Armodrillo

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“	Break it up, people. Better yet, let me break it up for you!	”
– Armodrillo to Psyphon's Gang.[2]

Armodrillo is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Talpaedan from the planet Poiana Lüncas^{[note 1]} in the Andromeda Galaxy.

Appearance

Ben as Armodrillo

Armodrillo is a yellow ten-foot-tall alien^[3][4] with an armored, mechanical robotic-like body. His head is similar to a Greek Corinthian helmet with two ears on it, giving him the appearance of an armadillo. Armodrillo has a gray tail and jackhammer parts on his elbows, wrists and hands, creating the impression that he is a digging robot. Despite his mechanical and robotic-like appearance, all of these aspects are, in fact, biological and natural to his race. He also has blood that is grey and partially translucent.^[5]

In Omniverse, Armodrillo looks similar to his Ultimate Alien appearance, but his ears are slightly longer, he has grey bolts with black markings on his shoulders and a metal circle on top of his head. His face has been restructured a little bit, his arm-drills are now much larger, and his feet are now yellow instead of grey while his toes remain grey. His fingers now have a small horizontal line design along with his tail and the black parts of his limbs, his arms, upper arms, and thighs are now more chain-like, and his forearms and shoulders are now much bulkier.

Armodrillo wears the Ultimatrix/Omnitrix symbol on his chest.

Albedo as Negative Armodrillo

Negative Armodrillo resembles Ben's Armodrillo in Omniverse, except his armor, eyes, and Ultimatrix symbol are all colored red.

Powers and Abilities

Armodrillo's power comes from his forearms, which are embedded with biomechanical pneumatic pistons.^{[AP 1]} They run from the hand, through the arm socket, and out the elbow, and can extend out of either side. By pumping them back and forth rapidly, Armodrillo can use them as biological jackhammers and rumble the earth around him with destructive vibrations,^{[DVD 1]} creating tremors;^[6] fissures;^[7][8] and earthquakes.^{[8][AP 1]} Talpaedans can also vibrate their own bodies with extreme precision, as Andreas was able to counter-vibrate his body to nearly completely nullify the impact of a sonic cannon that would have destroyed 5 square miles. Andreas' counter-vibration was also able to completely collapse a Forever Knight castle building into rubble.^[5]

Armodrillo can retract his fingers into his hand socket,^[9][4] or morph his hands into spinning drills.^{[4][10][11][12]} His mastery over the ground allows him to effortlessly dig tunnels deep in the ground;^{[1][13][DVD 1]} to the point that his species can glide through solid earth and rock as simply as Humans can walk through air.^{[4][8][AP 1]}

Armodrillo is incredibly strong, being able to lift a Mucilator,^[14] hold his own against Trombipulor and launch him over several buildings,^[8] harm a Galilean with his drills,^[15] and destroy ten robots from Dimension 12.^[16] Additionally, he can generate shock waves that can destroy buildings from his sheer strength, as demonstrated by Ultimate Aggregor.^[17][18] Armodrillo can pump his pistons forward to further enhance the power of his punches;^[11] pummel enemies; and batter buildings, even mountains, down to rubble.^{[AP 1]} He can also do this to launch himself high in the air off the ground in a pinch;^[10] shoot objects in his grip forward like a cannon;^[2][19] or extend the reach of his arms for a sudden and powerful shove, as demonstrated by Toolboxx.^[19]

Armodrillo possesses enhanced durability, courtesy of his armor. He is durable enough to withstand attacks from many powerful opponents, as well as being thrown through walls.^[2] Armodrillo is also immune to neuroshock blasts, as demonstrated by Andreas.^[5]

Armodrillo is quite agile, being able to quickly roll out of the way of Slamworm's attack.^[11]

Armodrillo is capable of rapidly spinning his drills to generate a continuous shock wave that effectively functions as a blender. This technique was used by Humungousaur with Armodrillo's arm (courtesy of Skurd) to completely disintegrate a tree.^[20]

Weaknesses

Certain weapons can cause Armodrillo's nervous system to go out of control and make him unable to stop vibrating his arm.^[2]

Being a Talpaedan, Armodrillo is at a massive disadvantage against a Slammoid due to them being able to easily dig him out of the ground,^[14][10][11] their beak can find weaker joints to puncture his flesh, whereas acid projectiles can dissolve his armor entirely.^{[DJW 1]}

Armodrillo is vulnerable to electricity.^[2]

Armodrillo can be rendered unconscious if he is hit by a quill from a member of Argit's species, as demonstrated with Andreas.^[5]

Armodrillo can be suffocated if a large amount of matter covers his whole body and compresses it enough.^[21]

History

Ultimate Alien

• In Andreas' Fault, Armodrillo's DNA was sampled and put in the Codon Stream when the Ultimatrix scanned Andreas' DNA.
• Armodrillo first appeared in Hero Time, where he helped Captain Nemesis defeat some of Computron's minions.
• In Reflected Glory, Armodrillo battled some Forever Knights.
• In ...Nor Iron Bars a Cage, Armodrillo battled Ultimate Kevin.
• In The Transmogrification of Eunice, Armodrillo rushed to save Eunice when he thought she was being attacked by a bear.
• In Revenge of the Swarm, Armodrillo freed Julie and fought some Dr. Victor Valadis clones, but was defeated by Elena.
• In The Creature From Beyond, Armodrillo battled the victims of the Lucubra's mind control before switching into NRG.
• In Double or Nothing, Armodrillo scared a ticket clerk to let him and the team into the theatre.
• In Night of the Living Nightmare, Armodrillo was seen confronting Albedo in a dream.

