Ben 10

Ben 10
Creator	Man of Action (Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Steven T. Seagle)
Original work	Ben 10
Films and television
Films	Secret of the Omnitrix (2007) Race Against Time (2007) Alien Swarm (2009) Heroes United (2011) Destroy All Aliens (2012)
Animated series	Ben 10 (2005–2008) Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–2010) Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010–2012) Ben 10: Omniverse (2012–2014)
Games
Video games	Protector of Earth Alien Force Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks Alien Force: The Rise of Hex Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction Galactic Racing Omniverse Omniverse 2

Ben 10 is an 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 Studios. The franchise is about a boy who acquires a watch-like alien device, called the Omnitrix (full name: Omnimatrix), that allows him or anyone who wears it to turn into alien creatures. The Ben 10 franchise has received wide critical acclaim and has won three Emmy Awards. It also has grossed over $2 billion in retail sales in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and has sold 100 million toys worldwide.^[1] Its movies, which aired on Cartoon Network, are: Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix, which aired August 10, 2007, Ben 10: Race Against Time, which aired November 21, 2007, Ben 10: Alien Swarm, which came out November 25, 2009, and Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens, which aired on March 23, 2012.

Series

Original series

While on summer vacation with his cousin, Gwen, and their grandfather, Max, Ben Tennyson discovers the Omnitrix; an alien device which allows him to turn into different extraterrestrial life forms. This leads to Ben using the device to avert disasters, save people, and fight off hostile villains and aliens that include Vilgax, an alien warlord bent on using the Omnitrix to outfit an alien army.

Alien Force

Five years after his summer vacation, somehow having the item removed, a teenage Ben regains the Omnitrix when he and Gwen search for their grandfather after he was abducted by xenophobic race called the Highbreed bent on cleansing their planet. But now that Ben is older, the Omnitrix reboots itself with Ben gaining access to a new set of aliens along with few of previous alien forms. Ben is joined in his search by Kevin Levin, his former enemy, as they deal with first the Highbreed's universal extermination plan and then Vilgax.

Ultimate Alien

Several weeks after the end of Alien Force, forced to sacrifice his Omnitrix before acquiring it, Ben now possess the Ultimatrix that allows him to "evolve" his aliens into more powerful forms. But while first dealing with the Osmosian Aggregor, and other villains coming to Bellwood, Ben and his group deal with the Forever Knights as they prepare for war against an interdimensional being.

Omniverse

After Ultimate Alien, Ben gains a perfect new Omnitrix that allows him to gain access to a new set of aliens along with all the alien forms he has assumed prior. After Gwen goes off to college with Kevin accompanying her, Ben pairs up with a by-the-book rookie plumber, Rook Blonko. First targeted by an intergalactic bounty hunter named Khyber, who is working with an enemy from the youth's past, Ben later contends with an alien invasion, Albedo, Zs'Skayr, the Plumbers Black-Ops unit called the Rooters, his alternate dimension self (the war-lord Mad Ben) and a Time War.

Elements of the franchise

Omnitrix/Ultimatrix/New Omnitrix/Nemetrix

Falling accidentally into the hands of Ben Tennyson (Azmuth had originally intended for Max Tennyson to wield it but it ended up with Ben due to him being a close genetic match to Max), the Original Omnitrix, its Ultimatrix replacement, and the "finalized" version that is the New Omnitrix are the central elements of the Ben 10 story. They are all alien devices of level 20 technology developed by Azmuth that transform the user into any one of a number of alien beings (originally 1,000,903, but the number has increased by 11 because of the transformations that have been unlocked throughout the series via the "Scan Mode" of every version of the Omnitrix). Despite many seeing the Omnitrix as a weapon, its true purpose was to allow the diverse beings of the universe to understand each other by "walking in each other's shoes", and to resurrect all of the intelligent "sapien" species in the universe that may go extinct (including the human-race). Both of these facts are revealed in the Alien Force episode "War of the Worlds". The second function cannot be achieved by the Ultimatrix (because of Albedo's self-obsessed and non-humanitarian ideals), and it is not yet confirmed if the New Omnitrix can achieve it, as well.

