Madame Foster

[FostersFriend]

Madame Foster is such a great character, and very "alive" for a woman of her age. And she's actually very spunky! Madame Foster rocks!! Frankie in many ways reminds me of Madame Foster aswell apart from her being her grandmother. Frankie sorta has the same attitude towards life etc as Madame Foster :D

Go Madame Foster!! 8D

[GrimTheLost]

Aww, this is sad no one like Madame Foster? Without her there is no home for imaginary friends. She is a vital character and a live wire.

[One Radical Dude]

It's not that I dislike her (I do not), I just haven't spent enough time to really think about what I want to say. ;) Without a doubt, Madame Foster is a very important character in this series. You never know what to expect from this woman, because she isn't always a sweet old lady. :macwor:

[Kzinistzerg]

Se's great. Her character is really funny, and you can see that she's not old inside.

[GrimTheLost]

I think that she's the only old person I like. Though she's more of a kid than most.

[billytheskink]

Frankie in many ways reminds me of Madame Foster aswell apart from her being her grandmother. Frankie sorta has the same attitude towards life etc as Madame Foster :D
You sure it's not just because Madame Foster and Frankie wear, essentially, the same outfit...

[LaBlooGirl]

Seriously, how can you not adore Madame Foster? She has devoted her life to Imaginary Friends, stuck with her own through thick and thin and is still with him now in her old age, and went right over Mac's mother's head and allowed Mac to keep his Imaginary Friend...by letting him live in her own house!
You can't beat that. She might have a crazy streak but that woman is an angel. (Well, most of the time. lol)

[scary_dream]

I think it's her crazy streak that makes her so adorable! That, and how she never, ever seems to age mentally. I mean who can't adore midget-y old lady who opens her heart to everyone, calls her best friend "Funny Bunny", and still has the spunk to nearly go streaking? 8D

[BlooCheese]

You sure it's not just because Madame Foster and Frankie wear, essentially, the same outfit...

Whoa! I never noticed that before!

[InsaneFan]

Madame Foster = How I'd like to be if I were to ever get that old. ;)

She's beyond cool.
She's also my sister's favorite character. ^^

[Imaginary Light]

Madame Foster is da bomb! She shelters all these abandoned imaginary friends, still has her IF, and she's crazy cool!

[Nyo]

She rules.

[TraverseTown]

Madame Foster is one of the few wild cards in this show.

[Medikor]

She's definatly a wonderful old ladie. She's the kind that could be anyone's gramma. I like Madam Foster because she reminds me of my own nan. I would to be able to sit down for tea with her, Harriman and Frankie and share stories and whatnot.:D

[Voxxyn]

She definitely is quite a spunky and funny old lady... though, I'm not going to lie, some of her actions are a little upsetting.

I'll avoid talking about what she obviously did in "Foster's Goes To Europe". However, I did NOT AT ALL like it when she untied those defenseless imaginary balloons and literally sent them to their deaths for absolutely no reason. I found it to be cruel instead of funny, and completely out-of-character for her.

[bigdog]

Madame Foster is just like my Nana except my Nana sees a commie behind every kitten stuck in a tree. lol

[Kzinistzerg]

The commies hide under your bed and come out at night, too. ; )

SHe's kindof like m own grandma, too, now that I htik of it...

[BlooCheese]

Madame Foster's a great person, but I have to agree with Voxxyn. Stealing the tickets in "Foster's Goes to Europe" was a bit cruel and selfish. I haven't seen the balloon thing yet, but it sounds rather shocking. But I guess we all fail at being good and doing what's right sometimes, and besides, Madame Foster did open her home up to abandoned imaginary friends.

[Mr. Marshmallow]

I think Madame Foster's original intentions for Foster's home were good, but I think old age and alot of bowling just made her lose her freaking mind and become the wacked out little old lady that she has become now. She's old so she gets away with alot of stuff.

And actually, I'm not surprised by her actions at the Europe tickets thing. She did the same thing when she shot Bloo down about the vibrating chair thing. Madame Foster is crazy and as such, she does things without thinking or any rational form of common sense.

I don't think she tries to be mean, I think she's just so batty she either doesn't know any better or is "rebelling" against the fact she's an old lady and she wants to do things to keep herself alive or something. She's hard to figure out, that's for sure.

