Franken Stein

Do-Gooder
Full Name	Franken Stein
Alias(es)	Stein Dr.Stein
Origin	Soul Eater
Occupation	Teacher/Meister
Powers / Skills	Dissecting, experimenting, demon scythe-wielding, soul wavelength usage
Hobby	Dissecting
Goals	No information
Family	Marie Mjolnir (wife) Unnamed Child
Friends / Allies	Elizabeth Thompson, Patricia Thompson, Death the Kid, Maka Albarn, Soul Eater Evans, Black Star, Tsubaki Nakatsukasa, Lord Death, Kim Diehl, Jacqueline O'Lantern Dupré, Akane☆Hoshi, Clay Sizemore, Tsugumi Harudori, Meme Tatane, Anya Hepburn, Spirit Albarn, Crona, Excalibur, Blair, Justin Law, Kilik Rung, Ox Ford, Sid Barrett, Joe Buttataki, Azusa Yumi
Enemies	Asura, Medusa Gorgon, Arachne Gorgon, Crona (formerly)
Type of Hero	Doctor and Scientist

Franken Stein is a character in Soul Eater and is Spirit's old meister and friend. He is a teacher in DWMA and a mad scientist. He seems obsessed with dissecting creatures to the point it seemed to take up most of the classwork if not all of it. He was able to control his Soul Wavelength meaning he could use any Weapon partner and was said to be the strongest meister to ever graduate the DWMA.

He is voiced by Chuck Huber in the English Version.

Personality

Being mad in science (hence the titular mad scientist he based on) he sees everything and one including himself as a possible experiment. This mental illness was suffered since his childhood: He often wanted to dissect the people around him only to be stopped by Spirit. This personality trait made all those around him afraid of him. This strange hobby of wanting to dissect anything he thinks is interesting was still present, even when Stein became an adult; once, as part of a lesson, he tried to have his class dissect an endangered animal much to Maka's concern, claiming that it would be bad if he did not find out anything from it before it became extinct. The stitching across his face suggests that he had worked on himself at one point.

He also exhibits a sadistic and intimidating personality. During his battle against Maka and Black☆Star, he grabbed Maka by one of her pigtails, lifted her shirt up and drew marks on her belly, to signify where he would put the knife through, and ponders if he should turn her skin into sandpaper. Also, when Black☆Star tried to attack him, he countered by knocking him out in a seemingly painful and bloody manner that her opponents believed that he killed Black☆Star, only for the latter turned out merely K.O.ed and yelling that he's still alive. His smiles are normally filled with sadistic intentions.

Despite this and his sadistic nature, he actually cares for and feels the need to protect those he considers his friends. He also exhibits a rather paternal demeanour towards his students and expresses deep disgust and moral outrage towards Medusa for stating that she would abandon her own child, Crona, when he/she would become useless to her. It is never stated when this other personality arose. Although Naigus stated that he always alone and had no love in him, Stein ironically capable in love as he had a romantic relationship with Marie and even had a child together with her. Although, given that his madness over science was suffered at his young age, feelings such as love in him may not have developed at a normal age, unlike normal people.

Trivia

• His English Voice Actor, Chuck Huber is best known for voicing  Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho, Kururu from Sgt. Frog, Sleepy Ash from Servamp and Shou Tucker from Fullmetal Alchemist series.

Gallery

Stein lift Maka's shirt so he could "turned her skin into paper" started from her midriff, which is one of the example of Franken Stein's sadistic side (Stein actually tasked by Shinigami to pretend to be a villain that Maka must confront as her remedial test, but Maka still harassed for this unpleasant action.)