Episode discussion: "Emaciation Complication" 11/10/06

[Mr. Marshmallow]

Originally Posted by Voxxyn

And unlike "The Big Lebowski" or "Infernal Slumber" which at least had a good set-up for Frankie's absence, MBION acted as if Frankie(and Madame Foster and Mr. Herriman) didn't exist, which I don't appreciate at all.

Okay now I got to say something, I have been saying this ALL THE TIME! I totally pointed out that Frankie for whatever magical reason vanished during MBION and it was totally ignored so it's nice to know someone finally saw this too. It's also nice to see someone who finally understands my point on EC.

I honestly cannot for the life of my fathom why this episode is being regarded as trash and slapped with a "worst" sticker around it. This was probably by far the most innovative episode I've SEEN in Foster's. The whole plot and set up with a villain like Little Lincoln was incredibly clever stuff.

I loved this episode and it's in my top 5 favorite episodes of Foster's, yet during all the discussions or mentionings of this episode, I have yet to see anyone make a valid point on why this episode is "bad". And by that I mean BEFORE Vox's remark. Only thing that really bugged me was the song.

It seemed out of tune and didn't really have a catchy or fresh, merry sing along feel to it, which is odd because cartoons (even Simpsons and Family Guy) excel in this area. But I enjoyed everything here: Bloo's video game addiction, Madame Foster chewing Lincoln at the end, "first lady" of course.

I seriously don't understand what was so bad about this episode, I can name like 20 things that bugged the hell out of me in MBION and yet it's praised very highly. I understand people have different tastes in episodes, but this just confuses me because I've never heard any solid reasons for back lashing it.

I even liked the scene where Frankie tried to talk reason into Lincoln, failed, and got stuffed in a closet. Why, why would a Frankie fan enjoy that? Because it showed how different this episode was, how clever and creative the creators used a famous and honorable president and made him evil.

His appearance, his attitude, even how he tricked the friends into being sold out, it was all very fresh and creative stuff. Lincoln is probably the best villain characters they've had since Berry, considering Terrance and Duchess have been almost completely phased out of the show as of recently.

But from the beginning stuff in class to Foster chewing Lincoln's noggin like candy, I loved this episode, I can easily rewatch it like 5 times and still enjoy it. There's not many Foster episodes I honestly feel that way towards, I think anyone who thinks badly of this episode should give it a second watching.