"Schlock Star" is the 6th episode of season 5 of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
Plot[]
SPOILER: Plot details follow.
Bloo roams the house looking for the source of a loud noise, which turns out to be Pizza Party, the house rock band. Bloo tries to shove his way into the band and fails. He sets out to start his own.
Bloo tries to form his own band, which he calls Taco Fiesta. It consists of Wilt on boards, Coco on jug, and Eduardo on tambourine while Bloo plays air guitar. He thinks they're a disaster and decides to go solo. Meanwhile, Mac offers to make CDs for Pizza Party and becomes their manager; he also picks up Taco Fiesta and they become a Devo-esque success. When learning about this, Bloo accidentally mentions the idea of a concert, which the bands accept.
Before the concert, Goo MC's the final third of the episode. She interviews the musical acts while Bloo shows off his wardrobe and "crib" (Frankie's trashed-out room). The bands perform their songs successfully, but Bloo comes out to a massive pyrotechnic display only to realize he has no song ready. Mac saves him by having an encore of Pizza Party's song. After the concert, Pizza Party offers Bloo their special effects job. He accepts, but Frankie bans any more concerts because Bloo's fireworks set the building on fire.
Spoilers end here.
Characters present[]
Belly Bob Norton, Billy the Squid, Bloo, Bloppy Pants, Boris the Florist, Brushy, Burple Bear, Clumsy, Coco, Don Lickles, Dusty, Dyno, Eduardo, Fluffer Nutter, Frankie Foster, Galoot Palooka, George Mucus, Goo, Hootin' Andy, Jackie Khones, Jambalaya, Keystone Blop, Lemon Lenny, Mabel Licorice, Mac, Madame Foster, Madame Mustachio, Mr. Herriman, One-Eye Cat, Phineus B. Vurm, Piggy, Pisgetti, Pokey Toehair, Ramone, Ringo Rango, Sassyfrass, Sloppy Moe, Stoolie Dan, Sunset Junction, The Unknown Friend, Wilt, Yogi Boo Boo, ZZ Pops
Trivia[]
- Bloppy Pants' creator from "Good Wilt Hunting" can be seen in the audience.
- This is Goo's last major appearance in the series.
- This also marks the last appearance of Ramone.
- Pizza Party's song is later heard in "Ticket to Rod" and "Bloo Tube".
- Mac drinks root beer and doesn't go into a massive sugar rush. This is the fifth time Mac consumed sugar to no effect, the first four being "World Wide Wabbit", "Squeeze the Day", "I Only Have Surprise for You", and "The Bloo Superdude and the Magic Potato of Power".
- There is the possibility that Mac drank zero-sugar root beer.
- This is Bloppy Pants' first speaking appearance since his interview in the episode "World Wide Wabbit".
- This episode premiered the same day that The Complete Season 2 DVD set was released.
Cultural references[]
- Goo's interviews with the musical acts resemble the interviews seen on MTV when the channel was music themed.
- The cover of Pizza Party's first album, Talk to the Jeans, is a parody of the cover art for Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen, only instead of a baseball cap, a slice of pizza is tucked into the back pocket of the jeans.
- Bloo dresses up as Gene Simmons, complete with white "KISS type" makeup on his face.
- Wilt, Eduardo and Coco wear white Vegas-era Elvis jumpsuits with capes and rhinestones.
- Fluffer Nutter is seen with a Rickenbacker 325, while Yogi Boo Boo uses a Höfner violin; these two instruments were both used by The Beatles.
Goofs[]
- The DVD release has a several subtitle errors:
- When Goo says, "Whoo! Alright!", the subtitles omit the latter word.
- When Goo says, "We caught up with the band in the studio for this exclusive report.", the subtitles omit "in the studio" and "exlusive".
- The subtitles omit Goo's "Woosh!" during her interview with Pizza Party.
- When Fluffer Nutter says, "Right now we are working on making a full-length record...", the subtitles omit the first word.
- The subtitles omit Goo saying "Which isn't really a crib..." before she interviews Bloo.
- When Goo says "Okay, up next we have a band...", the subtitles omit the first word.
- The subtitles also omit her saying "Okay" when introducing Bloo.
- Immediately after, when Goo says, "...but not literally because that would be gross...", the subtitles omit the first word and replace "that would be" with "that's".
- Bloo answers Fluffer Nutter's request to make him in charge of special effects by saying "Really?", but the subtitles label it as "[yelping]".
- In a shot near the end, Wilt’s arms are on the wrong sides.