Also: "If you're an authority figure (Harrymen, Frankie) and easily gaslit against people you know not to start trouble (Wilt, Eduardo) then you're just as much as the problem"
@@orangeslash1667 Im sure it was supposed to be kinda light hearted like "ohh new guy causing trouble" kinda deal but i think the biggest issue is he didn't get any kind of consequences. If he had gotten any kind of redemption stopped his antics or got yelled at and kicked out or readopted or something anything it would have been better but no he gets off scott free....
@@artsyscrub3226 The episode was supposed to originally be 22 minutes long with a better explained ending that explains why Bendy was framing every imaginary friend, and that he would have gotten his comeuppance once Frankie and Mr. Herriman found out what he was really doing. However, for unknown reasons, the writers were forced by Cartoon Network to shorten it to 13 to 14 minutes long, which resulted in forming the major plot holes and the rushed ending.
@@orangeslash1667 Even if this plot went through though frankie not being suspicious that the normally well behaved foster friends were suddenly acting up is really out of character for her, MR herman yeah he'd belive they were doing something wrong but frankie? She knows the foster friends well enough to know whos actually a trouble maker and who isn't its really weird of her to side with a new friend that JUST showed up
Lauren Faust, the creator of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, wrote this episode and regretted it so much that she actually openly apologized for writing the episode. Look it up, I'm not kidding. Sometimes writers can hate their own work, and this was one of those instances
@TheOfficialIDKChannel I was talking to daniapfel. As you can see she made a statement about being glad that cartoon creator was pressured into being obligated to apologize to the most stupid and entitled brats of the 2010s that think they were owed an apology cause they didn't like her villain.
Here's a theory; the boy's parents are controlling, and he represses some of his needs, which manifested into Bendy, if the writers went that route character probably wouldn't have been hated, and given some commentary about emotional abuse.
I feel like thats what the plot was going to be, but for whatever reason, no one thought of stopping the whole "Bendy keeps doing stuff until Bloo gets back at him" shtick and maybe doing something where the friends try to discuss things with Bendy.
To be honest, it was probably their intention, but they then realized who their audience was. I don’t know if I can speak for everyone but personally I don’t know if my younger self would even be able to comprehend the explanation even if it’s put out in the open plus it’s kind of a heavy topic for a children’s show. It seems like they kind of went the low-key route for it. My brief time working with kids, I could definitely see some of the kids were acting out just for attention. I’m glad that CZcams put this in my recommended. It’s kind of cool to look back retroactively at these kind of shows and get the adult perspective, as surface level as some of these cartoons can be some of the little things they lace in can be pretty thought out. Definitely put Bendy in a new light, I kind of feel sad for him.
If it was just Bloo, people would have probably been okay with this episode. It was the fact that Eduardo and Will, two of the nicest characters, were also being framed and yet Harriman and Frankie just took Bendy's word for it. Someone pointed out that when Bendy broke the vase, the gang didn't even know him. When Bloo said it was Bendy and Will vouched for it, that should have been the end of Bendy because Will wouldn't lie on a guy he doesn't even know. Heck, it pains him to lie period. You could buy that the two believed Bendy was framed by his kid, so probably felt sorry for him, but they chose to still doubt the longest and nicest resident there? That and how this episode could have ended if Bloo just let Bendy get caught naturally instead of getting involved.
@@okjeffy6581 I enjoyed him too especially as he does face consequences (with a few exceptions) for his actions. Not to mention, it's easy to tell he faced early flanderization. Early episodes, Bloo was crazy but he wasn't malicious. He was more a prankster than anything. It just seemed as though the show fell into the trap of prankster = butthole.
Not believing Bloo is understandable, and Coco is so chaotic, it's hard to get a read on her, but not believing Eduardo or Wilt made no sense. Eduardo and Wilt were always so nice, and Wilt wouldn't have it in him in the slightest to do that kind of stuff.
I feel like Bendy wouldn't be as hated if they had made it a Boy who cried Wolf situation. Where Bloo lies and claims he didn't do anything and then Bendy comes in and keeps framing him and no one believes him because Bloo lies. Like don't have him framing trustworthy friends like Wilt and Ed, just Bloo.
@@BananaTheNinja I think that would of made the episode more tolerable, since it would of made much more sense for Bendy to target Bloo because of his tendency to lie so much. Going after some of the other friends if we’re gonna be realistic here, wouldn’t make much sense because Harriman or Frankie would most likely trust them a lot more to not purposely do stuff that would be harmful to anyone. It could of been a back and forth between the two until one of them (Bendy in this case) decides to push it to far, causing all of his lies to come tumbling down around him and being held accountable for acting like a little shit and finally gets to deal with the consequences of his actions. (Bloo would as well but probably not to that extreme of a degree, depending on the severity of his side of the blame game.) (The episode is just really poorly written and has some of the cast out of character, I will never understand the writing choices that were made nor will I forgive them for grossly mishandling both Frankie and Harriman’s character.)
Then again wilt did do a few screw ups, like the episode when the whole house went out to the beach and left bloo and mac at foster. They came home pissed at Wilt bc he displaced a fuck ton of jellyfish, but then again, he didn't mean to do it.
Wilt is one of the nicest imaginary friends In the entire series. Someone Frankie's known for years and out of everyone they should believe it's not him?!. Wilt would never Lie.
I feel like it'd be a lot better if Bloo and Bendy just had some kinda prank war that got more intense/ out of hand (like maybe to the point some of the imaginary friends were getting hurt) and everyone believed it was Bloo the entire time. Or he and Bendy become friends until Bendy goes overboard, but everyone in the house thinks Bloo is the one to have influenced him
I think Bendy’s manifestation may have been due to the kid’s nature. Just a brainfruit theory, but I think a lot of “good kids” like to imagine what would happen if they could just go wild and do as they pleased. In lieu of that, having someone that can carry out those thoughts lets you live through them, in a way.
A Jekyll and Hyde type of situation. One is bound by morality and reason, and the other is completely untethered by any sort of restrictions and acts purely on desire and impulse.
@@BananaTheNinja I was just gonna say that- Mac is such a mild-mannered kid, and Bloo seems to be Terrence Jr. Meanwhile Terrence tries to come up with his own imaginary friend and comes up with a powerhouse whose a literal softie
Apparently it was supposed to be a two-part episode with bendy getting in trouble at the end, but it got cut and we just had the one episode of him being a menace.
They should've put the part 2 right away after that episode like one of those shows where they are 10 to 10 mins long each making it up for 20+ mins long. And how about they given a test drive with very few audience members to see what they have to say before releasing it getting feedback on it. So many questions and what "should have done" ideas and theories on why this Bendy guy was created. But now the people who was behind it including the creator called this show not canon. I mean Bloo isn't a good guy himself either, really want to know why they went from Bloo being a nice guy in the pilot to a complete jerk throughout the series. I mean this isnt the first time a Protag or something similar in CN, like My Gym Partner is a Monkey named Jake comes to mind. Fosters Home would have a special place in my heart but it couldve been a great way for it to be rebooted for a bette opportunity
@@ashmander3465 I don't think so, no. They were planning on making the episode, but I think it was a budget or time restraint, so I think they just scrapped part two entirely.
@@RandomlyQuestionsThings My guess is that shows getting put on air/syndication don't have a test audience system as movies do (they have producers and executives look over the episodes, but looking over episodes probably isn't the same since tv shows run on different scheduling than movies). It's probably how a lot of episodes in shows have some weird things that pass under the radar (like Carl getting "pregnant" with an alien in Jimmy Neutron).
