Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25610038-20141105154156/@comment-1409915-20141110024628

R&CFOREVER wrote: I bet the real reason show wise is that it would make Ben win fights as him to easily if he constantly used or or Derrick doesn't find it neccesary (he does this sometimes like how he gives aliens additional abilities/skills like how added the ability for Armodrillo to turn his hands into drills or for Ditto to dig holes and breathe underwater (then again he wasn't used much so knowing if the writers had plan for him to have theses abilites from the beginning is unknown) but in Ben 10 universe wise, I bet ben just forgot about that ability, since he has acces to Waybig. As this is were grouping comes in. Derrick works on the show, and helps give ideas. He is not in charge of the writing, he's an art director. Just because he may find the idea lacking does not necessarily mean its him. Now this isn't to say that he may not have done it but I'm just saying in the grand scheme of things it may not always be him.

Also, things like Armodrillo turning his hands into drills, they make sense for the character if you truly think about it. Ditto breathing underwater and digging holes are actually if you think about it, something he does naturally, not something new. He's fairly human in characteristics other than the fact he can multiply. Human's can breathe pretty long underwater depending, and this is a prime specimen of Ditto so he's going to do the most his race has to offer. Also if you hadn't noticed his hands are pretty big. It's not impossible to see him digging holes with those. Humans probably could do the same with hands that big.

But the simpler answer I'd agree, it's Ben, he probably forgot. Or honestly the writers may have as well.