Dr. Animo (Anime)

## Appearance

Animo gains a new look in *Omniverse*; his skin now has a green complexion, and his brain is exposed in a large dome, with two antennae on it. In the present, he wears a long green lab coat and keeps his eyes covered with red goggles. He retains his black, fingerless gloves.

## Powers and Abilities

Dr. Animo has the power to telepathically or emphatically control animals. This ability is furthered by his headgear. This includes ordinary animals, but also his mutant monsters and even aliens, as he was able to take control of the Null Guardians. He learned this power from one of Ben's other enemies, Clancy, who could control bugs and other arthropods the same way.

In addition to this power, Animo is a genius and brilliant scientist, skilled in both machines and genetic experiments, who usually uses his knowledge to give him additional powers. His trademark invention, the Trans-modulator and its variants (including on two occasions a device he called a De-Evolution Bomb), allows him to turn animals into powerful, dangerous mutants as well as reanimated the remains of long since extinct animals into zombie-like creatures both of whom serve as his minions.

His other inventions include a machine able to convert heat into energy used to increase his strength and durability, and a head band amplifying his control over animals so he could control creatures like the Yeti.

In addition, Animo is - partly out of necessity - a master of technical improvisation, capable of constructing his devices from the simplest of materials. The prototype of his Trans-modulator was constructed from commercially available electronic components and an alternated kitchen sieve.

In the original series, he usually relied on armies of mutated animals to fight for him.

In Animo Crackers, he is given a new pair of antennae by his future-self, which not only allows him to control animals, but also to mutate them, as he mutates a group of squirrels to attack Rook.

## Weaknesses

Animo's biggest weaknesses are his temper, arrogance and all around crazy behavior.

He would lose control over all the cryptids if his antennae get damaged or taken.

## Appearances

* That Happy Child (first re-appearance; flashback)
* The Experiment

## Trivia

* Dr. Animo is 5'6 tall.
* Ben thinks of Dr. Animo as a B-ranked villain.
* Dr. Animo had a cameo in an episode of The Secret Saturdays along with Hex and Enoch, as one of the faces shown in the Saturdays' criminal database.
* All of Dr. Animo's outfits in the original series resembled a certain type of animal.
	+ His aquatic outfit in Divided We Stand resembled a crab.
* Lepidopterrans are Dr. Animo's favorite aliens.
* Dr. Animo's winter coat in Escape from Aggregor was designed by T.J. Collins.
* Dr. Animo's present-day Omniverse appearance (ears, sideburns, and glass brain dome) makes him bear a slight resemblance to The Powerpuff Girls villain Mojo Jojo.
	+ The glass brain dome also makes him slightly resemble the DC villain Psimon.
* Dr. Animo is similar to Dr. Gero from the Dragon Ball franchise, being an amoral scientist with illusions of grandeur.
* Dr. Animo's counterpart in Benzarro's reality is one of the few scientists left and is trying to save the world.