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| 10 | [[center:[[WMG:''Franchise/Ben10'' [[Characters/Ben10 franchise character index]]\ |
| 11 | [-'''Cast:''' [[Characters/Ben10MainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/Ben10BenTennyson Ben Tennyson]], [[Characters/Ben10OmnitrixAliens The Omnitrix]]) | [[Characters/Ben10SupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]]\ |
| 12 | '''Omnitrix Aliens:''' [[Characters/Ben10OmnitrixAliensTheOriginalSeries Original Series]] | [[Characters/Ben10OmnitrixAliensAlienForce Alien Force]] | [[Characters/Ben10OmnitrixAliensUltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]] | [[Characters/Ben10OmnitrixAliensOmniverse Omniverse]]\ |
| 13 | '''Villains: Original Series''' ([[Characters/Ben10Vilgax Vilgax]], [[Characters/Ben10ForeverKnights Forever Knights]]) | [[Characters/Ben10VillainsAlienForce Alien Force]] | [[Characters/Ben10VillainsUltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]] | [[Characters/Ben10VillainsOmniverse Omniverse]]\ |
| 14 | '''See also:''' [[Characters/Ben102016 Ben 10 (2016)]]-]]]]] |
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| 16 | A character subpage for Characters/Ben10Villains that debut in [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 the original series]]. |
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| 18 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 20 | !!Major Villains |
| 21 | [[folder:Vilgax]] |
| 22 | See his [[Characters/Ben10Vilgax page]]. |
| 23 | [[/folder]] |
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| 25 | [[folder:Kevin 11]] |
| 26 | !!Kevin 11 (Kevin Ethan Levin) |
| 27 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kevin_e_levin.png]] |
| 28 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kevin_11.png]] |
| 29 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelReisz (first appearance), Creator/CharlieSchlatter (remainder of Original Series), Creator/GregCipes (''Omniverse'') |
| 30 | -->''"[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You'll never beat me, because you're]] [[TheCape one of those good guys]]. [[ThouShallNotKill And good guys never have the guts to finish guys like me]]!"'' |
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| 32 | The supervillain alter-ego of Kevin Levin, Ben's original EvilCounterpart and [[ArchEnemy second major nemesis]]. An 11-year-old boy Ben befriends in New York City, Kevin seems like your average street kid delinquent, but actually has superpowers that allow him to absorb energy. After revealing himself to be a disturbed sociopath, Kevin absorbs the power of Ben's Omnitrix, which backfires on him when it eventually mutates him into a hideous amalgamation of all 10 of Ben's aliens. Now dubbing himself "Kevin 11", he is obsessed with getting {{Revenge}} on Ben. |
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| 34 | It should be mentioned that Kevin is the last major antagonist in the original series to show any interest in the Omnitrix. |
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| 36 | [[AC:Original Series]] |
| 37 | * AbusiveParents: Implied to have them, as he claims they threw him out due to his powers. [[spoiler:''Ultimate Alien'' reveals this to be untrue; his mother and stepfather didn't kick him out. He went insane after absorbing energy and demolished their house, and [[SelfServingMemory his insanity caused him to remember things differently]].]] He's also an abusive father to his son Devlin as Kevin 11,000 in the future. |
| 38 | * AllYourPowersCombined: {{Downplayed}}. He absorbed the powers of Ben's original 10 aliens, but none of his additional forms such as Cannonbolt or Wildvine. This also serves as a bit of an InformedAbility considering we never see him using the abilities of Grey Matter, Upgrade, or Ghostfreak. It's also worth mentioning that his powers function at 10% of the strength of the original (which may justify the "absence" of Grey Matter in particular from Kevin's demonstrated abilities, as 10% of a genius wouldn't amount to much of a difference for Kevin). Although thanks to Ben's advice during the ChainedHeat episode, Kevin learns that he can combine various abilities to increase their efficiency. |
| 39 | * AntiVillain: He could be considered a very rough Type II. WordOfGod is that [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/9270f5ca74f393cee1cca0cc15dced47/tumblr_oac430oTSl1sdo9gko1_500.png he was always meant to develop]] into more of an AntiHero overtime. |
| 40 | * ArchEnemy: To Ben during the original series. He was the second most dangerous and personal, preceded only by Vilgax. Notably, he stayed that way in the Ben 10,000 future (as shown in the Original Series episode "Ken 10") before reforming (as revealed in the ''Omniverse'' episode "The End of an Era"). |
| 41 | * ArtificialHybrid: Once Kevin starts absorbing energy from the Omnitrix aliens, he becomes a hybrid of whatever form Ben takes at the time, such as Heatblast and Fourarms in his debut episode. It gets taken further as Kevin 11, where he's now a chimeric mutant with the combined [=DNA=] of all ten of Ben's aliens. |
| 42 | * AxCrazy: In his first appearance alone, without gaining any of Ben's power, he plans to crash trains into each other to take valuables from the people that will be killed. |
| 43 | * BarbarianLongHair: He sports an impressive black mane, which is the only thing recognizable when he turns into a mutant alien. It really emphasizes his savage nature. |
| 44 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Coveted the power of the Omnitrix from the moment he first saw it and succeeds in absorbing enough energy to transform into any of Ben's original ten aliens, but loses the ability to return to human form and effectively leaving him even more of an outcast than he was before. Then he loses control of the stolen energy, leading him to mutate into nightmarish abomination and unable to change back. |
| 45 | * BerserkButton: What gets Kevin to snap and mutate out of control is Ben telling him he's NotWorthKilling and never was. |
| 46 | * BigBad: Of season 2 of the Original Series, though [[spoiler:he [[BigBadDuumvirate shares the position with Vilgax in the season finale]].]] |
| 47 | * BlessedWithSuck: Kevin's energy-absorbing powers are useful, but also incredibly destructive and earn him the fear of those around him. It gets worse when he absorbs the Omnitrix's powers, as he can't shift into a human for long and eventually gets stuck as a monstrous alien hybrid. |
| 48 | * BloodKnight: He seems to feel right at home on the Megacruiser, openly enjoying the gladiator-style battles a lot more than Ben. |
| 49 | * BodyHorror: The partial transformations he gets as a result of absorbing some of the Omnitrix's energy are not pretty to look at. |
| 50 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: He often morphs his Diamondhead arm into a blade, which he notably uses to gut Slix Vigma. |
| 51 | * ChaoticStupid: As a kid, though he has some moments of actual planning. Kevin 11,000, however, was more calculating before his reform into a good guy. |
| 52 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Vilgax. Both serve as Ben’s most personal enemies and both want the power of the Omnitrix. But while Vilgax is an alien who wants to use the Omnitrix to create an army of aliens and conquer the universe, Kevin is a human who absorbs the power of the Omnitrix which transforms him into a mutated abomination who wants to kill Ben and his family. |
| 53 | * CreepyChild[=/=]EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: A dark-haired, black-wearing kid living on the street despite being 11 years old, prone for {{Slasher Smile}}s, with destructive electrical powers and [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior disturbing levels of psychosis for his age]]. And this is all ''before'' he starts physically mutating. |
| 54 | * DarkIsEvil: His alien transformations in ''Framed'' all have a darker color scheme than Ben's. |
| 55 | * DisneyVillainDeath: His apparent demise at the end of "Framed". Unsurprisingly, he survived. |
| 56 | * DumbMuscle: Despite supposedly having all of the Omnitrix's powers, he hardly ever uses them to their full potential. He's still a brash, ill-tempered little kid, so his answer to practically everything is brute force. |
| 57 | * EnergyAbsorption: His basic power allows him to absorb and redirect energy, as seen with the common source of energy in electricity. Once he starts absorbing energy from Ben's aliens due to the Omnitrix, he gains part of their abilities in the process. [[spoiler:''Ultimate Alien'' reveals that [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity it also has the sad side effect of making him go more and more nuts]].]] |
| 58 | * EnfantTerrible: He is only one year older than Ben, yet he rivals ''Vilgax'' as one of the most psychotic villains in the show. |
| 59 | * EnhancedPunch: [=XLR8=]'s speed + Four Arms' strength + Diamondhead's durable fist = "one mean punch". |
| 60 | * EvilCounterpart: Through Kevin's actions and behaviour, we can imagine what kind of person Ben may have turned into if he always abused the powers of the Omnitrix for his own selfish desires and lacked ''all'' of his morals or standards. He even gets a NotSoDifferentRemark from Ben himself once his mind is set upon crashing the trains. |
| 61 | * EvilLaugh: He lets out an absolutely chilling one at the end of his debut appearance once he realizes that he's successfully absorbed all of Ben's powers. |
| 62 | * EvilMakesYouMonstrous: While Ben's alien alter-egos are usually bizarre to look at, Kevin's mutation is positively grotesque, an abomination cobbled together from bits of DNA he absorbed. |
| 63 | * EvilWearsBlack: His clothing from his original human form is black. |
| 64 | * FalseFriend: To Ben in his debut episode. Kevin first meets Ben by using his powers to give him some coins to play the arcade games and for the first half of the episode, the two of them bond over the need for freedom and to be unrestrained by the strict rules, and eventually became "friends" after Ben reveals his powers to Kevin. Then came Kevin's "plan" to steal money by causing a train wreck... |
| 65 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Gives one to Slix Vigma [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice by impaling him with his Diamondhead arm]]...and if Ben hadn't gone Cannonbolt, he would have been next. |
| 66 | * FrameUp: In his second appearance, Kevin is able to shapeshift into the aliens of the Omitrix. He uses this power to commit a crime and frame Ben's alien forms for the deed to ruin Ben's reputation. |
| 67 | * FreudianExcuse: Everyone treated him like a freak and a monster because of his powers, so the unstable kid basically decided to do his damnedest [[ThenLetMeBeEvil to prove everyone right]]. |
| 68 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Kevin started out as a small-time, albeit horrendously amoral delinquent with strange powers. Then he gets a taste of the Omnitrix and starts wreaking havoc on a larger scale. Then he mutates into a monstrous combination of all 10 aliens and becomes a savage, inhuman beast driven by his hatred for Ben. |
| 69 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: Kevin 11,000 has an X-shaped scar on his chin. |
| 70 | * HairTriggerTemper: Especially after being trapped in chimera form. He's almost perpetually in a blind rage and very unreasonable to work with for both Ben and later Vilgax. |
| 71 | * HumanoidAbomination: As Kevin 11,000 he is capable of turning back to his human form, but still possesses all the alien abilities he absorbed, and is capable of turning into one creepy OneWingedAngel form. |
| 72 | * ImposterForgotOneDetail: After absorbing the Omnitrix and being capable of transforming into the original 10 of Ben's alien forms, Kevin's transformations are practically [[IdenticalStranger identical]] to Ben's but with a darker color scheme and lacking the Omnitrix symbol. {{Subverted|Trope}}, however, as [[FailedASpotCheck nobody notices this]] in ''Framed'', not even Gwen and Grandpa Max. |
| 73 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: He is arrogant and likes to say that he's the best, but his anger at people mocking him or calling him a freak exposes his insecurity. Kevin 11,000 on the other hand, does not seem to have such insecurity, outright saying he knows he's the best and is only attacking Ben and his family because he ''likes'' it. |
| 74 | * InformedAbility: He boasts that his mutant form has all of Ben's ten original alien powers, plus his own energy absorption ability, hence the nickname "Kevin 11". In practice, however, he was never seen using his energy absorption power in this form, nor the abilities of Grey Matter, Ghostfreak, and Upgrade. |
| 75 | * {{Jerkass}}: As he becomes more powerful, Kevin also becomes much more of a petty, bullying prick toward Ben. He frames Ben for his own crimes, mocks his attempts to reason with him, and spends as much time as he can treating the kid like garbage when they're chained together on the Megacruiser. |
| 76 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He milks sympathy from Ben in his debut, only to pull a RedemptionRejection afterward. |
| 77 | * LackOfEmpathy: His response to being called out for potentially killing hundreds of people just to grab some quick cash? "No pain, no gain." |
| 78 | * LightningBruiser: He has access to [=XLR8=]'s speed (albeit he doesn't master it as well) plus the physical strength of Four Arms. |
| 79 | * LoopholeAbuse: The reason he can absorb Ben's alien forms in his debut episode? Because the Omnitrix gives off energy in the form of ''pure'' alien [=DNA=]. |
| 80 | * LovecraftianSuperpower: Absorbing energy from an alien allows him to acquire its power, but has the side effect to turn him into a disturbing hybrid of said alien and himself. Absorbing energy from the Omnitrix itself eventually causes him to turn into a ''very'' disturbing amalgam of ''all'' aliens. |
| 81 | * MagicPants: Zig-zagged. When he transforms into versions of Ben's aliens, his clothes change with him, even becoming Ben's clothes at times(though this might be because Ben's data was programmed into the Omnitrix). Yet when he mutates into his chimera form, his clothes clearly shred and he's shirtless the rest of his appearances. This is mostly averted as an adolescent but used again as Kevin 11,000. |
| 82 | * MasterOfNone: As Kevin 11, he has the powers of all 10 of Ben's original alien forms, but they are diluted and only a fraction of what they should be. During a brief EnemyMine team-up with Ben, he learns to compensate for this by using multiple powers at once, in combinations that Ben isn't capable of. |
| 83 | * MirrorCharacter: Part of his introduction. Just like Ben, he is a kid with powers [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers who is not afraid to use them to screw the rules]]. [[{{Foil}} The difference is]], Ben is genuinely [[ChronicHeroSyndrome altruistic]] and has some standards, while Kevin is a sociopath with no scruples or empathy whatsoever. |
| 84 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: |
| 85 | ** "Tetramand Kevin" is closer to a Tetramand than a hybrid (completed with ''six arms'') and he's capable of giving Fourarms a tough time until the latter starts getting serious when the Omnitrix is about to tap out. |
| 86 | ** His current mutated form has multiple arms like Four Arms, but one is Diamondhead's, another is Heatblast's, and two are Wildmutt's. He is also stronger than Four Arms, which makes sense as Fourarms body shape serves as the base for the combined DNA of Ben's other 9 alien forms. |
| 87 | * NeverMyFault: He blames Ben for his mutation, even though technically, ''he'' was the one who tried to mess with the Omnitrix in the first place. He also blames Vilgax when the two become trapped in the Null Void, even though Kevin was the one who betrayed Vilgax. |
| 88 | * NeverSayDie: An odd quirk of Kevin's is that for how hellbent he is on killing Ben, he avoids saying explicitly so. Instead, he uses "wax" or "kick your butt." This might be because he's still a child trying to sound cooler than he actually knows how. |
| 89 | * NotWorthKilling: Ben tells him this word for word after defeating him for the second time. Unfortunately, this causes Kevin to lose all control of his anger and hate as well as his control over his powers, turning him into a chimera made from Ben's aliens. |
| 90 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: He apparently defeated Technorg and took over the Megacruiser ''all by himself''. By the time he finds Vilgax, he's also been to various worlds and endured many offscreen fights. |
| 91 | * SanitySlippage: While Kevin was never a very stable boy, he was more rational when Ben met him and didn't try anything seriously destructive until he saw what the Omnitrix could do. After taking the watch's power, he physically and mentally devolves into a brutal, unhinged monster, flying off the handle constantly and savagely attacking anything in sight. The later series would provide a more detailed explanation for this. |
| 92 | * ShapeShifterMashUp: It happens whenever he absorbs Ben's powers, as he can't maintain control over the transformations the way the Omnitrix can. |
| 93 | * SimpleYetAwesome: His only noteworthy power that surpasses Ben's transformations as Kevin 11 is his SuperStrength (he boasts that he still has his EnergyAbsorption power, but it's more of an InformedAbility), given that he has Fourarms' body shape serving as the base while his other alien powers are only 1/10 as strong as the originals. Then again, in the hands of a perpetual, homicidal raging delinquent, it works just fine. ''Especially'' when he starts combining his other, weaker alien powers to complement his physical strength. |
| 94 | * PetTheDog: In his first scene, he steals a bunch of tokens for Ben when the latter doesn't have money for the arcade. And this was before learning what the kid really was. Sadly, any shred of human decency is lost on him as he gets to know Ben better, and it takes a long, long time for him to gain it back. |
| 95 | * RedemptionRejection: After defeating him for the first time, Ben offered to help reform him and get people to like him, even offering him a spot as an ally. Kevin seemingly accepted… only so he could get close enough to try and take the Omnitrix. |
| 96 | * TheRival: To Ben, even after his HeelFaceTurn in ''Alien Force''. |
| 97 | * {{Sadist}}: Referred to as one by Slix Vigma in the ChainedHeat episode. |
| 98 | * SlasherSmile: His most frequent expression. |
| 99 | * TheSociopath: He has a complete LackOfEmpathy for anyone else and takes pleasure in inflicting pain onto others. |
| 100 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: "If they thought I was a freak before, ''just wait''." |
