Fourth Wall Jokes in Ben 10

[@wingedbluj1674]

I like how when Reboot Ben asks about Alien X, he grows two extra fingers so he can have 10.

[@TheInkTank]

It’s a great detail!

[@SpectacularSpidey670]

Nice way to complement an joke

[@whitebeard_d_banana]

Looks like they know how to count

[@jackcomas]

Alien 8

[@burner555]

​@@jackcomas Alien VIII

[@Goodoldpal_]

How could you forget Ben transforming into Cannonbolt during the Highbreed finale? He looks directly in the camera and says “I’m feeling nostalgic.” 😂😂

[@stormeider1122]

He said that to gwen

[@Goodoldpal_]

@@stormeider1122 maybe, but it's a close-up shot of him looking into the camera. I consider it a 4th wall break

[@Nigama_2003]

He said it after Gwen said "Never seen him for a while"

[@Pedro_Marangon]

I don't know if you can count it as a 4th wall joke, but in Heroes United at the start Rex is talking abut getting a theme song and the one he came up is basically a Generator Rex themed version of Classic Ben 10's theme (he literally sings the following: "It started when the nanites went ka-pow upon the scene Transforming all the lifeforms like nothing you've ever seen But there's one lucky hombre that can make them build machines He's Gen Rex." With the OG theme being "It started when an alien device did what it did And stuck itself upon his wrist with secrets that it hid Now he's got super powers, he's no ordinary kid He's Ben 10!" )

[@notBK]

I thought this is what he was going to talk about when he brought up Heroes United.

[@princen632]

Am I the only one who sang it as the og ben 10 theme

[@Victor-056]

@@princen632 That was kind of the point? Sing it to the tune of the OG Ben Ten Theme?

[@Dispencerhere]

Kuro adressed that during the heroes united review, to forget it? That's just anticlimactic

[@princen632]

@@Victor-056 I was only asking if others also sang it while reading the comment

[@timedragon5492]

The whole "Shouting your name is stupid" joke is actually followed up by a joke of the same caliber by Captain Nemesis. "My name's not stupid, although I should probably drop the 'Captain' part. It doesn't really describe me accurately anymore." This could be a reference to how "Ben 10" has way more than 10 aliens and that part of the name is pretty inaccurate.

[@SpectacularSpidey670]

I throught It was Ben 10 because of Ben's name

[@gracekim1998]

@@SpectacularSpidey670a bit of both but in this case mainly his name 😅

[@temidayobello1311]

i've realised that ben saying captain nemesis shouting his name is stupid makes him a hypocrite i mean he did it all the time in af/ua

[@Manden17]

@@temidayobello1311like Kuro said it’s supposed to be a 4th wall break but ur right he even explained later that he does it to strike fear into his enemies

[@Lulu-ew7oh]

⁠@@Manden17 Ben: Humungousar Hybreed: oh no the horror 🤣

[@HelenaSan425]

That Fan with a Alien X smoothie Cup is secretly an Celestialsapien confirmed

[@CapsirusPrime]

I feel like that is something Omniverse would 100% do if given the chance

[@georgehiscott700]

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@garg4531]

They’re disappointed in Ben’s use of Alien X or lack thereof

[@smb-c3po]

an Alien X* a Celestialsapien* We need an alternate Ben 10 where MatPat finds the Omnitrix.

[@luigiboi4244]

I mean... that is Scott Menville... at least I think that is.

[@sunsetvibe1063]

I liked in the Alien X-tinction special. When reboot Ben turns into Heatblast next to the classic Heatblast. He replies with ‘Heatblast is a classic’. Because Heatblast was the first alien Ben ever transformed into.

[@StanHanrahan]

being a bigger fan than Collectimus is cool, but having your comic mentioned in Ben 10 cannon is the REAL flex 😎😎 super awesome, that was for sure an acknowledging nod to 5yl

[@TheInkTank]

Ayyye thanks bro

[@The_Nailsmith]

@@TheInkTankcongrats my friends! You managed to make it into the big league

[@fx_1513]

Nah both have already been in big leagues​@@The_Nailsmith

[@x-zotic_minded]

Was the five y L published during the making of the episode?

[@tobiascampbell4755]

​@@TheInkTankYo since when the final chapter is gonna released?

[@tjy6557]

In the Ben 10 reboot Season 4 episode " Tim Buk-TV ". Ben sings the OG theme song while transforming into Shock Rock.

[@FennekinTF]

I never knew that before, then I looked it up on YT, & I loved that that was included.

[@ChouRaiyuki]

The transformation itself and Gwen's "he thinks they look cooler than they are" is also similar to UA Gwen shouting "wildmutt" and makes it a double nod of sorts

[@christianparrish3292]

And I love fourth wall breaking.

