Begbie

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fictional character literary character

Begbie is a violent, unpredictable Scottish hardman and one of the central characters in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting universe.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Begbie in Trainspotting	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
adaptedAs	film character ⓘ
appearsIn	Dead Men’s Trousers (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ Porno (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ Skagboys (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ T2 Trainspotting (2017 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Blade Artist (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ Trainspotting (1996 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Trainspotting (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Mark Renton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sick Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ Spud NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn	Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait	aggressive ⓘ intimidating ⓘ short-tempered ⓘ unpredictable ⓘ violent ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Scotland ⓘ
creator	Irvine Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Begbie NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Trainspotting universe NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance	Trainspotting (1993 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Francis Begbie NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Francis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSequelFocus	The Blade Artist (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfCharacter	Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryGenre	contemporary fiction ⓘ drug literature ⓘ
nationality	Scottish ⓘ
nickname	Franco NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	bar fights ⓘ extreme violence ⓘ knife violence ⓘ
occupation	criminal ⓘ
portrayedBy	Robert Carlyle NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInWork	antagonist ⓘ central character in Trainspotting ⓘ
setting	Leith, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
themeAssociated	masculinity ⓘ violence ⓘ working-class life in Scotland ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson → closeFriendOf → Begbie ⓘ

Trainspotting (1996 film) → mainCharacter → Begbie ⓘ

Francis Begbie → familyName → Begbie ⓘ

Robert Carlyle → characterPortrayed → Begbie ⓘ

this entity surface form: Begbie in Trainspotting