Why Ben REALLY Gets The Wrong Alien

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The Omnitrix is the single most powerful, versatile, and sought-after device in the Ben 10 Multiverse, especially when it comes to Ben Prime. We have an entire video breaking down every single feature the Omnitrix can do, but one of the most frustrating handicaps for Ben, and sometimes us as the audience, is when it doesn’t give Ben the correct alien he selected to transform into. This trait gives the writers a broader range of scenarios to place Ben into, be it for comedic purposes, or to force Ben to solve a problem in a different way other than hitting it really hard.
This has become a recurring theme throughout all four shows, but we’re never been given a solid answer as to why this happens. Even when Ben receives the completed, official Omnitrix, which is said to function exactly as Azmuth intends, he still has to struggle with getting the alien he wishes, more often than not.
So... why does this happen?

[@kingmuizz708]

Be honest here,we all slapped our watches acting like Ben at one point in our lives.

[@arcanefury3666]

No, but I did do a ton of other dumb stuff as a kid

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

Yes and we regret it

[@kingmuizz708]

@@arcanefury3666 that's sad...:(

[@kingmuizz708]

@@thesymbiotenation.4552 who hurt you man?

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

@@kingmuizz708 us... we hit that darn thing too hard...

[@ashemabahumat4173]

"It's not a glitch, it's a feature."

[@johnwick5901]

Classic Programmer move.

[@benjaminforehand7139]

Bethesda??

[@aarohansharma4551]

@@benjaminforehand7139 Yes Rico, Bethesda

[@SOLO.DANDELION]

Dark souls

[@Another_Hibiki]

Basically the npcs taking your things in Fallout 76

[@Crystal_959]

I think at least part of the issue in Omniverse is that Ben just.. doesn’t look, or doesn’t recognize the stylized icons. There’s a scene where we see that Ben clearly selects Rath’s icon, then gets upset that he got Rath.

[@pytha7]

In Omniverse, Ben doesn't even select an alien half the time, he just activates the dial, hopes for the best and slams it down without even looking at it

[@triplecrosscounter]

@@pytha7 I think ben thinks the watch selects aliens via voice activation which is why he always yells out the aliens name without even looking at the watch.

[@nguyenhoanganh-bob2889]

@@triplecrosscounter hmm pretty good theory for that but whats if its works like this.So the omnitrix store and pull out the DNA when transfrom/untranforms but i fact its also stord their user DNA,its could give the user good tierlist without thinking of it, its could automatic change and replace aliens DNA and you know when in danger,the omitrix will depends on what kinds of danger or problems he/she gettig in so its could chose an alien for thats and can fast tranforms them even if hey dont take a look at it example: wecould see it clearly in originals whe ben almost get fried he turned into heatblast immediately

[@jonathanpilcher337]

It definitely seems like ben assumed the watch was voice activated and never thought to rethink that assumption just like how he never thought to not smack it so hard even after he was told it was causing issues

[@nekoluxuria7721]

There is the case that Ben goes through the Omnitrix through muscle memory. And then forgets he didn't reset the Omnitrix wheel to default so he picks the alien 2-3 rows up and not the right one

[@desthstride587]

There's one scene in Omniverse I feel is relevant. Ben wants to turn into XLR8 to put out a house fire, but gets Rath instead. This time, however, it very clearly shows Ben dialing up Rath's icon on the wheel. So his own clumsiness may have a role.

[@Utrilus]

He's got shitty transformation habits from his childhood, huh? He has dialed a random form, called and prayed for a transformation, and just roll with it. Done that for years till it became part of him. Now on reflex, he does it still, even tho the watch is fixed. Never putting the effort in to retrain his reflexes for hero time.

[@piramidasukcesu9417]

I think that: If Ben turns his watch one time to the left and two or three times to the right, he gets, let's say, stinkfly. If he turns his watch two times to the left and two times to the right, he gets heatblast. I think, that if it were to work on different amounts of rotations and stuff, it'd be much more interesting.

[@matthewhiggins1024]

That exact episode is the reason I came here lol

[@somethingrandomidontknow7945]

It was Called XLR8???!? I been calling him accelarate >.>

[@paracame8162]

@@somethingrandomidontknow7945 well, XLR8 was taken straight from the word "accelerate" and is pronounced the same way so you're technically not wrong

[@visualax2550]

If the omnitrix didn’t give Ben wrong aliens half the time he’d only ever use like 6 aliens through out the whole show

[@kingmuizz708]

Fucking truth lmao,and in omniverse he always wanted Humongasaur so imagine that...

[@13KuriMaster]

And that can be explained away with this. After all relying on just one alien (or presumably, a small handful) would be bad for him. So the Omnitrix is choosing other aliens so Ben doesn't have that problem as offten.

[@plasmasteve3305]

@@kingmuizz708 he didnt even want way big what and idiot and alein x to what the flip

[@gabymogax4283]

@@plasmasteve3305 cuz Ben wouldn't choose those 2 unless is really necessary

[@lunakingsley.7247]

At least the reboot Ben is good at using his aliens more evenly.

[@loreleihillard5078]

Me: *hasn't seen Ben 10 in almost 10 years* KZbin: "Wanna watch?" Me: Sure

[@ogikay7056]

Same, it was my favorite tv show

[@birdfish86]

Ben 10 is always a great show to rewatch if you can find it i also recommend Megas XLR

[@joshisawsome115]

Literally hahaha

[@shockerbot6340]

KZbin knows you better than...you.

[@sonofthepatient1714]

Pretty much the vybe

[@lazydoge8980]

Ben Tennyson gets the wrong Alien because Azmuth programmed it to give him Aliens based on the situation. In the episode where Ben’s hand was severed from him the Omnitrix was self aware. But when Ben gets master control he never gets the wrong Alien. This is because when Azmuth gives him Master Control he trust that Ben will choose the right Alien and is Mature enough to use it correctly.

[@frankspick7544]

not true at all prime example it turn ben into heatblast when facing his natural predator

[@Selloca]

Oof

[@SaulGoodman_BetterCallMe]

@@frankspick7544maybe if he stopped slapping it so hard it won’t glitch. Lol bro literally smashing his hand onto it every time he uses it.

[@ceciliakerr5422]

Then, why did he get rip jaw’s while fighting vilgax

[@mar_speedman]

@@frankspick7544 When assessing the truth, we examine multiple cases and form an opinion based on the most common result, not the exceptions. 9 times out of 10, when the watch 'glitched out', it gave Ben an alien that was more suited to the situation, or more suited to the general situation. For example, Ripjaws might have been a better choice to fight in the water, but XLR8 was the better choice for fighting on water and land simultaneously, as he could sprint on water as well as land, while Ripjaws was slow on land. Out of all the times Ben transformed into the wrong alien, you can count the times he transformed into an alien useless for the situation on one hand In the OG show. I can't speak for the rest

[@Dr.DragonKnight]

My theory is that the Omnitrix is able to acknowledge the situation Ben’s in and probably chooses the proper Alien for the fight, where some situations Ben chooses the same one?

