| abstract | - The DNAliens are a fictional alien race in the cartoon series Ben 10: Alien Force. They are highly durable, asexual hybrid drones who serve the Highbreed despite their racist and bigoted purposes. They are created by attaching a Facehugger-like parasite called a Xenocite to a human host, which alters the host's genetic structure, mutating them into a DNAlien within hours. The alteration process is not exclusive to only humans. Other alien species can fall victim to a Xenocyte, resulting in a DNAlien with traits from the alien victim. However, it is possible for the Omnitrix to separate a victim from a Xenocyte. The body of a DNAlien is composed of a flock of tentacles that arrange themselves into a roughly humanoid form. The DNAliens can disperse this configuration to attack from long range. They can also spit a potent adhesive slime, strong enough to resist even Humongousaur's strength. They are also fairly strong. They can disguise themselves as humans thanks to special masks which project a hologram over their bodies; these holograms also appear to project DNAlien holograms as well, as Ben successfully used one to disguise himself as a DNAlien in "Ben 10 Returns". The holograms that the masks project can be disrupted momentarily by a bright flash of light, such as a lightning strike, and it is revealed in "Inside Man" that the holograms simulate the form of the DNAlien's original human self. They seem to prefer cold climates, though they repeatedly demonstrate the ability to survive in warm climates with no apparent difficulty, and thus they build weather control devices wherever they need to operate. Certain sound frequencies have been shown to cause DNAlien's debilitating pain, to the point that they are rendered unconscious. It was also shown in "Inside Man" that a DNAlien can retain their original personality after being transformed. They were all returned to normal by the Omnitrix in "War of the Worlds". The DNAliens are variously voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bennett, Diane Delano, Paul Eiding, Yuri Lowenthal, Richard McGonagle, and Kevin Michael Richardson.
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