@@MojusPrime Don't feel too bad about it, it _is_ one of the four main instincts/identifications. Also known as the 4Fs. Fight, Flight, Food, Fuck. They are not in that order, many species put Flight first. "Civilized" Humans are a little twisted in that our Fight and Flight responses are very weak despite us still being very murderous monkeys, and also that Fuck comes up much more often with _things, not just creatures,_ that are not viable with us. There are people that find _standalone clothes_ sexier than someone sexy wearing clothes, and don't even get me started on the weirdness that is how some people are asexual. Humanity is crazy, every last one of us is _wrong_ somewhere on a level between genetic and final expression.
I really like the idea of some omnitrix aliens being basically useless. Like, there's a million species in that thing, no way every single one of them can be used in combat.
@@michaelthatoker7125 wdym bad example? His power is just to fold up into a ball, that's it. Same with terraspin his wind powers was just to get around
I like when he turns into Kickin Hawk in front of Liam. Literally turning into the prime of his species. Imagine how he must have felt. Ben turning into the Gigachad version if his entire race.
explaining away bens random personality changes through him constantly switching back and forth between aliens with different levels of intelligence and going senile might be the most ben 10 thing ive seen this year
Now I'm thinking about a bit where brainstorm plans out like 100 different scenarios to stop a villain only for Ben to act out scenario #37 when it's actually scenario #72, even down to the one-liners just making no sense
Its always been funny to me how perfectly disfunctional this villain squad is. Dr. Psychobos is pretty smart but he constantly underestimates Ben because he's too distracted by trying to murk Azmuth, and thus gets his ass kicked and makes Khyber mad. Khyber is a great hunter(allegedly) but constantly ignores Azmuth in favor of murking Ben, which both pisses off Psychobos and leaves Khyber open to getting outsmarted by Azmuth in showdown part 1. And somehow Malware, despite being actually insane, is the only one who can split his focus between his enemies, and not let his ego get in the way. All three have massive superiority complexes, but Malware is the only one who doesnt let it actively screw himself over, and only really loses because of something that he never could have acounted for. BUT. Despite being the most rational of the three somehow, and probably being the most suited to be team leader, hes also smart enough to know that Khyber and Psychobos are too disfunctional to let directly involve with his plans. So when the chips are down he just does his own thing. They really got sibling energy. Psychobos is the eldest child, entittled as hell and constantly putting everyoen down, Khyber is the hot headed young one, and Malware is the middle child and sick of their BS.
That’s why I love it when the bad guys team up, because it can be really fun to see them interact with each other. Would they along? Would they be inches from killing each other? It’s always fun to find out.
“The lame aliens weren’t originally supposed to come back” Honestly, that was the impression I got in this episode. I was VERY surprised that they actually kept getting used.
I actually had this idea for an episode about The Worst, where Ben gets stuck on a planet where NONE of his aliens can survive. Like even the air eats away at their flesh. The only one that can survive is The Worst, and Ben is basically stuck in this indestructible but otherwise kind of useless form as he tries to navigate a terrifying world.
More episodes where he got stuck as one alien and had to think creatively on how to use them would've been cool. Instead of pretending mistransformation is still a factor this late into the franchise lol
We could have so many of these. An episode where Ben has to deal with something microscopic and has to be Nanomech the whole time. Hell, lock him as Ripjaws and make Ben working around breathing the plot One where something gets him stuck as Way Big and he needs to navigate the city without destroying everything.
@AmericaChavez710multiple celestial sapiens can survive there though just not 1 and endurance is not the sane as raw power plus it sucks ones life force out not damage in the normal sense
They probably do, pretty sure they bloody hate each other like the plague. MAYBE thers some form of mutual respect between Malware and Psychoboss but fore Kiber this is pure business and he hates his current bosses
I do like how this episode showcases that not every alien that Ben transforms into has a combative purpose. If the Omnitrix's intention is to bring beings of different worlds closer, while also serving as a sort of Noah's Ark, then it would make sense that it contains a number of aliens like Walkatrout or The Worst, that aren't that powerful or special. Plus, Pyronite Psyphon's design is just metal as Hell! The flaming skull look reminds me a lot of Ghost Rider.
I feel like the reboot tried recreating that with Kevin's hotshot. But as much as I love Kevin's designs in the reboot, his heatbladt doesn't look as cool.
Regarding Psychobos’ implants on his brain and whether it feels uncomfortable or not, I learned that that the human brain itself doesn’t have peripheral nerves on the surface (the parts of the body that feels pain and discomfort). There are some videos of people getting brain surgery while still conscious (like one guy was playing a violin), and they didn’t feel a thing. Unless Psychobos has nerves on the inside of his opening cranium or his biology is different from humans in that regard, I think he barely notices the implants
I love Walkatrout as a concept. Not every alien has to have powers, but he stil does have some special things (can breathe in both air and water, and is very slippery and hard to grab). I like to imagine someone getting Charlie Brown'd, running up to kick him but he slips out of the way and they fall on their back.