[Voxxyn]

I'm willing to forgive her stealing the tickets at the end of "Foster's Goes To Europe", because while it was indeed a very meanspirited act, at least Mac didn't go through excessive physical or psychological misery throughout the entire episode. And I think she kinda redeemed herself in "A Lost Claus" with how grandmotherly warm she was there.

But I don't think I'll ever forgive her for sending those helpless balloons to their death. Ever. I don't care how humorously that gag was set up, it was just plain cruel and vicious.

In fact, I think it's a little unfair how Madame Foster got away with her actions in "FGTE", while Frankie had to suffer such a terrible day in "Imposter's". It's even more hurtful that Madame Foster wasn't there for her granddaughter at all in that episode.

[koosie]

But I don't think I'll ever forgive her for sending those helpless balloons to their death. Ever. I don't care how humorously that gag was set up, it was just plain cruel and vicious..

Yeh it was a bit. If they'd been characters who'd appeared previously they might not have been dispatched so unsentimentally. You have to think of them like the security guys in Star Trek. But do the balloon guys actually die? Maybe they get picked up by authorities in helicopters (see Mac Daddy).

I tell you what, you really don't want to see what happens to the Pizza Friend in 'Seeing Red'

[Sparky]

I do agree about the balloons - that creeps me out. :P

She is, however, very heroic and cool in Bloo's the Boss. :mfoster:

[Mr. Marshmallow]

In fact, I think it's a little unfair how Madame Foster got away with her actions in "FGTE", while Frankie had to suffer such a terrible day in "Imposter's". It's even more hurtful that Madame Foster wasn't there for her granddaughter at all in that episode.

Madame Foster like I said, is old and the unfortunate truth is that most people won't confront the elderly if they are being an ass about something. Madame Foster not appearing in "Imposter's" wasn't designed to be a kick to Frankie.

I think it was just cause she wasn't needed in the scene, and not that she didn't care about her grand daughter. Then again, Madame Foster is unpredictable so you can never be sure when she'll show up and what she;'ll do.

[Voxxyn]

Being elderly or "unpredictable" is NO EXCUSE WHATSOEVER for how Madame Foster was absent in that episode. I'm certainly not asking for Frankie to go and whine to her every single time Mr. Herriman orders her around, that's one thing. But it's another for Madame Foster to just do nothing about her flesh-and-blood granddaughter enduring such an undeservedly malicious day.

But that alone isn't what bothers me. It's how she got away with untying helpless imaginary balloons and stealing from a child, just a couple of episodes after the events of "Imposter's"--and repeatedly smacking Frankie with the wooden spoon in "Crime After Crime", itself an episode that aired just weeks after FGTE, doesn't help at all.

I like Madame Foster; but it simply upsets me how she can get away with what she did because "she's old", while her granddaughter's hard work and dedication is "rewarded" by being forced to miss the Fake-Outz concert and having to clean up all day thanks to a mooching jerk.

[Invader Bloo]

She is, however, very heroic and cool in Bloo's the Boss. :mfoster:

I agree she kicked butt!

[Emma]

Thirded. If she's that handy with a pole vault now, imagine her in her prime!

[Voxxyn]

After watching "Bloo's the Boss", I take back my previous remarks and apologize sincerely for them.

Not only was she awesome in rescuing the one-eyed friend, the hand embrace between her and Frankie was just wonderful. I'm glad to see some affection shown between the two of them. :frankiesmile: :mfoster:

[LaBlooGirl]

After watching "Bloo's the Boss", I take back my previous remarks and apologize sincerely for them.

Not only was she awesome in rescuing the one-eyed friend, the hand embrace between her and Frankie was just wonderful. I'm glad to see some affection shown between the two of them. :frankiesmile: :mfoster:


I take all this as being a problem with having different writers who have different ideas of what the characters should be like. I too get upset when they do things completely OUT of character, such as Madame Foster being anything but kind to Imaginaries and possibly causing their death. (Though perhaps that seems a bit extreme....)
I DO like when the characters show their faults but at the same time do thinkgs that make them lovable. I'm sure "Bloo's the Boss" is emphasizing that from what I've heard about it, so I know it's an episode I will probably love.

