Sunday, 24 December 2017

Diamondhead

For the reboot version of Diamondhead, click here.

Diamondhead is a Petrosapien from the now destroyed planet Petropia. He is the fourth alien Ben used in the franchise and made his debut in And Then There Were 10 where he defeated a large Drone. He reappeared in Ben 10: Alien Force in the episode Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 2 where he defeated Vilgax after being reborn from Chromastone's remains. He appeared in the Ben 10: Ultimate Alien episode Basic Training where he participated in a training exercise. He reappeared in the Ben 10: Omniverse episode Trouble Helix where he defeated Malware. He was used by teenage Ben in Omniverse in the episode It Was Them where he fended of Slamworm.

He was voiced by Jim Ward in the original series, Dee Bradley Baker in Alien Force and Ultimate Alien and was voiced by Eric Bauza in Omniverse. He is one of the few aliens to appear in every series.

Saturday, 23 December 2017

Grey Arms

"Woah! Well this is unexpected" - Grey Arms in Riding the Storm Out 


Grey Arms is a fusion between Grey Matter and Four Arms, making him a Galvan and Tetramand hyburd. His first and only appearance was in the Ben 10 reboot episode Riding the Storm Out where he failed to defeat the Weatherheads. He is the first fusion alien introduced in the Ben 10 reboot. Coincidentally, the first ever fusion alien in the original series was also a fusion with Four Arms. He is voiced by Todd Haberkorn.

Kickin Hawk

"And that, my friends, is how you make the feathers fly! Whoo!" - Kickin Hawk in Outbreak



Kickin Hawk is one of the many aliens Ben unlocked in Outbreak. He was unlocked by scanning Liam and then was used to defeat him. His name is a combination of the words "kicking" and "chicken hawk". Kickin Hawk is voiced by Yuri Lowethal.

Thursday, 21 December 2017

Japanese Ben 10 Toy Review

Pretty random but a popular Japanese toy review channel called Leon Channel, who usually reviews toys related to Kamen Rider and Yo-kai Watch, has posted a review about Playmates' two Omnitrix toys. He compares the toy to a Yo-kai Watch and says "Henshin!" before transforming similar to a Kamen Rider. Check it out!


I suppose Ben 10 is an anime now, huh? Just kidding!

Atomix

"HAA-MEE-NA HAA-MEE-NA HAA-MEE-NA-HA! Nuclear Winner!" - Atomix in For A Few Brains More


Atomix is an alien who was first mentioned in the original Ben 10 episode Ken 10 by Kenny Tennyson, he was hinted to be very powerful. He was then unlocked and named by Azmuth in A Few Brains More where he defeated Albedo. He is Ben's second most powerful alien, next to Alien X. He is voiced by John DiMaggio.

Mole-Stache

"Mole-Stache? This is quite unprecedented!" - Mole-Stache in Breakpoint
Mole-Stache is one of the many aliens that Blukic and Driba accidentally unlocked in the Ben 10: Omniverse episode Outbreak. He appeared briefly talking about how lame this species was, with one of the specie's member named Jerry feeling insulted. He was first properly used in Breakpoint where Ben finds out about his mustache shape-shifting powers and successfully beat Fistrick. He was voiced by Yuri Lowenthal in Outbreak, before being replaced by David Kaye for the rest of the series. Mole-Stache was originally intended to appear in No Honor Among Bros, with his lines even being recorded, but was cut for time. He speaks like a stereotypical gentleman with an English accent.

Monday, 18 December 2017

Ball Weevil

"There must be more to this alien than the power of cuteness" - Ball Weevil in Of Predators and Prey: Part 1

Ball Weevil. His species comes from the same planet as The Worst's species. He is voiced by Bumper Robinson, who also does the voice of Rook Blonko. 

Appearance

Ball Weevil is a small yellow insect-like alien with four thin legs. He has a brown underbelly and a small beak that opens sideways when he speaks. Ball Weevil has large black eyes with green pupils and an even antenna with two spikes on top The Omnitrix is located on his green collar with two white stripes. 

Armodrillo

"Or better yet, let me break it up for you!" - Armodrillo in The More Things Change: Part 2  

Armodrillo is a Talpaedan from the planet Terraexcava in the Andromeda Galaxy. He was obtained when Ben scanned Andreas in the Ben 10: Ultimate Alien episode Andreas Fault. He first appeared in Hero Time where he helped Captain Nemesis defeat some robots. He reappeared in the second Ben 10: Omniverse episode The More Things Change: Part 2 where he defeated Psyphon's lackeys before getting poisoned by Psyphon. Armodrillo was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker in Ultimate Alien, but was replaced by John DiMaggion Ben 10: Omniverse.

