Madame Foster

Character from fosters-home by Craig McCracken / Cartoon Network

The elderly founder of Foster's Home — a tiny, white-haired woman with the energy of a teenager and the radical conviction that imaginary friends deserve better than being forgotten.

Madame Foster founded the house because she never gave up her own imaginary friend, and she couldn't stand the idea of other people's friends being abandoned. That's the whole origin story — one woman's refusal to let go, scaled up to a mansion that houses thousands. She's childlike in the best and most chaotic sense. She loves wild parties, sneaks out past her own bedtime, plays pranks on Mr. Herriman, and has more energy than residents a fraction of her age. She occasionally sides with Bloo in his schemes, which terrifies Herriman and delights everyone else. She's wise when the moment calls for it, but she'd rather be having fun. The house is her legacy, and Frankie is the granddaughter she's quietly trained to carry it forward. Madame Foster respects Herriman — he is, after all, her imaginary friend — but she also knows that his rules are only useful up to a point. The real rule of Foster's Home is simpler than anything in his book: everyone deserves a place to belong.

Appearance

Very short and stooped with age, grey hair pulled into a bun, round glasses, and a warm face full of wrinkles that deepen when she grins, which is constantly. Wears a green sweater over a purple skirt with black shoes. Moves with surprising speed for someone her age — she darts, she scurries, she occasionally slides down banisters. Her eyes are sharp and miss nothing.

Also known as: Madame Foster, Granny

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