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| “ | First, some nice cold water! Then, I'll absorb the moisture from the air! | ” |
Water Hazard (alternatively spelled as Waterhazard)[2] is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of an Orishan from the planet Kiusana[merch 1] in the Andromeda Galaxy.
Appearance[]
Water Hazard appears as a red mollusk-like alien with green eyes and a grey mouth that does not move when he speaks. Behind his legs and on the top of his arms are small spikes that are grey, there are black spots on his shoulders and legs, and on his hands are portholes, which he uses to shoot water. Water Hazard also has four fingers with claws on them and a grey spike on each of his feet. His lower torso is grey with two spikes on the side of it.
In Omniverse, Water Hazard now has four slitted eyes and also has eye-like patterns on his chest with crab-like features on his stomach which appear to be crab legs forming a ribcage. He has much fewer black spots than before. His mouth has a line running through it, his hood looks a lot rougher than before, is bigger, and more hexagonal than before, and he now has what appear to be barnacle-like portholes on his shoulders, arms, legs, and hands, from which he shoots the water. Rather than circular shoulders, he now has shoulder pad-like armor above his arm with much fewer black markings. He also has three spikes on the back of his legs and seems to have cracks on his arms and shoulders. The red sections near his face are now shorter and seemingly connect to his head with silver wire-like sections. His fingers are sharper and resemble dactyls, the "moveable finger" of a crab pincer. He is taller and thinner, as well as his legs becoming much thinner. His overall armor is a darker shade of red, seemingly maroon, and his grey parts are now more violet.
Water Hazard wears the Ultimatrix/Omnitrix symbol on his chest.
Powers and Abilities[]
Water Hazard can manipulate different sources of water, including normal Earth water.[3][ES 1][DM 1]
Water Hazard can launch pressurized blasts of water[note 1] through the portholes in his hands. He can also change the temperature of his water powers from hot to cold.[4] Using these same portholes, he can absorb water[merch 2] and moisture, including from the air.[1]
Water Hazard can jump exceptionally high.[5] He can also use his water blasts to propel himself into the air.[DR 1]
Water Hazard has enhanced strength, enough to throw Buglizard into a nearby wall[6] and punch craters into a concrete floor.[5]
Water Hazard is extremely durable, being able to withstand crashing into a wall seemingly painlessly.[7] He has an armored exoskeleton that protects his body from damage, including physical attacks, thereby making him almost completely invulnerable.[8][9][merch 1]
Water Hazard can breathe underwater.[DM 2][3]
Water Hazard can withstand radiation, such as that generated by a Prypiatosian-B.[10] However, he has been shown to be potentially hurt by the force of a Prypiatosian-B's radiation attack.[10]
Similar to XLR8, Water Hazard has a retractable visor hidden under his hood.[11] His hood is also retractable.[11][DJW 1]
Water Hazard is very clever and adept with technology, which allows him to build and repair complex machines, as demonstrated by Bivalvan.[3][merch 1]
Weaknesses[]
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Immobilized by Ice
Water Hazard is vulnerable to intense heat, such as that generated by a Prypiatosian-B.[12][10] Similarly, he is vulnerable to electricity as demonstrated by Bivalvan.[13]
Water Hazard can be frozen by a Necrofriggian's ice breath.[14] Similarly, he can be ensnared by an Evolved Arachnichimp's webs, the latter of which also demonstrated with Bivalvan.[3]
History[]
Ultimate Alien[]
- In Fame, Water Hazard's DNA was sampled and put in the Codon Stream when the Ultimatrix scanned Bivalvan's DNA.
- Water Hazard first appeared in Too Hot to Handle, where he pretended to be Bivalvan in a failed attempt to convince P'andor to go home. He was then defeated by P'andor, prompting Water Hazard to switch into Big Chill.
- In Hero Time, Water Hazard defeated Overlord.
- In Revenge of the Swarm, Water Hazard briefly battled a Victor Valadis clone until it escaped.
- In Double or Nothing, Water Hazard defeated Swamps, but was defeated and frozen by Fridge, so he switched into NRG.
- In Night of the Living Nightmare, Water Hazard was seen confronting Albedo in a dream.
Omniverse[]
- In The More Things Change: Part 2, Water Hazard battled Buglizard with Rook's help.
- In Hot Stretch, Water Hazard cooled off Ester and her friends.
- In Tummy Trouble, Water Hazard sprayed Attea off the Proto-TRUK.
- In The Frogs of War: Part 1, Water Hazard "accidentally" incapacitated Will Harangue, put out a fire accidentally caused by NRG, and fought some Incurseans before the Omnitrix's randomizer function switched him into Astrodactyl.
- In Return to Forever, Water Hazard tried to break out of a force field but was reverted by the Forever Knights' DNA scanner.
- In The Ultimate Heist, Water Hazard failed to stop Negative Goop from getting the Polymorphic Crystal.
