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| “ | Dude, watch the puns! Pretty soon, you use up all the eye-conic ones, and they just get cornea and cornea... | ” |
– Eye Guy to Freeze-Ghost.[1] | ||
Eye Guy (alternatively spelled as Eyeguy)[credits 1] is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of an Opticoid from the planet Sightra.[note 1]
Appearance[]
Eye Guy's entire upper-body is covered with green eyes, around 20 of them; although he ironically has no eyes on his face, which consists of a mouth and a very large pair of elastic[1] bat-like ears. He has dark tan skin on his back and feet, with a lighter tone of tan on his chest, armpits, face, and hands. His entire skeleton is made of cartilage, not bones.[OV Brief 1]
In the Original Series, Eye Guy wore black pants with white bands on them and a white belt with the original Omnitrix symbol on it. He had light green eyes with dark green pupils, and one giant primary eye in the center of his chest.
In the Ultimate Alien intro, Eye Guy looked the same as before, except his feet were darker and the big eye on his chest was replaced by his Ultimatrix symbol.
In Omniverse, 16-year-old Eye Guy's eyes are now bigger, recolored slightly brighter, and placed symmetrically on his body. His chest eye is now closed by default, and he now has two additional eyes on his palms. His pants now have green cuffs replacing the white bands; the main belt where the Omnitrix symbol is located is recolored green with a white stripe; and he additionally wears green cuffs on his hands. Much like in the case of Cannonbolt, Eye Guy's teeth may alternate between being sharp like his Original Series design or being flat.
11-year-old Eye Guy looks mostly the same as he did in the Original Series, albeit he has the palm eyes, eye placement, and pupil color of his 16-year-old self. He wears black foot sleeves; white bands respective to the green cuffs; and the original Omnitrix symbol on his belt is recolored green.
Powers and Abilities[]
Similar to the compound vision of an insect, Eye Guy's eyes give him 360-degree vision,[note 2] making it extremely difficult to sneak up on him.[4] The eyes on his hands further allow him to peer around corners or obstacles.[OV Brief 1][5] Furthermore, he can "smell" and see trails of certain chemicals with his eyes, as shown when he was able to see the trail of Mr. Baumann's cologne.[6]
Eye Guy has ophthalmokinesis, which allows him to control and alter the many eyes on his body. He can move his eyes across the surface of his body and merge them together to create one bigger eye.[4] By closing all his other eyes,[note 3] he can open his chest eye and further bring it out on a stalk to point it around.[6]
From any of the eyes on his torso, and from multiple at once,[8] Eye Guy can fire out green[note 4] optic blasts.[TP 2] These beams of energy can easily push objects or people far away;[4][5] give enough kickback for Eye Guy to launch himself in the air;[10] and are powerful enough to shatter metal[10] and slice trees clean in half, as demonstrated by 12-year-old Mutant Kevin.[5] Eye Guy's chest eye can charge up and fire larger and more powerful beams of super concentrated energy.[OV Brief 1] These beams are capable of shattering Rock Monsters in one shot[11] and, if sustained, can ignite an explosive barrel and overload machinery.[7]
The eyes all over Eye Guy's body can each fire a different kind of optic blast:[OV Brief 1] Besides simple energy beams, he can shoot blasts of green fire;[12] green freeze rays that encase and immobilize a target in ice on contact;[10] green bolts of electricity;[7][4] green bolts of electricity capable of freezing foes, such as Clancy;[4] and blasts of sticky eye goop.[OV Brief 1]
Eye Guy has enhanced durability, being able to take punches from the Galactic Gladiator,[8] and an energy blast from the Mutant Giraffe directly to the face.[13]
Eye Guy is capable of performing great acrobatic and gymnastic feats, as well as jumping several feet high.[7][10]
Eye Guy has good reflexes, capable of dodging incoming attacks.[1]
Weaknesses[]
If an irritant such as Gracklflint venom gets in his eyes, Eye Guy's eyes will burn and he will briefly be unable to see clearly. Because he has eyes over the majority of his body, he is more vulnerable to being exposed to and hurt by such irritants.[2]
Certain chemicals can irritate Eye Guy's eyes and cause them to tear up, such as Mr. Baumann's cologne.[6]
Eye Guy's multiplied vision can be a weakness to the person transformed as him; if they look at something or someone that they have a fear of, like Zombozo, they will now see multiple of which and become more frightened than normal.[3]
History[]
Ben 10[]
- Eye Guy was unlocked off-screen prior to Ben 10 vs. Negative 10: Part 1.
