Ben 10 | He's No Ordinary Kid

[@ShadyDoorags]

Slight correction: I've been informed that Man of Action only worked on part of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, specifically a few episodes in season 2, and I found a source that seems to confirm this. Not the biggest mistake, but I felt it was worth noting since most people who enjoy EMH, including myself, mainly praise the first season.

[@thedotgiver2820]

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[@sirrealgaming6913]

Fun thing about Vilgax When I first saw him I thought he was that Alien enemy from Megas XLR I thought this was the case for a long long time XD

[@lord_poof_gaming6795]

You're an actual G for tossing in the clip from DBZ abridged i resonate with your vids so well ❤️

[@Code_orange22]

i would like to thank you as a representative of the generation z for adding the line "millennial/zoomer" a lot of people forget gen z had this in their childhood

[@gamercoolkids]

You should do the season 3 of ducktails reboot for the 2 parter for the next video please

[@pysz6748]

I like how Grandpa Max’s past is alluded to through the weird food he makes. His diet has probably changed from his space adventures.

[@Cowboycomando54]

I also like the various slip ups he has through out the show.

[@filipvadas7602]

He also identifies Ben's transformarion as being aliens right away which, in retrospect, should have been a red flag from the first episode.

[@orbboom6119]

His taste in food and women😂

[@mantraki]

Not gonna lie, some of the food he prepares are absolute bangers, ive tried goat tongue just because of him and I can assure you that thing it's not only cheap but delicious as well​@@orbboom6119

[@ReconViper1]

Thanks to Xylene no doubt.

[@Definitely_Not_Shakespear]

I believe the opening is a theremin, an electric musical instrument that sends an electronic field between two antenna. You play it by waving your hands between the antenna. You don't touch the instrument itself, but the way you move your hands produces different noises. It can be very haunting, but also lively and strange. It's a neat, lesser known part of the musical world.

[@rootfish2671]

All those old black and white horror films used the theramin to establish a creepy mood

[@TheManBehindtheScreen]

It is indeed a theremin, and it sound can safely be described as a warble.

[@mr.skateandwatch]

We’re gonna probably see it in tonight’s new smiling friends ep(the alien club ep) Edit: I’ve stand corrected. Will be in the season, tho

[@floricel_112]

Thanks I am weasel

[@thomas5585]

Look up peter pringle theremin

[@leithaziz2716]

Ben 10's artstyle has held up so well over the years, it might be one of my favorite styles for a 2D animated show.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

It's way better looking than the more anime style ones we got for later series which were more generic looking.

[@leithaziz2716]

@@thefanwithoutaface8105 The UAF artstyle is very flat unfortunately, but I actually really admire DJW's style for Omniverse. Not everyone is gonna vibe with his style (he had a thing for giving people exaggerated jaws/chins, you see that in Transformers Animated too), but it's so colorful while also having good detail and good expressions/fluidity. Feedback's a goated Alien.

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

I do wish UAF was redone with the OG style I see so many memes of Gwen just looking like Ben with a wig and makeup her hair went from vibrant orange to brownish orange and her outfits were too school uniform based

[@Alwinstan2003]

​@@thefanwithoutaface8105 I think The OG Series Artstyle was Inspired by Naruto, since the creative Team were fans of The Anime. Also Some Designs were made through getting Inspired by Artists like Jack Kirby, Bruce Timm, Mike mignola.

[@wambokodavid7109]

​@@leithaziz2716"not everyone is gonna vibe with it"....u kidding me?Omni verse is the Best Ben 10 after the original.those who don't dig it are just untasteful

[@lol3342]

Fun fact: the voice actor for Max Tennyson (Paul Eiding) also voiced Colonel Roy Campbell in Metal Gear Solid

[@kidprime6863]

And the voice of G1 Perceptor in Transformers

[@TheMasterBlaze]

It was funny for me as a kid to hear Grandpa Max talking about Wario in SSB Brawl.

[@philleW12]

I knew i recognized the voice

[@carlosemilio5180]

And the boss/ mammal pod is that STUPID B***H from spongebob

[@leithaziz2716]

"Colonel, I'm trying to sneak around, but the noise of this green watch keeps alerting Vilgax."

[@AugustoEL]

A reason why Max probably did that is because Ben and Gwen were getting REALLY divided. They have their birthday the exact same day, the family used to celebrate toghether but with time Ben and Gwen started to dislike to interact. So Max is trying to make them mend their relationship.

[@lewisaino]

Thanks to Max Rule 34 exists 😂😂

[@craigpeoples9883]

​@@lewisainoWe do not talk about rule 34

[@TheAsylumCat]

They do tend to act like siblings, so the cousin element probably does affect their relationship in some ways.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

@@TheAsylumCat I think Ben's dislike of Gwen was mainly jealousy though. Gwen does well in school, has lots of friends and is good at sports. Gwen is everything Ben wishes he could be. But the funny thing is that Gwen's character arc in this series is about overcoming her own jealousy of Ben and find value in herself. She always wanted to make a difference through heroism, but she felt she missed out on that when Ben was given the Omnitrix and she gets over her jealousy when she witnesses Ben giving up Omnitrix to save her. In that moment, she learns from Ben what a true hero is and that's why her affinity for magic is so satisfying.

[@arnowisp6244]

Stop...ZZZ Siblings are literally being thrown into that. ​@@lewisaino

[@AmitCinematicUniverse]

I love this show so much. Have you noticed that Ben did not become a hero because of a trauma? He already had the heroic seeds, and the Omnitrix gave him the power to be the hero he always wanted to be.

