Oryctini are a race of voracious humanoid insect-like aliens from the planet Coleop Terra.[1]
Biology[]
Two distinct types of Oryctini have been observed. The first type are 10 ft (~ 3.04 meters) tall[1] robotic humanoids with dark blueish-purple skin, four-clawed hands, silver belts indented in their waists, matching wristbands and soles, and silver serrated mouths that are green on the inside and take up most of their upper bodies and backs on the outside while the rest of their heads is on top and can swivel from side to side. This portion of the head consists of two eyes, a very tall horn in front, and a much shorter one in the back.
The second type of Oryctini are more insect-like with underbites in which the rounded and toothy jaws are hinged to their face by two spikes, blue tongues, two-toed feet, and three-clawed hands. They have spiked armor running from their faces down to their back, and also on their arms and legs. Their longer and shorter horn are in opposite places compared to the robotic Oryctini, with the longer one having forks at the top to resemble that of a Japanese rhinoceros beetle.
Although they traditionally have gray, green, and dark green skin, insectoid Oryctini can come in other colors. For example, Negative Eatle has reddish-grey, red, and dark red skin.
Ecology[]
Oryctini are preyed on by an unnamed frog-like species.[2]
Powers and abilities[]
Similar to Gourmands, Oryctini can eat just about any kind of material[2] and convert their matter into energy. However, unlike the Gourmands, Oryctini shoot green laser beams out of a slot on their horns. These lasers are powerful enough to cut a floating mountain of Legerdomain in half and even hold down a Lucubra-enhanced Chimera Sui Generis.
In addition to shooting lasers, an Oryctini's horn can be used as a very effective battering ram.
Oryctini possess enhanced durability, being able to withstand lasers capable of killing Humans and injuring Chronosapiens.
Oryctini possess enhanced strength and sharp claws, being able to rip the bumper off a car. They can also scale up walls and other structures akin to Earth beetles.
Weaknesses[]
If their horns are grabbed by enemies with reflexes similar to a Chimera Sui Generis, Oryctini will become paralyzed.
Similar to Gourmands, there is a limit to how much solid matter Oryctini can consume. They may also unaccountably try to eat against their interests.
An Oryctini's weight can have a negative effect on an environment other than their home planet.
Oryctini cannot eat radioactive materials because they are not particularly hearty.[2]
Notable members[]
- Eatle: An Omnitrix transformation used by Ben Tennyson.
- Negative Eatle: An alternate version of Eatle used by Albedo.[2]
Gallery[]
Notes[]
- Although this species has not been officially named in canon media, the name "Oryctini" comes from the alien gallery special feature of the Ultimate Alien DVD "The Ultimate Enemy". For many years, this species was misspelled as "Oyrctini" due to fan misconceptions.
- The name itself refers to a tribe of rhinoceros beetles, referencing their insectoid appearance.
- Derrick J. Wyatt once jokingly said that Eatle is a Muchsection from the planet Munchsectimus Beta.[2]
- During the development of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Eatle was created at the request of the studio. Several artists were asked to draw rough concepts without being given direction or powers, as the studio did not want them feeling handcuffed for ideas. What was turned in is what springboarded the idea for the final designs.[3]
- Eatle's design on the show came from concept art for a four-armed beetle-like alien created by Wyatt. When creating the concept, he was not informed of his eating-based abilities.[2]
- After Wyatt turned in his beetle concept, Glen Murakami liked the design and tried to figure out powers to match. From there, the writers and designers had brainstorming sessions until the final powers and designs were reached.[3]
- Some of Wyatt's concept art for Eatle's Ultimate Alien design depicted his Ultimatrix symbol with prongs indicative of an Ultimate form. However, this was a mistake on his end and an Ultimate form of Eatle was never planned.[2]
- During the development of Ben 10: Omniverse, Wyatt made concept art for Eatle's redesign that depicted him as being more animalistic by standing on all fours. His Omnitrix symbol was also on the top of his horn.[2]
- Eatle's final design on the show was created by Steven Choi.[2] By having an organic insectoid design, his appearance better correlates with the wordplay of his name.
- Wyatt speculated that Eatle's prototype figure for the Omniverse toyline looks so different from his on-screen was because he was probably based on rough drawings.[2]
- Despite Oryctini being confirmed to have a natural predator, said predator was only a concept for a Nemetrix alien that ended up being scrapped during the production of Omniverse.[2]
- In 2020, Wyatt released a full-color model of an alternate version of Eatle used by Albedo.
- It is confirmed that the Omnitrix from the Ben 10 reboot contains Oryctini DNA.[4] Therefore, Eatle is one of the countless aliens whose DNA pod was glimpsed in the episode "Innervasion Part 5: High Override".
- Although they are from different universes, an Oryctini's inability to eat radioactive materials was confirmed using Kryptonite as an example.[2]