The Omnitrix appears in the first two incarnations of the franchise (Ben 10 and Ben 10: Alien Force) with Ben forced to destroy it and use the Ultimatrix in the Ben 10: Ultimate Alien series. And in the final episode of Ultimate Alien, Azmuth takes the Ultimatrix from Ben and replaces it with the New Omnitrix – the original version having been a prototype yet the new version has all of the same issues as its predecessors. However in Omniverse, Azmuth reveals that Ben's habit of slamming his hand on the Omnitrix's core and inadvertently the scroll pad, randomizes the time-out function, causing Ben to sometimes transform back to normal much earlier than expected or transform to a random alien, resulting in a mistransformation.

In Ben 10: Omniverse, the Nemetrix, a knock off of the original Omnitrix, is introduced. Unlike the Omnitrix and its succeeding models, the Nemetrix uses the DNA of the natural predators of the sentient alien races. Thus, only an animal can utilize the Nemetrix, as users of higher intelligence are unable to use it themselves without incurring mental and/or genetic damage.

Plumbers

The Plumbers is an organization composed of both human and alien members, each of whom possesses a special badge. All badges bear the intergalactic peace symbol, a green hourglass shape. Later in Omniverse, the Plumbers' symbol becomes a red dot. The badge:

• Is a communication device.
• Creates a holographic map that can pin-point the location of another Plumber's badge.
• Is a universal translator.
• Enables access to "Extranet", which is an intergalactic version of the Internet.

In the original series, the Earth's Plumbers were a secret government organization that protected the general public from any alien threat. Their main base was located inside Mt. Rushmore, where the Null Void projector and Sub-Energy were stored. Their main adversary was Vilgax. Max was a Plumbers member in his youth. Most of the Plumbers have disbanded; however, a few members (like Max and his relatives) remain in a semi-active capacity.

Forever Knights

The Forever Knights are a secret British society/paramilitary group first formed during the Middle Ages that are dedicated to collect and study alien technology, usually by illegal means. Any aliens they capture along the way are dissected and studied, and any humans caught with them are immediately deemed worthless and disposed off. It is revealed in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien that the reason for their actions is to combat Diagon, an entity from another dimension that nearly conquered the Earth in the Middle Ages were it not for the Forever Knights' immortal Founder George. When George left them, the Forever Knights began to splinter under various self-titled Forever Kings who transformed their knights' duty into a genocidal policy toward anything alien. The Forever Knights also arm themselves with a large variety of medieval weapons enhanced by alien technology, with Lightsaber-like swords, lances, "laser lances", laser guns and electro shock rods being their most common ones.

Anodites

Anodites are a humanoid race of energy beings from the planet "Anodyne".

They are based on a vital energy called "Mana", that is present in all living things and beings throughout the entire universe, known as the life source energy. For Anodites, this is a source of power, and they also have the ability to control it like "magic" (which is confirmed to be derived from Mana). A key difference is that this form of magic (or at least magical rituals) relies much more on the use of spoken incantations, spell books, charms and talismans, and even celestial events, to achieve the magical and mystical effects the caster desires. Anodites manipulate this, and are able to create pink-and-magenta-colored shields and force fields of varying shapes and sizes for protection and circular magenta shapes or globes that can be thrown to disable enemies.

Anodites are quite free-spirited and don't take life as seriously as most humans to the point that some Anodites disregard the morality of their actions and would rather satisfy their own personal pleasures. This, however, does not stop them from helping others.

Osmosians

Osmosians (a play on osmosis) are humans born with a genetic superhuman ability. However, due to Proctor Servantis altering Kevin's memories, it was originally believed that Osmosians originate from the planet "Osmos V". As Servantis explains, each Osmosian possesses a unique power. In the case of Kevin Levin and Aggregor, both possess the ability to absorb. However, while Kevin's ability allows him to alter the chemical makeup of his body by absorbing the matter of whatever he touches, which can have horrific results if he absorbs energy and alien DNA, Aggregor can drain energy from living beings. It can be argued that other characters in the series such as Cooper Daniels and Clancy may also count as Osmosians.

