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What do you know? Ordering henchmen around is kind of fun.

– Whampire.[1]

Whampire is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Vladat[note 1] from the planets Anur Vladias[note 2] and Anur Transyl in the Anur System.

Appearance[]

Whampire is a vampire-like alien with pale skin, green eyes, and sharp yellow teeth. He wears a black jumpsuit with a green chest and markings, black gloves with green fingers that possess sharp claws, and a green mask with spikes on it. His head is rather large and features green eyes, and his head spikes are part of his suit and they do not cover any part of his body. Whampire also has green flaps under his arms, which resemble the wings of a bat.

Whampire wears the Omnitrix symbol on his stomach.

Whampire's Corrupturas are crystalline entities,[DJW 2] they are small, dark green, diamond-shaped objects with light green eyes, little horns, and black bat-like wings.

In his bat form, Whampire becomes a small black ball with wings of the same color and size. A miniature version of his face is on the front of his body.

While burning in sunlight, Whampire's clothes seem to burn off first, leaving his skin, which would be completely grey due to the sun, exposed before he himself burns.

Powers and Abilities[]

Just like Lord Transyl, Whampire possesses hypnosis from his eyes and can control other beings by shooting Corrupturas at their foreheads.

Whampire's Corrupturas are effective on other races of the Anur System, such as Transylians, Thep Khufans, Loboans, and tangible Ectonurites.[1]

Other races known to be affected by Corrupturas include Revonnahganders,[1] Merlinisapiens,[4] Splixsons,[DJW 3] Crystalsapiens,[DJW 4] To'kustars,[DJW 5] Sonorosians,[DJW 6] Galvanic Mechamorphs,[DJW 7] Piscciss Premanns,[DJW 8] and Arburian Pelarotas.[DJW 9]

Whampire can absorb and feed off the energy of living beings by sucking on them. He can even drain the life force of a Celestialsapien.[DJW 10] If Whampire were to completely drain his victims of their energy, they would look similar to Darkstar's victims.[DJW 11]

Whampire has the ability to fly and is highly agile while in flight.

Whampire has a certain level of enhanced strength, being able to hold his own against a mob of Anur Transyl citizens before eventually being overrun,[1] get Max out of Malgax's clutches, and flip the latter over afterwards.[5]

Whampire possesses enhanced durability, as shown when he was able to withstand being thrown against a wall by Malgax.[5]

Whampire can hang upside down like bats and real vampires using his prehensile feet. According to himself, he does his best thinking while he is upside down.[1]

Whampire can turn into a bat-like creature.[6][DJW 12]

Whampire can see the internal structure, like the nerves and energy of his victims using his X-Ray vision.[1]

Whampire can withstand other Vladats hypnotizing him depending on his willpower,[DJW 13] as demonstrated in Lord Transyl's failed attempt to control him.[1]

Whampire can create a huge sonic explosion as a last-resort means of self-defense that was powerful enough to send Rook Blonko, Scout, Rad Dudesman, and a mob of Anur Transyl citizens flying in every direction.[1]

Whampire can survive in the vacuum of space.[DJW 14]

Like all Anur System aliens, Whampire can see in the dark.[DJW 15]

Whampire possesses smoke mimicry.[DJW 16]

Whampire can control undead aliens, such as Benzarro's transformations, [DJW 17] and possessed inanimate objects using his Corrupturas. In the case of the latter, the possessor's consciousness would have to be contained within the object they are inhabiting.[DJW 18]

Whampire can use Corrupturas as projectile weapons.[DJW 19]

Weaknesses[]

Whampire, like all Vladats, can be harmed by sunlight and cannot stay in such an environment for more than a short period of time.[6] He can also be harmed by intense heat such as that generated by Pyronites,[DJW 20] Prypiatosian-Bs,[DJW 21] and members of Atomix's species.[1] As shown with Lord Transyl, it will also destroy his Corrupturas and free his victims.

Whampire's explosion ability will not only blow away his opponents, it will also blow away his allies, causing a chance of accidental collateral damage.

When the Omnitrix times out, Whampire's Corrupturas will break apart, freeing his victims from their control and returning control of the victims' bodies.[1]

Whampire's Corrupturas are not very durable, as they can easily be destroyed by species with as much or more strength than a Transylian, as demonstrated by Lord Transyl.[1]

Whampire must resist the urge to drain the energy of other lifeforms, especially intelligent beings, making him potentially dangerous to his teammates and other civilians.

