She sorta reminds me of Angelica from Rugrats. I think there was an episode where Angelica orderd the babies to make lemonade. That part was funn though, Ed scared of a little boy,girl or friend (Cheese in praticular) is always funny.

FINALLY got to see the ep, as I missed the first showing (and I'm on PST).

There was a weird glitch in the third segment where a sound byte from WWW was played over the soundtrack! :o Messed up my recording so I'll have to tape the ep again later (I still have not gotten BtB).

Anyways. So my new computer is all set up for video capture, so I got the ep not only on tape but also on my old computer *and* the new one. I'm making a movie file with the ep on the new computer now, to upload. I'm going to try Megaupload this time, I hope that's okay. But remember that besides the weird WWW thing, that the beginnings of segments 2 and 3 are clipped off. It seems that you have to start recording several seconds *before* where you actually want to start recording. :P Anyways. It's watchable.

And yes, I will work on the screencaps asap.

Oh. How did I feel about the ep. :terrsmile: Yes the song routine reminded me of the burlesque house episode of the Simpsons. And when Bloo broke into song at the end, that reminded me of the ep of Rocko's Modern Life where there was a (great) song routine about recycling. I dunno, it just remined me of that one. I thought the whole selling IFs into slavery was a great sinister plot (though you can bet if the villain IF was a parody of any non-Caucasion in history who lobbied for anti-slavery rights...um, the episode never would have been greenlighted).

I saw the red car but I didn't assume he was a reference to Lightning. I'll check that again when I do the screencaps.

I was mildly amused; They could have done better. There was a cleverness in it, but the magic that's supposed to bring it out was not there. Interesting - but not a favorite::)

It's not bad, but it's just so cute that Wilt's a flagpole!:D So I gave it a "B".

With the new poll, I gave it an A. I thought that, on a whole, it was a well scripted episode, the characters were well used, Madam Foster finally got some kind of character development, the villains were entertaining, and we got to see Herriman go into a boxing stance (or at least, an old-timey "put up your dukes and fight me" stance). I can't really complain of lack of Mac and Frankie because, well, there wasn't any, though they didn't have the role I expected.

Out of curiousity, did Moose remind anyone else of Big Billy from the Ganggreen Gang, mainly by his voice and the way he talked?

i already have the ep (as well as all the others) if you need it ;)

Your'e right Bloo singing sort of reminded me of "R-E-C-Y-C-L-E"!
Yeah, if the villian was based on a black guyor hispanic guy,etc.. it would of never happened. I personally like the guy being based on Lincon, why not Nixon? :P

I also didn't get the Lightning parody at first, mainly because he had jets & Mcqueen dosen't. I also liked the new cast of BG friends.
I noticed something,if you watch the episode on alarge screen TV Wilt isn'tr halfcut outdyring the song.

I liked this episode. I don't know...the premise just really interested me. And when I saw the clothes disappear off that girl on that pen I thought, "Okay...did I just see what I thought I saw?

Eeeehhhhhhh. *wobbles hand in that 'so so' kind of way*

I'm starting to think people should watch this episode again before making a final judgement. It was very well-plotted, and it had a LOT of details that I didn't catch until my second viewing, which greatly enhanced my enjoyment of it. And it took some MAJOR RISKS, with both Madame Foster considering her priorities in life, and I'm still a little surprised they actually allowed the dissolving effect on the model pen.

I realize I'm kinda biased as I had especially been looking forward to this episode for weeks... but I'm starting to become disheartened by some of the reactions. I think it deserves more than just some dismissive "eeeeeh" post that doesn't give any real reasons as to why you feel that way.

Maybe, some don't have many words to say about the episode. It's definitely more of a mixed-bag than Bloo's the Boss, as far as reviews go.

A good bit of advice that I think EVERYONE should be aware of:

Everything is better the second time around. Movies, TV shows, episodes, you usually miss certain aspects of a show when you see it for the first time.

