Franky (One Piece)
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| Franky, from the anime and manga series One Piece. | |
| Name in Japanese | フランキー (本名: カティ・フラム) |
| Name in Romaji (Hepburn) | Furankī (Honmyō: Kati Furamu) |
| English Name | Franky (Real name: Cutty Flam) |
| Epithet | The Cyborg |
| Voice Actor (4Kids) | |
| Japanese Seiyu | Kazuki Yao Junko Noda (as young Franky) |
| Appears In | Original Manga |
| First Appearance | Manga Chapter #329, Anime Episode #233 |
| Species | Human (with artificial parts; a cyborg) |
| Bounty | 44 000 000 Beli |
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Franky (フランキー Furankī?) is a fictional character from the anime and manga One Piece. He is the eighth member of the Straw Hat Pirates as well as the oldest and tallest. He is the shipwright and builder of their current ship, Thousand Sunny.
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[edit] About Franky
Franky is a 34 year old cyborg who is the shipwright of the Straw Hat Pirates and their most recently recruited member. He first appeared in the Water 7 arc.
Franky's dream is to build a ship that would travel to the end of the Grand Line. This is the ship that the Straw Hats are currently riding, but his dream is not yet achieved until they make it to the end.
In a recent Japanese fan poll, he came out as the thirteenth most popular character, making him the least popular of the Straw Hats. However, he was not a member of the crew at the time the the poll was released, making it possible that he will rank better on the next poll since members of the Straw Hat tend to rank higher than any other characters.
[edit] Personality
Franky usually acts tough and is quickly angered, but he is also very emotional when it comes to sad tales and often bursts into large tears, or on some occasions, play a song. His most distinguishable personality trait is his flamboyant attitude. He frequently shouts the word 'SUPER' when he's in a positive mood, or adds it into his speech. He also has a signature pose (see below) which he uses very often.
Franky is quick to defend other people (eg. Franky Family, Nico Robin) and take action if his friends are harmed. He is also quick in making friends, allies, and comrades with even the most unlikely of individuals. Because of this, he is seen as a 'big brother' figure. Monkey D. Luffy bears similar qualities (with the exception of engaging in unnecessary fights) and because of this, despite the disputes the two had in the past, both grew to respect each other during the events of the Enies Lobby Arc.
Franky's dream is to build a ship that can travel to the end of Grand Line, and has joined the Straw Hats to make it true.
[edit] History
[edit] Tom's Workers
Franky's real name is Cutty Flam (カティ・フラム, Kati Furamu). When he was young his parents (who were pirates) threw him off their ship into the ocean. He was then rescued by a legendary shipwright named Tom. Tom took Cutty Flam in as his apprentice. Tom's other apprentice Iceburg then gave Cutty Flam the nickname "Franky" because "Cutty Flam is a weird name". Franky learned shipbuilding from Tom, but spent most of his time constructing warships designed to hunt and defeat Sea Kings, each one named "Battle Franky" with a number corresponding to the order of construction.
When Franky was 12, Tom was put on trial for having built the ship that Gol D. Roger sailed the Grand Line on. Tom was let off for ten years so he could finish building the Puffing Tom, a train that could sail the ocean. After fourteen years had passed (ten to build the train and the first line, four more to build the other three lines the train uses), the Marines were going to let Tom off as thanks for creating the train. However, he was framed by CP9's current leader, Spandam, who was after the blueprints for the ancient weapon Pluton, which had been handed down to Tom through the shipwrights of Water 7. Spandam used the warships that Franky had built to fight the Sea Kings to attack Water 7, and although Tom and his apprentices stopped the attack, it appeared to everyone that they had been the ones attacking. As a result, Tom was sentenced to death. Franky then tried to protect Tom, and stood in front of the Puffing Tom, which was taking Tom away. When he was run down by the train, his body was badly injured; he was presumed dead.
