Gourmand

Gourmands are a humanoid amoeba-like species from the planet Peptos XII.The Most Dangerous Game Show They are divided into three subspecies, the Perk, the Murk, and the Queen.Tummy Trouble
==Appearance==
Gourmands are a small species with short stubby limbs, four-fingered hands, three-toed feet, six tubular growths on the back of their head, and three sets of gill-like markings on their face. Two subspecies of Gourmands have yellow eyes and have at least three tongues.
===Perk Gourmand===
Perk Gourmands are green all over, with a darker shade of green on the top of their head, and the same colour all over their backs and hands. They have very crooked teeth that appear outside the top of their mouth, forming an overbite. In the Original Series, their eyes were naturally white, while in Omniverse, they are yellow. Dimension 23's Perk Gourmands have bluish skin instead, whereas Mad Ben's Dimension's Perk Gourmands possess swampy-green skin with tan stomachs and faces.
Perk Gourmands wear metal cups on their heads like helmets, and fight with spoons.
Ben 10 Upchuck.PNG|Perk Upchuck in the Original Series
Upchuck tabber.png|16-year-old Perk Upchuck in Omniverse
11yo upchuck jabedit.png|11-year-old Perk Upchuck in Omniverse
Vomit Man.png|Vomit Man, a Dimension 23 Perk Gourmand
Madupchuck2.png|Mad Perk Upchuck
Cookmeister.png|Sergeant Cookmeister
Rookgourmand.png|Rook as a Perk Gourmand hybrid
===Murk Gourmand===
Murk Gourmands are swampy-green, have tan bellies and muzzles, black digits and black-green spots on their tails, limbs, hips and back. Their eyes are sharper and pupil-less. Also, their teeth are now more aligned with visibly sharp canine teeth that appear outside the bottom of their mouth, an under-bite. In Alien Force and Ultimate Alien, Murks had naturally blue eyes, while their Omniverse counterparts had yellow eyes.
Murk Gourmands wear metal saucers to protect their heads and fight with forks.
Upchuck Clear.png|Murk Upchuck in Alien Force and Ultimate Alien
Upchuck HU.PNG|Murk Upchuck in Heroes United
Murk Upchuck Stand.png|Murk Upchuck in Omniverse
562px-GourmandActor.png|Murk Actor
Brown bag.png|Private Brownbag
Cast Iron.png|Sergeant Cast Iron
===Queen Gourmand===
The third variety of Gourmands is the Queen. So far, she is the only example of a female of the species.
Gourmand Queen.png|Queen Voratia Rumbletum
==Behavior==
Perk Gourmands and Murk Gourmands do not normally get along with each other, due to their differing mindsets except eating, though normally every Gourmand will obey and protect the Queen Gourmand without question.
Perk Gourmands are considered more thought-oriented and defense-minded, while Murk Gourmands are considered more action-oriented and attack-minded.
Gourmand Queens are born queens.
The mere mention of food is enough to distract Gourmands.
Given the chance, a Gourmand will begin snacking on any kind of material in its vicinity.
==Powers and Abilities==
FaFBM (409).png|Long Prehensile Tongues/Enhanced Strength
NHAB (212).png|Mouth Expansion/Solid Matter Ingestion
ICW (513).png|Liquid Ingestion
NHAB (209).png|Energy Ingestion
NHAB (213).png|Explosive Vomit (via Ingestion)
TT (491).png|Explosive Vomit Propulsion/Space Survivability
VoV2 (121).png|Energy Redirection (via Energy Ingestion)
TT (480).png|Strong Teeth
Duped (437.1).png|Enhanced Durability
UVT (63).png|Enhanced Jumping
FHtE (45).png|Enhanced Reflexes
IaMBW1 (32).png|Enhanced Stomach Capacity
TT (49).png|Swarm Gastronomy
Duped (411).png|Slime Spit
Duped (436).png|Acid Spit
Both Perk Gourmands and Murk Gourmands have the same abilities; neither of them have abilities exclusive to any one Gourmand species.
Gourmands have three very strong, adhesive tongues that can stretch to great lengths, allowing them to latch onto large objects and reel them in with relative ease. The mouth of Gourmands can stretch, allowing them to swallow objects larger than themselves. They are connected with a trans-space bladder dimension where they store all the "food" they eat. Gourmands are connected to the rest of their species and can sense any danger to the rest of their species through their stomachs.
Gourmands can eat solid matter, energy, such as the Sub-EnergyBen 10 vs. Negative 10: Part 2 and a Crystalsapien's energy beamsVengeance of Vilgax: Part 2 and liquids, such as the Mr. Smoothy Mascot's smoothie blasts.In Charm's Way
Gourmands can eat living creatures such as tigers, CrabdozersFor a Few Brains More and even Celestialsapiens. In the case of Celestialsapiens, they would either be digested or spat back out.
Items ingested by Gourmands can be converted into explosive balls of green vomit (also referred to as loogies) that can be expelled with great accuracy. The explosive power of these "loogies" depends on the chemical composition and overall size of what a Gourmand ate to create them.Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix Gourmands can also make their "loogies" curve like frisbees.
Gourmands are able to fly by propelling themselves with their explosive vomit and even survive in the vacuum of space.
Gourmands have developed jaws, diamond-hard teeth, and a gastrointestinal tract that allows them to eat almost any material, including virtually any object all the way up to Ascalon.
