Petrosapien (Classic)

Petrosapiens,Camille's Ex-BoyfriendBig Fat Alien Wedding also known as Petropians,Hunted are a species of silicon-based lifeformsBen TennysonThe Secret of Chromastone from the planet Petropia.Tetrax Shard
==Appearance==
Petrosapiens are made of a super-hard, green/blue diamond-like material. They are a little taller than humans. They have four digits on their hands and none on their feet.
Male Petrosapiens have a spike on the back of their semi-cubic head and two to six on their back with thicker, blockier arms; females have smooth flat-top heads. Young females do not have spikes as early as males,Gwen 10 while adult females may have two small ones on their backs with slimmer, sleeper arms
Young Petrosapiens have smooth shoulders and do not yet have blocky limbs. Elderly Petrosapiens tend to look more worn and cracked, and sometimes have facial hair-like spikes.
There are many different races of Petrosapiens - each with different gem-like colors and shapes.And Then There Were 10
Diamondhead os.png|Diamondhead in the Original Series
Diamondhead rat.png|Diamondhead in Race Against Time
Diamondheaddda.png|Diamondhead in Destroy All Aliens
DiamondHead in UAF.PNG|Diamondhead in Alien Force and Ultimate Alien
Diamondhead Rex.png|Diamondhead in Heroes United 
Diamondhead oficial.png|16-year-old Diamondhead in Omniverse
Ben 10 Omniverse 11 year old Diamondhead.png|11-year-old Diamondhead in Omniverse
Diamondhead 10k.png|Ben 10,000 as Diamondhead
Gwen 10 Diamondhead.png|Gwen as Diamondhead in the Original Series
Gwen 10 Diamondhead OV.png|Gwen as Diamondhead in Omniverse
Mad Ben Diamondhead.png|Mad Diamondhead
Negative diamondhead.png|Negative Diamondhead
Framed (1321).png|Kevin as Diamondhead
Diamond Matter 001.png|Diamond Matter, a Galvan-Petrosapien hybrid
Tetrax profile.png|Tetrax Shard in the Original Series
Tetrax AF.png|Tetrax Shard in Alien Force
Tetrax 23 official.png|Dimension 23 Tetrax
3SOTO (536).png|Citizens of Petropia in the Original Series 
TSoC (581).png|Citizens of Petropia in Alien Force
==History==
The Petrosapien race originally dwelled beneath Petropia's crystal surface in underground cities.Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix
At some point, Vilgax arrived on Petropia. He started to enact a plan to take control of the planet and its citizens. Due to there already being so much infighting between the various Petropian races, it was easy for him to manipulate them. He later sought the help of young local bounty hunter Tetrax Shard to steal for him the Petropia Back-up Crystal: "the last piece of the puzzle" needed to start an invasion of the planet. However, the citizens of Petropia did not submit to Vilgax and rejected him. Thus, Vilgax destroyed the entire planet, killing everyone and making Tetrax one of the very last living members of his kind.Hunted
Many years later in shame, Tetrax managed to revive Petropia's guardian Sugilite through Ben Tennyson's alien form Chromastone, as well as generating a new back-up crystal in the process. After Vilgax fought with them after it, Ben managed to get the crystal and used it to completely revive Petropia, and the Petrosapien race.
