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Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

The Trouble With Scribbles

Season 1, Episode 5, Aired Aug 27, 2004

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Bloo finds out about a door in the home that everyone is forbidden to open. As he asks around about the door, no one tells him what is inside of it. However, in the middle of the night, Bloo manages to sneak to the door and open it, but will he like what he has found or will his deeds cause untold trouble?moreless

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Tom Kenny

Eduardo
Sean Marquette

Mac
Tom Kane

Mr. Herriman
Keith Ferguson

Blooregard "Bloo" Q. Kazoo
Phil LaMarr

Wilt
Grey DeLisle

Frances "Frankie" Foster/Duchess

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Nice. Very nice. Bloo is awesome!!!

9.4

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By chippu, Jul 12, 2008

This part was well written like i said in my classification. It was just so funny when Bloo saw the door and acted like he didn't wana know what was inside. Then Bloo finds that the Scribbles can do any work one at a time. Bloo is just awesome, and his scribble was awesome too. That guy puts his tung out when Bloo taps his finger. Forsters home is one of the nicest cartoons i have watched in Cartoon Network and this episode will make my word true. All and all the episode was funny with everyone first trying to get rid of the scribbles and the other minute they can't have enough of them.moreless
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Wel it was superb I guess..

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By CartoonManiac5, Jun 08, 2008

The imaginery friends were on the cleaning duty.While "cleaning the air" bloo found a door witch says DO NOT OPEN!He tried to open the door but Frankia and Mr.Herriman stopped him.He tried to force everyone to tell him about the "secret door" but noone wouldnt tell him.He went tottaly crazy over night and he opend the door!From it three floating balls came out.Then a millions of them.When Mac came tommorow said that the balls were imaginery friends and they were created by babies.Mac and Bloo stopped them from trapping scribbles.Soon Mac found out they could be used for help so everyone got lazy in the house.REALLY LAZY!Mr.Herriman and Mac were disapointed and they deciced to put scribbless for adoptioan.The little imaginary friends were adopted very soon.moreless
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Pretty good But not the best in my words.

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By squirrelboyfan, Apr 09, 2007

Bloo finds a door he has never seen before.As soon as Bloo goes to open it.Frankie and Mr.Herriman stop him and warn him.The door had scribbles that are NOT allowed in Fosters when frankie was a little girl.Now bloo goes around asking for secrets.Then at night Bloo opens it and floods the House with Scribbles.
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Pretty good But not the best in my words.

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By squirrelboyfan, Apr 09, 2007

Bloo finds a door he has never seen before.As soon as Bloo goes to open it.Frankie and Mr.Herriman stop him and warn him.The door had scribbles that are NOT allowed in Fosters when frankie was a little girl.Now bloo goes around asking for secrets.Then at night Bloo opens it and floods the House with Scribbles.
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They made you keep watching throughout the episode.

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By MyLipsRSealed, Oct 05, 2006

