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Ball Weevil (alternatively spelled as Ballweevil) is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of an unknown species from an unknown planet.
Appearance
Ball Weevil is a small insect-like alien. He is yellow in color with black eyes and green pupils. He has four stick legs and a beak along with a big antenna. He is a little taller than Grey Matter. Ball Weevil wears the Omnitrix symbol on a green and white brace around his neck.
Powers and Abilities
Ball Weevil using his plasma ball
Ball Weevil can spit round, green, sticky balls of plasma,[1] that absorb matter and explode upon impact, or when Ball Weevil wants.[2] The size of these balls depends on how much matter they absorb. Ball Weevil's plasma balls can be in more shapes than just spheres. The bigger the ball he creates, the larger the explosion.
Ball Weevil can spew out plasma in a controllable stream to act like a rope to tie up an enemy. The plasma is strong enough to momentarily hold Princess Looma. His plasma balls have shown to not only absorb matter to enlarge, but can absorb energy too,[3] as seen when he absorbed both Leander's radiation and Swift's neuroshock blasts into one of his globules.
Ball Weevil has enhanced agility, being able to roll on his plasma balls and can climb on walls with ease.
Ball Weevil seems to be pretty strong for his size,[1] seen when he stopped his giant plasma ball rolling at a high speed.
Weaknesses
Ball Weevil can be hurt by his own plasma balls if they are reflected at him. He can also get stuck in his own plasma.
Ball Weevil's goo balls can be neutralized by Terroranchula's energy webs. Ball Weevil can also be trapped in Terroranchula's webs.
History
Omniverse
16-year-old Ben
- Ball Weevil made his first appearance in Of Predators and Prey: Part 1, where he was defeated by Khyber.
- In Rules of Engagement, Ball Weevil battled Princess Looma and, with Julie's help, defeated her.
- In Showdown: Part 1, Ball Weevil battled Tyrannopede until she turned into Terroranchula and trapped Ball Weevil.
- In While You Were Away, Ball Weevil escaped the brainwashed Revonnahganders.
- In Cough It Up, Ball Weevil was used to fight Sunder.
- In The Rooters of All Evil, Ball Weevil defeated Swift and Leander.
- In Weapon XI: Part 2, Ball Weevil defeated a Way Bad.
- In The Most Dangerous Game Show, Ball Weevil battled a Slamworm.
- In A New Dawn, Ball Weevil appeared for a short time when Ben was cycling through his aliens.
11-year-old Ben
- In Arrested Development, 11-year-old Ball Weevil defeated Computron's Minions.
Appearances
- 16 year old Ben
- Season 1
- Of Predators and Prey: Part 1 (first appearance)
- Season 2
- Season 3
- Season 6
- Season 8
- 11 year old Ben
- Season 2
- Arrested Development (present day)
- Ben 10: Omniverse
- Cartoon Network: Super Secret Crisis War! (Issue 1)
Naming and Translations
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Болуийвъл | From the original English name |
| Chinese | 波尾虫 (former) 闪爆甲虫 (current) |
From pronounced Bō Wěi and 虫 (Chóng), bug. From 闪爆 (Shǎn Bào), explosion, and 甲虫 (Jiǎ Chóng), beetle |
| French | Coléoptosaure[4] | From coléoptère, beetle, and -saure, -saur |
| German | Ball Grille | From ball, ball and grille, cricket |
| Greek | Μαμουνόμπαλας | From μαμούνι, weevil, and μπάλα, ball |
| Hungarian | Labdazsizsik | From labda, ball and zsizsik, weevil |
| Italian | Pallamalvagia | From palla, ball and malvagia, evil |
| Polish | Rochatynik | From rocha, rotation, and tynik, beetle or diminutive form, form into rohatyniec, rhinoceros beetle |
| Portuguese (Br) | Escarábola | From escaravelho, scarab and bola, ball |
| Romanian | Taunul | From taunul, weevil |
| Russian | Боллуивл | From the original English name |
| Spanish (HA) | Escarabola | From escarabajo, beetle and bola, ball |
Etymology
Ball Weevil's name is a combination of Ball and boll weevil.
Trivia
- Ball Weevil comes from the same planet as The Worst.[DJW 1]
- Ball Weevil's design was inspired by Pokémon.[DJW 2]
- It is implied that Ball Weevil was never locked in the Omnitrix.[DJW 3]
- Derrick J. Wyatt designed Ball Weevil and came up with his powers before he worked on Omniverse. Matt Wayne later named him.[DJW 4]
- Ball Weevil's concept name was Collectiball.[MW 1]
- Out of all the aliens who were introduced in Omniverse, Ball Weevil is Matt Wayne's favorite.[MW 3]
- Ball Weevil's powers bear a resemblance to the Katamaris' from Katamari Damacy.
- While Ball Weevil's goo balls are colored green, Mutated Kevin's goo balls are colored red.[5]