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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, 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.
Armodrillo wears the Ultimatrix/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 symbol also being red.
Powers and Abilities
Armodrillo has incredible digging capabilities and enhanced strength. Due to his armor, Armodrillo has incredible durability.
He possesses enhanced strength, 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]
Armodrillo can turn his hands into drills.
Using his jackhammer arms, he can create shock waves and can launch objects he is holding.
Weaknesses
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 can 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 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.
- 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 tried to defeat Khyber's Dog but failed.
- In Of Predators and Prey: Part 2, Armodrillo battled Slamworm and Crabdozer.
- In Malefactor, Armodrillo battled Slamworm and Crabdozer.
- In Rules of Engagement, Armodrillo tried to defeat Princess Looma but failed.
- 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 digs to find the entrance to the Temple of the Sky, until Kai finds the entrance.
- 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.
- 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 was.
- 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
- Hero Time (first appearance)
- Reflected Glory
- ...Nor Iron Bars a Cage
- 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
- 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
- No Watch Ben
- Season 5
- Skurd
- Season 8
Video Games
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.