Frank West

Francis Algernon West, also known as Frank West, is the main protagonist of the Dead Rising series.
== Charactah Account ==
Upon hearing that something big was going down in the town of Willamette, Frank charters a helicopter in order to investigate and leave with the "scoop of a lifetime". He tells the pilot to drop him off on the roof of the Willamette Parkview Mall, and return for him in 3 days. Frank proves himself to be incredibly competent fighter and photographer, and his determination in getting his story allows many dark truths to come to light.
After the events of the Willamette Incident, he proceeds to become a celebrity, but squanders it all and alienates the public.
As far as it's shown, he has no true combat experience. Regardless, he is capable of surviving multiple king-sized zombie outbreaks, going toe-to-toe with the utterly insane, and besting a Marine in hand-to-hand combat. Best shown in Off the Record, when he can go up against gas zombies and even a Giant Mecha and come out on top.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Dead Rising: Road to Fortune
* Marvel VS Capcom: Official Complete Works
* Udon's Art of Capcom
=== Video Games ===
* Dead Rising
* Dead Rising 2
* Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
* Dead Rising 3
* Dead Rising 4
* Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop
* Lost Planet 2
* Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
* Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
* Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
* Project × Zone
* Puzzle Fighter
* Street Fighter X All Capcom
* Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes
* Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
* Teppen
* Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
== Trivia ==
* Designer Keiji Inafune wanted Frank West to be an average person instead of the usual Japanese characters which are young and beautiful.
* In the original Dead Rising, when asked by Jessica if he knows how to use a gun, Frank utters his famous line, "I've covered wars, you know". This line (which has become a meme) is considered the most famous line in the series and has been referenced both within and outside the series.
* Frank is the only character to appear in all the Dead Rising games in one way or another. Even though Frank doesn't appear in the original Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 3 (being only mentioned numerous times), he does appear in the non-canonical Off the Record remake and the canonical Case West DLC story of the former game, and as a DLC character in the latter game.
* Frank's weapon of choice seems to be a baseball bat since he is usually seen holding one in most of the artworks he appears in.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Frank West at Capcom Database
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