Mac and Terrence's Father and Frankie's Parents
 

Does anyone think that the father of Mac and Terrence, as well as Frankie's parents, be shown on Foster's?

How does that make any sense though, we see lots of adult faces. The people at the mall, the agent who kidnapped Bloo (Kip I think it was), that blonde kid's older brother in "Sight for sore eyes", Mac's teacher from the classroom.

The only person who has ever applied to this rule is Mac's mom, and there is always the distinct possibility that Mac's father is either dead, divorced, or walked out on Mac. He could be gone for any number of possible reasons.

Now as far as Frankie goes, I've asked this question before like 50 times and never get an answer. I don't think anyone knows outside of the creators. I REALLY wanna know who her parents are and if she has any siblings.

And if she does are they and/or her parents dead, moved away, do they have bad blood with Frankie?

For some reason I always think that Mac's dad either died or divorced him mom prior to his birth.

I bet Frankie's parents are dead & she dosen't have siblings because 1. she lived at Foster's 90% of her life & 2. Her sibling wasn't at Fosters.

I have a feeling Mac's dad is divorced.

I doubt Mac's father died because it just doesn't seem to fit in with all of the other suggestions floating around. We have this impression so far:

-Mac's mom is rarely home
-Mac's apartment has had problems before
-Mac's mom tries hard to be supportive to Mac
-Mac's mom works hard and as Wilt said doesn't have time to clean

The way I see it, Mac's mom works either a very difficult or time consuming job, or works more then one job and is trying to support Mac all by herself. The way she acts towards Mac seems to me that she is trying hard to be a good single parent.

She's aware of how Terrance acts towards him and despite her feelings towards getting rid of Bloo, seems very considerate and concerned for Mac and him having a good life. I suspect their father walked out on them. Something about that just sounds more accurate then divorce.

Other reason I say that is because, this may explain why Terrance is such a jack ass. Consider this: Mac looks just like his mom, Terrance looks like NEITHER, Terrance also acts totally different far as attitudes and facially in comparison to his family.

Now that may make him a black sheep, but I think it's more likely that Terrance looks more like his father and that his bad attitude may came from the father as well. Frankie's is hard to say because aside from Madame Foster and Frankie graduating from college, we know JACK about Frankie's past.

My theory is that Frankie was either abandoned by her parents, or they died. Something tells me she's been raised by Madame Foster for a LOOOONG time now, and I think that shows in her relationship with Madame Foster. They seem to know each other better then the average mom/daughter relationship.

I also think that if Frankie's parents are dead or gone, they might have put her in a foster home or maybe she's been in an orphanage or something before. That would make sense and kind of tie in to her dedication to Foster's, perhaps feeling a sense of "Hey, i've been where you are".

Anyways, those are my theories and ideas behind the mysterious parent figures of Fosters......actually now that you think about it, cartoons have never been good at explaining parents. Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck, Ben 10, Sailor Moon, they BARELY explain anything relating to their parents.

Ben 10 is during summer & they're on vacation with Grandpa, but yeah nothing much on Ben's or Gwen's parents as of yet.

That's what I meant. Ben and Gwen are merely cousins, yet their eyes are exactaly alike and aside from the fact they are cousins and Max is their grandfather, nothing is said about who there parents are, what they do.

Or if either one has a mom and a dad or if one just has one parent. Even anime had a problem doing this. Dragon ball Z for example has this strange habit of not revealing the mothers identities to practically 90% of the show's cast.

Foster's is no different, at least with Mac we have somewhat of an understanding. But the fact that his father has never been seen, heard, mentioned, or even NAMED, leads me to think he isn't around at all.

These are interesting points, but in the episode "Who Let the Dogs In" Frankie quoted a saying her parents told her (I cannot remember the quote). If the parents really abandoned her, would they have given her that anecdote (which eludes me at the moment)?:frankiesmile:

As I recall, her parents told her there's no such thing as ghosts.

Why is it I can retain the most difficult quotes, but the easy ones elude me?:frankiesmile:

Actually, I saw an episode that explains what happened to Sailor Moon's real mom, and it turns out thatSpoiler Below But nothing about her real father. But if your talking about the other sailor scout's parents, you got me there.

Actually what I meant "C" was that the other scouts have close to zero explanation of their parents. Sailor Mars, Mercury, and Venus have never shown or said close to anything about their parents. I know Jupiter's died in a plane crash.