[@SevenZeroEleven]

But it dosent make sense sometimes tho, like he turns into ribjaws In a fight where he was thousands of miles away from water, like he barley even survives because there was a firetruck nearby with a water hose

[@Dr.DragonKnight]

@@SevenZeroEleven wasn't there a fountain to be found at the location Ben eventually arrived at? (On top of that, the species Ripjaws is accociated with is stronger when they are in contact with water?) But I digress, the reason for my theory is because recall the situation where Ben broke the Omnitrix and he could be two aliens at the same time. One of which being Ripjaws + Heatblast. In that situation, Ben did struggle in surviving the flames as a fist but over came the optical by making the water boiling hot. Ben had to adapt to what the Omnitrix gave him. You could argue that the omnitrix gave him that because it was broken but that would explain some of the other times when Ben didn't get what he wanted and he still adapted to them.

[@HollowPurple-if2co]

@@SevenZeroEleven was that the prototype that did that or was it in Omniverse

[@filipelobo8942]

@@Dr.DragonKnight So what the omnitrix does is train Ben.

[@filipelobo8942]

@@HollowPurple-if2co Was the classic

[@ShinigamiSamaH]

If we combine "You hit it too hard" and "it is sentient" it become a passive-aggressive action of the device to tell him to cut that shit out.

[@ChaosKing210]

Reading this literally made me imagine the Omnitrix saying: “Ben, if you choose Humungousaur or Feedback one more time... I’m going to delete all the fucking alien dna I have and you can go searching the cosmos for it😐. Who knows maybe you’ll learn to appreciate some *other* species while you’re at it.😒”

[@SeanGonzalezMDHEXT]

@@ChaosKing210 it wishes it could do that, but primus is its own separate thing.

[@JhoF79]

This is my head canon and no one can change my mind

[@bethanydavis9023]

Sentence means to feel emotion Salience is to think, plan, etc.

[@Shiirow]

@@bethanydavis9023 the watch is like your pet dog, if you are too rough with it, it will bite you.

[@CornBreadtm1]

It's for Ben's mental health. Using only one alien is addicting. As shown of course.

[@AtomicOwl]

That and it'll be difficult to control other aliens

[@berliancs8170]

@@m.x.o.7559 if i was ben i would be addicted with XLR8 and fastrack/any fast alien

[@georgiepig5726]

@@m.x.o.7559 in Ultimate Alien the ultimatrix kept turning ben into rath no matter what he wanted at times so it wasn't like he hated rath but i mean i agree with kevin rath is one of those aliens you just wanna sit back and watch him do his work

[@oblati]

@@berliancs8170 We see that in the Ben 10,000 episode!

[@twistedyogert]

Obviously the Omnitrix didn't get the memo about Feedback.

[@2Qwuik]

I remember in omniverse, Ben was chasing a bad guy so he had to go xlr8 but the omnitrix told him to use clock-work. He would’ve used clock-work to reverse time and then stop him. I think the omnitrix is very smart on bens hard situation.

[@howarddd777]

ikr

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

It’s worst. The dial was showing Fourarm but Ben thought XLR8

[@mertensiam3384]

@@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec and the Omnitrix thought "what the fuck man? Why do i even have a dial if you're not gonna look at it?? Fuck you. You'll have to work around this"

[@hailrake8872]

But reversing time changes reality which would make ben meet professor paradox who would say not to fuck with time,and second reason going to galactical court for messing with reality,like ben did using alien x to create new universe

[@mertensiam3384]

@@hailrake8872 i mean it has never happened whenever he used Clockwork to slow down time and be really fast

[@genocidegames8423]

One thing to note is that in one episode of omniverse, where future Animo was helping current day animo to break out of prison, Future Animo was able to correctly predict that ben would transform into the wrong alien, down to having a way to combat that alien specificly (upgrade, in this case), considering animo worked with a peice of the omnitrix itself, and how the future tends to warp at times if the various future bens are to go by, or at least alternate timelines thereof, it's not too much of a stretch to assume he was able to crack the code to how these mistransformations work, and thus prove it isn't purely random.

[@ninjajack6457]

If it wasn’t for the “malfunctions” then Ben would just spam 4 Arms.

[@rixku3358]

😂

[@jrpueyo7531]

And Heatblast for 10% of the time

[@justinhillenburg9286]

@@jrpueyo7531 Occasionally Diamondhead

[@SimplyMJR]

@@justinhillenburg9286 Same as XLR8

[@keydademon3544]

Or heat blast

[@nocontent3644]

Ben Vs Vilgax Ben: *Slams Omnitrix* *Turns Into Graymatter* (Enter Coffin Dance)

[@shadowsonicsilver6]

Grey matter pulls gun out: "But not for me" *Greymatters begin coffin dancing Vilgax to his grave*

[@markchernyshev7785]

Dango Bangal XD

[@Mr_Nobody2512]

Omnitrix really do be fucking with ben sometimes.

[@ex0_trix]

Dango Bangal YES XD 😂

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

@@Mr_Nobody2512 it's like playing lottery... With your life

[@connorcampbell-bisson8721]

One little bit I always considered somewhat interested about the master control even in the original, it's capable to determining what alien Ben is referring to even though they're essentially nicknames and Ben often doesn't actually KNOW the actual name of the species he's transforming into.

[@robbomegavlkafenryka6158]

It probably remembers the nicknames.

[@jacob3988]

It could have an alias file in the omnitrix for his 'account'

[@Gamerafighter76]

The omnitrix is its own form of intelligence, right? So it assesses the situation and decides which alien is best for that situation; it, half the time, agrees with Ben.

[@KCStyleZ001]

But like any A.I it still can make mistakes and choose the wrong one as well. Like if Ben chose an Alien the Omnitrix knew wouldn't work, crunched numbers but forgot to carry the two and picked a different, but still not situationally appropriate Alien

[@Gamerafighter76]

@@KCStyleZ001 That makes sense.

[@alphanalghali1081]

​​@@Gamerafighter76 yeah it totally makes sense that could be the reason why ben keeps getting the wrong alien

[@ArlanKels]

1 year later.... Wasn't it also meant to be a tool for peace, not combat? To show the abilities of the various aliens to one who isn't that alien?

[@Gamerafighter76]

@@ArlanKels Azmuth built it so you could walk a mile in the shoes of other aliens, and Ben showed Azmuth that peace is worth fighting for.

[@danieloceansmith3156]

“If you’re gonna give me the wrong guy all the time, why do you even HAVE a dial?!” I love that line so much

[@mr.preston1632]

“Old internet buffering sounds”

[@oswaldtime]

same, i laugh and smile at it when i just saw it!

