Francine Alice Frensky is a tomboy character in the book and television series Arthur. She is in third grade and attends Lakewood Elementary and is a Polish-American Jew.
Profile
- Name: Francine Alice Frensky
- Alias: Francine
- Gender: Female
- Age: 8
- Parents: Oliver Frensky (father), Laverne Frensky (mother)
- Siblings: Catherine Frensky (older sister)
Appearance
Francine is an anthropomorphic monkey with short brown hair, which she puts two little yellow clips on to pin it up. She is typically seen wearing a red shirt, blue jeans and sneakers.
Personality and skills
Francine is very athletic and loves sports, especially soccer, football, kickball, and bowling. The only sports she doesn't excel at are badminton and figure skating (which she dismisses as "girly"). Francine is very determined, perhaps even restless, and if she doesn't have an immediate knack for a certain sport or skill, she can become frustrated. Arthur once described her as a "sore winner." Francine is an excellent singer and drummer. However, she can't do both at the same time very well. Even though Francine does fairly well in school, she does struggle from time to time. At one point she even resorted to plagiarizing an entire paper. At the start of the show, Francine was very mean and would get angry easily (to the point where Buster and Brain would say that her head would pop off from anger {"Meek for a Week"). She was described as a jerk and a bully to fans of Arthur, and also once she called Fern a mouse. However, as the show progressed into later seasons Francine's personality has softened a bit. Francine's favorite color is red. It also has been hinted that she has a crush on Arthur.
Family
Francine lives with her father and mother, and sister Catherine in an apartment building. She also has a pet cat named Nemo. Francine's extended family has been seen on a few occasions such as in Arthur's Perfect Christmas, Arthur's Backround Blues, and "Is That Kosher?."
Friends
- Arthur Read - Arthur is one of Francine's best friends. Though they are best friends, Francine seems to always pick on Arthur. In some episodes it seems Francine likes Arthur.
- Muffy Crosswire - Francine and Muffy met during second grade and became best friends when they found out they had the same middle name, Alice. They always manage to find something to do together even though they are different in many ways. They often clash over Francine's tomboyish attitude or Muffy's selfishness, but they have always made up in the end.
Francine is also friends with Binky, Buster, Fern, George, Jenna and Sue Ellen.