You and me both Chaos! I am into history, and we love to pick the history of something apart. We even go further by thinking 'wait, what would have happened if that event did NOT happen that way?' But you are right - it is fun!:cheese: :frankiesmile:

I think writing a feature-film length Frankie story that'll entertain folks 8, 28, and 88 is actually pretty diffcult (not impossible, mind you). Writing one simply to entertain the folks on here would be much easier, but we don't make up most of the show's audience.

Frankly, I think the reason that Frankie's past hasn't been significantly explored is because most of the Foster's audience doesn't care too much about it. I doubt much in-depth Frankie history has even been concieved by McCracken and Friends, because they don't need it to write episodes.

When I think about it, few Foster's characters have had any in-depth exploration of their past. Bloo, Mac maybe, now Wilt; and we could certainly learn more about those three than has already been given to us. We don't know significantly less about Frankie than any of the other characters on the show.

Don't take me as one who doesn't want to see a film exploring Frankie's past, I'd be giddy with anticipation if one was in the works. Perhaps one day they'll oblige us.
I'm just trying to look at things from a different perspective.

Hope Frankie has a good role in the next episode. She's punk rock, you know...

You make some good points, but I think you're underestimating the size of Frankie's fan base. Also, I don't think the writers would have too much trouble creating a well-thought-out background for the wonderful miss Foster and writing a story from it; we've seen over 40 examples of what they're capable of doing. :)

I don't think a Frankie movie would be too hard to do. And I think a movie of Frankie would be a great "lifes lessons" one too.
The way I see it is that Bloo want's to visit Mac but his mother won't let Bloo come back to the house. Bloo just can't understand why and begins to complain about how awfull parants are in general. Eventually, Bloo's words reach Frankies ears and really hits a cord with her as she yells at Bloo and locks herself in her room.
The next day could have Frankie haveing to go out of town for something and Bloo happens to sneak aboard the bus. Eventually, through arguments and accidents, they find themselves in the neighborhood Frankie grew up in and the bus is in need of repairs.
While going to shops and stores, Bloo is surprised to see the natives recognize Frankie and we learn of her past relationship with her parants. Bloo decides to do a good thing for once and tries to get Frankie and her parants back together.
We then see that Frankies parants ask her why she's still wasting her time at Fosters and should become some big success and make them look good. As hard as Frankie tries, she just can't get her parants to understand and storms out of the house in tears.
Bloo, left in shock, turns to Frankie's parants and tells them about all the wonderfull things she's done for him and all the other imaginary friends and the people who adopted them. Bloo and Frankie return home to find that Frankie's parants have had a change of heart and have brought many of their neighbors to Fosters to adopt imaginary friends. They learned that Frankie IS a success and it dosant matter if her parants get any recognision for it or not. It's just the right thing to do.
Bloo meets up with Mac again and explains that he understands that Mac's mother only wants what's best for him and that he does too. But to his surprise, Mac tells him that he can actually visit Mac at his house once in a while.

I figured a story like this would work because it has a topic that everyone can relate to. Everyone has had a problom with their parants at least once, and children will learn that that parants are only looking out for them.
I included Bloo in the story because I think he would have the best chemestry with Frankie. And as much as they're at each others throats, they're still friends. So this is the kind of story I could see being used for a Frankie movie.

Wow, that's really good. It makes sense, it includes Bloo in a major role without losing focus on Frankie, it has parts that can make us laugh, cry, and smile. It's a good setting to get answers to a lot of questions, and Bloo's speech to her parents could be a wonderful tribute to all the work she's done for Foster's over the years. Dude, I like it a lot. Five stars! :frankiesmile: :frankiesmile: :frankiesmile: :frankiesmile: :frankiesmile:

Medikor, great suggestions for a movie plot! :D

I also like the idea of pairing Bloo up with:frankiesmile: Frankie. He would definitely provide comic relief when necessary. 8D

Thank you all for you're very generouse complaments! Now let's hope Craig and Laurin see this.8D

I definitely love the ideas and opinions being hashed out here. I think the possibilities are limitless, and I would love to see something that involved many of these scenarios. Off the record, I love Frankie to pieces!:frankiesmile:

We all do. That's why we're in posting in this board.;) 8D

Well done, Medikor. :bloogrin :frankiesmile: I agree that Bloo would be the best "tag along" character for a Frankie special. I'm sure, somewhere beneath getting on each other's nerves, that he and Frankie care about each other.

