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| “ | I have my own orbit? That is pretty cool! | ” |
– Gravattack using his orbital powers for the first time.[1] | ||
Gravattack is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Galilean from the orbit of the planet Keplorr.[OV Brief 1]
Appearance[]
Ben as Gravattack[]
Being a silicon-based lifeform,[DJW 1] Gravattack is literally a living planet. He is a large, bulky, reddish-brown alien with rocky skin, a giant mouth with teeth that are also made of rocks,[DJW 2] and a molten lava planet core at the center of his body. His feet are tan with three toes, and he has three fingers and one thumb on each hand. He wears black shorts with green stripes, a green belt with white stripes and the Omnitrix symbol on his forehead.
Albedo as Negative Gravattack[]
Negative Gravattack is magenta and red-colored and his core, eyes, and Ultimatrix symbol are all red.
Bad Ben as Bad Gravattack[]
Bad Ben's Gravattack is violet colored, his core is purple, and his eyes and Omnitrix symbol are mint green.
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Powers and Abilities[]
Gravattack can control gravity to manipulate the weight and motion of objects, allowing him to suspend and levitate targets in the air, send them flying back or forth, or slam them down to the ground with hand gestures.[1] His control over gravity allows him to change its direction, allowing him to telekinetically send targets flying upwards[1] or across the air as if they were falling.[2]
Gravattack can place objects into an orbital track, causing them to fly in circles at various speeds[3]. When using his powers, he emits an aura of hazy energy[note 1] which he can also form into walls[7], barriers and domes.[8]
Gravattack can use the laws of general relativity to his advantage and can reduce the speed of objects (or in some cases, creatures) to nothing even if they were moving at the speed of light before.[8]
Gravattack can make matter or energy orbit around him whenever he manipulates his own gravity in order to levitate and retracts his limbs, curling his body to a planetoid sphere.[1]
Gravattack possesses enhanced strength, enough to punch a hole in the ground.[8]
Gravattack has enhanced durability, as seen when he endured physical attacks from Fistrick's armor.[1]
Because he is a living planetoid, Gravattack can survive in the vacuum of space.[9]
Gravattack may or may not be able to create a black hole, as one was produced from his deadlock with the Time Beast.[8][note 2]
Weaknesses[]
If he takes large amounts of damage to his core, it can cause Gravattack immense pain. This will also cause him to enter meltdown and explode, which can be dangerous enough to destroy the whole area he is in.[10]
Gravattack's large body makes it hard for him to move around in small spaces.[11]
Sudden changes of mass can throw off Gravattack's orbit.[5]
Gravattack cannot stop someone from using energy-based attacks.[2]
History[]
Ultimate Alien[]
- Gravattack was unlocked prior to Double or Nothing.[note 3]
Omniverse[]
- Gravattack first appeared in A Jolt From the Past, where he defeated Fistrick and saved the Megawhatts with Rook's help.
- In Hot Stretch, Gravattack attempted to battle the Kraaho, but he reverted instantly.
- In Vilgax Must Croak, Gravattack defeated General Attea, SixSix, SevenSeven, and EightEight.
- In While You Were Away, Gravattack defeated Sheriff Wat-Senn and Rook Shar.
- In Food Around the Corner, Gravattack helped negotiate a peace treaty between the Appoplexians and the Lewodans. However, the Hulex landed on him and attempted to destroy his core to make him explode. Fortunately, he was able to revert before this could happen.
- In For a Few Brains More, Gravattack was seen twice. Firstly, he broke out of the Proto-TRUK wreckage and fought Ultimate Albedo before being defeated by Negative Armodrillo. Afterwards, Negative Gravattack briefly appeared before going Ultimate.
- In And Then There Were None, Bad Ben as Gravattack tried to capture No Watch Ben before battling Astrodactyl and Build-A-Guy until he was wiped out by the Chronosapien Time Bomb.
- In And Then There Was Ben, Bad Ben as Gravattack was brought back to existence by No Watch Ben as Clockwork.
- In The Rooters of All Evil, Gravattack defeated the Rooters.
- In Fight at the Museum, Gravattack used his powers to keep Exo-Skull stuck in the floor.
- In It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 2, Gravattack argued with Dyno Mighty for not transforming him into Humungousaur before reverting the latter into Ben 23.
- In Let's Do the Time War Again, Gravattack chased and trapped the Time Beast, accidentally creating a black hole in the process.
- In Malgax Attacks, Gravattack helped Max and Luhley escape from the Chimeran Hammer and traveled back to Galvan Prime with them.
- In A New Dawn, Gravattack appeared for a short time when Ben was cycling through his aliens.
Comics[]
- In No Laughing Matter, Gravattack defeated Zombozo and his clown henchmen.
- In the 3rd issue of Super Secret Crisis War! Evil Ben-Bots transformed into Gravattack to battle Ben and his team.