He managed to fix himself with spare parts from an abandoned ship (and has on his shoulders tattooed BF 36 (making himself the 36th "Battle Franky"). Four years after his disappearance, he went to see Iceburg and was outraged to find that he had allied himself with the World Government. Undaunted, Iceburg gave him the blueprints, which he had received from Tom.[1]
[edit] Four years later
Four years later when Luffy and his crew come to Water 7, Franky is head of the ship dismantling crew "The Franky Family," - the group also hunts bounties as a side job. A little before Franky actually encountered the Straw Hats, his crew mugged Usopp and got away with 200 million belli. That led to an uproar from Luffy, Sanji, Zoro and Chopper, who came back for revenge, and destroyed the "Franky House" completely.
After Franky discovered what happened to his 'family', he sought revenge and challenged Luffy. In the middle of the battle they were interrupted by the foremen of the Galley-La Company, accusing the Straw Hat Pirates as the ones who attempted to assassinate Iceburg.
Because of that, Franky went and kidnapped Usopp and Merry, thinking he is still one of the Straw Hats, in order to lure Luffy to come to the rescue. Franky took them to his secret base, the old "Tom's Workers" workplace. In there, the CP9's Kalifa, Kaku, Blueno and Lucci kidnapped him and Usopp and took him with them on the Puffing Tom heading towards Enies Lobby. Franky was being held captive by CP9 along with Nico Robin but managed to escape and eventually burned the blueprints for Pluton that CP9 had worked for the last five years in Water 7 to recover.
[edit] Enies Lobby Incident
Franky's dream is to build a dream ship that can sail around the whole world. He used the 200 million Beli that he stole from the Straw Hats to buy some "Adam wood", using it as the principal material in a new ship that he wanted to give to them.
Following the attack on Enies Lobby, Franky receives a bounty of 44 Million. The Franky Family wanted Franky to join the Straw Hats because he is now a wanted man, and his presence is a danger to the island. It is briefly mentioned that Franky is the son of a pirate.
After the Straw Hats are introduced to the new ship, Franky goes into hiding because he doesn't want to leave the Franky Family but is also afraid that he'll accept their offer to join them.
Using drastic measures, the Franky Family steal his pants and lure him towards Water Seven's scrap island, where the ship is about to depart. He confronts Luffy there, who is holding his speedos and refusing to give them back unless he joins them. Franky initially refuses, which causes Nico Robin to use her powers to begin crushing his testicles. Iceburg reminds him that his dream will be unfulfilled unless he stays on that dream ship, to take care of it until its purpose is complete -- which finally convinces Franky to join the Straw Hats. Franky sends his farewells to the city of water and boards the ship with them.
In Chapter 438, Franky is seen defending his new ship against Garp's attack, until Usopp arrived. During a moment after Garp's first wave of attacks he and the other Straw Hats were trying to think of a name of the ship. While Franky wanted to name it as another battle Franky, Ice-Burg thought that the ship should be called the Thousand Sunny, a name that everybody liked (except Franky). After that Garp launched a huge cannon that could crush the ship. Franky then showed the ship's new ability the Coup De Burst, which launched the ship into the sky avoiding the attack and being out of Garp's reach. Afterward the crew was celebrating the return of Usopp and Robin as well as their new crew member Franky.
[edit] Recent Chapters
Franky demonstrated Thousand Sunny's "soldier dock system" when a storm appeared. Franky stays on Sunny when Luffy, Sanji and Nami investigate a ghost ship. When Brook arrived on the ship, Franky was initially shocked to see him, but later warmed up to him when Brook started complimenting on how impressive the ship was. After fighting a invisible monster, they enter the island, and meet the same Cerberus that chased Nami's group. When the Cerberus is down and tamed (because of Luffy) they were attacked by zombies, in which Franky, Luffy, Sanji, Robin and Zoro take down.
