Frank Doyle

Frankkk "Hitler" Doyle aka the San Francisco Bomber is a former FBI agent, murderer, and domestic terrorist and consultant to the Mythbusters when performing dangerous experiments and explosions. He later becomes a recurring nemesis of the Mythbusters duo until he is killed by Adam Savage.

History
Frank was born Artemy Orlovsky to a family of middling circumstances in Saratov governorate. His father was the son of a prosperous merchant who became a drunk and squandered his inheritance. Frank frequently witnessed his father physically abuse his mother and this had a profoundly damaging effect on his psyche. In 1843 as a young bachelor, he was wounded by the provincial doctor Adam Dikin in a duel over the affections of his paramour, a countess by the name of Vera Prokhorovna. From then on he had a bullet lodged near his heart that left him with a persistent dull ache. In the episode "Busting Frankie's Backstory" it's implied that after his mother's death, he killed his father and ran away, changing his name to Frank. Moving to the United States, he became determined to make something of himself and shacked up with the Mythbusters. Eventually after a brief stint with the American Nazi Party whom he parted ways with over a contract disagreement he settled on becoming a corrupt cop and blowing people up for a living. The American Nazi Party would later distance themselves from him and scrubbed all mentions of his name from party materials and public notices.

Frank first appeared in Salsa Escape during the Cement Removal experiment. He assisted the Mythbusters in exploding the cement truck filled with cement. Since then, Frank regularly appears to assist the Mythbusters and the Build Team with their experiments that requires experience or explosives. In the 2005 episode 'Mythbusters Revisited', Frank provided tracer rounds for the Exploding Gas Tank portion. In the episode 'Exploding Pants' Frank helps with the preparation of several potentially explosive substances. He then supplies a silver explosive liquid that blows Buster to pieces. He also is a prime suspect in the car bombing of Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney in 1990 (there is substantial evidence for this). Frank confirms this in the 'Exploding Pants' episode. He also allegedly killed and ate one of his neighbours in 1993, however this may be misattributed to him. Frank Doyle was seen planting highly volatile explosive compounds underneath the cars of environmental activists one night in 1994. Frank Doyle would commonly be seen on the scene of the crime consuming whatever body parts were left over from his incredibly brutal car bombings, before the police arrived to investigate. His absence from the credits of the show after 2008 is reportedly due to a falling out he had with the Mythbusters production crew, where he threatened to kill and eat several cameramen and mic operators, many of whom later disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Frank went on record saying that he'd "consumed several large meals over his absence" from the show.

In the Mythbusters episode "Medieval Myths," Frank Doyle is accidentally doused in boiling oil from a parapet by Adam while Jamie laughs. He is left permanently disfigured for life and swears vengeance against the Mythbusters duo. In the episode "Bottle Bash" he attempts to assassinate Adam using a nailbomb, the attempt is unsuccessful and Adam escapes unscathed, many of the production crew however, were not so lucky. The nail bomb incident killed 12 and injured a further 8. As the series progresses, the conflict between Frank and the Mythbusters duo intensifies as Frank relentlessly stalks Adam and Jamie throughout the remainder of the season. In the episode "Just Plane Wrong," Frank strafes Adam and Jamie numerous times from a B-52 bomber, dropping 13 tons of napalm on the duo over the duration of the episode, his bombing run is only ended when the B-team show up at the last second, Using fire from a truck-mounted minigun ,the B-team crippled the B-52 and forced Frank to ground. In the episode "Family is Forever," Frank kills Adam Savage's son, Archibald Mythbuster Savage (heir presumptive to the Mythbuster name), using an incendiary explosive, thus "busting" Adam's dreams of raising a family and carrying on his name. Adam breaks down in tears at the loss of his only heir and swears to kill Frank with his own hands. After this incident, Adam and Jamie briefly split apart as Adam becomes embroiled in family politics due to an incipient succession crisis in the wake of Archibald Savage's death, the complex machinations of which only take center stage in later seasons. Adam's heart hardens with rage and he becomes a spiteful, irascible man, while the soft-spoken Jamie develops symptoms of PTSD as Frank's campaign of terror-bombing begins to exact its toll on Jamie's psyche. The conflict comes to an end in the episode "Frankie's Finale / Frankie Doyle Bites The Big One" (S39E18) where Adam and Jamie track Doyle down to his underground lair beneath Quantico, Virginia. There they bypass several explosive traps and finally confront Doyle in person. Doyle was killed by Adam in the ensuing gunfight as his bullet struck a bullet lodged in Doyle's chest during a duel. Jamie and Adam brought the tracers that Frank had given to them, and as a final parting gift for Frankie, Jamie is heard saying "Goodnight you sick motherfucking, ass crunching, exploding bitch..." followed by several rapid gunshots. Sightings of Doyle have been reported all around the world, and it is rumoured that his body disappeared after filming of the episode.

