"The Buck Swaps Here" is the second episode in season 5 of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. The episode aired on May 18, 2007.
Plot
Mac and the whole Foster's Gang are going to a Swap Meet in order to sell some items in exchange for new ones for the house. Unknown to everyone at the meet however, a thief is going around pick-pocketting and stealing money from other people. While the thief is stealing money, he comes across a $100 dollar bill, but gets into a scuffle with Eduardo and loses it. Eduardo winds up finding the bill and decides to give it to Madame Foster. Bloo, who is after a $300 statue, notices the bill and decides to take it for himself, but so enough everyone at the meet wants it too, thanks to Mac's naitivity.
However as the episode progresses, everyone becomes consumed by greed when they all see something that they each want and sure enough, everyone at Foster's is after Eduardo's $100. Overwhelmed by everyone's demands, a chase for Eduardo's money ensures with everyone vandelising the Meet. The thief too finds himself after Eduardo's money and as the chase reaches its climax, everyone gets into a massive pile-up. Angered over all the trouble his money has caused, Eduardo throws away the $100. Ultimately the thief winds up with the money, but when Bloo gets into trouble with the police for trying to take the statue from earlier, the thief goes through a Domino effect and loses all of the money he stole, which is sent flying when he lands in a manhole.
Everyone is overjoyed over their new fortune, but upon seeing how miserable Ed is for what has transpired, the gang does the right thing and uses their money to buy the dollhouse that Ed wanted, with only a penny left over. However as Eduardo puts his penny away, to everyone's shock, Eduardo has a safe in his room with tons of money, diamonds, and gold bars inside of it.
Trivia
- Everyone in this episode has a reason for wanting Eduardo's $100:
- Eduardo wants it for a dollhouse.
- Bloo wants it for a statue of a Mongoose fighting 4 Cobras.
- Mac wants it to re-buy his entire Rocket Wars set that he sold in "One False Movie."
- Wilt wants it for a cup for a beverge. (Lemonade)
- Herriman wants it to help Eduardo invest it to saving money.
- Madame Foster wants Eduardo to spend it. (On stuff he already owns)
- Frankie wants it for an all-purpose cleaning car/vacuum.
- Coco wants to eat it.
- During the climactic chase for the $100, the is a cameo appearence of two men carrying a mirror that bear a strong resemblence to Mario and Luigi, the Mario Bros. They even yell in Italian accents when smacking the thief with the mirror.
- A Darbie (parody and reference of Barbie) a doll from the show Dexter's Laboratory appears.
- In a post-credits scene, Eduardo is seen giving Mr. Herriman some investment tips.
- During the scene of a bunch of tents of the swap meet there is a wig the shape of the character Johnny Bravo.
- Bloo goes to jail for the third time but the gang gets him out in time to apologize to Eduardo.
- This is the second time Bloo called the selling man a rip-off artist, the first one he called someone that is in "Store Wars".
APM Music Identification
- Safety Scenery (a) - Bloo gets that dollar.