Brainstorm (BotO)

## Appearance

### Ben as Brainstorm

Brainstorm has a light orange crab-like appearance with pincers for hands. He can open his skull plates at will to reveal his huge brain, which is pink in colour.

In *Omniverse*, Brainstorm has a black loincloth with a green stripe in the center of it on the bottom of his body. He also has a black stripe in the center of his head with a green stripe running across it. He now has four legs instead of six, and each leg has a single joint instead of two, with a black stripe on each one. The hair-like spikes on Brainstorm's face and forehead are now longer, and his eyes connect to a large black strip that extends around his forehead. He also has two spikes on each elbow, and he wears the Omnitrix symbol on a white and green neck brace.

### Albedo as Negative Brainstorm

Albedo's Brainstorm looks just like Ben's Brainstorm in *Omniverse*, except his shell is recoloured pale pink, his teeth are recoloured yellowish, his eyes and shell stripes are recoloured red, and he wears a red Ultimatrix symbol on a red and white neck brace.

Albedo as Negative Brainstorm
## Powers and Abilities

Brainstorm's cranium holds an immense brain, giving him super-massive intelligence, much like Grey Matter. He can solve very difficult calculations mentally in roughly seconds, and knows and can visualize equations and movement of objects as if they're actually there. He can even determine mechanical values and physical properties by simply looking at them.

With his intellect, Brainstorm can perfectly understand the mindsets and mannerisms of his enemies, take advantage of weaknesses, and any useful objects around him, so he can know exactly what moves to make to take down his enemies. His IQ is shown to be 10^30, or one nonillion.

Brainstorm can produce and manipulate electricity in a variety of ways, such as electrocuting or launching enemies and disabling or destroying machinery, by opening the exoskeleton plates on his skull. He can also charge up his electrical energy to produce a concentrated beam of electricity strong enough to blast Ship out of the air. Additionally, he can control the voltage of his electrokinetic attacks.

Brainstorm can create electric field waves from his brain to block attacks and knock away enemies and generate protective force fields powerful enough to topple an Evolved Arburian Pelarota.

Brainstorm can use his electrokinesis to telekinetically move objects, size and mass ranging from trains to living beings without damaging or hurting them. He can also generate and fire electricity from both his pincers and his brain that can control machinery and other technology, giving him a form of technokinesis.

Brainstorm is strong enough to pin opponents against walls using his pincers and rip an Arachnichimp's webs off his face. His pincers are also sharp enough to stab through metal.

Brainstorm is very durable thanks to his shell.

Brainstorm seems to have enhanced dexterity, as he can use a golf club very easily despite having pincers.

Brainstorm is very agile and can perform acrobatics such as somersaults and forward rolls.

Brainstorm can scale walls and walk on an Arachnichimp's webs.

Brainstorm can levitate several stories above the ground.

Much like Ripjaws, Brainstorm is capable of breathing underwater thanks to his gills, which he has to keep them moist when he is on land.

Brainstorm's shell gives him a protective coat-like layer, which can resist the cold temperatures of places such as mountains.

## Weaknesses

The sonic screams of a Sonorosian can give Brainstorm a headache and make it hard for him to concentrate, suggesting that concentration is required for him to use his powers.

As mentioned above, Brainstorm tends to be rather arrogant and egotistical, which can make him forget to do simple things, as shown when he was too busy trying to convince an escaped Spidermonkey to return to the Omnitrix that Gwen had to remind him that, being in close proximity, he merely had to reabsorb him.

Brainstorm's electric attacks are ineffective against weapons that were made specifically for electrokinetic aliens, such as Aggregor's spear.

Though Brainstorm can tear it off, he can be immobilized by an Arachnichimp's webbing if he gets hit with enough of it.

Brainstorm is vulnerable to being trapped by his species' natural predator, Vicetopus, as demonstrated with Dr. Psychobos.

Even though Brainstorm can breathe underwater, water can short him out.

If Brainstorm's shell is closed when releasing electricity, it will shock and injure his brain, as also demonstrated with Dr. Psychobos.

Unlike Servantis, Brainstorm is unable to tamper with the thoughts and memories of other beings.

## Trivia

* Brainstorm had concept art drawn by Eric Canete, whereas his final design was created by Glenn Wong, with colour styling by Chris Hooten.
* In *Alien Force* and *Ultimate Alien*, Brainstorm originally spoke with a British accent. As of *Omniverse*, Brainstorm now speaks with an Austrian accent.
	+ The reason Brainstorm has a British accent in *Alien Force* and *Ultimate Alien* is because the British are stereotyped to being smart and royal.
	+ Brainstorm's accent in *Omniverse* is based on that of Ludwig Von Drake.
* Brainstorm's mouth does not move except to show emotion. He does not speak through his mouth because his thoughts are projected as sound waves.
	+ In *War of the Worlds: Part 2*, his mouth opened when he accidentally vomited on Azmuth. It opens and closes depending on his motion.
* Bandai cards incorrectly state Brainstorm is a cetacean, though he is more based off a crustacean.
* Brainstorm was originally one of two aliens featured in *Ultimate Alien* who generate yellow electricity; the other being Shocksquatch.
	+ Brainstorm is currently one of five aliens featured in *Omniverse* who generate green electricity; the others being Upgrade, Buzzshock, Frankenstrike, and Nanomech.
* In Derrick J. Wyatt's opinion, Brainstorm is a brain alien with some minorly electric side powers, hence why he did not appear in *Max's Monster* alongside the rest of Ben's electric-based aliens.
* Madison likes Brainstorm better than Rath and refers to him as "the brain crab."