Frank Hardy (The Hardy Boys)
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Frank Hardy is a amateur detective in the famous fictional novels, The Hardy Boys. He is 18 years old, 6 foot 1, with a dark complexion and a lean physique. He resides in a fictional Bayport, New York, along with his family. Their house is a two-story old Victorian on the corner of Elm Street. His brother, Joe Hardy is his crime-fighting partner. His father, Fenton Hardy used to work for the New York City Police Department and is currently a private investigator. His mother Laura is a stay-at-home mom and his aunt, Aunt Gertrude lives them in Bayport as well. His aunt is secretly proud of the boys' investigating abilities, but always chides them when they pick up a new case. Frank's girlfriend is Callie Shaw, a vivacious girl who works with him on some of his cases.
Some of Frank's friends are Phil Cohen, a computer genius; Tony Printo, the manager of a famous teen hang-out place, Mr. Pizza; Chet Morton, a comic relief character who enjoys eating and has a new hobby every two-three weeks and Alan "Biff" Hooper, a well-built football player who has helped the Hardys on more than one case. The friends go to school at Bayport High.
Frank and Joe owned a large number of cars or automobiles. They first had motorcycles (but Joe totals his "The Shore Road Mystery"). Next, they own a yellow convertible which is blown up in the first Casefiles book, Dead On Target. They are given a black van by the Bayport Mall Association. This one is also blown up in Casefiles #100, True Thriller. They finally purchase a blue van which remains with them until the end of the series. Throughout the The Hardy Boys Mysteries (Digests) series, the boys own a black van.
Frank plays many school sports along with his brother. Throughout all the books, the boys play baseball, basketball, soccer, and football, at different seasons in the year. Frank also does martial arts, and fencing in some of the books. He also develops an interest in chess.
Besides having his drivers license, in the Casefiles and Mysteries (Digests) series, Frank is scuba-diving certified and has his pilot license.
In the Casefiles novels, Frank becomes a computer geek which saves him and his brother on many occasions. He also is well learned in the making of bombs and becomes able to disassemble them which saves his and many other's lives many times.
As compared to his brother Joe, Frank is the more logical, rational one. While Joe wants to jump straight into a situation, Frank is the one to hold him back and think through all the logical possibilities. More than once, he has surprised the villans by having the entire case figured out.
