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Background:
Franklin was born in South Los Santos in the year 1988. His parents consists of a father he's never met before and a mother who
at some point in his young life became addicted to crack cocaine. As a child, Franklin often heard stories about how his father
would physically abuse his mother on occasion, possibly causing her addiction to crack, and eventually leaving her once she was
pregnant with Franklin, easily classifying him as a deadbeat father. His mother's addiction eventually led to her death.
Franklin then began to live with his grandmother and grandfather. This is where Franklin met Tonya Wiggins and JB Bradshaw.
Despite being constantly spoiled by his grandmother, Franklin had decided to take on the role of a street-hustler. One of his first
jobs were selling cigarettes along with his friend JB. The scheme was going quite successful up until Franklin's grandfather
caught them in the act. In Tonya's words, his grandfather gave chase to both him and JB all around South Los Santos. His
grandmother and grandfather later passed away at an unknown time. Franklin moved into a house on Forum Drive alongside his
aunt Denise that was given to them by his late grandmother.
Franklin attended Davis High School along with Lamar Davis, Tanisha Jackson and Tonya Wiggins but was expelled due to him
beating up his teacher. Around this time he began the life of a gang banger and dope dealer and started committing various
crimes such as carjackings and bank robberies, one of which netted him and Lamar two thousand dollars, which was ruined by a
dye pack going off on the notes. Franklin also worked for a local drug dealer named Marcus, Franklin later killed him. Franklin's
life of petty crime was short lived however and he was eventually arrested in 2008. After he was released from prison he
decided to give up his old life in the ghetto.
A few months before the start of his story, Franklin moved beyond the role of ghetto-based street dealer when he began
working for Armenian gangster Simeon Yetarian. Yetarian owns a car dealership which acts as a front for a loansharking and
extortion business. Yetarian's dealership sells cars to people who can't afford them and when they default on the payments
Franklin acts in the role of repossession man and repossesses the cars. As a result of this, he is frequently seen driving around
Los Santos in many seized sports cars, prior to the mission Complications where he and Lamar are both fired.
Events of GTA V:
Franklin is first seen on a repossession job with his close friend and co-worker Lamar Davis, soon after a chance encounter with
Michael De Santa. Later, Franklin and Lamar are assigned by Simeon Yetarian, their boss, to repossess a Bagger in a Vagos-
controlled area of Vespucci. While searching for the bike, the two are confronted by the Vagos and are forced to fight their way
out of the neighborhood. The two are able to find the bike, but the owner is killed in the process; knowing the repossession is
meaningless, Lamar takes the bike for himself. Simeon blames Franklin for the bike's theft. While recovering the BeeJay XL sold
to Jimmy De Santa, his father Michael reveals he had been hiding in the back seat and points a Pistol to Franklin's head. Under
orders from Michael, Franklin smashes the car through the window of Simeon's dealership, receiving a payment from Michael
himself for doing what he called "a job well done." This however effectively ends his employment.
Franklin is brought along by Lamar to kidnap a Ballas member named D, for no other reason than that Lamar saw "opportunity".
With the help of Lamar's dog Chop, the two succeed in capturing D; however, they are forced to free him when Lamar
inadvertently reveals their location while talking on his mobile phone.

Franklin
"Look homie, I don't mind dying, you feel me? But I just
wanna die with something that matters."
Franklin Clinton
After losing his job at the dealership, Franklin started working with Michael. Franklin helps Michael rescue Jimmy from his yacht,
which was stolen with Jimmy on it during an attempted sale. Later, after Michael catches Amanda post-coitus with her tennis
coach, Michael and Franklin chase him to the deck of a Vinewood Hills house. Believing the house to belong to the tennis coach,
Michael and Franklin use a pickup truck to pull the deck down, destroying the house. After returning to the De Santa residence,
Martin Madrazo appears to reveal the house was his, and demands $2.5 million in damages from Michael.
After some time has passed, Michael contacts Franklin to enlist him on the Vangelico Jewelry Store Heist, which Franklin accepts
as he sees this as his first major opportunity to become a much more successful criminal.
Michael, under orders of Dave Norton, infiltrates a morgue and kills several guards. In a panic, Michael calls Franklin and reveals
that he is affiliated with the FIB, though Franklin continues to trust Michael due to the latter offering him help while he was in a
tough financial position. Franklin also decides to work with Michael, in hopes that there will be better payment from jobs with
him.
