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“ | I hired you because I knew you were no good. And while I love a good nogoodnik, a con should never try and con another con. | „ |
~ Argit to Simian after betraying him. |
Argit is an alien con-artist who resembles a giant anthropomorphic porcupine and was a former partner of Kevin Levin. He appeared in Ben 10 and nearly destroyed earth several times. He had cronies to assist him, but then became a minion himself of a "Froggy Dictator." He usually makes deals and carelessly handle one of the most destructive devices in the universe and sold it to the least powerful villains in the galaxy. He was however one of the smartest villains they faced.
He was voiced by Alexander Polinsky, who also voices Control Freak. HeadMaster from Transformers animated
Appearance[]
Argit resembles a huge human-like porcupine or opossum. His hair is black quills, and his height reaches to Ben's breast. He has large golden eyes.
He donned a black T-shirt, an orange/brown jacket, and blue pants in Alien Force and Ultimate Alien.
Argit is dressed in an orange jacket with yellow embellishments that zips up, along with orange and yellow shorts. He is sporting an off-white/pale yellow t-shirt underneath the jacket. In addition, he has shorter hair, longer ears, and ear piercings. His eyelids' surrounding skin became purple.
Personality[]
“ | He's a con man who would sell his own mother for lunch money. | „ |
~ Gwen plainly tells Kevin why she has zero interest in EVER trusting Argit |
Argit is self-absorbed (and selfish), caring only about himself and his money. He is prepared to betray others even if they trust him, making him a lying backstabber, and he will go to any length to safeguard his fortune, safety, power, and so on.
Argit's selfish and cowardly personality causes him to be exceedingly cruel and sociopathic; he brazenly exploited Andreas' innocence, and after he appears to have died, Argit shows no sympathy for him, even when Kevin violently chastises him for going too far. This reprimand drove him to respond coldly, "Sometimes, I just don't get you, Kevin!" demonstrating that Argit has no empathy for anyone. Even his own family and relations are unimportant to him, having once sold his mother for money.
But as he started to take on a heroic attitude in The Frogs of War: Part 2, Argit appeared to have actually undergone a personality shift. He is revered and viewed as a guardian by the aliens of Undertown. He enjoys the new circumstances and the sense of love, and as a result, he is gradually letting go of his sociopathic inclinations and becoming into a much better person. He is also becoming a better friend.
Argit claims that he eats when he gets anxious.
Powers and Abilities[]
Argit mainly has one useful ability and that would be his porcupine skill. He can shoot his quills at people which will knock them out, even thought they are not lethal.
The most dangerous trait regarding Argit, however, is his intellect. He is great at tricking people; playing Kevin like a fiddle, and even becoming President in one timeline despite his criminal past. This allowed him to make friends with both Gwen and Ben despite their distrust of him.
Ben 10 Ultimate Alien[]
Argit reappeared in "Andreas’ Fault", Argit became the Forever King of a group of the Forever Knights in exchange for not having Andreas destroy their bases. Argit had first found Andreas after he and the other four aliens had crash-landed on Earth, where Argit helped and developed a good "friendship" with him, but when a high-ranking Forever Knights special agent named Sir Dagonet showed up, Argit tried to sell Andreas out only to be locked away to be 'inquisitioned' alongside Ben's Team after they kill Andreas. After Andreas seemingly died trying to save them from an unstable weapon, Kevin finally broke off his one-sided friendship with Argit, and chewed him off about how badly he had treated Andreas that lead to his alleged death (although Andreas didn't die, he was still severely injured, and Aggregor had little problem capturing him when he found him).
Argit made another appearance in "The Enemy of My Enemy" once again helping the Vreedle Brothers, who now want to be Plumbers and are in the Plumbers Academy. Their dad has asked Argit to change the Vreedles test scores in order for them to pass but while he works on this mission, Ultimate Kevin is after him and wants to kill him. Gwen and Ben were able to save Argit. However in the end due to 14 warrants out for his arrest and the assault of two of his cadets who are also Plumbers. he is ultimately arrested by the order of Magister Korwal and is seized by the now good Vreedle Brothers.
In "The Purge", Argit managed to escape from prison and returns to Earth again, he appears and warns Ben, Gwen, and Kevin that the Forever Knights are targeting the aliens that are living on Earth, as the four of them investigate King Patrick's Castle, he begins to try and take ancient medieval-era treasures only to encounter another Mechanical Dragon. He disappears and after the dragon is defeated, re-appears wearing Forever Knight Armor irately asking them "Can we go now?". Later on at Baumann's Market, he discovers that the Forever Knights were planning on attacking the store as it's the largest gathering for aliens living in Bellwood, prompting the weasel to leave and fend for himself.
In "Greetings From Techadon", Argit tells Vulkanus go check if his Techadon Custom job plan works, stating that he would rather see Ben die than having a pre-celebration at the bar; not knowing if Ben is dead or not. As Vulkanus leaves, it is revealed that he was hired by Gwen to find a method to bring Vulkanus to Earth, and was handsomely paid for his efforts upon completion.kl
Trivia[]
- Kevin told Gwen that Argit got "top dollar" for his mother, which was confirmed to be 100% true and not some joke by McDucffle.
- Depending on the plot, he can be an ally, enemy, neutral or all of the above as shown in "The Purge", "Kevin's Big Score", " Simple", "Andreas' Fault" or " Greetings From Techadon".
- Despite Argit's backstabbing ways, Kevin has been repeatedly shown to trust him, to the point he even calls him his friend, in "The Con of Rath". Gwen doesn't trust the "backstabbing porcupine alien" and even tries to convince Kevin that Argit is not his friend, to little avail. Kevin's trust in Argit (as well as their friendship) appears to be one-sided as Argit doesn't trust Kevin and is quick to cheat, steal, or sell him out.
- Argit appears to be constantly in debt. He has been said to have owed money to both Kevin and the Vreedle Brothers.
- Argit had 14 warrants out for his arrest.
- The criminals of the Null Void do not like Argit because of his personality, as stated in "The Enemy of My Enemy".
- It was revealed in "The Frogs Of War: Part 2" that he can shoot all his spikes, leaving him naked.
- It is shown in "Kevin's Big Score" that he owns a regular Earth cell phone for unknown reasons.
- Since Argit swallowed a dehydrated Tecadon robot factory, he can now puke them up and use them as bodyguards.
See Also[]
- Argit on the Ben 10 Wiki