Gwen destroying the charms was at least somewhat justified (though she definitely should have kept the luck charm) since she felt they were too powerful to fall into the wrong hands.
@@vetarlittorf1807 Then we should destroy the omnitrix forget the wrong hands if its damged the universe dies that should not exist in anyones hands the costs out weight the gains of it existing by alot
@@daraghokane4236 That would probably be better. The main reason Ben doesn't try to destroy it is because it makes him feel special and he likes being a hero. But even if not, the omnitrix is nearly indestructible.
That actually makes some sense. Edit: originally I was gonna say that is no longer possbile due in ghost freaked out a DNA Ectonurite aka ghostfreak's started to build more personality and a mind of his own. And with this information. I thought kevin Eleven would have the similar experience. But given the fact that he is a fused abomination. The ghostfreak DNA wouldn't have much to do at all due too much dna cluttered up with each other.
who else thing the ball thing from the Mandalorian where he puts grogu to be safe looks likes the ball in which Ben got the Omnitrix in the first place?
I like the theory that Ben acting like a jerk to Gwen (or just in general) is one of the few ways he can regain some sense of normalcy in his life, much like how he plays up his cocky attitude while fighting to hide his fear. Which is why he always seems to regress back to how he acts towards Gwen in the first few episodes despite how much he and Gwen have gone through together. Like, Ben is very acutely aware of how close he is to dying or letting someone die, even if he doesn't act like it. So it very much could be some form of coping mechanism so he doesn't break down over every near-death experience.
Honestly, with how Ben was acting like his aliens in his human form might have been why the cooldown was in place, to make sure that the user knows the line between the aliens and themselves.
Yeah I agree. Along with the fact that continued transformation can’t be good for someone’s DNA. Radiation for example does that and it’s effects are horrible, so it makes more of a point that the timeout function exists
Vilgax: The master control is child's play for a master of the omnitrix! 5 years later in Alien Force: Finally, I have the omitrix!...How does it work?
I am a master of the omnitrix Ben here you go. Vilgax yes just as planed Ben you don't know how it works Vilgax to be honest never thought I would get this far
I also like how Vilgax doesn't even ask Kevin how he tried to remove the Omnitrix, he just assumes it was as methodical as he was. Like, I'd liked Vilgax explaining his Omnitrix removing process step by step and then Kevin just goes "I just pulled on it...Really hard."
Now I'm regretting the fact that Vilgax and Kevin parted ways in the Null Void. Instead of having them become Teacher and Student or something like that.
He might have pulled it, but didn’t he also use his “draining power” at the same time?? I get the feeling that would give an edge in his, “pulling really hard.”
The fact that he gave the omnitrix up so quickly for gwen is amazing character growth. I assume in season 1 he wouldn’t have done this at least so quickly.
Most epic scenes : 1. Ben unlocks Master control 2. Ben being so Confident 3. Using Master control in nullvoid 4. Kick the face of Kevin without Omnitrix 5. Regaining his Omnitrix
13:24 You know thanking about it what if the Ben 10,000 we see in season 3 is from a timeline where Ben didnt rush in and get pulled into the portal, thus he kept master control from this point onward
@@darrellsimon4462 According to Azimuth, the only reason master control was locked before was the fact that of how the alien dna from continous transformations would corrupt the user of the omnitrix. So if Ben really did keep the master control as Ben 10,000 from this moment on, he would have needed to keep a check on how many times he transforms in and out of aliens
Proof you can’t cut the Omnitrix off the arm, they went the effort to build a machine to remove it, instead of having Kevin cut it with his diamond arm.
@@sebastiengendron6427 Cause the omnitrix will zap anyone who tries to force it off, and even if Ben's hand is deattached from his body the omnitrix can take control of his hand and transform.
@@sebastiengendron6427 to make it short the omnitrix is infused with bens dna and it has a failsafe which activates when ben is in danger or the omnitrix is about to get removed
@@sebastiengendron6427 It's established in season 1 the Omnitrix creates a biofeedback shock wave when someone's tries to remove it to prevent anyone from taking it.
If you look closely in the Null Void battle, pay attention to the transition from Wild Vine to Heatblast. Ben doesn't just use Wild Vine to take on 3 creatures, he actually uses the 3 combined as a platform for him use Wild Vines unique anatomy to propel himself upwards while immediately switching to Heatblast to carry on the momentum. He took out 3 enemies simultaneously while being chased and seamlessly used them to continue his own momentum in the chase. There's so many little things in just that 30 seconds of animation that shows exactly how skilled Ben really is with The Omnitrix.
I love how quick Ben went from howling in pain from the omnitrix getting ripped off to “haha, I zeroed out the master control”. Like damn kid should’ve been checking his arm after that
This is the moment, for me, when Gwen went from dorky cousin who is kinda nice to the best supporting character in the show with of course Grandpa Max. Edit: Heatblast plus rock is coolest to me.
As a kid I always thought they were travelling on a simple wandering line across the country, I would have NEVER thought that they'd move around like a Final Fantasy airship and practically circle the earth twice lol
The fact vilgax recognizes Kevin's powers as omnitrix DNA is probably just because he saw all 10 during his fight with Ben. That's the only ones he knows are for a fact in the omnitrix. He was able to put two and two together
About Kevin being able to fly, couldn't he that he was using Ghostfreak's floating powers together with the Stinkfly wings? Ghostfreak is the third of the original ten that can fly, after Stinkfly and Heatblast.
22:30 He thought “turn off master control.” Remember: he didn’t say “galvanic mecha-morph” he said “upgrade.” The watch didn’t require the species name in master control, so it probably wouldn’t require button combinations either. Im pretty sure if he said “something something *self destruct.”* the dial would start turning orange for the countdown. And on the flip side, he said “don’t blow up” it would stop.
Vilgax here: Tracking the control combinations is child’s play for a master of the Omnitrix Vilgax in season three of Alien Force: *Starts shouting commands at the Omnitrix*
He also shouted the names that ben gave to the aliens .........that ep was sooo bad that its hilarious ,thank god omniverse never mentioned primus ever again
@@N.I.A23 yeah to be honest being more of a grownup now I realise UAF is full of really bad episodes, plot speaking. (Like hey Ben you got the master control to fight the highbreed guess you’ll use all of the 32 aliens you have previously used but nah let’s just turn into cannonbolt and humungosaur and solve the thing diplomatically).
@@benitopezone3629 i mean, azmuth did expect ben to wreak havoc in the battlefield, at least he was mature enough to speak instead of beating up the highbreeds, if it was his 10 year old self, he'd obviously beat the crap out of them
@@70Lu07 oc, I mean I like Highbreed’s arc ending, it’s pretty good story speaking. The thing is that there isn’t much more. Ben turns into cannonbolt, fights some dnaliens and highbreeds, proceeds to do the same with upchuck and swampfire, then gets caught turns into humungosaur and nothing else happens. They had A LOT of possibilities to make it interesting, but it’s not, especially considering that should have been the climax of Ben 10 as a whole up to that point.
