At first, I never really cared for Herriman. However, I think I began to soften up to him considerably after World Wide Wabbit, when they showed that, deep down, he really was just another Imaginary Friend. I'd end up adoring the character in Who let the Dogs In?. He's easily my second favorite IF next to Wilt.

One thing about Herriman, in "Bye Bye Nerdy" when he found out Mac wasn't coming to Foster's he jumped at the chance to put Bloo up for adoption. This raises some points on both Herriman and Bloo:

1. If Bloo kept a low profile, perhaps Herriman might tell Bloo he's up for adoption, but not try to actively get him adopted.

2. Considering how he was acting stuffy to Bloo in "Busted" because Madame Foster allowed him not to be adopted, would that have come into play even if Bloo kept a low profile.

3. If Herriman really wanted Bloo gone, what's keeping him from trying to stop Mac from coming. Of course, if he did that, Madame Foster and Frankie wouldn't be happy with him, and for all we know, Madame Foster would give Bloo an even bigger buffer to keep him from being adopted.

hes kinda mean to bloo

I hope Mr. Herriman gets a large role soon. He hasn't appeared much recently, and I think he deserves a new episode of his own soon. :herriman:

He does have his own episodes.

Crime After Crime
World Wide Wabbit
Setting of a President

He said a new Herriman episode. And I agree. I luff that stiff-necked bunny so. :D He really hasn't had a beef with anyone through the whole last season! He started out as a tyrannical dictator, but now he's barely shown and kind of a pushover. =( It makes me sad.

Yeah, Mr H is an awesome IF. I think you have to see World Wide Wabbit and the pilot (especially) to realise that he's not just a pompous jerk. In the pilot, when he mentioned Mac getting bored with Bloo, and him being adopted by another kid until "he, too, tires of him", I could see real sadness in his voice.

He's another Fosters character that I can relate to, due to his mild cynism, his expectation of certain behaviour of civilised people which so often they do not live up to, and the fact that we're both blind without our respective eyewear.

Also, if I could get away with wearing a top hat every day, I would.

I love the way Herriman never wins. XD He's always failing in all the episodes I see him in.

hi there ...new here and i luv mr herriman...because when u see him at 'world wide wabbit' u can see he's really like any other i.f....but unfortunately ..there has to be someone in the show who is disciplined (mr herriman) and stop all the fun... so that those who are stopped (bloo and other i.f s) can come up with something even crazier

anyway i like how mr herriman is portraited in 'the bloo superdude', like Nazis...

this is to InsaneFan: is your quote from animaniacs?

Yes, yes it is. ^^ The actual quote has "Anvilania" in place of "Never Forgotten". Yakko said it. I personally love the episode. I have yet to figure out what relationship he had with the former king of Anvilania, though...xD Fun stuff.

just wondering ...has anyone did a fan art for mr. herriman?....i would so like to see

Um...The only fanart for Mr. H I've posted is what I painted on my bedroom wall. Which can be seen here.


I actually have a little sketch I did a long time ago of Herriman giving a little 6-year-old Madame Foster a piggyback ride, but I never did anything with it. Imagine my joy when I saw Something Old, Something Bloo. Hehe.

painted on wall?...that's so cool ....i wish i could paint sth i like on my walls too, instead of those tacky wallpapers...it's really good, by the way, the painting..i'm planning on doing some art too...as soon as i have time

At first when i watched the show i thought he was some kind of strict whacked up butler.

whacked up?

...Indeed. :herriman:

I can top that. The very first time I saw Foster's, I mistook him for a dog. Yes, the fluffy white tail, large back legs and prominent buck-teeth should have been a dead giveaway, but he does have a face ever-so-slightly like a bloodhound's, or at least I thought so at the time. The only other excuse I can give is that I did start watching Foster's with very little prior knowledge as to what the show was about and who the heck any of the characters were...thank god those days are over.

