Fridays Talkback: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends [3/17/06]

[Red]

Dedicated in loving memory to Peter Tomarken
1942 - 2006

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March 17rd, 2006
Premieres at 7:00pm
Reruns 10:00pm / 12:30am / 3:30am (et/pt)

Room with a Feud
When a recent adoption leaves a room at Foster's vacant, Bloo, Coco, Wilt, and Eduardo all fight over it. tormentor.

Notes

Nice plot for once.
No, not a new moderator. Just me with a shorter name :)

[Megaman X]

o_o this episode seems funny

if you dont watch it...

Bloo:You will be hurting my feelings..

[One Radical Dude]

They just aired the episode in Canada (on Teletoon) on Thursday, according to a Canadian viewer. This should be interesting...

[Megaman X]

This episode was good =P 8/10

Funny how they just switch rooms and Bloo doesnt even like being alone.

[One Radical Dude]

Not exactly a favorite episode, but there were moments worth checking out (I had very low expectations, after watching the previews). Peanut Butter was an interesting character. I thought Wilt displaying more of an athletic side was great, as well as him saying that he didn't care what Bloo thought. What surprised me was how Bloo didn't think having his own room wasn't as awesome as he expected. Who would have thought that he'd go back to being with the other three friends? Jackie exclaiming "Booyah!" was great, and made the ending pretty cool.

Anyway, I'm giving it a B.

[New Noise™]

I thought this episode was going to be a lot more entertaining. It was an "okay" episode, I give it a C.

[judyindisguise]

Meh, I'd give it a "B" also. Having Peanut Butter like all the destructive things Bloo and co. did to his room was just too easy. One question: since Wilt has the bottom bunk now, where does Bloo sleep? Under the bed (where Wilt used to sleep?) I hope so. It'd serve the little stinker right.

[90'sCartoonMan]

I thought this episode was going to be a lot more entertaining. It was an "okay" episode, I give it a C.

I pretty much thought the same thing.

I really liked Wilt in this episode, though. I was hoping the room would go to him. I also liked Coco implying they could kill Peanut Butter (or at least that's what it sounded like she said).

I wonder what happens in the end credits? Do we see them in their new room or do they switch back...?

[One Radical Dude]

I actually didn't have very high expectations here, I'm glad this one had exceeded my low expecations. I still believe that the next episode is "Cuckoo For Coco Cards", even though someone I know has faith on TV Guide.

[Batman91]

I think this ep was pretty good compared to some of the newest episodes(good season,but not as good as others).There was also quite of few Wilt moments in this episode.
Bloo:But if you take the room then I won't have it.
Wilt:Yeah I thought about that and I really don't care.

Then theres the part when Wilt sees the basket ball room and he goes to Herrimen's office.Wilt:I WANT THE ROOM.
Peanut butter was a pretty fun character too.I'll give it a "B".

[Freedom Fighter]

Interesting Issues:
1) Coco needing her own room because she's a girl. Funny thing... I've never taken any offense to her rooming with Wilt, Eduardo, and Bloo. Maybe because she's rarely down anything girly.
2) No rule of reassigning rooms if one's vacated? Strange... this has to be there or otherwise this episode fundamentally can't work. Still, you have to wonder how they handled such a situation beforehand...
3) The abandoned room has a bunk bed. It took until the end of the episode for anyone to figure out there's two beds, not one! That kinda annoyed me... until the ending circumvented/negated the issue anyway.

Other Notes:
- I liked all of the ways the friends were trying to decide who gets the room, though the game-pickers were bias towards themselves. Except for Bloo, who of course naturally doesn't know what's best for him. In addition, it's so like Frankie to take advantage of them by having them do some of her chores. Favorite game... whatever Coco was trying to get them to assemble! :p
- After all that work, we end with a status quo. Eduardo's scared alone, so Wilt comes over. Coco feels lonely, so she goes over. Bloo finally gets his own room, but finds he misses being around the others. So in the end, they all switch to the previous vacant room, and the 'little guy' ends up with his own room.

7.5 out of 10 for "Room with a Feud."

[I.R Joey]

I though this episode was alright actually, I needed a laugh today and Foster's delivered on that account.

Some cool stuff here.

+Anyone who's ever had roomates, shared a room with a sibling, or in general slept in a crowded room can empathise with the four charecters in this episode. I think the Foster's crew did a good job of tapping into a collective feeling.

+Frankie and Herriman weren't really the focus of this episode but they were used pretty effectively. I especially love the bit that implies Frankie and Coko explaining "girl issues" to Herriman and his anxious reaction (a little bit risque for Fosters:sweat: ). I also liked Frankie exploiting the feud for her own good. Very funny stuff.

+Bloo was Bloo in this episode, I know there are some people saying that he should be nicer, but I'm not one of them. You can make Bloo nicer sometimes, and you might even have a funny show. But I tell you it wouldn't be Foster's. Bloo was so childish and selfish in this episode that you had to laugh. I mean everything from the "(insert task here) gets the room" lines to his exploiting individual weaknesses (for example Wilt's need to help people). I guess I can see though why some people like seeing him get payed back though. His not being able to get ahead worked in this ep. I think the Foster's crew make have struck a nice balance between the "Bloo's horrible" fans of the show and people like me "The Bloo needs to be a jerk" people.

+The ending was a nice touch in my opinion. The status quo was maintained (which works for Fosters, where it might not for a more action focused show). The little green guys last line was a nice way to end the episode.

I can't really think of anything I didn't like about this episode. Everything just seemed to work.

