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Originally Posted by pitbulllady
I, too, was a bit disappointed that there was no "patch-up" scene. Frankie should have figured that if the guys were willing to risk their lives for her, there was a LOT more to it than them just wanting her to come back and do stuff at the house for them.
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I don't think that at the time she was aware of what they'd been through to get to her. Furthermore, if they missed
her, they should have said so, instead of rattling off a litany of things that she did for them:
All: "But Frankie we need you!"
Eduardo: "I miss how you sew up my beanie baggies when they rip!"
Wilt: "I'm sorry but I miss how you pumped up my basketballs so they were always just right!"
Mac: "I miss how you help with my homework, even if it's like a really long math problem!"
Coco: (
Who knows?)
Bloo: "Besides, who's gonna make us Frankie Foster's famous french toast?"
If I thought the only reason people liked having me around was because of the chores I take care of and the the stuff I do for them I'd be pretty fracked off myself. People need to know that they're appreciated for who they are, not just for what they do.
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Originally Posted by The Huntsman
I posted this elsewhere, but am I the only one who felt that Frankie was a bit out-of-character in this special? I mean, she turned her back on the real world for several weeks and it was implied at several points that she had no desire to ever return to the real world. However, what about her friends? What about Madame Foster? What about the Imaginary Friends who did treat her right, such as the babies who can’t take care of themselves. Frankie could have gotten some of those Imaginary Friends killed, as even though a lot of them unfairly relied on her, there were quite a few who really needed her help. After she left, the house fell apart.
Also, there was one scene that reeked of hypocrisy. Frankie told World that she would never leave him without telling him, as that isn’t what friends do. However, Frankie did just that when she ran away from the real world without telling any of the people who cared about her.
I know that Frankie was upset. I do. However, it just didn’t seem like something that she would do. She has always shown immense compassion throughout the series and even in the most trying times, she stayed because she cared about everybody. She spent her youth at Foster’s. She’ll even inherit the place one day.
I just don’t see why she would suddenly pull a 180 and go hide in a magic box while the Imaginary Friends roll around in their own filth and starve.
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Such is the allure of paradise; it can be incredibly seductive. After all Frankie has done around that House, all the scrubbing, the thousands of meals, the repair work, the yardwork, the shopping, the (presumed) fundraising, the nursing, the councilling, all this with virtually zero help from anyone other than Wilt, not to mention outside annoyances that intrude periodically and make her life all the more difficult (Goofball and Cheese come to mind), the idea of going someplace where her every need was catered to and taken care of would have been overwhelming. Once there, and having experienced it, it would have been very difficult for her to leave. Compounding that would have been Face himself, telling her that she wasn't needed and that all her friends were a bunch of ingrates. In effect, she was brainwashed. Similar techniques have been used in the real world. In her situation I doubt any of us could have resisted much better.