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Feedback is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Conductoid from the Teslavorr Nebula.
Appearance
Feedback has a black body with one green eye in the middle of his head, two antennae and a tail with round plugs on their tips, four-fingered hands, and feet with only two front toes.
11-year-old Feedback had a white chest color and round plugs on the tips of his fingers.
16-year-old Feedback is more muscular than his 11-year-old self. His chest is recolored green, his antennae are noticeably longer, and the plugs on his fingers are now square. He also has gold battery bolts on his shoulders, arms, and hips.
Feedback wears the original Omnitrix/Omnitrix symbol on his chest.
Powers and Abilities
Similar to Chromastone, Feedback has the ability to absorb and redirect any kind of energy, most commonly electricity. This ability is refined to the point that Feedback can redirect energy at near-point-blank range. He absorbs energy through the plug-like conductors on his antennae, tail, and fingers.
Feedback can absorb energy out of living beings, as seen when he battled Argost[1] and Phil in his Terroranchula form.[2][3] Feedback can also absorb missiles that are generated by an Evolved Vaxasaurian.[4]
Feedback can use stored energy to generate electrical charges, which can be used as ranged attacks or to empower his punches.[5]
Feedback can fire energy balls by joining his fingers and absorbing the energy out of electric devices.[6]
Feedback has enhanced agility and jumping abilities, and possesses enhanced speed but only while running quickly on electrical power lines.[6]
Feedback can fly by projecting energy behind him like a jet engine.[7][8]
Feedback has enhanced strength, as he can punch a boulder apart[5] and charge into a building by busting down a wall with ease.[9]
Feedback is able to stretch the plugs on his head, hips, and hands for more range.[2] He can also "smell" radio signals by using his antennae.[10]
Feedback can levitate, as shown when he was about to defeat Maltruant with the energy released by the latter's Annihilargh.[11]
Although he has never trained himself to do so, Feedback is implied to be able to survive in the vacuum of space due to his species being born in a nebula.[merchandise 1]
Weaknesses
Feedback needs to absorb energy from time to time to fight because the energy contained within him will deplete with use.[7]
Feedback's antennae can be easily pulled on, causing him great discomfort and leaving him stuck in place.[9]
Feedback cannot stop himself from shooting his electric energy blasts, meaning he will have to resort to shooting it all up in the air to avoid any collateral damage if he fails to catch his target.[9]
History
Ben 10
- Feedback was unlocked off-screen after Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens.[DJW 1]
5 years prior to Omniverse
- Feedback first appeared in The More Things Change: Part 1, where he defeated Malware.
- In A Jolt from the Past, Feedback defeated the Megawhatts by draining all of their energy.
- In Trouble Helix, Feedback battled Malware.
- In Of Predators and Prey: Part 2, Feedback battled Phil as Terroranchula.
- The same scene reoccurred in a flashback in Max's Monster.
- In Malefactor, Feedback battled Malware while Khyber was retrieving a Psycholeopterran DNA sample for the Nemetrix.
- In Showdown: Part 1, Feedback appeared four times. Firstly, Feedback defeated the Violet Offenders. Afterwards, Feedback somehow saved some people from a burning building. Later, Feedback practiced his powers. Lastly, he battled Malware until he was destroyed by the latter, leaving Ben unable to turn into him for the next five years.
Omniverse
- In Showdown: Part 2, Ben regained Feedback again out of forgiveness with his younger self. With help from Azmuth, Feedback destroyed Malware for good.
- In T.G.I.S., Feedback defeated Argost.
- In Store 23, Feedback defeated Liam.
- In Max's Monster, Feedback defeated Phil and reverted him from his Terroranchula form.
- In A Fistful of Brains, Feedback defeated Negative Ultimate Humungousaur.
- In Rad Monster Party, Feedback battled Zs'Skayr.
- In Weapon XI: Part 1, Feedback battled the Rooters.
- In Clyde Five, Feedback found Liam and realized he was the one who was controlling the Cincotrix while Clyde was using it.
- In Breakpoint, Feedback failed to catch Fistrick.
- In Vreedlemania, Feedback battled the Pretty Boys and watched Ma Vreedle scare off Vilgax.
- In Let's Do the Time War Again, Feedback defeated Subdora and accidentally stopped time when he battled the Time Beast.
- In Malgax Attacks, Skurd gave Whampire Feedback's arms to battle Malgax.
- In The Most Dangerous Game Show, Feedback attempted to battle Charles Zenith but was immediately reverted by him.
- In A New Dawn, Feedback absorbed the energy released by Maltruant's Annihilargh and defeated him with it, trapping the latter in a time loop for all eternity.
