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*Verdona was merely toying with [[Ben Tennyson|Ben]], [[Gwen Tennyson|Gwen]], and [[Kevin Levin|Kevin]] during her debut episode's climax.<ref>[[Dwayne McDuffie]]</ref>
 
*Verdona was merely toying with [[Ben Tennyson|Ben]], [[Gwen Tennyson|Gwen]], and [[Kevin Levin|Kevin]] during her debut episode's climax.<ref>[[Dwayne McDuffie]]</ref>
 
*Verdona was based on Endora from Bewitched.<ref>http://ben10.englishboard.net/t130p190-qa-with-matt-wayne#5779</ref>
 
*Verdona was based on Endora from Bewitched.<ref>http://ben10.englishboard.net/t130p190-qa-with-matt-wayne#5779</ref>
*According to herself in the video game [[Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks]], Ben and Gwen never call her or write to her.
 
 
*Her '''[[Ben 10: Omniverse|Omniverse]]''' design was created by Shakeh Haghnazarian.<ref>http://ask.fm/DerrickJWyatt/answer/121278861684</ref>
 
*Her '''[[Ben 10: Omniverse|Omniverse]]''' design was created by Shakeh Haghnazarian.<ref>http://ask.fm/DerrickJWyatt/answer/121278861684</ref>
 
** However, she didn't make the cut for ''[[The Most Dangerous Game Show]]''.
 
** However, she didn't make the cut for ''[[The Most Dangerous Game Show]]''.

Revision as of 02:02, 30 October 2018

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Verdona is the partner of Max Tennyson, mother of Carl and Frank Tennyson, and grandmother of Ben, Gwen, Kenneth, and Sunny.

Appearance

Verdona is a female Anodite who's human form seems to be in her late 50s, early 60s with neck-length silver hair, dark blue eyes, and faint wrinkles, with a blue cloak being her only form of clothing. Her Alien Force/Ultimate Alien Anodite form appears to be much younger with a more youthful form and long purple hair made out of energy.

When she was younger, Verdona had red hair (similar to Gwen's) in a short haircut, a white-blue dress with a black belt, with a long-sleeved white shirt with a black stripe down the middle (similar to her grandson's t-shirt).

Her Omniverse design, which wasn't used, made her look more witch-like with wild pink energy hair, glowing pink eyes, and light lavender skin. She is also dressed in a black dress with the area around her feet being a dark lavender, as is the belt around her waist. She also has a shroud over her shoulders with his purple with a black collar, a gem on her chest.

Personality

Like all Anodites, Verdona is a free-spirited being. Though sometimes acting more mature and grown-up, she mostly acts like a playful child. She also likes to listen and dance to Max's favorite band, Shag Carpeting. There is also another side of Verdona which is somewhat amoral and uncaring. For example, when she almost destroyed Ben and Kevin when they first confronted her, were it not for the intervention of Gwen and learning who they really were, and when she was willing to destroy her granddaughter's physical human body to release the Anodite inside. She also viewed beings that were not Anodites as being lesser than herself, as she was constantly unimpressed with and condescending on them, especially humans. As such, she was also very apathetic, such as not realizing how hard it was for Gwen to leave her family and friends and was confused by it.

Verdona favors Gwen over Ben, due to the fact that Ben didn't inherit her powers and abilities so she just placed him aside, which was shown when she conjured tape and gagged him on his mouth so he couldn't speak, that was until after their final fight against each other did she see just how much Ben cares about Gwen, the two reconcile on good terms afterward.

She also has an uncanny sense of humor that was passed on to Ben.

Also, she was later shown to be a strict disciplinarian and can be serious where she needs to be, like when Sunny misbehaved.

History

Background

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Verdona's young human form

Verdona left her homeworld, Anodyne, in an unspecified time long before the original series and was brought to Earth by a robot alien who had captured her, and wanted to use her to power his planet. They crash landed in St. Louis, and Verdona escaped.

Later Max met Verdona in a cafe. Suddenly the Synthroid attacked the cafe. Max and Verdona fled and started to hide. However, the Synthroid was able to find and beat Max and he took away Verdona.

