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Frankenstein (or simply known as Frank) is Dracula's best friend and a major character of the Hotel Transylvania franchise.
In the first three films, he is voiced by Kevin James, who also played Doug Heffernan in King of Queens, Otis in Barnyard, Paul Blart in the Paul Blart: Mall Cop film series, and Will Cooper in Pixels. In the fourth and final film, he is voiced by Brad Abrell.
Overview[]
Dracula's best friend and Mavis' favorite "Uncle Frank" is none other than Frankenstein's monster — an oversized working man with an even bigger heart. It has been a long time since this monster stormed through the countryside, frightening villagers and constables alike. He is an unassuming married man who loves his adoptive family, Drac and Mavis. He is surprised when he and his wife Eunice show up for Mavis' 118th birthday party and he is introduced to a cousin he has never met, Johnnystein (human Jonathan in a last-minute disguise).
Personality[]
Biography[]
Hotel Transylvania[]
Years later, in 2012, Frank along with his wife Eunice arrived at the Hotel by postal shipping to attend Mavis' 118th Birthday. When the Werewolf Kids knocked the Zombies, his head came out and was greeted by Dracula. When Murray arrived, he mocked Frank's weight which leads Frank into moving his legs and let out a terrible gas-passing framing Murray.
He and Eunice went up to Mavis' room to greet her. When Mavis tells them that Dracula is letting her go to a human village, they were shocked as they still believed they're violent. But Mavis suggested that they might have changed. When everyone tells her to be safe, Frank supported the idea of Dracula allowing Mavis the freedom to see the outside world, but whispers to watch out for fire. After Mavis flies to the human village, Frank praises Dracula of how proud he was for letting Mavis go, but he discovered that Dracula was gone not knowing that the village was Dracula's plan to make Mavis believe that humans are bad.
When Dracula was trying to get Johnny out of the hotel with his secret exits, he sees Murray, Frank and Wayne fighting Zombie Mozart, Bach and Beethoven after the zombies wouldn't let them sing for Mavis' party. Frank saw Dracula and asks him what he's been doing, but Dracula wants to know what they've been doing first. After hearing the reason of their fighting with the zombies, Dracula orders them to put down the zombies. Frank and the group tried to convince Dracula to sing with them, Dracula tells them that he hasn't sang since Martha's death. Frank tried to push Dracula some more to make him sing knowing that Mavis would love it, but Dracula scares them when he explodes with anger. When Johnny got out of the secret entrance, Frank stomps towards Johnny as Dracula protects him and Frank demands to know who he was. Johnny acts like Frankenstein, who Frank thought he was mocking him, but Mavis tells him he was his cousin, "Johnnystein" after meeting him. But Frank was confused knowing that he doesn't have a cousin, but Dracula and Johnny made him believed it and that Johnny was his right arm's cousin. Frank greets Johnny shacking hands and lifting him up and down. Continuing the lie of being a party planner, Johnny decides to see how good Drac's friends are; he finds their musical talent "good, but a little old school." Borrowing Murray's guitar, Johnny improvises a rock song for Mavis, impressing her and the crowd; everyone wants Johnny to help with something, but Dracula says they have to stay on schedule. Annoying Drac, everyone wants Johnny to join in.
The first activity was bingo and everyone except Dracula was bored. He participated in a game of charades in the auditorium. The game is interrupted, however, when Johnny shows off his scooter. At the pool, when everyone participated in a game of "Chicken Fight", Frank jumps off of the Giant Octopus' tentacles to dive into the pool, resulting in letting his parts come off.
After Johnny was kicked out of the hotel by Dracula, Frank relaxes in the sauna with his friends. He admires of Johnny, and that he enjoyed seeing Mavis spending time with him, but Dracula said that she would never be with someone of his kind. When hearing this, he think that Dracula is saying no one's kind is good enough for him and gets angry. Dracula tells everyone that Johnny left and lies that he didn't like Mavis and all the monsters. But Johnny fell from a weak part of the roof landing on Dracula after showing Mavis her first sunrise. Frank thinks that Johnny had second thoughts.
On the night of Mavis' birthday party, Frank along with, Murray, Wayne and Griffin sang and played music. After Dracula had an argument with Mavis after seeing that he thought that Johnny kissed Mavis, he yells out that the village that Mavis went didn't exist. Hearing all this, Frank demanded to know what he did and Dracula revealed that he built the town she visited the night before to scare her into staying at the hotel. To make things worst, the chef of the hotel, Quasimodo arrived along with his pet rat, Esmeralda to tell everyone about everything, but was frozen by Dracula earlier, but The Fly speaks frozen and tells everyone that he said that Dracula brought a human into the hotel and that the human was Johnny. Frank still believes that Johnny was his right arm's cousin and that Quasimodo was lying, but after Esmeralda reveals Johnny's identity, Frank was shocked by this as everyone panics. When Johnny rejects Mavis for Dracula's respect, lies that he hates monsters, Mavis blamed Dracula for everything and flies off. Frank and Eunice angrily glared at Dracula and got in their boxes to leave the hotel.
