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List of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episodes

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Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an American animated television series created by Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. The series follows Mac, an eight-year-old boy who is pressured by his mother to abandon his imaginary friend, Bloo. Bloo subsequently moves into an orphanage for imaginary friends, where he is allowed to remain on the condition that Mac visits him daily. Episodes focus on the everyday adventures and predicaments involving Mac, Bloo, and the home's other residents.

The series premiered on August 13, 2004, with the 90-minute pilot episode "House of Bloo's", and concluded on May 3, 2009, with "Goodbye to Bloo". It ran for six seasons, each consisting of 13 episodes. A series of animated shorts also aired between 2006 and 2007.

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Note: All episodes were directed by series creator Craig McCracken, with the only co-direction of Rob Renzetti in "Destination: Imagination".

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