[@bobbyahmad5197]

Me too

[@christianparrish3292]

​@@bobbyahmad5197 Hey buddy

[@kingrex1606]

So do I

[@vgngolley341]

Same

[@Gunter4life]

*Wenk wenk*

[@Ray-zp3lm]

You missed the ‘copy of wildvine’ comment young ben made about swampfire in the forge of creation

[@SpectacularSpidey670]

And then Ben proceeds to do something Wildvine could do, seriously that episode finale was so rushed and stupid, made my boy Greg dirt

[@PPrexor-qk9vq]

Wildvine couldn't grow more plants, he, for the most part, was just the stretchy guy@@SpectacularSpidey670

[@FennekinTF]

@@SpectacularSpidey670 The finale was super amazing in every single way in regards to the concepts, ideas, everything like that. It should've been 3 episodes instead of 2, at the very least.

[@pogggaming4470]

@@SpectacularSpidey670which made me laugh out loud

[@elixir123ify]

@@SpectacularSpidey670 Even the Ben kid personality in that episode was so angry... for some reason i mean he was even kidnapped with Kevin in an episode and was happier

[@exknight39]

In "Vengeance of Vilgax Part 1", when Ben told Kevin there was a Sumo Slammers movie and Kevin asked "Live action!?". It may be a 4th wallbreak joke or at the very least a nod to the live action movies

[@thedeanogaming]

I think it even reference that the live action movie alien swarm was going to come out during the events of season 3 in which alien swarm came out in November 2009 and Vengeance of Vilgax came out in September 2009.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

In Reboot, young Ben sings the Classic theme song while fighting a villain before transforming

[@Manden17]

Oh yh when he was on that tv show and they literally saw him transforming midway and Gwen was like Ben only thinks the transformation are cool

[@WackoMcGoose]

"Any last words?" "None that I'm allowed to say on television..." Same energy as "Begone pests, and give me the bird!" "We'd love to, really, but the Fox censors won't allow it!"

[@georgehiscott700]

Imagine if Ben had an alien who could actually break the 4th wall much like Deadpool but also can alter the reality or can even control the story within the episode

[@AmericaChavez17]

Isn’t that Alien X?

[@georgehiscott700]

@@AmericaChavez17 Not exactly

[@kingrex1606]

I think Ditto cuold fit the fourth wall breaking alien, Alien-X has the alter reality powers

[@AmericaChavez17]

@@georgehiscott700 I mean Celestialsapians were responsible for recasting of voice actors, character redesigns and even how the universe bends. So Alien X might be able to do all that if only he was given more screen time

[@georgehiscott700]

@@AmericaChavez17 OK you make a point

[@tadas2719]

Maybe Blocks is an osmosian that touched some legos and now he is stuck in this form...

[@b.c.animation4518]

When Gwen says I'm here to help and Ben says "no you're not in this episode!" And Gwen disappears

[@ghostspider2056]

There’s reboot Ben and OG Ben both choosing Heatblast and calling him a classic.

[@danielendless]

I'd say the Pre-Omniverse ones are 3.5th wall breaks. Omniverse just says "screw it"

[@brandonnielsen853]

“Why are you shouting your name out? It’s stuuuupid”😂😂😂😂

[@reptile1687]

0:45 i dont think that was a forthwall break, i think that was just max talking to himself

[@garg4531]

He was looking in the audience’s direction though so it can be interpreted either way

[@reptile1687]

@@garg4531 kinda looked like he was looking more to the right

[@garg4531]

@@reptile1687 Hence why I said "direction" instead of directly at them, and how it can be interpreted either way

[@mechajay3358]

It could be interpreted in either way.

[@the_mothdegenerate973]

​@@garg4531that itself can be interpreted as him looking away from the kids so they don't hear him

[@lightyearpig12]

I'm not sure if this counts, but in the Ultimate Alien episode Prisoner 775 Is Missing when Ben transforms into Wildmutt, Gwen shouts out Wildmutt's name since he can't talk and she says someone had to do it, which was part of a running gag throughout the episode of the trio commenting on how Ben feels the need to say the name of whatever alien he turns into.

[@BorisTheAnimal-p5y]

There was another in Omniverse episode "Blukic and Driba Go to Area 51" when Blukic, Driba and Luhley break the fourth wall during the scene where they narrate their backstory.

[@Quillobyte_]

7:31 I can't find the tweet where I read it, but I remember hearing that Bloxx was almost in Reboot Ben's initial rotation, and that line was supposed to be a nod to that.