==Powers and Abilities==
CT (188).png|Crystallokinesis
Trouble Helix (574).png|Crystal Entrapment
3SOTO (159).png|Shapeshifting
MA (209).png|Weapon Manifestation (via Shapeshifting)/Blades
NIBaC (151).png|Pickaxe
It Was Them (46).png|Regeneration
BaDGtA51 (17).png|Arm Extension
IaMBW1 (416).png|Arm Enlargement
Negative (364).png|Crystal Anchor
3SOTO (1189).png|Crystal Boomerangs
TWB (270).png|Crystal Shield/Time Ray Resistance
TTaC (537).png|Crystal Sword
It Was Them (27.1).png|Crystal Shard Projectiles
Negative (358).png|Crystal Shard Growth
VoV2 (577).png|Explosive Crystal Shards
C5 (394).png|Crystal Surfing/Enhanced Speed
AD (217).png|Energy Refraction
Vendetta (442).png|Energy Absorption
Vendetta (445).png|Energy Redirection (via Energy Absorption)
TWB (538).png|Enhanced Strength
BoB (75).png|Enhanced Durability
Diamondhead Jump.png|Enhanced Jumping
GF (565).png|Enhanced Acrobatics
Trouble Helix (553).png|Enhanced Reflexes
BoB (63).png|Enhanced Digging
MA (223).png|Space Survivability
BFAW (927).png|Underwater Survivability
It Was Them (64).png|Acid Immunity
S23 (537).png|Fire/Heat Resistance
TSoC (105).png|Crystal Spit (via Cold Virus)
Petrosapien bodies are composed of extremely thick, pale green silicon crystals. They have the ability to manipulate the structure of their physiology at will, allowing them to form their limbs into crystalline weapons such as blades and bludgeons. Moreover, Petrosapiens can control all the crystals they generate, to the point that they can make them explode on contact or levitate them off the ground.Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 2 by controlling microscopic mineral particles in the air. Petrosapiens can fire crystal shards sequentially out of the palms of their hands, or morph their entire hands into spikes for easier firing.Vendetta Petrosapiens can also make additional crystal constructs grow out from their bodies and limbs, and then retract; fast enough to break out of the grip of a being multiple times their size, strong enough to dig into the ground, and sharp enough to slice a falling tree cleanly in half. They can also create crystals immune to sound attacks.Ben 10 vs. Negative 10: Part 1
Petrosapiens can cause crystal formations to grow rapidly from underneath the ground and erupt to the surface, even at a distance. Using either this method, or by firing crystal shards that grow into which,A Change of Face they can conjure monstrous and large clusters of crystals in the form of walls, shields, ramps, or giant gaping hands to capture enemies; all of which are independent from their bodies. Being that they can grow these with great speed, Petrosapiens can stand on their emerging crystals as they create them to launch themselves in the air or ride on like a board.Clyde 5
Petrosapiens are capable of encasing enemies in crystals,Trouble Helix and can create crystals inside of objects and cause them to spike out, as demonstrated by Tetrax.Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix
Petrosapiens can also change the shape and size of their arms and hands without forming more crystals on top. They can extend their arms very far, which allows them to create ramps for others or to propel themselves upwards by pushing against the ground.Blukic and Driba Go to Area 51It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 1 They can also easily regenerate broken pieces of their bodies.
Apart from just forming weapons attached to their bodies, Petrosapiens can also create independent, fully-formed crystal objects, such as an anchor on a chain, a boomerang, a shield,And Then There Was Ben and a sword.Third Time's a Charm
A Petrosapien's crystalline body resembles a living prism, allowing them to deflect and absorb most energy beams up to and including the full energy of an orbital plasma cannon. This allows them to render weapons similar to lasers useless by simply refracting. Similarly, rays generated by dimensional transporter devices will reflect off of a Petrosapien's body.Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes UnitedArrested Development However, there is a limit to the amount of energy they can absorb.
Petrosapiens are quite strong, as Diamondhead was strong enough to be a match for Rex and his BFS, drag a cage holding a Gracklflint across Undertown,Rad hold open Slamworm's mouth,It Was Them and break his own crystals. They can also dig very well through solid surfaces by turning their arms into sharp spikes, seen when Diamondhead unearthed Corrodium from under the floor of a building.Under Wraps
Due to the natural density of crystal, Petrosapiens are extremely durable to most weaponry and physical impacts, as Diamondhead withstood being punched from Galvan Prime all the way to Galvan B by Malgax. This incident also shows that Petrosapiens can survive in the vacuum of space.Malgax Attacks 
Petrosapiens can survive underwater.