The second time hammers it all in and shakes away any possibly negative images you may have had when you first saw it. Trust me, it's always better in round 2.

I trust you'll understand if there's one episode that I won't test with that theory. ;)

I think that's true the majority of the time, but I think there are exceptions. This wasn't one of them, but they do exist.

I've yet to see it a second time, but the more I think of it, the more I like it. I'll admit that I wasn't totally there when I watched it (as I was laid up in bed sick), but I was there enough of the time to get everything important, the only thing my scrambled little brain being unable to keep up with being the musical number.

Something else I've been thinking about, however, was that the episode continued to show the apparent like of care the world gives towards Imaginary Friends. The only people we've really seen fully care about the welfare of Imaginary Friends has been Mac, Frankie, and Madam Foster; to the rest of the world, there merely objects and not other living beings, which is the mentality Li'l Lincoln takes advantage of. In a lot of ways, I really think that's what was making Madam Foster question whether or not what she was doing was worthwhile: though she had recognition for it, it seemed almost worthless due to the fact that she seemed to practically be the sole pillar of support abandoned friends could come to.

True. I can't disagree with you there. Though for this one, it still wasn't a favorite, even after the second airing. :P

I shouldn't have to support what I said about the episode. It wasn't great. It wasn't bad. It was 'eh' to me and that's that. It wasn't great. But it wasn't bad either. So I didn't write an essay like some; that's just how I feel. To the point. It did nothing for me.

My overall reaction...good, not great. I really liked the Little Lincoln character. I think part of that may have been that Lincoln is held up as such an iconic figure in the U.S. that any tweaking of him is enjoyable. Obviously, Little Lincoln and Actual Lincoln are two different things, but still...but even though I liked him, I was glad when Little Lincoln's uppance finally came.
I also have to say that the musical number wasn't all it could have been. I'm glad they did it, and I hope they do more, but for me, on a musical level, something just wasn't there. The tempo seemed a bit off, for one thing. Also, the lyrics just didn't really do much for me. Can't really explain why, but there it is. Still, pretty darn entertaining, all in all.

It seems the theme for this weeks episode was: HOMAGES!

We had a homage to classic WB cartoons with Bloo playing "Daffy Duck/Bugs Bunny" to Mac's Teacher's "Elmer Fudd."

We had a homage to the "Music Man" with I'll Lincoln playing "Harold Hill" to Foster's "River City". (Even going as far as using a musical number to illustrate his point.)

We had a homage to "The Great Escape", with Mac freeing prisoners via an under ground tunnel.

We had homage to "Invader Zim" with Bloo playing the role of "Iggans" desperately looking for batteries for his handheld game system. (Good thing he didn't have Gaz on his tail, otherwise the situation would be very messy indeed.... Then again Bloo was also playing the role of Gaz during the scenes when he was totally into the game and nothing or no one else matted.)

And, We had a homage to R.Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" video with Frankie, Mac and Mr. Herriman...."trapped in a closet".....Okay the last one is stretching things a wee bit I'll admit. 8D

Anyways I think this was a pretty good episode, nicely plotted and had it's share of "Did they just do that?!" moments.

(BTW was I the only who thought that Moose looked like the lovechild of "The Incredible Hulk and MacGyver. 8D )

No offense, but I think that's a bit of a stretch. I doubt it was a homage and more of just a "Bloo thing" with him trying to get batteries. It would be nice if that was a homage, as Gamslave 2 is one of my favorite IZ episodes, but I doubt it.

None taken, but that was the impression I got...other people's mileage may vary.

Guess what I just found out?

Spoiler Below

I missed this episode recently but was able to see through "other sources".

Things I liked about the episode:

Bloo running around like Daffy when he was let out of Mac's school bag
Wilt as the flag pole
Madam Foster tricking Moose and giving Lil" Lincoln what for.

