Cannonbolt

Cannonbolt is an Arburian Pelarota (a play on the Spanish word pelota, which means "ball," and rota, a play on the word "rotation") from Arburia. It is the first new alien to appear on the Omnitrix. Cannonbolt's first appearance was in the episode The Big Tick. Despite Ben's initial dislike of the form, it has since become one of the most commonly used forms in the series and replaced Ghostfreak in the opening theme as Ghostfreak had escaped from the Omnitrix at the time. However, it was said that Cannonbolt was supposed to be one of the 10 aliens Ben started with, but somehow it got changed to Diamondhead by popular demand. Cannonbolt was a runner up in the Cartoon Network Ben 10 alien poll. Cannonbolt was one of Ben's original aliens, but got replaced with Ghostfreak. His species is now extinct. He has an Ultimate form.

Appearance
Cannonbolt is a hulking, broad-shouldered alien covered in natural armor plating on its back, shoulders, and the backs of his arms. This armor can withstand acids, lasers, and even a g-force drop from space without any harm to the subject. Cannonbolt can roll into a ball like an armadillo or pillbug to encase itself in this plating. There is enough space within the shell while rolled up to protect and transport people or objects. When in the form of a rolled-up ball, Cannonbolt can increase its rotational momentum and roll into enemies as an attack, as well as ricocheting himself off surfaces. Cannonbolt demonstrated his extremely tough plates in Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix when he broke through three electric metal doors in order to get to Azmuth, the creator of the Omnitrix, which makes an error on the Omnitrix and from that moment, Ben can use Cannonbolt as long as he wants. It's plates are tough enough to be like car wheels when in a ball. However, it is subjected to the physical laws of reflection and conservation of momentum, meaning that it has difficulty stopping or controlling its direction if it picks up speed. By spinning in the same spot rapidly it can create a tornado like XLR8. Cannonbolt's armored shell is used for a defensive mechanism, which means that it is extremely resilient (but because of Ben's creativeness he has adapted this to attacks. The shell is durable enough to survive a freefall from the upper limits of the Earth's atmosphere, including the heat of atmospheric re-entry, and still leave Cannonbolt and anything held inside the ball intact, though the landing still creates some pain due to the large crater left there. Nothing has been known to penatrate the shell.

In Ben 10: Protector of the Omniverse, he looks like his Alien Force/Ultimate Alien appearance, but his bolts are yellowish green and is skin is darker. In Best Birthday Bash by Ben, Kenny as Cannonbolt has his 11-year old Omniverse appearance, but his Omnitrix symbol is on his chest and he no longer has the line on his crotch.



In Ben 10: Heroics Unleashed, he looks like his original series appearance but he has green eyes and his Codontrix symbol is on his chest and recolored.

In Ben 10: Ultimate Omniverse, 17-year old Ben as Cannonbolt has his Omniverse appearance but his eyes are connected to his head. 11-year old Ben as Cannonbolt looks as he does in Alien Force/Ultimate Alien, but he has a pants-like design similar to Ben 10,000's Cannonbolt in the original series.

In Ben 10: The Omniwars, Cannonbolt has a black suit that goes from his chest to his feet. The Omnitrix is still present on his chest.

Appearances

 * Inspector Number 13 (used by Shiori Sakurai)

Ben 10: Omnitrix Unlimited
He has his Omniverse appearance. He first appears in An Unexpected Upgrade to fight Dr. Psychobos. In You Are Begging For Trouble, he goes ultimate. He makes a cameo in The Negative Effect. In Ben Quest, he defeats Vilgax and Agreggor. In Ben 10: Across the 23rd Dimension, he goes ultimate.

Ben 10: Ultimate Unleashed
He has his Omniverse appearance, but with the Ultimatrix on his chest. He is used to fight Illusions in It's a Wonderful Afterlife.

Rent 10
He appeared in the episode Magix Attack to battle Jex.

Tennyson Force
Originally, he was one of the original aliens Ben had in his Omnitrix, before Ben regained access to all of his previous forms. In A Trip To Omni-World, he escaped the Omnitrix, but was later recaptured.

Appearances

 * Fooled (first-reappearance)
 * Repunzel (accidental transformation; selected alien was Diamondhead)
 * How Hard Can It Be?
 * The Great Migration
 * Musical of Terror

Tommy 12
In Tommy 12, he is crystalized.

Omnitrix Adventures
In Omnitrix Adventures, he is the same as his appearance in Alien Force/Ultimate Alien, but now has hexagon-shaped armor, his eyes are diamond-shaped, his teeth are still sharp, and has black pants with four hexagon-shaped lines on each of his legs and has armor on his knees. His Omnitrix symbol is still on his chest.

Ben 10,000 Rises
In Ben 10,000 Rises, Cannonbolt has thick blay lines that travel from his eyes to his sides. He first appears in The Revolt Rises, as the first alien used in the entire series, where he beats Kevin to Mr. Smoothie and fights the Plutonian before getting defeated.

Appearances

 * The Revolt Rises
 * A Fish in The Sea

Ben 10: Peace in dimensions

 * Gwen 10 Returns Part 1
 * IT'S YOUR FAULT ALBEDO!
 * Spidermonkey Duel

John Smith 10
Cannonbolt is unlocked after Azmuth unlocks the Master Control for John. He fights against the DNAliens.