Yeah, the ending kinda did undermine Ben's character growth. It also makes him look like a jerk. I mean, Gwen literally risked her life to save him AND gave him back the Omnitrix, and Ben doesn't even thank her. I love this series but the character development would have felt more organic if this was the moment when Ben and Gwen truly started to appreciate each other, rather than Secrets of the Omnitrix.
@@thomasraines1396 Indeed. It was a missed opportunity for a really wholesome moment. This was the perfect time for the cousins to appreciate each other more and for the rest of the series we would've seen them argue a lot less. Especially since Gwen becomes a sorceress later on and aids Ben in battles more.
Wait but haven't there also been times where Ben has done something for Gwen or Max and hasn't gotten appreciated? Like in "The Big Tick" where Ben saves the world as Cannonbolt and doesn't even get a thank you from either of those two.
@@earth2raine Not really. In The Big Tick, Gwen and Max clearly did appreciate what Ben did, they just didn't appreciate the arrogance he displayed afterwards.
My head canon is that Ben DIDN'T know how to disable master control but the omnitrix knew what he wanted to do so it did it. Like how it read his thoughts before
One thing I found interesting was that the very first time Ben used master control, he transformed simply by saying upgrade's name (not the species name) and not even in the context of the alien. Really feeds into the theory that the omnitrix's AI is connected with Ben and began "learning" about him after being attached to him for so long.
He probably thought of upgrade subconsciously like there's some kind of word association, like if he called a dog a "wild mut" he'd probably be thinking of the alien in the back of his mind
6:30 Your reading of this scene is a little strange. Vilgax is shown to be incredibly intelligent. He starts berating Kevin for being some strange amalgam of random DNA, but stops himself once he realises that the thing those seemingly unconnected aliens all have in common, is that they are also specifically the 10 aliens Ben Tennyson has access to. Therefore Kevin must have some connection to the Omnitrix. Otherwise, it sure is an insane coincidence. Plus, we know Vilgax has been gathering extensive information on Ben's heroics throughout season 1, so he should definitely be very familiar with those 10 in particular. There is also nothing Vilgax wants more than the Omnitrix, so it makes sense that he'd act on a potential lead by immediately stopping what he's doing and inquiring about it. Whether or not he even knows about the Omnitrix having other playlists is actually irrelevant here. All this is apparant through the animation, dialogue and character histories.
I like how even Max smiles at Ben not having master control anymore. But i think he would also be proud that Ben thought far enough ahead to DEACTIVATE IT Before handing it over to Vilgax aswell
Sort of coming back to this comment, i noticed someone (or a few people) mentioning ghostfreak, and, although i would have liked to see ben try and reactivate master control not too long after bqck with a vengeance, i am actually glad that the writers had ben zero it out for the ghostfreak arc when he gains partial sentience and takes control, sort of like what happened to big chill in the one episode of alien force.
I like how kuro talks like a true fan. You can tell the passion he has for the series with the appreciation of small details while also acknowledging the series flaws and missed potential in certain spots. Really makes it feel like a breakdown/appreciation and critique instead of putting it on a high up pedestal free of critique.
Yeah, but he treats it with respect, because he's really in tune with the work of a writer, story board artist, director, ect... it makes it pleasant to watch and not just a trashing-fest.
True that but the only thing is of the fact that is we never even seen Kevin used Ghostfreak’s power before by turning invincible or others like that in the Show nor in the other Ben 10 Series but I think it’s likely to say that he had the power of Ghostfreak when it he first turned into that Mutant Freak Form, that’s where Kevin started to go crazy & willing to kill Ben that Ghostfreak power made him insane like how Ghostfreak first got out from the Watch where he turned insane too & was willing to kill Ben in crazy ways which would explain a lot from Kevin back when he was evil as a Villain
@@emmanuelharris6445 Actually there is a brief moment (you blink and and you miss it) in this episode where Kevin use Ghostfreak's power against Vilgax.
@Diogo Amaral I know the feeling. When Gwen destroyed the Charms of Bezel, it looked so absurd to me that I created a fake memory of her trying to put them on before Hex tries to kill her with a blast and accidentally hits the charms instead.
True but it's still also very weird there because by then he already had way more than 10 aliens. I'm thinking that since the first episode when he got the omnitrix, he mentioned he could switch between 10 aliens, so maybe he just decided to start calling himself ben 10 during that time.
@@StardustLegend It’s just because it’s a catchy nickname, it’s same reason why the show is still called Ben 10 despite having more than 10 since season 2 of the original series. Also, Ben never calls himself Ben 10, it’s the civilians and villains that calls him that, and he just accepts it.
I feel like this video is a big reason for believing the Omnitrix has an AI, because when he said "upgrade" he turned into Upgrade, but thats not actually what the creature is called, it's a Galvanic mechamorph. So that means the Omnitrix understands the ailens have names
Yeah exactly, because he'll our phones and tablets can hear us 😂 and recommend commercials to us , so I'm pretty sure the omnitrix can hear ben calling certain aliens , certain names so of course the watch is really advanced AI too.
Looking back at this episode there's something I just realized... do you think Vilgax knew he was working with an 11-year-old? Like did he know Kevin was a kid? Cuz he met Kevin in his mutant form so I'm not sure if to an alien that still looks like an adolescent or an adult, especially since he's like part of all 10 aliens.
Ben 10 Vilgax: "Unlocking master control is child's play for a master of the Omnitrix!" Alien Force Vilgax: "Finally, the Omnitrix is mine!" "So urrr, Tennason... Could you be a bro and explain how this shit works?"
The scene deleted scene where Kevin didn’t have the Omnitrix in the capsule was probably supposed to be in the original airing. But they probably stuck with a sort of prototype for the scene because the final product either made the episode too long or the higher ups thought Ben crying made it seem too painful for public television.
Not the best explanation, but I think the way Ben managed to reset the Omnitrix is by re-entering the exact same code that he put in for Master Control. We know he has perfect visual memory, so he might have remembered it and just put it in really quickly when Vilgax and Kevin landed in front of him.
@@TheInkTank Fair point. Maybe they could have explained it by saying that once the Omnitrix was reset, the code for Master Control changed too as a form of security.
I love it when Heatblast uses the rock to fly on in OS, because when Alan Albright sucks at flying at the beginning of Alien Force, he and Ben have a bonding mentor and student moment. It makes it seem like Ben has actually grown up and matured and it sets up a way for Alan to look up to Ben (sadly this is never expanded on any further)
18:05 man, this looks painful but the cut scream always make me laugh. Edit: by the (with alien force context) the fact that this is the first time gwen is between Kevin arms makes it funnier.