[@benwoods5050]

That “whistling” is made by an instrument called a theremin. It works by waving one’s hands through a space. That’s… pretty much all I know about the theremin…

[@alden2085]

It has two antennae on it that generate an electromagnetic field. By moving your hands through the field, you generate a distortion the device detects and converts into sound.

[@AllanTidgwell]

It's not. It's from a synthesizer, but it's emulating a theremin

[@Jack-sy8mr]

I think the greatest ratio of bad idea to great execution has got to be _Batman Beyond_ Given that the executives told them “do Batman in high school”

[@conspiracyspider]

I just hate that the show didn't give us a joker equivalent until way later and even then he wasn't in that many episodes when he could have been an amazing threat I mean come on the guy was a walking nuclear bomb.

[@Lilsaiyaman]

Teen titans and Ben ten and Zoey 101 were my favorite shows

[@zillagrilla315]

@@conspiracyspider Honestly giving Terry a Joker or a nemesis besides Powers would be counter productive to his character. Unlike Bruce and his rogue gallery who were all defined by their one bad day Terry wasn't. Sure his father's death sparked his journey to becoming Batman but other then the mantle and a new found sense of responsibility nothing really changed within Terry.

[@PokeMasrerJ]

Fun fact. I can't remember exactly *which* Teenage Ben series , but there's a scene where Tara Strong VAs an alien, and the VA for Vilgax voices someone named "Bill Gax" -Tara "You look familar" -Gax "I get that alot"

[@silentnight6810]

Omniverse

[@kermitgotthesickkicks4265]

Omniverse

[@MsClonetrooper]

That was Omniverse.

[@AugustoEL]

Omniverse. Ben to a plumber a normal one that has a beard that makes him look as if Villgax was using just making his tentacles be a beard.

[@jamainegardner4193]

Steve Blum

[@troperhghar9898]

4:25 One thing I'd like to add is that the kid ben tried to help specifically said, " If ben ever tries to *Play* hero again" A consistent thing in early ben is his immaturity mixing with his power viewing being a hero more about beating up bad guys and having fun than about helping people Ben is a classic "too much power not enough disipline" protagonist like sun wukong, goku, and others

[@leithaziz2716]

The annoying thing with Ben 10 as a franchise is that Ben is stuck in a looping character arc regarding maturity and being responsible. He re-learns lessons all the time, sometimes in the same season.

[@Animestar21]

Tetrax- “Ask yourself this: do you help cause it’s the right thing to do, or for the thrill of being a hero?”

[@skywatcher1082]

“One of your favorite childhood shows” *Brother, that show was my obsession* 😆💚 and still kinda is.

[@saucymongoose7246]

Same

[@13thseeker73]

Same I can't escape it and I'm all for it

[@ajmartino1458]

Yeah, same thing with me too

[@sau7255]

FAX

[@crayonchomper1180]

so many interesting species

[@hiitsalex6780]

I think Kuro said it best in his Ben 10 downfall video, “Ben 10 was a series of constant changes in characters, continuity, tone and art style. It made it very challenging to be a fan of the show, all the way through. If there was something key you liked about the show, chances are it would be changed down the line. With it universe being imploded on by network demands over and over, what other options was there to just start over and reboot it.". I didn't know what he truly means until rewatching Ben 10. He was right in the things I love about the show were change and it was hard to continue watching. I still like the show, but the changes made it hard to watch. Although that is me. Just keep this quote in mind when watching the show.

[@stephenking5852]

I actually thought this was another Kuro video because I’m subscribed to his channel, including this one.😂

[@Zetact_]

From what I hear about the later seasons it kinda also misses the point of what is specifically charming about a superhero with multiple forms, by adding in elements of forms that get automatically picked for whatever is most convenient as well as overtuning later forms introduced to the point they have a sort of meta level power creep. It seems like a lot of the existing fans of Ben 10 just want to use it as a big stick for power scaling because like most Western superheroes there's no sense of restraint in the scale. As a Kamen Rider fan I can say that when you form a lot of the superhero's identity in making multiple forms that the hero is intended to switch between as a Swiss Army Knife, having too many forms or some forms that are explicitly better with no downsides can end up lukewarm. Half the fun is seeing clever use of limited powersets.

[@KairuHakubi]

@@Zetact_ This reminds me of a lot of videogames where part of the appeal is having a really huge party that you can swap in and out, but inevitably a huge chunk of them are just useless. Indivisible, lookin at you.

[@SkylineFTW97]

@@Zetact_ And they handled this really well in the original Ben 10 with how often the omnitrix gave him the hero he least wanted for the job, forcing him to get creative and find a way to make it work.

[@whitemoonwolf13]

i wasn't a big fan of og ben 10, his personality really got on my nerves. i was a much bigger fan of teenage ben, seeing how much his personality had grown and changed and also the dynamic with his cousin and later kevin. and then the show started regressing him back to his 10 yr old attitude and i fell off again lol

[@ASm_rtOtaku]

11:52, What Ben just said here made me realized something that, intentional or not, is incredible foreshadowing. Gwen: So what did it feel like going all alien like that? Ben: It was like I was me, but it was also like I was somebody else. SPOILERS FOR FUTURE PLOT POINTS . . . . Azmuth, The Creator: I didn't create a weapon, all of you did. I created the ultimate device for understanding all the beings of the universe. A device that would let the wearer see the universe through the eyes of others.