EDIT: Okay what I meant to explain in more depth, as I tend to be too vague at times, is that when the writers are writing "OOC", that refers to the way they change the character from the initial representation. M. Foster was supposed to be this very sweet lady who loves Imaginaries and cares for them (hence her huge house dedicated to them)who can have a wild, partying side. Okay,so great. But then a writer decides to have her do those two things alot of us are clearly and obviously not liking, releasing the balloon friends (when ballloons go up into the atmosphere, my friends, they POP. So you can surmise they did indeed expire) and then stealing Mac's tickets. You can't be a very good person after all if you'd do those things, and especially steal from a child. I can't see the humor in those scenes and I never will. That kind of shock-value is the only thing I DON'T like about Foster's, but clearly Craig & Co. are getting the idea, because lately you see a lot less of it! I'm adoring the team, in fact, for their efforts to please the fans, because it seems to me they really are listening.

Less crap, shock-value, and OOC nonsense, and more fun-loving, chaos-causing (you know who I speak of), friendship-emphasizing and all around Foster's magic. That's what we want. :)

[Voxxyn]

I hope that they HAVE learned their lesson and will stop using hurtful premises and ideas. "Bloo's the Boss" proves how great they can be without such.

After what Madame Foster did in that episode, I consider cutting the balloons in FGTE to be non-canon(Along with all of "Driving Miss Crazy", which has the absolute WORST portrayal of Frankie in the entire series so far).

[LaBlooGirl]

I hope that they HAVE learned their lesson and will stop using hurtful premises and ideas. "Bloo's the Boss" proves how great they can be without such.

After what Madame Foster did in that episode, I consider what she did in FGTE to be non-canon(Along with all of "Driving Miss Crazy", which has the absolute WORST portrayal of Frankie in the entire series so far).

AH is THAT the proper term for it? "Non-Canon?" I'll have to remember that. LOL I'm such a loser, I don't know all these terms. XD But thanks for indirectly enlightening me.

[kageri]

AH is THAT the proper term for it? "Non-Canon?" I'll have to remember that. LOL I'm such a loser, I don't know all these terms. XD But thanks for indirectly enlightening me.

I've never heard that one, I've always used "OOC". I'll have to remember it, being the canon snob I am.

[Voxxyn]

I am not a canon snob. These are the ONLY events that are non-canon from my PERSONAL point-of-view. My criteria for disliking them to that extent is because I believe they're completely untrue to the spirit of the show and characters.

Madame Foster untying those balloons was, like I said, simply cruel and OOC. And I hated how Frankie was being angry and sour for literally all of "Driving Miss Crazy"--it made her seem like a completely different person. The diversity and wide emotional range is part of what makes her so great, which was nowhere to be seen in that short.

[kageri]

I am not a canon snob. These are the ONLY events that are non-canon from my PERSONAL point-of-view. My criteria for disliking them to that extent is because I believe they're completely untrue to the spirit of the show and characters.

Madame Foster untying those balloons was, like I said, simply cruel and OOC. And I hated how Frankie was being angry and sour for literally all of "Driving Miss Crazy"--it made her seem like a completely different person. The diversity and wide emotional range is part of what makes her so great, which was nowhere to be seen in that short.

Oh, I wasn't calling you a canon snob, just saying that since I'm one I should memorize all the canon-related lingo I can find. I agree that those instances were pretty OOC.

[LaBlooGirl]

Oh, I wasn't calling you a canon snob, just saying that since I'm one I should memorize all the canon-related lingo I can find. I agree that those instances were pretty OOC.

In Cheese's voice, "No I'M A CANON SNOB!!" XD

LOL Everyone, stop calling yourselves or others a snob!! When did that get into the conversation? J/k, I found that a little funny, can't help myself. 8D

Actually I have heard the term "cannon" before like when I was reading Naruto discussions in the various forums I visit, but.....eh, this is getting too off-topic. >.<

So back to Madame Foster, I have one question. How DOES such a short, tiny lady run and pole-vault to the top of a tree like she did? I mean is she super-woman or what? LOL She cracks me up, I love her. ^_^

[Invader Bloo]

Is "Driving Miss Crazy" in the episodes on the computer section, along with the other shorts besides the Eduardo with the Eds one?

