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Cannonbolt is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of an Arburian Pelarota from the destroyed planet Arburia.

Appearance

Ben as Cannonbolt

In the original series, Cannonbolt was a hulking, broad-shouldered alien covered in natural, yellow armor plating on his back, shoulders, and the backs of his arms. He was mostly white, with black on his upper half. He had four claws on both of his hands. He originally had sharp teeth. Cannonbolt wore the Omnitrix symbol on his forehead and his eyes were yellow.

When Cannonbolt turns into a sphere, he rolls up into a ball, with his back plates and the plates on his hands covering him. His side plates are the plates on his shoulders. His sphere form has semi-circular stripes across his body, with black lines around the circular plates.

In Alien Force and Ultimate Alien, Cannonbolt had full, human-like teeth. He no longer had the black stripe on his chest that he did before in the original series. He wore the Omnitrix/Ultimatrix symbol on his chest and his eyes were green.

In Omniverse, Cannonbolt looks similar to his appearance in Alien Force and Ultimate Alien. The Omnitrix symbol is on his chest and the black stripe from the original series returns, going down to his belly/chest. His eyes are no longer connected to his shoulders, and his palms are now flat instead of bulging. The yellow bolts on his body are now hexagonal and there are three plates on his back, instead of two.

11-year old Cannonbolt looks identical to his 16-year old Omniverse appearance except that he has the Omnitrix symbol on his forehead.

Ben 10,000 as Cannonbolt

Cannonbolt was similar to the 10-year old version, but with a different color scheme for the legs, which sported a black pants-like design. His claws grew longer and were outlined in grey. Cannonbolt's eyes were closer to his shoulder armor, and the Omnitrix symbol was higher up, being on the top of his head rather than his forehead.

Gwen as Cannonbolt

Gwen's Cannonbolt looks similar to Rollaway, however the markings on her eyes are upturned, similar to eyeliner. She has feminine lips, freckles and a hair clip on her left side. She has pink eyes and a cat symbol shaped Omnitrix on her chest. Her skin is lavender, while her bolts and lips are purple. She has black markings on her torso and pelvis in a similar design to a bikini. Her bolts are also smaller than Ben's Cannonbolt and Rollaway.

When curled into her shell, Cannonbolt looks just like Rollaway in his shell.

Powers and Abilities

Cannonbolt can curl into a ball, encasing himself in his plating. In general, the Arburian Pelarota species mostly used this maneuver for defense, like an armadillo. However, since Ben did not know about this when discovering Cannonbolt, he weaponized Cannonbolt's originally defensive capabilities. When rolled up, Cannonbolt becomes like a motorized wheel that can move at great speed and can increase his rotational momentum to slam into and/or run over enemies. He can also ricochet and bounce off surfaces like a pinball in this form, suffering little-to-no loss in momentum. He can even use his sphere form to increase his agility by quickly opening up his ball shape while airborne. He can create shockwaves and spin into a fierce tornado.

He is also seems to be capable of perceiving his surroundings despite his eyes being covered and encased inside his ball form.

Despite his top heavy body, Cannonbolt has enhanced reaction time, reflexes, dexterity, and balance, allowing him to quickly change in and out of ball form to suit his immediate needs.

Cannonbolt can house people and fairly large objects within his spheroid form.

Cannonbolt's shell is resistant to acids and lava, and can deflect lasers.

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Cannonbolt in sphere form

From inside his shell, Cannonbolt can withstand even a drop from space without harm from the heat of re-entering the atmosphere, though he can still suffer from mild pain from the force of the impact.

Cannonbolt is capable of withstanding the vacuum of space, but he still needs to breathe. Without an oxygen-supply, Cannonbolt is limited to holding his breath.[1]

Cannonbolt also possesses enhanced strength.

Weaknesses

Cannonbolt is subjected to the physical laws of reflection and conservation of momentum, meaning that he has difficulty stopping or controlling his direction if he picks up too much speed.

Cannonbolt's bipedal form is top-heavy, making him very unbalanced and clumsy, though he can still manage to use his curled shape to enhance his agility.

History

Ben
Ben 10,000

Ben

Ben
Plant Clone
Dream

  • In Ben 10-Generator Rex: Heroes United, Cannonbolt appeared as one of the many aliens when Ben was explaining his story to Rex.
  • Ben

    16 year old Ben
    11 year old Ben
    No Watch Ben
    Gwen 10

    Appearances

    Ben
    Plant Clone
    Dream

    16 year old Ben
    11 year old Ben
    No Watch Ben
    Gwen 10

    Cartoon Network Action Packs
    Chapter Books

    Video Games

    Ben 10: Protector of Earth

    • Cannonbolt has the Dark Heroes and the DNA Force skin. Cannonbolt is needed for defeating the Snap Dragon.

    Powers and Abilities

    • Cannonbolt can curl into a ball to encase himself in his plating, turning into a sphere. He can then use this form to roll into enemies to attack. In addition to the average repelling of walls, he was capable of ricocheting off enemies as well.
    • By compressing himself tightly, Cannonbolt can release the pressure to create a sonic blast.
    • Cannonbolt can flop onto the ground to create a shockwave, as well as rotate quickly to generate a miniature tornado.

    Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks

    Cannonbolt is a playable alien in the game, replacing Alien X in the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable versions of the game. Cannonbolt is replaced by Murk Upchuck in the Nintendo DS version of the game.

