Wildmutt

Wildmutt is a Vulpimancer from the planet Vulpin. He was the second alien used by Ben.

Ben first transforms into Wildmutt during the episode And Then There Were 10.

Appearance
Among each Vulpimancer, the only noticeable common feature is their general body shape, which appears to be a cross between a lion, a wolf and a gorilla, but they vary in body sizes, and sometimes in color. Wildmutt also has a different mouth shape than other Vulpimancers shown in the original series. Vulpimancers have evolved without eyes, instead using smell and hearing in vision's place, which are aided by three V-shaped gills on both sides of their head. Ben's point of view while a Wildmutt is depicted as being similar to a thermograph sensor, since it detects its surrounding with heat. The Omnitrix symbol is on a brace on his left shoulder.

Abilities
Wildmutt possesses a natural high agility that makes him able to run, jump and climb on objects at high velocity. Also, most notable, Wildmutt has an incredible heat vision that allows him, despite having no eyes, to "see" thermal signatures of people, other animals, aliens, or anything else that radiates heat. Wildmutt's sense of smell is also well developed, much more so than an earth dog, because Wildmuttt can track people from their scent even if they are many miles away. It has also been exhibited that Wildmutt has super strength, and Wildmutt can use its front legs as fists. Wildmutt also has razor-sharp claws.

Home Planet
It is frequently mentioned that the Vulpimancer home world, Vulpin, was used a dumping ground of everything the rest of the galaxy didn't want, including a wide varity of toxic waste, resulting in a wide varity of mutations explaining why the Vulpimancers appearance is so varied.

It was mentioned that after Cannonbolt's home planet was destroyed they moved to Vulpim where like the locals they were mutated to be able to breath fire, a reference to Toho's common habit of making mutants capable of breathing fire like rays.

The planet was feature in Vilgax Attacks as one of the enviroments available Ben had to traverse a toxic waste refinery where the massive amount of isotopes were being processed into a null void energy core. The mini boss for the level is a giant two headed snake while the boss for the platform versions is the Vreedle Brothers and the DS version, Darkstar.

Weakness
If Wildmutt's vision sensors on the sides of his face were blocked he would not be able to sense anything. Also, Wildmutt can't talk; however, it is only but so hard to understand what he is attempting to say, for Gwen was able to know what Ben was saying in the episode Permanent Retirement.

Appearances

 * And Then There Were 10
 * Permanent Retirement
 * Last Laugh
 * Lucky Girl
 * Side Effects
 * Secrets 2x
 * Truth
 * The Big Tick
 * Framed
 * Camp Fear
 * Tough Luck
 * Ghostfreaked Out(Dream)
 * Back With a Vengeance 4x
 * Ben 10,000 (Future Ben)
 * Midnight Madness
 * Merry Christmas
 * Under Wraps
 * The Visitor
 * Don't Drink the Water(Young Version)
 * Secret Of The Omnitrix 2x
 * Ben 10 vs. The Negative 10 (Part 2)(last appearance)

Race Against Time
Wildmutt appeared in the live-action movie Race Against Time as the last alien Ben transforms into. He is able to defeat Eon when he froze time and helps Gwen with her magic trick. This made Ben and Gwen reach second place.

Ultimate Alien
As in Alien Force, the Ultimatrix symbol is on his chest, and the black garment on his arm is gone. A footage of him from the original series was shown on TV in Fame.

Possible future
In the possible future, Wildmutt is bigger in size. The Omnitrix symbol has moved from his left shoulder to his forehead. He also has darker coloured stripes on his back and a tail. He looks more cat-like than he does dog-like. The future Widmutt is featured in the video game Ben 10: Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks as a player who replaces Ben.

Naming and Translations

 * Türkçe: Yaban Köpek
 * Brazilian: Besta / Beast
 * Croatian: Psina / Mutt or Big dog
 * Dutch: Stomkop / Stupidhead
 * German: Das Biest / The beast
 * Italian: Bestiale / Bestial
 * Polish: Dzikopysk
 * Swedish: vilden
 * Bulgarian: Див Мутант /Wildmutt

Trivia

 * Wildmutt is so far the only alien form that Ben can't talk in (other than Spitter as seen in Ben 10 episode Ben 10,000). In the episode Ghostfreaked Out, Ben did talk as Wildmutt, but only in a dream that involved Ghostfreak.
 * The first segment of his transformation sequence is the same to the one with Fourarms and XLR8.
 * Wildmutt is Ben's first intentional transformation.
 * In Permanent Retirement, Gwen commented that she has learned the Vulpimancer language or at least the closest thing possible to Vulpimancer communication.
 * In the Burmese Version, he is called "Tiger Monkey", this is probably because he is seen with common primate, feline, and even canine archetype features.
 * His name in the Croatian version of the cartoon, Psina, means "Great Dog", but the same word is sometimes used to name several sharks, especially the Great White, which sometimes caused naming differences between him and Ripjaws.
 * In Secret of The Omnitrix, when Ben and Tetrax went to find the intruder, when Ben accidently turned into Wildmutt, Tetrax called him a "Vulpin." It is unknown whether Vulpin is short for Vulpimancer, Tetrax mixed up the planet and the species, or the writers of the show made a mistake.
 * Wildmutt looks different to other Vulpimancers but this may be an Omnitrix effect.
 * Wildmutt is the only alien in Ultimate Alien (if he appears) that will not be able to shout his name, when he transforms.