[@revolverkyosuke7049]

Not to mention in the episode he says that, he gets cornered and later says in a very sarcastic tone : "It HAD to be Humungousaur..."

[@xexeed1356]

I still can't get over the fact that he shouted humongusaur before he realized it was the wrong alien 😂😂😂

[@weirdtuberjournalism9757]

Better question, why even turn said dial anymore.

[@DreadnoughtHvor]

The omnitrix is this universe's TARDIS. The whole "never takes him where he wants to go, but always takes him where he NEEDS to go" kinda mentality

[@JaelinBezel]

And if the two align?

[@lowlsqwid]

@@JaelinBezel coincidence

[@asta3749]

I like this explanation

[@potassiumnitrate420]

It's the Hat from Wander over Yonder!

[@lycanthis9963]

@@potassiumnitrate420 Avalon from Gargoyles.

[@yderga8707]

I find it great that, as a kid, Ben only wants to use aliens like fourarms XLR8 and heatblast, because theyre strong and cool. But by the omnitrix forcing Ben to use other aliens, it causes him to learn and grow is and is a genius development.

[@Tonyvld]

I'd have to say the reason is pretty simple, Ben always manages to make whatever alien is given to him work, no matter what. Prime example, when he went up against Ghostfreak after he escaped the omnitrix and they were in space (Pretty sure Ben was going for four arms at one point) he was turned into Grey Matter by the omnitrix. Now you've said it yourself, it appears as though the omnitrix can see. And that would make sense, because when it scans aliens for DNA, the scanner always is pointed at the alien in question, Ben doesn't manually aim it, he just holds the side of the omnitrix close, and it scans them perfectly. Now, if it can see, what's to say that in the fight with Ghostfreak, it didn't see the tools Ben could use to fight Ghostfreak, and just "Hm, Grey Matter can build a Sun Gun and give you a fighting chance" not to mention, seems it always had the failsafe to save Ben's life, when Ghostfreak first escaped the omnitrix and fought Ben, he learned he couldn't merge with any of Ben's aliens, so he waited for the omnitrix to time out and immediently tried possessing Ben, but the omnitrix, despite being timed out, turned him into Grey Matter, and Ghostfreak was forced to cough Ben up. So, long winded, and a few examples given, but my point here is, I think the omnitrix has always just looked at a situation and was like "Hm, *this* should be a better alien than the one you dialed in." So more over, I'm saying the omnitrix always just did its best and chose the right alien for the job, if it thought Ben chose the wrong alien.

[@filipvadas7602]

Ultimately there are 3 reasons in total: 1. The one Azmuth gives, that being that because Ben keeps slamming on the Omnitrix, he keeps sending it into random select mode by accident 2. The Omnitrix has a program that activates when Ben is in life threatening danger, that then forces itself to cycle through his transformations in order to find the one most fitting for the task at hand, with the exception of Alien X who is straight up broken 3. Using one alien form too much and too often can not only cause addiction, but it can seriously mess with the user's DNA. Which is why the time limit exists as well and why even future Ben doesn't use Master Control.

[@tooeei1]

Very true Very true Very true

[@nullpoint3346]

3 is questionable, everything else is clear.

[@kennethsatria6607]

@@nullpoint3346 Feedback, Azmuth even came to confront Ben about this.

[@thatoneweebguy6379]

But in Ben 10 Omniverse show that younger ben always choose Feedback?

[@wildmoose3979]

Also they needed a reason to make sure future ben wasnt a omnipotent universe destroying/building god by being able to become any living creature at any moment he wanted with no consequences

[@matthewplays7232]

OK but: Whampire. In the daytime. *In the DESERT.*

[@metakaiser3069]

Stupid decisions

[@McSenkel]

Just for the lols.

[@Dwood777]

It would hilarious asf if right after he turned into whampire in the day they pulled a "roll credits" gag

[@josukejostar277]

SsssssssssssssSSSs YAY

[@mrroboshadow]

i just posted a comment like this though my example was the one time it turned him into Ripjaws in the middle of a desert

[@teamofone1219]

I think at first the watch picked the "random aliens" based on the situation at hand. It probably thought Ben's choices wouldn't be useful at the given situation.

[@-silence-415]

TLDW: Omnitrix has Ben's D.N.A,neurologically connected and gives the aliens it itself thinks would work best in said situation

[@nedsdeclassified]

The watch picks the alien that has the highest probability of winning, the only time Ben gets the alien he wants is because accidentally pick the correct one what's the highest probability based on the Omnitrix calculations. ( original) As Ben gets older and has more experience with the Omnitrix, he's able to correctly assess which alien that has highest probability since he Is now better at assessing the battle.

[@kwinntao9522]

Yours makes the most sense

[@ninjabaiano6092]

Makes no sense, or else it would not need the function.

[@error8119]

Enderblaze Animations makes sense. It’s like the omnitrix goes with what’s best by its calculations unless what Ben wants is required or if there isn’t a successful outcome that the omnitrix can see

[@goudendynamiethd2117]

Lol who knows could be true

[@hawt815]

Omnitrix was made for higher intelligence being like azmuth so he can select any alien he needed not for a kid. So omnitrix was made to adapt to the owner since it was going to a lower intelligence being (grandpa max). Unfortunately it went to ben and so ur theory is on point.

[@andrewrenolds1063]

Doesn't Asmith once say when told it never gives Ben the alien he wants, "But it always gives you the one you NEED"?

[@modelomegatyler]

he may have

[@blueguygaming1330]

It gave him Whampire in the desert so that doesn't really check out

[@modelomegatyler]

@@blueguygaming1330 so it is just operator error

[@horseoperamarker]

@@blueguygaming1330 lmao

[@Nameless82284]

Like Wander's hat, after years of wearing it, he discovered the hat doesn't give him what he wants but what he needs.

[@ermacmacro7136]

That last idea is an interesting one and there is a character that leans into this theory: Albedo. Consider this. In the episode where Albedo is introduced, they establish that when Ben first got the Omnitrix and sampled his dna into the Codon Stream. Ben's DNA became the template for a human. So if anyone else created an Omnitrix, with a human setting then it would default to Ben unless given otherwise (example being Eunice)

[@jacob3988]

I don't think that's quite what happens I'm sure if another species was an omnitrix wielder, it would give us a peak human Albedo tried to use the omnitrix while actively being used, so it turned him into the current user

[@owlberty]

@@jacob3988 the omnitrix uses the DNA of whatever creature from each species it has scanned, and Ben was the first human it scanned, and Albedo purposely put the strongest of each species inside the omnitrix except for humans, maybe because he thought humans weren't worth it?

