Hans Frankenstein

**Hans Frankenstein** is a supporting character in *Sniper Killer* and *Ding Dong Dead*.

## Description

### Appearance

Hans is a short, stocky Caucasian man with balding, graying brown hair. He wears a long-sleeved white dress shirt, olive pants with matching suspenders and bowtie, brown shoes, and round, opaque glasses. He walks with a slouched posture.

### Personality

Hans has a jovial, yet disquieting disposition. Although he is friendly to a fault, he can be unintentionally creepy due to his apparent lack of understanding of social norms and questionable morals. He is prone to genuine, bubbly bursts of excitement, accompanied by a misplaced, childlike curiosity for the mundane. He seems to have an exaggeratedly high opinion of himself, as heard on his radio broadcasts and considers himself the greatest at whatever he is currently doing. Generally though, Hans is sincere in his motives and attempts to accommodate others to the best of his abilities, even if the manner this occurs in only makes them uncomfortable.

### History

As evidenced by his speech, Hans hails from a German-speaking nation, presumably Switzerland or Austria, given his mention of yodeling and nougat chocolate, and the presence of a Tyrolean hat in his apartment. Hans insinuates that he was bullied during gardeschool and cannot return to his country of origin where he is a fugitive for having, in his words, "created a monster made from corpses and given it life, inadvertantly causing the destruction of a whole village", which is probably why his reason for emigrating to the United States.

## *Sniper Killer*

Hans is a photography hobbyist, running a dingy studio out of his second basement floor apartment. Pamela arrives at his apartment, having seen one of his flyers looking for models willing to be photograped in exchange for $40. After finding the door unlocked and the flat seemingly empty, Hans suddenly appears behind a support pillar, greeting his guest and admiring her appearance as "perfect". He then formally introduces himself, promising that the pair are about to "make history" as "the greatest photoshoot the free world has ever seen" and directs her to the walk-in closet to pick the outfit she is to wear for the session. When Pamela asks which of the dresses she is supposed to use, Hans reacts confused and instead says to take the pillow on the ground to put under her shirt. Upon seeing her, he is exhilarated by her new look, telling her to pose at the washing machine and couch, all the while reminscing about his past. Before Hans can finish snapping the final photo, he hears someone at the door and asks Pamela to wait while he answers it. A smack can be heard shortly after, presumably Hans being knocked out by the person at the door, just before the intruder enters and fatally shoots Pamela.

## *Ding Dong Dead*

Hans, as DJ Hans Dancenstein, can be regularly heard making public service announcements on the radio. He is the one to reveal that there had been a breakout at the State Insane Asylum, precisely on the 10 year anniversary of the Ding Dong Ditcher Ripper murders, and entertains the idea that the institutionalized murderer is one of the escapees, saying that he feels lucky to not be near the site of the killings. Later, he warns the residents of the suburbs that there will be a storm throughout the night and predicts blackouts in the neighborhoods.

## Trivia

* Hans Frankenstein is a parody the titular character in *Frankenstein*, Dr. Viktor Frankenstein, who is often regarded as the prototype of the mad scientist stock trope, sharing his implicitly Swiss background and creation of an undead monster assembled from dead bodies that wrought havoc on a nearby town.