I just realized Ben only transformed into Heatblast during the finale and The Big Tick this season. Kind of weird considering He’s one of his go to aliens.
Maybe for this season, we could have had an episode or two where we focus on Kevin, he meets Vilgax earlier, and we see a mentor/student relationship where we learn more about both of them (mainly Kevin) as they pick up tech to take Ben down.
While Ben might have been the first name it, “master control,” on screen, it isn’t all that crazy of a name. It’s very likely that Ben inadvertly had the same naming thought process as everyone else when he named it.
About Ben zeroing out the Omnitrix, I interpret that Ben simply fidgeted with it, hoping for the best and just got lucky, much like how he did it in the beginning of the episode, and he was bluffing when he told Vilgax and Kevin that, only realizing he actually did at the end of the episode.
The timeline for this episode is unclear, it is entirely reasonable to assume that Vilgax could acquire this technology over the course of days or weeks before they actually went to fight Ben.
@@memebrain2177 Time moves at the same rate in space as it does planetside. It can be off by fractions of a second due to gravity, but other than things like black holes, it's not a major issue.
He probably re-programmed the tech in the ship, or there was probably a trash stash of tech and vilgax saw them and used his intelligence to make something to track the omnitrix Or he has a secret pocket that houses his tech.
yeah, this is by far my favorite series on youtube right now. I've never been a diehard fan of ben 10, but I've always enjoyed it. It's fun to vicariously re-watch the show through these videos, see what I missed back from the cartoon network days, and get your opinion on it. I especially like the animation advice and call outs, very educational and interesting. I can't wait for the later seasons too because I watched even less of those as a kid, out of order, and always seemed to miss the big episodes that explained everything.
This is my favorite video series on YT. Ben 10 was my favorite TV show growing up and this series is one of the largest and greatest nostalgia trips I’ve had. I’m so excited for more of this every week.
You missed the part in the "iconic" Ben 10 transformation sequence where Ben has the tetraman momentum while transforming to grey matter and then he kicks Kevin on his head while crossing him just to transform into wildmutt so that's something which really impresses me and I'd like you to highlight it
This is on the Ben 10 wiki "At the end of the second season, Vilgax is still alive, having survived the destruction of his ship by teleporting out just before the explosion, but having been frozen as a result. He is found encased in ice by Kevin. Discovering Kevin's connection with the Omnitrix, Vilgax decides to team up with him in another attempt to retrieve the Omnitrix, however, both are locked away in the Null Void dimension by the end of the episode. At some point after that, Vilgax escaped the Null Void through sheer luck - happening to stumble upon a portal being opened on another planet", and yeah you're right Kuro I would like to see this happen at the end of season 1 to make the connection and have continuity.
Honestly I always assumed that for Ben to be able to transform into aliens by "thinking it" the omnitrix has to be capable of interpreting and responding to his thoughts. So to me I figured he just mentally told the omnitrix to "factory reset". Another interesting point this episode for me, was that the omnitrix recognized Ben's personal designation for the aliens, since he turned Ben into Upgrade by saying upgrade even though he wasn't thinking about the actual alien "Upgrade" when he said the word. You'd think the omnitrix would have the DNA filed under "Galvanic Mechamorph" or something, but it transformed him anyway. Just my 2 cents tho lol, excellent job on the vids and the comics, keep up the good work👍🏾👍🏾
Azimuth actually does explain the mistransformations, it's because ben isn't supposed to hot the omnitrix like he does, it's intended to be gently pressed in, and I think he also gave a reason for the timeout but I don't remember what it was
Ben hits it to hard that’s why there is a “random” time and Ben even said that he thought the Omnitrix always choose the wrong alien but also always the right one for the job
One question, if "Ben 10" was allowed to get actually heavy for the older aundiences, what villains would be the most twisted ? I know Zombozo would be because he might have been allowed to destroy the children psychologically in the show. Ghostfreak too, since he would act as a manipulator and actually take the time corrupt Ben's mind. Maybe even the hypnotist because he might have been allowed to use hypnotism to destroy his victim's filters to ensure that even after not being hypnotised anymore, they would still tear everything around them apart, forcing them to desperately seek to return to that feeling of peace hypnotism provided. Anyone else ?
Kevin can be able to fly because of the help of Ghostfreak's flight, and Stinkfly's wings make it faster maybe? Also, Vilgax knew the aliens were from the Omnitrix because he recognized that Ben had become most of them already in Secrets.
Ben unlocked the master control once, what's to stop him from doing it again? It's kinda why I like the later episode "Ken 10" where he's just like "I used Grey Matter to hack my omnitrix!" Like why didn't Ben EVER think of that again?
He probably tried it (off screen), and Max probably said something like "You shouldn't do this, you're not mature enough." OR After S3E1 he didn’t realize that even the older himself didn’t deserve the master control, so why would he.
That was my thought like, grey matter should be smart enough to unlock master control so as soon as he realized he lost it I was like "just use grey matter"
Vilgax : unlocking master control is trivial for a master of the omnitrix like myself Also vilgax in season 3 of alien force : teach me how to activate the omnitrix.
@@daraghokane4236 Yeah that's why he knew to touch Ben's Omnitrix symbol as an alien to turn back into a human before Ben did. Or how the Omnitrix feedback was a sign of the Omnitrix already bonding to its wearer.
@@jasonnguyen2575 lucky guess. Pressed it not knowing what would happen. And acted like he know that would happen. Watch just slips off vilgax though you couldn't remove it
2:11 one of the pop-ups said that vilgax teleported from his ship right before it was destroyed, but because the teleported was damaged he wound up frozen in the middle of nowhere
5:17 I saw a pop up trivia fact that whenever vilgax does his bulked up arm thing, it's super painful and makes him angrier. So that means vilgax LITERALLY has the power of roid rage. 😂
I feel the "zeroing the master control" idea could have come from the fever he turned into Grey Matter so many times. Using the intelligence to strategise is makes sense. And grey matter has given him random knowledge before.
“It’s time to become a killer just like your old man” quote kuro the artist also great vid I love how you make ur vids long because it means we can get more out of ur talents
The Ink Tank - 7:30 the reason the watch had a timer was to reset the user's original DNA otherwise the transformations would have damage it. When Ben was abusing his alien "FeedBack", It was explained in Omniverse that If he kept using him, he would have lost the ability to control his other transformations. Basically meaning that his DNA would've been too damage for the watch recognized. Kinda like how Kevin was when he lost control of the transformation and mutated but Ben's could have been permanent
17:22-17:31 It COMPLETELY flew over my head that Ben was acting like Wildmutt! This makes a line by Eon from Race Against Time make so much more sense. I feel like it should be weird that such a small detail blew my mind.
