| “ | I don't mind dying. You feel me? But I just want to die over something that matters, homie. That's what Forum Gangsters should really be about. | „ |
| ~ Franklin to Lamar Davis |
| “ | My bad, homie. I picked C. Ain't that a bitch? | „ |
| ~ Franklin to Devin Weston in the Third Way |
| “ | Man, if you told me a few years ago I end up in this legit-ass business... I'd laugh at your fucking face. | „ |
| ~ Franklin to his business partner, GTA Online Protagonist |
Summary
Franklin Clinton is one of the three protagonists in Grand Theft Auto V, along with Michael De Santa and Trevor Philips.
Franklin was born and lived his entire life in Los Santos. He became a gangbanger at a young age and joined The Families alongside his best friend Lamar Davis, committing various small crimes for a living. Franklin's story revolves around his desire to become something more and make something of himself, which he succeeds when he meets Michael, who becomes a mentor figure to him and recruits him in all of his robberies and various jobs for other criminals, leading to Franklin's eventual success and wealth. Franklin also befriends Trevor, who, although not as close to him as Michael, still becomes somewhat of a mentor for him.
He is later introduced as a successful entrepreneur and multi-millionaire by 2021, who owns the F. Clinton and Partner agency with his new partner, the GTA Online Protagonist.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-B, higher with melee weapons, firearms, and heavy weapons
Name: Franklin Clinton
Origin: Grand Theft Auto
Classification: Human
Age: 25 in 2013, 33 in 2021
Gender: Male
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Expert Brawler
- Weapon Mastery (Can use any kind of melee weapon or firearm)
- Stealth Mastery
- Vehicular Mastery
- Enhanced Senses
- Regeneration (Mid-Low; Can recover from vicious gun wounds without medical aid)
- Pressure Point Strikes (Can easily knock out enemies by striking their pressure points)
Attack Potency: Wall level (Capable of knocking down people with a single punch, can one-shot armored police officers with a blow to the stomach. All the protagonists can keep hitting cars and even helicopters to the point where they suffer from severe deformation and mechanical damage, and can also kick them hard enough to shake them. Can shatter wooden doors and fences. Can fend off cougars, rottweilers and can easily beat them and cattle to death with his bare hands, including tiger sharks and killer whales if one can keep up with them. Can easily shatter bullet-resistant windshields with a few kicks and at times with a single stomp. Can send people flying several meters with his strikes, can trade blows with those capable of harming him. All the protagonists are capable of one-shotting each other in sheer anger), higher with melee weapons, firearms, and heavy weapons (Can quickly kill armored humans in one shot and blow up cars and trucks with ease. Can cause a tank to blow up with a few shots. Capable of quickly destroying reinforced bank saves and blowing up heavily-armored cars and even construction equipment, as seen in the many heists he, Trevor and Michael took)
Speed: Peak Human with Subsonic+ combat speed and reactions (Can dodge RPG-7 missiles at close range just by side-stepping, and they can hit Mach 0.9), at least Subsonic+ under his special ability (When driving fast cars, can also increase the speed of the cars he's driving while using this ability. Views other fast-moving objects like planes and rocket launcher shots as slow). Subsonic with most vehicles and helicopters. Subsonic+ to Supersonic with most planes. Subsonic+ to Supersonic+ attack speed with most firearms. Supersonic attack speed with Homing Launcher (The Homing Launcher in GTA 5 is based on a SA-7 Grail rocket launcher, whose missiles can easily hit 430-500 m/s)
Lifting Strength: Peak Human (Can push back bodybuilders without significant effort, and is the fittest of the trio as he himself regularly engages in bodybuilding sessions and has a highly-muscular appearance)
Striking Strength: Wall level (Capable of knocking down people with a single punch and smashing wooden doors. All the protagonists can dent metal and kill cattle and other wild animals like pumas and killer whales with a few hits. Capable of violently shaking gigantic military helicopters with his attacks)
Durability: Wall level (Has the same durability feats as the rest of the trio), higher with armors.
Stamina: Superhuman initially (Can go on for hours in a fight without any issues). Infinite by maxing out the stamina stat (Doing so grants Franklin infinite sprinting)
Range: Standard Melee Range normally and with brass knuckles, Extended Melee Range with melee weapons, Hundreds of Meters with most firearms, Several Kilometers with Railgun and sniper rifles
Standard Equipment: Pistol, and a massive arsenal of various other weapons
Intelligence: Above Average (Franklin is smart, rational, and calm, sometimes even showing higher intelligence than Michael and Trevor. He is also an exceptionally skilled driver behind the wheel of any land vehicle)
Weaknesses: Franklin lacks initiative and assertiveness when confronted by people who were more influential than he was, and as the youngest of the protagonist trio, he also lacks experience in the criminal world; however, he overcomes these faults by the end of the game. The special ability only lasts for 30 seconds at most and its use is limited to vehicles.
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Dominic Toretto (Fast & Furious) Dom's Profile (F7-F9 Dom was used, 9-A equipment was restricted for Franklin, and speed was equalized)
Luis Lopez (Grand Theft Auto) Luis Lopez's Profile (Fight takes place at Franklin's house. Both starts at close range and are fully equiped)
Losses:
Carl Johnson (Grand Theft Auto) CJ's Profile
Joel (The Last of Us) Joel's Profile
Inconclusive:
Discussions
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