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“ | As leader of the Kraaho, I swear this day that I will always be a good neighbor to you, Ben Tennyson. | ” |
– Ester.[1] |
Ester is a Kraaho/human-hybrid and a friend/ally of Ben Tennyson. Ester first appeared in Hot Stretch. She is the leader of the Kraaho.
Appearance[]
Regular Appearances[]
Ester wears a purple jacket, with white fur collars and cuffs, pink stockings, and purple snow boots. She has pinkish-red hair and a tiara with a diamond-shape at the top. Ester also has purple eyes and light pink skin, with two purple markings on her cheeks, and large whitish protuberances where a human's eyebrows would be.[MW 2]
Occasional Appearances[]
In Hot Stretch, Ester briefly wore a purple visor.
Personality[]
Ester has a generally open-minded and carefree attitude toward other races, particularly towards the street children of Undertown.[1] She shows great affection towards Ben, though she was irritated that her romantic hints toward him went unnoticed.[2] However, when the situation demands it, she can be quite serious and focused.
History[]
A hybrid of human and a species of Rubber Man aliens known as the Kraaho that founded a village under Bellwood. Since Kraaho are from a volcanic planet, they were uncomfortable with Earth's climate, and attempted to use a nuclear device to change Earth's atmosphere and make it more appropriate for them. They didn't care what would happen to the everyone else. Ester disagreed and ended up helping Ben deal with them. By the end of the episode she was elected as their leader, thus ensuring they wouldn't try that again.
Ben and Ester met in Hot Stretch when Ben and Rook attempted to stop her from stealing the fusion engine, but failed. She then helped Ben and Rook fight the Kraaho when seeing that Seebik was not following the true Kraaho way. By the end of the episode, Ester takes over as leader of the Kraaho from Seebik.
In Rules of Engagement, Ester brought Ben, Rook, Julie, and Hervé along to help prevent the Hot Spot from being under attack.
In Catfight, she went on a double-date with Ben, Rook, and Rayona. Later, she and Rayona watched Ben and Rook fight Nyancy Chan, and watched Nyancy, Looma, and Attea fight for Ben.
In Fight at the Museum, Ester invited Ben to the Bellwood Museum for a date, but Ben brought Rook along not knowing it was a date. Ester, Ben, and Rook helped Kai Green protect the Orb of Pumapunku, but Spanner took the Orb. When Kai was sad, Ester comforted her.
In The Most Dangerous Game Show, Ester was one of the remaining contestants in "The Most Delicious Game" but got sent to the Null Void with all the other females that Ben knew. After all the females escaped with Ben, Ester told Ben that she was dating Antonio.
Powers and Abilities[]
Being part-Kraaho, Ester is able to stretch her limbs at incredible distances like the rest of her kind.
Ester can make her body less or more stretchy and flexible.[DJW 1]
Ester is agile and possesses considerable strength. She is also proficient in hand-to-hand combat, able to fight en par with Rook.[1]
Weaknesses[]
Due to her elastic nature, Ester can be tied up with her own limbs, leaving her incapacitated for quite some time before freeing herself.[2]
Like the rest of her kind, Ester has a harder time dealing with cooler climates. However, due to her half-breed nature, Ester is able to handle such conditions far better than a full Kraaho, feeling only slightly chilly in +100°F temperature.[1]
Relationships[]
Love Interests[]
Ben Tennyson[]
When Ester first met Ben in Hot Stretch, they fought for a nuclear device. Later when she realized her kind were doing evil things using the device, she defected to Ben's Team. She brought him to her friends' town, and they played hockey. Ben turned into Water Hazard and splashed everyone with water to cool them down, including Ester, despite her unwillingness. He then brought her a towel, and she blushed as he gazed at her. She turned the water floating around him into snowflakes and ran laughing. Rook told Ben that she liked him. Later when her kind realized she was now the chief, she hugged Ben and told him she and her kind would be good neighbors.
At the end of Hot Stretch, Ester's friends called Ben her boyfriend. Ben at first denied it, but then excitedly asked Rook if he had a chance with her.
In Rules of Engagement, Ben decides to help Ester rebuild her ruined village at the end of the episode and Ester gleefully agrees, remarking on her love of Mr. Smoothy's (as opposed to Julie Yamamoto's dislike of them) as she hugged Ben close.
Ben and Ester went on a movie date at some point, which Jimmy Jones blogged about.[3] It was one movie, and no food.[4]
In Catfight, Ester was on a double date with Ben, Rook Blonko and Rayona. Later in the episode she hugged Ben and the two ran off to watch Sumo Slammers 6 3D again.
While nothing is committed between them, Ester is very possessive of Ben, refusing to let either Looma or Attea take Ben as a husband. Also, Ester showed noticeable jealousy towards Kai Green, seeing that Kai and Ben had history together. She was later horrified when Spanner reveals that Ben and Kai end up together in the future he comes from. By the end of the episode, however, Ester appears to have gotten over that fact and is not letting it bother her, even forging a friendly bond with Kai. Though it's highly likely she still has feelings for Ben as he does for her.
Antonio[]
At some point prior to The Most Dangerous Game Show, Ester and Antonio met online[DJW 2] and dated for a couple of weeks.[DJW 3] At the end of the aforementioned episode, Ester reveals to Ben (and, by extension, Kai) that Antonio's her new boyfriend. Ester explains to Ben that as much as she likes him, she's tired of fighting fate (since Ben's destined to end up with Kai and not her) and has decided to try moving on to other guys. Despite this, Ester and Ben still care about each other as friends and decide to remain as just that.
Appearances[]
Omniverse[]
Season 1[]
- Hot Stretch (first appearance)
Season 2[]
Season 6[]
- Catfight
- Collect This (photo)
Season 7[]
Season 8[]
Trivia[]
- Ester is fond of Mr. Smoothy.[5]
- Ester's dad was the leader of the Kraaho before Seebik took over.[1]
- Ester's voice actress, Tara Platt, and Ben's voice actor, Yuri Lowenthal, are married in real life.
- Ester was designed by Shakeh Hagnazarian.