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Series
Original series
Main article: Ben 10 (TV series)
10-year-old Ben Tennyson finds an alien device out in the woods, the Omnimatrix (Omnitrix for short), which allows him to turn into ten different alien species. Throughout his summer vacation, traveling the country in the "Rust Bucket" with his Grandpa Max and his cousin Gwen, Ben fights crime and evil aliens with his new powers, gaining the ability to turn into six more aliens.
Alien Force
Main article: Ben 10: Alien Force
Five years after the original series, Ben has apparently taken off the Omnitrix, but when his Grandpa Max goes missing, he puts it back on, which reboots it and gives Ben a new set of ten aliens. Ben's old enemy, Kevin Levin, somehow escaped the Null Void, but has become (mostly) reformed and joins Ben's team.
Ultimate Alien
Main article: Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Several weeks after the end of Alien Force, Ben now has the Ultimate Omnimatrix/Ultimate Omnitrix/Ultimatrix, which allows him to 'evolve' his aliens into more powerful forms. Even though it was advertised that Ben now has all of his old forms, this doesn't really happen until Ben 10,000 Returns.
Omniverse
Main article: Ben 10: Omniverse
A year after Ultimate Alien, Ben gets a new Omnitrix along with a new set of aliens. While Gwen and Kevin go off to college, Ben is ready to become a solo superhero. But Max pairs him up with Rook, a by-the-book rookie plumber. Max sends Ben and Rook to investigate a hidden alien city. Meanwhile, Ben is targeted by an intergalactic bounty hunter named Khyber.
Others
Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge
A game show titled Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge, developed for television by United Kingdom-based produced company Twenty Twenty, airs on Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Bulgaria and the Nordic region, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Chile and the Middle East.[2] Ultimate Challenge is a trivia show tasking children with answering questions about all three series.[2] Ultimate Challenge is executive produced by Daniel Marlowe and produced by Mandy Morris.[3]
Elements of the franchise
Themes
Omnitrix/Ultimatrix
Main article: List of Ben 10 aliens
Falling accidentally into the hands of Ben Tennyson, the Omnitrix and its later upgrade the Ultimatrix are the central element of the Ben 10 story. They are alien devices of level 20 technology developed by Azmuth that transform the user into any one of a number of alien beings. Despite many seeing it as a weapon, the true purpose of the Omnitrix was to allow the diverse beings of the universe to understand each other by walking in each other's shoes, and to resurrect intelligent species that may go extinct.
The Omnitrix appears in the first two incarnations of the franchise (Ben 10 and Ben 10: Alien Force and the Ultimatrix in the third incarnation Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. And in the final episode of Ultimate Alien, Azmuth takes the Ultimatrix from Ben and replaces it with a new Omnitrix - the original and Ultimate version have been only prototypes.
In Ben 10: Omniverse, a knock off of the original Omnitrix, the Nemetrix is introduced. Unlike the Omnitrix and its succeeding models, the Nemetix uses the DNA of the natural predators of sapian alien races. Thus, only an animal can utilize the Nemetrix as users of higher intelligence are unable to use it themselves.
Characters
Main article: List of Ben 10 characters
The franchise has a variety of kinds of characters: humans, aliens, and also there are magical characters mixed with the alien subject.
The Plumbers
The Plumbers are an intergalactic policing/counter-terrorist/black-ops organization, which deals with extraterrestrial, paranormal, and other situations by using many high-tech alien gadgets and weapons.
The organization is composed of both human and alien members, each of whom possesses a special badge, and all badges bear the intergalactic peace symbol, a green hourglass shape. The badge has many features:
Is a communication device.
Creates a holographic map that can pin-point the location of another Plumber's badge.
Is a universal translator.
Enables access to "Extranet", which is an intergalactic version of the Internet.
In the original series, the Earth's Plumbers were a secret government organization that protected the general public from any alien threat. Their main base was located inside Mt. Rushmore, where the Null Void projector and Sub-Energy were stored. Their main adversary was Vilgax. Max was a Plumbers member in his youth. Most of the Plumbers have disbanded; however, a few members (like Max and his relatives) remain in a semi-active capacity.
Forever Knights
The Forever Knights are a secret British society/paramilitary group first formed during the Middle Ages that are dedicating to collect and study alien technology, usually in illegal ways. Any aliens they capture along the way are dissected and studied, and any humans caught with them are immediately deemed worthless and disposed of. It is revealed in "Ben 10: Ultimate Alien" that the reason for their actions is to combat Diagon, an entity from another dimension that nearly conquered Earth in the Middle Ages were it not for the Forever Knights' immortal founder George. However, when George left them, the Forever Knights began to splinter under various self-titled Forever Kings who transformed their knights' duty into a genocidal policy toward anything alien. The Forever Knights also arm themselves with a large variety of medieval weapons enhanced by alien technology, with Lightsaber-like swords, lances, "laser lances", laser guns and electro shock rods being their most common ones.
Anodites
Anodites are a humanoid race of energy beings from the planet "Anodyne".
They are based on a vital energy called "Mana", that is present in all living things and beings throughout the entire universe, known as the life source energy. For Anodites, is a source of power, they have the ability to control it as well like "magic" (which is confirmed to derived from Mana), a key difference is that this form of magic (or at least magical rituals) relies much more on the use of spoken incantations, spell books, charms and talismans, and even celestial events, to achieve the desired magical and mystical effects the caster desires. Anodites manipulate this, able to create pink-and-magenta-colored shields and force fields of varying shapes and sizes for protection and circular magenta shapes or globes that can be thrown to disable enemies.
Anodites are quite free-spirited and most don't take life as seriously as most humans to the point that some Anodites disregard the morality of their actions and would rather satisfy their own personal pleasures, but that does not stop them from helping others.
Osmosians
Osmosians (a play on osmosis) are human-like aliens from the planet "Osmos V".
