| NOTE: This page is only about Vilgax's classic incarnation as his 2016 incarnation was not voted Pure Evil, and thus only his classic version's info and crimes should be put here. |
| “ | I am Vilgax, Conqueror of Worlds! | „ |
| ~ Vilgax's most famous quote. |
| “ | I have come too far to be denied! The Omnitrix shall be mine, and there is not a being in the galaxy that dare stand in my way! | „ |
| ~ Vilgax's first line in the series. |
| “ | Azmuth! The creator of the Omnitrix At last we meet. What an honor... for you. | „ |
| ~ Vilgax when he discovered Azmuth. |
Vilgax is the main antagonist of the Ben 10 franchise.
He is a tyrannical alien overlord who wants to use the Omnitrix to conquer the galaxy and the archenemy of Ben Tennyson as well as a past enemy of Ben's grandfather Max Tennyson and the Plumbers.
In the original series and Omniverse, he was voiced by Steve Blum, who also voiced Zs'Skayr in the same shows, Ares in the God of War video games, the Green Goblin in The Spectacular Spider-Man, Red Skull in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Starscream in Transformers Prime, the Loki Master in Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, Darkseid in Justice League: War, Sauron in the Middle-earth: Shadow video games and Jindiao in Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny. In Alien Force and Ultimate Alien, he was voiced by James Remar.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
In General/Past[]
- He destroyed the home planet of Tetrax Shard, Petropia, to test the power of the Crystal on it and as punishment for Tetrax's people not submitting to his rule.
- According to Sugilite, the population was billions and considering that he is tasked with restoring Petropia, his estimation is very reliable.
- He wanted to conquer the whole universe using an army of aliens with the powers of the Omnitrix.
- He hated the Null Void as he revealed it to be a dimension for any horrible criminals in the galaxy to be banished by the Plumbers with the Null Void Projectors.
- He was most likely banished there in the past for his actions given how vile he is.
- He attempted to obtain the Omnitrix by killing Ben in gruesome ways.
- He is considered to be one of, if not, the most heinous villain in the franchise, having the highest kill count of any villain while being treated very seriously since he is never played for laughs and does not have any comedic moments.
- Though Vilgax does have some comedic moments in Omniverse, his actions are still played completely seriously.
- His actions are so heinous, he became feared throughout the entire universe to the point where no alien was willing to serve him.
- Since all life forms are too afraid of Vilgax, he instead built his own army consisting of a crew of robots.
- Despite the Ben 10 franchise's high heinous standards, Vilgax stands out for his large kill count and is able to live up as one of the most dangerous and ruthless villains in the series considering that he conquered and destroyed many planets and even destroyed all timelines except No Watch Ben's.
- Not only that, but he also intended to use the Omnitrix to conquer the universe with an iron fist and even attempted to kill Ben and his allies throughout the franchise.
- Like most villains in the Ben 10 franchise such as Zs'Skayr, Vilgax has no redeeming qualities and is not unintentionally heinous as he perfectly knows what he is doing and is incredibly sadistic. He is also one of the franchise's villains who had actually succeeded in killing Ben Tennyson (which is shown in Omniverse when he wiped out every version of Ben after destroying all timelines excluding No Watch Ben's timeline) as well as one of the franchise's villains who committed mass omnicide in the series.
- Because of this, he is easily one of the most dangerous villains Ben has fought in the franchise.
Original Series[]
- He planned to destroy the Earth after getting the Omnitrix from Ben, telling him that he would finally have the "pleasure" of destroying it.
- He had no problem torturing and killing Ben, who was a 10-year-old child at the time. He was more than willing to mutilate him by amputating his arm.
- When Gwen asks him if he can just take the Omnitrix off her instead of torturing her and amputating her arm in a non-canon episode, he laughs and asks "What fun would that be?", showing more that he has no mercy to even children and sadistically enjoys harming others.
- He was ungrateful to Kevin when he saved him and tried to kill him in battle.
- He only spared Kevin when he decides that he could be useful to him when he scanned him that he has absorbed the power from the Omnitrix.
- He sadistically watched as Kevin tore off the Omnitrix from Ben's wrist. However, they were tricked by Gwen into retrieving the Omnitrix, but it was revealed to be a bomb where Vilgax suffered a villainous breakdown.
- In "Ben 10,000", a future version of himself was previously destroyed and placed into a stasis pod by Ben 10000. He was discovered by Dr. Animo (who revived him and given him more enhancements as well transplanting Ben 10000's aliens' fighting skills into his DNA).
- The future Vilgax proven that he is more powerful and ruthless than the present Vilgax, when he easily overpowered and nearly killed both the younger Ben and Ben 10.000.
- In "Goodbye and Good Riddance" (which is a non-canon episode), he invaded Ben's hometown in Bellwood.
- He used the first drones as decoy units to be undetected. He then captured Ben's father in attempt to force him to surrender the Omnitrix. He attempted to destroy not only Ben's family, but also his hometown.
- In the movie Secret of the Omnitrix, he somehow escaped from the Null Void and most likely left Kevin there to die. He then tried to kill Ben and refused to help him prevent the Omnitrix from self-destructing, not caring that the universe would be destroyed and just tried to kill him out of petty revenge for sending him to the Null Void. He intended to capture Azmuth (creator of the Omnitrix) and would use him to create an even more powerful device.
