Skip to content
Ben 10 Club
  1. Ben 10 Forum, News & Fan Community
  2. General Discussion
  3. Characters
  4. Was Vilgax an overused Villain ?

Was Vilgax an overused Villain ?

Characters
4 3 803 2
  • npzmanN

    In the early promotional material on Ben 10: Alien Force, it was stated that it was five years since Ben defeated Vilgax on posters, websites and DVD cases of early volumes disc. Alien Force season 1-2 was always written as if Vilgax was gone for good. Then in the 3rd season of AF Vilgax made a comeback and then just keeps coming back until the end of omniverse. While I think Vilgax is a pretty cool villain, he just gets overused and the writers should have been better off exploring other villains. But no they don't stop cashing in on his popularity.

    You'll never find a safer place for all LGBTQ+ people than this Ben 10 Club profile.

    1
  • Tactical OchoaT

    I wouldn't say that he was overused in the series. More on the lines of he wasn't handled well in the sequel shows. He never felt overused to me. It just felt like the directions that they went with him in the sequel shows didn't work well and didn't fit him as a character. This page goes more into that.

    Link Preview Image
    What happened to Vilgax after the original series?

    I believe that the three sequel series did a good job at introducing their own villains into the story, such as the Highbreed and DNAliens, Aggregor, Malware...

    favicon

    Ben 10 Club (ben10club.org)

    1
  • coreofthesunC

    @npzman I think that Vilgax was meant to be gone for good in AF. I think that the writers were planning to continue the Highbreed arc (at least partially) into Season 3 before some last minute meddling by CN, meaning that they rushed Vilgax back into the series.

    As for him being overused, well by the time Omniverse rolled around or even as early as Ultimate Alien, it did feel like they were using Vilgax for the sake of it or just because he was the most recognised villain. However I think that it was down to them not reimplementing him properly into the series again and taking away the parts of him which made him such an awesome villain in the first place.

    So yeah, Vilgax just wasn’t done correctly in AF and from there onwards, and the post which Tactical Ochoa linked goes into more detail on that.

    “There’s always another way. In fact, sometimes to do something, all you need to do is nothing.” -Professor Paradox

    1
  • npzmanN

    They just want to cash in the popularity of the character gotta sell those squid toys.

    You'll never find a safer place for all LGBTQ+ people than this Ben 10 Club profile.

    1
Log in to reply

  • Tactical OchoaT

    Edit of Ben 10,000 without his beard

    Characters
    2
    0 Votes
    2 Posts
    1k Views
    jondennison72J
    I like him with the beard. And I love Grandpa Max Tennyson with a beard too.
  • Tactical OchoaT

    This perfectly explains why Ben x Julie doesn't work

    Characters
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    852 Views
    No one has replied
  • Tactical OchoaT

    These would've been better designs for a teenage Gwen

    Characters
    3
    0 Votes
    3 Posts
    1k Views
    Tactical OchoaT
    @huger-mandany They don't have social media accounts, unfortunately.
  • Tactical OchoaT

    Why Kevin Levin should be a villain

    Characters
    12
    2 Votes
    12 Posts
    3k Views
    Tactical OchoaT
    @KineceleranGirl I recall hearing something like that. I guess I wouldn't mind about him being a vigilante or something of the likes as long as him and Ben remain as enemies and not friends. Not only do I think Kevin is far more interesting as a villain, but I think he has the potential to be one of the best and most dangerous and terrifying villains in the franchise. Moments like what you mentioned from the Ken 10 episode I think showcased that. Kevin's powers combined with his sheer obsession towards making Ben suffer is a very dangerous recipe that could really create quite an intense conflict for Ben, Gwen, Ken, etc. to deal with.
  • coreofthesunC

    Khyber - just how good a villain was he?

    Characters
    5
    1 Votes
    5 Posts
    753 Views
    coreofthesunC
    Adding from my original post, I think that Ben as a character is ultimately Khyber's foil. As a hunter Khyber's entire character is revolved around observing his prey or opponents carefully before striking. He wants to find patterns in their behaviour, he wants to learn everything about who they are, and then catch them when they are least expecting it. But Ben's unpredictability and fun loving nature which is so often seen as a flaw may actually work to his benefit and ultimately help him prevail in the end. This combined with him being the wielder of the Omnitrix may make it just as frustrating for Khyber to defeat Ben as it would be for Ben to defeat Khyber (for the reasons I outlined in the first post) which I believe would lead to a really interesting conflict between them despite the lack of personal or malicious intentions from Khyber.