Frank Fly

Frank Fly, known as Frank-Sama in Japan, is a character and boss in EarthBound. He is the self-proclaimed "fail-proof" leader of Onett's local street gang, the Sharks.
== Appearance ==
Frank is a young man with light blonde hair, a square jaw, a straight nose, pearly white teeth, and high cheekbones with hollowed cheeks. Both his clay model and battle sprite sport wide, toothy grins. His hair seems to be a mix between a shark-fin-shaped Mohawk and a mullet.
Frank wears a dark red, double-breasted pinstripe suit, a dress shirt with cuffed sleeves, black dress shoes, a pair of black sunglasses, and a shark tooth necklace. The shark tooth is strangely red, unlike real shark teeth which are white. The reason for this is probably, because it would be hard to put a white tooth on a white shirt.
Both his clay model and battle sprite depict him wielding a pair of daggers.
== Personality ==
Frank is a ruthless yet misguided youth, as he was able to take over Onett with the help of his own gang, the Sharks. His influence was so great that Onett's police force did not try to arrest him or his gang, hinting at the police force's ineffectiveness. Because no one prior to Ness thought to challenge him in a fight, Frank saw himself as "fail-proof". Once he was defeated by Ness, however, he called himself "Failure Frank" in light of his loss.
During battle, his attacks are primarily physical, and deal crude damage. He can brandish his knife, dealing high damage, or come out swinging, dealing less damage. His other attack is that he can say something nasty, lowering Ness' guts during the fight. Despite his strong offense, he has relatively low HP, and can usually be felled in 2 or 3 turns.
After he is defeated by Ness, Frank has a positive change of heart and disbands the Sharks. In an attempt to shape himself up, he takes a job at a Burger Shop, where Ness can talk to him afterwards to recover HP and PP. During the Chosen Four's final battle with Giygas, Frank is one of many people who prayed for the safety of Ness and his friends, which played a role in Giygas' final defeat.
He seems to be talented with machines, as he built his own robot, Frankystein Mark II.
== History ==
Prior to the events of Earthbound, Frank Fly formed the Sharks and took over Onett, terrorizing the small town and causing many of its residents to move to Twoson. He then established his gang's headquarters at the local arcade.
Frank would later vandalize the Traveling Entertainer's Shack, causing it to be closed and depriving Ness of a way into Giant Step. At the request of Onett's mayor, B.H. Pirkle, Ness confronts Frank in the backyard of Onett's arcade and ultimately defeats him. Unwilling to admit defeat just yet, Frank sends in his robot, Frankystein Mark II, to take care of Ness, who wrecks it.
Frank then finally sees he's been bested and accepts it, calling himself "Failure Frank". He proceeds to tell Ness about Giant Step, explaining it contains some kind of mysterious power. He then disbands the Sharks gang and gets a job at a Burger Shop in an attempt to shape himself up. Ness and his party can talk to him in order to recover lost HP and PP.
Frank is later seen near the end of the game, being one of many people who answers Paula's prayers for help against Giygas. He prays for Ness' safety, which plays a role in weakening Giygas and allowing him to be defeated by the Chosen Four.
After Giygas' defeat, if Ness visits Frank again afterwards Frank will welcome him back and show interest in any story Ness might have about his adventures.
== Battle ==
* Brandished a knife - Frank Fly gives high damage to one party member.
* Came out swinging - Frank Fly gives low damage to one party member.
* Said something nasty - Frank Fly lowers a party member's Guts.
== Trivia ==
* Frank's equivalent seems to be Teddy from Earthbound Beginnings. Both men are misguided gang leaders who terrorize the cities they live in (Ellay and Onett, respectively), but after they are defeated by the protagonist (Ninten/Ness), they see the error of their ways and support the protagonist. In addition, both Frank and Teddy wear sunglasses, wield knives, and have the Hippie's theme as their boss theme. Unlike Frank, however, Teddy is an optional playable character who can be recruited into the main party, and his weapons can be upgraded to swords.
* If Ness is unconscious at any point during the game, Frank will question Ness' friends, explaining that he "doesn't remember becoming a friend of a friend of Ness's", and that he tells them to "quit joking around about a circle of friends" and to go home.
* It is implied that Frank is either in his teens or early twenties, as he says he's still "underage" when you talk to him after defeating Giygas.
* There is a possibility that Frank was the inspiration for Fly Minetti from Lisa: the Painful RPG.
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