Terraspin

Terraspin is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Geochelone AeriosKhyberOf Predators and Prey: Part 2 from the planet AldabraGalapagusEscape From Aggregor in the Andromeda Galaxy.
==Appearance==
Terraspin is a green turtle-like alien with large flipper-like arms, green eyes, and stumpy legs. The tips of his arms also have three holes each, which can extend finger-like claws to use as fingers.
In Ultimate Alien, Terraspin had eight holes in his shell and a circular body shape.
In Omniverse, Terraspin looks mostly the same, except he now has six holes in his shell, brown spots on his upper legs, toes, and shoulders, and a hexagonal and slightly larger body shape. The black stripes under his eyes are thicker, his legs are shorter, and his feet have each gained three toes.
Terraspin wears the Ultimatrix/Omnitrix symbol on his chest.
==Powers and Abilities==
CF (406).png|Fan Blade Formation/Aerokinetic Blasts
I13 (75).png|Aerokinetic Redirection
The More Things Change, Part 2 (287).png|Aerokinetic Suction/Air Absorption
SS (189).png|Tornado Generation
MHR (345).png|Sharp Fan Blades
MHR (337).png|Flight/Enhanced Speed
TUH (462).png|Levitation
RotS (81).png|Enhanced Strength
MHR (338).png|Enhanced Durability
The More Things Change, Part 2 (284).png|Poisonous Gas Immunity
TFoC (61).png|Retractable Head/Retractable Limbs
From the vents on his front shell, Terraspin can expel powerful gusts of wind to push opponents away.Ultimate Aggregor He can also form his limbs into rotating fans to amplify this; where his fins become triangular and sharp,Many Happy Returns and his legs combine and morph into a similar shape. In combination, Terraspin's three fans can whirl incredibly fast, while his shell stays static and suspended in the air, and generate hurricane-force winds or destructive, mini corckscrew cyclones.Simian SaysThe Forge of Creation Terraspin also possesses aerokinesis, allowing him to influence the direction of wind in the air, and generate tornadoes without spinning, as demonstrated by Ultimate Kevin.Absolute Power: Part 2
Terraspin's wind blasts are powerful enough to put out firesBasic Training and redirect objects.Inspector #13 Terraspin can also harness his aerokinetic powers to fly, blowing air to hover over a surface and using his rotating limbs as propellers.
Terraspin can also spin in reverse, creating strong vacuums.The Ultimate Heist Terraspin can utilize this to absorb lethal toxins out of the nearby air.The More Things Change: Part 2
Terraspin possesses enhanced strength, as he was able to hold a giant robot with his bare hands while spinningReflected Glory and charge into a building by busting down a door.Revenge of the Swarm
Terraspin possesses enhanced durability, as his thick, impermeable shell protects him from most assaults.
Terraspin is immune to poisonous gas. He is also resistant to mana, as demonstrated by Ultimate Aggregor.Map of Infinity
Terraspin can extend the black holes at the tips of his flippers into finger-like claws, as demonstrated by Galapagus. Terraspin can also fully retract his head and limbs into his shell.
Terraspin is capable of using magic, as demonstrated by Addwaitya.Where the Magic Happens Enemy of My Frenemy However, Ben cannot stay transformed as Terraspin long enough to learn it without Master Control.
==Weaknesses ==
Unless he is flying, Terraspin's body is cumbersome and not very agile, as Attea claims if he wanted to run, Ben picked the wrong species to turn into.Vilgax Must Croak
When Terraspin is spinning around, the air vents on his chest are vulnerable to being jammed with large foreign objects. This causes him immense discomfort and forces him to stop spinning and remove the object.
Terraspin is not fully immune to mana attacks, as demonstrated by Galapagus.
As demonstrated with Addwaitya, Terraspin is vulnerable to electricity, such as that generated by an Amperi.
Terraspin can be immobilized by ice.
==History ==
===Ultimate Alien=== 
*In Escape From Aggregor, Terraspin's DNA was sampled and put in the Codon Stream when the Ultimatrix scanned Galapagus' DNA.﻿
*Terraspin first appeared in Reflected Glory, where he fought and destroyed a giant robot created by the Forever Knights.
*In The Forge of Creation, Terraspin defeated some Aggrebots in the Rustbucket 3.
*In Absolute Power: Part 1, Terraspin blew Gwen into a wall, but she used a spell to slow him down, making him powerless and forcing him to switch into NRG.
