Mac

[Jackie Khones]

In my oppinion, Mac is witty, nice and funny. I think I'd definatly be friends with him if he was real.

[Frankie_Foster]

Mac behaves a lot better then most kids I see in public.

[TheVoid]

Mac is kinda cool. But not as cool as um... ...I don't know. Lol.

[Lynnie]

There's a kid at my church who's always reminded me of Mac, mostly because he was around the same age (well, 10) when I first met him and he had the same shaggy bowl haircut. He just turned 13 and has since cut his hair, but I still tend to think of Mac when I see him. Very nice kid by the way.

Anyway, I saw him today and I also happened to be wearing one of my Foster's shirts. He caught me off guard while we passed eachother in the hall by pointing at my shirt and saying "Hey, I know that show!" I smiled real big at him and said "You do?" "Yeah, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends! It's funny!" He smiled real big at me and I responded by saying "Yeah, it's awesome!"

And that was it. But I found it too cool after all these years of knowing him and him reminding me of Mac that of all people he'd know and like the show too!

[Lynnie]

Yesterday, there was not one, but two kids that came into my workplace that looked a LOT like Mac. The first was actually a girl, but she had to have been 7 or 8, with the short mop haircut, dark brown hair, a square face, and big round eyes. She was wearing a Disney shirt, too. She looked very much like a cartoon character, it was cute! The second one was a boy, maybe a year or two older (8-10), same haircut, square face, and he was wearing similar clothes. His long sleeved shirt was black instead of white, and he had a grey short sleeved one over it instead of red. But he had on khakis and black and white sneakers.

[Howard]

Did his feet look like two dinner rolls?

[Lynnie]

Haha, not quite. They were longer and flatter. Maybe more like sub loaves. His pants were covering much of them though, too.

[Howard]

Mac's feet always looked like black dinner rolls with white stripes.

[Bloo4Ever]

The real test to see if someone is Mac is to see if their head is as big as their entire body

You gotta love that massive cranium

[Another Castle]

Mac is undoubtedly my favorite human character. He may seem ordinary compared to all the diverse and inventive IFs, but he is so, well, lovable! He is (the majority of the time) to voice of reason, is quite grown up, well-behaved and certainly smart for his age, yet he can still be paranoid, distracted, silly, upset, childish, excitable, on sugar, in love etc,- and he's so adorable! He doesn't sound particularly cute if you try to describe him, but I defiantly think he is cuter than Cheese/Fluffer Nutter/Berry etc- I mean just look at his smile! http://www.fosters-home.com/screengrabs/4/402-0104.jpg

When this show was first being written, why do we think the decision was made to include a human child in the story, rather than just the show being abut the house? Is it to give the story more structure? Would it be fair to state that Mac represents the typical member of the shows target audience (i.e. 8-year old children)? Or is more more of a role model?

Also, what do we think Mac enjoys? His taste in culture/entertainment? From the merchandise in his room, his favorite film appears to be Rocket Wars (obviously a very thinly-disguised Star Wars copy). After watching Make Believe-it or Not (and from my profile picture), I have gathered he is a fan of Formula One racing.

Also, I was just browsing these pages when somebody suggested that the name "Mac" can be short for "William". Really? I've never heard that before!

Another thing I have just learned- there is a character in on old Powerpuff girls episode who is something of a Mac prototype