Things I didn't like:

The way Mac's teacher threw The IFs in the closet. I've had teachers like that and I always got P.O.ed whenever they tore up comic books and what not in front of the students. :P

I didn't go into this expecting a Mac/Frankie thing. If that happens it will be in its own good time and not before.

As much as I would like to say Frankie does have a great singing voice, she sang one line and had nails in her teeth at the time so I don't think we can judge that accurately antgirl. But I digress, I just got done watching it a second time and got a few things cleared up.

For one, I definitely think the song is what convinced everyone to go out and get royally screwed by Little Lincoln. Plus the fact he didn't really specify WHAT they would be doing, he mainly emphasized the aspect of being all that you can be. So it's believable people could get suckered into this.

Plus as we saw Frankie's reaction, no one had any idea they were being sold as opposed to being adopted. Wilt even said he was adopted and not realizing he was working a job. My guess is Moose took care of all the paper work and handled the fees.

Mr. Herriman's "lady" remark will remain funny no matter how many times I see this episode. But there's two things that I debate about now that I think about it. 1- someone said earlier Madame Foster attacking Moose and LL was a sign she already knew they were bad. Somehow I really doubt this.

From what I saw, she attacked them because of Moose's obvious creepy appearance mere seconds after she got knocked down in the middle of the night. As crafty as she is, I don't think she knew they were bad until the end. And 2- I also wonder if LL had this planned from the beginning.

Being stuffed back into a closet is something that obviously pisses him off to high hell. I wonder if he had just thought of taking over the house after being put into another closet, and not really planning this from the beginning. Yes he is a bad guy and a con man, but it seems odd he'd have this scoped out.

I wonder if he was put into a regular bed if he still would have wanted to bump everyone out and take over.

I agree that Madam Foster probably didn't know they were bad at the beginning; her actions were merely a reaction to Moose's appearance. She most likely didn't believe they were bad until the very end, as you stated.

As for the second point, I both agree and disagree. I don't think he may have had it planned out from the get-go, and that things may have occured differently if it wasn't for the fact that he was stuffed in another closet, but I feel that an attempt by him to somehow screw Madam Foster and the inhabitants of the house would've been inevitable. Whether or not it would've been the same plan we saw him concoct in this episode or something entirely different, I have no idea of knowing, but I think his nature would almost demand it. He's a shyster and, on top of that, a shyster who obviously believes he has the right to be in command over everything in front of him and to gain some kind of benefit from it (one of the initial signs of this being the fact that he got Moose to refer to him as "Mr. President" after only what would seem like a day in that closet together). He may not have gone to the length he went to in this episode, but an eventual confrontation would almost certainly happen.

That rambling done, however, I do agree with you that he probably didn't have his whole plan scoped out immediately after arriving at Foster's; he just did it after he felt that he wasn't being given what he thought was his/what he deserved, and was merely stuffed into another closet. That's my opinion anyway

No those are good points and I do agree his nature no doubt would have probably created a plan to do something bad anyway. I do wonder though if, like said, the closet is the one thing that bugged him into doing this. It seems to bother him more then anything else.

Now far as getting Moose to call him Mr. President, I didn't really see that as some sort of enslavement thing. I just figured Moose naturally calle him that because he IS modeled after a president and Moose assumed he was one. Little Lincoln even referred to himself as the 47th president.

I just felt weird about the closet thing since that was when we first saw his negative nature, aside from the cheating thing. We had no indication he was an ass until that closet at Foster's. I also gotta wonder now, what happens to them? Do they just get booted out or are they sent back to the classroom?

That really is a good question and, as odd as this sounds, I'd almost say that, after having fulfilled their part in returning all of the money they had gotten for selling the IFs, Madam Foster would still allow them to stay in the house. They'd probably have an amazingly close eye kept on them, but I think Foster would allow them to remain there because, while they are jerks, they're also still IFs in need of a home, which she herself has stated she couldn't turn her back on. I wouldn't doubt they'd possibly be kept in some sort of solitary confinement, but I actually do think Foster would still house them.

