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*In ''[[Last Laugh]]'', Upgrade defeated the [[Circus Freak Trio (Classic)|Circus Freaks]].
  
*In ''[[Last Laugh]]'', Upgrade defeated the [[Circus Freak Trio (Classic)|Circus Freaks]].
 
*In ''[[Side Effects]]'', Upgrade defeated a thief and found an ice cream truck.
  
*In ''[[Side Effects]]'', Upgrade defeated a thief and found an ice cream truck.
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*In ''[[Secrets]]'', Upgrade entered and played with [[Gwen Tennyson (Classic)|Gwen]]'s laptop. Later, Upgrade defeated some [[Drones]] and saved [[Max Tennyson (Classic)|Max]] from [[Vilgax (Classic)|Vilgax]].
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*In ''[[Secrets]]'', Upgrade entered and played with [[Gwen Tennyson (Classic)|Gwen]]'s laptop. Later, Upgrade defeated some [[Drones]] and saved [[Max Tennyson (Classic)|Max]] from [[Vilgax (Classic)|Vilgax]]. After doing so, Upgrade glided down to [[Mt. Rushmore]], but before he could land safely, the malfunctioning Omnitrix turned him into [[Ripjaws]].
 
*In ''[[The Big Tick]]'', Upgrade failed to defeat the [[Great One]].
  
*In ''[[The Big Tick]]'', Upgrade failed to defeat the [[Great One]].
 
*In ''[[Grudge Match]]'', Upgrade merged with [[Slix Vigma]] and freed the prisoners from the [[Megacruiser]].
  
*In ''[[Grudge Match]]'', Upgrade merged with [[Slix Vigma]] and freed the prisoners from the [[Megacruiser]].
 
*In ''[[They Lurk Below]]'', Upgrade escaped the [[Cyber Squids]] with Gwen and [[Eddie GrandSmith|Eddie]].
  
*In ''[[They Lurk Below]]'', Upgrade escaped the [[Cyber Squids]] with Gwen and [[Eddie GrandSmith|Eddie]].
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*In ''[[Back with a Vengeance]]'', Upgrade appeared when Ben unlocked the [[Master Control]].
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*In ''[[Back with a Vengeance]]'', Upgrade appeared when Ben accidentally unlocked the [[Master Control]].
 
*In ''[[Ben 10,000 (Episode)|Ben 10,000]]'', Upgrade battled [[Vilgax (Future)|Future Vilgax]].
  
*In ''[[Ben 10,000 (Episode)|Ben 10,000]]'', Upgrade battled [[Vilgax (Future)|Future Vilgax]].
 
*In ''[[Midnight Madness]]'', Upgrade was [[Sublimino|hypnotized]] to steal a giant clock.
  
*In ''[[Midnight Madness]]'', Upgrade was [[Sublimino|hypnotized]] to steal a giant clock.

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Upgrade is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Galvanic Mechamorph from Galvan Prime's moon, Galvan B.

Appearance

Ben as Upgrade

Upgrade has a black exterior with green stripes that resemble circuitry all over him. The green circle on his head is his eye, which glows whenever he talks.

In the original series, Upgrade's front torso was white and the Omnitrix symbol was on his chest.

In Back with a Vengeance, Upgrade wore a yellow raincoat.

In Destroy All Aliens, Upgrade had more of a metallic shine, making him look more like a machine.

In Ultimate Alien, Upgrade's front torso is recolored green with black circuitry patterns and the Ultimatrix symbol on his chest is colored green.

In Heroes United, Upgrade looks the same as he does in Ultimate Alien except his green stripes glowed yellow.

In Omniverse, 16-year-old Upgrade is more muscular, his circuit pattern has changed slightly, and the Omnitrix symbol is inside the ring of his eye.

11-year-old Upgrade in Omniverse looks exactly the same as he did in the original series, save for a green Omnitrix symbol and a slightly longer neck.

Kevin as Upgrade

Kevin's Upgrade looked exactly like Ben's did in the original series, but without an Omnitrix symbol.

Powers and Abilities

Upgrade is not completely solid, as he can be both liquid and gelatinous. Due to this, he can reshape himself to let projectiles or blows pass through him by creating a hole in his body at will.

Upgrade can use his internal nanotechnology to merge with and possess any technology, extending to non-electrical machinery such as a row machine in a gym[1] and even sentient beings that are mechanical in nature like a Chronosapien,[2] by encasing himself over it. The size of the device is not significant and he controls it as naturally as he would his own body. When he merges, he upgrades the technology, making the technology he possesses far more advanced and futuristic, causing new features to form. After he unmerges with a machine, it returns to normal.

