Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-11357862-20130628143945/@comment-3153778-20130714203307

Dillon9988 wrote: Cokedragon wrote: Dillon9988 wrote: Ben2themax wrote: If they intened on having 80 episodes, they better age the characters at least. Ben's been 16 for too long in-universe. Yes, there will be 80 episodes, but I disagree with your second statement. Since Ben's only been 16 for 82 episodes, and there is 365 days per year. Yes, but in the time that's past, it should be noted that they entered summer at some point during Ultimate Alien and have already past Spring Break (in Many Happy Returns). Their birthdays are in December. See the problem? You do have a point. Considering that the episode "Camp Fear" aired in June, and Ben mentioned he and Gwen's birthday being six months away, we can conclude that each episode takes place around the time it originally aired. If we go by exact dates, Ben should have turned seventeen one day before Malefactor, although, the fact that Many Happy Returns is during Spring Break, we are thrown off track, so Ben 10, along with many other cartoons isn't logical. It was before Oniverse aired. It would have made sense to age the characters up a year considering Ultimate Alien went through the course of 10-11 months.

Spring break (Sometime before The Big Story since Jimmy stated that it was May 25).

Summer (Between Girl Trouble and It's Not Easy Being Gwen.)

Return to the School year. (Again It's not easy being Gwen).

Going by that timeline, Ultimate Alien Ended sometime during the fall in-universe which should have put the trio's birthday's close by. Especially considering there was a time skip between UA and OV.