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Armodrillo is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Talpaedan from the planet Terraexcava in the Andromeda Galaxy.

Appearance

Ben as Armodrillo

Armodrillo is ten feet tall and has a yellow-armored body and looks much like a robot. His head is similar to a Greek Corinthian helmet with two ears on it giving him the appearance of an armadillo. Armodrillo has a gray tail and jackhammer parts on his elbows, wrists and hands, creating the impression that Armodrillo is a digging robot. Despite the mechanical appearance, all of these aspects are in fact biological and natural to his race.

In Omniverse, Armodrillo looks similar to his Ultimate Alien appearance, but his ears are slightly longer, he has grey bolts with black markings on his shoulders and has a metal circle on top of his head. His face has been restructured a little bit, his arm-drills are now much larger, and his feet are now yellow instead of grey while his toes remain grey. His fingers now have a small horizontal line design along with his tail and the black parts of his limbs. His arms, upper arms, and thighs are now more chain-like, and his forearms and shoulder are now much bulkier.

Armodrillo wears the Ultimatrix/Omnitrix symbol on his chest.

Albedo as Negative Armodrillo

Negative Armodrillo resembles Armodrillo in Omniverse except his armor, eyes, and Ultimatrix symbol are all recolored red.

Powers and Abilities

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Enhanced Strength
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Jackhammer Arm
Earthquake Generation
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Enhanced Digging
Shock Waves
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Drill Hands

Armodrillo has incredible digging capabilities thanks to his jackhammer arms, and can transform his hands into drills.

Armodrillo possesses enhanced durability, courtesy of his armor, and enhanced strength, as he was able to destroy ten robots from Dimension 12^[1] and hold his own with Trumbipulor.^[2]

Armodrillo can create destructive earthquakes by placing his hands on the ground and pumping the jackhammer pistons on his elbows.

Armodrillo is able to create fissures in the ground.^[3]

Using his jackhammer arms, he can create shock waves and can launch objects he is holding.

Weaknesses

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Vulnerability to Electricity
Armodrillo OV 3.PNG
Out-of-Control Vibration

Even though Armodrillo's armor is highly durable, it is not strong enough to keep Argit's spikes or Zombozo's bowling pins from hurting him.^[2]

Psyphon used a weapon that caused Armodrillo's nervous system to go out of control, making him unable to stop vibrating his left arm.^[4]

Electricity can stop him from moving and even knock him out.

History

Ben

In Andreas' Fault, Armodrillo's DNA was sampled and put in the Codon Stream by scanning Andreas' DNA.
Armodrillo first appeared in Hero Time, where he defeated some of Computron's robots.
In Reflected Glory, Armodrillo battled some Forever Knights.
In ...Nor Iron Bars a Cage, Armodrillo was defeated by Ultimate Kevin.
In The Transmogrification of Eunice, Armodrillo readied to save Eunice when he thought she was being attacked by a bear.
In Revenge of the Swarm, Armodrillo freed Julie and battled Elena and the Victor Validus clones, but was defeated and nearly suffocated to death by the Nanochips until Elena decided to sacrifice herself to save him.
In The Creature from Beyond, Armodrillo battled the victims of the Lucubra's mind control.
In Double or Nothing, Armodrillo scared a ticket clerk to let them into a theater.

Dream

In Night of the Living Nightmare, Armodrillo was seen confronting Albedo.

Ben

In The More Things Change: Part 2, Armodrillo defeated many of Psyphon's henchmen but failed to defeat Psyphon himself.
In Of Predators and Prey: Part 1, Armodrillo was defeated by Slamworm.
In Of Predators and Prey: Part 2, Armodrillo battled Slamworm and Crabdozer.
In Malefactor, Armodrillo battled Slamworm and Crabdozer.
In Rules of Engagement, Armodrillo failed to defeat Princess Looma.
In Ben Again, Armodrillo was used by 11-year-old Ben in 16-year-old Ben's body to find something in the sewers.
In Special Delivery, Armodrillo battled Zombozo, Fistrick and Trumbipulor.
In Return to Forever, Armodrillo tried to break out of a force field, but is reverted by the Forever Knights' DNA Scanner.
In The Ultimate Heist, Armodrillo was used to make an opening where Albedo was located.
In Secret of Dos Santos, Armodrillo tried to find the entrance to the Temple of the Sky until Kai did so.
In A New Dawn, Armodrillo appeared for a short time when Ben was cycling through his aliens.

