Zach Varmitech

**Zachary "Zach" Varmitech** is a recurring villain in *Wild Kratts*. He is a robotics inventor who uses animals in his inventions for various purposes, mainly to mainly to make money off them or to make them do things that he’s too lazy to do himself.

## Personality

Zach is extremely arrogant, stubborn, and self-centered; he is also extremely narcissistic, often referring to himself as *"the world's greatest mind"* and programming his computers to call him “My Greatness,” in spite of the fact that his inventions often fail, and is even shown to have his own perfume.

Zach is portrayed more comically than the other villains along with more slapstick moments; his screams are girlish, he constantly trips and falls, and he has to deal with the literal mindedness of his Zachbots. He is also somewhat sadistic, as he has been shown to resort to outright killing the Kratt brothers, such as when he lured them into an Arctic storm and attempted to drown them. Zach fully believes his inventions are superior to Aviva's, and often employs sabotage and unfair play to prove it, only to get his comeuppance in the end and get humiliated. Zach also seems to be very interested in the Wild Kratts' Miniaturizer, having made several thwarted attempts to steal it for himself when he gets the chance.

He has an enormous ego, one that nearly rivals, if not outright surpasses, that of Donita Donata's. His arrogance is not unfounded, however, as he actually is a pretty good inventor, and he is also very wealthy. Despite this, he is also a coward. Due to his dislike of the Wild Kratts and their interferences, he usually refers to them as *"Wild Rats"* with at least one of the Wild Kratts usually correcting them, especially the Kratt brothers. As seen in "Aquafrog" and "A Huge Orange Problem," Zach has very little concern for wildlife, willing to carelessly dispose of toxic chemicals in an inhabited pond just to clean his plane and blindly cut down trees in the Borneo forest just to get black wood for a side table. Both times he has shown selfishness and petty arrogance, usually leaving out of cowardice. He is also shown to be very dramatic.

## Weaponry

* Zachbots (Robotic henchmen)
* Mind-Control Skull Caps
* Disrupt-o-Bots
* Mosquito Bots
* Disruptor Beam
* Bubble Bot
* Robotic Tree
* Hypnotic Eyes
* Invisibility Cloak
* Robotic Vest
* Cloud Camouflage
* Animal Vac
* Communication Jamming Net
* Robotic Mantis Arms

## Trivia

* In *Polar Bears Don't Dance*, Zach has fans that support his showing of his animal robots, which are not Zach-bots.

* In a flashback to his childhood, Zach is seen with a normal skin tone, freckles and braces.
* Zach probably has a fear of animals, since he often screams when he is near one.
* Black balloons help lift Zach's spirits.
* Zach has known the Kratt brothers since they were children.
* Zach went to science camp with Aviva when they were children, and from there he developed a rivalry with her.
* Zach has been in the most episodes, which could lean on him being almost the main antagonist of the series.
* As a child, he was still using animals to power his inventions.
* Donita and him are friends (more or less).
* Donita refers to Zach by his full name, "Zachary".
* Zach's favorite food is tomato soup, as seen in Skunked!
* As seen in "Liturgusa Krattorum" and "A Creature Christmas," Shadow doesn't appear to be afraid of Zach. It might be possible that Shadow likes Zach because he’s black like him.
* Zach Varmitech become the enemy of Thomas, Twilight Sparkle and their friends in *Thomas and Twilight Sparkle Meets the Wild Kratts* and guest star in their adventures to get revenge on them for ruining his plans to use animals for his inventions along with Donita Donata, Dabio, Gourmand, Paisley Paver and Rex (Wild Kratts).
* Zach Varmitech is also very devious like Devious Diesel, since they share the same personalities and black appearances.
* Zach Varmitech is also best friends with Devious Diesel, Garble (before he reforms) and Robbie Rotten since they're all devious.
* Zach Varmitech also get along with 'Arry and Bert since they're Diesel's best friends and first met them before *Twilight Sparkle's Adventures of Thomas & Friends: Diesel and the Ducklings.*
* Zach also does not like it when Paxton's with Diesel and get involved with his plans due to his alliance with The Wild Kratts, Thomas, Twilight Sparkle and their friends.
* It is hinted that Zach may have a crush on Donita.
* In "Hammerheads," his favorite sweets are black and white cookies.
* Zach is the only villain whose name is not an alliteration, "**Z**achary **V**armitech.
* He is also the only villain who has been miniaturized.
* Zach also hates Marco Polo and sometimes plans to prove that he's better and smarter than him by beating and insulting him since he's a smart kid.

## Gallery

Zach with his enemies, Chris and MartinZach is frightened by a draco lizard on his face.Zach Varmitech is holding Chris, who is scared and still miniaturized.Donita Donata, Zach and Chris are sitting in the dark because Martin has just switched off the electrical power supply of Gourmand’s restaurant.Zach Varmitech as a boyZach in Donita's armsZach and Donita laughingZach riding on his ZachbotZach with his science rival, AvivaZach Varmitech giving orders to his Zachbots