This article belongs to the Classic Continuity

“	What do you know? Ordering henchmen around is kind of fun.	”
– Whampire.[1]

Whampire is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Vladat^{[note 1]} from the planet Anur Transyl in the Anur System.

Appearance

Whampire is a vampire-like alien with pale skin, green eyes, and sharp yellow teeth. He wears a black jumpsuit with a green chest and markings, black gloves with green fingers that possess sharp claws, and a green mask with spikes on it. His head is rather large and features green eyes, and his head spikes are part of his suit and they do not cover any part of his body. Whampire also has green flaps under his arms, which resemble the wings of a bat.

Whampire wears the Omnitrix symbol on his stomach.

Whampire's Corrupturas are crystalline entities,^{[DJW 1]} they are small, dark green, diamond-shaped objects with light green eyes, little horns, and black bat-like wings.

In his bat form, Whampire becomes a small black ball with wings of the same color and size. A miniature version of his face is on the front of his body.

While burning in sunlight, Whampire's clothes seem to burn off first, leaving his skin, which would be completely grey due to the sun, exposed before he himself burns.

Powers and Abilities

“	Okay, big, bad and brooding. Time for a little mind control!	”
– Whampire to Exo-Skull.[2]

Whampire's species are masters of controlling other beings. This gives him both the ability to hypnotize other beings through eye contact, and the ability to control beings by shooting Corrupturas at their foreheads. He can produce these small creatures from his mouth and can generate ones of different sizes to suit the size of his victim.^{[DJW 2]}

Whampire's Corrupturas are effective on other races of the Anur System, such as Transylians, Thep Khufans, Loboans, and tangible Ectonurites.^[1]

Other races known to be affected by Corrupturas include Revonnahganders;^[1] Merlinisapiens;^[2] Splixsons;^{[DJW 3]} Crystalsapiens;^{[DJW 4]} To'kustars;^{[DJW 5]} Sonorosians;^{[DJW 6]} Galvans;^{[DJW 2]} Galvanic Mechamorphs;^{[DJW 7]} Piscciss Premanns;^{[DJW 8]} and Arburian Pelarotas.^{[DJW 9]}

Whampire can absorb and feed off the energy of living beings by sucking on them. He can even drain the life force of a Celestialsapien.^{[DJW 10]} If Whampire were to completely drain his victims of their energy, they would look similar to Darkstar's victims.^{[DJW 11]}

Whampire has the ability to fly and is highly agile while in flight.

Whampire has a certain level of enhanced strength, being able to hold his own against a mob of Anur Transyl citizens before eventually being overrun,^[1] get Max out of Malgax's clutches, and flip the latter over afterwards.^[3]

Whampire possesses enhanced durability, as shown when he was able to withstand being thrown against a wall by Malgax.^[3]

Whampire can hang upside down like bats and real vampires using his prehensile feet. According to himself, he does his best thinking while he is upside down.^[1]

Whampire can turn into a bat-like creature.^{[4][DJW 12]}

Whampire can see the internal structure, like the nerves and energy of his victims using his X-Ray vision.^[1]

Whampire can withstand other Vladats hypnotizing him depending on his willpower,^{[DJW 13]} as demonstrated in Lord Transyl's failed attempt to control him.^[1]

Whampire can create a huge sonic explosion as a last-resort means of self-defense that was powerful enough to send Rook Blonko, Scout, Rad Dudesman, and a mob of Anur Transyl citizens flying in every direction.^[1]

Whampire can survive in the vacuum of space.^{[DJW 14]}

Like all Anur System aliens, Whampire can see in the dark.^{[DJW 15]}

Whampire can control undead aliens, such as Benzarro's transformations^{[DJW 16]} and inanimate objects that are supernaturally possessed, using his Corrupturas. In the case of the latter, the object would have to contain the possessor's consciousness.^{[DJW 17]}

Whampire can use Corrupturas as projectile weapons.^{[DJW 18]}

Whampire possesses enhanced smelling and enhanced hearing.^{[DJW 19]}

Weaknesses

“	Whampire? In the daytime?! In the desert?!	”
– Whampire.[4]

Whampire, like all Vladats, can be harmed by sunlight and cannot stay in such an environment for more than a short period of time.^[4] He can also be harmed by intense heat such as that generated by Pyronites,^{[DJW 20]} Prypiatosian-Bs,^{[DJW 21]} and members of Atomix's species.^[1] As shown with Lord Transyl, it will also destroy his Corrupturas and free his victims.

