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Kai Tennyson is Ben's wife, Ken and Gwendolyn's mother. She is Kai Green's future self as of Omniverse.[note 1][note 2]
Appearance[]
Kai has long, dark hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. She wears a red and brown jumpsuit. She wears a belt with pouches as well as pouches on the side of her thighs.
Personality[]
Kai maintains much of her personality from her younger days. She appears to be more active in Ben's heroic life, as well as more loving towards him. She displays a motherly and loving attitude towards Ken.
History[]
Background[]
Sometime between Omniverse and the future, Kai married Ben 10,000 and had a son, Ken Tennyson and a daughter, Gwendolyn Tennyson.[DJW 2]
Omniverse[]
Kai first appeared in Fight at the Museum, where she found the Orb of Pumapunku in Ben 10,000's tower that she had thought was lost forever.
In The End of an Era, Kai helped Humungoopsaur fight Dr. Animo, and later took part in the battle against Maltruant.
Powers and Abilities[]
Equipment[]
Kai has Excalibur in her possession and uses it as her primary weapon.
Appearances[]
Omniverse[]
Season 7[]
- Fight at the Museum (first appearance)
Season 8[]
- The End of an Era
- A New Dawn (cameo)
Trivia[]
- Although Kai frequently helps out the Plumbers, she is not officially a Plumber. Therefore, she can go on her own adventures.[DJW 1]
- In the Original Series Future Timeline, Kai Tennyson missed Ken's 10th birthday due to being on a diplomatic mission in the Shadow Realm.[pop-up 2]
- The idea of Kai being Ben 10,000's wife was a concept from the Original Series conceived by Thomas Perkins because, during that series, present-day Kai was Ben's only crush as far as Thomas can recall.[TP 1]
Notes[]
- ↑ The Omniverse crew brought back the Ben 10,000 from the Original Series instead of working on a new one like in Ultimate Alien.[DJW 3][DJW 4][DJW 5][DJW 6][DJW 7][DJW 8][DJW 9][DJW 10]
- He is from further in the future, after having learnt the lessons from his encounter with his 10 year old self[DJW 10] and lightened up.[DJW 11]
- This is due to:
- The executives' push for having everything more like the Original Series, which was the most successful of the franchise.[DJW 8]
- The crew's preference of the original Ben 10,000[DJW 7] over the Ultimate Alien portrayal.[DJW 9][DJW 12]
- Derrick J. Wyatt made several further statements to corroborate this, expanding on what was known from the Original Series, such as the backstories for the Biomnitrix and Kevin Levin invoking the plotlines of Ben 10,000[DJW 11] and Ken 10[DJW 13] respectively, the defining tragedy in Ben 10,000's life having now occurred at the age of 20,[DJW 14] "shifted" from the original age of 15,[pop-up 1][2] etc.
- The writing of the show also explicitly called this out, such as when Ben identified the future Dr. Animo in Animo Crackers as the same person who he encountered in Ben 10,000,[3] and other efforts were made throughout the last few seasons to align the story with the original future timeline, in terms of character designs, set designs and plot lines.
- ↑ Ben 10,000 is stated to be Ben Prime's true future self.[DJW 6][DJW 15]
- This is evidenced in-show in Omniverse by the fact that both the Ben 10,000[4][5] and the future Dr. Animo[3] recalled characters and events from the present day. Chrono-Spanner also frequently visits present day with effects of his actions manifest in his present.[6] This would not be possible if these characters belonged to an alternate timeline.
- It was pointed out by fans that this created a plot hole with the Original Series, as Ben 10,000 was from an alternate timeline[7][8][pop-up 2][9] in which he never travelled to the future when he was 10, and consequently did not give Max a cake on his 60th birthday, while Ben Prime did.[2] Thus, Ben 10,000 did not recall the events of the episode from his younger self's perspective.[8][DM 1][DM 2][DM 3]
- Derrick responded to the matter by saying: "Your 'plot holes' are irrelevant. Time isn't completely fixed, it's shifting. Events can be subtly altered. But Ben 10,000 is the future for the Ben Prime timeline."[DJW 6]
- He further explained that future is always in flux,[DJW 16] and is constantly affected by current events, especially by the meddling of the present by time-travellers.[DJW 15] This was also showcased in Ben 10,000. Thus, Ben 10,000, ie, Ben's current true future will always be changing, depending on the future writers of the show.
References[]
- ↑ End credits of Omniverse
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ben 10,000
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Animo Crackers
- ↑ Let's Do the Time War Again
- ↑ The End of an Era
- ↑ Fight at the Museum
- ↑ Professor Paradox
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ben 10,000 Returns
- ↑ Ken 10
Crew Statements[]
Derrick J. Wyatt[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:Future Kai Not a Plumber.png
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://archive.is/UMcud
- ↑ http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt/q/417381300865888378 (no longer accessible)
- ↑ http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt/q/421752490921325024 (no longer accessible)
- ↑ http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt/q/425001921745540846 (no longer accessible)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 File:DJW OV Future Response.png
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:Derrick goal restore original Ben 10k.png
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:OV Ben 10K TPTB statement.png
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 File:Ultimate Ben Is Lame.png
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 File:Ben 10k learned lessons from OS episode.png
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 File:DJW came up with Biomnitrix.png
- ↑ File:OV crew didn't want to do Ultimate Ben.png
- ↑ File:Kevin 11K is Both a Hero and Villain.png
- ↑ File:Ben 10K Now Serious At 20.png
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 File:Future is always in motion.png
- ↑ File:Future in Flux.png