IM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW, just finished binging the rest of this series you have going like last week and I've been hyped up ever since !! Thank you so much for this series Kuro
18:41 This scene is, indeed, crazy. I mean, they went hard. Ben's just a child, he's 10 years old. Not only there's that scream from Tara Strong, you can actually see TEARS in his eyes. How often do cartoon characters cry out of pain? Usually that's not allowed because producers think it might be too intense, but this? God... Chills.
Defending how Ben knew what the Master Control combination was and shut it off, its said he has a photographic memory. Maybe he just remembered what the code was?
"Maybe your dumb enough to throw the omnitrix away, but I'm not"
Me: True, but your dumb enough to destroy magical talismans
Gwen destroying the charms was at least somewhat justified (though she definitely should have kept the luck charm) since she felt they were too powerful to fall into the wrong hands.
That's so true! Wish I pointed that out.
@@vetarlittorf1807 Then we should destroy the omnitrix forget the wrong hands if its damged the universe dies that should not exist in anyones hands the costs out weight the gains of it existing by alot
The Ink Tank think she did that so no one else could attain their power if not improve them more than gwen did
@@daraghokane4236 That would probably be better. The main reason Ben doesn't try to destroy it is because it makes him feel special and he likes being a hero. But even if not, the omnitrix is nearly indestructible.
Kuro, Kevin is also part Ghostfreak, meaning he can make himself weightless.
That actually makes some sense.
Edit: originally I was gonna say that is no longer possbile due in ghost freaked out a DNA Ectonurite aka ghostfreak's started to build more personality and a mind of his own. And with this information. I thought kevin Eleven would have the similar experience. But given the fact that he is a fused abomination. The ghostfreak DNA wouldn't have much to do at all due too much dna cluttered up with each other.
And fly, and pull the tentacles out
And go invisible and intangible
Or at least partly weightless
That makes sense.
that scene of the omnitrix getting removed will forever be scorched into my brain
As a child i felt sad and frightened like really freaky
It looked painful
Damn Ben is a man for not crying over the pain.
who else thing the ball thing from the Mandalorian where he puts grogu to be safe looks likes the ball in which Ben got the Omnitrix in the first place?
@@ruhanali3623 well, there was tears.
"not only did he reset the master control, he reset his character"
LMFAO. too true bro too true.
the truth hurts.
Lmao
I like the theory that Ben acting like a jerk to Gwen (or just in general) is one of the few ways he can regain some sense of normalcy in his life, much like how he plays up his cocky attitude while fighting to hide his fear. Which is why he always seems to regress back to how he acts towards Gwen in the first few episodes despite how much he and Gwen have gone through together. Like, Ben is very acutely aware of how close he is to dying or letting someone die, even if he doesn't act like it. So it very much could be some form of coping mechanism so he doesn't break down over every near-death experience.
@@Birthday888 i love that explanation from Ultimate alien
That explains Alien Force Season 3
People: Haha, ben big dumb.
Ben: perfectly executes split second decisions to change alien to battle a small army
He shows his intelligence so often, but just because he's not book smart people act like he's stupid.
It more inconsistent writing than anything else
He's actually really intelligent, otherwise he wouldn't be alive
I feel that's more instinct than intelligence but I guess that would still need intelligence.
@@reignbowdancer2687 I needs alot of cognitive dexterity, something only someone with an aptitude for combat and decision making can do
Honestly, with how Ben was acting like his aliens in his human form might have been why the cooldown was in place, to make sure that the user knows the line between the aliens and themselves.
That seems pretty likely so he doesnt ruin himself mentally
Imagine if Ben stayed as Ghostfreak for a long time. Now that's creepy.
@@AqwDragulum Like ghostfreak was slowly taking over ben entirely as himself over the time he kept using ghostfreak.
Especially with Ghostfreak, and maybe to an extent Wildmutt.
Yeah I agree. Along with the fact that continued transformation can’t be good for someone’s DNA. Radiation for example does that and it’s effects are horrible, so it makes more of a point that the timeout function exists
Vilgax: The master control is child's play for a master of the omnitrix!
5 years later in Alien Force: Finally, I have the omitrix!...How does it work?
Exactly my point. How did that happen? It's like the writers of Alien Force didn't even watch the Original Series.
Vilgax is like a weeb who believes being a sword master
Maybe he didn't understand the recalibrated versions controlls
Wasnt it a new watch in alien force
I am a master of the omnitrix Ben here you go. Vilgax yes just as planed Ben you don't know how it works Vilgax to be honest never thought I would get this far
I also like how Vilgax doesn't even ask Kevin how he tried to remove the Omnitrix, he just assumes it was as methodical as he was.
Like, I'd liked Vilgax explaining his Omnitrix removing process step by step and then Kevin just goes "I just pulled on it...Really hard."
And then Vilgax probably had an internal moment something along the lines “I have to partner with this idiot?”
“What are you, a petulant child?” “Yes.”
Now I'm regretting the fact that Vilgax and Kevin parted ways in the Null Void. Instead of having them become Teacher and Student or something like that.
He might have pulled it, but didn’t he also use his “draining power” at the same time?? I get the feeling that would give an edge in his, “pulling really hard.”
@@kazemizu I think he absorbed the Omnitrix by mistake, a combination of the Omnitrix's defense mechanism and Kevin already absorbing.
the biggest mystery of Ben 10: how Max had enough money for a trip around the US, as well as the places they visit
That plumber retirement plan must be amazing
I always figured it had some kinda alien tech that made the gas last way longer than it should. Something like a few thousand miles to the gallon
@KVAcedo27 his retirement plan isn't just good it's a couple thousand blank checks
It's a good question: how much plumbers receive, i don't believe they work for free because they have bills to pay
Plumbers gain a fat amount of cash
Of course Max saved it all
The fact that he gave the omnitrix up so quickly for gwen is amazing character growth. I assume in season 1 he wouldn’t have done this at least so quickly.
Depends really this was a very bad situation even for the more childish ben
@Angel Delgado well he wouldn't have killed her like kevin and vilgax would have at least
Kuro Vilgax already saw all of Ben’s original 10 aliens and noticed that Kevin is a mix of those specific 10.
Yeah while he was had ben in his clutches he probably saw what was on the active playlist too.
Except the 11th alien canon bolt and alien of ghostfreak saga and many more...
@@nomanbutt5004 Those aren’t a part of Kevin either.
But it still sound fire the legendary ten playlist
Vilgax probably sees them almost everyday in space though, that's why it's so important that he noticed that they're bens aliens specifically
Most epic scenes :
1. Ben unlocks Master control
2. Ben being so Confident
3. Using Master control in nullvoid
4. Kick the face of Kevin without Omnitrix
5. Regaining his Omnitrix
Hell yes
13:24 You know thanking about it what if the Ben 10,000 we see in season 3 is from a timeline where Ben didnt rush in and get pulled into the portal, thus he kept master control from this point onward
@@darrellsimon4462 According to Azimuth, the only reason master control was locked before was the fact that of how the alien dna from continous transformations would corrupt the user of the omnitrix. So if Ben really did keep the master control as Ben 10,000 from this moment on, he would have needed to keep a check on how many times he transforms in and out of aliens
@@darrellsimon4462 This is a nice theory though, its unfortunate though that master control won't be seen anymore from this point on
@@darrellsimon4462 actually.. yea that makes complete since
Proof you can’t cut the Omnitrix off the arm, they went the effort to build a machine to remove it, instead of having Kevin cut it with his diamond arm.
