The BEST episodes of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Every episode of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends!

What happens when children outgrow their imaginary friends? They take them to Madame Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, a vast Victorian mansion with endless rooms and hundreds of thought-up playmates. At the heart of the story is Blooregard (aka Bloo), an imaginary friend created by an eight-year-old boy named Mac. Although he's usually shy, Mac feels confident when Bloo's around. Bloo, on the other hand, is bold and self-assured, and often gets himself into a mess by acting before he thinks. Follow the adventures of Mac and Bloo in a world where imaginary friends actually come to life. Nothing is ever mundane when you hang out at "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"!

Last Updated: 12/19/2024Network: Cartoon NetworkStatus: Ended
Bloo Done It
star
11.33
3 votes

#1 - Bloo Done It

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/8/2005

During the production of the home's newspaper, a new friend returns to Foster's. Well, not new, but very old indeed. In fact, it just so happens that it's Uncle Pockets, the very first imaginary friend to come to Foster's. Uncle Pockets' charm drives all the other friend's attentions to him, making Bloo jealous. Bloo then decides to try and expose Uncle Pockets as a fraud through the home's newspaper. Then later, when he thinks he hears that Uncle Pockets is trying to kill Mr. Herriman, Frankie, and Madame Foster, he stops at nothing to stop him before it's too late!

Directors: Craig McCracken
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star
10.17
12 votes

#2 - Bloooo

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/22/2004

Bloo and Mac enjoy playing with each other in the mud while raining, but sometimes there can be consequences. As Mac and Bloo get sick, causing Bloo to turn white and Frankie to take Mac home, Bloo misses out on the scary movie the friends planned to watch that night. However, the movie scares the friends enough that they believe that the ghost is real, and they mistake Bloo to be the ghost. Will they be able to figure out it's him before they end up hurting Bloo or themselves in the process?

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Craig Lewis
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Good Wilt Hunting (1)
star
9.14
29 votes

#3 - Good Wilt Hunting (1)

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/23/2006

It's time for the Five Year Creator Reunion Picnic, where imaginary friends' creators come to Foster's to see their imaginary friends. However, once again, Wilt's creator doesn't show up. So he sets off on a cross-country journey to find his creator. But soon Mac and the gang find out that Wilt had gone missing and set out on a road trip to find him. But Bloo's ridiculous theories of to Wilt's disappearance leads to many twists and turns in the journey to find Wilt. Will Wilt ever find out why his creator doesn't show up? Will Mac and the gang find Wilt? Will the lot make it out in one piece?

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Lauren Faust
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Good Wilt Hunting (2)
star
8.78
27 votes

#4 - Good Wilt Hunting (2)

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/23/2006

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Lauren Faust
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Squeeze the Day
star
8.59
29 votes

#5 - Squeeze the Day

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/12/2006

When the friends go out to the beach and leave Bloo in the house alone on purpose so that he doesn't ruin the fun, he and Mac try to squeeze in as much fun as possible and make it the best day of their lives, but are they bringing the house down?

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Tim McKeon
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Phone Home
star
8.45
31 votes

#6 - Phone Home

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/1/2004

Bloo is jealous of Wilt getting special attention for the number of abandoned imaginary friends he brings to Foster's, so he tries to rescue imaginary friends just like Wilt does. When Bloo finds a man in a cell-phone suit and thinks he is a friend, he takes him to Foster's, thinking everyone will give him more praise than they give Wilt.

Directors: Randy Myers
Writer: Chris Savino
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The Sweet Stench of Success
star
8.35
17 votes

#7 - The Sweet Stench of Success

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/27/2005

When Bloo becomes jealous of Eduardo and the other friends for appearing on TV, he pretends to be a very sick friend in order to appear, despite the fact that it is only for friends up for adoption. A Hollywood agent named Kip Snip soon turns him into a star, but starts to treat him badly and won't let him see Mac. When Bloo tries to quit, he is informed that he signed adoption papers and has no choice in the matter. Can Mac and Bloo ever be re-united?

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Adam Pava
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Dinner is Swerved
star
8.33
36 votes

#8 - Dinner is Swerved

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/10/2004

When Mac visits Foster's, Bloo wants to show him something up on the roof, though when it's time for them to go back downstairs, they find themselves lost and unable to get downstairs. With Bloo becoming unstable due to hunger and Mac potentially getting in more and more trouble with each passing minute, will they manage to find their way back down before it's too late?

