99 Fun Facts About Ben 10

How is Gwen related to Ben Tennyson in the original Ben 10 series?

His cousin, and in the what-if episode 'Gwen 10' she is the one who finds the Omnitrix, adjusting to its powers far faster than Ben ever did.

What nickname does Grandpa Max's RV go by in Ben 10?

The Rustbucket is where it all begins: on the family's first night camping in the battered RV, Ben finds the crashed pod that holds the Omnitrix.

The Omnitrix is an alien device shaped like what everyday object?

A wristwatch in shape, the Omnitrix latches onto Ben's arm the moment he reaches for it and refuses to come off, which is how a ten-year-old ends up keeping it.

Which of these is one of Ben Tennyson's catchphrases?

"It's Hero Time!" is Ben's rallying cry, and it returns as the Ultimate Alien episode title 'Hero Time', in which a celebrity superhero he idolises turns on him out of jealousy.

Which alien is the very first one that Ben Tennyson ever transforms into?

Heatblast is the form Ben takes the night the Omnitrix attaches itself, and he promptly sets the forest ablaze by accident, then puts it out by lighting a second fire.

Which red-skinned alien is the heavy hitter among Ben Tennyson's original ten?

Four Arms is all muscle until Ben catches a cold: the illness carries over to his aliens and leaves the big brawler smelling terrible.

Which velociraptor-like alien is the speedster of Ben Tennyson's original ten?

XLR8, whose name sounds out 'accelerate', makes his debut running a personal errand: Ben races home and leaves two school bullies hanging from a tree.

Which tiny, frog-like alien is the genius of Ben Tennyson's original ten?

Grey Matter belongs to the Galvan, the species of the Omnitrix's own inventor, and Ben once spent most of an episode stuck in the form when the device malfunctioned.

Which alien did Ben 10's makers hide a villain inside, dropping hints throughout season one?

Ghostfreak carried a second mind all along, the alien he was copied from, who broke out of the Omnitrix in season two as the villain Zs'Skayr and was cut from the opening credits.

What secret organisation does Grandpa Max reveal he once belonged to?

The Plumbers were a secret government agency that dealt with aliens, and Max only admits he was an agent after Vilgax, a warlord he once defeated himself, comes for the Omnitrix.

What is the name of Ben Tennyson's hometown?

Bellwood is where Ben goes home when the summer road trip ends, and the live-action film Race Against Time opens there with him struggling to fit back into ordinary school life.

Which orange, dog-like alien of Ben Tennyson's original ten has no eyes and hunts by smell?

Wildmutt can only growl and snarl, so Ben cannot talk in the form, and when Ben catches a cold the alien loses its sense of smell and, with it, its only way of seeing.

In the 2016 reboot, Kevin Levin wields a knock-off of Ben's device called what?

The Antitrix, which Kevin builds himself, turns him into warped versions of Ben's aliens plus one of his own, but the reboot's movie reveals Vilgax manipulated him into making it.

Ben's love interest in Alien Force is a tennis player named what?

Julie Yamamoto's first date with Ben is gatecrashed by Ship, a small shapeshifting alien that she ends up keeping as a pet and that later merges with her to form a battle suit.

Who built the Omnitrix?

Azmuth built the Omnitrix to help species understand one another, and is so bitter at seeing it used as a weapon that he refuses to help when Ben first tracks him down.

What is the name of the writers' collective that created Ben 10?

Man of Action is four comic-book writers, and two of them also created Big Hero 6 for Marvel, the superhero team that Disney later turned into an animated film.

Who voiced ten-year-old Ben Tennyson in the original series?

Tara Strong had to re-audition for the 2016 reboot because the producers had considered casting a real child; once they heard her again, they decided it had to be her.

Which actor took over as teenage Ben starting with Alien Force?

Yuri Lowenthal was called back several times before landing the part, and in the 2016 reboot he switched sides to voice Ben's archenemy Vilgax.

Which alien does the Omnitrix's creator unlock for Ben to defeat Vilgax's army in Secret of the Omnitrix?

Way Big, a skyscraper-sized To'kustar, is unlocked only after the device's embittered creator watches Ben fight a hopeless battle and regains his faith; the giant then throws Vilgax into space.

Which alien does Ben discover at Yellowstone as the eleventh form on the Omnitrix?