Why can't you cut it off anyway?
@@sebastiengendron6427 it has a bunch of defense protocols that makes anybody unable to cut off bens arm.
@@sebastiengendron6427 Cause the omnitrix will zap anyone who tries to force it off, and even if Ben's hand is deattached from his body the omnitrix can take control of his hand and transform.
@@sebastiengendron6427 to make it short the omnitrix is infused with bens dna and it has a failsafe which activates when ben is in danger or the omnitrix is about to get removed
@@sebastiengendron6427 It's established in season 1 the Omnitrix creates a biofeedback shock wave when someone's tries to remove it to prevent anyone from taking it.
If you look closely in the Null Void battle, pay attention to the transition from Wild Vine to Heatblast. Ben doesn't just use Wild Vine to take on 3 creatures, he actually uses the 3 combined as a platform for him use Wild Vines unique anatomy to propel himself upwards while immediately switching to Heatblast to carry on the momentum. He took out 3 enemies simultaneously while being chased and seamlessly used them to continue his own momentum in the chase.
There's so many little things in just that 30 seconds of animation that shows exactly how skilled Ben really is with The Omnitrix.
I love how quick Ben went from howling in pain from the omnitrix getting ripped off to “haha, I zeroed out the master control”. Like damn kid should’ve been checking his arm after that
"If Kevin had just Green Lantern'ed his arm off" Don't remind us of that fight Kuro, just don't
Yeah that fight have some problems
@@pedrohenriquemoraessantos1164 Major Problems I say
No we don't speak of that
What fight? I don't get the reference
@@The_Wosh Long story brother
someone should really try to calculate the total price of gas Grandpa Max would've spent throughout the classic series
I honestly thought the rustbucket was solar powered
@@RedTheWeeb I mean, fair, but even so, I'd still be curious how much gas that whole trip would cost if it was just a normal r.v.
Considering the rustbucket isn't a normal RV, with all the advanced tech in it, I would assume almost none.
Branden Hauser we have seen him refuel before
The thing is it massively depends on what the price of gas is at the time
This is the moment, for me, when Gwen went from dorky cousin who is kinda nice to the best supporting character in the show with of course Grandpa Max. Edit: Heatblast plus rock is coolest to me.
True
Eh
Only supporting character in the show other than max lmao
As a kid I always thought they were travelling on a simple wandering line across the country, I would have NEVER thought that they'd move around like a Final Fantasy airship and practically circle the earth twice lol
To me, the rock formations in the null-void look like neurons in a brain. Really cranks up the creepy factor.
Thats exactly what I thought whenever I looked at the classic Null Void.....Really Scary.
UAF null void looks like the redspace with asteriod field.
I thought that they looked like poop.
@@twistedyogert lmao
@@Waqas_Khan02 I agree that the null void should've remained scarier.
What if the Null Void was the mind of a sleeping Celestialsapian
The fact vilgax recognizes Kevin's powers as omnitrix DNA is probably just because he saw all 10 during his fight with Ben. That's the only ones he knows are for a fact in the omnitrix. He was able to put two and two together
Also he was monitoring Ben over the course of Season 1.
And the fact he literally looks like all of Ben's aliens in one
I always assumed that the reason Vilgax recognized those aliens as being from the Onnitrix was because Ben used all of those aliens against him.
About Kevin being able to fly, couldn't he that he was using Ghostfreak's floating powers together with the Stinkfly wings? Ghostfreak is the third of the original ten that can fly, after Stinkfly and Heatblast.
yeah but Heatblast has to actually blast fire in order to give himself propulsion.
@Zach Bartolo Missed opportunity for Kevin to fuse guns and bazookas on his Upgrade upper back
@Zach Bartolo I don't really know how Kevin would use Upgrade but maybe he has a really good memory thanks to the 10% Galvan DNA
@@StardustLegend That's why I ruled him out, and went with Ghostfreak instead.
@Zach Bartolo no wonder his car is tuned with alien tech
22:30 He thought “turn off master control.” Remember: he didn’t say “galvanic mecha-morph” he said “upgrade.” The watch didn’t require the species name in master control, so it probably wouldn’t require button combinations either.
Im pretty sure if he said “something something *self destruct.”* the dial would start turning orange for the countdown. And on the flip side, he said “don’t blow up” it would stop.
I never thought of that. That might actually be a good point
Very interesting
Vilgax here: Tracking the control combinations is child’s play for a master of the Omnitrix
Vilgax in season three of Alien Force: *Starts shouting commands at the Omnitrix*
When he says hot dog, the Omnitrix turns Vilgax into a dancing hot dog.
He also shouted the names that ben gave to the aliens .........that ep was sooo bad that its hilarious ,thank god omniverse never mentioned primus ever again
@@N.I.A23 yeah to be honest being more of a grownup now I realise UAF is full of really bad episodes, plot speaking. (Like hey Ben you got the master control to fight the highbreed guess you’ll use all of the 32 aliens you have previously used but nah let’s just turn into cannonbolt and humungosaur and solve the thing diplomatically).
@@benitopezone3629 i mean, azmuth did expect ben to wreak havoc in the battlefield, at least he was mature enough to speak instead of beating up the highbreeds, if it was his 10 year old self, he'd obviously beat the crap out of them
@@70Lu07 oc, I mean I like Highbreed’s arc ending, it’s pretty good story speaking.
The thing is that there isn’t much more. Ben turns into cannonbolt, fights some dnaliens and highbreeds, proceeds to do the same with upchuck and swampfire, then gets caught turns into humungosaur and nothing else happens. They had A LOT of possibilities to make it interesting, but it’s not, especially considering that should have been the climax of Ben 10 as a whole up to that point.
Yeah, the ending kinda did undermine Ben's character growth. It also makes him look like a jerk. I mean, Gwen literally risked her life to save him AND gave him back the Omnitrix, and Ben doesn't even thank her. I love this series but the character development would have felt more organic if this was the moment when Ben and Gwen truly started to appreciate each other, rather than Secrets of the Omnitrix.
Yeah it’s truly unfortunate, this is the kind of character reset you would see on a really bad soap opera or a CW show.
@@thomasraines1396 Indeed. It was a missed opportunity for a really wholesome moment. This was the perfect time for the cousins to appreciate each other more and for the rest of the series we would've seen them argue a lot less. Especially since Gwen becomes a sorceress later on and aids Ben in battles more.
