Ben Tennyson

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Ben Tennyson
Ben 10 character
Ben Tennyson as depicted in (from left to right) Ben 10 (2005), Ben 10: Alien Force & Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Ben 10: Omniverse, and Ben 10 (2016)
First appearance"And Then There Were 10" (2005)
Last appearance"Alien X-Tinction" (2021)
Created by
Voiced by
Portrayed by
In-universe information
Full nameBenjamin Kirby Tennyson
NicknameBen
SpeciesHuman
Title
  • Ben 10
  • Ben Prime
  • Ben 10,000 (future)
  • Tennyson
  • Hero of the Highbreed Wars
  • Conqueror of Vilgax
Occupation
  • Hero
  • Plumber
  • Soccer Player
  • Voice of Reason (within Alien X)
Affiliation
Family
  • Reboot:
  • Glitch (½ Galvanic Mechamorph ½ Human: Genetic copy/biological "brother")
Significant others
Children
Relatives
  • Reboot:
  • Lady Wilhelmina Warwick (paternal first cousin twice removed)
  • Kathy (paternal aunt-in-law)
  • Dave (paternal great-granduncle)
  • Bob (paternal great-granduncle)
  • Alfred Lord Tennyson (paternal second cousin twice removed)
  • Rita (paternal great-great-grandmother)
  • Jen (paternal cousin)
  • Mac Bennyson (paternal first cousin twice removed)
  • Penny Bennyson (paternal third cousin)
NationalityAmerican
Abilities
  • Skills:
  • Advanced Intuition
  • Enhanced Eidetic Memory
  • Exceptional Leadership Skills
  • Freestyle Hand-to-Hand Combatant
  • Marksmanship
  • Spontaneous Learning/Understanding
  • Skilled Pilot
  • Omnitrix:
  • Alien Transformation
  • Genetic Repair
  • Universal Translator

Benjamin Kirby "Ben" Tennyson,[3] better known as Ben 10, is the titular protagonist and a fictional superhero of the Ben 10 franchise owned by Cartoon Network. Writer collective, Man of Action, was hired to develop an action show for Cartoon Network and created the character in 2002 after pitching twenty different ideas in twenty minutes. [4] [5] In the original series, Ben started the franchise as a 10-year-old boy on summer vacation with his family and he found the Omnitrix, a watch-like device of alien origin, in a forest. It permanently latched itself onto his wrist and allowed him to transform into a multitude of alien species. Supported by his cousin Gwen and grandfather Max, he fights common criminals but is quickly drawn into fighting more advanced foes such as Vilgax, Dr. Animo, The Forever Knights, and more. A year after the original series, Ben retires and removes the Omnitrix for unspecified reasons. He resumes a normal life for the next 4 years until he is forced out of retirement by his grandfather's sudden disappearance.

In Alien Force, Ben investigates Max's disappearance with the help of his cousin, Gwen, and reformed enemy, Kevin (formally Kevin 11). The trio learns of the existence of the alien, Highbreed, and their parasitic henchmen, DNAliens, and continue investigating the outwardly species and form alliances with many people. The Highbreed attempt to invade Earth but are stopped by the combined forces of Ben and his allies. He is awarded for his efforts in stopping the Highbreed Wars, but his judgment becomes clouded and many past enemies resurface. Vilgax teams up with Albedo (Ben's doppelganger armed with the Ultimatrix) and abduct Gwen and Kevin. Ben surrenders the Omnitrix to Vilgax, but destroys it and replaces it with the Ultimatrix.

In Ultimate Alien, Ben has wielded the Ultimatrix for roughly a year and his secret identity has been revealed worldwide which brings many changes to his life. Over the course of the series, he stops the threats of Ultimate Aggregor and Ultimate Kevin, and he later battles against Diagon and his army or Esoterica and is awarded the completed Omnitrix from Azmuth.

In Omniverse, Gwen and Kevin leave for college and Ben gains a new partner, Rook Blonko. Together, they explore the hidden city of Undertown and assist in stopping the Faction, defending Earth from the invading Incurseans, and are victorious in the Time War against Maltruant and his minions.

In the 2016 series, the character underwent a reboot, returning to being a 10-year-old boy who travels across the country during his summer vacation, along with his grandfather Max and cousin Gwen, and uses his powers to fight supervillains. Ultimately, Ben aids his adult future self, helps the young Generator Rex, and fights alongside alternate versions of himself to defeat Alien X, later revealed to be a villainous version of himself as an adult.  

Concept and creation

Glen Murakami's original concepts for 15-year-old Ben Tennyson from Ben 10: Alien Force.

Ben 10 was created by Man of Action, consisting of comic book creators Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Steven T. Seagle, and was produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The group worked on the concept of Ben 10 and its title character roughly three years before Cartoon Network picked up the series. Dave Johnson also helped with the design development.[6] Early on in development, it was decided that a villain would be within the Omnitrix.[7] After Ghostfreak was created, the creators added dialogue into the first season to hint there is something more to Ghostfreak.[8] Originally, Cannonbolt, the 11th alien transformation in the series, was going to be in the original set of aliens, but was replaced with Ghostfreak.[8]

When doing test animations for the series, the first alien transformation to be tested was Four Arms, and it was the most popular transformation out of all the aliens for Man of Action.[8] Many unused designs for Upchuck were repurposed in the episode "Ben 10,000" as two of Ben's aliens, Spitter and Arctiguana, and the villain Sploot. Steven E. Gordon worked on an early version of the series, and his concept work shows that Ben was originally going to have red hair. It also shows early designs of the Omnitrix which resemble a watch more than the final version, as well as different designs and names for the alien transformations.[9] Some of the early names for the Omnitrix transformations were "StrongGuy", "Inferno", "RazorJaws", "Dragonfly", "Plantguy", and "Digger", and some of their early designs were more human, similar to Dial H For Hero.[9] The character's middle name, Kirby, was designed as a reference to comic book artist Jack Kirby.[10] Initial concepts for Ben's Alien Force and Ultimate Alien designs were made by Glen Murakami. His head and hair were reworked by Glenn Wong, who also gave him his green jacket, while colors were added by Chris Hooten.[11]

Personality

"You think I don't know? When it's hero time, if I mess up, somebody could die. From what you told me, if we mess up this time, everybody could die... Maybe that's too much to have in your head when you have to win. Maybe if I pretend everything is a big joke, when the time comes, I'll be able to do what I have to do."

