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Cunt Face

In the book, Francis called himself "Cunt Face". Some older kids at the orphanage gave him the nickname and he said it when his grandmother asked him his name. The Dragon also says to Francis, "YOU ARE CUNT FACE". I think that this should be included in the list of nicknames.

That is just a simple insult. It is not notable enough to be included in this article. Darkknight2149 (talk) 05:27, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relations to Norman Bates

Maybe Harris got his inspiration for Dolarhyde from Norman Bates in Psycho? There are one clear resemblance, which is the bizarre relationship with their grandmother... --83.91.25.155 20:16, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- I would assume the inspiration came from Ed Gein (which again Bates was modeled on). Gein had a similar relation to his mother, including the "cutting off of the penis" --84.49.149.141 (talk) 16:05, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You two can speculate all you want but be aware that you can not add any of this speculation into the article until you have a reliable source. Darkknight2149 (talk) 05:23, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Painting confusion

The article states that Dolarhyde was inspired by the painting "The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Cloaked in the Sun" but no such painting exists. There is "...the Woman Cloaked in Sun" and "...the Woman Cloaked with the Sun," two completely separate (if similar) paintings. The article on the paintings themselves states that the painting in question is "with the Sun" but I can't be sure since I have not seen or read Red Dragon myself. Can someone fix this article so that we don't have this mistake? 70.153.136.63 05:59, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In the book it is "...Cloaked in Sun". This painting is real in the novel, but no such painting exists is reality. At least that's what I got from the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.236.132.180 (talk) 04:10, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Francisdolarhydereddragon.jpg

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Fair use rationale for Image:Francisdolarhydemanhunter.jpg

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MPD/DID

so is he or is he not a multiple? my personal opinion is that he's deeply psychotic but not DID; but the article itself goes both ways. which is it?Metanoid (talk, email) 00:20, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, its not like the dragon completely takes over. Its more like a voice in his head that tells him to commit murder.--CyberGhostface 00:52, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say he's just schizophrenic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.58.25.169 (talk) 02:39, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Emasculation threat, scissors

In the book, grandmother tells Dolarhyde to "take off his pants, lay on the bed and wait until she brings her scissors" after she saw him playing "you show me yours I'll show you mine" with a neighbor girl, but forgets about this threat, leaving Dolarhyde to wait for days like that. No instances of bedwetting are mentioned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.72.190.148 (talk) 17:29, 24 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

BetacommandBot (talk) 20:39, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Having killed before?

In the article it mentions that Dolarhyde might have killed before and the reference to him being a murderer of eleven is used to support that. However, we get eleven victims when we count both families and Mr. Lounds, who was dead at that point in the novel. So it doesn't seem to me he has killed before. I was wondering about the appetites satisfied being in Hong Kong and Kowloon, but I guess that could refer to anything, possibly animal cruelty. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.153.97.116 (talk) 19:29, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]