They have a unique ability to absorb matter and energy from nearly anything and use it in various ways. Osmosians can channel energy through their hands to manipulate technology, discharge it as an energy blast or use it to speed up cellular regeneration to increase their strength or recover from injuries at an accelerated rate. Osmosians are able to absorb and synthesize the mass, properties, and chemical makeup of matter to change their body into a living matter in the shape as the Osmosian, the absorbed matter is as durable as the matter used to make it and can enhance their strength and durability. Osmosians can also extend their matter to anything they are touching.
Osmosians can become mentally unstable if they absorb energy and cannot control it. Storing energy for long periods of time will worsen their instability.
Galvans
Galvans (a play on galvanization) are a small bipedal frog-like beings, originally from Galvan Prime; currently they live in Galvan Mark II.
They are naturally extremely intelligent, and can enter complex machines and operate them from the inside. This allows them to understand and operate virtually any machine, even if they've never seen it before.
The Galvan originally had no empire to speak of, instead they were being first kept as pets and then employed by other species as industrial technicians, spies and saboteurs once their intelligence became known. They were smart enough to keep the best secrets for themselves, eventually amassing enough knowledge to build a powerful empire of their own based on the technology they had kept from the rest of the universe, Galvans are very loyal to keeping their research and technology top secret.
Transports
Each series has featured with some kind of main transportation. The wheeled motor vehicles, even appearing like normal cars, they are equipped with several Plumbers' technology, like a turbo engine, laser guns and also an autopilot. And they often are destroyed during the series.
The Rust Bucket, is an old RV resembling a GMC motorhome owned by Max Tennyson. And despite being old, and even have been destroyed a few times, Max has a great affection for it.
Ship is a Galvanic Mechamorph (Upgrade's species) alien that has the ability to transform himself into fully operational technology he's once touched. And he merged with the Forever Knights spaceship, from this event, he became the space transportation for Ben's team during the season 3 of Ben 10: Alien Force. He was replaced by the Rust Bucket III, a Plumbers' jet that Kevin has upgraded with alien tech.
Kevin's car is a Muscle car resembling a Dodge Challenger armed with Plumber technology as well as other various alien tech, including guns and offroad capabilities. It is the team's main transport in Ben 10: Alien Force & Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. As it is damaged and/or destroyed a lot, mainly during fights or chase scenes, and Kevin constantly repairs it.
Allusions
The series often makes references and parodies to the popular culture, by the episode titles, lines, characters, events, and other ways:
Ben 10
Ben 10: Alien Force
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Running gags
Many characters prefer violent solutions rather than verbal ones, especially Kevin, who prefers to hit people before talking, but is stopped by Gwen, who is much more sensitive than him. Also, Ben prefers using a big, powerful alien in many situations, but ends up turning into another alien, especially Grey Matter, a small and less powerful genetic Galvan, and Nanomech, a humanoid insect.
During the original series, Ben has a lack of hygiene, and this is briefly seen in the other series. Is sometimes mentioned that he rarely washes himself or uses the same clothes, claiming the shirt that is common on the first series is the only shirt he used during the entire summer.
Mr. Smoothy is a restaurant that serves mostly smoothies which Ben and his friends are regular customers. The titular mascot is a cup with face and legs that holds a smaller cup. It serves the strangest assortment of flavors in its smoothies, made to order. Among the strange flavors which Ben drinks are: "chocolate and carrot", "nectarine", "mango and blueberry with extra echinacea" and "all-meat flavored smoothies such as lamb and sardine".
Sumo Slammers is a large franchise spawning up to video games, trading card games, TV shows, movies, mp3 players, etc., which appears often in the Ben 10 series. The story similar to anime stories, the details were not shown, but it tells about a warrior called Ishiyama and his archenemy called Kenko with shapeshift abilities, which somehow has joined to Ishiyama. Ben is a huge fan since he was younger, always trying to do something linked with it, like knowing the news about, and pretending that is fighting like them.
Kevin's car is a muscle car armed with Plumber technology as well as other various alien tech, including guns and off-road capabilities. As it is often damaged and/or destroyed (such as during fights or chase scenes), Kevin is constantly repairing it. The Rust Bucket III has also become a part of this running gag. In the episode "Video Game" Kevin seems to think Ben's destruction of Will's car is not a good way of getting back at Harangue for his rage focused at Ben. Due to Kevin's obsession with own his car, it is likely a joke referencing that.
Since "War of the Worlds", due to Ben's worldwide fame, he shows some typical celebrity behavior, where is chased by fans and shows off, hoping that someone will notice and adore him. He constantly claims to have "saved the whole entire universe!".
Recurring elements
Technologies
The advanced technologies shown are both alien and from earth. In the series, they are divided in levels of complication, danger or sophistication. The levels known thus far are 1-20, although some technology is confirmed to be higher than Level 20. Any tech above the allowed level, used on this planet, is considered illegal.
Earth is a level 2 planet, something that is considered very inferior for other aliens, as stated once that Earth is at least 500 years away from being level 3.
Dwayne McDuffie describes some levels:
Level 1 includes use and construction of simple tools.
Level 2 includes remedial energy Manipulation, the use of Fire and/or the use of simple machines.
Level 3 includes intermediate tool use and industrial organization combined with intermediate energy manipulation. Often information management technologies develop at Level 3. This is also the level at which many species accidentally kill themselves.
Level 5 includes remedial manipulation of the fundamental force.
Null Void
The Null Void is a alternate dimension created by the Galvan as a penal colony. It is filled with what look like never-ending floating rocks, and flying creatures as guards. It is shown to be worse than a normal prison, often scares many known people that went there, including Kevin, which made him what he is now: one of the protagonists.
ID Mask
ID Masks are masks that can change someone's appearance holographically, they were often used by DNAliens to take forms of human beings, and is also used by Plumbers' Kids who are obviously part alien to hide their appearance and be able to roam freely on Earth.