Omniverse

• In The More Things Change: Part 2, Armodrillo defeated many of Psyphon's henchmen, but failed to defeat Psyphon himself.
• In Of Predators and Prey: Part 1, Armodrillo was defeated by Slamworm.
• In Of Predators and Prey: Part 2, Armodrillo battled Slamworm and Crabdozer.
• In Malefactor, Armodrillo battled Slamworm and Crabdozer again before switching into Big Chill.
• In Rules of Engagement, Armodrillo failed to defeat Princess Looma.
• In Ben Again, Armodrillo was used by 11-year-old Ben in 16-year-old Ben's body to find coordinates in the basement of Pakmar's Fine Teas.
• In Special Delivery, Armodrillo battled Zombozo, Fistrick, and Trombipulor.
• In The Ultimate Heist, Armodrillo broke into Inspector 13's warehouse.
• In Return to Forever, Armodrillo tried to break out of a force field, but was reverted by the Forever Knights' DNA Scanner.
• In For a Few Brains More, Negative Armodrillo defeated Gravattack before switching into Negative Gravattack.
• In And Then There Was Ben, No Watch Ben as Armodrillo caused a small earthquake so a young Ben Prime could fall into the crater where the original Omnitrix landed during the events of And Then There Were 10.
• In Stuck on You, Skurd gave Humungousaur Armodrillo's arm to battle Khyber as Tyrannopede.
• In The Secret of Dos Santos, Armodrillo tried to find the entrance to the Temple of the Sky until Kai did so herself.
• In Malgax Attacks, Skurd gave Whampire Armodrillo's arm to battle Malgax.
• In A New Dawn, Armodrillo appeared for a short time when Ben was cycling through his aliens.

Comics

• In Tabloid Trouble, Armodrillo scared off Buzz, Surgeon and Hammer.
• In Paper Scissors Stone, Armodrillo arm-wrestled the Gladiator before switching into Humungousaur.

Appearances

Video Games

Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction

Armodrillo is one of the Andromeda Galaxy aliens playable in the game.

Armodrillo is vital for progression on the Devil's Tower, Tokyo Nights, and The Colosseum levels of the game.

Naming and Translations

Language	Name	Origin
Bulgarian	Армодрило	From the original English name
Chinese	犰狳金刚	From 犰狳 (Qiú Yú) armadillo, and 金刚 (Jīn Gāng), Vajra
Croatian	Oklopnjak	From oklop, armor; the name itself means "armor carrier"
Dutch	Armadriller	Portmanteau of armadillo and driller
French	Le Tatou	From le tatou, the armadillo
German	Panzerkralle	From panzer, armor, and kralle, claw
Greek	Βραχιονικό Τρυπάνι	From βραχίονας, arm and τρυπάνι, drill
Hungarian	Karófúró	From karó, picket, and fúró, drill
Italian	Armadillo	From the English word armadillo
Polish	Armowiertło	From the English armor and the Polish wiertło, drill
Portuguese (Br)	Armatu	From armado, armed and tatu, armadillo ("Armedillo")
Romanian	Armoburghiul	From burghiul, drill
Russian	Армодрило-Землерой Землерой Армодрило	From aрмодрило/armodrillo and землерой/zemleroy, navvy From землерой/zemleroy, navvy From the original English name
Spanish (HA)	Armadillo	From the Spanish armadillo, armadillo
Spanish (Spain)	Armadillo	From the Spanish armadillo, armadillo
Swedish	Pansarborren	From pansar, armor, and borren, drill
Tagalog	Tagalog version of Armodrillo
Turkish	Armadillo	From the English word armadillo

Etymology

Armodrillo's name is a combination of the words "armor", "drill", and "armadillo".

Trivia

• Armodrillo and the other Andromeda aliens have their powers related to a basic element; for Armodrillo, it is earth.
• Armodrillo was the Alien of the Month in August 2011, though his name was misspelled as "Armadrillo".
• Armodrillo was designed by Steven Choi or Chap Yaep.^{[DJW 2]}
• Armodrillo and Ampfibian are the only Andromeda aliens in Ultimate Alien to receive unique transformation sequence.
• Armodrillo first appeared in Tabloid Trouble, a non-canon comic released concurrently to Ultimate Alien, before his on-screen debut in Hero Time.

Notes

References

Crew Statements

Derrick J. Wyatt

Merchandise

Cartoon Network Action Packs

DVDs

Ben 10 Planet

Transformations
Introduced in Ben 10	Arctiguana • Blitzwolfer • Buzzshock • Cannonbolt • Diamondhead • Ditto • Evil Way Big • 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 • Waterhazard
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	Cartoon Network Alien • Eon (retconned) • Evil Way Big (Cosmic Destruction) • Fuel Run Alien • Grendene Alien • K-Zone Alien • Robot Alien • Rocks • Squidstrictor