History Characters / Ben10VillainsAlienForce

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: His size and the Phantophage's status as TheDreaded makes clear he's been getting away with devouring peace offerings for many, many years. Rath finally puts him in his place, and as ''Omniverse'' reveals, the incident drew sufficient attention to the Phantophage's practice that eating Tiffens became outlawed, robbing Jarett of his favorite snack.

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'''Villains premiering in:''' [[Characters/Ben10VillainsOriginalSeries The Original Series]] ([[Characters/Ben10Vilgax Vilgax]], [[Characters/Ben10ForeverKnights Forever Knights]]) | '''''Alien Force''''' | ''[[Characters/Ben10VillainsUltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'' | ''[[Characters/Ben10VillainsOmniverse Omniverse]]'' | [[Characters/Ben10VillainsSpecials The Specials]] | [[Characters/Ben10Villains2016Series The 2016 series]]\\
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* WeakButSkilled: Compared to most of the galactic threats seen in the series such as the Highbreed, Vilgax, and the reboots Fulmini the Incureans lack notable strength or powers. A single soldier is weak. However their technological strength allows them to hit beyond their weight and, combined with their numbers, makes them a threat to a vast majority of the galaxy.

[[AC:The Incurseans (Reboot)]]

In the reboot, the Incurseans appear in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10VersusTheUniverseTheMovie'' as galactic enforcers.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler:Instead of being ruthless conquerors like in the old continuity, the Incurseans here function more as an intergalactic police force and jury. They are also quick to help Ben return to Earth once he proves he isn't Vilgax by saving them.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WilWheaton (''Alien Force'', ''Ultimate Alien'', ''Omniverse''), Creator/DrakeBell (Reboot, Season 1), Creator/YuriLowenthal (Reboot, Season 2)

[[AC:Michael Morningstar (Reboot)]]
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In the reboot, Michael Morningstar appears as a teenage movie star playing an [[Film/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]] {{Expy}} who Gwen has a crush on until it's revealed that he is a real energy vampire who drains the energy given off by fans who adore him.

* ActuallyNotAVampire: He's a mutant, but he's still close enough to one.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the first adaptation he didn't debut until ''Alien Force'' where Ben and Gwen were 15 years old, while here he shows up while they're still 10 years old.
* AdaptationalVillainy: He is somehow ''worse'' than the original incarnation of the character, having been doing evil for centuries rather than just as a normal teenager, and while the extent of the original Michael's dysfunctional relationship with Charmcaster was simply deceit, this version is emotionally and physically abusive toward her as well. Darkstar was at least willing to [[EnemyMine team up with Ben]] [[PragmaticVillainy fight off the Highbreed invasion]], while this version lacks any such moments.
* AgeLift: Unlike his teenage Classic counterpart, this Michael is hundreds of years old.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Charmcaster traps him in her spellbook as revenge for his abuse towards her.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:If he did die when Charmcaster's spellbook is destroyed, he thoroughly deserved it.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: To Gwen and any of his fans, so that he can absorb their energy.
* DeaderThanDead: Possibly, as he was turned into energy and trapped inside Charmcaster's book...which was later completely destroyed in "Which Watch".
* DomesticAbuse: To Charmcaster in her first appearance. Unlike his Classic incarnation, who was just manipulative and unfaithful, this version is flat-out abusive toward her, frequently yelling at her in order to keep her submissive to him and forcibly taking her power for himself. [[spoiler:Thankfully, she ultimately sees the light and gives him his comeuppance.]]
* EnergyAbsorption: This is once again how his powers work.
* {{Expy}}: He now has more traits reminiscent of Kevin 11, such as changing appearance after absorbing someone's energy.
* {{Jerkass}}: Even before he's outed as a villain, he's a jerk to other people due to his fame making him arrogant.
* KarmaHoudini: In his first appearance, the energy he stole is recovered and he is humiliated, but the heroes are unable to actually charge him with anything so they just leave. After he vows revenge, along comes a fangirl to provide him with fresh new energy...
** That fangirl [[spoiler:ended up being Charmcaster, and in his second appearance, she [[AssholeVictim finally gives him what he deserves]] once she finally realizes that he doesn't care about her]].
* LightIsNotGood: His debut episode is even titled "Bright Lights, Black Hearts".
* LightningBruiser: He's very efficient in battle, as Ben finds out the hard way.
* ManipulativeBastard: He knows how to use his celebrity status to his advantage.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He implies that the teen star gig is just his latest scheme for adoration and that he's been at it for ''hundreds'' of years.
* TheSociopath: He ''still'' has no empathy for anyone but himself.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:It's unknown if he was still in Charmcaster's spellbook when it's accidentally destroyed by Monster Kevin.]]