[@aaronolson6736]

Not to mention by Ultimate Alien Ben's feeling of the transformations being their own individuals turns out to be true.

[@EkoBahamut]

@@aaronolson6736 That was not intended though, That was a glitch, especially because Azmuth never wanted the Ultimatrix to exist, and he didn't invent that function for that particular reason.

[@AmericaChavez17]

The Omnitrix was kind of implied to be a tool to end specism since you can see through the eyes of another. But yet you got people like Vilgax or Albedo who wanted to use it as a weapon, since the alien powers are formidable in a battle

[@alienstar2088]

This explains why Ben's mood often changes in the series when he transforms into certain aliens: Greymatter and Brainstorm allow him to become wildly intelligent, Rath makes him extremely prone to anger and uh..... Ghostfreak.... maybe this line works for a literal translation with THAT alien...

[@AmericaChavez17]

@@alienstar2088 there also have Ben's growth that affects the biological aspect of the alien, like Big Chill's pregnancy and Swampfire's puberty or even Serena and Bellicus within Alien X

[@snakeeyesvolley8178]

"If you thought he was the bad guy First of all, your racist. Second of all, your correct!" 1:23

[@harizzafran7973]

I don’t know why it took me this long to realized, but the probable reason why Max makes so many exotic foods is probably because he works with aliens a lot.

[@jasonkeane133]

Max: Well when you get freaky with a shape-shifting slime alien. Trying new foods isn't as weird

[@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511]

Si vemos que a rook le gusta la comida de max

[@rushink]

By Omniverse, Ben is also more willing to share that food, since he eats in several restaurants owned by or catered to aliens, he even shares a grasshopper smoothie that aliens (or at least Galvans) enjoy

[@RexFourArmsREBORNED]

The robot who was reporting to vilgax is the same guy voices every clone trooper in Clone Wars, Dee Bradley Baker

[@erichfiedler1481]

If you need a live-action Clone, you get Temura Morrison, you need the Clones voices, Dee Bradley Baker is your guy, especially since he just did another Star Wars series voicing 5 more Clones as the main characters, the titular Bad Batch

[@RexFourArmsREBORNED]

@@erichfiedler1481 that he is man

[@Ieatsquidstwotimesaday]

Dee will also be getting a hell of a lot of roles in Ben 10 as the franchise goes on...

[@leithaziz2716]

Dee voices many Aliens in Ben 10. Especially by UAF and Omniverse.

[@Ieatsquidstwotimesaday]

@@leithaziz2716 Really???????????????????!

[@nickeel8401]

Grandpa Max calling Ben Diamond headed guy could still make sense if he was doing it to avoid revealing that him and Gwen had a connection to this alien that came outta nowhere (from the perspective of the civilians watching)

[@1nkf4ng57]

I think the reason their designs this gen are s tier is you can see a lot about their personalities from their designs. Ben is rough around the edges and super relaxed, and it shows with his messy hair and baggy clothes, while Gwen is efficient and proper, and her sensible sports wear clothes that are almost form fitting but comfortable and neat hair match that. Plus their motifs are spot on from day one!

[@ShokoArc]

Here's a fun fact Grandpa max is based off Shazam/captain Marvel, the way his shirt is open at the top creates a shape similar to a lighting bolt

[@luigiboi4244]

That was indeed a fun fact. Here’s one in return. In Aliens, the sequel to Alien, there is a scene where if you look closely, one of the props is actually the Transformers G1 Shockwave toy mid transformation just spray-painted a different color.

[@jasonkeane133]

​@@luigiboi4244Here's another one, the classic Ben 10,000's face is based off of Tony Stark. Look at them side by side and they are practically identical

[@KairuHakubi]

ohhhhhh. i was wondering why he looked so.. weirdly familiar, the very first time I saw him. He's got such a young-old hairstyle..

[@ReconViper1]

Ben 10 took a lot of inspiration from Spiderman and Captain Marvel.

[@bazzjedimaster]

Wasn't that more of his redesign in Omniverse were they gave him the classic Billy Batson 's squinty eyes?

[@CrazyPan9000]

Max's slipup was a stroke of genius. The writers probably knew everyone would assume that it was just some throwaway excuse so that way it makes sense that the characters 100% know it's aliens and not weird monsters. And everyone totally did assume that

[@alexgreer6336]

If you watch the Batman (2004) I need to tell you right now that it is implied in one scene that Bruce did not get training around the world but was instead trained in Gotham and thus he is much more in touch with his humanity Edit: it was also made during the bat embargo

[@seabass819]

i like that its basically batman year 2, at least the first like season and a half. so we still see Bruce man making mistakes, and hes still dealing with rather low level threats.

[@leithaziz2716]

2004 Batman is one of the healthiest depictions of Bruce. It's actually kinda refreshing, even if I do love me some brooding Batman. He even builds a bat-family without any bad blood and gets along with them. It's wholesome stuff.

[@namesdontmattergaming2756]

@@leithaziz2716Makes you wonder why Robin left for jump city later though

[@SecretMagician]

@@namesdontmattergaming2756 everyone wants to strike out on their own at some point in their lives.

[@albertthepeacock8020]

The Virgin The Batman 2022 vs The Chad The Batman 2004

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Something I loved about the show was how despite it being mainly about aliens it did include other things depending on what part of the country they visited. They introduced magic, mutants, actual monsters in some cases, kept things less predictable and felt almost like a mix of hunting aliens and cryptids.

[@acrab6527]

until the next series where they retconned everything to be aliens, just aliens who came here a long time ago.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

@@acrab6527 Almost everything, never got confirmation on what the hell Zombozo is.