Why thank you, Vox! I was hopeing you'd like it. But now that I think about it, I think that maybe only one of Frankie's parants should be negative to her carear choice. I don't want to make myself think that she's unloved.8D

Bloo would be good for mere comedic use. I would rather have Frankie find more about who she is, then to try a build up a "good" relationship between Frankie and Bloo considering if this was a movie, we wouldn't see any more of this "good relationship" then on in the series.

Mac should go with as I said before, it helps to have other characters around to play off of. Plus, I think Mac and Bloo need to stick together and it would seem more plausible that Mac would want to help Frankie and go along with her to help out. Bloo's not the one to take that kind of insentive.

Not that it would be bad if Bloo went along with Frankie if she had her own movie, I'm just saying he's not the kind of person who would initially have the urge to go help Frankie. If he could get distracted from saving Frankie, Mac, and Herriman over a video game, chances are he won't be first in line to help.

I think that seeing Frankie having problems with her parents might remind Bloo of his and Mac's own problems with Mac's mom way back in "House Of Bloo's", which could trigger in him a need to do something, to not let history repeat itself, as it were. He may be childish and self-involved, but he's not completely heartless, as we learned in "Bloo's The Boss".

yeah, but...

That's a VIDEO GAME. We all know they're more important than reality.

No seriously, Tehy work really well together. Mac would be there, though, he and bloo are inseperable.

"Bloo's the boss" shows us that he CAN be good, but does that mean he will be the same way in regards to Frankie? I'm not so sure. I really do believe there is something skeletony in Frankie's past, either involving her school life, past work life, or more then likely, something to do with her family/parents.

I don't think Mac is on bad terms with his Mom as I said before in the Mac's Mother thread. But Frankie never shows much of who she is outside of her love for punk music....that's it. We don't have any idea of what else she does or has done or likes and stuff like that, outside of her work at Fosters course.

There's a lot more to know about her then any of the imaginary friends if you ask me.

Very true. And I was just grasping at hairs to make a good base for a Frankie movie. And Bloo getting on the bus was just him being Bloo and doing something he shouldant. :D

Actually, now that I think about it, Mac would be a wonderful choice.

Some other posters here kinda disagreed because they believe that Mac is "too young". To be honest, that kind of rationale is a little insulting to him. He may be a kid, but I think he's mature enough to handle hearing about another person's not-so-pleasant background(which will be limited by the TV-Y7 rating). And I agree with Mr. M, I'd LOVE to see some bonding between Mac and Frankie, as I think they make a great duo.

It's just that Medikor's suggestion had a really good setup. I've always wanted to see a more positive side to the relationship of Bloo and Frankie(Though to be honest, not as much as Mac/Frankie bonding).

Well, you could throw Mac into my idea. It could all still be the same. If you look at GWH you'll see that there is no short supply of main characters to take part in the main story.:D

500!!!
 

This is the 500th post in the Frankie thread, the first thread on this Forum to reach that number; I guess that makes this the first "Foster's Legend" thread now, in a way. I had intended to write something long here, something deep and meaningful, a real tribute to this wonderful lady, but as I look at the picture of her that sits next to my computer, as I gaze at her warm smile and her beautiful eyes, I find that the only things I really want to say are the two things that I always think of most when I think of her:

Thank you, and I love you. :-*

You're the best, Frankie Foster. The absolute best. Ever. :frankiesmile:

I'm really sorry I went off-topic like that, but I wanted this post so bad. Now, where were we?

I feel exactly the same way. While Bloo wouldn't just disregard Frankie, I don't think he'd exactly be the first to volunteer.

I agree, but I'm wondering how bad it would actually turn out, due to the fact that it's usually saddled with a TV-Y7 rating. And to a degree, that bothers me, as I think of all the characters, Frankie deserves a plausible and realistic background explanation. And life can be plain nasty, much more so than a TV-Y7 rating would allow.

Oh, I agree completely. As I've stated many times before, I'm a big supporter of a Frankie and Mac big sister/little brother relationship and seeing more of that develop. Lord knows the kid needs a more constant parental figure/role model than his mom currently is. Alas, we'll probably never see this develop. :'(

Well said, Cassini! To bad we can't say that to her in person.;)

Here here!

Well said, I too wish would could let her (if she was real) know of how much she is appreciated, loved and supported over the web.

I'd be in line with probably half of this board just waiting to tell her that. Now if ONLY Cartoon Network could get the hint by looking at this thread's posts!