| 101 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: In his introduction episode, he attempted to provoke an underground bus accident that would cause many people to die just so he could take money and valuables on their bodies. In alien and mutant forms, he is frequently shown trying to kill people in gruesome ways, typically using Diamondhead's BladeBelowTheShoulder, all while [[SlasherSmile smiling gleefully]]. Keep in mind that at the time, Kevin was ''11 years old''. |
| 102 | * TookALevelInBadass: As Kevin 11,000, he's not only more powerful but a lot calmer and more calculating than his psychotic but immature kid self. |
| 103 | * TookALevelInKindness: Granted, we don't see it progress until much later, but his time in the Null Void and his chance friendship with Kwarrel helped restore his humanity both figuratively and literally. |
| 104 | * UnexplainedRecovery: During the third time he shows up (despite apparently being killed previously), his explanation of how he survived boils down to this, as well as a recap of what happened last time. He doesn't actually use the phrase, but it's implied. |
| 105 | * UngratefulBastard: When Ben spared him in the original series, Kevin snaps and transforms into a hideous chimera of Ben's aliens. |
| 106 | * UnskilledButStrong: After accidentally absorbing a sufficient amount of [=DNA=] of the 10 original aliens from the feedback pulse emitted from Ben's Omnitrix, Kevin essentially becomes a ''living'' version of the Omnitrix himself. However, he has little control over his stolen 10 alien transformations compared to Ben's Omnitrix as seen in ''Framed''; he can't revert back to his human form nor stay as a human for long (ironically the opposite to Ben), but is capable shifting into a different alien form relatively quickly and without the drawback of timing out like Ben's Omnitrix. In the same episode, he eventually becomes human again after overusing his alien transformations by shifting between them constantly for a while. This eventually gets deconstructed as his lack of control over his energy absorption powers, the stolen alien [=DNA=] still inside of him, and the anger he feels from Ben sparing him and telling him that he's NotWorthKilling, permanently mutate him into Kevin 11. |
| 107 | * VillainForgotToLevelGrind: Downplayed example in "Grudge Match", where he boasts that he knows all 10 of Ben's aliens and as such nothing Ben can do will surprise him. Unfortunately for him, Ben had acquired Cannonbolt in between. |
| 108 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: As Kevin 11, his only clothes are his cargo shorts. |
| 109 | * WeakButSkilled: His powers as Kevin 11 are only a tenth as efficient as Ben's (though he's stronger than Fourarms) but he can combine them to overwhelm his opponents. |
| 110 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Implied in "Framed." When Ben calls him out on risking the lives of innocent people just to get back at him, Kevin responds as follows: |
| 111 | -->'''Kevin:''' ''Nobody's'' innocent! They just haven't had a chance to make fun of me yet! |
| 112 | * XMarksTheHero: Inverted with Kevin 11,000: despite being a complete asshole and unrependent, he sports this scar on his chin. |
| 113 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: After his transformation, he's an 11 year old kid in the body of a hulking chimeric alien, much like Ben in his adult-like alien forms. |
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| 115 | |
| 116 | [[folder:Doctor Animo]] |
| 117 | !!Dr. Aloysius James Animo |
| 118 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DwightSchultz |
| 119 | -> ''HELLO, BEN! You're overdue for an appointment, with DR. ANIMO!'' |
| 120 | One of the few villains in Ben's RoguesGallery to be a human. Dr. Aloysius Animo was once a brilliant veterinary, until he made genetic experiments on animals in the hope of gaining a famous medicine prize. His experiments were judged amoral, and the prize was instead given to another doctor. Unable to stand this, Animo retreated for years and went on in his experiments. Eventually, he ended up developing a device named the Transmodulator that allowed him to transform animals into giant mutant monsters. |
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| 122 | [[AC:Original Series]] |
| 123 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/animo_os.png]] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | * ArchEnemy: He's considered to be Ben's third most important nemesis, preceded only by [[BigBad Vilgax]] and [[EvilCounterpart Kevin 11]] (the episode "Ben 10,000" even had him as the BigBad of the future and responsible for [[spoiler:Vilgax's resurrection]]). |
| 126 | * BadassNormal: Well, he's not much of a fighter, and "normal" is certainly a stretch, but for all intent he's an old man who is just smart enough to create mutation machines powerful enough to rival alien tech like the Omnitrix. |
| 127 | * TheBeastmaster: Of his own, he has little to no fighting skills, especially against someone as powerful as Ben. But he usually has an entire army of mutated animals at his beck and call, so it doesn't really matter. |
| 128 | * BreakoutVillain: Animo may be a comical StarterVillain largely considered a joke by both the characters and fans, but he's become a franchise mainstay at this point. To date, he is one of the few villains other than Vilgax, Kevin, Charmcaster, and Hex to have appeared in ''every'' iteration (disqualifying the live-action films) as well as one of the few whose had the [[Creator/DwightSchultz same voice actor]]. |
| 129 | * CoolOldGuy: Not at Max's level, but he comes close at being an awesome senior citizen. |
| 130 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: The reason behind his StartOfDarkness. |
| 131 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: When Animo first meets Ben on his crusade for vengeance, he tells the boy to just leave and not be a hero. Unfortunately, this goes right out the window when it's clear Tennyson's a threat, at which point he devotes a majority of his plans to killing Ben and destroying his world. |
| 132 | * EvilutionaryBiologist: He often mutates people and animals for his own uses. |
| 133 | * EvilIsHammy: ''Holy crap'', Creator/DwightSchultz is clearly having way too much fun in the role. |
| 134 | * EvilMakesYouUgly: He looked relatively human-looking from the Original series to ''Ultimate Alien''. But Omniverse reinvents his appearance into a [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Psimon-esque]] gremlin-like being with an exposed braincase. |
| 135 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: When wearing his red glasses. |
| 136 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: A rather twisted example. Animo has nothing but contempt for his felllow humans, but tends to treat and talk to the animals he uses like they're his dependable comrades. |
| 137 | * GadgeteerGenius: This guy can build a machine to mutate animals and resurrect prehistoric beasts from tools and pieces he got at the local market. |
| 138 | * HiddenDepths: While it's later stated he can telepathically control animals after the Negative 10, he was quite good at training them even before that. He once escaped prison with help from some Seagulls he befriended, something you wouldn't expect of an insane villain. |
| 139 | * KarmaHoudini: Ben may wreck his stuff and send him to jail repeatedly, but he continues to come back from it over and over, to the point where he's ''still'' at it years into the future, albeit with his head on a gorilla's body. By proxy, this makes him one of the few villains who never gets a lasting comeuppance. |
| 140 | * LargeHam: What did you expect from an egomaniac MadScientist? Naturally, he often gets mocked for this. |
| 141 | * LaughablyEvil: As mentioned above, he's a massive ham whose CloudCuckooLander tendencies and over the top theatrics are PlayedForLaughs, even when he's actually a competent threat. |
| 142 | * MadScientist: An archetypal example who experiments on living specimens. |
| 143 | * MixAndMatchCritters: All the creatures he creates tend to have shades of this. |
| 144 | * {{Necromancer}}: A scientific version as his future self as able to revive and restore a badly-mangled Vilgax. |
| 145 | * PetTheDog: He does seem to have fondness for his mutant animals and tends to treat them like they're his only friends. |
| 146 | * PsychopathicManchild: In his first appearance, his entire motivation for creating the Transmodulator was to have the means to steal the reward he believes should belong to him, even giving a fake acceptance speech the moment he got his hands on the trophy and later throwing a tantrum on how much he wants it as he's being taken into custody. He also expresses an almost childlike glee once he learns about the full capabilities of the Omnitrix, becoming obsessed with stealing and incorporating samples of alien DNA into his work to create even further mutations, purely because he thinks life will be more interesting that way. |
| 147 | * RequiredSecondaryPowers: He has the ability to telepathically control animals, which is how he can keep an army of giant mutants under his control. He apparently learnt this from Clancy during their time together in the Negative 10; it's unknown how he controlled them ''before'' this. |
| 148 | * StarterVillain: He was the first proper villain fought by Ben. |
| 149 | * TookALevelInBadass: In ''Alien Force'' he adopts the identity of D'Void, where he absorbs enough power in the Null Void to become NighInvulnerable with SuperStrength. This is easily the most threatening he has ever been, going from a B-List HarmlessVillain to TheJuggernaut who took over the Null Void. Subsequent appearances have him returned to his traditional portrayal. |
| 150 | * VocalEvolution: He's much less low-key in his first appearance, but later appearances play up his LargeHam persona. |
| 151 | * WeWillMeetAgain: It was mocked at the end of "Dr. Animo and the Mutant Ray": |
| 152 | -->'''Gwen''' ''[watching Animo's arrest on TV]'' I feel like I'm watching a rerun...\ |
| 153 | '''Animo''' ''[on TV, being taken to custody by the cops]'' [[LargeHam YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF MEEEEEEEEE!]]\ |
| 154 | '''Gwen:''' Yeah, I wish... |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[AC:Alien Force & Ultimate Alien]] |
| 157 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/animo_uaf.png]] |
| 158 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see D'Void]]\ |
| 159 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dvoid.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 160 | |
| 161 | * DemotedToExtra: He appears significantly less often than he used to in the Original Series. |
| 162 | * DimensionLord: As "D'Void", he managed to impose himself as a dictator in the Null Void, and is planning to conquer other dimensions as well. |
| 163 | * EvilSoundsDeep: He uses a deep voice as "D'Void", but once he's outed as Dr. Animo in the same episode, he drops it. |
| 164 | * MusclesAreMeaningless: Despite his new bulk, the moment his power source is destroyed Max effortlessly lays him out with two punches. |
| 165 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: In "Into The Void", he turns out to have used his animal controlling abilities to take over the Null Void and become a DimensionLord. |
| 166 | * SameCharacterButDifferent: In his debut, with a new alias and everything. By ''Ultimate Alien'' however, he starts acting closer to his Original Series self. |
| 167 | * TookALevelInBadass: Just look at those muscles! |
| 168 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: As D'Void. Justified in that it was probably not easy to find shirts in the Null Void. |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[AC:Omniverse]] |
| 171 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/animo_ov.png]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | * BodyHorror: He now has his brain exposed. And just like in the original series, his future self has his head inside a glass dome attached a gorilla's body. His control antennae are also now ''directly'' interfacing with his brain, which may be the reason for his {{Flanderization}} as detailed below. |
| 174 | * {{Flanderization}}: His [[EvilIsHammy hammyness]] and LaughablyEvil tendencies are raised to even wackier level than they were in the original series; he invokes classic villain stock phrases, he is HearingVoices and his monsters tend to look far less grotesque and more cartoonish than they were back in the original series. |
| 175 | * FriendlyEnemy: Has shades of this in the future episode "The End of an Era". Animo seems genuinely saddened upon learing that Max is going into retirement from being a Plumber magistrate, referring to him as Maxwell and telling him that things won't be the same without him. |
| 176 | * HearingVoices: Insanity version. He thinks his stuffed animals are arguing or praising him, sometimes he makes the voices himself, sometimes he just hears them. |
| 177 | * LaughablyEvil: Much moreso than in the previous iterations. With his FashionVictimVillain tendencies, his general [[EvilIsHammy hammyness]] and his habits to invoke classic villains catchphrases, it's hard to take him seriously. |
| 178 | * {{Necromancer}}: Again, through science. [[spoiler:"T.G.I.S." sees V.V. Argost, BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'', resurrected by him.]] |
| 179 | * TooDumbToLive: Ben transforms into Gutrot, an alien he has never used before, by complete accident, so Ben asks Future!Animo what it can do. Future!Animo tells him almost every detail about Gutrot, meaning that Ben [[CurbStompBattle beats them without really even trying]]. |
| 180 | * VillainTeamUp: With [[spoiler:Argost in "T.G.I.S.". And later, with his future self in "Animo Crackers".]] |
| 181 | [[/folder]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[folder:Hex]] |
| 184 | !!Hex |
| 185 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KharyPayton |
| 186 | |
| 187 | A powerful EvilSorcerer, and Charmcaster's uncle. Hex mostly serves as Gwen's ArchEnemy rather than Ben's. He seeks to conquer the world with the power of the Charms of Bezel. He hails from Ledgerdomain. |
| 188 | ---- |
| 189 | [[AC:Original Series]] |
| 190 | [[quoteright:243:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hex_os.png]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | * AbusiveParents: He is Charmcaster's uncle and guardian, and he mistreats her terribly, which [[TheDogBitesBack comes back to bite him]]. He grows out of this and comes to genuinely love her and wants to live with her peacefully. |
| 193 | * ArchEnemy: Comes to see Gwen (or rather, "Lucky Girl") as this, though from a story perspective, [[TheRival her rival]] Charmcaster fits the role better. He was her nemesis until Charmcaster took over the role. |
| 194 | * DarkIsEvil: WordOfGod says that his mana is black and red due to his evil soul. |
| 195 | * EvilSoundsDeep: He has a booming voice, courtesy of Creator/KharyPayton. |
| 196 | * EvilOldFolks: When he was losing his youth. |
| 197 | * EvilSorcerer: He fits this trope to a T. |
| 198 | * EvilUncle: To Charmcaster. [[BastardUnderstudy Of course, it's not that she is much better]]... |
| 199 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: In ''Don't Drink The Water'', he goes on a quest to find a Fountain of Youth, as he has started getting older. He eventually gets it... but ends up overexposed to it and turned back to childhood. |
| 200 | * InTheHood: All the time; we don't get to see him bare-headed until ''Omniverse''. |
| 201 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: He has black markings on his face, uses black and red mana and wears a black and red cape. |
| 202 | * TattooedCrook: ''Omniverse'' revealed that the white and black markings on his face are a tattoo. |
| 203 | * TroubledAbuser: What his relationship to Charmcaster boils down to. He saw all his people die to a warlord that took his homerealm, and is taking out his untreated trauma on both his niece and the humans of Earth. |
| 204 | * UnexplainedRecovery: At the end of ''Tough Luck'', his powers were sapped by the destruction of the Charm of Bezel. Yet, when we see him come back, his powers have come back without any clear explanation. Averted with him turning back into a child however, as it's specifically said that the Fountain of Youth's effect were temporary. |
| 205 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: The man seems to be wearing clothes everywhere ''but'' his torso. |
| 206 | |
| 207 | [[AC:Alien Force & Ultimate Alien]] |
| 208 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hex_af.png]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the original series, he usually was rather impatient and easily irritable, [[NoIndoorVoice often yelling out his lines]]. ''Alien Force'' portrayed him as a calmer, slightly wiser villain who actually calls out his niece for being too hot-headed. He also seems to genuinely love her now even though he is strict, as opposed to how abusive he was toward her before. |
| 211 | * DemotedToExtra: While he only appeared thrice in the original series, he would usually play a major role in any episode he would show up. ''Alien Force'' and ''Ultimate Alien'' had him as the main antagonist in only one episode ("Time Heals", and it's an alternate future version of him at that) while his second and only other appearance was a cameo at the beginning of "Enemy of my Frenemy". |
| 212 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His niece Charmcaster. According to WordOfGod, their relationship is complicated. |
| 213 | * FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:The destruction of his people and home by Addwaitya. Unlike his niece, he has given up on freeing their world, opting to conquer another instead.]] |
| 214 | * HiddenDepths: Hex's cruel, power-hungry bravado (particularly in the first series) is merely him lashing out in rage and grief over losing his people and being trapped in a world he doesn't understand and doesn't understand him. |
| 215 | |
| 216 | [[AC:Omniverse]] |
| 217 | [[quoteright:169:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/omnihex_1565.png]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: A ''bizarre'' case of it, as he is now a charismatic professor who all the ladies love... a far cry from the creepy guy he was in the previous shows. |
| 220 | * ChickMagnet: Of the "[[Franchise/IndianaJones Professor]] [[HotTeacher Jones]]" variety. He's surprisingly popular among the girls in his class. |
| 221 | * CoolTeacher: Gwen even said that he was her favorite teacher. |
| 222 | * EasilyForgiven: Gwen never found any hint that Hex was plotting anything, so she happily allowed the two of them to bond as professor/student. [[TheBGrade Until he gave her a B+]]. |
| 223 | * EmbarrassingTattoo: Bemoans how hard it was to get his teaching job with a tattooed face, which confirms that it's not makeup after all. |
| 224 | * HeCleansUpNicely: Turns out all he needed to be considered a heartthrob was ditch the "Dark Mage" getup for a well-tailored suit and well-kept hair. They actually look quite good with his grey skin and skeletal facial tattoo. |