I give this episode a B, hope we see more good stuff coming from the Foster's crew in the next few months.

A little note.

+There was a really nice bit where Wilt basically tells Bloo that he doesn't care if he hurts Bloo's feelings. This was very well handled by Phil Lamar in my opinion. Other cartoons would have had the actor start of calmly then at the end shout "I DON'T CARE!!!!", but not this one. Mr. Lamar skillfully handled this with Wilt saying it ever so kindly, and yet not loosing a bit of its insulting intent. He didn't go out of charecter for one second which is just awesome. It really shows how much he understands his charecter, and how well he performs the role. (props to the voice director I guess too).

This episode gets a B.

[One Radical Dude]

I didn't see it early on, but is Peanut Butter supposed to be a spoof of PPG's Fuzzy Lumkins (at least, in appearance)?

[I.R Joey]

I didn't see it early on, but is Peanut Butter supposed to be a spoof of PPG's Fuzzy Lumkins (at least, in appearance)?

You know what? I thought the exact same thing as I watched it. He does look like Fuzzy doesn't he?

[don Jaime]

I thought it was a pretty good episode. It's been a while since we've seen an episode focus on the four friends, and I don't think I've seen them at odds like this before. Good to see Wilt assert himself - "I just don't care!" but Eduardo's was even funnier - "Oh YEAH? Well, now you live in the TRASH!" (Slam!) The show goes downhill when Mac arrives, they should have left him out of this one.

Yahoo says the next episode is "I Only Have Surprise For You," Mac trying to stop Bloo from throwing a surprise party for him.

Radical Dude, you might want to grab the latest "National Geographic Traveler." The Expedia.com ad on the back includes a Deo deodorant going down a conveyor belt with some other travel-sized toiletries. I don't know if they know about Foster's or not, but it's a headturner.

[NeitherSparky]

One question: since Wilt has the bottom bunk now, where does Bloo sleep? Under the bed (where Wilt used to sleep?) I hope so. It'd serve the little stinker right.
Unfortunately no. When Bloo asks Wilt to move over, and Wilt says sure, there's the distinct thump of a certain tall Friend hitting the floor. :)

[One Radical Dude]

I thought it was a pretty good episode. It's been a while since we've seen an episode focus on the four friends, and I don't think I've seen them at odds like this before. Good to see Wilt assert himself - "I just don't care!" but Eduardo's was even funnier - "Oh YEAH? Well, now you live in the TRASH!" (Slam!) The show goes downhill when Mac arrives, they should have left him out of this one.
I don't completely agree with leaving Mac out of the episode, because it would look like he didn't show up at Foster's that day (and you know what would happen, if he didn't show up). He didn't need a major role for this one, though, which was good here.

I agree with everything else, though.

Yahoo says the next episode is "I Only Have Surprise For You," Mac trying to stop Bloo from throwing a surprise party for him.
Some of the TV guides have not been very accurate (except CN's website), and the newest ads for Foster's (which are definitely well-done) prove that "Cuckoo For Coco Cards" will air next.

Radical Dude, you might want to grab the latest "National Geographic Traveler." The Expedia.com ad on the back includes a Deo deodorant going down a conveyor belt with some other travel-sized toiletries. I don't know if they know about Foster's or not, but it's a headturner.
:eek: You're joking, right? I've got to see this.

[NeitherSparky]

:eek: You're joking, right? I've got to see this.

Yeah I need to see that. Is it available at a newsstand?

[Ultra Mike]

What really sold me on this episode was the fast, manic pace of it all. Right after Pointdexter got out of the room to when Eduwardo finally got it near the end it was just all out wackiness. The friends trying to outdo the other for the entire episode was just funny. The plot may be a bit cliche, but I haven't seen anyone else do it at the 100 miles per hour feeling that Fosters went. I mean sometimes they have moments like that in an ep, but for this ep they just went all out and that was fine for me. Only real downer was Mac's appearence. I think there's a "Mac must appear in every episode" clause to the series cause he really wasn't needed here. Any random friend (heck it should of been Jackie actually) telling them Peanut Butter gets the room would of worked just as fine. I like Mac, but this was his most worthless appearence since the infamous Bendy episode.

[One Radical Dude]

Yeah I need to see that. Is it available at a newsstand?

It is very likely, so you should probably find them at book stores.

[NeitherSparky]

I went to a big newsstand in Sacramento today and looked at the ad. I'm sorry, but it was *not* a Foster's spoof of any sort. There's a "generic" stick of deodorant on a conveyer belt, its grey, and it's labelled "DEO" but that doesn't make it a Foster's spoof. It just makes it a generic stick of deodorant. If it were blue and white and actually *looked* like the Deo in the show, then maybe. But it's just grey. Just a concidental name. Anyone can come up with "Deo" as the name of a brand of deodorant.

[don Jaime]

I just got it in the mail last week. It's the April 06 issue of NG Traveler, with a cover story on "Insiders' Provence" and a picture of the Pont du Gard. The Deo is on the back cover in the lower right picture.

The thing is, there's four other items, two of which have the same label too tiny to read, and the other two say "Toothpaste" and "Mouthwash." Only the Deo looks like a brand. It would be more conclusive if it were blue, yeah.

[One Radical Dude]

I'll admit, I did kinda snicker at the fact that I saw 'Deo' on the Expedia magazine ad, even though the logo looked nothing like the 'Fosterized' Deo.

[Frank]

I saw most but not all of this episode of FHFIF. It appears to be standard Foster's fare with some good moments. I'll give this ep a B.:)