Upgrade can reconfigure technology to suit for any situation, like transform the Rust Bucket into a battle armor, with an arsenal of heavy energy weapons, or even retractile robotic manipulator arms.[3]

Possessing technology allows Upgrade to transform it with seemingly no limit, such as merging with a baseball pitching machine and turning it into a tripod-like robot that fires a seemingly infinite amount of baseballs.[4]

Upgrade can make his head or face appear anywhere on the machines he possesses.[5]

Upgrade can merge with organic beings, as long as there is machinery integrated within them, such as with Rojo and Rex.[1][5]

Upgrade can enhance Rook's Proto-Tool just by touching it.[6]

By energizing his biomechanical blood,[pop-up 1][7] Upgrade can launch a powerful green energy blast from his eye.

Upgrade can form energy constructs such as an energy spike, though mostly while merged with machinery and upgrading them into weapons.[8]

Upgrade can travel through electrical currents[9] and phase through most technology.

Upgrade can reshape his body to resemble a parachute in order to gently descend and glide through the air.[10]

Being inorganic, Upgrade is able to survive in the vacuum of space.[11]

Upgrade possesses enhanced strength, being able to overpower Viktor,[11] push Vilgax off of a ship,[10] and throw a sewer lid at a Megawhatt.[12]

Upgrade is durable enough to withstand a blast from the Proto-Tool without physical damage.[6]

Upgrade can generate electrical charges capable of shocking his opponents into submission.[13]

Due to being made of living metal, Upgrade is able to regenerate himself.[14]

It is currently unknown whether or not Upgrade can be harmed when he merges with damaged technology, as there is no known occurrence. The only known occurrence is when Azmuth used the Retaliator Armor to repair the Rust Bucket by absorbing the broken pieces into itself and reassembling its pieces.[14] But due to this, it is believed Upgrade can repair damaged machinery with ease and come out unscathed.

Weaknesses

AC (113)

Sensitivity to Electromagnetic Pulses

Upgrade is weak against electricity (being living metal), as seen when he was battling the Megawhatts.[12]

Upgrade is sensitive to electromagnetic pulses/fields and magnetic fields.[15]

Upgrade can be hurt if he is pulled and stretched hard enough, as shown when he was being pulled and stretched by Dr. Animo's Mutant Squid.[13]

Upgrade can be affected by technorganic viruses[DJW 1] and is weak against acid.[AS 1]

History

Ben
Kevin
Max 10

Ben
Flashback

16-year-old Ben
11-year-old Ben

Appearances

Ben
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Shorts
Kevin
Season 2
Max 10
Season 2

Ben
Specials
Flashback
Specials

16-year-old Ben
Season 4
Season 5
Season 7
Season 8
11-year-old Ben
Season 8

Cartoon Network Action Packs
Others

  • Battle Ready
  • Krakken Attack
  • TKO
  • Upgrade Space Battle

    • Video Games

    Ben 10

    Upgrade is a playable alien in the game.

    Naming and Translations

    Language Name Origin
    Albanian Ultra-+ From ultra and +
    Arabic أبغرَيدf Apgreid
    Bulgarian Биотек From био, bio and тек, tech
    Chinese 变形怪 From 变形 (Biàn Xíng), transform, and 怪 (Guài), monster
    Croatian Tehno From tehno, techno
    French BioTech From the abbreviation bio, biologique and tech, technologie
    German Upgrade From the original English name
    Greek Αναβαθμιστής From αναβαθμιστής (anavathmistis), upgrader
    Hebrew שדרוג From שדרוג upgrading
    Hungarian Meti
    Italian PlusUltra From PlusUltra, upgrade
    Japanese アップグレード From アップグレード (appugurēdo), upgrade
    Korean 업그레이드 From 업그레이드, upgrade
    Polish Upgrade From the original English name
    Portuguese (Br) Ultra T From ultra, high and from T, abbreviation of technology
    Romanian Upgrade From the original English name
    Russian Плазма (Plazma)
    Апгрейд    		 From плазма (plazma), plasma
    From the original English name
    Serbian Tehno From tehno, techno
    Spanish (HA) Ultra-T
    mejora (Back with a Vengeance)
    Ultra (Ben 10-Generator Rex: Heroes United)
    Upgrade (Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens)
    transformación (Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens)
    Actualización (sometimes in Omniverse)    		 From ultra, ultra-, and T, abbreviation of technology.
    From mejora, upgrade.
    From ultra, ultra-.
    From the original English name; pronounced /'hopgreɪd/
    From transformación, transformation; dub error (Upgrade is referred as a transformation instead of his name).
    From Actualización, update.
    Spanish (Spain) Actualizador From actualizador, updater
    Swedish Upgrade From the original English name
    Turkish Güncelleme From güncelleme, update

