Francine

Francine, formerly Franklin, is a supporting/cameo character in the animation series "Too Good To Put Down" and the main character of the one-shot "Foxtrot" As Franklin she is one of the few Sapphire Foxx (SF) characters to genuinely express a feeling of gender dysphoria openly and without any form of transformation helping her to realize her feelings unaware she is in fact a carrier of the Gender Curse. While she first appears at the end of Too Good to Put Down her full story is not revealed until Foxtrot. As Franklin he was a shy and somewhat different acting boy but with a loving family. When he was young, he always had a feeling that deep down he was in the wrong body and that he was actually a girl on the inside despite having been born a boy. In his later years of high school, he finally accepted this fact and confronted his parents about how he felt and came out as transgender to them. While he was terrified, they would reject him, both of his parents were loving and accepting of her choice and immediately began to refer to her by her new chosen name of Francine. However, at the moment that expressed their support she was visited by the Sapphire Fox who had appeared as a talking fox on the counter nearby. After the initial shock and confusion, the Fox is quick to transform Franklin into his true self of Francine much to her joy. Per her request the Fox does not alter the memories of her parents and once they awaken after he leaves, they both embrace Francine as their new daughter. Later that night Francine is waiting at a bus stop where a guy named Kevin is also waiting. Kevin moves to flirt with her and the two are quick to start a relationship together. 
== Design/Appearance ==
As Franklin he is depicted to be a fairly tall and slim guy with neck length hair. He wears rather neutral clothing no doubt stemming from his dysphoria. As Francine she is shown to be skinnier with only modest curves but wears skinny jeans and is usually seen in an SS High shirt. 
== History ==
As Franklin he was a very different and somewhat feminine boy. From a young age he felt the sense of dysphoria about his body and hated what he saw in the mirror. While it would take him years to fully admit the truth to his parents and acknowledge it fully himself Franklin had always had that feeling that he was really a girl. 
===== Foxtrot =====
One day when he around 18 or so he approached his parents in the kitchen and said he wanted to talk to them about something important. While he found it difficult to get the words out, he eventually admitted to them both that he was transgender and that deep down he was really a woman. While he at first was afraid that neither of his parents would accept him/her they were both fully supportive and were quick to change names and pronouns for her. However, seconds after they began to express their acceptance of Franklin (now identifying as Francine) they both passed out right in front of him in a strange white flash. Francine then noticed a fox on the countertop just across the room. At first, he was confused but the Fox approached and told him he had arrived to help him with his problem. While at first Franklin was confused and angry at what the fox did to his parents his mood was quick to change when he saw that the Fox was granting his/her wish and quickly transformed his body into the girl that she had always seen herself as. 
As the transformation neared its completion Francine asked what she was supposed to do about her parents. The Fox tells her that it will change their memories to have them remember that she was always a girl. Francine however told him that he couldn't do that and their acceptance of the real her was too precious to throw out for a falsehood. The Fox hesitantly agrees to let her parents keep their memories so long as she doesn't mention him to them or anyone else and he still changes the memories of everyone else she knows. Francine agrees and is overjoyed at her new body. The Fox then casts his Mass Memory Alter spell and disappears after the load boom it makes. Just then her parents stir awake and after a moment realize who she is and ask what's happened. Francine then embraces both of them and starts to explain that she has become a real woman. A moment later the fox flies off and Francine spots his true statue form in the sky. She waves goodbye to him as he floats away happy that her wish has been granted. 
===== Too Good to Put Down =====
Later than night Francine is waiting at a bus stop and meets a boy named Kevin who begins to flirt with her. Kevin sees her SS High shirt and Francine plays it off as her being a new student and the two flirt a bit before agreeing to sit together on the bus. While the exact turn of events remains unknown the two eventually become a couple. 
===== Matchmaker =====
Months later Francine is in her house with Kevin getting ready to go out for the day with him. However, she has a big pimple that she is embarrassed about and worries her make up won't cover it. Unknown to either of them however, Chris Young is in the yard next door and practicing his mind reading spell on Kevin and eavesdropping on them both for a moment. 
===== Awakening: Seattle Seductress =====
Years later Francine is still living in Seattle. On the day Sylvana Huntington successfully breached the curse vault on Alistair's Island and sent out all the collected curses to possess their original hosts, Francine is one of the millions unfortunately effected. After being recursed and becoming one of Sylvana's enlightened, she finds Holly Allen in an ally way at night and infects her with the curse as well turning her into an Enlightened as well bent on further spreading the "gift" of master Sylvana. 
== Traits/Personality ==
As both Franklin and Francine she is shown to be a rather gentle and rather timid personality. While she is shy in coming out to her parents, she is able to work up the courage to do so after so long and shows that while she is timid, she can work up the courage to express her true self. When the Fox at last transforms her into her true self she is overjoyed but also persistent that she wants her parents to remember the truth rather than have their memories altered. This shows that despite her misgivings about coming out Francine genuinely cares for her parents and values their acceptance of her being transgender. When she is quick to meet Kevin and the two start a relationship, she remains a bit timid and shy but is more open to the idea of a guy flirting with her now that she has become her true self. 
== Relationships ==
===== Kevin =====
Francine meets Kevin shortly after he had been transformed into a girl named Jennifer by his ex-girlfriend Isabelle Arrington. While it is never specified if either of them ever told the other about their past of gender swapping both of them seem to hit it off rather quickly. They are shown to still be a couple at least a year after they met based on their cameo in Matchmaker and both seem very close as a couple. 
===== Parents =====
Francine's Parents were quick to accept her after she came out as Transgender and while we never hear exactly how they took the news that she had become a real woman thanks to the fox their smiles show that still fully embraced her and loved that her wish had been granted. Both of her parents love her unconditionally and care for her no matter what she identifies as. Francine also values their acceptance tremendously and asks the Fox not to memory alter them to preserve the true value of their acceptance of her even if she had been born in the wrong body. 
== Abilities/Powers ==
As a Non-Blood Francine has not unique powers or qualities beyond being a victim of the gender curse. When she is recursed by Sylvana however she gains a few minor abilities, such as increased strength and the ability to spread the modified Gender Curse to others through her blood. 
== Gallery ==
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== Trivia ==
* It is unknown which of Francine's parents is also the carrier of the Gender Curse but it's possible that their own feelings towards such thing is what helped them better understand and accept her when she came out. 
* It's also possible that both of her parents carry the curse and that is why they are both so accepting right away. 
== See also ==
Category:Females