Galvans

Galvans (a play on galvanization) ( also known as Grey Matter) are small bipedal frog-like beings, originally from Galvan Prime; currently they live in Galvan Mark II. Among the notable Galvans in the series is Azmuth, who created the Omnitrix (among many other things); Azmuth is also considered the most intelligent being in the Universe. The Galvan race is best known for being a highly intelligent race whose great amount of calculative and technical intellect allowed them to create almost anything from spare parts and deduce the function of any device at a glance. Their aging process making them look younger, Galvans also possess a secondary brain that serves for essential bodily functions like walking and breathing.

The Galvans originally had no empire to speak of and were recognized for their great skills, becoming employed by other species as industrial technicians, spies and saboteurs. But in time, keeping their projects top secret, they amassed their acquired knowledge to build a powerful empire of their own based on the technology they had kept from the rest of the universe. The Galvans had also played a role in the creation of Stonehedge, as a form of practical joke, and the Galvanic Mechamorphs, the source of Ben's Upgrade form. The Galvan planet was believed to be put together by the Omnitrix in the original series. In the second franchise, Vilgax Attacks, the Galvans were forced to control Alien X. Paradox apparently told Ben to use it to unleash a force field and stop Vilgax.

Transports

Each series has been featured with some kind of main transportation. The wheeled motor vehicles, even appearing like normal cars, are equipped with several pieces of Plumber technology such as a turbo engine, laser guns and also an autopilot. And they are often destroyed during the series.

The Rust Bucket, is an old RV resembling a 1973 GMC motorhome owned by Max Tennyson. And despite being old, and even having been destroyed a few times, Max has a great affection for it.

Ship is a Galvanic Mechamorph (Upgrade's species) alien that has the ability to transform himself into fully operational technology he's once touched. He merged with the Forever Knights spaceship and from this event onward he became the space transportation for Ben's team during the season 3 of Ben 10: Alien Force. The Rust Bucket III, a Plumbers' jet that Kevin has upgraded with alien tech, later replaced him.

Kevin's car is a Muscle car resembling a Dodge Challenger armed with Plumber technology as well as other various alien tech, including guns and off-road capabilities. It is the team's main transport in Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. It is damaged or destroyed a lot, mainly during fights or chase scenes, and Kevin is constantly busy repairing it. In Omniverse after Ben destroyed it aiming at Upgrade, he gave it a new look. He painted it blue and placed a white circle with the number 11 on it, with only one stripe.

Ben also drives a Sports car resembling a heavily modified Mazda RX-8 in the Ben 10: Ultimate Alien andBen 10: Alien Force.

Rook's TRUK is an orange and bright tan truck, with the logo "Max's Plumbing" appearing on the back. It can transform into a ship, and according to Kevin, the ship transforms with a nanoship transformer. For defense, it can fire energy blasts, and can nearly survive almost any destruction it hits. It's Ben and Rook's main transport in Omniverse.

Ben now drives a motorcycle, known as the Tenn Speed. At one point after Rook's TRUK got destroyed (which later got rebuilt), Ben turned into Jury Rigg and rebuilt it into his own motorcycle. When Ben rides the motorcycle, it scans him into a motorcycle suit. Ben occasionally drives it when Rook isn't available.

Allusions

The series often makes references and parodies to popular culture:

• Ben 10
• Ben 10: Alien Force
• Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
• Ben 10: Omniverse

