Ghostfreak (Ken 10)

## Ghostfreak

* Neutral
* Intagible

**Tentaghoul** also known as Ghostfreak the Omnitrix's DNA sample of an Ectonurite from the planet Anur Phaetos in the Anur System.

## Appearance

### Ken as Ghostfreak

Ghostfreak is a phantom/ghost-like alien with a gaseous appearance and claw-like hands, and light grey skin with black lines running all over him. His skin is removable with black and white striped tentacles underneath it, and if his skin gets ripped off, his true form will unveil.

## Powers and Abilities

Ghostfreak's powers are composed of several aspects of traditional ghosts from myths and lore such as flight, levitation, phasing through solid matter, intangibility, invisibility, and body possession.

Ghostfreak is able to possess the bodies of his enemies and control their movements to the point where he can cause them to fly like himself, allowing him to freely slam them against walls or hit themselves. He can also access the abilities of other beings that possess superpowers. In the case of Darkstar, he also had access to his powers once he possessed him.

Ghostfreak can possess Florauna, Vladats, Necrofriggians, Atrocians, Polymorphs, Galvanic Mechamorphs, Nanochips, Chronosapiens, and even Celestialsapiens and other Ectonurites.

Ghostfreak can make himself intangible and invisible as both a powerful defense and infiltrating high-security locations.

Ghostfreak is capable of making other objects or people intangible and transparent through physical contact; this feat was first demonstrated by Zs'Skayr.

Ghostfreak can use the tentacles under his protective skin as a means of scaring his enemies into submission. These tentacles can grow sharp thorns that can be used as lethal weapons.

Ghostfreak has a movable eye, which is especially seen when he wears his outer skin. Although his outer skin protects him from burning in the sunlight, his tentacles appear to be resistant towards sunlight.

Ghostfreak possesses enhanced strength, as shown when he used his tentacles to grab a bus full of people, and can throw one of Vilgax's drones with his hands.

Ghostfreak is immune to both an Ormerowon's zombification powers and Darkstar's energy absorption ability. This is because Ectonurites do not have mana, as they are not alive in the same conventional way that most other life forms are.

Ghostfreak has sharp claws, which can easily tear through Vilgax's Drones. Also, when he sticks his claws into a person's head, it can either cause them pain or knock them unconscious.

Ghostfreak can make people feel deathly cold by simply moving right through them.

Ghostfreak can alter his shape and deform like gas by making himself into a grey, somewhat transparent smoke-like wispy form. While in this form, he is immune to being absorbed by Gutrot's species.

Ghostfreak has enhanced durability, as he was able to withstand a punch from Kraab, which threw him against a wall.

Ghostfreak is able to disrupt electronics by phasing through them, as demonstrated by Zs'Skayr.

Like all Anur System aliens, Ghostfreak is immune to the effects of Corrodium and can see in the dark, the former of which has been demonstrated by Zs'Skayr.

Due to being alive in a rather unconventional sense, Ghostfreak can survive in the vacuum of space; this feat was also exclusively

## Weaknesses | edit source

Ghostfreak's intangibility is useless when faced by another being that can go intangible, as it will cancel out their ability to do so.

Certain substances can neutralize Ghostfreak's intangibility and invisibility, such as a special orange liquid used by Kraab. It is possible that Gutrot's species can replicate this liquid in a gaseous form.

Ghostfreak's second skin inhibits many of his powers, but removing it will make him vulnerable to ultraviolet radiation. Furthermore, Ghostfreak would also be vulnerable to the radiation of a Prypiatosian-B, as demonstrated with Zs'Skayr.

Ghostfreak's intangibility seems to require conscious thought to activate, so opponents will be able to hit him if he is caught off guard, as seen when he got hit by a punching bag that Thumbskull threw at him while he was distracted.

There are certain beings Ghostfreak cannot possess. For example, he cannot possess zombies due to them lacking minds of their own. He is also unable to possess the Sentient Ultimate forms or Dagon.

In correlation with his weakness against sunlight, Ghostfreak cannot possess Pyronites because of their solar-like radiation. Similarly, he cannot possess Crystalsapiens because of the light they generate.

