Yo soy Franky is a Nickelodeon Colombian franchise created by Marcela Citterio released in 2015 only for Nickelodeon Latin America channel. The franchise itself follows the story of a teenage robot who tries to live a normal life without anyone knowing her secret. The Original series in 2015 and Nickelodeon's representation of the media franchise as I Am Frankie over a slight change in 2017.
The plot of the franchise[]
Yo soy Franky[]
Sofia Andrade is a great scientist who works in robotics, is married, and has a daughter named Clara Andrade. Her husband, Wilson Andrade, is a writer of self-help books. For years, Sofia Andrade has been working on a new robot, a model Fra4k4 called later known as Franky Andrade. Franky is the biggest project of EGG Enterprises. When the project finally ended, Franky was ready, so Sofia Andrade sent her to school to live side by side with humans.
Now, Franky will face all problems and most importantly, protect her secret from all. However, the most intelligent girl, Tamara Franco, will not rest until she discovers Franky's great secret. With her friends, Franky will face all her problems and adapt to a world between humans. Clara Andrade is a very naughty and tender girl; Sofía Andrade is caring and a great scientist; Wilson Andrade is a great crazy lover of books; and Franky is a robot with a human body, very intelligent, harmless and ready to help others.
Miss Tamara Franco was always in love with Christian Montero Léon, but Christian is in love with Franky, although he does not know her real secret. Paul Mejía is a dull but goodhearted scientist who soon ends up proving that he can be good, likes copying the ideas of Sofia and believes that bad luck haunts him everywhere. Yo Soy Franky is a story of comedy with a touch of romance and suspense with many lessons, to show viewers that they should not criticize people and will always find someone "weird" who will make them laugh.
I Am Frankie[]
Sigourney is a scientist working for the company EGG (Electronic Giga Genetics), who has developed a teenage android girl named Frankie. When the head of EGG, Mr. Kingston, plans to use Frankie for the military company WARPA (Weaponized Android Research Project Agency) for Project Q, Sigourney quits her job, smuggles Frankie out of EGG, and moves her family as far away from EGG as possible so that Frankie can live a normal life. As Frankie adapts to a normal life as a high school student at Sepulveda High, she befriends a girl named Dayton and gains a rival named Tammy. While she and her family work to keep her secret safe so that EGG does not find her, Mr. Kingston is determined to do whatever it takes to locate Frankie. Unbeknownst to Mr. Kingston, he is not the only one after her. In the second season, Frankie works to rescue Andrew from WARPA. Afterwards, WARPA still make their plans for the androids with Project Q in order to take control of the world.
Main characters[]
Yo soy Franky[]
- Franky Andrade; She is a teen-robot who has been designed as if it was a real girl.
- Christian Montero Léon;
- Roby Mejía Léon;
- Tamara Franco; She is the most intelligent girl who will not rest until she discovers Franky's great secret.
- Iván Villamil;
- Loli Rivas;
- Delfina Montero Léon;
- Mariano Puentes;
- Clara Andrade; She is a very naughty and tender girl.
- Benjamín Franco;
- Doce Mejía;
- Andrés Mejía;
I Am Frankie[]
- Frankie, an android girl who was created by Sigourney who used to work for EGG and seeks to become a real human. Alex Hook also portrays Eliza, who first appears in "I Am... a Sitting Duck" as an android girl and prototype version of Frankie with a dangerous agenda.
- Lucia, a follower of Tammy and a member of Sepulveda High's Brain Squad.
- Byron, a member of Sepulveda High's Brain Squad who is into robotics.
- Makayla, a follower of Tammy and a member of Sepulveda High's Brain Squad.
- Andrew, a student at Sepulveda High who is one of Frankie and Tammy's love interests. He is later revealed to be an android created by James.
- Jenny Gaines, the daughter of Sigourney who gets Frankie as an older sister.
- Tammy, a girl and leader of Sepulveda High's Brain Squad who becomes Frankie's rival and seeks to find the truth about her.
- Robbie, an intelligent student who follows Frankie and Dayton around.
- Dayton Reyes, a girl who becomes Frankie's best friend and one of the few people to know the truth about Frankie.
- Cole Reyes, the brother of Dayton who is one of Frankie's love interests.
- Mr. Kingston, the head of EGG who seeks to reclaim Frankie to be used in WARPA's Project Q. In "I Am... Bound for Glory", he is later revealed to be Dayton and Cole's father Tom operating under an alias. In the first season, Mr. Kingston's first name is Gilford; in "I Am... Eliza", his first name is changed to Clarence.
- James Peters, a former EGG scientist who used to work with Sigourney and wants to destroy Frankie.
- Ms. Hough, the principal of Sepulveda High.
- Will Gaines, the father of Jenny and husband of Sigourney who gains Frankie as a daughter.
- Sigourney Gaines, a former EGG scientist who built Frankie.
- "PEGS1", a small floating egg-shaped robot that works for Mr. Kingston.
- Rachel, a new student and computer expert at Sepulveda High.
- Zane, a new student at Sepulveda High.
- Simone, an android girl who was created by WARPA.
- Cynthia, a scientist who is an old friend of Sigourney. She is later revealed to be the head of WARPA with plans to have their androids and Human Robot Organisms (or H.R.O. for short) take over Earth.
- Beto, Cynthia's android son.
TV Pilots[]
Original series[]
Main article: "Nace Franky"
The plot of the pilot starts where Sofía shows the prototype Fr4nk13 known as Franky Andrade, a robot to camouflage among humans, Paul applauds and Sofía releases Franky putting a couple of codes, she makes a model to show what Franky is like.
Spinoff[]
Main article: "I Am... a Gaines"
The spinoff's pilot starts when the EGG scientist Sigourney Gaines creates an android called Frankie and sneaks her out of EGG as a way to keep Mr. Kingston from having WARPA use her for Project Q. In order to keep Frankie from being found by EGG, Sigourney moves her family to the next town over and they settle in with the help of former EGG employee James Peters. Once enrolled in school, Frankie befriends a girl named Dayton and gains a girl named Tammy as a rival.
TV Shows[]
Original series[]
- Main article: Yo soy Franky (television series)
This is where the main series takes place mostly on the show itself where it follows the story of a teenage girl robot designed as though it were a real girl. Marcela Citterrio wrote the series' plot and finished it from September 28th, 2015 to December 16th, 2016.
Spinoff[]
- Main article: I Am Frankie
In 2017, Nickelodeon adapted the series for its global audience and uses the translated title and slight name change to its titular character, "I Am Frankie".[1] The first episode aired September 11, 2017. The adapted series stars Alex Hook as Frankie.
TV Special[]
- Main article: I Am Frankie...The Download
The special is released on September 29, 2017. A clip show on what has transpired through "I Am... Not Alone", as well as clips from the remaining episodes of the season. The tv special's Guest stars are Jean-Carlos Casely as Casey, and Victor Jones as Mr. Manhart. The tv special's trivia is the very first special episode in the franchise. This episode had an announcer that talked throughout the episode, and described all details about the previous scenes and episodes. This episode ended with a sneak peek from the final week Season 1. It was revealed in this special that WARPA stands for Weaponized Android Research Project Agency.
Differences between I am frankie and Yo soy franky[]
Main article: "Differences between I am frankie and Yo soy franky"
In the Yo Soy Franky, the Andrade family moved in so that no one would suspect that Frankie is an android. in I Am Frankie the gaines family moved so that EEG won't find frankie and give it to WARPA
in I Am Franky Charlie wanted Frankie and Robi for his own benefit. in I Am Frankie Kingston wanted Frankie to hand her over to WARPA
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