Killjoy

**Debut** | TBA

**Killjoy** is a DNA sample in the Simplicitrix/Stabilized Simplicitrix.

## Appearance

Killjoy is a humanoid alien with a lanky physiology. He has dark grey skin and light grey fingers. His face has no features whatsoever. He wears a primarily black suit, with a dark grey overcoat, dark grey boots with red soles, a red bowtie, and red belt with a grey-black buckle.

Killjoy wears the Simplicitrix symbol on his chest, the most boring placement possible.

## Personality

Killjoy has an incredibly boring personality. He will make incredibly mundane comments and observations regarding any otherwise exciting circumstance, much to the chagrin of others. Almost any observation he makes sounds like a book report. His love language is the MLA format.

## Powers

* Killjoy has the ability to suck the joy out of anything, preventing others from being able to experience the liveliness and fun of a given situation. The extent of this power is bizarre, as by technicality he can adjust the powers of others to be less interesting. For example, he could completely take out the high temperature and burning powers of a Pyronite's punches to make them basic punches instead.
* Killjoy himself is immune from being made more exciting.
* Killjoy's powers are a perfect counter to the drama-loving Pugnavore species.
* Killjoy's unremarkable existence makes it so that he can easily bypass scenarios without being detected, as he is not worth the effort of even noticing usually.

## Weaknesses

* Killjoy being unmemorable by default, and as such the wielder of whatever device he is being used in may even forget he exists in situations he may prove useful.
* Killjoy's powers and boring personality are in constant effect, and will impact allies and enemies alike.

## Etymology

* A killjoy is one whose personality, typically one of cynicism, will drain the fun out of events or actions.

## Trivia

* Killjoy's hypothetical voice actor, Ben Stein, is known for his monotone voice, perfectly fitting Killjoy's gimmick.
* Killjoy's costume and body colors reference the *Pokémon Scarlet/Violet* character Larry, the Normal-type Gym Leader and Flying-type member of the Elite Four. Larry finds solace in the Normal type, referring to them as completely unremarkable like himself, and as such comparable to Killjoy.
* Killjoy's species and planet do in fact have names in-universe that are known and documented, but the names themselves are so unremarkable no one bothers to remember what they are, even those who are the species and live on the planet.
	+ Killjoy's species and planet were at one point considered to be in the typical "-ian from -ia" fashion, something akin to "Appoplexian from Appoplexia." Two specific examples being "Blandian from Blandia," just using the term bland, or "Hyphenian from Hyphenia," tying into the hyphen used before each suffix. The former was rejected out of principle, and the second was deemed a bit too clever. Ultimately, Killjoy has been left without a species or planet name actually confirmed, as it is incredibly boring (and dumb for that matter) that some canon *Ben 10* species and planets are left without names.
* Killjoy is somewhat similar to Slenderman. Both are lanky individuals lacking a face and wearing suits. It is important not to look at Slenderman as doing so will result in death, and Killjoy isn't worth looking at.