Tim Buktu

Tim Buktu is an ego-driven antagonist who first appeared in Villain Time.
==Appearance==
Tim Buktu is an aged man who has a slightly overweight body, squinty eyes, black hair styled into a pompadour, and a squared chin covered in a permanent 5 o'clock shadow. 
His outfit consists of a collared shirt with ripped sleeves, brown shorts, and brown shoes. He wears a yellow beaded bracelet and a brown band on his right and left wrists respectively. His shorts are held up by a belt, the silver buckle of which is embellished with the letter "T". He wears a necklace featuring a gray Tiki-like decoration.
Tim Buktu Baby.png|Tim as a toddler in Baby Buktu
Gentle Ben (297).png|Tim dressed as a moth in Gentle Ben
Tim Machine.png|As Tim Machine in Buktu The Future
Buktu underwear.png|Tim in his underwear in Buktu The Future
==Personality ==
Tim Buktu is very selfish, and was willing to ditch a drowning Ben for his own benefit. He is also shown to endanger the lives of children just to discredit Ben. He is also cowardly and obsessed with fame, willing to do anything to gain attention for himself.Big in Japan
==History==
===Ben 10===
Tim Buktu first appeared in Villain Time, where he had a competition with Ben to see who was the better hero. Eventually, he triggered a crisis at a dam, allowing himself to save the day while Ben was stuck in his tar-pit. Max and Gwen, however, found out that he also caused a prior boat fire, and exposed him for his crimes. Tim retaliated by throwing a vial of acid at the dam, partially destroying it. Although he intended to easily fix it, the crack in the damn quickly grew out of his control. Reluctantly, he teamed up with Ben as Diamondhead to fix the dam, using his tar vials to patch it up. He was soon arrested by the police, telling Ben that when they meet again, it's villain time.
In Safari Sa'Bad, Tim was revealed to have been living in Adrenaworld: Safari-Land for the past month, taking up residence in an out-of-order washroom. Luring the Tennysons to the theme park, he devised a revenge scheme, grabbing a strand of Ben's hair to create a voodoo puppet so he could control Ben. Puppeteering Ben, he attacked the Congo A Go Go ride, and later directly attacked Max and Gwen. He and Ben travelled further down the ride's path, planning to send the boat down a waterfall. However, Max destroyed the voodoo doll just in time, allowing Omni-Enhanced Wildvine to save the boat, and foiling Tim's revenge plot.
In Half-Sies, he is briefly seen in prison, telling Maurice and Sydney to quiet down while he read a book.
In Big in Japan, Tim returned to his old tricks, by controlling a Sapphire Dragon to attack a city, and saving it, making him a hero. Although Ben doubted his newfound sense of justice, Gwen and Max gave him the benefit of the doubt. While they got sushi, Ben followed Tim in his mecha, where he found Tim entering a cave. Transforming into Rath, he found Tim practicing his next performance with the dragon, and was caught. Tim chased Ben into the town, where he claimed Ben was the one making the dragon attack the town. Ben was able to convince the town otherwise, though, so Tim dropped the act, attacking Ben with his mecha and the dragon. Heatblast managed to make the dragon heat up Tim's mecha, forcing him to eject, and retreat while the mecha fought using its autopilot.
In Baby Buktu, Team Tennyson found Tim in the deep jungle, although he was a baby. After spotting more babies, they followed his lead to an ancient temple. They entered it, and encountered a horde of aggressive primates, which Ben fought off as Four Arms. Further inside the temple, they found the Fountain of Youth, but it was almost empty. Nanny Nightmare then appeared, turned Max into a baby, imprisoned the cousins, and explained what had happened. When she went to the Fountain of Youth, she found Tim, and he had drunk all of the fountain's water, turning him into a baby. She planned to wring him of the water he drank, prompting him to escape (revealing he could still speak in the process). Teaming up with Ben and her henchmen, Tim commandeered the monkeys to take down Nanny Nightmare and the temple's guardian, Bartholomew. Nanny Nightmare (against her will) made a cure for the Fountain of Youth, curing Max. Tim drank the rest of the potion, depraving the henchmen of their cure. In retaliation, they attacked him.
In Gentle Ben, Tim snuck into the Omni-Copter while the Tennysons were transporting the cocoon of an Exotic Moth, planning to "rescue" the moth, be celebrated as a hero of animal rights, use the moths powers to free other animals, and rob a bank with them. After using Omni-Kix Four Arms' strength to disturb and awaken the baby moth, he donned a moth costume, and mimicked its mother. He and the moth escaped the Omni-Copter, and Ben followed him as Jetray. Jetray shot him down with his neuroshock blasts, and once he had recovered, he was confronted by a family of Exotic Moths. While the Tennysons safely navigated the baby moth to its home, Tim was captured by the others, and trapped in a silk cocoon.