@@Scarshadow666 You're correct, they have to go through the censors department but thats about it, if they deem it child appropriate (if its a children's show) then they put it on air and there's no constancy with that, i remember alex the creator of gravity falls would get away with horrifying gore but disney threw a fit about "there once was a guy from Kentucky" bc the poem it was based off of was obscene but alex only put that line in and its not how the poem starts and he even finished the poem in a child friendly way, but disney still threw a fit so he changed it to "dude" Meanwhile when dorito man shows up he full on rips a deer's teeth out and they had no issues with it The only test audience they have is to pitch the show and on occasion shows will take a test group and test out new ideas with the audience but its very rare
I remember once reading a fan fiction where someone made an alternate ending of sorts for this episode. The ending was where Bendy gets caught like intended, Frankie and Mr. Harriman realize that they made a mistake when punishing Eduardo, Wilt, Bloo and Coco for his actions and plan on making up their mistake, Bloo accidentally reveals that he was the one who made the mess while getting Bendy caught, in which he and Bendy have to do cleaning duty and repair the damages. While doing so, Bendy apologizes to Bloo and they start to develop a sort of friendship
@@yastrip_tizer it’s called “Fosters: What if everyone knows it’s Bendy”. Here is a link for the fanfic: www.fanfiction.net/s/10626505/1/Foster-s-What-If-Everyone-Knows-it-s-Bendy
@@OKC_THUNDER_NUMBER1 I haven't read a lot of fanfiction in years. This was a fic that I've read when I was like 16 or so. And even if people still read fanfiction, what gives you the right to judge?
@@shayziekaizie I’m not judging, I’m genuinely curious. My sister reads fanfic but she says she always feels guilty after it. Stop assuming shit so you can get mad over nothing
I think the kids parents were probably strict with him. I mean he probably created bendy because this is someone who'd be able to do everything he ever thought of doing. The thing is that he made this wild child version of himself that's able to do all the things he couldn't in life, and while its enjoyable for a bit. The kid just lost total control of Bendy. Or, the kid really did blame Bendy for the things that were happening, and it's more of an if you really think I'm that bad I might as well become the person you think I am. If I can't be good despite how much I wished for it I might as well embrace being bad.
I’m now convinced, that any person that grew up loving Foster’s Home for Imagery Friends, probably just skips this episode entirely when binging the series.
@@garrettviewegh9028 The wildest thing to me is it takes A LOT of time and effort to make a single episode of a cartoon, and at no point someone said "wow this sucks".
Exactly what I thought. Bendy is the manifestation of the child's bad actions blamed onto an imaginary friend. We aren't exactly told in the show how imaginary friends come into existence. But I'd imagine it's probably from a strong need for a child to rely on someone
@demireapers1013 We actually are shown how Imaginary friends are made by Ma's older brother. We see him think traits of a imaginary friend he wants and concentrates on him and Red, a giant red block with arms appears.
Anyone felt that because of his evil nature, Bendy was really a poltergeist disguised as an imaginary friend that caused nothing but trouble. I thought of it because of those stories of kids having imaginary friends, only to turn out to be evil spirits
This was one retcon I wholeheartedly approved of when I first learned about it. Yeah, Bloo is always gonna be suspect, but Bendy also targeted his friends. Overall, the false accusations this episode had made me mad even as a kid.
My theory was marital problems the kids parents were fighting so often it became the norm so when they finally started to heal and reconnect he created the imaginary friend to sabotage the relationship bringing back the chaos he knew to be home and so when the parents found out they kinda just ditched the poor dude and well we know what happened from there
I think the one problem with this is why would any kid want to return to chaos or feel at home with chaos. No kid likes having parents with martial issues.
@@SocraticMayhemcould be that feeling that some people say soldiers experience when they're use to combat, they can't live in peace. Or Stockholm syndrome could be another close example
@@SocraticMayhemi agree, if anything the story sounds better if the kid came up with him while acting out for attention during his parents divorce, and now that they're back together and things are better he doesnt act out as much and leaves bendy behind
I think Bendy is just the Foster's Home equivalent of real life kids who try to get out of trouble by blaming it on their imaginary friends. Since imaginary friends are real in the Foster's universe, that means there is actually a creature breaking rules and leaving others to take the blame. A creative concept, just poorly executed.
Yeah that's what I thought, he created Bendy as a scapegoat and as a result, Bendy was made to constantly misbehave so anything the kid does gets automatically blamed on him. This might also explain Bendy's behavior in the episode himself, as now that he's in a new environment with people who don't know about, he's finally free to not only escape blame, but to blame other people, which probably feels really good for him to finally be able to do what he's been subjected to for his whole existence. This actually makes him a pretty tragic character when you think about it, but we'll never know for sure.
I theorized that Bendy's kid created him to push him out of his comfort zone and be more confident to do things he was too afraid to do, but Bendy ended up becoming too confident and started causing trouble. He only adopted his "play-the-victim" act when his kid finally ratted him out. Again, just a theory.
Actually this made me have beef with Franky. It’s not that Bendy would frame people, it’s that she didn’t believe the friends she’s known for years, over some doe-eyed schmuck she just met. I was so disappointed in her, you’d think she would’ve had more than one braincell to figure it out. I understand not believing Bloo, cause he’s always causing problems, but she just tossed aside Ed, wilt, and coco and everyone else.
I have a couple theories for this: 1) The immature caretaker theory: I think it more demonstrates Franky's point of maturity. It almost reads like a younger sibling getting the older sibling in trouble because they know mother will protect youngest/newest no questions ask. Inexperienced care takers or mothers may not stop and calmly examine the situation. They may let their emotions lead their perception and action which can result in unfair action in that interaction. Because of their immaturity in their emotional control, this emotion may carry and grow as more interactions happen resulting in the legendary double down on a bad action. The benefit of the doubt goes strongly on a new comer, but the way Franky straight up rejected everything was so immature. Theory 2: She is copying Harryman. Ultimately Fosters is a job for Franky and she wants to enforce the status quo. If Harryman doesn't see an issue then the action is correct. Not the strongest theory lol.
God I remember this episode. I think it only aired like two or three times but I was shocked that Wilt was blamed and Edwardo, the two sweetest characters who rarely get in any trouble at all
Long Comment: My theory is that the kid and Bendy were actually a more extreme version of Mac and Bloo. Mac is a responsible kid who, if not for Bloo, would struggle to find time for fun and the shenanigans that comes with growing up. Mac just has the confidence to oppose blue and even peace out if Bloo is being too stupid. This kid is quiet and seemingly shy, and Bendy is very much like Bloo in the sense that he's destructive, selfish, rude, and a prankster. Bendy could have been imagined to help him in the same ways Mac imagined Bloo. However, because he lacks confidence, Bendy can't be kept in check and is probably easily guilt tripped into doing whatever Bendy wants to do, no matter how bad it is. Even in design they're in extreme contrast. Mack has round edges, but his shape language is a square, which is a sturdy and confident shape. Bloo is friend shaped and is meant to communicate that with his color choice too. Bendy's design is more willowy and even though he has a rounded design, the sharp scribbles, pointy hair, eyebrows, and fingers communicate a more untrustworthy appearance. Yellow is close to the opposite color of blue (orange) and is a much harsher color to look at. Bendy's creator is much more round than Mac, and with design choices like a white shirt to wash him out and messy hair, he communicates a softer, less sturdy or confident shape language and color pallet.