Michael continues to work for Norton. Steve Haines, a corrupt FIB agent working with Norton, contacts him and makes him
team up with Franklin and Trevor to extract a prisoner of the IAA, dubbed Mr. K, out of the IAA building and into the hands of
the FIB. Later, Michael and Trevor are summoned to a remote warehouse where Michael is briefed that he will accompany
Norton to assassinate an Azebaijani terrorist suspect whilst Trevor and Haines torture Mr. K for information on him. The mission
is successful, and Michael refuses to know any more details of the mission.
When Franklin returns to his old house, Lamar and Denise heckle him for his neglect of the CGF as of late. Franklin doesn't want
to be apart of the petty gang banging in anyway possible. Trevor suddenly appears out of nowhere. After giving Denise a few
bucks and shooing her back into the house. Franklin angrily asks why he's here. Trevor says his reason for being there is to
"make new friends". At that moment, a drug deal sounded ravishing. The deal turns out to be a trap, as it was just a gram of
nose-candy hidden inside a block of drywall. The throbbing score violently begins to increase as the shit hits the fan. In the heat
of the battle, the LSPD show up to bring the urban uprising to a halting conclusion. Franklin and Trevor follow Lamar through a
narrow alley that he found in an effort to help the men escape. As they ran towards the open water, they steal three jet skis
from famous rapper MC Clip. After stealing them, all three men head towards the open sea. After riding across the ocean and
putting distance between them and the cops, Franklin figures that the cops would have a harder time catching them if they all
split up. From there, depending on who the player is controlling, can either have all the characters go off on their own or pair up
with another character to escape the cops.
Franklin, after having been informed by Michael, gets employed by billionaire Devin Weston. He steals several rare and exotic
cars for Devin Weston with Trevor and Michael. However, Weston has not paid the crew for the vehicles just yet, and claims he
is one of the best investments in the country.
Trevor receives a call from Franklin, who upon Trevor's request is tailing the remaining O'Neil brothers - inbred, redneck meth
dealers, who are vengeful because of Trevor's earlier attack of the O'Neil household, resulting in the deaths of most of the
O'Neils and the explosion of their farm. Franklin chases the O'Neils, who crash because of an elk on the road and escape in a
forest, located somewhere in the Raton Canyon. Franklin then calls Trevor for air support and eventually, Trevor and Michael
come with a helicopter, used in the extraction of Ferdinand Kerimov, out of the IAA building. Using a rifle, fitted with a thermal
scope, Michael shoots Walton and Wynn O'Neil dead, but can't get a clear image of O'Neil gang leader Elwood O'Neil, who is
hiding behind a rock and firing anti-tank rockets towards the helicopter. With the help of Chop, Franklin locates and kills Elwood,
after which he and Chop are picked up by the helicopter and safely return back to Sandy Shores.
Franklin helps the crew settles upon robbing the Blaine County Savings Bank, as it contains millions of dollars deposited there by
Blaine County's corrupt law enforcement who extort money from all the local weed farms and meth labs. Using stolen military
body armour and machine guns, Trevor, Michael, Franklin and one gunman successfully rob the Paleto bank, taking a small cut
each and giving the largest profit to Haines and Norton so they can purchase the equipment for the Humane Labs and Research
chemical plant robbery, much to the team's irritation.
Franklin arrives on Forum Drive in Strawberry. He receives a call from Lamar. Lamar tells Franklin that he's stolen the final car in
Weston's list, a Pegassi Monroe, and now has it nearby, behind Glass Heroes autobody shop. Franklin meets Lamar there! and
the two drive the Monroe to Little Bighorn Avenue where Trevor is waiting with a Packer filled with the other cars the group
have obtained for Weston. Franklin drives the Monroe onto the last remaining spot on the Packer. He, Lamar, and Trevor then
begin the drive to the drop-off point, the Procopio Truck Stop north of Paleto Bay. The police discover the cars and give chase on
the way. Franklin decides to unhitch the JB 700 and use its weapons to destroy the police cars. Franklin has heard from Weston's
lawyer that the 700 has "some new hardware on board." Trevor keeps the Packer steady while Franklin makes his way along the
cargo carrier. Franklin reaches the JB 700 and gets it off the Packer. At this point, the player is shifted from Trevor to Franklin.
Franklin uses the 700's clatrops and newly included guns to take out the police pursuit. They drop off the cars, but Devin still
refuses to pay them, angering Franklin further. He calls Lester to talk to Michael about Devin, but he isn't answering his phone,
and his last stop was at North Yankton. Franklin tells Lester to have Trevor meet him at his aunt's house.