[@jacob3988]

@@owlberty There were times ben scanned an alien and transformed looking different. Biggest example is Incursions

[@riolu477]

Let me clear the confusion, the ultimatrix makes a perfect copy of the alien that was put in, all of the other Omnitrix make a peak version thats the same age as the user, this is likely due to the ultimatrix being not just rushed but overall not finished by azmuth, the ultimatrix had Ben's dna, a perfect copy with its colors swapped would still look like ben, if any alien took the omnitrix, theyd transform into a peak human, which probably would resemble ben 10k with the biomnitrix, as he's canonically enlightened

[@artistanthony1007]

I feel like the Omnitrix wants Ben to use forms it selects to have him plan and think with the ones he doesn't get to choose, use their abilities in any situation and be able to adapt to the forms it picks, not always what Ben wants to select.

[@ImPyroChad]

Ben: _Please Omnitrix, i just want you to give me Humungousaur please_ Omnitrix: Haha Stinkfly go woosh

[@switchedsavage9727]

@shadowdude4657 Denise baker? More like dense baker

[@Bix-Box]

If the omnitrix does not choose the wrong alien: Vilgax: Noooo you cant just use one alien to defeat me all the time Ben: haha alien x go brrrrrrrr

[@user-ee7nc8bi4n]

Bruh

[@rovymarvidsonflores3957]

@@user-ee7nc8bi4n why bruh? Alien X is no longer limited by serena and billacus so he can just snap his fingers and Vilgax is gone

[@Jonathan-tw4xm]

@@rovymarvidsonflores3957 which would ultimately be the most boring way to defeat vulgar

[@doomguy8718]

@@Jonathan-tw4xm and the most permanent and non-ben way possible

[@chrishansen1842]

@@Jonathan-tw4xm I mean tbf it isn't much worse than *"You stabbed me."*

[@LekeO]

I always thought it was because the omnitrix was meant for his grandpa Max. The only reason Ben was able to wear it in the first place is because he shares some DNA but not his exact DNA so it only works some times.

[@JBDragon2121]

Yeah I forget what episode its in but it is stated that the Omnitrix was meant to go to Grandpa Max and that Ben got it by mistake

[@anshul__10b52]

How the f does that even make sense ?💀

[@mystic-malevolence]

I feel like this leaves us with the implication that, when Ben dies, the omnitrix will be capable of taking over and puppeting his body. I think the real reason is, it is sometimes hard to tell apart a black silhouette on a green background, what was Azmuth thinking? Omniverse occasionally made retcons to previous series, though, so I think it is hard to pin down a real reason.

[@FandomChronicle]

Ben was a kid, with a hero mentality, making him reckless and usually entering dangerous situations with little caution and foresight. The watch chooses for him the alien with the most effective and efficient method of defeating the opponent, cos guess what, smashing everything and brute strength ain't gonna cut it most times. The omnitrix is the most versatile weapon/tool in the ben10 universe

[@justwatch7091]

I read it but then I remembered it gave Ripjaws while hanging from a mountain lol

[@jcplays3842]

@@justwatch7091 ...Still working out the kinks

[@Zen-sx5io]

3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days 😌

[@mongmanmarkyt2897]

To add on, since the watch *knows* Ben it has a better access to his past experiences than Ben in the moment, thus it knows Ben will know how to deal with it

[@KiraSlith]

With a name like "Omnitrix", literally Omni (all) and Trix (Tricks, but corrupted) it better have a trick for just about any situation. Otherwise Azimuth might be guilty of false advertising.

[@gechoman44iwantahippo]

If you look at the end of The More Things Change Part 2, Ben tries to turn into Humungousaur and turns into Spidermonkey. If you look at the Omnitrix in that scene, Spidermonkey’s icon is the one selected. This leads me to believe that sometimes, the mistransformations in Omniverse are actually just Ben not paying attention to what alien he’s choosing.

[@krspaceT1]

That also happened at least twice in UAF. Ben wasn't looking those times (both times on the Goop hologram when wanting Way Big and Rath) while with the omniverse display some are hard to distinguish

[@muhdaqeel7330]

@@krspaceT1 Yeah, I agree. Especially since the AF Omnitrix gave Ben a full hologram of the alien while Omniverse Omnitrix only gave Ben the head of the alien, and they were as small as a finger nail.

[@pokemontrainerharry9744]

Watching Omniverse he does it really often. Its kinda embarrassing watching him make that mistake over and over

[@theinaccurateone5921]

yah, I can't remember when, and who it was. but that 100% did happen. he said, "let's go with blah blah blah", selected the wrong alien on the dial, and transformed into said wrong alien. so..yah, ben is just blind

[@gechoman44iwantahippo]

Rewatching Omniverse, I also noticed he selects Rath at the beginning of “Many Happy Returns,” while wanting XLR8 and yells at the Omnitrix, despite how it gave him what he selected... I think Ben just doesn’t know which icon is which...

[@captainfluffy7232]

Here’s what i think the deal is. Asmuth wasn’t lying about the Omnitrix’s design. When the face plate gets slammed it messes with the time-out function on all aliens listed. So even if he did get the one he wanted now he likely messed up his chances for that happening later as it might have set the damn thing on a cool down. Which could be necessary to keep from permanently scarring DNA with other alien patches. The omnitrix is a smart device sure but it falls to machine issues like user error.

[@GhostLordRetro]

0:50 Nice reference to TeamFourStar! You deserve MAD respect!

[@mr.knightthedetective7435]

"He put a force of God on his poor little hand"

[@Timelord888]

Mhm that's right Ben

[@westinian5502]

“Your bones are weak Ben your only a ten year old boy, you know that, just a little booooy”

[@ex0_trix]

ITS HERO TIME GOD DAMNIT

[@sr.brigadeiro7718]

@Kevensley Dormestoire AND BROKE HIS GOD DAMN ARM

[@thinkfighttalk2403]

Now who wants a jawbreaker?

[@Excellsion]

I really do like the "stop slamming it down" explanation. So simple, makes so much sense, and he really does do that like 90% of the time. Another thing to think about is that the Alien Force Omnitrix recalibrated TO BEN, so maybe in that iteration it compensated for the slamming, while the Omniverse one, (being at "factory default") would not.

[@FG-nd3ue]

I like that compensation theory. But wasn't the new official omnitrix created specifically for Ben that Azmuth worked on since he got the prototype? You'd think he'd put Ben's slamming habit into consideration

[@Excellsion]

@@FG-nd3ue Azmuth did say he expected more finesse, he probably figured it wasn't worth the time when all Ben would have to do is just be gentle, like, how dummy proof does he need to make something?

[@FG-nd3ue]

@@Excellsion lmao, I guess Ben is just a dumbass sometimes

[@Skullkaiser]

He brought down the force of god on his little boy wrist.

