Episodes That You Can't Skip

[@andrethebreadsecretary3484]

"He did that same move in Race against time." In the distance, Diamondbolt (the youtuber) shudders.

[@Gundam_JAY]

Haha ha

[@theirishpotato6588]

Yes

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Kuro the Who? Nah, just kidding. I know you! Youre that... that... person! Yeah! That one!

[@timedragon5492]

One thing I never liked about the Tick episode is that ending joke with Ben cleaning the rust bucket. Like... Ben did literally nothing to deserve that punishment. Yeah, he was kinda bratty at the beginning about nature like any 10 year-old is and maybe they were trying to prevent him from getting a big head since this was the first time he directly saved the Earth but... HE JUST SAVED THE EARTH! And then Max and Gwen force him to clean a slime covered RV while they relax on lounge chairs?! That alone should have given Characterization a 1.

[@TheInkTank]

I agree. I wanted to speak on that but I didn’t want to clog on too many points. But that is an excellent opinion to bring up.

[@christianparrish6647]

@@TheInkTank if Ben had water hazard, it would be easier.

[@Dragonage2ftw]

That never made sense to me, either: It was just needlessly cruel.

[@ccateni28]

I remember this was brought back in one one the alien force picture books where Ben had to clean Kevin's car, then Kevin had to clean his own car. Interesting callback.

[@christianparrish6647]

@@ccateni28 I have that book

[@xrybl45tx12]

There should be a “Look at the road” counter every time max isn’t looking at the road while driving It can also be called the “careless max” counter idk

[@00Batman]

The mad max counter

[@xrybl45tx12]

@@00Batman yes

[@antoniopedrocaykydonascime6213]

@@00Batman Genius

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

@@00Batman max in the mad ben universe is blind like the bullet farmer but insists in driving everywhere!

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

@@00Batman Perfect, jusssst perfect.

[@OscarStinson]

Can we talk about how the crew in “The Big Tick” is very reminiscent of Thanos’ helpers

[@pyromaniac2104]

We can talk about the fact that I never put that together until I just read this comment... but yeah those three are definitely Ben 10's version of the black order

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

I always likened those guys more to The heralds of galactus, since they were the servants of a planet eater, had floating boards, and one even had a big axe.

[@balinthorvath7468]

Can we talk about how I jumped from your 83k special to this video to find your comment? XD

[@Princeomishore]

@@pyromaniac2104 except this episode was made before the movie. Unless the black order appeared in comics I haven't read yet.

[@pyromaniac2104]

@@Princeomishore the black order definitely appeared in the original infinity war comic before this episode

[@Mirrorcomics24]

the no kill rule only applies if it’s your species

[@anilmehta4714]

Or species that clearly show intelligence. The Tick (arguably) never spoke.

[@Mirrorcomics24]

@@anilmehta4714 true,but even if someone has a family,why should I care if they’re not the same as me Yeah I’m intolerant

[@marocat4749]

Only humanoids.

[@CallMeSaltyScorpion]

I mean. Most people struggle to kill a animal. They’re not human. Also if you think like that, wouldn’t that mean Batman is a mass murderer of aliens?

[@Mirrorcomics24]

@@CallMeSaltyScorpion true,that’s the joke Batman always kills sharks and aliens yet he still thinks it’s not ok to kill humans,I’d argue killing an animal is worse than a human And I’d instantly lose

[@Nacho-hy5nc]

Every one is talking about how the tick could destroy cannonbolts planet mean while here I am thinking why ghostfreak used his tentacles instead of phaseing inside of it to destroy it.

[@pedrohenriquemoraessantos1164]

I like to think those gas he used to repel upgrade is similar to the liquid kraab used to make him solid

[@sarafontanini7051]

well ebcause that's ben in the pilot seat and he's...not very smart. It's kinda why he tends to rpefer using fourarms and diamondbolt, as their strength are more understandable and easy for him, while other aliens like ghostfreak are less apealing to him because he needs to think more about their powers.

[@DragonspineInfiniteZero]

Yeah what does flashing the tick do to stop it?

[@LucyWest370]

Yeah but why would he try or think of that?

[@08gameplaya]

@@sarafontanini7051 Well he was smart enough to use GhostFreak to defeat Zombozo and conquer his fear.

[@assibeysteven4033]

Kuro: Whoever said Ben doesn’t kill is lying. Me: You said that.

[@blackwolfboi3679]

He be lyinnnn

[@cringecity124]

The age rating for the show

[@yancylake2019]

True, so true!🤣🤣🤣

[@coolbeans3752]

Why you always lying~

[@yancylake2019]

@@coolbeans3752 I never lie!

[@LacTose90]

Everyone: Talking about the episode Me: Look at the cute little kitty 😺

[@zcgamerandreacts2762]

WHERE

[@gothamgymnast4638]

@@zcgamerandreacts2762 38:20

[@zcgamerandreacts2762]

@@gothamgymnast4638 thanks!

[@gothamgymnast4638]

@@zcgamerandreacts2762 np

[@thegreatmilenkograpeflavor1523]

I like these replies

[@thescholar2739]

Personally I always thought that Max kept it a secret because he didn't want his plumber history to come between his grandkids like it did with his own kids and Verdona.

[@sarafontanini7051]

PLus he may just be so used to keeping it secret due to spending so many eyars hiding it that it just never occurred to him that he didn't need to anymore

[@rolandswift4311]

It could also be that he went through a handful of traumatic experiences as a plumber that he'd rather not revisit.