Cannonbolt looks like a clumsy dud at first, but when a planet-eating alien shrugs off all of Ben's original ten, he rolls into an armoured ball and destroys it from the inside.

What is Ben's future self called in the original series?

Ben 10,000 is a world-famous hero with ten thousand alien forms, yet young Ben finds his future self all business, unable to relax or have fun even with his own family.

What is Kevin Levin's power when he first meets Ben in New York?

Absorbing energy is how Kevin drains power from the Omnitrix itself: he befriends Ben only to use the device for revenge, and leaves their fight carrying some of its charge.

Which alien is Ben's new partner in Omniverse after Gwen and Kevin leave for college?

The by-the-book Revonnahgander carries a shapeshifting Proto-tool and constantly misreads Ben's Earth slang.

What is the hidden alien city beneath Ben's hometown in Omniverse?

Undertown is a secret alien city that Ben and his new partner stumble on while chasing a protection racket, which turns out to be the work of an old enemy.

Which Bill & Ted star directed both live-action Ben 10 films, Race Against Time and Alien Swarm?

Alex Winter did more than direct Alien Swarm: he also voiced one of Ben's alien forms in it himself.

Which villain hunts Ben in the first live-action Ben 10 film?

Eon had been held in suspended animation for almost two centuries, and his plan is to shut off the Omnitrix's time limit so that Ben stays transformed as one of his own kind.

Which alien does Ben create in Alien Swarm by fusing his own DNA with the invading alien chips?

Nanomech exists because Ben fears his usual aliens could be possessed by the chips, so he blends them with his own DNA and flies into their human host's head to destroy the queen.

What device does Ben wear after his prototype Omnitrix is destroyed?

The Ultimatrix can evolve Ben's aliens into stronger forms, but the Omnitrix's creator scorns its workmanship and later takes it back, giving Ben a finished Omnitrix instead.

Who voiced Grandpa Max across the first four animated series?

Paul Eiding, also Colonel Campbell in the Metal Gear games, voiced Max for almost a decade until the 2016 reboot started over and recast the part with David Kaye.

Which alien race are the main villains of Alien Force's first two seasons?

The Highbreed set out to cleanse the galaxy of 'impure' species, but generations of inbreeding have left them sterile and dying out, and Ben ends the war by repairing their DNA.

Which actor played Grandpa Max in the 2007 film Race Against Time?

Lee Majors, TV's Six Million Dollar Man, played Max only once: by the time the sequel Alien Swarm was made, Barry Corbin had taken over the part.

Which future Good Wife star played Ben in Race Against Time?

Graham Phillips earned a Young Artist Award nomination as Ben, but when Alien Swarm jumped ahead to the hero's teenage years, Ryan Kelley took over the role.

Ben Tennyson's middle name honours which comic-book artist?

Jack Kirby drew the Fantastic Four and the X-Men into being, so the comic-book writers behind the show slipped him into their hero's full name: Benjamin Kirby Tennyson.

Who voiced Vilgax in the original 2005 Ben 10 series?

Steve Blum voiced the warlord Vilgax and one of Ben's original ten aliens as well, so the same actor could end up on both sides of a fight.

Which nearly all-powerful form of Ben's cannot act until he wins a debate with two other personalities inside it?

Alien X can rewrite reality, but Ben shares the form with a voice of rage and a voice of compassion, and on its first outing he is left frozen in place, locked in debate with them.

Which young internet conspiracy theorist exposes Ben's secret identity in Ultimate Alien?

Jimmy Jones turns out to be a ten-year-old who runs a website on alien sightings, and his video splits the public: kids idolise Ben while a news anchor brands him a menace.

What was the title of Ben 10's very first episode?

And Then There Were 10 ends with Ben deciding he could be a superhero and destroying the robots a warlord sends to take the device back.

Which circus villain in Ben 10 feeds on his audience's laughter?

Zombozo is a clown who drains his audience through their laughter; Ben, who has always been afraid of clowns, wins only by conquering that fear and terrifying him in turn.

At which landmark does Ben accidentally unlock the Omnitrix's Master Control?

Niagara Falls is where Ben stumbles on Master Control, which lets him change aliens just by thinking, but he locks it again himself to keep Vilgax from getting hold of it.

Which toy company made the Ben 10 figures for the first four series?

Bandai made the toys for the first four series, but when the franchise started over with the 2016 reboot the licence moved to Playmates Toys.

