Ben 10

Upgrade

Upgrade

Upgrade is the Omnitrix’s DNA sample of a Galvanic Mechamorph - an artificially created techno-organic species that inhabits the moon of Galvan Prime with the capability to merge their body with and enhance/control various forms of terrestrial and alien technology. While Upgrade lacks some of the powers his species as a whole has, he’s proven himself as an invaluable tool for Ben in the high-end sci-fi setting he finds himself in, where technology makes or breaks many of the villains he fights.

Physiology - General Info

  • Upgrade is made of living liquid metal. (source) (B:10 S1E6)
  • Upgrade’s body consists of billions of microscopic nanites, allowing him to carefully reshape and reform his liquid-like body. (source) (Pop-Ups)
  • Due to not being truly biological, Upgrade’s DNA is merged incompletely with Ben’s. (source) (Pop-Ups)
  • Upgrade would not be affected by a computer virus as he is a techno-organic life form, not a computer. (source) (WoG: Derrick J. Wyatt)

Physiology - Shapeshifting / Elasticity

  • Upgrade’s body is gelatinous, allowing him to flow through cracks in the Rust Bucket’s door. (source) (B:10 S3E2)
  • Upgrade slides out of the Mummy’s grip after being restrained. (source) (B:10 S3E8)
  • Upgrade seeps into an air-tight spaceship. (source) (B:10 S3E12, notable)
  • Upgrade’s body is highly elastic and can stretch a significant distance, though it hurts Ben. (source) (B:10 S4E2)
  • Upgrade morphs into a big wave while chasing criminals. (source) (B:10 S4E5)
  • Upgrade’s body stretches and squeezes around Gwen’s shields without harm. (source) (B:DAA)
  • Upgrade grows an extra set of arms and stretches to resemble Four Arms. (source) (B:DAA)
  • Upgrade grapples with Retaliator by morphing into a ball. (source) (B:DAA)
  • Upgrade morphs a hole in his body to avoid Rook’s grappling hook. (source) (B:OV S5E1)

Physiology - Regeneration

  • Gunfire passes through Upgrade’s body after he spreads it like a puddle over a building roof, and he reforms into humanoid shape. (source) (B:10 S3E2, notable)
  • Upgrade reconstitutes himself after a machine he controls is blasted into pieces. (source) (B:DAA)
  • Galvanic Mechamorphs regenerate after being completely obliterated by a blaster. (source) (B:AF S3E6, notable)
  • Galvanic Mechamorphs regenerate after being completely obliterated by a blaster. (source) (B:AF S3E6)
  • Upgrade reconstitutes himself from a puddle after being sliced apart by Ghostfreak. (source) (B:OV S8E1)

Physiology - Lasers/Energy Attacks

  • Upgrade shoots lasers from his eye, which is his highly-energized blood. (source) (B:10 S1E6)
  • Upgrade’s eye lasers are his highly-energized blood. (source) (Pop-Ups)
  • Upgrade fires a laser that destroys a car’s trunk. (source) (B:10 S1E12, notable)
  • As a motorbike, Upgrade creates energy-spikes on his wheels and drives into a runaway car’s tires. (source) (B:10 S1E12)
  • Upgrade knocks back Viktor with a blast. (source) (B:10 S3E12)
  • Upgrade blasts the Mummy, leaving it smoking. (source) (B:10 S3E12)

Electronics Enhancement/Control - Vehicles Mundane

  • Upgrade takes over a truck, preventing it from moving and kicking the driver out. (source) (B:10 S1E4)
  • Upgrade merges with a motorbike for fine control over movement and speed. (source) (B:10 S1E12)
  • Kevin hijacks a cable car by taking it over. (source) (B:10 S2E3, [Kevin])
  • Upgrade moves his eye to any location on the cable car and causes spikes to emerge to attack. (source) (B:10 S2E3, [Kevin])
  • Upgrade controls the cable car to send benches flying without touching them. (source) (B:10 S2E3, [Kevin])
  • Upgrade restores an abandoned submarine to working order to escape a collapsing facility. (source) (B:10 S2E10)
  • Upgrade merges with a helicopter and uses its guns to fire on police vehicles. (source) (B:10 S3E2)
  • Upgrade takes over a bulldozer for a hasty escape. (source) (B:10 S3E2)
  • Upgrade controls passenger cars on a train, closing walls and flinging furniture at criminals. (source) (B:10 S4E5)
  • Upgrade controls the train engine to make it go very fast. (source) (B:10 S4E5)

