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Nanomech is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Nanochip/Human hybrid.
Appearance
Nanomech is about an inch tall at full size. He has grey skin with a green circuit-like design on it. Nanomech possesses green wings as well as one large, green cyclopean-eye. His body is a carbon or silicon-based alloy, and he has triangular feet. He wears the Omnitrix/Ultimatrix symbol on his chest.
In Video Games, Nanomech wore a blue motion capture suit.
In Omniverse, Nanomech's circuit design is gone, being replaced with one pushing more to his Alien Swarm design, and the Omnitrix symbol is where his eye was. He has different wings and four small eyes around the Omnitrix, similar to Stinkfly. His legs have also changed shape, and his body now emits a bright green glow that completely surrounds him.
Powers and Abilities
Nanomech has the ability to fly. He is very agile and his wings glow when he is airborne.[1]
Nanomech can reduce his size at will, even to microscopic scales.[2] He can return to his original size, but cannot grow any larger.
Nanomech can launch green bioelectrical energy from his hands and eye, ranging in forms from beams to orbs.[3]
Nanomech has the ability to adapt to his opponents very fast, such as sprouting energy tentacles like the Decoy Queen seconds after she attacked him with her own.[2]
Nanomech's adaptability allows him to understand the functions of machinery and tech, and use that information to make them malfunction and break in a matter of seconds.[4]
Nanomech cannot be controlled by Nanochip Queens; according to himself, it is because he is part human, and "humans never give up".[2]
Weaknesses
Much like Grey Matter, Nanomech's minuscule size can be a problem if fighting larger opponents as seen when he was harmed by a fly swatter.[3]
Even though Nanomech can't be controlled by Nanochip Queens, he can still be partially influenced by them.[2]
History
- Ben
- Nanomech first appeared in Ben 10: Alien Swarm, where he was unlocked by scanning the Nanochips and destroyed the Decoy Queen of the Alien Chip hive. He was used to enter Victor's brain and battle the queen. After a grueling battle, Nanomech destroyed the Queen and thus the entirety of the chips, freeing everybody from their control.
- Ben
- Season 1
- In Video Games, Nanomech was regarded as too small for the video game scan. Later, Nanomech destroyed the Stalker.
- In Ultimate Aggregor, Nanomech destroyed the headbands that were controlling Ra'ad and P'andor.
- In Absolute Power: Part 1, Nanomech was squashed in a book by Gwen's spell Cloudordourus before transforming into Way Big.
- Kevin
- Season 3
- In Inspector 13, Nanomech snuck into the Techadon Factory and battled Inspector 13.
- Ben
- Season 1
- In Have I Got a Deal for You, Nanomech appeared in a cameo as an accidental transformation before he turned into Bloxx.
- Season 3
- In The Frogs of War: Part 1, Nanomech battled some Incurseans by blowing up their guns, knocking them out.
- Season 4
- In The Ultimate Heist, Nanomech was used to escape his cell, and avoid Blukic and Driba.
- Season 7
- In It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 2, Nanomech defeated Mad Way Big.
- Season 8
- In A New Dawn, Nanomech appeared for a short time when Ben was cycling through his aliens.
Appearances
- Ben
- Season 1
- Video Games (x2; first reappearance)
- Ultimate Aggregor
- Absolute Power: Part 1
- Kevin
- Season 3
- Ben
- Season 1
- Have I Got a Deal for You (first reappearance; accidental transformation; cameo)
- Season 3
- The Frogs of War: Part 1 (intended alien was Humungousaur)
- Season 4
- Season 7
- Season 8
- A New Dawn (cameo)
Naming and Translations
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Наномех | From the original English name |
| Chinese | 极微人 | From 极微 (Jí Wēi), minimum, and 人 (Rén), man |
| Dutch | Nanomech | From the original English name |
| French | Nanomech | From the original English name |
| German | Nanomech | From the original English name |
| Greek | Νανομηχανισμός | From νανομηχανισμός, nanomechanism |
| Hungarian | Picuri | From pici, small |
| Polish | NanoBen | A combination of nano and Ben |
| Portuguese (Br) | Nanomech | From the original English name, pronounced Nanomé |
| Romanian | nanomecanicul | from nanomecanic, nanomech |
| Russian | Наномеханизм | From наномеханизм, nanomechanism |
| Spanish (HA) | Nanomech | From the original name |
| Spanish (Spain) | Nanomec | From the original English name without the letter h |
| Swedish | Nanomek | From the original name including the letter k |
| Turkish | Nanomek | From nanomek, Turkish translation of original name |
Trivia
- Nanomech is Ben's smallest alien, smaller than even Grey Matter.[5]
- Benchip was Nanomech's working name.[DM 1] This makes Nanomech the fourth alien whose working name had Ben's name in it; the first three being Blitzwolfer, Snare-oh, and Frankenstrike.
- Due to him not really being a typical alien from any sort of planet, Nanomech is identified as an unknown bio-mechanical organism/creature by both Inspector 13's technology and the Plumbers' scanners.[3][5]
- Nanomech's voice has changed in his appearances, mainly due to the perspective he is seen from:
- In Alien Swarm, his voice was very deep due to being seen from anything of his size's perspective.
- In Ultimate Alien, his voice became squeaky and high-pitched due to being mostly seen from a human-sized perspective.
- In Omniverse, his voice is similar to his Ultimate Alien voice but with a more robotic tone.
- Kevin finds it hard to take Ben as Nanomech seriously due to his squeaky voice.[1]
- Nanomech is the only one of Ben's aliens that is part-human.
- During the Birthday Bash in Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall, players could get a Nanomech helmet that looked like his live-action movie version. However, after Ultimate Alien premiered, it changed to match the animated version. This item has been re-released as a code item.
- Nanomech is one of four aliens to debut in a movie or special, the others being Way Big, Eon, and Shocksquatch.
References
Crew Statements
Dwayne McDuffie
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