Francesca Winters

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## Inspirations

### Music allusions

Relax (Frankie goes to Hollywood)Brick House (Commodores)Frankenstein (Edgar Winters Group)Baby Driver (Simon and Garfunkel)

## Appearances

### Debut

Episode 5: Free Ride

**Francesca "Frankie" Winters** is a supporting character in UIR. A gentle giant with a big heart, she helps out the Iron Rangers as a Mechanic, fixing up Ben's mechanical limbs when broken or destroyed. She and Ben also have a genuine love for each other.

## Appearance

Frankie is a tall, robust woman of Brazilian descent, her ancestry not really known due to being orphaned. She possesses a rather large and voluptuous build, with big muscles, wide hips and shoulders, and a very large bust. Despite her physical size, her face is very feminine and pretty. Her skin is light brown. Some of her older comics give Frankie freckles, but they do not show up in later episodes. Her eyes are light blue, almost teal in color. She also has black lipstick and mascara. Her hair is odd in that it is a pale white in the front, and a dark black in the back. Perhaps her most distinguishable, and most hidden, trait is her scars, stitch marks on her face and neck, as well as other parts of the body. Another trait is her mechanical limbs, mostly kept out of view in her disguises.

Her wardrobe is very extensive, and she has been seen wearing many thing from a gray tank top to a blue bodysuit/pink scarf combo to a black longcoat/red dress combo with a wide-brimmed black hat.

## Personality

Despite her bulk and superhuman strength, Frankie is incredibly kind and friendly to many people, with an attitude that radiates comfort and kindness. Frankie openly goes out of her way to help others, and likes to act as a place of counsel and a shoulder to lean on. She is incredibly extroverted and loves to go out and meet people, both risky moves for a world where villains hunt down crypts like her for their sinister goals. There is, however, a rather possessive side to her shown when it comes to Ben when Cherry asserted herself on him.

## History

### Past:

Francesca grew up in the worst conditions. At a very young age, she was diagnosed with a terminal illness, one that would kill her when she was really young. She never knew her father, her mother was lost, and she was orphaned. She would have died if it was not for the actions of Edgar Victor Winters, a "Man of Science" who took on Frankie as his own child. According to Frankie, he repaired and cured her of her illness, also improving her strength and durability beyond normal humans. This Dr. Winters then trained Frankie in mechanics and science, but was also noted for being very kind and supportive. Frankie mentions that he hired guards to defend Frankie, probably due to her status as a cyborg and crypt risked her falling into nefarious hands. Sadly, when Frankie was an adult, Mr. Winters perished in 2018.

After this tragedy, Frankie was put under the security of a Mr. Longhorn, an enigmatic but seemingly benevolent Minotaur who has appointed Dwight Costello to be Frankie's bodyguard.

### Episode 5 - Free Ride:

Before the events of the episode, a porcine scoundrel named Rumble Tusk somehow managed to steal her wallet, who then battled Ben. The battle ended with Ben losing an arm and having his van damaged, but now with Frankie's wallet. Being a good Samaritan, Ben leaves to return the van. When Frankie opens the door, Ben becomes bashful at the sight of her, but still returns the wallet. For a favor, Frankie decides to help Ben out with his car (Ben hid his lost robot arm from Frankie for he did not yet know she was a cyborg like him).

After bringing the van to her workshop, she has Ben wait out in the lobby before she takes off her bodysuit covering her robot arms. After hearing an unsettlingly loud crunch from the garage, Ben returns to check if she is safe, walking in on her tearing off the hood of the van with her robot arms. After an awkward pause, Ben reveals that he too is a cyborg, much to Frankie's joy.

After learning about Ben's arm, they work together to create a new arm, one equipped with a Rocket Lasso, which allows Ben to fire his fist like a grappling hook, grabbing, punching, and lassoing people and things farther away. The next day, Frankie and Ben encounter Rumble Tusk again at her junkyard, seeking to steal scrap for a quick buck. This time, the fight was in Ben's favor, using his Rocket Lasso to defeat the pig. After hogtying the hog, Frankie thanks Ben with a kiss, much to the latter's pleasure. Frankie then gives Ben her contact information, so that whenever he needs help, Frankie can assist.

After this event, Frankie and Dwight speak, the latter not thrilled that she waited to call about the boar mutant. It was in this conversation that Dwight first hears about there being another cyborg...