It's possible the Bendy's kid in question was constantly bullied but was rarely believed when he told the truth so he thought up bendy, someone who could get revenge on his bullies for him but bendy got too out of control for the kid.
My canon is that it was all a fever dream and Bendy never really existed Bloo was just having a nightmare about what would happen if someone worse than him came along
The craziest thing about that episode is, Bloo has outsmarted Mac every year when it comes to pranking him. Yet Bloo didn’t think to hide a recorder anywhere which he could use to record incrementing evidence against Bendy?
Bloo is more of a fight fire w/ fire kinda guy. So since bendy took what he does to 11 bloo took it to 100 ie: setting up the whole trap at the end of the episode
I honestly only hated him for the fact that I knew what people like him could get away with. My brother would do stuff like that all the time, as well as other people I knew, usually not even on purpose but because I was always the scapegoat they just went with it. Once literally everyone knew he did it and when they tried to get him to confess by having him deliver the punishment (usually standing in the corner this time being spanked with the long dust pan handle) instead of confessing he hit me three times across the back. Back! Not bum, hard and then he still didn’t even get in any trouble after as I stood crying and being comforted for being punished for something I didn’t do. So yeah I can understand where everyone including bloo was coming from. And it only gets worse the longer they get away with it. It goes from doing bad stuff and getting away with it to doing bad stuff just to see you punished for it.
Just remember, jason todd was so hated originally that they held a poll on what to do with him and he was voted to be killed off because he was so hated
Bendy feels like the classic "imaginary friend that kid blames for everything". Like, imagine a kid who gets caught with his hand in the proverbial cookie jar. Not wanting to get into trouble, what does he say: "Bendy did it".
The thing is that Bloo usually has no problem declaring that he did things. And Wilt, Ed, and Coco are all innocent figures most of the time...after a family gave him up too? How did they not get this 😅
You know, I think I realized the reason Frankie and Harriman believed Bendy over everyone else without hesitation: You know how most freinds have some sort of ability? Coco's item eggs, that super hero friend, the pilot Extremeasaurs' bomb segment tentacles? What if Bendy's ability is to make people believe he's incapable of doing anything to cause trouble? The boy's parents overcame it through evidence, and that's why they were able to drop him off at Fosters, but when they tried to warn the staff at Fosters, the ability activated, and Harriman and Frankie *couldn't* believe that Bendy was the problem? Edit: Theory on how Bendy was imagined. The kid wanted a "partner in crime", who would be able to get both him and the kid out of trouble. Eventually, either Bendy started to prank the kid, or threw the kid under the bus, or the parents just got a camera to catch the troublemaker and got evidence. That's why the kid looks like he knows he's in trouble too.
I considered that possibility, as well. Perhaps Bendy just has an ability to strongly manipulate people, though the episode could have done a better job of showing it.
I can't help but feel like Bendy's whole creation was to get us to sympathize with Bloo who had (and still HAS to be fair) the reputation among the fanbase of of being a jerk.
The fact that a child has dropped him off is a metaphor for a child's coping mechanism for wanting attention from his parents, even mischievous acts because they are easily answered.
Ever since I was a kid, plots about obviously evil characters framing the heroes for crimes and then playing innocent while the other characters instantly believe them for no discernible reason have _always_ wreaked absolute hell with my anxiety. Probably because I was one of those kids who always got punished for fighting back against bullies while they got away scot-free. My childhood sucked enough, I didn't need it reflected back at me by my cartoons 😕
I assure you, you weren't alone. I faced the same exact thing throughout my schooling. They always say they "have a zero tolerance for bullying," but when you stand up to a bully, you get punished for it. It's a catch-22, and in my opinion, should not be an issue, but here we are.
Yeah it's clear they generally wrote those characters as a warning for kids to not become like that, but it's quite grating when you've already learned that lesson because you already deal with people like that.
@@TrenchcoatNinja3 I actually remember the time when the "zero tolerance for bullying" policies were implemented. I remember immediately not trusting them- not being able to articulate why, but knowing in my gut something was wrong about it. And looking back, all it did was take kids that were just generally rude and mean-spirited and turned them into manipulative monsters that could gain the power to inflict constant suffering with impunity. I guess it's true that even bullying is more easily handled when it's straightforward, honest, and you're not punished for fighting back.
I can't remember the episode but i do have a few theories of why bendy was manifested judging from the brief glimpse of the kids mannerisms and body language and bendy's personality: 1) the kid was seeking attention from his parents that were too busy with work but he did not want to get into trouble so bendy was created to fullfil that desire. 2) the kid got too much attention and was feeling smothered and anxious and created bendy from his desire for attention to be pulled away from him. 3) he has siblings that are always getting him into trouble when he hasn't done anything wrong and he wanted them to feel how he feels. 4) he has very strict and controlling parents and seeks to rebel but can't because of conditioning by the parents.
My theory: As someone with their own baggage about their family, this kid honestly just gives me the vibes of a child with a troubled home life. Someone emotionally and potentially verbally abused into being quiet. Maybe the parents are going through a rough divorce, maybe one or both of the parents are non-physically taking their frustrations out on this kid, maybe he’s just not getting a whole lot of attention from his parents and has limited time to spend with friends. Whatever the case, things aren’t okay, and the kid likely doesn’t have much in the way of friends to mitigate that problem. This no doubt leads to an imaginary friend, and that friend is Bendy. Kids tend to act out when they’re not getting attention, since it’s way harder to ignore when someone pushes a vase off a shelf. If you can’t get even an upward glance from busy parents, you can definitely get one from doing something you shouldn’t. But if you’re too timid to actually do anything because you’re too scared to get yelled at, that can definitely make it harder to want to break things just to get someone to look at you. Enter Bendy, a nasty little miscreant who can not only hang out with you, but also frame you to make sure you get noticed, as well as take the blame for your own actual screw-ups. His entire purpose seems to go beyond just ruining everyone’s day, it feels like getting a wish granted by a genie. You want someone to hang out with? Done, but he broke one of your toys, whoops. You want your parents to notice you? You got it, and now they’re yelling. You want someone else to take the blame? You got it, and now you get to lose the one friend you had in the house. Also, worth noting, almost every single Imaginary Friend has clear and obvious superpowers. Wilt is incredible at basketball despite having only one arm and a wonky eye, Coco lays eggs with items inside, even Eduardo’s fleas had the power to form cities in his hair and talk to the gentle giant they lived on. There’s precedent for laser beams, flight, all kinds of stuff. I think Bendy’s power is to make people believe he’s innocent until explicitly proven guilty. This not only made it possible for him to be caught when the kid who made him was tired of getting framed, but it also still allowed Bendy to charm people just long enough to get the chance to do more of his own evil schemes. Clearly the charm stops working if proof of his crimes is provided, and over time it no doubt wears off and starts getting old, but I can absolutely see it being a subtler kind of power that Bendy possesses. I could be projecting with the kid that made him, but that’s always been my take on the whole thing.
My guess is that the kid who imagined Bendy kept getting in trouble, and wanted someone to blame everything on so he wouldn’t have to take responsibility. Bendy would have to be someone who would go out of his way to frame innocent kids for doing bad things for no reason at all. His terrible behavior would be the reason he exists.
Fun fact, this wasn't Bendy's only appearance in the franchise. There was a Foster's edutainment game on the Leapster LMax with a whole minigame in it that involved moving around various rooms in a maze and chasing Bendy.
I think the kid was a troublemaker, and whenever people would call the kid out, he'd be like "It wasn't me! It was Bendy!" and he did it so many times that Bendy came into existence. And the reason why the kid feels so bad when Bendy is kicked out is because the kid knows that it all started with himself.
