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The Perplexahedron was an artificial cube-shaped planetoid built by Professor Paradox to hold the fourth piece of the Map of Infinity. It was located in another galaxy. The Perplexahedron contained an elaborate maze of traps and autonomous guardians to protect the piece of the Map of Infinity from intruders.
Appearance[]
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Perplexahedron from inside
The Perplexahedron was a cubical construct consisting of countless paper-white, cube-shaped rooms. It appeared to be segmented into 4x4 or 5x5 square segments,[note 1] with 32 segments across each face; this suggests a total volume of anywhere from 2,097,152 to 4,096,000 cubes. As the size of the rooms within the Perplexahedron varies, and the construct appears to defy the laws of space, it is impossible to know how large it is on the inside. Rooms were connected via hatches that could seal and lock to activate traps. Certain rooms possessed artificial gravity, making it impossible to reliably tell direction or orientation within the Perplexahedron.
History[]
Ultimate Alien[]
Ben, Gwen and Kevin were sent to Perplexahedron in Perplexahedron by Azmuth, to find the final piece of the Map of Infinity before Ultimate Aggregor could. Its doors would move to various places, leading the team back to where they once started. Several rooms contained deathtraps. Its doors would also form into a Techno Guard to fight people who come through intact, preventing them from moving on to the next room. It was evident that the guards would appear only to protect the piece of the Map of Infinity as the team got closer to it.
It self-destructed when the piece of the Map of Infinity was given up by the Sentinel (and thus served its purpose), it's base cubes breaking apart until it dissolved into space.
Known Inhabitants[]
- Sentinel (deceased)
- Techno Guards
- Unnamed mechanical spiders
Known Visitors[]
Appearances[]
Ultimate Alien[]
Season 2[]
- Perplexahedron (first appearance; destroyed)
Season 3[]
- The Ultimate Enemy: Part 2 (flashback; cameo)
Mobile Games[]
Ultimate Alien[]
Etymology[]
Perplexahedron is derived from "perplex", which means to confuse, and "hedron", a geometrical term used in the name of solid figures.
Trivia[]
- The idea of Perplexahedron is derived from the 1997 science fiction movie Cube. In the movie, a similar structure is created with identical rooms, some with lethal traps, to prevent its inhabitants from escaping. However, the white appearance of the rooms of Perplexahedron is the same as those of an older movie The Cube, released in 1969.
- Being a large, dark silver cube, Perplexahedron resembles the AllSpark from the 2007 Transformers movie.
Notes[]
- ↑ The number of rooms and segments appears to differ between scenes.