[@TheInkTank]

That would've been neat, perhaps he'd fit pretty well if he ended up in the Reboot.

[@graythepokemonartist6427]

Seriously I liked all these fourth wall jokes they’re pretty clever

[@Al-ro3jf]

In albedo debut, Kevin commenting about him being trapped in ben body " the face is even worse" Both Ben and Gwen gave him an upset face (they know they have the smae face)

[@mahadiadiyan8983]

In Omniverse, right after the scene where Billions Tower is destroyed, Azmuth corrects Ben, looks straight at the camera and says, "Why is that so hard to remember?"

[@venom_spy_chaosgod]

Celestialsapiens joke is the best meta-joke ever.

[@Mattucker67]

In the "Forge of Creation" episode of UA, 10 Year Old Ben (as Stinkfly) comments that Swampfire is "Just a copy of Wildvine".

[@pyrochrys9555]

I love that you're focusing a lot on the motion comic, but I don't want it to hinder your progress on the next chapters.

[@tntthekill]

You forgot a really good one. Heroes united crossover, rex makes a knockoff of the classic's opening song with himself as the main character

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

It almost feels like they’re trying to be a masterpiece ahead of its time

[@IamGod-p9r]

He knew that he probably compared the 2 things in his head. So accelerate would lose it. Let it's alright when we're faster than fast track couldn't compared it in his head

[@bobsav76]

Agreed, Chadsmuth's fourth wall break was the best.

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

It’s like they’re trying to be Spider-Man, no way home before that even existed

[@OfficialMisterBoo]

I wonder what where the Celestialsapiens smoking during Destroy All Aliens and Alien Swarm to alter the art style THAT much.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

Destroy all Aliens looked cool especially for the time it was released

[@FennekinTF]

You mean just Destroy All Aliens. Alien Swarm isn't entirely canon. Only partially canon. I count it being in a separate universe.

[@platypusplayer_0630]

One celestialsapien got a nosefull of that crystal powder from the UA episode with Quarrel and Morg

[@generalred6260]

Was not expecting the next 5YL Episode so soon, can't wait.

[@hyperstormx3194]

This is a real stretch, but there might be a third fourth wall joke in Video Games that comments on, well, video games. At one point, Ben questions if the "game" made about him will have multiplayer and wonders if it'd confusing having multiple Bens run around, which is how the Ben 10 video games' multiplayer works.

[@monkiking778]

Kuro you forgot about in ua when stinkfly calls ult swampfire a wildvine copy

[@TheInkTank]

That's true! It does fit with the theme of this video

[@danielsurvivor1372]

6:10 THERE'S JUST AIN'T NO WAY 😱

[@kristelvidhi5038]

0:00 so that's why the Reboot exists.

[@christianparrish3292]

I wasn't expecting this. But good morning everyone.

[@S4IF616]

it's literally 4 pm

[@notBK]

It's not morning where I am.

[@zxatoku0]

Mornin' dude.

[@nicholasneally2834]

They also said in Gen 10 when Alpha hacked the watch they asked " can he do that? And then said he just did "

[@PrathamAgnihotri.etwSMIC]

Nice Video Kuro! Just wanted to tell you that I've been a ben 10 fan myself and even after a decade I got my interest back in the franchise just because of 5YL Loving this series Looking forward to the 7th episode Keep it up!

[@shadowfoxx5153]

It started when an alien device did what it did

[@wingedbluj1674]

It stuck itself upon his wrist with secrets that it hid

[@notBK]

Now he's got super powers, he's no ordinary kid.

[@m1ntykassitea7936]

He’s Ben 10! (Ben 10, Ben 10) So if you see him, you might be in for a big surprise

[@tntthekill]

He'll change into an alien before your very eyes

[@ieatcheeselikeyouforbreakf2654]

He’s slimy, freaky, fast and strong. He’s every shape and size he’s Ben 10(Ben 10!)

[@ProlXDjames6]

From the classic series there was also the one from the visitor episode where Ben is camouflaged as wildvine as a tree

[@HBstudios2005]

That thumbnail goes so hard

[@TheInkTank]

Thanks, very proud of it!

[@RealAshleyChill]

In the stat of Heroes United where Rex and Six are training, Rex tries to come up with his own hero theme song which was just the Ben 10 classic theme song with different lyrics, this probably qualifies I think.

[@arayikmilitosyan1035]

Great video guys. Enjoyed all the fourth wall jokes

[@manabeni3169]

I love all your vids . You guys are always interning

[@TheInkTank]

Thank you, Manabeni!

[@notBK]

*entertaining 🤓

[@dtay8913]

There's also a scene in the reboot where Ben transforms into shockrock against timbuk two while singing the original theme song.