Petrosapiens can quickly burrow through the ground.The Ballad of Mr. Baumann
Because they're made out of crystals that age very slowly, the bodies of Petrosapiens are very resistant to time rays that accelerate their aging. Ben learned this when being saved from Eon's time rays by Ultimate Ben using Diamondhead's powers.Ben 10,000 Returns Petrosapiens are also immune to the acid from a Slammoid.
Because Petrosapiens are super dense silicon-based aliens, they are immune to Xenocite possession.Inside Man 
Petrosapiens are resistant to fire and heat, such as that generated by a Pyronite, much like an ordinary diamond.FramedStore 23 
Petrosapiens are able to sneeze out tiny sharp crystals from their mouths.Back With a Vengeance
==Weaknesses==
TUS (298).png|Sonic Vibration Vulnerability
TSoC (156).png|Regeneration Limit
B10Mil (442).png|Immobilized due to Back Shards
TSoC (510).png|Trapped in Crystal
TSoC (107).png|Affected by Cold Virus
Petrosapiens are especially weak to sonic vibrations, such as from a Loboan's sonic howlsKen 10, or an Evolved Sonorosian's Sonic Disks,The Ultimate Sacrifice both of which can render him unconscious. Tetrax also used a vibrating device to completely disassemble Diamondhead's body, although this left him conscious. 
If a Petrosapien's body becomes completely disassembled, they are unable able to regenerate themselves.
Some Petrosapiens have two shards on their backs, which can leave them stuck on a wall or on other surfaces that they get knocked into.Ben 10,000
Petrosapiens can be trapped in crystal, as demonstrated by Vilgax using the Petropia Back-up Crystal to trap Tetrax.
Petrosapiens can be affected by the cold virus.
==Technology==
Petrosapiens have specialized crystal-based technology. Some of this tech was present in The Resolute's scanning room, and allowed Tetrax to virtually scan and dissect such complicated devices as the Omnitrix.:File:Petropian Crystal.PNG
==Notable Petrosapiens== 
*Diamondhead (the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Petrosapien)
**Diamondhead (the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Petrosapien in the Original Series Future Timeline)
**Diamondhead (the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Petrosapien in the Race Against Time Timeline)
**Diamondhead (the Ultimatrix's DNA sample of a Petrosapien in the Ultimate Alien Future Timeline)
**Diamondhead (the Power Watch's DNA sample of a Petrosapien)
**Diamondhead (the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Petrosapien in the Gweniverse)
**Negative Diamondhead (Albedo's DNA sample of a Petrosapien)
**Diamondhead (Kevin's DNA sample of a Petrosapien)
*Tetrax Shard
**Tetrax Shard (Dimension 23)
*Citizens of Petropia
===Notable Petrosapien Hybrids===
*Diamondhead (the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Petrosapien; during Alien Force and Ultimate Alien)
*Diamond Matter (½ Petrosapien)
*Kevin 11 (1/11 Petrosapien)
*Devlin Levin (1/11 Petrosapien)
*Ultimate Kevin (part Petrosapien)
===Non-Canon Petrosapien Hybrids=== 
*Crystal Claws (part Petrosapien)
==Etymology==
The name Petrosapien comes from "petra" meaning rock and "sapien" meaning intelligent being.
==Trivia== 
*While Petrosapiens are resistant to fire, ironically real diamonds, being the only gem made of pure carbon, are known to be highly flammable under the right conditions.
* Petrosapien diamond bears a resemblance to Taydenite, though they are not made of it and their crystals have no real value.
*The revival of the Petrosapiens in The Secret of Chromastone was first hinted at by Dwayne McDuffie on March 29, 2009, when asked if it was possible for the Omnitrix to revive the Petrosapiens.
* In Ben 10: Protector of Earth, there was concept art for a Petrosapien/Scorpion hybrid as an enemy, but it was scrapped.
*In Derrick J. Wyatt's opinion, Petrosapiens' ability to levitate crystal prisms, make explosive projectiles, and absorb energy were probably due to some storyboard artist who was not familiar with their powers despite it being in the ADR script for Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 2 and the third draft of the script for Vendetta.
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