Scrappy Doo was so universally hated that the last time he appeared in any Scooby-Doo media was the original live action movie that had him be the villain, and has quite literally never appeared as a character in any form of Scooby-Doo since then. The TV Tropes site has a term for "universally hated character" and *it's called "The Scrappy"*
My older brother was just like him growing up. Not in the framing people for shit way, just the lying and crying wolf/playing victim when things go wrong involving him.
bender was probably created with the feelings of him wanting his parents to give him more attention so he had bendy reach out and cause the parents to forcibly favorite their son out of the two and it forced his parents to pay attention to them. that’s the only thing besides the kids being a menace that i think would’ve lead to bendy s creation
In Franky and Herriman’s defense, the way the kid’s parents told the story did make it seem like the kid was the troublemaker and just blamed it on Bendy, so they were more inclined to take his side, but they were definitely pushing it when he started doing things at the house. If it was just Bloo, I’d get why they wouldn’t believe him, but they really should’ve known Wilt and Eduardo better than to think they would just start causing trouble all of a sudden and blame someone else
I can see why he was imagined you ever hear about kids sayings "it wasn't me it was [insert imaginary friend's name]" and so he became that friend who actually does that it probably started out to cover up 1 or 2 lies but he started to believe his lies and created bendy.
I think that kid had serious problems. He was a good kid who got blamed for something by adults in his life, or got held to a standard too high for a kid to handle. So he thought up a friend who would do all the mean things he'd never dare to do. Watching the chaos by proxy made him satisfied. But was too much trouble for his parents and they tore away the only friend who understood him instead of trying to understand.
@@lag_man8229 yes but when Blue finally gave it to him, Cheese was like “🤤🤤” and it was all spilling out of his mouth, so Mac gave him apple juice or something instead
If I remember correctly (it's been years since I've seen this episode, for obvious reasons) the family at the beginning dropped off Bendy because the parents believed the KID was causing trouble at their place, and thought he was just blaming Bendy. So, because the kid "wasn't responsible enough to handle an imaginary friend" they dropped off Bendy at Foster's... where people started accusing Bendy. It's already bad that Wilt and Edwardo weren't trusted, but nobody flipped the script to figure out that the kid at the start was innocent as well!
Kinda late response but ig u misremembered. The parents made their kid dump bendy at foster’s bc they said he was a troublemaker and didn’t want him in their house anymore. When frankie raised the possibility their kid was blaming stuff he did on bendy, the parents were offended by the idea and left. The kid’s guilty look hints Frankie was right (and that’s possibly why bendy acted how he did, doing the same stuff his creator did to him) but it's never outright confirmed
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The worst part is that Franky and Mr Harriman didn't believe Wilt.
WILT!!! The nicest dude ever.
WILT! The same guy who say sorry for EVERYTHING! Even things he has no part in.
And the most truthful too!!
wilt is my favorite
Wilt is the most honest and loyal friend everyone needs
And one of the oldest residents of the house. So even after all that time, they doubted him?
This episode was “how gaslighting makes you unlikable”
Also: "If you're an authority figure (Harrymen, Frankie) and easily gaslit against people you know not to start trouble (Wilt, Eduardo) then you're just as much as the problem"
@@tuckernutter Lauren Faust said that she deeply regrets writing the Benny episode.
@@orangeslash1667
Im sure it was supposed to be kinda light hearted like "ohh new guy causing trouble" kinda deal but i think the biggest issue is he didn't get any kind of consequences. If he had gotten any kind of redemption stopped his antics or got yelled at and kicked out or readopted or something anything it would have been better but no he gets off scott free....
@@artsyscrub3226 The episode was supposed to originally be 22 minutes long with a better explained ending that explains why Bendy was framing every imaginary friend, and that he would have gotten his comeuppance once Frankie and Mr. Herriman found out what he was really doing. However, for unknown reasons, the writers were forced by Cartoon Network to shorten it to 13 to 14 minutes long, which resulted in forming the major plot holes and the rushed ending.
@@orangeslash1667
Even if this plot went through though frankie not being suspicious that the normally well behaved foster friends were suddenly acting up is really out of character for her, MR herman yeah he'd belive they were doing something wrong but frankie? She knows the foster friends well enough to know whos actually a trouble maker and who isn't its really weird of her to side with a new friend that JUST showed up
Lauren Faust, the creator of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, wrote this episode and regretted it so much that she actually openly apologized for writing the episode. Look it up, I'm not kidding. Sometimes writers can hate their own work, and this was one of those instances
Yeah glad she acknowleged it
But why did she write it in the first place?
@@daniapfel2825 but yo, wtf you gotta sound like you'd leave her tf alone if she wrote bart Simpson or Eric Cartman though ..... 🤨
@@WillianyAmill Okay so you’re sayin she is a asshole or what ?! She was her first starts okay !!!
@TheOfficialIDKChannel I was talking to daniapfel. As you can see she made a statement about being glad that cartoon creator was pressured into being obligated to apologize to the most stupid and entitled brats of the 2010s that think they were owed an apology cause they didn't like her villain.
Here's a theory; the boy's parents are controlling, and he represses some of his needs, which manifested into Bendy, if the writers went that route character probably wouldn't have been hated, and given some commentary about emotional abuse.
That would have been better than this.
That would be better
I feel like thats what the plot was going to be, but for whatever reason, no one thought of stopping the whole "Bendy keeps doing stuff until Bloo gets back at him" shtick and maybe doing something where the friends try to discuss things with Bendy.
To be honest, it was probably their intention, but they then realized who their audience was. I don’t know if I can speak for everyone but personally I don’t know if my younger self would even be able to comprehend the explanation even if it’s put out in the open plus it’s kind of a heavy topic for a children’s show. It seems like they kind of went the low-key route for it. My brief time working with kids, I could definitely see some of the kids were acting out just for attention. I’m glad that CZcams put this in my recommended. It’s kind of cool to look back retroactively at these kind of shows and get the adult perspective, as surface level as some of these cartoons can be some of the little things they lace in can be pretty thought out. Definitely put Bendy in a new light, I kind of feel sad for him.
Exactly
I’m gonna be honest, I feel like people forget this is Bloo. He’s always up to bullshit, why WOULDNT they suspect he did it
Lol exactly
If it was just Bloo, people would have probably been okay with this episode. It was the fact that Eduardo and Will, two of the nicest characters, were also being framed and yet Harriman and Frankie just took Bendy's word for it. Someone pointed out that when Bendy broke the vase, the gang didn't even know him. When Bloo said it was Bendy and Will vouched for it, that should have been the end of Bendy because Will wouldn't lie on a guy he doesn't even know. Heck, it pains him to lie period. You could buy that the two believed Bendy was framed by his kid, so probably felt sorry for him, but they chose to still doubt the longest and nicest resident there?
That and how this episode could have ended if Bloo just let Bendy get caught naturally instead of getting involved.
That's thing, I recently saw Faster Home again and I had immediately remembered how much Bloo was a POS even to Mac.
I still like Bloo cause he’s hilarious.
@@okjeffy6581 I enjoyed him too especially as he does face consequences (with a few exceptions) for his actions. Not to mention, it's easy to tell he faced early flanderization. Early episodes, Bloo was crazy but he wasn't malicious. He was more a prankster than anything. It just seemed as though the show fell into the trap of prankster = butthole.
Not believing Bloo is understandable, and Coco is so chaotic, it's hard to get a read on her, but not believing Eduardo or Wilt made no sense. Eduardo and Wilt were always so nice, and Wilt wouldn't have it in him in the slightest to do that kind of stuff.
I feel like Bendy wouldn't be as hated if they had made it a Boy who cried Wolf situation. Where Bloo lies and claims he didn't do anything and then Bendy comes in and keeps framing him and no one believes him because Bloo lies. Like don't have him framing trustworthy friends like Wilt and Ed, just Bloo.
Maybe Bendy's mind control powers were going to be revealed in part 2.
@@BananaTheNinja I think that would of made the episode more tolerable, since it would of made much more sense for Bendy to target Bloo because of his tendency to lie so much. Going after some of the other friends if we’re gonna be realistic here, wouldn’t make much sense because Harriman or Frankie would most likely trust them a lot more to not purposely do stuff that would be harmful to anyone.
It could of been a back and forth between the two until one of them (Bendy in this case) decides to push it to far, causing all of his lies to come tumbling down around him and being held accountable for acting like a little shit and finally gets to deal with the consequences of his actions. (Bloo would as well but probably not to that extreme of a degree, depending on the severity of his side of the blame game.)
(The episode is just really poorly written and has some of the cast out of character, I will never understand the writing choices that were made nor will I forgive them for grossly mishandling both Frankie and Harriman’s character.)
Then again wilt did do a few screw ups, like the episode when the whole house went out to the beach and left bloo and mac at foster. They came home pissed at Wilt bc he displaced a fuck ton of jellyfish, but then again, he didn't mean to do it.
Bad writing
Wilt is one of the nicest imaginary friends In the entire series. Someone Frankie's known for years and out of everyone they should believe it's not him?!.
Wilt would never Lie.
the guy who cant say no for shit or the new friend you only known for 2 mins yup lets trust the newguy over a friend you known for years
I feel like it'd be a lot better if Bloo and Bendy just had some kinda prank war that got more intense/ out of hand (like maybe to the point some of the imaginary friends were getting hurt) and everyone believed it was Bloo the entire time. Or he and Bendy become friends until Bendy goes overboard, but everyone in the house thinks Bloo is the one to have influenced him
Now that's an interesting idea
I think Bendy’s manifestation may have been due to the kid’s nature. Just a brainfruit theory, but I think a lot of “good kids” like to imagine what would happen if they could just go wild and do as they pleased. In lieu of that, having someone that can carry out those thoughts lets you live through them, in a way.
I mean take Mac, he's a super good kid and then he has Bloo who is kinda a dick.
A Mr. Hyde to his Jekyll basically.
A Jekyll and Hyde type of situation. One is bound by morality and reason, and the other is completely untethered by any sort of restrictions and acts purely on desire and impulse.
@@BananaTheNinja I was just gonna say that- Mac is such a mild-mannered kid, and Bloo seems to be Terrence Jr. Meanwhile Terrence tries to come up with his own imaginary friend and comes up with a powerhouse whose a literal softie
Shadow complex
Apparently it was supposed to be a two-part episode with bendy getting in trouble at the end, but it got cut and we just had the one episode of him being a menace.
They should've put the part 2 right away after that episode like one of those shows where they are 10 to 10 mins long each making it up for 20+ mins long. And how about they given a test drive with very few audience members to see what they have to say before releasing it getting feedback on it. So many questions and what "should have done" ideas and theories on why this Bendy guy was created. But now the people who was behind it including the creator called this show not canon. I mean Bloo isn't a good guy himself either, really want to know why they went from Bloo being a nice guy in the pilot to a complete jerk throughout the series. I mean this isnt the first time a Protag or something similar in CN, like My Gym Partner is a Monkey named Jake comes to mind. Fosters Home would have a special place in my heart but it couldve been a great way for it to be rebooted for a bette opportunity
Does part 2 exist anywhere?
@@ashmander3465 I don't think so, no. They were planning on making the episode, but I think it was a budget or time restraint, so I think they just scrapped part two entirely.
@@RandomlyQuestionsThings
My guess is that shows getting put on air/syndication don't have a test audience system as movies do (they have producers and executives look over the episodes, but looking over episodes probably isn't the same since tv shows run on different scheduling than movies).
It's probably how a lot of episodes in shows have some weird things that pass under the radar (like Carl getting "pregnant" with an alien in Jimmy Neutron).
@@Scarshadow666
You're correct, they have to go through the censors department but thats about it, if they deem it child appropriate (if its a children's show) then they put it on air and there's no constancy with that, i remember alex the creator of gravity falls would get away with horrifying gore but disney threw a fit about "there once was a guy from Kentucky" bc the poem it was based off of was obscene but alex only put that line in and its not how the poem starts and he even finished the poem in a child friendly way, but disney still threw a fit so he changed it to "dude"
Meanwhile when dorito man shows up he full on rips a deer's teeth out and they had no issues with it
The only test audience they have is to pitch the show and on occasion shows will take a test group and test out new ideas with the audience but its very rare
I remember once reading a fan fiction where someone made an alternate ending of sorts for this episode. The ending was where Bendy gets caught like intended, Frankie and Mr. Harriman realize that they made a mistake when punishing Eduardo, Wilt, Bloo and Coco for his actions and plan on making up their mistake, Bloo accidentally reveals that he was the one who made the mess while getting Bendy caught, in which he and Bendy have to do cleaning duty and repair the damages.
While doing so, Bendy apologizes to Bloo and they start to develop a sort of friendship
Can you tell me the name of the fan fiction, please?
@@yastrip_tizer it’s called “Fosters: What if everyone knows it’s Bendy”.
Here is a link for the fanfic: www.fanfiction.net/s/10626505/1/Foster-s-What-If-Everyone-Knows-it-s-Bendy
Do y’all actually read fanfic and not feel shame
@@OKC_THUNDER_NUMBER1 I haven't read a lot of fanfiction in years. This was a fic that I've read when I was like 16 or so. And even if people still read fanfiction, what gives you the right to judge?
@@shayziekaizie I’m not judging, I’m genuinely curious. My sister reads fanfic but she says she always feels guilty after it. Stop assuming shit so you can get mad over nothing
I think the kids parents were probably strict with him. I mean he probably created bendy because this is someone who'd be able to do everything he ever thought of doing. The thing is that he made this wild child version of himself that's able to do all the things he couldn't in life, and while its enjoyable for a bit. The kid just lost total control of Bendy.
Or, the kid really did blame Bendy for the things that were happening, and it's more of an if you really think I'm that bad I might as well become the person you think I am. If I can't be good despite how much I wished for it I might as well embrace being bad.
Bendy was so bad that the creator apologized to the audience and make this episode not canon.
I’m now convinced, that any person that grew up loving Foster’s Home for Imagery Friends, probably just skips this episode entirely when binging the series.
@@garrettviewegh9028 The wildest thing to me is it takes A LOT of time and effort to make a single episode of a cartoon, and at no point someone said "wow this sucks".
@@thenerdbeast7375I think it was supposed to be a two parter but that got scrapped so we only got the one.
We need that second part in order for this episode to be canon
@@solisprime2669Why would this be a two parter especially for such an early episode of the show?
He's the imaginary friend that a child always blames his bad actions on. The kid just did it too well and made him ACTUALLY do bad things
Exactly what I thought. Bendy is the manifestation of the child's bad actions blamed onto an imaginary friend. We aren't exactly told in the show how imaginary friends come into existence. But I'd imagine it's probably from a strong need for a child to rely on someone
@demireapers1013 We actually are shown how Imaginary friends are made by Ma's older brother. We see him think traits of a imaginary friend he wants and concentrates on him and Red, a giant red block with arms appears.