By John

 * War of the Worlds Part 1 (John Smith 10) (first appearance)
 * Vengeance of Vilgax Part 2 (John Smith 10)
 * Too Hot to Handle (John Smith 10)
 * Star Light, Star Bright (cameo)
 * Vendetta (John Smith 10)
 * Ultimate Evolution (goes Ultimate)
 * Andreas' Fault (John Smith 10)
 * Where the Magic Happens (John Smith 10) (accidental transformation; selected alien was Water Hazard)
 * Retribution (goes Ultimate)
 * The Ultimate Enemy Part 2 (John Smith 10)

By Kevin

 * Primus Again (accidental transformation; selected alien was Way Big) (goes Ultimate)
 * The Ultimate Enemy Part 1 (John Smith 10)

By Julie

 * The Ultimate Enemy Part 3 (John Smith 10)

By John

 * Heroes United Part 2 (John Smith 10) (x2) (first re-appearance)
 * The Big Tick (John Smith 10)
 * Map of Infinity (John Smith 10) (cameo)
 * Perplexahedron (John Smith 10)
 * Trip to Naboo
 * The Clone Wars (John Smith 10)
 * General John
 * Traitor

By Metal John

 * Metal John (episode)
 * Justice

By Ultimate John

 * Fight (first re-appearance) (used by clone 3)
 * Manipulation (in Omni's head)
 * Incarcecon Breakout, Part 1 (used by Ultimate John) (goes Ultimate)
 * We are! (used by Ultimate John)

By Ahmad

 * Incarcecon Breakout, Part 2

By John

 * Human (John Smith 10)
 * Round Four Part 2 (x2)


 * Wanted (John Smith 10) (first re-appearance)

By Warmatrix Drone

 * Fifth Battles

Albedo

 * Double or Nothing (John Smith 10)

By Vilgax

 * The Final Battle Part 1 (John Smith 10) (goes Ultimate)

By Chris Otto

 * When Heroes Collide Part 2 (accidental transformation; selected alien was Stormado)

Ancient Times

 * Falchion (first re-appearance)
 * Art of the Sword
 * Live Life

By John

 * Lightning Storm (first re-appearance)
 * Formalities
 * Phoenix King (episode) (by clone 2)
 * Nibelung Valesti Part 1
 * Omni War

By Ben

 * Cloud of Shadow (accidental transformation; selected alien was Astrodactyl)

Kingdom Hearts

 * Traverse Town (first re-appearance)

John Smith 10: Final Fantasy
Cannonbolt first appearas as a summon for Logan, revealing how to turn the aliens into summons for ordinary characters.

Summoned by Logan

 * Old Friends (x2)
 * Through Grains of Sand
 * Doom Buggy
 * Junkyard (destroyed)

By John

 * Lifestream

Kurt 10
Season 2 Season 3
 * Kurt 10: Alien Alliance
 * Omega And Zorga
 * Hunted...Again
 * Meet The Mondays Part 2

Fred 40: Atomic Alien

 * The Final Battle Alien
 * The Demonstrator (Episode)

Finn 10

 * Have An "Ice" Day!
 * Meet Marceline
 * Super Size
 * The Big Chill

Dylan 11: Ultimate Evolution

 * The Problem With Draygett

galvan 10
big time boom

Ben 10: Alien Universe

 * Ben 10: Invasion of the Omnitrix
 * Darkstar Falling
 * Charmed to Perfection

Den 10: Prototrix Adventures
By Ben

By Dennis
 * Evil Chrismas

Ben 10: Protector of the Omniverse

 * Bait (first reappearance)
 * Alpha Returns
 * Best Birthday Bash by Ben (by Kenny)

Ben 10: Heroics Unleashed

 * Smarts (first reappearance, by Ben)

Ben 10: Omnitrix Unlimited

 * An Unexpected Upgrade (first reappearance)
 * You Are Begging For Trouble (cameo)
 * The Negative Effect (by Albedo; cameo)
 * Ben Quest
 * Ben 10: Across the 23rd Dimension 

17-year old Ben

 * Can't Hide from Cyber-Hide (first reappearance by 17-year old Ben, x2, second time as an unintentional transformation)

11-year old Ben
Unknown

Den 10: Prototrix Adventures
He looks exactly like 11 year old Ben's Cannonbolt,but his shoulder plates are more round.

Richard's A Christmas Carol
In Richard's A Christmas Carol, Cannonbolt, along with Upchuck, play the charity workers who are turned down by Scrooge when looking for money to help the poor.

Original Series

 * Infected (First Appearance)
 * Coco 10
 * Heroes
 * Ocean Land
 * The Revenge of the Conqueror
 * Brandon 10,000 (x3)
 * The Switch
 * Attack of the Wildpups
 * Glitch
 * Mutanted Weather
 * Ghosts Be Gone
 * Day Dream
 * Copy Cat
 * Historic Quests
 * Brandon 10 vs the Extreme 10 Part 1
 * Mistaken

Alien Force

 * The Battle For Earth Part 1 (First Re-appearance)
 * Conquest of the Conqueror Part 2 (x2)
 * Cube Town
 * Unusual Experiments (Accidental Transformation; Selected alien was Jetray)
 * The Bounties

Terry 12
He is one of Terry's original 12.

Appearance

 * The Boy in the Moon (first appearance)
 * Hexed!
 * Villainy: Part 1

Ben 10: Dimensional Warriors
Like the other aliens, Cannonbolt has taken on a darker tone.

Voice: Fred Tatasciore

Appearances

 * Journey to Dimension 6 (used by Axel: Cannonroll)

Ben 10: Omnination

 * The Adventure Begins: Part 1 (first appearance)

Trivia

 * Cannonbolt appeared every 2 episodes starting with his original appearance.
 * As opposed to in Alien Force where he is the first of the original series aliens to be reused, in the instance of Alien Universe, he is the last (having not even appeared with Way Big and Upchuck).