand Bloo and his annoying antics, and MR. HERRIMAN-a character who is strict and has a no-nonsense attitude, decides to participate in this mean-spirited prank?

Second of all, what did Mac do to make Bloo so spiteful to even think of doing a prank like that? Bloo may be a bratty jerk, but he still cares about his best friend. In The Bloo Superdude and the Great Creator of Everything's Awesome Ceremony of Fun That He's Not Invited To, even in a sick and delirious state he still tries to see his best friend have his birthday party. In the same episode, in Bloo’s fantasy Mac is a SUPREME OVERLORD in his eyes, showing that he respects his friend even though he doesn't outright show it. In Bye Bye Nerdy, though he was a little bit mean, despite eventually failing he does try to help Mac gain human friends, before the events of Go Goo Go. Bloo may be a brat, but he still cares about his friend.

So who’s idea was it to make Bloo THAT insufferable? The fact that there’s no real reason for Bloo to even prank Mac is a big problem with this episode. Onto the third thing!

And finally, the biggest problem is that there’s no established reason, not even a HALF-ASSED one mind you, that Mac deserves to be humiliated TWICE in one day. There’s no real reason behind it, and it’s frustrating.

See the episode Pranks for Nothing in Season 6. The reason why Bloo got pranked by his friends multiple times is because Bloo was misbehaving and acting out in the hotel room. He was ordering stuff messing around and doing things Mr. Herriman specifically told everyone not to do while they were there. He got his just desserts, AND he got punished for a reason that makes sense.

Like, there’s nothing Mac does to deserve the treatment he gets in this episode. Even in episodes where he acts out and goes wild, like Squeeze the Day and Crime After Crime, his evil crimes are…jumping on the bed and his version of a prank call is saying “this is a joke”. In this show, there’s nothing Mac during and prior the episode to even deserve the shame and humiliation he gets (I’ll give you a cookie if you understand that reference). The worst thing he did was ruining the party, and even then he had a reasonable justification to doing so (he thought he was going to be HUMILIATED BY HIS ONLY FRIENDS! How could that not be reasonable?)

In conclusion, THAT’S why I cannot stand this horrendous episode. It’s the only horrendously bad episode that makes my blood boil. EVEN THE BENDY AND GOOFBALL EPISODE HAD ME LESS ANGRY. That really makes you think.

And while I do recommend this awesome show, please, I beg you, just. Skip this episode. It’s not worth watching and it’s not worth your time. Don’t be like me when I was nine.

[tawneybel]

Note: Ten favorite monsters, part five. Part four. Why are there not more images of Coco on Google? :( She and Bloo tie for my favorite Foster’s character, but design-wise she’s more interesting! Also, I couldn’t fit the panel of Nagare sliding under the door, which really highlights Madslugs’ creepiness. 

1. Kankrelats from Code Lyoko

They’re like evil potatoes.

2. Coco from Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends

This show went above and beyond with the imaginary friends’ designs. I thought Coco was meant to be a bird of paradise. Also, she lays different colored plastic eggs with cool prizes. 

3. Chatterer Beast from Hellraiser: Bloodline

Based off the best Cenobite (Chatterer) and animal (dog).

4. Stitch from Lilo & Stitch

Another cartoon with a great many “friend” (or “cousin”) designs. But it’s hard to beat the koala-esque original experiment.

5. Madslug from Rosario + Vampire

As a species, not Nagare Kano. Gastropod monsters are underrated. It’s too bad he used his slugginess to be a pervert. Like, he could probably hold down a girlfriend if he respected womankind.

6. Lemures/Remless from Sailor Moon SuperS

This is my favorite season because evil circus! Lemures were angry ghosts in ancient Rome. The dub name works too because of the dream theme. They’re without rapid eye movement (REM), so they’re without dreams of their own. The whole mirror motif is coolly creepy, too.

7-9. Stranger Things Upside Down monsters

Demogorgon: Humanoid with a flowery face.

Hospital Monster: If you thought Flaying couldn’t get nastier. :D Also, a The Thing reference??

Mind Flayer: Mind Flayer, Mind Flayer, Flay me a mind.

10. Dren from Spliced

My favorite stages were the first and last ones. There’s adorably animalistic, the in-between stages, then uncanny valley monster boy.

Note: The first time I heard of protogynous hermaphroditism was in the Spiderwick field guide. So I guess Dren’s part tropical fish? Imagine a MerDren.