Techadon Robots
Techadons are powerful war machines that came from a mass produce developed by a Weapons Technology group known as the "Weapon masters of Techadon". They are armed with powerful lasers and nanite based regenerative technologies, able to recreate itself in entirety from a single hand. The custom made ones that are commissioned for a hit are stronger and when one is destroyed, the other ones adapt from the defeated ones.
Time Travel
The Entropy Pump is a machine made of quartz crystals developed by Professor Paradox during the 1950s, as a time-traveling experiment. It was experimented in a lab when an assistant Hugo drew back and hit the controls, causing the machine to become a vacuum, pulling Paradox inside of it and hurling him into the event horizon of a virtual wormhole. The result powers Paradox's time traveling project by generating enough energy to weaken the time-space continuum.
Paradox, now with knowledge of the time line, later explains to Ben the concept of Cross Time. Cross Time is a reference to alternate future timelines, such as the timeline depicted in "Ben 10,000" and "Ken 10" where Kevin was still evil. Another Cross Time future, depicted in "Ben 10,000 Returns", presents Ben still with the Ultimatrix and using it to become an Ultimate human.
Ascalon
Ascalon is a sword-like weapon also created by Azmuth, with the power to tap into the forces of the universe itself. The sword is so powerful that it can destroy an entire planet, and can also cause madness to anyone who possesses it. Only the one who is dignified can have such power, that's why Azmuth gave Ascalon to a human which is immortal, and is battling an extra-dimensional creature, knowing that only "he" needs such power to fight.
Films
Secret of the Omnitrix
Main article: Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix
The first is a regular animated feature called Secret of the Omnitrix. A trailer of the film was released with the film Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen, and it aired August 10, 2007. The main plot was about during a fight with Dr Animo, Ben's omnitrix accidentally sets off its self-destruct mode and Ben has to find the omnitrix's creator to shut it down and stop the evil Vilgax.
Race Against Time
Main article: Ben 10: Race Against Time
The second is a live-action film titled Ben 10: Race Against Time[4] which aired November 21, 2007, It revolves around Ben, Gwen and Grandpa Max returning to their hometown of Bellwood and attempting to adjust to being 'normal' again. Unfortunately, their lives are once again disrupted by a mysterious alien known as Eon, who has an unexpected connection to the Omnitrix. It premiered on Cartoon Network on November 21, 2007. The film was directed by Alex Winter.[5] The film was nominated for two Visual Effects Society Awards: Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special - Dina Benadon, Evan Jacobs, Brent Young, Chris Christman; and Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial - Brent Young, Michael Smith.[6]
Alien Swarm
Main article: Ben 10: Alien Swarm
The third is a live-action film titled Ben 10: Alien Swarm which aired November 25, 2009. It is about Ben, Gwen, Kevin and Grandpa Max. In the movie the group stumbles upon a hive of alien nanobots using humans as host bodies in order to take over the world. The Nanochips, or "alien swarm", are controlled by a single consciousness and Ben and his friends must work together to stop them.
Destroy All Aliens
Main article: Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens
A CGI animated movie has been announced,[7] titled Ben 10: Destroy all Aliens and was released on March 11, 2012 (Asia / Philippines)[8] and on March 23, 2012 (US).[9] This film had previously been under the working title Ben 10: Alien Dimensions.[10] The film was based on the original series, and featured the original voice cast. The CGI was animated by Tiny Island Productions, in Singapore.
Feature film adaptation
On June 14, 2011, Producer Joel Silver announced that he along with Warner Bros. and Dark Castle Entertainment would bring Ben 10 to the big screen.[11] Albert Torres is attached to the project as screenwriter.[12]
Ben 10 / Generator Rex crossover
Main article: Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United
During Cartoon Network's panel at 2011's San Diego Comic-Con, Ben 10 and Generator Rex creators "Man of Action" announced a crossover special between the Ben 10 and Generator Rex series titled Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United. The forty minute special aired on November 25, 2011 as a Generator Rex episode.[13][14]
A comic book based on the special titled: "Hero Times Two" was released on November 30, 2011, as the sixty-fifth issue of DC Comics' Cartoon Network: Action Pack.[15]
Awards
Original Series
Year
Award
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result
2007
34th Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation
Thomas Perkins
Won
2007
Golden Reel Award
Best Sound Editing in Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue, ADR and Music for Television Animation
Otis Van Osten, Melinda Rediger, Trevor Sperry, Matt Brown, Jody Thomas, Andy Sturmer, Ron Salaises, Keith Dickens for the episode "Ben 10,000"
Nominated
2008
35th Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Special Class Animated Program
Brian A. Miller, Sam Register, Jennifer Pelphrey, Alex Soto, Donna Smith, Tramm Wigzell
Nominated
Race Against Time
Year
Award
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result
2008
29th Young Artist Awards
Best Leading Young Actor
Graham Phillips as Ben Tennyson
Nominated
Best Supporting Young Actor
Tyler Patrick Jones as Cash Murray
Nominated
Best Supporting Young Actress
Haley Ramm as Gwen Tennyson
Nominated
6th Visual Effects Society Awards[6]
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial
Brent Young, Smith, Michael For the Grey Matter sequence
Nominated
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special
Dina Benadon, Evan Jacobs, Brent Young, Chris Christman for visual effects compilation
Nominated
Alien Force
Year
Award
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result
2009
36th Daytime Emmy Awards[16]
Outstanding Sound Mixing - Live Action and Animation
Robert Hargreaves, Robert Serda and John Hegedes
Won
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Live Action and Animation
Robert Hargreaves
Nominated
Outstanding Special Class Animated Program
Brian A. Miller, Sam Register, Glen Murakami, Jennifer Pelphrey, Donna Smith
Nominated
Alien Swarm
Year
Award
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result
2010
62nd Primetime Emmy Awards[17]
Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
Evan Jacobs, Sean McPherson, Andrew Orloff, Brent Young
Nominated
8th Visual Effects Society Awards
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or a Special
Evan Jacobs, Sean McPherson, Andrew Orloff
Nominated
15th Art Directors Guild Award[18]
Television Movie or Mini-Series
Yuda Acco Harry Matheu, Hugh D.G. Moody, Rouzier, Pierre, Robb Bihun, Ann Stacy, Dan Post
Nominated
Ultimate Alien
Year
Award
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result
2011
64th Writers Guild of America Awards
Animation
Len Uhley for the episode "Moonstruck"
Nominated
Spin-off media
Merchandise
Further information: List of Ben 10 episodes#DVD releases, List of Ben 10: Alien Force episodes#DVD releases, and List of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien episodes#DVD releases
Following the success of the Ben 10 animated TV series and films, various Ben 10 merchandise has been released for general sale. These items include comic books, card games such as Top Trumps, toys, video games, Lego construction sets, bedding, coloring books, footwear, the watches (the Omnitrix and the Ultrimatrix), and coloring books. All three shows have also been released on DVD, and there are a number of video games.
