Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4884084-20150818050450/@comment-34326521-20150818083501

The idea that cartoons have to be like books is absurd. They're cartoons; most of them are targeted at children. I think this stems from the idea that adults can't like "childish" things; that adults have to like other things. I like Dragon Ball and Pokémon games, just as I did when I was a kid - they amuse me. I also like particle physics and serious TV shows. This is because I've let go of the notion that I, as a young adult, somehow have to "grow up", as they say.

For the most part, Ben 10 does lack "depth", but there are also more serious episodes that don't. The Ultimate Sacrifice comes to mind. Ben was willing to sacrifice himself for the Ultimates (obviously he wasn't going to die, he's the main character after all). Solitary Alignment shows us what happens when scientists ignore very real dangers for the sake of technology. The Widening Gyre tells us of just how bad pollution is (with some exaggeration - obviously, garbage isn't going to mutate into a giant monster).