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| name = Blooregard Q. Kazoo |
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| first = House of Bloo's |
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| nickname = Bloo |
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| species = Imaginary Friend |
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| gender = Male |
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| family = [[Mac (Foster's)|Mac]] (creator) |
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| portrayer = [[Keith Ferguson]] (English) |
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| creator = [[Craig McCracken]] |
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'''Blooregard Q. Kazoo''', or '''Bloo''' for short, is a character from the television show ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'', voiced by Keith Ferguson. Mac created Bloo when he was 3 years old, meaning that, by the start of the series, they had been creator and creation for 5 years.<ref name=ep19>''Foster's'', episode 19, "Frankie My Dear"</ref> |
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==Personality== |
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Bloo is, at the core of his personality, a clever, narcissistic maniac. Bloo is abrasive, trouble-making, immature, and jealous, and [[Bloo#Mac|manipulative]] partially due to his restless energy, cleverness and delusional [[narcissism]]. When first introduced, though, Bloo was shown to have a slightly more gentle personality, kind to everyone and willing to protect his creator and best friend [[Mac (Foster's)|Mac]].<ref name=ep10>''Foster's'', episode 10, "Seeing Red" / "Phone Home"</ref> However, somewhat quickly, his personality shifted considerably, possibly due to an overabundance of authority placed upon him. Bloo developed a rather quirky personality and has often proclaimed himself to be "the best imaginary friend ever." He has often demonstrated a hyper, albeit nonchalant personality and is sometimes incredibly [[naïve]] and childish. |
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Bloo often has a tendency to accept outrageous ideas as fact to explain seemingly mundane occurrences.<ref name=ep42>''Foster's'', episode 42, "The Big Picture"</ref> others to his will, going so far as to make them go against their moral standards. Bloo also displays a passion for paddleball, although he never succeeds in making the ball hitting the paddle (however he managed to hit it once but was knocked out of his concentration by Berry). |
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There are times when Bloo's cleverness is muted, however. He sometimes can be tricked by rather simple appearances. Occasionally, his thoughts tend toward the bizarre, going as far as [[paranoia]]. Lessons in the form of [[metaphors]] are lost on him. His cleverness also has limits when he is distracted. However, Bloo has only been intentionally outsmarted once in his existence, by an imaginary friend named Bendy.<ref name=ep16>''Foster's'', episode 16, "Where There's a Wilt There's a Way" / "Everyone Knows It's Bendy"</ref> |
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===Criminal Behavior=== |
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Bloo often disregards the rules or finds loopholes in them easily, and sees rules as only obstacles preventing him from having fun. Bloo and Mac are usually the ones at the receiving end of the episode's morality tale, usually because Bloo's antics got them there in the first place. Bloo is always making mischief in the house. He has broken eggs, stolen items, and broken windows.<ref name=ep23>''Foster's'', episode 23, "The Sweet Stench of Success"</ref> Sometimes, however, Bloo's antics go unpunished (or at least unpunished as a direct result of his crimes) in various episodes.<ref name=ep22> ''Foster's'', episode 22, "Beat with a Schtick"</ref> Even when the moral lesson is obvious, Bloo rarely learns it, and from episode to episode shows no growth of moral character, usually committing worse crimes as the series goes on. In Cheese A Go-Go, he got arrested because he thought Cheese was an alien. |
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In the course of the show, he has committed a number of crimes and indiscretions such as, [[cheating]], [[stealing]], [[vandalism]], evading arrest, and even causing an imaginary friend at Foster's to be deported by framing him for one of his pranks. Bloo has apparently even been [[arrested]] at some time: enough to know the security guard by his first name and that he has children.<ref name=ep26>''Foster's'', episode 26, "My So Called Wife"</ref> |
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At one time, Bloo actually became a mask-wearing supervillain out of jealousy after he believed his body being severely burned (he is really just covered in hair gel) during this he also adopted a Mojo Jo Jo type of speech and a comical darth vader mind (to the point of believing he is Mac's father) we also find out he is allergic to flowers.<ref name=ep41>''Foster's'', episode 41, "Challenge of the Superfriends"</ref> Usually Bloo commits crimes with a goal in mind at the end, even if that goal is to have fun, but here his crimes were fueled simply by anger. By contrast, Mac has been a mask-wearing hero twice in the series.<ref name=ep41 /><ref name=ep57>''Foster's'', episode 57, "Something Old, Something Bloo"</ref> Bloo has even been depicted as the villain of some episodes.<ref name=ep46 /> |
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==Relationships== |
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Bloo has many people who he interacts with on a daily basis. It's difficult to say whether these persons actually like his company or personality. However it is true that the people in the house "put up" with him and accept his antics. |