Which other Cartoon Network hero teams up with Ben in the 2011 crossover special Heroes United?

Generator Rex first takes Ben for a mutant to be cured when a rift drops him into Rex's world, and the two heroes fight across New York before teaming up against a rogue nanite creature.

What was the first official Ben 10 video game, released in 2007?

Protector of Earth is counted as the first official game, yet it was really the second: a Ben 10 title for the HyperScan console had come out the year before.

Which villain becomes Gwen's archenemy over the Ben 10 series?

Charmcaster first appears breaking her uncle out of prison and later ends up in Gwen's body when a swapping spell aimed at Ben misfires, yet years on it is Gwen who sets out to rescue her from another dimension.

Which Alien Force form does Ben use to stop the chip swarm chasing Kevin's car in Alien Swarm?

Humungousaur beats the swarm that was chasing Gwen and Kevin, but the rescue demolishes the very car they were escaping in.

In Race Against Time, what is the device that could open a gateway for an alien invasion called?

The Hands of Armageddon arrived on Earth with a half-dead alien almost two centuries ago and have been kept under guard ever since, because switching them on would let his whole race through.

Which hunter stalks Ben early in Omniverse with a pet that turns into the predators of his aliens?

Khyber treats Ben as his greatest game, and his pet wears the Nemetrix, a knock-off Omnitrix that two of Ben's enemies built to prove they could outdo its inventor.

Which disgruntled scientist, one of Ben's first villains, uses a device that mutates living creatures and revives dead ones?

Dr. Animo was a promising veterinary researcher who snapped when his twisted experiments failed to win a major prize, and he first strikes in Washington, D.C.

In Ultimate Alien, the immortal founder of the Forever Knights is the origin of which legend?

Saint George and the Dragon is the show's version of Sir George, who was handed a reality-bending sword centuries ago and used it against the Dagon, an invader from another dimension.

Which Victorian-styled reboot villain hates modern technology and fights with steampunk gadgets?

In the reboot's future special he ends up reformed and building a time portal with Dr. Animo.

Which future Guardians of the Galaxy star voiced Cooper in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien?

Chris Pratt voiced Cooper in two Ultimate Alien episodes, three years before Guardians of the Galaxy turned him into Marvel's Star-Lord.

Which Star Wars actor voiced the time-travelling villain Maltruant in Ben 10: Omniverse?

Mark Hamill's Maltruant is one more cartoon villain for an actor whose Joker in Batman: The Animated Series launched a long voice career.

The writers' collective behind Ben 10 also created which superhero team for Marvel?

Big Hero 6 was created by two of the collective's four writers and debuted in a 1998 Marvel miniseries, long before Disney's animated film made the team famous.

Which construction-toy company released six buildable alien figures based on Ben 10: Alien Force?

Lego built the six figures from Bionicle-style parts and launched them at the 2010 Toy Fair, then retired the line within the year as Hero Factory arrived.

Ben and Gwen Tennyson became purchasable outfits in which battle royale video game in April 2026?

Fortnite dressed the pair in their Ultimate Alien looks, following earlier Ben 10 crossovers with Brawlhalla and Minecraft.

Which stage troupe joined an orchestra on the score of the film Ben 10: Alien Swarm?

Blue Man Group recorded with a 71-piece Northwest Sinfonia ensemble for composer Michael Wandmacher, and three of the film's action scenes were shot on IMAX cameras.

Grandpa Max, the road-trip driver of Ben 10, was once a candidate for which historic NASA mission?

Apollo 11 put the first men on the Moon, and in the episode The Return a friend at the Kennedy Space Center reveals that Max was supposed to be the first of them.

Which niece of the villain Hex becomes Gwen Tennyson's arch-enemy in Ben 10?

Charmcaster first seems loyal to her uncle but is using him to seek power for herself, and a body-swap spell she aims at Ben hits Gwen instead.

Which Ben 10 villain drains laughter and happiness from his victims like a vampire?

Zombozo, real name Herbert Zomboni, first appears with the Circus Freak Trio, three mutant henchmen with acid breath, super strength and grasping hair.

Which prison dimension in Ben 10 holds intergalactic criminals caught by Grandpa Max's old agency?

The Null Void also takes in Max himself: in Alien Force he destroys an enemy factory and is transported there, and Ben later finds him inside.

What are the human-Xenocyte hybrid drones that hide behind ID Masks in Ben 10: Alien Force called?

