Ben 10

This article is about the reboot series. You might have been looking for Ben Tennyson.

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General	Episodes	Shorts

Ben 10
General Information
Genre	Comedy/Adventure/Action
Status	Hiatus
Original Run	October 2016 (international) April 10, 2017 (U.S.)
Episodes	172 (released) 184 (Produced)
Movies	1
Specials	1 (Crossover)
Shorts	30 (Alien Worlds) 20 (Bentuition)
Starring	Tara Strong Montserrat Hernandez David Kaye John DiMaggio Greg Cipes
Details
Country	International
Network	Cartoon Network
Creator(s)	Man of Action
Series Guide
Preceded by	Ben 10: Omniverse
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Ben 10 is the fifth iteration of the Ben 10 franchise. It serves as a reboot to the television series and is loosely based upon the original series as well as serving as a parallel timeline.

Summary

Building on the highly successful franchise about kid hero Ben Tennyson, Ben 10 introduces a re-imagined Ben, his cousin Gwen, and Grandpa Max are normal, as they travel the country during summer vacation. When Ben finds the Omnitrix, a mysterious watch that transforms him into 10 different friendly aliens, a world of extraterrestrial superpowers opens up to him. The series is produced by Cartoon Network Studios and created and executive produced by Man of Action Entertainment (Big Hero 6, Generator Rex), with John Fang (Mixels, Generator Rex) on board as supervising producer.

Characters

Allies Main Characters Ben Tennyson Gwen Tennyson Max Tennyson Others Phil Billings Glitch Azmuth Tetrax Shard Kraab SixSix Starshine Sally Todd Glamour Man Shady Looking Dude Bill Steve Cash Murray J.T. Komal I.J. Crowling Shasta Fay Accidentals Nugget Minitaur Goatadactyl Chinzilla Mr. Billions Mrs. Billions Ryan Sez Maxine Sez Geezer Bob DJ Duster Lester Carl Forgeti Penny Clerk Cybear Melvin Tevin Lenny Oliver Helen Troy

Villains Major Villains Vilgax Warbot Drones High Override Fulmini Forever Knight Forever Knight's Guards Kevin Levin Recurring Villains Aloysius Animo Alphas Napoleon Madcow Boxer Wolfen Sheep Ground Hawg Gang Hex The That Rock Golem Zombozo Circus Freak Trio Frightwig Thumbskull Acid Breath Steam Smythe Aristocrow Clocktopus Mechanoids Bugg Brothers Maurice Sydney Weatherheads Shock-O Gust-O Hail-O Sunny LaGrange Vin Ethanol Breaker One-Nine Lord Decibel Billy Billions Billy's Robots Xingo Simon Sez Charmcaster Michael Morningstar Tim Buktu Nanny Nightmare Nanny Nightmare's Henchmen Iron Kyle Queen Bee Fogg King Koil Mrs. Roland Solar Twain Polar Twain Alien Chefs Molecular Chef Samurai Chef Skewer Chef One-Time Villains Magg-O-Net Monster Karl Carl The Malachi Sisters Dirty Dobs Docile Dragon Boblins Hydromanders Slurpstack Jack-A-Lope Gil Space Slime Yawk Ectonurite Prisoner Opticoid Prisoner Loboan Prisoner Piscciss Volann Prisoner Vulpimancer Prisoner Neutral Incursean Milleous Major Glorff

Aliens Regular Aliens Cannonbolt Diamondhead Four Arms Gax (debut/removed) Grey Matter (locked) Heatblast Humungousaur Jetray Overflow (debut/locked) Rath Shock Rock (debut) Slapback (debut) Stinkfly (locked) Upgrade (removed) Wildvine (locked) XLR8 Occasional Aliens Goop Way Big Omni-Enhanced Aliens Cannonbolt Diamondhead Four Arms Grey Matter Heatblast Overflow Stinkfly Wildvine XLR8 Omni-Kix Aliens Cannonbolt Diamondhead Four Arms Heatblast Humungousaur Jetray Rath Shock Rock Slapback XLR8 Omni-Naut Armor Heatblast Humungousaur Jetray Shock Rock Fusions Amalgam Ben Grey Arms Monster Kevin XLRArmBlastDiamondHeat Kevin's Aliens Bashmouth (debut) Bootleg (debut) Crystalfist (debut) Dark Matter (debut) Hot Shot (debut) Quad Smack (debut) Rush (debut) Skunkmoth (debut) Thornblade (debut) Undertow (debut) Wreckingbolt (debut) Gwen's Aliens Four Arms Upgrade (in Ben's body) Stinkfly Billy's Aliens Four Arms Squirrel's Aliens Four Arms Space Slime's Aliens Grey Matter Four Arms Steam Robot Aliens Cannonbolt XLR8 Grey Matter Max's Aliens Cannonbolt Vilgax's Aliens AntiVilgax Alien V

Crossovers

Mighty Magiswords

Ben 10, along with other Cartoon Network shows, had a collaboration with Mighty Magiswords in the app "MagiMobile". It had Magiswords based on some of Ben's aliens for players to collect, including Heatblast, Four Arms, Cannonbolt, Upgrade, and Wildvine.

