| Brawnworm | |
|---|---|
 Brawnworm sans Flesh Construct | |
| General Information | |
| Species | Chirosyte (plus flesh construct) |
| Home Planet | Iffis Hastis |
| Body | Fuzzy Bat Misc. (flesh construct) |
| Enhanced Forms | Unlimited Brawnworm |
| Powers and Abilities | |
| Abilities | Meat Manipulation Mind Control* Razor-Sharp Claws Flight |
| Weaknesses | Contact-based Abilities Fragility |
| Details | |
| Used By | Ken Tennyson (Earth-1010/Former Future) |
| Alternate Counterparts | Batastrophe (Dimension 23) |
Brawnworm is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Chirosyte from the planet Iffis Hastis in the Triangulum Galaxy. It is a free use alien.
Appearance[]
Brawnworm takes the form of a small and fuzzy winged mammal with a large pink nose and a single forward-facing eye. It has two membranous wings sprouting from its back, between which lies the Omnitrix symbol. Brawnworm has four very short clawed feet, each of which can be used as a hand.
Wings excluded, Brawnworm's entire body is about the size of a human head.
Flesh Construct[]
Typically, transforming into Brawnworm also generates a large flesh construct for the same reason NRG has his containment suit and Four Arms has his banana hammock.
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This flesh construct is a non-sentient mass of muscles and veins, barely able to keep itself to a form without Brawnworm's constant instruction. It can take whatever shape its muscles can be morphed into, though this range is not massive. Typically it takes the form of either a humanoid or quadruped animal, but always outwardly appears as a shambling, glistening mound of flesh.
Powers and Abilities[]
Despite its harmless appearance, Brawnworm is an incredibly powerful alien with the ability to hijack and manipulate any meaty flesh it can sink its claws into. This ability is not comically overpowered- It could not, say, turn a raw burger patty into a rat. It could only cause the patty to fold and quiver. However this power is still highly dangerous to any animal it may fight or wish to dominate.
Mind control, being a loosely defined power at the best of times, is somewhat within Brawnworm's grasp. The less centralised the nervous system, the easier to control. However within creatures such as humans, Brawnworm can simply bypass the brain's control over the body and effectively control the body as a new mind itself. Brawnworm cannot affect human consciousness, as an example.
Brawnworm is a nimble and quick flyer, able to travel faster than Stinkfly, although not excessively.
Flesh Construct[]
The primary purpose of Brawnworm's flesh construct
Weaknesses[]
On its own, Brawnworm is a highly vulnerable creature with hollow, fragile bones.
Brawnworm's powers are entirely based on physical contact. Brawnworm cannot control flesh it cannot reach, including its flesh construct.
Needless to say, Brawnworm's powers are useless against mineraloid, technological, energy-based, floral, and fungal species, among any other none-meat varieties. Additionally, Brawnworm would also struggle against any species with distinctive ranged abilities, such as Gimlinopithecus.
Flesh Construct[]
The flesh construct is, even under perfect control by a talented user of Brawnworm, slow and lumbering. The construct can easily be parried and outpaced.
Being made of exposed moist flesh, the construct is extremely vulnerable to drying out.
Since the construct breathes through its exposed mass, it can drown or choke easily.
Unlimited Brawnworm[]
In universes where the Unlimited gimmick is available to use, the Omnitrix can generate Unlimited Brawnworm. This is an effectively naked version of Brawnworm generated without the Flesh Construct. This makes Brawnworm much more vulnerable but allows them to move without having to worry about the large chunk of miscellaneous meat they'd be leaving behind. This can make stealth much easier, for example.
History[]
Earth-1010 (Former Future Timeline)[]
Azmuth unlocked Brawnworm in Ken's Omnitrix so that the latter could attend a Chirosyte peace conference with the former, with the promise that the alien would be locked soon after. Ken was allowed to keep the form under the promise that Ben would not find out.
Appearances[]
Earth-1010 (Former Future Timeline)[]
- A Trip To Triangulum (x3, debut)
Trivia[]
- Brawnworm is actually inspired by the Syfy original movie Bloodsuckers (also called Vampire Wars: Battle for the Universe). It's a movie about hunting space vampires.
- This trivia is true in the same way that Ghostfreak being inspired by a Universal Movie monster is true; loosely and retroactively.
- I established Bloodsuckers as an inspiration retroactively so I can design a whole solar system around Syfy original movies. Just wait until you see the dipshits I have in line for Sharktopus.
- The planet Iffis Hastis is named after Bloodsuckers director Matthew Hastings and the channel upon which it aired, Syfy, spelt backwards and stylised.
- Chirosyte is a portmanteau of Chiroptera, the order of mammals which primarily includes bats, and parasite.
- Brawnworm's powers are inspired by a number of different sources:
- Brawnworm itself is inspired by Vladat Corupturas and Headcrabs from the Half-Life franchise.
- The flesh construct is unintentionally inspired by the Mind Flayer from Stranger Things.