Using his telepathic connection with Verdona he was able to locate and rescue her and Magister Labrid, who had come to arrest the Synthroid. The Synthroid was destroyed and the bracelet that prevented Verdona from using her mana powers fell off.

Revealing her true form, she asked Max whether he would go with her back to Anodyne. However Max declined, and with a kiss, they parted.

At the end of the episode, it was hinted that they met again, and fell deeply in love with each other, and romantically courted. During this time she hid her Anodite heritage from others and blended in with human society. They had two children Carl and Frank. However, neither Carl or Frank inherited her Anodite powers. During their time together, Verdona always had to deal with Max's occupation as a Plumber and eventually after a long, happy, and somewhat distant relationship, when their kids were grown up and out of the house, she returned to Anodyne; after so many years on Earth, Verdona wanted to get back in touch with her background.

Sometime after, when her grandkids were born, she returned to see if they had inherited her powers and abilities and presumably due to Gwen's powers having not been developed yet, she was put under the impression that none of her grandchildren had inherited her powers, until the events of What Are Little Girls Made Of?.

Alien Force

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Gwen meets Verdona

In What Are Little Girls Made Of?, when news went out about Max's disappearance, Verdona came to his favorite lake to remember the good times they had had together. However, she met with her grandchildren and their friend Kevin, who assumed she was a trespasser. She then magically disappeared, leaving behind a flower at the base of a tree which had engraved a heart with a "Max + Verdona" writing on it. She then returned later in the night, deciding to have a "little fun" with Ben and Kevin. When Gwen intervened, she revealed herself as their paternal grandmother.

She then later came to Gwen's house, explaining her history with Max and then offered Gwen to come back with her to Anodyne to reach the full potential of her powers and abilities (which would require seventy-five years). After thinking on the roof, Gwen refused. Verdona then shed her human body, revealing her Anodite form, and thought that Gwen was too young to make her own decisions and decided to destroy her human body to free the dormant Anodite inside, but the two boys' stepped to defend Gwen.

After a brief battle that tore up the front lawn (and part of the house), Gwen explained to her that she would rather stay on Earth with her friends and family, Verdona then tells Gwen that Max should have been an energy being like them, expressing her deep longing for him and that her desire to take Gwen with her could be just a front to fill the void in her heart. Verdona then magically patches up the damage and flies into space, claiming to return every so often to see how Gwen is doing.

Ultimate Alien

Verdona made a reappearance in Girl Trouble, where she was able to overpower Sunny, who was attacking Gwen, and she took Sunny and her boyfriend Antonio back to their home planets and allow their parents to decide on their punishment. Verdona talks with Gwen for a while, complimenting her for being clever enough to call her through her mana field, also stating that her powers are improving/developing nicely even with Gwen's lack of training. She then asked Gwen to accompany her to Anodyne but Gwen still refused. Verdona takes the rejection in stride and flies off with Sunny and Antonio.

Powers and Abilities

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Verdona using her powers.

Verdona is a full-fledged Anodite, an energy being who draws life from the mana around her, and she can manipulate mana for a variety of effects. Most commonly she projects this magenta/pink-colored energy in the form of destructive blasts.

Being decades older and more experienced than Gwen and Sunny, Verdona's powers dwarf those of her granddaughters'.

She could create a human body for her to 'wear' in order to blend in with humanity. She could also teleport and fly, in both human and Anodite form.

Interestingly, Verdona seemed to formerly have an innate, natural human body back when she first met Max, seeing as she shifted into her Anodite form rather than shedding her human disguise when her power limiting bracelet fell off, suggesting that she used to have a natural human body like her granddaughter.

She also showed some limited degree of reality warping, seen when she fixed a broken glass at Gwen's house, created strong duct tape around Ben’s mouth, and repaired Gwen's house when it was destroyed during their fight with a mere snap of her fingers. This also shifted Ben and Kevin back to their human forms.

