I'm glad she had a good sized role in "The Buck Swaps Here". :)

A question about Frankie.
 

Today my fiance asked me if Frankie had an IF. Since I really only play the BFAHP and don't watch the show very often I figured I would ask here. Did Frankie have an IF and what happened to it?

That's still very much up for debate, my friend. As of now, nothing has really been given to us to suggest that she had/has an imaginary friend of her own. But that doesnt mean that an episode will not be made out of it.
I think it would be something special if we got an episode where Bloo thinks that Frankie's friend Kathy is and imaginary friend (since we never see her) and tries to find her out.:D

That would be a good episode. I think Frankie probably had an imaginary friend at one time or another (since she loves them so much) but still, nothing definite, she may have just played with the IFs at her grandma's place.

I like to play around with the idea that Kathy is Frankie's imaginary friend that she put up for adoption and they like to keep in touch. But it's most likely that Frankie never needed an imaginary friend since she got to be with all the friends at Fosters. I guess we'll just have to wait for the minds behind Fosters to reveal Frankie's past.

They'll tell us more, eventually, though the wait is killing me. 8D

As I stated in the old thread, I'm pretty sure Frankie never had an IF of her own, not because she lacked the creative ability to make one but because her parents wouldn't allow her to have one. As for why, we can only guess. I admittedly have no proof that my idea is in any way correct; it's just a feeling that somehow feels right to me.

And maybe that's why Frankie's past is still a mystery? Maybe it was left vague enough for us to fill in the blanks for ourselves and dream about what may have been.
But I'm sure we'll learn more about her past when the writers need more stories for the show. It's only a matter of time and all good things come to those who wait.:D

Hopefully they WILL tell us about her life and not just continue to keep Frankie's existence both socially and family out of the lime light. I think the reason Frankie never had an imaginary friend is probably a difficult question to answer.

There's ALOT of possible reasons:

1. If the parents death theory holds true, emotional grief or trauma.
2. Stress from constantly working at her job (something tells me Madame Foster started her early).
3. Didn't feel lonely in a house of imaginary friends.
4. Wasn't bored enough to think one up in a house of imaginary friends.
5. Didn't want to make one in fear of it turning out like Mr. Herriman did (:P joke)
6. Felt fine with her grand mother by her side.

I personally think the fact she grew up around so many imaginary friends is the real reason, that and the fact she has to take care of so many would help too. Whatever happened in Frankie's life is still a mystery, but we do know she's been to Foster's at least ONCE every year.

Judging by the photo of the year in "Big picture". The photos show her at a very young age so she ended up there alot, either constantly visiting or (again the possible parents death idea) lived there because she had no other relatives or elsewhere to go.

And if that is true it'd be kind of ironic when you think about it Frankie living at a foster home which is where she'd end up if had no relatives to take care of her. But anyways those are just my ideas and what not.

I still think it would be pretty funny if Duchess ended up as Frankie's imaginary friend. But I suppose Frankie wouldn't be so at odds with her own if she had one.

Cass, does Frankie have a good-sized role in the new episode that's on CN.com?

Uh, I guess it depends on what you mean by good-sized. She was certainly present, and there were some good pics of her, but she was by no means the focus. "Mid-sized" is how I'd characterize her role, I think.

That's how I meant it. Great sized would be like her role in "Store Wars".

"Frances" is the correct spelling for a woman, though I've seen both versions used for Frankie.

Absolutely correct. My name is Francis (male spelling). I have been meaning to ask why Frankie's name is spelled like the male spelling.:wiltshock:

My guess is it's simply an error, probably because it's not a common name. Other than you the only person I've ever known who had it was one of my junior high teachers. Oddly enough, as I recall she used the male spelling, too.

That could very well be the reason the Frankie prefers her nickname. Frankie does sound more feminine, to me at least.

I honestly never cared much for the name "Frankie" until she came along. Too much like "Frank" for my liking. Obviously I've long since changed my mind. :frankiesmile:

Okay, this is starting to sound like the Appreciation thread, so let's move on. Topic, anyone?

