Francine Smith

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Francine Smith
American
Age	40

Francine Lee Smith (formerly Ling;

.

Early in the series, Francine is often seen as the voice of reason in her dysfunctional family, adopting the stereotypical role of the long-suffering wife or doting mother. However, as the show progresses, her backstory develops with allusions to unconventional and surreal activities, including working for strip clubs, underground fighting rings, cult memberships, multiple murders, and substance abuse.

Character biography

In the series, Francine was born to a wealthy couple from

stemming from her unstable relationship with her birth father led to her losing her virginity at a young age and engaging in risky sexual behaviors, such as her affinity for combining drugs and alcohol with unprotected sex with strangers as seen in season one's "Finances with Wolves" and Season 15 "Stan & Francine & Connie & Ted".

During the course of the show, not much is known about Francine's younger years beyond the fact that she was brought up in a

named Gwen.

Francine developed a fanatical crush on her algebra teacher, Mr. Feeny. When she was found hiding in his closet by his wife, the police were called. Francine lied and said they were in a relationship. He was sentenced to jail, where he committed suicide.^[2]

Francine casually recalls a sexual encounter with a group of popular girls in the school showers to Stan in "

". "One day, when I was showering after gym class, these mean pretty girls caught me and kept scrubbing me all over with soap. I mean, they didn't miss a spot! And even though we were all wet and naked and slippery, they were still able to get me on all fours, and shove my face to the floor! Can you imagine, Stan?”

When she is in college in the show, Francine stabbed her roommate to death. In "

" she nonchalantly admits to the crime and expresses surprise that no one in the family knew before. During her college years Francine also developed a reputation as the number one party girl on campus, based mostly on the campus legend as she became a very successful entrepreneur while in college, developing the website franny.com, which featured her in amateur adult photo and video shoots.

In the late 80s she was a prolific groupie, sleeping with

" to get her memory back.

Francine quickly sized Stan up as a boring, yet capable financial provider, able to offer a stable and protected life. She cut off her wild life cold turkey without Stan ever knowing about her promiscuity, and the couple married soon after. Although Francine seems to hold very liberal beliefs, she keeps them mostly to herself and apparently follows her husband's conservative values.

In addition to her amateur adult media career, before meeting Stan she had a brief acting career in an episode of the television show Scarecrow and Mrs. King with George Clooney, in the episode, "Tears of a Clooney". George stole her only line in the show, ruining her acting career. Since that time she has carried an obsession bordering on insanity to kill him, or at least, make him cry.

Personality

During the show, she enjoys being a housewife, but Francine also occasionally yearns for more fulfillment. She was briefly a successful

cover band singer, and agrees to discuss it with him during a meal. What Francine did not know was that her wannabe-financier was actually Klaus in a new body, hoping to seduce her.

At one point in the show, she once joined an ultra-chic local ladies club by faking an affair with a

.

Francine maintains a "Sex Garden" in honor of all her sexual trysts in "

". A magnificent garden stretching as far as the eye can see contains a single rose bush for each of her previous lovers. When showing the garden to Stan, it's revealed that guided tours of the garden take place, and there is rumored to be a tribe of natives that have never seen a white man living deep in the garden.

While she drinks wine, and occasionally smokes cigarettes, Francine is an aficionado of

".

Throughout the course of the show, Francine is comfortable with weapons though, whether or not this is because she is married to Stan is never established. She came to realize in "

with her in the pilot and has pulled a gun on Stan on more than one occasion. She was also able to make a weapon out of a government-issued rubber shoe Roger had to wear as part of his stint as a prison therapist.

While initially portrayed as a devoted housewife and unconditionally loving mother who tries to have her family bond with one another, Francine's morality slowly deteriorates in later seasons. She talks insultingly and heartlessly of others, including her own children, proving herself just as selfish and shallow as her husband.

There are times in the show when Francine has demonstrated that she might be

booth

, waits ten seconds, then comes out and yells "Democracy!"

Age

Francine was originally 39 in the show, but she turned 39 years old in the 2006 episode "

References

External links

• Francine Smith at Fox.com