Directors: Craig McCracken
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Busted
star
8.31
36 votes

#9 - Busted

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/3/2004

Mr. Herriman isn't happy about Bloo being able to stay at the home indefinitely, and is getting on the little guy's case about the rules of the house. Unfortunately, when Bloo learns that Mr. Herriman will have him ejected from the home if he doesn't toe the line, Bloo gets so stressed out that he accidentally breaks a statue of Madame Foster! Bloo and his buddies will have to fix the "busted bust" before Mr. Herriman finds out and has Bloo thrown out on the street.

Directors: Craig McCracken
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Store Wars
star
8.26
46 votes

#10 - Store Wars

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/20/2004

It's Madame Foster's birthday and Frankie has forgotten the one thing necessary for any party, the streamers! As Mr. Herriman orders her to go get some, Bloo, Eduardo, Mac, Wilt, and Coco tag along as well. They have five minutes left until they can leave, so they stop a one store and Frankie falls asleep in a vibrating chair and when she wakes up, everyone left to different places. Will Frankie be able to get to the party in time?

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Lauren Faust
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Frankie My Dear
star
8.25
28 votes

#11 - Frankie My Dear

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/18/2005

Mac develops a crush on Frankie when she said that she loved him for doing her paper work and kisses him. Later, Bloo develops a crush on Frankie too and Mac and Bloo compete for her love. But when Frankie suddenly starts professing her love for an unnamed suitor, Mac and Bloo become jealous and try to thwart every guy she comes in contact with, namely Chris (a pizza guy), Prince Charming (an imaginary friend), and her real date, Dylan who takes her to a fancy restraunt for their date. Will Bloo, Mac, Chris, and Prince Charming win her love?

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Lauren Faust
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The Big Picture
star
8.19
21 votes

#12 - The Big Picture

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/5/2006

The residents prepare for the annual house photo. Meanwhile, Bloo and Mac search for an answer behind a weird photo of Foster's taken years ago, Eduardo gets an "extreme makeover" from Duchess that surprises the other residents, Coco realizes she needs to lose weight and Wilt has trouble being in the house photo without getting his head cut out from the banner.

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Tim McKeon
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Cookie Dough
star
8.18
34 votes

#13 - Cookie Dough

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/11/2005

When Foster's needs a new roof, Bloo bakes up a plan to sell Madame Foster's amazing cookies after his first attempt at selling lemonaid int he middle of winter failed. When they finally get enough money to buy a new roof, Bloo gets a "little" carried away and wants to become rich and make all the imaginary friends his servants! Will Bloo's business plan work, or will his treatment of the friends make his sweet success turn sour?

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Adam Pava
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Camp Keep a Good Mac Down
star
8.12
26 votes

#14 - Camp Keep a Good Mac Down

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/9/2005

Mac and Bloo ask Mr. Herriman to go camping out in the wilderness. Madame Foster thinks it is a great idea to get away from all the civilization for a while, but when Bloo eats all of the food on a camping trip, everyone struggles to survive. Adversity sets in as Mr. Herriman encounters real bunnies, Madame Foster fights against a bear, Wilt gets stuck in quicksand, Coco has trouble casting a live fish, and Eduardo feels upset about Mac and Bloo trying to hunt the animals down for food. Will they ever make it out in one piece?

Directors: Craig McCracken
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The Big Cheese
star
8.10
21 votes

#15 - The Big Cheese

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/7/2006

Foster's is being put on TV, and Frankie wants everything perfect. Meanwhile, Cheese keeps appearing at Foster's, even after being told numerous times that he doesn't live there. So, in an attempt to keep him out, Mr. Herriman installs a security system. Unfortunetly, due to misreading the directions, nobody knows the password except for Cheese, who saw Herriman input the code. But everything the gang tries to get the password out of Cheese fails, and the news crew is only around the corner. Can the gang succeed and get the password out of Cheese?

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Lauren Faust
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Infernal Slumber
star
8.09
22 votes

#16 - Infernal Slumber

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/17/2006

Bloo and the gang arrive at Mac's house for slumber party that Mac didn't plan to have on a school night. But because they are all so loud, Mac's Mom could wake up and get them all into trouble. Will the slumber party be a success or a failure?

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Tim McKeon
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Adoptcalypse Now
star
8.09
23 votes

#17 - Adoptcalypse Now

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/15/2004

It's Adopt-A-Thought Saturday, an event that focuses on getting good friends adopted on the weekends when children are out of school. But Mac and Bloo find out after their good friend Jokey gets adopted. While the event is usually a good thing for both imaginary friends and those seeking to adopt them, Bloo doesn't want his friends to be adopted, so he works with Mac to try to find a way to put an end to the event. From atracting friends in the house with scented cupcakes to dropping plastic spiders, they try as many plans as they can. Will they be successful in prevent the adoption of their friends, or are their best efforts in vain?

