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“ How about an upgrade? ”

– Upgrade[1]

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. His body is made up of billions of small cell-like creatures called nanites.[pop-up 1][2]

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

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

In Destroy All Aliens, Upgrade looked the same as he did in the original series except he had more of a metallic shine, making him look more machine-like.

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

In Heroes United, Upgrade looked the same as he did in Ultimate Alien except his green circuitry stripes glowed yellow. His Ultimatrix symbol was also not visible until he merged with Rex.

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 looks exactly the same as he did in the original series, except his neck is slightly longer and the Omnitrix symbol on his chest is recolored green.

Kevin as Upgrade

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

Max as Upgrade

Max's Upgrade looked exactly like Ben's did in the original series, but was far more muscular and slightly taller.

Powers and Abilities

Upgrade is not completely solid, as he can be both liquid and gelatinous. The nanites in his body are what allow Upgrade to reshape and move like liquid even though he's a solid being.[pop-up 2][2] Due to this, he can reshape himself to let projectiles or blows pass through him by creating a hole in his body at will. His physiology also makes him extremely flexible. Upgrade's shapeshifting abilities allow him to grow technological spikes and tentacles, even when merging with technology. He can also alter his body shape to match the body structure of a Tetramand, as well as grow an extra pair of arms.[3]

Upgrade's DNA is "programmed" with blueprints of every alien technology,[pop-up 3][4] allowing him to merge with and possess any technology 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 separates from a machine, it returns to normal.

Upgrade's technological possession can work on non-electrical machinery, such as a row machine in a gym.[5] This ability extends to even sentient beings that are mechanical in nature, like Chronosapiens[6][7] and probably Nanochips.[DJW 1]

Upgrade can reconfigure technology to suit any situation, like transform the Rust Bucket into a battle armor, with an arsenal of heavy energy weapons, or even retractile robotic manipulator arms.[8]

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.[9]

Upgrade can make his head or face appear anywhere on the machines he possesses.[10]

Upgrade can merge with organic beings, such as Rojo[5] and Rex,[10] as long as there is machinery integrated within them.

Upgrade can enhance certain devices, such as Rook's Proto-Tool, just by touching them.[11]

By energizing his biomechanical blood,[pop-up 4][2] Upgrade can launch a powerful green plasma blast from his eye.[12][13][14]

Upgrade can form energy constructs such as an energy spike and can generate a beam of light that can harm an Ectonurite,[14] though mostly while merged with machinery and upgrading them into weapons.[15]

Upgrade can travel through electrical currents[16] and phase through most technology.

Upgrade can reshape his body to resemble a parachute in order to gently descend and glide through the air before landing safely.[17]

Being inorganic, Upgrade is able to survive in the vacuum of space.[13]

Due to being made of living metal, Upgrade is able to regenerate himself.[3]

Upgrade possesses enhanced strength, being able to throw a sewer lid at a Megawhatt,[12] push Vilgax off of a ship,[17] and overpower Viktor.[13]

Upgrade is durable enough to withstand a blast from the Proto-Tool without physical damage.[11]

Upgrade can generate electrical charges capable of shocking his opponents into submission.[4]

Upgrade can separate and release a part of him into technologies and control them without fully merging to them.[11]

Due to being technological, Upgrade possesses digitalized vision.[15]

Upgrade can repair damaged machinery with ease and come out unscathed, as demonstrated by Azmuth when he used the Retaliator Armor to repair the Rust Bucket by absorbing its remains into itself and reassembling them.[3]

Upgrade can turn his hands into weapons, such as maces,[2] as well as tools, like a flashlight, and extend parts of his body into cable or hand-like structures, as demonstrated by Malware and several Mechamorph Guards.[18][19]

Weaknesses

Upgrade's control over machines is not absolute, as sapient, intelligent machines like Slix Vigma can easily fight off Upgrade if he merges with them against their will.[20] He may also be unable to override existing security systems, such as those of the Megacruiser[20] or Plumber Headquarters.[21]

Upgrade is sensitive to electromagnetic pulses/fields and magnetic fields.[22]

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.[4]