[edit] Abilities and powers
Franky is a human with artificial parts (a cyborg) granting him incredible strength (he punched Nero through a train during the Enies Lobby arc), as well as the ability to shoot fire and nails from his mouth, fire bullets from his index fingers, bullets and cannonballs of compressed air from his arms and hands; and making him invulnerable to most attacks from the front. His years of being a ship dismantler and bounty hunting also seem to contribute to his formidable strength and fighting skill.
Some common attacks include Strong Right (Franky launches his right fist forward and can reel it back in with a chain, similar to Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Pistol) and Coup de Vent (Franky connects his arms with a T-shaped pipe and sends a powerful blast of concentrated air out that can destroy entire buildings, his most powerful attack that uses up the most cola).
Depending on what kind of drink Franky has it can change his hair style and attitude, revealed when Chopper accidentally hands him vegetable juice and tea[2]. It also reveals that Franky's strength is many times greater when he has bottles of cola in his stomach fridge, and he needs it as a fuel for some attacks. His hair acts as a kind of meter to the amount of cola in his stomach being tall if he is full and sagging if empty. Franky's stomach compartment can hold up to three bottles (six litres) of cola. Residing several years in Water 7's backalleys resulted his unorthodox fighting style, where he prefers to fight head-on and shows no regard whatsoever in the traditional ethics of fighting. If needed, he can use his incredibly durable body to block incoming head-on attacks from adversaries--this is a common tactic. Another common tactic is to use his trash-talking to provoke his opponents into unwisely attacking him.
As of now, it would seem that Franky's right hand is for physical attacks and his left hand is for weapon-based attacks.
Franky's weakness is his back: When he built his cyborg parts, he was unable to reach around to his back, and thus, there is no machinery in that part of his body. Because of this, Franky's back can be hurt there by something as small as a needle while the front of his body can take bullets and bombs without so much as a scratch.
Franky is also an exceptional ship builder, having studied under Tom - the world's greatest shipwright. He recently built the Strawhat Pirates' latest ship with the help of Iceburg, Paulie, Lulu and Tilestone.
- See also: Franky Schematics for full details.
[edit] Trivia
- Franky is confirmed in the Wii-exclusive title, One Piece: Unlimited Adventure, he is also playable.
- Franky is playable in the game, Jump Ultimate Stars.
- The first ship he built that managed to achieve his original goal of beating a Sea King was the BF-35 (the 35th 'Battle Franky').
- Before the Straw Hats arrived at Water Seven, Luffy drew a childish picture of what he wanted the future shipwright to look like. This bad drawing is similar in appearance to Franky. [3] It should be noted that the anime colored the lines on his head to represent a hat, however in the black and white manga, it looks as though it could be hair and does resemble Franky's hair.
- In the Japanese only game, Fighting for One Piece, Franky's name was misspelled and written as 'Flanky' in the introduction to the game.
- According to Volume 43's SBS, his birthday is March 9, which comes from the term サイボーグ (cyborg): サ can be interpreted as "san", or the number 3, while グ can be interpreted as "kyu", or number 9. This gives 3-9, or March 9.
- Now that Franky has joined the Straw Hat Pirates, he is both the oldest (34-years-old) and tallest (standing a full head over a high-heeled Robin and even having to bend his head down to fit in the "CP9 vs Pirate" colorspread) member of the crew.
- When transforming, Franky yells "Hentai" 変体 (change of form / alternate form) instead of the more commonly used transforming word, "Henshin". This can be confused with the same sounding word, "Hentai" 変態, that can be translated as transformation or metamorphosis, but more commonly used to say something is perverted or a pervert. Therefore, this makes his enemies think that Franky says "pervert" or "perverted" when transforming. This joke is carried over in Chapter 436 when he is forced to streak down the streets of Water 7 after the Franky Family and Straw Hats stole his pants, as a way to force him become a Straw Hat. Another pun joke by Eiichiro Oda.
- In Franky's bounty, his nickname is "Tetsujin", meaning Iron Man, but the furigana indicated that it should be read as サイボーグ, which is the katakana for cyborg.
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