Wilt

[Lynnie]

Originally Posted by antgirl1

You know what Wilt also deserves? More screen time. Not a second of screen time in a whole episode. Do I need to explain?

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!

[pitbulllady]

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 FriendS", not the "Mac and Bloo Show", or just "The Bloo Show".

Sorry, but I had to get that out, if that's OK.

pitbulllady

[antgirl1]

Originally Posted by pitbulllady

"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."

That makes me very sad, and wanting me to take him off that lonely, possibly dusty shelf where the other things that are there, like Wilt, seem to have been forgotten as well.

...Gosh, he might hack up a storm up there, with all that dust!

[Ub3rD4n]

I wish I could argue. I wish I could say it's not really been that bad. I WISH I could. But it HAS been that bad. Be aware that you guys aren't alone in wishing for more ensemble episodes, and more Coco and more of WILT to be seen. I keep telling myself that they're waiting 'till the end of the season to show the REALLY good episodes, and that Wilt has a big part coming soon.

Uh.....sorry bout all the caps.

[Kootiebirdo]

Judging from the last couple of episodes, I agree that Wilt should recieve a more substantial role again. And since this is related to him, I hope his buddy Stats will make another appearance as well.

[pitbulllady]

Originally Posted by Kootiebirdo

Judging from the last couple of episodes, I agree that Wilt should recieve a more substantial role again. And since this is related to him, I hope his buddy Stats will make another appearance as well.

Yeah, and it would also be interesting(to put it MILDLY)to see how Wilt and Foul Larry will interact, assuming that Larry DIDN'T get adopted(I've noticed that the really big IF's do tend to be ignored by potential adopters, which is understandable given how much they probably EAT). Larry's continued presence at the house could really test Wilt's capacity for forgiveness, and Wilt's popularity among the other house members could really test Larry's propensity for being "foul", in terms of personality, anyway.

pitbulllady

[antgirl1]

Originally Posted by Kootiebirdo

Judging from the last couple of episodes, I agree that Wilt should recieve a more substantial role again. And since this is related to him, I hope his buddy Stats will make another appearance as well.

Dude! I totally forgot about that cute little scoreboard friend! XD

Ah, but for now, we can only dream and complain for more Wilt, or better, equal character screen time which all has to do with a plot.

[Lynnie]

This trend the show is in, with the lack of Wilt, Ed, and Coco, has got me thinking. I'm not so sure it's because they're trying to focus less on them, although I can understand when there's a few episodes where they're not focused on as much. It could be something out of their control. For instance, I think we all know there's more to a cartoon character than drawing it, animating it, and giving it a voice. Someone needs to write what it's going to do, what it's going to say, exactly how it does things and when, and someone needs to supervise the whole thing so everything goes smoothly with the rest of the show. It's easier said than done. And although they're not credited, I'm sure the Foster's characters each have three or four people solely in charge of them. It's also possible one person is responsible for more than one character, like one animation supervisor is responsible for the animation of two or three characters, not just one. I'm not wanting to blame anyone of course, being a loyal fan and I support the whole crew, so I'm wondering if one of these people had to take a personal leave around the time the episodes were being written. And in wanting to save time and money, and not wanting to pass the job onto anyone else (who surely has enough on their plate as it is), those characters simply weren't written into the episodes as much as usual, or at all, as is Coco's case. Perhaps this person carried most of the responsibility for Coco's character, and maybe also had some responsibilities for Wilt and Ed. Thus we don't see Coco at all for a few eppies, and only small cameos of Wilt and Ed.

Just a theory.