Franky/Misc.

Early One Piece
Franky was created by Oda with Kazuki Yao's voice in mind because of his hentai-like character portrayal of his two previous roles of Jango and Mr. 2 Bon Kurei.

Anime and Manga Differences
Franky's adventure in Barjimoa is extended in the anime:



After Franky learned where he landed, he got frozen by the cold. The child and old man who found Franky took him to the hospital where the doctors turned Franky into a gentleman by giving him Darjeeling tea since they didn't have cola.

Later the child tried to get his original personality back by putting Franky in the woods filled with cyborg creatures (he got the idea after misinterpreting what the old man said about regaining his wildness). It doesn't go as planned until a gorilla cyborg starts pounding on Franky as he tries to resolve the fight peacefully. The tea he was drinking boils as a result and Franky regains his personality albeit still low on power since the tea is cooling.

After beating up the animals, the boy leads Franky to Vegapunk's abandoned lab. The two break in which activates the alarm and the two are quickly confronted by a shadowed being.

Filler & Movie Battles

 * Franky and Nami vs. Hockera
 * Franky and Zoro vs. Pirate Ships off the Coast of Drum Island
 * Franky vs. cyborg animals

Merchandise
He featured in the second wave of the One Piece VS Figure Gashapon series. He has now featured in the Portrait of Pirates figurine sets.

Other Appearances

 * Franky has appeared in the game Jump Ultimate Stars for the DS as a playable character.

Translation and Dub Issues

 * When transforming, Franky yells "Hentai" 変体 (change of form / alternate form) instead of the more commonly used transforming word "Henshin". This can be confused with the same sounding word, "Hentai" 変態, that can be translated as transformation or metamorphosis, but more commonly used to say something is perverted or a pervert. Therefore, this makes his enemies think that Franky says "pervert" or "perverted" when transforming. Furthermore, whenever someone uses "Hentai" in other context (such as a certain battle formation used by the Flying Fish Riders), Franky tends to show confusion as if it is talking about him.


 * In Franky's bounty, his nickname is "Tetsujin," meaning Iron Man, but the furigana indicated that it should be read as サイボーグ, which is the katakana for cyborg.

Trivia

 * Before the Straw Hats arrived at Water Seven, Luffy drew a childish picture of what he wanted the future shipwright to look like. This bad drawing is similar in appearance to Franky.
 * Franky has two Jolly Rogers. The one on the right has been used byToei Animation, and the one on the left was drawn by Oda in a SBS.
 * The first ship he built that managed to achieve his original goal of beating a Sea King was the BF-35 (the 35th 'Battle Franky').
 * Franky also wrote BF-36 separately on both of his shoulders, making him the 36th Battle Franky and implying that he can kill a Sea King. The latter is confirmed during Thriller Bark, when he revealed his Hakugeki Hou.
 * After 2 years of separation with the crew, he now has a huge cyborg body that has BF-37 on both of his shoulders, pointing out his new form making him the newest model, Battle Franky #37.
 * Franky is a major and playable character in One Piece Unlimited Adventure. However, he does not appear on the cover of the US version, due to not being featured in the English version of the show at the time.
 * In the game Jump Ultimate Stars Franky is playable.
 * In the Japanese only game, Fighting for One Piece, Franky's name was misspelled and written as 'Flanky' in the introduction to the game.
 * Franky's outfit, hairstyle, and personality seems to all be based on Jim Carry when he played Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
 * According to Volume 43's SBS, his birthday is March 9, which comes from the term サイボーグ (cyborg): サ can be interpret as "san," or the number 3, while グ can be interpret as "kyu," or number 9. This gives 3-9, or March 9. He shares the same birthday with Shanks.
 * Franky's favorite foods are hamburgers, french fries, and anything that goes with cola.
 * In the 4th Japanese fan poll, he came out as the thirteenth most popular character. While it is fairly high it still makes him the least popular of the Straw Hats. Franky's real name, Cutty Flam, was also ranked in 100th place in the same poll.
 * Franky is described as being like the father of a family.
 * Despite that Franky has a trademark soundtrack when he is in action, the soundtrack played wasn't developed to be a theme only for him, as the theme "Serious Battle" can be heard before in the series in Episodes 97 (when Luffy escapes from a Shandora Lizard) and 114 (when Usopp uses his "Usopp Pound"). Apart from that, the complete soundtrack has a first part as one of Sanji's trademark themes and the second part as Chopper's trademark theme. This is maybe because the theme was created in order for Sanji, Chopper, and perhaps Usopp have a theme when they were fighting.
 * When he is not working in his room within Sunny, he keeps his tools in his speedo.
 * Franky's current hair style after the two year time skip first appeared in Mugiwara Theatre - Red-Hair of Class 3 - Sea Time.
 * In the real world, Franky would be from the U.S.A., a reference to cola and his look in general.
 * In an SBS, when asked which flower Franky resembles the most, Robin's Voice Actress replied he most resembles an anemone.
 * Franky bears an uncanny resemblance to Jim Carrey's Ace Ventura character. Both have the exact same hair-style (pre-timeskip), wear Hawaiian shirts and sunglasses, and have over-the-top personalities and mannerisms.
 * Franky also bears a resemblence to the American cartoon character "Popeye the Sailorman". They both share similarly large tatooed forearms, are both 34 years old (before timeskip), and both rely on food for immediate energy and power (spinich and cola, respectively).
 * The nickname "Franky" is probably a reference to Frankenstein's monster, since they both are re-created humans.