Albedo

In For a Few Brains More, Negative Armodrillo defeated Gravattack before switching into Negative Gravattack.

No Watch Ben

In And Then There Was Ben, Armodrillo caused a small earthquake so a young Ben Prime could fall into the crater where the original Omnitrix landed.

Skurd

In Stuck on You, Skurd gave Humungousaur Armodrillo's arm to battle Tyrannopede.
In Malgax Attacks, Skurd gave Whampire Armodrillo's arm to battle Vilgax.

Appearances

Ben
Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Double or Nothing (cameo)

Dream
Season 3

Night of the Living Nightmare (cameo)

Ben
Season 1

The More Things Change: Part 2 (first reappearance)
Of Predators and Prey: Part 1
Of Predators and Prey: Part 2 (intended alien was Humungousaur)

Season 2

Malefactor
Rules of Engagement

Season 3

Ben Again (11-year-old Ben in 16-year-old body)
Special Delivery

Season 4

Return to Forever (cameo)
The Ultimate Heist (cameo)

Season 8

Secret of Dos Santos
A New Dawn (cameo)

Albedo
Season 4

For a Few Brains More

No Watch Ben
Season 5

And Then There Was Ben

Skurd
Season 8

Stuck on You
Malgax Attacks

Cartoon Network Action Packs

Alien Unlock 2

The Return of Psyphon

TKO

Wrath of Psychobos (mobile only)

Video Games

Armodrilloarticel400 — Armodrillo in Cosmic Destruction

Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction

Armodrillo is one of the Andromeda Galaxy aliens playable in the game.

Amrodrillo is vital for progression on the Devil's Tower, Tokyo Nights, and The Colosseum levels of the game.

Naming and Translations

Language	Name	Origin
Bulgarian	Армодрило	From the original English name
Chinese	犰狳金刚	From 犰狳 (Qiú Yú) armadillo, and 金刚 (Jīn Gāng), Vajra
Croatian	Oklopnjak	From oklop, armor; the name itself means "armor carrier"
Dutch	Armadriller	Portmanteau of armadillo and driller
French	Le Tatou	From le tatou, the armadillo
German	Panzerkralle	From panzer, armor, and kralle, claw
Greek	Βραχιονικό Τρυπάνι	From βραχίονας, arm and τρυπάνι, drill
Hungarian	Karófúró	From karó, picket, and fúró, drill
Italian	Armadillo	From the English word armadillo
Polish	Armowiertło	From the English armor and the Polish wiertło, drill
Portuguese (Br)	Armatu	From armado, armed and tatu, armadillo ("Armedillo")
Romanian	Armoburghiul	From burghiul, drill
Russian	Армодрило-землерой Землерой Армодрило	From aрмодрило/armodrillo and землерой/zemleroy, navvy From землерой/zemleroy, navvy From the original English name
Spanish (HA)	Armadillo	From the Spanish armadillo, armadillo
Spanish (Spain)	Armadillo	From the Spanish armadillo, armadillo
Swedish	Pansarborren	From pansar, armor, and borren, drill
Tagalog	Tagalog version of Armodrillo
Turkish	Armadillo	From the English word armadillo

Etymology

Armodrillo's name is a combination of arm, drill, armor and armadillo.

Trivia

Armodrillo is ten feet tall.^[5]^[6]
Armodrillo and the other Andromeda aliens have their powers related to an element. For Armodrillo, it's earth.
Armodrillo was the Alien of the Month in August. However, his name was misspelled as Armadrillo.
Armodrillo's arm resembles the arm of Big O, the robot from the Japanese anime The Big O.