Frankie's past doesn't need to be nasty. I'm sure an entertaining backstory can be crafted to fit most mainstream childrens program ratings.

I'd love to see her backstory in general, but I wonder how thrilling it will be...
I mean, she could have been raised by imaginary wolves, her parents could be rockstar superheros, her uncle could be Jewish...
Who knows?

Maybe she majored in cellular kenisiology.

Any background can be interesting if the character herself is interesting enough, and Frankie certainly qualifies for that. We'll just have to wait and see.

Bingo!

But that doesn't mean she has some dark, twisted, funky past. Well, maybe funky...

We do know that she's a complete and total poser... Wait...

She's...

I have an urge to go watch "Everyone Knows It's Bendy" again. ;)

that line is the best part of that episode.

I honestly laughed for 9-10 straight minutes after hearing that. later on the night it premiered, I rewound the tape of that episode and played that sequence over and over again. It's still histerical.

Funniest thing I've seen on Foster's, one of the funniest things I've ever experienced, actually.

Despite her being under stress all the time from "Bugs Dummy" Herriman, Frankie is an all around good kid. She probably puts in eighty hours a week, dedicating her time and self to the residents. It is a thankless job, but I think the IF's really keep her going; as I said before, it is a way to get out of herself. She has a ray of hope, and she is still cool. I think her playing an occasional prank, and hanging out with her friends (when she has time) keeps her sane. These are some of the elements that can be included in a special of our beloved Frances Foster.:frankiesmile:

I havent seen "Bendy" yet but that "I'm punk rock..." line Frankie says sounds SO cute!:D 8D

That is the one episode I have not seen; I would love to hear Frankie say that.:frankiesmile:

I know a lot of people hated EKIB, and I'm not going to blame them for it. (I personally believe it's infinitely better than WTAWTAW, which was simply painful)

But I loved Frankie in that episode, and not just because of her love of punk music(Which was hilarious). It really showed her motherly and loving capabilities in full force, with how she acted towards Bendy. Don't get me wrong, I hated that she and Herriman were fooled into punishing the IFs for things they didn't do, and Bendy didn't at all deserve the affection he received. But just seeing that affectionate side of her's in action was something I truly appreciated.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that her loving side is a huge reason why I adore her so much. The mainstream entertainment industry's shift towards the "devil may care" attitude means that it's become increasingly hard to find female characters that have both "heat and warmth"(like Cassini excellently put it), which makes Frankie all the more special. :frankiesmile:

*Stands up and claps* I couldant agree more, Vox!

As we all have said before. Mac and Bloo and the Fosters 5 may be the stars of the show, but Frankie is easily the heart of it. Or at least she should be seen that way. I really can't imagine Fosters without her, not just as her "job" position but as a character in general.

She makes adults seem so much more nicer and sweeter, but maybe that's just part of personality. I myself just always get this "friendly" image from her. She does give off this warmth one might say. I'm her same age (22 I think she is) and I feel a stronger connection to her as a character.

Usually adults in toons or care takers of this nature don't really come off with this kind of friendly image. And while she may get like no "thank you"s from everyone, I still think even with the episodes that don't require her, the show would feel kinda empty without her.

It's just hard for me to picture Foster's without her in it at all.

Definetly. I'm also the same age as her (but not for long, 23 this December.) and feel a stronger conection with her because of it. I just hope that I don't stop careing about her as I get older.
In fact, It was when she said that she was 22 (In Frankie my dear) that got my attention and made me pay more attention to her and the show. It's funny how a simple thing like being the same age as a character can make a fan out of you.:D

Click here to hear her say it.

I had the line recorded with the context (the dialogue leading into it) from the episode before my old hard drive died.

If you like hearing it repeated...
Click here...

Frankie's punk rock, no doubt. I, on the other hand, am a complete and total poser. I try really hard to pretend I'm punk rock, but really, I'm just a big dork...

Thanks man! That is cute! I luv it! :frankiesmile:

Cool! Thanks for posting that. :frankiesmile:

I just watched "A Lost Clause" the other day and I loved it! Frankie cracked me up in the first five minuts. I was really laughing when she walked off the screen giving Mac a big smile and thumbs-up. I guess she figured that Mac is such a smart kid that he didan't belive in Santa.8D And I loved the ending when she started to belive in Santa again.

Definitely concur. I thought it was great. You really see the "big sister" in her in the first five minutes.:frankiesmile:

LOL. I don't remember "Lost Clause", luckily it's on Saturday!:D
400th post! :cheese: