Eduardo (Foster's)

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Eduardo
Eduardo
First appearance	House of Bloo's
Information
Nickname(s)	Ed
Species	Imaginary Friend
Gender	Male
Age	Probably Around his 20s
Family	Nina Valerosa(creator)(mother) Nina's little brother(Uncle)
Portrayed by	Tom Kenny
Created by	Nina Valerosa

Eduardo is a fictional character in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, voiced by Tom Kenny.

[edit] Appearance

Eduardo is a seven-foot tall (to his horns), 542-pound monster-like "protector friend" and is one of the gentlest friends in the entire house, despite his menacing appearance. He resembles a mixture of a minotaur and beasts from Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are, with his purple fur, horns, fangs and skull-shaped belt buckle and commonly speaks Spanish, which means he often calls Bloo "Azul", or sometimes speaks Spanish phrases or words. Essentially, it can be considered that he speaks 'Spanglish'. Despite being a protector friend, he's something of a coward, as noted in "House Of Bloo's" by Wilt that he wouldn't hurt a fly, because, as Eduardo pointed out, he's too scared of them. During "Cuckoo for Coco Cards," on Coco's imaginary friend trading cards, Eduardo is classified first as "a big fat baby" (offending Big Baby) then a "chicken" (offending a chicken), then a "scaredy cat" (of which the Big Baby got the last laugh) before being finally upgraded to "crazy idiot" after much trying. He has shown great strength when he is frightened too much, often involuntarily but effectively injuring whoever or whatever is scaring him. This caused him to be a favorite contender in an imaginary friend fighting contest (he would get scared and then end up inadvertently defeating his opponents). It has also been implied that he can be quite intimidating when he is angered (usually when his friends are under what he perceives to be a threat). He also nurtured a pink elephant squeak toy like a baby in "Squeakerboxxx," even going as far to name it Paco. He also has many Beanie Baggies (a Beanie Baby parody).

[edit] History

Eduardo and his creator, Nina Valeroso, when she was young. Nina is on Eduardo and the character on the right is Nina's brother.

If there was any food he was to eat, it would be potatoes. During "Who Let The Dogs In?", he is shown to be fond of dogs (particularly puppies) and he also owns a dog, Chewy (or "Chuy", a Hispanic nickname usually given to children named Jesus). He allegedly has the brain of a three-year old, best demonstrated in "Bye-Bye Nerdy" when Bloo asked him which way is up, to which he responds "I don't know." In "One False Movie", we learn that one of his favorite TV shows is "Lauren is Explorin'", an obvious spoof of "Dora The Explorer". He also loves Christmas, as seen in "A Lost Claus", where he puts a Christmas wreath on his skull belt buckle, sleigh bells on his tail, paints has horns to resemble candy canes, and even places mistletoe on one of his horns and kisses everyone in sight.

In the movie "Good Wilt Hunting", it was discovered that he was created by a young girl named Nina Valerosa, who grew up to be a police officer. She created Eduardo to scare off all the bullies in her dangerous neighborhood. She also needed someone to care for her little brother. Eduardo also taught Nina how to be brave. She calls him her "adorable chicken" (in Spanish).

Eduardo still cares for Nina and is fiercely protective of her, when she was questioning a trio of crooks about Wilt's location and they refused to talk, all she had to do was pretend she was in danger and Eduardo almost tore the Foster's bus apart to help her.

[edit] Trivia

• In the Latin American dub of the series, Eduardo speaks with an exaggerated American accent.
• Eduardo has been seen naked three times so far in the series in "Land of the Flea", "The Big Chesse", and partially in "Imposter's Home for Um... Make-Em-Up Pals".

[edit] External Links

• Conceptual character design drawings for Eduardo