 He is in charge of the house and is extremely strict about the house rules, but he is also seen to put the rules before common sense, as seen in "" when he sticks to the rule written on the chained up toy box of never letting the imaginary friend who is trapped in there out despite what would happen to him if he didn't.He is often found punishing Bloo for his various misdemeanors.It was revealed in "Busted" that the reason Mr. Herriman is so hard on Bloo is because he feels that, given that he is allowed to stay at Foster's even though he still has an owner, he has already broken one of the main house rules.