Pete Slovak

Pete Slovak was the father of Ben Slovak and the husband of Mrs. Slovak.

Swindle
Mr. Slovak asked what Ben and Griffin were watching on TV, Griffin said it was a project for school, even though it was a video recording of Tom Dufferin punching in the code for the alarm at Palomino's Emporium. They had narrowed it down to 1401 or 1701. Mr. Slovak said that the number for the USS Enterprise in Star Trek was 1701, commenting that he was an old nerd.

Zoobreak
After the first zoobreak, Ben hid some animals from the zoo boat in his sauna, saying his parents were getting suspicious of the smells. Later, after the second zoobreak, Mr. Slovak returned Ferret Face Face to Ben, calling it an awful creature.

Showoff
When Griffin Bing stayed in his house for six weeks, Mr. Slovak banned him from coming up with any plans. Later, when he heard an animal pounding around in the attic (actually Luthor), he hired Mr. Brickhaus to come and kill it. He was the first one to discover Antonia Benson's climbing harnesses.

Hideout
He rushed to Camp Endless Pine when he got the call that Ben had been missing all day. The parents of Griffin's gang stopped at a junky garage/cafe, where they considered the options. Once they found out that S. Wendell Palomino was involved, the group went to the criminal's temporary hideout. Mr. and Mrs. Slovak were the last two to get to their child. After all the drama, they took Ben back to Camp Endless Pine. In the Swindle TV movie, he is Ben's dad and an inventor.

Ben's Dad/Biography
He tries to save his family when they begin to go bankrupt and may have to move to another country on their Aunt's farm. He was previously fired after his inventions were rejected by his office and left with little money. He invented a picking device which stretches out a long mechanical arm to grab something from far away. However, it often broke down and threw the object it was holding at anything that was nearby.

He realized his invention was a bust and tried to chicken out of a demonstration at a hotel until his son and the Swindle Six arrived chasing Mr. Swindell. His device activated and punched Mr. Swindell ten feet backwards. According to Ben, this impressed police and they started offering high amounts of money for it.