Terraspin

**Terraspin** is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Geochelone Aerio fr

om the planet AldabraTemplate:Refn in the Andromeda Galaxy.

## Appearance

Terraspin is a green, turtle-like alien with large flipper-like arms, 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

* SS (189).pngAerokinesis/Tornado Generation
* RT (307).pngFan Blade Formation
* VMC (332).pngAerokinetic Wind Blasts
* I13 (75).pngAerokinetic Redirection
* TUH (469).pngAerokinetic Suction
* MHR (345).pngSharp Blade Arms
* The More Things Change, Part 2 (313).pngFlight/Enhanced Speed
* TUH (462).pngLevitation
* RotS (81).pngEnhanced Strength
* MHR (334).pngEnhanced Durability
* WYWA (62).pngEnhanced Dexterity
* The More Things Change, Part 2 (284).pngPoisonous Gas Immunity
* BT (342).pngFire Suppression (via Aerokinesis)
* TFoC (61).pngRetractable Head/Retractable Limbs
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Terraspin can create devastating wind blasts and tornados. When doing so, his fins become triangular and sharp, his legs also combine into a similar shape. His shell stays static and suspended while his limbs rotate at high speeds.

The holes in Terraspin's shell eject powerful winds, as well as the reverse, creating strong vacuums. He can harness his aerokinetic powers to fly,Template:Refn blowing air to hover over a surface and using his rotating limbs as propellers.

Terraspin's wind blasts are powerful enough to put out fires and redirect objects.Template:Refn

Terraspin possesses enhanced strength, as he was able to hold a giant robot with his bare hands while spinning, charge into a building by busting down a door, and punch a mutant seagull.

Terraspin possesses enhanced durability thanks to his tough shell.

Even though Terraspin has flippers rather than hands, he has enhanced dexterity as he can hold poles without fingers.

Terraspin is immune to poisonous gas. He is also resistant to mana, as demonstrated by Galapagus and Ultimate Aggregor.

Terraspin can extend the black holes at the tips of his flippers into finger-like claws, as demonstrated by Galapagus.

Terraspin is capable of using magic,Template:Refn as demonstrated by Addwaitya. However, Ben cannot stay transformed as Terraspin long enough to learn it without Master Control.Template:Refn

## Weaknesses

* Terraspin Jammed.pngJammed Air Vents
* AP1 (178).pngMana Resistance Limit
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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.

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.

## 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 on the Rust Bucket 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 and Rook chased after Bubble Helmet.
* 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 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

* Ultimate Alien
* Omniverse
* Online Games
* Books

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*

Ben
Season 1
* *The More Things Change: Part 2* (first reappearance)

Season 2
* *Many Happy Returns* (accidental transformation)

Season 3
* *T.G.I.S.*
* *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)

- *Galactic Challenge*

- *Game Creator*

- *Omniverse Collection*

Ben 10 Omniverse
* *Down in the Dumps*

## Video Games

### Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction

 File:Terraspin in Cosmic Destruction.PNG
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.

## 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 went through many name changes during development, but the early names were all shut down by the writer's legal team.Template:Refn
	+ Eventually, however, Terraspin was named by Kathleen David, the wife of writer Peter David.Template:Refn
* Terraspin was designed by Steven Choi and Chap Yaep.Template:Refn
* 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.Template:Refn
* Ben 23 has an alternate counterpart of Terraspin.Template:Refn
* 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.Template:RefnTemplate:Refn

### Crew Statements

#### Tom Perkins

Template:Reflist
Template:Ben 10 Aliens
bg:Тайфун
de:Turbostürmer
es:Tortutornado
fr:Tornade
it:Vortice
pl:Terrawiatr
pt-br:Tartagira
ro:Rotor Terra
ru:Черепаха
tr:Terraspin

1. ↑ Galapagus
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 *Escape from Aggregor*
3. ↑ *Simian Says*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Many Happy Returns*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Ultimate Aggregor*
6. ↑ *Basic Training*
7. ↑ *Inspector #13*
8. ↑ *Reflected Glory*
9. ↑ *Revenge of the Swarm*
10. ↑ *The Widening Gyre*
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 *The Ultimate Heist*
12. ↑ *The More Things Change: Part 2*
13. ↑ *Map of Infinity*
14. ↑ *Where the Magic Happens*
15. ↑ *Enemy of My Frenemy*
16. ↑ *Vilgax Must Croak*
17. ↑ *Absolute Power: Part 1*