Ref: Donnie Darko explicado
Who is Frank?
CHAPTER : THE MANIPULATED DEAD
The Manipulated Dead are more
powerful than the Living Receiver. If a person dies within the Tangent
Universe, they are able to contact the Living Receiver through the
Fourth Dimensional Construct. The Fourth Dimensional Construct is made
of Water. The Manipulated Dead will manipulate the Living Receiver
using the Fourth Dimensional Construct. The Manipulated Dead will
often set an Ensurance Trap for the Living Receiver to ensure that the
Artifact is returned safely to the Primary Universe. If the Ensurance
Trap is successful, the Living Receiver is left with no choice but to
use his Fourth Dimensional Power to send the Artifact back in time
into the Primary Universe before the Black Hole collapses upon itself.
I mentioned that Frank was from the future. Frank is also dead.
Doesn’t makes sense? Ok, Frank is a Manipulated Dead. Manipulated Dead
is a person who has died in the Tangent Universe. This person, after
death, has the ability to travel back in time and guide the Living
Receiver to get the Artifact back to the Original Universe - the
Primary Universe. At some point in the future (in the Tangent
Universe), a character called Frank dies. We’ll get to who Frank is
and how he dies later on. Frank is now a Manipulated Dead and travels
back in time to meet Donnie. Frank begins guiding Donnie towards his
mission. Donnie’s mission is transporting the Jet Engine to the
Primary Universe before the Tangent Universe collapses. This mission
will ensure the Primary Universe doesn’t collapse too. Dead Frank,
along with the Living, constantly guide Donnie towards various
actions. Each of these actions form a trail culminating at the goal.
Does Donnie know what his mission is? No he doesn’t, he learns it
through the course of the events. He is mostly playing along.
Frank (que antes de morrer é um garoto normal) é o Morto Manipulado que existe apenas no Universo Tangente. (Dead) Frank volta no tempo e garante que Donnie faça sua parte para "consertar" a falha da 4ª dimensão.