[@V4yBerr1es]

There was another done in Classic, the first episode (And Then There Were 10) Max says "This will be an interesting summer" (or something similar) while looking at the camera Also, on an off topic, a 5YL episode/chapter coming out is a great birthday gift since my birthday *is* next week-

[@Lawson_Hedgefox]

I loved that alien force reference in the reboot

[@HeromakerJB]

I actually liked FastTrack, Bloxx, and the name shouting. Also nothing about Alien X ever disappointed me, ever.

[@TheInkTank]

Glad to have positive folks like you in the fandom 😁

[@HeromakerJB]

@@TheInkTank Aw, I appreciate this reply so much. Between you and me, I do wish FastTrack had a different color scheme, but again other than that I still like him.

[@Aphelia.]

Bro has no enemies

[@FennekinTF]

Fastrack is such a cool alien. Man, he did _not_ deserve his treatment in the series. Y'know, barely being used & just mistreated in general. Bloxx is a cool boy with cool powers. Not my fav alien, but hes cool. I actually don't really like 5YL Bloxx, OV one is better. & Alien X is awesome, his BEST appearances are in OV, by a long shot! & the name shouting is fun, the canon reason to why he does it is funny.

[@wildste]

I can think of two, though it does fall in the "commenting on fan discourse" area. Theres a line in Alien Force where they ask Ben why he shouts his name and he responds "It strikes fear into my enemies". And when he met up with his younger self, the younger said "Plant Guy, just a copy of Wildvine".

[@sylasexd]

Ben explaining shouting his aliens' names was in Ultimate Alien.

[@Enderstorm20]

I don't know if this counts as the type of fourth wall breaking you're looking for but in the Omniverse episode "Evil's Encore" Dr. Animo breaks the fourth wall and explains his plan to us.

[@Rikegile]

0:00 I never knew Ben’s favorite color’s blue

[@hert2458]

Always love how a big franchise pokes fun at its self and it's fanbase. If it's actually funny lol

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

4:08 bro I am buddy!

[@Johnny2gyro]

Stan and kuro are ready to throw hands with colectimus

[@prodigy6511]

If you think about it, super alien hero buddies was a prediction of the reboot way down the road

[@Zeynal10]

Since video already featured crossover episode. There is some other fourth wall breaks in crossovers. 1. Heroes United - Rex sings parody of Ben 10 Theme Song 2. Any Malu Convida Ben 10 - There was a joke about Ben 10 having manny versions, when Any Malu seen that Ben is younger than his previous versions, she joked "The Curious Case of Benjamin Tennyson" referencing "The Curious Case of Benjamin Baton". 3. Crossover Nexus - Is full with references and fourth wall jokes. Like Ben 10 Poster and Ben 10 (2016) Logo on Raven's portal to Ben's home world 4. Orientation Videos for Villains: Guide for an Evil Conquest - Episode like show itself is full with fourth wall breaks. The most interesting in episode is Classic Vilgax cameo, when Reboot Vilgax uses Omnitrix Also Reboot referenced to OS Theme Song in Season 4, that scene also have fourth wall break joke about Ben's transformations

[@Zeynal10]

Also Reboot have a lot gags with breaking the fourth wall, like Gwen questioning how location changed so fast and Ben seeing Tim Buktu's "Imagination Clouds" and that's only couple that I remember, my most favorite was from Cosplay Day, when Gwen questions how Kevin was able to get out of time portal, Ben answered "shhhhh we don't talk about that"

[@GSPScorp]

*One you missed: In Game Over Max makes a comment about if he’s in one of those “Hidden Camera Shows”. Which I’m pretty sure is a joke about many fourth wall jokes in TV shows messing with the screen, as if it’s being recorded.*

[@TMDTheMaskDirector-ye5oe]

I remember the cooper two parter from the original series, spiders but in the end Cooper revealed that he didn’t actually have a second ticket (or even a first ticket) he just made that nonsense up so Ben and Gwen would talk to him.

[@calvinmatthews1527]

I think the Ben 10 franchise has some of the best fourth wall breaks of any cartoons.

[@axelnilsson5124]

Tell that to the emperors new groove

[@rrr271003]

Was hoping there’d be a new Drawing Matrix video, but this is quite an interesting and fun video too.

[@rowatever7295]

I think you missed a pretty big one from andrea's fault Jimmy talks about how the cartoon channels makes one really bad episode of sumo slammers a season so people would buy more toys

[@SerpentHashiraObanaiIguro]

2:52 Funny you mention UA was the peak of Ben 10's popularity in the US. Especially considering nowadays, you could argue it continues to be far more popular in international markets like Brazil and India than it is in the West.

