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#REDIRECT [[List of 30 Rock characters#Frank Rossitano]]
{{Primarysources|date=December 2007}}
{{Review Wikification}}
{{Infobox character
| image=[[Image:Frank Rossitano from 30 Rock.jpg|250px]]
| caption=Frank Rossitano wearing a "Ninja Expert" hat
| name = ''Frank Rossitano''
| first = "[[Pilot (30 Rock)|Pilot]]"
| gender = Male
| occupation = Staff writer on ''TGS''
| family = Sylvia Rossitano (mother)<br>Unnamed Father (in hiding)
| title =
| portrayer = [[Judah Friedlander]]
| creator = [[Tina Fey]]
}}


{{R from fictional character|30 Rock}}
'''Francis''' "'''Frank'''" '''Rossitano''' is a [[fictional character]] played by [[Judah Friedlander]] on the [[United States|American]] [[television program|television series]] ''[[30 Rock]]''.

==Appearance on the show==
After [[Liz Lemon]], who is [[head writer]] and the protagonist of the series, Frank is the most prominently featured writer of the [[show-within-a-show]]. The character always appears wearing a [[trucker hat]] with a humorous phrase written on it, which is Friedlander's routine trademark in real life, and large thick-lensed glasses. He lives with his mother and his rent money goes directly to her.

Frank seems to be rather childish, lazy and libidinous. He often makes fun of and plays pranks on the other characters, such as in "[[Jack-tor]]" where he and Toofer decided to mess with neurotic [[Jenna Maroney]] by telling her about a supposed rumor that [[Jack Donaghy|Jack]] was looking to fire an actor. He also seems to be clever, quick-witted and more intelligent than would appear at first glance. Based on "[[The Aftermath (30 Rock episode)|The Aftermath]]", both Liz and Pete apparently consider him "an idiot".

Frank was the only member of the show's staff to be happy with [[Tracy Jordan]] joining the show since he is the only one who enjoys Tracy's movies (Liz was quick to point out that he also enjoys some video of a [[monkey]] smelling its buttocks). According to Jack Donaghy, he owns a copy of every issue of ''Black Tail'' magazine.

In "[[Cougars (30 Rock)|Cougars]]," Frank questions his sexuality when he meets coffee delivery boy Jamie, Liz's romantic interest for the episode. However, after exploring a gay identity and making several unsuccessful attempts to court Jamie, Frank realizes that his same-sex attraction is limited to the one man: he is "gay for Jamie."

It was revealed in the episode "[[The Break Up (30 Rock episode)|The Break Up]]" that he had a racist grandfather after he watched Tracy and Toofer argue.

In [[Goodbye, My Friend]], Frank decided to quit ''TGS'' and follow his original career plan of being a [[lawyer]], as he'd dropped out of [[Fordham University School of Law]]. He was inspired by Jack, who also grew up without a father. However, Frank's mother (played by [[Patti LuPone]]) revealed to Jack that all the Rossitano men were [[Mafia]] lawyers. Because of this, they are all either in hiding or dead (Frank's father is hiding in [[Phoenix, Arizona]]). Jack eventually convinced Frank to return to ''TGS'' as a writer.

In [[Dealbreakers Talk Show#0001]], Liz is busy with her talk show and puts Frank in charge of ''TGS'', and he gradually becomes more and more like Liz, in behavior as well as appearance. They are wearing the same outfit by episode's end.

=="Frank Talk"==
According to "Frank Talk", a [[blog]] on the official ''30 Rock'' website purportedly written by him, he originally came to work on the show when he sent a complaint letter to ''The Insane Girl Show'' and it was delivered to ''The Girlie Show'' by mistake. Apparently, Liz mistook his letter for an "avant-garde comedy piece" as she hired him a week later.

==Frank's trucker hats==
The character is noted for his colorful trucker hats which have different slogans on them.
Friedlander says he makes the hats for his character himself using phrases that he comes up with.<ref>[http://www.theapiary.org/archives/2007/02/inside_with_jud.html The Apiary: Inside With: Judah Friedlander<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In fact, in episode S03E18 in which Liz Lemon is forced to stay home, one of her final requests before being forced out of the building was to know what Frank's hat said.

===Season 1===
Ninja Expert, Done Deal, Extra Sausage, Joystick Master, Double Cheese, Arcade Champ, Bigfoot Expert, Hand Held, Over Easy, ESP Tutor, Kung Fu Beech, RODS, Karate Sluts, Beef 'N Bean, Smells, Extra Cheese, 1,000,000 Points, UFO Cop, Squeeze It, Cool As Ice, Time Travel Agent, Liz Rocks, Mash Potatoes, Beef Ravioli, Atomic Super Kick, Mystery Solver, Bahama Trapezoid, Alabama Legsweep, Force Field and Alien Knight Force.

===Season 2===
'''SeinfeldVision'''<ref name="SeinfeldVision">"[[SeinfeldVision (30 Rock episode)|SeinfeldVision]]"</ref>
*Coin Operated
*Kill Screen
'''Jack Gets in the Game'''<ref name="jackgetsinthegame">"[[Jack Gets in the Game (30 Rock episode)|Jack Gets in the Game]]"</ref>
*Ready
'''The Collection'''

Frank does not appear in this episode

'''Rosemary's Baby'''
*Field Hockey Coach
*Balls
'''Greenzo'''
*And
*Lips
*Half Centaur
'''Somebody to Love'''
*Karate Prom
'''Cougars'''
*Olé
*Right Boot
*Got It
*Handy Man
*Beef
*Burrito
*Power Tool
'''Secrets and Lies'''
*Atlantis Lifeguard
*Harvard (On [[Porkpie Hat]])
*Mom Expert (Worn by Toofer)
*[[Kayfabe]]
*Komurshl
'''Ludachristmas'''
*Shower Scene
*Ho Ho Horny
'''Episode 210'''

Frank does not appear in this episode

'''MILF Island'''
*Or
'''Subway Hero'''
*Exactly
'''Succession'''
*Trap Do_r
*Rescue Team
'''Sandwich Day'''
*Speling Expirt
*Sumo Dog
'''Cooter'''
*Slo-Bot

===Season 3===
'''Do-Over'''
*Former Cyclops
*Horny
*Horny (On [[Porkpie Hat]])
'''Believe in the Stars'''

Frank does not appear in this episode

'''The One with the Cast of ''Night Court'''''

Frank does not wear a trucker-hat in this episode

'''Gavin Volure'''
*Role Model

'''Reunion'''

Frank does not appear in this episode

'''Christmas Special'''
*Foley Artist (while wearing a Cactus Jack t-shirt (an alter-ego of professional wrestler [[Mick Foley]]))
*Bronx Golf Club

'''Senor Macho Solo'''
*Night Chicks

'''Flu Shot'''

Frank does not appear in this episode

'''Retreat to Move Forward'''
*Pinball Mechanic
*Phase 3
*Feelin' It

'''Generalissimo'''

Frank does not appear in this episode

'''St. Valentine’s Day'''
*Unintelligible. A seemingly random assortment of the usual lettering on a red and white cap. Different colored letters, some upside-down, tilted, or sideways, can be seen on the red field from far back on the crown, to (barely) visibly scattered across the brim.
'''Larry King'''
*Emotional Friend
'''Goodbye, My Friend'''
*Incompl_te
*Two Fare Zone
'''The Funcooker'''
*Reverse Pendulum
'''The Bubble'''

Frank does not appear in this episode

'''Apollo, Apollo'''
*Laser Disc
'''Cutbacks'''
*Game Changer
*An all-red hat with nothing on it

'''Jackie Jormp-Jomp'''
*Constant Craving
'''The Ones'''
*Space Gravy
*Flowers
*Fedora (complete with feather to match the fedoras worn by the rest of the writers in there teams on pranksters)
'''The Natural Order'''
*Crop Octagon
*Drapes / Carpet (with "Drapes" on the top line in orange, and "Carpet" on the bottom line in black. Obliquely implies the sexually suggestive question, "Does the carpet match the drapes?" in reference to congruency between the hair on a woman's head, which may be dyed, and her pubic hair, which is usually not dyed.)
'''Mamma Mia'''
*Mute Button
'''Kidney Now!'''

Frank does not appear in this episode

===Season 4===

'''Season Four'''
*Disco Fries
*[[Table_tennis_styles#Unusual_grips|Seemiller Grip]]
*[[Table_tennis_racket#Rubber_sheets|Long Pips]]
'''Into the Crevasse'''
*Spaceship Owner
*Not Guilty
'''Stone Mountain'''
*Wet to Activate
*Costume (in a flashback to the previous year's TGS Writers Halloween Party)
'''Audition Day'''
*Because
'''The Problem Solvers'''
*Scanner
'''Dealbreakers Talk Show No. 0001'''
*Teenage Grandpa
'''Sun Tea'''
*Sdrawkcab
*Shark Cop
*First Class
'''Klaus and Greta'''
*One Tone (written on an all-red cap in red letters; barely visible without close inspection)
*I Tried
'''Black Light Attack!'''
*Soccer (in a flashback, accompanying Jack Donaghy to a baseball game)
*Karate Hockey
*In Training
*A blank cap (worn standing in the background while Lutz dances at the TGS wrap party, as ''30 Rock'' credits roll)
'''Winter Madness!'''
*Wide and Tight
*Delete
*Night Beast
'''Verna'''
*Pound for Pound
*Mind the Gap
*Busway
'''Anna Howard Shaw Day'''
*Dial-Up Access
*Intestinal Fortitude
'''Future Husband'''

Frank appears only peripherally at writer's table in one scene; hat is not visible.

'''Don Geiss, America, and Hope'''
*Under the Bottom
*All the Way
'''Floyd'''
*Sort of Loaded
*Free Parking
*Tow Away Zone
'''Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter'''
*Monster Truck Wrestling
*Last Shot First
*DEFCON 50
'''Khonani'''
*Feet
*TBD
'''Argus'''
*Space Karate
'''Mother's Day'''
*Good Pieces
'''Emmanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land'''
*Pocket Dialer
'''I Do Do'''
*Single

===Season 5===

'''The Fabian Strategy'''
*Why.
*Bottom Feeder

'''When It Rains It Pours'''
*Long and Twisted

'''Let's Stay Together'''
*I Did It (silent answer to Frank's statement, "I don't know who did it," regarding a sign reading "El Tejon" -- "The [[Badger]]" -- that was placed on Liz Lemon's office door)

'''Live Show, East Coast'''
*(The first hat is unintelligible, appearing only in profile in a flashback at start of the episode)
*Promotional Consideration (while also wearing a t-shirt reading "Furnished by Capital One")

==References==
{{wikiquote|30 Rock}}
{{reflist}}

{{30 Rock}}

[[Category:30 Rock characters|Rossitano, Frank]]
[[Category:Fictional American people of Sicilian descent|Rossitano, Frank]]
[[Category:Fictional writers|Rossitano, Frank]]
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