Running gags

• Many characters prefer violent solutions rather than verbal ones, especially Kevin, who prefers to hit people before talking, but is stopped by Gwen, who is much more sensitive than him. Also, Ben prefers using a big, powerful alien in many situations, but ends up turning into another alien, especially Grey Matter, a small and less powerful genetic Galvan, and Nanomech, a humanoid insect.
• During the original series, Ben has a lack of hygiene, and this is briefly seen in the other series. It is sometimes mentioned that he rarely washes himself or never changes clothes, claiming the shirt that is commonly worn throughout the first series is the only shirt he used during the entire summer.
• Mr. Smoothy is a restaurant that serves mostly smoothies at which Ben and his friends are regular customers. The titular mascot is a cup with face and legs that holds a smaller cup. It serves the strangest assortment of flavors in its smoothies, made to order. Among the strange flavors Ben drinks are "chocolate and carrot", "nectarine", "mango and blueberry with extra echinacea", and all-meat flavored smoothies such as "lamb" and "sardine". In Bellwood there are 23 Mr. Smoothy restaurants, and in some episodes some of them are destroyed because of Ben. Additionally, when confronted by an alien race whose physical appearance changed to match what "held the most sway" to whoever looked upon them in the Omniverse finale, Ben saw them as living versions of the Mr. Smoothy mascot.
• Sumo Slammers is a large franchise spawning up to video games, trading card games, TV shows, movies, mp3 players, etc., which appears often in the Ben 10 series. The storyline of the franchise is similar to anime stories, although the details were not shown, but it tells about a warrior called Ishiyama and his archenemy called Kenko with the ability to shapeshift. In Alien Force/Ultimate Alien Kenko has somehow joined forces with Ishiyama, a nod to former villain Kevin 11 teaming up with Ben and Gwen Tennyson. Ben has been a huge fan since he was young, and is always trying to do something linked with it, such as knowing the news about them and pretending that he is fighting like them.
• Kevin's car is a muscle car armed with Plumber technology as well as other various alien tech, including guns and off-road capabilities. As it is often damaged or destroyed (such as during fights or chase scenes), Kevin is constantly repairing it. The Rust Bucket III has also become a part of this running gag. In the episode "Video Game", Kevin seems to think Ben's destruction of Will's car is not a good way of getting back at Harangue for his rage focused at Ben. Due to Kevin's obsession with own his car, it is likely a joke referencing that.
• Since "War of the Worlds", due to Ben's worldwide fame, he shows some typical celebrity behavior, where he is chased by fans and shows off, hoping that someone will notice and adore him. He constantly claims to have "saved the universe".
• Whenever Pakmar is shown running a business (in Omniverse), on several occasions, Ben accidentally destroys it, or gets blamed for have wrecking it, which causes Pakmar to hate Ben, and demands Ben to pay him back on multiple points.

Recurring elements

Technologies

The advanced technologies shown are both alien and from Earth. In the series, they are divided in levels of complication, danger or sophistication. The levels known thus far are 1-20, although some technology is confirmed to be higher than Level 20. Any tech above the allowed level used on this planet, is considered illegal.

Earth is a level 2 planet, something that is considered very inferior by other aliens, as it was stated once that Earth is at least 500 years away from being level 3.

The Omnitrix and the Ultimatix are Level 20.

Dwayne McDuffie describes some levels:

• Level 1 includes use and construction of simple tools.
• Level 2 includes remedial energy Manipulation, the use of Fire or the use of simple machines.
• Level 3 includes intermediate tool use and industrial organization combined with intermediate energy manipulation. Often information management technologies develop at Level 3. This is also the level at which many species accidentally kill themselves.
• Level 5 includes remedial manipulation of the fundamental force.

Null Void

The Null Void is a pocket dimension created by the Galvans as a penal colony that can be both a frightening place and where some can start anew. It is filled with floating rocks, with flying creatures known as the Null Guardians who protect powerless people in the Null Void from the more violent inmates. The Null Void also served as a base of operations for the Rooters.

ID Mask

ID Masks are masks that can change someone's appearance holographically. They were often used by DNAliens to take forms of human beings, and are also used by Plumbers' Kids who are obviously part alien to hide their appearance and be able to roam freely on Earth. Even Kevin Uses one after he turns into what he calls 'Monster'.

Techadon Robots

Techadons are powerful war machines that were mass-produced by a Weapons Technology group known as the "Weapon masters of Techadon". They are armed with powerful lasers and nanite based regenerative technologies, able to recreate itself in entirety from a single hand. The custom made ones that are commissioned for a hit are stronger and when one is destroyed, the other ones adapt from the defeated ones.