Electronics Enhancement/Control - Vehicles High-Tech

  • Upgrade controls a future hoverboard, accelerating it and releasing as a projectile. (source) (B:10 S3E1)
  • Upgrade controls a Saturn 5 rocket, blasting through building floors to escape into space. (source) (B:10 S3E12)
  • Upgrade moves his eye on the rocket and propels himself out, stranding Viktor in space. (source) (B:10 S3E12)
  • Upgrade turns the Rust Bucket into a weaponized tank that shrugs off multiple semitrucks thrown by Gwen. (source) (B:DAA)
  • The tank shrugs off multiple semitrucks launched by Gwen. (source) (B:DAA)
  • Upgrade transforms the tank into a large mech suit with missile batteries that fire at Gwen. (source) (B:DAA)
  • The mech’s missiles blow up shrapnel including semitrucks thrown by Gwen. (source) (B:DAA)
  • Upgrade controls Kevin’s car to fly friends to safety and morphs it into a giant mech taller than Rook and Kevin. (source) (B:OV S4E6, notable)
  • The giant mech is far taller than Rook and Kevin. (source) (B:OV S4E6)
  • The mech punches out a similarly large opponent. (source) (B:OV S4E6)
  • The mech takes a laser blast that sends it through a massive cliffside. (source) (B:OV S4E6)
  • Upgrade takes over an advanced bike, making it fly and outrace Rojo’s bike and other highway vehicles. (source) (B:OV S7E7)
  • The upgraded bike outraces Rojo’s bike and highway cars. (source) (B:OV S7E7)
  • The upgraded bike withstands a head-on collision that destroys Rojo’s vehicle. (source) (B:OV S7E7)

Electronics Enhancement/Control - Cyborgs/Robots

  • Upgrade melds with Rojo’s cybernetic body and forces it to fall apart. (source) (B:10 S1E8, notable)
  • Upgrade controls Vilgax’s drone, giving it a razor-sharp torso to tear into other robots. (source) (B:10 S1E13)
  • Upgrade disables Vilgax’s drones by sticking his hand into them. (source) (B:10 S1E13)
  • Upgrade takes control of a robot controlling a spaceship, gaining access to all systems. (source) (B:10 S2E5)
  • Upgrade does not have complete control over the robot itself. (source) (B:10 S2E5)
  • Upgrade takes over a large weaponized robot, making it larger and more weaponized. (source) (B:DAA)
  • Upgrade upgrades Rex Salazar, a human with nanomachines, enhancing his powers. (source) (GR:HU, notable)
  • Rex is infected with microscopic nanomachines called Nanites. (source)
  • Upgrade enhances the machines Rex constructs with his powers. (source) (GR:HU)
  • Upgrade allows Rex to launch his fists as explosive projectiles. (source) (GR:HU)
  • Upgrade makes Rex’s Big Fat Sword bigger and fatter. (source) (GR:HU)
  • Upgrade transforms Rex’s Boogie Pack to jet-powered from propeller-powered. (source) (GR:HU)
  • The upgraded Boogie Pack fires missiles. (source) (GR:HU)
  • Upgrade makes Rex’s Blast Cannon fire rockets instead of grabbing ammo. (source) (GR:HU)
  • Upgrade transforms Rex’s Rex Ride into a bigger, faster hover bike. (source) (GR:HU)
  • After catching its punch, Upgrade takes over a giant mech and disassembles it. (source) (B:OV S4E6)
  • Ben 23’s Upgrade merges with Clockwork, enhancing his physical abilities. (source) (B:OV S7E9, [Ben 23], notable)
  • Clockwork’s normal abilities. (source)
  • The merged Upgrade-Clockwork jumps much higher with agility through flips and spins. (source) (B:OV S7E9, [Ben 23])
  • The merged form transforms hands into drills to break through rock. (source) (B:OV S7E9, [Ben 23])
  • The merged form takes a hit from charging Exo-Skull, who charges through a large statue. (source) (B:OV S7E9, [Ben 23])
  • Exo-Skull charges through a large statue of Ben 10,000. (source) (B:10 S3E1)
  • The merged form struggles with and throws Exo-Skull into a wall. (source) (B:OV S7E9, [Ben 23])
  • The merged form has missile launchers in shoulders. (source) (B:OV S7E9, [Ben 23])
  • Even upgraded, Clockwork’s beams are no match for the Chronosapien Maltruant. (source) (B:OV S7E9, [Ben 23], Limit)
  • Upgrade greatly enhances a tiny robot drone, giving it lasers that shoot sunlight energy at Ghostfreak. (source) (B:OV S8E1)
  • The enhanced drone’s lasers shoot sunlight at Ghostfreak. (source) (B:OV S8E1)