— 10-year-old Ben to 17-year-old Kevin asking him to be serious.[12]

Initially cocky, childish, and selfish, Ben's immaturity and attention-seeking behavior often led him to joke around, even in serious situations. His allies often criticized his attitude, unaware that he used humor to mask his fears. Despite his childish attitude, he was heroic, caring, and good-natured, always willing to save others.

Over time, Ben develops as a character as he becomes more mature and takes on the role of a hero. He has displayed leadership skills and the ability to adapt to a situation, such as when the Omnitrix provides him with the incorrect alien. He is also kind-hearted and willing to sacrifice himself for others as shown with the Sentient Ultimate Forms. His idealistic views and unwillingness to compromise his values – aspects condemned by Azmuth, yet commended by others – sometimes drive him to act against reason, such as helping his enemies.[13] Professor Paradox has praised Ben's good nature, stating he had the gift to make the right choices at the right moments, and Azmuth states that Ben always does the right thing.[12] Ben is also determined to do what is right for those in need, especially his family, friends, and mentors.[14]

However, when Ben fails to save someone or if someone is hurt because of his failures, he becomes angry and more violent. Perhaps the most notable of these instances is when Kevin willingly mutates himself to defeat Aggregor, as Ben was set on killing Kevin, even fighting Gwen when she refused to help him.[15] He also threatened to hunt down and destroy the Forever Knights after making Driscoll promise to cease hunting aliens.[16] Later on, Ben starts thinking of himself as more of a superhero than a Plumber, often remarking that he is not a cop, but a superhero.[17]

As Ben 10,000:

A future version of Ben sees him become strict, cynical, and serious about the hero business to the point of obsession. He mostly spent time in alien form patrolling and defeating criminals, and also stopped naming his aliens. After meeting and having a talk with his younger self, he lightens up and starts naming his aliens again. He likes to spend time with his son and, while he tries to be close to him, he sometimes doubts his abilities as a parent and becomes overprotective. He can also be somewhat obtuse, not realizing where his son got his attitude from and grasping the obvious. Despite being older and more mature, he still has a teasing side, jokingly calling his cousin Gwen "dweeb". Ben 10,000 possesses bravery and courage. Even after becoming more light-hearted and relaxed person, he still has a fierce temper. As shown when he turned into Way Big and beats Kevin 11,000 to a near pulp after he harmed his son.

Fictional character biography

Classic Continuity (2005-2014)

Ben 10 (2005–2008)

Main article: Ben 10 (2005 TV series)

The series centers around Ben Tennyson, a young boy on a cross-country summer vacation with his cousin Gwen and grandfather Max. During his first night camping in Max's RV, which is affectionately called "The Rustbucket," Ben goes walking in a nearby forest and stumbles upon a crashed meteorite, which turns out to be an alien pod containing the Omnitrix. The device permanently attaches itself to his wrist, giving him the ability to transform into 10 alien life forms. (Heatblast, Wildmutt, Diamondhead, XLR8, Grey Matter, Four Arms, Stinkfly, Ripjaws, Upgrade and Ghostfreak). With his newfound abilities, and later discovery of Max's past as part of a secret government organization called The Plumbers, he must learn the responsibilities of being a hero. During their vacation, the Tennysons are attacked by various supervillains such as Vilgax, Zs'Skayr, Kevin 11, The Forever Knights, Dr. Animo, and others. Despite being very immature and occasionally using the Omnitrix for selfish purposes, Ben proves to be a worthy wielder of the Omnitrix and uses it to save countless lives. Over time, Ben unlocks more aliens, Gwen gains magical abilities, and Max reconnects with his Plumber past.

He meets a future version of himself dubbed Ben 10,000, who has become very powerful, but cold and distant. Ben helps his older counterpart change his ways and assists him in stopping Future Vilgax and Future Animo. Ben loses access to Ghostfreak when its DNA (Zs'Skayr) escapes the Omnitrix and 11th alien, Cannonbolt, replaces his spot in the Omnitrix. Sometime later, he unlocks Wildvine and his alien count increases to 11. Ben momentarily gains "Master Control" which allows him to change between his 11 aliens quickly and he faces the combined forces of Kevin 11 and Vilgax (Both of whom are left stranded in the Null Void.) The Tennysons deal with the return of Zs'Skayr and his minions and they manage to swiftly defeat them all. Zs'Skayr's DNA is reabsorbed by the Omnitrix, and Ben is granted access to Ghostfreak again (though he won't use him out of fear of Zs'Skayr). He also scans his minions and unlocks 3 new aliens (Benwolf, Benmummy, Benviktor, renamed Blitzwolfer, Snare-Oh, Frakenstrike in Omniverse) which brings his alien count to 15. A woman from Max's past named Xylene reveals to Ben that the Omnitrix wasn't meant for him, but rather for his grandfather and the watch is only attached to him due to his relativity with him.[18] This causes Ben to doubt his capabilities as a hero, but he proves himself worthy when he uses Upchuck (his 16th alien) to save Max from danger. Toward the end of the summer, Ben unlocks aliens Ditto and Eye Guy which boosts his alien count to 18. The Tennysons face the Negative 10, a group composed of the family's many enemies, and all three work together to defeat them.

