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| “ | I see you brought help! You're going to NEED it! For every one of your ten thousand heroes, I'll steal enough DNA to create TEN THOUSAND MONSTROUS MINIONS! | ” |
– Dr. Animo to Ben 10,000.[3] | ||
Dr. Aloysius James Animo[note 1] is a mad scientist obsessed with genetic experiments on animals. He is one of Dr. Animo's futures from an alternate timeline.[note 2][note 3]
Appearance[]
Animo has his head held in a dome of water and attached to the body of an albino gorilla with white fur, purple skin, and giant claws on his feet. He retains his Prime Timeline counterpart's pale green skin and white hair. When detached from his body, Animo's head has tentacles attached to the bottom of the dome. He has black eyes, with one of them being big with a scar running down it.
Personality[]
Animo's personality hasn't changed much over the years, as he is just as egomaniacal as he was back in his original body.
History[]
Background[]
Animo accidentally destroyed his body trying to recreate the Kevin 11 mutation, leaving only his head undamaged.[pop-up 3][3]
Ben 10[]
In Ben 10,000, Animo revived Vilgax using the Transmogrifier to defeat Ben 10,000 and his younger counterpart. When Animo was defeated by Gwendolyn and her younger self Gwen, he was taken into custody.
Powers and Abilities[]
Animo retains his Prime Timeline counterpart's enhanced intelligence. For example, he was able to program Ben's aliens' moves into Vilgax's DNA.
Animo's gorilla body grants him enhanced strength, allowing him to hold his own when wrestling Four Arms and break out of Diamondhead's crystal enclosure.
Animo is durable enough to withstand an assault from an adult Tetramand.
Animo can jump high in the air.
Animo can crawl on walls.
Animo can generate knockout gas from the vent on his chest.
Animo can detach his head from his body.
Equipment[]
Animo has a Transmogrifier attached to the dome covering his head, allowing him to reanimate deceased beings, as he demonstrated on Vilgax.
Weaknesses[]
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Electricity Vulnerability
Animo is vulnerable to electricity, as shown when he was shocked by Buzzshock.
Separating Animo's head from his body can leave him very vulnerable and a lot easier to trap.
Like his Prime Timeline counterpart, Animo's arrogance and over-confidence still continues to be his downfall.
Appearances[]
Ben 10[]
Season 3[]
- Ben 10,000 (first appearance)
Trivia[]
- Dr. Animo was designed by Thomas Perkins.[TP 1]
- Dr. Animo is similar to Ultra Humanite from the DC Universe as they are both evil scientists with the bodies of albino gorillas.
Notes[]
- ↑ Dr. Animo's middle name, James, was first added to the wiki on the Prime Timeline Animo's page on January 31, 2010 by a user named RaphBlade7. It was never mentioned in any official media or merchandise until the Omniverse episode It Was Them, which canonized it.[BTP 1]
- ↑ The Omniverse crew brought back the Ben 10,000 from the Original Series instead of working on a new one like in Ultimate Alien.[DJW 4][DJW 5][DJW 6][DJW 7][DJW 8][DJW 9][DJW 10]
- This is due to:
- The executives' push for having everything more like the Original Series, which was the most successful of the franchise.[DJW 9]
- The crew's preference of the original Ben 10,000[DJW 8] over the Ultimate Alien portrayal.[DJW 10]
- Derrick J. Wyatt made several further statements to corroborate this, expanding on what was known from the Original Series, such as the backstories for the Biomnitrix and Kevin Levin invoking the plotlines of Ben 10,000[DJW 11] and Ken 10[DJW 12] respectively, the defining tragedy in Ben 10,000's life having now occurred at the age of 20,[DJW 13] "shifted" from the original age of 15,[pop-up 1][3] etc.
- The writing of the show also explicitly called this out, such as when Ben identified the future Dr. Animo in Animo Crackers as the same person who he encountered in Ben 10,000,[4] and other efforts were made throughout the last few seasons to align the story with the original future timeline, in terms of character designs, set designs and plot lines.
- This is due to:
- ↑ Ben 10,000 is stated to be Ben Prime's true future self.[DJW 7]
- This is evidenced in-show in Omniverse by the fact that both the Ben 10,000[5][6] and the future Dr. Animo[4] recalled characters and events from the present day. Chrono-Spanner also frequently visits present day with effects of his actions manifest in his present.[7] This would not be possible if these characters belonged to an alternate timeline.
- It was pointed out by fans that this created a plot hole with the Original Series, as Ben 10,000 was from an alternate timeline[8][9][pop-up 2][10] in which he never travelled to the future when he was 10, and consequently did not give Max a cake on his 60th birthday, while Ben Prime did.[3] Thus, Ben 10,000 did not recall the events of the episode from his younger self's perspective.[9][DM 1][DM 2][DM 3]
- Derrick responded to the matter by saying: "Your 'plot holes' are irrelevant. Time isn't completely fixed, it's shifting. Events can be subtly altered. But Ben 10,000 is the future for the Ben Prime timeline."[DJW 7] Therefore, it is an unintentional retcon by the Omniverse crew.
References[]
Crew Statements[]
Thomas Perkins[]
Derrick J. Wyatt[]
- ↑ File:Animo 23 Proof.png
- ↑ https://archive.fo/IgrsQ
- ↑ File:Benzarro Animo.PNG
- ↑ http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt/q/417381300865888378 (no longer accessible)
- ↑ http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt/q/421752490921325024 (no longer accessible)
- ↑ http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt/q/425001921745540846 (no longer accessible)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 File:DJW OV Future Response.png
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:Derrick goal restore original Ben 10k.png
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 File:OV Ben 10K TPTB statement.png
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 File:Ultimate Ben Is Lame.png
- ↑ File:DJW came up with Biomnitrix.png
- ↑ File:Kevin 11K is Both a Hero and Villain.png
- ↑ File:Ben 10K Now Serious At 20.png
