"My So Called Wife" is the thirteenth and final episode in season 2 of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
Plot[]
SPOILER: Plot details follow.
Coco's recent lunacy begins to annoy Mr. Herriman and several of the Foster's residents. With Coco's wackiness even more prominent than ever, Herriman informs Mac and Bloo that a rich benefactor is considering giving Foster's an enormous sum of money to see if it is a worthy institution. Fearing that Coco could scare off the benefactor, Herriman enlists Mac and Bloo to keep Coco out of the way long enough to persuade the benefactor into providing the money, and in return he will reward them both with jet cars (per Bloo's request). Once the benefactor has arrived, the task of keeping Coco under control is difficult for both Mac and Bloo, but the duo manages to keep her out of sight for the most part. Unfortunately, the benefactor disapproves of Foster's for not having "invisible" imaginary friends and is ready to leave the premise until he discovers Coco and mistakenly believes her to be Mr. Herriman's wife. With his mind changed, he invites Herriman and Coco to attend his "Annual Charity Gala" at his mansion, with the prize being the money he promised to donate to the house. With little time to teach Coco how to be refined and well-mannered before the Gala, Mr. Herriman begins teaching her about how to be sophisticated.
Meanwhile, as a side-plot, Mac and Frankie are left to educate Bloo about sarcasm since he doesn't understand it (Mr. Herriman was being sarcastic when he promised Bloo and Mac jet cars). At first, the lessons for both Bloo and Coco prove to be of little success, but eventually, Coco manages to be well sophisticated just in time before the Gala, and Bloo manages to understand sarcasm, thus he and Mac opt to join the Gala as well, under their charity's aliases "Jet Cars for Tots". During the night of the Gala, Coco accidentally hits her head and regains her lunacy, but fortunately her lunacy winds up allowing her and Herriman to advance to the finals of the Gala's tournament where they must face off against Mac and Bloo (who have lasted to the finals as well) in a joust featuring jet cars. Mac and Bloo win the joust when Coco and Herriman are forced to bail out. In the process, Coco saves Herriman's life, who as a result gains a new respect for her.
To everyone's shock at the Gala, the benefactor is revealed to be a phony as the money he promised was nothing more than mere garbage. Realizing his mistake, the crazed benefactor makes a hasty retreat just as the mansion's real owner appears and imprisons everyone in attendance for trespassing (including Mac, Bloo, Coco, and Herriman). With no money and having competed in a contest for no reason at all, the group returns to Foster's to resume their normal lives. Fortunately, during one of Coco's antics, she lays an egg that reveals a ton of money inside of it, claimed to be "more than what the benefactor had offered". With the new wealth, Herriman saves it for Foster's and buys jet cars for Mac and Bloo as he had promised them after all.
Running gags[]
- Bloo not understanding sarcasm nor the fact he and Mac won't be getting jet cars.
Spoilers end here.
Characters present[]
Benjamin Edward Factor III, Bloo, Burple Bear, Charles, Coco, Cowboy Cow, Dr. & Mrs. Hill, Duchess, Dyno, Eduardo, Frankie Foster, Galoot Palooka, Jackie Khones, Lord & Lady Picketty, Mac, Mr. Herriman, Ringo Rango, Rodney Squiddlebeak, Spritz Coleman, Stoolie Dan, Wilt
Cast[]
- Tom Kane as Mr. Herriman, Prison Guard, & Announcer
- Candi Milo as Coco
- Keith Ferguson as Bloo & Seals on Wheels foundation dude
- Sean Marquette as Mac
- Phil LaMarr as Ben E. Factor & actual rich guy
- Grey DeLisle as Frankie & Duchess
Trivia[]
- This is the second time that Coco is called a "bird-airplane-plant thing"; the first time being "Store Wars".
- Ben E. Factor at one point brings up on how confusing the term "imaginary friend" is by questioning why everyone else can see imaginary friends when only a child should be able to see them like in the real world and other works of fiction.
- Despite Eduardo appearing in this episode, Tom Kenny was the only main cast member to not be featured in it.
Cultural references[]
- The title is a reference to the TV series My So-Called Life.
- The "Jet Cars for Tots" foundation Bloo and Mac create is likely a reference to the real-world charities Toys for Tots and Kars4Kids.