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Francis is a highly controversial character among the SMG4 fanbase.

Reason: Being the main cause of Desti's death and Meggy becoming a human.


Francis is a major antagonist in the SMG4 series, and one of the two overarching antagonists (alongisde Shadow Meggy) of its spin-off Sunset Paradise.

He is the main antagonist of Season 9 and the Anime Arc, the posthumous overarching antagonist of Season 10, SMG4 Movie: Meggy's Destiny and Season 11, and a posthumous antagonist in following seasons, particularly in SMG4: War Of The Fat Italians 2022 and SMG4 Movie: WESTERN SPAGHETTI.

He was a nerdy chameleon originating from Super Paper Mario. The founder and leader of the Anime Cartel, Francis first starting smuggling all things anime in and out of the Mushroom Kingdom, including anime-based citizens like Saiko Bichitaru, and later roped Mario and Tari into working for him to pay off Mario's accidental loss of their product. After Axol helped lift the Anime Ban, Francis was very disappointed of how he resolved things in a peaceful manner rather than using force. Also, intrigued by the power of Ink-Weaver, Francis reorganized the Anime Cartel into a full-on terrorist cell, capturing Axol and establishing Anime Island, kidnapping countless Inklings in order to fuel Inkweaver, which he had also stolen previously. He is also Meggy Spletzer's arch-nemesis and Axol's archenemy.

History[]

Pre-Anime Arc[]

His first appearance was a brief cameo in SMG4: AREA 64 at Bowser's birthday party.

In SMG4: Doki Doki Mario Club, he, along with Fishy Boopkins and Lemmy Koopa, protested that his waifu be made real. However, he and Lemmy were both shot by a giant mini-gun, while Boopkins escaped.

The Anime Prohibition Incident[]

In SMG4: Mario's Illegal Operation, he made a reappearance as the boss of the Anime Cartel, a faction whose purpose is to smuggle anime pop culture in and out of the Mushroom Kingdom ever since its ban in SMG4: Mario and the Anime Challenge. He got angry when Mario lost the merchandise, so he had SMG4, Fishy Boopkins, and Bob Bobowski escort Saiko Bichitaru to Japan, while he made Mario stay and open a lemonade stand to recover his lost profits and merch.

In SMG4: Mario's Lemonade Stand, he and the rest of the Anime Cartel arrived at the street where Mario sells lemonade across the Moo Milk Factory to fight with Jeeves and his gang. After Meggy arrives to harshly lecture them for their behavior, he and Jeeves eventually reconcile.

In SMG4: The Japan Trip, Saiko shows a video on her phone to Axol where the Anime Cartel fought with the A.S.S. when the Anime ban passes for 3 weeks, which leads to a disaster.

In SMG4: Mario Saves Anime, Saiko called them to show them Axol, a famous manga artist who was helping them un-ban anime. He and the rest of the gang "praised" him and swarmed around Axol until then he drew the Dragon Ball character Krillin on a piece of pinned paper, who then charged up a shot and blasted most members of the cartel away. Francis was completely astounded with what just happened, as he originally thought that Saiko was the only character brought to real-life and asked Axol how he was able to bring Krillin to life. Boopkins explained that he uses his Inkweaver pen using Inkling Ink to bring his creations to life. Francis later bowed to Axol as he and the rest the cartel promptly agreed to do anything for him.

Machinations and Death[]

In SMG4: Mario and the Experiment, it was revealed that Francis and his Anime Cartel were the culprits behind the abductions of the Inklings and Axol, and was using Inkweaver for his own selfish desires. He planned to use the Inklings' ink to fully power up the Inkweaver so he could create his own "Waifu Island".

In SMG4: World War Mario, he drew up the False Sephiroth (from the Final Fantasy franchise) and revealed himself as the real mastermind, but got "defeated" by Mario and SMG4's teamwork, and the Ink Zuccer 2000 stopped draining Meggy's ink. However, he suddenly went as far as to kill Desti via Sephiroth impaling her on his katana, much to everyone's horror of what he just committed, all while laughing about it.

In his final appearance in SMG4: Final Hours, Francis appeared at the beginning, showing completely no remorse about Desti. He then proceeded to summon 100 False Sephiroths though they got dealt with. Francis attempted to draw more, but when he finished, nothing happened because the Inkweaver ran out of ink. Francis attempted to run away, but he was stopped, beaten up, and launched into The Ink Zuccer 2000, cracking it. Now with a 100% Inkweaver, Francis summoned Goku from the Dragon Ball franchise. While Goku beat up the group, he missed Axol, who kicked Francis and retook his pen, summoning Shaggy Rogers as a result. While Goku and Shaggy fought, Francis had been left vulnerable. A vengeful Saiko picks up a terrified Francis, threw him into a spare zuccer, and turned on its maximum power. Due to this, he screamed in pain and agony as he was slowly having his bodily fluids sucked out of his body.

Francis ultimately died fully along with his goons when Anime Island got destroyed by a huge explosion caused by Goku.

Legacy[]

Despite his passing, Francis' actions had left serious repercussions, especially on Meggy. The trauma he inflicted on her caused her depression and to win the final Splatfest tournament, resulting in her not knowing what to do. His actions would also end up indirectly creating Shadow Meggy, as they are a heavy part to the cause of Meggy’s insecurities and negative emotions.

During Mario's Smash Or Pass: All Mario Characters when Mario saw Francis' picture on the screen, he grabbed a shotgun and destroyed the wall that his image was in and hi-fives Meggy right after doing so. This showed that Mario still hated Francis years after he killed Desti.