| 225 | * HeelFaceTurn: He's put his days of evil behind him, and became a teacher at Gwen's college. The fact that the trope is played completely straight is, for this series, a plot twist in itself. |
| 226 | * HeelFaceReturn: He has already made the transition from evil to good by the time we see him here. |
| 227 | * LargeHam: Much like his niece Charmcaster, he's become one in this series. |
| 228 | * LaserGuidedKarma: He raised Charmcaster to be evil and power-hungry, so for her to be so toward him even after he's put his evil and power-hungry ways behind him and wants her to do the same is admittedly pretty karmic. |
| 229 | * NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Professor Helena Xagliv has a crush on him, much to his dismay. |
| 230 | * SameCharacterButDifferent: Clearly ''something'' has happened to him since he was last seen since his personality has become far more affable, likely to do with his ''constant'' failures. He's renounced his villainy, sincerely wishes to be a family with Charmcaster, and he bears no ill will towards Gwen. The only things that are the same about him are the facial tattoos and his possession of the Staff of Ages. |
| 231 | * TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:He ends up turned into a stone miniature by Charmcaster, just like Addwaitya and Darkstar.]] |
| 232 | * TookALevelInKindness: He's become a genuinely nice guy who is concerned about Charmcaster, and wishes for his niece to put villainy behind her like he has so they can live a normal life as family. |
| 233 | * WeCanRuleTogether: Oddly enough, he gives a speech very much like this to Charmcaster, only the prospect is for her to ''renounce'' her evil, power-seeking ways and settle down with him for a peaceful life. |
| 234 | [[/folder]] |
| 235 | |
| 236 | [[folder:Charmcaster]] |
| 237 | !! Hope (Charmcaster) |
| 238 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KariWahlgren |
| 239 | -> ''Ah, I love being a witch!'' |
| 240 | Hex's niece and disciple, as well as Gwen's personal rival. At first appearing to be an unwilling and submissive servant of her uncle, Charmcaster shows her true colors when she double-crosses both him ''and'' the heroes in an attempt to gain the power of Bezel for herself. After her second defeat at the hands of Gwen, Gwen takes her spellbook away and learns magic from it, cementing the pair's rivalry. |
| 241 | |
| 242 | In ''Ultimate Alien'', it's revealed that her true name is Hope and that she comes from the dimension of Ledgerdomain. Her father and all other humans save for her and Hex were slaughtered by the evil Addwaitya, who conquered the realm for himself. Hope's goal is to liberate her homeworld and also find a way to resurrect her father, no matter what the cost may be, and she thus walks the line between good and evil frequently. |
| 243 | ---- |
| 244 | |
| 245 | [[AC:Original Series]] |
| 246 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/originalcharm_7720.png]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | %%* AmbiguouslyBrown: Due to the way the shading in OS is handled, it's not clear if her skin is dark, or if the lighting is just bad. |
| 249 | * AntiVillain: A slight variant of Type I (see WorthyOpponent), with shades of Type II. WordOfGod is that [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/9270f5ca74f393cee1cca0cc15dced47/tumblr_oac430oTSl1sdo9gko1_500.png she was always meant to develop]] into more of an AntiHero overtime. |
| 250 | * ArchEnemy: To Gwen. She overtook this role from Hex. |
| 251 | * BastardUnderstudy: To Hex, whom she learned both magic and villainy from. |
| 252 | * BlackMagicianGirl: "I don't respect ANYONE!" |
| 253 | * BreakoutVillain: Was initially introduced in "Tough Luck" as a sidekick for Hex. By ''Omniverse'', she had far more episodes, CharacterDevelopment and interactions with Gwen than Hex ever had. |
| 254 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: She constantly switches sides to whichever one will benefit her most. She's joined with Hex, then with Gwen, then Hex again, then by herself, then Ben (while she's in Gwen's body), then by herself again, and then became a part of the Negative 10. |
| 255 | * DeceptiveDisciple: Hex is abusive to Charmcaster and through most of "Tough Luck" she acts scared and submissive to him. In the end, it turns out that [[TheDogBitesBack she was luring him into a false sense of security in order to betray him]]. |
| 256 | * DistaffCounterpart: To Kevin. She is the EvilCounterpart to Gwen, just as Kevin is to Ben. In addition, both Kevin and Charmcaster swing across the morality spectrum, struggling between the temptation of power and the duty to do what's right. Though unlike Kevin who makes a full HeelFaceTurn and becomes a full-fledged hero, while Charmcaster goes through HeelFaceRevolvingDoor and is just as often an enemy as she is [[EnemyMine an ally]]. |
| 257 | * EvilCounterpart: To Gwen. |
| 258 | * EvilerThanThou: Considers herself this to Hex... well, not so much eviler than just plain ''smarter'' at being evil. |
| 259 | * FreudianExcuse: She was raised by her uncle, who is shown to regularly threaten her if she doesn't obey him. Gee, is it any wonder she turned out bad? |
| 260 | * HotWitch: Skilled at magic and quite attractive |
| 261 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: She acts very egotistical, but is insecure deep down and can't stand to be insulted, humiliated or defeated in any way. |
| 262 | * LittleMissBadass: Not as little as Gwen, being a teenager and all, but equally badass at magic. |
| 263 | * ManipulativeBastard: Be it her uncle or the Tennyson family, she will manipulate anyone to get her way. |
| 264 | * MirrorCharacter: With Gwen, played with blatantly in their FreakyFridayFlip which highlights both their similarities and their differences. |
| 265 | * MysticalWhiteHair: Magical powers? Check. White hair? Check. |
| 266 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: She and Gwen actually ''both'' attack Rojo during the Negative 10 battle when she's about to attack Gwen, thus interfering with Charmcaster's magical duel with her. |
| 267 | * TheRival: To Gwen, and to a lesser extent to Rojo in the Negative 10. |
| 268 | * TheStarscream: Betrays Hex to get the Charms of Bezel at the end of her debut. Also qualifies as TheDogBitesBack given how badly Hex had treated her up to that point. |
| 269 | * TomboyishPonytail: She sports a ponytail in the original series. |
| 270 | * TheTrickster: Her original color scheme was even originally going to be [[AnimalMotifs fox-themed]], [[CunningLikeAFox representing how cunning she is]]. |
| 271 | * UnexplainedRecovery: At the end of "Tough Luck", her powers were sucked by the destruction of the Charm of Bezel. Yet, when we see her come back, her powers have come back without any clear explanation. We also never see how she retrieved her magic bag after the end of "A Change of Face", although it can be assumed it found its way back to her on its own. |
| 272 | * WorthyOpponent: She actually ''wants'' Gwen to be this to her, chiding her for not making better use of the spellbook she stole. |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[AC:Alien Force & Ultimate Alien]] |
| 275 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Charmcaster_2_1170.jpg]] |
| 276 | |
| 277 | * AntiVillain: [[spoiler:A major Type II with shades of Type I, a reverse from the original series. She lost her whole people and her father as a child, was forced to live in a world where magic was almost entirely unknown and was raised by her evil uncle who brought her up to be evil too. And her whole motivation was to resurrect her father.]] |
| 278 | * TheAtoner: [[spoiler:In "Couple's Retreat". She doesn't like ruling Ledgerdomain, thinking it's boring, but she sticks to doing so anyway in order to make up for what she did to it before.]] |
| 279 | * BadBoss: In her first ''Alien Force'' appearance, she does little more than badmouth her rock creatures and call them names. This comes back to bite her in the end when Gwen tries to suck her into a portal and the rock creature is the ''only thing'' keeping her from it. After one insult too many, the creature [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal deliberately lets go]] and drops them both in. |
| 280 | * BeautyIsBad: Out of all of her versions in this franchise, this one solidified her as personifying such trope the most, though this is relatively straighter in ''Alien Force'', as ''Ultimate Alien'' somewhat downplays it due to her surprising humanization there. |
| 281 | * BrokenBird: As of "Enemy of My Frenemy", [[spoiler:even more broken than before]]. |
| 282 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the original series, she was a [[LittleMissSnarker snarky]], [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] [[TheTrickster trickster]], and her ''Alien Force'' debut portrays her as much the same, albeit with [[FemmeFatale a seductive angle]]. Afterward, she's portrayed as a character ruled by her emotions and who is far more serious and driven in her causes. |
| 283 | * DealWithTheDevil: She made a deal with [[spoiler:Dagon where he would resurrect her father in exchange for every soul in Legerdomain]]. |
| 284 | * DefrostingIceQueen: In "Where the Magic Happens", she becomes slightly more friendly to Gwen as the episode progresses. [[spoiler:Sadly undone by "Enemy of My Frenemy", which makes her more of a BrokenBird than before.]] |
| 285 | * DespairEventHorizon: Even by the end of ''Ultimate Alien'', she still hasn't fully recovered from [[spoiler:losing her father forever]]. |
| 286 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: The reasoning behind [[spoiler:Charmcaster's FaceHeelTurn in "Enemy of my Frenemy" is that she thought her father would want her bringing him back to life at the cost of 600,000 living souls.]] |
| 287 | * DimensionLord: [[spoiler:She becomes the ruler of Ledgerdomain after defeating Addwaitya.]] |
| 288 | * DoWithHimAsYouWill: [[spoiler:In "Couples Retreat", after finding out Darkstar was just using her for her power, she takes it all away from him and leaves him at the mercy of the heroes.]] |
| 289 | * EasilyForgiven: Gwen instantaneously forgives and feels sorry for Charmcaster after [[spoiler:being revived following Charmcaster's ''murder'' of her. Then again, considering who her boyfriend is and [[AxCrazy how he used to be]]...]] |
| 290 | * EnemyMine: Gwen convinces her to help them retrieve a piece of the Map of Infinity from her home before Aggregor does. [[spoiler:They fail.]] |
| 291 | * FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Had became this during ''Ultimate Alien'' against two male villains: Addwaitya (who caused her father's death) and Michael Morningstar/Darkstar (who only seduced her just for the mana). In fact, despite her practically questionable actions, that show had apparently made her even more openly sympathetic than how she was before. |
| 292 | * FemmeFatale: In her ''Alien Force'' debut, she disguises herself and seduces Kevin in order to control his mind. |
| 293 | * FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:The fact that every other human from her home dimension was killed, including her father, with the whole place being taken over by a crazy SorcerousOverlord did not help Hope have a well-adjusted life.]] |
| 294 | * GirlinessUpgrade: To the point of being MsFanservice. |
| 295 | * GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Fully averted in ''Alien Force'', but shifts into being more downplayed in ''Ultimate Alien'', as both incarnations of hers have her wearing a predominantly purple dress. |
| 296 | * GreenEyedMonster: Hates Gwen to a disturbing degree because of jealousy. |
| 297 | * HazyFeelTurn: After "Enemy of My Frenemy", she opts for a neutral position in the whole good and evil conflict. |
| 298 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In ''Ultimate Alien''. She's bad, then good, then worse, then neutral but working toward becoming good. |
| 299 | * IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:She takes the trio back home but stays to fight for hers, aware that she'll be trapped.]] |
| 300 | * IronicName: Her real name is [[spoiler:"Hope". Considering how she keeps being thrown in despair...]] The plan behind the name wasn't so ironic, as it was apparently a hint at [[spoiler:her ultimate HeelFaceTurn]]... but then Dwayne [=McDuffie=] DiedDuringProduction, and the whole thing ends up an AbortedArc. ''Omniverse'' never brings up the name again. |
| 301 | * LadyOfBlackMagic: She's more graceful and her magic is much more potent and destructive. |
| 302 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler:Charmcaster is barely a saint, but Addwaitya is way, ''way'' worse: she may have done more damage than he did temporarily (though one could argue that regardless of what Spellbinder claimed, wiping out all life in her realm in one go is still more benevolent than Addwaitya's systematic killing over the ages) but is called out on it and becomes TheAtoner afterward; by contrast, Addwaitya was power-mad and unrepentant to the end.]] |
| 303 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: Her whole evil motivation is based off [[spoiler:her love for her father]]. |
| 304 | * ManipulativeBastard: In "In Charm's Way". Not so much afterward, where she just relies on the brute force of her magic. |
| 305 | * MoodSwinger: Zips through many emotions in "Couples Retreat". |
| 306 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Does this after she revives her father, only for him to point out that doing so by returning to Ledgerdomain and sacrificing its entire population was the polar opposite of what he had wanted for her and is basically disrespecting him and his dying wishes. |
| 307 | * MysticalWhiteHair: Still magical? Check. Still white haired? Check. |
| 308 | * NeverASelfMadeWoman: Beyond her IrrationalHatred of Gwen, Charmcaster either works for men (Hex, Zombozo) or is motivated by her feelings for men (her father Spellbinder, Darkstar). |
| 309 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: Though it wouldn't seem like it given many of her past performances, [[spoiler:she manages to rack up a body count only the Highbreed, the Incurseans, and Vilgax have managed to exceed, and they have entire armies. She even killed the heroes, something no other villain has managed. The body count was only temporary, as all her victims get brought back from the dead shortly afterward, but that hardly detracts from the fact that she pulled it off]]. |
| 310 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Sucking out Addwaitya's soul for her DealWithTheDevil. While most of her other victims were innocent and didn't deserve it (including Ben, Kevin and Gwen), he certainly did. She was certainly getting back at him for killing her father and fellow people.]] |
| 311 | * PhysicalGoddess: [[spoiler:As the ruler of Ledgerdomain, she has access to all the mana in the world, along with the Alpha Rune.]] |
| 312 | * PointyEars: She was redesigned to have these during this era, though she regained the normal ears in ''Omniverse''. |
| 313 | * RedemptionFailure: [[spoiler:She undergoes a HeelFaceTurn once she is returned to her home dimension and is able to liberate it from its tyrannical overlord. But once this only creates a power vacuum that causes everyone she freed to fight a war over the throne, she crosses back into villainy, after which she remains in the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor for the remainder of the following series.]] |
| 314 | * TheRival: Still to Gwen, [[spoiler:though this gets muddled past "Where the Magic Happens."]] |
| 315 | * SameCharacterButDifferent: Not only in [[CharacterizationMarchesOn personality]], but in looks as well: her skin tone, eye and lip color, and facial structure have all changed...and she inexplicably has developed [[Franchise/StarTrek Vulcan]] ears. |
| 316 | * SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:In "Couples Retreat", her DespairEventHorizon and subsequent [[TheAtoner drive for atonement]] have made her, while [[TookALevelInKindness more benevolent]], also more [[MoodSwinger erratic]] and [[TookALevelInDumbass unthinking]]. Her idea of a fun time is to almost get herself and her new boyfriend ''killed'' in a fighting arena! Kevin even (rather hypocritically) notes that she's a nutjob now.]] |
| 317 | * SheIsAllGrownUp: Lampshaded by Ben and Kevin in "In Charm's Way." |
| 318 | * SheWhoFightsMonsters: She becomes even worse than Addwaitya to [[spoiler:try and revive her father, something he calls her out on, resulting in a MyGodWhatHaveIDone VillainousBSOD]]. Thankfully, she seems to have gotten better in the next episode, trying to be a better ruler and person. (Though [[TookALevelInDumbass not exactly a smarter one]]...) |
| 319 | * ShoutOut: Her new look is based on [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheEnchantress The Enchantress from Marvel Comics]]. |
| 320 | * SourOutsideSadInside: It's revealed in ''Ultimate Alien'' that her malevolent streak is heavily rooted by the loss of her father's life. |
| 321 | * TearsOfRemorse: During her [[spoiler:[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction to her father pointing out that she's acting worse than Addwaitya]] in "Enemy of My Frenemy".]] |
| 322 | * TookALevelInBadass: When she [[spoiler:becomes ruler of Ledgerdomain]]. |
| 323 | * TookALevelInDumbass: She loses her manipulative streak after her debut appearance. Also, [[spoiler:she's incredibly gullible and trusting toward Darkstar in "Couples Retreat" despite barely knowing him and is easily manipulated by him]]. |
| 324 | * TookALevelInJerkass: She wasn't nice in the original series, but she's much bitchier in ''Alien Force'', especially to her rock creatures. [[spoiler: She takes a much more severe level in "Enemy of My Frenemy".]] |
| 325 | * TookALevelInKindness: In "Where the Magic Happens" and again in "Couples Retreat". |
| 326 | * TragicVillain: ''Ultimate Alien'' established her as such, since it's revealed that [[spoiler:her father Spellbinder lost his life from fighting against Addwaitya, which affected her emotionally]]. Don't forget that she wasn't raised that well by her paternal uncle Hex (who ironically [[HeelFaceTurn gave up his villainous life]] by the time of his ''Omniverse'' debut), even though he still loves her niece no matter what. |
| 327 | * VillainousBSOD: After she [[spoiler:makes a DealWithTheDevil to revive her father by sacrificing all the souls in her home world, including Ben, Gwen, and Kevin, he tells her she's become SheWhoFightsMonsters and he doesn't ''want'' to be revived at the cost of some many other lives, which makes her cry as she realizes he's right. He breaks the deal, undoing everything, leaving Charmcaster completely crushed, the one thing she'd spent her entire life trying to obtain now forever out of her reach. She's so heartbroken over this that, even after everything she had just done, Ben and co. agree not to apprehend her and just leave her alone out of pity.]] |