@@vetarlittorf1807 exactly. Shame. Damn shame. This could’ve been where the relationship they have in Alien Force and Ultimate Alien starts.
Wait but haven't there also been times where Ben has done something for Gwen or Max and hasn't gotten appreciated?
Like in "The Big Tick" where Ben saves the world as Cannonbolt and doesn't even get a thank you from either of those two.
@@earth2raine Not really. In The Big Tick, Gwen and Max clearly did appreciate what Ben did, they just didn't appreciate the arrogance he displayed afterwards.
My head canon is that Ben DIDN'T know how to disable master control but the omnitrix knew what he wanted to do so it did it. Like how it read his thoughts before
*Gwen burning her arm:* 18:05
Kuro: *ignores it and talks about something else*
She was wearing plumber gloves
@@sabonnzm7193 Maybe, but she still gets her arm CRUSHED by Kevin, with his pyronite arm, no less. So yeah..
perfectly cut scream
i found that bit hilarious ngl 😂
And later they date crazy right
“It's time you become a killer just like your old man”, lol, may I say these breakdowns have been hilarious
One thing I found interesting was that the very first time Ben used master control, he transformed simply by saying upgrade's name (not the species name) and not even in the context of the alien. Really feeds into the theory that the omnitrix's AI is connected with Ben and began "learning" about him after being attached to him for so long.
He probably thought of upgrade subconsciously like there's some kind of word association, like if he called a dog a "wild mut" he'd probably be thinking of the alien in the back of his mind
@@buddy3119 kinda like to me any time I hear someone say "what" I always associate it to the JonTron clip.
As a kid I thought the line’s a cross his chest where his shirt ripped but then I realized the could be the ghost freak part and he has the Tentacles
Yea that’s the only bit of ghostfreak
6:30 Your reading of this scene is a little strange. Vilgax is shown to be incredibly intelligent. He starts berating Kevin for being some strange amalgam of random DNA, but stops himself once he realises that the thing those seemingly unconnected aliens all have in common, is that they are also specifically the 10 aliens Ben Tennyson has access to. Therefore Kevin must have some connection to the Omnitrix. Otherwise, it sure is an insane coincidence. Plus, we know Vilgax has been gathering extensive information on Ben's heroics throughout season 1, so he should definitely be very familiar with those 10 in particular. There is also nothing Vilgax wants more than the Omnitrix, so it makes sense that he'd act on a potential lead by immediately stopping what he's doing and inquiring about it.
Whether or not he even knows about the Omnitrix having other playlists is actually irrelevant here.
All this is apparant through the animation, dialogue and character histories.
Well ok then-
@@godzillaslayer5817 everything he said is perfectly valid, so idk what this means
@@LucyWest370 I was just saying Ok
@@godzillaslayer5817 yeah but why
@@LucyWest370 idk-
"Just like Kevin to betray his teammates like that"
*Flashes back to Absolute Power. Cries.*
Will Smith : What are we, some sort of suicide squad?
Ben : This must be some sort of master control
"Green lanterned his arm off"
Me thinking that he was referring to Snydercut 😅
Oh if only...
THE EPISODE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO COVER, THIS IS ALSO MY FAVORITE EPISODE
Same
This is also one of my favorites in the original!
I like how even Max smiles at Ben not having master control anymore.
But i think he would also be proud that Ben thought far enough ahead to DEACTIVATE IT Before handing it over to Vilgax aswell
Something that I wonder is if the master control would have just turned itself off when it came off Ben's wrist.
@morgan russman fair thought. Could be one of its many failsafes "if device is removed from the wearer, default to basic trial settings of 10"
Sort of coming back to this comment, i noticed someone (or a few people) mentioning ghostfreak, and, although i would have liked to see ben try and reactivate master control not too long after bqck with a vengeance, i am actually glad that the writers had ben zero it out for the ghostfreak arc when he gains partial sentience and takes control, sort of like what happened to big chill in the one episode of alien force.
I like how kuro talks like a true fan. You can tell the passion he has for the series with the appreciation of small details while also acknowledging the series flaws and missed potential in certain spots. Really makes it feel like a breakdown/appreciation and critique instead of putting it on a high up pedestal free of critique.
Yeah, but he treats it with respect, because he's really in tune with the work of a writer, story board artist, director, ect... it makes it pleasant to watch and not just a trashing-fest.
6:10 Don't forget that Kevin also has Ghostfreak powers. So he probably uses two powers to fly at the same time.
True that but the only thing is of the fact that is we never even seen Kevin used Ghostfreak’s power before by turning invincible or others like that in the Show nor in the other Ben 10 Series but I think it’s likely to say that he had the power of Ghostfreak when it he first turned into that Mutant Freak Form, that’s where Kevin started to go crazy & willing to kill Ben that Ghostfreak power made him insane like how Ghostfreak first got out from the Watch where he turned insane too & was willing to kill Ben in crazy ways which would explain a lot from Kevin back when he was evil as a Villain
@@emmanuelharris6445
Actually there is a brief moment (you blink and and you miss it) in this episode where Kevin use Ghostfreak's power against Vilgax.
@yeah up yours too buddy
When I watched it on TV, it looked like Kevin was transparent for a second in his battle against Vilgax.
@@AmitCinematicUniverse
I had a fake memory that Devlin in "Ken 10 (episode)" used Ghostfreak's intangibility.
@Diogo Amaral
I know the feeling.
When Gwen destroyed the Charms of Bezel, it looked so absurd to me that I created a fake memory of her trying to put them on before Hex tries to kill her with a blast and accidentally hits the charms instead.
Can't wait for season 3, also known as "The one where Ripjaws didn't show up once".
If only there was more crime in the water
@@Jack-sy8mr
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Ben tried yo go him but the watch is the watch
@@Jack-sy8mr The reason why Superman is more useful than Aquaman.
he's just useless with a cool design alien. His water thing was a huge handicap so it makes sense
The only instance I can remember where Ben is referred to as "Ben Ten" is in the generator rex crossover.
They also call him ben 10 in omminverse a lot
True but it's still also very weird there because by then he already had way more than 10 aliens. I'm thinking that since the first episode when he got the omnitrix, he mentioned he could switch between 10 aliens, so maybe he just decided to start calling himself ben 10 during that time.
@@StardustLegend I think it comes from his family name Tennyson
I remember him being mentioned as "Ben 10"
In the line "Ben 10 is back?" around the first few minutes of alien force.
@@StardustLegend It’s just because it’s a catchy nickname, it’s same reason why the show is still called Ben 10 despite having more than 10 since season 2 of the original series. Also, Ben never calls himself Ben 10, it’s the civilians and villains that calls him that, and he just accepts it.
