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==Notes==
==Notes==
*"Frak" is a {{w|Frak|fictional expletive}} originating in the obscure computer game ''{{w|Frak!}}'' and made popular by the reimagined ''{{w|Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica}}'' TV series.  
*"Frak" is a {{w|Frak (expletive)|fictional expletive}} from the original ''{{w|Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica}}'' TV series (though it would be used far more frequently in the {{w|Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|reimagined version}}). It was also the title of a {{w|Frak!|1984 computer game}} wherein the protagonist would exclaim "Frak!" via a speech bubble as he died.  
*In relation to mining, the homophone "fracking" is a contraction of "{{w|hydraulic fracturing}}", a method of extracting gases from rock.
*In relation to mining, the homophone "fracking" is a contraction of "{{w|hydraulic fracturing}}", a method of extracting gases from rock.


[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Transformers]]

Revision as of 20:16, 24 September 2016

Frak is a Transformer from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Working as an Energon miner in the Thymesis facility on Luna 2, Frak is a 'bot of humble aspirations — while his axe-hand is okay and all, a drill would be nice.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

About 200,000 years before the war began, Frak and his buddy Rushcut were mining Energon when he uncovered a strange green spark that emitted a flash of light. Unnerved, Rushcut alerted Momus, the foreman, who called in the find as a "code 113". The Functionist Council sent the Authenticator Three-of-Twelve to verify that the spark was a viable "Point One Percenter" and Momus was rewarded by being reclassified as "alt mode exempt", meaning he could follow a career of his own choosing. Asking if he might be rewarded with a drill-hand, Frak was coldly informed that having been exposed to the spark's first flash, he and Rushcut had about six hours to live. Remembrance Day

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