Villainous

A Villainous short released on the Brazilian Cartoon Network YouTube channel features Flug analyzing Vilgax while Dementia tries using his advice on Black Hat. The short ends with Flug creating his own Omnitrix for Vilgax, who attempts to transform into Black Hat before being eaten by the form. It uses clips from Omni-Tricked: Part 3, Omni-Tricked: Part 4, Out to Launch, Animorphosis, The 11th Alien: Part 1, and The 11th Alien: Part 2.

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes!

An episode of OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes! is a crossover event which premiered on October 8, 2018. Crossover Nexus featured Ben Tennyson, Raven from Teen Titans Go!, Garnet from Steven Universe and K.O. from OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes! as they band together to escape the destroyed CN City and stop Strike.

Video Game

A video game based on the series was released worldwide on November 10, 2017 (for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One). It was developed by Outright Games and distributed by Bandai Namco in the EMEA. In the game, players discover aliens and use them to help Ben defeat three of his greatest enemies: Zombozo, Queen Bee, and the Weather Heads.

On March 3, 2020, it was announced that another Ben 10 video game was in the works. It was revealed to be Ben 10: Power Trip and was released on October 9 2020.

Movies

• Ben 10 Versus the Universe: The Movie

Trivia

• Unlike previous iterations of Ben 10:
  • This series' episodes have a run-time of 11 minutes each. All previous Ben 10 iterations had episodes with run-times of 22 minutes each. This decision was done by Cartoon Network so they can mix and match episodes. It also works better for comedy.
    • Episodes which are 22 minutes in production are broken into two segments.
    • However, Season 5 will consist of 4-part movie events instead of the normal 11-minute episodes.
  • The look of the Omnitrix changes in every new season.
    • The out-of-universe reasons for the Omnitrix having a new appearance every season are to repurpose unused designs from pre-production, to differentiate one season from another, as well as for marketing purposes.
  • Ben is only able to have 10 aliens at a time.
    • The one time this rule was not kept (during the events of Omni-Tricked when Ben unlocked Gax), the Omnitrix began to glitch and freak out. Starting with Innervasion Part 5: High Override, aliens are now added and removed from rotation.
    • The crew has been been moving through the aliens they felt were at Ben's core because they are his favorite go to characters across the life of the entire show.
    • The addition and removal of certain aliens is also based on what type of stories they want to tell in the new season, then which aliens would work best with those stories and which would not.
    • When asked why Four Arms, Humungousaur and Rath, three aliens with enhanced strength as a main ability, are all in Ben's roster starting with Season 3, Duncan Rouleau stated that their working philosophy isn't about the perfect well-rounded team as much as working with what you got. Until Ben has mastery over the Omnitrix, he'll get all sorts of odd, sometimes lopsided, lineups.
    • The crew like to keep the title of 10 being consistent.
• When asked to describe Season 5 in one word, Duncan Rouleau said "celestial".
  • Season 5 will also have guest stars as voice actors.
• Alien X, Bloxx, and The Worst have been considered to appear in future seasons of the reboot.
  • There are currently no plans to feature Wildmutt, Spidermonkey, Ripjaws, Chromastone, Clockwork, Fasttrack, Chamalien, Gravattack, Atomix, Buzzshock, Frankenstrike, Brainstorm, Shocksquatch, AmpFibian, Feedback, Rocks, Squidstrictor, Shellhead, Sandbox, and Snakepit in the reboot.
• This is the second Cartoon Network reboot series after The Powerpuff Girls (2016).
• Duncan Rouleau has occasionally brought up the possibility of a new iteration of Ben 10 starting with some new angle, saying that there is always a chance it could happen. They are developing many options; the changing fields of platforms from cable to streaming, the consolidation of Warner Bros. franchises, and a "thousand other factors" will determine where, how and when Ben’s next iteration will finally settle. There may be an older Ben show at some point, but no time soon.

References

Crew Statements

Duncan Rouleau

TV Series
Classic Continuity
Ben 10	Ben 10: Alien Force	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien	Ben 10: Omniverse
Reboot Continuity
Ben 10