[@copycat0284]

​@@thefanwithoutaface8105aren't Grandpa Max called him some energetic/emotion vampire?

[@SecretMagician]

​​@@thefanwithoutaface8105what about the later "mutants" like Cooper being a technopath, Michael Morningstar, the wrestlers Gatorboy and Porcupine, Nyancy Chan the cat lady, Clancy the bug guy, etc. We kinda don't know what they are even now.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

@@SecretMagicianPretty sure we were told Cooper and Micheal were Plumbers kids, thus probably related to aliens.

[@TheStartrek99]

"Their very next scene.... is contradictory" welcome to the reality of young teenagers.

[@BiggestPhangirl]

My brother and I were close in age and we had moments exactly like this. 😂

[@wrylucifer]

14:00 The funny part about this is in Ultimate Alien I think. Ben asks Azmuth why that is and Azmuth just tells him that he initates the randomizer everytime he slams it, expecting more dexterity out of those fat fingers.

[@xdragoonzero0]

Funny enough this also checks out with his first transformation, where he gently pushed it and got exactly what was selected.

[@cracarlos_au5757]

That was in omniverse

[@FunkatronicGeek]

I swear, Ben 10 has more retcons than the 90's years of DC Comics' existence

[@ayoublahrach4169]

*Kevin's backstory entered the chat*

[@chrisrockett5897]

Ong.

[@SpenserHarris-x8o]

You say that because the franchise has retcons plot holes and loose ends forever abandoned not since the worst of power rangers have we seen such agonizing choices

[@erikbihari3625]

​​@@SpenserHarris-x8o. Wait, didn't venjix return since beast morphers? Also seen the reboot? They can be both alternate universe, and one continuous narrative!

[@erikbihari3625]

​@@ayoublahrach4169. How mutch you absorbed?

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

1:32 Irony of calling him "The Big Bad" is that he literally gets ALOT bigger by the end of the season. Which kind of begs the question of how Vilgax was planning to fight the Omnitrix wielder without the literally massive power up he gets later.

[@Venom96930]

I mean the omnitrix wielder turned out to be a 10 year old kid, whom he obviously underestimated.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

@@Venom96930 Yeah but Vilgax didn't know that. As far as he knew the Omnitrix went to earth and ended up in someone's hands, meaning they could turn in a variety of powerful aliens. In his stronger form he has no problem fighting them, but in his smaller form I'm legit wondering how he'd do.

[@Keisezrgs]

​@@thefanwithoutaface8105He'd most likely lose. He could definitely take out some of them like XLR8, Stinkfly, etc. But he's getting packed up by Four Arms, Ghostfreak and Diamondhead.

[@KairuHakubi]

@@thefanwithoutaface8105 I forget if he had some method ready of detaching it (short of severing the arm) but he probably should have showed up, said "oops i dropped my watch, hey people from your planet shouldn't wear these, it's bad for your species, here give it back" that's really how most villainry works. less angry attacking, more calculated manipulation.

[@AmericaChavez17]

His power. Vilgax is stronger than most alien species

[@MrDj232]

I totally agree with your "eyes eating candy" description of the style. The change in style of the later series, especially Omniverse, was always a problem for me. The original was so pleasant to watch that any change just made things worse.

[@Tahu33446]

Yeah the art style of omniverse is what kept me away from the episodes I eventually watched for so long.

[@firepuppies4086]

Omniverse was quite the change, but I did also love Derrick J Wyatt's other stuff, considering he worked on Teen Titans, Mystery Inc. And Transformers animated, he left a good enough impression to have me check it out

[@Emily12471]

You know, i agree on classic having the best, but for me UAF is the bad part in this regard But thats mainly because i like background details

[@SilvrSavior]

I personally hate the UAF era. There was so much that was retconned in the first episode, the Pokémon speech stuff when Ben shouts his alien names even when he hasn't transformed into the alien before, and the entire lead up to & episode for Alien X just made me not interested in that era.

[@deadponic117]

best cartoon theme song ever

[@luigiboi4244]

What about Transformers Animated?

[@deadponic117]

@@luigiboi4244 which one? gen 1?

[@SomeLonelyShmuck]

​@@deadponic117Armada was great. Don't remember the intro though

[@wambokodavid7109]

Earth mightiest heroes, men in black...... yeah

[@deadponic117]

@@wambokodavid7109 i grew up on ben 10 and i swore that i wouldnt go near Earth's mightiest heroes for a good reason

[@jasonkeane133]

Interesting Ben 10 fact, this kid 3:55 JT Was actually Ben's friend but he started too hang out with the other kid - Cash because he thought it would be better to make friends with a bully so he wouldn't get beat up.