Whampire's Corrupturas cannot attach to beings with wet, slimy, or slippery skin, such as Ickthyperambuloids[DJW 22] and members of Hobble's species.[1]

Whampire's Corrupturas also cannot attach to beings that are intangible, though they can attach to said species if they are caught off guard and are tangible when the Corruptura is shot at them.[1] Additionally, the Corrupturas are ineffective on Dagon.[DJW 23]

Whampire is unable to control an entire set of Splixson clones using his Corrupturas because each clone is an independent being.[DJW 24] Furthermore, the Corrupturas will not be copied across said clones.[DJW 25]

Whampire will not receive a cosmic power boost from feeding off a Celetialsapien because he would feel like he just slammed an energy drink.[DJW 26]

There are certain beings that both Whampire's hypnosis and Corrupturas are ineffective against, such as other Vladats if their willpower is strong enough,[1][DJW 13] and cyborgs like Exo-Skull.[4]

Whampire cannot absorb the life energy of certain beings, such as Ectonurites because they have none in the conventional sense.[7][8] Similarly, he cannot absorb the life energy of human zombies because they have no life force left.[DJW 27]

Unlike Ghostfreak, Whampire is not immune to Darkstar's energy absorption ability.[DJW 28]

Whampire's Corrupturas are weak against acid.[DJW 29]

Whampire can easily be scared by Toepick's species.[DJW 30]

Whampire is possibly allergic to garlic.[DJW 31]

History[]

Omniverse[]

Appearances[]

Omniverse[]

Season 5[]

Season 6[]

Season 8[]

Naming and Translations[]

Language Name Origin
Bulgarian Уампайър From the original English name
Chinese 吸血鬼 From 吸血鬼 (Xī Xuè Guǐ), vampire
French Vlanpire From the onomatopoeia vlan, bang, and vampire, vampire
German Vampir
Whampir
From Vampir, vampire
From the English wham and the German Vampir, vampire
Hebrew ערפדי From ערפדי Vampiric
Hungarian Vámpír From vámpír, vampire
Italian Vampiro from vampiro, vampire
Polish Fangampir From the English fang, and the Polish wampir, vampire
Portuguese (Br) Vompiro From vampiro, vampire
Romanian Vampirul from vampir, vampire
Russian Вампиро From вампир, vampire
Spanish (HA) Whampire From the original English name
Turkish Vampir From vampir, vampire

Etymology[]

Whampire's name is a portmanteau of "wham", which is onomatopoeic, coming from hitting something very hard as well as the name of the band Wham!,[DJW 32] and "vampire", referencing his appearance.

His name is also a reference to Count Wampyr, the original name Bram Stoker conceived for Count Dracula.

Trivia[]

  • Whampire is the final alien introduced in Omniverse, as well as in the Classic Continuity as a whole.
  • Whampire speaks with a Hungarian accent, in reference to actor Bela Lugosi, who had portrayed Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic Dracula.
  • As the Vladats are a functionally extinct race, Whampire and Lord Transyl are the only remaining Vladats in the universe.
  • Whampire is the only alien introduced in Omniverse who was unlocked through obtaining a DNA sample. However, unlike most other aliens that were unlocked through this procedure, Whampire's DNA sample was acquired in extraordinary circumstances: Lord Transyl was brought back to life by Zs'Skayr using the immense magical power he stole from the Alpha Rune.[1]
  • Whampire's ability to turn into a chibi-fied bat is an actual power and not just for comedic effect.[DJW 12] Derrick J. Wyatt drew how his bat form would look like normally long after the show ended.[DJW 33]
  • While Vladats are one of the few known to prey on sentient species bigger than them, Whampire is not the only known predatory alien in the Omnitrix.[DJW 34]
  • Albedo is unable to transform into Whampire.[DJW 35]
  • Derrick J. Wyatt came up with Whampire[DJW 36] and designed his appearance, which were based on his roughs, alongside Steven Choi.[DJW 37]

Notes[]

  1. "Vladat" is a misspelling of the word "Vladite", the original name for the species as revealed in pop-up trivia for the Original Series episode The Return.[pop-up 1][2] It originated on April 26, 2008 when the page was first created by user Demonic Knight, with the error being neglected for years. Eventually, the Omniverse episode The Vampire Strikes Back would refer to the species as Vladats, thereby canonizing the spelling.[3]
  2. The name "Anur Vladias" does not appear in any official media or merchandise, nor in any background information revealed via pop-up trivia. Its first occurrence can be traced back to April 15, 2010, when user Deeman22baby added Anur Vladias to the Anur System page, presenting the planet as the homeworld of the Vladats instead of Anur Transyl. Omniverse art director, Derrick J. Wyatt, would later present background information about Anur Vladias upon being directly requested on October 26, 2014,[DJW 1] seemingly unaware of the planet's fan-made origin (as did the series' creators, Man of Action, in May 2018).[MoA 1] Thus, the canonicity of Anur Vladias is dubious.[3]