[Sparky]

I myself recently uploaded Driving Miss Crazy and posted it in the Eps on Computer section. I don't recall if any of the other shorts have been shared there though.

[Invader Bloo]

Thanks! I'm about to go check.

[Kzinistzerg]

Some of the things like whacking frankie with a spoon are okay in onf themselves. I think that he fact that madame foster didn't appear in IHFMEUP was just that: she didn't appear. not a "i hate frankie" just she does not and did not fit in with hte storyline teh authors were using.

[Howard]

I think Madame Foster is a whack job, but in a funny and cool way. I loved it in "Cookie Dough" when she was riding the Segway and giving Bloo the raspberry. I thought she was funny in "World Wide Wabbit" when she stripped down to her slip and was prancing aound on the stairs. This character is a scream; reminds me of my 92 year old grandmother (who was a broadcaster during the golden age of radio).:frankiesmile:

[Nathander]

So back to Madame Foster, I have one question. How DOES such a short, tiny lady run and pole-vault to the top of a tree like she did? I mean is she super-woman or what? LOL She cracks me up, I love her. ^_^

Personally, I think that it's because Madam Foster seems to stay active enough that she remains in fairly good physical condition, the only impediment probably being her age.

Madam Foster is on my top ten list of favorite characters for the series, if for the fact that she's one of the few (if not the only) parental figure in the series portrayed in a totally positive light. She's a woman who's very easy to like, which is obviously part of her charm, as well as her free-spirited attitude.

Considering some of what we've learned about her in "Bloo's the Boss" and "Emancipation Complication", I'm somewhat surprised that there hasn't been a larger increase in discussion about her. I think that those two episodes brought to light quite a few points about her and her personality and character.

For example, we can almost certainly assume that the home she set up for Imaginary Friends is the ONLY one there is, at least in the United States. She's obviously won a lot of positive public attention and publicity, including having received a honor from the President for Humanitarianism. While I have to admit that Foster's may not be the only Home for Imaginary Friends, it certainly does seem that way to me and, at the very least, we can probably all agree that she was the very first to set one up.

However, to me, the episode focusing the most on her character was "Emancipation Complication". While it may seem slightly out of character that she stated that she was uncertain if her setting up and running a Foster's Home was even worth it, I found it a fairly deep and easy to understand insight about her. From what we can tell, the majority of the outside world, including apparently most of the children, objectify IFs instead of viewing them as actual living beings. There have, so far, seemingly been only three real exceptions to this rule: Madam Foster, Frankie, and Mac (Goo has been starting to get there, but hasn't quite gotten it completely through her own sporadic mind yet). It's easy to see, then, why Madam Foster would question the point of what she was doing: how'd she have any real confirmation that what she was doing would last after she was gone, which is quite obviously what she would like to happen? She's gained recognition for her efforts, sure, but the rest of the population doesn't seem to actually understand the purpose of what she's doing.

Which brings up an interesting question: what happens to the house after Madam Foster passes away? By rights of kin and lineage, the property would technically fall to Frankie, but if Frankie and Madam Foster had discussed it before she (Madam Foster) passes away and Frankie wants to go into another business for her life's work, what then? Logically, I suppose it could be given to Herriman, being the eldest of the Imaginary Friends and one of the technical heads of the household already, but we have no idea what the law states on IFs holding property.

Eh, now I'm going down a morbid train of thought and overanalyzing. I'll just end by saying my general thoughts on the character:

Madam Foster is A-W-E-S-O-M-E!

[Carlaz]

Madame Foster is quite eccentric but I find this intrigues me. I usually enjoy watching her when she's on an episode. :mfoster:

[Jabberwocky]

Madam Foster is great. I liked that episode where she had the prehistoric babysitter. 8D

[Cell_Phone_guy]

Other than stealing the tickets in FGTE, I don't resent Madame Foster that much. To me, her cutting the strings on those balloon friends was intended to follow the example set by Terrance eating the Pizza friend.

One other surprising thing about Madame Foster, was how she treated Cheese in the beginning of The Big Cheese:

(Cheese gets thrown outside)

Coco: Coco coco co!

Madame Foster: What she said!