DNAliens are the foot soldiers of the invasion plot that drives the first two seasons, and their masks let them pass as ordinary people.

Which arrogant Galvan is stuck as a copy of Ben Tennyson after building his own inferior Omnitrix?

Albedo matched his copy to the original so closely that he became Ben's double, with swapped colours and a craving for chili fries that he finds repulsive.

Which Osmosian villain kidnaps five aliens from the Andromeda Galaxy in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien?

Aggregor wants the five captives' powers so that he can reach the Forge of Creation and take the abilities of an infant godlike being.

Which Ultimate Alien news anchor brands Ben Tennyson a menace to society once his identity is exposed?

Will Harangue shares his surname with the word for a ranting speech, and while he sneers, younger viewers treat the unmasked Ben as an idol.

Which Ben 10 scientist was lost for 100,000 years after a Cold War experiment went wrong?

Professor Paradox, voiced by David McCallum, emerged with a complete grasp of space and time, which he crosses using a device called the Chrononavigator.

Gwen Tennyson's powers come from her grandmother Verdona, a member of which alien race?

Anodites wield mana, the life energy behind magic, and Gwen at first refuses to believe Kevin when he says her gifts come from an alien bloodline.

Which superhero name does Gwen Tennyson use when the Charms of Bezel give her powers in Ben 10?

Lucky Girl appears on two occasions in the original series, and in the 2016 reboot she is a fictional franchise that Gwen herself is a fan of.

Which star of The Last of Us video games voiced teenage Gwen in Ben 10: Alien Force?

Ashley Johnson, the games' Ellie, took over Gwen with Alien Force and stayed for three series, even voicing the character's younger self in Omniverse.

Which star of The A-Team voices the animal-mutating scientist Dr. Animo across the Ben 10 franchise?

Dwight Schultz played The A-Team's 'Howling Mad' Murdock, and his Dr. Animo turns up in every incarnation of Ben 10.

Which Parks and Recreation star voiced the villain Billy Billions in Ben 10: Omniverse?

Aziz Ansari, the sitcom's Tom Haverford, voiced Billy Billions in two episodes between 2013 and 2014.

Which Star Trek: The Next Generation actor voices the villain Darkstar in the Ben 10 sequel series?

Wil Wheaton, who played Wesley Crusher on that show, voices Michael Morningstar, who first tries to take Gwen's powers and later returns as Darkstar.

Ben 10: Alien Force executive producer Glen Murakami had earlier created which superhero cartoon?

Teen Titans was Murakami's own creation; he went on to executive-produce all three seasons of Alien Force and to revamp its follow-up, Ultimate Alien.

The Ben 10: Ultimate Alien finale is dedicated to which late producer, a co-founder of Milestone Media?

Dwayne McDuffie died in 2011 while the series was in production; he had been story editor or writer on every episode of Alien Force.

Which action-movie producer announced a live-action Ben 10 film in 2011 that was never made?

Joel Silver, producer of The Matrix, planned the film with Warner Bros. and Dark Castle Entertainment; it was reported cancelled in 2024, the rights having expired.

In early concept art, Ben Tennyson had hair of which colour, later Gwen's trademark?

Red hair went to Gwen in the end, and she has kept it in every series, while the finished Ben was drawn with brown hair and green eyes.

The director of Ben 10: Race Against Time wanted the film to look like which superhero franchise?

X-Men was the look he named at a 2007 presentation: an epic that felt more like cinema than a cartoon, with four of Ben's aliens rendered in CGI.

The 2011 special Heroes United drops Ben Tennyson into the world of which other Cartoon Network series?

Generator Rex hosts the hour-long special, so Ben and his aliens are redrawn in that show's art style, and both series come from the same creators.

In Ben 10: Alien Force, the Omnitrix is revealed to store alien DNA as insurance against which fate?

Extinction is the threat: the device preserves the DNA of every living being in the Milky Way so that a lost species could be restored.

In Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix, a fight with Dr. Animo accidentally triggers what in Ben's device?

Its self-destruct mode sends Ben and Gwen into space to find the inventor, who at first refuses to help and would rather see the universe destroyed.

In the live-action film Ben 10: Alien Swarm, Kevin Levin drives a green model of which muscle car?

Dodge Challenger is the model, and it does not survive the film: Ben destroys it while defeating a swarm of alien chips after a long chase.