[@kidkatanatv]

@@Skullkaiser Is that a Meat...you sly dog lol

[@ferociousfeind8538]

2:13, so, yeah, I caught it too- Azmuth is really talking about the inconvenient timeouts here, but he doesn't finish his thought because of Albedo's ultimatrix (or whichever device it is). He could easily finish with something like "randomizes the timeout function and scrambles the alien selection" or whatever (But carry on)

[@mayagray2807]

I still like the idea that Ben gets the wrong alien because he hits it too hard, along with randomizing the settings that Ben never bothered to figure out as a kid. Later on in the series the omitrix is built stronger because Ben never stopped being too rough with it. Also if the device really is alive, it could be it bring really passive aggressive.

[@suave9184]

Quality over quantity. The ink tank understands

[@ganondorfodragonmmirechan1847]

Facts

[@tybuss6211]

Yep

[@kevingb6778]

Love this cannel

[@ninjaboyninjaboy4262]

No facts

[@theeclipser3631]

So pretty Massey almond chick is like hum something like I like symbiote mixes Ironman stack and alien Tech a bit in the Tosh on Ben's on This Is Us on the understanding how on hearing it and it's like a symbiote they both know each other like Venom and Eddie and somewhere like on my Powers they like I'm Rogue I like chickens are powers that Auditors has powers of its own with it so they both need each other ultris kids the bends the aliens in the transform to survive and save the day will band takes care of the army fix take care of it saying supernaw magic strong man or the second thing is he understands the only tricks knows better than him cuz both of them are sharing costs because he'll want like a symbiote Venom like thing on its armed mixed with some technology in Alien Tech weld aliens Venom in The Tech is like tech

[@alexroba4130]

The true reason why Ben get's the wrong alien is that ,he, often dosen't look at the alien that is selects.

[@TheAcer176]

He doesn't look and he think he will get the right one.

[@drakofox1362]

It's both really

[@EternalFox3383]

Really it’s correct on this remember when he first pushed it in the first season’s episode he transformed into four arms without problem but after he started slamming and not thinking

[@drakofox1362]

@@EternalFox3383 remember when he first got the watch and gently pushed the faceplate down on heatblast and got him it's like that

[@sibtainafridi9197]

@Haku infinite Yeah, I mean, I misclick things on my phone and computer all the time, why can't Ben make such mistakes

[@sageofchange7443]

I find the theory of it learning about Ben really interesting. I see the differences of the aliens between the original and alien force as just a different layout. Like updating your phone, it might change the way it looks but it functions the same exact way. Regarding the old Ben in the later series, I just see that as an aesthetic difference.

[@elgatochurro]

This random chance was really interesting too watch cause you never knew when it'd fail him

[@valiant5625]

What if Asmuth has been monitoring ben and giving him the wrong aliens just to mess with him

[@drakofox1362]

Ok why do I see him doing that and laughing his tiny ass off

[@coolkagethe4th]

He would to lol

[@mmm-vx4gd]

Oh I wish

[@andrewyerian214]

If that was the case, I would have been laughing so hard.

[@alwaysrunning234]

Das just cruel asf

[@kenxiong9776]

Ben: Lets go Waybig Omnitrix: lets give him the smallest alien possible. Nanomech: WHAT?!

[@JohnM34404]

In showdown part 1 Asmith states that overusing one alien will have detrimental effects in controling other forms, combine that with the slams causing random timeouts... Ben's attitude on not using Feedback as much probably made Asmith put a safeguard to prevent that. Furthermore, before meeting Asmith for the first time the omnitrx was calibrated for Max... and Ben does fiddle with the controls either could have caused the initial randomization problems.

[@fernybern]

I just realized that the omnitrix is most likely helping to condition Ben physically and mentally. It has also saved him countless of times so it's like the watch is protecting him and helping him to be better and better

[@michaelpugh2617]

Real answer: because it made the show more interesting and created new challenges

[@ashokkumarsaxena7867]

Yeah I think they didn't decided a explanation in the fiction world for it earlier

[@fourarms1476]

Other wise episode will be like 5-6 minutes..as my calculations it will be Interest between fans/viewers. And no franchise want that.

[@ontheinternet905]

No, it's always the star dudes. They wanted some different aliens.

[@mr.preston1632]

Its simple No watch Ben broke the omnitrix by hitting it to have Ben classic get the omnitrix it so it lands near him,thus,creating timeline b but that gve the omnitrix a few glitches

[@jacobnorris8256]

Which still isn't an explanation. That's just the reason it's there, not a canon explanation. All things in fiction can (and should) have both a reason and an explanation.

[@sphere7158]

The omnitrix chooses to give Ben the alien that's suited in the situation instead of just randomly giving him the alien he wants

[@markchernyshev7785]

carl charleston *that one time he needed ripjaws but omnitrix gave him grey matter*

[@SebasTian58323]

Or whampire in a desert in the daytime

[@zero123alpha6]

He just pressed right/left one too many times.

[@diegopansini3152]

That rule only applies to the original series, which was done incredibly well. Not so much in Alien Force season 3, unfortunately. It was just poorly done. They brought back Ben's immaturity, timing out, and wrong alien gimmick to "feel" like Ben in the original series. So much for development

[@deltaplussans1759]

Whampire In the day In the middle of the desert

[@doctorleak5312]

After the introduction of primus my head canon was him hitting the watch to hard caused a slight disruption in the signal. Also maybe the watch is mad that Ben isn't treating it nicely and is always messing with it sometimes breaking it.

[@multiagustin2]

I have this theory. We have seen lots of times how the onmitrix scans aliens, and remember that the main use that it was supposed to have was being a DNA enciclopedia wich eliminated permanently things like specie of language barriers, creating a somewhat utopic reality where everyone understands and is understood by others. So, since the omnitrix automatically scans any sentient life form it finds, it would have perfect sense if it scanned the human species. And we have seen that the onmitrix needs no more than one scan of a single member of a species to be fully able to copy it 100%. Basicly, the onmitrix took Ben's DNA as the human DNA per defect. The thing is that everytime Ben uses it, it takes a little bit more of his DNA with it. Having more and more DNA of the same species (and being phisically connected at all times to it) makes the omnitrix slowly mutate to adapt more to the user, more to Ben.

[@Ian-ph9ie]

Ben: so your a watch made by a master mind right Omnitrix: yup Ben: so in the completed version of you should work properly right Omnitrix: yup Ben: and you have a built in dial right Omnitrix: yup Ben: so give me the right alien Omnitrix: Greymatter take it or leave it

[@shopuntsunami2413]

Underrated coment

[@mr.preston1632]

Would you rather greymatter or alien x (in Idle mode)

[@yairmon1656]

Why not both?

[@Adniwhack]

rather it is more like "Take it and Go" (in Russell Peter fashion)

[@madestmadhatter]

Of course the Galvan made Omnitrix would always think that Grey Matter is the "right" Alien.

