Skurd (Dimension 23) (Ben 23: OV)

## Appearance

Skurd looks like a squid-like blue blob with small straight eyes and little points that he refers to as "tentacles" on the top of his head. On his forehead, he has a symbol which changes appearance depending on the device he is attached to, such as the Hero Watch.

## Personality

Skurd talks in a very classy tone.

Skurd is slightly egomaniacal, since upon meeting his past counterpart he stated that he finally met an intelligent lifeform like himself. However, this is actually hiding a deep sense of insecurity as it is revealed that Slimebiotes are thought to be extinct and that Skurd was the last of his kind in the known universe, even saying that he thought he was alone in the universe.

Skurd doesn't like humans always stating the obvious and constantly informs Ben about this, much to his annoyance. He finds eating bugs gross.

Occasionally, Skurd has a twisted sense of humour.

## History

Skurd makes his first appearance in A Wild Goose Chase, where he greets himself to Ben 23 and offers to help him during his mission to defeat Maltruant. Skurd transforms Ben 23 into Alien 23 who slices open the barrier and jumps in to try and catch Maltruant's Annihilarrgh. He comments how he was upset he didn't meet Ben 23 for long, as Ben 23 is supposedly killed. Coming back to defeat Maltruant by cycling through all of his aliens, and defeating Maltruant, Skurd is delighted to be kept onto the Hero Watch as Ben 23 was happy to be rewarded with such a companion. At the end of the episode, Ben 23 asks Skurd if he would like to go to Mr. Gyro.

In Disguise, Skurd helps Ben 23 sneak into Friedkin University by using Freezeghost's wings to make Ben 23 turn intangible whilst in his cloaked form, in order to spy on Charmcaster and Darkstar. Later, he helps Electricyeti by giving him Prism's arms to absorb and redirect Charmcaster's powers.

## Powers and Abilities

Skurd feeds on DNA and is able to grow replicas of his host's body parts from himself. He is impossible to remove, except through Ionic particle surgery, since he only leaves his host whenever he wants to.

When attached to the Hero Watch, Skurd could use the various alien DNA within them to grow replicas of the body parts of an alien and use it as an armor or new power for himself and the wielder by spreading to their respective body parts and then shifting into another alien's limb or something based on another alien. This allows a sapient wielder to remain sane by not using the Nemetrix directly. Furthermore, Skurd has a high tolerance for Neural Shifts, which prevents him from going insane as well.

Skurd's body is extremely flexible and stretchable, allowing him to change shape and mold himself to whatever host he is attached to. Skurd is able to form pseudo-pods that act like limbs to grab objects and pull them toward him.

Skurd, like the rest of his species, can gather, carry, and mix DNA to deposit it on planets. He can also perceive the true visage of fifth-dimensional beings like the Contumelia.

Skurd can survive in space.

Skurd can withstand radiation, such as that generated by a Prypiatosian-B.

### Weapons

* Alien 23's arm
* Prism's arms

### Non-Combat Items

* Freezeghost's wings and hood, to change to a cloaked appearance, as well as for intangibility.

## Weaknesses

As stated by himself, because he is a single-celled organism, a teleporter beam will take him apart and destroy him upon reconstitution. He also stated that teleporting makes him space-sick. Though if he is attached to a host body, then he would be able to withstand teleportation.

Ionic particle surgery can forcibly separate him from his host. He can also be contained within a morpho-genetic dampening field.

Skurd is not immune to Fright Face's face.

## Appearances

* A Wild Goose Chase (first appearance)
* Disguise

## Trivia

* Skurd is room temperature.
* When Skurd is attached to the Hero Watch:
* Ben 23 deals with privacy issues by covering him with a Mr. Gyro soda cup.
	+ Whenever Ben 23 is in the shower, he wears a shower cap.
	+ He could give alien features to Ben 23 in his human form, but Ben 23's human form is not strong enough to use many. For example, Blue Jump Buggy's legs would be pretty dangerous for Ben 23's more fragile human form.
* If Skurd were attach himself to Albedo's Ultimatrix, it would have been like eating nothing but junk food all of the time.
* During **Omniverse**, Skurd was originally a concept Bandai wanted in the show; the idea for something that allowed one Omnitrix alien to use the abilities of another. His inclusion was a last-minute change that the crew had to go back and integrate into what they were already planning. They were afraid that they would put work into it, and Bandai wouldn't end up making any toys of it.
	+ Ultimately, the toys were never released as Cartoon Network never shared their programming schedule with Bandai. Derrick J. Wyatt guessed that this was because the network was just making up the schedule on the fly without putting any thought into it. Also, the crew could make cartoons faster than Bandai could make toys, and the network aired the last season without any consideration for how long it would take Bandai to make anything.
	+ The crew ended up liking Skurd, due in big part to the personality David Kaye gave him.
* During recording sessions, David Kaye gave Skurd a much deeper voice. His voice was digitally altered to sound higher-pitched in the show.