Card Trivia:Number 22: Zombiestein
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- This card is the first Zombie-Type Xyz Monster.
- This card is the first Nomi Xyz Monster.
- The kanji in this card's Japanese name, "不乱健 Furan Ken" can also be read as "Un-Rebelling Strength".
- This card's name and appearance are a reference to the famous "Frankenstein's monster" and possibly a Ken doll, bringing together Cologne's love for dolls and her Gothic style.
- Also, the second published edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, which was the first where she -- a woman -- was credited as the author was published in 1822. This, combined with how Fran Ken's weakness was revealed in Rank 18, makes it very possible that Fran Ken's number is a further reference to Frankenstein.
- This card's manga-only effect of not being able to attack female monsters may reference the behavior of the Frankenstein monster in Frankenstein. In the novel, the monster asks his creator, Victor Frankenstein, to make him a female counterpart so he wouldn't be lonely after he was rejected by humans.
- This monster shares a common naming convention with another monster based off of Frankenstein's monster- Cyber-Stein. In the OCG, their names contain "Franken" (Cyber-Stein's OCG name is "Devil Franken" and Number 22's is "Fran Ken") while in the TCG their names contain "Stein" instead.
- Another explanation for this card's number is that one can say "two 2's" (22) in Japanese by saying "fu ni"; this could be a pun on "funiku" (腐肉), which means "tainted meat."
- This is the first "Number" monster released in the TCG/OCG which requires monsters of a specific Attribute to be Xyz Summoned.
- However, "Number 96: Dark Mist" was the first "Number" monster in the anime to require monsters of a specific Attribute to be Xyz Summoned.
- The number 22 can be seen on the left side of this monster's shawl.
- This card is one of only two cards with a gender-specific effect; the other is the anime-only effect of "Shadow of Eyes".