    Trivia

    • Upgrade's body is made up of billions of small cell-like creatures called nanites.[pop-up 2][7]
      • The nanites are what allow Upgrade to reshape and move like liquid even though he's a solid being.[pop-up 3][7]
    • Throughout his appearances, Upgrade's voice sounds the same as Ben's. The reason for this is because Galvanic Mechamorphs cannot "upgrade" living tissue, thus making the merge with Ben's DNA incomplete. Due to this, Upgrade's voice is essentially Ben's voice through a speaker.[pop-up 4][7]
      • In Framed, Upgrade's voice is Kevin's recurring voice from the original series through a speaker.
      • In Gwen 10, Upgrade's voice is Max's voice through a speaker.
      • In Omniverse, both 11 and 16-year-old Upgrade have a robotic tone in their voices that is similar to Malware's.
    • In Destroy All Aliens, Upgrade's texture was based on a high-tech computer tablet of an unspecified brand.[AC 1]
    • Upgrade is the final alien used by 11-year-old Ben in Omniverse.

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Alliance
    2. ↑ It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 1
    3. ↑ Road Trip Rumble
    4. ↑ Last Laugh
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ben 10-Generator Rex: Heroes United
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Something Zombozo This Way Comes
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Game Over
    8. ↑ Side Effects
    9. ↑ Midnight Madness
    10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Secrets
    11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Be Afraid of the Dark
    12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Tourist Trap
    13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Divided We Stand
    14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens
    15. ↑ Animo Crackers

    Crew Statements

    Derrick J. Wyatt

    1. ↑ http://archive.is/u48eT

    Alex Soto

    1. ↑ Ben 10 Volume 2 DVD

    Pop-ups

    1. ↑ File:Upgrade Plasma Beam.png
    2. ↑ File:Upgrade Nanites 1.png
    3. ↑ File:Upgrade Nanites 2.png
    4. ↑ File:Upgrade Incomplete.png

    Audio Commentary

    1. ↑ Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens

    See Also


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    Introduced in Ben 10 Arctiguana • Blitzwolfer • Buzzshock • Cannonbolt • Diamondhead • Ditto • Evil Way Big (Destroy All Aliens) • Eye Guy • Four Arms • Frankenstrike • Ghostfreak • Grey Matter • Heatblast • Ripjaws • Snare-oh • Spitter • Stinkfly • Upchuck • Upgrade • Way Big • Wildmutt • Wildvine • XLR8
    Introduced in Alien Force Alien X • Big Chill • Brainstorm • Chromastone • Echo Echo • Goop • Humungousaur • Jetray • Lodestar • Nanomech • Rath • Spidermonkey • Swampfire
    Introduced in Ultimate Alien Ampfibian • Armodrillo • Chamalien • Clockwork • Eatle • Fasttrack • Juryrigg • NRG • Shocksquatch • Terraspin • Water Hazard
    Introduced in Omniverse Astrodactyl • Atomix • Ball Weevil • Bloxx • Bullfrag • Crashhopper • Feedback • Gravattack • Gutrot • Kickin Hawk • Mole-Stache • Pesky Dust • The Worst • Toepick • Walkatrout • Whampire
    Future Aliens Sandbox • Shellhead • Snakepit
    Ultimate Aliens Albedo • Arctiguana • Ben • Big Chill • Cannonbolt • Echo Echo • Gravattack • Humungousaur • Rath • Spidermonkey • Swampfire • Way Big • Wildmutt
    Fusion Aliens Atomic-X • Big Chuck • Crashocker • Diamond Matter • Fourmungousaur • Heat Jaws • Humungoopsaur • Stink Arms • Uprigg
    Concept Fusion Aliens Gravadactyl • XLRG
    Non-Canon
    Competition Winners Alien Maker Contest Winner • Moyo • Invincible • Portaler • Shadowman • Stretcheleo
    MAD Chromastone • Four Arms • Humungousaur • Jetray • NRG • Swampfire
    Total Access Antigravitesla • Bob the Blob • Plantapocalypse
    Ben 10: Science Hero Caet • Sektoid Transformation • Shafarnian • Steeler
    Tim 10 Bloxx • Four Arms • Heatblast • Skateasaurus • Upchuck • XLR8
    Other Bird Alien • Cartoon Network Alien • Eon (retconned) • Evil Way Big (Cosmic Destruction) • Fuel Run Alien • Grendene's Alien • Robot Alien • Rocks • Squidstrictor
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