[@JayzeZeddrick]

"First transformation of the season is a wrong one" Oh it's gonna be fun when we get to Omniverse

[@tippy1731]

By Omniverse, I hated the Mistransformations with a burning passion. Mostly from that Humungousaur joke in the first season. Mistrsnsformation are overused to the point that the new Omnitrix seems inferior to the old Omnitrix and the Ultimatrix.

[@velvetdarksoul8741]

@@tippy1731 well Azmuth did say its because Ben's hitting the dial to hard but the omnitrix is kinda sentient so maybe it does it on purpose because Humangosaur or Four Arms wouldn't be a smart move in a few situations

[@tjstarz8841]

@@velvetdarksoul8741 actually he said slamming it to har puts the timer function at random. Ink tank reviewed that in one of their freeze frame videos

[@Emily12471]

@@tjstarz8841 i can explain why it gives Ben the wrong alien. Because of the fact ben selects the wrong alien

[@tjstarz8841]

@@Emily12471 the omnitrix has shown signs of self awareness so there's also the possibility of it at times giving him the alien he needs instead of the one he wants

[@skyguy675]

I don't find it an issue that the rest of Ben's aliens couldn't beat the tick. To me it doesn't look like a plain matter of strength. If the tick's immune to fire, the alien that shoots fire was never gonna accomplish much. Likewise with all the other aliens specialities. The only alien that could probably do damage was probably Four Arms, who could probably punch real hard, but not in places that'd have much of an effect. Cannobolt's usage felt more like his abilties enabled a better aplication for that strength, since his strength is more about momentum and he could attack from the inside out.

[@kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214]

Yeah but like, Couldnt Ghostfreak enter inside him and Break things from there? Unless the Tick guts are really resistant i dont see how that wouldnt work.

[@skyguy675]

@@kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214 Ghostfreak probably wouldn't be strong enough. Also it's implied Ben doesn't like using him and so avoids doing so.

[@kidtruck9157]

@@skyguy675 Doesn't it show him trying to use ghostfreak, but just using the tentacles to scare it? Youd think hed try entangability first.

[@skyguy675]

@@kidtruck9157 Oh yeah... Well... he is a moron so...

[@StardustLegend]

Okay but what I don’t get is how this thing destroyed the planet that cannonbolt’s species inhabited. Because if cannonbolt could defeat the tick singlehandedly, then it should stand to reason any of the other Arubian Pelarota’s could’ve done what he did

[@filipvadas7602]

Honestly, Lt.Steel not believing Ben while he's Diamondhead makes some sense. If Kevin has been running around switching between aliens to try and frame Ben for a while, he must have used Diamondhead at some point too

[@ultimatebreak827]

That actually makes a lot of sense

[@PlayerZeroStart]

That also makes sense, but I always just chalked it up to racism.

[@yxrackman2397]

Exactly and he's more pissed off at Diamondhead than all the other aliens so I’d assume he and his men fought him before offscreen, furthermore I wouldn't be surprised if Kevin as Diamondhead would have done something before as severe as trying to destroy the GG bridge. It would have been cool to see a more in-depth to that news report with the crimes and linking them to steel

[@jackhamilton9604]

@@yxrackman2397 plus Kevin even says "Lt. Steel we meet again" while as Diamond Head

[@levievil9220]

@@jackhamilton9604bro was being a menace all because of a little power he got from a weird watch

[@ultimatex1334]

Another fun fact of those incidentals from Truth is that Tom Perkins used those to make a couple non-canon aliens, being Warp and Transmutor!

[@Gundam_JAY]

Cool

[@teodortodorov4712]

Hey, Please help! From One Ben 10 fan, to another. How to watch the episodes - Airdate (by how it is said by the wikipedia) or (by how it is said in The FandomWiki for Ben 10)? Thanks!

[@Gundam_JAY]

@@teodortodorov4712 welll kuro covered it in a past video and said he is most likely gonna use the production order. Because things like ultimate alien. And omnivore work with that timeline.

[@teodortodorov4712]

@@Gundam_JAY but I mean the order episodes in each show. Because they are mixex in some examples.... like in Alien force: is it first Max out or Pier persuade? And Omniverse was full of mess... But thank you

[@Gundam_JAY]

@@teodortodorov4712 I'm still confused but... pretty much yeah production order for the original series, alien force, ultimate alien, then omniverse. The first few seasons are boring for omnivores but it gets important at the end.

[@johnnygyro2295]

Two points: 1. It was weird that Steel didn't become a recurring character. The dude could've made a good plumber himself. 2. It was also weird Max was okay leaving Phil in the Null Void in this series. Especially since he seemed to regret that choice later in Omniverse.

[@twistedyogert]

There's no jail in the Null Void? I could see locking people away in an interdimensional Alcatraz since even if someone escaped it would be a death sentence.

[@marxist-leninist-protagonist]

​@@twistedyogert from what I remember in UAF they introduce a jail insife the null void because a society was created in it... something like that. But I'm pretty sure that's way after OS.

[@richardkirkland6805]

​@@marxist-leninist-protagonist According to later events, there is actually a proper plumber operated jail in the Null Void, where Kevin was kept after he and Vilgax became trapped in the Null Void.

[@bthsr7113]

@@richardkirkland6805 Yeah, but that's retconville for when the Plumbers stop being a US based human organization whose main impetus was Vilgax.

[@MovieMadness23]

Why was Ben punished at the end of The Big Tick when he didn’t do anything wrong? I always found it weird that Ben had to wash the rustbucket by himself like why couldn’t Max and Gwen help him?