| 328 | * YouKilledMyFather: She says this to [[spoiler:Addwaitya]]. |
| 329 | |
| 330 | [[AC:Omniverse]] |
| 331 | [[quoteright:857:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ben10omniverse_charmcaster.png]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | * AboveGoodAndEvil: Her personal stance on her morality in this series, not exactly because it's true so much as it's since she's [[PhysicalGod like a goddess now]]. As such, she can be both. |
| 334 | * AffablyEvil: Whenever her interests align with the heroes, she's surprisingly nice and sociable. |
| 335 | * AntiHero: Between Type IV and V, see ALighterShadeOfBlack above. She's a hero in regards to Ledgerdomain but little else, especially not Earth and its inhabitants. |
| 336 | * AntiVillain: Type I. She just wants to be a good ruler to her realm, even if that screws over other worlds, and the powerful items she seeks technically ''are'' rightfully her's. Also, [[spoiler:her "evil" actions are taken at the suggestion of another...]] |
| 337 | * ArcVillain: While never becoming an outright Big Bad, she has a brief story arc throughout ''Omniverse''. |
| 338 | * BadassAdorable: She's both more powerful and cuter (save for when powered by the Alpha Rune) than she was in the previous iterations. |
| 339 | * BroadStrokes: Applied to her entire arc in ''Ultimate Alien'', particularly to "Enemy of My Frenemy" which is never mentioned and [[SeriesContinuityError even contradicted several times]]. According to both [[WordOfGod Matt Wayne and Derrick Wyatt]], this was because it was both so dark and so [[BrokenBase controversial among fans]] that it was making it difficult to even incorporate Charmcaster into ''Omniverse''. |
| 340 | * TheCameo: She has a non-speaking role in "The Most Dangerous Game Show" as one of the many women competing to marry Ben. |
| 341 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She comes off this way when she's talking to her bag. |
| 342 | * TheCuckoolanderWasRight: She's not insane. [[spoiler:Addwaitya and Darkstar are inside the bag and she's talking to them.]] |
| 343 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: What Gwen believes [[spoiler:after defeating her once and for all, though obviously it will take a good long while before Charmcaster is on the same page as her. Though given Charmcaster's character trope combined with the BackdoorPilot nature of Gwen's episodes, this belief does seem credible]]. According to [[WordOfGod Man of Action]], [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/9270f5ca74f393cee1cca0cc15dced47/tumblr_oac430oTSl1sdo9gko1_500.png it most certainly is]]. |
| 344 | * DenserAndWackier: Her regular personality is nuttier and [[LargeHam move over-the-top]] [[SanitySlippage thanks to accumulated stress from past events and her abuse of ultimate magic power]]. When on the good guys' side, this actually makes her [[AffablyEvil pretty fun to hang with]]. [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity But when she's against them]]... |
| 345 | * DimensionLord[=/=]PhysicalGod: Still rules over Ledgerdomain and has total power over all magic while there. [[spoiler:Gwen is reminded of this the hard way.]] |
| 346 | * EnemyMine: Teams up with Ben and Rook against Zs'Skayr in her full debut appearance [[spoiler:to retrieve the Alpha Rune he stole. When she gets it back, she immediately double-crosses them under Addwaitya's advice, which is later hilariously referenced by Ben ("What's that, magic bag? You say I should try to kill Ben even though he helped you get the Alpha Rune back? OK!")]] She's later one of many female villains to help save Ben and fight Charles Zenith in "Most Dangerous Game Show". |
| 347 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Her real name revealed last series goes completely unsaid in ''Omniverse''. |
| 348 | * GenkiGirl: She's become a lot more energetic in this show. |
| 349 | * HazyFeelTurn: She's right back to this by "The Most Dangerous Game Show"; even she and Hex seem to be on safe terms again. |
| 350 | * HearingVoices: [[spoiler:Subverted in that the voices are not in her head but are in fact very real and coming from her bag.]] |
| 351 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: She seems to be permanently ''wedged'' in it. Much like Argit, she can both help and hinder Ben and his friends depending on which action is convenient to her. [[spoiler:The two little statues in her bag giving her advice are the chief influencers of such actions.]] This is why Ben has more problems trusting her than perpetually cool-headed Rook and [[DoggedNiceGuy lovestruck Hobble]]. |
| 352 | * HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Gwen, Hex, Darkstar, and Addwaitya are freed, and she ends up trapped inside her own bag.]] |
| 353 | * HotWitch: She is a very beautiful teenage-looking witch. Hobble even has a crush on her. |
| 354 | * ISurrenderSuckers: Pulls this trick back out again, this time on her uncle Hex. |
| 355 | * JerkassBall: Due to the SplitPersonality angle. |
| 356 | * LargeHam: She's taken a ''big'' level in this. |
| 357 | -->'''[[BadassBoast "I AM CHARMCASTER, DAUGHTER OF SPELLBINDER, CONQUEROR OF ADDWAITYA, AND RULER OF LEDGERDOMAIN!"]]''' |
| 358 | * LaughablyEvil: It's difficult to fear her, hate her, or take her seriously despite how threatening she is when she's [[GenkiGirl just so giddy]]. |
| 359 | * LetsGetDangerous: She seems flighty and laid-back, but when she enters a fight, she takes it dead-seriously. |
| 360 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler:Most of her appearances saddles her with a bigger, much less morally gray villain to play off of: Darkstar, Zs'Skayr, and Addwaitya respectively. Averted with Hex. Her uncle has genuinely made a HeelFaceTurn, with Charmcaster playing the darker shade of black, albeit with hints of Darkstar and Addwaitya's even darker shades influencing.]] |
| 361 | * MsFanservice: She is very attractive and her design in this series features a more... "pronounced" chest. |
| 362 | * MysticalWhiteHair: [[RuleOfThree Still magical? Check. Still has it? Check.]] |
| 363 | %%zce* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: As described by Hex and Gwen. |
| 364 | * OlderThanTheyLook: She's 21 years old in this series (the same age she was in Ultimate Alien), but she looks mostly the same as she did when she was 15 (in the original series). |
| 365 | * PetTheDog: Helps to save Ben in "The Most Dangerous Game Show". |
| 366 | * RedemptionRejection: Refuses a good, peaceful life with Hex when he offers it to her, as she's become too fixated on seeking power to use against those who have wronged her. [[spoiler:Though come her final appearance, Gwen still believes that redemption is possible now that she's a harmless stone token in her and Hex's custody.]] |
| 367 | * PsychopathicWomanchild: She can be highly immature, motivated by payback against her enemies and power to prove herself the best magic-user there is, both very childish aspirations. |
| 368 | * SameCharacterButDifferent: In characterization and appearance, she is now a composite of traits from how she was back in the original series and in ''Alien Force''/''Ultimate Alien''. It seems intentional, as a mental breakdown following ''Ultimate Alien'' has forced her to reconstruct her whole identity. |
| 369 | * ScaledUp: [[spoiler:In "Third Time's a Charm", she transforms into a dragon before being defeated.]] |
| 370 | * SplitPersonality: She's sometimes nice and friendly, other time she's mean and confrontational. [[spoiler:It's because of the influence of two different entities within her bag: Addwaitya and Darkstar.]] |
| 371 | * TakenForGranite: She ends up turned into a stone miniature in [[spoiler:"Third Time's a Charm", though she's back to normal three episodes later]]. |
| 372 | * ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler:After staying in Ledgerdomain for so long and going through several traumas damaged her mentally, Charmcaster finally is forced to be confined to a stable place on Earth where she has two people who explicitly desire to help her get better. She doesn't see this as an example of this trope at the time, of course, but give it time.]] |
| 373 | * TomboyishPonytail: She has it back again in this series. |
| 374 | * TookALevelInBadass: She's more powerful with her magic than ever before, to the point of forging a body armor out of her rock creatures which Ben freely admits is "the coolest thing he's ever seen." [[spoiler:And she later becomes a dragon.]] |
| 375 | * TookALevelInCheerfulness: She's recovered from the depression that she had in ''Ultimate Alien'' through using magic as a stimulant, which often causes her to [[GenkiGirl go overboard with giddiness]]. |
| 376 | * TookALevelInDumbass: [[spoiler:Yes, listen to Addwaitya, Charmcaster. He couldn't possibly be manipulating you, right? To be fair, she is recovering from a breakdown and is DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife, so she's easily open to suggestion, even from Addwaitya. But in the end, as expected, the actions she takes lead to her imprisonment and his escape just as planned.]] |
| 377 | * UnexplainedRecovery: She's [[spoiler:turned into a stone totem in her last full appearance, but is back to normal a mere three episodes later when competing on Charles Zenith's game show. Her psychosis also seems back to normal, though spending time deprived of power would probably do that.]] |
| 378 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: Despite scheming against her uncle and resenting his callous treatment of her, Charmcaster still cares a good deal for Hex. She broke him out of prison and later decided to take care of him when he was reduced to a toddler by the fountain of youth. |
| 379 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: She goes visibly crazier than the norm when she uses the Alpha Rune's power. Poor Hobble gets to watch it happen up close and personal. While "the norm" [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight isn't half as crazy as it initially seems to be]], the magic power of Ledgerdomain (which itself came from the Alpha Rune), ''still'' keeps Charmcaster more erratic than she used to be instead of allowing her to recover from her previous mental breakdown. In "The Most Dangerous Game Show", after spending quite some time without it, she finally appears to be back to regular sanity levels. |
| 380 | [[/folder]] |
| 381 | |
| 382 | [[folder:Forever Knights]] |
| 383 | Forever Knights debuting in Original series include: |
| 384 | * Enoch |
| 385 | * Forever King Driscoll |
| 386 | * The Forever Ninja |
| 387 | ->For more information on them see [[Characters/Ben10ForeverKnights this page]] |
| 388 | [[/folder]] |
| 389 | |
| 390 | !!!The Negative Ten [[note]]Not including Driscoll and his Forever Ninja, Doctor Animo, and Charmcaster[[/note]] |
| 391 | [[folder:Rojo]] |
| 392 | !!Rojo |
| 393 | [[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Rojo01_7090.png]] |
| 394 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Ben_10_xx_-_joey_as_Rojo_2419.jpg]] |
| 395 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JenniferHale (Original Series, ''Omniverse''), Creator/KariWahlgren (''Ultimate Alien'') |
| 396 | |
| 397 | The leader of a female biker gang who committed thefts. During a confrontation with Ben and one of Vilgax's drones, she investigated the drone's remains, causing them to fuse with her and turn into a cyborg. Though she initially attempted to use her newfound powers for crime, it quickly turned out she had no power over them. Vilgax then contacted her and forced her to chase Ben for him. |
| 398 | ---- |
| 399 | * AllThereInTheScript: Her real name Joey is only listed in the credits of her debut episode and on an official trading card. |
| 400 | * AmazonBrigade: She leads one in both her debut and her ''Ultimate Alien'' cameo. |
| 401 | * AxCrazy: She is a violent psychopath who will open fire on [[WouldHurtAChild children]] and [[WouldHarmASenior the elderly]] just for looking at her the wrong way. |
| 402 | * BadassBiker: Evil or not, you can't deny she is an impressive fighter. |
| 403 | * BadassNormal: An effective threat with or without her cybernetics. |
| 404 | * BetweenMyLegs: She has this type of camera shot at one point in the ''Omniverse'' episode "The Color of the Monkey". |
| 405 | * BlessedWithSuck: Sort of; her cyborg form was unable to rob jewels, since she would destroy them accidentally by trying to seize them. |
| 406 | * BroughtDownToNormal: By Upgrade at the end of her first appearance. |
| 407 | * ButchLesbian: Very tomboyish, and the writers confirmed on Twitter that she's a lesbian. |
| 408 | * TheCameo: She has a non-speaking role in "The Most Dangerous Game Show" as one of the many women competing to marry Ben. |
| 409 | * CardCarryingVillain: In the Negative 10 two parter, she competes with Charmcaster over who is the "baddest girl", and in ''Omniverse'', when told bad guys never win, she responds "Oh, well see, I'm a bad ''girl''". |
| 410 | * CombatPragmatist: She was more than willing to take advantage on Ben's reluctance to hit girls as Fourarms. |
| 411 | * {{Cyborg}}: She was turned into one by Vilgax in her first appearance. |
| 412 | * DarkActionGirl: Compared to her more magic-oriented rival Charmcaster, she seems to favor hand-to-hand fights. |
| 413 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: Her first appearance in a nutshell. |
| 414 | * EnemyMine: She joins the heroic girls and Ben against Charles Zenith in "The Most Dangerous Game Show". |
| 415 | * EveryoneCallsHerBarkeep: She is only ever referred to as Rojo, even though she stops being a cyborg after her first episode. Her real name of Joey is never said in the series. |
| 416 | * EvilIsPetty: Aside from the fact she tried to kill Ben, Gwen, and Max at their first encounter for no other reason than being annoyed by them looking at her, the best she could think about after gaining cyborg powers was to rob jewelry. |
| 417 | * EvilRedhead: She has red hair and is a thug who will shoot innocent people with little provocation. |
| 418 | * ForcedIntoEvil: Downplayed. Rojo was already an aggressive criminal, but after becoming a cyborg she's only concerned with her own trivial needs. She only starts antagonizing Ben when Vilgax hijacks her mind and forces her to work for him. |
| 419 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Started out as a random petty thief. Fuse her to one of Vilgax's MechaMooks, and you get a dangerous powerful cyborg. |
| 420 | * GenderBlenderName: Joey is typically a boy's name. |
| 421 | * {{Jerkass}}: She has no problem hurting innocent people, including [[WouldHurtAChild children]], for fun. |
| 422 | * IgnoredEpiphany: After Upgrade breaks her fusion with Vilgax's droid, she seems to realize she has a second chance at being a normal human, and is about to surrender peacefully...then she sees her old rifle has materialized from her destroyed shell and decides to shoot the heroic alien. |
| 423 | * KickTheDog: First introduced with her group robbing a station. She then decides to shoot at Ben, Max and Gwen because they ''annoy'' her. |
| 424 | * TheLadette: Female, tomboy, has a strong punk stride to her look, and leads a gang of female biker criminals. |
| 425 | * MostCommonSuperPower: She has a very impressive bust in ''Omniverse''. |
| 426 | * MsFanservice: In ''Omniverse'', she wears a very form-fitting bodysuit that highlights her toned athletic figure. |
| 427 | * PetTheDog: Helps to save Ben in "Most Dangerous Game Show". |
| 428 | * PoweredArmor: She relies on this to make up for loosing her upgrades in her later appearances. |
| 429 | * PsychoLesbian: She's a psychopath who WouldHurtAChild and has been [[https://twitter.com/rouleau1/status/1247403086336806912 confirmed]] to be a lesbian via WordOfGay. |
| 430 | * PunnyName: Her alias/cyborg name is Spanish for "Red", and she's almost entirely red in that form. The name is also a compacted version of "Robot Joey". |
| 431 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: She has red hair, she wears red and black clothing, her cyborg form is mainly red, and she's a villain. |
| 432 | * RedIsViolent: She's largely associated with red. Her cyborg form is almost entirely red, and the name of it, Rojo, is Spanish for red. Even in human form she has red hair and her clothes are red and black. She's also a violent thug who will shoot at innocent people including children and the elderly at the slightest provocation. |
| 433 | * TheRival: To Charmcaster in the Negative 10. |
| 434 | * UngratefulBitch: When Ben freed her from Vilgax's control through Upgrade, her first reaction was to attempt to backstab him. |
| 435 | * WouldHarmASenior: Combined with WouldHurtAChild. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is opening fire on Max, Ben, and Gwen just because she didn't like the way they were looking at her. |
| 436 | [[/folder]] |
| 437 | |
| 438 | [[folder:Clancy]] |
| 439 | !!Clancy |
| 440 | [[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Clancy3_2791.png]] |
| 441 | [[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clancy.png]] |
| 442 | [[caption-width-right:288:Clancy's new form]] |
| 443 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Nicholas Guest |
| 444 | |
| 445 | A mysterious, blue-skinned man with the ability to control arthropods. When first introduced, Clancy kidnapped a councilwoman who was attempting to destroy the house where he was living, intending to feed her to his bug friends. Ben saved her, but destroyed the building in the process, killing many of the bugs. Infuriated, Clancy replied by attempting to destroy the whole city. |
| 446 | ---- |
| 447 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He is ''blue''. |
| 448 | * AntiVillain: Type II in his first appearance; while he was relying on murderous methods, all he wanted was to protect his home. |
| 449 | * BeardOfEvil: Shaped like mendibles, no less. |
| 450 | * BigCreepyCrawlies: By the time he joined the Negative 10, he's been turned into a human-mantis hybrid, apparently thanks to Dr. Animo's intervention. |
| 451 | * TheBeastmaster: He has an empathetic link with arthropods and can use them for fighting purposes. |
| 452 | * InTheHood: His typical attire before his mutation. |
| 453 | * OneWingedAngel: When joining the Negative 10, he was turned into a humanoid mantis monster, possibly through Dr Animo's experiments. |
| 454 | * OutOfFocus: He has ''never'' made a reappearance or so much as a mention since the first series and the Negative 10 two-parter. |
| 455 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He initially was only trying to kill a councilwoman to prevent her from destroying his home. Bad, sure, but not that big of a threat. After Ben destroyed his home, killing many of his insect friends in the process, however, he attempts to nuke the ''whole city'' as a payback. |
| 456 | * TookALevelInDumbass: Being transformed into a MonstrousHumanoid resembling a mantis seems to have greatly robbed him of a good deal of his intelligence, as he no longer seems capable of speech and instead utters animalistic screeches and snarls. |