Appearances

Ben 10: Alien Force

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Video Games

Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks

Trivia

  • Natalie and Verdona don't like each other. The reason why has never been revealed.
  • Verdona was merely toying with Ben, Gwen, and Kevin during her debut episode's climax.[1]
  • Verdona was based on Endora from Bewitched.[2]
  • Her Omniverse design was created by Shakeh Haghnazarian.[3]

References

See also

Characters
Prime Timeline
Tennyson Family Ben TennysonBetty Jean TennysonBig Chill's OffspringCamille MannCarl TennysonClyde FifeFrank TennysonGordon TennysonGwen TennysonJoel TennysonKen TennysonMax TennysonNatalie TennysonSandra TennysonVera TennysonVerdona
Levin Family Harvey HackettKevin's MotherKevin LevinZedDevin Levin (retconned)
Rook Family Rook BenRook BlonkoRook BrallaRook DaRook SharRook ShiRook Shim
Secondary Characters Alan AlbrightAzmuthBlukicCash MurrayCooperDribaEsterHelen WheelsHexHobbleMr. BaumannJTJimmy JonesJulie YamamotoKai GreenManny ArmstrongPakmarMagister PatellidayPierce WheelsProfessor ParadoxRad DudesmanReinrassig IIIShipSkurdTetrax Shard
Plumbers Magister ArnuxBel Biv KaboomBromebaBranniganBrykChortleMagister CoronachDraxBig EdElliotFistinaGalvan TeacherMagister LabridMagister HulkaI.M. WerfzelJerryLeadfootLucy MannMagistrataMedicMolly GuntherMortyMagister Prior GilhilMagister PykeRobucketScoutSecurity AliensStick DougTackVictor ValadisWat-SennWes GreenXyleneZorian
Forever Knights foreverduke838SquireSir Winston
Galactic Enforcers UltimosSynaptakTini
Andromeda Aliens AndreasBivalvanGalapagusP'andorRa'ad
Sentient Ultimate Forms Sentient Ultimate Big ChillSentient Ultimate CannonboltSentient Ultimate Echo EchoSentient Ultimate HumungousaurSentient Ultimate SpidermonkeySentient Ultimate Swampfire
Galvan Azmuth's FatherChadzmuthDuffyFergiLuhleyMajorSoldiersUjinY-itZennith
Arachnichimps HaplarHaplar's BabyHaplar's Mate
Atrocians Blue-WorstGreen-WorstOrange-WorstPink-WorstPurple-WorstShe-WorstSlim-WorstViolet-Worst
Gourmands Private BrownbagSergeant Cast IronSergeant CookmeisterQueen Voratia Rumbletum
Highbreed Bailiff (Alien Force)Bailiff (Omniverse)Bunker HighbreedFormer Highbreed SupremeHighbreed Councilors
Lewodans CaitiffCicelyPrince of LewodaZaw-Veenull
Kinecelerans DJE-NK8-EML-EN-8N-DT8-M
Tetramands BahrvadGar Red WindLooma Red WindTetramand Priest
Bellwood Residents Alton AlabasterBen's Teacher (And Then There Were 10)Ben's Teacher (Destroy All Aliens)Bill GacksDr. BorgesCarol SmithChet RigbyEmilyExasperated GuyJamieMrs. JonesJonesyJuliusMadisonMadison's FatherMollyNatalie AlvarezPierce's GirlfriendMrs. RheaultSenseiSparring PartnerTeejThaddeus J. CollinsTrinaWaltWatchmakerMr. WebbMr. Yamamoto
Undertown Residents BlowfeldBuzzElián ZeeFruit VendorGenghis KenGilford BromleyGil SteptoeLacknoLillimusha DiForestiniLoovis SlerdlerkMedicSmoothie VendorSock VendorSponge GorbTentacle VendorToby MonitorWhalium Whalace