[@vetarlittorf1807]

Yeah, I found that to be weird too. I guess they wanted to end the episode on a comical/light-hearted note but didn't put much thought into it. Seems a bit out of character. Max would never punish his grandchildren so harshly simply for being cocky and Gwen would never approve of such an unfair treatment.

[@kingdonut8272]

And he literally saved the entire world. I mean, isn't that just a _little bit_ deserving of some time off?

[@marocat4749]

I can see max not wanting to inflate his ego, but still punish him?!

[@kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214]

maybe it couldve ended with Max Saying Something Like "Hey, You may have Saved the World, But the Rust Bucket still needs to be cleaned, Lets Go" and then shows a Scene of they all Cleaning or Something It would've still ended the Ep on a Comical Note + It wouldnt have been much out of Character

[@anothergamer112]

Maybe all three could've been cleaning and Ben would complain about doing so, prompting Gwen to question if Ben will ever not complain about something. They start bickering and Max could roll his eyes as he just continues his part. It's a really simple fix, honestly.

[@moha94vss38]

We all know "Framed " episode gonna be the best

[@Bahle_Gaji]

One of many favourites in the OG series. So much fucking nostalgia coursing through my veins!

[@opaque_6364]

What can I watch this on

[@Avocartoonist226]

@@opaque_6364 Ben 10? Amazon prime or hulu work

[@SirCowduck]

Also HBO Max, but the other two would probably be cheaper if you just want it for Ben 10

[@1manApocalypse_CP]

@@opaque_6364 I use Watchcartoononline.

[@wildcardentertainment5252]

Ok I know it seems stupid to be Rip jaws during a bank heist but we all remember how rip jaws can bite through steel, right? So to me that kinda makes sense

[@curtisleblanc5897]

Still, probably 3 or 5 of the other aliens could do it better.

[@Nameless82284]

Yes, Ripjaws can bite through steel, that's kind of where he gets his name, but there's a couple of other aliens that can break in, Fourarms can punched through, Diamondhead can cut his way through, Ghostfreak could just go through, and Heatblast can burn his way through.

[@Emily12471]

@@Nameless82284 Well there is also the fact that(as gwen specifies) Ripjaws attacked in Chicago, which is bordering a big lake. Very convenient escape route, especially if your goal was simply too frame someone.

[@edwardbo4666]

I mean, if the Omnitrix wants him to join in, sure.

[@shen-ryan6160]

The reason Ben unlocked Cannonbolt is because as stated in the "EVERYTHING THE OMNITRIX CAN DO" video,the omnitrix acts as a backdrive in case any alien species go extinct. The omnitrix became aware of this and unlocked Cannonbolts DNA to be used

[@shen-ryan6160]

I'm sure he did in Omniverse when he recreated the universe as Alien X

[@nonameneeded2943]

For what tho? There's not really much of a reason to unlock him unless the watch was planning on bringing then back

[@twistedyogert]

Every alien in the Omnitrix itself is also on Primus so for all we know Azimuth could've started cloning Cannonbolt's species and looking for a suitable replacement planet when he found out about it's planet getting destroyed.

[@vgngolley341]

That’s what I thought too

[@dampesthydra7422]

@@twistedyogert Azmuth, at this point, wouldn't have cared if the universe exploded. I doubt he was looking at cloning one species

[@chritianmartinez7922]

I believe the reason that Kevin and Vilgax struggle so hard to get the Omnitrix off of Ben when later I can just slip off it's because they were trying to forcefully remove it while in other cases askmid had called it back to him at least that's what I

[@blackwolfboi3679]

Yeah maybe the owner and maker can only remove it easily 🤔

[@Gundam_JAY]

U mean asmith. And yeah it kinda makes sense because the omnitrix got recalibrated so some features got added. Ateast it teleported them to the same planet at least and not just teleported off of bens arm

[@diamond_dude1063]

askmid? that's azmuth.

[@blackwolfboi3679]

Assmuth Only discord peeps understand

[@diamond_dude1063]

@@blackwolfboi3679 good one, hehe.

[@StanHanrahan]

Loving these videos! Bringing back so many memories

[@DMTInfinity]

💜 💞 💜 💞 💜 💞

[@TheInkTank]

Thanks bro!

[@nahulseyon54]

@@TheInkTank I'm sure that everyone was HIT with nostalgia! Could you please do 'What If' videos for Ben 10? Just a request. You can do it whenever you want to. Top fan from India!

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@TheInkTank Kuro the Who? Nah, just kidding. I know you! Youre that... that... person! Yeah! That one!

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@TheInkTank What do you think about all this? As a youtuber who always speaks out about problems; makes me wonder why you never talked about KZbin and its CEO and all that. Let alone KZbins S-Objects Number One: Lesbians... What a shame.

[@XReactionsOG]

These are the reason Friday is my favourite day of the week

[@mariusceausu4733]

Same

[@jameshays4298]

Yeah this series and wandavision on Disney plus

[@DMTInfinity]

This is an amazing series, yes.

[@joshuastoute2402]

This and wandavision.

[@XReactionsOG]

@@joshuastoute2402 true

[@ShawnofSteel874]

You should make a counter for every time Ben says “Not yet” when Ben transforms back to human form

[@terrorbilly3367]

i mean max getting tired in "framed" right after the "thick" makes some sense, i mean either he would be very tired in framed after the thick or just the fact that max is fighting for his life in the thick , you know adrenaline and stuff would kick in making his stamina much greater , while in the framed max is in no emiediet danger then chasing kevin and ben

[@evandermursh8410]

I love how you called it the, "thick" fight.