- Even when he was defeated by Ben's newly alien, Waybig, he pinched Ben's hand, causing him to throw him to space.
- He captured a group of aliens and used their spaceship for his revenge against Ben for banishing him into the Null Void, and then killed them afterwards.
- He abused SixSix multiple times for no apparent reason.
Alien Force[]
- He conquered 10 worlds and destroyed 5 others, brutally defeating and stealing the powers of each of their champions, including Ultimo.
- He tried to conquer the Earth under a "lawful" pretense by challenged Ben to a fight to the death for rule over Earth and was willing to destroy the entire planet should he not appear.
- He promises to leave Earth after losing to Ben and getting banned from the planet, but he was lying and proved he has no issue breaking his code as he would try to take over the Earth later on.
- He is responsible for Zs'Skayr invading his world and getting all of his people turned into Ectonurites due to the fact that he freed the ghost.
- He lies to Ben's team, making himself look injured to manipulate them into freeing his world from Zs'skayr.
- Despite helping Ben defeat Zs'Skayr, he does not do it out of altruism and just wants to kill Zs'Skayr so he can be the supreme ruler of Vilgaxia again.
- He tried to kill Ben when he was under the form of Ghostfreak, viewing it as killing two birds with one stone. What's worse is the fact that Ben helped him save his planet from being conquered by Zs'Skayr, although it's obvious that he was ungrateful and didn't care about his species.
- He only helps his people to be worshipped, not out of any care for them.
- He ordered Ben to help him use the Omnitrix with the threat of killing his friends.
- He beat up Sugilite when he was trying to revive the people of Petropia, and when Sugilite asks him for mercy, Vilgax coldly smiles and replies by saying that he's never heard of it.
- He forced Ben to give up the Omnitrix and link it to his Bioids by holding Gwen and Kevin’s lives hostage.
- He lied to and betrayed Albedo with the empty promise of helping him return to his Galvan form and tried to kill him with an army of Humungosaurs even though it was thanks to Albedo that he got the Omnitrix.
- He tortured and kidnapped Albedo on his ship for no reason.
- After the Omnitrix was destroyed, he decided to punish Ben by setting his ship on a collision course towards Bellwood in his attempt to destroy Ben's hometown and everything else for a hundred miles to spite him.
- He also tried to drown Ben in the ocean during his final battle with him.
Ultimate Alien[]
- He deceived the Flame Keeper's Circle, using them to find Dagon's heart then betraying them once he gained enough power to restore himself to full strength.
- He became a servant to Dagon, a powerful god, but later betrayed and murdered him to take his powers for his own.
- He assisted in freeing Dagon from his imprisonment and allowing him to return to Earth to conquer it.
- He threatened Psyphon, his most loyal servant, with death should he have failed to successfully build the machine to absorb Dagon's power.
- This is most likely one of the reasons why Psyphon is terrified of him.
- He tried to tempt Ben to wipe out all evil in the universe and corrupt him into using the power to do whatever he wanted.
- He would have succeeded had Gwen Kevin and Julie not spoken to Ben to give up Dagon's power.
Omniverse[]
- He used Maltruant's Chronosapian Time Bomb to destroy all timelines, including his own, leaving only No Watch Ben’s universe for himself to rule over. By doing this, he killed every version of Ben Tennyson except for No Watch Ben. He also betrayed and killed Eon, Albedo and the other evil Bens he had allied with in the process.
- Even though No Watch Ben was seemingly no threat to him and, in his eyes, couldn't stop him from ruling his timeline, he still tried to kill him for the sake of it.
- In his final appearance, he and Albedo stole Malware's remains from the museum on Galvan Prime. They modified his genetic structure and turned him into a suit, which he wore to defeat Ben and obtain the Omnitrix. But their plan failed, and he was mortally injured and left in space, presumably dead.
Trivia[]
- One factor that may make Vilgax appear to not be Pure Evil is him seemingly caring about his homeworld, not being cruel to his citizens and even rescuing a little girl and his entire world from Zs'Skayr. However, this is all a ruse as his fake benevolence is merely done to ensure their loyalty to him, which worked to his advantage when they overpowered the invading Incurseans once they learned of his escape from them, and he merely wanted rule of his planet back from Zs'Skayr. Even his rescue of the little girl was likely done just to keep this perspective in her mind, as well as to potentially let Ben's conflict with him die down for the task at hand; he likely would have killed Myaxx, a female member of his species. This is further proven when Vilgax destroys all timelines except No Watch Ben's, including his own timeline, destroying his homeworld in the process just so he can take over another universe. It is also proven to be merely a desire for power as he conquered his homeworld in the first place despite being exiled from it.
- He shares the highest body count of any Cartoon Network villain along with the Lich, and one of the highest of any villain in cartoons or possibly fiction in general, due to destroying entire planets and even all timelines excluding one (even if this would be undone, he was still shown to do so successfully on-screen).
- His Reboot incarnation does not qualify as Pure Evil due to having quite a few comedic moments that detract from his villainy.
- He is considered by Azmuth, who is considered to be the smartest being in three to five galaxies, to be "the most dangerous being in the universe."
External Links[]
- Vilgax on the Villains Wiki.
- Vilgax on the Ben 10 Planet.
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