"The Buck Swaps Here" is the second episode of season 5 of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
Plot[]
SPOILER: Plot details follow.
Mac and the Foster's gang are going to a swap meet in order to sell some items in exchange for new ones for the house. Unbeknownst to everyone at the meet however, a thief is going around pickpocketing money from other people. While the thief is stealing money, he comes across a $100 dollar bill, but gets into a scuffle with Eduardo and loses it. Eduardo winds up finding the bill and decides to give it to Madame Foster. Bloo, who is after a $300 statue, notices the bill and decides to take it for himself, but soon enough, everyone at the meet wants it too, thanks to Mac.
However, as the episode progresses, everyone becomes consumed by greed when they all see something that they each want and sure enough, everyone at Foster's is after Eduardo's $100. Overwhelmed by everyone's demands, a chase for Eduardo's money ensues with everyone vandalizing the meet. The thief too goes after Eduardo's money and as the chase reaches its climax, everyone gets into a massive pile-up. Angered over all the trouble his money has caused, Eduardo throws away the $100. Ultimately, the thief winds up with the money, but when Bloo gets into trouble with the police for trying to take the statue from earlier, the thief gets his karma and loses all of the money he stole, which is sent flying when he lands in a manhole. Later, both Bloo and the thief get arrested for their crimes and the thief breaks the statue by accident, much to Bloo's dismay.
As the episode ends, everyone is overjoyed over their new fortune, but upon seeing how miserable Ed is for what has transpired, the gang does the right thing and uses their money to buy the dollhouse that Ed wanted, with only a penny left over. However, as Eduardo puts his penny away, to everyone's surprise, Eduardo reveals a safe in his room with tons of money, diamonds, and gold bars inside of it.
The ending credits depict Eduardo helping Mr. Herriman out with investment income strategies.
Spoilers end here.
APM Music Identification[]
- Safety Scenery (a) - Bloo gets the dollar.
Trivia[]
- In this episode, Mac, Bloo, Ed and Frankie are the buyers, while Wilt, Herriman and Madame are the sellers.
- The reasons everyone wants Eduardo's $100:
- Eduardo wants it for a dollhouse.
- Bloo wants it for a statue of a mongoose fighting four cobras.
- Mac wants it to re-buy his entire Rocket Wars set that he sold in "One False Movie".
- Wilt wants it for a cup of lemonade. (Eduardo did want to buy it for him since Wilt was too tired from lifting heavy stuff as well as suffering from a heatstroke, but the lemonade stand didn’t accept $100 bills.)
- Mr. Herriman wants to invest it for Eduardo.
- Madame Foster wants Eduardo to spend it on stuff he already owns.
- Frankie wants it for a Zambini, an all-purpose cleaning car/vacuum hybrid.
- Coco wants to eat it.
- Bloo is arrested for the third time in this episode, the first two times being in "My So Called Wife" and "Cheese a Go-Go".
- This is the second episode where Bloo calls someone a rip-off artist; the first was "Store Wars".
- It's a wonder as to why Wilt was the one unloading the bus, whereas that would be a chore that would be more fitting for Eduardo, as there are many clearly very heavy objects being unloaded.
- If one looks closely, two of the objects that pour out of the thief's coat are a pink rubber elephant from the episode "Squeakerboxxx" and Madame Foster's treasure from "Squeeze the Day".
- Mr. and Mrs. Millionaire from "House of Bloo's", Goofball's friends from "Imposter's Home for Um... Make 'Em Up Pals", and Mac's teacher all make cameos at the swap meet.
- When everyone's chasing Eduardo with his money, Mac is seen wearing the same clown wig he wore in "Go Goo Go".
- This is the only season 5 episode, as well as the final episode overall, where Jackie Khones is absent.
Cultural references[]
- During the climactic chase for the $100, there is a cameo appearance of two men carrying a mirror that bear a strong resemblance to Mario and Luigi, the Mario Bros. They even yell in Italian accents when hitting the thief with the mirror.
- The Zambini is a parody of the Zamboni, which is a trademarked name for a machine used to clean ice rinks.
- A Darbie (a parody of Barbie) from the show Dexter's Laboratory appears.
- During the scene of a bunch of tents in the swap meet, there is a wig shaped like the hairstyle of cartoon character Johnny Bravo.
- The statue that Bloo wants is a reference to Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.