In the film, Secret of the Omnitrix, Tetrax brings Ben and Gwen into space to find the Omnitrix's creator after its self-destruct mode activates. While in space, they find Myaxx, who assisted in the Omnitrix's creation, and she joins them in searching for the creator. Vilgax escapes the Null Void and tries to retrieve the Omnitrix once more. On the planet of Xenon, Ben meets the watch's creator, Azmuth, a member of the Galvan (Grey Matter's species). He refuses to help Ben and Vilgax launches an attack on Xenon using his army. Ben battles Vilgax with a deactivated watch and this restores Azmuth's faith. He repairs the Omnitrix and unlocks Way Big, the 19th alien, to help defeat Vilgax. Tetrax brings Ben and Gwen home and The Tennysons resume their adventures. In the film, Destroy All Aliens, summer has ended and Ben struggles to readapt to civilian life. Tetrax, returns and intends to take Ben to space again until the Omnitrix malfunctions and leaves Ben stuck in his alien forms for extended periods. He's teleported to several monuments around Earth, and he encounters a rouge Galvanic Mechamorph (Upgrade's species) named Retaliator. They fight across the planet until Ben escapes. Max and Gwen meet him in Bellwood along with Retaliator and the Omnitrix teleports Gwen, Ben, and Retaliator within it. The three manage to escape along with a rouge To'Kusar (Way Big's species). Ben battles the To'Kustar and the two do significant damage to Bellwood's infrastructure. Ben realizes the To'Kustar is Azmuth himself and he's able to help the latter regain their senses. Azmuth fixes the Omnitrix, reverts to normal, and reconciles with the Retaliator who was his father using advanced technology. Tetrax and the Galvans leave Earth and Bellwood's damages are secretly repaired by alien workers who relocate to a settlement underneath Bellwood. [19] In the Omniverse Flashbacks that retroactively take place after the original series, a year has passed and the Tenysons face enemies new and old such as Malware, a corrupt Galvanic Mechamorph who harbors hatred for Azmuth. Ben unlocks aliens Arctiguana, Spitter, and Feedback, increasing his alien count to 22. [20]. He grows increasingly attached to Feedback and loses access to him in an altercation with Malware bringing his alien count to 21. [21] Zs'Skayr manages to escape the Omnitrix offscreen which locks Ghostfreak, decreasing his alien count to 20. While battling Eon, the minds of young and teenage Ben are swapped, and they use the Clockwork transformation to undo the damage. Clockwork is subsequently locked afterward. The Tennysons meet a group of alien hybrids dubbed the Amalgam Kids who Kevin Levin leads. Kevin managed to undo his mutation in the Null Void and he absorbs the Omnitrix again which morphs him into an amalgamation of the additional 10 aliens Ben unlocked. The Amalgam Kids fail in their mission and are returned to the Null Void. Ben, Gwen, and Kevin along with others defend Bellwood from Zs'Skayr but Kevin is accidentally returned to the Null Void. Sometime after this, Ben removes the Omnitrix and resumes a normal life.

Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–2010)

Main article: Ben 10: Alien Force

At age 15, Grandpa Max unexpectedly disappears in the line of duty, and Ben decides to investigate it with Gwen's assistance. He reequips the Omnitrix and investigates Max's disappearance with the help of Magister Labrid and they witness a weapons deal between the Forever Knights, DNAliens, and Kevin Levin. (Released from Null Void). Kevin is double-crossed by both parties and is later apprehended by Labrid. All four are attacked by both groups and Ben attempts to use the Omnitrix, but it recalibrates and unlocks 10 new aliens (Swampfire, Humungousaur, Big Chill, Goop, Chromastone, Brainstorm, Spidermonkey, Echo Echo, and Alien X) while the older 20 are locked. Labrid dies in the line of duty and Kevin decides to reform in honor of Labrid's sacrifice. He joins Ben and Gwen, and they form the Alien Force. [22] The Alien Force continues searching for Max and learns the DNAliens work for an outwardly group known as the Highbreed. The Alien Force gathers more information about the Highbreed and forms alliances with people like the Plumber's Helpers (Alien Hybrids), While not dealing with the Highbreed or school, Ben is dating a tennis player named Julie Yamamoto. While on a date, with Julie, she takes ownership of Ship, a pet Galvanic Mechamorph. Max is revealed to be alive but "sacrifices" himself to save the Alien Force from a Highbreed. As time goes on, the Alien Force forms alliances with more people, and the Highbreed continue their activities on Earth. The Alien Force meets Professor Paradox, a man with the ability to alter time and they help him with the trans-dimensional monster. He'll go on to become one of the closest allies of the trio as time goes on. Ben later uses his 10th alien, Alien X, for the first time to reverse a flood. The transformation is Omnipotent and houses personalities Bellicus and Sareena along with Ben himself, but he doesn't use Alien X often due to the conflicting views of the personalities. Albedo, a former assistant of Azmuth equips himself with a duplicate Omnitrix and starts framing Ben for trouble. Albedo shares the same form as Ben, but his form is turned into a negative mirror of Ben's in an altercation with him. Ben's transformation, Big Chill, gives birth to 14 Necrofriggian Offspring through asexual reproduction. Ben's old enemy, Dr, Amino, managed to seize control of the Null Void 4 years ago[23] and ruled brutally, but he is stopped by the combined forces of Ben and Max (who is revealed to still be alive).

The Highbreed launches a galaxy-wide assault across hundreds of planets and destroys Galvan Prime (Azmuth's home) in the process. Paradox brings Azmuth to Earth to alert Ben of the news and Ben quickly calls in Gwen, Kevin, and other allies to help defend Earth. Azmuth grants Ben master control again and he reuses Cannonbolt, Way Big, and Upchuck for the first time in years. The Alien Force travels to Augstaka, and the Highbreed reveal they are dying from generations of inbreeding and intend to take the universe out with them. Ben uses the Omnitrix to merge the Highbreed with the DNA of the Omnitrix which saves them. The Highbreed are disgusted at first, but later accept it due to Reinsaragg III's convincing. Ben is praised for his efforts in ending the Highbreed Wars and receives awards from hundreds of planets. He loses access to Master Control but keeps access to the aliens he reused and unlocks a new one named Lodestar which brings his transformation count to 14. Heatblast, Four Arms, and Wildmutt were unlocked offscreen, further increasing Ben's count to 17[24] The awards Ben receives push his ego to new heights and it causes him to act more immature and self-centered. With the Highbreed threat gone, the Alien Force battles enemies new and old in their free time. Vilgax returns and has seized control of 10 planets through the Conqueror's Challenge and threatens to do the same to Earth. Ben asks Azmuth for Master Control, but he refuses due to his disappointment in Ben's arrogance from stopping the Highbreed Wars. Ben and Kevin try unlocking Master Control themselves, but this causes more issues as it leaves Kevin mutated and multiple aliens escape the Omnitrix. The Alien Force retrieves each alien and Ben battles Vilgax at the park. The odds are mostly in Vilgax's favor until Way Big's DNA is reabsorbed by the Omnitrix. Ben attempts to transform to Way Big but is transformed into Chromastone instead. Vilgax destroys Chromastone, but his remains reform into Diamondhead.[25] Ben swiftly defeats Vilgax and saves Earth whilst Diamondhead replaces Chromastone's sport in the Omnitrix.

