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Let's see how your brawns goes against brain.

Undertow to Four Arms before switching to Dark Matter.[2]

Dark Matter is the Antitrix's cross-contaminated DNA sample of a Galvan[note 1] and Kevin's equivalent to Grey Matter.

Appearance

Dark Matter is extremely taller and skinny than his normal counterpart, taking the appearance of a demonic frog creature. His skin is red with two horns. His eyes are red with black rectangle-shaped pupils. His limbs are thinner and longer with the addition of four claws and two toes with a back toe one each foot. His uniform consists of a black sleeveless suit under a grey vest with black stripes around his ribcage.

In Wheels of Fortune, Dark Matter wore a yellow Sumo Slammers 2 t-shirt with a blue collar and sleeves, as well as white sports shoes with blue accents.

In The Monsters in Your Head, while under the influence of Dr. Animo, Dark Matter's eyes glowed white and lacked pupils.

In Tales from the Omnitrix, Dark Matter was slim, skinny, and pale. One of the most notable feature is that his face is bloated and swollen.

Dark Matter wears the Antitrix symbol on his chest.

Powers and Abilities

Being part-Galvan, Dark Matter possesses enhanced intelligence similar to Grey Matter, affording him the knowledge of how to instantly recharge Ben's Omnitrix by inputting a specific code sequence.[1] Due to Kevin's modifications to the Antitrix, however, Dark Matter is more powerful than Grey Matter, both intellectually and physically.

Dark Matter possesses enhanced strength, as he was able to easily pick up Four Arms and throw him.[2] He is also far more durable than Grey Matter, being able to take a beating from Dr. Animo's Antitrix alien-powered animals.[3] He also retains Grey Matter's enhanced agility, being able to quickly navigate a jungle,[3] along with his reflexes[4] and jumping capabilities.[5]

Using improperly-directed synaptic energies,[DR 3] Dark Matter can secrete a dark red cerebrospinal fluid.[DR 4] It can be deployed through several means, such as in its fluid form,[6] fireballs,[2] or energy.[5]

Dark Matter is able to harden this fluid into plaque and can use his mind[DR 4] to manipulate it to form constructs, such as spears,[7] sais,[5] pickaxes,[4] daggers,[3] or shields.[5]

Dark Matter's cerebrospinal fluid can also be utilized as a fuel for automobiles,[6] or, when hardened, crystalize his opposition[2] or propel himself into the air.[3]

Dark Matter can stick to and climb walls thanks to micro suction cups on his skin.[ab 1][4] He can also breathe underwater, as demonstrated by Grey Matter.[8]

Dark Matter's body is extremely flexible, being able to contort in various ways without causing harm to himself, including twisting his head all the way around.[3]

Though typically bipedal, Dark Matter can easily walk on all fours like a quadruped.[3]

Weaknesses

If Dark Matter's cerebrospinal fluid is forcibly extracted from him, it will cause great pain to him, as well as render him incapacitated.[6]

Dark Matter can be mind-controlled.[3]

Dark Matter is vulnerable to fire.[3]

History

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Dark Matter SHT

Dark Matter in Super Hero Time

Omniball Battles

Kevin transforms into Dark Matter in Level 3 of the game. In this level, some of the pegs are covered in red crystals that the player has to break first in order to hit the peg.

Super Hero Time

Dark Matter is a playable alien in the game.

Naming and Translations

Language Name Origin
French Matière Noire From the original English name
German Dunkle Eminenz From dunkel, dark and eminenz, eminence
Italian Materia Oscura From the original English name
Polish Ciemna Materia From ciemna, dark and materia, matter
Portuguese (Br) Matéria Negra From the original English name
Russian Черная Дыра
Уфаноит
From черная дыра, black hole
From Ufanoit
Spanish (HA) Materia Oscura From the original English name
Turkish Karanlık Madde From the original English name

Etymology

Dark Matter’s name may come from “dark” and his counterpart, essentially being an evil version of Grey Matter, In addition, in real life, Dark Matter is a nonluminous matter not yet directly detected by astronomers that is hypothesized to exist to account for various observed gravitational effects.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Duncan Rouleau initially stated all transformations in the Antitrix were "cross-contaminated" with other species.[DR 1][DR 2] However, the crew was just told that they are just "special messed up Kevin versions (or "Kevin-ified" versions) of [Ben's] aliens."[KT 1][KT 2] The merchandise also used similar language, such as "Kev-ified" to describe Antitrix transformations.[Playmates 1] Kelly Turnbull interpreted Duncan's statements as meaning "they're all getting little bits of DNA sloshed together, not necessarily two aliens spliced directly together."[KT 2]

References

Crew Statements

Duncan Rouleau

Kelly Turnbull

Merchandise

Playmates Toys

Activity Books

Antitrix Transformations
Regular Aliens BashmouthBootlegCrystalfistDark MatterHot ShotHumungoraptorQuad SmackRushSkunkmothThornbladeUndertowWreckingbolt
Fusion Aliens Alien VAntiVilgaxMonster KevinMonster Kevin (Story)