I really love Friday because:
- Penthouse
- Tale of Thousand Stars
- Ben 10's breakdown
I feel like this video is a big reason for believing the Omnitrix has an AI, because when he said "upgrade" he turned into Upgrade, but thats not actually what the creature is called, it's a Galvanic mechamorph. So that means the Omnitrix understands the ailens have names
Yeah exactly, because he'll our phones and tablets can hear us 😂 and recommend commercials to us , so I'm pretty sure the omnitrix can hear ben calling certain aliens , certain names so of course the watch is really advanced AI too.
"Poor Max, he got ignored and got his ice cream stolen" -Kuro
These comments are the funniest thing I ever heard in the last 3 years
Looking back at this episode there's something I just realized... do you think Vilgax knew he was working with an 11-year-old? Like did he know Kevin was a kid? Cuz he met Kevin in his mutant form so I'm not sure if to an alien that still looks like an adolescent or an adult, especially since he's like part of all 10 aliens.
I don’t think he cared, guy just sounded shortsighted.
The end with Ben getting the Omnitrix back is so iconic 🔥🔥🔥
Could you please do a counter for every time Max drives without looking at the road. Could also apply to Kevin later on.
The Original series was my life when I was younger and when he was effortlessly changing aliens. Oh my. My mind was blown
Kevin melted the ice over Vilgax’s face, but then it’s covered again?
Ben 10 Vilgax: "Unlocking master control is child's play for a master of the Omnitrix!"
Alien Force Vilgax: "Finally, the Omnitrix is mine!"
"So urrr, Tennason... Could you be a bro and explain how this shit works?"
😂
The recalibration changed the way it worked.
The scene deleted scene where Kevin didn’t have the Omnitrix in the capsule was probably supposed to be in the original airing. But they probably stuck with a sort of prototype for the scene because the final product either made the episode too long or the higher ups thought Ben crying made it seem too painful for public television.
"If Kevin just _Green-Lanterns_ his hand off…" 😂
Hehe yeah we still salty
@@GMYSTERYICTNF we are so salty we need to make a fanon salt alien for ben to transform into
@@JoelFeila salt planet
I am glad I am far from the only one to detect that shade.
No god! no god please no! no! No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Not the best explanation, but I think the way Ben managed to reset the Omnitrix is by re-entering the exact same code that he put in for Master Control. We know he has perfect visual memory, so he might have remembered it and just put it in really quickly when Vilgax and Kevin landed in front of him.
That would be a good solution, but if that was the case, he could just re-re-enter it and unlock Master Control again.
@@TheInkTank Fair point. Maybe they could have explained it by saying that once the Omnitrix was reset, the code for Master Control changed too as a form of security.
@@EmeraldSaygin that would be smart.
I love it when Heatblast uses the rock to fly on in OS, because when Alan Albright sucks at flying at the beginning of Alien Force, he and Ben have a bonding mentor and student moment. It makes it seem like Ben has actually grown up and matured and it sets up a way for Alan to look up to Ben (sadly this is never expanded on any further)
18:05 man, this looks painful but the cut scream always make me laugh.
Edit: by the (with alien force context) the fact that this is the first time gwen is between Kevin arms makes it funnier.
Kuro hair right now is like an anime villain after going through his redemption arc
I like to think Ben just held down the button that makes the faceplate pop up to reset it, the same way someone would shut off a computer.
I just realized Ben only transformed into Heatblast during the finale and The Big Tick this season. Kind of weird considering He’s one of his go to aliens.
I like it when heatblast flies normally, but when he uses the rock to fly on it allows his hands to be free to shoot.
Maybe for this season, we could have had an episode or two where we focus on Kevin, he meets Vilgax earlier, and we see a mentor/student relationship where we learn more about both of them (mainly Kevin) as they pick up tech to take Ben down.
I always thought that Ben was Bart and Gwen was Lisa and after this episode they felt more like Luke and leia
Subtext included.
Lol next stop on the road trip: Alabama
The fact that max has the nul void projector and never used it until now is just weird. It could’ve been helpful earlier in the season.
damn Kevin really just threw his future girlfriend like that
Yep
And it wouldn't be the only time, sadly....
I would have liked to see them discuss that
Not to worry... He made up for it
Worst mistake of all, making gwen stay with that monster.
While Ben might have been the first name it, “master control,” on screen, it isn’t all that crazy of a name. It’s very likely that Ben inadvertly had the same naming thought process as everyone else when he named it.
Or maybe it does have a different name but out of respect or that he doesn't care Azmuth just calls it mastercontrol
About Ben zeroing out the Omnitrix, I interpret that Ben simply fidgeted with it, hoping for the best and just got lucky, much like how he did it in the beginning of the episode, and he was bluffing when he told Vilgax and Kevin that, only realizing he actually did at the end of the episode.
The timeline for this episode is unclear, it is entirely reasonable to assume that Vilgax could acquire this technology over the course of days or weeks before they actually went to fight Ben.
different time progression in space
for all we know they probably orchestrated this for a day or even a week
@@memebrain2177 Time moves at the same rate in space as it does planetside. It can be off by fractions of a second due to gravity, but other than things like black holes, it's not a major issue.
No
@@xnortheast1106 Could you elaborate?
He probably re-programmed the tech in the ship, or there was probably a trash stash of tech and vilgax saw them and used his intelligence to make something to track the omnitrix
Or he has a secret pocket that houses his tech.
yeah, this is by far my favorite series on youtube right now. I've never been a diehard fan of ben 10, but I've always enjoyed it. It's fun to vicariously re-watch the show through these videos, see what I missed back from the cartoon network days, and get your opinion on it. I especially like the animation advice and call outs, very educational and interesting.
I can't wait for the later seasons too because I watched even less of those as a kid, out of order, and always seemed to miss the big episodes that explained everything.
i am a diehard fan
Wow, already the season 2 finale... Only two more, and it's Alien Force time!
Also some movies, assuming he's going to review them too.
yes Alien Force is gonna be cool
Alien force is shit and are a alternative universe.
@@BullyMaguirejr AF is awesome
I can fully agree about Vilgax and Kevin's dynamic as allies. We need more villains like this.
Lowkey I really liked the the scene where Ben catches Gwen it’s just really wholesome and sweet
This is my favorite video series on YT. Ben 10 was my favorite TV show growing up and this series is one of the largest and greatest nostalgia trips I’ve had. I’m so excited for more of this every week.
