Ben 10

Ben 10

Ben Tennyson

Voiced by:

* Tara Strong - Ben 10 and Ben 10: Omniverse (4 years old in "Don't Drink The Water" and then 10 and 11 years old)
* Fred Tatasciore - Ben 10 (30 years old Ben in "Ben 10,000") Alternate Timeline
* Yuri Lowenthal - Ben 10: Alien Force, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien and Ben 10: Omniverse (15 and 16 year old)
* John DiMaggio - Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (36 years old in "Ben 10,000 Returns")

Portrayed by:

* Graham Phillips - Ben 10: Race Against Time
* Ryan Kelley - Ben 10: Alien Swarm

Benjamin "Ben" Kirby Tennyson is the main protagonist of the series. He is a 10-years old (15 in Alien Force, 16 in Ultimate Alien and Omniverse) child from Bellwood, who found the Omnitrix during his summer vacation with his grandfather Max and his cousin Gwen. The watch fastens on his wrist and gives him the incredible power and ability to transform into super-powered aliens, and then he uses his new powers and abilities to become a superhero, dealing with both earth and aliens threats, while trying to escape the alien warlord Vilgax, who pursue him relentlessly in order to retrieve the Omnitrix.

For most of time, Ben is portrayed as mostly immature, sometimes self-centered boy; in the beginning, he only helped people with the pleasure of being a hero. This leads Gwen, Max, and the others to doubt Ben and they wonder if he has what it takes to be a hero and he should keep the Omnitrix. He has matured dramatically and is a very capable good leader in the sequel Ben 10: Alien Force due to Grandpa Max's disappearance and the threat of the Highbreed Invasion, but tends to relax and (somewhat) turn back to his original self in the third season.

Despite his immaturity, Ben's actions are motivated above all by a strong and sincere will to help other people; he'll stop at nothing to protect his family or anyone in danger. Sometimes, his idealistic nature tends to make him act naive. Though often thought by many other characters to be quite unintelligent, Ben actually proves to be resourceful and cunning when needed, usually showing good adaptation skills when the Omnitrix doesn't provide him with the form he originally wanted. In the episode "Where the Magic Happens", Kevin shows surprise when Ben is able to memorize a sentence of magic symbols with a mere look. Gwen also states that he isn't working to his potential in school, to which he agrees. While attending the Plumber Academy, Ben seemingly does not pay attention to his classes or the drill sergeant, yet still achieves a grade of 95 upon completion of the course. During the Academy, he was unable to handle the training as a human so he uses the Ultimatrix to get him through the training despite his drill sergeant telling him not to use it. How much of that is the previous training Ben received from his grandfather and his actions in the episode is unknown.

At some point between the two shows, Ben had removed the Omnitrix, spending some years without it, because he chose to give up from his superhero career to have a normal life, though he kept the Omnitrix as a souvenir, however, Ben found out that his Grandpa Max had mysteriously disappeared while investigating what Magister Labrid calls "an alien conspiracy with Earth in the middle" leaving only an enigmatic holographic message for Ben. Despite Gwen's doubts, Ben decided to use the Omnitrix again in order to find Max. When he toned down his immaturity in the first seasons of Ben 10: Alien Force, he proved to be a capable leader for his team, although after his success at saving the universe from the Highbreed Invasion, his overconfidence caused him to revert to his immature personality as well as a very competent fighter, and also Ben, Gwen an Kevin became "Deputized Plumbers". However, after his successful attempt at ending the Highbreed Conspiracy on Earth, Ben grew famous and was celebrated as a hero throughout the whole galaxy, now known as Ben 10, and received awards from various Alien Ambassadors; this caused him to eventually relax and return to his immature attitude from the original series, with the addition of being somewhat cocky, much to Gwen's and Kevin's chagrin. To make it worse, Ben loses Azmuth's trust after a failed attempt to hack the Omnitrix. He became slightly more mature after defeating Vilgax.

Ben also discovered that he, his cousins Gwen and Ken, father Carl and Uncle Frank, have alien heritage, from a species called Anodite, though he doesn't have his grandmother's spark like Gwen. Although, in "Fame", it is shown that at the end of Ben's mission, his eyes turn pink noting that there might be a connection between him and his Anodite background. This is proven in "Ben 10,000 Returns" when he is able to conjure up an energy shield made of manna to block Eon's aging energy ray (though Gwen's powers are much more powerful).

In the two-part series finale of Ben 10: Alien Force, Ben lost the Omnitrix for Vilgax and was later forced to sacrifice it by ordering it to self-destruct. He then successfully took the Ultimatrix, a revamped version of the Omnitrix, from his evil twin Albedo. In addition to the original Omnitrix's shape shifting powers, the Ultimatrix gives Ben the power to turn into more powerful forms of his aliens, called "Ultimate's."

In Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Ben's secret identity is revealed to the world and he's now a megastar superhero loved all over by kids. This series features Ben's new car that Kevin gave him for his 16th birthday in "Ben 10: Alien Swarm". Kevin says that he'll keep it (since Ben destroyed his own with Humongousaur), but Ben threatens to throw the new one if he can't keep it. Ben is seen frequently driving his new car, titled the "DX Mark 10" (shown as a Mazda RX-8 in "Alien Swarm") in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.

Links
Wikipedia> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ben_10_characters
Ben 10 Planet> ben10.wikia.com/wiki/Ben_Tennyson
Heroes Wiki> protagonist.wikia.com/wiki/Ben_Tennyson

Copyright Owner
Cartoon Network> www.cartoonnetwork.com/

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