XLR8 (BotO)

## Appearance

### Ben as XLR8

XLR8 resembles a semi-armoured Velociraptor. He has black orbs on his feet and wears a black cone-like helmet with a sliding protective visor (that is part of his Kineceleran biology and not mechanical). His visor is made up of his skin and part of his skull. Whenever his visor is lifted, one can see his blue face, green eyes, black lips, and stripes running under and in between his eyes; the rest of his head's features are unknown. XLR8 has five blue stripes on his tail and wears black pants and a turtleneck-like shirt with a white stripe on the centre.

In *Omniverse*, XLR8 is now taller and the white colour on his shirt is replaced by green, which now covers his whole neck. He has four blue stripes on his tail, the black balls on his feet are bigger, his helmet is longer in the back and front, his claws are longer and his visor is darker.

11-year-old XLR8 in *Omniverse* looks exactly the same as his 16-year-old self, except that he is shorter, and the green colour of his shirt is white. He has three stripes on his tail.

XLR8 wears the Omnitrix symbol on his chest.

## Powers and Abilities

Using the orbs on his feet, XLR8 can reach running speeds of 500 miles per hour within two seconds. He can accelerate so quickly that time appears to completely stop to him, allowing him to change the positions of things around him mid-motion, while only being able to be seen by a camera with a very high shutter speed.

XLR8 is fast enough to run up walls and run on water.

XLR8 is capable of creating tornadoes by generating a centripetal vacuum powerful enough to lift a To'kustar, either by running in a circular pattern or spinning at supersonic speeds. He can also combine this with water running to create water vortexes by running in front of or around his enemies.

Even without his orbs, XLR8 naturally has a very high dexterity, capable of thinking, acting and reacting at superhuman speed. His sharp reflexes allow him to dodge attacks with little to no effort, and change direction very easily while running. He is able to type on keyboards or keypads at high speeds. When using this skill to bypass a multiple-digit code, he can think of and input every single possible combination instead of guessing, such as when he was trying to remove SevenSeven 23's bomb from Ben 23's arm.

Compared to his fellow speedster alien Fasttrack, XLR8 seems to have more control over his speed; he can immediately end a run by stopping in place, while Fasttrack can have trouble stopping if he runs too fast. Furthermore, he is implied to be faster than Citrakayahs and confirmed to be faster than Aerophibians on the ground.

XLR8 can deliver attacks in rapid succession, such as excessively kicking, or stabbing with his claws. The strength of his attacks also get enhanced when he applies more speed to them.

XLR8's scissor-like claws can cut through many materials with relative ease.

XLR8 has enhanced strength, as he was able to carry a multitude of people, including Gwen, to safety without slowing down at age 10.

XLR8 can recover from injuries faster than any other species, and is durable enough to withstand being thrown against a wall.

XLR8's tail is prehensile, as he held a Null Void egg with it when he was about to trap Devlin 11. This feat was first demonstrated when Kevin 11 used his tail to carefully pick up a tray of slop and shove it in Technorg's face when he wasn't looking.

XLR8 is able to cling to surfaces, either due to his claws, his agility, or a combination of the two.

XLR8 has the potential to become even faster with age, seeing how XLR8 was capable of travelling globally in just a few seconds when used by Ben 10,000. This also boosts his strength, shown when his XLR8 was able to greatly damage Exo-Skull with speed-enhanced physical attacks.

XLR8 can make opponents dizzy to the point of falling unconscious by grabbing them by their arms and spinning them around in a circle at a fast pace; this feat was exclusively demonstrated by Helen on Gwen.

XLR8 is completely frictionless.

## Weaknesses

XLR8's speed does not work on all surfaces; running on ice can slow him down, whereas running on mud leaves him stuck in place.

XLR8 can also be held in place if his tail is either stepped on or held down.

Opponents with good reflexes and reaction time can counter XLR8's speed and land a blow on him, such as Transylians, Tetramands, and Vulpimancers.

XLR8 is unable to avoid multiple objects being thrown at him all at once.

Despite his enhanced strength, XLR8 felt discomfort on his back from carrying Mr. Baumann over his shoulders, though this was because Mr. Baumann had rocks in his pockets. Technically speaking, XLR8 is physically weaker than Citrakayahs.

XLR8 is very hyperactive and it can be difficult for him to stay focused, most notably shown when he got bored of looking at magic books and started reading a Sumo Slammers magazine instead.

XLR8 has sensitive hearing, meaning he is vulnerable to being knocked out by a Sonorosian's sonic screams, as demonstrated with Helen.

## History

### By Ben

* XLR8 made his debut in Same Watch, New Aliens: Part 1, where he travelled to Friedkin University to meet Gwen and Kevin.
* In The Big Story, XLR8 was used to cheat during cross-country, before smacking into a mana wall generated by Gwen.

### By Albedo

* In Same Watch, New Aliens: Part 1, Negative XLR8 appeared for a short time, however, he raced to Ben as he knocked him off his feet, revealing to him that he escaped prison.
* In Same Watch, New Aliens: Part 2, Albedo stayed as XLR8 since the ending of the previous episode. XLR8 made Ben furious, taunting him about the fact that he's a monster before he transformed back.

## Appearances

### By Ben

* Same Watch, New Aliens: Part 1 (first re-appearance)
* The Big Story

### By Albedo

* Same Watch, New Aliens: Part 1 (cameo; off-screen transformation)
* Same Watch, New Aliens: Part 2 (from the previous episode)

## Trivia

* A common misconception about XLR8 is that the balls on his feet are referred to as wheels.
* In his original design XLR8 had the same name, powers, and skin color, but was much more humanoid before the crew switched from superheroes to aliens. Dave Johnson designed him but noted that like Ripjaws and Wildmutt, it was hard for outsourced animators to draw him, particularly his hands.
* Originally, XLR8 was the only Kineceleran on Earth because the slow rotation of said planet made other Kinecelerans sick after a few days. This was retconned in *Omniverse*, as several Kinecelerans reside in Undertown.
* XLR8 and NRG are the only aliens whose names are gramograms.