I gotta say, I had a lotta business partners in my life, but you 'Course, the fact that you were genetically conditioned to bark like a cocker spaniel when I said "Would you kindly", might have had something to do with it, but still. This fails as Lonnie gives her a high dose of the truth serum, causing her to fall into a coma for two weeks. Consider it your legacy.Fontaine promises to kill Tenenbaum and the rest of the Little Sisters once he kills Jack. Frank passed away on month day 2018, at age 85 at death place, Ohio. In lightning form, he is immune to all electrical attacks, and fires electrical orbs at the player at a much faster rate than before. After Pearl Harbor, he spent three years in the Army. Fontaine will also call Security Bots down on the player in this form. He had just completed a live stage benefit show, having accepted a check for $25,000 which he planned to donate for heart research, when he collapsed and died. The majority of the game takes place in Fontaine's department store. Fontaine - Mother's Milk, Ken Levine on BioShock: The Spoiler Interview, The Fukertons Exclusive interview with the voice of Frank Fontaine: Greg Baldwin, "BioShocks Atlas Speaks. When you're down in the mouth, and life's a painWeatherman says 'heavy rain'A little boost is all you needAverage Joe to HerculesStronger arm and sharper brainThat's why the future is Fontaine!The jingle for Fontaine's company, Fontaine Futuristics. You never mind all that. Tenenbaum informed Fontaine that they required little girls to mass produce ADAM. Daisy Fitzroy | The strengths of this sign are being courageous, determined, confident, enthusiastic, optimistic, while weaknesses can be to be impatient, moody, short-tempered, impulsive and aggressive. Fontaine died of a heart attack on August 4, 1978 in Spokane, Washington. The orbs can be caught and thrown back with Telekinesis. Fontaine received mention in satirist Tom Lehrer's 1965 song "National Brotherhood Week", from the album That Was the Year That Was. I hand these mugs a cot and a bowl of soup, and they give me their lives. [Atlas starts hitting the pick each time he lists an aspect of the fonrtal lobe]Atlas: Creativity! He regularly disguised himself with various false identities to carry out crimes which would otherwise fail. [Fontaine slips back into his Atlas identity as Sally is brought in]Now, little one Are you familiar with the term "transorbital lobotomy"? But if you're lying, we can just as well kill ya tomorrow. And if you failed to notice, them Sea Slugs ain't exactly growin' on trees. Ryan and his precious Rapture. Family Life Sander Cohen | Now, it's time to take back Rapture and-[Fontaine is interrupted by Diane McClintock in the middle of his recording and quickly uses his Atlas voice]Oh, Miss McClintock! But you gotta understand where I'm coming from. I just told your brain to tell your heart to stop beatin'. Or maybe you think Andrew Ryan is gonna ride to your rescue.Atlas: Fair enough. After faking his death, he re-emerged as the revolutionary Irishman Atlas, in which he lead a large-scale rebellion and "genetic arms race" against Ryan, inciting a civil war which brought Rapture to the brink of ruin. [11], In 1963, he released an album Songs I Sing on The Jackie Gleason Show, with a collection of some of those songs, which reached number one on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in 1963. Atlas: You know what part a' the brain free will comes from? He comes from an average dysfunctional family. But it ain't that stubborn.Fontaine reveals he has more mental conditioning on Jack than simply "Would You Kindly" up his sleeve. Stanley Poole | He was an actor, known for Hit Parade of 1951 (1950), The Jackie Gleason Show (1966) and The Jack Benny Program (1950). He opened Fontaine's Home for the Poor and sought to build an army from the masses of people that were victimized by Ryan's free-market policies. Therese was born on March 18 1933, in Ohio, USA. Covenant; The Last Kiss; Confessions of a Dangerous Mind; The Sum of Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Prior to "Frank Fontaine's" death, he was the first to protest Ryan's nationalizing of Fontaine's Futuristics. Silvoney. [Fontaine breaks character]Fontaine: WHAT DOES THIS SAY, YOU LITTLE WHORE?! Putting you out of your misery will be the nicest thing anyone's ever done for you.Fontaine to Jack regarding his birth and lack of a real family. Frank Fontaine (April 19, 1920 - August 4, 1978) was an American stage, radio, film and television comedian, singer and actor. The moment one hears incoming Security Bots, cast Security Bullseye on Fontaine. !Elizabeth: It says "Would You Kindly". When Fontaine knocks Jack down and jumps to the floor, place Proximity Mines and pressure tanks right at the bottom of the stairs in front of Fontaine. Figured it was bad to mix business with pleasure, but WHOOO! His wife is Alma Clair Wakeham (17 August1937 - 4 August1978)( his death)( 11 children). Did you want to keep climbin' Andrew Ryan's ladder, just to watch him knock it down as you're reachin' the top? He is also a writer. He is from USA. He began his college