Trevor meets Franklin at his aunt's house to find out where Michael is. Trevor explains that the Los Santos Triads kidnapped
Michael while they were in Ludendorff and that they have taken him somewhere in Los Santos. Franklin asks for his help, but
Trevor refuses, saying Michael is dead to him and leaves. It is up to Franklin to rescue Michael, alone. While Franklin doesn't
have much to go on, he manages to pinpoint Michael's location by using the Trackify app sent by Lester to track Michael's signal.
Upon arrival at the Triad's hideout, which is an abattoir called Raven Slaughterhouse, he discovers that this is the place. At this
point, Franklin sees two Triad members and kills them, either stealthily or guns blazing. Franklin hears Michael's screams
throughout the factory, and rushes to save him.
After shooting through the Triads, Franklin turns around corner and sees Michael alive, but hanged upside-down by his feet.
Franklin kills a Triad member who was pointing a gun towards Franklin threatening to kill him. Franklin then tosses Michael a
pistol while players are given the option to switch from Franklin to Michael. After both men clear out all of the Triads, Michael
lowers himself to the ground and is shown to be in a large amount of pain as he was stripped to a bloody mess and holding his
side. After the protagonists escape the building, they find two sports cars parked outside the factory. The two manage to escape
back to Michael's mansion.
Franklin and Michael are called up once again by Haines for one more job: breaking into the FIB building and remove
incriminating evidence against Haines. They can either infiltrate the building disguised as firefighters or dropped off by
helicopter, but either way, the team manages to recover the data and escapes. They meet up with Lester and celebrate their
victory with alcohol. Michael tells them he must settle things with the FIB, so Franklin stays and relaxes with Lester over some
whiskey.
A while later, Franklin is visited at his house by his ex-girlfriend Tanisha Jackson who tells him that Stretch set Lamar up with the
Ballas. It turns out Lamar is being kidnapped at the Paleto Forest Sawmill. Franklin immediately heads towards the sawmill, and
asks Lester on the way to contact Michael and Trevor to aid him in rescuing Lamar (despite the current state of their friendship).
Franklin, Trevor, and Michael arrive to the spot to rescue Lamar, with the help of Lester. They proceed to kill the Ballas and
Franklin brings him back home to Forum Drive. While there, Lamar and Franklin get into a small dispute, arguing about Franklin's
many efforts to save Lamar from problems he got himself into. Franklin advises Lamar to remain civilized and stay out of trouble,
and to get real work, instead of the routine gang banging lifestyle. Franklin is suddenly confronted by Steve Haines and Dave
Norton, who tasks Franklin to kill Trevor, due to his violent behavior and liabilty, but Franklin refuses, asking them to recruit
Michael to do it instead.
Franklin and the team begin the big score shortly afterwards. They succeed, and come off with millions of dollars in gold.
However, tensions are still heated between Trevor and Michael.
Ending
After the heist, Franklin is tasked by Steve Haines to kill Trevor and by Devin Weston to kill Michael. Franklin must choose to kill
Trevor, Michael or save both and kill everyone that had double-crossed them.







Personality
Franklin is described as ambitious but perhaps to a fault and very eager to take on new illegal challenges by Dan Houser's
description. He is also described as a logical way of showing a young man with a lot of hope, with Dan Houser claiming that this
would be a nice contrast from Michael. He also is a person that, even though is being mentored by Michael in crime, mentors
Michael in life. This helps build up the Father-Son relationship between the two. Franklin is also much more calmer than both
Michael, who has a very short temper, and Trevor, who is practically violent and psychotic. Though Lamar drives him crazy at
times, Franklin still cares for his best friend as he saves him from the Ballas with the help of Michael and Trevor during the
events of Lamar Down. He is also the same toward Michael and Trevor as he is seen helping them out with most of their
problems, like when Amanda cheats on Michael and he and the latter chase after the tennis coach during Marriage Counseling
and when he helps Trevor and Michael hunt down the remaining O'Neil brothers during Predator. This however, also leads to
other people around him to consider him disloyal, most notably his Aunt Denise, enough for Denise to threaten him by calling
the police for setting foot in her yard. Despite what Denise says, Franklin does demonstrate loyalty for people that are close to
him and for people who change his life, like Lamar, who is Franklin's best friend, and Michael, who helped him become a "three-
bit" gangster, or a high-profile criminal so to speak. Despite not knowing them very well, Franklin also gets along with Michael's
family, evident when Jimmy befriends him and when Amanda responds kindly whenever Franklin greets her while she is home.