- Eye Guy first appeared in Ben 10 vs. Negative 10: Part 2, where he battled the Negative 10.
- In the Gold Edition of Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix, Eye Guy fought a Mutant Hymenopteran and destroyed Dr. Animo's devolution bomb, accidentally activating the Omnitrix's Self-Destruct Mode in the process.
Five Years Prior to Omniverse[]
- In Evil's Encore, Eye Guy battled Dr. Animo and his Mutant Giraffe, but failed to defeat them when he reverted.
- In Weapon XI: Part 2, Eye Guy was defeated by Kevin when he absorbed some power from the Omnitrix.
- In From Hedorium to Eternity, Eye Guy defeated a possessed Max.
Alien Force[]
- Eye Guy was removed from the active playlist by the Omnitrix's reconfiguration in Ben 10 Returns: Part 1.
Ultimate Alien[]
- In Ben 10,000 Returns, Eye Guy was re-unlocked by Ben 10,000.
Omniverse[]
- In Rad, Eye Guy was defeated by the Gracklflint.
- In The Ultimate Heist, Eye Guy appeared before Blukic and Driba. Later, Eye Guy battled Negative Ultimate Humungousaur, but was defeated by Negative Ultimate Echo Echo.
- In Mud is Thicker Than Water, Eye Guy helped Gwen stabilize the power core of the Plumber Headquarters.
- In A Fistful of Brains, Eye Guy was defeated by Ultimate Albedo.
- In Something Zombozo This Way Comes, Eye Guy was frightened by Zombozo and accidentally switched himself into Toepick.
- In Mystery, Incorporeal, Eye Guy battled some Rock Monsters.
- In Universe vs. Tennyson, Eye Guy was defeated by the Galactic Gladiator.
- In Charm School, Eye Guy looked for Charmcaster in the campus of Friedkin University before being scared by Gwen.
- In The Ballad of Mr. Baumann, Eye Guy followed Mr. Baumann's cologne trail to find him and Sheelane.
- In It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 2, Eye Guy defeated Mad Rook with the help of Freeze-Ghost.
- In A New Dawn, Eye Guy appeared for a short time when Ben was cycling through his aliens.
Appearances[]
- Ben
- Season 4
- Ben 10 vs. Negative 10: Part 2 (first appearance)
- Movies
- Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix (Gold Edition; off-screen activation)
- 16-year-old Ben
- Season 3
- Rad (first reappearance by 16-year-old Ben)
- Season 4
- The Ultimate Heist (x2; first time was an off-screen activation and a cameo)
- Mud is Thicker Than Water
- A Fistful of Brains
- Season 5
- Something Zombozo This Way Comes (unintentional transformation)
- Mystery, Incorporeal
- Season 6
- Season 7
- Charm School
- The Ballad of Mr. Baumann (intended alien was Wildmutt)
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 2 (intended alien was Rath)
- Season 8
- A New Dawn (cameo)
- 11-year-old Ben
- Season 4
- Evil's Encore (first reappearance by 11-year-old Ben)
- Season 6
- Season 8
- Omniverse
- Ben 10: Omniverse (by 11-year-old Ben on consoles; by 11-year-old and 16-year-old Ben on DS and 3DS)
- Ben 10: Omniverse 2 (3DS)
Video Games[]
11-year-old Eye Guy in Omniverse
Ben 10: Omniverse[]
Eye Guy is a playable alien in the game (by 11-year-old Ben only; by 16-year-old Ben in the DS and 3DS versions).
Ben 10: Omniverse 2[]
Eye Guy is a playable alien in the game (only on 3DS).