I love Herriman

I think the first thing that I really liked about him is that he acts like such a gentle man... but when he starts walking he's hopping like a bunny XD It just looks so silly

What I like the most about him is that I can see a lot of similarities in him and Bloo, perhaps not personality-wise, but the fact that they still got their creators love and caring, they're both sort of like (but it can be debated) the "alter ego" of their creators and Mac is calm like Herriman (but they both have their moments) while Madame Foster and Bloo are crazy

Oh, and the fact that he sort of has a "thing" for Coco is too darn cute :D

He does, now that you mention it. It's not a strong resemblance, but it's there.

Well, when I first saw Mr Herriman, was totally creeped out. He just looked creepy to me. Of course, that was just a picture of him, if I had seen him move or better, heard him talk, I would have gotten over it quick-smart. I did, of course, as soon as I started watching the show, and now Mr Herriman is one of my favourites, if there can be such a thing on a show where all the main characters are excellent.

What I like most about Mr. H is his air of the guilded age, his gentlemanly nature, and his spiffy white spats. I like spats, 'tis a shame they're not in fashion anymore. I got my dad a pair once to wear with his Dickens' style Christmas caroling outfit, but I don't think he ever wore them. I could steal them back, wear them with patent shoes, and they'd look like two tone button boots. Only men wore spats, but now days, who's to know the difference when a lady wears a pair with an Edwardian dress costume? :mfoster:

Mr Herriman sure has a lot of contrast to most of the other characters, and I quite like that about him. While a cast of crazy characters is a lot of fun, you still need someone around to try and keep the sanity. One thing I always thought was funny about him was the fact that he dresses so smartly and acts so serious, but the bottom line is he's a rabbit so he bounces around everywhere. It just made me smile seeing someone like that jumping all over the place. :D

And while I often find it funny when Bloo gets on Herriman's nerves and breaks his rules, I've always had a soft spot for Herriman, because his appearance reminds me so much of the grey and white lop-eared rabbit I owned as a kid. Personality-wise my own rabbit was completely different but still. :smed:

Mr. Herriman has a ridiculously broad vocabulary; Mme Foster must've been quite an intelligent child to have spawned such an IF, or maybe kids DID learn something in school back then. Hmm...

Some of my favorite Herry word-of-the-days (or at least, some that I have heard before but finally forced myself to look up in the dictionary):

ragamuffin
poppycock
thingamajig
lollygagging

Do you know that his name is HARRY?

... once upon the time he says to Frankie "Call me Harry" (and then he gets crazy). :herriman:

I don't think that was his name, I think he just wanted a cool nickname for himself and came up with "Herry"

I realize Mr. H likes to keep everything organized, but alphabetizing trash?! A bit much methinks. And unless I'm mistaken, I don't remember him giving Frankie a simple "Thank You" for maintaining the house and also for putting up with his most absurd requests.

You're not mistaken. No one ever thanks her, except Goofball that one time. :frankiemad:

Mr. Herriman nonetheless remains one of my favorite characters. I loved his antics in Crime After Crime and Bloo Superdude (he'd make a great dictator), and I regard his line "I dislike you with great intensity" from Squeakerboxxx as one of the funniest of the entire series. Something about the stuffy old rabbit always makes me smile 8D

That's why they call him "Funny Bunny."

I'm not sure why, exactly, but Herriman has been my favorite since the begining. Could it be because of his accent, his gentleman like airs, the way he acts over protective to Madame Foster at times, and so on? (Maybe even because so many people seem to dislike him!) I think it's because I know, deep down, he's as kind hearted as the rest. "World Wide Wabbit" really showed how much he cared about his creator, and just how strong their bond is.

(OOC Herriman is the best too! Man...I love that Funny Bunny!)