@@Frankly_Amazing2000 to be fair, the dude struggled to make that imaginary friend 😆
@@Girl-Supersonicboy True, but I think k he was trying to hard, and then we see him do it easily without even intending to
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Anyone felt that because of his evil nature, Bendy was really a poltergeist disguised as an imaginary friend that caused nothing but trouble. I thought of it because of those stories of kids having imaginary friends, only to turn out to be evil spirits
This was one retcon I wholeheartedly approved of when I first learned about it. Yeah, Bloo is always gonna be suspect, but Bendy also targeted his friends. Overall, the false accusations this episode had made me mad even as a kid.
My theory was marital problems the kids parents were fighting so often it became the norm so when they finally started to heal and reconnect he created the imaginary friend to sabotage the relationship bringing back the chaos he knew to be home and so when the parents found out they kinda just ditched the poor dude and well we know what happened from there
This makes the most sense
I think the one problem with this is why would any kid want to return to chaos or feel at home with chaos. No kid likes having parents with martial issues.
@@SocraticMayhemcould be that feeling that some people say soldiers experience when they're use to combat, they can't live in peace. Or Stockholm syndrome could be another close example
@@SocraticMayhemi agree, if anything the story sounds better if the kid came up with him while acting out for attention during his parents divorce, and now that they're back together and things are better he doesnt act out as much and leaves bendy behind
@@oystersaucee_ Lauren Faust said that she deeply regrets writing the Benny episode.
I think Bendy is just the Foster's Home equivalent of real life kids who try to get out of trouble by blaming it on their imaginary friends. Since imaginary friends are real in the Foster's universe, that means there is actually a creature breaking rules and leaving others to take the blame. A creative concept, just poorly executed.
you know, i never actually made this realization myself before
That was my thought as well. Kids have been making up imaginary friends for ages. It's only natural that they tend to use them as scapegoats
this is what i always thought!! didn't know how to explain it tysm
Good lord the unholy abomination that Manny Heffley would spawn with his shenanigans. Dude would be the antichrist
Yeah that's what I thought, he created Bendy as a scapegoat and as a result, Bendy was made to constantly misbehave so anything the kid does gets automatically blamed on him. This might also explain Bendy's behavior in the episode himself, as now that he's in a new environment with people who don't know about, he's finally free to not only escape blame, but to blame other people, which probably feels really good for him to finally be able to do what he's been subjected to for his whole existence.
This actually makes him a pretty tragic character when you think about it, but we'll never know for sure.
When your character has the showrunners make a public apology, you know they effed up something fierce.
I theorized that Bendy's kid created him to push him out of his comfort zone and be more confident to do things he was too afraid to do, but Bendy ended up becoming too confident and started causing trouble. He only adopted his "play-the-victim" act when his kid finally ratted him out. Again, just a theory.
The one imaginary friend that got taken around back
Madam Foster herself pulled the trigger.
She had the spas 12 ready just for such a occasion
😂noooo
Bro 😂
Actually this made me have beef with Franky. It’s not that Bendy would frame people, it’s that she didn’t believe the friends she’s known for years, over some doe-eyed schmuck she just met. I was so disappointed in her, you’d think she would’ve had more than one braincell to figure it out. I understand not believing Bloo, cause he’s always causing problems, but she just tossed aside Ed, wilt, and coco and everyone else.
Spot on. As the saying goes “1 is a coincidence but 2 is a pattern”. Especially with Ed, that should’ve set off some kind of alarm bells in her head
With it being the only time that's happened it's a writing issue more than the character imo
@@aff77141yeah it's easily a writing issue. The moment she didn't trust wilt, a guy who literally can't say no, they'd screwed up.
That’s probably one of the reasons why they made the episode no longer canon.
I have a couple theories for this:
1) The immature caretaker theory: I think it more demonstrates Franky's point of maturity. It almost reads like a younger sibling getting the older sibling in trouble because they know mother will protect youngest/newest no questions ask.
Inexperienced care takers or mothers may not stop and calmly examine the situation. They may let their emotions lead their perception and action which can result in unfair action in that interaction.
Because of their immaturity in their emotional control, this emotion may carry and grow as more interactions happen resulting in the legendary double down on a bad action.
The benefit of the doubt goes strongly on a new comer, but the way Franky straight up rejected everything was so immature.
Theory 2: She is copying Harryman. Ultimately Fosters is a job for Franky and she wants to enforce the status quo. If Harryman doesn't see an issue then the action is correct.
Not the strongest theory lol.
I won't lie, that quick cut to Frankie in the dress gave me flashbacks
God I remember this episode. I think it only aired like two or three times but I was shocked that Wilt was blamed and Edwardo, the two sweetest characters who rarely get in any trouble at all
That definitely unlocked a memory for me. I couldn't stand that mf
Bro I felt a rage I didn’t even remember having before actually remembering this character.
yoooo same, as a kid i wanted to kick his ass 😭
Even at 8 I hated his ass. Absolutely refused to watch that episode again.
I somewhat remembered this, but after seeing some of the clips I definitely remember that little shit... that episode was so bad.
Long Comment:
My theory is that the kid and Bendy were actually a more extreme version of Mac and Bloo. Mac is a responsible kid who, if not for Bloo, would struggle to find time for fun and the shenanigans that comes with growing up. Mac just has the confidence to oppose blue and even peace out if Bloo is being too stupid.
This kid is quiet and seemingly shy, and Bendy is very much like Bloo in the sense that he's destructive, selfish, rude, and a prankster. Bendy could have been imagined to help him in the same ways Mac imagined Bloo. However, because he lacks confidence, Bendy can't be kept in check and is probably easily guilt tripped into doing whatever Bendy wants to do, no matter how bad it is.
Even in design they're in extreme contrast. Mack has round edges, but his shape language is a square, which is a sturdy and confident shape. Bloo is friend shaped and is meant to communicate that with his color choice too. Bendy's design is more willowy and even though he has a rounded design, the sharp scribbles, pointy hair, eyebrows, and fingers communicate a more untrustworthy appearance. Yellow is close to the opposite color of blue (orange) and is a much harsher color to look at. Bendy's creator is much more round than Mac, and with design choices like a white shirt to wash him out and messy hair, he communicates a softer, less sturdy or confident shape language and color pallet.
This is the breakdown/deep dive theory I came to the comments to read. All of this. YES.
great essay
It's possible the Bendy's kid in question was constantly bullied but was rarely believed when he told the truth so he thought up bendy, someone who could get revenge on his bullies for him but bendy got too out of control for the kid.
This is the kind of fan theory I like to see in a comments section. Sensible and concise.
This was a feast for my eyes and brain
I actually remember watching this episode as a kid and feeling my tiny little body be filled with rage. Lmao
I genuinely thought it was the horror Bendy you were talking about for a second.
My canon is that it was all a fever dream and Bendy never really existed Bloo was just having a nightmare about what would happen if someone worse than him came along
The craziest thing about that episode is, Bloo has outsmarted Mac every year when it comes to pranking him. Yet Bloo didn’t think to hide a recorder anywhere which he could use to record incrementing evidence against Bendy?
