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The Mechadroids,[1][DJ 1] also known as Drones,[2][3] are robot minions built to serve Vilgax in his conquests. Vilgax uses these droids because no one else would dare be around him out of fear.[pop-up 2][4][pop-up 3]
Appearance[]
The Mechadroids are robotic rather than organic and are red or orange in color.
Types of Mechadroids[]
Basic Mechadroids[]
These UFO-shaped Mechadroids are the most commonly seen droids in the Original Series. They are capable of flight and have several small limbs armed with lasers and blades. They can also cybernetically fuse with organic creatures, turning them into powerful human/droid hybrids, like with Rojo, with whom Vilgax can mentally communicate and influence.
They are capable of firing laser beams out of their robotic arms.
They are not particularly durable, as Wildmutt was able to destroy them with relative ease.[4] Gwen also destroyed a drone using a shovel, saving Ben because the Omnitrix ran out of power.
They are red with grey limbs and can see 360 degrees due to their movable vision.
Attack Robots[]
Attack Robots[DJ 2] are roughly 40 feet tall with more humanoid features and three insectoid legs. They possess great strength and large claws, can spawn Basic Mechadroids from their shoulders, can shoot laser blasts, and spin their legs to make a mini-tornado. Vilgax sent one in And Then There Were 10 to find and retrieve the omnitrix by any means necessary when it was jettisoned to Earth and he uses many more in Secret of the Omnitrix as part of his robot army on Xenon in a final battle for the Omnitrix, but they were easily destroyed by Way Big.
In Ben 10: Protector of Earth, Vilgax sent a green one of these to Earth to intercept Ben in the canyon site and used one of the stolen Omnitrix crystals as it’s power source. To this end, it serves as the boss for the first level.
Laser Drones[]
Laser Drones[5] appear as beetle-like drones that can fly, and have weapons like scythes, lasers, drills, bombs, and photon arrays. Vilgax comes to Earth with an army of these types of droids to draw out Ben by attacking a city in Secrets.
Large Mechadroid[]
A Large Mechadroid appeared in The Visitor. It is slightly larger than the Basic Mechadroid, and barely any different in appearance, though it had recognizable faces and spider-like legs rather than the Basic Mechadroids' limbs. It had developed the ability to amalgamate mechanical devices and gain additional abilities, such as attaching a tank to itself to use its cannon, and with each machine merged with, it grew larger and stronger.
Other Droids[]
Vilgax also has repair droids on his ship; crab-like droids whose purpose is to fix any damages to his warship. Seen near the end of And Then There Were 10, fixing the damage that his ship sustained in the battle for the Omnitrix.
Very tiny medical droids are used to heal Vilgax's wounded body in his healing tank after the battle in the same episode.
In Secret of the Omnitrix, when Vilgax assaulted and boarded Tetrax's ship, small flying crab-like droids came after Ben when he was stuck piloting a Gyropod in space. They resembled the basic UFO's body piece with four limbs attached and a propulsion piece on the underside, and could gradually weld through the Gyropod's metal using their limbs.
History[]
Ben 10[]
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The Mechadroids first appeared in And Then There Were 10, where Vilgax sent them to search for the Omnitrix.
Omniverse[]
The Mechadroids reappeared in A Fistful of Brains, where they chased and attacked the Proto-TRUK.
In Malgax Attacks, Vilgax sent them to attack Galvan Prime.
Appearances[]
Ben 10[]
Season 1[]
- And Then There Were 10 (first appearance)
- Hunted
- The Alliance
- Secrets
Season 2[]
Season 3[]
Season 4[]
Omniverse[]
Season 4[]
- A Fistful of Brains (first reappearance)
Season 8[]
Video Games[]
Online Games[]
Trivia[]
- Vilgax creates his drones with a special aggressive mode for battle.[pop-up 1][1]
- The gigantic Attack Drones were based off Droidekas from Star Wars.[DJ 3]
- They had trouble animating the head and arms, but the legs ended up looking cooler than designer Dave Johnson expected.[DJ 2]
See Also[]
References[]
Pop-Up Trivia[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:The Visitor Pop-ups.png
- ↑ File:Robots Work for Vilgax.png
- ↑ X-Ray Ben and Diamondhead V.2 DVD; file