Whampire's explosion ability will not only blow away his opponents, it will also blow away his allies, causing a chance of accidental collateral damage.

When the Omnitrix times out, Whampire's Corrupturas will break apart, freeing his victims from their control and returning control of the victims' bodies.^[1]

Whampire's Corrupturas are not very durable, as they can easily be destroyed by species with as much or more strength than a Transylian, as demonstrated by Lord Transyl.^[1]

Whampire must resist the urge to drain the energy of other lifeforms, especially intelligent beings, making him potentially dangerous to his teammates and other civilians.

Whampire's Corrupturas cannot attach to beings with wet, slimy, or slippery skin, such as Ickthyperambuloids^{[DJW 22]} and members of Hobble's species.^[1]

Whampire's Corrupturas also cannot attach to beings that are intangible, though they can attach to said species if they are caught off guard and are tangible when the Corruptura is shot at them.^[1] Additionally, the Corrupturas are ineffective on Dagon.^{[DJW 23]}

Whampire is unable to control an entire set of Splixson clones using his Corrupturas because each clone is an independent being.^{[DJW 24]} Furthermore, the Corrupturas will not be copied across said clones.^{[DJW 25]}

Whampire will not receive a cosmic power boost from feeding off a Celetialsapien because he would feel like he just slammed an energy drink.^{[DJW 26]}

There are certain beings that both Whampire's hypnosis and Corrupturas are ineffective against, such as other Vladats if their willpower is strong enough,^{[1][DJW 13]} and cyborgs like Exo-Skull.^[2]

Whampire cannot absorb the life energy of certain beings, such as Ectonurites because they have none in the conventional sense.^[5][6] Similarly, he cannot absorb the life energy of human zombies because they have no life force left.^{[DJW 27]}

Unlike Ghostfreak, Whampire is not immune to Darkstar's energy absorption ability.^{[DJW 28]}

Whampire's Corrupturas are weak against acid.^{[DJW 29]}

Whampire can be scared by Toepick's species.^{[DJW 30]}

Whampire is possibly allergic to garlic.^{[DJW 31]}

History

Omniverse

• Whampire first appeared in The Vampire Strikes Back, where his DNA was obtained by scanning Lord Transyl and he took control of Dr. Viktor, Kuphulu, and Crüjo. Afterward, Whampire used the Lovely Duck to break into Z'Castle Zs'Skayr and battle Lord Transyl and Zs'Skayr.
• In Blukic and Driba Go to Area 51, Whampire was selected by mistake and almost burned to death until Max hit his Omnitrix symbol and switched him into Four Arms.
• In Malgax Attacks, Whampire battled Malgax and, with the help of Skurd, defeated him.
• In The End of an Era, Whampire defeated Exo-Skull and Subdora.
• In A New Dawn, Whampire appeared for a short time when Ben was cycling through his aliens.

Appearances

Omniverse

Season 5

• The Vampire Strikes Back (first appearance)

Season 6

• Blukic and Driba Go to Area 51 (accidental transformation)

Season 8

• Malgax Attacks
• The End of an Era
• A New Dawn (cameo)

Naming and Translations

Language	Name	Origin
Bulgarian	Уампайър	From the original English name
Chinese	吸血鬼	From 吸血鬼 (Xī Xuè Guǐ), vampire
French	Vlanpire	From the onomatopoeia vlan, bang, and vampire, vampire
German	Vampir Whampir	From Vampir, vampire From the English wham and the German Vampir, vampire
Hebrew	ערפדי	From ערפדי Vampiric
Hungarian	Vámpír	From vámpír, vampire
Italian	Vampiro	from vampiro, vampire
Polish	Fangampir	From the English fang, and the Polish wampir, vampire
Portuguese (Br)	Vompiro	From vampiro, vampire
Romanian	Vampirul	from vampir, vampire
Russian	Вампиро	From вампир, vampire
Spanish (HA)	Whampire	From the original English name
Turkish	Vampir	From vampir, vampire

Etymology

Whampire's name is a portmanteau of "wham", which is onomatopoeic, coming from hitting something very hard as well as the name of the band Wham!,^{[DJW 32]} and "vampire", referencing his appearance.