[@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7]

thick

[@Emily12471]

Common misconception. It is actually the Extra thicc

[@lucasfraczek4320]

I always loved that scream Kevin did when he transformed, favorite detail of that entire sequence. Not only was it filled with unbridled rage at Ben for his current predicament, it also had the extra mile of--most likely--unfathomable agony throughout. Even by Osmosian standards that had to have fucking hurt...

[@skibot9974]

Yeah “Framed” was the first episode of Ben 10 I ever saw and that scream is burned in my mind

[@dabuff1319]

Big tic was my favourite one. Introduced the best wide boi cannonbolt. Gwen was a character I liked more in alien force and beyond mostly because she went from the story's typical jerkass to the only sane woman to a pair of chaotic good man children.

[@blackwolfboi3679]

Cannon bolt did pog before pog was even a pog

[@randomuser5443]

I honestly thought he was one of the original 10 before Ghost Freak

[@vetarlittorf1807]

Gwen was never a jerkass, she was just very cynical. But she was never really out of line. I mean, who else was she supposed to suspect was wrecking SF but Ben and what are the odds that another Four Arms (who wears the same clothes as Ben's Four Arms) would be wrecking places that Ben was at that exact moment?

[@tjstarz8841]

@@randomuser5443 you're right he was supposed to be in the original but got replaced with ghost freak. I believe the same thing is true for wildvine and wildmut

[@dabuff1319]

@@vetarlittorf1807 I would expected her to notice the missing omnitrix it's right on his shoulder how do you miss that?

[@thestain8004]

Tbf none of the aliens ended up being capable of breaking the tick's armour. Cannonbolt only killed it because it managed to get inside the tick and destroy its organs. He did actually bounce off the armour

[@jcore0981]

Couldn't Ghostfreak just phase into it?

[@thestain8004]

@@jcore0981 and then what? scare the organs into failing lmao

[@jcore0981]

@@thestain8004 He's got claws. It might take longer but he could. The argument you presented is that Canonbolt is the only alien(at that time) to be able to break it's shell. Well ghost freak wouldn't have to. Also I find it really unbelievable that Heatblast, whose gone super nova, can't penetrate it. At least enough to fit into.

[@thestain8004]

@@jcore0981 supernova temperatures be damned we don't know what the big tick's armour is made of and I specifically said that cannonbolt couldn't break the shell. Also ghostfreak's claws have never been shown to be that strong so I doubt he'd be able to plow through an entire monster in the given time

[@jcore0981]

@@thestain8004 Bro if a supernova, which by the way could destroy the earth, can't pierce the thing, I doubt Cannonbolt could. It doesn't make any sense why Heatblast couldn't do shit. The plot point exists cause they wanted to make Canonbolt important. But it just makes his other aliens look like pansies when that doesn't make sense.

[@GeorgeCowsert]

I always thought the Omnitrix' dial actually went into Ben's arm, given that the entire device is fused to him. Later iterations of the Omnitrix could've also been updated so that the dial uses a similar material that the Mechamorphs are made out of to store most of the circuitry and mechanical bits

[@twistedyogert]

There certainly is a low-key body horror aspect to the original Omnitrix.

[@JAYDOG1337A]

I always figured it was like Transformers where they have a subspace storage where most of their parts go when they transform into much smaller things. So the dial itself is partially in subspace storage.

[@sugarrayrags4320]

I believe Max’s “superhuman”strength is adrenaline based.

[@theirishpotato6588]

Yes.

[@itsamebenjamintennyson1230]

Like in Baki.

[@pugy2000]

Nah he's just a badass

[@acetrace6123]

I honestly think, along with the "Wrong Transformation" and "It's Hero Time" counters, a "Max not looking at the road" counter should be added, just to see how many time Max can be seen as a neglectful driver

[@javianbrown8627]

Don't worry, tis a Tesla

[@erindavies211]

Also the "Convenient Broadcast" counter.

[@DeadHaremGuy]

The mention of Canonbolt's home planet being destroyed here makes annoyed every time Ben thinks he is a good choice for incognito mode

[@wiibrockster]

Wouldn't literally anybody else be a better choice for ingognito mode?

[@DonniedrakoE]

@@wiibrockster I mean heatblast is a literal moving light source.

[@DeadHaremGuy]

@@lilylopnco true but if I saw that species knowing that information I would go up to him and offer condolences or something not avoid him.

[@marocat4749]

Four arms? There are several four arms seen over the show.

[@gab4198]

@@lilylopnco aalso, not every alien knows exactly how each other alien species would look like, the universe is big and there are a lot of sentient aliens.

[@GeorgeCowsert]

I think Kevin's transformation consistency could also be explained as him just using muscle memory, since he knows that doing a transformation a certain way is the most likely to work.

