Changes: Slamworm

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Slamworm is the Nemetrix's DNA sample of an unnamed species from the planet Terraexcava.

Slamworm's species is the predatory species of Talpaedans.

Appearance

Slamworm is a giant worm-like alien with sharp teeth, a wide beak-like mouth, and a tail ending in a pincer like set of spikes. Slamworm possesses a lavender and orange hide, a white underbelly, grey spikes running down her back, and four red insectoid legs on each side near the front.

Slamworm wears a red spiked collar with the Nemetrix on it.

Powers and Abilities

It Was Them (26 — Slamworm shooting acid

Like the Talpaedans it feeds on, Slamworm is a skilled burrower, able to tunnel through almost any surface at remarkable speed and can sprout anywhere she wants at a fast rate.

Slamworm can spit multiple balls of acid from her mouth at a rapid pace.

Slamworm possesses sharp teeth as well as enhanced strength and durability.

Weaknesses

The inside of Slamworm's mouth is sensitive to damage, as shown when Diamondhead and Armodrillo attacked the inside of her mouth to escape his attack.

History

Omniverse

Zed

Slamworm first appeared in It Was Them, where she attacked Ben outside of the Burger Shack only to be defeated by Diamondhead and was recalled by Khyber.
In Of Predators and Prey: Part 1, Slamworm counterattacked Armodrillo and sent him flying through the air.
In Of Predators and Prey: Part 2, Slamworm battled Armodrillo before switching into Buglizard.
In Outbreak, Slamworm appeared because of a malfunction with the Nemetrix and attacked Khyber.
In Malefactor, Slamworm battled Armodrillo before switching into Hypnotick once Ben turned into Big Chill.

Khyber's Panuncian

In A Fistful of Brains, one of the Panuncian's clones used its Nemetrix to transform into Slamworm after the Panuncian cornered Ben.

Appearances

Zed
Season 1

Season 2

Outbreak
Malefactor

Khyber's Panuncian
Season 4

A Fistful of Brains

Ben 10: Omniverse

Ghost Ship

Naming and Translations

Language	Name	Origin
French	Slamworm	From the original English name
Hungarian	Pondró	From pondró, maggot
Italian	Vermone	From vermone, big worm
Polish	Grzmotorobak	From grzmot, slam and robak, worm
Portuguese (Br)	Vermônico	From "Verme" (maggot) and the sufix "Ico", which means "similar to".
Romanian	Vermix	From vierme, worm
Russian	Боевой червь	From боевой, combat and червь, worm

Etymology

Slamworm's name is a play on the words slam and worm.

Trivia

Slamworm strongly resembles the Graboids from the Tremors movie and television series, being a massive, monstrous worm that burrows underground and has an armored "beak".
Slamworm's name is revealed by Ben in It Was Them.
Slamworm is the only known Nemetrix alien to come from the Andromeda Galaxy.
It is unknown why Malware and Khyber went after the natural predator of the Talpaedan when its DNA wasn't added to the Codon Stream until after Ben scanned Andreas.

Nemetrix Predators
Regular Predators	Buglizard • Crabdozer • Hypnotick • Mucilator • Omnivoracious • Panuncian • Slamworm • Terroranchula • Tyrannopede • Vicetopus
Ultimate Forms	Ultimate Panuncian
Non-Canon	Tentaclaws • Way Big's Predator