In the film, Alien Swarm, the Alien Force investigates a weapons deal between bikers and learns that Ben's old friend, Elena Validus, is a member. Elena admits she orchestrated the deal purposely to receive Ben's help as her father, Viktor Validus, has gone missing. The weapons contain sentient technology named Nanochips and they attack the Alien Force. Elena escapes, but she regroups with the Alien Force. They work together to gather more intel on the Nanochips and while at Plumber HQ, they learn the Nanochips have dispersed across the globe. Kevin gifts Ben a new car (DX Mark 10) and they travel to the town of Barren Rock to find the Nanochip Queen. They infiltrate a factory and discover the queen has taken residence within Viktor Validus' and the Omnitrix uses the nanochips and merges it with Ben's DNA to create Nanomech, [26] Ben's 18th transformation. Ben defeats the Queen and saves Earth from the Nanochips. Viktor reconciles with Max and Elena becomes a close ally of the Alien Force. Vilgax later requires the Alien Force's help after Zs'Skayr seizes control of Vilgaxia and Ben helps defeat him, reabsorbs Zs'Skayr's DNA into the Omnitrix, and reunlocks Ghostfreak which brings his alien count to 19. He later unlocks other aliens like Rath and regains Chromastone through Sugilite which brings his count to 21. Albedo later steals an incomplete Omnitrix from Azmuth and modifies it into the Ultimatrix. Its trump card is the ability to physically evolve its aliens into their "Ultimate Forms". Albedo has access to all of Ben's current aliens and later teams up with Vilgax, kidnaps Gwen and Kevin and threatens the two's lives unless Ben surrenders the Omnitrix. Ben does as so and Vilgax takes it for himself, betraying Albedo. Vilgax uses his army of biods to launch an attack on Albedo and knocks him unconscious. Ben and the gang later infiltrate Vilgax's ship and Ben sacrifices the Omnitrix through the self-destruct mode and uses the Ultimatrix to replace it. Ben transforms into Ultimate Swampfire, defeats Vilgax, and leaves him to his fate in his sinking spaceship. Albedo escapes, but he's left stranded on Earth.

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010–2012)

Main article: Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Ben has wielded the Ultimatrix for roughly a year and his secret identity has been revealed worldwide by a boy named Jimmy Jones. His fame greatly impacts his life and he is smeared regularly on news by Will Harangue. Between Alien Force and Ultimate Alien, Ben unlocked Four Arms offscreen, increasing his alien count to 22. While not dealing with the celebrity world, the Alien Force are investigating the arrival of several aliens on Earth with connections to each other. The Alien Force learn these 5 aliens were all being hunted by an Osmosian warlord named Aggregor and they sought refuge on Earth after their ship crash-landed. The Alien Force attempts to help each Andromeda Alien, but each are captured by Aggregor. While helping them, Ben's Ultimatrix scanned each alien (Armodrillo, AmFibian, Terraspin, NRG, Water Hazard) which increased his alien count to 27. Aggregor merges the aliens with himself and sets off on a quest to four places around the universe to gather each piece of the Map of Infinity. The Alien Force attempt to reach each location before Aggregor, but fail each time. While visiting Pisciss, Ben would scan several Pisciss Volann offscreen which reunlocked Ripjaws, [27] increasing his count to 28. Azmuth scolds the Alien Force for failing, but Ben introduces one last option. He tries using Alien X to see if he can cooperate with Bellicus and Sareena, but they still haven't forgiven Ben since their last conversation which leaves them out of options. Professor Paradox returns and uses his abilities to teleport the Alien Force into the Rust Bucket III and has the ship make its way towards the Forge of Creation. Paradox mentions he cannot continue with them due to his banishment from the Forge but warns them not to lean against the Chrono Randomization Barrier. Ben forgets and leans against it by mistake which ends up bringing his younger self into the future. Due to them being outside time, no consequences will happen.

As the Alien Force travels into the Forge, they battle against Aggregor one last time, but Aggregor swiftly defeats all four of them and makes his way towards a baby Celestialsapien to grant himself Omnipotence. Young Ben tries to encourage Kevin to absorb the Omnitrix to regain access to mutations to stop Aggregor, but Kevin absorbs Older Ben's Ultimatrix which transforms him into a mutation of Ben's current aliens and several Ultimate Aliens at the cost of his sanity. Ultimate Kevin makes his way towards Aggregor, absorbs his powers acquired from the Andromeda Aliens, and knocks him out. Older Ben insists Kevin stops, but he refuses and departs the Forge of Creation. Kevin returns to the Null Void to kill the man responsible for killing Kwarrel (the person who helped Kevin return to human), but he is found and stopped by Ben. Kevin travels to a nearby Plumber base to find and Kill Argit but is once again stopped by Ben. Kevin returns to Earth and Ben learns he has gone on a rampage, and this convinces him that Kevin needs to be put down to put an end to his madness. Ben faces off against Kevin one last time and knocks him out but spares him. Kevin is reverted to normal using a special machine, and the Andromeda Aliens are able to become whole again. With things back to normal, the Alien Force resume their normal activities. They later run into another future version of Ben 10,000 dubbed Ultimate Ben who is being assisted by Professor Paradox. Ultimate Ben is fighting against Eon, and he is revealed to be an evil version of Ben. They assist Ultimate Ben and help defeat Eon. Ultimate Ben unlocks every alien Ben's used in his lifetime that's still available in the Codon Stream (Ultimatrix's off world database) and throws in several new ones. The new ones include Clockwork, Fasttrack, Eatle, and Juryrigg. This brings the current transformation count to 53 (If both subspecies of Upchuck are included).

