Frank Underwood

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## Guile Villain

### Alias

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

### Allies

Claire Underwood (wife)
Doug Stamper (both formerly)

### Powers/Skills

Fourth-wall awareness
Genius level-intellect
Mastery of manipulation
Master strategist
Experienced politician
Political resources
Charisma
Intimidation
Deception

### Goals

Become President of the United States at any cost (succeeded).
Convert the USA into a dictatorship (failed).

### "Evil is Cool" Zone

Making a successful plan to become the President of the United States.
Loving his wife prior to his betrayal.
Keeping a picture of his father with a member of KKK.

### MEH or Most Evil Actions

Murdering Peter Russo and Zoe Barnes.
Attempting to rape his own wife Claire Underwood.
Ruining Michael Kern's career.
Leaving a terrorist's hostage to die to strike fear into his heart.

### Kill Count

2 (directly)
4 (indirectly; at least)
Dozens (attempted)

### Crimes

Mass corruption
Abuse of position
Blackmail
Conspiracy
Abuse of power
Vandalism
Attempted marital rape
Mass murder
Extortion
Defamation
Torture
Sabotage
Terrorism
Bribery
Usurpation
Domestic violence
Public endangerment
War instigation
Incrimination
Defilement
Assassination

### Type of Villain

Power-Hungry Mastermind

**Francis Joseph "Frank" Underwood**, better known as simply **Frank Underwood** or **F.U.** (as a way of referring to "F\*\*k You"), is the main villainous protagonist of the 2013 American Netflix original series *House of Cards*. He is the protagonist of the first five seasons and the posthumous overarching antagonist of the sixth and final season.

He is a scheming, fascist politician who rises up the ranks through political deception, social manipulation, and even murder to become President of the United States - aided by his equally ruthless wife Claire Underwood. He is eventually murdered (offscreen) by his former right-hand man Doug Stamper.

He is portrayed by Kevin Spacey.

## His Cool and Evil Rankings

### What Makes Him a Guile Villain?

* He is incredibly smart and knows how to plan his schemes out perfectly.
* Whenever a plan is orchestrated by him, Frank always knows how to be successful.
* While debased, he had a genuinely tragic past of growing up with an alcoholic dad who was a peach farmer and put him and his mom through years of misery in an impoverished household and died from natural causes and leaving Frank with resentment and anger.
* 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.
* He is charismatic and feigns affability in front of others to prevent his true colours from being exposed.
* While he is Pure Evil, Frank still easily qualifies due to his manipulation and sophistication.
* Initially, Frank did genuinely love his wife Claire, threatening to hurt anyone who would go after her and would be angry if they dragged her into his affairs. Even though it is subverted, Frank still cared about her anyway.

### What Makes Him Evil?

* He has committed multiple acts of blackmail, manipulation, extortion, and character assassination for his own political gain.
* He ruined the career of Secretary of State nominee Michael Kern.
* He murdered Peter Russo and make his death look like a suicide. He also killed Zoe Barnes, realizing that she was becoming a threat to him.
* He attempted to rape and kill 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.
* 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 unrightfully stole the presidential election.
* He pushed Catherine Durant down a flight of stairs after she threatened to testify against him.

## Trivia

* Due to sexual harassment allegations against Frank's actor Kevin Spacey, Netflix fired him from the *House of Cards* TV series, and Frank was ultimately written out of the sixth season and died offscreen. However, if Frank had returned in the last season, it is possible that he would have been much worse.

## External Links

* Frank Underwood on the Villains Wiki
* Frank Underwood on the Pure Evil Wiki
* Frank Underwood on Wikipedia