Away from alien fighting, Ben Tennyson plays soccer mainly in which position on the pitch?

Goalkeeper is his usual role, and soccer is one of several pastimes: he also plays baseball and drums and is a skilled fencer and marksman.

Gwen Tennyson, a karate black belt in Ben 10, is also trained in which other martial art?

Taekwondo and karate let Gwen take on opponents much larger than herself long before she discovered her powers, and she is a skilled gymnast too.

Which girl, Ben Tennyson's first love interest in the original series, turns out to be his future wife?

Kai Green, voiced by Bettina Bush in both the original series and Omniverse, goes from Ben's first crush to his girlfriend and, in the future, his wife.

In Ben 10: Omniverse, the hunter Khyber's dog Zed turns into predatory aliens using which rival device?

The Nemetrix works much like the Omnitrix, and the villain Dr. Psychobos later steals a piece of Ben's device in order to perfect it.

Which villain is the main enemy that Ben battles in the first Ben 10: Omniverse video game?

Malware plans to destroy the world in the brawler, which offers two-player co-op and 16 playable characters on home consoles.

Ben 10: Race Against Time ends with Gwen and a transformed Ben performing what at a school talent show?

A magic trick earns the pair second place, and afterwards Grandpa Max suggests giving the device a rest while the three of them go out for pizza.

Which alien ally flies Ben and Gwen into space to find the Omnitrix's creator in Secret of the Omnitrix?

Tetrax first takes them to Incarcecon, where they find only a former assistant on the project; the true inventor is living on the planet Xenon.

Which alternate Ben, from a dimension where Grandpa Max died, uses the Omnitrix to become a celebrity?

Ben 23 debuts in the Omniverse episode Store 23 as a fame-seeking hero who begins to change his ways after meeting the main-universe Ben.

Teenage Ben Tennyson joined Scooby-Doo as a guest on which British charity's 2009 all-star single?

Children in Need's medley by Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band featured more than 100 cartoon characters, with Ben beamed in on a TV screen 'via satellite'.

A Ben 10 game arrived in 2006, a year before the first official release, on which short-lived Mattel console?

HyperScan read collectable RFID cards to unlock features; only five games were ever released, and Mattel dropped the console the following year.

Ben 10: Omniverse art director Derrick J. Wyatt was known for a cartoon in which robot franchise?

Transformers: Animated was Wyatt's calling card, along with Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, and he also designed the toys for Omniverse.

Vilgax, the warlord arch-enemy of Ben Tennyson, belongs to which alien species?

Chimera Sui Generis is the tentacle-faced warlord's species, and the Latin phrase in its name means of its own kind.

From 2006 to 2012, Ben 10 stories ran in the anthology Cartoon Network Action Pack from which publisher?

DC Comics ran Ben 10 beside Samurai Jack and Codename: Kids Next Door in the anthology, and Alien Force stories joined it from issue 27.

The CGI film Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens premiered on television in which region twelve days before the US?

Asia saw it first: the film was Cartoon Network Asia's first collaboration with Cartoon Network Studios, and contest winners from the Philippines voiced two of Ben's classmates.

In Ben 10: Alien Force, Ben's girlfriend cares for a pet Galvanic Mechamorph known by which name?

Ship was found by the couple together, and the pet later helps the team travel the galaxy in the video game Vilgax Attacks.

Twelve regional editions of the game show Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge were all filmed in 2011 in which city?

London studios hosted every edition, with contestants aged 7 to 12 tested on the franchise for Cartoon Network channels in twenty-five countries.

Which Rocky Horror Picture Show star voices Dr. Joseph Chadwick in Ben 10: Alien Force?

Tim Curry returned to the part years later, voicing Chadwick as a Forever King in the character's first Omniverse appearance.

Which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles voice actor has played Ben 10's Kevin Levin from Alien Force onward?

Greg Cipes took over from Michael Reisz and Charlie Schlatter, who had voiced Kevin as an 11-year-old in the original series.

Which veteran actor from Northern Exposure plays Grandpa Max in the live-action film Ben 10: Alien Swarm?

Barry Corbin stepped in after the actor who played Max in the first film was offered the part again and turned it down.

The original Ben 10 series follows the Tennysons' cross-country road trip during which break from school?

Summer vacation frames the whole original run: Ben finds the Omnitrix on the first night of camping, and the trio then tour the United States by RV.