I've summed my opinions on this dull episode on the Five least favorite episodes thread (idea was good, coin jar was good, the rest was tedious and cruel), and I have summed up that this is by far the most universally disliked Fosters episode ever (with Bendy and Europe behind).

Asides from the main Fosters fanbase (you know, us!), do we know how this was received by the show's target audience (children), or from the more casual fans?

Did the writers receive any negative feedback for this? If so, have they made a response?

If you can find it, Lauren did mention something about negative feedback on the Toonzone.net forums around the same time the episode aired, in which she made the point that they were not trying to intentionally hurt people with this episode, but were doing what they always were doing, just trying to tell a funny story.

Do you mean the Characters or the viewers?

I meant the viewers.

In case anybody wanted to read this post for themselves, here it is:
http://forums.toonzone.net/showthrea...88#post1902488

She appears to regret Everyone Knows It's Bendy, and wasn't so proud of A Sight For Sore Eyes, but has defended Imposters

Hmmm... avery interesting point of view. I for one did not mind the Bendy episode, whreas with "Imposters..." Due to decorum, I will not open any wounds, and we will leave it at that.:frankiemad:

I thought Everyone Knows It's Bendy was great. I enjoyed Squeakerboxxx quite a bit, too. :bloogrin:

As for Imposter's, I dealt with it and Goofball in my own special way, and I'm done with it. :blooevil:

Yeah, I agree with you on this one, Cass. Aside from IOHSFY, this was by far the worst episode for me as well. Even now, several years later, it still stings when I think about it, although I will give it credit for having a somewhat decent ending, which IOHSFY lacked, which is why I hate that episode slightly more. But even so, they're both old history, and I prefer to think that either they never happened, or they were resolved somehow in the end.

Everyone probably knows this, but this episode really angers me to no end. Frankie spends all day working her butt off, but it ends up being more work when it's really all Goofjerk's fault. :edmad:

And honestly, I wish that Goofball WAS an actual human pretending to be an IF. Good gravy, I hate him so darn much! :frankiemad:

If I had a chance to change the ending, it would go like that, then the friends who doubted her would have apologized to her. However, having gone through all the trouble she had been through, Frankie says, "Apology NOT accepted! I quit!" But, however, she wouldn't really quit in the end.

And why the fudge did Frankie apologize to Goof-doof?! He's the one who should be apologizing to FRANKIE for being a moochy little brat! :scaryberry:

I think the whole idea is that this episode was created just to tick off us viewers is a bit extreme.

I know you all feel an emotional attachment to these characters, and don't get me wrong, I do too. I felt sorry for Bloo when he was adopted by Kip and locked in a cage with nothing to eat. I felt sorry for Wilt when he got his arm crushed and his eye all mangled :( and I definitely felt for Frankie in this episode. But like Lauren said, Conflict is more interesting than non-conflict. Their intent was to tell a story, and I'm sure they didn't mean any harm by it.
:frankiesmile:
Besides, Goofball was only a one time character. And so was Bendy. Good thing they were, or else there would be some serious fan backlash XD