Alien Species
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Planchaküles are a species of gremlin-like aliens from the junkyard planet Aul-Turrhen.[1]

Biology[]

Planchaküles are small gremlin-like aliens with red skin, spade-like tails, four fingers, three toes, and pointy noses. Some of them grow facial hair.

Diet[]

Planchaküles mostly eat organic food; they do not eat car parts.[2]

Powers and abilities[]

Planchaküles can completely dismantle any kind of machinery in mere seconds, fitting to their Gremlin-like appearance. This can include mechanical builds generated by organic beings such as Rex Salazar, and living mechanical species such as Chronosapiens.[2]

Despite it being harder for them to do due to their craving for destruction, Planchaküles can construct complex machinery from scratch at a similar rate.

Planchaküles are strong for their size, as they tear a metal car brake in half and break some metal bars that even an Appoplexian could not.

Planchaküles are durable enough to withstand being thrown against the wreckage of a food truck. They also have a level of enhanced agility.

Planchaküles possess enhanced intelligence, as they have an impressive knowledge of machinery and engineering.[3]

Planchaküles have prehensile tails.[2]

Weaknesses[]

A Planchaküle's size can put them at a disadvantage against larger opponents such as Stone Creatures. If these opponents are robots, then they should not be a problem.

Despite their knack for dismantling machinery, Planchaküles can gain the urge to uncontrollably do so, like an ordinary Earth gremlin.

Thought they could dismantle a Terminator unit's endoskeleton, Planchaküles are unable to do so through their synthetic human-like skin.[2]

Anything constructed by a Planchaküle is basically on-the-fly or 'jury-rigged', meaning their functionality is only temporary and that the machines themselves will eventually fail. The only exception to this is the Tenn-Speed created by Juryrigg.

Culture and society[]

Planchaküles live on a junkyard-like planet, which they are constantly disassembling and reconfiguring.[2] Whenever they are bored, they like to fix things.[3] They rebuild things to suit their needs.[2]

Planchaküles are well known for being great mechanics and builders. They are led by a master builder.[2]

The Galvan admire the Planchaküles' industriousness and skill but prefer not to hang out with them too much after work. The Planchaküles have probably collaborated with the Galvan's leader, Azmuth.[2]

Notable members[]

  • Juryrigg: An Omnitrix transformation used by Ben Tennyson.
  • Girck: A Planchaküle auto-shop merchant
  • Grack: A Planchaküle auto-shop merchant and Grick's brother.
  • Master Builder: The leader of the Planchaküles; there have been many Master Builders, with the current one being a male.[2]

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Notes[]

  • Although the name of this species has never been stated on-screen, the name "Planchaküle" comes from the alien gallery special feature of the Ultimate Alien DVD "The Ultimate Enemy".
    • The name itself is derived from "Plankalkül", a programming language designed for engineering purposes and the first high-level programming language designed for computers.
  • During the development of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Juryrigg 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.[4]
    • Juryrigg's design on the show came from concept art for a demonic alien created by Derrick J. Wyatt. When creating the concept, Wyatt was only told that the transformation resembled a demon rather than a gremlin.[2]
    • After Wyatt turned in his demon 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.[4]
  • Despite their physical similarities, Planchaküle are unrelated to Jak the Freeze's Species.[5]
  • It is confirmed that the Omnitrix from the Ben 10 reboot contains Planchaküle DNA.[6] Therefore, Juryrigg 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, Planchaküles can dismantle and rebuild Cybertronians.[2]

References[]

  1. According to Juryrigg alien gallery bio from the Ultimate Alien DVD "The Ultimate Enemy".
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 According to Derrick J. Wyatt
  3. 3.0 3.1 According to Matt Wayne
  4. 4.0 4.1 According to T.J. Collins
  5. According to Tom Perkins
  6. According to Duncan Rouleau
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