That sounded pretty awesome, a shame it never came to be. The so called "sibling rivalry" between Frankendad and Herriman was simply fraught with so much comedic potential, that the mere thought of it alone, is enough to bring a smile to my lips.

Oh well as Lynnie said, maybe one day we can see this all play out in some kind of reunion special or if that isn't possible I would love to see a brilliant mind tackle that issue in some kind of fan ficy type thing.

Another piece of the puzzle falls into place (and so much for that ridiculous "dead parents" theory). That would've made an excellent movie, too; I'd love to have seen how she gets along with the rest of her family, how they'd react to Bloo (or Cheese, for that matter), and whether or not she'd tell them about her own missing Imaginary Friend. Mr. Herriman vs. her father would've been a riot to see, not to mention her nephew's meeting with Bloo and the gang. They've got to use some of this in a reunion special! :frankiesmile:

This is definitely a surprise - and a pleasant one knowing a little more about Frankie. Sounds like Mr. Foster is a real insensitive jerkface (sorry ORD), with no emotions or soul. I am so glad Frankie gets her child like behavior from her "granny." If I had a family like that - I would have left them ages ago.

I don't really see her family as being that insensitive or mean. Stubborn perhaps. I mean, I'm picturing Mr. Foster growing up with Mr. Herriman as an "older brother" as Lauren put it, being bossed around much like Mr. H does with Frankie now. Her dad became to think that IFs would all be like Mr. H, and nothing but a bother. I can see why he wouldn't want his daughters to have IFs so he'd have to deal with them even after he had moved out of his mother's house and had his own family. I can certainly see him with a sensitive side. It's just turned off when concerning IFs after what he went through during childhood.

Maybe I should have backed off on her dad. But I feel anyone who is not a friend of IF's - is not a friend of mine!;)

You've read my take on Frankie's dad in the Sims thread. That version fits pretty well with what else we know. Mr. Herriman "razzing" him doesn't strike me as necessarily bossy, though; it sounds more like teasing, like what I did with my younger brother. It might suggest that Mr. Herriman has a more playful side that we don't get to see.

I do.
 

Sparky made up a friend in the text adventure game "Cheese, go home!" called Kathy. Herriman won't let her go to the fair if she can't get Cheese to go away before 6:00.

That was interesting information, Lynnie, thanks for sharing. Actually, what particularly stood out there for me was the line about Madame Foster's husband, and about how no thought was ever given to him. I don't know if I've ever said this before, but I've always had a very hard time actually picturing Madame Foster ever being married to a human man. For all intents and purposes, Mr. H appears to be her significant other - which is NOT to suggest that I see them as being in anyway romantically involved, just that they're a very tight, functional couple, and it's hard to picture a third individual fitting into that. True, Madame Foster does have a son, but that in itself isn't proof that she ever had a husband at any point. In my mind, I guess he'll always be this phantom figure who kind of exists and yet kind of doesn't at the same time.

As for Frankie's parents, I see them as being kind of like parents who won't allow their to children keep pets. It may seem like a pretty mean thing to enforce if it's something that the child really wants, but it doesn't necessarily mean that they're bad people.

From the show's opening credits:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...5/portrait.jpg

Note the picture next to Mr. Herriman. There has been some speculation that the person in the pic might be Madame Foster's husband. I don't know if it is him or not but it is a possibility.

Kathy wasn't a fan created character, she actually was mentioned in a couple of episodes (And seen for a second or two in one of them.) The first being "Frankie My Dear" and the second being "Bus the Two of Us."

In fact if you click on the link below...

http://www.fosters-home.com/screengrabs/4/407-0023.jpg

That is supposed to be her right there, the story goes that the character design and name is based off of one of Lauren's high school friends.

So there you have it.

Either it's Mr. Foster or Madame Foster had somehow acquired the portrait of Dorian Gray.

Oh, interesting. Oddly enough I never noticed that portrait before. I wonder then if he ever had all that much to do with the imaginary friends, since I don't recall seeing him in any of those group snapshots, and they did span over quite a period of time. Plus, nobody ever mentions him. We may have more proof of his existence than I thought, but all the same, I think he'll carry on being a phantom character in my mind - presumably there at one time or another, but with no kind of presence or being left behind in his wake. Which, given Lauren's comments on the subject, I think is fair enough.

My best guess is that he passed on before Madame Foster opened her house to lost and abandoned Imaginary Friends, and probably before Frankie was born. Nobody mentions him because Madame Foster and Mr. Herriman are the only people at Foster's who remember him.