His name is also a reference to Count Wampyr, the original name Bram Stoker conceived for Count Dracula.

The name also sounds like the word "vampire" spoken in a stereotypical Transylvanian or Eastern European accent, which vampires are traditionally given in media.

Trivia

• Whampire is the final alien introduced in Omniverse, as well as in the Classic Continuity as a whole.
• Whampire speaks with a Hungarian accent, in reference to actor Bela Lugosi, who had portrayed Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic Dracula.
• As the Vladats are a functionally extinct race, Whampire and Lord Transyl are the only remaining Vladats in the universe.
• Whampire is the only alien introduced in Omniverse who was unlocked through obtaining a DNA sample. However, unlike most other aliens that were unlocked through this procedure, Whampire's DNA sample was acquired in extraordinary circumstances: Lord Transyl was brought back to life by Zs'Skayr using the immense magical power he stole from the Alpha Rune.^[1]
• Whampire's ability to turn into a chibi-fied bat is an actual power and not just for comedic effect.^{[DJW 12]} Derrick J. Wyatt drew how his bat form would look like normally long after the show ended.^{[DJW 33]}
• Albedo is unable to transform into Whampire.^{[DJW 34]}
• Derrick J. Wyatt came up with Whampire^{[DJW 35]} and designed his appearance, which were based on his roughs, alongside Steven Choi.^{[DJW 36]}
  • Whampire is modeled after the Marvel Comics character Baron Blood.^{[DJW 37]}

Notes

References

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Derrick J. Wyatt

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Merchandise

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Transformations
Prime Timeline
Regular Transformations
Introduced in Ben 10	Arctiguana • Blitzwolfer • Buzzshock • Cannonbolt • Diamondhead • Ditto • Eye Guy • Four Arms • Frankenstrike • Ghostfreak • Grey Matter • Heatblast • Ripjaws • Snare-Oh • Spitter • Stinkfly • Upchuck • Upgrade • Way Big • Wildmutt • Wildvine • XLR8
Introduced in Alien Force	Alien X • Big Chill • Brainstorm • Chromastone • Echo Echo • Goop • Humungousaur • Jetray • Lodestar • Nanomech • Rath • Spidermonkey • Swampfire
Introduced in Ultimate Alien	Ampfibian • Armodrillo • Chamalien • Clockwork • Eatle • Fasttrack • Juryrigg • NRG • Shocksquatch • Terraspin • Waterhazard
Introduced in Omniverse	Astrodactyl • Atomix • Ball Weevil • Bloxx • Bullfrag • Crashhopper • Feedback • Gravattack • Gutrot • Kickin' Hawk • Mole-Stache • Pesky Dust • The Worst • Toepick • Walkatrout • Whampire
Ultimate Forms
Introduced in Alien Force	Humungousaur • Swampfire
Introduced in Ultimate Alien	Ben • Big Chill • Cannonbolt • Echo Echo • Spidermonkey • Way Big • Wildmutt
Introduced in Omniverse	Albedo • Arctiguana • Gravattack • Rath
Combinations
Seen	Atomic-X • Big Chuck • Crashocker • Diamond Matter • Fourmungousaur • Heat Jaws • Humungoopsaur • Stink Arms • Uprigg
Concept	Gravadactyl • XLRG
Alternate Dimensions/Timelines
Original Future Timeline	Sandbox • Shellhead • Snakepit
Generator Rex Dimension	Alpha-Arms • Heatblast • Humungousaur