Frank Murphy

nickname

Murphy Frank Dildo Dad Daddy (By Maureen and Kevin) Shamrock-Shitting Pen-Hoarder (by Roger Dunbarton) Neglectful Father Francine (by William Murphy) Dick (By Kevin) Dick-Tator Son (by William Murphy) Frankie Balding piece-of-shit (by Louis) Shifty-Potato-Eating-Mick (by Stan) Walt (by Dick Sawitzki)

relatives

William Murphy - Father (Deceased) Nora Murphy - Mother Earl Gribble - Stepfather Eileen Murphy - Younger Sister Phineas - Union Brother Uncle Bucky- Maternal Uncle Sue Murphy - Wife Stan Chilson - Father-In-Law Louis Chilson - Brother-In-Law Marilyn Chilson - Mother-In-Law Kevin Murphy - Older Son Bill Murphy - Younger Son Maureen Murphy - Older Daughter Megan Murphy - Younger Daughter

basic

Gender: Male ♂ Species: Human Age: 40 Height: 6'0" Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Dark Brown Status: Alive Personality: Angry, Demeaning, Loving, Depressed, Grumpy Occupation: Airline Worker Goal: To become a pilot - To connect with his wife and children

enemies:

Roger Dunbarton Scoop Dunbarton Chet Stevenson William Murphy Buster Thunder Jr.

Personality

Francis X. Murphy (born January 7, 1935) is the main protagonist of F Is for Family. He was born to an Irish family and was the baggage department manager for Mohican Airways and one of the vending machine servicemen for Champagne Chariot Vending Services. He is the father of Kevin, Bill, Maureen, and Megan Murphy and husband to Sue Murphy.

story

Francis Murphy was born on January 7, 1935 and was the son of William "Big Bill" Murphy and Nora Gribble. Big Bill refused to attend the hospital where Frank was born, instead he spent time getting drunk in a bar instead. Frank often mentions how much he hates his father. In elementary school, Frank was in the class play and was cruelly humiliated by his father for this. His dad was also shown to physically abuse Frank. For example, beating him with a crutch or shoving ice cream in his face. Frank was seen by his father as too sensitive because he would cry when he was humiliated or hit, which Big Bill berated him. One traumatic event Frank often brings up was that his father forced him to wear a grass skirt and coconut bra because he cried when he heard about the Pearl Harbor attack. In middle school, Frank was popular, but apparently a bit of a bully as he and his friends would throw weaker kids into the local river. “Big Bill” lost his job due to investing all his savings in crutches and iron lungs to sell to the polio victims, though polio later got a cure causing his hardware to go bankrupt in 1952, which enraged Bill and caused him to smash his TV set with a beer bottle. During an argument, he hit Frank with a crutch after he said "I hate you, and I'm glad polio got cured". Though Nora, who witnessed it, grabbed the crutch away from William and caused him to lose his balance. William later packed his bags, and left home. He never saw Frank again for eighteen years.

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Once graduating high school in 1953, Frank aspired to become a pilot. However, he was drafted into the Korean War (he was eighteen, and was unable to attend college), and served in the 14th Infantry Regiment. At some point during his service in the Korean War, he was wounded and nearly bled to death, temporarily dying for five minutes before being resuscitated. After being discharged from the Army at the War's conclusion in the same year, Frank went to Officer Candidate School with the Air National Guard Robert "Bob" Pogrohovich. He began dating Sue Chilson in 1958. It is shown that Frank was ecstatic to get into flight school and be a pilot, while Sue was planning to finish college to start her career. However, the couple was given the shocking news that she was pregnant with their future child, which lead them to both quitting their desires. Frank asked his friend Bob Pogo to give him a job at Mohican Airways for the Rustbelt Memorial Airport, where he eventually became good friends with his co-workers. Frank and Sue decided to get married due to the pregnancy and named their first child Kevin Murphy, in 1959. The two were very loving parents to their only son at this time, often taking him out, buying him a puppy, and showering him with attention. During one of these outings, Kevin fell into a swimming pool and remained at the bottom for two whole minutes, an incident Sue blames on Frank as he was supposed to be watching Kevin. This incident can be seen at the beginning of "The Memorial Day parade as the Murphy's were watching films about Frank and Sue's early married life. They had three more children: the second, Bill in 1962, (not actually named after Frank's father, but rather it just being Sue's turn to pick a name) the third, Maureen in 1964; and the fourth, Megan in 1974.

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