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Originally Posted by Lynnie
Nope. I wish he got more screen time too. I haven't really seen much of him since "The Buck Swaps Here". Well, and then "Bloo Superdude" but he wasn't really "himself" in that. I miss seeing Wilts optomism and cheeriness, and being more of a parental figure to everyone else. But really all they've shown lately is his great smile, and saying a word or two. I miss you, Wilt buddy!  |
Antgirl, Vampyre and myself have been discussing this very topic on DA. Wilt has really not had a major role at all in Season Five, and in fact, he's been AWOL in many episodes, or he's only glimpses for a millisecond, in the background somewhere. It's starting to really bug me, since it seems like he's being written off the show, more or less. While I know that there are some folks who'd love to see that happen, Wilt is one of the most popular characters on Foster's. Anywhere I've seen a favorite character poll, he and Bloo are usually tied, or very close, for the top spot, and if being the subject of fan art and fan fiction is an indicator, Wilt is probably THE most popular. It would seem that in spite of the network's insistence that little kids are the "core" audience of this show, and that little kids want to see more of Bloo, Bloo, Bloo, getting rid of a character as popular as Wilt would prove detrimental in the long run. I believe, though, that before
GWH ever aired, there was some thread in which I expressed concern that after that movie, Wilt would either be pushed aside as a character and more or less become one of the lesser, background characters that we just occasionally see or hear, or he'd be written off the show entirely.
He was in "Cheese A Go-Go", though he clearly wasn't himself, and wore this woe-be-gone expression the whole time(and I DON'T think it was because he struck out as a defense attourney, either) and barely spoke. He didn't have many lines in "The Buck Swaps Here", and got treated like dirt. He was in "Something Old, Something Bloo", but really didn't have a major role there, either. He has a pretty good line in "Bloo Superdude and the Potato of Power", but, as has been pointed out, you couldn't even see all of his face since he appears only via Bloo's story, and naturally Bloo is going to be the central figure there. He had a pretty decent role in "Schlock Star", but we only glimpse his legs in "Bride To Beat", and he's not in "Affair Weather Friends" at all, and then there's that token glimpse in "Ticket To Rod". Coco isn't doing much better, though Eduardo has had several moments to shine in Season Five, since I more or less consider both "Cheese A Go-Go" and "The Buck Swaps Here" to be Eduardo-centered, and he's also supposed to be the main character in the upcoming "Better Off Dead". It's like someone just thought, "Hmmmm...Wilt got his own movie, so everyone is tired of him now, so we can put him on a shelf and more or less forget about him." I guess it waits to be seen how much we see of Wilt in the Halloween episode, but since it really seems to be yet-another Bloo-centered episode, I don't have my hopes up.
I'm really, really starting to miss that smile and that familiar squeak of Converse sneakers, too. What I'm REALLY missing, though, is that old chemistry, that group dynamic, if you will, between Wilt, Eduardo, Coco, Mac, Bloo and yes, Frankie. We haven't really seen them all together as a team not once this season, have we, except for the ending of "Schlock Star"? It seems that rather than cooperating and having little adventures together, they're always splintered into smaller groups and competing against one another, like in "Schlock Star", where we only briefly saw Wilt, Ed, Coco and Bloo together before Bloo "fired" the others and decided to go solo. They only came back together right there at the end, to perform Pizza Party's song, but mostly we've only seen glimpses of one or the other, and then Mac and Bloo. Yeah, it's nice to see Mac and Bloo together as best friends, but let's not forget that this is "Foster's Home For Imaginary Friend
S", not the "Mac and Bloo Show", or just "The Bloo Show".
Sorry, but I had to get that out, if that's OK.
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