Alternate Timeline[]

Francis the Nerd

Francis in Super Paper Mario

In SMG4: WHAT IF...? in an alternate timeline where Francis managed to drain Inkopolis of its ink, Francis celebrated by setting his goal on the deepest and darkest secret he had; celebrating with anime waifus for his birthday.

Personality[]

Francis was an obnoxious, egotistical, and commanding chameleon who has an obsession with two things; anime and his waifus. He was shown to be very stingy and failure-intolerant, as he forbade Mario to join with his friends to go to Japan and ordered him to recover his profit that he lost to him.

It was later revealed that he was a power-hungry sociopath who was very possessive of Inkweaver, and was obsessed with his plans to create an island full of waifus for his own greedy desires, and if anyone dared opposed him, he would go as far as death. It is possible that the Inkweaver drove him insane with power, and he would have probably betrayed the rest of the Anime Cartel and not grant their wishes, as Axol attempted to warn two members of the Cartel that he will do so. Though his master plan was goofy on paper, he was also completely heartless and sadistic, as he went as far as stabbing Desti at the hands of his own creations, murdering her in the process, and even laughed insanely at the group for not paying attention to him. He also didn't care about the risk of Meggy dying via The Ink Zuccer 2000, even stating that she would live anyways, much to Axol's disgust.

Despite it all, Francis was a coward when defenceless, as he relied purely on the Inkweaver's power. When being cornered by the SMG4 gang, he attempted to make Desti's murder sound justified and stated they should be "rash'. When being held by the throat by Saiko, he claimed that he meant "no harm", but she then proceeded to kill him slowly and painfully in vengeance.

Appearances[]


Criminal Record[]

  • Kidnapping: He kidnapped Meggy Spletzer and all the other Inklings to create waifus.
  • Illegal Operations: He was the leader of the Anime Cartel.
  • Theft: He stole Axol's Inkweaver to make waifus.
  • Murder: He got False Sephiroth to murder Desti.
  • Illegal Smuggling: He smuggled anime in the beginning of The Anime Arc.
  • Torture: He frequently tortured Meggy Spletzer and other Inklings.
  • Attempted Genocide: He attempted to kill the entire Inkling race in order to to create his Anime waifus.

Trivia[]

  • Francis is the second recurring character to get killed off. The first being Desti, his victim.
  • Francis being the antagonist was foreshadowed. Tari warned Mario that the Anime Cartel was bad news, as she mentioned in SMG4: Mario's Lemonade Stand. Furthermore, Bob asked if someone who liked waifus would ever resort to kidnapping, though it was also a joke. He also knew of Inkweaver. His base of operations is known as Anime Island.
  • Francis is the only Arc villain that was defeated by being killed and not by a song.
  • Among the arc antagonists, he is the first arc antagonist not to get redeemed at any point and is also the first arc antagonist to be killed in the end. (Though it is not officially confirmed that he was killed and people speculated he did, but chances are he more likely was killed by the violent explosion and while being sucked to death by the spare Ink Zuccer.)
  • Francis is the latest major character in SMG4 to originate from a pre-existing franchise.
  • Francis shares his characteristics with Lotso from Toy Story 3.
    • Both of them started off on the heroes side.
    • Both are considered extremely vile.
    • Both are the arch-nemesis of a major character. Meggy Spletzer for Francis, Jessie for Lotso.
    • Both of them are known as dangerous and tyrannical for their mass kidnapping. Francis kidnapped all of the Inklings and bring them to Anime Island while Lotso imprisoned numerous toys and in the Sunnyside Daycare Center.
    • Both of them imprisoned their victims. Francis imprisons the Inklings in tubes, Meggy and Axol in their cells, while Lotso imprisoned the toys in the Caterpillar Room.
    • Both of them use their abusive methods towards their victims. Francis uses The Ink Zuccer 2000 to absorb all of the ink from the Inklings while Lotso had toys tortured in the Caterpillar Room.
    • However, unlike Lotso, who was tied up on the truck's front grill with a few other toys with the same garbage man has collected earlier, Francis was trapped inside a zuccer by Saiko, then dies when Anime Island exploded.
  • Francis' eyes might be very small because, in SMG4: World War Mario, when his glasses are knocked off, he has small square dot eyes underneath.
  • According to Luke and Kevin, their reason for making Francis the villain of the Anime Arc was because they found him unlikable and his face very punchable.
    • This also explains his adaptational villainy since his character in Super Paper Mario in personality are nothing alike except their love for anime.
  • He was referenced as one of the "arc villains" in SMG4's 10 Year Anniversary MOVIE Trailer, but being presumably dead, he's the only one who doesn't make an appearance in The SMG4 Movie: 10 Year Anniversary Special except through a callback montage.
  • Francis is one of two arc villains to never redeem themselves at any point in the SMG4 series, and instead killed off, the other was SMG0.
    • However, it was revealed SMG0 was not evil intentionally in SMG4 Movie: REVELATIONS, he was just controlled by Niles, so technically it goes to Niles.
  • Francis’ death is arguably one of the more gruesome ones in the series, as he has his bodily fluids sucked out of his body via a spare Ink Zuccer and is then fatally incinerated in the explosion of Anime Island.
  • Francis was ranked by Luke & James as the 4th powerful "D-Tier" character in the "SMG4 Character Powerlevels" tier list (Following after Wario, Bowser Jr., & Dr. Pootis) during the 5,100,000 Subscribers livestream.
  • Francis is the only arc villain to never appear in a thumbnail.
  • Francis is the sixth character who’s death was taken seriously, after King Bob-omb, his son, Pete, Clone Mario and Desti.

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