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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 backplates 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 in Omniverse looks identical to his 16-year-old self 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 as 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 in sphere form
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][1] 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, and can create shockwaves and spin into a fierce tornado.
Cannonbolt 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. Because of this, Cannonbolt is invincible when curled into a ball.
From inside his shell, Cannonbolt can withstand twice the heat of reentry into the Earth's atmosphere,[pop-up 2][2] though he can still suffer from mild pain from the force of the impact.[3]
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.[4]
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. This is because Arburian Pelarotas are made to spin, not walk.[pop-up 3][1] However, he can still manage to use his sphere form to enhance his agility.
History
- Ben
- Cannonbolt first appeared in The Big Tick, where he was accidentally unlocked by Gwen. Ben couldn't figure out what powers he had, except for rolling around and decided Cannonbolt was useless in battle. Later, he realized Cannonbolt can be rather powerful by defeating the Great One when all of his other aliens failed.
- In Grudge Match, Cannonbolt battled Kevin 11.
- In The Galactic Enforcers, Cannonbolt defeated Vulkanus.
- In Camp Fear, Cannonbolt saved Gilbert.
- In Back with a Vengeance, Cannonbolt hid from Kevin and Vilgax and later battled a Null Guardian.
- In Ben 10,000, Cannonbolt battled future Vilgax.
- In A Change of Face, Gwen, in Ben's body, accidentally transformed into Cannonbolt and battled Charmcaster and her Stone Creatures. After Gwen and Ben were put back in their own respective bodies, Cannonbolt defeated Charmcaster.
- In Benwolf, Cannonbolt defeated the Werewolf.
- In Game Over, Cannonbolt battled Kenko's minions, accidentally making Ishiyama lose a life in the process.
- 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 Don't Drink the Water, Cannonbolt battled Hex.
- In Big Fat Alien Wedding, Cannonbolt rolled into a truck, which made it explode. The resulting explosion made the wedding stage lights on fire, which he tried to put them out by rolling into the chairs that were on fire, blowing, and fanning into the fire, but none of it helped, so he jumped into the lake, causing a massive splash and extinguishing all the fires. Afterward, Cannonbolt was defeated by Camille's ex-boyfriend.
- In Goodbye and Good Riddance, Cannonbolt battled Vilgax and saved Carl from him.
- In Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix, Cannonbolt broke into Azmuth's lab with enough force after he failed to open the door twice.
- Ben 10,000
- In Ben 10,000, Cannonbolt battled Dr. Animo.
- In Ken 10, Cannonbolt fought Sploot.
- Ben
- In War of the Worlds: Part 1, Cannonbolt battled some DNAliens.
- In Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1, Cannonbolt defeated Ssserpent.
- In Primus, Cannonbolt threw Vilgax into the Codon Stream.
- Ben
- 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 transformed 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 a temple.
- In Where the Magic Happens, Cannonbolt defeats some Stone Creatures.
- 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 Revenge of the Swarm, Cannonbolt battled a clone of Victor Validus until he switched into Goop.
- In It's Not Easy Being Gwen, Cannonbolt battled Dr. Animo twice before going Ultimate.
- In Ben 10-Generator Rex: Heroes United, Cannonbolt saved Rex from Alpha. Later, he was shot from Rex's Slam Cannon to obtain the Omega-1 Nanite from Alpha's body.
- Plant Clone
- In The Big Story, Cannonbolt was used to chase after Jimmy.
- Dream
- In Night of the Living Nightmare, Cannonbolt was seen confronting Albedo.
- Flashback
- In Ben 10-Generator Rex: Heroes United, Cannonbolt appeared as one of the many aliens when Ben was explaining his story to Rex.
- 16 year old Ben
- In The More Things Change: Part 1, Cannonbolt tried to stop Liam, Fistina and Bubble Helmet from robbing the market meanwhile causing damage to it accidentally, much to Mr. Baumann's grief.
- In Trouble Helix, Cannonbolt blocked a 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 battled a member of Slamworm's species, before it fled.
- In For a Few Brains More, Cannonbolt fended off Khyber's Ship in space, being rescued by Rook.
- In The Vengers, Cannonbolt battled 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.
- 11 year old Ben
- In Trouble Helix, Cannonbolt battled Malware.
- In The Ballad of Mr. Baumann, Cannonbolt attacked the Tentacle Vendor and tried to fight Vulkanus.
- No Watch Ben
- In And Then There Was Ben, Cannonbolt knocked the Omnitrix's pod towards a young Ben Prime.
- Gwen 10
- In And Then There Was Ben, Cannonbolt was used to fight Vilgax.
Appearances
- Ben
- Season 2
- The Big Tick (first appearance; x2; first time selected alien was XLR8)
- Grudge Match
- The Galactic Enforcers
- Camp Fear (selected alien was Stinkfly)
- Back with a Vengeance (x2)
- Season 3
- Ben 10,000
- A Change of Face (temporaily used by Gwen in Ben's body; intended alien was Four Arms)
- Benwolf
- Game Over
- The Return (selected alien was Four Arms)
- Be Afraid of the Dark
- Season 4
- Don't Drink the Water
- Big Fat Alien Wedding
- Goodbye and Good Riddance
- Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix
- Ben 10,000
- Season 3
- Season 4
- Ben
- Season 1
- Fame (first reappearance; on TV)
- Duped
- Video Games
- Too Hot to Handle (goes ultimate)
- Map of Infinity
- Where the Magic Happens
- Perplexahedron (x2; goes ultimate and reverts)
- Season 2
- The Transmogrification of Eunice (x2; goes ultimate and reverts)
- Revenge of the Swarm
- It's Not Easy Being Gwen (x2; second time goes ultimate)
- Specials
- Plant Clone
- Season 2
- Dream
- Season 3
- Night of the Living Nightmare (cameo)
- Flashback
- Specials
- 16 year old Ben
- Season 1
- The More Things Change: Part 1 (first reappearance)
- Trouble Helix
- Season 3
- Season 4
- Return to Forever (cameo)
- A Fistful of Brains (intended alien was Way Big)
- For a Few Brains More (intended alien was Astrodactyl)
- Season 6
- The Vengers (accidental transformation)
- No Honor Among Bros
- Season 8
- The Final Countdown (cameo)
- A New Dawn (cameo)
- 11 year old Ben
- Season 1
- Season 7
- No Watch Ben
- Season 5
- Gwen 10
- Season 5
- Cartoon Network Action Packs
- Monkey Business
- Intergalactic Spazz Club
- The Ben 10 Alien Force Experience
- Chapter Books
Video Games
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.
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.
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
| 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 | Пушечное Ядро Ядро (Yadro) |
From Пушечное, cannon and ядро, kernel 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 initially meant to be one of the original 10 aliens, but ended up being replaced with Diamondhead.[pop-up 4]
- Cannonbolt emits some sort of odor.[5][6]
- 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.
- Cannonbolt was the first alien to be unlocked in the Omnitrix. He was also the first alien to be manually unlocked by mistake, a theme that would be repeated with Wildvine, Ditto, Rath and Atomix.
- After Season 2 of the original series, when Ghostfreak escapes from the Omnitrix, Cannonbolt replaces him in the intro for the third and fourth seasons.