References

Transformations
Introduced in Ben 10	Arctiguana • Blitzwolfer • Buzzshock • Cannonbolt • Diamondhead • Ditto • Evil Way Big (Destroy All Aliens) • Eye Guy • Four Arms • Frankenstrike • Ghostfreak • Grey Matter • Heatblast • Ripjaws • Snare-oh • Spitter • Stinkfly • Upchuck • Upgrade • Way Big • Wildmutt • Wildvine • XLR8
Introduced in Alien Force	Alien X • Big Chill • Brainstorm • Chromastone • Echo Echo • Goop • Humungousaur • Jetray • Lodestar • Nanomech • Rath • Spidermonkey • Swampfire
Introduced in Ultimate Alien	Ampfibian • Armodrillo • Chamalien • Clockwork • Eatle • Fasttrack • Juryrigg • NRG • Shocksquatch • Terraspin • Water Hazard
Introduced in Omniverse	Astrodactyl • Atomix • Ball Weevil • Bloxx • Bullfrag • Crashhopper • Feedback • Gravattack • Gutrot • Kickin Hawk • Mole-Stache • Pesky Dust • The Worst • Toepick • Walkatrout • Whampire
Future Aliens	Sandbox • Shellhead • Snakepit
Ultimate Aliens	Albedo • Arctiguana • Ben • Big Chill • Cannonbolt • Echo Echo • Gravattack • Humungousaur • Rath • Spidermonkey • Swampfire • Way Big • Wildmutt
Fusion Aliens	Atomic-X • Big Chuck • Crashocker • Diamond Matter • Fourmungousaur • Heat Jaws • Humungoopsaur • Stink Arms • Uprigg
Concept Fusion Aliens	Gravadactyl • XLRG
Non-Canon
Competition Winners	Alien Maker Contest Winner • Moyo • Invincible • Portaler • Shadowman • Stretcheleo
MAD	Chromastone • Four Arms • Humungousaur • Jetray • NRG • Swampfire
Total Access	Antigravitesla • Bob the Blob • Plantapocalypse
Ben 10: Science Hero	Caet • Sektoid Transformation • Shafarnian • Steeler
Tim 10	Bloxx • Four Arms • Heatblast • Skateasaurus • Upchuck • XLR8
Other	Bird Alien • Cartoon Network Alien • Eon (retconned) • Evil Way Big (Cosmic Destruction) • Fuel Run Alien • Grendene's Alien • Robot Alien • Rocks • Squidstrictor

[1] Hero Time

[SD-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Special Delivery

[3] Reflected Glory

[4] The More Things Change: Part 2

[5] Ben Tennyson

[6] The Transmogrification of Eunice

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[2]