### Episode 8 - What if I Stumble:

After an intense fight with Ironworks, Ben returns to Frankie's house in need of repairs and a replacement for his broken arm. While at first she is happy to see him again, she becomes saddened and concerned for Ben's ever-increasingly risky behavior and actions. After giving Ben a new arm, she asks about his powers and why he cannot heal it himself. This causes Ben to lament the lack of control over his powers and beat himself up over his inability to defeat Horror Show. After apologizing for his venting, Frankie does not put up with it, and sternly but gently tells the cowboy that he has a heart of gold, and there's no reason to tear himself down. This is immediately followed with Frankie demanding Ben repay her not with money, but a date.

Later that day, Ben and Frankie are entering the mall, and she tells him that this is a day where they treat each other. In one of the stores, Frankie asks Ben why he doesn't have a hat like a usual cowboy, to which he responds he lost it in a scuffle with Barry Idol. Frankie plops a hat on Ben, and when he asks why she is doing this, she responds that he's the only person like her. This prompts her to tell Ben about her past, about her orphaned status and Mr. Winters, which causes her to get emotional. Ben comforts her, and tells her that he wouldn't mind spending more time with her. Ben admits that he really likes her, and though he does not want to rush relationships, he is open to another date, making Frankie smile. With a regained confidence, the Iron Ranger presses on.

Unbeknownst to both of them, Dwight Costello watched the two from the rooftop. He reports to Mr. Longhorn about Ben's relation to Frankie, which intrigues the minotaur greatly. He orders Costello to keep an eye on the Ranger, as he "could be a valuable addition".

### Interlude - Wheel in the Sky:

After Ben's taxing fight against an upgraded Ironworks, he finds a phone booth and decides to call Toma, Haze, and Jeff on his gramp's line; when this does not work, he calls Frankie. She informs him that they were ambushed. She expresses great concern for Ben's well-being, and makes him promise he'll make it back safe.

#### Episode 11 - Beer for my Horses:

With Ben returning to Frankie's house, Dwight fires off his SMGs at him as a warning and tries to interrogate the Ranger and his intentions; believing him to be a threat. Frankie, however, butts in between the two and chews out Dwight for his hostility and tells him Ben's good and not an enemy. She looks to Ben, seeming to be angry but then breaks down crying and bear hugs him, telling him she was worried about his well being when he didn't return from his original mission.

After a situation run down by a now ally Paradox Schrodinger, Frankie helps Ben with any repairs while he adds on a new function to the arms. She looks at him, telling him she feels that he should try and slow down more and visit just for fun. Afterwards, she gives him a goodbye kiss as he and the group head off.

#### Episode 12 - Bad Moon Rising:

Over at the Doki Doki Lucky Lucky Casino, Ben is told by Jackie that someone is there to see him and looks like the Brazilian flag. He heads on down, only to find Frankie dressed in a yellow and green dress with white gloves, boots, and a blue scarf. She comes in with a suitcase to present Ben another new set of arms but with adding exhaust slots. Immediately after, A frightened Paradox teleports in with a mortally wounded Barry and Cherry with the three crashing on top of the table.

Ben asks whats happening as he heals the two, and learns from Paradox that Ironworks is making more of his kind and his new "friend" almost killed Barry and Cherry with ease, and Jack thrown out of the castle. Cherry though, upon reviving, tries to make a move on Ben. This causes Frankie to act rather malicious and possessive, and proceeds to toss her away.

## Abilities and Skills:

#### Super Strength:

Frankie has displayed a few times her rather incredible strength, using it to tear off chunks of metal from a van for repairs and also with a mere "poke" of her arm sent Cherry flying through a marble counter. The full extent of her strength is presently unknown.

#### Mechanics:

Frankie has made a living off of being a mechanic, an interest of hers she said came from Winters her adoptive father teaching her. She is apparently rather adept as not only does she run her own shop, she's presently manufactured all of Ben's arms and their variations along with adding on the Rocket Lasso and improving upon it with each iteration. She's also very knowledgeable about cars and vans and has a fondness for racing and cars in general if her decorum is anything to go by.

## Relationships:

### Ben Young:

Both his mechanic and lovers, Ben and her share a fondness for metal working and cybernetics and their present status as cyborgs. She seems to adore Ben greatly and appreciates him, although a bit smothering at possessive at times. Regardless, the relationship itself appears to be one built on great respect for one another and care.

## Trivia:

* Obviously, Frankie's first name is a reference to Frankenstein's Monster, this connection supported by the stitches on her body and bolts in her neck.
* Frankie was at one point UIR’s version of Bloody Mary. She was conceptualized as an albino vampire named Marian, with a similar build if not a bit more tubby and longer hair.
* She has also gone through numerous redesigns on top of the swapping of species, running the gamut of different hair colors and skin tones before it was settled on her iconic two toned hair and the dark skin.