Cannonbolt

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

Appearance

Ben as Cannonbolt

Cannonbolt is a hulking, broad-shouldered alien covered in natural, yellow armor plating on his back, shoulders, and the backs of his arms. He is mostly white with black on his upper half and has four claws on both of his hands, having a color scheme and claws similar to that of a panda.

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

In the original series, Cannonbolt had sharp teeth, yellow eyes, and wore the original Omnitrix symbol on his forehead.

In Alien Force and Ultimate Alien, Cannonbolt's teeth became fuller and human-like, the black stripe on his chest was gone, his eyes were recolored green, and he wore the original Omnitrix/Ultimatrix symbol on his chest.

In Omniverse, Cannonbolt regains his black stripe from the original series, which now goes down to his belly/chest. His eyes are no longer connected to his shoulders, 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.

16-year-old Cannonbolt wears the Omnitrix symbol on his chest, while 11-year-old Cannonbolt wears the original Omnitrix symbol (which has been recolored green) on his forehead to reflect his original appearance.

Ben 10,000 as Cannonbolt

Ben 10,000's Cannonbolt looked similar to his 10-year-old self, but with a different color scheme for the legs, which sported a black pants-like design. His claws were longer and outlined in grey, his 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 10 as Cannonbolt

Gwen 10 as Cannonbolt looks similar to Rollaway, albeit the markings on her eyes are upturned, similar to eyeliner. She has feminine lips, freckles, a hair clip on her left side, 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.

Cannonbolt in Game Over

11-year-old Cannonbolt in Omniverse

Cannonbolt in Heroes United

Ben 10,000 as Cannonbolt

Gwen 10 as Cannonbolt

Powers and Abilities

• Sphere Transformation
• Enhanced Speed (via Sphere Transformation)
• Enhanced Directionality
• Enhanced Durability
• Tough Shell
• Mobile Invulnerability
• Shell Deflection
• Radiation Immunity
• Enhanced Strength
• Sharp Claws
• Limited Space Survivability
• Enhanced Dexterity
• Electrical Empowerment
• Enhanced Agility

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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 (because of chemicals in his exo-plates that reduce friction)^{[pop-up 1][2]} and can increase his rotational momentum to slam into and/or run over enemies.

Cannonbolt can ricochet and bounce off surfaces like a pinball in sphere form, suffering little-to-no loss in momentum.

Cannonbolt can use his sphere form to increase his agility by quickly opening up his ball shape while airborne, create shockwaves, and spin into a fierce tornado.

Cannonbolt seems to be capable of perceiving his surroundings despite his eyes being covered and encased inside his sphere 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 possesses enhanced strength, being able to fight on par with enemies about his size.^[3] He can also break free from traps made of Lepidopterran slime.^[4]

From inside his shell, Cannonbolt can withstand twice the heat of reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.^{[pop-up 2][5]} Similarly, his shell is resistant to acids and lava,^[6] and can withstand the plasma generated by members of Ball Weevil's species.^{[DJW 1]}

Cannonbolt's shell can deflect lasers, even when not in sphere form.^[1] Because of this, he is practically nigh-invulnerable^{[DJW 2]} when curled into a ball.

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.^[7]

Cannonbolt can be empowered by electrical abilities, such as those of a Gimlinopithecus. This way, he can gain much more power and momentum when in sphere form.^[8]

Weaknesses

• Unintentional Weight Damage
• Constrained By Large Size
• Radiation Immunity Limit
• Sticky Surfaces
• Slippery Surfaces
• Speed Limit
• Durability Limit
• Vulnerability to Magic
• Constrained by Lepidopterran Slime
• Vulnerability to Shock Waves
• Top-Heavy Body
• Held in Place

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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. This is because Arburian Pelarotas are made to spin, not walk.^{[pop-up 3][2]} However, he can still manage to use his sphere form to enhance his agility.