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+{{Original}}
 {{Infobox Alien
 |backcolor = C48455
 |textcolor = 4B1125
 |name = Slamworm
-|image = Slamworm.png
+|image = Slamworm_Model.png
 |home-planet = [[Terraexcava]]
 |body = Worm-like
-|power = Enhanced Digging<br>Acid Spit<br>Enhanced Durability<br>Enhanced Strength<br>Sharp Teeth<br>Enhanced Speed
+|power = Worm Physiology<br>Enhanced Digging<br>Acid Spit<br>Enhanced Durability<br>Enhanced Strength<br>Sharp Teeth<br>Enhanced Speed
 |1st-appearance = It Was Them
 |species = [[Slamworm's Species|Unknown]]
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 Slamworm is a giant worm-like alien with sharp teeth, a wide beak-like mouth, and a tail ending in a pincer like set of spikes. Slamworm possesses a lavender and orange hide, a white underbelly, grey spikes running down her back, and four red insectoid legs on each side near the front.
-As with all of Zed's transformations, Slamworm wears a red spiked collar with the [[Nemetrix]] on it.
+Slamworm wears a red spiked collar with the [[Nemetrix]] on it.
 ==Powers and Abilities==
-[[File:New criature of the Nemetrix (3).png|thumb|left|Slamworm shooting acid]]
+[[File:It Was Them (26.1).png|thumb|left|Slamworm shooting acid|218x218px]]
-Like the Talpaedans it feeds on, Slamworm is a skilled burrower, able to tunnel through almost any surface at remarkable speed.
+Like the Talpaedans it feeds on, Slamworm is a skilled burrower, able to tunnel through almost any surface at remarkable speed and can sprout anywhere she wants at a fast rate.
-Slamworm can spit balls of acid from her mouth at a rapid pace.
+Slamworm can spit multiple balls of acid from her mouth at a rapid pace.
+Slamworm possesses sharp teeth as well as enhanced strength and durability.
 ==Weaknesses==
-The inside of Slamworm's mouth is sensitive to damage, as shown when [[Diamondhead]] and [[Armodrillo]] attacked the inside of her mouth to escape his attack.
+The inside of Slamworm's mouth is sensitive to damage, as shown when [[Diamondhead (Classic)|Diamondhead]] and [[Armodrillo]] attacked the inside of her mouth to escape his attack.
 ==History==
 ===Omniverse===
 ====Zed====
-*Slamworm first appeared in ''[[It Was Them]]''. Slamworm attacked [[Ben Tennyson|Ben]] outside of the [[Burger Shack]]. Her tunneling ability confused [[Diamondhead]], and it managed to get him in a rather helpless position. Diamondhead managed to escape and trap her, at which point [[Khyber]] then recalled Slamworm.
+*Slamworm first appeared in ''[[It Was Them]]'', where she attacked [[Ben Tennyson (Classic)|Ben]] outside of the [[Burger Shack]] only to be defeated by [[Diamondhead (Classic)|Diamondhead]] and was recalled by [[Khyber]].
-*In ''[[Of Predators and Prey: Part 1]]'', when Ben became [[Armodrillo]] to battle [[Mucilator]], [[Zed]] transformed into Slamworm to counterattack, sending him flying through the air.
+*In ''[[Of Predators and Prey: Part 1]]'', Slamworm counterattacked [[Armodrillo]] and sent him flying through the air.
-*In ''[[Of Predators and Prey: Part 2]]'', [[Crabdozer]] turned into Slamworm to battle Armodrillo.
+*In ''[[Of Predators and Prey: Part 2]]'', Slamworm battled Armodrillo before switching into [[Buglizard]].
-*In ''[[Outbreak]]'', When the [[Nemetrix]] started malfunctioning, [[Zed]] turned into Slamworm and attacked Khyber.
+*In ''[[Outbreak]]'', Slamworm appeared because of a malfunction with the Nemetrix and attacked Khyber.
-*In ''[[Malefactor]]'', Crabdozer turned into Slamworm to battle Armodrillo. It battled Armodrillo until he turned into [[Big Chill]], at which point Slamworm transformed into [[Hypnotick]].
+*In ''[[Malefactor]]'', Slamworm battled Armodrillo before switching into [[Hypnotick]] once Ben turned into [[Big Chill]].
 ====Khyber's Panuncian====
 *In ''[[A Fistful of Brains]]'', one of the [[Khyber's Panuncian|Panuncian]]'s clones used its Nemetrix to transform into Slamworm after the Panuncian cornered Ben.
 ==Appearances==
+<tabber>
-===Ben 10: Omniverse===
+|-|Ben 10: Omniverse =
-====Zed====
+;Zed
-*''[[It Was Them]]'' (first appearance)
+;Season 1
+*''[[It Was Them]]'' <small>(first appearance)</small>
 *''[[Of Predators and Prey: Part 1]]''
 *''[[Of Predators and Prey: Part 2]]''
+;Season 2
 *''[[Outbreak]]''
 *''[[Malefactor]]''
-====Khyber's Panuncian====
+;Khyber's Panuncian
+;Season 4
 *''[[A Fistful of Brains]]''
+|-|Books=
+;Ben 10<nowiki>:</nowiki> Omniverse
+*''[[Ghost Ship]]''
+</tabber>
 ==Naming and Translations==
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 | romanian = Vermix
 | romaniand = From ''vierme'', worm
-| portuguesebr = Pernoíco
+| portuguesebr = Vermônico
-| portuguesebrd = From ''perna'', leg, and ''paranóico'', paranoid
+| portuguesebrd = From "Verme" (maggot) and the sufix "Ico", which means "similar to".
 | polish = Grzmotorobak
 | polishd = From ''grzmot'', slam and ''robak'', worm
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 | hungariand = From ''pondró'', maggot
 | french = Slamworm
-| frenchd = From the original English name
+| frenchd = From the original English name|russian = Боевой червь|russiand = From ''боевой'', combat and ''червь'', worm}}
-}}
 ==Etymology==
 Slamworm's name is a play on the words slam and worm.
 ==Trivia==
 *Slamworm strongly resembles the Graboids from the Tremors movie and television series, being a massive, monstrous worm that burrows underground and has an armored "beak".
-*Slamworm's name is revealed by [[Ben Tennyson|Ben]] in ''[[It Was Them]]''.
+*Slamworm's name is revealed by [[Ben Tennyson (Classic)|Ben]] in ''[[It Was Them]]''.
-*Slamworm is the only known Nemetrix alien to come from the [[Andromeda Galaxy]].
+*Slamworm is the only known Nemetrix alien to come from the [[Andromeda Galaxy (Classic)|Andromeda Galaxy]].
+*It is unknown why [[Malware]] and [[Khyber]] went after the natural predator of the [[Talpaedan]] when its DNA wasn't added to the [[Codon Stream]] until after Ben scanned [[Andreas]].
 {{Nemetrix Aliens}}