[@spiritredclaw9316]

32:57 don’t forget, rip jaws has amazing bite strength. Maybe he used him to bite open the vault doors of the bank

[@Emily12471]

As peteleday(don't know how to spell his name) said in a paraphrase "Their Jaws can break through steel"

[@spiritredclaw9316]

@@Emily12471 which means that they can open the bank vault

[@Emily12471]

@@spiritredclaw9316 quite possibly they could, plus there is also grey matter who would be able to sneak in or figure out how to open it

[@spiritredclaw9316]

@@Emily12471 true, very true. I feel like rip jaws would be more successful though because greymatter could just get Locked subside when he opens it by the bank tellers

[@Emily12471]

@@spiritredclaw9316 yea fair enough. There is also heatblast who could potentially melt it or four arms to just rip it off And then go ripjaws to make the getaway if nothing else

[@Anthony-pm5wu]

I always though that when the Tick destroyed Arburia it landed somewhere uninhabited. And if the Tennyson trio wasn't in Yellowstone then Earth would have been destoyed the same way.

[@javianbrown8627]

i guess ticks usually do try to hide themselves when on a body so it makes logical sense as it can't defend itself

[@twistedyogert]

That's horrifying.

[@Xeno-The-Wanderer]

Kevin's transformation may take the idea of "what if the alien used the omnitrix to transform into the other" so they used the stock animation to dictate how Kevin transforms since the wings of stinkfly and his eyes comes out in a similar way to that

[@river8803]

These three episodes are definitely some of the best in the entire franchise. What a strong start to season 2

[@hippietrippyposs566]

I'm amazed that Kuro never mentioned that Kevin's alien versions of Ben's are slightly darker or muted, giving even just a slight distinguishing feature between the two

[@anthonykartalyan9895]

If you were to make a poll on which season was the best, this would be a strong contender in my opinion.

[@blackwolfboi3679]

Omniverse would be mine

[@anthonykartalyan9895]

@@blackwolfboi3679 I meant just contained within the original series, just to clarify.

[@blackwolfboi3679]

@@anthonykartalyan9895 ohhh ok Sry If that’s the case then mine would be season 3 cause that’s when Ben wolf and Kai was introduced And the samurai game which is my fav Ben 10 game

[@anthonykartalyan9895]

@@blackwolfboi3679 It always goes back and forth between the 2nd and 3rd season for me. As for the whole series I always thought Alien force was pretty mature as a kid especially starting out it felt a lot more high stakes and just creepy. I always felt the series kinda tapered off after the High Breed story concluded.

[@diamond_dude1063]

@@blackwolfboi3679 kai isn't actually that important except for being ben's future wife in an alternate timeline. plus, she is a bitch. and you kinda seem biased towards omniverse.

[@darkspine1037]

I think it's really interesting how Kevin's condition in Framed is so similar to Albedo later in the franchise. Both are essentially doing the 'evil copy' of Ben's powers, and also can't revert back to their original forms. Albedo of course has differences, like being a Galvan, copying Ben's human form, and later the Ultimates, but in basic function there are a lot of similarities until Kevin mutates into his fusion form. I am glad we got more 'evil twin' antics in the later show, cause there's a lot of fun to be had mixing and matching transformations against each other in action scenes.

[@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511]

Si usaron la vieja confiable de usar un enemigo con los mismos poderes del héroe

[@Randomperson11121]

I'm so happy there are still people this passionate about ben 10😭

[@teodortodorov4712]

Hey, Please help! From One Ben 10 fan, to another. How to watch the episodes - Airdate (by how it is said by the wikipedia) or (by how it is said in The FandomWiki for Ben 10)? Thanks!

[@mr.gameandtime8432]

Ben probably didn't fully use Cannon Balls power when hitting those trees, He wasn't trying. That's how I view it

[@Bladeninja76]

The timing of these reviews is perfect for me. For the past month I've been playing Ben 10 during lunch for my students (I don't have a real lunch break anymore since I have to supervise the kids). I enjoy the detail of these animation breakdowns and how they allow me to be proud of American animation.

[@TheInkTank]

That’s super cool to hear!

[@unitds27-delta]

He swore in this one!

[@anilmehta4714]

32:45 I think it was mostly Kevin using Ripjaws to bite through the metal of the safe more easily than Four-Arms could break it. Not to mention Kevin would want to use all of Ben's transformations at least once.

[@somehelluvafanboy8357]

Funny how in S1 Ben tried to turn to Ripjaws but became XLR8 instead while the opposite happens in S2

[@ultimatebreak827]

Oh shoot thats true

[@SkyDude-wd3ow]

Both in the third episode of the season as well

[@somehelluvafanboy8357]

@@SkyDude-wd3ow it was on the first ep in s2's case

[@johnsontanchikean9416]

21:59 Kuro: Bullshit I can't stop laughing at that because he was like, "Bullshit, nothing more nothing less"

[@kirannkornat7761]

I wonder why the characters in the shows never caught on that a random alien isn’t going to be Ben because there is no omnitrix symbol. Jimmy was the only one who ever noticed that.

[@krspaceT1]

They probably assumed it was a team logo like A 4 or X or Bat or Bolt or S...

[@N.I.A23]

Sometimes the omnitrix is on random places tho.

[@bethtargett4304]

In regards to your comment at 4:20 about the Omnitrix's dial cylinder, I always figured that, seeing as it's genetically fused to Ben and can manipulate his physical structure seemingly painlessly, that the dial simply extended into his wrist and was the main point of contact between the Omnitrix and Ben's nervous system.

[@thewalrusclown]

22:20: ok, its official, Max had to have either have Bionic implants or was genetically altered to maintain strength as he aged during his time with the plumbers, maybe both.

[@walterobrien8045]

I feel like if the idea that the Omnitrix was partially meant to revive preserve dead alien species then I’m guess then the destruction of Canonbolt’s species (idk what his species is called) and the unlocking of Canonbolt as an alien are probably connected somehow.