[@sagelg]

To quote Kuro “gotta love that infinite Tennyson strength”

[@Fppiq]

Heavy and really sad spoilers for Omniverse here: During “So Long, and Thanks for All the e Smoothies” a Universe making/destroying device called the Annihilarrgh is set off and as a result the entire Ben 10 Universe is destroyed except for Ben who protected himself using Alien X (a Celestialsapien who can destroy Planets if not universes with a thought). He then recreates the Universe as an exact duplicate (but not an 100% duplicate). That means that ALL the characters that we grew with are technically all dead. Jesus that’s dark

[@jasonkeane133]

Yet that also explains the crash scene: First it was Cannonbolt and then Ben used Armadrillo Also it's full names longer, the: Annihilaarghgenesistoriafimaorgost

[@Emily12471]

Yes, but how much that actually functionally matters is up for debate For example, souls in ben 10 do persist after death, specifically in another dimension which i forget the name of, its the place ben and the group go to with charmcaster in UAF, so its very possible that the only thing affected was their appearances

[@rushink]

@@Emily12471 Legerdomain, that's what it's called. And no, that's not the place where souls go or some kind of analog to the after life, that is a place of magic and magic beings. I think you're confusing the souls of the inhabitants of the place being forfeited for a ritual with the place being the after life. I checked each of her appearances to make sure you didn't mean a separate place, but that's the only other place or planet where she appears in UAF besides Earth. As for the latter, it's a ship of Theseus kind of situation. "if you replace every single part of a ship, one a time, is it still the same ship?" Or in this case: If you replace every single thing in the universe with an exact replica, is it still the same universe?

[@Emily12471]

@@rushink ah thank you for the clarification, but i believe that the episode where charmcaster worked with the group to bring her father back to lofe(i have not watched uaf in ages) showcased that souls do go somewhere that isn't just somewhere else in the universe, so they would be safe from the Annihilarrgh, and thus unchanged Though i do agree with the ship of theseus thing

[@rushink]

​@@Emily12471 The souls were taken by some sort of being that exchanged it for a life. Since magic doesn't seem to have many rules in the series, the being could've just created a copy of the Charmcaster's dad, like Ben did. The episode doesn't really say more about souls, besides the fact that they exist, but that was already shown in the original show when she switched souls with Gwen.

[@EnerKaizer]

The concept of Ben10 is basically a fusion of 2 other super hero series. One is "Dial H for Hero" from DC comics, where a kid gets a phone dial which allows them to become a random hero once they dial up the letters H, E, R, and O. The other is Japans first literally big super hero, Ultraman. A long running series made by Studio Tsubaraya where a human can transform into a gigantic silver alien for about 3 minutes until a timer device starts to blink red. And the later becomes funny once you know that one of Bens mightiest Alien forms he later gets, Waybig, is a direct Ultraman reference, even coming down to the lore behind it. (The home-planet of waybig is named "Tokustar", a reference to japans super hero- and sci-fi-mother genre "Tokusatsu"). And Waybig even just straight up uses moves from Ultraman.

[@KGKSkull]

I don’t see the ultraman inspiration outside of a human becoming an alien. Seems more like kamen rider with how drastically different the human form and hero forms are.

[@EnerKaizer]

@@KGKSkull The Omnitrix works like Ultramans colour timer. Blinks red right before he transforms back into a human and works as a timer for the hero to be able to work as a hero.

[@KGKSkull]

@@EnerKaizer now I see it more, but I still see some kamen rider influence. Namely from kuuga and agito, with the various forms and abilities each one has.

[@SHMidlerPlays]

Fun fact, Steve Blum is also apparently the voice of Ghost Freak in this show, according to IMDB. Which is interesting

[@wambokodavid7109]

He's a lot of aliens buddy....like that fire guy(sorry forget names)😅

[@SHMidlerPlays]

@@wambokodavid7109 I am aware he is Heatblast, he is also vilgax in the original show

[@wileyjohnson5955]

2:29 That noise is from an instrument is called a theremin. It's basically a box with two metal pieces sticking out you put your hands near to play. Due to their unorthodox sound and method of use, they've become synonyms with sci-fi as a genre (as mentioned in this section of the video).

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

Also Steve Blum, famous for his role in... * Flips through several massive binders * Everything. He's in EVERYTHING. Anyway he voices Vilgax, Ghostfreak and Heatblast.

[@gatorman5547]

The Ben 10 Generator Rex crossover was easily my favorite crossover episode of any cartoon show ever.

[@demonprincess9680]

What I like is that the probes weird movements were remember and explained in Alien Force (Or maybe Ultimate Alien, it's been a while). When Asmuth explains that it did that sudden turn because it detected Max's DNA as the best plumber the force had. It went straight to Ben because he had DNA similar to Max as a blood relative and Ben was closer than Max was. I also think Max's favor of exotic foods was just a hint to his military-like background. When you're out in the field for hours or even days on end, you eat whatever you can geta hold of. And if you eat something undesirable long enough and eventually you will grow somewhat addicted to it or eat least like it more than what seems more normal to like. Hence why so much of the food he preps is often live insects or something that can be easily obtained out in the field during wars or in basic wilderness survival.

[@anthonyp.4734]

The show does not show that his form is as dangerous as a 10 year old with a shovel. It shows it is as dangerous as a 10 YEAR OLD GWEN WITH A SHOVEL

[@rockyman2685]

13:55 Actually, at this time Ben did have full control of the Aliens he turns into. The reason why he lost that control was because the mechanism was designed so that a Galvan (grey matter) could push it down and Ben constantly slamming down on it with full force messed it up.

[@BiggestPhangirl]

It didn’t mess it up, Azmuth said it initiated the randomizer. A randomizer is an actual feature, however I always wondered why he would put a randomizer in there. Anyway. I guess if you mash it too hard you’ve basically selected “random.”

[@mqfii8992]

Another fun fact. Although only speaking In gruffs and roars, Wildmutt has a VA. James Arnold Taylor voices him. Yup, Ratchet's VA came to a studio one day and probably spent an hour or two doing animalistic noises.