Magic can harm Ghostfreak, as shown when he was incapacitated by one of Charmcaster's spells.

Like the rest of his kind, Ghostfreak cannot survive on Anur Vladias.

Ghostfreak can easily be scared by Toepick's species.

Ghostfreak can be affected by a Nemuina's sleeping dust.

There are a number of weaknesses that Ghostfreak is vulnerable to if he remains tangible and caught off-guard. For example:

* He can be trapped by an Evolved Arachnichimp's webbing.
* He can be immobilized by an Evolved Necrofriggian's ice flames.
* He can be harmed by electricity, such as that generated by Transylians and Conductoids, as demonstrated with Zs'Skayr.
* He can be controlled and hypnotized by Vladats via their Corrupturas, as demonstrated by many Ectonurite residents of Anur Transyl.

## History

### 1773

* In *A New Dawn*, 16-year-old Ben as Ghostfreak failed to possess the zombie red coat.

### Prior to Ben 10

* Myaxx unknowingly added Ghostfreak's Ectonurite DNA to the Omnitrix when she did not realize Zs'Skayr possessed the Florauna that was being sampled for Wildvine's DNA.

### Ben 10

* Ghostfreak first appeared in *Permanent Retirement*, where he frightened Gwen, escaped Vera's house, drove a golf cart, was about to steal an apple pie before being disgusted by a Limax disguised as a human woman, and then followed another one disguised as Marty.
* In *Hunted*, Ghostfreak failed to scare Gwen and defeated Kraab.
* In *Last Laugh*, Ghostfreak scared and defeated Zombozo, freeing everyone's happiness in the process.
* In *Kevin 11*, Ghostfreak snuck into a game room and played a Sumo Slammers video game.
* In *Secrets*, Ghostfreak briefly appeared in the middle of a fight before the malfunctioning Omnitrix made him switch into Grey Matter. Later, Ghostfreak escaped from Vilgax and searched for Gwen and Max before switching into Wildmutt.
	+ Also, Ghostfreak appeared as one of the many alien templates used for Vilgax's army in an imaginary sequence.
* In *The Big Tick*, Ghostfreak failed to defeat the Great One.
* In *Framed*, Gwen mentioned Ghostfreak was used by Kevin to terrorize Barstow, California.
* At some point prior to *Ghostfreaked Out*, Ghostfreak snuck into a horror movie, during which Zs'Skayr secretly took control and contacted Viktor with his plans.
* In *Ghostfreaked Out*, Ghostfreak tricked and tortured Wildmutt in a dream. Later, Zs'Skayr took over Ghostfreak and violently battled the Circus Freaks until he reverted.
	+ This would remove Ghostfreak from the active playlist, thereby allowing Zs'Skayr to escape the Omnitrix.
* In *Be Afraid of the Dark*, Ben regained Ghostfreak by unknowingly scanning Zs'Skayr. Under the fear that he could take over again, Ben never transforms into Ghostfreak for the remainder of the series.

### Five Years Prior to Omniverse | edit source

* Prior to *From Hedorium to Eternity*, Ghostfreak was removed from the Codon Stream.

### Alien Force | edit source

* In *Ghost Town*, Ben scanned Zs'Skayr again and transformed into Ghostfreak. When Zs'Skayr quickly regained control, Ghostfreak was able to revert to Ben with the "help" of Vilgax.

### Ultimate Alien | edit source

* In *The Ultimate Sacrifice*, Ghostfreak escaped Sentient Ultimate Spidermonkey's webbing and failed to possess Sentient Ultimate Humungousaur before being frozen by Sentient Ultimate Big Chill, forcing him to switch into Heatblast.

### Omniversee | edit source

* In *Mystery, Incorporeal*, Ghostfreak saved Professor Xagliv from Michael Morningstar, then possessed the latter and made him stop the spell in order to save Gwen.
	+ From this moment on, Ben has now gotten over his fear of using Ghostfreak since the persona of Zs'Skayr is no longer present.
* In *Bengeance Is Mine*, Ghostfreak battled Psyphon and saved a busload of people.
* In *Charm School*, Ghostfreak searched for Charmcaster in Friedkin University and lured her into the library before she defeated him.
* In *Vreedlemania*, Ghostfreak possessed Ma Vreedle and ordered the Pretty Boys to stop wreaking havoc on Bellwood until Ma fought him out of her body once the Vreedles found out that it was not really her speaking.
* In *Malgax Attacks*, Ghostfreak defeated some of Vilgax's Drones.
* In *A New Dawn*, Ghostfreak appeared for a short time when Ben was cycling through his aliens.