| 457 | * VillainousBreakdown: After Ben destroyed his house and killed many of his bugs. |
| 458 | [[/folder]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | [[folder:Circus Freak Trio]] |
| 461 | !!The Circus Freak Trio |
| 462 | [[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adszmf6_9490.png]] |
| 463 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DeeBradleyBaker (Acid Breath), Creator/CreeSummer (Frightwig), Jeff Doucette (Thumbskull, original series), Creator/DavidKaye (Thumbskull, ''Omniverse'') |
| 464 | |
| 465 | A trio of clown-based super-powered criminals who were working as Zombozo's henchmen in his CircusOfFear in his first appearance. Their role was to steal everything in the city while he fed on people's joy during his show. After Zombozo was defeated by Ben, they lost track of him, and started working of their own, with a personal grudge toward Ben. They became recurring antagonists during the original series, but disappeared in the Alien Force era (ironically, Zombozo himself would later be brought back). Their group consisted of: '''Acid Breath''', a guy with the ability spit acid from his mouth; '''Frightwig''', a girl with CombatTentacles as her hair; and '''Thumbskull''', their DumbMuscle. |
| 466 | ---- |
| 467 | * BreathWeapon: Acid Breath. As suggested by his name. |
| 468 | * BodyHorror: Acid Breath's face. Seriously, just look at the pic. |
| 469 | * TheBusCameBack: They finally returned in ''Omniverse'', surprisingly with Zombozo, their former leader. |
| 470 | * ButtMonkey: Not only does Ben never have any Omnitrix glitches when he faces them, but they usually end up serving as his punching bag. The best example probably is when they had to fight him... right when [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Zs'Skayr]] was taking over. |
| 471 | * ClownCar: They ride in one and also use it to stash any loot they have stolen. |
| 472 | * CombatTentacles: Frightwig's cybernetic hair gives this impression. |
| 473 | * DumbMuscle: Thumbskull is very strong, but not too bright. |
| 474 | * EnemyMine: Frightwig with the good female characters in "The Most Dangerous Game Show". |
| 475 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas / HiddenDepths: Granted it's only one line, but when Ben asks him if his mother told him it's rude to spit, Acid Breath shoots back "Where do you think I learned it from?", which could imply his mother raised him to be a criminal and he inherited his "gift" from her. |
| 476 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Acid Breath is, well, a guy with acid breath. What else? |
| 477 | * {{Flanderization}}: Thumbskull no longer has fingers in ''Omniverse''. Instead, he has thumbs and two giant fingerless digits with a giant nail in place of his fingers. |
| 478 | * FlatCharacter: Compared to most of the RoguesGallery, the freaks have very little depth or development. They're characterized as greedy thugs who occasionally show up working for a more powerful villain, get taken down easily, and that's about it. |
| 479 | * HarmlessVillain: They do have dangerous powers and would probably be a danger to civilians, but they prove rather ineffective against Ben, and the only way they have any impact on the plot is when they are working for someone. Otherwise, it's practically a RunningGag to have Ben [[CurbStompBattle defeat them with incredible ease]]. |
| 480 | ** Even in their ''introduction'', they proved pathetic enemies right at their first confrontation with Ben, and the only reason they weren't easily defeated was because they were then working for Zombozo, who Ben was terrified of. |
| 481 | * MsFanservice: Frightwig in ''Omniverse'' wears a more revealing jumpsuit that shows off her body. |
| 482 | * {{Nerf}}: The degree of how powerful Acid Breath's acid is in ''Omniverse'' isn't really defined, but seems much less powerful and dangerous than in the original series. |
| 483 | * PetTheDog: Frightwig helps to save Ben in "Most Dangerous Game Show". |
| 484 | * PunnyName: Thumbskull's name is a play on the insult "numbskull". |
| 485 | * TerribleTrio: They are never seen without each others, and they are typically very ineffective. |
| 486 | * TookALevelInBadass: |
| 487 | ** Subverted in their second appearance, where, when confronting Ghostfreak, they efficiently combine their powers, apparently defeat him and laugh gleefully. Cue a completely unharmed but pissed off Ghostfreak emerging from the ashes and delivering them a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. |
| 488 | ** Played straight in ''Omniverse'', where they put up a decent fight and defeat Rath by shooting him out a cannon. |
| 489 | * WeaksauceWeakness: ''All three of them have one''; Acid Breath becomes harmless when something obstructs his mouth, Frightwig can be trapped in her own hair, and Thumbskull is an idiot. |
| 490 | [[/folder]] |
| 491 | |
| 492 | [[folder:Sublimino]] |
| 493 | !!Sublimino |
| 494 | [[quoteright:244:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sublimino5_500.png]] |
| 495 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz |
| 496 | |
| 497 | A short-tempered, midget-sized human with hypnotic powers who used them to control people and force them to accomplish crimes for his profit. |
| 498 | ---- |
| 499 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He vanishes without a trace after the events of The Negative 10. Derrick J. Wyatt wanted to bring him back for ''Omniverse'', but was unable to. |
| 500 | * DirtyCoward: Immediately attempts to hightail it the minute he runs out of hypnotized minions to fight. |
| 501 | * EvilIsHammy: Well, he ''is'' a stage hypnotist turned supervillain. |
| 502 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: It's hard to tell due to his glasses, but he has a distinctive lightning-shaped scar on the right eye. |
| 503 | * HairTriggerTemper: Though to be fair, considering everyone seems to constantly mock him, you can understand him. |
| 504 | * TheNapoleon: Small, short-tempered, and with a massive ego, he fits the trope like a glove. |
| 505 | * NonActionGuy: While his power is impressive, he has absolutely no fighting skills whatsoever, forcing him to rely entirely on his hypnotized slaves to defend him. In ''Midnight Madness'', as soon as Ben was done passing through them, he could defeat him easily. |
| 506 | * OutOfFocus: Like Clancy, he never appears or is mentioned again after his first appearance and role in the Negative 10. He doesn't even have any lines in the latter episode. |
| 507 | * PeoplePuppets: He hypnotizes people to do his bidding. |
| 508 | * SinisterShades: He wears quite an impressive pair of black glasses. |
| 509 | [[/folder]] |
| 510 | |
| 511 | !!Ghostfreak's Forces |
| 512 | [[folder:Zs'Skayr]] |
| 513 | !!Zs'Skayr/Ghostfreak |
| 514 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zsskayr_os.png]] |
| 515 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[PleaseKeepYourHatOn Not so pleasant without the cloak, right?]]]] |
| 516 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see his appearance in ''Omniverse'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/skayr_in_ov_8233.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 517 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveBlum (Original Series, ''Omniverse''), Creator/JeffBennett (''Alien Force'') |
| 518 | -->"[[SuperPoweredEvilSide Ben's not here!]]" |
| 519 | |
| 520 | Zs'Skayr (pronounced Zuh-Scare) was the EvilOverlord ruler of the planet Anur Phaetos, and the Ectonurite who provided the DNA sample for Ben's alien form known as Ghostfreak. Due to his species, the Ectonurites, possessing the ability to retain their consciousness even in the slightest part of their DNA, Zs'Skayr's mind survived inside the Omnitrix, eventually trying to take over Ben, and [[EnemyWithout ended up escaping the Omnitrix]]. Since then, he has become obsessed with taking over Ben's body so he can get the Omnitrix's powers. |
| 521 | ---- |
| 522 | * AbnormalLimbRotationRange: In the first two series, his skull was upside-down. ''Omniverse'' reveals that he, and all members of his species, have the ability to rotate their skulls. |
| 523 | * AllThereInTheManual: His name, true identity and backstory were all revealed through trivia pop-ups (though by now it has become common knowledge). In-series, everyone always referred to him as Ghostfreak, and it took until ''Omniverse'' for his real identity to be even mentioned by the characters. |
| 524 | * AmbiguousSituation: Despite Z'skayr being an exact copy of the original, we never see what he was like before being trapped in the Omnitrix. The two never meet either, so it's possible the original passed away a long time ago. |
| 525 | * ArchEnemy: The fourth contender for the title, right behind Vilgax, Kevin and Animo. His origin as one of Ben's aliens make him a rather personal foe and he is considered by fans to be one of the most iconic villains. |
| 526 | * BadBoss: When Dr Viktor slightly questions the reason for pursuing Ben, Zs'Skayr beats the crap out of him and then bashes him for underestimating Ben. |
| 527 | * BatmanGambit: He pulls one in "Rad Monster Party", possessing some of the plumbers to get him and Viktor back to Anur Transyl. Bonus points for Ben being there on the same ship. |
| 528 | * BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: He gets into one with Xarion, who had taken over Dr. Viktor's body. Xarion lost and Zs'Skayr absorbed him, allowing Viktor to regain control. |
| 529 | * BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: He was trapped in a tiny prison for years and got used as a weapon repeatedly by a 10-year old on a world that could kill him. It's somewhat understandable ''why'' he's not a nice guy, but given what he does after being freed, it's unlikely he was ever good to begin with. |
| 530 | * BigBad: Original series, season 3 (though he wasn't revealed until the final two episodes of the season). In ''Omniverse'' he returns as the ArcVillain of the "Galactic Monsters" three-parter. |
| 531 | * BlackEyesOfEvil: He has them and the bodies he takes over will gain them. |
| 532 | * TheBusCameBack: ''Alien Force'' gave him a rather simple, one-episode return, almost as if to confirm he still existed (despite previously dying, twice.) ''Omniverse'' brings him back as the ArcVillain of "Galactic Monsters". |
| 533 | * TheChessmaster: |
| 534 | ** He's revealed to have put a ThanatosGambit intended to resurrect him that serves as the main plot to season 3. |
| 535 | ** In the Galactic Monsters arc, he [[spoiler:steals the Rune Stone while escaping from Ledgerdomain]], and pulls off a BatmanGambit in an attempt to return to Anur Transyl. |
| 536 | %%* ChestBlaster: In the original series and Alien Force. (zero context example) |
| 537 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Like Vilgax and Kevin 11, Zs'Skayr seeks the power of the Omnitrix, but unlike the previous two main villains, Zs’Skayr was originally part of the Omnitrix itself and managed to free himself from it, and plans to turn humans into monsters, as well as plunge the world in eternal darkness. |
| 538 | %%* CreepyTwins: Not him, but there are two twin Ectonurite girls living in his castle, whom WordOfGod confirms to be his nieces. (Describe the "creepy" part.) |
| 539 | * {{Cyclops}}: He has only the one, purple eye. |
| 540 | * DarkIsEvil: Not all Ectonurites are, but he certainly is, especially after shedding his white/grey skin and revealing his dark purple colors underneath. |
| 541 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: In ''Galactic Monster'', his master plan is to [[spoiler:resurrect Lord Transyl and the other [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vladats]], then use them to conquer the Universe]]. Aside from the fact [[spoiler:he completely fails to see how Dr. Viktor (whose species ''he knows'' was once enslaved and used as food by the Vladats) would never approve such a plan]], he apparently doesn't take any measure to ensure [[spoiler:he will be able to keep an army of creatures well-known for FantasticRacism toward other species (including his own) and HorrorHunger under control, when he could barely convince Lord Transyl to team up with him]]. And that's not even mentioning the fact he thinks [[spoiler:he can conquer the Universe with an army vulnerable to sunlight... in a Universe where at least one species is made of anthropomorphic suns natives from a star]]. |
| 542 | * DivergentCharacterEvolution: Though Ghostfreak is a genetic copy of him, ''Omniverse'' differentiates the two by having Zs'Skayr take on a reaper-esque appearance with a scythe, and turning his skull right-side up (though ''Rad Monster Party'' reveals he's capable of doing this at will and assumed his new form at some point between resurrecting Dr. Viktor and his appearance in that episode). And while Creator/SteveBlum reprises both roles, Zs'Skayr retains their original voice while Ghostfreak sounds less creepy and more like a heroic teenager. |
| 543 | * TheDreaded: Ben is completely terrified of him, and for good reason. |
| 544 | * EnemyWithout: Started out as one of Ben's aliens, until his consciousness slowly awakened and started to take over Ben's, eventually allowing him to escape the Omnitrix. |
| 545 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: After he fully becomes an EnemyWithout to Ben and reveals his true evil nature, he sheds his second skin, revealing his horrifying features underneath. |
| 546 | * EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He has a Freddy Krueger-esque habit of cracking dark jokes while he wrecks havoc. |
| 547 | * EvilSoundsRaspy: He constantly sounds like he needs a lozenge. It's telling that Ben's heroic version of Ghostfreak doesn't have the rasp. |
| 548 | * EyesDoNotBelongThere: He has one on his chest in ''Omniverse'' though it appears to be part of his new outfit than a real one. |
| 549 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: He is exposed to sunlight and bursts into flames, burning to ashes. This happens ''twice!'' |
| 550 | * {{Flanderization}}: His weakness to light was mostly just restricted to sunlight or beams that were similar to sunlight such as a "sun gun", like Max's or Grey Matter's makeshift one. When he returned in ''Alien Force'', ''any'' bright light seems to do damage to him. This carried over into ''Omniverse'', where he will run to hide from any form of bright light. However, it's Downplayed somewhat in the latter, as while any bright light weakens him, it takes [[spoiler:Atomix triggering a ''fusion reaction'' directly in front of him to kill him]]. |
| 551 | * FauxAffablyEvil: For one of the franchise's more horrifying villains, he can be quite chummy and playful, even if he's trying to possess you and kill your loved ones. |
| 552 | -->"Aw, I thought we were close!" |
| 553 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: In the original series, Zs'Skayr's influence on Ghostfreak was evident before his escape from the Omnitrix: |
| 554 | ** In ''Hunted'', after Ben reverts back to human, Ben says that he felt weirder than when he previously turned into Ghostfreak. |
| 555 | ** In ''Last Laugh'', when Ben fights Zombozo, he behaves more aggressively than usual, and takes joy in scaring Zombozo, which he usually does not in human form or his other transformations. |
| 556 | ** And finally, in ''Ghostfreaked Out'', Ghostfreaks voice sounds creepier and less faint and whispery, which is the voice that Zs'Skayr has after he escapes from the Omnitrix. |
| 557 | * ForgotAboutHisPowers: |
| 558 | ** He doesn't use his invisibility or possession abilities in combat in ''Omniverse''. When Ben turns back to human, he opts to swing at him with his scythe, even though part of what made Zs-Skayr such a threatening opponent before was that he would attempt to possess Ben the ''second'' his aliens stopped making him immune to it. This is made even weirder when he later mentions this ability in "The Vampire Strikes Back", thus confirming he still has it. |
| 559 | ** In "The Vampire Strikes Back", when seized by his own mind-controlled minions, he struggles with his scythe to get out of their grasp instead of just, you know, ''turning intangible and phasing through them''. |
| 560 | * FromASingleCell: Even the smallest sample of DNA contains his full consciousness, allowing him to constantly come back through his remains. |
| 561 | * FreudianExcuse: Z'skayr is one of Ben's worst foes, but the reason why is somewhat understandable, given he spent possibly eons trapped in an alien watch, all alone at the mercy of a human who had no idea the being he used to fight evil was sentient and gave him a demeaning name. The feeling isn't unique to him either, as a later ''Ultimate Alien'' episode had a group of sentient alien forms who hated being trapped so much they tried to execute Ben. |
| 562 | * FusionDance: His plan in ''Alien Force'' is to possess Ben, use the Omnitix to transform into himself, lock the transformation, and then [[GrandTheftMe possess]] Vilgax. |
| 563 | -->'''Zs'Skayr:''' With Vilgax, Ben Tennyson, and myself as one, there will be no power in the universe that can stop me! |
| 564 | * GrandTheftMe: His intention toward Ben in the original series, though he has performed it on many characters throughout the franchise. |
| 565 | * GrimReaper: His [[http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140215165331/ben10/images/6/6f/Zs%27Skayr_OV.png Omniverse design]] resembles one, complete with a scythe. |
| 566 | * HijackedByGanon: Dr. Viktor, the Werewolf and the Mummy were all three revealed to be working for him. |
| 567 | * HiveMind: His consciousness works that way, to the point it can survive even in the smallest sample of his DNA. He uses it both to keep surviving and to create an army of Ectonurite minions under his control in "Ghost Town". |
| 568 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:In ''Omniverse'', his plan to resurrect an army of Vladats and their leader Lord Transyl results in Doctor Viktor (whose species was enslaved by the Vladats and used as food) to betray him, allowing Ben to kill him...again.]] |
| 569 | * HostileTerraforming: His EvilPlan to make Earth his domain involves covering the planet's skies in a Corrodium shell from space which will block out the sunlight (which is deadly to Zs'Skayr), and enable him to rule at full power in the darkness. The fact the Corrodium shell will also mutate all human and animal life on the planet into monsters is believed to be a mere side-effect. |
| 570 | * InTheHood: In ''Omniverse'', his second skin now resembles a cloak. |
| 571 | * IWantThemAlive: In the original series, he stopped Dr. Viktor from [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just frying Ben]] because he needed him alive to possess him. |
| 572 | * JokerImmunity: No matter how many times he's killed, or imprisoned in the Omnitrix, he always comes back one way or another due to his FromASingleCell abilities. By the time of ''Omniverse'', Ben actually expects him to come back later, and [[spoiler:leaves the miniature sun he created to destroy him in the lab]] just in case he comes back again, so he can't use it again. |