- In For a Few Brains More, Water Hazard defeated Ultimate Panuncian.
- In Bengeance is Mine, Water Hazard fought Sir Morton and the Forever Knights until Pakmar's shop got flooded.
- In Rook Tales, Water Hazard was defeated by Kundo.
- In A New Dawn, Water Hazard appeared for a short time when Ben was cycling through his aliens.
Comics[]
- In Never A Dull Moment, Water Hazard fought Charmcaster's minions.
- In the second issue of the Ben 10 Comic by IDW, Water Hazard saved people from the flooding boat.
Appearances[]
- Ben
- Season 1
- Too Hot to Handle (first appearance)
- Hero Time (intended alien was Big Chill)
- Season 3
- Dream
- Season 3
- Night of the Living Nightmare (cameo)
- Ben
- Season 1
- The More Things Change: Part 2 (first reappearance; selected alien was Humungousaur)
- Hot Stretch
- Season 3
- Tummy Trouble
- The Frogs of War: Part 1 (randomizer)
- Season 4
- Season 5
- Season 7
- Season 8
- A New Dawn (off-screen activation; cameo)
Video Games[]
Water Hazard in Cosmic Destruction
Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction[]
Water Hazard is one of the Andromeda Galaxy aliens playable in the game.
Water Hazard can generate a water tornado and briefly levitate while launching water blasts. Also, he wields a water-whip that can destroy enemies.
Water Hazard is vital for progression on the Eiffel Tower and The Final Battle levels of the game. He is also the default optional alien for The Great Wall level.
Naming and Translations[]
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Водовъртеж | From водовъртеж, whirlpool |
| Chinese | 水霸天 | From 水 (Shǔi), water and 霸天 (Bà Tiān), overlord |
| Croatian | Vodeni | From voda, water; the name is an adjective which means "water-based" |
| Dutch | Waterknaller | From waterknaller, waterbuster |
| French | Hydro-Jet | From hydro, prefix linked to water and jet |
| German | Wasserschock | From wasser, water, and schock, shock |
| Greek | Επικίνδυνα Νερά | From επικίνδυνος, hazard, and νερό, water |
| Hebrew | בִּיוַלְוַאן | From the name of Bivalvan |
| Hungarian | Vizigót | From Vizigót, Visigoth, and víz, water |
| Italian | Sparacqua | From sparare, shoot, and acqua, water |
| Polish | Wodny Nahaj | From wodny, water and nahaj, old fashioned for "whip" |
| Portuguese (Br) | Ameaça Aquática | From ameaça, menace, and aquática, aquatic |
| Romanian | Bici de Apa | From bici de apa, water whip |
| Russian | Водяная Сила Человек-Вода |
From водяная сила, water strength From человек-вода, water -man |
| Spanish (HA) | Amenaza Acuática | From amenaza, menace and acuática, aquatic |
| Swedish | Vattenfaran | From vatten, water and faran, hazard |
| Turkish | Su Kamçısı | From su, water and kamçı, whip |
Etymology[]
A water hazard is an area of water on a golf course designed to make it more difficult for players to get their ball onto the green.
Trivia[]
- Each of Ben's Andromeda alien forms control a basic element. As his name suggests, Water Hazard commands water.
- Water Hazard is the first Andromeda alien Ben has scanned and used.
- His species is also the first to be scanned by the Ultimatrix.
- When Water Hazard first appeared in Too Hot to Handle, his voice sounded exactly like Bivalvan's did in Escape From Aggregor and Ultimate Aggregor because Water Hazard was supposed to be a clone of Bivalvan. Starting in Hero Time, his voice became deeper to help differentiate him from Bivalvan.[DM 3]
- Before Water Hazard shoots water in Omniverse, the sound of a gun cocking can be heard.
- Water Hazard was the Alien of the Month in January 2011.
- In the Family Guy episode Quagmire and Meg, during the scene where the old man is reading to his child, two toys that resemble Water Hazard and Ultimate Swampfire are visible.
- In the online games Game Creator and Omniverse Collection, Water Hazard shoots blobs of water in an upward tilted angle instead of just spraying it. He is also able to create a bubble shield to protect himself from lasers.
- Orishan have been confirmed to be separate entities from the Cascans, another red hydrokinetic species from the Andromeda Galaxy that was introduced in the reboot. Duncan Rouleau likens the differences between these species to those between panthers and jaguars.[DR 2]
- Water Hazard was designed by Steven Choi.[DJW 3]
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hero Time
- ↑ Some end credits of Ultimate Alien, Cosmic Destruction, Xenodrome and storybooks
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Fame
- ↑ Alien of the Month
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rook Tales
- ↑ The More Things Change: Part 2
- ↑ Bengeance is Mine
- ↑ Ultimate Aggregor
- ↑ Map of Infinity
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Too Hot to Handle
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Tummy Trouble
- ↑ Escape From Aggregor
- ↑ Fame
- ↑ Double or Nothing
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