If he is being continuously attacked, Upgrade cannot regenerate himself.[14]

Upgrade can be affected by technorganic viruses[DJW 2] and a Nemuina's sleeping dust.[DJW 3]

Despite his enhanced durability, Upgrade is weak against acid[AC 1] and intense heat such as lava.[DJW 4]

Being living metal, Upgrade is weak against electricity, such as that generated by Nosedeenians[12] and Conductoids, the latter of which has been demonstrated with Malware.[23]

Upgrade can be encased by Petrosapiens, as also demonstrated with Malware.[24]

Upgrade can be controlled by Vladats via their Corrupturas.[DJW 5]

Upgrade is unable to merge with organic beings, such as Great One.[25]

History

Ben 10

5 Years Prior to Omniverse

Ultimate Alien

Omniverse

Gwen 10 (What If?)

  • In Gwen 10, Gwen used Upgrade offscreen to increase the processing power of her laptop. Later, Max used Upgrade to merge with the Rust Bucket.

Appearances

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

    • Throughout his appearances, Upgrade's voice sounds essentially the same as Ben's albeit through a speaker. The reason for this is because Galvanic Mechamorphs cannot "upgrade" living tissue, thus making the merge with Ben's DNA incomplete.[pop-up 5][2]
      • 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 Destroy All Aliens and From Hedorium to Eternity, 10/11-year old Upgrade's voice is mostly the same as in the original series, except they have a robotic tone similar to Azmuth's father whenever he wears the Retaliator Armor, as well as Malware.
      • In Omniverse, 16-year-old Upgrade's voice is mostly the same as in Heroes United but with the robotic tones his younger self uses.
    • Unlike other Galvanic Mechamorphs, Upgrade cannot remember all the previous technology that he is upgraded and immediately transform in to it in the future . This is because the merge with Ben's DNA is incomplete.
      • An example of this is Ship's ability to transform into the Anterian Obliterator at any given time.
    • In Destroy All Aliens, Upgrade's texture was based on a high-tech computer tablet of an unspecified brand.[AC 2]
    • Upgrade can merge with and upgrade Sari Sumdac.[DJW 6]
    • Upgrade is one of five aliens featured in Omniverse who generate green electricity; the others being Buzzshock, Frankenstrike, Brainstorm, and Nanomech.
    • Upgrade is the final alien used by 11-year-old Ben in Omniverse.

    References

    1. ↑ OTTO Motives
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Game Over
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Divided We Stand
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Alliance
    6. ↑ It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 1
    7. ↑ It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 2
    8. ↑ Road Trip Rumble
    9. ↑ Last Laugh
    10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Ben 10-Generator Rex: Heroes United
    11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Something Zombozo This Way Comes
    12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Tourist Trap
    13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Be Afraid of the Dark
    14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 From Hedorium to Eternity
    15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Side Effects
    16. ↑ Midnight Madness
    17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Secrets
    18. ↑ Showdown: Part 1
    19. ↑ Showdown: Part 2
    20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Grudge Match
    21. ↑ The Final Countdown
    22. ↑ Animo Crackers
    23. ↑ The More Things Change: Part 1
    24. ↑ Trouble Helix
    25. ↑ The Big Tick

    Pop-ups

    1. ↑ File:Upgrade Nanites 1.png
    2. ↑ File:Upgrade Nanites 2.png
    3. ↑ File:Divided We Stand Pop-ups.png
    4. ↑ File:Upgrade Plasma Beam.png
    5. ↑ File:Upgrade Incomplete.png

    Derrick J. Wyatt

    1. ↑ File:Mechamorphs Can Fuse With Nanochips.png
    2. ↑ File:Upgrade Techno Virus.png
    3. ↑ File:Pesky Dust Can Affect Galvanic Mechamorphs and Polymorphs.PNG
    4. ↑ File:Upgrade Can Be Harmed By Lava.png
    5. ↑ File:Whampire Can Control Mechamorphs.png
    6. ↑ File:Upgrade & Sari Sumdac.png

    Audio Commentary

    1. ↑ Ben 10 Volume 2 DVD
    2. ↑ Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens

    See Also


    Transformations
    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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