Appearances[]
- Ben
- Season 1
- A Jolt From the Past (first appearance; selected alien was Four Arms)
- Hot Stretch
- Season 3
- Vilgax Must Croak (intended alien was Rath)
- While You Were Away
- Season 4
- Season 6
- Season 7
- Fight at the Museum
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 2 (intended alien was Humungousaur)
- Season 8
- Albedo
- Season 4
- For a Few Brains More (cameo; goes Ultimate)
- Bad Ben
- Season 5
- Other Comics
- Omniverse
- Ben
- No Laughing Matter (intended alien was XLR8 or Fasttrack)
Ben-Bots
- Super Secret Crisis War! (Issue 3)
Video Games[]
Ben 10: Omniverse[]
Gravattack is a playable alien in the game (by 16-year-old Ben only). He is playable by 11-year-old Ben but only on DS and 3DS.
Ben 10: Omniverse 2[]
Gravattack is a playable alien in the game.
Naming and Translations[]
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Граватак | From the original English name |
| Chinese | 重力蟹霸 | From 重力 (Zhòng Lì), gravity and 蟹霸 (Xiè Bà), crab |
| Dutch | Gravitonn | From Gravitonn, his concept name |
| French | Gravattack | From the original English name |
| German | Gravitonner | From gravitation, gravity, and tonne, ton |
| Greek | Βαρυτής | From βαρυτής, baritone |
| Italian | Planetario | from planetario, planetary |
| Korean | 아머락 | From 아머, armor, and 락, rock |
| Norwegian | Gravangrep | |
| Polish | Gravattack | From the original English name |
| Romanian | Granit, Graviton | From granit, granite |
| Russian | Граваттак | From the original English name |
| Spanish (HA) | Gravattack | From the original English name |
| Turkish | Yerçekimi Saldırısı | From yerçekimi, gravity and saldırısı, attack |
Etymology[]
Gravattack's name comes from the combination of "gravity", his main power, and "attack", the way he mainly uses said power.
Trivia[]
- Like the rest of his species, Gravattack is considered to be wise and patient.[12][10]
- Like Way Big, Gravattack's size is portrayed inconsistently in many of his appearances. This was due to a problem with the size comparisons.[DJW 5]
- Gravattack's concept name was Graviton early on in production of Omniverse.[DJW 6] However, this name was rejected by the legal team as there was a Marvel character of the same name.[CM 1]
- Derrick J. Wyatt did not come up with Gravattack because the idea for the transformation had already started by the time he joined the crew.[DJW 7] His powers were created before his design and name were conceived.[DJW 8]
- It was Derrick's idea for Gravattack to convert into a planetoid form.[DJW 9]
- Gravattack's voice started out on a deep note, but it eventually raised in pitch until it almost matched David Kaye's portrayal of Optimus Prime from Transformers: Animated.
- Gravattack was considered to appear in the reboot but did not make the cut because he is too powerful for the Earthbound villains on the show to fight.[DR 1]
Notes[]
- ↑ Gravattack's gravity aura was originally colored purple before being changed to green beginning in Vilgax Must Croak. Meanwhile, alternate versions of Gravattack are shown generating gravity auras in different colors. For example, Bad Ben's Gravattack generates a dark blue aura[4] while both Negative Gravattack[5] and 17-year-old Mutant Kevin[6] generate red auras.
- ↑ Due to the highly specific conditions of the black hole's creation (notably the Time Beast's involvement), and several elements of speculative fiction that muddy a possible explanation (the Time Beast's ability to travel at light speed; Gravattack's gravakinesis seemingly reaching a limit, or near-limit; the black hole's birth marked by an explosion),[8] it is unknown to what degree Gravattack is responsible for creating the black hole. Furthermore, Matt Wayne has stated there is also a structural limit to the targets of Gravattack's gravakinesis that is reached "long before fusion starts".[MW 1]
- ↑ As of the events of Double or Nothing, Albedo is able to transform into any alien Ben unlocked up to that episode without the need of an Omnitrix or Ultimatrix. Due to Albedo being able to transform into Negative Gravattack in For a Few Brains More, and Derrick being unsure how Albedo would be able to add more aliens to transform into,[DJW 3] it can be inferred that Gravattack was unlocked and available in the Ultimatrix prior to that episode, despite Ben first using the transformation with the new Omnitrix in Omniverse. However, Derrick later admitted that his statement of Albedo only being able to transform into aliens available up to Double or Nothing does not work due to Gravattack, and is unsure of all the aliens Albedo had access to.[DJW 4]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 A Jolt From the Past
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fight at the Museum
- ↑ The Rooters of All Evil
- ↑ And Then There Were None
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 For a Few Brains More
- ↑ Weapon XI: Part 2
- ↑ Hot Stretch
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Let's Do the Time War Again
- ↑ Malgax Attacks
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Food Around the Corner
- ↑ While You Were Away
- ↑ Max Tennyson
Production Material[]
Omniverse Series Master Brief[]
Crew Statements[]
Matt Wayne[]
Derrick J. Wyatt[]
- ↑ File:Gravattack Silicon Proof.png
- ↑ File:Gravattack Teeth.png
- ↑ File: Albedo Cannot Add More Aliens.png
- ↑ File:Derrick Retracted Double or Nothing Statement.png
- ↑ File:Gravattack Size Comps Problem.PNG
- ↑ File:Graviton Proof.PNG
- ↑ File:Derrick Came Up With Whampire.png
- ↑ File:Gravattack Production.PNG
- ↑ File:Derrick's Contributions to OV Aliens.png