Appearances
- 11-year-old Ben
- Season 1
- The More Things Change: Part 1 (first appearance; by 11-year-old Ben)
- A Jolt from the Past
- Trouble Helix
- Of Predators and Prey: Part 2
- Season 2
- Malefactor
- Showdown: Part 1 (x4; destroyed)
- Season 4
- Max's Monster (flashback)
- 16-year-old Ben
- Season 2
- Showdown: Part 2 (first appearance by 16-year-old Ben)
- Season 3
- Season 4
- Max's Monster
- A Fistful of Brains (intended alien was Way Big)
- Season 5
- Season 6
- Season 7
- Clyde Five
- Breakpoint (intended alien was Fasttrack)
- Vreedlemania
- Season 8
- Skurd
- Season 8
- Ben 10: Omniverse
- Cartoon Network: Super Secret Crisis War! (Issue 2, Issue 3, Issue 4, Issue 5)
- Ghost Ship
Video Games
Ben 10: Omniverse
Feedback is a playable alien in the game (by 11-year-old Ben on consoles only). He is playable by 16-year-old Ben, but only on DS and 3DS.
Ben 10: Omniverse 2
Feedback is a playable alien in the game (only on 3DS).
Naming and Translations
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Фийдбек | From the original English name |
| Chinese | 电蜥 | From 电 (Diàn), electric, and 蜥 (Xī), lizard |
| Dutch | Feedback | From the original English name |
| French | Rétroactor (11 years old) Feedback (16 years old) |
From rétroactor, retroractor From the original English name |
| German | Blitzschlag | From blitz, lightning and schlag, hit |
| Hungarian | Feedback | From the original English name |
| Italian | Mangiaenergia | From mangia, eat/eater, and energia, energy |
| Japanese | フィードバック | From フィードバック (Fīdobakku) |
| Korean | 드백 | From 피드백, feedback |
| Polish | Feedback | From the original English name |
| Portuguese (Br) | Feedback | From the original English name |
| Romanian | Unda | From unda, wave |
| Russian | Фидбек | From the original English name |
| Spanish (HA) | Feedback Retroalimentación (Malefactor) |
From the original English name From retroalimentaión, feedback |
| Turkish | Geribesleme | From Geri, back and besleme, feed |
Etymology
Feedback, in electronics, is the process of returning part of the output of a system to the input; this references Feedback's ability to absorb and then redistribute energy.
Trivia
- Ben 23 had originally named his version of Feedback "Plug Man", but eventually changed it due to liking the name "Feedback" better.[12]
- 11-year-old Feedback's color scheme is similar to Buzzshock's design in the original series.
- According to Yuri Lowenthal, Feedback has the heroic voice that he always wanted for himself.[YL 1]
- Whenever Feedback speaks, an electrical sound is heard.
- The concept of Feedback came from Glen Murakami and Dwayne McDuffie's story ideas.[DJW 2]
- The loss of Feedback, who was Ben's favorite alien at the time, was supposed to be the reason Ben took off the original Omnitrix and retired from being a hero, but none of the crew liked that direction.[MW 1][DJW 2]
- Due to the loss of Feedback, he is one of the five aliens to be temporarily destroyed and removed from the original Omnitrix/Ultimatrix; the other four being Chromastone, Way Big, Swampfire, and Ultimate Swampfire.
- Feedback is the first new alien transformation to appear in Omniverse. He is also the final alien used by 16-year-old Ben in Omniverse, as well as the Classic Continuity as a whole.
- It is unknown if Mad Ben, Bad Ben, Benzarro, or Nega Ben have Feedback available in their Omnitricies.[DJW 3][DJW 4]
- Derrick J. Wyatt once claimed that Feedback's appearance is actually a containment suit,[DJW 5] like Echo Echo and NRG, but he eventually refuted the statement, admitting that he was wrong.[DJW 6]
- Feedback, Grey Matter, and Juryrigg are the only aliens with their own theme song.
- Feedback's theme sounds extremely similar to the song "You Need to Stop" by Osmo Band.
- Feedback and Diamondhead are the only aliens who have ever defeated Malware.
- While Feedback's electricity is colored blue, 17-year-old Mutant Kevin's electricity is colored red.[13]
- As of Omniverse, Feedback and AmpFibian are the only aliens who generate blue electricity.
- Feedback was designed by Dave Johnson, the art director of the first two seasons of the original series.[DJ 1]
- Feedback's places in the Omniverse intros change a lot over the course of the show.
- From Arc 4 onwards, 11-year-old Feedback is replaced with his 16-year-old self.
- Furthermore, as of Arc 4, three clones of 11-year-old Ditto take 11-year-old Feedback's place in the part where the latter was originally lined up alongside the 11-year-old versions of Ben, Four Arms, Cannonbolt, XLR8, Wildmutt, Ripjaws, and Diamondhead at the end.
- Feedback is also replaced with Snare-oh in the opening intro of Arc 5.
- In FusionFall Heroes, Feedback has a yellow eye and a pupil, even though he doesn't have either in the show.
References
Merchandise
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Crew Statements
Matt Wayne
Dave Johnson
Derrick J. Wyatt
Yuri Lowenthal
- ↑ link unavailable