Time Travel

The Entropy Pump is a machine made of quartz crystals developed by Professor Paradox during the 1950s, as a time-traveling experiment. It was experimented in a lab when an assistant Hugo drew back and hit the controls, causing the machine to become a vacuum, pulling Paradox inside of it and hurling him into the event horizon of a virtual wormhole. The result powers Paradox's time traveling project by generating enough energy to weaken the time-space continuum.

Paradox, now with knowledge of the time line, later explains to Ben the concept of Cross Time. Cross Time is a reference to alternate future timelines, such as the timeline depicted in "Ben 10,000" and "Ken 10" where Kevin was still evil. Another Cross Time future, depicted in "Ben 10,000 Returns", presents a future version of Ben still with the Ultimatrix and using it to become an Ultimate human who can access the abilities of his aliens instead of assuming their forms.

In the 201st and 202nd episode of the whole franchise (originally the 199th and 200th in production order), Vilgax allied himself with Eon to recruit evil Ben Tennysons across the multiverse to destroy all the other Ben Tennysons before reaching a universe without an Omniverse where Vilgax arranged the systematic destruction of the other universes and their Bens. However, through a time paradox, the Ben of the normal universe and Paradox jump started the multiverse while recruiting Ben, Gwen 10, Ben 23, and Ben 10,000 to enact their roles in protecting the past version of Normal Ben. This allows Normal Ben to undo Vilgax's action as he and his army are then defeated.

Ascalon

Ascalon is a sword-like weapon also created by Azmuth, with the power to tap into the forces of the universe itself. The sword is so powerful that it can destroy an entire planet, and can also cause madness to anyone who possesses it. Only the one who is dignified can have such power, that's why Azmuth gave Ascalon to an immortal human who is battling an extra-dimensional creature, knowing that only "he" needs such power to fight.

Films

Secret of the Omnitrix

The first is a regular animated feature called Secret of the Omnitrix. A trailer of the film was released with the film Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen, and it aired August 10, 2007. The main plot was that during a fight with Dr Animo, Ben's Omnitrix accidentally sets off its self-destruct mode and Ben has to find the Omnitrix's creator to shut it down and stop the evil Vilgax.

Race Against Time

The second is a live-action film titled Ben 10: Race Against Time^[2] which aired November 21, 2007. It revolves around Ben, Gwen and Grandpa Max returning to their hometown of Bellwood and attempting to adjust to being "normal" again. Unfortunately, their lives are once again disrupted by a mysterious alien known as Eon, who has an unexpected connection to the Omnitrix. It premiered on Cartoon Network on November 21, 2007. The film was directed by Alex Winter.^[3] The film was nominated for two Visual Effects Society Awards: Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special – Dina Benadon, Evan Jacobs, Brent Young, Chris Christman; and Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial – Brent Young, Michael Smith.^[4]

Alien Swarm

The third is a live-action film titled Ben 10: Alien Swarm which aired November 25, 2009. It is about Ben, Gwen, Kevin and Grandpa Max. In the movie the group stumbles upon a hive of alien nanobots using humans as host bodies in order to take over the world. The Nanochips, or "alien swarm", are controlled by a single consciousness and Ben and his friends must work together to stop them.

Destroy All Aliens

A CGI animated movie was announced in mid-2011,^[5] titled Ben 10: Destroy all Aliens and was released on March 11, 2012 (Asia / Philippines)^[6] and on March 23, 2012 (US).^[7] This film had previously been under the working title Ben 10: Alien Dimensions.^[8] The film was based on the original series, and featured the original voice cast. The CGI was animated by Tiny Island Productions, in Singapore.

