50 Fun Facts About Ben 10

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

The two are the same age and spend the whole summer bickering in the back of Grandpa Max's RV.

What nickname does Grandpa Max's RV go by in the show?

The battered motorhome is where Ben's whole adventure starts, on the family's very first night of camping.

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

It latches onto Ben's wrist and refuses to come off, which is why he spends the summer wearing it everywhere.

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

His other regular line is "Goin' Hero!", usually shouted while slamming the dial down.

Which of Ben's aliens is a fiery, magma-bodied hero who can shoot flames?

It is the very first alien Ben turns into in the opening episode, and it also opens the live-action movie Race Against Time.

Which alien is a big red brawler with two extra limbs and super strength?

It was the first transformation the creators ever test-animated and their favourite of the whole set.

Which velociraptor-like alien gives Ben superhuman speed?

The name is a pun on 'accelerate', and the character comes from a stormy planet called Kinet.

Which tiny frog-like alien is the brainiest of Ben's original transformations?

It belongs to the same species as the genius who built the Omnitrix in the first place.

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

The creepy spectre eventually broke out of the device and was dropped from the opening credits from season three onward.

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

Ben and Gwen assumed the name meant he fixed pipes; it is actually an intergalactic law-enforcement outfit.

What is the name of Ben Tennyson's hometown?

In Ultimate Alien a young conspiracy theorist unmasks Ben simply by tracking alien sightings around the town.

Which orange, eyeless, dog-like alien hunts by smell and hearing rather than sight?

The species is called Vulpimancer, and it was one of the four CGI aliens used in the first live-action film.

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

It turns him into twisted versions of Ben's aliens plus one of his own, a jagged bruiser named Bashmouth.

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

Her pet, Ship, is a small alien of the same species as Upgrade that she and Ben find together.

Who built the Omnitrix?

In Alien Force he admits the device was designed to preserve the DNA of every species in the Milky Way, not to make weapons.

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

The four comic-book writers behind it later co-created Generator Rex and the Marvel comic that became Big Hero 6.

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

She had to re-audition for the 2016 reboot after the producers briefly considered casting a real child instead.

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

He was called back several times before landing the part, and later played the reboot's version of Vilgax.

Which alien does Ben unlock in the film Secret of the Omnitrix to beat Vilgax's army?

The skyscraper-sized To'kustar returned to close out the reboot's 2020 movie as well.

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

The armadillo-ball alien was originally meant to be in the starting ten and later replaced the show's spooky ninth alien in the opening credits.

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

The name refers to how many alien forms he has by then, and in the sequel he gives his son Kenny a copy of the device for his tenth birthday.

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

Siphoning the Omnitrix left him a monstrous mash-up of Ben's aliens, which is how he got the nickname Kevin 11.

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 underground alien city beneath Ben's hometown in Omniverse?

The series alternated between sixteen-year-old Ben and eleven-year-old Ben, with the original voice actress returning for the younger one.

Who directed both of the Ben 10 films made with real actors, Race Against Time and Alien Swarm?

Best known as Bill from Bill & Ted, he wanted the first film 'to look like X-Men' and promised 'no Jar Jar'.

In Race Against Time, who is the time-controlling villain hunting Ben?

The twist is that he is an evil Ben from an alternate timeline, a secret Grandpa Max had been keeping.

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

The tiny hero was voiced by the film's director himself, and flies inside a man's head to fight the swarm's queen.

What device replaces the destroyed prototype Omnitrix in Ultimate Alien?

Its trick is evolving Ben's aliens into souped-up 'Ultimate' forms, and Ben eventually swaps it for a finished Omnitrix.

Who voiced Grandpa Max across the first four animated series?

He is also familiar to gamers as the voice of Colonel Roy Campbell in the Metal Gear Solid series.

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

They see themselves as the galaxy's purest species but are secretly dying out from generations of inbreeding.

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

The Six Million Dollar Man himself; a different actor, Barry Corbin, took the role in the sequel Alien Swarm.

Who played Ben Tennyson in Race Against Time?

He earned a Young Artist Award nomination for it; Ryan Kelley took over as the teenage Ben in Alien Swarm.

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

Fitting, given the show was created by four comic-book writers.

Who voiced Vilgax in the original 2005 series?

The Cowboy Bebop and Naruto veteran also voiced two of Ben's own aliens, so he was sometimes fighting himself.

What was the working title of Alien Force during production?

The show ran three seasons and forty-six episodes and picked up an Emmy for sound mixing.

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

Overnight, kids idolise Ben while newsman Will Harangue brands him a menace to society.

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

It aired as a sneak peek on December 27, 2005, weeks before the official January 2006 debut.

Who wrote the original series' theme song?

The former Jellyfish frontman also wrote the theme for Teen Titans; Mz. Moxy sang the Ben 10 version.

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

Master Control lets him switch aliens just by thinking, without the usual ten-minute timeout.

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

Playmates took over the licence for the 2016 reboot, and Lego produced six Alien Force construction sets.

How much had Ben 10 generated in global retail sales by the time the reboot was announced in 2015?

The merchandising is why Cartoon Network calls it one of its most commercially successful properties.

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

It had sold more than 2.5 million copies by November 2008; a little-known HyperScan card game beat it to shelves in 2006.

The creators pitched twenty ideas in twenty minutes; which pitch was Ben 10?

Early working titles included Force 10 and Ben to the Tenth, and the gadget was once called the 'Megawhat'.

How many viewers watched Alien Swarm's Cartoon Network premiere in November 2009?

The film's world premiere was actually held in London ten days earlier, and three action scenes were shot on IMAX cameras.

What was the working title of the film Race Against Time?

The 'Hands' are the alien gateway device at the centre of the plot, and the film premiered on November 21, 2007.

Omniverse abandoned normal seasons in favour of how many ten-episode story arcs?

The series ran from September 2012 to November 2014 and was the last set in the original continuity.

In what year did the 2016 reboot finally reach US screens?

It had already premiered in Australia, Asia-Pacific and the UK in October 2016 before Americans got it in April.

How many Ben 10 episodes had aired across the first five series by the end of 2025?

That made it Cartoon Network's second-longest-running franchise, with three Emmy Awards along the way.

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

The 'dragon' was Dagon, an extradimensional being George beat in the 12th century using a planet-cracking sword forged by the Omnitrix's maker.

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.