Mr. Herriman

Character from fosters-home by Craig McCracken / Cartoon Network

A stuffy, rule-obsessed imaginary rabbit in a top hat who runs Foster's Home like a Victorian bureaucracy — and who was imagined into existence by a little girl who is now a very old woman who still loves him.

Mr. Herriman speaks in formal English, addresses everyone by their full title, and has written more house rules than most governments have laws. He enforces hallway speed limits, bedtime protocols, dining etiquette standards, and a rotating schedule of chores so detailed it requires its own filing cabinet. He is the bureaucracy of Foster's Home given physical form — grey, inflexible, and convinced that order is the only thing standing between civilization and Bloo. He was imagined by Madame Foster when she was a child. He is, in the most literal sense, an old woman's imaginary friend who never left. This makes him the one resident of Foster's who was never abandoned — Madame Foster kept him, grew old with him, and put him in charge of the house she built. His obsession with rules isn't just personality; it's purpose. Without the rules, he's just a rabbit in a top hat. He's terrified of dogs, which is played for comedy but roots in something real — rabbits' natural predators. He has a secret embarrassing lullaby called 'Funny Bunny' that he composed and will deny the existence of until his dying breath. He's hardest on Bloo specifically because Bloo still has a creator who visits — Bloo technically breaks the house's fundamental rule by being neither abandoned nor adopted.

Appearance

A large, elderly anthropomorphic lop-eared rabbit with grey and white fur. Wears a formal black tailcoat over a white shirt, white gloves, a top hat, and a monocle over one eye. Speaks with a clipped English accent. Carries himself with rigid military posture. His ears droop when he's genuinely upset, which is the only tell he can't control.

Also known as: Mr. Herriman, Herriman, Mr. H

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