Feature film adaptation

On June 14, 2011, producer Joel Silver announced that he along with Warner Bros. and Dark Castle Entertainment would be working in a film version of Ben 10.^[9] in January 2012, Albert Torres was announced as screenwriter.^[10] In February 2013, Ryan Engle was announced to work on Torres' script with Andrew Rona and Steve Richards are producing with Joel Silver and Alex Heineman and Sarah Meyer executive producing.^[11] Since Silver left Warner Bros. and Dark Castle joined Universal Studios, it remains unknown whether Warner Bros. or Universal will release the movie.

Ben 10/Generator Rex crossover

During Cartoon Network's panel at 2011's San Diego Comic-Con, Ben 10 and Generator Rex creators "Man of Action" announced a crossover special between the Ben 10 and Generator Rex series titled Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United. The forty-minute special aired on November 25, 2011 as a Generator Rex episode.^[12][13]

A comic book based on the special titled: "Hero Times Two" was released on November 30, 2011, as the sixty-fifth issue of DC Comics' Cartoon Network: Action Pack.^[14]

Cast

	Secret of the Omnitrix	Race Against Time	Alien Swarm	Destroy All Aliens	Heroes United
Ben Tennyson	Tara Strong	Graham Phillips	Ryan Kelley	Tara Strong	Yuri Lowenthal
Gwen Tennyson	Meagan Smith	Haley Ramm	Galadriel Stineman	Meagan Smith	(Silent cameo)
Max Tennyson	Paul Eiding	Lee Majors	Barry Corbin	Paul Eiding
Dr. Animo	Dwight Schultz			Dwight Schultz
Azmuth	Robert David Hall			Robert David Hall
Sandra Tennyson		Beth Littleford		Tara Strong
Carl Tennyson		Don McManus		Dee Bradley Baker
Cash		Tyler Patrick		Dee Bradley Baker
JT		Tyler Foden		Adam Wylie
Grey Matter	Richard Steven Horvitz	Carlos Alazraqui		Richard Steven Horvitz	(Silent cameo)
Diamondhead		Daran Norris		Jim Ward	Dee Bradley Baker
Four Arms	Richard McGonagle			Richard McGonagle
Big Chill			Dee Bradley Baker
Humungousaur
Cannonbolt	Fred Tatasciore
Kevin Levin			Nathan Keyes		(Silent cameo)
Heatblast	Steve Blum	David Franklin		Steve Blum

Awards

Original series

Year	Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
2007	34th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Individual in Animation	Thomas Perkins	Won
	Golden Reel Award	Best Sound Editing in Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue, ADR and Music for Television Animation	Otis Van Osten, Melinda Rediger, Trevor Sperry, Matt Brown, Jody Thomas, Andy Sturmer, Ron Salaises, Keith Dickens for the episode "Ben 10,000"	Nominated
2008	35th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Special Class Animated Program	Brian A. Miller, Sam Register, Jennifer Pelphrey, Alex Soto, Donna Smith, Tramm Wigzell	Nominated

Race Against Time

Year	Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
2008	29th Young Artist Awards	Best Leading Young Actor	Graham Phillips as Ben Tennyson	Nominated
		Best Supporting Young Actor	Tyler Patrick Jones as Cash Murray	Nominated
		Best Supporting Young Actress	Haley Ramm as Gwen Tennyson	Nominated
	6th Visual Effects Society Awards[4]	Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial	Brent Young, Smith, Michael For the Grey Matter sequence	Nominated
		Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special	Dina Benadon, Evan Jacobs, Brent Young, Chris Christman for visual effects compilation	Nominated

Alien Force

Year	Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
2009	36th Daytime Emmy Awards[15]	Outstanding Sound Mixing – Live Action and Animation	Robert Hargreaves, Robert Serda and John Hegedes	Won
		Outstanding Sound Editing – Live Action and Animation	Robert Hargreaves and George Brooks	Nominated
		Outstanding Special Class Animated Program	Brian A. Miller, Sam Register, Glen Murakami, Jennifer Pelphrey snd Donna Smith	Nominated