Games
The game franchise has many different formats. The video games franchise started on 2007 with the release of Protector of Earth.
The latest video game, Ben 10: Omniverse has been developed and released for the series for the Nintendo Wii & Wii U, Nintendo DS & 3DS, Microsoft Xbox 360 & Sony PlayStation 3 on November 13th, 2012. The player can play as 13 playable alien heroes, including never-before-seen aliens like Bloxx and Gravattack, as they work for either Ben or Rook to defeat the evil plans of a fierce villain, intent on destroying the world. The game is developed by Vicious Style Stydios for all platforms except for the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo 3DS version, which is developed by 1st Playable Productions. The plot is that Ben's partner Rook goes back in time and meets an 11-year old Ben. In the past Malware absorbs Rook's Proto-Tool and has intention of destroying the Earth. You will be able to access both Bens.
There are 7 games, including Omniverse, these are the games released:
Ben 10: Protector of Earth
Ben 10: Alien Force
Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks
Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex
Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction
Ben 10: Galactic Racing
Ben 10: Omniverse
Toy Line
Further information: Ben 10 Toy Line and Lego Ben 10
Bandai has manufactured a massive amount of Ben 10 toys from the three series.
The series received three McDonald's Happy Meal promotions internationally, as well as one in America in August 2011.[19] The toys are colored translucent dolls of some Omnitrix/Ultimatrix aliens and its Ultimate forms, and inside there is a small photo of Ben. But the Alien Force toys are four rings, each one are an alien (Goop, Jetray, Alien X, Chromastone) and with features linked with their powers.
Comic Books
Developed by Jason Hall, Min G. Kuand and Heroic Age[disambiguation needed]. Ben 10 Comic revolves around Ben's summer vacation along traveling with Gwen and their Grandpa Max traveling in the Rust Bucket. Ben 10: Alien Force Comic revolves around Ben battling the Highbreed and the DNAliens along with Gwen and a reformed Kevin.
The Action Packs are comics made by DC Comics and most of the time they have Ben 10 comics in them accompanied by either Samurai Jack, Codename Kids Next Door, The Secret Saturdays, or Generator Rex. Some of the issues are connected with the franchise, while others are non-canon.
Ben 10 in Other Media
MAD
Ben appeared on a parody of Benjamin Franklin, titled "Ben 10 Franklin". He was flying his kite when he was struck by a lightning bolt and gained the Omnitrix. He used Swampfire to sign The Declaration of Independence; Humungousaur to defeat the British people who were dissing the USA, and smash down a junior high school bully's house as a revenge.
South Park
In the South Park episode "You're Getting Old", Cartman's Mom mentioned that Cartman gets upset when he doesn't get a present every time someone else gets a present at a party. One of the presents Cartman gets is a "Ben 10 Wrist Rocket".
Robot Chicken
In the episode "Hurtled from a Helicopter into a Speeding Train", where shows Ben on his 14th birthday party, where he complains about his gifts given by Azmuth.
Cartoon Network promotion
Titanic Kungfubot Offensive
Main article: Titanic Kungfubot Offensive
The game features famous and notable Cartoon Network characters in a robot-type form: Big Chill, Swampfire, a DNAlien, Kevin, Vilgax, Rath, Armodrillo, Ultimate Humongousaur, Ultimate Echo Echo and Ultimate Big Chill appear as playable characters.
To promote the Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United special, Cartoon Network updated Titanic Kungfubot Offensive, adding new bots, such as "Shocksquatch" and "Clockwork"; both are aliens accessible to Ben.
Cartoon Network Universe: Fusion Fall
Main article: Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
The character design for Ben Tennyson was changed when the original Ben 10 series ended and was replaced by Alien Force. In the game, he serves as a "Player Guide" offering guide-based missions and special items.
Cartoon Network Universe: Project Exonaut
In another browser-based game entitled Cartoon Network Universe: Project Exonaut; Ben's aliens, alongside Gwen and Vilgax, appear as "exosuits". The exosuits revolve around protecting the player and giving them unique abilities and powers. The planet Kylmyys (the home of one of Ben's aliens, Big Chill) and the Perplexhedron are featured as battle arenas. Ultimate Kevin and Alien X are currently the new exosuits for Project Exonaut representing Ben 10.
Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion
Vilgax as he appears in Punch Time Explosion.
Main article: Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion
Ben appears in the game as a playable character. Swampfire, Humungousaur, Big Chill and AmpFibian (with Ultimate Humungousaur as a Punch Time) appear as Ben's playable aliens. Vilgax, the archenemy of Ben Tennyson appears also as a playable character for the first time. Gwen and the Vreedle Brothers are summons in the game. Additionally, Bellwood and the Null Void are included as battle arenas. Kevin also appears as a summon in the game, but is featured as a playable character on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii versions, called Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL. Kevin in Ultimate Kevin form appears in the game as a boss. The young version of Ben appears in the console version of the game as a playable character
Series
Original series
Main article: Ben 10 (TV series)
10-year-old Ben Tennyson finds an alien device out in the woods, the Omnimatrix (Omnitrix for short), which allows him to turn into ten different alien species. Throughout his summer vacation, traveling the country in the "Rust Bucket" with his Grandpa Max and his cousin Gwen, Ben fights crime and evil aliens with his new powers, gaining the ability to turn into six more aliens.