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Despite his hijinks and self-centered behavior, Bloo has managed to forge several close friendships with the other imaginary friends in the house. |
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===Mac=== |
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Mac created Bloo when he was 3 years old, meaning that, by the start of the series, they had been creator and creation for 5 years.<ref name=ep19 /> However, Bloo and Mac are more than just creator and creation. They share their adventures and Mac visits [[Foster's]] everyday to make sure Bloo isn't adopted. They are best friends even though Bloo believes himself to be "way cooler" than Mac. Although it's not touched upon, it can be said that Bloo is the [[id]] of Mac's [[ego]], seeing as how he created him from his own imagination. Mac is a level headed and moral person, and it may be through Bloo that does and says all the things he wants but can't. |
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===Mr. Herriman=== |
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{{main|Mr. Herriman}} |
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Bloo often has to face Mr Herriman's wrath whenever he is in trouble or if his pranks go wrong. |
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Despite Bloo's popularity and good terms with most of the other imaginary friends, he is notorious around the house for his pranks and silly antics, but has also been shown to be the comedian of the house.<ref name=ep22 /> Pranks he has pulled include completely mowing away the Foster's lawn, making tacos too spicy and then blaming another imaginary friend, and using water balloons to flood the entire house.<ref name=ep22 /> |
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===Francis "Frankie" Foster=== |
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{{main|Frankie Foster}} |
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Bloo's relationship with Frankie is, likewise with Mac, double-edged. Sharing much of Bloo's adolescence and ambition, Frankie is also sometimes tempted to support some of his "get rich quick" schemes to make a quick profit, and has even encouraged him to begin the scheme herself. Frankie's duties as a caretaker of the house and her mature sense of responsibility however often prevent her from completely indulging, and even tolerating at times, Bloo's rebellious activities, which puts her at odds with him on several occasions. She has also become greatly infuriated with Bloo, particularly when Mr. Herriman makes her clean up his messes. |
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It is implied sometimes that Frankie has strong feelings for Bloo, as displayed when she stood up for him in the pilot movie, listing his character strengths, though Bloo has ultimately only demonstrated these sparingly over the series and is more used to instigating havoc. |
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==Character design== |
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Blooregard was the first character created by ''Foster's'' creator, [[Craig McCracken]]. Bloo is a blue ''thing'' (as he has been called) that is hard to describe, although he was first drawn as a ghost that walked and talked like a person on the original Web site. Seemingly without legs, he moves by either gliding or bouncing. One of the old character profiles on Cartoon Network's website revealed that Bloo was supposed to be a talking blanket, and some Cartoon Network promos suggested that Bloo was a living blanket of sorts, but this was never brought up in the show. Usually, he appears armless, but he can produce arms at will. His voice has changed from a deep voice in the first episode to a lighter voice as the series progressed. |
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==References== |
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==External Links== |
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Revision as of 00:51, 13 December 2007
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| Blooregard Q. Kazoo | |
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| File:Bloo.png Bloo | |
| First appearance | House of Bloo's |
| Created by | Craig McCracken |
| Portrayed by | Keith Ferguson (English) |
| In-universe information | |
| Nickname | Bloo |
| Species | Imaginary Friend |
| Gender | Male |
| Family | Mac (creator) |
Blooregard Q. Kazoo, or Bloo for short, is a character from the television show Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, voiced by Keith Ferguson. Mac created Bloo when he was 3 years old, meaning that, by the start of the series, they had been creator and creation for 5 years.[1]
Personality
Bloo is, at the core of his personality, a clever, narcissistic maniac. Bloo is abrasive, trouble-making, immature, and jealous, and manipulative partially due to his restless energy, cleverness and delusional narcissism. When first introduced, though, Bloo was shown to have a slightly more gentle personality, kind to everyone and willing to protect his creator and best friend Mac.[2] However, somewhat quickly, his personality shifted considerably, possibly due to an overabundance of authority placed upon him. Bloo developed a rather quirky personality and has often proclaimed himself to be "the best imaginary friend ever." He has often demonstrated a hyper, albeit nonchalant personality and is sometimes incredibly naïve and childish.
Bloo often has a tendency to accept outrageous ideas as fact to explain seemingly mundane occurrences.[3] others to his will, going so far as to make them go against their moral standards. Bloo also displays a passion for paddleball, although he never succeeds in making the ball hitting the paddle (however he managed to hit it once but was knocked out of his concentration by Berry).