~Is now going to bed. :herrsleep:

I have always liked Herriman's victorian ways. He is an underrated character (unfortunately). He may not be with the times (like Frankie), but he knows what is right. Mind you, this is coming from a Frankie fanboy!:herriman::frankiesmile:

I can't think of anywhere else to put this, but while watching Har-Har-Tharsdays tonight, I saw another ad for Listerine Smart Rinse for Kids, this time staring Mr. H and Cheese! Did anyone else see it? I wasn't looking at the TV at the moment since commercials were on, but I heard Mr. H's voice and looked. He apparently gave Cheese some mouth rinse, and when Cheese was suppose to spit it out, he spit it strait up into the air like a geyser, splattering it all over the room, and Mr. H said "Well, at least you got some of it in the sink this time". I was delighted to see another ad featuring our favorite show, even after it ended! :clap:

What? Really?? Lol!! :clap: I want to see it. :herriman:

I would love to see that ad. But Herriman and Cheese?:herriman::cheesegrin:

I tried searching all over the Internet for it and YouTube but still nothing! You think someone would upload a commercial that awesome online :sadbendy:

Maybe it's new? That's why nobody uploaded it yet.

Mr Herriman is my favourite character on the show. There's just so much I love about this character.

For a start, I find him hilarious. I suppose this depends on your sense of humour, but I love how obsessed he is with rules. He's so over the top it's ridiculous; just look at him in "Busted" with the toilet paper, for instance! I can see why some people could find it annoying but it just really makes me laugh.

But one thing - probably the thing that makes him my favourite character - is that he's not just a stubborn old guy with an obsession with rules. Like HerrimanWasHere said (cool username, by the way), there's a nice side to him too. Yes, he's very bossy, but a lot of time he means well; he just goes a bit overboard with it. He's not perfect, either, as you can see in episodes like "Crime after crime". I seem to be drawn to characters like that; the ones who mean well but have their faults and weaknesses too. "My so-called wife" (one of my favourite episodes) is a great episode for Mr Herriman because you get to see this good side to him. He even admits he's wrong about Coco - not something he does very often.

I also love his accent and his old-fashioned, Victorian manner. There might be a bit of bias here because he reminds me of one of my favourite characters ever; Major Mint, from "Barbie in the Nutcracker" (saw it when I was ten and I loved him ever since; he's the inspiration for my username). He's very similar to Herriman in a lot of ways; he even wears a monocle! :grin: I even have a few things in common with him - not the obsession with rules, but I also have a fear of dogs and I'm not the biggest fan of camping, either.

So, yeah; Mr Herriman's my favourite. It's nice to see so many other people who like him. :herriman:

What a great post. Thank you for that! :)

I'll add to what I posted before and say I also like his aloofness. Like when in "My So-Called Wife", Coco slips under the throw rug while Mr. H is standing on it, and he's just so aloof about that. "Yes, yes I found you." And also in "Beat with a Schtick", how he becomes so controlled when Bloo tells him he's getting in a fight at 4:30, and Mr. H says "That is not a fight, it's a gentleman's challenge." Of course, Mr. H thought he knew what the outcome of that "fight" would be, but especially if seeing that episode the first time, I found it very funny. :herriman:

You're welcome! :bloogrin:

"Beat with a schtick" was one of the first episodes I ever watched, and I loved that "Gentleman's challenge" line so much.

The thing is all of his "bad" qualities need to follow rules etc. were needed by Madame Foster.
She is a untamed spirit who needed a guardian to hold her back at times and keep her from hurting herself. But some of her warmth and kindness are a part of him as well.

My favorite nickname of his was when Frankie called him Fuzz butt
love it!

When I say "bad" qualities, I mean the things a lot of people hate about him. I've came across a lot of people who don't like Mr Herriman because he's "too strict". Personally, I don't have a problem with them. I think they're a great part of his character.

I agree with what you said about Madam Foster.

The way I see Herrimen is more like this strict enforces (as I'm sure others see him like that as well) that forces Bloo and the others to do some ridiculous stuff and be insanely funny as to not get caught by Herriman like in 'Busted' or sometimes Bloo does insanely funny stuff for the exact opposite reason, like as preciously stated in 'Crime after Crime' 8D

So I'm glad Herriman is there, because if he wasn't, there wouldn't be as much plot driven stories or even laughs :P However, I do think is necktie is a bit too tight for even his own good ;)