I actually never understood how Frances is a girl name, I always assumed that was a guy's name (remembers the crazy guy from the movie "Stripes" vividly). I actually didn't think I was going to be able to like or call a girl Frankie until I actually saw her on the show and how she appeared.

The name worked with her surprisingly, I never thought I'd see a name like Frankie work with a girl like this before. This reminds me so very much of Fred from the cancelled "Angel" series.

Her actual name was Winifred but everyone called her Fred and it was funny because even characters on the show got confused why she's called a guy's name.

While its not true in Frankie's case, sometimes Frankie is short for Francesca. I had a character once named Francesca who went by Frankie in a Casper fanfic I never wrote, lol. Anyways, I think Francesca is a nicer girl's name than Frances. I like Francis for a guy though.

That's a name I really like but it doesn't seem to fit her. Too long, I think, and to me it sounds like it belongs to a more "aristocratic" sort of woman, someone with a fair bit of money and a house in the Hamptons.

Or Duchess;) Now here's a fun little thing to think about: If Frakie decided to make an IF, what do think it would end up like? She obviously doesn't need one, but I like to think how her personality and character would affect the IF's personality and character.
Would it be one that would fill in the (as of now) unexplained parental gap? Would it be a polar opposite of her responsible and caring nature? Or would it simply just be a fried that she could talk to so she could relieve the stresses of her day? All hypothetical, but still fun things to think about regarding our favorite red-head.

I think Frankie would definitely make up a friend that could help her out around the house, that's one thing that she can't really do without and I'd find it hard that she'd pass up any chance to get some help around the house. I'm actually surprised Frankie never put a "help wanted" sign outside.

I think her IF would also be someone who can help deal with the crap the likes of Bloo and Mr. Herriman give her, like someone who can handle serious problems like that and be like a partner to Frankie. Or maybe she might create an IF that would JUST take are of Bloo since he's like a full time job.

Dealing, feeding, and watching Bloo is practically a job in and of itself so she might have someone just keeping watch or Bloo in control. Basically i think Frankie's IF would serve as a personal assistant, or if not sooner or later it would probably end up serving as one anyway.

I could see Frankie making a Bloo-Sitter friend. Most of the time she's cleaning, which is when Bloo does his schemes/shaningans/hi-jinx/etc...

I hope Frankie gets her own episode this season. I heard people say she co-starred with Cheese again in "Cheese-A-Go-Go". IMO, not really. Neither Cheese nor Frankie were the stars. Bloo was, speaking of Bloo (even though he shares the fave character spot with Frankie in my list) is starting to get on my nerves that he's been the main character on almost every episode thisseason so far. No Mac, no Wilt, no Frankie, no Goo & only 1 Eduardo episode. :(

Heh. You should see the Frankie that graduated last year :bloogrin:

hoooooooooly crap.

Yeah. She was a redhead, too. :-*

I cannot believe this thread has been dormant for almost a month now. This is quite the record indeed.

Anyway, does anyone but me think that Frankie was the braces and glasses type in junior high and high school? I don't know for some reason it just fits.

It's an interesting idea, and I think glasses would look cute on her, but no. If you take a look at the photo album in The Big Picture, when the picture pass through her teenage years there are no indications that she had either braces or glasses, although in the latter case she could certainly have worn contacts for the photo.

-or she could have just taken her glasses off, it's not like you have to see to have a picture taken of you.

As for "If Frankie had an IF": Frankie doesn't have any obvious lacks to her personality. She stands up to Bloo and Mr H herself fairly frequently, so I guess I'd say her IF would be someone a lot like herself.

I dunno... Frankie strikes me as one of the lucky ones who never had to worry about things like braces, glasses or acne. well... except for that deodorant incident that we learned about from Store Wars's commentary.;)

I still haven't listened to that. Maybe sometime after the Con.

It's a good informational piece to listen to Cass, it's well worth sitting through the episode and hearing it. Usually I can't physically stand watching a movie or show with people talking through the whole damn thing (unless I'm watching Mystery Science theater 3000).