References[]

Pop-ups[]

Crew Statements[]

Derrick J. Wyatt[]

  1. File:Corruptura Crystalline Entity.PNG
  2. File:Ditto Clones Independent.PNG
  3. File:Corruptura Crystalline Entity.PNG
  4. File:Whampire Can Control a To'kustar.PNG
  5. File:Echo Echo Can Be Controlled By a Vladat.PNG
  6. File:Whampire Can Control Mechamorphs.png
  7. File:Kraab Weaknesses.png
  8. File:Cannonbolt Can Be Affected by Corruptura.PNG
  9. File:Whampire Celestialsapien.PNG
  10. File:Vladat Drain Life Energy.PNG
  11. 12.0 12.1 File:Whampire's Bat Form.PNG
  12. 13.0 13.1 File:Whampire Willpower.png
  13. File:Vladats Space Survivability.PNG
  14. File:All Anur System Aliens Can See in the Dark.png
  15. File:Vladat Smoke Form.PNG
  16. File:Corrupturas & Zombies.png
  17. File:Whampire Can Control Chucky.png
  18. File:Corrupturas as Projectile Weapons.png
  19. File:Corruptura Can Be Burned Off.PNG
  20. File:NRG Corruptura Immunity.png
  21. File:Corruptura Walkatrout.PNG
  22. File:Dagon Corruptura Immunity.png
  23. File:Ditto Clones Independent.PNG
  24. File:Ditto Clones and Corrupturas.png
  25. File:Whampire's Taste of Celestialsapiens.png
  26. File:Whampire Cannot Drain Zombies.png
  27. File:Darkstar Can Feed Off Whampire.png
  28. File:Corrupturas Are Weak Against Acid.png
  29. File:Toepick Can Scare Anur System Aliens.png
  30. File:Whampire Allergic to Garlic.png
  31. https://archive.li/aoNx8
  32. File:Whampire Bat Halloween DJW.png
  33. https://archive.is/yqSfJ
  34. File:Albedo Cannot Add More Aliens.png
  35. File:Derrick Came Up With Whampire.png
  36. https://archive.md/xBVqY
  37. File:Whampire Inspiration.png

Man of Action[]

Transformations
Introduced in Ben 10 ArctiguanaBlitzwolferBuzzshockCannonboltDiamondheadDittoEvil Way Big (Destroy All Aliens)Eye GuyFour ArmsFrankenstrikeGhostfreakGrey MatterHeatblastRipjawsSnare-ohSpitterStinkflyUpchuckUpgradeWay BigWildmuttWildvineXLR8
Introduced in Alien Force Alien XBig ChillBrainstormChromastoneEcho EchoGoopHumungousaurJetrayLodestarNanomechRathSpidermonkeySwampfire
Introduced in Ultimate Alien AmpfibianArmodrilloChamalienClockworkEatleFasttrackJuryriggNRGShocksquatchTerraspinWater Hazard
Introduced in Omniverse AstrodactylAtomixBall WeevilBloxxBullfragCrashhopperFeedbackGravattackGutrotKickin HawkMole-StachePesky DustThe WorstToepickWalkatroutWhampire
Future Aliens SandboxShellheadSnakepit
Ultimate Aliens AlbedoArctiguanaBenBig ChillCannonboltEcho EchoGravattackHumungousaurRathSpidermonkeySwampfireWay BigWildmutt
Fusion Aliens Atomic-XBig ChuckCrashockerDiamond MatterFourmungousaurHeat JawsHumungoopsaurStink ArmsUprigg
Concept Fusion Aliens GravadactylXLRG
Non-Canon
Competition Winners Alien Maker Contest WinnerMoyoInvinciblePortalerShadowmanStretcheleo
MAD ChromastoneFour ArmsHumungousaurJetrayNRGSwampfire
Total Access AntigraviteslaBob the BlobPlantapocalypse
Ben 10: Science Hero CaetSektoid TransformationShafarnianSteeler
Tim 10 BloxxFour ArmsHeatblastSkateasaurusUpchuckXLR8
Other Bird AlienCartoon Network AlienEon (retconned)Evil Way Big (Cosmic Destruction)Fuel Run AlienGrendene's AlienRobot AlienRocksSquidstrictor
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