| “ | Hand over the Omnitrix and I promise you won't suffer... much. | „ |
| ~ Kraab to Ben. |
Kraab is a cybernetically-enhanced Piscciss Premann bounty hunter and an antagonist from the Ben 10 series, being a minor antagonist in the original series, the major antagonist of the Alien Force, a minor antagonist in Omniverse and a supporting antagonist in the 2016 reboot series.
Appearance[]
In the first series, Kraab had a fiddler crab-like appearance, four scythe-like legs, a sideways mouth, and a sizable, powerful pincer for a left hand. A power blaster and a chemical sprayer were both included inside the pincer. He retracts his head downward and his neck vanishes as he spins his legs to descend. His body was covered with orange lines, and the highlights of his pincer matched the color of his eyes.
With the exception of his legs, where the brown portion turned black, Kraab mostly retained his appearance from Alien Force, but with a copper and orange coloration. He also had brighter eyes.
His appearance in Omniverse is a little different. His claw arm now has a bolt, his shoulders are completely encased in armor plate, and his lower belly is bigger and more spherical. He keeps his red and orange coloring, but in a lighter manner. The lines on his torso are brighter and thinner, and the lower portions of his legs finish in a broader, more acute knee casp
Personality[]
Kraab is a vicious bounty hunter who sounds like a genuine hunter, calling Ben his "target", and declaring that he is "hardly worth the hunt". He also has a haughty sense of humour.
History[]
Ben 10[]
Hunted[]
Kraab was one of the three bounty hunters hired by Vilgax to hunt down the Omnitrix in Hunted, the others being Sixsix and Tetrax. He defeated Ghostfreak but was defeated when Grey Matter ripped out some wires from his neck, causing his body to go haywire.
Alien Force[]
Kraab reappeared in The Final Battle: Part 1, hired by an unknown client to hunt down Ben. He was frozen by Big Chill and left aboard the ship. Since Ben couldn't save the ship, it exploded, but Gwen and Kevin managed to save Kraab.
Omniverse[]
Kraab returns in Cough It Up, when Psyphon hires bounty hunters to find him a very precious item. He was first seen on the streets of Undertown, searching for it. Jimmy Jones chased him to the entrance of the Black Hole. Psyphon told the hunters that the item was stolen by someone who poisoned the guards with quills.
Kraab detonated one of Argit's office's walls and told Argit to give him the item. Argit was surprised to see him because he thought he was still in jail. Unfortunately for Kraab, Ben, Rook, and Spanner happened to be there too. Ben transformed into Frankenstrike and took out Kraab with one hit. Along with the other bounty hunters, Kraab was defeated by Argit's Techadon robots and banned from Undertown.
Reboot[]
Kraab was introduced in Omni-Tricked: Part 2, when he attacked Ben and Phil along with SixSix and Tetrax. The trio came to retrieve the Omnitrix from Ben, so as to prevent Vilgax from getting hands on it and completing himself.
In Omni-Tricked: Part 3, he came through a portal along with SixSix and Tetrax to fight Vilgax. However, when the trio was defeated they left.
In Bounty Ball, he came through a portal along with SixSix and Tetrax fighting Ben and attempting to take the Omnitrix, but the three left when realizing they couldn't beat Ben.
Powers and Abilities[]
When compared to the rest of Kraab's arsenal, improved strength and durability are only the top of the iceberg. Kraab, a competent hunter who is primarily cybernetic, is well-equipped with cutting-edge weapons and tools, allowing him the chance to strike his target. His understanding of species is also crucial to facing them head-on.
He wears a sword on his back with the blade and grip precisely balanced in length, but his main weapon is his large strong claw for a right arm that can crush solid steel (the sort Vilgax's combat droids are made of) like tin cans. At the base of the claw's pincers is a blaster sight that can fire any type of ammunition. Concussive laser beams and an orange liquid chemical capable of hardening an Ectonurite's protoplasm and negating its intangibility are among the ammunition options. He also has a powerful right hook and four huge crap-like legs that are sharpened to a point, allowing him to launch a deadly impaler strike.
Kraab's ocular receptors can see in visual spectrums that are otherwise imperceptible to the human eye, as evidenced by his thermographic vision, which can identify an Ectonurite in its camouflaged stage.
Kraab's mechanical body allows him to be flexible, pliable, and adaptive, especially in combat. He can turn his head 360 degrees and quickly burrow underground by retracting his head into his chest plate and whirling his entire lower body to make his legs operate as a mining drill.
Kraab is apparently familiar with a variety of other languages; he speaks English fluently and understands Sotoraggian. It's safe to assume that his high-tech arsenal includes a translation software.
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Trivia[]
- It is possible that Gutrot's species can replicate the liquid Kraab used to neutralize Ghostfreak's powers in a gaseous form.