And in a way, I kind of doubt Li'l Lincoln would actually attempt to mess with Madam Foster again after she demonstrated what he was in for if he hadn't complied with her demand of buying all the IFs back.

I like to think that once she understood what had happened in the classroom, Madam Foster would have had a "chat" with Mac's teacher about the incident and Lil Lincoln and Moose would have been returned to their creators.

I liked the episode.

I think it was interesting have an evil IF and not just a run-of-the-mill jerk. I liked the musical but had trouble understanding all that they sang. Then there was was Madame Foster's punishment of Lincon.

Lastly, it had good humor, like the "First Lady" line and "Right-o, in the closet then.":bloogrin and I noticed that bloo acts just like me when I get a new video game. "Eh? Wha? Who?"8D

Now I haven't even seen this ep yet, but I have to agree on this whole-heartedly. Those FRIKKIN ADS ARE ANNOYING!!!! ARRRG! >(

Okay now that THAT is out of my system...

thanks to a stupid Comcast tech who came to do work for a neighbor on Wednesday and KNOCKED OUT MY CABLE for three frikkin days, I was unable to watch this ep and am still trying to catch a re-run.
Stupid moron.
Sorry, I had to rant there.

Finally got to watch the episode (had to tape it since I was out this weekend).
I greatly enjoyed it. Frankie had a sizable role, which is always good. I particularly enjoyed the musical number. It's nice to have an episode with a different villian. It's not Foster's at its best, but it was quite a solid episode. It narrowly lost to one joke on Class of 3000 for funniest thing on "Fridays".

Little Lincoln, Little Lin-Con, wink wink, nudge nudge...
Funny.


That should come as no surprise, seeing as she is voiced by someone with a recording contract...

interestingly, the flag that flys at Mac's school has always appeared to be the first national flag of the Confederacy (blue field, 3 stripes). It appears the same way in this episode.

However, when Wilt is "adopted" to be the school's flag pole, he is flying a more proper stylized American flag, with stars and more than 3 stripes.

Just something I noticed while rewatching this thing today.

Ummm...Sparky.

Screenshots? Hello? Where are they?

It's possible she may not have had the time or the resources to do them. Be patient, she'll get them up eventually. :)

I really had hoped that you wouldn't do that, bloonuggets. Your comments are nothing but rude. Sparky doesn't live here 24/7. She does have other matters to deal with, besides dealing with this site. Next week isn't gonna get much easier, I'm afraid. Give her some time, man.

Wow...you suck. :jk: I've explained elsewhere that I was working on getting my new computer figured out so I could take the screengrabs on there instead and get much better results. Well they're up now, if it pleases you. :P Next time you have a problem with me or my site, try taking it to PM or email. Its called diplomacy.

Sorry. Didin't notice.

Um...Not sure how to rate this episode. It had some cute points, like the Bloo/Daffy and Wilt/flagpole scenes, but it's not one of the episodes that I'll watch a thousand times over and not get tired of. =P

Ha, yah, the "BATTERIES!!!" part made me think of Gameslave 2, but I dun think it was an homage.

Hm...I'll go with a B, since I didn't hate it(well, I dun hate any Foster's episodes, but still), and the plot was all right. And the showtune was catchy. ^^

OH, and seeing Madame Foster as something other than invinicble kinda scared me.

lol didnt think of the whole gameslave 2 thing. yeah b too. it was funny, but not the best. that thing with madame foster around the end was kinda funny, but my favorite part was the wilt being a flagpole thing. and because of my simple little mind, i now think abe lincon is pure evil. and hangs around in a bully's shirt. but thats normal for me

Best thing about this ep? TINY ABE LINCOLN!

Abe Lincoln!
I got a Lincoln log!
Abe Lincoln!
I like to feed my hog!
Abe Lincoln!
I got a Lincoln log!
Abe Lincoln!
I'm on a penny!

Bloo didnt play a really big role so i give it a c