# How to reanimate Francisco Franco?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reanimate-francisco-franco/581424
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 10, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reanimate-francisco-franco/581424 "2011-05-10T19:00:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reanimate-francisco-franco/581424/1 "2011-05-10T19:00:44Z")
Apparently, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. How could I go about reanimating him?
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reanimate-francisco-franco/581424/2 "2011-05-10T19:12:59Z")
There probably isn’t enough meat left for a Franco-stein monster, but I guess you’d start by acquiring his body. No shovel required, just a crowbar and something to distract the monks of the \*Basílica de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos \*.
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### Author:  [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reanimate-francisco-franco/581424/3 "2011-05-10T19:16:45Z")
Drop whatever remains you can find into a [Powered Exoskeleton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powered_exoskeleton).
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### Author:  [@SmithCommaJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmithCommaJohn)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reanimate-francisco-franco/581424/4 "2011-05-10T19:34:37Z")
I assume there’s probably some intact DNA somewhere on his corpse.
Get some of that, and clone him. I know you’re not reanimating his body, but if you’re pining for your dear Generalissimo, you could try and pull a “Boys From Brazil” type stunt. If I remember that documentary correctly, the plan just needed a few wrinkles ironed out.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reanimate-francisco-franco/581424/5 "2011-05-10T21:28:10Z")
It _must_ involve lightning.
Otherwise, why bother?
After all, there are many _more interesting_ dictators to re-animate.
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### Author:  [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reanimate-francisco-franco/581424/6 "2011-05-10T22:26:33Z")
Nah, it would involve [a mysterious green liquid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWmEReju2w0).
“¡usted … bastardo!”
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reanimate-francisco-franco/581424/7 "2011-05-11T03:37:09Z")
You will need lightning!
And a hunchback.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reanimate-francisco-franco/581424/8 "2011-05-11T03:55:15Z")
First, get Pixar or Dreamworks to make a movie about him. Then, get them to make a sequel.