David Franco

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David Franco
Characteristics
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Age	Adult
Fur Color	Brown Hair (David Franco and Daniel James) Black Hair (Franco Key)
Information
Home	Developer's Grove (formerly) Belleview
Story Role	Developer Musician
Occupation	N/A
Status	Alive
Game(s)	(In Developer's Grove) (As Franco Key)

“Wow! Franco Key is looking pretty good!”

–David Franco

David Franco, also known as Franco, is a character based on the Musician of the same name. He appears in the short stories Blank Slates and Blank Slates 2 as one of the protagonists. He moved to Belleview as Franco Key during the events of Drawn to Life: Two Realms, and he adopted the disguise of Daniel James to travel to 2007 to find Jeremiah Slaczka.

Appearance

Franco is a human with brown hair, a brown shirt, and blue shorts. He wears a pair of headphones over his head.

As Franco Key, he has a black pompadour and wears a white shirt with white pants. He has a blue vest over that with a small, white patch on the vest, and he wears brown shoes.

As Daniel James, has brown hair and black headphones. He also wears an orange shirt and blue pants with brown shoes. He also has a pair of glasses.

Story

Blank Slates

Franco is first seen in the Developer's Grove when he, along with Mildew and Joseph Tringali, get overthrown by the Droogle Leader and the rest of the Droogles. The three of them are stabbed and sent into The Void.

In the void, Joe, Franco, and Mildew wake up to see the Four Guardians and explain their situation. Before Franco can get a complete grasp on the situation, Drakon and Dinofrog attack the group. Drakon captures Joe, Franco, and Mildew and takes them to the Shadow Hole.

At the Hole, Drakon releases the three behind Shadow Mari, and holds them hostage. Eventually, Mayo tells Shadow Mari to shoot a beam of Shadow at Willham, prompting many characters to ask questions. Mayo breaks down shortly thereafter, and in the aftermath of her breakdown, Joe, Franco, and Mildew attempt to ascend back into the Grove, but Franco is struck by a falling Droogle and stays in the void. Capitalizing on the opportunity, Hose asks Franco to allow the void to remain populated. Franco agrees to pass the request onto Joe and ascends back into the Grove.

In the Grove, Franco tells Joe about Hose's request to keep the void as it is. While he considers the request, Willham, Shadow Mari, and the Droogle Leader all appear in the Grove, and Franco asks Shadow Mari to transform his appearance to turn into Franco Key. She obliges, and Franco eventually makes his way to Belleview to keep watch on Drawn to Life: Two Realms from the inside.

Blank Slates 2

While living in Belleview, both he and Aly were called back into the Developer's Grove by Shadow Mari and Joe. After a brief reunion, Joe tells them that the Droogle Leader had run away with his sword, and that they couldn't return to the void. Joe then asks them to find Jeremiah Slaczka, who had left into Belleview after the development of Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter. Franco asks who he disguised himself as, and Joe reveals that he was Mr. Row, Mike's father who had died in the car accident. After adopting the persona of Daniel James, Franco is sent to 2007 to find him.

Back in Belleview with Lyrica - Alana's disguise in 2007 - and the two of them go to Mike's house. They are met by Uncle Owen, who explains that the Rows had already left for the carnival. The two of them thank Owen for the tip, telling him that they were cops who wanted to carpool with the Rows as they leave. They then find Shadow Mari waiting inside a car, and the two of them get inside and drive to the carnival.

When they arrive, Daniel James spots the Rows entering the carnival, and watch as Mr. Row splits away from his family and delivers a box of Raposa dolls to a Carnival Attendee. The two of them walk up to Mr. Row after he delivers the dolls, but he doesn't remember either of them. As Lyrica ran back to get some Shadow to restore his memories, Daniel James stayed with Mr. Row. When Lyrica splashes the Shadow on him, and his memories are not restored, the two of them realize that they had found GenericChallenge, simply masquerading as Mr. Row.

