Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25113426-20140627220213/@comment-4440927-20141007003554

Blue Luna wrote: R&CFOREVER wrote: Blue Luna wrote: In the episode "For a Few Brains More" Azmuth explained that whenever Ben slaps the Omnitrix too hard he accidentally sets it to the randomizer and that's why Ben almost never gets the alien he wants. He only needs to tap the Omnitrix to get the desired alien, but Ben keeps slapping it anyway because...reasons. Why did Azumuth put that feature in the new omnitrix? It just sounds like a stupid feature. No idea really. I guess just in case the wearer needed to make a split second change and didn't have time to surf through all the aliens or to have it as an option for the sake of having it as an option.

Though personally I think it's less of a "necessary" feature and was just added as a plot device to have the running gag of Ben turning into aliens he doesn't want. Which can be over looked if he would stop smacking the Omnitrix and tap it gently, something Azmuth even explained directly to him. Ben keeps hitting it the way Azmuth said NOT to anyway because...the joke is that Ben is just stupid that way?

/shrugs/

I don't know. I bet it WAS put in their to make the show more comedic and caroonish (which was a bad move in my opinion)