Alien Force
Main article: Ben 10: Alien Force
Five years after the original series, Ben has apparently taken off the Omnitrix, but when his Grandpa Max goes missing, he puts it back on, which reboots it and gives Ben a new set of ten aliens. Ben's old enemy, Kevin Levin, somehow escaped the Null Void, but has become (mostly) reformed and joins Ben's team.
Ultimate Alien
Main article: Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Several weeks after the end of Alien Force, Ben now has the Ultimate Omnimatrix/Ultimate Omnitrix/Ultimatrix, which allows him to 'evolve' his aliens into more powerful forms. Even though it was advertised that Ben now has all of his old forms, this doesn't really happen until Ben 10,000 Returns.
Omniverse
Main article: Ben 10: Omniverse
A year after Ultimate Alien, Ben gets a new Omnitrix along with a new set of aliens. While Gwen and Kevin go off to college, Ben is ready to become a solo superhero. But Max pairs him up with Rook, a by-the-book rookie plumber. Max sends Ben and Rook to investigate a hidden alien city. Meanwhile, Ben is targeted by an intergalactic bounty hunter named Khyber.
Others
Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge
A game show titled Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge, developed for television by United Kingdom-based produced company Twenty Twenty, airs on Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Bulgaria and the Nordic region, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Chile and the Middle East.[2] Ultimate Challenge is a trivia show tasking children with answering questions about all three series.[2] Ultimate Challenge is executive produced by Daniel Marlowe and produced by Mandy Morris.[3]
Elements of the franchise
Themes
Omnitrix/Ultimatrix
Main article: List of Ben 10 aliens
Falling accidentally into the hands of Ben Tennyson, the Omnitrix and its later upgrade the Ultimatrix are the central element of the Ben 10 story. They are alien devices of level 20 technology developed by Azmuth that transform the user into any one of a number of alien beings. Despite many seeing it as a weapon, the true purpose of the Omnitrix was to allow the diverse beings of the universe to understand each other by walking in each other's shoes, and to resurrect intelligent species that may go extinct.
The Omnitrix appears in the first two incarnations of the franchise (Ben 10 and Ben 10: Alien Force and the Ultimatrix in the third incarnation Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. And in the final episode of Ultimate Alien, Azmuth takes the Ultimatrix from Ben and replaces it with a new Omnitrix - the original and Ultimate version have been only prototypes.
In Ben 10: Omniverse, a knock off of the original Omnitrix, the Nemetrix is introduced. Unlike the Omnitrix and its succeeding models, the Nemetix uses the DNA of the natural predators of sapian alien races. Thus, only an animal can utilize the Nemetrix as users of higher intelligence are unable to use it themselves.
Characters
Main article: List of Ben 10 characters
The franchise has a variety of kinds of characters: humans, aliens, and also there are magical characters mixed with the alien subject.
The Plumbers
The Plumbers are an intergalactic policing/counter-terrorist/black-ops organization, which deals with extraterrestrial, paranormal, and other situations by using many high-tech alien gadgets and weapons.
The organization is composed of both human and alien members, each of whom possesses a special badge, and all badges bear the intergalactic peace symbol, a green hourglass shape. The badge has many features:
Is a communication device.
Creates a holographic map that can pin-point the location of another Plumber's badge.
Is a universal translator.
Enables access to "Extranet", which is an intergalactic version of the Internet.
In the original series, the Earth's Plumbers were a secret government organization that protected the general public from any alien threat. Their main base was located inside Mt. Rushmore, where the Null Void projector and Sub-Energy were stored. Their main adversary was Vilgax. Max was a Plumbers member in his youth. Most of the Plumbers have disbanded; however, a few members (like Max and his relatives) remain in a semi-active capacity.
Forever Knights
The Forever Knights are a secret British society/paramilitary group first formed during the Middle Ages that are dedicating to collect and study alien technology, usually in illegal ways. Any aliens they capture along the way are dissected and studied, and any humans caught with them are immediately deemed worthless and disposed of. It is revealed in "Ben 10: Ultimate Alien" that the reason for their actions is to combat Diagon, an entity from another dimension that nearly conquered Earth in the Middle Ages were it not for the Forever Knights' immortal founder George. However, when George left them, the Forever Knights began to splinter under various self-titled Forever Kings who transformed their knights' duty into a genocidal policy toward anything alien. The Forever Knights also arm themselves with a large variety of medieval weapons enhanced by alien technology, with Lightsaber-like swords, lances, "laser lances", laser guns and electro shock rods being their most common ones.
Anodites
Anodites are a humanoid race of energy beings from the planet "Anodyne".
They are based on a vital energy called "Mana", that is present in all living things and beings throughout the entire universe, known as the life source energy. For Anodites, is a source of power, they have the ability to control it as well like "magic" (which is confirmed to derived from Mana), a key difference is that this form of magic (or at least magical rituals) relies much more on the use of spoken incantations, spell books, charms and talismans, and even celestial events, to achieve the desired magical and mystical effects the caster desires. Anodites manipulate this, able to create pink-and-magenta-colored shields and force fields of varying shapes and sizes for protection and circular magenta shapes or globes that can be thrown to disable enemies.
Anodites are quite free-spirited and most don't take life as seriously as most humans to the point that some Anodites disregard the morality of their actions and would rather satisfy their own personal pleasures, but that does not stop them from helping others.
Osmosians
Osmosians (a play on osmosis) are human-like aliens from the planet "Osmos V".
