Frank DuFresne

Frank DuFresne, also known as Doc, O'Malley and Medical Officer Super Private First Class, is one of the main characters of the Red vs. Blue series.
== Charactah Account ==
Doc is sent to the backwater outpost to aid both teams. Doc, who earns his nickname after Church declares DuFresne too hard to pronounce, hardly deserves his title. He attended (but did not pass) medical school at Jamaica State, doesn't know how his healing doodad works, got his unique rank by sending Command a letter every day for four years asking for it, and treats Caboose's foot injury by rubbing his neck with aloe vera. Doc's pacifism, political correctness, and incompetence quickly make him unwelcome in either base, leaving him to wander the gulch, forgotten until Caboose's "exorcism" leaves the AI O'Malley without a host. The Omega is able to possess him completely, leaving Doc a passenger within his own skull, only able to talk or shout apologies for O'Malley's actions. O'Malley eventually comes to regret choosing Doc as a host, as the two end up having Gollum/Sméagol style arguments over whether or not to kill people, if their nefarious secret lair needs an answering machine, etc. When Doc is called back to Blood Gulch to deal with Tucker's "illness," O'Malley jumps ship, freeing Doc once and for all.
His whereabouts during Reconstruction are unknown, though when Washington asks the Reds if they know a medic, they violently answer in the negative. In the extended version, they do call him, but forget (or didn't care enough) to tell him they didn't need him anymore. He arrives to find no one there, and says to no one in particular: "You guys suck."
In Revelation, he is called to Valhalla by Simmons, who was coerced into calling him by Wash and the Meta. He becomes a hostage of Washington, but due to the Stockholm Syndrome, they develop a bit of a rapport. He denies this strongly, however. Doc stays behind at the farm in Valhalla with Donut.
When notified that the Reds and Blues are stuck on Chorus, Doc flies there with Donut and Lopez. He begins assisting the Red team before he is hit by one of Grif's teleportation cubes, and doesn't reappear when the cube is thrown again. Excluding Lopez, nobody seems to notice his disappearance. He is later found hiding out in one of the caves on Chorus after getting sent to an alternate dimension.
== Appearance ==
=== Web-Animation ===
* Red vs. Blue Season 2
* Red vs. Blue Season 3
* Red vs. Blue Season 4
* Red vs. Blue Season 5
* Red vs. Blue Season 6
* Red vs. Blue Season 8
* Red vs. Blue Season 10
* Red vs. Blue Season 11
* Red vs. Blue Season 13
* Red vs. Blue Season 14
* Red vs. Blue Season 15
* Red vs. Blue: The Shisno Paradox
* Red vs. Blue: Singularity
== Trivia ==
* Doc is the only character shown on the Season 2 DVD box art, with his back to the camera, making him the first character from the series to appear on a season DVD box art.
* Ever since O'Malley left him, Doc has become more aggressive despite being a pacifist, such as back talking to both Caboose and Sister in Season 5, saying, "Fuck you guys" to Sarge, Grif, and Caboose in a Recreation deleted scene, using a Missile Pod in New Digs despite being a pacifist, calling his attackers "jerks" in Drink Your Ovaltine, and after firing at the Meta in Recovering One, Doc insults him continuously.  Later in Standardized Testing, he says watching the Meta eat somebody would be "kind of interesting," and in Reckless, Doc wanted to join the Reds and Blues in a rescue mission. After his long absence throughout the Chorus Trilogy, he outright tackles Tucker and starts beating him up in Temple of the Key.
* Doc is the only neutral character from the Blood Gulch Chronicles and the Recollections to appear in both the Halo 3 and Halo 4 engine.
* In Halo 2, Doc's emblem is a medicine pill.
* Doc was called and appeared in Reconstruction: Chapter 12 sponsor cut to help heal Caboose, but the group had already left by the time he got there.
* Although it was confirmed at Comic-Con 2010 that Doc would return in Season 9, he did not appear in an episode.  However, technically, he did appear in the Season 9 PSA Drafted, along with O'Malley.
* According to comments made in Episode 26, Doc failed out of medical school, reinforcing him as the least qualified medical officer in the series.
* Doc is a vegetarian, as stated in Episode 36.
* Despite claiming to not be experiencing any signs of Stockholm syndrome, Doc does try to bond with Washington several times and even saves his life while he was held captive.
* Though Doc is neutral in the Red vs. Blue war, he spends most of his time with the Blues in The Blood Gulch Chronicles.  However, in later seasons, he spends more time with the Reds than the Blues.
* Doc often seems to end up with the antagonists of the series. He was under the control of Omega for a very long time in The Blood Gulch Chronicles and was held hostage by Washington and the Meta for most of Revelation. In Season 15, Doc purposefully allies himself with the Blues and Reds, marking the first time he has willingly joined the antagonists. In The Shisno Paradox, Doc joined the Agents of Chrovos, though this was due to the time travel corrupting him and causing his O'Malley split personality to become dominant.
* Doc's rank could be considered similar to one of Grif's old ranks, as they are both not real in military, both are "first class", and both obtained them from Freelancer Command (Grif got his from Washington specifically, while Command got him his to get him to shut up; similarly, it is likely neither of these are their official ranks).
* Doc claims that he gets paid overtime, much to Washington's surprise, due to the fact that Freelancers don't.
* In a deleted scene on the Season 10 DVD, Doc was left behind at Valhalla while the others went to rescue Epsilon and Carolina. Doc, armed with a rocket launcher, walks outside and notices that the others have gone. A UNSC trooper then approaches Doc and asks him if he has three extra planes that he and his comrades can borrow before cursing at the teams.
* Despite not being an official member of the Reds and Blues, Doc's often considered as one of them, such as by Felix in FAQ.
* In Lost But Not Forgotten, a female medic of the New Republic is shown and has purple trim unlike others Rebels, similar to Doc who has purple armor.
* Doc shares a few similarities with Dr. Grey, as both utilize questionable medical practices, have the color purple with their armor and are completely insane.
* Doc technically appears in Season 12, through a PSA. Although, he is possessed by Omega, so Doc himself does not make a proper appearance, only his body.
* In the RvB Holiday Special (non canon) Sarge says that "Doc keeps talking about something called Kwanzaa..." suggesting that Doc may be African American.
* The Fan Guide also states that he "began his career by failing out of the homeopathic medicine program at Jamaica State". Assuming he is from Jamaica, this would also support his ethnicity being Black.
* He has offered numerous questionable treatments including
** Rubbing aloe on the neck if shot in the foot
** using orange juice to fix a shot leg
* He described his kill count as "very high", and once mentioned that he killed a huge number of people during his residency on operating tables.
* By his own admission in The End, Doc has developed a fear of heights due to the Reds and Blues' reckless piloting of a damaged Falcon. Sarge and the Meta also share this fear; all three characters are coincidentally voiced by Matt Hullum.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Doc at Red vs. Blue Wiki
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