Bloo is more of a fight fire w/ fire kinda guy. So since bendy took what he does to 11 bloo took it to 100 ie: setting up the whole trap at the end of the episode
See, Garrett, if that episode went the way you described it might not have been such a bad story
@@stardustkevin7322 but he's not that brainless either
The real worst character was the good characters who ate right out of Bendy’s hand
I honestly only hated him for the fact that I knew what people like him could get away with. My brother would do stuff like that all the time, as well as other people I knew, usually not even on purpose but because I was always the scapegoat they just went with it. Once literally everyone knew he did it and when they tried to get him to confess by having him deliver the punishment (usually standing in the corner this time being spanked with the long dust pan handle) instead of confessing he hit me three times across the back. Back! Not bum, hard and then he still didn’t even get in any trouble after as I stood crying and being comforted for being punished for something I didn’t do. So yeah I can understand where everyone including bloo was coming from. And it only gets worse the longer they get away with it. It goes from doing bad stuff and getting away with it to doing bad stuff just to see you punished for it.
Bendy the type of guy to wake up early so he had more time to be a hater
Just remember, jason todd was so hated originally that they held a poll on what to do with him and he was voted to be killed off because he was so hated
At least ever since Arkham Knight came out. Jason redeemed himself and now so many DC fans love him cause of how badass he is now
@@ded3307No, ever since Under the Red Hood
Bendy feels like the classic "imaginary friend that kid blames for everything". Like, imagine a kid who gets caught with his hand in the proverbial cookie jar. Not wanting to get into trouble, what does he say: "Bendy did it".
The thing is that Bloo usually has no problem declaring that he did things. And Wilt, Ed, and Coco are all innocent figures most of the time...after a family gave him up too? How did they not get this 😅
You know, I think I realized the reason Frankie and Harriman believed Bendy over everyone else without hesitation: You know how most freinds have some sort of ability? Coco's item eggs, that super hero friend, the pilot Extremeasaurs' bomb segment tentacles? What if Bendy's ability is to make people believe he's incapable of doing anything to cause trouble? The boy's parents overcame it through evidence, and that's why they were able to drop him off at Fosters, but when they tried to warn the staff at Fosters, the ability activated, and Harriman and Frankie *couldn't* believe that Bendy was the problem?
Edit: Theory on how Bendy was imagined. The kid wanted a "partner in crime", who would be able to get both him and the kid out of trouble. Eventually, either Bendy started to prank the kid, or threw the kid under the bus, or the parents just got a camera to catch the troublemaker and got evidence. That's why the kid looks like he knows he's in trouble too.
I like to think that too. It makes him more interesting
@@bilumi And more importantly, it makes Frankie and Harriman seem less like morons.
So essentially a very high charisma stat
Dude maxed out his charisma stats
I considered that possibility, as well. Perhaps Bendy just has an ability to strongly manipulate people, though the episode could have done a better job of showing it.
Years later Bendy's cruel grin still makes my blood boil.
he looks like a south park character
@@robingoodfellow1484💀
I can't help but feel like Bendy's whole creation was to get us to sympathize with Bloo who had (and still HAS to be fair) the reputation among the fanbase of of being a jerk.
The fact that a child has dropped him off is a metaphor for a child's coping mechanism for wanting attention from his parents, even mischievous acts because they are easily answered.
Ever since I was a kid, plots about obviously evil characters framing the heroes for crimes and then playing innocent while the other characters instantly believe them for no discernible reason have _always_ wreaked absolute hell with my anxiety. Probably because I was one of those kids who always got punished for fighting back against bullies while they got away scot-free. My childhood sucked enough, I didn't need it reflected back at me by my cartoons 😕
It makes my blood boil, too. Bendy was almost as bad as Megan from."Drake and Josh".
I assure you, you weren't alone. I faced the same exact thing throughout my schooling. They always say they "have a zero tolerance for bullying," but when you stand up to a bully, you get punished for it. It's a catch-22, and in my opinion, should not be an issue, but here we are.
Yeah it's clear they generally wrote those characters as a warning for kids to not become like that, but it's quite grating when you've already learned that lesson because you already deal with people like that.
@@TrenchcoatNinja3 I actually remember the time when the "zero tolerance for bullying" policies were implemented. I remember immediately not trusting them- not being able to articulate why, but knowing in my gut something was wrong about it. And looking back, all it did was take kids that were just generally rude and mean-spirited and turned them into manipulative monsters that could gain the power to inflict constant suffering with impunity. I guess it's true that even bullying is more easily handled when it's straightforward, honest, and you're not punished for fighting back.
I feel totally the same with you, those types of episodes always drived me crazy and now seeing it again it makes sense I was having anxiety as hell.
It's sad that this is literally the only episode of Foster's that I distinctively remember watching. Impossible to forget a complete asshole
Weird. The one I remember most distinctly is the shopping mall one because of that ANNOYING bloo and cactus "BLELUBLELUBLELU" sound
the episode where bloo won't stop hiccuping haunts me occasionally.
I can't remember the episode but i do have a few theories of why bendy was manifested judging from the brief glimpse of the kids mannerisms and body language and bendy's personality:
1) the kid was seeking attention from his parents that were too busy with work but he did not want to get into trouble so bendy was created to fullfil that desire.
2) the kid got too much attention and was feeling smothered and anxious and created bendy from his desire for attention to be pulled away from him.
3) he has siblings that are always getting him into trouble when he hasn't done anything wrong and he wanted them to feel how he feels.
4) he has very strict and controlling parents and seeks to rebel but can't because of conditioning by the parents.
My theory:
As someone with their own baggage about their family, this kid honestly just gives me the vibes of a child with a troubled home life. Someone emotionally and potentially verbally abused into being quiet. Maybe the parents are going through a rough divorce, maybe one or both of the parents are non-physically taking their frustrations out on this kid, maybe he’s just not getting a whole lot of attention from his parents and has limited time to spend with friends. Whatever the case, things aren’t okay, and the kid likely doesn’t have much in the way of friends to mitigate that problem.
This no doubt leads to an imaginary friend, and that friend is Bendy. Kids tend to act out when they’re not getting attention, since it’s way harder to ignore when someone pushes a vase off a shelf. If you can’t get even an upward glance from busy parents, you can definitely get one from doing something you shouldn’t. But if you’re too timid to actually do anything because you’re too scared to get yelled at, that can definitely make it harder to want to break things just to get someone to look at you.
Enter Bendy, a nasty little miscreant who can not only hang out with you, but also frame you to make sure you get noticed, as well as take the blame for your own actual screw-ups. His entire purpose seems to go beyond just ruining everyone’s day, it feels like getting a wish granted by a genie. You want someone to hang out with? Done, but he broke one of your toys, whoops. You want your parents to notice you? You got it, and now they’re yelling. You want someone else to take the blame? You got it, and now you get to lose the one friend you had in the house.
Also, worth noting, almost every single Imaginary Friend has clear and obvious superpowers. Wilt is incredible at basketball despite having only one arm and a wonky eye, Coco lays eggs with items inside, even Eduardo’s fleas had the power to form cities in his hair and talk to the gentle giant they lived on. There’s precedent for laser beams, flight, all kinds of stuff. I think Bendy’s power is to make people believe he’s innocent until explicitly proven guilty. This not only made it possible for him to be caught when the kid who made him was tired of getting framed, but it also still allowed Bendy to charm people just long enough to get the chance to do more of his own evil schemes. Clearly the charm stops working if proof of his crimes is provided, and over time it no doubt wears off and starts getting old, but I can absolutely see it being a subtler kind of power that Bendy possesses.
I could be projecting with the kid that made him, but that’s always been my take on the whole thing.
My guess is that the kid who imagined Bendy kept getting in trouble, and wanted someone to blame everything on so he wouldn’t have to take responsibility. Bendy would have to be someone who would go out of his way to frame innocent kids for doing bad things for no reason at all. His terrible behavior would be the reason he exists.