They have a unique ability to absorb matter and energy from nearly anything and use it in various ways. Osmosians can channel energy through their hands to manipulate technology, discharge it as an energy blast or use it to speed up cellular regeneration to increase their strength or recover from injuries at an accelerated rate. Osmosians are able to absorb and synthesize the mass, properties, and chemical makeup of matter to change their body into a living matter in the shape as the Osmosian, the absorbed matter is as durable as the matter used to make it and can enhance their strength and durability. Osmosians can also extend their matter to anything they are touching.
Osmosians can become mentally unstable if they absorb energy and cannot control it. Storing energy for long periods of time will worsen their instability.
Galvans
Galvans (a play on galvanization) are a small bipedal frog-like beings, originally from Galvan Prime; currently they live in Galvan Mark II.
They are naturally extremely intelligent, and can enter complex machines and operate them from the inside. This allows them to understand and operate virtually any machine, even if they've never seen it before.
The Galvan originally had no empire to speak of, instead they were being first kept as pets and then employed by other species as industrial technicians, spies and saboteurs once their intelligence became known. They were smart enough to keep the best secrets for themselves, eventually amassing enough knowledge to build a powerful empire of their own based on the technology they had kept from the rest of the universe, Galvans are very loyal to keeping their research and technology top secret.
Transports
Each series has featured with some kind of main transportation. The wheeled motor vehicles, even appearing like normal cars, they are equipped with several Plumbers' technology, like a turbo engine, laser guns and also an autopilot. And they often are destroyed during the series.
The Rust Bucket, is an old RV resembling a GMC motorhome owned by Max Tennyson. And despite being old, and even have been destroyed a few times, Max has a great affection for it.
Ship is a Galvanic Mechamorph (Upgrade's species) alien that has the ability to transform himself into fully operational technology he's once touched. And he merged with the Forever Knights spaceship, from this event, he became the space transportation for Ben's team during the season 3 of Ben 10: Alien Force. He was replaced by the Rust Bucket III, a Plumbers' jet that Kevin has upgraded with alien tech.
Kevin's car is a Muscle car resembling a Dodge Challenger armed with Plumber technology as well as other various alien tech, including guns and offroad capabilities. It is the team's main transport in Ben 10: Alien Force & Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. As it is damaged and/or destroyed a lot, mainly during fights or chase scenes, and Kevin constantly repairs it.
Allusions
The series often makes references and parodies to the popular culture, by the episode titles, lines, characters, events, and other ways:
Ben 10
Ben 10: Alien Force
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Running gags
Many characters prefer violent solutions rather than verbal ones, especially Kevin, who prefers to hit people before talking, but is stopped by Gwen, who is much more sensitive than him. Also, Ben prefers using a big, powerful alien in many situations, but ends up turning into another alien, especially Grey Matter, a small and less powerful genetic Galvan, and Nanomech, a humanoid insect.
During the original series, Ben has a lack of hygiene, and this is briefly seen in the other series. Is sometimes mentioned that he rarely washes himself or uses the same clothes, claiming the shirt that is common on the first series is the only shirt he used during the entire summer.
Mr. Smoothy is a restaurant that serves mostly smoothies which Ben and his friends are regular customers. The titular mascot is a cup with face and legs that holds a smaller cup. It serves the strangest assortment of flavors in its smoothies, made to order. Among the strange flavors which Ben drinks are: "chocolate and carrot", "nectarine", "mango and blueberry with extra echinacea" and "all-meat flavored smoothies such as lamb and sardine".
Sumo Slammers is a large franchise spawning up to video games, trading card games, TV shows, movies, mp3 players, etc., which appears often in the Ben 10 series. The story similar to anime stories, the details were not shown, but it tells about a warrior called Ishiyama and his archenemy called Kenko with shapeshift abilities, which somehow has joined to Ishiyama. Ben is a huge fan since he was younger, always trying to do something linked with it, like knowing the news about, and pretending that is fighting like them.
Kevin's car is a muscle car armed with Plumber technology as well as other various alien tech, including guns and off-road capabilities. As it is often damaged and/or destroyed (such as during fights or chase scenes), Kevin is constantly repairing it. The Rust Bucket III has also become a part of this running gag. In the episode "Video Game" Kevin seems to think Ben's destruction of Will's car is not a good way of getting back at Harangue for his rage focused at Ben. Due to Kevin's obsession with own his car, it is likely a joke referencing that.
Since "War of the Worlds", due to Ben's worldwide fame, he shows some typical celebrity behavior, where is chased by fans and shows off, hoping that someone will notice and adore him. He constantly claims to have "saved the whole entire universe!".
Recurring elements
Technologies
The advanced technologies shown are both alien and from earth. In the series, they are divided in levels of complication, danger or sophistication. The levels known thus far are 1-20, although some technology is confirmed to be higher than Level 20. Any tech above the allowed level, used on this planet, is considered illegal.
Earth is a level 2 planet, something that is considered very inferior for other aliens, as stated once that Earth is at least 500 years away from being level 3.
Dwayne McDuffie describes some levels:
Level 1 includes use and construction of simple tools.
Level 2 includes remedial energy Manipulation, the use of Fire and/or the use of simple machines.
Level 3 includes intermediate tool use and industrial organization combined with intermediate energy manipulation. Often information management technologies develop at Level 3. This is also the level at which many species accidentally kill themselves.
Level 5 includes remedial manipulation of the fundamental force.
Null Void
The Null Void is a alternate dimension created by the Galvan as a penal colony. It is filled with what look like never-ending floating rocks, and flying creatures as guards. It is shown to be worse than a normal prison, often scares many known people that went there, including Kevin, which made him what he is now: one of the protagonists.
ID Mask
ID Masks are masks that can change someone's appearance holographically, they were often used by DNAliens to take forms of human beings, and is also used by Plumbers' Kids who are obviously part alien to hide their appearance and be able to roam freely on Earth.