To be honest, if I had the Omnitrix, I would be playing around with it 24 hours a day just to see if something happened
and then activate the self destruct and kill everyone in the universe
@@zean6105 Probably
Smae
@@zean6105 that’s only if he let it charge for a few days but he can do the 30 sec timer
@@heheh9945 no he cant the prototype omnitrix dosent wait it charges to full and then explodes
You missed the part in the "iconic" Ben 10 transformation sequence where Ben has the tetraman momentum while transforming to grey matter and then he kicks Kevin on his head while crossing him just to transform into wildmutt so that's something which really impresses me and I'd like you to highlight it
This is on the Ben 10 wiki "At the end of the second season, Vilgax is still alive, having survived the destruction of his ship by teleporting out just before the explosion, but having been frozen as a result. He is found encased in ice by Kevin. Discovering Kevin's connection with the Omnitrix, Vilgax decides to team up with him in another attempt to retrieve the Omnitrix, however, both are locked away in the Null Void dimension by the end of the episode.
At some point after that, Vilgax escaped the Null Void through sheer luck - happening to stumble upon a portal being opened on another planet", and yeah you're right Kuro I would like to see this happen at the end of season 1 to make the connection and have continuity.
I kinda always expected Vilgax to scream out "TEEENNYSOOOOOOOON!" after he realized he got tricked.
Honestly I always assumed that for Ben to be able to transform into aliens by "thinking it" the omnitrix has to be capable of interpreting and responding to his thoughts. So to me I figured he just mentally told the omnitrix to "factory reset". Another interesting point this episode for me, was that the omnitrix recognized Ben's personal designation for the aliens, since he turned Ben into Upgrade by saying upgrade even though he wasn't thinking about the actual alien "Upgrade" when he said the word. You'd think the omnitrix would have the DNA filed under "Galvanic Mechamorph" or something, but it transformed him anyway. Just my 2 cents tho lol, excellent job on the vids and the comics, keep up the good work👍🏾👍🏾
Azimuth actually does explain the mistransformations, it's because ben isn't supposed to hot the omnitrix like he does, it's intended to be gently pressed in, and I think he also gave a reason for the timeout but I don't remember what it was
No what u said is for the time out randomness, for mistransformations it's bc the Omnitrix picks what's best for ben
I like when Heatblast just flies normally or like you called it "Human Torching".
Ben hits it to hard that’s why there is a “random” time and Ben even said that he thought the Omnitrix always choose the wrong alien but also always the right one for the job
Biggest mistake of your life: *you managed to piss off the Tennysons*
One question, if "Ben 10" was allowed to get actually heavy for the older aundiences, what villains would be the most twisted ?
I know Zombozo would be because he might have been allowed to destroy the children psychologically in the show.
Ghostfreak too, since he would act as a manipulator and actually take the time corrupt Ben's mind.
Maybe even the hypnotist because he might have been allowed to use hypnotism to destroy his victim's filters to ensure that even after not being hypnotised anymore, they would still tear everything around them apart, forcing them to desperately seek to return to that feeling of peace hypnotism provided.
Anyone else ?
Ben is just really smart and tactical and he has this same trait throughout the classic continuity.
Kevin can be able to fly because of the help of Ghostfreak's flight, and Stinkfly's wings make it faster maybe? Also, Vilgax knew the aliens were from the Omnitrix because he recognized that Ben had become most of them already in Secrets.
Ben unlocked the master control once, what's to stop him from doing it again? It's kinda why I like the later episode "Ken 10" where he's just like "I used Grey Matter to hack my omnitrix!" Like why didn't Ben EVER think of that again?
He probably tried it (off screen), and Max probably said something like "You shouldn't do this, you're not mature enough."
OR
After S3E1 he didn’t realize that even the older himself didn’t deserve the master control, so why would he.
@@lilaa3 well yea, considering if Ben disobeys Max uses the Infinite Tennyson Strength and beats the shit out of Ben
That was my thought like, grey matter should be smart enough to unlock master control so as soon as he realized he lost it I was like "just use grey matter"
Vilgax : unlocking master control is trivial for a master of the omnitrix like myself
Also vilgax in season 3 of alien force : teach me how to activate the omnitrix.
He was buffing. Guy who brags that much about being good at something must be bad at it
@@daraghokane4236 Also the Omnitrix was straight up different in Alien Force
@@daraghokane4236 Yeah that's why he knew to touch Ben's Omnitrix symbol as an alien to turn back into a human before Ben did. Or how the Omnitrix feedback was a sign of the Omnitrix already bonding to its wearer.
@@yannismorris4772 True but one would think he would at least know how to PUT IT ON!!
@@jasonnguyen2575 lucky guess. Pressed it not knowing what would happen. And acted like he know that would happen. Watch just slips off vilgax though you couldn't remove it
20:42 Grandpa Max’s face when Gwen says “but I’m not” is prolly one of the best frames of the episode
Ben 10 Break Down is one of the 3 things I genuinely look forward to each week! It's a great bit of nostalgia on my ride to work! Thank you, Kuro!
When Kuro said "It doesn't corrupt him" that reminded me of his Ben 10 vs Green Lantern videos
2:11 one of the pop-ups said that vilgax teleported from his ship right before it was destroyed, but because the teleported was damaged he wound up frozen in the middle of nowhere
5:17 I saw a pop up trivia fact that whenever vilgax does his bulked up arm thing, it's super painful and makes him angrier. So that means vilgax LITERALLY has the power of roid rage. 😂
Kuro "maybe he could hold him down and fill his mouth with crystals"
Me immediately being reminded of the my hero academia 2nd movie
Endeavor: SHOTOOO
I feel the "zeroing the master control" idea could have come from the fever he turned into Grey Matter so many times. Using the intelligence to strategise is makes sense. And grey matter has given him random knowledge before.
Maybe, but then again he would've known how to reunlock master control
“It’s time to become a killer just like your old man” quote kuro the artist also great vid I love how you make ur vids long because it means we can get more out of ur talents
The Ink Tank - 7:30 the reason the watch had a timer was to reset the user's original DNA otherwise the transformations would have damage it. When Ben was abusing his alien "FeedBack", It was explained in Omniverse that If he kept using him, he would have lost the ability to control his other transformations. Basically meaning that his DNA would've been too damage for the watch recognized. Kinda like how Kevin was when he lost control of the transformation and mutated but Ben's could have been permanent
17:22-17:31
It COMPLETELY flew over my head that Ben was acting like Wildmutt! This makes a line by Eon from Race Against Time make so much more sense. I feel like it should be weird that such a small detail blew my mind.
One of the best episode in the entire franchise
Kevin as 1/10 of every power seems bizarre but makes sense
I wonder if his later disfigurations are that way too.
IM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW, just finished binging the rest of this series you have going like last week and I've been hyped up ever since !! Thank you so much for this series Kuro
18:41 This scene is, indeed, crazy. I mean, they went hard. Ben's just a child, he's 10 years old. Not only there's that scream from Tara Strong, you can actually see TEARS in his eyes. How often do cartoon characters cry out of pain? Usually that's not allowed because producers think it might be too intense, but this? God... Chills.
Defending how Ben knew what the Master Control combination was and shut it off, its said he has a photographic memory. Maybe he just remembered what the code was?