When everyone was trying to check out of the hotel, Murray was trying to mail the Steins. When Dracula arrives at the lobby, he apologizes for lying, telling them that Johnny wasn't bad and that he doesn't know if humans are bad anymore. Frank comes out of the box saying that he really liked Johnny, and that he told fun stories whether if he was his cousin or not.
When hearing from Dracula that Mavis and Johnny zinged and that he got in the way, Frank started to cry stating the you only Zing once in your life while he was short circuiting, but doesn't care, so he, Murray, Griffin, and Dracula rush to find Johnny. With the help of Winnie smelling Johnny's shirt, it was revealed that Johnny was at the airport leaving at 8:00am. Dracula and the group were confused when they arrive at the town where they are greeted by the humans and by a sign advertising a "Monster Festival"; they are shocked to find humans dressed up as monsters and several banners with pun-related cheers for them. Unfortunately, the way to the airport is blocked, so they walked through the crowd. Frank gives Dracula a hat to protect him from the sun. Murray gets an idea to show everyone who they really are, but since they haven't scared anyone in centuries, Frank forgot how to scare people. Griffin uses Frank's pyrophobia to try scaring the humans; however, they cheer as they idolize him trying to scare them, and that he's real, but everyone knows and loves him. Frank shows everyone the real Dracula and explains the situation, so several humans dressed as vampires uses their capes to provide shade for Dracula all the way to the airport. After Dracula got Mavis and Johnny back together, Frank was seen along with Eunice, celebrating Mavis and Johnny's relationship and he, Mavis, Johnny, Wayne and Murray, even Dracula sang a song about Zing. Frank goes to the D.J. booth and scratches Wayne's stomach like a record then Wayne is last seen dancing on the flying tables.
Hotel Transylvania 2[]
At this point in time, Frank has adapted well to coexisting with humans and even enjoys the celebrity status of being a well-known monster. He will pose for pictures with his fans, though he still maintains his fear of fire.
Some time after the events of the first film Mavis and Johnny are getting married with Johnny's family in attendance. Frank too is present in the wedding. He looks adorably at Mavis when she approaches the stage in her wedding dress and is disappointed when Drac tells Mavis and Johnny to share a small kiss. Then Frank is seen sitting at a table at the reception with Eunice listening to Marty giving his blessing to Mavis and Johnny.
At Dennis' first birthday, Frank and Eunice gift Dennis a toy guillotine. Mavis takes it from them and goes on to put a rubber guard on the blade. Drac explains that Mavis is being a little overprotective and she has baby proofed the entire hotel.
One night, Frank overhears Drac imitating Mavis and Johnny about moving to California. Drac tells him that Mavis wants to leave the hotel because she thinks it is not the right place for Dennis. When Frank tells him that Johnny is already making the hotel more human-y because Dennis is a human, Drac yells at him saying he is just a late-fanger. When Drac goes to the bathroom saying that Mavis is always around Dennis so he can't spend time with him much, Frank goes on to wear Drac's cape, saying that they haven't had a vacation since before they were married. But the cape chokes him and he removes it. When Drac returns from the bathroom, he finds Frank without his coat. After an awkward silence, Drac thinks of sending Mavis and Johnny on a vacation and meanwhile spending time with Dennis so that he can teach him how to act like a monster.
Later that night, Drac convinces Mavis to go to Santa Cruz, California to distract her while he trains Dennis to become a monster. After Johnny and Mavis leave for the airport to go to California, Dracula, Frank, Murray, Griffin, Blobby and Wayne take Dennis on a road trip to help him find his inner monster. In the hearse, Frank suggests to Drac that they should call his dad Vlad to help but Drac reassures Frank that they don't need Vlad, because they can handle it themselves. Frank tries to turn on music to lighten the mood but is quickly shot down by Drac.
They finally reach their first destination the dark forest which is now called Dark Forest Municipal park and bike trail. Frank attempts to scare a group of joggers to show Dennis but is unsuccessful.
Frank and the guys get back in the hearse to go deeper into the forest then they stop and get out of the hearse. Then Drac instructs Wayne to kill a deer, but ends up watching Wayne and a dog play tug of war with a frisbee then Frank gets kicked on the side of his face due to Drac and Wayne fighting over the frisbee.
