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Zed is a female[6] Anubian Baskurr currently owned by Kevin Levin, and formerly by Khyber.
Appearance[]
Zed is a dark blue creature that appears to be a cross between a dog and a dinosaur. She has red eyes, blue-gray spike-like hair running down from her collar to the tip of her tail, and black lines on her neck and legs.
Zed used to wear a spiked red collar that had the Nemetrix on it, but now she wears a light blue collar with a gold bone-shaped dog tag.
In Charm School, Zed wore blue-tinted goggles while Kevin conducted tests on his car.
Personality[]
As Khyber's pet, Zed was very savage and aggressive, only showing loyalty to Khyber.[7]
When Kevin saved her, Zed became loyal to him and soon became his pet, where he discovered her true gender much to Gwen's surprise.[4] After being taken in by Kevin and, by extension, Gwen, Zed seemed to have calmed down and is a lot tamer than before.[8]
Zed is able to understand others and their intentions better than most humans can.[8]
Zed doesn't like Argit.[MW 1] However, she did let him ride on her back in Weapon XI: Part 2.
History[]
Background[]
Zed was found by Khyber and chosen as a "worthy tool" for his hunting career. Ever since, she has been trained and responded to her master's commands.
With every test subject failing to remain stable and in control of their transformations, Zed became the perfect host for the Nemetrix due to her savage nature.[3]
Omniverse[]
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Zed with Khyber
Zed first appeared in The More Things Change: Part 1, where she attacked Ben as Crabdozer before being recalled by Khyber during a fight with Spidermonkey.
In The More Things Change: Part 2, Zed attacked Ben and battled Water Hazard as Buglizard before being defeated by Shocksquatch.
In It Was Them, Zed attacked Ben as Slamworm but was defeated by Diamondhead. She later attacked Ben a second time as Mucilator and was able to overpower Crashhopper. However, she was defeated by Dr. Animo's Mutant Ants.
In Of Predators and Prey: Part 1, Zed was first seen battling Stinkfly and Wildmutt as Buglizard. She later battled Armodrillo as Slamworm, Crashhopper as Mucilator, Heatblast as Crabdozer, and Ball Weevil as Terroranchula.
In Of Predators and Prey: Part 2, Zed seemed to be gaining the upper hand against Ben's alien forms before he eventually turned into Humungousaur. Through she was able to overpower Humungousaur as Tyrannopede, she was defeated by Grey Matter using Hephasestan Nero Grip. Zed survived the crashing of Khyber's ship.
In Outbreak, the Nemetrix became unstable, causing Zed to randomly change forms. Dr. Psychobos eventually fixed the device, allowing her to turn back to normal.
In Malefactor, Zed kept Ben busy while her master battled Rook Blonko and Malware downloaded the Galvan security codes. During the battle between predators and prey, she turned into Hypnotick to deal with Big Chill. Once the mission was complete, she retreated.
In Showdown: Part 1, Zed gained a new Nemetrix transformation, Omnivoracious, from a fossil at the Galvan Museum. Using this transformation, she chased after Azmuth. When Ben and Rook were teleported into Galvan Prime, she immediately battled Ben. However, she became confused by multiple whistle commands from both her master and a whistle made by Azmuth using a discarded piece of fossil. She then transformed into Vicetopus and captured Dr. Psychobos. However, Zed was abandoned by Khyber, who escaped with the Nemetrix, and captured by the Galvan.
Zed with Kevin
In Showdown: Part 2, Zed escaped from her cell during the attempted destruction of Galvan Prime and attacked Kevin. However, she became trapped under a boulder before Kevin saved her. She was eventually adopted by Kevin, who was able to confirm her gender.
Powers and Abilities[]
Zed can track almost anything and anyone by their scent.[1]
Zed has enhanced hearing, able to hear Khyber whistling from afar.[2]
Zed has enhanced strength. She is strong enough to headbutt Leander into a shelf.[5]
Zed has enhanced speed.[9]
Zed has strong teeth, able to cause great pain to Phil in his Terroranchula form by biting him.[5]
Equipment[]
Zed wielded the Nemetrix, containing DNA samples of the predators to some aliens in the Omnitrix. Initially, she could only transform and revert upon hearing Khyber's whistle,[3] but she was later able to transform and revert at will after the Nemetrix was modified by Dr. Psychobos.[10]
Weaknesses[]
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Zed can be tamed by scratching behind her ear.[11]
Feeding Zed will dull her hunting instinct.[12][6]
As Khyber's pet, Zed could be manipulated to transform by anyone who used a whistle which was at the same frequency as Khyber's gills, as seen when Azmuth built a whistle to turn Zed against Khyber and Dr. Psychobos.[11]
Appearances[]
Omniverse[]
Season 1[]
- The More Things Change: Part 1 (first appearance)
- The More Things Change: Part 2
- Trouble Helix
- It Was Them
- Of Predators and Prey: Part 1
- Of Predators and Prey: Part 2
Season 2[]
Season 4[]
Season 5[]
Season 6[]
Season 7[]
Season 8[]
Books[]
Graphic Novels[]
Omniverse[]
Video Games[]
Omniverse[]
- Ben 10: Omniverse (boss)
Trivia[]
- Khyber almost never fed Zed, preferring to let her hunt for her own food.[6]
- Zed's gender was first revealed by Kevin in Showdown: Part 2. Khyber and Azmuth referred to her as a male.[3][11]
- During production, Zed's gender was not decided right away.[DJW 2]
- Zed happens to share the same name of the Tetramand deity.[13]
- Zed shares a few similarities with Ship, such as both of them being dog-like aliens and able to detect if something is wrong with a person.[14][8]
- A scene with them interacting was discussed, but it did not come to pass.[MW 2]
- During her appearances in the first two seasons, Zed went unnamed because Khyber saw her only as a tool to hunt, and didn't care about her enough to name her.[DJW 3]
- Zed's name was first revealed in the credits for The Frogs of War: Part 2, despite not appearing in that episode. This is because she was supposed to physically appear in the episode, but her part was cut for time.[DJW 4]
- In the Omniverse Future Timeline, Zed was at home with a grounded Devlin Levin during the events of The End of an Era.[DJW 1][DJW 5]
- Coincidentally, Kevin previously had an alien pet in the Null Void that he called a dog.[DM 1] He took the pet to a vet named 'P'str'ph'.[DM 2]
- The idea of Kevin adopting Zed was requested by Greg Cipes due to his love of animals. Early on, there were some thoughts of an Earth dog for Kevin, which Derrick J. Wyatt started designing, before the crew decided to give him Zed.[DJW 6][DJW 7][DJW 8]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The More Things Change: Part 2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 It Was Them
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Of Predators and Prey: Part 2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Showdown: Part 2
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Rooters of All Evil
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 For a Few Brains More
- ↑ Of Predators and Prey: Part 1
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Mystery, Incorporeal
- ↑ Weapon XI: Part 1
- ↑ Outbreak
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Showdown: Part 1
- ↑ Khyber
- ↑ Many Happy Returns
- ↑ The Perfect Girlfriend
