Gene Plicer

Gene Palmner, better known as Gene Plicer, is a supervillain and scientist from The Saviors of Sunset City. He is a human, best known for his cloning of various superhumans.
== Personality ==
It is unknown what Gene was like prior to his son's death from a mutated version of leukemia. What is known is that he became vengeful and desperate to save him after Hader Labs denied him funding. After the Norvockian Brain Worm merged with him, he became insane, slowly losing himself in his desperation to perfect his cloning technology. This also came with apathy, as Gene no longer cared about anything else, likely due to the worm's intervention.
== History ==
=== Origin Story ===
Gene Palmner was an ordinary scientist working for Hader Labs, until his son was diagnosed with a mutated variant of leukemia. He tried to ask the company for insurance money, though was denied by Dr. Russell Hader himself. In a desperate attempt to save his son, he stole from and ravaged the machines built in the labs to gain parts for machines to cure his son, getting himself fired. In one last final attempt after his son passes away, he builds a cloning pod. At first, it seemed like a success, but then he realized how imperfect the clone was. Trying again and again, it was never enough. He then saw a broadcast of 10's heroics on the TV, and came up with a new plan, to perfect his cloning through cloning mutants, specifically members of The Echelon Eight. Collecting DNA from various scraps left over at battle scenes, he quickly got to work.
=== First Encounter With 10 ===
Gene began by cloning various lesser heroes, with a few failed clones of Echelon Eight members. 10 eventually found the warehouse, stopping him with the newly-unlocked Armodrillo. However, due to 10's inexperience, the building collapsed, with 10 abandoning him in favor of finding the police. Battered and broken, Gene was ready to resign to his death. However, Gene was found by a mysterious alien creature weaving through the rubble, which later injected itself painfully into his eye socket.
=== A New Beginning ===
With a new lease on life, Gene hatched more plans, with the Norvockian Brain Worm enhancing his intelligence and efficiency. Gene made more failed clones, before eventually creating his perfect creation. Filename L_X_12. Alongside his magnum opus, he planned and executed multiple heists to further his plans, forgetting why he started it in the first place as the Worm took over.
=== 10 and White Lion's Duo Session ===
Once again fighting his nemesis, Gene was greeted by Big Chill, of whom he grabbed with his tentacle. 10's concerns about Gene's mental state were met with a slam through the floor, showcasing the power of the newly reborn Gene Plicer. Gene then shows of L_X_12 to 10 as he reappears, before an army of clones is sent to fight him, boasting about how he'll take over the world. 10 pleads with Gene to stop this, as it won't bring his son back, to which Gene responds that his son was weak, just like 10. As 10 turns into Armodrillo, Gene cackles at the form that had previously undone him being mutilated by the clones. 10 finally times out, with Gene commanding L_X_12 to steal the watch. Gene gets impatient quickly, before L_X_12 betrays Gene, using the watch to fight him. Turning into a new alien, the newly named Levi shoots a flamethrower at Gene, knocking him into a nearby cloning chamber, which causes Gene to remark about how expensive the chambers are. Levi shoots a fireball at him, before Gene retaliates, grabbing him slamming Firecracker into a chamber. Levi breaks free, hitting Gene with a fire spin, which knocks him out, causing the clones to go limp as his consciousness waned. Gene was later incarcerated, being locked up on the trip in Vituoso's blimp, later being transferred to the V.A.U.L.T..
== Notable Moments ==
* Being fired from Hader Labs
* Watching his son die of Leukemia
* Going insane
* Cloning superheroes
* Being nearly killed by 10
* Making a perfect clone
* Being the host of a Norvockian Brain Worm
== Powers and Abilities ==
=== Norvockian Brain Worm ===
The Norvockian Brain worm inside Gene's right eye not only imbues him with enhanced durability and intelligence, but is prehensile, elastic, and super strong, with the capability to grab intangible beings.
=== Cloning Devices ===
Gene Plicer has the technology to clone anyone, regardless of mutation, so long as he has the DNA, and the ability to control them.
== Trivia ==
* Gene Plicer's mannerisms were inspired by Dr. Animo from the Ben 10 franchise, with the cloning coming from the Mauler Twins from Invincible, and the Norvockian Brain Worm being a mixture of Matthew Norvock from The CW's The Flash and Doctor Octopus.
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