And Sailor Saturn's parents, as well as Mini Moon's are explained. I knew Serena's mom's fate but I mostly meant the other scouts.

That's what I meant. "If you mean the other sailor scouts, you got me there." But I never knew that's how Sailor Jupiter lost his parents!:wiltshock:

......what in the heck does the Sailor Scouts have to do with Mac 'n Terrence's father? Please, stay on topic.

edit: Okay I can see how this happened, but for someone coming into thread expecting a certain topic, yet the last few posts is about another show entierly it seems a bit confusing.

Hear, hear! I wanna get back on the subject of Frankie's parents, or Mac and Terrence's father...:frankiesmile:

I got a feeling Frankie will one day be explained, she has very little explained about her outside of Madame Foster and if you ask me, one living relative is not enough to explain any character's background properly, especially Frankie's.

Frankie's a mystery inside and out, as great as she is, there really hasn't been anything stated about her personal life other then her school and work at Foster's. Mac on the other hand has had PLENTY of family explanations etc.

However, I don't think they will reveal Mac's father anytime soon. If he did walk out or die those are 2 touchy subjects I doubt today's censored toons will dare cross, even for a show as great as Foster's, cartoons today are still sensitive.

Like the movie about Wilt and his creator, they should have a special episode explaining the mystery behind either Mac's father or Frankie's parents.

I second that wholeheartedly. I think Mac's parents are divorced and his father, contrary to popular belief, is still alive. Frankie's parents are a mystery to me, and I'm dying to know more! :frankiesmile:

I agree, an eppie specifically about what happened to Mac's dad would be cool. I have my own theory that his parents are divorced, and it was around the time they split that Mac created Bloo because it was such a hard and lonely time for him. And the split also took its toll on Terrence, which is part of the reason he's such a bully now. It's been my dream since nearly the start of my love for the show to see an eppie showing the day Bloo was created, and in it we'd see some more info about Mac's home life, including what happened to his dad.

From what I know directly from the source, Mac's parents are divorced.

So I was right? Far out! :)

Where did you get this info?

I think many people like to think that Mac's father has passed away, because Craig McCracken's father passed away when he was a child (I believe that's right). I also have always preferred to think they were divorced. If there is an "official source," that suggests that this may actually come up, eventually...at least in a series finale.

From Cartoon Network in Atlanta (I live near Atlanta and deal with their commercial staff on the CN Block Party comics I draw).

I do to. They probably did that to make the characters more diverse from other shows, where the parents are together & all.

I think it's obvious that the following things happened to Frankie's parents.

1. The family went to see an opera.

2. Frankie was scared by bats and wanted to go home early.

3. They were mugged.

4. Frankie's mom wore a pearl necklace.




Obviously, Frankie uses the Foster's Mansion as her personal batcave. She's frustrated all the time because she'd rather be collaring criminals.

Uh... I think I need to lie down now. :bloocross:

Hopefully we'll get some answers to all the parent questions in the upcoming movie. :frankiesmile:

Well Rid's suggestion is somewhat better then my theory on the subject, in which Frankie is the soul survivor of a doomed alien world and was sent to Earth by her parents in a space ship when she was just an infant.

This summer, you will believe a red haired caretaker.......CAN FLY!

ROFL OMG XDDD

LOL. Yes, that's it.
I don't know if Frankie parents died when she was young, since she does mention them. They could have just been really busy and left Frankie with her grandmother for the summers and stuff. So Madame Foster could have been partially raising her. Then later on Frankie maybe decided to live with her Grandmother and help with the house. That's just what I have though.

As far as Mac goes... I always assumed his parents were divorced. Probably because Mac said he created Bloo when he was three. When I was a kid I created my imaginary friend when I was about three and it was in response to my parents divorce and other stuff in my life. So I just sort of related to Mac in that way and thought it would be a logical explanation for Bloo's creation. Also I agree that if he had died there would probably be pictures of him around the house.

Something else I thought was that if Mac's parents divorced when he was three then Terrance would have been Mac's age, right? So I also have it in my mind that Terrance wasn't quite the person we see today before his parent's divorce. Maybe he was an OK kid, but then Mac was born and not too long later his parents divorced. Maybe that changed him into the charming person we see today. :terrsmile:

It was always my headcanon that Mac's dad was divorced from his mother.

According to the show's production bible, that is in fact the case. ;)

Can I get a link to that? :bloogrin:

It's in the first post of this thread:

http://www.fosters-home.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4682

Just wanted to make sure that link still worked!