They had a way to keep you entertatined by not telling you what was the secret of the secret door until righ before the comercial brake. Then they made you wpnder what was going to happen to the Scribbles to keep you entertained. If you ask me it was ok. It wasn't that clever yet it wasn't stupid either. I really don't know. Imaganary friends made by babies? What the...? I really don't know why anyone would adopt a scribble besides the fact that they do 1 thing and beside that ione thing they're useless. Whatever I guess it was alright.moreless
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TRIVIA (7)
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- This is the first episode to show Wilt barefoot.
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- In 1984, when Frankie was younger, Madame Foster looked like her current self. But in the episode "The Big Picture", Madame Foster was a lot taller and chubbier when Frankie was just a little girl.
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- If you look closely, after Frankie opened the secret door in 1984 and she, Mr.Herriman and Madame Foster were floating on top of the scribbles, it is revealed that Frankie had two ponytails, instead of just one, when she was just a little girl.
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- Each Scribble can do only one thing.
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- Scribbles were imagined by babies.
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- Scribbles are imaginary friends that are skilled at doing chores and other similar things.
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- Almost all of the episode, Mr. Herriman's monocle is on his right eye. But at the end when Bloo and the scribble are blowing raspberries, it's on his left.
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QUOTES (20)
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- Bloo: That's the story of the secret of the secret door?!
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- Bloo: So, they wanna be secretive about the secret, secretive door, do they?
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- Mac: (To Bloo) Do you like< making everybody's life miserable?! Bloo: Well..... (Thinks for a moment) Mac: Bloo!
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- Mac: It was my idea. Bloo: Well, I inspired it with my - Mac: (Interrupts) Selfishness!! Bloo: Selflessness.
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- (Mr. Herriman tells Bloo the consequences of opening the secret door) Mr. Herriman: The ultimate price does not refer to a certain amount of currency, Master Blooregard.
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- (Mac tries to defend the scribbles; compares them to Clumsy) Mr. Herriman: Clumsy's clumsiness, or lack thereof, has no forbearance on the matter.
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- (Describing the scribbles) Mr. Herriman: They are bothersome, mindless, and annoying!
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- Mac: Bloo, spraying air freshener isn't cleaning. Bloo: Yes, it is. Cleaning the air and freshening!
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- Woman: My scribble scrubs screens! Boy: My scribble scrubs scooters! Man: My scrubble scribs -- my scrib scrubbles... (Sigh) Mine does stuff, too.
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- (Mac is running down the hallways freeing scribbles) Mac: FREEDOM! FREEDOM! SCRIBBLE LIBERTY!
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- Mac: The scribbles are friends, not servants! Bloo: Uh-huh! That's what the "s" in "scribbles" stands for. Mac: The "s" in "scribbles" stands for "scribbles"! This is so stupid! Bloo: Maybe the "s" stands for "stupid."
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- Mr. Herriman: It was the autumn of 1984... (Flashback shows Foster's for a little bit, then Scribbles start flowing out the windows. You see Mr. Herriman, a little Frankie, and Madame Foster amongst all the scribbles) Frankie: Sowwy, Mr. Herriman. (Flashback ends) Frankie: I said I was sowwy. Mr. Herriman: "Sowwy" doesn't make up for the fact that we had to reside in the unicorn stables for forty-six days! (Madame Foster walks past) Madame Foster: It was like camping!
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- Bloo: Hey guys, guess what I've found. Wilt: What? Bloo: A secret door! Wilt: Uhhh, we don't know anything about the secret door. Eduardo: Yes, we do. Wilt: No, we don't. Eduardo: Yes, we do. Wilt: Uhh, sorry, love to help but... Eduardo's calling. Eduardo: No, I'm not, I'm right here. Wilt: Not you, the OTHER Eduardo.
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- Bloo: Secret door, secret door, secret door. Wilt: Sorry bud, I told you, we don't know anything about the secret door. Eduardo: Yes, we do. Wilt: Eduardo!
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- Frankie: Please be the toilet scrubber. Scribble: PFFFFFT! Bloo: YES! PFFFFFFT! Scribble: PFFFFFFFFFFFFT!
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- Mac: Everybody's just laying around, not doing anything! Bloo: What's the point in doing anything? Doing stuff is so two hours ago. Get with the times, man!
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- Mr. Herriman: "Stay away," meaning do not approach the vicinity of. "Do not enter," meaning stay out, which should not arise if you saw "stay away."
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- Bloo: That a boy, Mac! Down with tyranny! Up with.. (Short pause)... non-tyranny!
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- Bloo: (Singing and dancing) Mac's in trouble! Mac's in trouble! You are in trouble! Mac: You know, you're in trouble too. (Slight pause) Bloo: I'm always in trouble.
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- Mac: You don't even have toenails! Bloo: And whose fault is that?
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- Animation Studio: Cartoon Network Studios.
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- Kids' WB! airdate: July 23, 2005.
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- Title Card Sound: Scribble squeaks.
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- Credits: Mac and Bloo sitting on the bed, bored.
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- The video game seen in this episode is the Imagination Works title Velocity Dodgeball.
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- Imaginary Friend Debuts: Scribbles, Handy, Clumsy, and Creaky Pete.
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- Listen Closely: The music that Bloo was listening to was a dance remix of the Foster's theme song.
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- Running Gags: 1) Mr. Herriman saying Bloo was wrong, but taking his money. 2) Bloo snapping and his scribble blowing a raspberry. 3) Mac and someone getting into an argument saying they came up with the idea.
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- Bloo: (Petting a scribble) Everything is going to be OK. Seeing how Craig McCracken loves video games, this could be a reference to the Sonic the Hedgehog game series. When Tails pets a Chao, he ensures to the Chao that "everything will be OK."
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- Mr. Herriman: In the cold autumn of 1984...
  Mr. Herriman flashes back to when Frankie opened the secret door in 1984, referring to the book 1984 by George Orwell.
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- Episode Title: The Trouble With Scribbles The title is a play on a popular episode of the original Star Trek series, "The Trouble With Tribbles." Tribbles are purring balls of fur that seem harmless, but do nothing but eat and multiply.
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