Yeah, that's kind of what I thought too, that he passed away so long ago that no one remembers him but Madame F and Mr. H. When I first read Frankie's bio earlier this year however, I did entertain the thought that he didn't like IFs either and, although possibly supported his wife in her charity, didn't want to be a part of it, so that's why he was never in the house pictures. But I always did lean more toward the prior.

I can still see Mr. H bossing her son around as he was growing up (and then just "razzing" on him once he grew up), but with Master Foster (or whatever the husband of a "Madame" would be) I can see Mr. H having the lesser hand. I guess I always pictured him a stubborn no-nonsense type of guy, and he didn't allow Mr. H any control over him.

I was going to comment that, if the man in the portrait is indeed intended to be Mr. Foster, then he appears to have lived to a ripe enough old age (which, if he did die before Frankie was born, suggests a substantial age difference between himself and Madame Foster, which would be interesting). But looking at it again, I'm not so sure. It's kind of hard to make out, and in the end I wouldn't really like to say how old the man in the portrait is intended to be.

Couldn't it be Madame Foster's father? They had photography back then I think, lol.

Huh, I hadn't thought of that. It's certainly a possibility; photography was around in Lincoln's time and I doubt Madame Foster's dad was that old.

Disregard what I said in that last statement. I now realise that the man in the portrait is but a shrivelled up old skeleton ("DUH!" you all scream, and yes, I know, it seems really obvious now, but for some reason I mistook his nostril for his mouth during my first couple of glances - I'm allowed to make the occasional mistake, aren't I?). So basically I'm going with t's Dorian Gray theory. Mr. Foster - I guess he'll always be but a hypothetical plot device used squarely to justify the existence of Frankie.

Are y'all sure it's a MAN in the picture? It looks an awful lot like Madame Foster's babysitter to me, you know, the semi-fossilized old woman from "Foster's Goes To Europe"? SHE does look like a skeleton!

pitbulllady

Eh, I personally don't think so. Here's Mrs. Tremont-

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...yn/36-0024.jpg

She never opened her eyes and the person in the painting has their eyes open. She also has a head full of hair and the person in the picture has only 4/5 whispy hairs. And if the dark spot on the person in the picture is their mouth, it's up too high. Which also leads me to see the spot as a nasal cavity, thus making the person in the picture look more like a skull than a living person. But even so, I don't see it as Mrs. Tremont.

And yup, photography goes back to the 1830s, far enough back to photograph Madame F's Great-great-great-great grandparents. So it could also be her father I suppose, or even her grandfather.

It's definitely his nasal cavity, not his mouth. You can see his jaws lower down, just above his neck. I took a screenshot of it from one of the Fosters DVDs (which have a higher picture quality) earlier today, and that's what caused me to realise that I'd been looking at it completely wrong:

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/4...csnap33382.png

Yeah, I can see the teeth now too. That's a skull, not a picture of a living person. Thank you for the higher resolution screenshot JJ! :)

Well, I guess someone will just have to print the pic, bring it to the Con, and get an answer directly from Craig.

I'll be at Ralph's while that happens. :bloocross:

Embarrasing Moments of Frankie.
 

Frankie is the most beutiful girl wev'e ever seen. But, sometimes she can get a little bit embarrassing.


Embarrising moments yet:

Nightmare on Wilson Way - dressed up as Blossom. Eurlgh. The wig, look at it. :-[ . Frankie's last halloween costume was better.

Blossom :nodno:

Other costume :nodyes:

Something Old, Something Bloo - performing in the retirement centre. Big :-[


That's the Embarrsing moments that I know. What's your's? Post here and it will "hit the chart"! (be put on this list.)

Say the episode name and tell me why she was embarrasing.

Dude, not every topic regarding Frankie needs a separate thread. I am therefore merging this one with the main Frankie discussion thread.

I thought she looked cute dressed as Blossom. :blossom: :frankiesmile:

She can hurt people.
 

She's gonna hurt Goo! - http://www.fosters-home.com/clipart/...iethrowgoo.jpg

That looks like off of "Go Goo, Go" where Frankie is desperately is throwing Goo out of the house before she creates another IF!:frankiesmile:8D

That's exactly what it is, just Goo getting tossed out of the house, nothing more. There's no intent to hurt anyone.

I'm wondering if there should be a thread titled "Sweetest Frankie Moments", to go along with the Mac one and the Ed one.