[@ilan_profile]

Theres an episode on the reboot where Ben sings the intro of the original show while transforming into Shock Rock

[@goldendummy2099]

i like how ben 10 has barely any 4th wall breaking and then every episode of ultimate spider-man (if you don’t know it’s also made by man of action) spider-man breaks the 4th wall in every episode

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

yeah don't know why they gave him that ability, Spider-Man does talk to himself a lot in comics so maybe thats why? so it doesn't feel awkward

[@QueenSharotto]

4:15 F Bomb 😂

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

5:00 Xingo Nation 6:02 Could he...?

[@okemaettaba]

let's forget plus.. never mind just forget what Kevin said

[@cold_lenny4207]

I really don’t think the first one with uncle grandpa looking at the camera was a fourth wall break, I think he was just like oh, this is gonna be interesting and looking away

[@greymatterfanboy4256]

Here before this blows up!

[@kingshadow8782]

🙂

[@TheDeathbirdhimselfGIGAN2004]

Raboot is the perfect icarnation of ben 10 for 4th wall breaks

[@LiamTheArtist123]

I don't know if it was intentional, but in the Ultimate Alien episode "Fame", Ben states that his throat hurt after being Humungousaur, which may be a nod to Dee Bradley Baker having a sore throat voicing Humungousaur. I think you mentioned that in the breakdown. Not really sure if it counts

[@Christian_Martinez_yt]

Ben 10 was my second favorite series on cartoon network when I was a kid

[@mc-maitrixgaming4330]

5 Years Later back next week? Hell yeah

[@magueyeseck7382]

Very interesting. All the references make point.

[@kydv404]

I remember this one scene, think it was in Duped, that always stood out to me as a fourth wall break of sorts, but more toward CN than Ben 10. Ben said "Everyone knows live action is better than cartoons." While it's not uncommon for cartoons to make jokes jabbing at that sort of thing, it sticks out to me because the episode aired in 2010, would've been in production during 2009, the height of CN Real, as well as overlapping the production/promotion/release of Alien Swarm. Definitely felt like some commentary on CN's direction at the time.

[@MrRonald327]

They had some charm.

[@cjfhotshot2838]

Another one in UA is also in the Video Games episode since Ben 10 Cosmic Destruction was made and Promoted Heavily at the time

[@c.j.9536]

There is one that I noticed in the ultimate alien episode called video games Ben jokes about how multiplayer would work in his game and makes a reference by saying the game could clone him which is a reference to protector of earth and alien force (the game not the show) both of those games had multiplayer and player 2 would be a clone of Ben

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

1:55 it reminds me so much of Spider-Man, no way home

[@christianparrish3292]

A 21 minute episode of 5yl? I'm in.

[@bobbyahmad5197]

Same

[@FennekinTF]

If hes in, I'm out Joke. I'm actually in

[@LogicDailyMath]

I'm pretty sure Ben smiles directly at the camera in the first episode of classic

[@mihaiciucle6252]

Very cool video man , i hope there whould be more

[@JaydenRiley-sm2mb]

He forgot to mention that Wildvine broke the fourth wall

[@johntheanimator4317]

6:03 this is just insane!

[@Tyln93]

MK Ultra Program!!! Multiple Personalities!!! Aliens = Ben's Dark Alter Egos!!!

[@MaybeBT]

I don’t know if this counts, but in the episode called ‘The visitor’ Wild vine looks at the camera and says, “No way.”

[@MathewSan_]

Great video 👍

[@Finz09]

I just realized the next 5yl episode is on my birthday

[@idle_speculation]

Rex sings a parody of the OG theme song at the beginning of Heroes United

[@andreimihail3677]

What I get from this is just, watch Omniverse to see how much the series engages with the audience

[@danielsurvivor1372]

Classic series one could be just Grandpa Max looking at something else and being dissapointed by the kids, I don't see how was he looking at camera?

[@ATVPokemonMaster_02]

I love the 4th wall breaking characters ❤

[@JALG3710]

7:48 Woohoo! the 5yl is next week, can't wait to watch it.

[@YaBoiJoosh]

Bloxx really needs the love

[@ChristaBlack-gn8ys]

6:02 He does everything he can to plug that comic into each vid 🤣❤

[@TheInkTank]

That's right! Don't get to check out 5YL

[@x-zotic_minded]

​@@TheInkTankyou forgot your "for"

[@burner555]

Well, he did say he made this channel to promote the comic

[@christianmathew398]

That burn on AF in the reboot is brutal clearly there was some OG Ben fans representing.Still laughed and cheered when I saw it though.