Adoptcalypse Now (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)

"Adoptcalypse Now"
This episode is an apocalypse alright.
Series: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Part of Season: 1 Episode Number: 11 (overall) 106 (production order) Air Date: October 15, 2004 Director: Craig McCracken Previous episode: Who Let the Dogs In? (airing order) Dinner is Swerved (production order) Next episode: Blooo (airing order) Store Wars (production order)

"Adoptcalypse Now" is an episode from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, it is the 11th/penultimate episode of season 1 and is overall the 11th episode of the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends series.

Summary

It is Adopt-A-Thought Saturday, an event that focuses on getting good friends adopted on the weekends when children are out of school. Mac and Bloo find out what Adopt-A-Thought Saturday is about after their good friend Jokey gets adopted. Not wanting to lose any more friends, they spend the day forcing everyone back into the house so that they will not be adopted.

Why This Episode Is an Apocalypse

1. The main problem with this episode is that Mac acts overwhelmingly out-of-character (which is bad since Mac is suppose to be smart), after Jokey gets taken by a family, he acts like Jokey's coming back, even tho the day is Adopt-A-Thought Saturday, and even prier to that scene, Mr. Herriman was explaining to Mac about it.
2. After realizing what Adopt-A-Thought Saturday, Mac freaks out, runs by everybody, heads back into Fosters and tells Bloo what happened, which is also out-of-character for him as Mac's suppose to be mature.
3. Bloo is incredible unlikable as he gets Mac to "help" him keep the Foster Friends in the house.
4. Throughout the whole episode, Mac and Bloo are taken the Imaginary Friends and putting them all in the house, which comes across as mean-spirited and selfish as basically, no one is getting to adopt an Imaginary Friend for his or her kid.
   1. While it is understandable for Mac to act like that as he does deeply care for the Foster Friends, its just comes across as selfish even for him.
5. The infamous scene were Mac hides behind Wilt, Bloo pushes Wilt and then both he and Mac tie up Wilt and lock him up in the closet, this part in particular is incredible painful to watch, especially since this happens to a kind-hearted character like Wilt.
6. Eduardo is also out-of-character in this episode, as he thinks that Mr. Herriman and Frankie are "being mean" to him when their trying to calm him down.
7. The scene were the kids chase Bloo, Mr. Herriman and Frankie chase the kids and Eduardo chase Mr. Herriman and Frankie comes across as filler.
8. Somewhat cruel ending where after Mr. Herriman and Frankie find out the Foster Friends have not been adopted after they burst out out places in Fosters that have been hidden my both Mac and Bloo, on the next Adopt-A-Thought Saturday, both they and even Wilt tie up Mac and Bloo in the closet, while its true that Mac and Bloo deserve it, it comes across as very harsh as now Mac and Bloo won't see the Friends that have been taking.

Redeeming Qualities

1. Frankie and Wilt are likable characters, and even Mr. Herriman is tolerable unlike later episodes in the Foster series.
2. There are some funny moments, such as Madame Foster's "Poker Friend" scene.
3. The animation and voice acting are still good.

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