Upgrade is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Galvanic Mechamorph from Galvan Prime's moon, Galvan B.
Appearance
Upgrade has a black exterior with purple front torse and purple stripes that resemble circuitry all over him. The purple circle on his head is his eye.
Upgrade wears the Omnitrix on his chest.
Powers and Abilities
Upgrade is not completely solid, as he can be both liquid and gelatinous. Due to this, he can reshape himself to let projectiles or blows pass through him by creating a hole in his body at will.
Upgrade can use his internal nanotechnology to merge with and possess any technology by encasing himself over it. The size of the device is not significant and he controls it as naturally as he would his own body. When he merges, he upgrades the technology, making the technology he possess far more advanced and futuristic and causing new features to form on it. This enhancement also can destroy the technology if it is already advanced enough, as seen in Freaky Gwen Ben. Possessing technology allows him to transform it with seemingly no limit, such as merging with a baseball launching machine and turning it into a tripod-like robot that fired a seemingly infinite amount of baseballs, while the moment he un-merged with it, it returned to normal. He can also make his head or his face appear anywhere on the machines he possesses.
Due being made of living metal, Upgrade is able to regenerate himself.
Weaknesses
Upgrade is weak against electricity (being living metal). Upgrade is sensitive to electromagnetic pulse/fields and magnetic fields.
As a toddler, Upgrade can not completely merge with technology.
History
Ben 10
- Upgrade first appeared in Freaky Gwen Ben, where he destroyed the Titan Gauntlets and defeated Hex.
- In Growing Pains, Upgrade defeated Nanny Nightmare.
- In Steam is the Word, Upgrade got to Steam Smythe's ship and battled the Mechanoids.
- In Cutting Corners, Upgrade accidentally annoyed the Boblins.
- In Don't Let the Bass Drop, Upgrade got DJ Duster's concert.
Appearances
Ben 10
- Freaky Gwen Ben (first appearance; by Gwen in Ben's body)
- Growing Pains (accidental transformation; as toddler)
- Steam is the Word
- Cutting Corners
- Don't Let the Bass Drop
Trivia
- In a Ben-tuition short, Upgrade was capable of merging with a skateboard, despite the fact that it is made out of mostly wood.