[@Citrine]

Speaking of "I expected more dexterity from those fat fingers of yours" or whatever that Azmuth said, in "Many Happy Returns" Ben says that he'll turn into XLR8 to deal with saving the girl stuck in the fire but when he's dialing up XLR8 it's shown that he selected Rath, but acted like he didn't intend to. Idk if this is an animation error or smth but it makes me think that, if the Omnitrix having an AI thing is true, it's a combination of both the Omnitrix thinking like Ben and being bad at selecting aliens, and dexterity issues

[@Murdstone12]

I like to think that the white omnitrix symbol was just a color code to match his uniforms. His lucky black and white tee. But now after watching i like to think that the first symbol not only represents that the omnitrix needs maintenance but also the new user, learning to become the hero he was meant to become, meanwhile gwen and his grandpa max are the lead mechanics guiding and helping him shape up to that form so that he can discover it himself. Damn I love this show

[@VVinTheChat]

R.I.P the god Dwayne McDuffie. The man made Saturday mornings legendary.

[@craigpeoples9883]

Yeah😔

[@eusetasshaji451]

When did he die

[@genetlm7104]

@@eusetasshaji451 2011

[@vernonhampton5863]

He is greatly missed, and my favorite comic book writer of all time. Also, he gave us the best version of Ben. He made him mature and strategic. The other Bens are clowns.

[@skippyy1]

Fax

[@kirazuki6569]

title: Why Ben REALLY Gets The Wrong Alien me: the randomizer is on.

[@blaz3hack5yt34]

Why did i read that with graser's voice

[@tntpig3620]

yes it is said in one of the episode i don't know how this guy does not remeber it

[@TEMPOZ5127]

Lmao

[@danieladowell5025]

@@tntpig3620 No in omniverse the randomizer was accidentally turned on for 1 episode which caused ben to turn into random aliens at random times

[@beastedninja3757]

@@tntpig3620 it was turned on for only one episode. Cant believe u dont even remember what ur talking about

[@pikastudios2850]

I have a couple ideas, he’s not slapping the dial straight so he might be changing the alien right before he transforms, he might be a little clumsy so he ends up stopping the dial spin a bit too early or late, maybe he just can’t tell what alien he chooses because of the icons, also he might think it’s voice activated so he’s just not looking at the dial.

[@unofficialplayer1083]

The transformation randomises so that ben can find new aliens to use rather than sticking to one of two for everything

[@kingmin9491]

The omnitrix in alien force seems to be the most efficient and smartest omnitrix that works the most properly in all of the four series.

[@mindecon8084]

yep it's Kevin experiment that breaks it and in UA it was albedo's knock-off, and in omniverse ben just isn't looking when selecting the alien, you can see it in many episodes the alien is right, he just says he wants a different one

[@stuff5757]

Before Season 3 of AF Ben was the least selfish, dumb and egoistic version of himself

[@VanquishR]

@Excelsior The writers changed it due to the network and some people saying that a more cocky and childish ben would be better so they decided to make the change in season 3.

[@myheromedia-verse]

@@mindecon8084 like that one time he wanted Xlr8 and got Rath instead when he was trying to put out that fire😂😂😂

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

@@myheromedia-verse then just get BigChill

[@Jan_Koopman]

Good theory. This also explains why Ben gets new aliens (like Canonball or Ditto) at some instances: Ben: "I wanna be * Alien *!" Omnitrix:"I hear ya and understand, but I've noticed that you've used that one quite often lately. Perhaps you'd like to try another? See if you like it?"

[@SurajSingh-yr3ob]

i think that is most likely because one of the uses of the watch is to function as a data base for life forms. Ben got cannonball as a result of his race going extinct cause of the alien tick. So i guess its so that the watch would be able to revive the race when the time is right

[@wumbo8852]

I think a massively large portion of why Ben gets the wrong alien is because he doesn’t look at the dial and assumes that saying the alien will make it happen on countless occasions I’ve seen Ben call out an alien but the alien currently selected isn’t what he wanted

[@Yeeterminator]

It was my head canon that the Omnitrix purposefully gave Ben the wrong aliens so that Ben would learn more about each alien and become adept at using them all. For example, in an episode in s7 or 8 of Omniverse Ben was fighting another alien of the same species as Shocksquatch, and wanted to use Feedback, but instead got Shocksquatch. But he also learned that there were other ways of using Shocksquatch’s abilities and defeated the criminal with ease.

[@Crystal_959]

We know that Omnitrix *can* learn about who people are. It knew to seek out Julie, Kevin, and Gwen when it was operating Ben’s hand. This shows that it 1: can recognize people and voices 2: can recognize their relationships with Ben and intentions 3: remembers places they often are and where it should go to find them, and how to get there This alone says a lot about the Omnitrix’s intelligence

[@andrewaigalew]

I mean, it syncs with the DNA completely after a while. If DNA is what makes us, well, us...

[@rafirafchaines8316]

So it's basically google/youtube/any other data collecting company

[@KingTai64]

The omnitrix operating Ben's hand was stated obvious, so I must ask, how exactly do you know that? The wiki?

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@rafirafchaines8316 i am srill surprised the "ultimate omnitrix" doens't have something as simple as "the option of a search bar"

[@francescocostanzo8225]

My dog can do all those thingz

[@ashtonthompson8838]

“Part of the omntrix become Ben” is true in away as azmth explains that the watch was intended for max but as they share the same DNA the watch immediately attached to ben

[@shadowclaw7210]

Azmuth : Get out of boy you stupid watch Ominitrix : No Azmuth : What if I give you smoothie and french fry Omintrix : make it double and add hamburger Azmuth : You hag out with this kid too much .

[@ashtonthompson8838]

ShadowHand 😂😂

[@SteveSmith-ty8ko]

ShadowHand Omnitrix: Dude he eats it every DAY! That shits good! Az: Keep it PG Omnitrix.

[@lpfan4491]

Omnitrix:"Fries? Where are the fries!?"

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

To be fair, sometimes it was shown the Omnitrix's selection screen got easily modified by external force even if ben didn't touch it remember Brainstorm's debut when the hologram got changed

[@AhsanAnimatez3D]

Well the omnitrix was recalibrated so it only gave him one mistransformation before season 3. Ben was trying to turn something else but there was kind of a chaos in the pier so the omnitrix was like: Nah! TAKE A CORRECT ONE ONCE!

[@dmr14wizkid14]

I really love your theory it makes a lot of sense excellent video and keep up the amazing work

[@Nameandaddresswithheld]

I always figured that the omnitrix was just smarter to Ben in The first series. Ben would make a choice and the watch would be like “nah I’m calling an audible because you’re an incompetent child”. Then when Ben matured and developed enough to do the job properly, it stopped. Then he broke it again

[@themonsterunderyourbed.7620]

It's like "Okay, I think you're old enough for me to- oop and you're stupid again."

