Clancy (Universe 3008)

## Clancy

**Clancy Calder Animo**, known to most simply as **Clancy**, is a mentally ill mutant human with the power to control bugs and Insects. He is Dr. Animo's nephew and one of Ben's first foes.

## Appearance

Clancy resembles a strange-looking man with bluish skin, a goatee, and black hair kept long and messy with purple highlights, overgrown black nails and fanged teeth. Initially he wore a black hooded shirt with a beetle on the front, a pair of blue-grey pants with the knees torn out, and a brown leather coat torn at the shoulders. He now suits a pair of dark galoshes, blue frayed pants with patches on them, a murky brown shirt with his signature beetle symbol and a worn out hooded coat with slits.

After being experimented on by Dr. Animo, Clancy now has the ability to change into a grotesque locust/grasshopper-like form.

## Personality

Clancy is mentally unwell and has a vindictive attitude, especially towards people. He was unwilling to leave the rundown apartment build by his grandfather which he called home despite it being commissioned for demolition. He is also reckless, vengeful and in most situations, out his mind, best demonstrated when he was dead set on causing a nuclear meltdown at a local power plant, hoping that all non-insectoid life will perish in the aftermath. In fact, with the exception of his uncle, Dr. Animo, Clancy shows no sign of compassion for anyone else but his bug "friends". He also shows signs of delusion and hallucination at times, often calling his fellow bugs by human names such as "Jerry" and talking to them in a casual manner as if he were talking to people.

## History

### Background

Clancy used to live at 8610 Chester Street, an apartment that was built long ago by his grandfather, Arne Animo. He spent most of his childhood hopping from one boarding school to another, never being able to properly integrate anywhere as everyone would instantly harass him because of his strange nature. Even as a young child his odd connection with bugs and insects was clearly noticeable. If he dropped something and it went under the furniture ants would bring it back, fleas and mosquitoes never dared touch him, and generally speaking ,wherever he went, his "little friends" followed. His parents were taken aback by all of this and they avoided him as much as possible not knowing what else to do. Clancy noticed this and it took a heavy toll on him. His uncle on his father's side, Aloysius Animo, would be the only person to show him any compassion whatsoever, often bringing him sweets and souvenirs he bought on his work trips which put him in a good mood overall. It is unknown what happened to his parents but it is implied that they left him and his grandfather passed away shortly after due to an unspecified affliction. His adulthood didn't seem any brighter, lingering in shambles, with swarms of bugs as his only companions. During this time his physical appearance also drastically changed, almost resembling a folkloric ghoul-like figure rather than a human being.

### Ben 10

Clancy first appeared in Side Effects. When Chinatown's councilwoman, Liang, commissions his apartment building for demolition. When Clancy learned that his residential area must be torn down to successfully finish the project, he decides to take action and tries to scare the construction workers away by sending swarms of insects after them, and sending an army of wasps to the gathering in Chinatown. When he finds out that it was the councilwoman who ordered the demolition, he intends to feed her to his black widow spiders, but Ben is able to come to the rescue as Four Arms. Sending fire ants to attack Four Arms, his attempt to save his home backfires as Four Arms crashes into several support beams, causing the old house to collapse in on itself. A now homeless Clancy plans to get his revenge against the people who took his home through the idea of destroying the whole city by means of a nuclear meltdown, with him surviving the blast covered by an armor made of cockroaches. He is stopped by Heatblast (with his powers reversed due to Ben's cold), and is frozen in place to be carted away by the authorities. Clancy manages to thaw out and escape, and soon decides to take revenge on the Tennysons for destroying his home and ruining his vengeance on the city. Luckily, Grandpa Max's San Ju Yen Pien medicine overrides Clancy's control over his insects and Max delivers the final blow to knock him out once and for all. And so, he waited for the authorities to drag him off.

## Powers and Abilities

* Entomokinesis - Clancy has a high degree of control over various types of insects such as cockroaches, locusts, ants, flies, being able to make them do his biding.
* Entomopathy - Clancy has a strong connection with bugs, insects and other such critters, they " understand" him and he "understands" them. If he is to ever be hurt a swarm of insects will rush in to aid him against any perceived threat.
* Entomorphism/Homorphism - After being experimented on by Dr. Animo, Clancy now has the ability to shift at will between his human and insectoid form. The latter grants him more powers and abilities abilities.
* Insect Scrying - Clancy can perceive through any insects' senses, feeling what they feel and seeing what they see.
* Flight - Perhaps the most important power Clancy gained is the ability to fly while he is in his insectoid form, no longer having to depend on his fellow insects to lift him up when he's in trouble.
* Enhanced Strength - Clancy is able to easily rout burly men such as Grandpa Max and pick up an adult person and carry it for long distances as an Insect.
* Enhanced Agility - Despite appearing maladroit, Clancy is quite agile, especially in his secondary form.
* Prehensile Feet - As an Insect, Clancy can grab grab things and objects with his feet and even hang upside-down.
* Insect Summoning - Clancy can summon swarms of insects to aid him against any foe.
* Insect Generation - Clancy has the ability to generate insects from his own body.
* Insect Breath - Clancy can spit out of his mouth entire swarms of insects.
* Wallcrawling - In his insectoid form, Clancy is able to move on the ceiling or on walls.

## Trivia

* Trivia 1
* Trivia 2

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 While being able to communicate with bugs via his entomopathy, they themselves don't "respond" to him back as much as they obey his volition. Most of his "conversations" with his fellow insects can be best described by the phrase "When the voices kick-in...".