If You Score Over 60% On This Shameless Quiz, You're Worse Than Frank Gallagher
- by Jamie Light
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Frank Gallagher is by far, the most Shameless Gallagher of the family. I guess you could say that his mother, Grammy "Peggy" Gallagher, and his deceased wife, Monica Gallagher, could give him a run for his money. However, Peggy's long gone, God rest her soul. In fact, she was where some of Frank Gallagher's issues started. Her ambitions usually consist of either running a meth operation, gambling, or bribing people out of money. The first of those became an occupation for her, which lead to a lengthy prison stint when 2 people died as a result of her meth lab exploding. When she got out for health reasons, (cancer), we quickly saw that Frank was her least favorite son. She constantly belittled him and even stabbed him in the leg over money, once. During Grammy's stay, Fiona came to realize what his upbringing was like and the two shared a moment where she concluded to him that her "parents suck too".
Regardless, this doesn't excuse Frank's inability to show affection for his children. He's a narcissistic, alcoholic, drug addict, who's either reeking havoc, or passed out on the floor, but that's only when he's home. All of the bad crap aside, he's a funny guy, who loves life and has a lot of fun living it to the fullest. Most people would hope that they're not Shameless enough to be Frank Gallagher, but let's be real. There are quite a few people out there just like him. Are you one of them? Let's see. 60%, or higher says you are Shameless enough to be Frank Gallagher!
Where do you spend most of your time away from home?
The only thing that made Frank Gallagher less shameless than his recently-deceased, other-half, Monica, was that he's actually around. However, sometimes his family wishes that he wasn't. In fact, the majority of the time that Frank is home, his activities consist of being passed out wherever he makes it to, or making messes for his children to find a way out of. Luckily, Frank has a spot that he favors more than home, sweet home. Where's your favorite place to be?
What would be your first plan to get some fast cash?
Frank Gallagher avoids working at all costs necessary. He doesn't feel the need to have cash for the average things like bills, or rent. He leaves those responsibilities to his kids. As for himself, Frank freeloads for a place to stay, every chance he gets. Although, he does need cash to support his addictions and habits. This includes making bets that he can't pay, like the time he bet $10,000, that a very large guy couldn't take 2 taser shots standing. The guy could, and did. This left Frank needing cash fast. How would you try to get it?
How would you coax the girl/guy that you want to be with to talk to you?
There's only so much you can do when the person you want to be with slams the door in your face. Especially, when they have a family member doing it for them. No serenading through the door. No candy, flowers, or jewelry. All you've got is yourself, and your own creativity to get your words in. This moment came for Frank after he spent his first night with Bianca. She was a young, beautiful doctor, but she was dying. Frank offered to show her the rough side of life, but he had to Bianca to hear him out, first. How?
One of your kids just made you really proud. What's the first thing you do?
There have been times where Frank's kids have done something worth celebrating. He's even gotten happy, or somewhat proud of his family at times. Albeit, he tends to get happiest over things that a parent shouldn't be near as happy about. For instance, when Debbie got pregnant on purpose at 16. Or, when his youngest son became a drug dealer. There's all sorts of weird things that Frank has had to celebrate. Although, he celebrates those things, away from the person who accomplished what made him happy. What would be the first thing you'd do?
What sort of friends do you have?
Everyone has friends. They might not be lifelong friends like the ones you see on TV. Hell, you might just have a bunch of acquaintances whom you just call your friends. Either way, the people who you hang around says a lot about who you are. Frank has a rough time keeping his family close. Let alone friends. Although, he does have a few that teeter between being lifelong friends and enemies. What sort of friends do you surround yourself with?
What kind of drunk are you?
Frank's really more of an annoying, fun drunk the majority of the time. You know, the kind who talk too much while they give drunken words of wisdom. Or, just makes a lot of hilarious mistakes that are really dumb, but funny. At least, unless you are the family members who are left cleaning up the mess. Then, you've got the lushes. They have to get taken care of constantly, because they can't hold their liquor. Still worse, are the violent mean drunks, who you really want to avoid. Which kind of drunk are you?
Would you ever consider stealing money from someone's purse/wallet?
