| “ | I already told you once—you gotta keep your emotions out of this. If you value your life, never trust anyone. That's just how people like you and me gotta live. | ” |
— Franky to Loid Forger[1]
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Franky Franklin (フランキー・フランクリン, Furankī Furankurin?) is one of the recurring characters of the SPY x FAMILY series. While he appears to be a tobacco store clerk, he is secretly an informant who is an associate of Loid Forger and provides him with intel, having got him information regarding Eden Academy's exam and Anya's past records.
Appearance[]
Franky is a man with a square face, round eyes, and an upturned nose. He has big, curly dark brown hair and a short goatee.
He usually wears a white dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a red tie, black suspenders, red and white striped socks, and brown shoes. He sports glasses with a thick red frame and an earring on his left earlobe.
Personality[]
Franky is heartbroken when he finds out his love interest has a boyfriend
Franky is a kind person willing to help Loid out whenever he is in a pinch, even though the danger is high. He frequently warns Loid not to get too close to other people in their line of work. Despite this advice, Franky frequently falls in love with other women, but his love life typically fails due to a lack of mutual interest or because they are already with someone else. In contrast, Franky is more successful with friends, as he knows many people and is popular enough to be greeted by many people at a club.
Franky is a rather money-driven person, as he is willing to perform favors for Loid if the spy promises to give him material goods, even if he was previously reluctant to do so or the situation was extremely dangerous.
One of Franky's secret talks with Loid
Having participated in the second East-West war, Franky came to understand that the war was a result of a diplomatic failure and deemed it stupid and pointless for regular people to kill each other on their respective nation's orders, which led him to defect from the Ostanian army. While he lives in Ostania, Franky dislikes the government's oppressive nature and is willing to collaborate with Westalian agents like Loid and Fiona by secretly passing them intel, which Franky considers his way of fighting back.
Abilities and Skills[]
As an informant, Franky's primary skills are information gathering and making contacts.
Intelligence Gathering: Franky is an extraordinarily impressive informant, being able to access a vast amount of highly secure information without getting caught or noticed by the SSS, from accessing and copying a large pile of personal documents regarding info on unmarried women in the city to getting the answers to an exam from Eden Academy. He also has access to a large network of contacts and fellow informants, allowing him to quickly gather information and borrow a large variety of skills as needed, as well as go around the city unnoticed.
Inventing: Being one of his passions, Franky can build a variety of gadgets, though they are often niche or extremely limited in use.[3] While he has made many inventions to show off to Loid, very few are practical enough to be used by him.
Known Inventions[]
- Other inventions include:
Chapter Appearances[]
| Mission 1 | Debut |
| Mission 2 | Appears |
| Mission 3 | Absent |
| Mission 4 | Absent |
| Mission 5 | Absent |
| Mission 6 | Appears |
| Mission 11 | Absent |
| Mission 12 | Mentioned |
| Mission 13 | Absent |
| Mission 14 | Appears |
| Mission 29 | Absent |
| Mission 30 | Mentioned |
| Mission 31 | Absent |
| Mission 32 | Absent |
| Mission 33 | Absent |
| Mission 34 | Absent |
| Mission 35 | Appears |
| Mission 43 | Appears |
| Mission 44 | Pictured |
| Mission 45 | Absent |
| Mission 46 | Absent |
| Mission 47 | Absent |
| Mission 48 | Absent |
| Mission 49 | Absent |
| Mission 50 | Appears |
| Mission 51 | Absent |
| Mission 52 | Absent |
| Mission 53 | Absent |
| Mission 54 | Absent |
| Mission 55 | Absent |
| Mission 56 | Appears |
| Mission 57 | Absent |
| Mission 58 | Absent |
| Mission 59 | Absent |
| Mission 60 | Appears |
| Mission 61 | Absent |
| Mission 62 | Flashback |
| Mission 63 | Absent |
| Mission 64 | Absent |