| 573 | * KnightOfCerebus: He was this in the original series. Nothing about him was PlayedForLaughs, the episodes he appeared in were some of the original series' darkest, and Ben is so scared of him that he never transformed into Ghostfreak again until years later. |
| 574 | %%* ManipulativeBastard (zero context example) |
| 575 | * MindOverMatter: AllThereInTheManual in the original series, he's only ever used it in the ''Alien Force'' episode "Ghost Town". |
| 576 | * MisplacedRetribution: He was trapped in the tiny prison of the Omnitrix in his bid to explore the cosmos for possibly centuries. When Ben discovers he's sentient, Z'skayr plots to take over Ben's body, kill his family, and transform Earth into a world of darkness. The kid obviously had no way of knowing Z'skayr was in there and if anything, Azmuth should've foreseen something like this, but the Ectonurite is such a cruel, vindictive asshole he doesn't care. |
| 577 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name sounds like the word "scare," which is what people should be when they see him. |
| 578 | * TheNightThatNeverEnds: As mentioned under HostileTerraforming, Zs'Skayr tries to inflict this on the Earth using a Corrodium shield so he can rule the planet for himself. |
| 579 | * NoodleIncident: ''Omniverse'' reveals that he got stuck in Ledgerdomain at some point, putting some of the blame on Ben. No such event is featured in any of the shows, but most likely happened sometime between ''Alien Force'' and ''Ultimate Alien''. |
| 580 | * NoSell: He can't possess Ben in alien form due to the "hybrid DNA". |
| 581 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: When he first appeared as a villain, his sole seen powers were invisibility, intangibility, possession and [[MindRape messing with Ben's mind]] [[EnemyWithin while inside the Omnitrix]]. Over the course of his following appearances, he has displayed ChestBlaster ("Be Afraid of the Dark"), [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], mass possession ("Ghost Town") and the ability to ''consume souls'' ("Rad Monster Party"). |
| 582 | * OnlyKnownByHisNickName: For much of the franchise he was known in-universe as Ghostfreak, Ben's name for his species. When Zs'Skayr reveals his true name in "Rad Monster Party", Ben's surprised to learn that his EnemyWithout even has a name. |
| 583 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent: Ectonurites are technically alive, for one thing (though their concept of life is different than that of most sentient beings. |
| 584 | * PetTheDog: Despite being a huge asshole of a master, Z'skayr still saved Viktor from his metal tomb and restored his original mind after he was possessed by a power-hungry human. |
| 585 | * ResurrectiveImmortality: As noted above in JokerImmunity, he gets brought back to life every time he is killed or destroyed. |
| 586 | * SealedEvilInACan: He is an odd example of evil that got sealed in a can ''accidentally'', his DNA sampled for the show's ClingyMacGuffin so that the wearer can turn into him, and the personalities of his species being encoded in their genes somehow. Eventually, he gets loose and becomes Ben's EnemyWithout. |
| 587 | * SinisterScythe: In ''Omniverse'', he takes on a new reaper-like form, and wields one of these. |
| 588 | * SkullForAHead: a skull turned upside down with a single eye and fangs, but still a skull. In ''Omniverse'', he turns his skull right-side up. |
| 589 | * SoreLoser: Ben believes him to be one. Considering that he planned on possessing Ben right after he just defeated his minions and foiled his plan in his last appearance in the original series, he might have a point. |
| 590 | * StayingAlive: Well, he ''is'' a ghost-like alien. |
| 591 | * WeakButSkilled: Not really ''that'' weak, but his weakness to sunlight makes him easier to defeat in a straight fight, especially after Ben gained access to several aliens capable of producing light of their own. He makes up for it with a large set of abilities and impressive scheming skills. |
| 592 | * WeakenedByTheLight: His species is highly vulnerable to sunlight, to the point being exposed to the sun can cause him to turn to ashes. He is, however, capable of going around this weakness by [[LoopholeAbuse possessing a host]]. |
| 593 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Zs'Skayr we know is a clone of the original resulting from his DNA being added to the Omnitrix. After having his DNA sampled, nothing is mentioned as to what became of the real Zs'Skayr. Given his own JokerImmunity it's likely his original body died at some point, causing his consciousness to awaken within Ghostfreak. |
| 594 | [[/folder]] |
| 595 | |
| 596 | [[folder:Dr. Viktor]] |
| 597 | !!Dr. Viktor |
| 598 | [[quoteright:282:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr__vicktor2_7327.png]] |
| 599 | [[quoteright:303:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_viktor_is_free_from_the_ice_3147.png]] |
| 600 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr__viktor_5821.png]] |
| 601 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDorn (Original Series, ''Omniverse''), Creator/PeterStormare (with King Xarion's mind in ''Ultimate Alien'') |
| 602 | |
| 603 | Dr. Viktor is a Transylian scientist, and one of Zs'Skayr's minions. His DNA was scanned when he grabbed Ben by the wrist, unlocking Frankenstrike. |
| 604 | ---- |
| 605 | * BackFromTheDead: The original Dr. Viktor was killed by Kevin in ''Ultimate Alien'', and his body was taken over by King Xarion of Zarkovia. In ''Omniverse'', Zs'Skayr devours Xarion's soul, killing him off, and reviving the original Viktor. |
| 606 | * BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: He is completely unaffected when he jurryrigs a rocket to go into space. |
| 607 | * BloodKnight: Once freed in "Rad Monster Party", he remarks that one of the things he missed most was punching things. |
| 608 | * DrFakenstein: "Viktor" is a clear reference to Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}'s (the doctor, [[IAmNotShazam not the creature]]) first name. |
| 609 | * TheDragon: To Zs'Skayr, [[spoiler:until ''The Vampire Strikes Back''. Of course, Lord Transyl already took over this role beforehand]]. WordOfGod says he still serves Zs'Skayr, he just didn't want the Vladats revived. |
| 610 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: He was KilledOffscreen in Ultimate Alien (Kevin insists he was still alive when he drained him and left him in the Null Void). [[BackFromTheDead He got better]]. |
| 611 | * EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Betrays Zs'Skayr despite the former's assurance that he can keep Lord Transyl in check. Dr. Viktor would rather not take any chances with the Vladats due to them being his natural predator and having enslaved him and his people centuries ago.]] |
| 612 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He's uncomfortable with Zs'Skayr's decision to resurrect Lord Transyl due to Transyl and the other Vladats using his species as slaves and food prior to their extinction. [[spoiler:He ultimately betrays Zs'Skayr, because as much as he hates Ben, he hates the Vladats more.]] |
| 613 | --->'''Dr. Viktor:''' ''[witnessing Lord Transyl's resurrection]'' This is madness! |
| 614 | * EvilGenius: One of the main reasons why Zs'Skayr needs him is Viktor's engineering skills are essential to almost all of his schemes. |
| 615 | * {{Expy}}: Of both Dr. Victor Frankenstein and his monster. |
| 616 | * GeniusBruiser: As a Transylian, he is naturally, strong, and he has the intelligence to go with it. |
| 617 | * MadScientist: He makes a passing mention of his "research". |
| 618 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: He goes along with Zs'Skayr's plans despite not fully agreeing with them. Though he [[EvenEvilHasStandards can be pushed too far]]. |
| 619 | * NobleTopEnforcer: While he is loyal to Zs'Skayr, he often expresses doubts and discomfort to many of his master's actions. Eventually, Zs'Skayr goes too far [[EvenEvilHasStandards leading Viktor to betray him]]. |
| 620 | * ShockAndAwe: A common power for Translyians. |
| 621 | * ShoutOutThemeNaming: His name being Viktor is a reference to Dr. Victor Frankenstein. |
| 622 | * SuperIntelligence: He is a skilled rocket scientist. |
| 623 | %%* RedEyesTakeWarning: In ''Ultimate Alien''. (zero context example) |
| 624 | * {{Technopath}}: He can operate machines with the rods on his back. |
| 625 | * TerribleTrio: In the original series, he formed one with the Werewolf, and the Mummy, Zs'Skayr's other two minions. In ''Omniverse'', the latter two are replaced by two new characters of the same species named Crüjo (the Loboan), and Kuphulu (the Thep Khufan). |
| 626 | * ThanatosGambit: Was responsible for resurrecting Zs'Skayr. |
| 627 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: When his lifeless body appears in ''Ultimate Alien'', he looks nothing like he did in the original series, likely due to Ultimate Kevin brutalizing him. This is corrected in ''Omniverse'', where he looks much more like his original self. |
| 628 | * VocalEvolution: In ''Omniverse'', his voice isn't as deep as in the original series and he also speaks in an Austrian accent. |
| 629 | * WhamLine: In "The Return", he appears to have been the mastermind behind the season's arc when he is introduced. Then ''this'' line is delivered: |
| 630 | -->'''[=XLR8=]:''' I don't know what your plan is...\ |
| 631 | '''Dr. Viktor:''' Oh, it's ''not'' my plan. [[TheManBehindTheMan It's the master's plan. It always was.]] ''([[ThanatosGambit resurrects]] [[HijackedByGanon Zs'Skayr]])'' |
| 632 | [[/folder]] |
| 633 | |
| 634 | [[folder:Werewolf]] |
| 635 | !!Werewolf/Yenaldooshi |
| 636 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/loboan.png]] |
| 637 | |
| 638 | A minion of Zs'Skayr, belonging to a werewolf-like species known as Loboans. He also unlocked Blitzwolfer via scratching the Omnitrix. |
| 639 | ---- |
| 640 | * DarkIsEvil: Not all Loboans are evil (although their social norms are different to humans according to WordOfGod), but he sure is. |
| 641 | * FlatCharacter: The Loboan never speaks and doesn't display any personality beyond being loyal to Zs'Skayr. |
| 642 | * FullFrontalAssault: Unlike most Loboans, he doesn't wear clothes. |
| 643 | * LightningBruiser: He's fast, strong, and very deadly. |
| 644 | * NoNameGiven: This Loboan doesn't have a known name, only being referred to as the Yenaldooshi (while everyone thought it was a Navajo werewolf) and later just the Werewolf (once everyone figures out what he actually is). |
| 645 | * OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: He is actually an alien species from Luna Lobo (Anur Transyl's moon) and as a result he cannot infect people by biting them, nor can he take on a human form. |
| 646 | * {{Retcon}}: The reason he doesn't speak or wear clothes like the rest of his race is because he was originally just a savage mythical monster who was later discovered to be an alien. [[https://twitter.com/TNPerkins4/status/1341995283576602625 There were no extensive plans for his species at the time]]. |
| 647 | * SavageWolf: A werewolf-like alien that is firmly a villain and fights viciously. |
| 648 | * SuperScream: Can open his mouth into four mandibles generating a sonic howl. |
| 649 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: ''Omniverse'' introduces a substitute in Crujo, another Loboan minion, although he looks quite different and actually talks. |
| 650 | * UncertainDoom: The Loboan is last seen next to the Corrodium Beam transmitter seconds before the camera pans away from the explosion, leaving it unknown if the Loboan survived or not. Either way, he is never seen again, and he is replaced by Crüjo as Zs'Skayr's Loboan minion. |
| 651 | * TheVoiceless: He only communicates through growls and grunts. Since Blitzwolfer and most other Loboans can talk just fine, he presumably can talk but simply prefers not to. |
| 652 | [[/folder]] |
| 653 | |
| 654 | [[folder:The Mummy]] |
| 655 | !!The Mummy |
| 656 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mummy_4.png]] |
| 657 | |
| 658 | A minion of Zs'Skayr belonging to a mummy-like alien species called Thep Khufans. He was tasked with gathering Corrodium for Zs'Skayr's plan, and he unlocked Ben's Thep Khufan transformation, Snare-oh, when he touched the Omnitrix. |
| 659 | ---- |
| 660 | * CombatTentacles: The bandages that make up his body actually are thin, but very strong tentacles he has complete control over. They can be used to effortlessly lift Diamondhead. |
| 661 | * DarkIsEvil: Not all Thep Khufans are, but he certainly is. |
| 662 | * FlatCharacter: Like the Loboan, the Mummy is never speaks, and his entire character is defined by being a loyal servant to Zs'Skayr. |
| 663 | * {{Mummy}}: His look is based on one, though otherwise it follows almost none of the clichés usually associated with the trope. |
| 664 | * MummyWrap: His primary power; all these bandages actually are tentacles he can use to grab anything and anyone. |
| 665 | * NoNameGiven: Just like the Loboan, this Thep Khufan is never referred to by any name, only being known by the Tennysons as the Mummy. |
| 666 | * NoSell: Thep Khufan are completely immune to the horrible mutations corrodium radiations usually cause, allowing them to carry the substance inside their body with no ill side effects. Which makes the Mummy the perfect candidate for gathering corrodium. |
| 667 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The Mummy doesn't appear again, but ''Omniverse'' introduces Kuphulu, another Thep Khufan who serves Zs'Skayr. Unlike his predecessor, Kuphulu can speak and is an eloquent cult leader. |
| 668 | * TheVoiceless: He is never shown speaking at all. Since Snare-Oh and most other Thep Khufans can talk just fine, he presumably can talk but chooses not to. |
| 669 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The last we ever see of the Mummy is when Dr. Viktor opens a portal to the Null Void, which sucks him and Dr. Viktor in. While Dr. Viktor makes a [[TheBusCameBack return in]] ''Ultimate Alien''[[note]]Albeit, brain dead and his body taken over by the mind of King Xarion until Zs'Skayr kills the former and restores Viktor's mind in ''Omniverse''[[/note]], the Mummy is never seen again in the series, and he is replaced by Kuphulu as Zs'Skayr's Thep Khufan minion. |
| 670 | [[/folder]] |
| 671 | |
| 672 | !!Bounty Hunters |
| 673 | [[folder:Sotoraggian Bounty Hunters]] |
| 674 | !![=SixSix=], [=SevenSeven=] and [=EightEight=] |
| 675 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sixsix_ov.png]] |
| 676 | [[caption-width-right:300:[=SixSix=]]] |
| 677 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sevenseven.png]] |
| 678 | [[caption-width-right:300:[=SevenSeven=]]] |
| 679 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eighteight.png]] |
| 680 | [[caption-width-right:200:[=EightEight=]]] |
| 681 | ->[=SixSix=] and [=SevenSeven=] voiced by Creator/DeeBradleyBaker |
| 682 | |
| 683 | Two [[Franchise/StarWars Jango/Boba Fett-esque]] alien {{Bounty Hunter}}s with [[TheUnintelligible unknown alien language]] who regularly show up. [=SixSix=] was introduced in the original series as a hunter hired by Vilgax to get the Omnitrix. He then got several appearances as a minor villain in the show, the last being in ''Secret of the Omnitrix'' as a minion of Vilgax. [=SevenSeven=] was introduced in the ''Alien Force'', and [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute basically played a similar role for this era]]. The two of them return in ''Omniverse'', with a new character, [=EightEight=], introduced as their sister. |
| 684 | ---- |
| 685 | * ActionGirl: [=EightEight=]. |
| 686 | * AllThereInTheManual: Before the second series, the pop-ups in the first series confirmed [=SevenSeven=]'s existence, explaining that they're brothers (with [=SevenSeven=] obviously being the elder). They also have a sister named [=EightEight=], whose existence was first confirmed by Derrick J. Wyatt. |
| 687 | * ArmCannon: [=SixSix=] and [=EightEight=] use blasters, but [=SevenSeven=] can turn both of his arms into blasters. [=SixSix=] sometimes displays a small rocket-launcher that he flips up from one of his wrists. |
| 688 | * BadassFamily: While SevenSeven is less tough than his siblings all three are strong opponents in their own right. Presumably this includes TwoTwo as well when she comes of age. |
| 689 | * BadassNormal: [=EightEight=] lacks the firepower or augmented abilities of her brothers, however [[LightningBruiser she's notably more agile, not to mention stronger than them]]. |
| 690 | * BerserkButton: Apparently, [=EightEight=] doesn't take well to being told she resembles her brothers. |
| 691 | * BilingualDialogue: When other [[AliensSpeakingEnglish aliens that speak English]] talk to them, they respond in their native language, and the person they talk to can understand what they're saying. However, Hobble can't understand what they are saying. |
| 692 | * BountyHunter: It is his main profession and how he encountered Ben in the first place. |
| 693 | * BreakoutVillain: Not as much as characters like Charmcaster, but still, [=SixSix=] was first introduced as a random bounty hunter in a team sent by Vilgax to get the Omnitrix and was in fact not even named until his second episode. He got so popular that the sequels eventually gave him a brother and two sisters and changed him from a one-off mook to a series mainstay. |
| 694 | * TheBusCameBack: After disappearing for all ''Alien Force'' and ''Ultimate Alien'', [=SixSix=] is brought back in ''Omniverse'' alongside his siblings. |
| 695 | * CoatHatMask: [=SixSix=]'s introduction in the movie had him wearing a trenchcoat and a hat in addition to his helmet. |
| 696 | * ConsummateProfessional: [=SixSix=] isn't really interested in getting revenge on the Tennysons so much as completing his mission and scoring a paycheck. He does make an exception for Tetrax, though. |
| 697 | * CuteMonsterGirl: While we can't confirm this by seeing her face, [=EightEight=] has a more human-like size and body than her two much bulkier brothers. |
| 698 | * DistaffCounterpart: [=EightEight=], of her brothers. |
| 699 | * TheDividual: Neither of them are very different in terms of personality or design, although it's not like you could tell given their incomprehensible language. |
| 700 | * TheDragon: [=SixSix=], to Vilgax in ''Secret of the Omnitrix''. |
| 701 | * {{Expy}}: Of Boba Fett from ''Franchise/StarWars''. They also bare a few similarities to the [[Franchise/{{Predator}} Predators/Yautja.]] |
| 702 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite their general ruthlessness, they're nonetheless very close-knit and as shown with [=TwoTwo=], take time to care for the youngest members of their clan. |