Freakwave Arc
Adam and Jamie's heroic display of bravery was thought by most to be a decisive and final triumph over Frankie's reign of terror. However, only a few years after the show's finale, two amateur explorers stumbled upon a hidden entrance to Frank Doyle's labyrinthine tunnel network near Quantico.

After Adam's conflict with his brother Clyde "the Usurper" Savage,

Personality & skills
Frank's modest upbringing led to him being zealously protective of his status and possessions. As someone who grew up with next to no property, he became enamored with the idea of building an empire of his own. Frank is initially mostly serious and quiet although very helpful to the Mythbusters. He also had a habit of moving FAR away from Mythbusters when they were mixing chemicals under his supervision. This aloof, calm and business-like demeanour belies his true nature. He is a psychopath who had no qualms with killing those who presented any serious threat to the interests of the FBI. Possessing no empathy, Frank is a skilled manipulator and liar. Using his expertise in explosives, he orchestrates a brutally efficient bombing campaign that kills thousands of people and causes billions of dollars in property damage.

Trivia
- He helped the FBI bomb an environmental activist and cover it up.

- His alignment is "Evil."

- X-ray scans taken by the Mythbusters crew have shown that he doesn't have an honest bone in his body.

- His protracted conflict with the series' protagonists cemented the status of "Mythbusters" as the longest running Discovery Channel show and one of the longest-running shows in the history of television, with its daunting 39-season, 32-year airtime.

- He was named after the Frankfurter, a type of German sausage which his father had an affinity for.

- His father would always address him as "Franky", "Frankfurtly" and "Franco".

- His father, Jim Doyle, would frequently beat his wife.

- It is rumoured that Doyle was injured as a teenager when a bomb he detonated in a forest cause a tree to fall down, crushing his leg. This is speculated to be the reason he walks with a pronounced limp.

- The Doyle Device, a device designed to only blow up trees and leave humans unharmed is named in his honor

- The word "Doyling," meaning to blow up environmental activists, remains popular among Amerikan youths.

- The Daily Doyle newspaper was started by a team of journalists to document his crimes. Frank and his squadron of FBI agents assassinated the editor and journalists of the Daily Doyle in a string of bombings during the 90s.

- The lone survivor of the Daily Doyle bombings, an intern named Harry Colon, claimed that the Daily Doyle was about to break a story about Doyle's FBI-sponsered drugs trafficking ring before the Daily Doyle offices were attacked. Colon was later found dead in his home under suspicious circumstances.

- Legend tells that the infamous "Frankfurtling Doyler" is still out there, a bomb which contains so much unprecedented power, it could strip the entire surface of the Earth of any trees or grass. The FBI have kept the whereabouts of the "Frankfurtling Doyler" secret, however rumour says that Frank Doyle himself swallowed it whole like a paracetamol tablet, so that when the day came that the ambulance would try to revive him, the "Frankfurtling Doyler" would go off and send Earth into cataclysm, although this is only rumour, it may be entirely false.

- Frankkk "Hitler" Doyle earned his name from how he used to hit environmental activists in his youth. The German dictator Adolf Hitler was later named after Frankie's nickname due to his ruthless nature, and his iron will in exterminating innocent people.

- Frank's favourite food is Snapped Growling twigs, marinated in a soft birch resin, he describes the taste as a delicately earthly taste with an overall crunchy texture.

- Frank's father remarked, that, even in his young age, his compulsion with exploding substances was almost frightening

- After the boiling oil incident, Frank's skin melted over half of his mouth and most of his nose, rendering breathing to be nearly impossible. Some say that Frank adapted to breathe through his skin.

- Although quiet around the Mythbusters, Jamie and Adam, Frank would be found at local bars goading the other attendees into fights, which he would promptly lose.

- The Frankfurtling Doyler was created by Frank as a final resort to turn to when the environmental activists started knocking on his door. Thankfully, it was never activated, however, most unfortunately, it is still out there and sitting dormant, waiting to be activated.

- Frank doesn't like seeing children happy, and so when he spots a happy child in public, he takes out his concealed carry .50 BMG Anti-materiel rifle and guns them down.

- Frank once went on record to say:

- Frank, despite his name, dislikes the taste of Frankfurt hotdogs, and tends to avoid them whenever he can.

- While with the FBI, Frank never really cared too much for the money. During an interview with CNN, Frank said that the bombings were "a passion project" and that "he'd do it all over again"

- Frank wanted to use actual explosives during the test model shoots, however Jamie and Adam very quickly lectured him, telling him that the shockwave from even a 5 gram pack of C4 would blow the model to bits, ruining the shoot.

- In the years since Frank's death he has become something of an urban legend, with many claiming that he is still alive. There have been several reported Doyle sightings immediately preceding mysterious car-bombings in the San Fransisco Bay Area.