Again, I can't believe she would talk that way to Cheese like that, unless it all goes down to the obvious fact Cheese isn't a resident at Foster's. I would have thought she would have let Cheese stay and phone Louise's family and tell them something along the lines of this: "Cheese has been hanging around our house a lot lately. For now, he's here unless you call me back to say that you don't want to give him up."

One other thing: I wonder what Madame Foster would have said/done if she was in Phone Home at the time Bloo brought the man in the cell phone suit back to her house.

[Howard]

Madame Foster is a kook! but in a cool quirky way!:mfoster:

[ptps]

I really hated how they portrayed her in "The Big LaBlooski." :( Her character was terrible in that show! I mean, she put down Mac and said mean things about him in front of everyone and yelled at him for no reason. I love Madame Foster as she is, but that episode just made her this cranky, mean old lady with a bowling problem. :(

She's totally crazy in the other episodes though, she's batty as... as a bat. XD I loved her debut in the pilot. "It takes me a while to get down the steps, okay? I AM OLD!" and her random hysterical laughter before she abruptly stops laughing always makes me giggle. XD

[floppynoodleson666]

I think madame Foster is great. she is an energetic tiny old lady, and they are always the most entertaining. three cheers for madame Foster!

[Crash-N-Cortex]

Madame Foster is cool and nice, but she can be totally unpredictable.

[Lynnie]

I always saw Madame F. as a sweet little old lady, about my own grandmother's age (mid-80s), who is a kid at heart, but has always been eccentric and as she's aged has become dreadfully out of touch with the rest of the world and reality. This was proven to me in the SW commentary. :jk:

I agree she was out of character in "The Big LaBlooski". At least all that yelling was. She never seemed to have much patience, though, as we see in "The Big Picture" when she won't allow Frankie to leave her side all-the-live-long-day long, and beating poor Mac over the head with her cane in "I Only have Surprise for You".

I think I mentioned this before in another thread, but my mother calls her "a lady after her own heart" after seeing "Say it isn't Sew". My mum LOVES sewing and crafting and quilting and such, and can stay all day long in a fabric store. She really liked that episode, and I thought it was funny I was getting my mother into the show, too. :clap:

[Mayor Adam West]

I saw her in "Something Old, Something Bloo" and I just cracked up laughing at her theme song.
That was just pure genious! A classic! 8D

[Zeitgheist]

She reminds me of an older, shorter version of my own granma

My granma works as a doctor, she's just crazy and likes to take blood samples of me all the time to test her new syringes D: she travels everywhere around the world because her boyfriend is a billionair. She attends any gay gala and pride festival, no matter what country. she's snuck me into r-rated movies ever since I was 8 and she runs two marathons every year through stockholm... she turns 70 next year D:

[Cassini90125]

Sounds like she's a lot of fun! 8D

[Dragonrider1227]

Madame Foster's awesome! :mfoster:

[jekylljuice]

She reminds me of an older, shorter version of my own granma

My granma works as a doctor, she's just crazy and likes to take blood samples of me all the time to test her new syringes D: she travels everywhere around the world because her boyfriend is a billionair. She attends any gay gala and pride festival, no matter what country. she's snuck me into r-rated movies ever since I was 8 and she runs two marathons every year through stockholm... she turns 70 next year D:

Blimey! Hey, mind if I tag along to your next family reunion, Zeitgheist? She sounds a lot more fun than any of my own extended family. :bloogrin:

[Mayor Adam West]

Sounds like she's a lot of fun! 8D

I know, I wouldn't mind having her in my family at all.

[Zeitgheist]

So ya'll want to be a victim to her syringes? XD be my guest!

The worst thing is... she lives two houses away from me! sometimes she wakes me up in the middle of the night telling me we're going somewhere or that I can't eat any breakfast because she wants to take blood samples (starving samples)

[TB]

So ya'll want to be a victim to her syringes? XD be my guest!

The worst thing is... she lives two houses away from me! sometimes she wakes me up in the middle of the night telling me we're going somewhere or that I can't eat any breakfast because she wants to take blood samples (starving samples)

Be careful, this sounds suspiciously like she's REALLY working for the Vampire Mafia! <.< >.> 8D

[Mayor Adam West]

Madame Foster's a thief though!