Paradox warns the Alien Force to beware of Old George and the Creature from Beyond. This creature is later revealed to be a Lucubra who works for Dagon, a demonic entity. Sometime later, Ben scans Prisoner 775 which unlocks Chamalien, his 54th alien. George is revealed to be an elderly man who wielded the legendary Ascalon and created the Forever Knights. He unites the splintered groups into one organization with the goal of eliminating alien life on Earth (though this is a mere distraction for the bigger purpose of stopping Diagon's eventual return. Vilgax has been found by the Flames Keepers Circle and he's mistaken for Diagon to which he gladly embraces. Albedo is still stranded on Earth, and he's been profiting off Ben's fame to raise money for a machine to revert him back to Galvan, but it fails and instead grants Albedo the ability to transform into aliens without an Omnitrix, but only for several seconds. This infuriates Albedo and he attempts to fight Ben once more but is defeated. The Ulitmatrix grants sentience to several Ultimates through a glitch, and he is willing to sacrifice himself for them, until him and the Ultimates are brought back to the real world. Azmuth takes the Ultimates to another planet where they can live in peace. In the crossover, Heroes United, he's brought to another reality and faces off against that world's hero, Generator Rex. The two get off on the wrong foot, but reconcile to face a bigger threat, Alpha. Ben unlocks a new alien in the process named Shocksqautch which brings his count to 55 and they manage to defeat Alpha and send him to the Null Void. Vilgax later becomes a pawn for Diagon and battle breaks out between the Esoterica and Forever Knights. It leads to the death of most of the Knights and George himself. Diagon later transforms Earth's denizens into Esoterica and Vilgax betrays Diagon and absorbs him into himself. He defeats Gwen and Kevin and Ben is left the last one standing. He uses George's sword, Ascalon, and faces off against Vilgax one more time. Ben wins and succesfully defeats Vilgax, but he is almost tempted to eradicate evil by Vilgax, but doesn't listen to him and instead reverts all the Esoterica back to normal. Ben is awarded the completed Omnitrix by Azmuth and he hands back the Ultimatrix which is destroyed offscreen.

Ben 10: Omniverse (2012–2014)

Main article: Ben 10: Omniverse

The storyline alternates between that of eleven-year-old Ben (one year after the original series) and sixteen-year-old Ben (several months after Ultimate Alien). It is revealed in this show that Ben continued to wear the Omnitrix a year after the original series, with episodes centered around 11-year-old Ben happening during weekend trips [28]. Between Ultimate Alien and Omniverse, Ben would unlock multiple new aliens. Mainly Astrodactyl, Ball Weevil, Bloxx, Crashhopper, Gutrot, Toepick and Gravattack which increases his alien count to 62. The Alien Force go on one last adventure before Gwen and Kevin reveal they are leaving Bellwood for University. Ben was unaware of this and bids farewell to both of them. Max teams Ben up with a new partner named Rook Blonko, a recent Plumber graduate. The two discovers beneath Bellwood is a hidden alien town named Undertown. As they familiarize themselves with Undertown, they must deal with the faction composed of Khyber, Dr. Psychoobus, and Malware. The faction's main trump card is Khyber's pet, Zed, as she's armed with the Nemetrix. An Omnitrix-based device that turns the user into predators of Ben's aliens. The faction developed the Nemetrix six years ago as Malware copied the original Omnitrix's blueprints, Psychoobus developed the Nemetrix, and Khyber added the DNA samples. Ben and Rook to investigate an abaonded ship near Earth which has the Annhilargh, a doomsday device that can erase universes from existence. This device attracts the attention of multiple parties like the Plumbers and Incurseans, but its mistakenly activated and succeeds in destroying the universe aside from Ben who survived as Alien X. Ben has to convince Bellicus and Sareena to recreate the universe and they agree. The universe is recreated, albeit with several differences (Mainly Smoothies). Ben and Rook continue battling the Faction and he meets a new girl named Ester whom he starts dating after he and Julie broke up offscreen. Psychobos manages to steal a piece of the Omnitrix to help perfect the Nemetrix while Ben is at Plumber HQ which causes an array of issues but unlocks several new aliens in the process. The new aliens unlocked include Walkatrout, Pesky Dust, Molestache, The Worst, and Kickin Hawk which further increases his alien count to 67. The Faction launch an attack on Galvan Prime (rebuilt after Highbreed Wars) and Malware destroys Galvan B (Galvanic Mechamorph homeworld).

Malware lands on Galvan Prime and enhances himself to reach colossal heights. This leads to Ben needing Way Big to bring him down, but Malware defeats Ben and traps him within himself. While inside Malware, Ben subconsciously meets with his younger self, and this leads to Feedback's unlocking [29] [30] which brings his alien count to 68. Feedback defeats Malware and the latter is left in stone. In the crossover, T.G.I.S, Ben and the Secret Saturdays deal with the combined threat of Dr. Animo and V.V. Argost. Ben meets a younger, more reckless alternate version of himself named Ben 23. Ben helps Ben 23 change his ways and he becomes an important ally of Ben in the future. Eon later returns and swaps the minds of 16-Year-Old Ben and 11-Year-Old Ben which causes an array of issues and temporarily messes with time itself. Both Bens transform into Clockwork and return things to normal. The Incurseans launch an invasion on Earth and succeed in conquering it through the help of mutated To'Kustars. Ben is sent to exile in Space but is saved by Azmuth. Ben unlocks Bullfrag, his 68th alien, and he uses him to infiltrate the Incurseans and free the Plumbers. Ben assists his friends and family while Rook sends them To'Kustars to the Null Void. The Incurseans are defeated, and a peace treaty is signed between them and Earth. Max's old, Plumber partner, Phil Billings, returns and attacks Ben through his mutated Terroranchula form and he accidentally unlocks Buzzhsock, Ben's 69th alien. Albedo returns and has created an Ultimatrix based stabilizer which not only allows him to stabilize the alien DNA within himself but evolve them too. Albedo leads Ben into a trap, and he's trapped on board Khyber's ship. Ben battles Khyber who is equipped with the Nemetrix again and Albedo attempts to steal Azmuth's intelligence. Ben manages to escape, and stops Albedo through his 70th alien, Atomix. Azmuth leaves Albedo stuck in a permanent 10-Year-Old Ben form as punishment. Ben and Rook later deal with Dr. Animo again and his future self, Future Amino. The duo's battle with both Aminos unlocks Ben's 71st alien, Gutrot. Ben and Rook travel to the Anur System and stop the combined threats of Zs'Skayr and Lord Transyl and in the process, Ben unlock Whampire, his 72nd alien. Vilgax and Eon gather several evil versions of Ben across the Omniverse while Professor Paradox brings in heroic ones like Ben 10K and Ben Prime. Vilgax uses the Chronosapien Time Bomb to erase every universe aside from 1 where that universe's Ben never had an Omnitrix. No Watch Ben is given the Omnitrix by Ben Prime before his erasure, and he uses Clockwork to restore every universe and defeats Vilgax while returning the Omnitrix to Ben.

