Cannonbolt

Cannonbolt (a play on cannonball) is an Arburian Pelarota(a play on the Spanish word pelota, which means 'ball', and rota a play on the word 'rotation'). It is the first new alien to appear on the Omnitrix. Cannonbolt's first appearance was in the episode The Big Tick. Despite Ben's initial dislike of the form, it has since become one of the most commonly used forms in the series and replaced Ghostfreak in the opening theme as Ghostfreak had escaped from the Omnitrix at the time. However, it was said that Cannonbolt was supposed to be one of the 10 aliens Ben started with but somehow it got changed to Diamondhead by popular demand. Cannonbolt was a runner up in the Cartoon Network Ben 10 alien poll. Cannonbolt was first voiced by Fred Tatasciore and on Gwen she was voiced by Vanessa Marshall.

Abilities
Cannonbolt is a hulking, broad-shouldered alien covered in natural armor plating on its back, shoulders, and the backs of its arms. This armor can withstand acids, lasers, and even a g-force drop from space without any harm to the inside of the ball. Cannonbolt can roll into a ball like an armadillo or pill bug to encase itself in this plating. There is enough space within the shell while rolled up to protect and transport people or objects. When in the form of a rolled-up ball, Cannonbolt can increase its rotational momentum and roll into enemies as an attack, as well as ricocheting himself off surfaces.

Cannonbolt demonstrated his extremely tough plates in Ben 10: Secret of The Omnitrix when he broke through three electric, metal doors in order to get to Azmuth, the creator of the Omnitrix. However, it is subjected to the physical laws of reflection and conservation of momentum, meaning that it has difficulty stopping or controlling its direction if it picks up speed. By spinning in the same spot rapidly it can create a tornado like XLR8 and Terraspin.

Cannonbolt's armored shell is a defensive mechanism that is extremely resilient (but because of Ben's creativeness he has adapted this to attacks).

The shell is durable enough to survive a free fall from the upper limits of the Earth's atmosphere, including the heat of atmospheric re-entry, and still leave Cannonbolt and anything held inside the ball intact, though the landing still creates some pain due to the large crater left there. Nothing has been seen that can penetrate the shell.

Ben 10 Original Series
He was discovered by Ben in an accidental transformation. XLR8 was selected to buy a hamburger.

Ben 10: Alien Force
Cannonbolt reappears in the Ben 10: Alien Force episode, War of the'Worlds. Ben regained Cannonbolt when the Master Control was unlocked from the Omnitrix. He now has green eyes instead of yellow, the Omnitrix is now placed on his chest, and his lower black stripe on his torso is gone. There is also a minor amount of orange on his plates and his pointy, shark-like teeth are replaced with normal canine teeth without any red on the gums of the inside of his mouth. This is Cannonbolt's teenage form. He is Ben's first additional alien of Alien Force, mirroring him being the first additional alien in the original series. He is confirmed to be 1 of the 6 ultimates and 12 aliens to appear in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.

Ben 10 Ultimate Alien
He made a cameo appearence on TV during Fame. Cannonbolt first re-appears in the episode Duped. He was used in Video Games where he was unable to defeat The Stalker, so he changed into Big Chill. In Too Hot To Handle, he was going to be used to fight P'andor, but then realized it wasn't enough and turned into Ultimate Cannonbolt. He was later used in Map of Infinity to escape the temple without going near the darts, but changed back to Human when the Ultimatrix timed out. In Where the Magic Happens, he was used to duel some Rock Golems and he changed to Chromastone to fight Adwaita. During Perplexahedron, he battled Ultimate Aggregor and lost, going ultimate again. Later, in The Transmogrification of Eunice, he chased after Sunder and went ultimate again. He was later used by Clone Ben to chase down Jimmy Jones in The Big Story and in Revenge of the Swarm, he battled a clone of Victor Validus, but Validus overpowered him and he changed into Goop instead.



Ben 10

 * The Big Tick (first appearance) (mistaken for XLR8)
 * Grudge Match
 * The Galactic Enforcers
 * Camp Fear
 * Back With a Vengeance (2x)
 * Ben 10,000 (used by Ben and Ben 10,000)
 * A Change of Face (used by ben and gwen)
 * Benwolf
 * The Return
 * Be Afraid of the Dark
 * Don't Drink the Water
 * Big Fat Alien Wedding
 * Ken 10 (used by Ben 10,000)
 * Ben 10: Secret of The Omnitrix
 * Goodbye and Good Riddance

Ben 10 Alien Force

 * War of the Worlds: Part 1 (first re-appearance)
 * Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1
 * Primus

Ben 10 Ultimate Alien

 * Fame(on TV)
 * Duped (first re-appearance used by echo echo clone)
 * Video Games
 * Too Hot To Handle(goes ultimate)
 * Map of Infinity
 * Where the Magic Happens
 * Perplexahedron(goes ultimate)
 * The Transmogrification of Eunice(goes ultimate)
 * The Big Story (Used by Plant Alien)
 * Revenge of the Swarm
 * It's Not Easy Being Gwen(goes ultimate)

Video Games and Comics

 * Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Experience

Possible future
In the future taking place in Ben 10,000, Cannonbolt is nearly the same as the 10 year old version, but with a different color scheme for the legs, which sport a black pants-like design similar to the one for Fourarms. He also has slightly longer claws.

His eyes are closer to his shoulder armor, and the Omnitrix symbol is higher up, being on the top of his head, rather than his forehead.

Ben 10: Protector of Earth
Cannonbolt will come in handy for ramps and busting through Enemies and Bosses. He has a Dark Heroes and DNA Force skin.

Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks
Cannonbolt will come in handy for the same reason for Protector Of Earth. He replaces Alien X, but is replaced by Upchuck in the DS version.



Trivia

 * Cannonbolt is one of the four aliens to appear in all three series. The other three are Upchuck, Way Big, and Diamondhead.
 * Cannonbolt was supposed to be one of the original ten aliens in the Ben 10 series, but was later replaced by Diamondhead for reasons unknown or forgotten.
 * Cannonbolt's weaknesses are that he can roll much faster than he can walk, is so heavy that he tends to fall down a lot and a particularly sticky adhesive can render Cannonbolt defenseless.
 * In the original series, Cannonbolt could not walk that far, but in Ultimate Alien, he is shown to walk faster and for longer distances but still relies on his ball form.
 * He is the second additional alien in Alien Force
 * He was the first additional alien in the original series.
 * Cannonbolt's first appearance was an accidental transformation.
 * He was the first alien Carl Tennyson saw in the original series (however the episode it occurred in is nomocanon).
 * In "The Big Tick", Three Aliens revealed that "The Great One" had destroyed Cannonbolt's planet about a week before the form was unlocked.
 * Cannonbolt's ball form is similar to Samus Aran's Morph Ball ability from the Metroid video games, except for their size (Samus' morph ball is smaller and more compact then Samus, while Cannonbolt's ball form which is roughly the same size as Cannonbolt).
 * Cannonbolt is the first alien from the original series to have an Ultimate form.
 * For a time, the Cartoon Network Ben 10: Ultimate Alien description of Cannonbolt had his original series look.
 * While rolling in The Transmogrification of Eunice he was able to turn ultimate. Possibly using his arms while he was rolling, or he else would not have been able to touch the Ultimatrix.
 * In his concepts he was orignally going to be green.
 * He originally was to be one of the 10 first aliens, but Diamondhead took his place in the pre-production.
 * He is the only alien that not appear in four-years old appearence in Don't Drink the Water.
 * Every episode Ssserpent has appeared Cannonbolt has.