Naming and Translations[]
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | Ai me Sy | From ai (he) and me sy (with eyes) |
| Bulgarian | Зорки Очи | From зорки очи (zorki ochi), watchful eyes |
| Chinese | 百眼怪 | From 百眼 (Bái Yǎn), hundred eyes and 怪 (Guài), monster |
| Croatian | Okati | From okati, the big/many eyed guy |
| French | Visio | From the Latin word visio, vision |
| German | Vielauge | From viel, many and auge, eye |
| Greek | Παρατηρητής | From παρατηρητής, observer |
| Hungarian | Gülüszem | From gülüszem, pop-eyed |
| Italian | MilleOcchi | From mille, thousand and occhi, eyes |
| Polish | Gała Eye Guy Oczniak (Ben 23 version only) |
From gała, slang for "big eyes" From the original English name Original English translation |
| Portuguese (Br) | Mega Olhos Olhudo |
From mega, mega and olhos, eyes From olhudo, big eye |
| Romanian | Ochiosul | From ochiosul, big eyed |
| Russian | Многоглаз (OS) Глазастый (OV) |
From много, a lot of and глаз, eye From глазастый, big-eyed |
| Serbian | Окати (Okati) | From окати (okati), the many/big eyed one |
| Spanish (HA) | Multi Ojos Chico Ojo (since The Ballad of Mr. Baumann) |
From multi, many and ojos, eyes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mil Ojos | From mil ojos, thousand eyes |
| Turkish | Göz Adam | From göz, eye and adam, guy |
Trivia[]
- Eye Guy is the first alien to be unlocked off-screen; this trend would later be followed by Arctiguana, Feedback, and Fasttrack.
- In Omniverse, Eye Guy has a tendency to make puns involving the word "eye" or organs related to the eye.
- Eye Guy is the only alien used by both Ben Prime and Ben 23 to share the same name. Feedback does not count because he was originally named "Plug Man".[14]
- This led to Ben Prime admitting that he thinks the name is "pretty lame".[1]
- In the Brazilian dub, Eye Guy has two names: "Mega Olhos" and "Olhudo", and in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 2. When Ben 23 as Freeze-Ghost says "Mega Olhos", Ben Prime as Eye Guy says that this name is "pretty lame". However, "Olhudo" is the Portuguese equivalent of Eye Guy and "Mega Olhos" is a much better translation for the Brazilian Portuguese language.
- Eye Guy's Original Series design was created by Thomas N. Perkins IV and modeled after bats.[TP 3]
- During the conception stage, Eye Guy's design prompt went something like: "Heroic/Imposing physique; Multiple eyes; The ability to shoot optic blasts; Looks vaguely superheroic."[TP 2]
- For this, Tom had created a wide variety of body types, though he would have liked to create even more extreme ones than he did.[TP 2]
- Eye Guy was originally designed to have bright tan feet,[TP 4] which is reflected in all of his promotional artwork. At some point after they were made, however, his production model was recolored to have darker feet.[CN 1]
- During the conception stage, Eye Guy's design prompt went something like: "Heroic/Imposing physique; Multiple eyes; The ability to shoot optic blasts; Looks vaguely superheroic."[TP 2]
Notes[]
- ↑ According to Thomas N. Perkins IV, Eye Guy's species was not named during production of the Original Series.[TP 1] Despite this, on July 4, 2009, this page was edited by anonymous user, claiming that Eye Guy was an Opticoid from the planet Sightra. The page for Opticoids was later created on September 14, 2009 by another anonymous user, and the page for Sightra was created on October 19, 2009 by a user named The Ultimate Necrofriggian. No source for Opticoid or Sightra was provided in any of these instances, and they were not mentioned in any official media or merchandise. However, in FusionFall, released in 2009, Eye Guy was mentioned as being a Scleran.[og 1] The master brief for Omniverse would later call Eye Guy an Opticoid from the planet Sightra,[OV Brief 1] thus canonizing them as his species and planet, respectively.[BTP 1]
- ↑ Eye Guy's vision was first portrayed on-screen as all green,[2] before being different later on.[3]
- ↑ In the Original Series, Eye Guy was able to freely fire both charged and uncharged blasts from his chest eye without needing to close his other eyes; the only exception being when he brought the eye out on a stalk.[7] As of Omniverse, Eye Guy always closes all his other eyes to open and fire from his chest eye.
- ↑ Alternate versions of Eye Guy are shown firing optic blasts in different colors. For example, Ben 23's Eye Guy fires blue blasts[9] while 12-year-old Mutant Kevin fired red blasts.[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rad
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Something Zombozo This Way Comes
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Ben 10 vs. Negative 10: Part 2
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Weapon XI: Part 2
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Ballad of Mr. Baumann
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix (Gold Edition)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Universe vs. Tennyson
- ↑ And Then There Was Ben
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Mud is Thicker Than Water
- ↑ Mystery, Incorporeal
- ↑ The Ultimate Heist
- ↑ Evil's Encore
- ↑ Store 23
