Cloning Arrancar

An unnamed Cloning Arrancar (Mock Arrancar in the English dub) that attacks Karakura Town during the time that Tōshirō Hitsugaya was sent to protect it. He only appears in the anime.

Appearance
In his Hollow form, the Cloning Arrancar bears resemblance to an armadillo. He has a brown fur covering his back while his legs are a light purple with a ring of brown near the feet. His Hollow mask has a large mouth with no other features present on it. The mask extends over his spine with spike protruding from it every few inches. After becoming an Arrancar, he grows in size. His fore legs become larger arms with long claws. His mask opens up revealing a face with dark eyes. The mask changes shape slightly with long protrusions coming out the side and three orange tufts arising from the top. His Hollow hole is in the center of his chest.

Arrancar arc
After following the sound of an ocarina, Rangiku Matsumoto arrives at a playground to find a Plus thrown out of a cloud of dust. A hollow then emerges from that cloud. He is able to put up a fight while Rangiku tries to protect the Plus. After swinging her Zanpakutō at it, the hollow catches it with his teeth and emits a large amount of reiatsu, causing Rangiku to notice that his reiatsu is more similar to an Arrancar’s than a Hollow’s. After asking what he is, he opens his mouth revealing a pair of glowing eyes and tells her to beat it. Ikkaku Madarame arrives and is able to rather effortlessly dispatch of the hollow. Later that night, the sound of the ocarina is heard once more a hollow exactly the same as the previous one appears on the roof of a building.

Powers & Abilities
Despite being an imperfect Arrancar, he was considered a huge threat to the living world from how quickly and effectively he could gather souls and increase his power. In addition to his new and more powerful form, the Arrancar gained several additional abilities:

Cloning: Of the Arrancar’s most noticeable abilities was his power to create seemingly limitless copies of his Hollow form to do his bidding, collecting souls remotely and transferring the power back to himself.


 * Shapeshifting: In addition to his clones making it easier and safer for him to gather souls or out number his enemies in battle, the clones also have the power to transform into perfect copies of any souls they devoured. While transformed, the clones can perfectly imitate the said soul by playing in its memories and emotions. This also allows the clones to move undetected by Shinigami by masking their hollow presence. However, a strong enough soul can temporarily resist the clone’s control.

Musical Possession: Drawing influence from Yui's ocarina, the Arrancar is also able to manipulate souls through a musical tune to force Pluses to walk themselves into the jaws of his clones.

Dimensional Barrier: The Arrancar himself can hide within a small pocket dimension to mask his spiritual power while maintaining the clones, making it nearly impossible to kill him.

High Spiritual Power: Since becoming an Arrancar and after absorbing every Plus soul in Karakura Town, he possesses a rather large amount of spiritual energy.

Hierro: Despite being imperfectly transformed, the Arrancar boasts rather sturdy iron skin. After releasing its self, he is able to withstand a strike from Hitsugaya (albeit Hitsugaya was only at 20 percent of his power). By his own claim, the Arrancar's iron skin is a strong as an Espada.

Swordsmanship Practitioner: While still adjusting to his new form, the Arrancar shows capable swordsmanship against Rangiku, an expert of swordsmanship herself. Through sheer power and relentless assaults, the Arrancar was able to fight back his opponent for a time.

Zanpakutō

 * his Zanpakutō has a very standard appearance (in comparison to his size). It has a square guard with curved lines going to each corner, a black sheath, and a dark green hilt.


 * Resurrección: The release command for his Zanpakutō is . After releasing his Zanpakutō, his form changes drastically; his arms and hands turn to large club-like extensions, each with several spikes. A large, snake-like entity also forms above him, which can attack remotely. In this form, he somewhat resembles Grand Fisher in his original Arrancar form.