[@cameronlees9435]

I feel as though a strange detail, is that cannonbolt is the only alien able to destroy the tick, but they said earlier in the episode that the tick destroyed his home world, at least in my opinion I feel a planet full of arbutian pelarotas could have managed to take out a single alien that one managed to take oit

[@VdeBeltran]

Maybe the thick landed in some place where there wasn't no one. If ben wasn't tgere in that moment the thick could easily destroy earth

[@NickKartha]

It's so strange to find a comment with things Kuro said in the video.

[@shen-ryan6160]

It seems like everybody forgets that cannonbolts race were peaceful and rolled up for defence. Ben's the only one who actually rolls up to fight or move around

[@cameronlees9435]

@Ethan Kellerman I remembered that they’re eye pacifists, but even still, with how solid they know their shells are, it’s surprising that not a single 1, out of an entire planetary population even considered it

[@cameronlees9435]

@@NickKartha I typed the comment before id finished the video lol

[@jasonsaldivar3684]

Framed proves my point that the watch will prolong the transformation to ensure the user is safe before turning back with my first point being Kevin 11 vs four arms where it keeps whining till Kevin says he gives

[@vetarlittorf1807]

Does the omnitrix automatically unlock a new alien that is best equipped to deal with a specific new threat or were they just lucky that Ben got Cannonbolt the same day a Galactus-like tick arrived on Earth?

[@snowmankid9942]

purely an educated guess but I'm assuming the former. we know the omnitrix has some form of sentience so it would assess the situation and unlock the new alien as non of ben's existing aliens are equipped. But it's also entirely possible it was the latter as at the time ben's omnitrix is malfunctioning. Since it doesn't give ben the knowledge on how to use this new alien.

[@blackwolfboi3679]

I see it as a type of *lvl up* Like the more he uses it the more aliens he gets Tho the timings are 🧐

[@blackwolfboi3679]

Also love your pfp Super-bowl

[@christophercrafte]

So I'd hardly say cannonbolt was lucky because they outright says hes likely the last of his race as the tick already destroyed cannonbolts planet.

[@blackwolfboi3679]

@@christophercrafte yeah maybe it’s like a fail safe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@anilmehta4714]

I have a theory regarding Cannonbolt bouncing off of trees yet being able to break the shell. I think he either has some sort of muscles to tense or maybe a fluid system inside of his armor balls that he can use to make himself more and less tough in order to intentionally switch between bouncing and smashing. I also think this would explain how he can start rolling while motionless in ball form, as well as how his armor morphs and stretches around him as he curls into a ball.

[@NotSCP-682]

22:06 my favorite scene

[@kdmoye1925]

I always believed that Ben got Cannonbolt due to his planet's destruction which caused the Omnitrix to up date itself

[@ethanscott4912]

Aka giving it a restart option

[@unitds27-delta]

So it took a week for the Omnitrix to update? For a Level 20 device, that doesn't seem right, even if it's a prototype.

[@levievil9220]

@@unitds27-deltawe don’t necessarily know how far way the planet is we do know that the tick only got to earth in a week even then the data would have to transmit to primus then the omnitrix to trigger the transformation

[@unitds27-delta]

@@levievil9220 Even then, the user of the Omnitrix uses it, causing it to send a signal to Primus, then Primus sends a signal back, transforming the user, faster than the eye can see. Based on that alone, it seems that Primus and the Omnitrix send signals incredibly fast, meaning the destruction of Arburia would've been picked up by Primus and would've given Ben Cannonbolt almost immediately after it happened. However, thanks to the Tick's followers, we know that didn't happen since Arburia was destroyed a week before Ben got Cannonbolt

[@levievil9220]

@@unitds27-delta you do gotta remember it’s the prototype omnitrix before recalibrating so maybe it was glitching and not accepting for a week

[@truespectros]

I would’ve given the tick super-healing. That way Four Arms was able to rip through the tick but wasn’t fast enough to get through to it’s weak parts. Then Cannon bolt just smashes through at high speeds letting him get to the tick’s insides :)

[@nonameneeded2943]

Remember that this is a PG....

[@Plasmaster]

Max is hiding one other secret; he's a god-like being with unfathomable power. That's how he's able to pull off all these crazy moves that he does. Max is the strongest character in the entire saga, no doubt about it.

[@aguywhoeatstacos4285]

Lol

[@andyzhang7890]

One issue I had with Framed was that Kevin also had Ben clothes when transformed. Obviously it would interfere with the episode ( Heatblast, Wildmutt, and Ripjaws would remain unchanged tho) but it makes a lot more sense and would be cooler for the aliens to be a variation of kevin's clothes, and maybe even have a modified design too.

[@dponzillo]

I could still see how Phil could have been too far to make an appearance in back with a vengeance. Even if the null void drops off captives in relatively the same area I can see him traveling further into the null void to either avoid danger or look for a possible way out, or at the very least food and shelter.

[@thiagovidotti8970]

4:12 I always assumed the omnitrix cilinder, was made of some sort of nanotechnology like the galvanic mechamorph, capable of compressing and stretching itself

[@KaiokenBlueGT]

I mean, even if Max wanted to go back for Phil... How could he have saved him? He would have to open a portal, which he (assumingly) cannot control where in the void it opens (as supported by Back with a Vengeance's pop-up stating that Ben and co. were miles away from Phil in the void) and risks another alien coming out to cause havoc. I can kinda see why Max didn't really want to use it again after cleaning up the aliens tbh.

