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Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tennyson is the 10-year-old paternal cousin of Ben Tennyson. Ben’s closest cousin, Gwen is wise beyond her years. Gwen often acts as either the voice of reason or as Ben’s partner-in-crime.

Appearance[]

Regular Appearances[]

Gwen is a girl with short red hair, green eyes, and pale skin. She is commonly shown wearing a white elbow-length shirt under a blue t-shirt with a black cat face on top, light brown shorts, and blue and white striped socks. She also wears blue and white converse-like shoes. She also wears a blue hairclip to pin her hair to the left side of her face.

Occasional Appearances[]

During water-based activities, she wears a one-piece swimsuit and a pair of flip-flops the same shade of blue as her shirt. While in her swimsuit, Gwen wore her hair regularly, but in Ben 10,010, she tied her hair in a ponytail while wearing her one piece.

In Brief Career of Lucky Girl, she wore a Lucky Girl outfit.

While riding on Rustbuggy, she wore a blue helmet.

In Dreamtime, she wore pink pajama pants underneath her normal shirt(s).

In Welcome to Zombozo-Zone!, she wore a light blue princess gown with a darker blue bow on the front, a matching hat, puffy sleeves and blue flats.

In Beach Heads, she wore light-blue and white swimming shirt, blue swimsuit underneath, and a pair of blue flip-flops.

In Which Watch, she wore a blue spacesuit.

In Introducing Kevin 11, she wore a grey shirt, yellow apron, and yellow and grey socks.

In Big Ben 10, she wore a deerstalker and a coat over her ordinary clothes, as a homage to Sherlock Holmes.

In LaGrange Muraille, she wore a yellow hat.

In Heat of the Moment, Gwen wore a jacket with earmuffs, and a hat.

In Cirque-Us, she wore a light-blue gown with blue ribbon belt. She also wore a blue dress.

In Wheels of Fortune, she wore an orange vest, reading glasses with a pink frame, retro 3D glasses over her forehead, and a navy blue cat pin (obtained later in the episode).

In Roundabout: Part 1 and 2, she wore a high tech suit, that shares resemblance to a cat. However, the suit was later destroyed by Forever Knight.

Personality[]

Gwen is a remarkably smart and quick-witted girl who is the mastermind behind nearly all of her cousin's plans of defeating villains. She plays an active role as the brains of Team Tennyson. She is also wise beyond her years and often gives Ben advice that help him in many of his battles against villains.

Although she and Ben have many disagreements, Gwen often finds a way to get along with him. She is respectful and friendly towards people in general, but she is not afraid to make sarcastic comments towards whom she is arguing or disagreeing with.

Gwen is quite forgiving, considering she more worried than angry at Ben for running away.[4]

Gwen can be a bit tomboy-ish because of how she acts and speaks sometimes. Even though she is usually confident about herself, she still has insecurities about not being useful to Team Tennyson.[5] These insecurities soon leads her to join Zombozo's crew. However, she got over them after Ben started giving her credit.[6]

Gwen has an adoration towards science, things from the 80s and 90s eras, space, and geek culture. Her favorite show in particular is Lucky Girl.[7]

Gwen has an unrequited infatuation towards Ryan Sez, and often drops into a fan-girl based attitude, doing anything to get his attention, often ending in failure on her part. This often makes her a target of mockery by Ben.

Relationships[]

Family[]

Ben Tennyson[]

Gwen and Ben get along very well. They argue sometimes but they always end up forgiving each other. Gwen often tries to help Ben fight, but Ben usually ignores her info and rushes into battle. Gwen and Ben are mostly hanging out with each other.