[@wolfyblackknight8321]

i was going to make a comment about how I preferred Mikey Kelley as the original VA for ratchet but apparently James Arnold voiced the character from 2/going commando on so I can't really talk bad about the guys VA chops aside from the fact that at least to me the 2016 "reboot" was kind of well "its a reboot told by an unreliable narrator." and really that's me disliking the reboot more then the Voice work and that's like complaining the actor is bad when the writer only gives them horrible dialog they can't work with. still fun to learn that

[@bachilles3285]

Actually, it's Dee Bradley Baker. Although, JAT does voice a character in Alien Force.

[@The-X-Territory]

@@bachilles3285 I was just about to say “I thought it was Dee Bradley Baker”.

[@Misaka05050]

10:35 Okay. That was pretty good. Lmao

[@giorgiapetrei5421]

I laughed too much at that part 😂

[@hicorse8115]

That noise in the theme is a theraphone. If I remember right, it creates sound by vibrating wires, and the user moves their hands, creating different sounds

[@kaijukisser]

it's actually a theremin, not a theraphone! it's one of my personal favorite-sounding instruments

[@hicorse8115]

@echoesinautumn I can never remember, lol. I just refer to it as the spooky alien instrument

[@kaijukisser]

@@hicorse8115 i always make the sound effect with my mouth when people are confused by the name. it usually works!

[@goldensentinel7715]

It's still hilarious to me that the reason Ben kept getting an alien he didn't want was because he turned on the randomizer from slamming his hand down on it. And he never knew this until he was 17-18.

[@zackarystockdale7946]

I'm watching this on my laptop while making dinner, and when my mom came into the kitchen to get a drink, she saw Vilgax and instantly said "Ben 10". This show was such a banger, that even my mom could recognize it from a single frame. Of course, it helps that the frame had the main villain of the show in it, but still.

[@MattCaliber]

Out of the aliens that Ben could transform into, at least the 1st series, Diamondhead was always my favorite. His ability to grow and manipulate crystals was always awesome to me.

[@hippyhopohskippydop5792]

5:20 in the online art world at least three times say to each other that we want to eat each other’s art that’s how good it looks

[@2mccue4u27]

I remember when this show first came out, with advertisements in kids magazines and toy stores trying to sell it. They all try different angles: magazine tried to go for the "heroic" angle with a mini comic that introduced stinkfly, toy store about the "gross out" appeal with wildmutt, ripjaws, and again stinkfly. I remember a lot of the other kids I was around at the time ( I was in 5th grade so we were right before Junior high) thought it would never take off. By the end of the first season, we had all sorts of "which alien would you want to be if you had to pick one?" Debates. It was a magical time. Somehow the show managed to marry so many things that appeal to kids: road trip, hero fantasy, gross out and bizarre humor, intrigued and mystery, sci-fi adventure... Good stuff.

[@yatfailam7991]

my definition of villainous is that the bad guy must be evil, but they need to be selfishly mean in treating people, intelligent enough to come up with good vile plans, good at deception, make people suffer, have the ego to be themselves, super rude and stink for everyone in full personality, such as Megatron, Starscream, Joker, Lex Luthor, Baxter Cartman, and whatever you know. I may not be racist at this, but I used to be scared of octopus and squid for personal reasons in childhood, I would rather admit my guilt that thinking octopus-looking characters are evil, evil is judged by their actions and personality.

[@AK46supr]

10:36 ok that made me laugh harder than I should have

[@101damnations7]

Man, Ben 10 was my SHIT as a kid, and it's still a passionate part of my little kid sectioned heart. It's far from perfect, from what I remember it's distant cousin Generator Rex was actually far more consistent with its writing. But such a novel concept carried through super well enough times to mostly skate around the mis-steps. You mentioned execution near the end, and honestly you're right. Ben 10 thrived because even when all its parts weren't excellent, there was a good chance a majority of them were. Tie that in with the fact that the Omnitrix being a device made it all the more easy for kids Ben's age to imagine themselves with it? It's really no shock it was a financial slam dunk. You mentioned Ben and Gwen's designs, but honestly? Classic is my favorite art style out of all the series, personally. Of course there's nostalgia for the times of super heavy hitting fight scenes. But even then, Classic has a sort of grit to its art style that I adore. It's not what I would call edge, but more like what it was inspired by. Pulp fiction and comics. Something kinda seedy where a design like Ripjaws feels right at home, yet not something super brooding and dark. So great to revisit again. Thank you Shady.

[@leirawhitehart1236]

Yeah, I can definitely agree about the art style, as it's hard to explain, but there's just something about it that has a down to earth charm that seemed difficult to replicate throughout the spin-offs. And if I'm honest, Alien Force and Ultimate Alien had my least favorite art styles. 😮‍💨 Like, I wanted to like those shows, because I like the idea of following kid characters as they grow up, not just as they're kids, so seeing Ben as a teenager was an appealing concept to me on paper, I just couldn't get over the art style. 😩 Like, I think what bothers me most, is that the characters feel so much less expressive in those two shows. Like, their eyes aren't involved as much with their expressions, i.e. not widening or half-lidding enough during certain expressions, often making them look just annoyed when they should be angry, or mildly pleased when they should be ecstatic. It's also a bit too clean, and stiff and doesn't have any of the grit you mentioned that gave the first series its charm. But even saying all that, I actually don't mind Omniverse's style as much, and I'd even call it my second favorite even though it's just as clean and even more vibrant in color pallette, as though it still doesn't have that earthly grit, at least it's more expressive. 🤔🤷‍♀️

[@TonyFonzerelli]

the fact that Max pushed Gwen and Ben together is very on point for grandparents/parents of the day.