But I was watching "Everyone Knows it's Bendy" tonight. And even though I'm not the biggest fan of that episode, the beginning part with Frankie and Mr. H in the office with Bendy's family really touched my heart. You can really see the look of sympathy on Frankie's face when listening to the parents say they "cant' take it anymore". And then when the family leaves and she places her hand on Bendy's shoulder, I can see exactly how caring a heart she has again. And then again after Bendy breaks the vase and grabs hold of Frankie's arm, she's so caring, like a mother would be. Bendy is of course another story, and I don't at all appreciate him taking advantage of her caring nature or everyone else. But I can really see her as a mother figure or big sister in that episode, it's really sweet. :frankiesmile:

I would have to agree here. This tender moment got me - and I do not know why (not so much as World's expression, but Frankie's tenderness). I am such a sap! :frankiesmile:

http://www.fosters-home.com/screengr...ls/di-0196.jpg

Not sure how sweet people would consider it, but I thought it was incredibly nice of Frankie to give Herriman his job back in "Setting a President". Salary aside, it was good of her to do that, especially after the way he treated her (both in that episode and in previous ones).

Frankie COULD be real
 

This might be silly, but we know that cartoon characters aren't real. It would be wonderful if they were. If only we could have life like the show "Out of Jimmy's Head".


But, I found these pages, and found these profiles on the common profile websites:

Frankie on Facebook 1.

Frankie on Myspace.

Frankie on Facebook 2.

If I find more pages like this, I will post it here. If you find one of them please PM me. Thanks.

Peter, your post "Frankie Could Be Real" did not belong in the "General Board" section, so I moved it here, since there was already a Frankie Foster Discussion thread.

pitbulllady

Can you win Frankie's heart and beat the guys who want to take her away from US?
 

PLEASE DO NOT MOVE. PLEASE DO NOT MOVE. PLEASE DO NOT MOVE.



We know we all love Frankie the best. And since we love her so much, I was just wandering. If you EVER met her, would you try to win her heart? But, if we were in the Foster's atmosphere, we would first have to battle against some of the other guys who try to win her heart. Not Mac, not Bloo, but THESE GUYS:

http://www.fosters-home.com/screengrabs/2/26-0030.jpg

http://www.fosters-home.com/screengrabs/2/26-0040.jpg

http://www.fosters-home.com/screengrabs/2/26-0065.jpg

http://www.fosters-home.com/screengr...s/gwh-0032.jpg

http://www.fosters-home.com/screengr...s/gwh-0033.jpg



These guys are in love with Frankie too, and are trying to do the same thing. But WE would win her heart. So, what do you think? Would you try to win her heart? Or will you let the suspect's win?

[I have to make this joke moment]

Oh moderator, should I get the moving-boxes out again?

[/I have to make this joke moment]

(Sorry Peter, but methinks this thread is going to be making a trip to the character section soon...)

Well, of those five suspects, Frankie has never actually shown any romantic interest in four of them - and the other one's not likely to get a second chance. ;)

Sorry.
 

Look we're not doing to this to be mean or anything, and if you haven't already done so, I would suggest that you would read what I posted here for a more detailed explanation as to why we move threads around.

http://www.fosters-home.com/forum/sh...582#post114582


:nono: Oh and now now Natty, no need to make snide comments, okay?

Sowwy.. I'll go put 'em back! (Both the boxes and the snide comment)

Thanks to Cass for tipping me off on this as I have been absent from this forum for a bit due to RL and other things. I'm really glad to hear Frankie isn't an orphan and that her parents are alive and well and this only further agitates me in the sense that i fear we will NEVER see this family on TV and it is a REAL shame because it really gives a lot of insight to Frankie's love for IFs.

The fact her family never allowed her to have one to me seems like ideal TV material to show us more about why Frankie does what she does besides just show Mac and Bloo go around doing stupid (yet funny) stuff. I'm curious if they are all red heads or just Frankie? is she the black sheep or is her family just like her? Plus I would LOVE to see her as an aunt, that just sounds cute to see.

I just wonder what they think of her decision and how they feel about her doing the butt load of work she does for Fosters how this affect their perception of her. Its really raised a lot of questions for me and its a shame that short of a miracle, we will never see animated hide nor hair of this family reunion.

Never say "never." there are still possibilities.:frankiesmile:

She did have an Imaginary Friend but lost it, according to Craig, as noted earlier in the thread. She's not exactly the black sheep of the family but Craig did tell me that her parents don't approve of what Madame Foster is doing, so by extension I doubt they're particularly happy with Frankie's line of work, either.

I think it would be an excellent premise for a reunion movie. Frankie dealing with her uptight parents and possibly finding her long-lost Imaginary Friend could be a really heartwarming tear-jerker if done well, and we know Craig, Lauren, and the rest of the Foster's crew would indeed do it well. :frankiesmile: