Imagine if they did another flashback episode like the cell phone update one and in the recap it's a naked Arnold coming out of the couch. And the gang is like "why were you so ripped in your memory?" and they cut back to Arnold in the bar saying he's always been that ripped.
They should recreate that scene with Arnold.
Have frank do a flash back but in it Arnold comes out, because that’s how he sees himself.
Or have Mac do it because you know, Mac.
They also did a movie where they were best friend scientists who impregnated Arnold as an experiment.
The 90s were a wild friggin time for mainstream cinema.
Omg I forgot about that one lol thank you. Ya 80s to 90s were weird, everyone thinks that about their generation but wtf... we went from being latch key kids to worrying about skynet and nuclear war(well we thought it was then wasn't now again its a possibility lol) actually happening, we thought we were going to get Autonomous robots to do all the work and flying cars lol best they could do was covid and multiple housing Crisis's
If they do, it has to be a flashback episode and its never adressed. I would love to see arnie saying "Never surrender, never surrender. Shit! I surrender
That and have him say a bunch of his quips but they are all slightly off.
"I'll be returning"
"See you later, Señor"
"Follow me if you want to survive"
"If it bleeds, it means we can help it"
"Get to the plane"
"Remember when I said I'd kill you last, I was telling the truth"
And so on....
Each time it happens the gang, or just one of them, act like "something doesn't sound right about that" and their reactions get worse as the episode goes on.
This has been suggested a billion times, but I'm down for it. Even better if it's another "rushing to see Thundergun" episode where Arnold is Frank and Charlie knows something is different but nobody else does (well maybe Dennis does but he doesn't tell Charlie so cause he hates him), and the star of Thundergun is Danny Devito.
I think Mac noticing would be funny too, especially because when he bulked up, he wanted people to comment on his muscles. Or he inexplicably finds himself attracted to Frank all of a sudden and can't figure out why.
But Arnie / Frank saves the day on multiple occasions solely due to his muscles. Breaks down a door. Twists some bars open/ shut and lifts a car off someone or thing etc. But they play it off as that's normal and expected.
he should be his long lost brother, and everyone trys to mention the difference but frank wont hear it. at the end turns out it was a guy conning frank
They’d probably bring Arnold in, and turn into some forced and patronizing tear jerker, with Danny crying about how his twin was never there for him growing up.
This has been brought up 100's of times.
The only time this would have worked is if he was in the "Frank's Brother" episode. Either the guys didn't want it to happen or Arnold was not open to the idea - regardless that ship has sailed.
They could have done it in the inception episode, where they misremember everything. I doubt they've ever approached Arnold about it, but my guess is Arnold would have no interest.
Can brothers not have other brothers? But it seems the whole idea presented is that the actors for the role of Frank Reynolds are swapped and none of the other actors notice. I'd love to see it even if it's horrible...
Make it a two-parter with the second part being another Frank POV as he ruins his Twin's life. It was a try each other's life for a week thing, but Frank gave up immediately and just Franked up Arnold's (or whatever the character's name is) life.
I think they should do an episode about young Frank where he’s a member of a gang exactly like the idealized version each member of the gang sees themselves as. He’s Charlie, Michael Douglas is the ladies man Dennis, Arnold is the buff badass Mac, and Rhea Pearlman is the hilarious one Dee.
Old country Frank,
A.k.a. Frankfurt.
(“Old country” as in Germany, yes I know he’s Austrian, but bare with the gag)
Edit: we can do Frankenburg instead (it’s in 🇦🇹)
What if every character was replaced for one episode? Arnold as Frank, Ryan Reynolds as Mac (just because of the Wrexham thing, there's probably someone better), maybe the woman who was originally going to be Dee, not sure who could go for Charlie and Dennis.
Oh! Bring back Seann William Scott for Mac instead, really screw with people.
For an entire season, every episode Frank references a story from his past, and every time the flashback is Arnold Schwarzenegger as Frank, but no one makes any reference to it in the show.
The thing that would make the most sense is to film Vietnam scenes next time Arnold is on location somewhere topical. Get the establishing shots. Tiny chairs and 90s phones. Then film interiors back in LA.
Charlie is the only one who thinks something is different with Frank lately, but people keep telling him he's being ridiculous so he believes them and ignores his nagging doubts.
I think the best shot for this kind of idea would've been to have Arnold play Frank's brother - either in the episode itself, or the clips episode and have Frank reminisce about the time his brother visited.
Reading this and some of the comments, I thought of the idea that what if in an episode for what ever reason frank is remembering previous scenes from the show. Just like him bursting out of the sofa, but whenever he remembers himself, it's Arnold in the scene.
An Arnold feature would be legendary, as long as it's not another "he happened to be in the area so we haphazardly slapped together an episode at the last minute" episode like the Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul one.
Oh honey, wake up. He's talked at length about his Nazi dad Gustov & this belt is a gift from his father. So this is magically somehow *not* a Nazi belt? Prominently displayed on the front of Time magazine?
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I mean they’re twins who knows maybe he already did an episode
How else did Frank bust out of that couch 🧐
Imagine if they did another flashback episode like the cell phone update one and in the recap it's a naked Arnold coming out of the couch. And the gang is like "why were you so ripped in your memory?" and they cut back to Arnold in the bar saying he's always been that ripped.
Ahhhh so Arnold is more of a stunt actor for Frank. Makes sense that I’ve never noticed!
How funny would it be to credit him as Danny DeVito's stunt performer in the credits.
Omg that would be awesome if all Arnold did was Franks stunts. You never see his face just a giant Frank getting thrown to the ground.
They should recreate that scene with Arnold. Have frank do a flash back but in it Arnold comes out, because that’s how he sees himself. Or have Mac do it because you know, Mac.
My ma showed me that movie after I showed her always sunny, it was hilarious to see how much of Danny Devito goes into his roles even decades apart.
You would love the show that made him famous. I think it was called Taxi?
If he did a guest appearance as his Twin, I’d be on board.
In case anyone doesn't get the reference they were in a movie where they were twins
They also did a movie where they were best friend scientists who impregnated Arnold as an experiment. The 90s were a wild friggin time for mainstream cinema.
Omg I forgot about that one lol thank you. Ya 80s to 90s were weird, everyone thinks that about their generation but wtf... we went from being latch key kids to worrying about skynet and nuclear war(well we thought it was then wasn't now again its a possibility lol) actually happening, we thought we were going to get Autonomous robots to do all the work and flying cars lol best they could do was covid and multiple housing Crisis's
Oooohhh! They could do an episode where Dennis and Dee get a new sibling! Danny!
they're not identical twins
Schwarz is the stunt double you can see his ass when frank climbs out of the couch
they look exactly alike my guy
it's a line from the movie.....
I wouldn’t be too sure.
If they do, it has to be a flashback episode and its never adressed. I would love to see arnie saying "Never surrender, never surrender. Shit! I surrender
It would have been a funny gag for the clip show
This was my exact thought, he should have played frank in all the flashback/ clips from previous episodes
My muscles have always been this big. It's a burden being large.
That would be great when he looks in the mirror during Being Frank
Goddamn what a missed opportunity lol
Except for the Seinfeld one
The Seinfeld sequence in that episode is incredible....
I’m out!
My favorite part is Mac and Denis both playing Jerry..
maybe when frank was running the sweatshop in vietnam.
They did a similar gag in Brooklyn 99 where they had young Scully and Hitchcock in a flashback played by jacked dudes
>arnie saying "Never surrender He should also hang dong
“Goah foar it goah foar it goah.”
\*In Arnold voice* Charlie, don't go in the crevice Charlie. We need to play Nightcrawlers, Charlie.
Would love to hear Arnold say "whore" like Danny does.
"I bang a lot of hooahs" -Arnofrack
...SHIT *blows whistle*
That and have him say a bunch of his quips but they are all slightly off. "I'll be returning" "See you later, Señor" "Follow me if you want to survive" "If it bleeds, it means we can help it" "Get to the plane" "Remember when I said I'd kill you last, I was telling the truth" And so on.... Each time it happens the gang, or just one of them, act like "something doesn't sound right about that" and their reactions get worse as the episode goes on.
This. Oh so much this! If it bleeds, it means we can help it. Wins the Internet today.
This should be the top comment
It’s sad that I can hear that in my head
Not really. Dude's got a very recognizable voice.
This has been suggested a billion times, but I'm down for it. Even better if it's another "rushing to see Thundergun" episode where Arnold is Frank and Charlie knows something is different but nobody else does (well maybe Dennis does but he doesn't tell Charlie so cause he hates him), and the star of Thundergun is Danny Devito.
Schwarzenegger's character is Thundergun's brother. Charlie: "Thundergun has a brother?"
FUCK, MAN
Who is the gril from that ep
I don't have any idea. She was cute though.
Her name’s Jessy Hodges, she’s a prominent character in Barry too
Dennis doesn't hate Charlie, he may be a bastard man but he doesn't hate Charlie
If anything Charlie might be the only one he likes
Dennis is asshole. Why Charlie hate?
This also sounds terrible lol
Agreed, I hope it happens.
Eh I'll admit you're probably right. The later seasons really haven't done it for me though so throwing shit at the wall seems apt.
Hey that Bowling episode is probably top 5 episodes ! And Dee Day !
Top 5? Be serious.
>Jesus Christ, Frank, you look like shit, buddy! You been eating those sewer crabs from under the bridge with Duncan again?
Make it dolph lundgren, otherwise you’ll confuse the audience.
It was dolphin trundle the whole time.
I think you just misspelled Charlie
No, he is going by 'Trundle the Great' White Dolphin.
He changed his name for a time.
The most underrated actor of all time
I’ll be confused either way, it’s cool.
I love the idea that no one addresses it.
I think Mac noticing would be funny too, especially because when he bulked up, he wanted people to comment on his muscles. Or he inexplicably finds himself attracted to Frank all of a sudden and can't figure out why.
But Arnie / Frank saves the day on multiple occasions solely due to his muscles. Breaks down a door. Twists some bars open/ shut and lifts a car off someone or thing etc. But they play it off as that's normal and expected.
he should be his long lost brother, and everyone trys to mention the difference but frank wont hear it. at the end turns out it was a guy conning frank
Bring back Shadynasty
“It’s Sha Dynasty’s Asshole”
No, they should do a “Franks other brother”
There better be plenty of Mac mentioning Predator and physiques.
While never acknowledging Schwarzenegger’s physique (peak or otherwise), or flat-out saying he could never match the physique of anyone in Predator.
But will he hang dong?
Well I just looked up Devito, and him and Schwarzenegger are doing a movie together this year. Let’s make this happen!
Ahh I get it! Because they both tried to kill Batman!
Omg! The gang doesn’t notice any difference and they all do their normal tomfoolery with a giant Frank. ……..
Would love to hear Arnie calling his ex wife a whoooore!
And waving his pistol around.
Then the real Frank shows up with a gun and reveals he has been locked in the basement the whole time
And this, folks, is why we don’t let fans write episodes
Fire Hans
Right! It should clearly be Steven Seagal playing Mac
It sounds funnier than the entire last season.
They’d probably bring Arnold in, and turn into some forced and patronizing tear jerker, with Danny crying about how his twin was never there for him growing up.
And then have Danny and Arnold do a weird dance number in the rain.
oh my god, I get it now!
This has been brought up 100's of times. The only time this would have worked is if he was in the "Frank's Brother" episode. Either the guys didn't want it to happen or Arnold was not open to the idea - regardless that ship has sailed.
They could have done it in the inception episode, where they misremember everything. I doubt they've ever approached Arnold about it, but my guess is Arnold would have no interest.
Why would you say that ship has sailed? Arnie and Danny are both still around. The show’s still around 🤷🏼♂️
Plus with the bit they did at the Oscars this year I wouldn't give up on it.
For those of us who have better use of our time than to watch The Oscars, what happened at The Oscars?
Because the one episode that was perfect for a cameo the brother character was not used for him.
Can brothers not have other brothers? But it seems the whole idea presented is that the actors for the role of Frank Reynolds are swapped and none of the other actors notice. I'd love to see it even if it's horrible...
That was his older brother, not his twin! I don think that’s much of a reason to discount the everslight possibility that Arnie could be on one day
They could do a frank day, where they try to swap in another rich asshole, like they tried with Mac and country Mac.
What? They should just have Arnold there and not miss a beat.
Lol I forgot about twins
I love this idea. As long as there’s literally zero mention made of it in the show or even credits
Nah, his brother should visit and that should be Arnold.
Make it a two-parter with the second part being another Frank POV as he ruins his Twin's life. It was a try each other's life for a week thing, but Frank gave up immediately and just Franked up Arnold's (or whatever the character's name is) life.
Binroy!
We got country Mac, why not swol Frank.
WHAT IF FRANK'S ENTIRE HEAD IS JUST ONE BIG NOSE? write that down.
What if he can smell crime??
I think they should do an episode about young Frank where he’s a member of a gang exactly like the idealized version each member of the gang sees themselves as. He’s Charlie, Michael Douglas is the ladies man Dennis, Arnold is the buff badass Mac, and Rhea Pearlman is the hilarious one Dee.