Remember that time that Frank considered taking Bianca's money, while she was passed out on the train? She was asleep on his shoulder, from their first night out together. You may not have experienced that exact situation, but we've all been in a sticky situation where someone either drops, or loses their purse, or wallet. Do you return it, keep it, or take the money out and return it minus the cash? What would you if you were put in a similar situation?
How would you react if your child was bringing in some much-needed cash, but going about it the wrong way. Then, decided to go straight?
Carl was the kid that was least likely to succeed. As the second to youngest Gallagher, he grew up frustrated, angry, and lacked supervision. When he got older, he began dealing drugs. Then, he was moved up to a drug mule. This was followed by an arrest, but he was again promoted to shaking down pawn shops and selling guns. Frank couldn't have been happier with his sons new occupations. However, Carl saw his friend kill someone and it straightened him up. How would you react in this situation?
You get a free place to house the homeless. What do you do with it?
Frank got really lucky last season when he gathered the homeless people from the shelter and took that house from the realtor. He cheated his way into it, of course. Although, the news picked up his story and someone invested in his so-called kindness and bought it for him legally. For the first time ever, Frank Gallagher had a brand new, nice house. What does he do? Screw it up, or burn it down to be specific. What would you have done with it?
How many times have you been married?
Frank has been married multiple times. However, he's not the kind of guy to really care enough about someone to make that move easily. These statements might counter each other, but Frank's a complicated kind of guy. You already know that Monica is/was the love of his life, but he did have quite a few other relationships, and flings under his belt. Not that this makes him a bad person. Who hasn't been married more than once these days, right? How many times have you been married?
Have you ever reported anyone you know to DFCS?
Okay, we're not talking about someone who is/or was abusing, or neglecting a child. That would be necessary. However, every family has members who live differently than they do. Or, just know someone who does. Hey, you might live the same way. Maybe, they're struggling to make ends meet, or live in a crappy house. That's not anything too terrible, but that's enough to give them a hard time. Have you ever reported someone with limited means to DFCS. Not because of a serious crime, but because you were mad at them, or didn't agree with how they live?
Your loved one just died and you've got a key to their storage space, but your name's not on it. What do you do?
When Monica died she had big plans to leave her belongings to Frank and the kids, but she didn't have a will. They did find a storage key in her personal things at home, but none of their names were linked to her account. This led Frank, to enlist his younger children, Debbie, Carl, and Liam to hatch up a plan to access her storage room. In reality, they were the rightful owners to anything she had, but Frank figured there might be something illegal involved. What would you do from there?
You fall in love with a cancer patient who wants to give up and live out the rest of their life loaded. Would you help them?
Frank got lucky when he came across Bianca, who was the hot doctor treating him at the ER. She had just found out that she had terminal cancer. Bianca spent a night with Frank getting loaded. After, she was more than willing to let him guide her through the ending stages of her life. This gave Frank access to unlimited drugs, booze, and cash. The only problem was that he fell for Bianca, and she was only with him to have fun. In fact, she was doing everything she could to speed the process up. What would you do?
You've got people looking for you to settle a debt. What's the best way out?
There's some bad guys looking for you that want you dead,over a gambling debt. You've run out of places to hide. Frank went through this situation when some thugs came knocking at the Gallagher's door. Luckily Frank wasn't home and this was before the Gallagher kids had decided that they'd had enough of his crap. They were willing to help, but what would be the best plan of action to save his life. What would you enlist your family to do?
Have you ever done something so misguided into doing something terrible enough that your family ever wanted you gone?
Hey, all families have fights. It doesn't matter if you're rich, poor, straight, or whatever. In the beginning, Frank's children still loved him and help out a sliver of hope for him to change, but the more he did, the less they cared. Things eventually came to a head when Frank crossed the line, by a longshot. His misguided intentions hurt Fiona to her core. He was also incredibly cruel to the entire family, with his choice of truthful insight. Has your family ever wished you were dead? Even for a split second?
Can you manipulate just about any situation to your advantage?
If Frank's got anything going for him, it'd have to be his way with words. Believe it, or not, Frank was in college with a major in psychology when he met Monica. It wasn't long before he dropped out. However, Frank's educational background and intelligence is still intact. In fact, Frank Gallagher has a way with words, which he shamelessly uses to manipulate any situation he can. Examples, the homeless shelter, speaking as a gay man for LGBT rights, and getting Liam into that fancy school. Do share Frank's manipulative personality?
