"Mac Daddy" is the 7th episode in Season 2 of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
Plot[]
SPOILER: Plot details follow.
One morning, Mac wakes up to find that he seems to have unintentionally created another imaginary friend named Cheese. Bloo later finds out about Cheese that day, who asks for chocolate milk, just after he finishes bothering Frankie about the drill she needs to fix the bathroom door in the hallway. Bloo tries to give Cheese chocolate milk, but Mac shows up and gives Cheese some apple juice as a substitute, claiming that Cheese is lactose-intolerant.
Madame Foster allows the same rules as there are for Bloo, but Bloo does not approve of his new brother. Mac and Bloo try to finish their go-kart, but Cheese's dim-witted nature nearly stops the construction of the go-kart altogether in multiple ways: First, he uses the drill incorrectly and unscrews the right front wheel. After this, Mac takes the drill from him, and gives Cheese a hammer, which proves to be a mistake, as Cheese causes further damage to the go-kart and hurts his hand with it. When Bloo tries to decide that Cheese shouldn't use the tools anymore, Mac decides that none of them get to use the tools until Bloo and Cheese learn to get along, and are forced to use toy tools, delaying the construction of the go-kart even further. Lastly, Bloo and Cheese disagree on whether to paint hot rod flames or bunnies, resulting in them settling on painting both bunnies and hot rod flames, to Bloo's annoyance.
Cheese also proves to be incredibly weird and annoying, doing things such as putting tinfoil he found in a garbage can on his teeth, licking various surfaces (floors, walls, etc.) and ruining Mac and Bloo's go-kart ride by screaming loudly every time Mac lets go of the brake forcing Mac and Bloo to make a long and slow ride that they naturally find very boring. Cheese also proves to be a nuisance to the other imaginary friends, doing things such as screaming "I like cereal" at Eduardo repeatedly, biting Wilt when he tried multiple times to help reach the cereal, angering Coco by first repeatedly saying the one word she knows how to say and then screaming it repeatedly, and annoying both her and Mr. Herriman, who puts Cheese in another room, unaware that Frankie is in there busy doing the morning chore of preparing breakfast cereal for the imaginary friends in the dining room. Unfortunately for Frankie, Cheese runs right into Frankie, spilling the milk and cereal she prepared and destroying the dishes. Frankie then brings Cheese into the TV room where Bloo is enjoying a drink and watching TV and yells at him to watch him. After many attempts to get rid of him, including trying to mail him away, put him up for sale amongst a pile of toys at a store, etc, Bloo finally loses his patience.
Bloo locks Cheese in a closet, but when Mac comes back to check up on Cheese, the closet is empty, to Bloo's shock. Mac forces a relucant Bloo to look for Cheese, pointing out that Cheese could get into some serious trouble if left to his own devices -- during the search, Bloo becomes increasingly concerned for Cheese's safety when he realizes that a place like Foster's could actually be very dangerous for someone as weird and stupid as Cheese, imagining various scenarios where the little yellow guy gets himself seriously hurt (or worse). Just as Bloo is panicking about losing Cheese, he's found by Frankie. Bloo's glad that Cheese is okay and, after giving a speech to Mac, finally accepts Cheese as his brother.
However, a girl named Louise shows up and is revealed to be Cheese's real creator. Mac explains to Bloo that Louise and her family live in the same apartment complex as Mac and his family, and claims that Louise told him that Cheese gets out of their unit sometimes and deduces that Cheese must have found a way into Mac's bedroom -- long story short, Bloo and Cheese aren't really brothers. Bloo seems bummed at first, but ultimately reveals that he's actually really glad that he and Cheese aren't related in any way, “Who wants to be related to that guy. I mean jeez Louise.” to which Cheese and Louise both go “Yes.”
Spoilers end here.
APM Music Identification[]
- Bloo's Dream -
- Cheese Likes Cereals -
- I Believe This Is Yours! -
Trivia[]
- This episode makes puns with Mac, Bloo, and Cheese's names being used together, including "Mac and Cheese" and "Bloo Cheese." Cheese and Crackers' names are used together to make a pun on the snack of the same name. Cheese and Louise's names together make "Cheese Louise", a pun on the saying "Geez, louise".
- This episode marks the first and only appearance of both Cheese and Louise in 2005. This is also the first appearance of those two in general.
- The scene where Cheese points his horsey to Mac and Bloo when they take turns talking and pounces on Bloo can be purchased in Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion.
- The Complete Season 2 DVD commentary of this episode has Cheese calling Mac "blockhead", Bloo "blue man", himself "yellow man", and Foster's a "pretty castle". It also has him getting scared twice when the screen cuts to black, having to leave twice to use the bathroom, saying random things like a little kid watching a movie, and even revealing that he likes hot dogs and cotton candy.
- This episode's title card is very similar to the title card for "Phone Home".
- This episode is the basis of the Game Boy Advance video game, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
- Starting this episode, Bloo becomes less compassionate and more self-centered, troublemaking, selfish, paranoid, insistent, self-pitying, imbecile and displayed, having little or almost no kindness compared to previous episodes. He retains these traits for the rest of the series.
Cultural references[]
- The title is a reference to the nickname of Chris Kelly, member of the hip-hop duo Kris Kross.
- The Cocoa Pups cereal is a parody of Coca Puffs.
- Bloo trying to mail Cheese in a box to "Timbucktu" is a nod to The Aristocats.
- It is also a reference to Garfield, when the title character mails Nermal to Abu Dhabi, a typical running gag whenever the latter character appears to steal the main's attention.
- The "Toys for Toddlers" attraction at the mall is a parody of Toys for Tots.
Goofs[]
- Mac states to Bloo that Cheese is lactose intolerant and can’t drink chocolate milk, yet after Cheese drank some, he had no bad reaction from it whatsoever.