He doesn't seem to get along with Stretch very well, but this is mostly due to Stretch trying to pull Franklin into the life that put
him in jail in the first place, and also due to Stretch's reckless and unintelligent personality. Franklin seems to suffer from some
degree of Depression/Self-Hatred, because when he's high on Marijuana he often comments how empty and alone he feels. He
might regret his decision to become a criminal but is in too deep to just stop. He doesn't seem to be able hand pressure too well;
if you choose to kill either Michael or Trevor, he tries to justify his actions by saying it wasn't really his decision, or that hadn't a
choice. Even if you choose the Deathwish ending, he will complain to Lester that he "can't kill both of'em" instead saving them.
Appearance
Franklin has been described as fit and fashion conscious. He is mostly seen wearing a blue and white button-up shirt, dark blue
jeans or black pants with white stripes and a pair of brown or dark yellow boots. In the "Michael, Trevor and Franklin" artwork,
he is seen wearing a light yellow plaid button-up shirt and stonewashed blue jeans. He also sported the same outfit in "The
Trunk" artwork. He is seen in the "Franklin and Chop" artwork wearing a tank-top, khaki shorts along with a bracelet on his right
wrist and a black watch on his right wrist. In "Three's Company," he's seen wearing his L.S. sweater, black jeans and Desert
Boots. During friendship activities with Michael, he may state that he was fat back in time, but got himself together. Michael
answers, that he can kinda see it. Lamar also chides him for not wanting to walk around the block to the van, saying "...you need
to walk with your fat ass." in the mission Chop.
Franklin is a young man and is capable of tackling challenging tasks that Michael and Trevor can't do and has a level of physical
prowess that both Michael and Trevor lack. As being a repossession man he is a skilled person behind the wheel of any car. As
during the GI demo, he was described as being able to make short work of the agents that were interrogating the target and is
often seen as a competent gunman throughout the game.
Franklin has a special ability where he can slow down time while driving, improving his driving handling. His special ability can
only be used while driving any four wheeled vehicle or motorcycle. When activated, it allows him to easily take corners at full
speed and escape possible accidents with ease. By enhancing this skill, you increase its maximum storage capacity, which
directly affects its duration. Franklin's Special begins at one third of maximum capacity, which lasts for 30 seconds of duration
when. The special ability also applies to drive-by shootings.







Dan Houser's Description of Franklin
"Franklin was the idea of this street hustler in the modern world where the glory days if there ever were glory days of gang
banging had long since passed. When some of the illusions of this life have been shattered, what do you do now having been
in that world? That seemed like an interesting character; a guy in his mid-to-late 20s who wants to move forward but doesn't
really know how and is being held back by some of his more idiotic and dangerous friends."
"The idea with Franklin was someone stepping outside their comfort zone and their normal way of doing things, because that
way, even though they're still in their mid-20s or whatever, that hasn't worked. That world that they thought they'd be in and be
able to make a success of has, thanks to the modern world or the changes in the economy or whatever it is, just failed. It doesn't
really exist. They're now looking for something new. A new opportunity. They've gotten their qualifications and gotten all their
experience and all they're good at is driving and robbing. How do actually go forward and who do you get to a kind of mentor
you? That was a good contrast. The gang-banger in the post-gang-banging world."
Trivia:
His full name is also the last names of three of the most prominent people in US History. His first name is derived from Benjamin
Franklin who is a founding father of the United States while his last name is derived from Bill Clinton who has served as the 42nd
President of the United States, and George Clinton who served as the 4th Vice President of the United States and is himself a
founding father of the United States. Additionally, his first name is also the first name of two other former US Presidents,
specifically the 14th and the 32nd Presidents (Franklin Pierce and Franklin Roosevelt).
Franklin sometimes says, "The way I see it," similar to Michael. This reflects how Michael mentored Franklin.
Franklin is the only one of the three protagonists who cannot play tennis.
In the gameplay trailer, beta appearances, and official artwork, Franklin had a stripe cut out of his hair on the upper-right corner
of his forehead. Although it is not part of Franklin's default appearance, it can be bought at a barber shop. Oddly enough,
Franklin's icon in the Character Wheel still reflects his earlier design with the stripe cut out.
In Eye in the Sky, it is revealed that Franklin was once arrested for Public Exposure. According to him, it was due to him sagging
in public and it was the LSPD committing racial profiling.
According to Tonya Wiggins, Franklin "fooled around" with her behind a Burger Shot when he was 13, however Franklin denies
this and claims nothing serious happened.
