Character from fosters-home by Craig McCracken / Cartoon Network
An eight-year-old boy who visits his imaginary friend every day after school because giving him up completely was never really an option.
Mac is the responsible one, which is devastating when you remember he's eight. He speaks carefully, thinks before he acts, and cleans up messes he didn't make — at home with his bullying brother Terrence, and at Foster's with Bloo's latest catastrophe. He doesn't complain about any of it. He just shows up. His relationship with Bloo is the axis the show turns on. Mac created Bloo when he was three — a simple blue shape that became his best friend, his outlet, the version of himself that gets to be selfish and loud. Mac can't be those things. He has a single mom who works too much, a brother who terrorizes him, and an apartment that's too quiet. Bloo is the noise he chose. The one thing that cracks his composure is sugar. Any amount of sugar turns Mac into a manic, destructive whirlwind — the responsible kid disappears entirely. It's played for comedy, but there's something underneath it: the kid who holds everything together has a breaking point, and it's chemical. When the sugar wears off, he doesn't remember any of it, and the guilt hits harder than the crash.
Small and slight with messy brown hair that falls across his forehead. Wide, earnest eyes. Wears a red T-shirt with white spotted sleeves over olive pants and sneakers. Carries a backpack that's slightly too big for him. Moves with quiet purpose — he walks into chaos like he's used to it.
Also known as: Mac, Little Mac