Gwen sometimes partakes in Ben's mischievous behavior. For example, when they snuck into a wrestling tournament, Gwen played as his cornerman.[8] Nevertheless, Gwen cares for her cousin, as she jumped into a volcano just to save Ben from Vilgax.[9]

Gwen and Ben both argue over little things, such as a cupcake. This behavior can affect how they could work together in fighting crime.[10] Gwen can have trouble taking Ben seriously, as she did not believe Ben about Frightwig until she found out for herself. She later learned that she should listen to Ben more often.[11]

Ben and Gwen picture in Cirque-Us

When Gwen helped Ben save a worker from falling off of a lift, Ben took the glory despite Gwen being the brains, prompting her to join Zombozo and fight against Ben. Ben and Gwen were able to talk it out, and Ben started giving Gwen more credit.[6]

Gwen is used to Ben screwing up so much that she would comment on it, even if he has not actually done anything wrong.[12]

Max Tennyson[]

Gwen and Max Team

Max mostly takes Gwen's side when Ben and Gwen argue. Gwen and Max sees each other as "team destroy", since they've destroyed so many things villains have created over the summer. Max and Gwen are also pretty playful with each other, as shown in Reststop Roustabout when Max and Gwen were playing outside with flags.

Enemies[]

Charmcaster[]

Charmcaster hates Gwen very much due to intense feelings of jealousy. However, Gwen does not share the same feeling. Charmcaster tries to take Gwen out on multiple occasions, but fails each time.

In The Charm Offensive, Gwen helped Charmcaster after seeing she was being used by Michael Morningstar. Knowing that she is acting out of the trauma created by past abuse, Gwen continues to try to help her change her ways no matter how difficult Charmcaster's grudge makes it for her.[DR 1]

Kevin Levin[]

Gwen seems to be oblivious by the fact that Kevin has a crush on her. She thinks he is a lost pet and think of him as a possible project.[DR 2] Gwen doesn't share the rivalry that Ben and Kevin have.

In Adrenaland Jr., Gwen felt very sad for Kevin after hearing about how no one ever took him to Adrenaland. After all three of them went on a rollercoaster ride together, Kevin balled up a pic of the three having fun. Gwen still felt sorry for what was going on with Kevin, who secretly saved the picture to keep.

In Ben 10 Versus the Universe: The Movie, Gwen attempts to help Kevin reform and be a hero, even though Kevin handles doing so much more violently than Ben normally does, a style he keeps even in the future seen in Ben 10,010.

History[]

Main Page History

Powers and Abilities[]

Gwen has enhanced agility and acrobatics,[13][6] being able to complete an obstacle course against competitors that were all adults.[14] Because her skills have gotten better upon learning a new martial arts branch,[15] she is now agile enough to dodge the Clocktopus' attacks for a while.[16]

Gwen is remarkably intelligent for her age, being remarkably good with technology and having received good grades while taking science class in the past.[17][18]

Even with age, Gwen has shown to be very strong, managing to push Four Arms unintentionally.[19]

Gwen is prone to succeed when trying new things, often picking up new hobbies.

Gwen is slightly more durable than an average human.[5]

Gwen can speak pig Latin.[2] Gwen is able to eat over 100 pancakes.[20]

For a few moments, Gwen already used magic[21][22] even not developing or learning any magical powers.[DR 3][DR 4] However, Gwen showed no interest in developing magic powers until she learned that an alternate counterpart from Original Series Ben's dimension had magic powers.[23]

Equipment[]

While Ben was in his body, she equipped the Titan Gauntlets, he gained enhanced strength.[24]

Grey Matter created a glider for Gwen from the parts of a Drone and Gwen's Glider. This glider would be destroyed by Vilgax.[25]

When the timeline was changed, Gwen had access to the Omnitrix.[26]

Gwen used a cat-motif suit that was given to her by Phil,[27] though it was later destroyed by Forever Knight.[4]

While in her Piruette persona, she used a big blue hammer to fight Humungousaur.[6]

Gwen was given a wristband-like device by Maximilian, which can generate a glowing green disk-like projectile that behaves like a frisbee.[23]


Weaknesses[]

Even though Gwen is slightly more durable than an average person, she still has limited strength.

Given her age, there is a limit to Gwen's intelligence, as she can be prone to making as many mistakes as Ben.

