Terrence (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)

"Terrence" is a recurring antagonist in Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends and is arguably the series' main antagonist. He is Mac's older brother and greatest tormentor. He was voiced by Mh:besttvshows:Tara Strong.

Why He's Intentionally An Abusive Big Brother

 * 1) All he ever does is abuse Mac the entire time whenever their mother is out at work, which is just another typical example of an abusive older brother.
 * 2) In the beginning of "House of Bloo's", he beats up Mac and Bloo while using them as weapons to wreck the apartment, which was incredibly violent and abusive, and such actions could land him in jail or juvenile detention for that. Not to mention that he also got Mac blamed by their mother, who was also a jerk in the said episode, and if you look closely at Terrence's evil grin after hearing Mac's mother forcing Mac to get rid of Bloo, he got away with his mean-spirited behavior scot-free.
 * 3) He never got punished for abusing Mac and Bloo, or for wrecking the apartment in the first place, which might've sent a really bad moral to children saying it's okay for big brothers/sisters to pick on their younger siblings.
 * 4) He often teams up with Duchess, and neither of them got punished for trying to kill Bloo with the Extremeasaurus.
 * 5) He locked Mac up in his own bedroom closet, which was also abusive of him to do that
 * 6) He was at his absolute worst in "Seeing Red" as he bullies Mac once again after "House of Bloo's", which tells that Mac's mother forcing Mac to get rid of Bloo didn't stop Terrence from abusing Mac, and not to mention that he also bullied Mac throughout the entire episode, which was unacceptable, because Mac didn't deserve to be tortured constantly. Here are some other examples of his outright cruel actions:
 * 7) * In "Duchess of Wails", he teases Mac about going to Singapore after their mother threatened to move out, which horrifies the latter.
 * 8) ** However, in the long run, when you consider the painters that voice them, it kind of makes sense.
 * 9) * In "Infernal Slumber", he threatens to tell his mother on Mac, and if Terrence's plan to get Mac and his friends from Foster's in trouble was successful, then their mother would've forbidden Mac from going to Foster's ever again.
 * 10) * In "I Only Have Surprise For You", he humiliates his own little brother, Mac on his past birthdays and laughs at his misfortunes, and he never got punished for taking part of Mac's humiliation.
 * 11) * In the series finale, "Goodbye to Bloo", he drops Mac's stuff onto the floor and breaks it, which made Mac angry.
 * 12) He never got arrested for his violent actions towards Mac for years, which is a sign of him being a Karma Houdini.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Just like him and Mac's mother, the show wouldn't have happened without his cruel nature.
 * 2) He does get some comeuppance at the end of "House of Bloo's", where he was cornered by a Pegasus herd, and also in "Seeing Red" when Red, the imaginary friend he created threw him away in the dangerous traps Red himself went through with Bloo.
 * 3) * He gets grounded by his mother in the end credits sequence of "Infernal Slumber".
 * 4) He did have some funny lines, such as "...cause I know how stupid I...", which almost got Mac and Bloo laughing so hard.
 * 5) The only episode he was tolerable in was "Berry Scary", with him innocently changing the TV channels.
 * 6) He probably wasn't meant to liked to begin with.

Trivia

 * Tara Strong once said in an interview with voice actor Rob Paulsen that Terrence is her least favorite role she's done because it strained her vocal chords.