Daniel James pulls GenericChallenge aside and interrogates him about the whereabouts of Mr. Row while Lyrica distracts Mrs. Row, Heather, and Mike. Daniel James is unable to get anything out of him, so they take him back to the Developer's Grove. While in the Grove, Joe, Willham, and Franco interrogate him properly and find that the real Mr. Row was trapped in his basement by GenericChallenge. Daniel James, Lyrica, Shadow Mari, and GenericChallenge then return to 2007 to rescue Miah and bring him back to the Developer's Grove after telling him their situation.

After bringing Miah back, Franco watches as he creates the Stylus, and he returns to his current Belleview as Franco Key once again.

Quotes

“I dedicate 'The End' song to Molly Hymas! Rock on MJ!” –Franco

“They got you too Joe? I thought we employed these guys to help us, not enslave us!” –Franco “Wii Area? The Next Chapter? How do you guys even know those names?” –Franco “Wait, we never cut Shadow Mari. We just coded her scene wrong.” –Franco “i dedicate 'the end' song to molly hymas… rock on mj…” –Franco “I’m not the one in charge, but I’m sure Joe would be ok with giving you a favor for saving our lives.” –Franco “I’ll see what I can do, and we’ll call down when we make our decision. Thank you again for saving us!” –Franco “Can you give me a new look? Joe and I made a plan to send me into the game to keep an eye on everyone, but I can’t go in looking like this.” –Franco “Alright. Let Joe make this last announcement, and I’ll be ready to go.” –Franco

“No one understands! If it's not on vinyl, it's a sham.” –Franco Key “Did you know you can fit over 6000 songs on your phone??” –Franco Key “Digital music? I would never stoop that low.” –Franco Key “This town doesn't deserve my talent.” –Franco Key Franco Key's early game dialogue “Life is a struggle... I moved here to be inspired, but I don't think it worked.” –Franco Key Franco Key's mid-game dialogue “Hm, hmhm hmmmm. What? Oh no, sorry I was humming a new tune.” –Franco Key Franco Key's late game dialogue

“Miah’s been missing ever since the release of The Next Chapter. How do you expect us to find him?” –Franco “You’re stalling Joe. What’s the bad news?” –Franco “Hello! We’re looking for a Mr. Jeremiah Row. Do you know where he might be?” –Daniel James “Yeah, we’re heading to the carnival now. What’re you doing here?” –Daniel James “Miah! We need to talk to you – it’s urgent.” –Daniel James “It’s me, David Franco. Joe sent me to come find you.” –Daniel James “He wiped his memory. Dammit!” –Daniel James “No wonder that didn’t work. We haven’t Miah, Lyrica. We found GenericChallenge!” –Daniel James “He won’t tell me anything, so let’s take him back to the car for a bit. See if we can get anything out of him.” –Daniel James “He just keeps yelling at us because of GenericChallenge kidnapping him.” –Daniel James “You remembered who you were? Then why did you attack us?!” –Daniel James “The Droogle Leader went missing and took his sword with him. There’s no way for us to get back to the void.” –Franco “That’s all we know so far, and that’s why we need to figure out a way to get back to the void!” –Franco

Relationships

Allies

• Jeremiah Slaczka/Mr. Row † - Former Colleague
• Joseph Tringali - Former Colleague
• Willham - Former Colleague
• Four Guardians - Former Colleagues
  • Flash †
  • Paint †
  • Hose †
  • Ore †
• Mildew
• Shadow Mari - Former Colleague and Former Enemy
• Alana/Aly/Lyrica - Former Enemy
• Droogle Killer †
• Uncle Owen

Enemies

• Mayo † - Former Colleague
• Droogle Leader - Former Colleague
• Drakon †
• Dinofrog †
• Tomohawk † - Former Colleague
• GenericChallenge - Situational Ally

Trivia

• Although not stated in Blank Slates, Franco is not the real world David Franco. Rather, he is an avatar that interprets the real world Franco's decisions and code, and replicates them in the world of Drawn to Life.
• All of David Franco's personas have two names.

Media

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  Franco in the Developer's Grove in Drawn to Life.