Frank Underwood

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## Evil-doer

### Alias

Frank Underwood
F.U.
Mr. Vice President
Mr. President
Little John (Secret Service alias)
American Hitler

### Allies

Claire Underwood (wife; formerly)Doug Stamper (formerly; deceased)

### Occupation

Member of the South Carolina Senate (pre-series)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 5th congressional district (1991 - 2013)
Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives (2005 - 2013)
49th Vice President of the United States (2013 - 2014)
46th President of the United States (2014 - 2017)
Second Gentleman of the United States (2017)
First Gentleman of the United States (2017)

### Resources

Fourth-wall awareness
Genius-level intellect
Mastery of manipulation
Mastery of strategy
Leadership
Experienced politics
Political resources
Charisma
Intimidation
Deception

### Hobby

Playing video games on his PlayStation.
Smoking.
Eating ribs at Freddy's BBQ.

### Goals

Destroy the Political career of Michael Kern who President Garret Walker tapped for Secretary of State instead of Underwood who he originally promised the job (Season 1).
Make Peter Russo Governor of Pennsylvania (Season 1).
Turn President Walker and Vice President Jim Matthews against one another (Season 1).
Manipulate his way to becoming the Vice President of the United States and eliminate any opposition who stands in his way (late Season 1 & early Season 2).
Make President Walker resign in order to become President (Season 2).
Win the Democratic candidation nominee (Season 3 & early Season 4).
Win the 2016 Presidental Election (Season 4 & early Season 5).
Make Claire the new president so she can pardon him (Season 5)
Convert the United States of America into military dictatorship. (ultimate goal)

### Moral Event Horizon

Murdering many innocent people such as Peter Russo, Zoe Barnes, Aiden Macallen, LeAnne Harvey and his neighbour's pet dog.
Attempting to rape his wife Claire Underwood.
Leaving a terrorist's hostage to die, resulting in an atmosphere of fear and paranoia.

### Kill Count

2 (directly)
4 (indirectly)
3 (attempted)

### Crimes

Corruption
Abuse of Power
Mass murder (including attempted assassination)
Crimes against humanity
Blackmail
Conspiracy
Disturbing the peace
Extortion
Torture
Sabotage
Bribery
Vandalism
Usurpation
Domestic violence
War instigation
Terrorism
Incrimination
Defilement
Attempted marital rape

### Type of Villain

Power-Hungry Mastermind

**Francis Joseph Underwood**, better known as **Frank Underwood** or **President Underwood**, is the main villainous protagonist of the 2013 American Netflix series *House of Cards*. He starts out as the protagonist of the first 5 seasons, and is later the posthumous overarching antagonist of the sixth season. He is the husband of Claire Underwood.

He is a corrupt, ruthless politician who serves as the House Majority Whip, and later serves as the Vice President of the United States before eventually becoming the President of the United States.

He was portrayed by Kevin Spacey.

## What Makes Him Pure Evil?

### In General

* Despite being the overall main protagonist of the show for the first 5 seasons, Frank does very little (if any) effort to justify his status as the series' main "hero". Even the show itself knows that Frank is the farthest thing from a hero and does not gaslight the viewer into believing that what he's doing is right by showing the consequences of his more heinous moments.
* Even though he had a genuinely tragic past of growing up with an alcoholic father who was a peach farmer that put both him and his mother through years of misery in an impoverished household and died from natural causes before Frank could do it himself, thus leaving him with resentment and anger, he is still far past it as he is willing to extend that abuse he once suffered to others.
	+ Also, he kept a photo of his father alongside a member of Ku Klux Klan (KKK), which he considers the one time he was proud of him based on his fight to just survive. While it is only one moment, it does further subvert his tragic past given it proves him to be a hypocrite who is willing to make exceptions.
* While he refuses to father a child because he deemed bringing one to his world would be cruel and pointless and claims to be against both slavery and the Confederacy, he also claims that it's because he hates children and the way in which he treats people is no better than how slaves were treated by their owners, thus making him a racist while boosting his hypocrite factor.
* Initially, Frank did genuinely love Claire, threatening to hurt anyone who would go after her and would be angry if they dragged her into his affairs. However, over time and especially after becoming President, Frank began to value power over anything else and started to get abusive against her if she didn't go along with his agenda. This also started to distress Claire and she became disillusioned to the point of betraying him. Also, the fact that he tried to kill her for her betrayal just confirms that any love he did have for her was completely erased.
	+ Worse yet, that proved to be the last straw for Doug Stamper, as this is why he killed him through poisoning.
* He contributes to multiple acts of blackmail, manipulation, extortion, and character assassination for his own political gain.

### In the Show

* He kills his neighbour's dog that was hit by a car. Although this could be considered a mercy-killing since the dog was seriously injured, he is implied to have killed it for not tolerating it for being a "useless" form of life on Earth.
* He ruins the career of Secretary of State nominee Michael Kern.
* He murders Peter Russo and makes his death look like a suicide.
* He murders Zoe Barnes upon realizing she was becoming a threat to him.
* He ruins President Walker's life and career.
* He attempted to rape his wife, Claire Underwood.
* He threatened to kill Catherine Durant if she ever defied him.
* He allowed a terrorist's hostage to die to create an atmosphere of fear and paranoia.
* Frank attempted to use the declaration of war to divert attention from the allegations of his exposed crimes.
* Frank has terrorist Josh Materson executed, using his death as a way to win the nation's trust by claiming that he "wished" he had been taken alive.
* After a bomb attack threatened to destroy poll stations, Frank takes advantage of this by allowing it to happen so he could use it to hold off on the election polls after his Skype answer caused his ratings to plummet. He knew that this would force the White House itself to vote for a president, not the citizens and that he might have a chance at winning.
* He steals the presidential election.
* He pushes Catherine Durant down a flight of stairs after she threatened to testify against him.
* He has both Aiden Macallen and LeAnne Harvey killed.