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@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 |home-planet = [[Terraexcava]]
 |body = Robotic Humanoid
-|power = Enhanced Strength<br>Enhanced Digging<br>Earth Tremors<br>Earth Eruption<br>Jackhammer Arms<br>Drill Hands<br>Enhanced Durability<br>Shock Waves
+|power = Enhanced Strength<br>Enhanced Durability<br>Enhanced Digging<br>Earth Tremors<br>Earth Eruption<br>Jackhammer Arms<br>Drill Hands<br>Shock Waves
 |voice = [[Dee Bradley Baker]] <small>([[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien|Ultimate Alien]])</small><br>[[John DiMaggio]] <small>([[Ben 10: Omniverse|Omniverse]])</small>
 |1st-appearance = Hero Time
@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 Armodrillo is ten feet tall and has a yellow-armored body and looks much like a robot. His head is similar to a Greek Corinthian helmet with two ears on it giving him the appearance of an [[Wikipedia:Armadillo|armadillo]]. Armodrillo has a gray tail and jackhammer parts on his elbows, wrists and hands, creating the impression that Armodrillo is a digging robot. Despite the mechanical appearance, all of these aspects are in fact biological and natural to his race.
-In '''[[Ben 10: Omniverse|Omniverse]]''', Armodrillo looks similar to his '''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien|Ultimate Alien]]''' appearance, but his ears are slightly longer, he has grey bolts with black markings on his shoulders and has a metal circle on top of his head. His face has been restructured a little bit, and his arm-drills are now much larger. His feet are now yellow instead of grey while his toes remain grey. His fingers now have a small horizontal line design along with his tail and the black parts of his limbs. His arms, upper arms, and thighs are now more chain-like. His forearms and shoulder are now much bulkier.
+In '''[[Ben 10: Omniverse|Omniverse]]''', Armodrillo looks similar to his '''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien|Ultimate Alien]]''' appearance, but his ears are slightly longer, he has grey bolts with black markings on his shoulders and has a metal circle on top of his head. His face has been restructured a little bit, his arm-drills are now much larger, and his feet are now yellow instead of grey while his toes remain grey. His fingers now have a small horizontal line design along with his tail and the black parts of his limbs. His arms, upper arms, and thighs are now more chain-like, and his forearms and shoulder are now much bulkier.
 Armodrillo wears the [[Ultimatrix (Original)|Ultimatrix]]/[[Omnitrix (Omniverse)|Omnitrix]] symbol on his chest.
 ===Albedo as Negative Armodrillo===
-In '''Omniverse''', Negative Armodrillo's armor is red instead of yellow, with red eyes and with the [[Ultimatrix (Recreated)|Ultimatrix]] symbol also being red.
+Negative Armodrillo resembles Armodrillo in '''Omniverse''' except his armor, eyes, and [[Ultimatrix (Recreated)|Ultimatrix]] symbol are all recolored red.
 <gallery hideaddbutton="true" bordercolor="transparent" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
-Armodillo Albedo.PNG|[[Albedo]] as Armodrillo
+Armodillo Albedo.PNG|[[Albedo]] as Negative Armodrillo
 </gallery>
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 Armodrillo drill.png|Drill Hands
 </gallery>
-Armodrillo has incredible digging capabilities and enhanced strength. Due to his armor, Armodrillo has incredible durability.
+Armodrillo has incredible digging capabilities thanks to his jackhammer arms, and can transform his hands into drills.
-He possesses enhanced strength, able to destroy ten robots from [[Dimension 12]]<ref>''[[Hero Time]]''</ref> and hold his own with [[Trumbipulor]].<ref name="SD">''[[Special Delivery]]''</ref> Due to his armor, Armodrillo also has incredible durability.
+Armodrillo possesses enhanced durability, courtesy of his armor, and enhanced strength, as he was able to destroy ten [[Computron's Minions|robots]] from [[Dimension 12]]<ref>''[[Hero Time]]''</ref> and hold his own with [[Trumbipulor]].<ref name="SD">''[[Special Delivery]]''</ref>
 Armodrillo can create destructive earthquakes by placing his hands on the ground and pumping the jackhammer pistons on his elbows.
 Armodrillo is able to create fissures in the ground.<ref>''[[Reflected Glory]]''</ref>
-Armodrillo can turn his hands into drills.
 Using his jackhammer arms, he can create shock waves and can launch objects he is holding.
@@ Line 56: / Line 54: @@
 ==Weaknesses==
 <gallery type="slideshow" widths="253">
-Armodrillo electricity.png|Electricity
+Armodrillo electricity.png|Vulnerability to Electricity
-Armodrillo OV 3.PNG|The effect of [[Psyphon]]'s weapon
+Armodrillo OV 3.PNG|Out-of-Control Vibration
 </gallery>
-Even though Armodrillo's armor is highly durable, it is not strong enough to keep [[Argit]]'s spikes or [[Zombozo (Classic)|Zombozo]]'s bowling pins from hurting him.<ref name="SD"/>
+Even though Armodrillo's armor is highly durable, it is not strong enough to keep [[Argit]]'s spikes or [[Zombozo (Classic)|Zombozo]]'s bowling pins from hurting him.<ref name="SD" />
