| “ | What's the matter, Ben? Aren't you glad to see me? Haven't you learned by now that nothing can stop me?! | „ |
| ~ Zs'Skayr to Ben after being resurrected. |
Zs'Skayr, also known as Ghostfreak, is the secondary antagonist of the Ben 10 franchise.
He is the Ectonurite High Ecto-Lord of Anur Phaetos and Anur Transyl Ectonurite. Originally stuck in the Omnitrix in the form of "Ghostfreak", he managed to gain control over it after time and escape the Omnitrix, becoming one of Ben Tennyson's most cruel, feared and dangerous enemies.
In the original series as well as Ben 10: Omniverse, he was voiced by Steve Blum, who also voiced Vilgax in the same show, Ares in the God of War video games, Green Goblin in The Spectacular Spider-Man, the Loki Master in Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, Starscream in Transformers Prime, Darkseid in the DC Animated Movie Universe and Jindiao in Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny and Doomagedon in Regular Show. In Ben 10: Alien Force, he was voiced by Jeff Bennett, who also voiced Dick Hardly in The Powerpuff Girls and The Huntsman in American Dragon: Jake Long.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
In General[]
- He was still conscious inside the Omnitrix, attempting to take control of Ben to escape while also taunting him.
- He is shown to be very sadistic as he takes pleasure in harming others.
- Whenever taking control of Ben as Ghostfreak, he'd viciously beat or even psychologically torture his opponents, such as the Circus Freaks in "Ghostfreaked Out" and Zombozo in 'Last Laugh". This behavior would greatly frighten Ben and cause him to become fearful of using Ghostfreak.
- He killed a flourana in which Wildvine was supposed to be the ninth alien for the Original Series, implying that Zs'Skayr possessed the flourana for the sampling of the ninth alien and killed the flourana.
- Anyone or anything he finds worthless is tortured for his amusement and kills them when the usefulness is done for.
- He has a habit of either threatening his way to dominance, beating his own minions or betraying anyone once he has what he wants.
- Despite the Ben 10 franchise's high heinous standards, Zs'Skayr stands out for his mass possession, enslavement, brainwashing and huge kill count while he is able to live up as one of the most terrifying and dangerous villains in the series to the point that even his linked consciousness with Ghostfreak made Ben afraid of turning into Ghostfreak again, fearing that Zs'Skayr would try to take over his body again. Even his name means "the scare".
- Like most villains in the Ben 10 franchise such as Vilgax, Zs'Skayr 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 has committed mass brainwashing and possession as well as being one of the villains in the series who has committed murder.
- Because of this, he is one of the most intimidating and dangerous villains in the series as well as one of Ben's most sadistic and cruel enemies.
Ben 10 Original Series[]
- He constantly attempted to possess Ben (who was only a 10-year-old child at the time) in order to take control of the Omnitrix multiple times.
- He threatens the Circus Freaks into joining him by physically abusing Thumbskull.
- He stalked Ben until Ben turned into Ghostfreak than Heatblast in order for the escape to be completed.
- He possesses Gwen and uses her as both to fight Ben and as a human shield, and then threatens to kill her if Ben didn't surrender. And even when Ben does surrender, Zs'Skayr still sics the Circus Freak Trio, whom he had just forced into being his minions, after her and Max since in his words "[Ben] had a deal with me, not them".
- He stalked Ben to get revenge on him for his previous defeat from "Ghostfreaked Out".
- He launches a Corrodium beam from a satellite station across Earth, mutating the entire population (except the Tennysons) just to block out the Sun and be at full power.
- When Viktor questions why they're focusing on Ben instead of the plan, Zs'Skayr possesses Viktor and rams him into the floor and wall for questioning his order.
- While fighting Ben in space, he sadistically gloats: "It will be a pleasure to watch you explode in the vacuum of space!"
Ben 10 Alien Force[]
- He attempts to take over Earth again by using an army of Ectonurites to possess people.
- Betrays Vilgax after he helped him escape his prison and enslaved Vilgax's planet, converting the citizens (including kids) into Ectonurite slaves to obey him.
- During his fight with Vilgax, he tells him that soon his slaves will infect other worlds.
- When Ben became Ghostfreak again, he took over Ben's body and tried to kill Gwen, Kevin and Vilgax.
Ben 10 Omniverse[]
- In From Hedorioum to Eternity, he possessed Thaddeus J. Collins and tricked Kevin into mining hedorioum and feeding it into his furnace for his portal of Ectonurites to take over the Earth.
- He possessed plumbers into taking Zs'Skayr to Anur Transyl and without Ben's knowledge stalked Ben into taking him to Anur Transyl.
- He consumes King Xarion's soul to reawaken Dr. Viktor mainly because he is useful to him.
- He uses the magic of the Alpha Rune to resurrect the Vladats from extinction, not caring when Dr. Viktor objects to the plan or that they fed on and enslaved Viktor's species.
- He enslaved the entire population of Anur Transyl with Lord Transyl's Corruptoras, and almost did the same thing to Ben until Dr. Viktor betrayed his master to prevent the Vladats' resurrection.
Trivia[]
- It is unclear if Zs'Skayr was always a power-hungry villain or if constant imprisonment in the Omnitrix made him the way he was. Regardless, he is never portrayed sympathetically in the show and his imprisonment does not in any way excuse his actions.
- Zs'Skayr is a symbolic antagonist referencing to the behavior patterns of a stalker in real life, in which it is the best and almost realistic way of how stalker behaviors work. It is shown in Zs'Skayr's Revenge and Escape Arc as referenced on how stalkers actions are brought to life, and it was later shown by Derrick Wyatt for Ben 10 Omniverse: Galactic Monsters when the stalker behavior would be shown in reference to a realistic stalker.
External Links[]
- Zs'Skayr on the Villains Wiki
- Zs'Skayr on the Ben 10 Planet.
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