education at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. but that came to an abrupt halt when he left for London and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. One disguise he mentions to Jack after Ryan is killed: "Hell, once I was even a Chinaman for six months. all Fears; Where the Money Is; The Bone Collector and Two Summers. You should be THANKING ME! The Lord hates a laggard.Atlas orders Elizabeth to find the Ace in the Hole in Suchong's Clinic. Caesar; Malvolio in Twelfth Night; Henry in The Fantasticks; Norman in Amused, Fontaine reveals he has another way to control Jack, called Code Yellow, another hypnotic phrase which will make the heart stop beating, however the heart is a "stubborn muscle" described by Fontaine, which is the sole reason Code Yellow doesn't just stop the heart immediately, this gives Jack enough time to make Lot 192, a cure to Code Yellow, after taking Lot 192, Jack is completely freed from Fontaine's control. He calls this little trick a "transorbital lobotomy". Though initially skeptical, he agrees when she lies that she is Dr. Suchong's lab assistant, realizing that he could have her find the "Ace in the Hole". Use the Grenade Launcher and the Crossbow against him. Preston E. Downs | And now-Frank Fontaine's last words. The frightened man revealed that Ryan's workers were laying the foundations for a city under the ocean in the North Atlantic. Born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fontaine came from a family of entertainers. But if I do this, the girl goes with me.Atlas: Little Sisters are worth their weight in gold. But, when the shooting was over, he went his way and I went mine", was Frank's reply. He speaks with a coarse, thick Bronx accent.[2]. Frank Fontaine was born in the year 1920 when the great depression was beginning. Your phony dreams? Gorland wanted the bar because it was a lucrative business, and it was the perfect place to overhear rumors about boxing bets in the city. We have estimated He saw it as an opportunity for a potentially lucrative grift. Fontaine's Lair,Point Prometheus,Rapture I ain't losin' this war just because you found yourself a higher bidder! Chemical thrower equipped with electric gel is one of the best options for fighting Fontaine in fire form, as it will deal serious damage while stunning Fontaine in the process. P. Pettifog and Harrison Powell | Solidarity angle was smart at first. Early years and personal life . Frank was born around the 1920s to unnamed parents, but he was raised in an orphanage until he ran away. A motherless freak, whipped up in a half-baked science experiment.Fontaine insultingly questions Jack's future. Even that life you thought you had, that was something I dreamed up and had tattooed inside your head! Lonnie | "[8][9] Although he never spliced before the events of BioShock, he admits at one point that he had used cocaine and heroin.[10]. Franks education details are not available at this time. He is the focus of the Need to Know Theater film "Taking the Taint Out of Fontaine", which condemns his criminal business practices, explains his recent death, and the reason Ryan is now running his company, Fontaine Futuristics. He is a criminal mastermind, businessman and con artist who resides in the underwater city of Rapture. WHAT DOES THIS SAY? Hah! Jamie Byass | Fontaine's most outstanding trait is being an accomplished actor and con man, capable of adopting personalities and accents almost flawlessly. [Atlas' men restrain Elizabeth while Atlas pushes a pick into Elizabeth's eye socket]Atlas: Here we go You feel that? In BioShock, he was voiced by Greg Baldwin, who also voiced Aku in the final season of Samurai Jack. The information he overheard while bartending gave Frank an added edge in his grifts. Greg Baldwin, the voice actor of Frank Fontaine in the first game, stated in an interview that he was originally asked to speak the part of Atlas as well, and would have done it in an American southern accent. Being a child from a poor family, he dreamed of a higher life and at age 20 began his life as a mobster crime. You pack it in now, and I'll leave this dump to you and "Frau Kraut"! Brigid Tenenbaum had previously explained that ADAM forces the body into dependency, with progressive mental and physical degeneration, and an accelerating need for more ADAM. You were my ace in the hole, but you were also the closest thing I ever had to a son. He was credited in Bobby Rydell and Chubby Checker's song "Jingle Bells Imitations", which was the flipside of their Jingle Bell Rock record. Bookmark this page and come back often for updates. She's not up for negotiation.Elizabeth: Last time I checked, back in the city, they were making Little Sisters by the dozen.Atlas: That's a right fairy tale you've dreamed up, sister. Comedian Frank Fontaine, 58, who won national fame as the cheerful drunk "Crazy Guggenheim" on the old Jackie Gleason television show, died Friday in Spokane. But now the game's changin'. Also learn how He earned most of Frank Fontaine networth? Take over Rapture through any means necessary. 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