She stole the plane tickets in the episode "Foster's Goes To Europe"

[Kamikaze]

No doubt she's very important to the series. Sure she's not in every episode, I tend to like her alot. She devoted her life to caring for Imaginary Friends, plus she seems very fun to be around... I just wish more older folk could be like her. She's the perfect example of: "Who cares if I'm old? I'll always be a kid inside". Hopefully we can all be like that when we look like this: :mfoster:

[Cassini90125]

Definitely, although I hope I'm a little taller than that. 8D

They do seem to be using her more this season than most of the previous ones for some reason. Good for her, I say; after all, she founded the House, she deserves a little recognition. :mfoster:

[Lynnie]

I'm suddenly reminded of her now popular line "Don't act your age, act your shoe size!" ;)

Madame F. seems to be teetering back and forth between a sweet little old lady who adores IFs and a crazy old battle ax with little sensitivity to the people/friends around her. Lately, she has seemed to be the latter more often. But she's had her more moral times. I liked her in "Something Old, Something Bloo", she was so funny. She was crazy, but she meant well. And although I didn't like the eppie all that much, she had great morals in "Emancipation Complication", and I applaud her for that. But yeah, although I liked "Foster's Goes to Europe", I didn't like the fact she stole the tickets from Mac. That was probably the first time I was disappointed in her.

[Shelltoon]

I kinda act like her a bit already. Maybe I'm aging really fast and don't know it yet. :cheesegrin: Well, hopefully when I am as old as her (Whatever her age may be) I'll still have my childhood (Darn parents wanting me to get rid of it!)

[Scrawffler]

Madame Foster's what I would call a 'funky granny'. By that I mean she has the outward appearance of an old dear, but on the inside is a crazy party animal. I think she's a really entertaining character, and while I doubt very many people her age watch the show (you never know though ;)) I think she would be envied by a lot of senior citizens who look back on their own childhood and wish they could still be as free-spirited and energetic as her.

lol Imagine what the world would be like if everyone her age was actually like her. It'd be so crazy... but also very interesting. 8D

[WiltsAKGirl17]

She reminds me of an older, shorter version of my own granma

My granma works as a doctor, she's just crazy and likes to take blood samples of me all the time to test her new syringes D: she travels everywhere around the world because her boyfriend is a billionair. She attends any gay gala and pride festival, no matter what country. she's snuck me into r-rated movies ever since I was 8 and she runs two marathons every year through stockholm... she turns 70 next year D:

Wow, you're grandma sounds awesome! OK, back to the topic:

I like Madame Foster (:mfoster:). She has a good heart, and is very sweet. It seems like she cares for all the IF's like they're her kids. The fact that I'm a little kid-like and haven't seen too many episodes put aisde, I feel nothing but love for Madame Foster.

[Sparx]

Well, Madame Foster is kinda' wacky! Although she has a good heart, she is really, really, really crazy! But that's just my opinion about that crazy grandma!

[NeverToo]

I just love Madame Foster and besides she's one of the great characters in Foster's Home for Imanginary Friends and I can't believe when she was very very very very young, her Imaginary friend was Mr. Herriman and that makes it a great thing about Madame Foster.


"Go Madame Foster"8D

[Cell_Phone_guy]

Maybe it's just me, but I can imagine Madame Foster going bungee jumping. That doesn't seem too much of a stretch for her for some reason. Agree/disagree?

[Lynnie]

Ah hahaha!! I can totally picture Madame F bungee jumping! We already know she has a wild side, with Batty Madame. I can picture her trying to talk Mr. H into doing it too, but he can't bring himself to do it. She jumps with an excited howl, and once the springing up and down shallows, she laughs and whoops in an adrenaline rush. And then whenever she remembers it, she whoops again. And of course she never lets him live that down! :herriman: 8D

[Lynnie]

While posting in the Frankie thread, I started wondering something. How exactly did Madame F get acquire the title "Madame"? I think we all know what the title usually refers to, and we know just as well that that's not how she got the title. There's also the title "Madame of the house", which is where I see her getting the title. But when do you think she was first referred to that? Mr. H calls her simply "Madame", and I wonder if she had him call her that since her childhood. Or maybe he started calling her that once she started her charity and the IFs in her care are who came up with the title. :mfoster:

Along with those ponderings, I'm also wondering, would her husband perhaps have held the title "Master Foster"? As in "Master of the house"? Makes sense to me, but there's so many possibilities. So many questions and so few answers...