[@bensell982]

Even to this day, I wonder why Ben and Gwen aren't siblings. They act like bickering siblings almost the entire first series. They even have the same birthday, so they're essentially fraternal twins.

[@TheRealW.S.Foster]

The first series, Alien Force and Ultimate Alien... Those three series are what makes the whole of Ben 10 so darn memorable to me. You get introduced to the core characters and concepts in the OG series, and it's expanded upon in the two latter series (which I also want to add had the best animation of the franchise.) If I had to choose my favorite alien, Upgrade was/is always my most favorite of his collection because he's essentially the Venom symbiote but with technology. It can control practically any form of tech - hi or lo and even up to cyborgs - and then morph their physical appearance to create hi-tech laser weaponry and other things. One more thing: *_DON'T_* go searching up the OG series of Gwen Tennyson, Shady - _too much R34, bro!_

[@whitemoonwolf13]

i really liked his alien force ones. big chill was one of my favs. previously it was ghostfreak. i've got a thing for incorporeal types i guess XD

[@AquaStockYT]

Yeah Ben typically does a lot of things with either hand dominance. He's probably ambidextrous, although he generally writes right handedly.

[@EinTheEin]

This Gwen has always been my favorite. Absolutely love her. The other designs just don't capture her cute brattiness plus her bratty intelligence very well.

[@smoothie_lover-007]

I mean yeah she grew up and is naturally more mature than Ben

[@Boatanga]

Pedo fr

[@gnit-gnat9388]

11:40 im gonna guess to get rid of evidence of alien activity so no plumbers can stumble across it.

[@Commander_Appo]

7:39 no way Vilgax is captaining a Paris-class frigate against a Klingon bird of prey

[@raresgabriel5887]

I know what you mean, I had only good memories with Ben 10. When I rewatched it recently I saw problems in all the series. But I had a good time and I enjoyed it. Still one of my favorites.

[@daxxmason8308]

The not able to fully control form thing is eventually explained. When he slams the selector down, it sometimes rotates the selection. 9/10 times the alien he gets when this happens is the next one in the line up.

[@peng1luver259]

11:46 the license plate for the Rust Bucket in this episode is S81Z1M, keep an eye on that in case it changes

[@thekicker2517]

That's an Alpha-Numeric code for Shazam (S-8-1-Z-1-M).

[@ElectricalMatthew]

I loved this show growing up

[@johnprime1147]

Seeing this just brings me down through memory lane. I remember watching this all the time. Could Transformers Animated be next? Edit: 64 likes? The most likes I've ever gotten

[@leithaziz2716]

One of the best Transformers shows. Sad the 4th season was cancelled.

[@johnprime1147]

@@leithaziz2716 Very. I thankfully found a free website to watch it. It makes me happy seeing how the characters grew from Ep 1 to the final episode of Season 3. It makes the cancelation feel worse

[@luigiboi4244]

YES FOR THE LOVE OF PRIMUS YES

[@erikbihari3625]

​​@@luigiboi4244. Gi joe the rise of cobra? Even r.a.h. need salute!

[@johnprime1147]

@@leithaziz2716 Makes it worse when you look back at the beginning. From how it started with just a small crew to loing Prowl but bringing Megatron and his Decepticons back to Cybertron

[@rexevans5477]

FUN FACT! the classic sci fi whistling sound effect is made using the theremin an instrument using your hands over to wires creating sound waves and outside of it's use in sci fi it was also used in the beach boys song "Good Vibrations". the specific classic sci fi sound used is a light imitation of the score from the 1950s sci fi film "It Came From Outer Space" a classic from the cold war era with a scripted penned by Ray Bradbury.

[@Chrono-and-Co]

I loved watching ben 10 at my grandmother's house,legit was THE show back then. 8:48 shady mixing up his techno watches

[@jjropo3.]

13:31 Actually that probably would have been the worst thing since Ben's parents probably would have brought him home which would have endangered them as well which Grandpa Max would have known.

[@saikatchoudhury9318]

I can't unsee the trajectory change of the Omnitrix meteor , and the reason for that to happen way later

[@SkollTheWerewolf]

"If you this guy is the villain, first of all, you're racist. Second of all, you're correct" That legit made me lol

[@McForkCoverup2005]

I love that the background was changed to green for the occasion. Really like that sort of theming in videos.

[@kagekaiser9270]

It's cool seeing that someone remembers Malon from time to time.

[@ShadyDoorags]

While I do like Malon, I was moreso trying to reference Cremia. But, you know, same thing right?

[@Shadbraw]

@@ShadyDooragsangry majoras mask noises

[@VainerCactus0]

@@ShadyDoorags I bet there was one scene which made you really like her lol.

[@samuraibobafett1118]

He's Ben 10!

[@AngusParker-gr5ie]

9:19 He's Ben's transformation known as Ghostfreak!!!

[@immtnnn]

He wasn't just any ordinary kid living his childhood but he also made ours in the way

[@Animestar21]

13:23 Thats ironically the same sentiment Ben's parents expressed when they learned his secret in Alien Force

[@huma474]

@2:42 - the whistling noise is a Theremin , basically musical short hand for mystery in a lot of stuff since the 60s

[@XNO2727]

13:25 If a 10 year old me watching this, and grandpa max said to tell ben's parent about the situation, I would have been so pissed and called him boomer. This show is meant to escape from realism. It makes ben feel more cool and relatable to small kids where they also day dream that they get some kind of super power gadget and go on an adventure with their cool grandpa and dum cousin / friends. This show did gave some reality check but still kept some cool fantasy stuff. I know you are a grown man now but please understand that this show was for kids and that time taking actions which you would realistically do like taking ben to a doctor or lab, telling ben parents, informing government, etc didn't make sense for kids and would be boring and bummer from a child's perspective. Thats why grandpa was so cool among fans.