*In Revenge of the Swarm, Terraspin, Gwen, and Kevin broke into Victor's old lab and met the janitor.
*In Basic Training, Terraspin put out a fire in Magister Hulka's barracks.
*In Simian Says, Terraspin briefly battled some DNAlien Arachnichimps until he reverted.
*In The Widening Gyre, Terraspin fought some mutated seagulls.
*In Inspector #13, Terraspin blew all of Inspector 13's bombs away to get Julie to safety.
===Omniverse===
*In The More Things Change: Part 2, Terraspin sucked all the gas out of an Undertown establishment named Gas House, revealing Bubble Helmet, who falls to the ground because he can't breathe. After Rook accidentally let him get away, he chased him with Rook on top until he was cornered by Psyphon's gang.
*In Many Happy Returns, Terraspin was defeated by Princess Looma.
*In T.G.I.S., Terraspin battled some Chupacabras.
*In Vilgax Must Croak, Terraspin blew away Attea and EightEight.
*In While You Were Away, Terraspin helped land the harvester ship Young One was piloting.
*In The Ultimate Heist, Terraspin battled Negative Goop and tried to get the Polymorphic Crystal, but failed when Albedo threw an object that jammed his shell.
*In For a Few Brains More, Terraspin rescued Azmuth and his brain.
*In Catfight, Terraspin battled Princess Looma until Attea used the Omnitrix Remote Control to change him into Bullfrag.
*In Universe vs. Tennyson, Terraspin defeated Fistina.
*In Rook Tales, Terraspin failed to take off Young One's tail.
*In A New Dawn, Terraspin appeared for a short time when Ben was cycling through his aliens.
==Appearances==
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|-|Ultimate Alien=
;Ben
;Season 2
*Reflected Glory (first appearance)
*The Forge of Creation
*Absolute Power: Part 1
;Season 3
*Revenge of the Swarm
*Basic Training
*Simian Says
*The Widening Gyre
*Inspector #13
|-|Omniverse=
;Ben
;Season 1
*The More Things Change: Part 2 (first reappearance)
;Season 2
*Many Happy Returns (accidental transformation)
;Season 3
*T.G.I.S. (cameo)
*Vilgax Must Croak
*While You Were Away
;Season 4
*The Ultimate Heist
*For a Few Brains More
;Season 6
*Catfight
*Universe vs. Tennyson (cameo)
;Season 7
*Rook Tales
;Season 8
*A New Dawn (cameo)
|-|Books=
;Graphic Novels
;Omniverse
*Down in the Dumps
|-|Video Games=
;Ultimate Alien
*Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction
|-|Online Games=
;Ultimate Alien
*Galactic Challenge
*Game Creator
;Omniverse
*Game Creator
*Omniverse Collection
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==Video Games==
===Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction===
Terraspin is one of the Andromeda Galaxy aliens playable in the game.
Terraspin is able to use his powers to blast himself forward and up ramps.
Terraspin is vital for progression on The Catacombs and The Colosseum levels of the game. He is also the default optional alien for the Tokyo Nights level.
==Naming and Translations==
==Etymology==
Terraspin's name is a portmanteau of terrapin, which is a turtle or tortoise, as well as "spin," which alludes to his ability to do so.
== Trivia ==
*Whenever Terraspin talks in Omniverse, a fan sound is played in the background.
*Terraspin and the other Andromeda aliens have their powers related to a certain element; for Terraspin, it is wind.
*Terraspin was the Alien of the Month in March 2011.
*Terraspin resembles, and looks roughly similar to, the Japanese monster Gamera; both of them are turtle-like in appearance and can draw into their shells and spin as either an attack or a form of flight.
*Terraspin did not appear in Where the Magic Happens because Ben simply did not know said transformation would have been particularly useful in the magical environment of Legerdomain at the time.
*Terraspin went through many name changes during development, but the early names were all shut down by the writer's legal team.
**Eventually, however, Terraspin was named by Kathleen David, the wife of writer Peter David.
*Terraspin was designed by Steven Choi or Chap Yaep.
*Ben 23 has an alternate counterpart of Terraspin.
*When designing a version of Shellhead in 2020, Thomas Perkins felt like doing something different for Shellhead, believing that the franchise did not need another turtle-based alien like Terraspin.
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