[@nguyenhoanganh-bob2889]

in danger case its tur him into smthg really useful but his brain belike: heatblast?i want dimond head ( literally getting fired and heatblast have fire resitant )

[@spunkymaniac9312]

When i was a kid I was famous in school and the neighborhood for being the kid who know the name of all the aliens in ben 10, I was so proud of that, and I'm steal proud

[@Sarah12471]

Oh yeah. Name every single one of them. I wanna verify

[@gamelover2994]

I can say

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Who's proud are you stealing?

[@dylanlacy9768]

N A M E T H E M

[@sunxel3264]

@Dylan Lacy what would be the point? He could just google and you wouldnt know

[@abhiyadav1303]

This guy is using music in the right place not just the editing and the deep research respect for you man 🔥❤️

[@adambarnes49]

It gets more complicated later on but in the classic series it's made clear the original Omnitrix is a prototype and does sometimes just malfunction, there's a whole episode where Ben gets stuck as grey matter. This doesn't really make as much sense in the later seasons but early on it's a good explanation

[@FMHikari]

About the broken Omnitrix still showing green: As an electronic technician, there are TONS of machines that report an A-Clear output and but get fatal errors later on. The Ultimatrix might have got partial damage, and the damaged components that cause random transformations aren't vital, as the device can still correct the selected species in a pinch IF that is needed.

[@animo358]

Similarly because while most of the Ultimatrix is Azmuths work, a fair portion of it is Albedo's tinkering to put in the evolutionary simulation and transformation function. Without a full working lab and being trapped in the form of a human, I would imagine Albedo make some sacrifices for the sake of getting revenge sooner.

[@frankspick7544]

@@animo358 most of the work no it wasn't the core was the only thing of azmuth and last time i check it was unfinish

[@dionettaeon]

All in all, this is a pretty tight theory. My thought was that sometimes as he was slamming down on the Omnitrix, a slight twisting of his right hand could've unintentionally turned the dial to a different alien before it was fully activated, almost like fat fingers on a touchscreen.

[@lexo632]

Oh, I feel that...

[@BlueSparxLPs]

I wish I remembered which episode, but there was just one Omniverse ep that I thought I saw exactly this happen. There's definitely also times in both this and UAF in which he clearly has the wrong alien selected before he even slams down.

[@waveringeyes8277]

I like this explanation the best.

[@dariuswatley4777]

That’s what I thought,Ngl.

[@coall5002]

also he often turns into Heat blast when he wants to turn in to four arms and turns into rath when he wants to turn in humungousaur...implying that he accidentally switched to the next alien.

[@dieselrichardson9055]

That last clips great for this whole episode

[@gochogames1360]

2:21 wait.. PEOPLE DIDNT KNOW THIS? HE SAID IT SO CLEARLY

[@youngsirzo]

R.I.P. Dwayne McDuffy. You gave us Static Shock and Ben 10 🙏🏽

[@brawlstarspro4427]

Ben: It's Hero Time! Humongousaur! Omnitrix: No, gray metter Azmuth: Yeeees, gray metter

[@atheist2025]

Grey Matter

[@jonpacada43]

Grey Matter

[@canismajor8601]

Gay mater

[@rin5956]

@@canismajor8601 lol

[@seriouslyidk179]

Gray lives Matter

[@ChandravijayAgrawal]

Omnitrix analyses situation with all probable aliens selected like Dr. Strange did in Avengers Infinity war, and then gives the right alien that has most chances to win

[@twistedyogert]

Ben: *Time to XLR8!* Omnitrix: *I'm sorry Ben, I'm afraid I can't do that. Here's Ripjaws.*

[@HygorBH]

I think I can explain the green eyes and green badge on the aliens. Remember during the “Universe vs Tennyson” episode, where they exclaimed that Alien X's species changed the universe several times, and even showed off the difference designs of Azmuth from OG, AF, and Omniverse. Well, there you go. They probably changed the universe during the time-skip in-between series.

[@keeganlafferty1395]

ah yes, oh and btw Ben could've gotten away with it if someone had pointed out that Mr. Smoothie's could have made a change to their recipe only noticeable to Ben's keen taste

[@keeganlafferty1395]

@Crystal White I said "someone" not Ben specifically

[@keeganlafferty1395]

@Crystal White maybe he just didn't think about it

[@ruqhealth]

No I think that explains why Ben's aliens had orange eyes at first, but green eyes later on. But the clothes were built in by Azmuth so that the aliens don't go naked, and the badge is probably a change in design put there by Azmuth in the final Omnitrix.

[@lucasbread4836]

The omnitrix just doesn’t like ben smacking it

[@milkyjuice646]

It'd be worse if it liked it. Ben slams the Omnitrix and it just says "Oh, yes, harder~"

[@BenjaminKirbyTennyson0]

@@milkyjuice646 oh god

[@stm7810]

@@milkyjuice646 I want this to be a fanfic now.

[@MarshaNPILoveCanada]

@@milkyjuice646 🇮🇩 Yash!!! XD 👍🏼 Hahaha

[@summermermaidstar756]

He transformm he protecc but most importantly Ben gives the Omnitrix a smacc

[@fivecent4614]

The main example of the Omnitrix knowing him better than himself does, instead of changing him into a form with immense physical strength, instead it gives him an extremely agile form.

[@radicaledward3783]

I always figured it was like the TARDIS from doctor who, it doesn't always give ben the alien he WANTS but it always gives him the alien he NEEDS.

[@WillieNother]

Me trying to do something productive sees "Why Ben REALLY gets the wrong alien" me: Well now i gotta know

[@ezequielinsaurralde5058]

"The Longer The Omnitrix Stays On Ben The Stronger It Will Become"

[@emmoebbo8801]

Nice doom reference

[@an0rmalp3rson70]

@@emmoebbo8801 dude that's literally what the omnitrix does

[@samueleveleigh2767]

personally I like the idea that ben simply doesn't know how to use it. be it from him not really paying attention to which alien he is selecting or simply pressing the button too hard.

[@alanpena8643]

Ben mistransforms for 3 reasons depending on the situation. 1. Ben selects the wrong alien icon by mistake. Like when he said he selected XLR8 but it was clearly Rath. 2. He hits the omnitrix too hard and randomizes the transformation. 3. The omnitrix ai gives Ben the best alien for the situation at hand even if Ben disagrees.

[@thesephiam]

I seem to recall an episode where it’s explained that bens DNA wouldn’t have been able to handle that selection at that moment and the watch selects something close to the request but not going to do damage to bens DNA. It’s a safety feature.

[@nathanielornsby9012]

True but the more Ben used the omnitix the more his DNA was strengthened

[@bashfulbreloom9294]

Ah yes. Chromostone and Humangusaur, the closest of aliens.