Electronics Enhancement/Control - Other Combat

  • Upgrade takes over gym equipment to grapple and throw Rojo into another, shattering it. (source) (B:10 S1E8)
  • Upgrade controls a baseball launching machine to burst through a crate and fire balls to incapacitate Thumbskull. (source) (B:10 S1E9)
  • Upgrade incapacitates Frightwig with the baseball machine. (source) (B:10 S1E9)
  • Upgrade incapacitates Acid Breath with the baseball machine. (source) (B:10 S1E9)
  • Upgrade controls liquid nitrogen tanks, giving them legs and firing a freeze ray to freeze the Mummy solid. (source) (B:10 S3E8)
  • Upgrade controls a massive crane system to eject cables restraining a giant squid’s tentacles and electrocutes it unconscious. (source) (B:10 S4E2, notable)
  • Upgrade instantly transforms a claw to grab a woman; sometimes controlled objects retain bolts. (source) (B:10 S4E5)
  • Upgrade turns a cotton candy machine into a blaster covering Rook in substance. (source) (B:OV S5E1)
  • Upgrade makes a popcorn stand into a machine gun. (source) (B:OV S5E1)
  • Upgrade moves part of his body down Rook’s Proto Tool cable to control and attack with it. (source) (B:OV S5E1)

Electronics Enhancement/Control - Other Non-Combat

  • Inside Gwen’s laptop, Upgrade accesses and reads files, and gives it legs to move. (source) (B:10 S1E13)
  • Upgrade travels through wiring faster than normal movement. (source) (B:10 S3E2)
  • Upgrade merges with a mechanical clock, spinning hands as rotor for flight and adding tentacles. (source) (B:10 S3E2)
  • Merging with a video game console allows Upgrade to hack and manipulate scores. (source) (B:10 S3E6)
  • Lightning and power surge suck Upgrade and Gwen into the game, appearing as a digital world. (source) (B:10 S3E6)
  • In the digital world, Upgrade manipulates the game to defeat enemies in one hit. (source) (B:10 S3E6)
  • Upgrade defeats the final boss by entering its body in the digital world. (source) (B:10 S3E6)
  • Upgrade envelops himself and Gwen to exit the game. (source) (B:10 S3E6)
  • Upgrade controls a cement mixer to seal the Mummy underground. (source) (B:10 S3E8)
  • Upgrade controls the Undercity Plumber’s base panel to bypass self-destruct, open comms to Grandpa Max, and other functions. (source) (B:OV S8E6)

Physicals - Strength

  • Upgrade rolls a massive rubber ball with his feet. (source) (B:10 S1E6)
  • Upgrade throws a sewer lid to split a Nosedeenian in half. (source) (B:10 S1E6)
  • Upgrade football tackles Vilgax out of his ship. (source) (B:10 S1E13)
  • Kevin rips off a cable car’s emergency brake. (source) (B:10 S2E13, [Kevin])
  • Upgrade moves a helicopter by punching it. (source) (B:10 S3E2)
  • Upgrade matches Viktor’s strength. (source) (B:10 S3E12, notable)
  • Viktor’s respect thread. (source)
  • Upgrade tackles Ghostfreak across a catwalk. (source) (B:OV S8E1)

Physicals - Speed

  • Upgrade dodges Rojo’s lasers. (source) (B:10 S1E8, notable)
  • Upgrade rapidly climbs a building on all fours. (source) (B:10 S3E2)
  • Upgrade outruns a helicopter gunman’s aim and jumps onto it mid-air. (source) (B:10 S3E2)
  • Upgrade reacts to a shot from Rook’s grappling hook. (source) (B:OV S5E1)

Physicals - Durability

  • Upgrade takes a shock from a Nosedeenian, recoiling in pain. (source) (B:10 S1E6)
  • Upgrade is fine after a Vilgax robot rams into him. (source) (B:10 S1E13)
  • Upgrade takes a hit from the Mummy (Snare-Oh DNA sample). (source) (B:10 S3E8, notable)
  • Snare-Oh respect thread. (source)
  • Upgrade is unaffected by Viktor’s shock. (source) (B:10 S3E12)
  • Upgrade takes a hit from Rook’s Proto Tool blaster. (source) (B:OV S5E1)
  • Lava could hurt Upgrade if he is submerged in it. (source) (WoG: Derrick J. Wyatt)
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