| 703 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: By ''Secret Of The Omnitrix'', [=SixSix=] seems aware of what a psychotic, irrational monster Vilgax is and clearly resents working for him. After Vilgax punches him for snarking, the bounty hunter is about to attack before Vilgax cows him into backing off. |
| 704 | * FamilyThemeNaming: They're all named after numbers. |
| 705 | * HiddenDepths: [=SixSix=] works quite nicely with his brother and sister. [=SevenSeven=] also takes his baby sister [=TwoTwo=] on trips when he's off the job. |
| 706 | * HonorAmongThieves: [=SixSix=] is a ruthless assassin fine with killing Ben, but he generally gets along well with his accomplices and is willing to split the bounty with a rival. He's also cares for his siblings and they often team up. |
| 707 | * InformedAbility: [=EightEight=] is supposedly the more dangerous of the three but never does greatly better in a fight. At the very least, she is probably the physically strongest of the siblings. |
| 708 | * KickTheDog: While escaping Incarcecon, a fellow prisoner hitches a ride with [=SixSix=] and gives a friendly thumbs up. [=SixSix=] is irritated and responds by shooting the poor guy into space. |
| 709 | * LightningBruiser: [=EightEight=] is far more [[SheFu WaifFu]] yet at the same time, strong enough to resist Gravattacks' GravityMaster powers, and a massive metal vent falling on her, at the same high gravity. It's not stated just ''how'' many Gs she's under at the time, but by what Ben's saying, it's a lot. |
| 710 | * MusclesAreMeaningless: [=EightEight=], despite being smaller than her brothers, is far stronger. |
| 711 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: [=SixSix=] and [=SevenSeven=] have various small arms that can show up through various openings of their armors. [=EightEight=] can presumably do the same. |
| 712 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: They don't care about the morality of their employers or what they're told to do, as long as they get paid. |
| 713 | * NightmareFace: [[https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/ben10/images/9/91/Sixsix_Face.png/revision/latest?cb=20100927143913 [=SixSix=]'s face is terrifying to the point where even his own mother might not like it due to his mutations.]] |
| 714 | * NotSoStoic: They all get moments in ''Omniverse'', [=SevenSeven=] blowing out a smoking laser, [=SixSix=] tossing grenades, then waving bye-bye with his vestigial arm, [=EightEight=] getting angry when being compared to her brothers, and all three cowering when Attea fires off her superweapon. |
| 715 | * PleaseKeepYourHatOn: You ''don't want to know'' how [=SixSix=] looks behind his helmet. Notably, WordOfGod said he's a mutant and the rest of his species don't look like he does, which is further supported when [=SevenSeven=]'s helmet is cracked by Swampfire, [[https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/ben10/images/e/e2/XB2_%28559%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20151101125451 depicting an otherwise normal eye]] [[https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/ben10/images/6/6d/XB2_%28560%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20151101125452 and skin]] compared to [=SixSix=]'s mechanical eyes and deformed skin. |
| 716 | * PredatorPastiche: They're a clan of ruthless high-tech hunters who speak a strange language, appear monstrous under their helms(at least in Six-Six's case), carry an arsenal of deadly alien weapons, and have no qualms challenging powerful prey for the kill. The main difference being while the Predators are in it for the thrill of the hunt, the Sotoraggians are in it for the pay. |
| 717 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Continuing the Predator comparison, they're a clan of proud, ruthless hunters garbed in identical armor and share the same dangerous occupation. WordOfGod also states that their armor is made from assassin droids they gutted as their rite of passage. |
| 718 | * PunchClockVillain: SixSix doesn't particularly have a grudge against the Tennysons and only runs into Ben if his current job forces him to. Unlike the more cocky Kraab, he's focused more on completing the mission and getting paid. Omniverse implies bounty hunting is a family business. |
| 719 | * PunnyName: Their baby sister, [=TwoTwo=], wears a tutu. |
| 720 | * TheFaceless: [=SixSix=]'s face isn't revealed until ''Secret Of The Omnitrix''. Even so, he's deformed by mutation and the others are never unmasked so it's unknown what a normal Sotoraggian looks like under the armor. |
| 721 | * TheQuietOne: Compared to [=SixSix=], [=SevenSeven=] almost never speaks. [[TheUnintelligible Not that we can understand what he is saying anyway]]... |
| 722 | * {{Retcon}}: Originally, WordOfGod stated that SixSix and SevenSeven were unrelated and didn't even know each other, they just happened to be of the same species. This was later changed to their relation to each other being unknown, and finally to them being brothers in Omniverse. |
| 723 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In [=SevenSeven=]'s debut episode, Swampfire shrugs off his attacks, and punches him so hard his helmet cracks, after this he opts to run. According to Dwayne [=McDuffie=], this was because [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes he's scared of Methanosians]]. |
| 724 | * SiblingTeam: Just three alien bounty hunters trying to make their way in the universe. |
| 725 | * SilentSnarker: If his associates' reactions are anything to go by, [=SixSix=] has quite a sharp tongue in his own alien dialect. |
| 726 | * SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness: Played straight when Ben Charges them with Cannonbolt, he takes [=SixSix=] (original series) down without any trouble, [=SevenSeven=] (Alien Force) counters his charge with and electrified brass knuckle, but Ben redoubles his efforts and takes him down, and [=EightEight=] (Omniverse) manages to evade him completely, and get a bunch of shots in before Attea accidentally shoots her. Later, [=EightEight=] is also able to resist Gravattack's powers. |
| 727 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: [=SevenSeven=] to [=SixSix=]. Besides their names and armor colours (and the face under the helmet), the two are almost identical. |
| 728 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: In ''Secret Of The Omnitrix'', [=SixSix=] has the misfortune of being taken from Incarcecon by Vilgax to(surprise,surprise) help track down the Omnitrix. [=SixSix=] for his part couldn't care less about Vilgax's plan, especially when Vilgax backhands him for talking out of line, and is only along for the ride out of fear and to get payback against Tetrax. |
| 729 | * TheUnintelligible: According to WordOfGod, the Sotoraggian language is so complex that it cannot be translated with TranslatorMicrobes. For some reason though, some aliens, including Rook, have displayed the ability to understand them. |
| 730 | * TokenGirl: [=EightEight=] and [=TwoTwo=]. |
| 731 | * VagueAge: [=EightEight=] is supposedly the eldest of the trio yet is smaller than her brothers and about the same height as the teenage Gwen and Ben. Further confusing things is they have a baby sister despite being adults. |
| 732 | * VillainsOutShopping: Hilariously, [=SevenSeven=] is at the auto show in "OTTO Motives", and even brought his little sister, [=TwoTwo=], with him. |
| 733 | * VillainTeamUp: |
| 734 | ** [=SixSix=] teams up with Kraab and Vulkanus and works on a regular basis for Vilgax. [=SevenSeven=] is hinted to have been working for Zombozo in ''Ultimate Alien''. |
| 735 | ** [=SixSix=], [=SevenSeven=] and [=EightEight=] all team up under Princess Attea's order in "Vilgax Must Croak". |
| 736 | * WakeUpCallBoss: [=SixSix=], alongside Kraab and Tetrax, serves as this to Ben in the original series, being among the first enemies that he can't defeat with brute strength and forces him to use his transformations strategically. |
| 737 | * WalkingArmory: Both [=SixSix=] and [=SevenSeven=]. {{Averted}} with [=EightEight=], who just uses a regular blaster. |
| 738 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's presumed [=SixSix=] was sent back to Incarcecon after "Secret of the Omnitrix", but no clear information was ever given about why we never saw him back until ''Omniverse''. |
| 739 | [[/folder]] |
| 740 | |
| 741 | [[folder:Vulkanus]] |
| 742 | !!Vulkanus |
| 743 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vulkanus_os.png]] |
| 744 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnDiMaggio |
| 745 | |
| 746 | An alien ConMan who was first introduced working together with [=SixSix=], and served as a minor villain in the original show. He shows up again in the ''Alien Force''/''Ultimate Alien'' era, where it's revealed that he is actually a dwarfish alien in a robotic suit. |
| 747 | ---- |
| 748 | * BullyingADragon: In ''Con of Rath'', upon seeing recognizing Ben in Rath form, he mocks him by asking if he "put the Omnitrix on ugly". Granted, he couldn't necessarily know how violent Rath was, but mocking the guy wearing the most powerful weapon in the universe and who already defeated him several times before? Not the smartest move... |
| 749 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: The original series depicted him as a DumbMuscle (Synaptak specifically refers to him as "All brawn, no brain"), had him almost always teaming up with [=SixSix=] and didn't really develop his personality. In the ''Alien Force/Ultimate Alien'' era, he usually worked on his own, leading his own minions, and was smart enough to develop his own business. |
| 750 | * ConMan: As noted in his description, this is his main job. Doesn't mean he's good at it though. |
| 751 | * DumbMuscle: He is described as this in his first appearance. In his later appearance, however, he is portrayed as slightly smarter than before (Enough to have his own business). Of course, most of his appearances are comical, and he still isn't very bright. |
| 752 | * FantasticRacism: He makes a quite arrogant comment about Tetramands upon meeting Four Arms on Earth. |
| 753 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: One episode has him paying to have a Techadon Factory put in Bellwood producing large amount of always more powerful Techadons to eliminate Ben. By the end of the episode, the protagonists figure out a way to trick the Techadon into hunting ''him'' instead. |
| 754 | * LegalizedEvil: In ''Alien Force'', he uses a tonne of Taydenite to purchase the rights to reform Earth, complete with a legal document. Course the heroes still won't allow him to turn their planet into a molten wasteland. |
| 755 | * TheManBehindTheCurtain: In ''Alien Force'' and ''Ultimate Alien'', Vulkanus is just a dwarf creature in giant armor. ''Omniverse'' explains this; During the original series' era (particularly four years prior to Alien Force), Ben as Diamondhead blew up Vulkanus's original body, requiring him to be put in a robotic suit to regenerate. |
| 756 | * MeaningfulName: His name sounds like "Volcanoes" which reflects the climate of his homeworld. |
| 757 | * PoweredArmor: Forced to rely on this in ''Alien Force'' and ''Ultimate Alien''. |
| 758 | * SmallNameBigEgo: He talks a big game, but usually ends up easily defeated and humiliated by the heroes. Rath even calls him "a baby man in a big metal suit". |
| 759 | * VillainTeamUp: Usually with [=SixSix=], but Ultimate Alien also had him teaming up with Zombozo and Charmcaster. |
| 760 | [[/folder]] |
| 761 | |
| 762 | [[folder:Kraab]] |
| 763 | !!Kraab |
| 764 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kraab_012.png]] |
| 765 | |
| 766 | An alien BountyHunter, first introduced as one of the people sent by Vilgax to get the Omnitrix. |
| 767 | ---- |
| 768 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: He taunts Ghostfreak throughout their fight and is much more brash than his fellow hunters. |
| 769 | * {{Cyborg}}: The large majority of his body is a mechanical, crab-like shell, but WordOfGod is that he is at least partially organic. |
| 770 | * DeadpanSnarker: In his first appearance, he's constantly making quips, mostly at SixSix. |
| 771 | * EgomaniacHunter: Out of the three hunters, Kraab is the most enthusiastic, and seems disappointed that Ben is "hardly worth the hunt". |
| 772 | * FullConversionCyborg: Appears to be a large robot, but the trivia edition reveals he lost his body in a war on his home-planet. |
| 773 | * GiantEnemyCrab: As suggested by his name, he has a distinct crab-like appearance, completed with a pincer. |
| 774 | * LightIsNotGood: His armor is golden, but he is far from being a good guy. |
| 775 | * OutOfFocus: He has only made three appearances across the entire franchise. |
| 776 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He’s only a minor recurring villain at best, but not only is he the first proper alien that Ben fights, but he is also the one that first influenced Ben to use his aliens more strategically. |
| 777 | * VillainDecay: He actually was a pretty fearsome villain in his first episode, where he easily took Ben down as Ghostfreak. All his following appearances in the Classic Continuity have portrayed him as a small fish who gets easily defeated. Granted, it might just be that Ben is way more experienced by the time he faces him again. |
| 778 | * WakeUpCallBoss: Alongside [=SixSix=] and Tetrax, he is the first enemy that gives Ben his first real challenge and forces him to start using his transformations strategically. |
| 779 | [[/folder]] |
| 780 | |
| 781 | !!Other Villains |
| 782 | |
| 783 | [[folder:Zombozo]] |
| 784 | !!Herbert J. Zomboni/Zombozo |
| 785 | [[quoteright:304:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20120324223730Zombozo_2271.jpg]] |
| 786 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnKassir (Original Series), Creator/JohnDiMaggio (''Ultimate Alien'', ''Omniverse'') |
| 787 | -->''"I love the sound of laughter. It feeds my soul."'' |
| 788 | |
| 789 | A mysterious MonsterClown who used to lead a CircusOfFear, making people laugh so he could use a machine to feed on their happiness while his minions were robbing the city. |
| 790 | ---- |
| 791 | * AscendedExtra: He was a one-shot (if memorable) villain in the Original Series, but was eventually brought back in ''Ultimate Alien'' for one more episode and then became a recurring villain in ''Omniverse''. |
| 792 | * AssholeVictim: He was Zs'Skayr's first real victim, as WordOfGod states he was taking over while Ben was fighting the MonsterClown. |
| 793 | * AxCrazy: In ''Ultimate Alien'', [[spoiler:he tried to kill Ben's mother in a very sadistic way while Gwen was watching. And it's clearly implied he buried someone at the beginning of the same episode]]. |
| 794 | * AwesomeButImpractical: How one could describe his nightmare powers. He is able to reach apparently RealityWarper levels of power with enough souls, but he requires a large amount of souls and a giant machine to do so. Without either, rubber arms aside, he is (technically) a normal man. |
| 795 | * BenevolentBoss: Nightmarish EmotionEater that he is, he treats his underlings pretty well by all indications, immediately going to help when Ben foils their robbery spree, despite being pissed at being interrupted in the middle of his feeding. In their second appearance, Frightwig even complains about not being able to work under Zombozo anymore. |
| 796 | * BodyHorror: ''Omniverse'' makes him look more zombie-like with his body rotting away. By "Something Zombozo This Way Comes", he's a horribly emaciated corpse. The episode apparently justifies this by stating that thanks to the lack of fear due to Ben's heroism, not only was he losing his powers, but his body was rotting away as well. |
| 797 | * BreakoutVillain: He was a one-shot villain in the original series, who was implicitly [[KilledOffForReal gone for good]] after Ben dealt with him. He would later go on to show up again in ''Ultimate Alien'', before finally becoming a recurring character in ''Omniverse'' and the 2016 reboot. |
| 798 | * CharacterExaggeration: ''Ultimate Alien'' and ''Omniverse'' pretty much just take the clown aspect and run with it. The latter moreso than the former. |
| 799 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: ''Three times''. |
| 800 | ** In the original series, he amounts to a supernatural stalker who feeds on the joy of people to the point that they'll become little but a husk if it continues, while also sadistically frightening Ben. |
| 801 | ** ''Ultimate Alien'' trades that in for a normal clown gimmick (such as seltzer and joybuzzers), as well as Zombozo being slightly more stoic, but no less clownish, and taking a more direct approach in murdering people or messing with their heads. |
| 802 | ** ''Omniverse'' makes him much more "wacky" while seeming to tie him back to being supernatural, looking like a corpse (and perhaps even implying as such, considering that we see no left eye, his visible ribs, and ''flies'' circling around him after he's captured) and using stretchy arms. |
| 803 | ** The only thing that has remained consistent between the appearances is that he's a MonsterClown. "Something Zombozo This Way Comes" apparently tries to justify this change by saying his abilities are powered by how much joy/fear he feeds on, and he hasn't been able to feed nearly as much since Ben first defeated him, causing his powers to gradually fade away and forcing him to rely on gimmicks in ''Ultimate Alien''. How exactly he got the stretchy arms is unclear. |
| 804 | * CompositeCharacter: ''Omniverse'' shows that he has kept the clown weaponry from his sole appearance in ''Ultimate Alien'', but his corpse-like appearance and {{Rubberman}} abilities (at least in his first appearance) indicates that he's more like the supernatural force that the original series showcased him as (Derrick has hinted that he is, in fact, supernatural). |
| 805 | * DarkIsEvil: Commonly dresses in predominantly black attire in ''Ben 10'' and ''Ultimate Alien''. He wears more purple in ''Omniverse'', but seems to have a shadow permanently cast over him. |
| 806 | * DenserAndWackier: His first series and ''Ultimate Alien'' show him to be a manipulative, horrific character despite his [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor dark sense of humor]] and [[CharacterizationMarchesOn changing arsenal]]. ''Omniverse'' exaggerates his clown aspects as far as it can. "Something Zombozo This Way Comes" brings back some of the darker aspects of his character, with him feeding on fear and his minions turning the citizens of Bellwood into zombie clowns. |
| 807 | * EmotionEater: In his first appearance, he fed on joy. In ''Omniverse'', he feeds on fear instead. |
| 808 | * EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Type 2. |
| 809 | * {{Expy}}: In the original series, some have noted him to be very similar to that of [[Literature/{{IT}} Pennywise the clown]]. He's much more like ComicBook/TheJoker in ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]''. |
| 810 | * {{Hammerspace}}: He's able to keep various clownish weapons hidden in his pockets, including a very large [[HyperspaceMallet hammer]]. |