Alien Swarm

Year	Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
2010	62nd Primetime Emmy Awards[16]	Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special	Evan Jacobs, Sean McPherson, Andrew Orloff, Brent Young	Nominated
	8th Visual Effects Society Awards	Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or a Special	Evan Jacobs, Sean McPherson, Andrew Orloff	Nominated
	15th Art Directors Guild Award[17]	Television Movie or Mini-Series	Yuda Acco Harry Matheu, Hugh D.G. Moody, Rouzier, Pierre, Robb Bihun, Ann Stacy, Dan Post	Nominated

Ultimate Alien

Year	Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
2011	64th Writers Guild of America Awards	Animation	Len Uhley for the episode "Moonstruck"	Nominated

Omniverse

Year	Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
2013	Annie Award	Character Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production	Chap Yaep, Steven Choi, Derrick Wyatt for the episode "The More Things Change Part 2"	Nominated
	40th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Sound Mixing – Animation	Carlos Sanches	Won
		Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation	Jeff Shiffman, Roger Pallan, Matthew Thomas Hall, Otis Van Osten, Tony Ostyn, Gerardo Gonzalez	Nominated

Spin-off media

Merchandise

Following the success of the Ben 10 animated TV series and films, various Ben 10 merchandise has been released for general sale. These items include comic books, card games (such as Top Trumps), toys, video games, Lego construction sets, bedding, coloring books, footwear, the watches (the Omnitrix and the Ultrimatrix), and coloring books. All three shows have also been released on DVD, and there are a number of video games.

Games

The game franchise has many different formats. The video games franchise started on 2007 with the release of Protector of Earth.

The latest video game, Ben 10: Omniverse, has been developed and released for the series for the Nintendo Wii and Wii U, Nintendo DS and 3DS, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3 on November 13, 2012. The player can play as 13 playable alien heroes, including never-before-seen aliens like Bloxx and Gravattack, as they work for either Ben or Rook to defeat the evil plans of a fierce villain, intent on destroying the world. The game is developed by Vicious Style Studios for all platforms except for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS versions, which are developed by 1st Playable Productions. The plot is that Ben's partner Rook goes back in time and meets an 11-year old Ben. In the past, Malware absorbs Rook's Proto-Tool and intends to destroy the Earth. The player is able to access both Bens.

There are eight games, including Omniverse, these are the games released:

• Ben 10: Protector of Earth
• Ben 10: Alien Force
• Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks
• Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex
• Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction
• Ben 10: Galactic Racing
• Ben 10: Omniverse
• Ben 10: Omniverse 2

Toy Line

Bandai has manufactured a massive amount of Ben 10 toys from the four series.

The series received three McDonald's Happy Meal promotions internationally, as well as one in America in August 2011.^[18] The toys are colored translucent dolls of some Omnitrix/Ultimatrix aliens and its Ultimate forms, and inside there is a small photo of Ben. But the Alien Force toys are four rings, each one are an alien (Goop, Jetray, Alien X, Chromastone) and with features linked with their powers.

Comic Books

Developed by Jason Hall, Min G. Kuand and Heroic Age. The Ben 10 Comic revolved around Ben's summer vacation along with Gwen and their Grandpa Max traveling in the Rust Bucket. The Ben 10: Alien Force Comic revolved around Ben battling the Highbreed and the DNAliens along with Gwen and a reformed Kevin.

Cartoon Network Action Pack was a 2006-2012 comic book series made by DC Comics which showcased Ben 10 alongside Samurai Jack, Codename Kids Next Door, The Secret Saturdays, or Generator Rex. Some of the issues were connected with the franchise, while others are non-canon.

In February 2013, IDW Publishing announced a partnership with Cartoon Network to produce comics based on its properties. Ben 10 was one of the titles announced to be published.^[19]

Ben 10 in other media

Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge

Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge is game show developed for television by United Kingdom-based produced company Twenty Twenty, which airs on Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Bulgaria and the Nordic region, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Chile and the Middle East.^[20] Ultimate Challenge is a trivia show tasking children with answering questions about all three series.^[20] Ultimate Challenge is executive produced by Daniel Marlowe and produced by Mandy Morris.^[21]

