Plumbers

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Plumbers
General Information
Notable Members	Max Tennyson Phil Billings
Objectives	To safeguard and promote the public well being throughout the galaxy
Details
First Appearance	Alien X-Tinction

“	I didn't come up with the name, okay? The Plumbers go back hundreds of years! Started on Earth, my Earth, as a way to deal with alien threats! My Grandpa Max was a member.	”
– Alien Force Ben explaining his version of the Plumbers.

The Plumbers are an intergalactic organization originally formed on Earth that makes use of many high-tech gadgets and weapons to protect the universe from various threats and attacks.

History

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Background

After communicating with aliens in their pre-teens, Max and Phil became Plumbers.

Alternate Timelines/Dimensions

Alien Force Dimension

In the Alien Force Dimension, Max Tennyson was a member of the Plumbers before his grandson Ben joined years later.

In Alien X-Tinction, the Plumbers of this dimension realized that someone was stealing Omnitrixes throughout the Omniverse. Ben was sent to investigate this turn of events.

Known Plumbers

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• Max Tennyson
• Phil Billings

Alien Force Dimension

• Ben Tennyson
• Max Tennyson

Plumber Rankings

• Magistrata/Magistratus

Equipment

• Omniversal Portal Device

Etymology

The Plumbers are named after the real-life White House Plumbers, a group tasked with stopping or preventing the leakage of classified information to the news media during Richard Nixon's presidency.

Trivia

• Prior to Alien X-Tinction, there were multiple hints that Max and Phil were Plumbers:
  • In Omni-Tricked: Part 2, Phil accidentally almost says the Omnitrix's name, before correcting himself and instead referring to it as "[Ben's] watch".
  • In a Villainous short tying in with Ben 10 released in 2018, Max was stated to be a Magister.
  • In Out to Launch, Max got past the security firewall for the Pioneer Model-E system, which surprised Gwen. Although she passed it off as being lucky, Max smirked while nonchalantly asking if he broke it, suggesting he actually knew what he was doing.
  • In Buggy Out, the Forever Knight stated that the Rustbucket has technology he wanted to assimilate.
  • In Roundabout: Part 1, Phil made mention of people helping him track the Forever Knight, the identities of whom Max made an effort to keep Gwen from knowing.
• This version of the Plumbers is different from the way older fans remember its Classic Continuity counterpart.