Chamalien

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Chamalien
General Information
Species	Merlinisapien
Home World	Unknown
DNA source	Prisoner 775
Body	Humanoid Salamander
Powers and Abilities
Abilities	Camouflage Sharp Teeth Sharp Claws Retractable Tail Stinger Enhanced Strength Enhanced Durability Enhanced Jumping Enhanced Acrobatics Enhanced Speed Wall Scaling Slippery Body Quadrupedalism
Equipment	Helmet
Details
Voice Actor	Dee Bradley Baker
First Appearance	Prisoner Number 775 is Missing
Gallery

“	OVERKILL! Well? Well?	”
– Chamalien trying out his test name.

Chamalien (alternatively spelled as 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 wears a black helmet with three triangular colored lenses, the left one being blue, the right red and the middle green, which hide his three eyes. The helmet also has 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.

Albedo as Negative Chamalien

Powers and Abilities

• Camouflage
• Enhanced Strength
• Enhanced Speed/Quadrupedalism

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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. He also has teeth and claws which are sharp enough to damage Exo-Skull's armor, as demonstrated by Subdora.

Chamalien has a long, retractable black stinger that can come out of the tip of his tail; this feat was exclusively demonstrated by Prisoner 775.

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.

Chamalien's body is highly slippery and smooth, making him very difficult to grab.

Weaknesses

Trackable Footprints

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.

Chamalien can easily be tracked by Vulpimancers using their enhanced senses, as demonstrated with Prisoner 775 and Subdora. He can also be tracked by Anodites through his mana.

Chamalien's camouflage can also be rendered useless if he is either carrying something or coated in another material such as powder or oil, as demonstrated with Subdora.

Chamalien can be controlled and hypnotized by Vladats via their Corrupturas, as also demonstrated with Subdora.

Chamalien can be frozen by a Necrofriggian's ice breath, as also demonstrated with Subdora.

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 (off-screen activation)
• Night of the Living Nightmare (dream)

Albedo

Season 3

• Night of the Living Nightmare (dream)

Naming and Translations

Language	Name	Origin
Bulgarian	Хамеловък	From хамеловък, chameleon
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
Portuguese (Br)	Chamalien	From the original English name
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 speaks with a light German accent.
• When Ben first transformed into Chamalien, he named the form Overkill as a joke. In Night of the Living Nightmare, his name Chamalien was first mentioned, albeit in Albedo's nightmare, meaning his real name has never been acknowledged by Ben himself.
• When asked what kinds of features Chamalien's helmet has, Derrick J. Wyatt compared the spectrum-wide visions to those found in helmets worn by Yautja.
• Chamalien was revealed in a picture released on the Ben 10 Facebook page on April 17, 2011, as a reward for hitting 1,000,000 fans.
• Chamalien had concept art drawn by Glen Murakami. His final design was created by Glenn Wong, with color styling by Chris Hooten.
• In Universe vs. Tennyson, it was initially planned that Ben would use Chamalien to spy on Chadzmuth, but the whole scene was eventually dropped as the story was changed.
  • As a result of this, Chamalien and Fasttrack are the only regular aliens introduced in Ultimate Alien who do not appear in Omniverse.
  • Had Chamalien appeared in Omniverse, Derrick would have chosen Dee Bradley Baker to reprise his role.
• There were no plans to feature Chamalien in the reboot.