Fun fact, this wasn't Bendy's only appearance in the franchise. There was a Foster's edutainment game on the Leapster LMax with a whole minigame in it that involved moving around various rooms in a maze and chasing Bendy.
And also he appeared in 2008 ds game foster home for imaginary friends imaginary invaders.
and skinning him alive hope?
chasing bendy to beat his ass
The only reason everyone hated him so much is he got away with it all. Some catharsis would have been great.
Bendy looks like woodstocks distant cousin
He looks like if Woodstock from the Peanuts had a drinking problem and just got out of rehab
I think the kid was a troublemaker, and whenever people would call the kid out, he'd be like "It wasn't me! It was Bendy!" and he did it so many times that Bendy came into existence. And the reason why the kid feels so bad when Bendy is kicked out is because the kid knows that it all started with himself.
Scrappy Doo was so universally hated that the last time he appeared in any Scooby-Doo media was the original live action movie that had him be the villain, and has quite literally never appeared as a character in any form of Scooby-Doo since then. The TV Tropes site has a term for "universally hated character" and *it's called "The Scrappy"*
My older brother was just like him growing up. Not in the framing people for shit way, just the lying and crying wolf/playing victim when things go wrong involving him.
"He just exists to make everybody's lives worse."
I thought that was Duchess' job...
Bro couldn’t get any enemies so he made his own
My brain just screamed "Yeah. But Bendy took a cookie!!!"
I remember changing my TV to Nickelodeon or Disney Channel whenever that episode came on 😂
Everyone knows it's bendy as an episode actually got pulled from syndication didn't re-air for a very long time as a result of the backlash.
That explains why I only saw it I think one time. That or my brain blocked out any other times I might have seen this.
Probably came about from the same trope of “kid blames everything he does on imaginary friend” only in this case it’s really the imaginary friend.
this is what I was thinking too
No one wants to talk about how perfectly the voiceover synced with Randall at the start
bender was probably created with the feelings of him wanting his parents to give him more attention so he had bendy reach out and cause the parents to forcibly favorite their son out of the two and it forced his parents to pay attention to them. that’s the only thing besides the kids being a menace that i think would’ve lead to bendy s creation
Now I can't stop imagining the ink demon at fosters lmao
Bro Bendy and Stinkmeaner would be BHFF's *Best Hating Friends Forever*
What's his name NIKKA!!!!!
Love how the captions make no sense without the audio making the captions practically useless! :D
In Franky and Herriman’s defense, the way the kid’s parents told the story did make it seem like the kid was the troublemaker and just blamed it on Bendy, so they were more inclined to take his side, but they were definitely pushing it when he started doing things at the house. If it was just Bloo, I’d get why they wouldn’t believe him, but they really should’ve known Wilt and Eduardo better than to think they would just start causing trouble all of a sudden and blame someone else
Fun fact: In the DS game Imagination Invaders, Bendy’s actually well known as a trouble maker in the house and his lie doesn’t trick Frankie.
“He literally just exists to make other people’s lives worse”
…my toxic ex ☠️
I remember watching this episode when I was little and experiencing pure frustration for the very first time
Happened to Scrappy to a degree too. Only to a degree BC WB brought him back and referenced him… to relentlessly use as a punching bag
I can see why he was imagined you ever hear about kids sayings "it wasn't me it was [insert imaginary friend's name]" and so he became that friend who actually does that it probably started out to cover up 1 or 2 lies but he started to believe his lies and created bendy.
Bro, be slurping on that Haterade 24/7/365 days a year
It was lil bros intrusive thoughts
Bendy looks like a hecked up Dr Seuss character.
does reverse flash finally have competition.
"How bad can i possibly be? Let's see."
*blames everything to someone else*
Bro knew EXACTLY what he was doing by putting in that clip of black dress Frankie😩
Bendy looks like a Dr Seuss character
Cailou : am I a joke to you?
Caillou is for sure up there
At least they softened him when they switched to flash animation.
I don't get the hate for Cailou I mean he can be a bit of a whiney cringe muffin but other than that he doesn't seem that bad.
@Cacowninja He pinched a baby. I'm a mom, and you have no idea how much I wanted to chancla 🩴🔥 his evil little butt! Brought out the instincts. 🐾🐻
@@myang12003 Finally someone says it
I would love to see bendy grow as a character and actually become a better person
For the first clue video, his voice match so well with the character talking
Holy shit... you brought a grudge back from my childhood.
I think that kid had serious problems. He was a good kid who got blamed for something by adults in his life, or got held to a standard too high for a kid to handle.
So he thought up a friend who would do all the mean things he'd never dare to do. Watching the chaos by proxy made him satisfied.
But was too much trouble for his parents and they tore away the only friend who understood him instead of trying to understand.
He kinda looks like (I forgot his name) the guy who really likes chocolate milk
Cheese. And he’s actually allergic.
@@jordangeib1070 I know that, but he really liked chocolate milk or something in that category
@@lag_man8229I remember that episode 💀💀💀
The funny thing is that Cheese (the guy you're talking about) was also really hated by a lot of people 💀
@@lag_man8229 yes but when Blue finally gave it to him, Cheese was like “🤤🤤” and it was all spilling out of his mouth, so Mac gave him apple juice or something instead
my guy was so hated that Atheon came after him
His little hair thingy actually goes down when he's sad, just like the crest of birds like cockatiels and cockatoos
If I remember correctly (it's been years since I've seen this episode, for obvious reasons) the family at the beginning dropped off Bendy because the parents believed the KID was causing trouble at their place, and thought he was just blaming Bendy. So, because the kid "wasn't responsible enough to handle an imaginary friend" they dropped off Bendy at Foster's... where people started accusing Bendy.
It's already bad that Wilt and Edwardo weren't trusted, but nobody flipped the script to figure out that the kid at the start was innocent as well!
Kinda late response but ig u misremembered. The parents made their kid dump bendy at foster’s bc they said he was a troublemaker and didn’t want him in their house anymore. When frankie raised the possibility their kid was blaming stuff he did on bendy, the parents were offended by the idea and left. The kid’s guilty look hints Frankie was right (and that’s possibly why bendy acted how he did, doing the same stuff his creator did to him) but it's never outright confirmed
I think the kid was neglected that’s why he created bendy
He’s the same color as real Bendy 😦
Bro looks like he was made like a Dr Seuss character to show how much of a menace he is. (Grinch vibes)
Honestly I worry that kid who imagined up bendy has some inner demons waiting to be let loose. Bendy essentially being how he wishes he could be.
Franky kinda fine ngl
15 years too late bro
Aye that'd be true
We bout to get Franky in the bedroom~ ❤
@@tubeguy4066 Lauren Faust said that she deeply regrets writing the Benny episode.
@@orangeslash1667 Someone should be.
As an Ink Bendy fan, you gave me a heart attack with that image of Bendy.
I miss this show, this was one of my favorites growing up
Why does bendy lowkey look like an emo Woodstock
That kid's got some trauma
Omg I hated the ending it made me so pissed off. U unlocked a memory I forgot I had
The Bendy episode gave me ulcers as a kid, I was so stressed
I thought that episodes’s twist when i first saw it was that Bendy was somehow two characters.
That would've been a fun twist
You didn’t have to do Elekid dirty like that by comparing him to bendy 💀
so long gay bowser
Memory just unlocked that's wild
I remember that episode and the part of who laughs last between him and bloo 😂