Gourmands are able to take a surprising amount of punishment for creatures of their size, as Upchuck was able to take the force of a moving car impact, as well as surviving after being thrown through a wall.Ben 4 Good Buddy
Gourmands can jump surprisingly high for their size, as demonstrated when Upchuck was able to fully jump over Thunderpig to eat his energy flail.Universe vs. Tennyson Gourmands also have enhanced reflexes.From Hedorium to Eternity
Gourmands can carry around objects and living creatures in their stomachs, such as the Alpha Nanite's container and a Galvan, and release them without having to turn them into explosive vomit.Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes UnitedIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 1
Gourmands can spit out slime, which can be slippery for Arburian Pelarotas. This slime is also capable of melting ice.Duped
==Weaknesses==
EvEnc (451).png|Full Cheeks
UPdC (521).png|Inflated Body
FaFBM (420).png|Forced Regurgitation
Duped (433).png|Immobilized by Ice
GB (608).png|Inability to consume Human Food (Original Series only)
There is a limit as to how much Gourmands can fit in their mouths, as beings as massive as To'kustars would have to be chopped up into bite-size chunks in order to be eaten by one.
If Gourmands ingest enough matterInspector #13Evil's Encore or a powerful enough energy, they can be difficult for them to hold down and not spit out, causing their stomachs or cheeks to inflate and severely reduce their mobility. Similarly, if energy is able to explode within a Gourmand's mouth, it will also cause them to immediately inflate.A Fistful of Brains
Gourmands may struggle to eat living creatures, such as tigers and Evolved Panuncians, as the movement inside a Gourmand's stomach can cause them to regurgitate the creatures.
The hunger of Gourmands can be used against them, as they can easily be swayed from any task with the simple promise of a tasty treat.
Gourmands can be temporarily immobilized by a Necrofriggian's ice breath until they thaw themselves free using their acidic slime.
In the Original Series, Gourmands were unable to consume human food.The Visitor However, this is no longer true as of Alien Force, as they can now eat human food as well as everything else.
==Notable Gourmands==
===Perk Gourmands===
*Perk Upchuck (the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Perk Gourmand)
**Vomit Man (the Hero Watch's DNA sample of a Perk Gourmand)
**Perk Upchuck (the Power Watch's DNA sample of a Perk Gourmand)
*Sergeant Cookmeister
*Perk Soldiers
===Murk Gourmands===
*Murk Upchuck (the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Murk Gourmand)
*Sergeant Cast Iron
*Private Brownbag
*Gourmand Actor
*Murk Soldiers
===Queen Gourmands===
*Queen Voratia Rumbletum
===Notable Gourmand Hybrids===
*Rook Blonko (part Gourmand; temporarily)Outbreak
*Ultimate Kevin (part Murk Gourmand)
*Omniverse Flashback Kevin (1/11 Perk Gourmand)
*Big Chuck (½ Perk Gourmand)
===Non-Canon Gourmands===
*Upchuck (the Prototype 71's DNA sample of a Perk Gourmand)
==Etymology==
The name "Gourmand" is a French word, meaning that you like to eat a large part of good meal.
The prefix "Perk" is an homage to Thomas Perkins, who designed Upchuck in the Original Series.
The prefix "Murk" is an homage to Glen Murakami, who was an executive producer for Alien Force and Ultimate Alien and redesigned Upchuck for those shows.
==Naming and Translations==
==Trivia==
*In regard to their prefixes, Perk Gourmands resemble Upchuck's design in the Original Series. Meanwhile, Murk Gourmands resemble Upchuck's design in Alien Force and Ultimate Alien.
*During times of war, the Gourmands have a plan (known as Plan Omega) to eat their entire planet as a last resort, which can only be enforced by their Queen. Their way of thinking is that a planet cannot be conquered if there is no planet to conquer.
**Plan Omega has been executed ten times in the past, with Peptos XI being the eleventh time.Queen Voratia Rumbletum
*Gourmands don't have a natural predator because they are at the top of the food chain.Upchuck 
*There are three sub-species of Gourmands named Gourmand Perk, Gourmand Murk, and their Queen. Of the three, only the Queen Gourmand's DNA is not available in the Omnitrix.
*Despite being able to eat a Celestialsapien, Gourmands cannot gain the latter's powers in any form or way.
*The Gourmands do not have a king.
**Gourmands do not avoid eating their planet as anything other than a last resort.
*Gourmands do not wear clothes because they are considered to be a primitive species that does not interact with other aliens.
*Gourmands don't really have a concept of gross.
*If a Gourmand were to swallow another Gourmand, the other Gourmand would just pop out of somebody else's mouth.
*If a Gourmand were to swallow the Chronosapien Time Bomb, nothing would happen.
*A Gourmand's bile has proven to be one of the most destructive and corrosive substances in the universe.
*Upchuck's Original Series design was made by Thomas Perkins, who envisioned him as a vaguely humanoid amoeba-like creature. He was always supposed to be translucent, and had a translucent tummy, but since that detail did not appear in the series, fans have mistaken him, and by extension, all Gourmands, to be a humanoid frog/toad.
*Derrick J. Wyatt preferred Perk Gourmands to Murk Gourmands, but liked them both.
==Notes==
==References==
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====Alien Force Series Mini Bible====
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====Thomas Perkins====
====Derrick J. Wyatt====
====Dwayne McDuffie====
===Pop-Up Trivia===
===Cartoon Network===
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