Due to her crush on Ryan, Gwen gets blushed if he is near.[28]

Gwen was afraid of snakes until her first ordeal with King Koil.[29]

Gwen has a strong hatred for clowns.[30]

Gwen is vulnerable to Nanny Nightmare's Regressive Baby Powder.[31]

Gwen can be controlled by Zombozo's hypnosis equipment.[32][33][34][35]

Appearances[]

Ben 10[]

Bentuition[]

Books[]

Gwen has appeared in every book set within the Reboot Continuity.

Video Games[]

Trivia[]

  • Gwen is 7 seconds older than Ben.[36]
  • Gwen occasionally has podcasts with Tim Buktu. Max sometimes features as a guest on some podcast episodes.[37]
  • She is notably nicer to Ben than her Classic Continuity counterpart was in the Original Series.
  • Unlike her Classic counterpart, she doesn't express her crush on Kevin and pretends to be completely clueless about his precocious crush on her. Even when Ben repeatedly talks about it, she denies it as one of his bad jokes.
  • Gwen's favorite color is blue.[27]
  • Unlike her Classic Continuity counterpart, Gwen is left-handed,[33] afraid of clowns,[30] and is not an Anodite.
  • Gwen likes cats, as evidenced by her shirt, the cat-inspired motif of the battle suit Phil gave her and being depicted as an anthropomorphic cat during Ben's second story.[38]
    • Prior to Rath of Con, Ben believed that the cat design on her shirt was a beetle.

References[]

Duncan Rouleau[]

Characters
Tennyson Family Alfred Lord TennysonBen TennysonBob TennysonAunt CathyDave TennysonGlitchGwen TennysonJen TennysonKen TennysonMac BennysonMax TennysonPenny BennysonRita TennysonLady Wilhelmina Warwick
Levin Family Kevin's FatherKevin Levin
Secondary Characters AzmuthBillCybeargFangForgetiMary Jo FourfeathersMaxine SezMelvinPhil BillingsRyan SezSallyScottie FangShasta FaySimon SezSteveTevinToddVin Ethanol
Accidentals ChinzillaGoatadactylMinitaurNugget
Others AdolfoAlien GuyApotheosis AnimoBaby MothBert BuzbeeBetts McCabeMr. BiggieBlacksmithBruceBuddy BuddanskiBunny Ears KidCadobbitCarol McCarolCash MurrayCollectorCornelius HartfieldCornflower McJoySir CrepeCybirdDerek PayneDJ DusterEnrique MendozaEstherGaranGeezer BobGlamour ManMajor GlorffHaroldHarryHelen TroyHidekiI.J. CrowlingJenJennaJillJoeJTJustineDr. KarenCoach KeeneKomalLennyLesterProfessor LuxMadisonMario PelizzoliMeteor Feet GuyMilleousMr. MunchMyraOliverPamPequeno FofinhoProspector PeteRandyRefereeRemiRhobyn FoodRobert BobertRockyMrs. RolandShady Looking DudeSpencerStarshineStewartTroy Herington IIIDr. Weird
Alien Worlds BasherClaymoreDarioMuckSwiftfootTetramand Overlordess
Mascot Guards AllenElvisphantMascotPretzel PeteTyrone
In-Universe Media BizmarkBobIshiyamaKyleLucky GirlQuinnSpleen
Crossover Nexus GarnetK.O.Raven
Generator Rex Characters Agent SixBobo HahaRafael SalazarRex SalazarVioleta Salazar
Other Non Ben 10 Characters ButtercupDexterEdd
Alternate Dimension Alien Force BenBen Tennyson (Dimension 12041.5)Ben Tennyson (Maximilian's Dimension)Gwen 10Maximilian TennysonOmniverse BenOriginal Series BenUltimate Alien Ben
Future Characters A.I. MaxAloysius AnimoBen 10,000Gwen TennysonHexHitchKevin LevinMauricePolar TwainSergeant SmytheSolar TwainSydneyZombozo
Non-Canon Ranger Ryan
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