Techadon Robots
Techadons are powerful war machines that came from a mass produce developed by a Weapons Technology group known as the "Weapon masters of Techadon". They are armed with powerful lasers and nanite based regenerative technologies, able to recreate itself in entirety from a single hand. The custom made ones that are commissioned for a hit are stronger and when one is destroyed, the other ones adapt from the defeated ones.
Time Travel
The Entropy Pump is a machine made of quartz crystals developed by Professor Paradox during the 1950s, as a time-traveling experiment. It was experimented in a lab when an assistant Hugo drew back and hit the controls, causing the machine to become a vacuum, pulling Paradox inside of it and hurling him into the event horizon of a virtual wormhole. The result powers Paradox's time traveling project by generating enough energy to weaken the time-space continuum.
Paradox, now with knowledge of the time line, later explains to Ben the concept of Cross Time. Cross Time is a reference to alternate future timelines, such as the timeline depicted in "Ben 10,000" and "Ken 10" where Kevin was still evil. Another Cross Time future, depicted in "Ben 10,000 Returns", presents Ben still with the Ultimatrix and using it to become an Ultimate human.
Ascalon
Ascalon is a sword-like weapon also created by Azmuth, with the power to tap into the forces of the universe itself. The sword is so powerful that it can destroy an entire planet, and can also cause madness to anyone who possesses it. Only the one who is dignified can have such power, that's why Azmuth gave Ascalon to a human which is immortal, and is battling an extra-dimensional creature, knowing that only "he" needs such power to fight.
Films
Secret of the Omnitrix
Main article: Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix
The first is a regular animated feature called Secret of the Omnitrix. A trailer of the film was released with the film Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen, and it aired August 10, 2007. The main plot was about during a fight with Dr Animo, Ben's omnitrix accidentally sets off its self-destruct mode and Ben has to find the omnitrix's creator to shut it down and stop the evil Vilgax.
Race Against Time
Main article: Ben 10: Race Against Time
The second is a live-action film titled Ben 10: Race Against Time[4] which aired November 21, 2007, It revolves around Ben, Gwen and Grandpa Max returning to their hometown of Bellwood and attempting to adjust to being 'normal' again. Unfortunately, their lives are once again disrupted by a mysterious alien known as Eon, who has an unexpected connection to the Omnitrix. It premiered on Cartoon Network on November 21, 2007. The film was directed by Alex Winter.[5] The film was nominated for two Visual Effects Society Awards: Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special - Dina Benadon, Evan Jacobs, Brent Young, Chris Christman; and Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial - Brent Young, Michael Smith.[6]
Alien Swarm
Main article: Ben 10: Alien Swarm
The third is a live-action film titled Ben 10: Alien Swarm which aired November 25, 2009. It is about Ben, Gwen, Kevin and Grandpa Max. In the movie the group stumbles upon a hive of alien nanobots using humans as host bodies in order to take over the world. The Nanochips, or "alien swarm", are controlled by a single consciousness and Ben and his friends must work together to stop them.
Destroy All Aliens
Main article: Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens
A CGI animated movie has been announced,[7] titled Ben 10: Destroy all Aliens and was released on March 11, 2012 (Asia / Philippines)[8] and on March 23, 2012 (US).[9] This film had previously been under the working title Ben 10: Alien Dimensions.[10] The film was based on the original series, and featured the original voice cast. The CGI was animated by Tiny Island Productions, in Singapore.
Feature film adaptation
On June 14, 2011, Producer Joel Silver announced that he along with Warner Bros. and Dark Castle Entertainment would bring Ben 10 to the big screen.[11] Albert Torres is attached to the project as screenwriter.[12]
Ben 10 / Generator Rex crossover
Main article: Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United
During Cartoon Network's panel at 2011's San Diego Comic-Con, Ben 10 and Generator Rex creators "Man of Action" announced a crossover special between the Ben 10 and Generator Rex series titled Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United. The forty minute special aired on November 25, 2011 as a Generator Rex episode.[13][14]
A comic book based on the special titled: "Hero Times Two" was released on November 30, 2011, as the sixty-fifth issue of DC Comics' Cartoon Network: Action Pack.[15]
Awards
Original Series
Year
Award
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result
2007
34th Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation
Thomas Perkins
Won
2007
Golden Reel Award
Best Sound Editing in Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue, ADR and Music for Television Animation
Otis Van Osten, Melinda Rediger, Trevor Sperry, Matt Brown, Jody Thomas, Andy Sturmer, Ron Salaises, Keith Dickens for the episode "Ben 10,000"
Nominated
2008
35th Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Special Class Animated Program
Brian A. Miller, Sam Register, Jennifer Pelphrey, Alex Soto, Donna Smith, Tramm Wigzell
Nominated
Race Against Time
Year
Award
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result
2008
29th Young Artist Awards
Best Leading Young Actor
Graham Phillips as Ben Tennyson
Nominated
Best Supporting Young Actor
Tyler Patrick Jones as Cash Murray
Nominated
Best Supporting Young Actress
Haley Ramm as Gwen Tennyson
Nominated
6th Visual Effects Society Awards[6]
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial
Brent Young, Smith, Michael For the Grey Matter sequence
Nominated
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special
Dina Benadon, Evan Jacobs, Brent Young, Chris Christman for visual effects compilation
Nominated
Alien Force
Year
Award
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result
2009
36th Daytime Emmy Awards[16]
Outstanding Sound Mixing - Live Action and Animation
Robert Hargreaves, Robert Serda and John Hegedes
Won
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Live Action and Animation
Robert Hargreaves
Nominated
Outstanding Special Class Animated Program
Brian A. Miller, Sam Register, Glen Murakami, Jennifer Pelphrey, Donna Smith
Nominated
Alien Swarm
Year
Award
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result
2010
62nd Primetime Emmy Awards[17]
Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
Evan Jacobs, Sean McPherson, Andrew Orloff, Brent Young
Nominated
8th Visual Effects Society Awards
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or a Special
Evan Jacobs, Sean McPherson, Andrew Orloff
Nominated
15th Art Directors Guild Award[18]
Television Movie or Mini-Series
Yuda Acco Harry Matheu, Hugh D.G. Moody, Rouzier, Pierre, Robb Bihun, Ann Stacy, Dan Post
Nominated
Ultimate Alien
Year
Award
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result
2011
64th Writers Guild of America Awards
Animation
Len Uhley for the episode "Moonstruck"
Nominated
Spin-off media
Merchandise
Further information: List of Ben 10 episodes#DVD releases, List of Ben 10: Alien Force episodes#DVD releases, and List of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien episodes#DVD releases
Following the success of the Ben 10 animated TV series and films, various Ben 10 merchandise has been released for general sale. These items include comic books, card games such as Top Trumps, toys, video games, Lego construction sets, bedding, coloring books, footwear, the watches (the Omnitrix and the Ultrimatrix), and coloring books. All three shows have also been released on DVD, and there are a number of video games.
