Passes the Bechdel test
Frankenweenie
2012. Directed by Tim Burton, written by John August and Leonard Ripps and Tim Burton.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 136. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 0 out of 3.
The film
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.
- Released
- 05 Oct 2012
- Genres
- Animation, Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 6.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 74 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 50 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Victor 118 lines, man
- Mom 54 lines, woman
- Dad 43 lines, man
- E 43 lines
- Elsa 32 lines, woman
- Toshiaki 32 lines, man
- Bob 28 lines, man
- Mr. Rzykruski 25 lines, man
- Burgemeister 23 lines, man
- Weird Girl 18 lines, woman
Full cast, 14 people
- Charlie Tahan as Victor Frankenstein (voice)
- Catherine O'Hara as Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)
- Martin Short as Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)
- Martin Landau as Mr. Rzykruski (voice)
- Atticus Shaffer as Edgar 'E' Gore (voice)
- Winona Ryder as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
- Robert Capron as Bob (voice)
- James Hiroyuki Liao as Toshiaki (voice)
- Conchata Ferrell as Bob's Mom (voice)
- Tom Kenny as New Holland Towns Folk (voice)
- Frank Welker as Sparky (voice) (uncredited)
- Dee Bradley Baker as Persephone / Shelly / Were-Rat / Colossus / Mr. Whiskers / Driver (voice) (uncredited)
- Jeff Bennett as Giant Sea Monkeys (voice) (uncredited)
- Jon Donahue as Additional Voices (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 136
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 11 | 13 |
| 4 to 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 to 9 | 10 | 24 |
| 10 to 12 | 8 | 5 |
| 13 to 15 | 4 | 15 |
| 16 to 18 | 6 | 7 |
| 19 to 21 | 4 | 3 |
| 22 to 24 | 4 | 2 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 to 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 to 36 | 2 | 4 |
| 37 to 39 | 8 | 7 |
| 40 to 42 | 1 | 2 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 to 48 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 to 51 | 7 | 0 |
| 52 to 54 | 2 | 7 |
| 55 to 57 | 2 | 11 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 11 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 16 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 5 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 17 |
| 70 to 72 | 5 | 13 |
| 73 to 75 | 15 | 11 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 13 |
| 79 to 81 | 3 | 13 |
| 82 to 84 | 2 | 12 |
| 85 to 87 | 1 | 9 |
| 88 to 90 | 4 | 3 |
| 91 to 93 | 1 | 2 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 to 99 | 1 | 1 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 to 105 | 3 | 0 |
| 106 to 108 | 1 | 2 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 16 |
| 112 to 114 | 1 | 2 |
| 115 to 117 | 1 | 8 |
| 118 to 120 | 2 | 5 |
| 121 to 123 | 7 | 8 |
| 124 to 126 | 3 | 2 |
| 127 to 129 | 1 | 1 |
| 130 to 132 | 6 | 6 |
| 133 to 135 | 0 | 4 |
| 136 to 136 | 1 | 4 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
GYM TEACHER: All I know is, I'll be teaching the class for the rest of the semester. ELSA: Do you know anything about science? GYM TEACHER: I know more than you do.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 31 are women's.
130 lines from women, 290 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
3 women and 11 men in the cast. 3 women and 8 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 473.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 77 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 26% of the words (785), men 74% (2,214). Women have 31% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
3
Two men
18
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Tim Burton (man)
- Written by
- John August (man)
- Produced by
- Tim Burton (man), Allison Abbate (woman)
- Shot by
- Peter Sorg (man)
- Edited by
- Chris Lebenzon (man), Mark Solomon (man)
- Music by
- Danny Elfman (man)
- Production design by
- Rick Heinrichs (man)
- Cast by
- Ronna Kress (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Visual Effects
4 women, 14 men, 16 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 14 men, 6 not listed
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Art
3 women, 4 men, 9 not listed
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Production
3 women, 4 men, 7 not listed
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Other crew
5 women, 3 men
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Editing
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 4 men
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 56 on average. Men: 39 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Winona Ryder 40, Catherine O'Hara 58, Conchata Ferrell 69
Men
Charlie Tahan 14, Atticus Shaffer 14, Robert Capron 14, James Hiroyuki Liao 36, Tom Kenny 50, Martin Short 62, Martin Landau 84
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.1 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $39 million
- Box office
- $81.5 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 136 scenes and 473 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