[@TEMPOZ5127]

@@bashfulbreloom9294 Ah yes, grey matter and four arms, the closest aliens

[@trainingarc3127]

This is a stretch

[@thewerewolff7248]

@@TEMPOZ5127 To be fair just because they’re not closely related physically doesn’t mean their DNA isn’t closely related. For example chickens are the animal that is most closely related to The T Rex and they don’t physically resemble each other at all.

[@myopinionsucks3876]

I think that in Ultimatrix, it's really just due to Albedo's design. Azmuth himself said that the craftsmanship was poor

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

Imagine a Ultimatrix design by Azmuth... Now that's a scary though

[@vwin9112]

The Symbiote Nation. Cue lighting bolts and maniac laugh from Azmuth.

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

@@vwin9112 and BillGax (???) Having a octopus bonner at the thought of it...

[@vwin9112]

@@thesymbiotenation.4552 ehhh...not something I would think, but still imagine that, Azmuth being all Victor Frankenstein if he made his own ultimatrix screaming "IT'S ALIVE! ALIVE! I HAD OUTBESTED ALBEDO!"

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

@@vwin9112 and Ben's like "Cool, a new actually functional Ultimatrix!"

[@ArtsyAlbert]

I could only explain Omniverse, he never looked at the icons. In the first episode of Omniverse he wanted Humongosaur. If you looked close enough you could see SpiderMonkey’s icon. It just seems like in Omniverse he just expects it to give him what he wants without even looking at it. Edit: I understand why they do it for more interesting scenarios then Ben just going his favorite aliens

[@sheikhabdullah873]

When I was a kid, even though I had these questions in mind I never really sought answers to those questions because I chose to have fun rather than geeking out.

[@levy3650]

When I didn't know that the aliens were just DNA Samples I tought that it was sort of a Pokemon kind of thing, like he choosing the alien and the alien not wanting to answer his call Edit:Yo-Kai Watch type of situation

[@kingmuizz708]

Awe

[@justsubtitute2170]

No it's just dna that's all ghostfreak was really the only alien in the Omnitrix with it's own mind

[@roam_y]

If that were the case, I can imagine Four Arms and Diamondhead just plainly refused to go half the time since he chose them so much.

[@stuff5757]

That's an interesting concept

[@guardian6788]

As a fan of all 3 of the mentioned franchises, I can absolutely see where you're coming from

[@chickennuggcorgi]

When he said that the omniverse episode was released in 2013 I had to do a comically large double-take

[@ThirrinDiamond]

Dang thats recent af.... this is the first time ive felt young because of a time fact

[@ninetailsofthesun279]

Even after all this time, it still feels like the show finished just yesterday.

[@ThirrinDiamond]

@@ninetailsofthesun279 it really does 😭

[@chickennuggcorgi]

Agreed 😔

[@Noah-xf4mf]

The idea of the omnitrix being "part ben" also really adds value to the re calibration at the start of AF. Of course the old omnitrix wouldn't work with current ben, because its a different ben than what it is used to. To me, if ben had the omnitrix on the entire time it would appear to grow like it did in Ben 10,000. Also the omnitrix being sentient explains why his transformations have plot informed guidance. Like especially in classic, his transformation always lined up to the task at hand. I mean cannonbolt and wildvine were unlocked since they were the best for the job. But I remember in classic the aliens that really only ever got messed up were like Four-arms and other more strength based aliens. But in classic, whenever Ben goes upgrade he gets it almost everytime. I cannot recall a single instance where ben wanted upgrade and did not get him. It also shows why his picked alien often works for more mundane tasks. Like when he wants to scare a kid in another car he gets stinkfly, or when he wants to fuse with the computer he gets upgrade. It seems like in those moments the alien he wants for the task at hand, and the alien the omnitrix designates are aligned.

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

I'll still go with the 'hitting the dial' explanation. It's like slamming your fists into the keyboard or smashing it against a wall (which Ben actually did multiple times), course it would malfunction at some point after being handled like a chew toy.

[@ghostspider2056]

I kind of suspected since the 3rd season of the OG series that the watch always gave him the right form for the situation based on how convenient the "wrong" transformation always wins in the end, like it was no glitch or accident.

[@TheSecondVersion]

Like how Jerry from Totally Spies seems to give the girls completely random gadgets each mission, but they seem perfectly suited to solve whatever problems come up

[@lpfan4491]

@@TheSecondVersion Jerry just has the monado. Nothing weird there.

[@DinoCam1795]

I always thought Ben got the wrong alien in Omniverse because he doesn't pay attention to the holographic display. Which has the faces of the aliens. Which are all small on a rotating disk. That Ben doesn't always have enough time to properly select.

[@gamingcreatesworlddd2425]

Yes in most cases he doesn't even see the display that display saves battery so he can change into different aliens

[@OmniversalInsect]

Omnitrix dial: clearly showing rath Ben turned into rath: confusion

[@quranbooker6655]

Really 🤔

[@gremlininblue2601]

Ben's hand looking back at the dog and moving faster always makes me crack up so hard even now years later

[@dinoboydev96]

I always had a head cannon that: While the Omni-Trix doesn't give him the alien he chooses or "wants". With it being infused with him, it is able to determine the alien that he most likely needs, based on situation. While we can argue that its gotten it wrong at times, the watch itself seems to almost be alive in a way, like Eunice. Therefore it either agrees with Ben in his choice, or decides another alien would be better suited for whatever task is ahead, forcing Ben to think. This little head cannon has changed alot of episodes tones for myself. Highly suggest watching with this mindset

[@davidpotts7116]

To me it sounds like him hitting the omnitrix makes it so the time-out function goes haywire, making many aliens basically forced to go on a cooldown timer. This usually results in the alien that Ben wanted to become timed out, and thus the omnitrix defaults to a different selection that isn’t on the cooldown timer. It’s like a hotkey that controls multiple uses of an ability - you can use one at a time, but afterwards they go on separate cooldowns.

[@Necro_fury]

Nice, i like this

[@mrsarcasm5900]

Bro you got it, you hit it right on the nail. I think this is exactly what azmuth was gonna say to Ben before changing his train of thought

[@WolforNuva]

This makes a lot of sense to me. It explains why Azmuth brought up the timer function to begin with; he was giving some more insight so he could continue into why the alien was randomized, but since he got distracted he couldn't finish the thought. Though I like to think this works in tandem with the AI explanation, in the cases when his alien isn't selectable the omnitrix then makes what it thinks the next best selection would be from those available.

[@nothere3982]

If this is it thank you it's a great answer and explains the nonsense

[@seelcudoom1]

it would also explain why he almost always transforms into one of his lesser used aliens, because his go tos are the ones hes more likely to have used recently and thus still be on cooldown