Astrodactyl

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Astrodactyl
General Information
Species	Unknown
Home World	Terradino
Body	Humanoid Pterosaur
Powers and Abilities
Abilities	Flight (via jetpack) Retractable Wings Propulsion Blast Energy Whips Internal Star Power Energy Beams Space Survivability Enhanced Speed Enhanced Agility Enhanced Strength Enhanced Durability Prehensile Feet Aerial Combat
Equipment	Jetpack
Details
Voice Actor	Dee Bradley Baker
First Appearance	While You Were Away
Gallery

Astrodactyl is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of an unknown species from the planet Terradino.

Appearance

Astrodactyl resembles a cross between a Pterodactyl and a glider. He has a large yellow beak-like mouth, green eyes, red skin, black and green clothing on his shoulders and waist, green braces around his wrists and ankles, and small, yellow, retractable wings that resemble a glider in appearance which are connected to a 'jetpack'-like structure on his back.

Astrodactyl wears the Omnitrix symbol on his left shoulder.

Powers and Abilities

• Flight (via jetpack)
• Energy Whip
• Propulsion Blast
• Energy Beams
• Prehensile Feet
• Enhanced Strength
• Space Survivability

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Astrodactyl is capable of flying through the aid of his 'jetpack', and with his retractable wings proving stability for this ability. He can create a propulsion blast from his jetpack using some kind of internalized star power to enhance his flight.

Astrodactyl's star power can be used to create different forms of weapons, the most common weapon being energy whips.

Astrodactyl can use his star power to fire an energy beam from his mouth.

Astrodactyl possesses enhanced strength, as he was able to rip off goo that was difficult for Ben and Rook to escape from and pull one of the Techadon robots tied up to his energy whips. He is also strong enough to carry and lift a Cerebrocrustacean with his prehensile feet.

Astrodactyl can survive in the vacuum of space.

Weaknesses

Vulnerability to Electricity

Astrodactyl is very reliant on his jetpack for flying, meaning that if it somehow gets damaged, he would be at a disadvantage.

Astrodactyl is vulnerable to electricity.

History

Omniverse

• Astrodactyl first appeared in While You Were Away, where he battled Dr. Psychobos and helped destroy the supply of Amber Ogia.
• In The Frogs of War: Part 1, Astrodactyl battled the Incurseans before the randomizer function in the Omnitrix turned him into Snare-oh.
• In Mud Is Thicker Than Water, Astrodactyl battled Psyphon's gang.
• In A Fistful of Brains, Astrodactyl escaped from Khyber's hunting grounds and briefly fought Negative Brainstorm until they both reverted.
• In The Vampire Strikes Back, Astrodactyl flew back to Anur Transyl after Rad ejected him from the Lovely Duck.
• In And Then There Were None, Astrodactyl battled Bad Gravattack and saved No Watch Ben from Eon.
• In Collect This, Astrodactyl freed himself and Rook before going after Collectimus.
• In Clyde Five, Astrodactyl chased Clyde and battled the Techadon Robots.
• In A New Dawn, Astrodactyl appeared for a short time when Ben was cycling through his aliens.

Appearances

• Omniverse
• Comics
• Video Games

Season 3

• While You Were Away (first appearance; accidental transformation)
• The Frogs of War: Part 1

Season 4

• Mud Is Thicker Than Water
• A Fistful of Brains (intended alien was Way Big)

Season 5

• The Vampire Strikes Back
• And Then There Were None

Season 6

• Collect This

Season 7

• Clyde Five

Season 8

• A New Dawn (cameo)

Ben 10 (Issue 3)

Cartoon Network: Super Secret Crisis War! (Issue 1, Issue 3, Issue 5)

Ben 10: Omniverse 2

Video Games

Astrodactyl in Ben 10: Omniverse 2

Ben 10: Omniverse 2

Astrodactyl is a playable alien in the game (not on 3DS).

Naming and Translations

Language	Name	Origin
Bulgarian	Астродактил	From the original English name
Chinese	极光翼龙 (Former) 光鞭翼手龙 (current)	From 极光 (Jí Guāng), aurora, and 翼龙 (Yì Lóng), pterodactyl. From 光鞭 (Guāng Biān), light whip, and 翼手龙 (Yì Shǒu Lóng), pterodactyl.
French	Astrodactyle	From the original English name
German	Astrodactylus	From astro and Pterodactylus, pterodactyl
Italian	Astrovolante	From astro and volante (flying)
Portuguese (Br)	Astrodáctilo	From astrodáctilo, astrodactyl
Romanian	Astrodactyl	From the original English name
Russian	Астродактиль	From the original English name
Spanish (HA)	Astrodactyl	From the original English name

Etymology

Astrodactyl's name is a portmanteau of the prefix "astro-", meaning star, and "pterodactyl", the first identified Pterosaur, a flying reptile.

Trivia

• Despite both of them being flying animal-inspired aliens with energy-related powers, Derrick J. Wyatt does not consider Astrodactyl to be "replacement" for Jetray.
  • The reason for this is because they never intended or even wanted to replace any aliens.
• From Arc 4 of Omniverse onwards, Astrodactyl replaces Bloxx in the opening intro of the show, particularly in the part where the latter used to appear alongside Shocksquatch, Way Big, and Crashhopper.
• When Astrodactyl talks or becomes excited, he "squawks" like a parrot.
• The crew came up with Astrodactyl's name first, then figured out his look and powers from there.
  • Astrodactyl was designed by Steven Choi.
• It is implied that Astrodactyl was never locked in the Omnitrix.
• While Astrodactyl's star power is colored green, 18-year-old Mutant Kevin's star power is colored red.