It is possible that Franklin is religious, or at the very least has studied the bible at some point in his life. He immediately
recognized the verse that Michael sarcastically used, after pulling down the house in Marriage Counseling, as coming from the
book of Matthew. Pre-release artwork of Franklin shows him with a praying hands tattoo in his neck, further supporting this
theory.
Franklin seems to be the protagonist with most compassion for animals. When he runs over a wild animal, he says more friendly
quotes, like: "Sorry, little dude!" or "Watch out, little dude!". Instead of Michael, who says more sarcastic quotes or Trevor, who
says quotes with more dark humor. The fact that he is also the only protagonist with a pet (Chop), contributes to this theory.
Franklin's special ability may be a reference to the Zone special ability from Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition and Midnight Club: Los
Angeles (other Rockstar Games titles), which allows the player to slow down time for better handling while driving.
Franklin's signature color is green, most likely due to his connection with the Chamberlain Gangster Families. This is seen when
using his special ability by screen fading green, while Michael's ability fades blue and Trevor's fades orange.
The selection of the protagonist's signature colors may be a reflection of the character's personalities and/or their individual
story arcs. Green is the color of intellect and wealth, reflecting Franklin's focus on gaining money and his desire to move up in
the world of organised crime. Michael's is blue, the color of control and depression and Trevor's is orange, the color of madness
and the unconventional.
While hanging out with Franklin as a different protagonist, if you die, he'll text you in concern. Usually, he'll text, "u okay dude?"
or "hope u okay."
If the player throws Molotov's at Franklin's house as Michael or Trevor, he might text the player saying: "U trying to burn my
house down?".
Similar to Luis Fernando Lopez, Franklin never graduated high-school because of a confrontation with a teacher. Franklin states
he beat up a teacher, although the reason for this is not stated. Luis Lopez, however, shot and injured a teacher at his school for
feeling up his sister.
Both Franklin and Michael are known to smoke cigarettes. At Franklin's mansion, Redwood Cigarettes packs can be found
scattered on tables, along with multiple ashtrays. He can be seen smoking in the mission Hotel Assassination while waiting for
Lester, and lighting one up at the end of The Bureau Raid (Obvious approach).
If the player enters the in-game website PsychicShoutout and speaks with Mrs. Marcy as Franklin, she will say that she sees
Lamar in her visions, having sex on Franklin's bed. This is the possible hint, that Lamar had an affair with Denise Clinton, due to
his multiple positive comments about her appearance. Another reference on that matter is that during the mission Hood Safari
Lamar's going out of Franklin's house with her, being in close relationship and supporting each other.
In most of Franklin's artworks, he is seen with a tattoo of praying hands on his neck. This tattoo can not be purchased in-game.
Franklin does not have any default tattoos in the game as well.
Franklin is the only character to be able to use lockpicks, he is also the only character to be able to wear bandanas and earrings.
Usage of lockpicks are extremely useful when trying to switch into parked cars when wanted by the police (smashed windows
get detected by the police), or avoid attracting attention of pedestrians and bystanders when stealing a parked car (provided the
alarm doesn't go off). Franklin can choose not to get inside the car if the alarm goes and wait from a distance until the alarm
dies, this can avoid a wanted level.
The only problem with lockpicks is that you can't choose whether or not Franklin uses them. However, approaching a vehicle
without running or attacking tends to invoke their use. Franklin tends not to use lockpicks if he is in a hurry (i.e., if the police see
him, or if he has been running).
Franklin will not use lockpicks on vehicles that he has to climb up to get to the door (such as the Sandking XL or the Dump), likely
because both his hands are not free.
Franklin sleeps for most average amount of time out of all the 3 characters. When saving the game as Franklin, the game skips
ahead 8 hours. Michael sleeps for 6 while Trevor sleeps for 12. Franklin also sleeps in the fetal position, which is the most
common sleeping position in the world.
In GTA San Andreas, the player can buy a Sky Blue Shirt from ZIP. This torso resembles one of Franklin's available outfits.
When the player switches to Franklin, he might be outside a bar or a store. His vehicle will be nearby, though oddly, it will
always be the Bagger instead of his own car, the Buffalo, though ocassionally, it can be any random car that the Player has taken
before switching to Trevor or Michael and then back to Franklin (much more possible if the player was never Busted or Wasted
before switching back to Franklin).
In pre-release screenshots, he is often seen on many different bikes, and even an ATV. It is possible that the bike Lamar gave him
wasn't a Bagger in the beta, or he might just like motorcycles.