    Due to the Omnitrix rebooting after Ben's abuse of the quick change feature during his battle with an animated Mr. Smoothy mascot, Cannonbolt, along with Swampfire, Big Chill, Spidermonkey and Humungousaur were the only aliens available on Ben's arsenal upon his arrival on Vulpin.

    Cannonbolt can curl into a ball, encasing himself in his plating. Cannonbolt is able to launch himself from ramps located all over the alien worlds to cross long gaps, as well as insert himself in special slots and use his rotation to power or destroy machinery and reveal hidden structures.

    Cannonbolt is vital for progression on the Vulpin, Terradino, Encephalonus IV, Anur Phaetos, Mor' Otesi and Null Void levels of the game.

    Ben 10: Omniverse

    • Cannonbolt is a playable alien in the game (by both 11-year-old and 16-year old Ben).

    Ben 10: Omniverse 2

    • Cannonbolt is a playable alien in the game.

    Punch Time Explosion XL

    • He is one of the aliens used by 10-Year old Ben.

    Naming and Translations

    Language Name Origin
    Albanian Gjyle Topi From gjyle topi, meaning cannonbolt
    Arabic كانونبولت From Kanunbult/Kanonbolt, cannonbolt
    Bulgarian Топовна Мощ (Topovna Mošt) From Топовна (Topovna), bolt and Мощ (Mosht), cannon
    Chinese 轰天雷 From 轰天雷 (Hōng Tiān Léi), "the rolling thunder"
    Croatian Kugla From kugla, ball or orb
    Dutch Kanonbal
    Kanonbliksem
    From kanon, cannon, bal, ball and bliksem, bolt
    French Boulet de Canon From boulet de canon, cannonball
    German Kanonenkugel From Kanonenkugel, cannonball
    Greek Κάνονμπολτ From kάνον, cannon and μπολτ, bolt
    Hebrew פגז From פגז, shell
    Hungarian Ágyúgolyó From ágyúgolyó, cannonball
    Italian Rotolone From the verb rotolare, roll
    Japanese キャノンボルト From キャノン (kyanon), cannon and ボルト (boruto), bolt
    Korean 캐논볼 From "캐논볼"/Cannonball
    Polish Kulopłot
    Kula
    From trafić kulą w płot (Hit the fence with the bullet), making a mistake
    From kula, ball/bullet/sphere and płot, fence
    Portuguese (Br) Raio de Canhão
    Bala de Canhão
    From raio, bolt, bala, bullet and canhão, cannon
    Romanian Ghiulea From ghiulea, cannonball
    Russian Ядро (Yadro) From Ядро (Yadro), kernel
    Serbian Ђуле (Đule) From Топовско Ђуле (Topovsko Đule), cannonbolt
    Spanish (HA) Cannonbolt From the original English name
    Spanish (Spain) Rayo de Cañón From rayo, ray and cañón, cannon
    Turkish Yıldırım Topu From yıldırım, bolt and top, cannon

    Trivia

    • Cannonbolt's ball form is similar to Samus Aran's Morph Ball ability from the Metroid games.
    • Cannonbolt's spin attacks are based off the Godzilla Monster, Anguirus.
    • Cannonbolt was the first alien from the original series to have an ultimate form.

    References

    Transformations
    Introduced in Ben 10 ArctiguanaBlitzwolferBuzzshockCannonboltDiamondheadDittoEvil Way Big (Destroy All Aliens)Eye GuyFour ArmsFrankenstrikeGhostfreakGrey MatterHeatblastRipjawsSnare-ohSpitterStinkflyUpchuckUpgradeWay BigWildmuttWildvineXLR8
    Introduced in Alien Force Alien XBig ChillBrainstormChromastoneEcho EchoGoopHumungousaurJetrayLodestarNanomechRathSpidermonkeySwampfire
    Introduced in Ultimate Alien AmpfibianArmodrilloChamalienClockworkEatleFasttrackJuryriggNRGShocksquatchTerraspinWater Hazard
    Introduced in Omniverse AstrodactylAtomixBall WeevilBloxxBullfragCrashhopperFeedbackGravattackGutrotKickin HawkMole-StachePesky DustThe WorstToepickWalkatroutWhampire
    Future Aliens SandboxShellheadSnakepit
    Ultimate Aliens AlbedoArctiguanaBenBig ChillCannonboltEcho EchoGravattackHumungousaurRathSpidermonkeySwampfireWay BigWildmutt
    Fusion Aliens Atomic-XBig ChuckCrashockerDiamond MatterFourmungousaurHeat JawsHumungoopsaurStink ArmsUprigg
    Concept Fusion Aliens GravadactylXLRG
    Non-Canon
    Competition Winners Alien Maker Contest WinnerMoyoInvinciblePortalerShadowmanStretcheleo
    MAD ChromastoneFour ArmsHumungousaurJetrayNRGSwampfire
    Total Access AntigraviteslaBob the BlobPlantapocalypse
    Ben 10: Science Hero CaetSektoid TransformationShafarnianSteeler
    Tim 10 BloxxFour ArmsHeatblastSkateasaurusUpchuckXLR8
    Other Bird AlienCartoon Network AlienEon (retconned)Evil Way Big (Cosmic Destruction)Fuel Run AlienGrendene's AlienRobot AlienRocksSquidstrictor

    Template:Ben 10,000 Aliens

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