[Cassini90125]

Mr. Herriman might have simply called him "Sir", depending on their relationship. I like to think that they got along well and weren't bitter rivals for Madame Foster's attention as some people have suggested.

On the subject of names, I have to wonder what Madame Foster's maiden name was. Looks like another "Mac's last name" debate is now open. :bloocross:

[jekylljuice]

While posting in the Frankie thread, I started wondering something. How exactly did Madame F get acquire the title "Madame"? I think we all know what the title usually refers to, and we know just as well that that's not how she got the title. There's also the title "Madame of the house", which is where I see her getting the title. But when do you think she was first referred to that? Mr. H calls her simply "Madame", and I wonder if she had him call her that since her childhood. Or maybe he started calling her that once she started her charity and the IFs in her care are who came up with the title. :mfoster:

Along with those ponderings, I'm also wondering, would her husband perhaps have held the title "Master Foster"? As in "Master of the house"? Makes sense to me, but there's so many possibilities. So many questions and so few answers...

Well, in French the title "Madam" is basically the equivilent of the English "Mrs". In English, to my understanding, it can simply be used as a term of respect when addressing an older woman. As for Mr. H, I can see him addressing her as a youngster much as he addresses Frankie now - that is, "Miss" followed by whatever her first name happens to be.

[Lynnie]

On the subject of names, I have to wonder what Madame Foster's maiden name was. Looks like another "Mac's last name" debate is now open. :bloocross:
And as JJ pointed out, I'm also starting to wonder what her first name is. Somehow she always held a "Meriel" aire to me. "Madame Meriel Foster", it has a nice ring to it, yes? :)

Yeah, I can see Mr. H addressing her as "Miss" when she was younger too, although not in the same way he addresses Frankie. He obviously seems to think Frankie is lower on the totem pole than he is, and uses the title as one would with a little girl. With Madame F when she was a child, I can see him addressing her as "Miss" in the same manner a servant would address the daughter of their master/mistress.

[Cassini90125]

I've always thought it was "Martha", although I'm not sure why.

One of the DC/CN comic books has a picture of Madame Foster as a child, along with pics of her parents and Mr. Herriman. I don't know if it's considered canon or not, but either way Mr. Herriman is aging rather well. 8D :herriman:

[Sparky]

I've always thought it was "Martha", although I'm not sure why.

Because that what's-his-name guy we banned on the last forum used it as her first name and posted it on Wikipedia and was trying to get Craig to make episodes of his ideas. M. Foster's first name was Martha, Mr H's first name was Jack. Unfortunately several fans now believe that's canon. :P

[Cassini90125]

Ah, yes, the Evil One. I should go over my posts in the Sims thread and change Martha to something else, then. :P

[Bloo4Ever]

To me, Madame Foster seems like a Betty, but then again, I'm horrible at matching names to a face.

Anyways, as JekyllJuice stated the term of 'Madame' is French, is it possible that Madame Foster has some French roots as well? Or is the reason Herriman call her Madame is simply because of his slightly Old England demeanor?

I mean if yyou think about, Frankie's real name is Francis, which might be a French name, right? :terrconf:

[Cassini90125]

I think it's because of Mr. Herriman's demeanor. Formality of speech is second nature to him. :herriman:

Francis is a male name of Latin origin and means "Frenchman". Frances is the feminine form of the name and means "from France". Both male and female forms have Frankie as a nickname. :frankiesmile:

[Sparky]

To me, Madame Foster seems like a Betty, but then again, I'm horrible at matching names to a face.

I remember when some people briefly thought Betty was her name because of the "Batty Madame" thing and we weren't sure if she was saying "Betty" or "Batty". 8D

[taranchula]

I remember when some people briefly thought Betty was her name because of the "Batty Madame" thing and we weren't sure if she was saying "Betty" or "Batty". 8D

I would have thought the ensuing Batman parody would have answered the Betty/Batty question quite nicely

[Another Castle]

How many episodes has she been in? I feel she has been under-used.

[KazooBloo]

My favorite MF moment is either the episode of bowling, or the retirement home where she sings the batman theme with her name.