
The term originated in the middle ages and first described a preparatory drawing for a piece of art, such as a painting, fresco, tapestry, or stained glass window. In the 19th century, it came to refer to humorous illustrations in magazines and newspapers, and in the early 20th century and onward it referred to comic strips and animated films. Ben 10 is an acclaimed american media franchise created by "Man of Action" (a group consisting of duncan rouleau, joe casey, joe kelly, and Steven T. Seagle), and produced by cartoon network studious.
The franchise is about a boy who acquires a watch-like alien device called the Omnitrix (later the Ultimatrix) attached to his wrist that allows him to turn into alien creatures.
The Ben 10 franchise has grossed over $2 billion in retail sales in Europe, the middle east and Africa (EMEA) and has sold 100 million toys worldwide.
The series premiered on Cartoon Network on April 18, 2008 in the United States, with its Canadian premiere on Teletoon on September 6, 2008 and ended on March 26, 2010. The series was originally produced under the working title of Ben 10: Hero Generation. The series ran for a total of 46 episodes with its final episode being aired on March 26, 2010.
- Benjamin "Ben" Tennyson: At the age of fifteen, Ben fills the role of the leader after Grandpa Max mysteriously disappears. The Omnitrix has recalibrated, giving him access to a new set of alien heroes. Over the past five years, Ben has matured dramatically, and has gained wisdom.
- Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tennyson: At the age of fifteen, Gwen is much more proficient with her powers, able to manipulate pure magic energy directly as opposed to casting magic spells and incantations (this is revealed to be due to Gwen having an alien heritage from a free-spirited alien race called "energy beings" or Anodites), where she can create, control and manipulate pure magenta/pink/fuchsia-colored energy to create blasts, shields, and energy-like grapple holds. Although she's not nearly as fiery or short-tempered as before, Gwen is still always looking out for her first cousin. She cares more for Ben than before.
- Kevin Ethan Levin: A former nemesis of Ben, Kevin is now getting by as an alien tech dealer. He unintentionally gets involved in the Highbreed plot, and joins Ben out of a desire to make up for his actions. His abilities now allow him to absorb the properties of any solid matter he touches.
- Julie Yamamoto: Julie is Ben's girlfriend. She enjoys tennis, eating chili fries, and caring for her pet, Ship (an alien Galvanic Mechomorph found by her and Ben)
- Maxwell "Max" Tennyson: Max is a semi-retired member of the Plumbers. He disappears while investigating the Highbreed plot, leaving only a few cryptic messages for Ben to find. He is briefly reunited with his grandchildren in "Max Out", but sacrifices himself to destroy a Highbreed factory at the end of the episode. In the episode "Voided", Ben and Max reunite in the Null Void, and he promises Ben that he'll come back soon. He eventually returns in the second season finale of the show to aid Ben in his final assault against the Highbreed.
- Highbreed: The Highbreed believe themselves to be the purest and most powerful of all species, and intend to cleanse the galaxy of impure lower life forms. It was later revealed that they were dying out, having become sterile and vulnerable to disease due to heavy inbreeding, and that they intend to destroy the rest of the universe with them.
- DNAliens: Hybrids of humans and alien drones that serve the Highbreed, the DNAliens are able to disguise themselves as humans using special identity masks, called ID Masks.[1]
- The Forever Knights: A paramilitary organization that has worked in secret ever since their formation in the Middle Ages. The Forever Knights will trade alien technology with anyone who's willing, even the Highbreed.[1]
- Vilgax: Vilgax returns in Season 3 with new powers and abilities. He loses to Ben in the episode "Vengeance of Vilgax" and was banished from Earth, though he swore vengeance. Keeping his promise Vilgax returned in the episode "The Final Battle" to procure the Omnitrix and destroy Ben, but was unsuccessful.
- Albedo: Albedo is a young and arrogant Galvan. At one point, he was the assistant to Azmuth, whom he asked for an Omnitrix of his own. When Azmuth refused, he built one of inferior quality and synchronized it to work exactly like Ben's; but as Ben's form is the default, Albedo was transformed into a clone of Ben (until his Omnitrix came into contact with Ben's, giving him gray hair, a red jacket, black pants and red eyes). As a result, he also developed many of Ben's habits, which he considers utterly repulsive.
- Vulkanus: A fraud dealer of Taedenite, often disturbes Ben, Gwen and Kevin as they threat to open his secrets. Has a personal feud with Kevin Levin as he cheated him.