[[folder:Forever Knights]]
Forever Knights debuting in ''Alien Force'' include:
* Forever King Patrick
* Connor
* Squire
* Dr./King Joseph Chadwick
* Sir Morton

->For more information on them see [[Characters/Ben10ForeverKnights this page]]
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[[folder:Simian]]
!!Simian
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DiedrichBader

An Arachnichimp met during ''Alien Force''. Simian initially introduced himself as a prince from Arachscimia intending to pass a test consisting in getting a precious crystal to become king. It later turned out he was lying: he was actually a ConMan hired by Highbreed to steal said crystal, which was a power source for a Plumber station on the Moon. Ben was able to prevent him from leaving with the crystal, though, leading him to a YouHaveFailedMe situation with his hirer. He later turns out to have survived and returns to help.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:He gets turned into a card by Collectimus.]]
* AssholeVictim: Non-lethal version; while he ended up surviving both times, two episodes featuring him end with him stuck in a less-than-pleasant situation (one where it seems like he was ''intended'' to die before the writers changed her mind), and considering how unsympathetic he is, we probably aren't mean to sympathize.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In his first appearance, he appears to be a pretty nice guy until his act is revealed in the last minutes of the episode.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: In ''Omniverse''.
* ConMan: He only played the role of a prince to get the crystal for his employers.
* EvenEvilHasStandards[=/=]PetTheDog: for all his jerkassery and amorality, he displays a strong altruistic side toward his own species; his first appearance had him saving Ben/Spidermonkey from a fight with [=DNA=]liens after mistaking him for a real Arachnichimp, and he involved himself a lot in repairing his mistakes after he accidentally cause most of his planet to be infested by Xenocytes.
* {{Flanderization}}: ''Omniverse'' drops his more redeeming qualities and instead focuses on him being an unscrupulous con man.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He only looks to benefit himself... most of the time.
* {{Jerkass}}
** HiddenHeartOfGold: See EvenEvilHasStandards above.
* KarmicDeath: He was hinted to have suffered this from the Highbreed who hired him at the end of his first appearance; this was retconned in ''Ultimate Alien'' as the Highbreed merely imprisoning him, allowing him to escape and come back alive and well.
* ManipulativeBastard: He ''tried'' to be this with Ben during his first appearance, but ended underestimating Ben.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Four-armed to be specific, by virtue of being an Arachnichimp.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He wrongly assumed Ben was a naive hero he could easily fooled into helping him by gaining his sympathy with some sad story he made up. Not only does Ben end up seeing through his masquerade, he actually [[OutGambitted out-gambits]] him.
* UnexplainedRecovery: He was [[spoiler:turned into a card by Collectimus]] in "Collect This", but returned as Argit's business partner in "Color of Monkey". How he managed to return is left unanswered (and unquestioned, as none of the other characters mention it).
* WarriorPrince: Subverted; he pretended to be this to get Ben's sympathy, but that was just a story he made up.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: In ''Omniverse''.
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[[folder:The Hive]]
!The Hive
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-->You are different than the other drones. Stronger. Together, we could rule everything.
-->'''The Hive Queen, to Nanomech'''

The villains from the second live-action movie "Alien Swarm". The Hive is an army of living, techno-organic, bug-like nanochips with the ability to both infest people in order to take over their minds and fuse together to form various structures. They were discovered by Plumber's member Victor Validus, but the others refused to believe him, and they ended up taking over him. Eventually, the Swarm was stopped when Ben used the sample of their own species, Nanomech, to reach the Queen inside Validus' brain and apparently kill her. They eventually come back in Ultimate Alien, where it's revealed that the Hive Queen Ben killed was actually a decoy, while the real one hid inside Validus' daughter (and Ben's childhood friend) Elena. Eventually, Elena's personality fused with the Hive's mind, causing her to become crazy and turn into an AxCrazy {{Yandere}}.
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[[folder:Sunder the Retriever]]
!!Sunder
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PowersBoothe (''Alien Force'', ''Ultimate Alien''), Creator/DavidKaye (''Omniverse'')

A BountyHunter introduced in ''Alien Force''. Like many others before him, Sunder is usually seen intending to get Ben's Omnitrix.

%%* BountyHunter:
%%* CoolHelmet: In ''Omniverse''.
* {{Expy}}: He rides something similar to [[Comicbook/SpiderMan the Goblin Glider]]. What form did Ben take when they first fought? Spidermonkey. In overall appearance, however, he's more blatantly a reference to Terrax the Tamer, a herald of Galactus and enemy of the Fantastic Four.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: He has a large scar on his left eye.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:At the end of his first appearance, he ends up trapped in the Null Void by the effects of his own axe.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: He doesn't really care ''who'' he is working for, as long as he gets paid. As a result, [[spoiler:Azmuth was once able to recruit his help]].
%%* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver
%%* RedEyesTakeWarning
* VillainDecay: ''Omniverse'' has him beaten effortlessly by Ben as Shocksquatch in a BatmanColdOpen, when ''Alien Force'' and ''Ultimate Alien'' presented him as a legitimate threat capable to fight toe to toe with Ultimate Spidermonkey.

[[folder:Ragnarok]]
!Ragnarok
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnDiMaggio

An alien criminal whose job is to destroy suns so he can take their energy and sell it to other planets, uncaring if millions of people die in the process. Ragnarok was the criminal responsible for the death of Kevin's father Devin.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Both "Xenocite" and "Xenocyte" are valid spellings of the parasites used to create [=DNAliens=].

* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Decides to spare the Earth so Ben's mom doesn't lose her child after spending the episode trying to find her son.]]

* MeaningfulName[=/=]NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Morningstar." Sometimes used as a divine title for Jesus. More commonly used as the translation of "Lucifer" into English (who is known as the '''FallenAngel''').

* DemonicPossession[=/=]CyberneticsEatYourSoul: If a Techadon is destroyed but part of him (typically his hand) survives, it can then take over a host to rebuild itself over his body, gradually turning him into a Techadon. Cash almost ended up with this fate.

[[folder:The Techadons]]
!!The Techadons
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A series of very powerful, mass-produced robots that are sold as war machines by a mysterious, unknown organization Inspector 13 is part of.

* AliensAmongUs: [=DNAliens=] where holographic ID masks in order to appear as normal humans, in many cases implied to be their human identities before they were converted. This means that potentially anyone that the team encounters could be a [=DNAlien=] in disguise.

* BadBoss: They hate their [=DNAliens=] just as much as they hate any other species. They just see the [=DNAliens=] as slightly more useful, thanks to being subserivent to them and useful as cannon fodder, slaved and soldiers.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name is Norse for destruction, and like his name, his motive is to sell energy from destroyed suns.

* ActuallyNotAVampire: In his first appearance, he drains the life force from girls he seduces to feed himself, said girls are turned into zombies under his control, and he even lives in a mansion. However, he's confirmed to be a mutated human who happens to drain energy.

** Several episodes also play him up as an evil counterpart to Kevin personality-wise, as well as both of their powers based on absorption; this is ''especially'' the case after Kevin goes energy crazy and Gwen seeks consultation from Darkstar for the matter.

* EvilVersusOblivion: Even he doesn't want the Earth to be destroyed, and fights alongside Ben's team during the Highbreed invasion.

* FantasticRacism: The very kings of this trope, to ''every single other species in the Universe''. They take it to such extreme that they consider any form contact with other species potentially infectious, hence why they relies on [[FacelessMooks the DNAliens]] as their armies. To illustrate: in the pilot, when one of them get bitten by Humongousaur, he blames him for "infecting" him and decides to react by [[DisproportionateRetribution destroying the entire city]].
%%* HeelRaceTurn: [[spoiler:At the end of season 2.]]

* LargeAndInCharge: The Highbreed dwarf the [=DNAliens=]. Also the Highbreed councilers are fatter compared to other Highbreed.

* EnemyMine: When Michael Morningstar kidnaps the Highbreed for his powers alongside Ben and Kevin, they assist Gwen in springing everyone loose, then ditching once the job was done.

* ZergRush: While they ''are'' physically much stronger than a regular human being, as demonstrated in "Ben 10 Returns" when Ben is forced to face one in human form, a single [=DNAlien=] is no match for Kevin, Gwen or most of Ben's alien forms, and they usually go down like flies when facing the three of them. However, the Highbreed have an absolutely ''spectacular'' number of them, so they have managed on several occasions to defeat and capture the heroes or force them into retreat merely by outnumbering them.

* NazisByAnyOtherName: A species of aliens fixated on maintaining their genetic superiority. In their pursuit of genetic purity, the Highbreed strive to eliminate all other races, considering them to have inferior genomes. They also enslave other species by making them into DNAliens and using them as slave labor, similar to how the Nazis treated non-Germans such as Jews and Slavs as "subhumans" and suitable only for servitude.

* BadBoss: They hate their [=DNAliens=] just as much as they hate any other species. They just see the [=DNAliens=] as slightly more useful, thanks to being subserivent to them and useful as cannon fodder and soldiers.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: In comparison to Vilgax, who is a more or less solo villain with robotic mooks, and a single-minded goal to obtain the Omnitrix, a device that allows the wearer to become a wide variety of aliens, the Highbreed are an army with organic mooks, and [[FantasticRacism despise every other species]] and make it their goal to wipe them out. [[spoiler:They're also one of the few major ''Ben 10'' villains to have made an authentic HeelFaceTurn.]]

* NazisByAnyOtherName: They are a race of aliens so obsessed with genetic purity that they seek to exterminate all other races, believing their gene pools to be "inferior".

->'''Voiced by:'''' Creator/JeffBennett (''Ultimate Alien''), Creator/SteveBlum (''Omniverse'')

-->Voiced by Beth Littleford

* FlatCharacter: She only appears in one episode of Omniverse, and makes a single cameo later.

** Also to the Headcrabs from ''Franchise/HalfLife'', which also attach themselves to people's heads and turn them into monsters.

** The manner of conversion through Xenocites attcahing to a victim's face brings to mind the Facehuggers from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''.

* {{Expy}}: The manner of conversion through Xenocites attcahing to a victim's face brings to mind the Facehuggers from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''.

* TheHeavy: Princess Attea during Season 3 of ''Omniverse''.

* MisplacedRetribution: Despite his sympathetic motives he went out of his way to show up Ben and Azmuth for perceived slights while blaming them for things they never actually did to him (He blames his misfortunes on Ben in ''Ultimate Alien'' when it was really Hugh's fault as the standout example)