In Tim Buk-TV, Tim had started a new reality TV show called "Tim Buk Wild" along with Anthony Roachisano. They travelled to the Okefenokee Swamp, where he met up with Team Tennyson once again. Ben and Tim decided to race towards the Blushing Orchid, with the latter planning to pick it for his private collection. Throughout the race, he and Ben fought each other, with Ben eventually realizing that he should be racing to save the orchid instead of racing to beat Tim. The two eventually met up at the orchid, and they fought with Tim using his mecha and Ben using Omni-Kix Humungousaur. Omni-Kix Humungousaur defeated Tim,, saving the orchid.
In Buktu The Future, Tim broke into Area 55 while he was livestreaming. There, he was kidnapped by Phil Jr., prompting Team Tennyson to rescue him. After making their way into the building and meeting Phil Jr., they were introduced to Tim Buktu, who now wore a time-travelling suit and called himself the "Tim Machine". Although the time-travelling suit only allowed Tim to travel one second through time, he easily dealt with Heatblast, and almost successfully stole the Rustbucket for its battery. However, he was knocked out by Phil, after the latter hit him with his car on accident. Ben as Slapback took Tim back to Phil Jr. to act as a distraction, while Max, Gwen and Phil shut him off. Phil Jr. decided to override Tim's system, making him far more powerful, even for Omni-Kix Slapback. Tim attempted to resist Phil Jr., forcing the AI to instead use his body as a blunt weapon instead. After Phil shut down Phil Jr., Tim's time-travelling suit broke, and Phil threw him out of Area 55. 
==Powers and Abilities==
VT (484).png|Glider
VT (130).png|Blow Darts
VT (327).png|Rope
Gentle Ben (148).png|Bow
BIJ (256).png|Mecha
TBTV (156).png|Grappling Hook
TBTV (169).png|Safety Scissors
TBTV (184).png|Gator Whistle
Gentle Ben (223).png|Leaping Spider
Gentle Ben (237).png|Kangaroo Kick
Gentle Ben (246).png|Dancing Cobra
Gentle Ben (321).png|Exotic Moth Communication
VT (234).png|Smoke Vial (formerly)
VT (286).png|Tar Vial (formerly)
VT (450).png|Acid Vial (formerly)
VT (148).png|Antivenom Vial (formerly)
VT (223).png|Hypno-Totem (formerly)
Safari (403).png|Voodoo Doll (formerly)
BTTF (199).png|Time-Travelling Suit (formerly)
BTTF2 (54).png|Anti-Gravity Bolas (formerly)
Tim Buktu is skilled with using various devices and weapons, such as mechanical wings and special fluids kept in vials. He also has above-average strength, being able to lift a boulder, albeit with a great deal of effort. He is somewhat athletic, having some moves he named after animals.Gentle Ben
Tim can communicate with Exotic Moths by mimicking them.
===Equipment===
Tim Buktu has many different kinds of nature-based weapons, such as poisonous blow-darts, rope, and mechanical wings. He also utilized a bow, a grappling hook, a pair of safety scissors, and a whistle that summoned alligators to his aide.Tim Buk-TV 
Tim has a mecha which is equipped with a laser blaster, rocket launchers, a mechanical claw, rocket feet, an ejection seat and an autopilot.
Tim used to have a hypno-totem, but Heatblast burned it. He also kept various vials on his person, containing smoke, tar, acid and antivenom.
Tim created a voodoo doll that let him control Ben's actions, even while transformed. However, Max destroyed it.
Tim received a suit from Phil Jr. that allowed him to travel back one second in time. It allowed him to fix small mistakes such as getting hit by objects or falling. He was also given bolas that applied anti-gravity to whatever they wrapped around.Buktu The Future
==Weaknesses==
Since Tim doesn't have any real powers, if someone were to take away his items, he would be powerless.
Tim's narcissistic and cowardly nature can backfire, making it easier for his opponents to defeat him.
Tim is vulnerable to Nanny Nightmare's Regressive Baby Powder.Baby Buktu
==Appearances==
===Ben 10===
====Season 1====
*Villain Time (first appearance)
====Season 2====
*Safari Sa'Bad
*Half-Sies (cameo)
====Season 3====
*Big in Japan
*Baby Buktu
==== Season 4====
*Gentle Ben
*Tim Buk-TV
*Buktu The Future
==Etymology==
Timbuktu is a historical city in the West African nation of Mali.
==Trivia==
*Tim Buktu is similar to Carl Nesmith. Both of them set up scenarios in order to make themselves popular, and both are disgraced by the end of their debut episodes.
*Tim Buktu has a podcast that he co-hosts with Gwen.
*According to himself, he is in his 20s.
*Tim Buktu was inspired by Bruce Campbell.
**The crew tried to cast Bruce Campbell as him, but could not get it to work, possibly because of his schedule.
==References==
===Crew Statements===
====Duncan Rouleau====
====Kelly Turnbull====
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