The only problem is as you reach the end of the commentary, you kind of get Frankie depression as I call it. She gets pretty stressed out by the end of it but like everyone says, it does reveal some behind the scenes information about her. Speaking of school, I wonder if Frankie was popular.

I mean, I wonder if she was lonely most of the time, I don't think she was with what one might call "the cool kids" as in being snobby and dressing in the most expensive outfits etc. I think Frankie would be outside of most "labels" or school stereotypes like Squids, jocks, and nerds etc.

How do you guys think she was in school popularity wise?

Cassini, you haven't seen the "Store Wars" Commentary yet? Oh, you will LOVE it!! It is sooo funny! It's like a whole other episode in itself. And Grey (Frankie) was great in it. As were Keith and Sean (you can REALLY hear the deepening of Sean's voice as he's talking in the commentary as compared to the episode itself, it's kind of funny). I found it fun just hearing their voices as if they're watching the episode the same time you are. And you'll learn a little more about each character. It was fun. I still really hope season 2 has a commentary, too.

As for how I think Frankie's popularity was in high-school, I think she was pretty popular. I can picture her telling her friends all the crazy things her grandma did and said, and them agreeing with her and standing up for her. I can't really picture her with glasses, but I can see her with braces and "frizzy" hair. But again, she's so sweet and optomistic, and realisticly has her limits, so I think she was fairly popular as a teen. I certainly don't think she was among the "outcasts", for sure.

I haven't either, so you're not the only person on this board who hasn't or anything. I keep forgetting to, basically.

You forget, I avoid. Same result in the end. I'll get to it when I have to.

I've always wondered what Frankie would've done if she had led a more "normal" life. Would she be a traveler, would she be very far along on her career path? That sorta thing.

Oh, I wish I could explain this better. But for some reason my head's asleep.

personally i think she would have moved to the Yukon territory to begin a life of fur trapping and gold panning.

8D

Jeremiah Johnson style 8-)

I think she would have been in the middle ground. You know, not one of the cool or popular kids but still well liked and a good student. I also think that she may have had a small number of very good friends like Kathy. Frankie just strikes me as the kind of person who would only have one or two friends but they would be really close.

I think Frankie was middle, like you said. I don't think Frankie was a hugely popular person, though not a particuarly disliked person either. She seemed like the person who just made her way through school and tried to have a good time and grow as a person.

However, I would have to say she wasn't big with guys. I assume her choice of clothing is quite similar to how she is now and I don't think she started dressing as sexy and risque as she did in "Frankie my dear" in school. I think she did that much later and I think it was a sign of her "luck" with boys.

I think some people might consider Frankie's general outfit to be "homely" just a green sweater and a powerpuff girls shirt and all. Plus the fact Wilt was her date for the prom kind of solidifies the fact she couldn't get a date for prom.

Maybe she had a pack of guys who wanted to take her but she turned 'em down because they were just as obsessive and awkward as those two guys (their names always escape me) from GWH.
8D

Yeah I'm not so sure. I think most people understand the (usual) significance of prom and how important it is to your high school lives, and I think the way Frankie talked about her prom/Wilt experience shows she was upset she didn't have a quote "date" to take to it.

The way Frankie talked about it, she kind of made it sound like taking Wilt to the prom was akin to taking your cousin or something. I think if she had geeks or guys drooling over her she'd tolerate taking one to prom just so she could go through prom by actually having a human/guy kind of date.

Plus, all this guy drooly moments Frankie's been going through from the FMD episode, to GWH, to even that kid in the Foster's comic, none of this seemed to happen until much later in her life till she grew up. Or at least that's how it looked.

I agree wholeheartedly; the prom is usually considered a big event in one's high school life, although as I mentioned elsewhere I didn't go to mine for various reasons, chief among them being no one to go with. She certainly has my sympathy on that. I don't think she was unattractive at that age but perhaps was shyer than she is now, and probably dressed more for comfort than pizzazz, as she currently does. Lonely? Yes, but not as much as we might think, if she spent a lot of time at Foster's. She would no doubt long for human companionship now and then but would certainly never lack for conversation or company.