References in other shows

• Ben appeared on a parody of Benjamin Franklin, titled "Ben 10 Franklin" on the show MAD. Franklin was flying his kite when he was struck by a lightning bolt, gaining the Omnitrix. He used Swampfire to sign The Declaration of Independence; and Humungousaur to defeat the British, and to smash down a junior high school bully's house in revenge. He also used other aliens from Alien Force and Ultimate Alien, where they have his hair and glasses.
• Also in MAD, a reference to Alien Force was made with a parody of the movie Cowboys & Aliens, with many titles: "Cowboys & Alien Force", "Cowboys & Equestrians" and "Cowboys & Silly Bands". The reference was made at the beginning, where Jake awakes with Ben on his side, but Jake wearing his Omnitrix, pants and hat. He also used the Omnitrix to become an alien with the mix of Diamondhead, Chromastone and Way Big to smash a cowboy.
• In the South Park episode "You're Getting Old", Cartman's Mother mentions that Cartman gets upset when he does not get a present every time someone else gets a present at a party. One of the presents Cartman gets is a "Ben 10 Wrist Rocket".
• The Robot Chicken episode "Hurtled from a Helicopter into a Speeding Train" shows Ben on his 14th birthday party, where he complains about his gifts given by Azmuth.
• Ben 10 villains, such as the Forever Knight and Animo, make a brief cameo in The Secret Saturdays episode "Van Rook's Apprentice". References to Galvan Prime and Wildvine's species also appear in "Guess Who's Going to be Dinner?" and "Eterno" respectively. Both references were made by the Secret Scientist Dr. Arthur Beeman, the UFOlogist for the series.

Cartoon Network promotion

Titanic Kungfubot Offensive

The game features famous and notable Cartoon Network characters in a robot-type form: Big Chill, Swampfire, a DNAlien, Kevin, Vilgax, Rath, Armodrillo, Ultimate Humongousaur, Ultimate Echo Echo and Ultimate Big Chill appear as playable characters.

To promote the Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United special, Cartoon Network updated Titanic Kungfubot Offensive, adding new bots, such as "Shocksquatch" and "Clockwork"; both are aliens accessible to Ben.

Cartoon Network Universe: Fusion Fall

The character design for Ben Tennyson was changed when the original Ben 10 series ended and was replaced by Alien Force. In the game, he serves as a "Player Guide" offering guide-based missions and special items.

Cartoon Network Universe: Project Exonaut

In another browser-based game entitled Cartoon Network Universe: Project Exonaut; Ben's aliens, alongside Gwen and Vilgax, appear as "exosuits". The exosuits revolve around protecting the player and giving them unique abilities and powers. The planet Kylmyys (the home of one of Ben's aliens, Big Chill) and the Perplexhedron are featured as battle arenas. Ultimate Kevin and Alien X are currently the new exosuits for Project Exonaut representing Ben 10. The new exosuits feature Gold versions of Manus, Marceline, Mojo Jojo and Rath.

Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion

Ben appears in the game as a playable character. Swampfire, Humungousaur, Big Chill and AmpFibian (with Ultimate Humungousaur as a Punch Time) appear as Ben's playable aliens. Vilgax, the archenemy of Ben Tennyson appears also as a playable character for the first time. Gwen and the Vreedle Brothers are summons in the game. Additionally, Bellwood and the Null Void are included as battle arenas. Kevin also appears as a summon in the game, but is featured as a playable character on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii versions, called Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL. Kevin in Ultimate Kevin form appears in the game as a boss. The young version of Ben appears in the console version of the game as a playable character.^[22]

References

Ben 10 Man of Action Studios Series Original series episodes Alien Force episodes Ultimate Alien episodes Omniverse episodes Films and specials Secret of the Omnitrix Race Against Time Alien Swarm Heroes United Destroy All Aliens Characters Characters aliens villains Games Protector of Earth Alien Force Vilgax Attacks The Rise of Hex Cosmic Destruction Galactic Racing Omniverse Omniverse 2 Toys and game shows Ben 10 Lego Ultimate Challenge See also Generator Rex The Secret Saturdays