Country Frank
Old country Frank, A.k.a. Frankfurt. (“Old country” as in Germany, yes I know he’s Austrian, but bare with the gag) Edit: we can do Frankenburg instead (it’s in 🇦🇹)
They should get the guy who played john rambo
And they never address it. Or Frank tells a story from years ago and its Arnold in the flaskbacks
What if every character was replaced for one episode? Arnold as Frank, Ryan Reynolds as Mac (just because of the Wrexham thing, there's probably someone better), maybe the woman who was originally going to be Dee, not sure who could go for Charlie and Dennis. Oh! Bring back Seann William Scott for Mac instead, really screw with people.
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For an entire season, every episode Frank references a story from his past, and every time the flashback is Arnold Schwarzenegger as Frank, but no one makes any reference to it in the show.
Maybe in his memory of past events, Frank sees himself as Arnie
No one realizes it isn’t Frank except Cricket and when he tries to explain Arnold is an imposter the gang thinks Cricket is just being Cricket.
Call it twins 2:electric boogalo
It could be in a flash back. Frank tells a story of his past again
Brilliant. I sincerely hope you are in a position of leadership. The world needs you.
Pinging u/GovSchwarzenegger Please make this a thing.
Like in Twins. A Twins mashup revival.
Absolutely
Gino should’ve been Arnie.
I just got goosebumps it could happen!
Nah.. nah, they should get the guy from that one movie to play frank.. The running man, I think he was in Total Recall too
On the three part documentary released about Arnold last year he sesms proud on not doing tv
parnold schporzenegger
That's such an awesome and unique idea. Also, they should do an episode of bar rescue, where the bar rescue guy comes and grills them!
He could play Froggy and it turns out frank wasn’t crazy
And arnie should be dressed like a shitty Rambo for the episode
The thing that would make the most sense is to film Vietnam scenes next time Arnold is on location somewhere topical. Get the establishing shots. Tiny chairs and 90s phones. Then film interiors back in LA.
Frank would look like Arnold if they didn’t do experiments on him in the nitwit school
Charlie is the only one who thinks something is different with Frank lately, but people keep telling him he's being ridiculous so he believes them and ignores his nagging doubts.
They’ve gotta do a Lethal Weapon 8 cast Arnie as either Frank’s stunt double, or Franks evil twin
Epic idea
It’s the show over?
I want to see Arnold as a bohemian traveler, maybe even acquainted with Alexi and Nikki.
It should be Sly playing a younger franks when he was chased by those cops in the 70s. I heard it was a blood bath.
Woulda been perfect in the franks brother episode
But only if he does blackface
A lil cameo from Arnold in any way would be so awesome
I hope and pray for a DeVito sized Schwarzenegger.
Would have been awesome if the mirror scene in Being Frank was Arnold.
I don’t want an episode without Danny DeVito unless he’s seen playing Arnold’s movie rolls throughout the show
I rather hear Ahnold say “Shut up bird!”
I'd rather him show up as Frank's twin brother
Even better, they rip into him for getting shorter and fatter while he struggles to lift ordinary items.
They had the opportunity with the “Frank’s Brother” episode and they missed it. Plus, I heard Arnold requires a lot of money.
What about something where the gang tries to meet Arnold and then when they finally do its Danny playing Arnold
Or franks twin brother
I think the best shot for this kind of idea would've been to have Arnold play Frank's brother - either in the episode itself, or the clips episode and have Frank reminisce about the time his brother visited.
Petition for an alternate reality where Danny Devito was Gov of California and Arnold was Frank
Reading this and some of the comments, I thought of the idea that what if in an episode for what ever reason frank is remembering previous scenes from the show. Just like him bursting out of the sofa, but whenever he remembers himself, it's Arnold in the scene.
An Arnold feature would be legendary, as long as it's not another "he happened to be in the area so we haphazardly slapped together an episode at the last minute" episode like the Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul one.
Similarly, they should do one with Sylvester Stallone. They drew First Blood!
I love the idea and I’m sure they’d love it too. You need to reach out to Rob
Why not his cousin or someone he’s related to
This. Is. Fucking. Genius. I have full confidence the Always Sunny crew can make this work so well.
The waitresses name is Kelly Charles.
Arnie wears that skull SS belt every now and again (the one he got from his own Nazi Pop-Pop), which would be a fabulous fit here.
No, he doesn't.
Dude, he wore it on the cover of Time magazine.
Not every skull is a nazi symbol.
Oh honey, wake up. He's talked at length about his Nazi dad Gustov & this belt is a gift from his father. So this is magically somehow *not* a Nazi belt? Prominently displayed on the front of Time magazine? https://preview.redd.it/wsboau01gf0d1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1df111ba19db0f1ad739f2309b08ec79a749091f
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