Gutrot

"But hey, my gas is just as good as your gas" - Gutrot in Animo Crackers

Gutrot first appeared in the Ben 10: Omniverse episode Animo Crackers where he defeated future and present Animo. His was first used by Nega Ben in the episode And Then There Were None, where he fought against Build-A-Guy. Gutrot is voiced by Rob Paulsen. His abilities and appearance is based on the Pokémon Koffing, Derrick Wyatt's favorite Pokémon.


Appearance

Gutrot is a bulky humanoid alien that wears a green hazmat-like suit. He has a window that shows his gassy innards on his stomach. He has large four fingered hands in white gloves and has nozzles on his shoulders, arms, head, back and backside. He wears the Omnitrix symbol on where his mouth would be in a fashion similar to a gas mask. 

Ben 10 Reboot Season 3 Speculation

We're not far into Season 2 of the Ben 10 reboot yet, but I think it would be fun to analyze some sketches done by Kaitrin Snodgrass. Keep in mind, these are just sketches and probably don't mean anything, I'm just overthinking things.

This picture shows Ben and Gwen preparing to fight. Gwen is shown being able to fire some sort of roundish plate. This might mean she will learn how to use magic later on in the series, much like in the original Ben 10/

Sunday, 17 December 2017

Spitter

 (barfing sounds) - Spitter in every appearance 

Spitter is one of the few aliens that has never spoken in the Ben 10 franchise. He is one of the few aliens to never appear in any other iteration in the Ben 10 franchise. Spitter first appeared in the Ben 10 original episode Ben 10,000 to fight against future Animo. He has never spoken in any of his appearances and was never used by present day Ben. He's pretty much forgotten at this point. Spitter's sounds was provided by Dee Bradley Baker.

Appearance

Spitter resembles a large green puffer fish with arms and stubby legs. He wears black pants and has a large mouth with black lips. His eyes are located on the far sides of his head and has spikes on his head and chin. He has a lot of spikey teeth within his mouth. The Omnitrix located on his stomach.

The Worst

"He is not like of the worst, he is The Worst"  

The Worst is one of the many aliens unlocked in the Ben 10: Omniverse episode Outbreak. He was voiced by Yuri Lowenthal before being replaced by Dee Bradley Baker. His species comes from the same planet as Ball Weevil's species.  As his name implies, Ben considers this his worst transformation for lacking any combat abilities and being just a punching bag.

Appearance

The Worst is a roundish yellow blob with a large mouth and green eyes with eyebrows. He wears green underwear with a white band. He has three bumps on his head and arms as well as stubby feet with three black toes. He has a swirl pattern on his knee and the Omnitrix is located in his bellybutton.

Spidermonkey

"Why Grandma, What big trouble you have!" - Spidermonkey in What Are Little Girls Made Of? 

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Spidermonkey in Ben 10: Omniverse
Spidermonkey is an Arachnichimp from the planet Aranhaschimmia. He is one of the original ten in Ben 10: Alien Force who makes his debut in What Are Little Girls Made Off? where he battled Verdona. He reappeared in the Ben 10: Ultimate Alien episode Fame where he battled Bivalvan before assuming his Ultimate form. Spidermonkey returned in the Ben 10: Omniverse episode The More Things Change: Part 1 where he battled Crabdozer, mostly trying to dodge and run away from the predator. Spidermonkey is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.

Friday, 15 December 2017

Ben 10 Season 2: Upgrade is Dead, Episode Scenes and Omni-Enhanced XLR8!

Cartoon Network Africa has released a new Meet the Aliens video featuring the Omni-Enhanced aliens and Shock Rock.

A lot of fans wonder why hasn't Ben transform into Upgrade yet, even I questioned why he didn't appear during Animo's mutation in Animorphosis. The video confirms that Upgrade is completely gone from the Omnitrix, sacrificing himself in order to upgrade it and add Omni-Enhancements. So I guess Upgrade died!

The video also contains scenes from upcoming episodes, including:
  • Omni-Enhanced Stinkfly fighting Zombozo in the Rustbucket
  • Omni-Enhanced Heatblast fighting Vilgax's drones
  • Transformations for Omni-Enhanced Four Arms and Omni-Enhanced Overflow, both of which are from The 11th Alien two parter.