Games
The game franchise has many different formats. The video games franchise started on 2007 with the release of Protector of Earth.
The latest video game, Ben 10: Omniverse has been developed and released for the series for the Nintendo Wii & Wii U, Nintendo DS & 3DS, Microsoft Xbox 360 & Sony PlayStation 3 on November 13th, 2012. The player can play as 13 playable alien heroes, including never-before-seen aliens like Bloxx and Gravattack, as they work for either Ben or Rook to defeat the evil plans of a fierce villain, intent on destroying the world. The game is developed by Vicious Style Stydios for all platforms except for the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo 3DS version, which is developed by 1st Playable Productions. The plot is that Ben's partner Rook goes back in time and meets an 11-year old Ben. In the past Malware absorbs Rook's Proto-Tool and has intention of destroying the Earth. You will be able to access both Bens.
There are 7 games, including Omniverse, these are the games released:
Ben 10: Protector of Earth
Ben 10: Alien Force
Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks
Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex
Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction
Ben 10: Galactic Racing
Ben 10: Omniverse
Toy Line
Further information: Ben 10 Toy Line and Lego Ben 10
Bandai has manufactured a massive amount of Ben 10 toys from the three series.
The series received three McDonald's Happy Meal promotions internationally, as well as one in America in August 2011.[19] The toys are colored translucent dolls of some Omnitrix/Ultimatrix aliens and its Ultimate forms, and inside there is a small photo of Ben. But the Alien Force toys are four rings, each one are an alien (Goop, Jetray, Alien X, Chromastone) and with features linked with their powers.
Comic Books
Developed by Jason Hall, Min G. Kuand and Heroic Age[disambiguation needed]. Ben 10 Comic revolves around Ben's summer vacation along traveling with Gwen and their Grandpa Max traveling in the Rust Bucket. Ben 10: Alien Force Comic revolves around Ben battling the Highbreed and the DNAliens along with Gwen and a reformed Kevin.
The Action Packs are comics made by DC Comics and most of the time they have Ben 10 comics in them accompanied by either Samurai Jack, Codename Kids Next Door, The Secret Saturdays, or Generator Rex. Some of the issues are connected with the franchise, while others are non-canon.
Ben 10 in Other Media
MAD
Ben appeared on a parody of Benjamin Franklin, titled "Ben 10 Franklin". He was flying his kite when he was struck by a lightning bolt and gained the Omnitrix. He used Swampfire to sign The Declaration of Independence; Humungousaur to defeat the British people who were dissing the USA, and smash down a junior high school bully's house as a revenge.
South Park
In the South Park episode "You're Getting Old", Cartman's Mom mentioned that Cartman gets upset when he doesn't get a present every time someone else gets a present at a party. One of the presents Cartman gets is a "Ben 10 Wrist Rocket".
Robot Chicken
In the episode "Hurtled from a Helicopter into a Speeding Train", where shows Ben on his 14th birthday party, where he complains about his gifts given by Azmuth.
Cartoon Network promotion
Titanic Kungfubot Offensive
Main article: Titanic Kungfubot Offensive
The game features famous and notable Cartoon Network characters in a robot-type form: Big Chill, Swampfire, a DNAlien, Kevin, Vilgax, Rath, Armodrillo, Ultimate Humongousaur, Ultimate Echo Echo and Ultimate Big Chill appear as playable characters.
To promote the Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United special, Cartoon Network updated Titanic Kungfubot Offensive, adding new bots, such as "Shocksquatch" and "Clockwork"; both are aliens accessible to Ben.
Cartoon Network Universe: Fusion Fall
Main article: Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
The character design for Ben Tennyson was changed when the original Ben 10 series ended and was replaced by Alien Force. In the game, he serves as a "Player Guide" offering guide-based missions and special items.
Cartoon Network Universe: Project Exonaut
In another browser-based game entitled Cartoon Network Universe: Project Exonaut; Ben's aliens, alongside Gwen and Vilgax, appear as "exosuits". The exosuits revolve around protecting the player and giving them unique abilities and powers. The planet Kylmyys (the home of one of Ben's aliens, Big Chill) and the Perplexhedron are featured as battle arenas. Ultimate Kevin and Alien X are currently the new exosuits for Project Exonaut representing Ben 10.
Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion
Vilgax as he appears in Punch Time Explosion.
Main article: Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion
Ben appears in the game as a playable character. Swampfire, Humungousaur, Big Chill and AmpFibian (with Ultimate Humungousaur as a Punch Time) appear as Ben's playable aliens. Vilgax, the archenemy of Ben Tennyson appears also as a playable character for the first time. Gwen and the Vreedle Brothers are summons in the game. Additionally, Bellwood and the Null Void are included as battle arenas. Kevin also appears as a summon in the game, but is featured as a playable character on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii versions, called Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL. Kevin in Ultimate Kevin form appears in the game as a boss. The young version of Ben appears in the console version of the game as a playable character
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