 [[Psyphon]] used a weapon that caused Armodrillo's nervous system to go out of control, making him unable to stop vibrating his left arm.<ref>''[[The More Things Change: Part 2]]''</ref>
-Electricity can stop him from moving and can even knock him out.
+Electricity can stop him from moving and even knock him out.
 ==History==
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 ;Ben
 *In ''[[Andreas' Fault]]'', Armodrillo's DNA was sampled and put in the [[Codon Stream]] by scanning [[Andreas]]' DNA.
-*Armodrillo first appeared in ''[[Hero Time]]''. Armodrillo defeated some robots.
+*Armodrillo first appeared in ''[[Hero Time]]'', where he defeated some of [[Computron's Minions|Computron's robots]].
 *In ''[[Reflected Glory]]'', Armodrillo battled some [[Forever Knights]].
 *In ''[[...Nor Iron Bars a Cage]]'', Armodrillo was defeated by [[Ultimate Kevin]].
 *In ''[[The Transmogrification of Eunice]]'', Armodrillo readied to save [[Eunice]] when he thought she was being attacked by a bear.
-*In ''[[Revenge of the Swarm]]'', Armodrillo freed [[Julie Yamamoto|Julie]] and battled [[Elena Validus|Elena]] and the [[Victor Validus]] clones.
+*In ''[[Revenge of the Swarm]]'', Armodrillo freed [[Julie Yamamoto|Julie]] and battled [[Elena Validus|Elena]] and the [[Victor Validus]] clones, but was defeated and nearly suffocated to death by the [[Nanochip]]s until Elena decided to sacrifice herself to save him.
 *In ''[[The Creature from Beyond]]'', Armodrillo battled the victims of the [[Lucubra]]'s mind control.
 *In ''[[Double or Nothing]]'', Armodrillo scared a ticket clerk to let them into a theater.
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 ;Ben
 *In ''[[The More Things Change: Part 2]]'', Armodrillo defeated many of Psyphon's henchmen but failed to defeat [[Psyphon]] himself.
-*In ''[[Of Predators and Prey: Part 1]]'', Armodrillo tried to defeat [[Zed|Khyber's Dog]] but failed.
+*In ''[[Of Predators and Prey: Part 1]]'', Armodrillo was defeated by [[Slamworm]].
-*In ''[[Of Predators and Prey: Part 2]]'', Armodrillo battled [[Slamworm]] and [[Crabdozer]].
+*In ''[[Of Predators and Prey: Part 2]]'', Armodrillo battled Slamworm and [[Crabdozer]].
-*In ''[[Malefactor]]'', Armodrillo battled [[Slamworm]] and [[Crabdozer]].
+*In ''[[Malefactor]]'', Armodrillo battled Slamworm and Crabdozer.
-*In ''[[Rules of Engagement]]'', Armodrillo tried to defeat [[Looma Red Wind|Princess Looma]] but failed.
+*In ''[[Rules of Engagement]]'', Armodrillo failed to defeat [[Looma Red Wind|Princess Looma]].
-*In ''[[Ben Again]]'', Armodrillo was used by 11 year old Ben in 16 year old Ben's body to find something in the sewers.
+*In ''[[Ben Again]]'', Armodrillo was used by 11-year-old Ben in 16-year-old Ben's body to find something in the sewers.
 *In ''[[Special Delivery]]'', Armodrillo battled [[Zombozo (Classic)|Zombozo]], [[Fistrick]] and [[Trumbipulor]].
 *In ''[[Return to Forever]]'', Armodrillo tried to break out of a force field, but is reverted by the [[Forever Knights]]' [[DNA Scanner]].
 *In'' [[The Ultimate Heist]]'', Armodrillo was used to make an opening where [[Albedo]] was located.
-*In ''[[Secret of Dos Santos]]'', Armodrillo digs to find the entrance to the Temple of the Sky, until [[Kai Green|Kai]] finds the entrance.
+*In ''[[Secret of Dos Santos]]'', Armodrillo tried to find the entrance to the Temple of the Sky until [[Kai Green|Kai]] did so.
 *In ''[[A New Dawn]]'', Armodrillo appeared for a short time when [[Ben Tennyson (Classic)|Ben]] was cycling through his aliens.
 ;Albedo
-*In ''[[For a Few Brains More]]'', Negative Armodrillo defeated [[Gravattack]].
+*In ''[[For a Few Brains More]]'', Negative Armodrillo defeated [[Gravattack]] before switching into Negative Gravattack.
 ;No Watch Ben
-*In ''[[And Then There Was Ben]]'', Armodrillo caused a small earthquake so a young Ben Prime fell into the crater where the [[Omnitrix (Original)|Omnitrix]] was.
+*In ''[[And Then There Was Ben]]'', Armodrillo caused a small earthquake so a young Ben Prime could fall into the crater where the [[Omnitrix (Original)|original Omnitrix]] landed.
 ;Skurd
 *In ''[[Stuck on You]]'', Skurd gave [[Humungousaur (Classic)|Humungousaur]] Armodrillo's arm to battle [[Tyrannopede]].
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 *''[[Rules of Engagement]]''
 ;Season 3
-*''[[Ben Again]]'' <small>(11 year old Ben in 16 year old body)</small>
+*''[[Ben Again]]'' <small>(11-year-old Ben in 16-year-old body)</small>
 *''[[Special Delivery]]''
 ;Season 4
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 [[File:Armodrilloarticel400.png|thumb|Armodrillo in Cosmic Destruction]]
 ===[[Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction]]===
-*Armodrillo is one of the Andromeda Galaxy aliens playable in the game.
+Armodrillo is one of the Andromeda Galaxy aliens playable in the game.
+Amrodrillo is vital for progression on the Devil's Tower, Tokyo Nights, and The Colosseum levels of the game.
 ==Naming and Translations==