Saturday, 9 December 2017

Two New Ben 10 Reboot Episode Names Revealed

Two new Ben 10 reboot season 2 episode names and summaries has surfaced on zap2it. The episodes are called Creature Feature and High Stress Express, featuring some villains we're familiar with. Both episodes will air on February 4, 2018. Check out the summaries below.

Creature Feature
Ben and Gwen must save the drive-in when the evil magician Hex brings a movie monster to life.

High Stress Express

During a live feed of a transcontinental bullet train, La Grange enters the picture to outrace the train, but Ben joins in on the fun and will stop at nothing to come out on top.  
 

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Omni-Enhanced Wildvine

"Not bad Tennyson, thank you me" - Omni-Enhanced Wildvine in Battle at Biggie Box

Omni-Enhanced Wildvine first appeared in Battle at Biggie Box where he saved people from falling store shelves. He was one of the first Omni-Enhanced aliens revealed via Toy Fair. He is voiced by
David Hornsby.
 

Appearance


Omni-Enhanced Wildvine now has gray rock armor on his toros, shoulders arms and legs. He now has a large flytrap-like armor around his neck with energy spikes. He has blue energy on his stomach and parts of his hands and legs. The vines on his back are now replaced with large blue energy limbs that ends with circular energy with rocks.

The 11th Alien Special Event coming December 11th!

Cartoon Network has revealed when will the two parter episode featuring Shock Rock will premiere. It will air on December 11th, probably due to his status as Ben's permanent 11th alien. You can watch the trailer here.

 

Sunday, 26 November 2017

Omni-Enhanced Stinkfly

"I got stink seekers!" - Omni-Enhanced Stinkfly in Animorphosis

Omni-Enhanced Stinkfly first appeared in Animorphosis where he defeated Dr. Animo's mind controlled mutant animals. He is voiced by Greg Cipes.

Appearance

 Omni-Enhanced Stinkfly looks like regular Stinkfly but he now has grey rock armor on his toros, shoulders and hands which also cover his fingers. His wings are now blue and he makes a blue light trail whenever he flies. Stinkfly now wears a helmet with two horns. The Omnitrix symbol is on his chest.

Sunday, 19 November 2017

Interview with Kuro the Artist, Creator of Ben 10 and Danny Phantom Crossover Comic

Today I bring you an interview with Rob Orpilla, commonly known as Kuro the Artist, a popular member of the Ben 10 fandom known for creating the Ben 10 and Danny Phantom crossover comic, 5 Years Later. He also makes coloring pages, as well as merchandise with his designs on it such as t-shirts, stickers, cups and hoodies.

 
How did you get into Ben 10? Subsequently, how did you get into Danny Phantom?

I don't remember the first time I got into Danny Phantom, as it came out a little earlier than Ben 10 and I was relatively young. It was sometime during the first season as I remember a ton of the old commercials promoting the episodes. For Ben 10, the first episode I ever saw was A Small Problem, where Ben gets stuck in his Grey Matter transformation the entire episode.

Looking back, that was one of the weaker episodes, but even that was enough to get me hooked. To help promote the season 2 finale Back with A Vengeance, Cartoon Network aired a marathon of all the episodes that aired so far, so that is how I caught up. I saw every new episode when it aired since.

What gave you the idea of starting 5 Years Later?


Long story short, I wanted to produce a comic that had a more efficient method of editing and illustration that my previous work, and after drawing Danny and Ben for so long, I realized how much more there were to the characters than their networks have allowed them to grow, so I took it upon myself to give them justice. You can check out the full story on my YouTube video, 39 Facts About The Danny Phantom/10 Crossover.

Saturday, 18 November 2017

Shocksquatch

"Shocksquatch? Okay~!" - Shocksquatch in The More Things Change: Part 2

Shocksquatch is a Gimlinopithecus from the planet Pattersonea who was originally exclusive to
Ben 10-Generator Rex: Heroes United. He reappeared in the Ben 10: Omniverse episode The More Things Change: Part 2 where he defeated Buglizard. Shocksquatch is voiced by David Kaye in both series, making him one of the few UAF aliens to not be voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.

Appearance

Shocksquatch was a bulky white yeti-like alien with thick fur and a pink face. He has muscular blue arms and legs as well as a bushy eyebrow. He has black eyes with green pupils and has bolts on his neck and on the back of his hands. The Ultimatrix is located on his chest.

In Ben 10: Omniverse,  Shocksquatch is now has a more muscular build with yellow and black fur. His eyebrow is now a yellow lightning-shaped crest and his face, fingers and toes are now grey. He wears a green belt with two white stripes where the Omnitrix resides.

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