Ben is later held for trial by the Celestialsapiens for his "illegal" recreation of the Universe when it was destroyed and has to use the "Tetramand Trial of Combat" to ensure his innocence. He wins and, in the process, learns to cooperates with his personalities and gains full control of Alien X. Later on, the Rooters (Black Ops, Null Void Plumber Branch) try to turn Ben and Kevin against each other, but fail, have their Plumber rights revoked and are left stranded in the Null Void. Khyber returns once more with the Nemetrix and is now armed with a Slimebiote which allows him to use weapons made of the DNA within the Nemetrix. The Slimebiote whose name is Skurd betrays Khyber for Ben's Omnitrix due to finding the watch's DNA better. Ben, Rook, Skurd, and Professor Paradox later deal with the Time War and have to face off against rouge Chronosapien, Maltruant, who is on a quest to gather artifacts scattered throughout the universe for a greater purpose. Vilgax and Albedo once again team up and they steal Malware's remains from Galvan Prime and develop Galvanic Mechamorph armor similar to the Retaliator. Ben manages to defeat Vilgax and leaves him in his exploding ship to be turned to stone. Albedo on the other hand has his watch deactivated by Azmuth. The Time War reaches its conclusion as Maltruant travels towards the beginning of time while Ben and Rook follow him. They manage to temporarily knock him out of the timestream, and they're sent to the 1770s in the land that would become the United States. They meet George Washington and face off against a younger Vilgax. Maltruant hands Vilgax the Chronosapien Time Bomb which Vilgax will use centuries later while Maltraunt in exchange has his ship repaired and continues space-time travelling. Ben battles Vilgax and this altercation consequently establishes Vilgax's thirst for the Omnitrix while Washington is inspired to create the Plumbers. Ben and Rook continue going after Maltruant and make it towards before time in the Contumelia Ship and they meet the Countumelia. Maltraunt attempts to use his Annhilargh to create the universe in his image but Ben as Feedback attempts to stop it as the device explodes and he absorbs it. Through the combined power of all his 72 transformations, he absorbs the Big Bang from the Annihilargh and uses it to destroy Maltraunt. The Countumelia use the original Annihilargh to create the universe and Skurd says goodbye to Ben and Rook and he joins his ancestors in populating the new universe with DNA. Paradox returns and explains that Maltruant will be left in an endless time loop where he will try to gather his broken body parts scattered across the universe but will fail each time and be defeated by Ben. After scattering Maltruant's body parts across the universe, Ben and Rook return to Earth and the two contact Gwen and Kevin to go on a road trip across space.

Future (Prime Timeline)

Ben remained happy and cocky until he turned 20. [31] The events surrounding what caused them are unclear, but it caused Ben to mutilate Vilgax, and become cold and serious. He placed Vilgax's remains within a stasis pod to ensure he could cause no more harm. Throughout the next 10 years, he would unlock over 10,000 aliens, have unrestricted access to Master Control, and establish his own city in North Dakota named Omntrix City. He becomes distant from his family and dedicate his time towards patrolling Earth 24/7. Ben later comes into contact with his younger, 10-Year-Old self who was brought 20 years into the future by Gwen. His interaction with his younger self helps him change his ways and both face off against the combined forces of the revived Vilgax and Dr. Animo and attends Max's 80th birthday. Over the next 12 years, he married Kai Green and had two kids with her. That being Kenny Tennyson and Gwendolyn Tennyson. In preparation for his son's 10th birthday, he uses his smartest aliens to create a replica Omnitrix for his son. Him and Ken team up and defeat several villains, but Ken is frustrated that Ben keeps taking them down before letting him land a hit. Ken meets Devlin Levin (Kevin's son) and he betrays him and frees Kevin 11 from the Null Void. Ben fights Kevin and beats him to a pulp after witnessing him harm Ken. Devlin later betrays his dad and traps him within a Null Void egg. Devlin is later taken in to live with Ben and Ken.

Over the next several years, Ben develops the Biomnitrix (a dual system Omnitrix) using his smartest aliens again.[32] Ben 10,000 later visited his younger 16-Year-old self, looking for Professor Paradox and informing him the Time War had gotten out of hand, the Chronosapiens went rouge, and Maltruant's temporal beasts are on a cross dimensional rampage. He later assists his younger self again along with multiple alternate versions of himself against Vilgax, Eon, and evil versions of himself. He was temporarily erased from time after the Chronosapien Time Bomb went off and was subsequently restored by No Watch Ben using Clockwork. He later assists Professor Paradox, his younger self, and Rook while dealing with Time Beasts and creates the Time Cycles for Young Ben and Rook to use. Later on, Ben and Kai try to stop Dr. Animo from using the Chronoporter from travelling back in time, but he succeeds but is quickly brought by Chrono-Spanner with the married couple remarking on how they haven't seen him in years. Ben calls on Ken to join him and Kai in transferring Animo back to Plumber HQ and Kai quickly confiscates his Omnitrix. They return to Plumber HQ and celebrate Max's Retirement while meeting with Gwen and Kevin (whose become good again) but are interrupted by Maltruant. Ben battles Maltruant as Atomic-X (fusion of Alien X and Atomix) and Chrono Spanner defends Ben from Maltruant's blast which reveals that Chrono Spanner was Ken all along. Maltruant later freezes time temporarily and goes off into the timestream to ensure he's able to remake the universe in his image (which he'll inevitably fail and be defeated by younger Ben). Ben is handed the wounded Ken by his younger self.