## Trivia | edit source

* Ghostfreak is a living being; the Ectonurite concept of "life" is just very different from most sentient life forms.
* Dave Johnson designed Ghostfreak for the original series. Looking back on the design, he noted he found the eye quite funny.
* "Ben's not here", a line said by Ghostfreak in *Ghostfreaked Out*, was used in auditions for the role.
* According to himself in the original series, Ben was always creeped out when he was Ghostfreak. Even six years later (especially after the Zs'Skayr incident), he was still afraid to transform into him. When he transforms into Ghostfreak in *Mystery, Incorporeal*, he states that he feels like himself, suggesting that Ghostfreak now exists independently from Zs'Skayr.
	+ As such, in the original series, Ghostfreak was the least used out of all the original ten aliens Ben had access to, only appearing in seven episodes and being used a total of eight times.
* Ghostfreak's voice has changed over the course of his appearances:
	+ In the original series, he spoke with a faint and whispery voice.
	+ In **Alien Force** and **Ultimate Alien**, his voice was considerably deeper and raspy like Zs'Skayr.
	+ In **Omniverse**, his voice has returned to the faint and whispery way it was in the original series, albeit it was higher pitched.
	+ In *And Then There Were None*, Bad Ben's Ghostfreak sounded more like Zs'Skayr compared to his main counterpart.
* When Ghostfreak was taunting Kraab in *Hunted*, Ben may not have been the one in control. After he reverted, Ben even stated that it felt "even weirder" than when he is normally Ghostfreak.
* In *The Alliance*, Ben wanted to use Ghostfreak to try and help an injured Max at the hospital by "melding" with him. This indicates that Ben already knew about Ghostfreak's ability to possess people, even though he never does this onscreen until *Ghostfreaked Out*.
* Ghostfreak replaces Shocksquatch in the intro for **Omniverse**'s Arc 5, specifically in the part where the latter normally appears alongside Toepick, Astrodactyl, and Bullfrag as of Arc 4.
* Ghostfreak's powers of invisibility, intangibility, and body possession are similar to the DC Comics character, Deadman.
* Ghostfreak is one of five aliens to appear in each series of the Classic Continuity; the other four being Cannonbolt, Upchuck, Way Big, and Diamondhead.
	+ However, Ghostfreak is the only one of these aliens who has changed his appearance throughout all four series of the Classic Continuity, albeit it was only due to using his true form in **Alien Force** and second-skinned form in **Ultimate Alien**.
* Ghostfreak is also one of the only five aliens who escaped from the original Omnitrix; the others being Chromastone, Spidermonkey, Goop, and Way Big.
* Ghostfreak is one of two exceptions to the principle that transformations are not full-blown aliens due to retaining Ben's personality, memories, and consciousness; the other being Feedback.
* Ghostfreak is the first alien form that has managed to repress Ben's personality. Eon followed this trend prior to being retconned.
* Despite using him at least once to terrorize a city when he was 11, Kevin states he never liked Ghostfreak.
* In the intro for the first two seasons of the original series, Ghostfreak's eye is red instead of purple.
	+ It is also worth noting that after Season 2, when Zs'Skayr successfully escapes the Omnitrix and thus removing Ghostfreak from it, he is replaced with Cannonbolt in the intro for the third and fourth seasons.
* Had he appeared in **Omniverse** flashbacks, 11-year-old Ghostfreak would have resembled his 16-year-old self but without the chains.
	+ Derrick eventually drew 11-year-old Ghostfreak as part of a GoFundMe in 2020.
* If the Omnitrix times out while Ghostfreak is possessing something, Ben would pop out before becoming solid.
* Had Ghostfreak appeared in the reboot, his design would have been similar to his appearance in the original series with the Omnitrix peaking out from under his secondary skin.