Eduardo

**Eduardo** is one of the tritagonists in *Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends,* He speaks with a strong Spanish accent, sometimes even using Spanish words.

## Personality

Despite his menacing appearance, Eduardo is one of the gentlest friends in the entire house. He speaks in third person most of the time. He sometimes speaks in Spanish phrases or words, commonly calling Bloo"Azul". Essentially, it can be considered that he speaks "Spanglish". Despite being a protector friend, he's a total coward; as noted in "House of Bloo's" by Wilt, he wouldn't hurt a fly because, as Eduardo pointed out, he's too scared of them. Despite his fear, when motivated, by either need or fear from an actual threat, he is a powerful protector. However, he takes little to no initiative to protect himself because of his gentleness, despite being able to pummel far larger beings than himself into the ground. He is also jealous of Bloo because he is "cooler", to the point where he "stole his thunder" in "Better Off Ed".

During "Cuckoo for Coco Cards" on Coco's imaginary friend trading cards, Eduardo is classified first as a "big fat baby", then a "chicken," then a "scaredy cat" before being finally upgraded to "crazy idiot" after much trying.

While Eduardo is very timid, he is also immensely strong, as shown when he is motivated by the need to protect his friends from threats, perceived or otherwise. He often shows his strength by accident when suddenly frightened as well. This caused him to be a favorite contender in an imaginary friend fighting contest, as 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). Surprisingly, Eduardo's horns are incredibly strong, capable of withstanding a full-on impact into the Extremosaur cage in "House of Bloo's," and Eduardo often (accidentally) knocks out targets upon running into them, such as a terrified Mr. Herriman in "Who Let The Dogs In?" Eduardo has also nurtured a pink elephant squeaky toy like a baby in "Squeakerboxxx," even going as far to name it Paco. He also has many Beanie Baggies (a Beanie Baby parody).

If there was any food he was to eat, it would be potatoes: He is commonly heard saying, "I like potatoes." In "Who Let The Dogs In?" he is shown to be fond of dogs (particularly puppies) and he eventually adopts a dog, Chewy. 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 his horns to resemble candy canes, and even places mistletoe on one of his horns and kisses everyone in sight. He is also very rich: During the episode "The Buck Swaps Here," Eduardo finds an American dollar worth $100. Later, after it has been used to buy a pink dollhouse for $99.99 American dollars, he saves the last penny in a safe hidden beneath his Beanie Baggies, and it is revealed that he has at least five gold bars and many dollar bills, as well as four or five diamonds, and is a financial genius, making a fortune by investing in children's toys stocks. This mostly includes the metafictional Beanie Baggie franchise of which Eduardo is a huge fan, keeping a massive collection of them in his room. It was also discovered in "The Buck Swaps Here" that he likes girls' dolls.

## Background

In the one-hour movie "Good Wilt Hunting", it was revealed that Eduardo 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 that is presumably in Mexico (which probably contributed to his menacing appearance, despite being, in reality, the most affectionate member of the house). She also needed someone to care for her little brother and who liked doing girl things with her (such as having tea parties). Eduardo also taught Nina how to be brave. She calls him her "adorable little chicken bull" (in Spanish).

It all started in an alley where Nina was being chased by two bullies and her fear brought Eduardo to life, which scared them away. But when these same bullies realized he would be unwilling to protect himself, it fell upon her to protect him. According to her, this was Eduardo's true purpose: to teach her to face her own fears.

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 shook the bus so violently that the crooks gave in within seconds. Nina also still cares for Eduardo, and during her stay, she makes sure Eduardo is nearby, so he can be kept out of trouble. Nina often behaves as a stoic, by-the-book police officer, but she becomes extremely cheerful whenever Eduardo cradles her in his arms.

## Trivia

* Eduardo has been seen naked five times in the series, in "Land of the Flea", "The Big Cheese" (and its different-perspective retelling "The Little Peas"), "Cheese A Go-Go", and partially in "Imposter's Home for Um... Make 'Em Up Pals".
* Eduardo's favorite food is of the potato variety. He even carries around a potato sack, which has been seen in "Bloooo" and "The Sweet Stench of Success".
* Eduardo's stuffed bunny's head gets ripped off by Chewy in "Who Let the Dogs In?" but in later episodes, the toy is in one piece, showing he may have sewn it back together (or possibly got a new one).
* Despite Eduardo having a large mouth, he is always seen eating food in small, human-sized servings and quantities, rather than eating large quantities whole.
* In two episodes - "The Buck Swaps Here" and "Bloo Tube" - Eduardo is dressed like a girl. The first time, it was while in a chase scene with the others that he goes into a costume stall and comes out dressed as Goldilocks or Shirley Temple. The second time, he dresses as Lauren from *Lauren is Explorin'* for an online video.
* In moments of sheer extreme and absolute terror, he reverts to Spanish, which is best exemplified in "Nightmare on Wilson Way" and "Good Wilt Hunting" (while shaking the bus he yells "Banditos esta muerto! Muerto!!").
* Eduardo was featured as a toy in a kid's meal at American Burger King restaurants.
* Eduardo is an assist character in *Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion* and the XL version. He runs around the stage, dealing damage to opponents.
* Eduardo's personality is very similar to Bubbles from *The Powerpuff Girls*, another show created by Craig McCracken. Interestingly, in the game *Punch Time Explosion XL*, Bubble's synergy attack is with Eduardo. He runs around the screen with Bubbles on his head while she is shooting lasers out of her eyes. Another thing Eduardo has in common with Bubbles is they both speak Spanish and are attached to a stuffed animal they own.
* Tom Kenny, his voice actor, also voices SpongeBob SquarePants.
* He owns a purple dragon plush that is similar to Spyro the Dragon. Coincidentally, Spyro the Dragon is also voiced by Tom Kenny.