There are times when Bloo's cleverness is muted, however. He sometimes can be tricked by rather simple appearances. Occasionally, his thoughts tend toward the bizarre, going as far as paranoia. Lessons in the form of metaphors are lost on him. His cleverness also has limits when he is distracted. However, Bloo has only been intentionally outsmarted once in his existence, by an imaginary friend named Bendy.[4]
Criminal Behavior
Bloo often disregards the rules or finds loopholes in them easily, and sees rules as only obstacles preventing him from having fun. Bloo and Mac are usually the ones at the receiving end of the episode's morality tale, usually because Bloo's antics got them there in the first place. Bloo is always making mischief in the house. He has broken eggs, stolen items, and broken windows.[5] Sometimes, however, Bloo's antics go unpunished (or at least unpunished as a direct result of his crimes) in various episodes.[6] Even when the moral lesson is obvious, Bloo rarely learns it, and from episode to episode shows no growth of moral character, usually committing worse crimes as the series goes on. In Cheese A Go-Go, he got arrested because he thought Cheese was an alien.
In the course of the show, he has committed a number of crimes and indiscretions such as, cheating, stealing, vandalism, evading arrest, and even causing an imaginary friend at Foster's to be deported by framing him for one of his pranks. Bloo has apparently even been arrested at some time: enough to know the security guard by his first name and that he has children.[7]
At one time, Bloo actually became a mask-wearing supervillain out of jealousy after he believed his body being severely burned (he is really just covered in hair gel) during this he also adopted a Mojo Jo Jo type of speech and a comical darth vader mind (to the point of believing he is Mac's father) we also find out he is allergic to flowers.[8] Usually Bloo commits crimes with a goal in mind at the end, even if that goal is to have fun, but here his crimes were fueled simply by anger. By contrast, Mac has been a mask-wearing hero twice in the series.[8][9] Bloo has even been depicted as the villain of some episodes.[10]
Relationships
Bloo has many people who he interacts with on a daily basis. It's difficult to say whether these persons actually like his company or personality. However it is true that the people in the house "put up" with him and accept his antics. Despite his hijinks and self-centered behavior, Bloo has managed to forge several close friendships with the other imaginary friends in the house.
Mac
Mac created Bloo when he was 3 years old, meaning that, by the start of the series, they had been creator and creation for 5 years.[1] However, Bloo and Mac are more than just creator and creation. They share their adventures and Mac visits Foster's everyday to make sure Bloo isn't adopted. They are best friends even though Bloo believes himself to be "way cooler" than Mac. Although it's not touched upon, it can be said that Bloo is the id of Mac's ego, seeing as how he created him from his own imagination. Mac is a level headed and moral person, and it may be through Bloo that does and says all the things he wants but can't.
Mr. Herriman
Bloo often has to face Mr Herriman's wrath whenever he is in trouble or if his pranks go wrong.
Despite Bloo's popularity and good terms with most of the other imaginary friends, he is notorious around the house for his pranks and silly antics, but has also been shown to be the comedian of the house.[6] Pranks he has pulled include completely mowing away the Foster's lawn, making tacos too spicy and then blaming another imaginary friend, and using water balloons to flood the entire house.[6]
Francis "Frankie" Foster
Bloo's relationship with Frankie is, likewise with Mac, double-edged. Sharing much of Bloo's adolescence and ambition, Frankie is also sometimes tempted to support some of his "get rich quick" schemes to make a quick profit, and has even encouraged him to begin the scheme herself. Frankie's duties as a caretaker of the house and her mature sense of responsibility however often prevent her from completely indulging, and even tolerating at times, Bloo's rebellious activities, which puts her at odds with him on several occasions. She has also become greatly infuriated with Bloo, particularly when Mr. Herriman makes her clean up his messes.
It is implied sometimes that Frankie has strong feelings for Bloo, as displayed when she stood up for him in the pilot movie, listing his character strengths, though Bloo has ultimately only demonstrated these sparingly over the series and is more used to instigating havoc.
Character design
Blooregard was the first character created by Foster's creator, Craig McCracken. Bloo is a blue thing (as he has been called) that is hard to describe, although he was first drawn as a ghost that walked and talked like a person on the original Web site. Seemingly without legs, he moves by either gliding or bouncing. One of the old character profiles on Cartoon Network's website revealed that Bloo was supposed to be a talking blanket, and some Cartoon Network promos suggested that Bloo was a living blanket of sorts, but this was never brought up in the show. Usually, he appears armless, but he can produce arms at will. His voice has changed from a deep voice in the first episode to a lighter voice as the series progressed.
References
- ^ a b Foster's, episode 19, "Frankie My Dear"
- ^ Foster's, episode 10, "Seeing Red" / "Phone Home"
- ^ Foster's, episode 42, "The Big Picture"
- ^ Foster's, episode 16, "Where There's a Wilt There's a Way" / "Everyone Knows It's Bendy"
- ^ Foster's, episode 23, "The Sweet Stench of Success"
- ^ a b c Foster's, episode 22, "Beat with a Schtick"
- ^ Foster's, episode 26, "My So Called Wife"
- ^ a b Foster's, episode 41, "Challenge of the Superfriends"
- ^ Foster's, episode 57, "Something Old, Something Bloo"
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
ep46was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
