Homeworld: | Encephalonus IV |
Species: | Cerebrocrustacean |
Abilities: | Super Smart, Electrical Storms produced by thinking, Many other unknown brain related powers |
BrainStorm is a Cerebrocrustacean (a play on "cerebrum" and "crustacean") from the Planet Encephalonus IV (a play on "encepha-", a prefix referring to the brain). BrainStorm is a genius crustacean alien with the ability to control electrical energy and project force fields around himself and others through thought, accomplished by opening the exoskeleton plates on his skull. In this form, Ben speaks with much greater diction and with a British accent. He first appears in "Pier Pressure" to battle Ship. Brainstorm is Ben's first accidental transformation in the new series, and the first alien that Ben thinks up a name for (Ben simply shouts out the names of the other aliens upon using them). However, unlike the accidental transformations in the previous series, this one was caused by the dock shaking and causing the Omnitrix to cycle to Brainstorm instead of the one he chose.