- Vulkanus: A fraud dealer of Taedenite, often disturbes Ben, Gwen and
Kevin as they threat to open his secrets. Has a personal feud with Kevin Levin as he cheated him
The new Omnitrix
When the Omnitrix was recalibrated, it gained a more watch-like shape and a green wristband, became smaller and sleeker, and the face became black and green. The inside of the hourglass shape now glows in different colors at special moments; these colors signify the state that the Omnitrix. Occasionally, the Omnitrix's safeguard mode initiates and randomly transforms Ben into another alien that he did not choose.In Ben 10, the reason Azmuth invented the Omnitrix was for all the beings of the universe to better understand each other. It was however revealed in Ben 10: Alien Force, that there is another reason for the creation of the Omnitrix. Azmuth tells Ben that the Omnitrix was invented to preserve the DNA of all living beings in the Milky Way Galaxy and to restore them if they should ever become extinct.Kevin as they threat to open his secrets. Has a personal feud witRecalibration ModeThe Omnitrix begins transforming whilst selecting an array of new alien forms. The Omnitrix makes a beep-like noise and flashes a blue light, then it changes to a glowing black and green and finally morphs into its more watch-shaped form. This can happen as vice-versa as shown in "Vengeance of Vilgax" when the watch turns from its new form into its original form, what triggered the Recalibration Mode is unknown, Dwayne McDuffie said it recalibrated due to Ben's maturity.The display mode of the black silhouette of the desired alien were replaced by a dark green hologram, Dwayne McDuffie confirmed that by changing the settings on the Omnitrix, either display can be used in either one of the Omnitrix's forms.The abilities of his old aliens were recognized by the Omnitrix and therefore "upgraded" as well, bringing 10 new aliens with the same abilities as the old aliens such as Swampfire, for example, replacing Wildvine and Heatblast, this feature of the Omnitrix was first seen in "Ben 10 Returns Part 1", while it rescans Ben it turns a darkish blue color; Ben said "it never did that before". Also, during the transformation, all information on the alien is dumped into the user's mind.Active ModeAfter the Omnitrix was recalibrated, the symbols on the aliens were also of the same color, and located on their chests (Dwayne McDuffie said this was because it means the Omnitrix was working properly).It was revealed that the Omnitrix's main function is that it acts as a wireless receiver for the Codon Stream, Azmuth's DNA database on Primus. By accessing the Codon Stream, the Omnitrix rewrites the wearer's DNA on a quantum level and transforms them into one of the 1,000,913 species in the Codon Stream (excluding the wearer's species). In order for the host to change size, matter is created from energy or reconstituted to energy as needed.Also as revealed by Azmuth in "Primus", the Omnitrix does not actually contain any DNA sample, it simply acts as a wireless device, connecting itself to the artificial planet Primus, where Azmuth has gathered the DNA of almost all the sentient species of the galaxy in the Codon Stream. When activated, the Omnitrix accesses the Codon Stream's information and applies it to the host, without Primus, the Omnitrix would be completely useless.h Kevin Levin as he cheated him. - Vilgax: Vilgax returns in Season 3 with new powers and abilities. He loses to Ben in the episode "Vengeance of Vilgax" and was banished from Earth, though he swore vengeance. Keeping his promise Vilgax returned in the episode "The Final Battle" to procure the Omnitrix and destroy Ben, but .
was successful.
- The Forever Knights: A paramilitary organization that has worked in secret ever since their formation in the Middle Ages. The Forever Knights will trade alien technology with anyone who's willing, even the High breed.
Plot
The series follows the adventures of a sixteen-year-old[11][12] Ben Tennyson, bearer of the Omnitrix, a watch-like device that allows Ben to change into aliens, who teams up with an alien named Rook, a rookie and a by-the-book partner. On a mission to explore a secret alien city, Ben explores the quirkier side of things in the alien underground and discovers that enemies from his past are looking for a rematch.[4] All the while, Ben becomes targeted by a mysterious hunter, known askhyber.
- Albedo: Albedo is a young and arrogant Galvan. At one point, he was the assistant to Azmuth, whom he asked for an Omnitrix of his own. When Azmuth refused, he built one of inferior quality and synchronized it to work exactly like Ben's; but as Ben's form is the default, Albedo was transformed into a clone of Ben (until his Omnitrix came into contact with Ben's, giving him gray hair, a red jacket, black pants and red eyes). As a result, he also developed many of Ben's habits, which he considers utterly repulsive.
Mutant Tyrannosaurus
- Highbreed: The Highbreed believe themselves to be the purest and most powerful of all species, and intend to cleanse the galaxy of impure lower life forms. It was later revealed that they were dying out, having become sterile and vulnerable to disease due to heavy inbreeding, and that they intend to destroy the rest of the universe with them.
- DNAliens: Hybrids of humans and alien drones that serve the Highbreed, the DNAliens are able to disguise themselves as humans using special identity masks, called ID Masks.
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