[@tam2237]

I’ve always enjoyed when they devoted full episodes to introducing a new alien because then we get to watch Ben try to learn how the new alien works, and then it’s nice to see them show up again later but it’s very upsetting that it was pretty much after wildvine that we got one of aliens. The wolf, mummy, and Frankenstein were interesting aliens, especially the latter two, but they rarely showed up. Then we got upchuck who did appear a few times over the remaining episodes but eye guy literally just shows up in one episode and he only shows up in that episode if I remember correctly. Ditto was cool, being his first multiplier alien and I loved that they gave him a full episode for Ditto which is probably why I liked him so much but he also never really showed up often.

[@axelnilsson5124]

I like what happens to Phil later on in the series both him becoming a minor antagonist as a mutated terroranchula but also a supportive character in the reboot

[@jcmahrt5100]

considering that later in alien force we learn that Max was also sent to the Null Void, it was probably then implied that people can survive in the Null Void if they have the knowledge and know how to be able to deal with the prisoners and inhabitants of the Null Void.

[@newquinken]

The worst part about max letting Phil die like that is, not only do we know he comes back in Omniverse, but when he does Max suddenly acts all guilty, as if he actually cares about Max's well being, despite being the one who SENTENCED him to Null Void in the first place

[@soundrogue4472]

11:48 it makes sense that Max would do this. The fact that Phil kept releasing more aliens that come out and could've possibly hurt someone. He was creating issues and then using his scam to possibly kill people. I consider the fact that Max doesn't want Ben's secret to getting out along with the fact that Phil will just come back and try to get revenge along with the other fact he's just going to get out of prison, most likely to anyway. Overall what Max did, it makes sense, especially considering his friend would even consider killing him, at that point if I was in Max's shoes I'd do the same thing. So overall there are multiple factors putting on killing Phil to be the right move.

[@matthewstanley1521]

I love Warlord Vilgax. When it was first revealed he would be returning in Alien Force, I was anxiously waiting until the episode came out. When he mentioned conquering ten worlds to prepare to face Ben, I loved how he was influenced by Ben (even if it was out of hatred) and felt he had to match him in terms of versatility, and I also think he wanted to beat him at his own game. His voice was cool and during the show he showed a more nuanced and calculating side to him (especially in the Ghostfreak episode). And his underwater "Ultimate" form was surprisingly intimidating (even though he only does it once ever).

[@thubelihlembonane2674]

@The Ink Tank, nice use of the water sound effects 35:55 *bloop* really caught me laughing off guard 👌😂💧

[@alextheamazingkid7729]

What the f?

[@jcmahrt5100]

We also learn that Aliens have been appearing on the Earth since Ancient Times and that we later learn that one of the United States Generals actually made a containment facility for all of the aliens that came to earth for either hostile reasons or on accident.

[@da-vidcargill4975]

we also learned in onmiverse the first president was a plumber agent

[@jcmahrt5100]

@@da-vidcargill4975 Indeed, but he technically wasn't called a Plumber. Plus, Benjamin Franklin was also in the group.

[@spiritteddy9393]

24:44 Canonbolt was also ineffective initially. His defense was greater than the other aliens but he still had to go inside of the tick to finish it off.

[@Black_Knight_-BK-]

34:32 anybody notice how Fourarms just pulled a Bane and cracked Kevin's back? Jesus dude

[@thomasadams7541]

I know you're busy with 5 years later and your other projects but would you consider adding another episode to your reviews? With 3 episodes a week we probably end up with 72 weeks to finish this. Add one more episode, making it more, we wind up around 54 weeks, shortening this for over 4 months. I know you choose episodes to seem nice together, another episode a week means more editing and more work, also it makes the video longer and shortens the viewer attention span but I just wanted the point out the possibility. Also, great review as always!

[@notimportant2508]

To put your mind at ease for future re-viewings I always figured that the rocket boosters on the rust bucket were an upgrade he had installed while he was perusing all the weapon caches in search for the big-ass vilgax blasting cannon.

[@dr0g_Oakblood]

6:15 - I like the poetic touch to the first wrong alien this season is the inverse of the first ever (onscreen) wrong alien, XLR8 instead of Ripjaws in the Kraken.

[@legendlalo]

Kuro, the Null Void is a prison or at least that’s the way Plumbers saw it, so it makes perfect sense for max to leave him in prison, specially since the plumbers were supposedly out of commission, he can’t exactly take him with a police officer and have them put him in prison

[@wj11jam78]

17:44 He may have turned into cannonbolt because of the tick destroying the arburian pelarota homeworld. One of the omnitrix's functions is to act like a sort of "seed bank" for dna, just in case any species goes extinct. I don't know if all the arburian pelarota are actually dead, but I can't remember ever seeing another on in the series.

[@13KuriMaster]

Funny enough, the finale of this season shows Max DID take the null void gun with him... he just never brought it out of the RV for whatever reason. I mean, I guess there wasn't much of a chance for him to use it in these episodes. Not so sure if that will change or not in other episodes.

[@crixxbrixx]

7:13 Phil could also be talking about the plumber badge, as its literally the same thing as the omnitrix symbol.

[@RealCoolstriker64]

I’m watching ultimate alien RN, and they (the team) failed the NRG fight so hard. Water Hazard is actually one of the worst options he could have chosen. There’s no way he’s gonna cool NRG down, so all he’s doing by blasting him with water is making fallout. Fun fact, did you know that the contamination around Chernobyl is from the steam that got contaminated by the radioactive material? So when Ben freezes the coolant, and then NRG thaws ALL OF IT and we see the steam rising out of the stack? Yeah they made a new Chernobyl.