Your family wants nothing to do with you. What would you do?
There have been several situations where the Gallagher children made it crystal clear that they didn't want anything to do with Frank. They even tried to kill him once, how shameless is that? Although, not near as shameless as the things Frank has done to deserve it. Frank has found various way to cope with being wrote off by his children. In most cases he just found a new spot to lay his head for a while. However, there was one time when they really didn't want him back in the house at all. What would you do?
Have you ever been punched in the face?
Frank isn't much of a violent person. Well, not most of the time, anyways. Although, he does have a bad habit of pissing people off to the point where they get violent. Nearly every one of his children have punched, or at least hit him with a bag of soap. Most of Fiona's boyfriends joined the punch Frank party early on as well.How many times have you been punched, or hit by your friends and family?
Do you have any family members that are crazy like Sammi?
There are several personalities in a family. Some are achievers, hard workers, or scholars, but every family has a crazy person. Not like mental illness crazy, but Frank's estranged daughter Sammi crazy. The jury's still out on her mental health, but was/is a total sociopath. If there was anyone in the Shameless Gallagher family that you wouldn't want to piss off, it'd have to be her. Sh e shot her own dad for Pete's sake! Do you have any family members like her?
Which Gallagher kid would you have the best connection with?
Frank's had his ups and downs with every family member. It seems as though he makes a connection with a different kid each season, only to eff it all up by the next. Fiona's the most driven by trying to protect the others. Lip is into his own things and never really deals with Frank at all. Ian feels the least connected to him, for good reasons. Debs is sweet, but he's let her down too much. Carl loves him, but doesn't want to be like him, and Ian's young enough to forgive. Which kid would you be closest to?
What's the one thing that you drives you your motives the most?
Frank Gallagher is one of the most motivated individuals on TV. However, it's what drives those motives that's the problem. He spends the majority of his waking hours drunk, high, or finding ways to get money. He has had, or has everything that you probably have to get motivated by. He's got the whole family, kids, wife, house, whatever, yet there's only that one thing that motivates Frank the most and it's none of those. What's the single-most motivating thing in your life?
Have you ever passed out drunk, in an unusually odd place?
If you're an adamant drinker, then you've most likely passed out before. Rather it be from a party, binge, or just plain alcoholism. Frank's the latter of the three. He's an all-out alcoholic. Just about every waking hour for him is fueled by preferably alcohol, but he'll mix in drugs, or use them if there's no booze on hand. This has led for him to pass out in unusually odd places, like Bianca's grave, which he also kinda, sorta desecrated. Have you ever passed out in an unusually odd place, other than somewhere in your home?
How would you teach Debbie to deal with the mean girls at the pool?
Debs was a sweet, caring little girl, once. Remember those days? SHe does have the Gallagher blood, though. You couldn't have expected her to stay that way forever. No, Debbie's worst moments as a child came from stealing babies for companions, or defending herself against the mean-girl squad at the pool. Speaking of that... Even Frank pitched in with helping her learn to defend herself at the pool. FIona had her own pep talk with her after the bullying started. How would you teach Debbie to deal with the barbie bullies?
You found out that your daughter's fiance is hiding something from her. What do you do?
One of the most heart-wrenching moments of Shameless came when FIona finally found happiness with Sean. It was the kind of wedding that you never thought you'd see a Gallagher have. Frank even went the extra mile screaming to help his eldest daughter with her big day. However, the Gallagher kids found out he was bribing Debbie's baby daddy for money and tossed him from their big day completely. This really pissed Frank off. He came across an interesting secret that Sean had been keeping from Fiona, instead. He found out he was using again. What would you have done?
What Shameless category does your family fit in?
The Gallagher's are a product of their poverty level and upbringing. It's not their fault that they grew up fighting to survive. They're a product of Monica and Frank Gallagher. Just as Frank's ways are a product of Peggy Gallagher. In reality, Gallagher's are everywhere. There are more Shameless Gallagher's in this world, than there are people who've never had to fight to survive. There are more people who've struggled with making a bad choice to put food on the table, than not. Which of these Shameless categories does your family fit in?