Cannonbolt's large body makes it hard for him to move in small spaces, such as in vehicles like the Proto-TRUK.^[7]

Cannonbolt can emit some sort of odor, which people housed in his spheroid form can find repulsive.^[5][9]

Cannonbolt can be held in place by strong adhesives, such as those used by the Stalker,^[10] as well as beings with as much or more strength than a Chimera Sui Generis.^[11]

Cannonbolt cannot roll on slippery surfaces, such as puddles made of a Murk Gourmand's slime.^[12]

Despite his shell being resistant to extreme heat while reentering Earth's atmosphere, Cannonbolt can still suffer a mild amount of pain from the force of impact.^[5][8]

Cannonbolt has a weakness against magic, as shown when he was constrained by Addwaitya.^[13]

In his uncurled form, Cannonbolt can be controlled by a Vladat via their Corrupturas.^{[DJW 3]}

History

Ben 10

• In And Then There Was Ben, No Watch Ben as Cannonbolt knocked the Omnitrix's pod towards a young Ben Prime during the events of And Then There Were 10.
• Cannonbolt first appeared in The Big Tick, where he was accidentally unlocked by Gwen, and Ben could not figure out what powers he had aside from rolling around and decided Cannonbolt was useless in battle. Later, however, he realized Cannonbolt can be rather useful by defeating the Great One when all of his other aliens failed.
• In Grudge Match, Cannonbolt fought Kevin 11 and escaped the Megacruiser with Technorg's help.
• In The Galactic Enforcers, Cannonbolt battled SixSix and Vulkanus.
• In Camp Fear, Cannonbolt saved Gilbert from falling.
• In Back with a Vengeance, Cannonbolt hid from Kevin 11 and Vilgax and later fought a Null Guardian.
• In Ben 10,000, Cannonbolt battled future Vilgax before Ben 10,000 switched him into Diamondhead.
• In A Change of Face, Gwen accidentally transformed into Cannonbolt while in Ben's body and battled Charmcaster and her Stone Creatures. After Gwen and Ben were put back in their own respective bodies, Ben as Cannonbolt defeated Charmcaster.
• In Benwolf, Cannonbolt defeated the Werewolf.
• In Game Over, Cannonbolt defeated some of Kenko's minions and accidentally made Ishiyama lose a life in the process. Upon reaching level 13, Cannonbolt prepared to fight Kenko, but reverted before he could.
• In The Return, Cannonbolt fought the Werewolf, the Mummy, and Viktor.
• In Be Afraid of the Dark, Cannonbolt fell onto Earth from space with Max and Gwen.
• In Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix, Cannonbolt broke into Azmuth's lab with enough force after he failed to open the door twice.
• In Don't Drink the Water, Cannonbolt battled Hex.
• In Big Fat Alien Wedding, Cannonbolt stopped a truck from crashing into the wedding stage and accidentally set the stage chairs on fire, but managed to put out the flames by jumping into the lake, causing a massive splash. After escaping Gordon and Betty Jean with Gwen's help, he followed and was defeated by Camille's ex-boyfriend just before he reverted.

Five Years Prior to Omniverse

• In Trouble Helix, Cannonbolt battled Malware.
• In The Ballad of Mr. Baumann, Cannonbolt wrongfully attacked the Tentacle Vendor and tried to fight Vulkanus before reverting.

Alien Force

• In War of the Worlds: Part 1, Cannonbolt was re-unlocked by the Master Control, and battled an army of DNAliens and reverted some of them back into humans until he was tired out.
• In Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1, Cannonbolt defeated Ssserpent.
• In Primus, Cannonbolt fought Vilgax and threw him into the Codon Stream.

Ultimate Alien

• In Fame, Cannonbolt was seen on TV.
• In Duped, Cannonbolt was used by Sensitive Ben to battle Urien, but was defeated.
• In Video Games, Cannonbolt was defeated by the Stalker, so he switched into Big Chill.
• In Too Hot to Handle, Cannonbolt went Ultimate to get P'andor back into his containment suit.
• In Map of Infinity, Cannonbolt escaped the Mykdl'dy temple with Gwen and Kevin.
• In Where the Magic Happens, Cannonbolt defeated some stone creatures and escaped from Addwaitya.
• In Perplexahedron, Cannonbolt battled Ultimate Aggregor until he went Ultimate. Cannonbolt appeared again later when he was changing back to Ben.
• In The Transmogrification of Eunice, Cannonbolt went Ultimate to chase and fight Sunder. Cannonbolt appeared again later when he was changing back to Ben.
• In The Big Story, a Plant Clone of Ben used Cannonbolt to chase after Jimmy.
• In Revenge of the Swarm, Cannonbolt briefly fought a clone of Victor Validus before switching into Goop.
• In It's Not Easy Being Gwen, Cannonbolt battled Dr. Animo and his Mutant Frog twice before going Ultimate.
• In Ben 10-Generator Rex: Heroes United, Cannonbolt saved Rex from Alpha. Later, Cannonbolt was shot from Rex's Slam Cannon to obtain the Omega-1 Nanite from Alpha's body.
  • Also, Cannonbolt appeared as one of the many aliens when Ben was explaining his story to Rex.
• In Night of the Living Nightmare, Cannonbolt was seen confronting Albedo in a dream.