| 811 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Zombozo's a MonsterClown who feeds on emotion, Joy in his first appearance and Fear in his later ones. However, like the bully he is, he can dish out fear but he can't take it, losing to Ben on two separate occasions due to Ben terrifying him into submission. Once with Ghostfreak's [[BodyHorror true form]] and the second by being tricked into looking at [[BrownNote Toepick's face]]. He even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it]] the second time. |
| 812 | -->'''Zombozo:''' No fair defeating your fear with ''my'' fear! ''Cheater!'' |
| 813 | * HumanoidAbomination: It's not clear ''what'' he exactly is (though ''Omniverse'' does give him a civilian name and he states that he used to work in a school lunchroom, suggesting he WasOnceAMan), but Word of God confirmed he was a supernatural being. He is apparently a EmotionEater who can use the emotions he feeds on to power various kind of supernatural abilities. |
| 814 | * TheLeader: Of the Circus Freak Trio. In addition, whenever he is in a VillainTeamUp, it will be either him or Psyphon who leads. |
| 815 | * MindRape: Inflicted this to Ben in his first appearance by taking advantage on Ben's [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes fear of clowns]]. [[spoiler:Ben then paid him back using Ghostfreak.]] |
| 816 | * MonsterClown: A supernatural clown-like criminal with AxCrazy tendencies and who strongly enjoys mind-raping people. |
| 817 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: He is, as some plot descriptions on websites gave him: A Zombie Vampire Clown. |
| 818 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: In his first appearance, he fed of people's happiness. The result when he got all of it wasn't pretty. |
| 819 | * OurZombiesAreDifferent: Word of God states he was actually bitten by a zombie before he was found and adopted by a circus, explaining a lot of his more supernatural abilities. This would make him close to being a PlagueZombie, although it's unknown if he can turn others into zombies using his innate abilities. In the Original Series and ''Ultimate Alien'', he looks, talks and moves relatively like a living human, but has yellowed teeth and implicitly makeup-free pale-gray skin, as well as [[YellowEyesOfSneakiness yellow eyes]] in ''Ultimate Alien''. Come ''Omniverse'' and he looks truly corpse-like with black holes implied to be rotted holes in his face's flesh, and exposed ribs inside a hole in his costume. |
| 820 | * PracticallyJoker: A lot of his personality traits are similar to that of Batman's archenemy and both of his voice actors did voice [[WebAnimation/DCSuperFriends the Clown Prince]] [[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood of Crime]]. |
| 821 | * RevenantZombie: PlayedWith. He's wholly sentient and capable of speech, but his goals in life vary from {{revenge}} to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent empowering himself by draining others]]' emotions (but often those two things are ultimately his endgame regardless of changes in his EvilPlan). |
| 822 | * RubberMan: His arms stretch in ''Omniverse''. |
| 823 | * RunningGag: He is usually defeated by [[HorrifyingTheHorror scaring him]]. In the original series, it was Ben as Ghostfreak. In Ultimate Alien, it was Anodite Gwen. In ''Omniverse'', it was Ben as Toepick. |
| 824 | * SameCharacterButDifferent: In the original series, he has a very supernatural edge to him. ''Ultimate Alien'' made him out to be an incredibly Joker-esque character with none of the powers he demonstrated in the original series, though he still has the same overall personality. The supernatural traits seem to have returned for ''Omniverse'', in that he can stretch and his body looks like it's decomposing, but now [[CharacterizationMarchesOn his personality is totally different]]. |
| 825 | * SlasherSmile: This is one of the few things he kept in ''all'' the series. |
| 826 | * VillainTeamUp: With Vulkanus and Charmcaster in ''Ultimate Alien''. With Psyphon and the alien criminals in ''Omniverse.'' |
| 827 | * WasOnceAMan: Omniverse reveals that his real name is Herbert J. Zomboni, and that he used to work in a school lunchroom. WordOfGod is that he was bitten by a zombie, left for dead, and rescued by a circus, leading him to become the HumanoidAbomination he currently is. |
| 828 | * TheWorfEffect: He's one of the most menacing villains in the original show yet, but he quickly gets put in his place by Ghostfreak, who's quite the monster himself. |
| 829 | * WorfHadTheFlu: It's explained that his weakening from his original form and reliance on weapons were because Ben had made it difficult for him to feed. |
| 830 | * WouldHurtAChild: Most of the antagonists are this to some extent, but Zombozo takes it in a far creepier direction, planning to drain Gwen's energy until she's a husk, and mentally tormenting Ben when he tries to save her. |
| 831 | * YellowEyesOfSneakiness: In ''Ultimate Alien'', he's portrayed as having yellow eyes, and is he ever sneaky and nasty... |
| 832 | * YourMom: In "Special Delivery", in the auction, he can be heard telling someone about the time he made a joke about Vilgax's mom. |
| 833 | -->'''Zombozo:''' Then I told Vilgax, "Know what's really scary? Your mom!" |
| 834 | [[/folder]] |
| 835 | |
| 836 | [[folder:Phil Billings]] |
| 837 | !!Phillip Billings |
| 838 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobertPatrick (Original Series), Creator/RobPaulsen (''Omniverse'') |
| 839 | -> ''You always were to smart for your own good, Max. But not joining up with me? That was just plain dumb.'' |
| 840 | A former Plumber whom worked with Max closely in the years they used to fight extraterrestrials. He eventually started business again, though it was by releasing aliens from the Null Void, which he'd then capture for a quick buck. He was later thrown into the Null Void, and never seen again [[TheBusCameBack until Omniverse]], where he made two appearances, the second of which reveals that his DNA got screwed with, resulting in mutations that eventually [[SplitPersonalityTakeover have their own personality that took over]]. |
| 841 | ---- |
| 842 | [[AC:Original Series]] |
| 843 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/phil_os.png]] |
| 844 | * AffablyEvil: He's generally a pretty approachable guy unless you threaten his unscrupulous operation, and even then he seems somewhat sad when Max refuses his offer to work with him and tries to reason with the kids when his secret's blown. [[spoiler:Which really makes what he's become by ''Omniverse'' all the more terrible.]] |
| 845 | * AssholeVictim: Well, Max ''does'' feel sorry for him, but many fans were under the impression he deserved his FateWorseThanDeath at the end of his episode. |
| 846 | * BadassNormal: By virtue of being a former Plumber, and Max's associate with that. |
| 847 | * FateWorseThanDeath: He ends up trapped in the Null Void at the end of his episode. |
| 848 | * FallenHero: Helped assist Max in defeating Vilgax, and then made work as what was more or less a con artist. |
| 849 | * GreenEyedMonster: Envies the attention and family Max has. |
| 850 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: He spent his post-retirement time using the Null Void Projector to unleash aliens on people so he could get a quick buck by capturing them. By the end of the episode, he finds himself trapped in the Null Void thanks to his own projector. |
| 851 | |
| 852 | [[AC:Omniverse]] |
| 853 | [[quoteright:319:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/phil_ov.png]] |
| 854 | [[caption-width-right:319:As a Rooter]] |
| 855 | [[quoteright:219:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/phil_terroranchula_5949.png]] |
| 856 | [[caption-width-right:219:In his Terroranchula form]] |
| 857 | |
| 858 | * AscendedExtra: He was a one-shot villain only meant to bring light on Max's backstory in the original series before being disposed of. ''Omniverse'' brings him back first as a minor but recurring villain and then features him as a member of the Rooters in the season six story arc. |
| 859 | * AssholeVictim: Max feels that while Phil didn't deserve to be left in the Null Void, the monster that's taken over his body certainly does. |
| 860 | -->'''Max:''' Phil got a raw deal, alright. But ''you've'' got this coming. |
| 861 | * BeardOfEvil: Once he joins the Rooters, he cuts it shorter, and the Rooters aren't exactly moral paragons. |
| 862 | * TheBusCameBack: Malware and Psychobos experimented on him, which had pretty bad effects on his DNA and resulted [[spoiler:his mutation]]. |
| 863 | * ContinuitySnarl: His first design when he reappeared was a tattered version of the current Plumber design (sleek, white spaceman-esque armor with a red dot around the neck), which is strange considering that the show actually features the original Plumber uniforms in some flashback sequences. |
| 864 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: Courtesy of the Nemetrix. |
| 865 | * EnergyAbsorption: His mutant Terroranchula form feeds on electricity. |
| 866 | * EvilWearsBlack: After becoming a member of the Rooters, he wears their black Proto-Tech armor. |
| 867 | * GiantSpider: His alien form is a giant humanoid spider. |
| 868 | * GreenEyedMonster: Taken even further, as he [[spoiler: hints that he's ''always'' been resentful toward Max as he's about to kill Ben]]. |
| 869 | * HalfHumanHybrid: He can transform into a human/Terroranchula hybrid. |
| 870 | * IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: This is attempted several time by Max on him when he comes back. [[spoiler:Sadly, it eventually turns out it already was too late.]] |
| 871 | * MagicPants: His clothes somehow remained intact when he changed forms, and as a member of the Rooters, his armor stretches. |
| 872 | * ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:"Kid, there hasn't been a Phil in this body for years."]] |
| 873 | * ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:His Terroranchula mind [[HydePlaysJekyll faked still being Phil]] so he could take advantage of Max's guilt to get inside Plumbers Headquarters and devour its power core.]] |
| 874 | * MirrorCharacter: In ''Max's Monster'', a lot of parallel is done between him and Kevin. [[spoiler:After TheReveal, though, it's decided he was nothing like him, as Phil is actually completely overtaken by his Terroranchula mind rather than under a reversible condition.]] |
| 875 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: [[spoiler:In his Terroranchula mutant form.]] |
| 876 | %%* RedEyesTakeWarning: His Terroranchula form has red eyes. (Describe the "take warning" part.) |
| 877 | * ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: [[spoiler:A variation: when the Terroranchula humanoid was about to be sucked into the [[PrisonDimension Null Void]], it shifts back to its full human form, aka Phil, and begs Max to have a heart, recalling how Phil already rotted in that place once. Max however knows better, and sends the creature that overtook Phil's body away.]] |
| 878 | * SplitPersonalityTakeover: The Terroranchula mind [[spoiler:appears to have completely consumed his own, leaving Phil as he was effectively dead]]. |
| 879 | * TimePassageBeard: Due being unable to shave for six years in the Null Void, Phil grew a long beard and longer hair. However, he later trims his beard. |
| 880 | * TouchedByVorlons: His abilities in "Max's Monster" [[spoiler:come from his exposure to the Nemetrix]]. |
| 881 | * TokenHuman: He's the only Rooter who can willingly switch between a human and alien form. |
| 882 | * TragicMonster: He was a selfish man looking to make a quick buck using EngineeredHeroics, and then spent years in the Null Void. We later find out he was captured by the Rooters and experimented on and sent to attack his former friends, and he clearly didn't enjoy it. And then when we see him return once again, Phil is effectively dead, his Terroranchula side having fully taken over. |
| 883 | [[/folder]] |
| 884 | |
| 885 | [[folder:Slix Vigma]] |
| 886 | !!Slix Vigma |
| 887 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/slixvigma.png]] |
| 888 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Armin Shemirman (original series), Creator/DeeBradleyBaker (Omniverse) |
| 889 | -->''"I am Slix Vigma. This is the Megacruiser. Everything on this ship belongs to me, including you.."'' |
| 890 | |
| 891 | An antagonistic robot who abducts aliens throughout the galaxy and forces them to fight each other to death. |
| 892 | * AssholeVictim: You know you're this when Kevin impaling you isn't treated as bad. |
| 893 | * GladiatorGames: He hosts them. |
| 894 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How he bites it, courtesy of Kevin 11 with his Petrosapien arm. |
| 895 | * HateSink: He's a vain, sadistic asshole of a robot who forces aliens into death matches for profit and pleasure. Despite being a machine he manages to be evil on a more human level than the various supervillains and aliens Ben encounters. |
| 896 | * {{Jerkass}}: What do you expect for someone who kidnaps aliens and forces them to fight just for his amusement? |
| 897 | * RoboticPsychopath: It's never revealed who built him or how he got where he is but for all intent it seems his function is to host barbaric death games with captured gladiators. |
| 898 | * SoftSpokenSadist: Slix speaks in a soft, calm voice that only emphasizes his love of toying with and mentally breaking his victims. |
| 899 | * TookALevelInKindness: In Omniverse, he hosts a fighting tournament instead of kidnapping random aliens. |
| 900 | * UnexplainedRecovery: It's never explained how he was rebuilt after being destroyed by Kevin. |
| 901 | * WouldHurtAChild: His two latest gladiators are Ben and Kevin. Granted he had no idea they were children when he abducted them, but after Diamondhead reverts to little Ben, Slix ''still'' keeps him in the games and probably would've treated Kevin the same if he wasn't locked in his alien form. |
| 902 | [[/folder]] |
| 903 | |
| 904 | [[folder:Exo-Skull]] |
| 905 | !!Exo-Skull |
| 906 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/exo-skull_ov_5010.png]] |
| 907 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Richard [=McGonagle=] (original series), Creator/DavidKaye (Omniverse) |
| 908 | |
| 909 | Exo-Skull hails from Ben 10,000's time period. He is a cybernetically enhanced Rhino/Human hybrid created by Dr. Animo, and part of a gang of human/animal hybrids. |
| 910 | ---- |
| 911 | * AllThereInTheManual: Most of the information about his backstory, such as Dr. Animo creating him and him belonging to a gang of similar animal/human hybrids, were revealed through a trivia pop-up. |
| 912 | * AscendedExtra: He made a brief appearance in the original series and a cameo at Psyphon's auction in ''Omniverse'' before becoming a recurring villain in the Time War arc. |
| 913 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He does love his girlfriend Subdora and is very patient with her and supportive of her need for artistic expression, giving her two chances to do things her way before he does the job his way. |
| 914 | -->'''Exo-Skull:''' I support you unconditionally and respect your need for artistic expression. But from now on, we're gonna do this job my way! |
| 915 | * ForceAndFinesse: He's the force to Subdora's finesse. |
| 916 | * HalfHumanHybrid: He's a human/rhino hybrid created by Dr. Animo. |
| 917 | * GeniusBruiser: Despite being mostly brute force in battle, he does have his moments. In "Fight at the Museum", he is seen laying on the couch reading a book. In "Secret of Dos Santos", he allows Ben, Rook, and Kai to disable all the temple defenses before stepping in to retrieve the prize. |
| 918 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: He's about twice Subdora's size. |
| 919 | * InterspeciesRomance: He's a human/rhino hybrid and Subdora is a Merlinisapien ([=ChamAlien=]'s species). |
| 920 | * NoSell: He is immune to Whampire's [[PuppeteerParasite Corrupturas]] and [[HypnoticEyes hypnosis]] due to his cybernetics (Though Subdora claims it's really because he doesn't have enough of a mind to control). |
| 921 | * UnholyMatrimony: Again, with Subdora. |
| 922 | * TheWorfEffect: In his first appearance, he [[CurbStompBattle goes down in a few seconds]] for the sake of establishing how badass Ben 10,000 is. |
| 923 | * WouldHitAGirl: When Kai manages to break his laser horn, he threatens to gut her before Ben saves her. |
| 924 | [[/folder]] |
| 925 | |
| 926 | [[folder:Ah Puch]] |
| 927 | !!Ah Puch |
| 928 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ben_10_ah_puch.png]] |
| 929 | |
| 930 | The supposed Mayan god of death. The Tennysons encountered him on a rather pointless adventure to stop the Forever Knights from claiming what he was guarding: the "Sword of Ekhuaj". Ah Puch stands out as one of Ben's stranger foes, as he's a figure from real-world mythology who doesn't seem to fit anywhere in the ''Ben 10'' universe. |
| 931 | ---- |
| 932 | * AdaptationalHeroism: While Ah Puch is commonly known as a malevolent monster who preys on the sick and weak, even seeking to destroy humanity in [[Literature/TheMidnightLibrary some]] [[VideoGame/{{Smite}} depictions]], here his only job is guarding the sword from intruders, including evil-doers like the Forever Knights. |
| 933 | * AdaptationalWimp: Despite being a god over life and death, Ah Puch doesn't display any real otherworldly power other than super-strength and agility, and gets trounced in combat by Four-Arms, a 10 year old boy in the form of a mortal alien. |
| 934 | * EveryBodyHatesHades: While not as evil here, Ah Puch is still a violent, angry monster whose willing to kill anyone who comes near his charge, good intentions or no. |
| 935 | * FlatCharacter: He has no characterization, never speaks, doesn't distinguish friend from foe, and in the end is nothing more than a glorified obstacle for Ben to fight. |
| 936 | * MacguffinGuardian: He guards the Sword of Eckhuaj, which turns out to be pointless as the sword as long since crumbled to dust from the centuries. |
| 937 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's not clear if Ah Puch is a true deity or an ancient alien worshipped as one. WordOfGod also confirms that the sword's power is indeed just a myth, and that the Omnitrix could sample his DNA. |
| 938 | * OurGargoylesRock: He resembles a massive Mayan rock sculpture brought to fearsome life. |
| 939 | * OutsideContextProblem: While similar entities would crop up later, Ah Puch is the only one based on a mythical deity, and is explictly referred to by Max as the God of death. He never turns up again after his sole appearance either. |
| 940 | * PhysicalGod: Whether he's a god or not, Ah Puch is a real bruiser and gives Four-Arms quite a bit of trouble. |
| 941 | * RiddleForTheAges: If the creators know anything about what this guy is, whether he's really a god, where he came from, or ''why'' he's protecting a useless artifact with no power, they sure as hell ain't talking. |
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