| Mission 65 | Absent |
| Mission 66 | Mentioned |
| Mission 67 | Appears |
| Mission 68 | Absent |
| Mission 79 | Absent |
| Mission 80 | Absent |
| Mission 81 | Absent |
| Mission 82 | Absent |
| Mission 83 | Absent |
| Mission 84 | Absent |
| Mission 85 | Absent |
| Mission 86 | Absent |
| Mission 87 | Appears |
| Mission 88 | Absent |
| Mission 89 | Absent |
| Extra Mission 1 | Absent |
| Extra Mission 2 | Appears |
| Short Mission 1 | Absent |
| Short Mission 2 | Appears |
| Short Mission 3 | Absent |
| Short Mission 4 | Absent |
| Short Mission 5 | Absent |
| Short Mission 6 | Absent |
| Short Mission 7 | Absent |
| Short Mission 8 | Appears |
| Short Mission 9 | Appears |
| Short Mission 10 | Absent |
| Short Mission 11 | Absent |
| Short Mission 12 | Absent |
| Short Mission 13 | Absent |
Anime Appearances[]
| 26. FOLLOW PAPA AND MAMA | Appears |
| 27. BOND'S STRATEGY TO STAY ALIVE / DAMIAN'S FIELD RESEARCH TRIP | Absent |
| 28. MISSION AND FAMILY / THE ELEGANT BONDMAN / THE HEART OF A CHILD / WAKING UP | Absent |
| 29. THE PASTRY OF KNOWLEDGE / THE INFORMANT'S GREAT ROMANCE PLAN Ⅱ | Appears |
| 30. PLAN TO CROSS THE BORDER | Pictured |
| 31. THE FEARSOME LUXURY CRUISE SHIP | Absent |
| 32. WHO IS THIS MISSION FOR? | Appears |
| 33. THE SYMPHONY UPON THE SHIP / SIS'S HERB TEA | Absent |
| 34. THE HAND THAT CONNECTS TO THE FUTURE | Absent |
| 35. ENJOY THE RESORT TO THE FULLEST / BRAGGING ABOUT VACATION | Appears |
| 36. BERLINT IN LOVE / NIGHTFALL'S DAILY LIFE | Absent |
| 37. PART OF THE FAMILY | Appears |
Trivia[]
- As revealed in Franky's Secret Files in Volume 1, Franky was originally intended to be the uncle of the Forger family.
- During the development pitch, some of Franky's professions were an underworld doctor, psychiatrist, engineer, philosopher, and the inventor of spy gear. He is also described as an informant with a high IQ.[5]
- Franky's character was modeled after the character of Mozzie, who was the main character's sidekick in the American TV drama White Collar.[6]
- Franky's favorite things are inventing, browsing tools at the hardware store, rummaging through junk parts, and collecting.[2]
- Franky's disliked things are handsome guys, rich people, and the Ostanian government.[2]
- Franky sometimes does charity work to support victims of the war and certain causes like landmine removal.[2]
- Franky's hair is naturally curly, and he can even hide small listening devices in it.[2]
- Franky's chair, featured on the cover of the eighth volume, is a Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman by Charles and Ray Eames.
- When attempting to catch Kopi, one of the inventions Franky used is a net launcher disguised as a camera, which is labelled "Spyder" and fires a net reminiscing a spider's web. This could be a reference to the popular comic book superhero, Spider-Man, and his career in photography as his alter ego, Peter Parker.
Quotes[]
- (To Fiona Frost): "Oh, I'm not on anyone's side. I'm just not a fan of the way the East does things. This country's too rigid. Too oppressive. So I like to shake things up with a little trouble sometimes. Guess I'm going through a rebellious phase."[7]
- (To Loid Forger): "I'm just saying, isn't it stupid? This whole war between East and West—it's all the result of a diplomatic fiasco. So why is it that all of us worthless peons gotta be the ones to clean up their mess? They tell us to hate each other. So we fight. And then we die. It's the most pointless thing in the world."[8]
References[]
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga and Anime: Chapter 14, and Episode 9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 SPY x FAMILY Official Fanbook: EYES ONLY (p. 68).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 SPY x FAMILY Manga and Anime: Chapter 43, and Episode 29.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga and Anime: Short Mission 2, and Episode 16.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Official Fanbook: EYES ONLY (p. 207).
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Official Fanbook: EYES ONLY (p. 200).
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga: Chapter 60 (p. 20).
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga: Chapter 62.3 (p. 3).