Actors Abel NorthCerebrocrustacean ActorDeefus VeeblepisterFridgeGourmand ActorGwenettesHughJennifer NocturnePiscciss Volann ActorSwampsVilgax Actor
Magic BezelElsgoodElvesIgnaceousSpellbinderThomas Jingles
In-Universe Media Doggy BuddyFiery BuddyHandy BuddyIshiyamaKappaKenko
Other Humans Air Force Major GeneralAmazing AlanAndyProfessor AnicetoBarryBobBradAgent BrysonDonovan Grand SmithDougEarlEddie Grand SmithEdithErinErin's BoyfriendEuniceMrs. FangFitzFlorenceFritzGaterboyGenaroGilbertGeneral GroffHaroldHectorHelena XaglivH.E. GradyHelioHervéHotel GuardHugoImmovable ObjectJeffJoan MaplewoodJoeDr. KellyLarryLawrence WainrightCouncilwoman LiangAgent LockeOfficer LouLucyMandyMargieMartySheriff MasonMaureen NocturneOfficer MullenPorcupinePresidentDr. PervisRangerRegisRogerSandwich VendorCaptain ShawShelbyShip-It EmployeeDr. ShuemanLieutenant SteelSteve CummingsSumo Slammer Collecting BoyTiffanyTim DeanTodd MaplewoodTylerValadis Laboratories JanitorVance VetteroyOfficer WellsWolf BlitzerMr. Zu
Other Aliens Baby CelestialsapienBillyBlowfishCentur SquaarChicken AlienCosmic MomCow AlienDeckaJudge DomstolDragonDubbaFrolicGalvan Museum GuardsGlutoGrackGrickKwarrelKyle MonitorLuLukikMaliceMechamorph GuardMouldywarpMyaxxNosedeeniansNull Void SettlersOrbParts DealerProbityPyxiQuinceRayonaScreegitSentinelSentinels of MonarchSerfSheelaneSmuggled PsycholeopterranSugiliteTechnorgTinyTiny's FatherTiny's MotherTrukkTwoTwoVexxViktoriaWarriorYetiZavinZex TannersnedeZs'iza and Zs'oiseZzzakt
Alternate Dimensions/Timelines
Original Future Timeline Ben TennysonBillyDevlin LevinGalactic Enforcers (UltimosSynaptakTini)Gwendolyn TennysonGwendolyn Tennyson (Ben's Daughter)Ken TennysonKen's PetMax Tennyson
Race Against Time Timeline Ben TennysonCarl TennysonMrs. CarlyleCash MurrayConstantine JacobsDoris DaltonEdward WhiteMr. EnguellsGwen TennysonMr. HawkinsMr. JenyxJTMax TennysonOld ManSandra TennysonMr. Whittington
Time Heals Timeline Ben TennysonGwen TennysonKevin Levin
Ultimate Alien Future Timeline Ben Tennyson
Dimension 23 AzmuthBen TennysonSevenSevenTetrax Shard
Omniverse Future Timeline ArgitBen TennysonBlukicGwendolyn TennysonJ. Jonah JonesKai TennysonKen TennysonKevin LevinMax TennysonRook BlonkoWill Harangue
No Watch Timeline Ben TennysonGwen TennysonJTKevin LevinMax Tennyson
Gweniverse Gwen Tennyson
Argitrix Timeline Argit
Mad Ben's Dimension Mad HarangueMad Rook
Non-Canon
Gwen 10 Ben TennysonGwen TennysonMax TennysonThe Seer
Goodbye and Good Riddance ArnoldBen TennysonBen's DogBen's TeacherCarl TennysonCash MurrayGwen TennysonJamieJTMax TennysonPetersonSandra TennysonThe Seer
Books Alien's ActorAlien ContractorsBen's ActorDinosaur EVOGladiatorGuardIlma NarLittle GirlLonnieLorelaiPlen StroffPresidentPrisoner From the Planet DustovRobotic BullSoolSkraprr ByakkoElena ValadisTimothyTini Rau
Non-Ben 10
Generator Rex Agent SixBobo HahaCaesar SalazarDiane FarrahRebecca HolidayRex SalazarWhite Knight
The Secret Saturdays Doc SaturdayDrew SaturdayFiskerton SaturdayKomodoZak SaturdayZon
Other Non-Ben 10 Characters ButtercupDexterEdd
MAD Benjamin Franklin