1 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Make_A_Friend_5796.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:180:He just wants to make a friend!]] |
3 | ''[[http://frankieandstein.com/ Frankie and Stein]]'' is a {{webcomic}} by Margo Zeno about a little {{Mad Scientist}} named Stein whose mother tells him to make a friend... |
4 | |
5 | ...so he does. |
6 | |
7 | He robs "the cursed grave" and steals a brain, and, by the end of Chapter 1, Frankie is alive and ready for action! |
8 | |
9 | There are a few supporting characters, including Stein's cousin Karl, his ''also'' FrankensteinsMonster best friend Adam, and Adam's also MadScientist sister Shelly. |
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12 | !!This webcomic contains examples of: |
13 | %%* AdorableAbomination: Frankie |
14 | %%* AmbiguousInnocence |
15 | %%* BigBrotherInstinct: There seems to be some from Karl to Frankie, especially what with their mutual condition. |
16 | %%** [[WordofGod Confirmed.]] |
17 | %%* CheerfulChild: Stein. |
18 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: If you can call it that. His mother tells him to "make a friend". [[spoiler:He actually goes out and makes, by means of science, a friend.]] |
19 | %%* CreatingLife: Chapter 1 is all about Stein doing this for Frankie. |
20 | * CreepyChild: Stein is starting to venture into this, what with [[http://frankieandstein.com/2012/01/21/page-23/ this strip]] See below, in Dissonant Serenity. |
21 | %%* CreepyDoll: "[[http://heavenstomurgatroyd.deviantart.com/art/SUTURE-tm-283254976 SUTURE(tm)]] will teach your child the meanings of loyalty, courage, and fear!" |
22 | %%* DeliberatelyMonochrome, of the pure black and white style. And it suits the tone very well. |
23 | %%* {{Department of Redundancy Department}}: |
24 | %%** meta version: "lying lie-face that lies" [[http://frankieandstein.com/2012/06/08/page-79/ here.]] |
25 | * DissonantSerenity: Stein acts this way... a lot. From graverobbing grinningly, to stealing a brain with a smile on his face, to excitedly explaining what he's going to do next half-way through creating his own Frankenstein's Monster with blood all over his face. Only, he's a little more upbeat than serene. [[http://frankieandstein.com/2012/01/21/page-23/ This]] strip, in particular. |
26 | %%* FrankensteinsMonster: Frankie |
27 | %%* GraveRobbing |
28 | %%* IHatePastMe: It appears as though [[spoiler: future Stein]] feels this way. |
29 | %%* MadScientist: Stein is a mini-version. |
30 | %%* MadScientistLaboratory: Stein has one, complete with table and octopus. |
31 | * MeaningfulName: |
32 | ** Stein - the suffix of "Frankenstein" |
33 | ** Frankie - a pun on the prefix of "Frankenstein" |
34 | ** Shelly - a variation of the last name of ''Frankenstein'' author, Mary Shelley |
35 | ** Adam - one of the names by which The Monster of ''Frankenstein'' is referred to |
36 | %%* MyFutureSelfAndMe: Occurred with [[spoiler: Stein and Shelly]]. |
37 | * NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Shelly claims that if this occurs [[YourHeadASplode their heads will explode.]] |
38 | ** [[spoiler: Future Shelly tells her that it won't happen, because it didn't happen, because she does [[StableTimeLoop not recall her head exploding when it happened to her.]]]] |
39 | * ShoutOut: There are quite a few. |
40 | ** ''Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}'', both book and various movies. |
41 | *** All of the above listed {{Meaningful Name}}s |
42 | *** Karl's name is taken from [[WordOfGod Karl Frankenstein]] of ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein''. While the namesake treats the Monster horribly, this is more of a homage to the [[Creator/DwightFrye actor]], who has played other iconic characters in ''Frankenstein'' fame. |
43 | ** One of the various book titles, ''Trampling in God's Domain,'' on [[http://frankieandstein.com/2011/12/13/page-6/ this early page]] references debates about the story. |
44 | ** To Creator/BorisKarloff's ''Film/TheBodySnatcher'' [[http://frankieandstein.com/2012/01/17/page-21/ in this strip]]. |
45 | ** The [[Series/DoctorWho Weeping Angel]] in the graveyard. |
46 | ** With the [[spoiler: time travel]] arc for Chapter 4, there are a lot of references to sci-fi pop culture: |
47 | *** Shelley claims that [[spoiler: Frankie's]] head will [[YourHeadAsplode explode]], citing "It is too science! I saw it on tv!" as proof. Stein tries to figure out where she got her "information," referencing "the one with [[Series/DoctorWho the box]][[note]] The TARDIS[[/note]]," "the one with [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture the car]][[note]]The [=DeLorean=][[/note]]," and "the one with [[Literature/TheTimeMachine the Morlo-]][[note]]Presumably, Stein was going to say 'Morlocks', which are a type of creature in ''Literature/{{The Time Machine}}''[[/note]]" |
48 | ** "Ground Control to Major Stein" references a Music/DavidBowie song. |
49 | ** "Oh my Invisible Pink Unicorn!" references the parody deity, the Invisible Pink Unicorn. |
50 | %%* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror. |
51 | %%* TimeMachine: Apparently [[spoiler: Shelly]] built one. |
52 | * TimeTravel: [[spoiler:Shelly]]'s TimeMachine takes [[spoiler:her and Stein]] to the future where they meet [[spoiler:their teenage selves.]] |
53 | * TwitchyEye: A lot of it. |
54 | ** Stein appears to be the most common offender. It's most commonly seen when he's happy, scheming, nervous, sad, uncertain - okay, it's a bit rarer to see him without it. |
55 | ** Karl is probably a close second, which leads one to wonder if the eyetwitch is genetic. His instances seem restricted, however, to just when he's obsessing over something, annoyed, or uncertain. |
56 | ** It must be contagious, following this logic. It has also been spotted in Adam and Frankie, in moments of concern, uncertainty, and being weirded out. |
57 | * TheUnreveal: Oh no, Karl's gonna find Frankie and know immediately what's going on! [[http://frankieandstein.com/2012/04/23/page-63/ ...or, um, not.]] |
58 | %%* UnsoundEffect |
59 | * WhatTheHellHero: Stein on [[http://frankieandstein.com/2012/02/29/page-40/ Page 40]]... What the hell, Stein?! |
60 | ** Another one is in the works for [[http://frankieandstein.com/2012/06/15/page-80/ Page 80]]. That's AscendedFridgeHorror, right there. |
61 | %%* WrittenSoundEffect |
62 | %%* WrongTimeTravelSavvy: Shelly |
63 | * YourHeadASplode: What will happen to Frankie if Stein takes her [[spoiler: time travelling]], at least according to Shelly. |
64 | ** Later disproven by [[spoiler: future Shelly]] as she doesn't [[spoiler: remember her]] head exploding when [[spoiler:she traveled through time.]] |
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