Chimera Sui Generis (Classic)

Chimera Sui Generis, also known as Chimera Su GenerisAnd Then There Were 10Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1 and Vilgaxians,Ultimate Alien Ben 10,000Ben 10,000 ReturnsMilleousVilgax Must Croak are a species from the planet Vilgaxia.Ghost Town
==Appearance==
Chimera Sui Generi are a green humanoid species with long tentacles on their head or chin like those of an octopus or squid. The number of tentacles can vary. They have four pointy fingers and two toes. Most female Chimera Sui Generi have tendrils on their head, while males have them on their chin or all around their head to resemble hair or beards, respectively.
===Original Series===
Their bodies, if not cybernetically altered, have red circuit/vein-like patterns. Their tentacles have spots in a mud-like pattern, being yellow or dark green. They have angled red eyes. Their heads supported a green neck-pillow-shaped sac in the original series that connected both of their cheeks from the back of their heads. This was only seen on Vilgax in Omniverse. Their lips are black and have lines connecting to their sac. Again, only Vilgax had this feature in Omniverse as Myaxx has shown to have more feminine lips.
===Alien Force and Ultimate Alien===
Chimera Sui Generi lack the red circuit/vein-like patterns; they rather have a smooth torso and wrinkled limbs. Also, all Chimera Sui Generi have minty green eyes, with the exception of Myaxx and Vilgax.
===Omniverse===
Males have tentacles around the head and a green neck-pillow-shaped sac on the back of the head. They also have black lips and have lines connecting to their sac and have spots with darker shades of green as they age. Females have tentacles on the top of the head without any spots, green neck-pillow-shaped sacs on the top of the head and black lips without lines that connect to the sac.
Vilao vilgax.png|Vilgax in the Original Series (pre-Secrets)
Implants Vilgax.png|Vilgax in the Original Series (Secrets)
Vilgax af render-2.png|Vilgax in Alien Force and Ultimate Alien
Vilgax-OV.png|Vilgax in Omniverse
Future vilgax render.png|Future Vilgax
Myaxx.png|Myaxx in the Original Series
MyaxxAF.png|Myaxx in Alien Force
Myaxx ov render.png|Myaxx in Omniverse
Ultimate Vilgax Profile 2.png|Ultimate Vilgax
GhT (683).png|Citizens of Vilgaxia
==Diet==
Chimera Sui Generi have at least shown to be able to consume crustaceans.A Knight to Remember
==Powers and Abilities==
AND (228).png|Enhanced Strength
AND (240).png|Enhanced Durability
Gwen (1825).png|Enhanced Agility/Enhanced Reflexes
GhT (162).png|Fire/Heat Immunity/Radiation Resistance
Primus (557).png|Codon Stream Empowerment
Chimera Sui Generi possess enhanced strength, as Vilgax before his augmentation was able to kick XLR8 quite far into a tree.A New Dawn
Chimera Sui Generi possess an immense level of durability, as Vilgax able to survive a nuclear explosion at point-blank range (though it was made clear he was seriously injured and widely believed to be dead at that time).Truth Vilgax was also able to withstand Chromastone's energy beams,Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 2 recover within seconds from the Omnitrix's explosion,The Final Battle: Part 2 and even endure a brutal assault by Diamondhead, Atomic-X, Electricyeti and Gwen 10's Cannonbolt.And Then There Was Ben
Chimera Sui Generi possesses enhanced reflexes, as Vilgax without his cybernetic enhancements was able to easily dodge Max's Electric Cannon.Gwen 10
Chimera Sui Generi are immune to fire, as Vilgax was able to completely withstand Swampfire and Ultimate Swampfire's fire blasts, as well as surviving a massive wave of fire from Heatblast with no visible damage.Secrets Chimera Sui Generi can also safely pass through Earth's atmosphere, Chimera Sui Generi can also be empowered by the Codon Stream on Primus, making them increase massively in size.Primus
==Weaknesses==
TWB (539).png|Electricity Vulnerability
GhT (206).png|Ectonurite Transmutation Vulnerability
VoV2 (434).png|Immobilized by Ice
TSoC (611).png|Affected by Cold Virus
Chimera Sui Generi are vulnerable to electricity, such as that generated by a Gimlinopithecus.
As demonstrated by Zs'Skayr, Chimera Sui Generi are vulnerable to being transmutated into Ectonurites.
Chimera Sui Generi can be scared by Toepick's face.
Chimera Sui Generi can become immobilized in ice.Ben 10,000 
Chimera Sui Generi are vulnerable to the cold virus.The Secret of Chromastone
==Notable Chimera Sui Generis==
*Vilgax
**Vilgax (No Watch Timeline)
*Myaxx
*Citizens of Vilgaxia
*Unknown (the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Chimera Sui Generis)
===Notable Altered Chimera Sui Generis===
*Vilgax (Original Series Future Timeline)
===Notable Chimera Sui Generis Hybrids===
*Ultimate Vilgax (Part Altered Chimera Sui Generis, Part Lucubra)
===Non-Canon Chimera Sui Generis===
*Vilgax (Gwen 10)
*Vilgax (Goodbye and Good Riddance)
*Vilgax 3000
==Etymology==
The name "Chimera Sui Generis" comes from "Chimera", a mythical beast with parts from many different animals, and "Sui Generis", a Latin term that means "of its own kind/genus" or unique in its characteristics which roughly translates to "Chimera of its own kind".
==Trivia==
*The Chimera Sui Generis were the first species to be introduced in the Classic Continuity and in the franchise.
*Two facts about the Chimera Sui Generi were retconned in Ghost Town from what was established in the Original Series.
**All female Chimera Sui Generi had a dark "beauty mark" somewhere on their center face tentacle, but none of the females seen in the aforementioned episode had them.Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix
**Most Chimera Sui Generi were trained from birth for combatBack With a Vengeance and craved any chance for it, but in the aforementioned episode, Vilgax stated that most of them were innocent people.
*In the Ultimate Alien Future Timeline, Chimera Sui Generi are known to have invaded Earth three times prior to Ben 10,000 Returns. The third known invasion was defeated by Ben 10,000 during his term as President of Earth.
*The Chimera Sui Generi look like Cthulhu, a literary evil deity and conqueror (like Vilgax) created by author H.P. Lovecraft.
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