Then Frank and the guys go even deeper in to the forest and they get out of the hearse again and Drac tells Murray it's his turn to show Dennis what Murray is capable of like creating a sandstorm, but the stunt goes wrong as Murray throws his back out which causes Frank and everybody to laugh except for Murray and Griffin and Frank puts two raisins and a carrot on a sandman Dennis created.
On the last part of their trip Frank and the guys go to Drac's childhood summer camp Camp Winniepacaca their all impressed except for Drac that they see the camp is under new management and all the different activities Frank is at the campfire singing with the vampire children the guys and Dana then Frank asks where are they going then they go up the jump tower and Frank tells Drac they shouldn't be up on the tower and he tells Drac the tower is unstable and Dennis might not be able to fly, but Drac tells Frank to be quiet and he tells his friends jumping off the tower is how they learn to fly then Frank, Wayne, Griffin watch Drac throw Dennis off the tower and Frank shouts at Drac to get Dennis. Frank, Griffin, Wayne watch Drac get Dennis and watch Drac and Dana argue and Frank leans too far over to the side of the tower causing the tower to fall over and catches Frank on fire and he runs around screaming and catches the camp on fire and Frank remains on fire until the fire department arrives to put out the fire at the camp when Mavis calls and Drac refuses to answer, Frank tells Drac he has to as the fire department puts Frank out and Frank licks foam off his face and tries to give the fireman the foam. Then Blobby shows up then Frank and the guys hope on Blobby's scooter and leave the camp to return to the hotel.
But on the way back to the hotel, Frank and the guys stop so that Blobby can use the bathroom but the scooter dies and Drac tells Frank to blow into Blobby and inflates him and they ride Blobby all the rest of the way back to the hotel then Frank and the guys watch Drac call Mavis asking her when is she going to be at the hotel then Frank and the guys then realize that Mavis has already beat them there. Frank watches Drac and her argue and Mavis tells her dad that she was afraid that Dennis was not safe around monsters and also Dennis wouldn't be safe around his own grandfather and Mavis tells tells her dad that they'll be moving after Dennis' fifth birthday. Frank and the guys watch Mavis and Dennis go into the hotel and the guys sadly look at Johnny and watches him follow Mavis and Dennis into the hotel. Frank and the guys are sad that they couldn't turn Dennis into a vampire.
On Wednesday, its Dennis' fifth birthday and every monster and human are at the hotel, having a great time and Frank is seen eating a whole plate of hors d'oeuvres when Vlad shows up. Drac tells Frank to keep Vlad away from the humans and Mavis and Frank says he's on it. Then Frank spots Mike and Linda talking to Vlad. Then he intervenes by pushing Mike and Linda off to the side before Vlad figures out that Mike and Linda are humans. Then Vlad tells Frank if he would like to hear more, Frank should call his people. Then Vlad starts to walk away, but Frank stops him and says he wants to introduces Vlad to more of his son's friends then Frank and Vlad go to see Murray and Frank introduces Vlad to Murray. Then Murray freaks out and Vlad calls Murray talking toilet paper. Vlad feeling annoyed at all the interruptions, asks where Dennis is besides that the reason why Vlad came to the hotel in the first place to meet Dennis on his fifth birthday, Frank then calls over Johnny and Frank introduces Vlad to Johnny as Drac's son-in-law then when Johnny introduces him self as count johnafang and then he says blah blah blah blah Do you have any wool then when Vlad asks what's on Johnny's head and Vlad says it looks like his grandmother's boobies which causes Frank, Murray and Johnny laugh then Frank watches the Kakie the cake monster performance and watches between Dracula, Vlad and Johnny's family.
As the family fight comes to a close Johnny realizes that Dennis is missing, and everybody starts to panic. Frank goes outside with the other monsters and humans to look for Dennis until they hear a roar and Frank they rush to the origin of the sound and find Dennis. Drac feels so proud of Dennis upon seeing him turn into a vampire. Dennis senses Bela's gang is coming then Frank watches Dennis turn into a bat and fight off the bat cronies. Frank among the other monsters join the fight. Frank is seen looking on with happiness seeing Dennis reunited with his mother, father, and grandfather once more.
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation[]
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania[]
Trivia[]
- In the original story, "Frankenstein" was the name of the monster's creator, while the monster himself went unnamed.
External Links[]
- Frankenstein on the Hotel Transylvania Wiki
- Frankenstein on the Sony Pictures Animation Wiki
- Frankenstein on the Heroic Benchmark Wiki
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