Reboot Continuity (2016-2021)

Ben 10 (2016) (2016-2021)

Main article: Ben 10 (2016 TV series)

A reboot of the franchise set in an alternate universe, Ben 10 introduces a re-imagined Ben (reprised by Strong), his cousin Gwen (Montse Hernandez), and Grandpa Max (David Kaye), as they travel the country during summer vacation. Ben finds the Omnitrix offscreen at Mount Rushmore and gains access to 10 aliens. (Cannonbolt, Diamondhead, Four Arms, Grey Matter, Heatblast, Overflow, Stinkfly, Upgrade, Wildvine, and XLR8). He meets with enemies like Dr. Animo, Hex, Zombozo, and others. He becomes accustomed to nine of his aliens and names all of them. He awakens a Hydromander nesting in Niagara Falls and has to use Overflow (the one alien he hasn't used) to stop him. While battling Dr. Animo he unlocks his 11th alien, Gax (Chimera Sui Generis). The Tennysons later meet with Max's old friend, Phill Billings and he places a device on the watch to get more readings off it. Ben develops an addiction to Gax (much like his Prime Counterparts' addiction to Feedback) and this attracts the attention of Vilgax who takes the DNA of Gax to make himself whole again while locking the Gax transformation and bringing Ben's transformation count to 10. Vilgax leaves and attempts to power a ship that'll allow him to leave Earth while Ben has to deal with bearing with the Omnitrix's rapid shifting between transformations. Ben faces off against Vilgax and the two battle in his ship. Ben realizes the only way to fix his Omnitrix is to upgrade it so he uses Upgrade to repair which in turn "upgrades" the Omnitrix, locks Upgrade, and unlocks a new alien named Shock Rock. Ben faces off against Vilgax and leaves him to his fate in his sinking ship in a volcano. Ben joins with Max and Gwen and the Tennysons resume their summer vacation. Ben notices that Upgrade has seemingly vanished from the Omnitrix and has gained a strange new phenomenon of "Omni-Enhancements" which coats his aliens in strange electrical rock and blue energy and grants them electrically enhanced superpowers.

Vilgax survived his fate but his ship's destruction leaves him stranded on Earth and he teams up with many of Ben's enemies. In Crossover Nexus, Ben is brought to an alternate dimension and meets with heroes Garnet, K.O., and Raven and must stop a mysterious villain dubbed Strike. Ben is unable to turn into aliens and is stuck as Four Arms, but towards the end, he stops the villain using newly acquired aliens in the Nexus Realm (all of whom are inaccessible unless Ben is present there). While attending a race, Ben starts hearing voices in his head and must deal with a warbot who is causing havoc at the race. The warbot is revealed to be Vilgax and Ben uses Shock Rock to capture Vilgax. With Vilgax captured, Ben sleepwalks and constructs a device which Vilgax warns him about. He frees Vilgax and the two attempt to stop the machine but fail and the machine alerts the Fulmuni (Shock Rock's species). Vilgax explains the danger of the Fulmuni and the two go within the Omnitrix to stop them from coming. Inside the Omnitrix, the two meet Glitch. Glitch explains he's Upgrade himself and that the DNA had to merge with Ben's DNA to survive the Omnitrix's upgrading when Ben and Vilgax fought each other at the volcano. He further elaborates by mentioning that he had to replace Upgrade's spot in the Omnitrix with Shock Rock and the alien's DNA allowed it to absorb the excess charge which caused the creation of the Omni Enhancements and he reveals that every time Ben accessed Shock Rock, he sent a signal pulse to the Fulmuni's planet. Glitch tried his best to circumvent the issues, but a portal was established between the homeworld and the Omnitrix. The three must deal with the Fulmuni, but matters are complicated when the High Override sends Vilgax to the Null Void and Ben is placed under his control. Max and Gwen go within the Omnitrix and help Ben break free from the Override's control and help defeat the High Override. The Omnitrix reboots and Glitch transports the three out of the Omnitrix. This causes Grey Matter, Wildvine, and Overflow to be locked and replaced with Rath, Slapback, and Humungousaur and the Omni Enhancements are no longer accessible.

Phill Billings gifts the Tennysons the Omni Copter which allows them to traverse around the world. Ben grows accustomed to his new aliens and his old bully, Kevin 11 now has his own version of the Omnitrix dubbed the Antitrix which has 11 aliens. Glitch is stuck in the form of a racecar dubbed the "Rustbuggy" and he can alter his vehicle to match Ben's aliens. While visiting his English relatives, Ben faces off against Kevin 11 once again and he uses Dark Matter, Thornbade, and Undertow. All of which are currently inaccessible to Ben. When not facing Kevin 11 or any of his enemies, he is being watched closely by The Forever Knight (an individual, not an affiliate). Ben later joins the Forever Knight and the group of villains he's gathered up for his ultimate goal. Preventing Alien Life from contacting Earth. Ben quickly figures out that this will prevent him from ever finding the Omnitrix and later double crosses him. Ben, Gwen, and Kevin later deal with Forever Knight in the Timestream and Kevin kicks him off into it while Ben and Gwen return back to their regular time. Ben apologizes to Max for his misbehavior but is grounded for his actions. Kevin is returned to present time in the aftermath. Phil discovers that a second piece came with the pod that held the Omnitrix and the Tennyson travel back to the Omnitrix's crash site and retrieve the Key. Ben inserts it into the Omnitrix, unlocks the Omni Kix Armors while locking Stinkfly.