[@cristianzarate502]

This brings me back

[@mr.m4302]

13:00-Shady, you will learn that the Tennyson family has super strength. Just keep watching the show again that soon you notice. :)

[@JDWalker495]

And to think, “It started when an alien device did what it did”

[@aaronfraire9073]

1. Yo, I binged this series on Max a few months ago, and boy, talk about a nostalgia trip. It was just as good as I remember. 2. That whistling sound is produced by a theremin. A very weird and obscure, but awesome, instrument. I think its most prominent use was for the original _Star Trek_ theme. 3. 5:57 Sunset Shimmer? I see you're a man of culture as well.

[@David_Mattox]

I can safely say that Gwen was definitely one of my childhood cartoon crushes growing up. EDIT: Just wanted to say that OG Gwen is voiced by Meagan Smith. Hearing the performance here gave me strong Mae Whitman vibes, and I KNOW she didn’t voice this character (rather she was studying water at the time).

[@encyclopediaespx1128]

Right there with ya. 💯

[@Giuseppegranata7067]

10:26 In the Italian dub Ben called her "Rospa", in English Toad, wich is an insult that Ben used both at the start and during the rest of the show. Sometimes we do smart things and small corrections that enanche the shows we adapt.

[@PedroLucas-ix8tx]

8:27 ayo DBZA the goat, i remembered i fliped when i saw you comment on skme videos of the freeza saga

[@blueraccoon1088]

TEAM 3 STAR!

[@PedroLucas-ix8tx]

@@blueraccoon1088 AHHHHH, MY NECK!!!!

[@alexcat6685]

2:01 changing the "will" from "can" as it's actually not only make sense but also more horrifying as it would mean even oppisition wouldn't work, instead or merely being buthurt of something he should expect.

[@Dragonecro0987]

Loved this show growing up and can't wait to see more episodes covered on your channel. If I were to give suggestions, my personal favorite episodes are the Zombozo debut episode for showing off how much Ben cares for his family, even to go against his fear of clowns, and of course most episodes featuring Kevin given how much I enjoy their dynamics from bitter rivals to friends across the main series.

[@Preciousgold]

Ok, we got EMH and Ben 10, just got to round this out with Generator Rex and the set is complete! Seriously Shady Gen Rex you got to watch it when you get a chance

[@BatFlash52]

This was my series, watched every episode, got every toy, loved every single second of it! Favourite Alien was and always will be Upgrade.

[@alexisislas-gonzalez5991]

Also 8:17 the probe trajectory towards Ben and Ben falling down the crater was caused by time travel shenanigans later down the line (at least around the 4th series) but disregard that

[@ArcaneMunky]

yo i love ben 10

[@fireguy8315]

Indubitably

[@hybridvenom9]

Man i've only watched the Ben 10 reboots, it is only "good" when you were a kid

[@GikamesShadow]

Ben10 was probably the most unique and also most interesting super hero kids show that I can even think of. I dont know. It did so much that just went right. From interesting side kicks to a good story to supporting characters. Like man. I still even remember the badly made flash games the game had and more. It was a time.

[@guardian3636]

9:05 he is also the va of ghost freak

[@happyhippoeaters4261]

I am pretty sure of all the features, the Watch cannot tell time. it has never been shown to, and I think it is a Running joke the The Watch can do anything, but tell time.

[@Jonalith]

This show was amazing, and i agree that Gwen was the best character. I was sad when they changed her voice to Ashley Johnson, i think she's a great person, i just hate her voice acting (at least her earlier stuff).

[@yardslammer009kennedy2]

Meagan Smith was the best voice for Gwen hands down. Even thought Ben was the main lead, most OG Ben 10 fans (myself included) will admit that Gwen was mainly the reason we watched the show, not just cuz of her cute design and sharp-tongued sassy attitude but also cuz she was the best written character in the show no contest. It's too bad that CN didn't think to give her her own spinoff show called "Lucky Girl" or something like that.

[@Bann_YT]

8:23 I remember that in omniverse it’s shown that a future version of Ben is the reason the omnitrix veered so much in the crash scene

[@Cerebrum123]

Gwen was also my favorite character in the show. I loved her personality. Future Gwen was the version that I had a crush on.

[@technohollow4172]

Honestly it infuriates me that Warner Brothers/DC refuse to acknowledge Ben 10 as a DC universe character despite the fact he’s obviously the reimagined Dial H For Hero but better. He’s a perfect fit for it and would be an amazing Teen Titan

[@Hero_of_Comedy]

6:50 Yeah, when this show came out, I was at the age where it was more logical and appropriate to crush on Charmcaster. So I did!

[@thekicker2517]

I was 10 when I watched this show and I still had a crush on charmcaster.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

5:59 I see you Sunset Shimmer

[@GSTGreatestStoryTeller]

Yeah man,that came as complete but nice suprise.

[@ianyoder2537]

Let's be honest we all knew this was gonna happen; he was heavily foreshadowing this in the last justice league episode.

[@CarrietheMelodiousGamer]

1:15 the connection to the JLU Patriot Act video was funny. Edit: 8:17 kinda makes me wonder if the time travel/dimension hopping plot that happens years later was always planned with the way the watch's path just changed directions