Harangue Nation


 * This article is about the fictitious News Station featured in multiple episodes of Ultimate Alien and Omniverse.

Harangue Nation is an American news station hosted by anchorman Will Harangue, known for its smear campaign against Ben Tennyson (Classic).

The show is a parody of various Fox News broadcasting, as well as other pundit-lead news programming - similar to 'The Colbert Report', of which's audience were often dubbed 'The Colbert Nation'. Inspiration is also taken from Spider-Man's 'The Daily Bugle'.

History
The show existed at least 5 years prior to the events of Omniverse, where -in the episode The Vengers- Will Harangue was seen reporting on the exploits of Kane North.

Harangue Nation revealed Ben Tennyson's identity after it was discovered by Jimmy Jones. Throughout Ultimate Alien, having masked Ben as a menace, the news station was often seen masking him seem more dangerous than he was through editing and fabricated scenarios created by both Will Harangue and Captain Nemesis.

Throughout the series, we see the show report on Ben's fight in Eye of the Beholder, as well as the meteor from The Mother of All Vreedles. The show was disapproving of The Flame Keeper's Circle while they were active.

The show reported on the public exposing of Undertown and the invasion of the Incursean Empire (from The Frogs of War two parter). Due to Will Harangue's support of the invaders, the show's viewership and rating subsequently went down.

After these events, Harangue was permanently mutated with alien DNA by Ben Tennyson. This -along with the reporting on The Vengers- boosted the show's ratings.



With J. Jonah Jones taking over from Will Harangue as the news host, the show continued to exist at least up to around 2032, when the events of The End of an Era take place.

Crew

 * Will Harangue (Reporter, later Cameraman)
 * Jimmy Jones / J. Jonah Jones (Reporter)

Trivia

 * The word 'Harangue' means mean or nasty rant/speech.

Season 1

 * Fame (first appearance)
 * Video Games
 * Hero Time

Season 2

 * Eye of the Beholder
 * The Big Story

Season 3

 * Double or Nothing
 * The Mother of All Vreedles

Season 3

 * The Frogs of War: Part 1 (first reappearance)
 * The Frogs of War: Part 2

Season 4

 * Return to Forever

Season 6

 * The Vengers (flashback and present)

Season 8

 * The End of an Era

Cartoon Network Action Packs

 * Beauty and the Ben

Video Games

 * Cosmic Destruction