In the film VS The Universe, the Tennysons are informed by Phil that a meteor is approaching Earth and Ben uses the Omnitrix's Omni Kix Key to unlock the Omni Naut armors which allows him to traverse spatial environments. Ben heads towards the meteor in the armor but misses it and goes towards a portal instead. The meteor lands on Earth and is revealed to be a pod holding Vilgax whose escaped from the Null Void. While in space, Ben is abducted by a spaceship and is sent to the Null Void where he the Omnitrix's maker. Azmuth explains to Ben that Vilgax helped him in the creation of the Omnitrix but grew power hungry. Azmuth used the Omnitrix to absorb half of Vilgax's DNA in an attempt to save the universe but was sent to exile in the Null Void due to being partly responsible for Vilgax's reign of terror. Ben learns how to unlock new aliens through a special feature and uses Goop to rescue a prisoner and Azmuth uses a device to create a portal to head back towards Earth. Back on Earth, the Tennysons try to help Kevin whose Antitrix is expericing problems but Vilgax tracks them down, takes the Antitrix, and explains that it was him that instructed Kevin to create it. Vilgax uses the Antitrix to unlock the AntiVilgax form while attacking the Tennysons, Phil, and Kevin. Glitch turns himself into a battle suit for Kevin to use and Vilgax, growing tired of setbacks, terraforms Earth. Ben is brought back to Earth by the Incurseans and he teams up with Kevin to face off against Vilgax. Vilgax takes the Omnitrix Key from Ben and transforms into Alien V (Celestialsapien/Chimera Sui Generis Hybrid). Ben turns into Way Big to face off against Alien V and defeats him. Azmuth uses the Omnitrix to revert Vilgax's celestialsapien augmentation and he's taken away to Galactic Justice. The Omni Kix Key is left within the Antitrix which removes Ben's access to the Omni Kix Armors.

Ben later meets a future version of himself whose become depressed and joins him in the future to help defend Earth from the invading Xerge. Ben meets his future cousin whose now U.S. President and finds many of his enemies have been recruited to help Gwen. He unlocks Surge (Xerge) and helps to defeat the invaders and helps his future counterpart change his ways and become a better person. Surge becomes part of the active playlist which brings Ben's transformation count to 11. Ben also helps a younger Generator Rex in dealing with Hex from infecting the world's population with aliens. The Tennysons are later attacked by a villainous, dimensional hopping alien known as Alien X and learn he's taken the Omnitrixes of 9 different Ben's across the Multiverse. They're assisted by an alternate Max and they gather multiple alternate Bens and Gwen to help bring a stop to Alien X. They successfully defeat him and learn he's a regular, older version of Ben who lost his version of Gwen and Max and became evil. The alternate Max says he'll punish Ben by taking him on a road trip across space and time mentioning that everyone needs family. The alternate Bens and Gwen part their ways and Ben happily embraces his Grandpa Max and Gwen.

Future (Reboot Timeline)

Ben had a confrontation with Steam Smythe and had accidentally sent a signal to the invasive species known as Xerge who invaded Earth. Ben's Omnitrix upgraded for the fourth time and had given him access to 10,000 aliens. During an incident, Ben had failed his friends and family. The incident left Max stuck as a Hologram and Kevin as Humungouraptor (Vaxasaurian Hybrid). After 20 years passed, he comes out of hiding and faces off the Xerge. Hex attempts to recruit him, but after Ben rejects, he brings in Max which convinces him to join. Hex takes Ben to the White House where Gwen and reunites with her for the first time. After some arguing, Ben as Buzzshock has a vision of his past self and travels back in time through a time portal developed by Steam Smythe and Dr. Animo. He brings his past self to the future and the two of them face off against the Xerge and successfully defeat them. After young Ben returns to the past, Ben 10,000 shaves his beard, loses weight, and returns to his hero activities by emitting his trademark catchphrase. "It's Hero Time"

Portrayal

Voice actors

Tara Strong (left), Yuri Lowenthal (right)

Ben is voiced as a 10-year-old by Tara Strong in the original Ben 10 series which aired from 2005 to 2008. She would later return as 10-year-old Ben in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, in the episode "The Forge of Creation" and reprises her role as Ben at age 11 in flashback episodes of Ben 10: Omniverse. The character underwent a reboot, returning as a 10-year-old in the 2016 reboot, with Strong reprising her role; along with voicing his original series incarnation at age 10 in "Alien X-Tinction". Strong had to re-audition for the role in the reboot; as Man of Action was initially considering the new iteration of Ben being voiced by a child voice actor. Ultimately, Strong reprised her role as the character.[33][34] Strong voiced Ben as a child in all series to date except Ben 10: Alien Force, where he never spoke.

Ben 10: Alien Force, the sequel series to the original, reintroduces Ben at age 15; voiced by Yuri Lowenthal.[35] [36]When casting teenage Ben for Alien Force during the audition process, Lowenthal revealed that he was called back multiple times during the audition process to read for the role before ultimately being cast.[37] In portraying Ben, he received guidance from series director Glen Murakami, whom he worked with in Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo. Upon being cast and early on in the show, Murakami told Lowenthal to portray Ben as less of a wisecrack than his 10-year-old self, noting that the character is older. He also told Lowenthal not to "veer into the whining, Luke Skywalker."[38]

He would later reprise his role as teenage Ben (16 years old) in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien and Ben 10: Omniverse (sharing the role in the latter with Tara Strong, who voices 11-year-old Ben). Both Strong and Lowenthal also voice alternate versions of Ben in Omniverse. Lowenthal returns in the 2016 reboot cameoing as an elderly Ben in the episode "The 11th Alien: Part 2", and later returns to voice the aforementioned 15 and 16-year-old counterparts of Ben in "Alien X-Tinction".

Adult versions of Ben have also been featured over the course of the five series, known as "Ben 10,000". Different versions of Ben 10,000 have appeared in each series (with the exception of Alien Force). Ben 10,000 was voiced by Fred Tatasciore in the original series as well as the 2016 reboot, while Sean Donnellan voices him in Ultimate Alien; and Judd Nelson in Omniverse.

Live action

In the film Ben 10: Race Against Time, he was portrayed by Graham Phillips. The film originally aired on Cartoon Network on November 21, 2007. The film was originally canon to the Original Continuity until being retconned into an alternate time by Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. In Ben 10: Alien Swarm, he was portrayed by Ryan Kelley. The film originally aired on Cartoon Network on November 25, 2009. According to Kelley, additional sequels were planned but never came to fruition. [39]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Manny was mentioned in Gwen 10, a non-canon episode. It is unknown if he exists in the canon timeline.

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