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Chamalien is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Merlinisapien from an unknown planet.
Appearance
Ben as Chamalien
Chamalien has a slim body that resembles a large purple salamander with darker purple camo-esque spots all over his body and a short tail. He has three triangular eyes, with the left eye being blue, the right red and the middle green, though the red and blue eyes are the only ones that blink, while the green eye does not. The top of his head is purplish black, with a spike-shaped fin on the back of his head. He has four-fingered hands and three toes on his frog-like feet. He also has a wide mouth with sharp teeth.
Chamalien wears the Ultimatrix symbol on his chest.
Albedo as Negative Chamalien
Negative Chamalien looks just like Ben's Chamalien, except all of his eyes are red and he lacks an Ultimatrix symbol.
Personality
Chamalien speaks with a French accent.
Powers and Abilities
Chamalien's main ability is his camouflage, as he is capable of blending in with the color of his surroundings with such effectiveness that he appears invisible.
Chamalien is very agile, quick, flexible, and can climb walls and crawl on the ground with ease.[1] He also has sharp teeth and claws.
Chamalien's body is highly slippery and smooth, making him very difficult to grab.[2]
Chamalien has a long, retractable black barb that can come out of the tip of his tail; this feat was exclusively demonstrated by Prisoner 775.[2]
Chamalien has enhanced strength, enough to push a car and a huge truck several yards away and defeat a Vulpimancer in battle. He is also durable enough to withstand being thrown against a car; both of these feats were also only demonstrated by Prisoner 775.[2]
Although Chamalien has never trained himself to do so, his differently colored eyes allow him to see other Merlinisapiens when they are invisible.[DJW 1]
Weaknesses
Although Chamalien appears to turn invisible when he camouflages himself, he actually just changes his color. Consequently, his shadow can still be seen and any place filled with too many bright lights can be a disadvantage, as demonstrated with Prisoner 775.[2]
Chamalien's camouflage can also be rendered useless if he is either carrying something or coated in another material such as powder[3] or oil,[4] as demonstrated with Subdora.
Due to his eyes, Chamalien is unable to appear invisible to other Merlinisapiens.[DJW 1]
Chamalien can easily be tracked by Vulpimancers using their enhanced senses.[2][3] He can also be tracked by Anodites through his mana.[5]
Chamalien can be controlled and hypnotized by Vladats via their Corrupturas, as also demonstrated with Subdora.[6]
History
Ultimate Alien
- Chamalien first appeared in Prisoner Number 775 Is Missing, where he was obtained by scanning Prisoner 775's DNA and tried out by Ben.
- In The Flame Keepers' Circle, Chamalien snuck into a building controlled by the Flame Keepers' Circle.
- In Night of the Living Nightmare, Chamalien appeared twice in a dream. Firstly, Ben as Chamalien ran away from Gwen and Kevin and hid in the woods until he reverted. Later, Negative Chamalien ambushed Ben before switching into Negative Big Chill.
Appearances
Ultimate Alien
- Ben
- Season 3
- Prisoner Number 775 Is Missing (first appearance)
- The Flame Keepers' Circle
- Night of the Living Nightmare (dream)
- Albedo
- Season 3
- Night of the Living Nightmare (dream)
Naming and Translations
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Хамеловък | |
| Chinese | 小题大做 | From 小题大做 (Xiǎo Tí Dà Zuò), "make a fuss" |
| French | Caméleon Éxagérator |
From caméléon, chameleon From exagérer, exaggerate and -ator |
| German | Chamäleon | From Chamäleon, chameleon |
| Greek | Εξωγήινος Χαμελέοντας | From εξωγήινος, alien and χαμελέοντας, chameleon |
| Hebrew | חייזר זיקית | From חייזר alien and זיקית, chameleon |
| Hungarian | Kaméleon | From kaméleon, chameleon |
| Italian | Camaleontide | From camaleonte and -ide, chameleon-like |
| Polish | Przeginka | From Overkill |
| Romanian | Cameleonul | From cameleon, chameleon |
| Russian | Хамелеон | From хамелеон, chameleon |
| Spanish (HA) | Camaleón | From camaleón, chameleon |
Etymology
Chamalien's name is portmanteau of "chameleon", an animal capable of changing its color, which alludes to his ability to camouflage himself, and "alien", a reference to Chamalien being an extraterrestrial life form, as well as a transformation.
Trivia
- Chamalien had concept art drawn by Glen Murakami. His final design was created by Glenn Wong, with color styling by Chris Hooten.[GW 1]
- Chamalien was revealed in a picture released on the Ben 10 Facebook page as a reward for hitting 1,000,000 fans.
- Chamalien is one of five aliens to have an accent; the others being Brainstorm, NRG, Clockwork, and Shocksquatch.
- When Ben first transformed into Chamalien, he named the form "Overkill" as a joke.[2] He eventually started using the alien's real name as of Night of the Living Nightmare.
- In Universe vs. Tennyson, Ben would have used Chamalien to spy on Chadzmuth,[DJW 2] but the whole scene was eventually dropped as the story was changed.[DJW 3]
- As a result of this, Chamalien and Fasttrack are the only normal aliens introduced in Ultimate Alien who do not appear in Omniverse.
- Chamalien's appearance is similar to that of Randall Boggs from the Monsters, Inc. franchise, and the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland (referring to his smile), and his body shape also resembles Oscar from Oscar's Oasis.
- Chamalien's three eyes are a reference to the 1953 movie adaptation of The War of the Worlds. The Martians in the movie have three eyes that are just like Chamalien's. The colors red, blue, and green are the basic colors the human eye perceives.