Omniverse

• In The More Things Change: Part 1, Cannonbolt tried to stop Liam, Fistina, and Bubble Helmet from robbing the market while also accidentally causing damage to it, much to Mr. Baumann's grief.
• In Trouble Helix, Cannonbolt protected himself from a new weapon that Blukic and Driba were testing.
• In Vilgax Must Croak, Cannonbolt defeated Attea, SixSix, SevenSeven, and EightEight.
• In Return to Forever, Cannonbolt tried to break out of a force field, but was reverted by the Forever Knights' DNA Scanner.
• In A Fistful of Brains, Cannonbolt was about to battle a member of a Slammoid before it fled at the sight of Khyber, his Panuncian, and Crabdozer.
• In For a Few Brains More, Cannonbolt fended off Khyber's Ship in space being rescued by Rook.
• In And Then There Was Ben, Gwen 10 as Cannonbolt fought Vilgax.
• In The Vengers, Cannonbolt fought the Vengers.
• In No Honor Among Bros, Cannonbolt was defeated by Fistina.
• In The Final Countdown, Cannonbolt saved the Plumbers from the launching Plumber HQ.
• In A New Dawn, Cannonbolt appeared for a short time when Ben was cycling through his aliens.

Future (Original)

• In Ben 10,000, Cannonbolt fought Dr. Animo.
• In Ken 10, Cannonbolt fought Sploot before switching into Heatblast.

Goodbye and Good Riddance (What-If?)

• In Goodbye and Good Riddance, Cannonbolt battled Vilgax and saved Carl from him.

Appearances

Video Games

• Cannonbolt in Protector of Earth
• Cannonbolt in Vilgax Attacks
• 16-year-old Cannonbolt in Ben 10: Omniverse
• 11-year-old Cannonbolt in Ben 10: Omniverse
• Cannonbolt in Ben 10: Omniverse 2

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Ben 10: Protector of Earth

Cannonbolt is a playable alien in the game.

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

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. However, 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.

Superball is an unlockable combo move for Cannonbolt.

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

Trivia

• Cannonbolt's ball form is similar to Samus Aran's Morph Ball ability from the Metroid video game series.
• Cannonbolt's spin attacks are based off the Godzilla monster, Anguirus.
• In the 2013 3D animated reboot series Max Steel, the Turbo Cannon Mode greatly resembles Cannonbolt in terms of abilities and combat style, as it uses high durability alongside the ability to launch itself at enemies. It even somewhat resembles Cannonbolt in terms of appearance.
• Cannonbolt was initially meant to be one of the original 10 aliens, but ended up being replaced with Diamondhead.^{[pop-up 4]}
• Cannonbolt is one of the five aliens who have appeared in all series in the Classic Continuity; the other four are Upchuck, Diamondhead, Way Big, and Ghostfreak.
  • Currently, Cannonbolt, Diamondhead, and Way Big are the only three of these aliens to have appeared in all series in both the Classic and Reboot continuities.
• Cannonbolt was the first alien to be unlocked in the Omnitrix. He was also the only alien to be manually (and accidentally) unlocked by Gwen.
• Cannonbolt was originally planned to be one of the playable aliens in the Game Creator, but was soon removed from the game entirely when Alien Force aired.
  • However, he was eventually brought back for the Omniverse version of the game.
• After Season 2 of the original series, when Zs'Skayr successfully escapes the Omnitrix and thus removing Ghostfreak from it, Cannonbolt replaces the latter in the intro for the third and fourth seasons.
• Cannonbolt tends to make puns based on his abilities.
• Cannonbolt is the most used additional alien in the Original Series.

References

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