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Craig Lewis
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Fools and Regulations
star
8.07
15 votes

#18 - Fools and Regulations

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/3/2009

Frankie and Mr. Herriman are hosting an important party in the foyer to raise funds for the house, so Frankie tells Bloo, Wilt, Eduardo, and Coco to either stay upstairs or outside. After a series of ridiculous deciding, they choose to stay upstairs, but after being there for a while, they decide to go outside. Things are going well until Mac comes with video games and they realize they are stuck outside. the situation becomes chaotic as they try to get inside, and ruin things for Mr. Herriman and Frankie.

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Imposter's Home for Um... Make 'Em Up Pals
star
8.00
51 votes

#19 - Imposter's Home for Um... Make 'Em Up Pals

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/16/2005

Goofball John McGee comes to Foster's, who is a total pain. Frankie thinks he's a teenage kid passing himself off as a imaginary friend, who always needs help on homework, needs to wash his jerseys, and eats all the food that Frankie bought from the store, but everyone else believes otherwise. So now, Frankie is out to prove him as a fraud. But is he really the fraud Frankie thinks he is?

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Craig Lewis
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Partying Is Such Sweet Soiree
star
7.97
39 votes

#20 - Partying Is Such Sweet Soiree

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/21/2005

Frankie and Madame Foster are leaving for a while, so Mr. Herriman is placed in charge of the house. However, Madame Foster inadvertently gives Bloo the idea to throw a wild party, and he plans to do so without Mr. Herriman's consent. While they manage to come up with a method to distract Mr. Herriman, there is still one person that could stop the party, and that's Mac, though Bloo knows that with a little bit of sugar, Mac can be placed under control, or so he thinks.

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Craig Lewis
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Sight for Sore Eyes
star
7.97
33 votes

#21 - Sight for Sore Eyes

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/2005

When Ivan, a seeing eye friend, loses his blind kid, the friends try to find the boy before harm comes to the seeing eye's creator.

Directors: Craig McCracken
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The Bloo Superdude and the Great Creator of Everything's Awesome Ceremony of Fun That He's Not Invited To
star
7.93
14 votes

#22 - The Bloo Superdude and the Great Creator of Everything's Awesome Ceremony of Fun That He's Not Invited To

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/3/2009

In the sequel to "The Bloo Superdude and the Magic Potato of Power", our hero (Bloo) must set out on a quest if he wishes to attend a ceremony honoring The Great Creator of Everything (Mac). In reality, Bloo is sick and hallucinating, making him think he's the Superdude when he's only running around the house. A delirious Bloo tries to get out of the house to get to Mac's birthday party outside.

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House of Bloo's (1)
star
7.89
98 votes

#23 - House of Bloo's (1)

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/13/2004

When Mac, a shy 8-year-old boy, is forced to give up his imaginary friend, Bloo, he finds the perfect place for him: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. There, they meet many of the home's residents, like Eduardo, Wilt and Coco; as well as the home's staff. Their problems appear to be solved until it is revealed that Foster's is an foster home and adoption center, and, if Mac isn't there at the time someone tries, another person could adopt Bloo. To make matters worse, a sinister plot by the evil imaginary friend Duchess, uses Mac's 13-year-old bully brother, Terrence, and puts Bloo in peril. Now Mac and his new friends from Foster's must work together to save Mac's best buddy Bloo.

Directors: Craig McCracken
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Setting a President
star
7.87
15 votes

#24 - Setting a President

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/17/2006

Everyone in Fosters is sick of Herriman's rules, so Frankie decides that she shoud run for president. Bloo hears about this and decides to take an oppurtumity. Bloo seems to have the most chances of winning but Frankie tells them that she helped them every day. Frankie now is having the upper and but Herriman might have a trick under his rabbit sleeve. Who will win in the end: Franke, Bloo,or Mr. Herriman?

Directors: Craig McCracken
Writer: Adam Pava
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Read 'Em and Weep
star
7.86
14 votes

#25 - Read 'Em and Weep

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/3/2009

Bloo is sad about Eduardo getting adopted and holds auditions to get an alternate one; meanwhile, the residents get letters from those that were adopted in another Adopt-a-Thought Saturday.

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