[@Rose-yx6jq]

I'm not sure if it's a coincidence or not but Cannonbolt was the 10th mistransformation. I love that. I love that so much.

[@cesarsandelis6379]

The be fair people can be tired for a few days after a lot of physical activity.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

True but Max's endurance is pretty inconsistent in the series.

[@ghostspider2056]

*Tom Perkins* also redesigned some of the background aliens into Omnitrix aliens, *Derrick J. Wyatt* did the same for the background aliens in Omniverse. Tom even designed what Sandbox, Snakepit and Shellhead look like. But all this was after the main series ended so they're not exactly canon.

[@hahamadeyouread214]

Canon Bolt in the original: *does extreme yoga to form* Canon Bolt in Ultimate Aliens: *P O P*

[@thegreatscribbles960]

"Does Phil derserve the null void" Oh so all the aliens derserve it I'll remember this you warm blooded, two legged homosapia

[@randomuser5443]

He would do well on Generations Tech with their human centric beliefs

[@blackwolfboi3679]

*#AliensAreAliveTo*

[@VampireQueenAmy]

Yea! Fruit gang!

[@umapessoa240]

The thing that always bugged me about Ben cycling through all his aliens to attack the tick is that... he can’t time himself out and the Omnitrix has a recharge mode. Meaning he had to transform, do all he could to fight for ten minutes then sit back and wait for the watch to recharge, rinse and repeat. That must have taken well over an hour, all while the cultists made no apparent move to stop him.

[@E.M.K1X]

My favourite has to be s2 ep10 Back with vengeance when Ben unlocks the master control and has to face Kevin and Vilgax who work together

[@davep9910]

I've just had a thought. In "The Big Tick" it's said that Cannonbolt's planet has already been destroyed, yet Ben destroys the very cause of this catastrophy using the native of that planet. If a noobie cannonbolt could do it, so how on earth possibly thousands of them couldn't? XD It kinda stands out to me. Great episode btw, I'm really enjoying your reviews :D

[@Yo.goro0]

Dude I always loved when a new episode of Ben 10 came out

[@kermitgotthesickkicks4265]

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING RATH I hope you have a nice day

[@sheller153]

About the whole “breaking ribs, but not trees” thing in The Tick, I figure those armor plates are somewhat elastic with how they stretch around him to form the sphere, so maybe he’s flexing differently to allow him to deform and spring back off the trees, and then stiffen up to shatter the tick’s ribs, kinda like they’re some sort of non-Newtonian fluid armor to allow him to bounce off or break through objects. Also, about max sometimes being athletic or not; sometimes old people have good days and bad days. Sometimes my grandpa can chainsaw throwing a massive fallen limb, sometimes he needs me to help pick up sticks. Sometimes grandma needs her walker, sometimes she just needs her cane.

[@akumasstorytime3910]

Sometimes my pops can split logs one handed sometimes he can't even hammer a nail without hurting himself. Old people are just confusing with varying power levels depending on the time of day and the season.

[@crypticgh0st622]

The scene of FourArms Walking away from Kevin on the bridge on Framed saying ‘Your not worth it’ was such a good scene!

[@burntout2842]

Fun fact: On the wiki, it's said that the three cultist aliens are apparently representations of the three branches of government. The one with the axe being the Executive branch, the one that spoke to the tick the Judicial, and the leader the Legislative.

[@justashlob]

23:10 I love that reference.

[@5po0n]

Bro I'm not even gonna lie , I'm addicted to this series! Thank you

[@TheInkTank]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@matheussandbakk9959]

I know I'm like a year late, but I was actually thinking Cannonbolt's hand movements looked just like Sam Raimi's Spiderman. Glad to hear it was intentional and not a total coincidence

[@mwsage8645]

My theory is that the tick eliminating the Iberian pelaroda homeland made primus activate the “restart a species” program and make ben able to use it, its a bit of a coincidence that he didn’t get it for a full week but maybe it took a day or two for primus to send it and ben only uses one or two aliens a day then it makes sense

[@christopherwebster6354]

32:21 Now that I think about it, his powers as Kevin 11 are kind of the opposite of Ben as well. Ben 10 can only stay one alien for a short amount of time and has to spend the majority of his time as a human, but Kevin 11 is _all_ of the aliens _all_ of the time.

[@econno8172]

I’m glad you’ve come back to KZbin love your vids!

[@akirabrand0521]

Dang this show brings me back

[@musaahmd]

Ikr!! Loved Ben 10 Classic and other series

[@kristofgriffin384]

One thing I wish they could've done better with Phil is that the reason why he does what he does is because being a Plumber is all he knows, and now that they've all disbanded and retired, Phil feels he has no purpose and doesn't know what to do with his life anymore. Not unlike veterans who came back from the war and have trouble readjusting themselves into society. So, he frees the aliens and recaptures them, allowing him to relive his glory days while also making some money of it. This could've made him a more sympathetic character rather than just some greedy asshole.

[@YoItsMatt]

20:22 Not sure if anyone mentioned this already but there were deleted scenes for The Big Tick that I *think* I remember including Greymatter. My Season 2 dvd is a bit damaged tho so I may have to purchase another one eventually (probably too many watch throughs lol)

[@kartikbhati4641]

32:29 the gun here is same as glance use in the episode where forever nights and max are fighting for the sword