Mental whiplash is actually an interesting concept. since the Omnitrix has a sentience requirement and since non-sentient creatures can have negative effects on your mind it makes sense that different levels of intellect could too. going hyper-smart to Rath, then wildmutt then back to ben actually might be a sort of whiplash.
He did the same thing in "Secret of the Omnitrix" after the SDM timer was started. Ben turned into Stinkfly, then Wildmutt, then Diamondhead, and finally Grey Matter. Didn't seem to bother him too much.
Man I LOVE the fact that they started introducing "Useless" Aliens. It just makes so much sense when it has 1 million alien DNA samples. The odds that ALL OF THEM would have unique and special abilities would be a bit too much. And then it's like, maybe 5,000 or 10,000 of them can't really do much.
I think it's so cool how out of the 4 "useless" aliens, 2 of them ended up being really strong later on when Ben took the time to understand what they do.
I believe Derrick said Walkatrout does have a power, but it’s only useful really situationally. Basically, he has infinite stamina and can walk forever without getting tired.
I feel like despite how Ben had to train, being able to see how he knows his alien's weaknesses is a nice touch. Since he would have wanted to figure out how to counter enemies that are of the same species of his transformations. Which makes me think that prior to Kevin leaving with Gwen at the start of Omniverse, he was helping Ben with that. Of course, I can just see there being a moment where Kevin just steals Ship from Julie due to how the little guy is the closest Mechamorph and says that he got permission to use him as a test dummy.
this point comes later too in one Servantis episode, Ben is fighting hybrid Kevin and Kevin had Crashopper's legs, Ben kicks one of the leg as he knows Crashopper's weakness they really put a lot of thought in making Ben efficient here
Small thing I wanted to point out: I like to think that Blukic and Driba restored the "data dump" feature the AF Omnitrix had. Notice how unlike with the others, Ben immediately knows how to use Kickin Hawk's powers, and almost every new alien after this is a similar case other than kind of Gutrot.
@@AmitCinematicUniverse When it's Kuro and Ash in a breakdown review, it genuinely feels like two mates in college geeking out over their favourite show. When it's Kuro and Kellen, it's kind of like you and your buddy getting drunk on a weekend at home and watching something together and just laughing at everything that happens on screen because it's just that much funnier. Love both the vibes, would kill for all 3 of them in an episode breakdown
Any time I see the Ben vs Liam fight in this episode my mind just repeats Kuro’s “He immediately beats the shit out of him with his genetic superiority”. Also are we just gonna ignore Kelen’s casual use of “Humungacock”
Pesky Dust & The Worst are probably my favorite "useless" aliens we got in this episode. Since they can surprisingly useful in the right situation. Also Kickin-Hawk is badass
The funniest thing about Pesky Dust in this episode is that Ben thinks it's useless but it would unironically have been able to take care of all of the villains without much trouble
I feel like there are a lot of Omniverse episodes that feel like they were meant to be structured as Ben relearning an old lessen but through the way the conflict is resolved and the story progresses, ends up conveying that Ben was right all along at that everyone else needed to trust that Ben knew what he was doing. While I doubt that is the intended take away for these episodes I feel like that type of subversion works really well with Ben's characterization in Omniverse (as an experienced/deservedly cocky hero) and at least for me treating these episodes as if Rook (or some other character) was the one who was supposed to learn a lesson helps me enjoy these episodes more.
That's what I thought; this episode was not about Ben learning a lesson, but rather Rook (and other characters who didn't meet Ben) learning more about Ben than the other way around.
If you look it up The Worst's listed power is just "invulnerability." It doesn't elaborate on the extent of that invulnerability very much, but my personal headcanon is that in exchange for being a little pudgy space potato that is literally named "The Worst", he's the *only* alien in Ben's arsenal that could *absolutely* survive an encounter with something as powerful as a celestialsapien. Like, The Worst literally couldn't hurt you if he tried, but conversely *you* couldn't hurt *him* even you're omnipotent.
I mean I'm fairly certain a celestialsapien could just *highlight power delete* and kill the worst. But by any mortal means, yeah, he's a walking tank.... just with no firepower
Pyronite Psyphon looks something straight out a death metal album cover and i wished he stayed like that. I also like Kicking Hawk he's pretty badass nice to have another hand to hand fighter and i love his voice being all deep and smooth sounding.
My favorite alien is Pesky Dust. It may look cute, but looks can be deceiving because it has the ability to put people to sleep and manipulate their dreams! Danny had the ability to Dream Walk in the DP episode, " Frightmare" where he had to enter his friends's dreams to save them from Nocturn!
Seeing this episode really makes me wonder how many of Ben's aliens are useless or just civilian level like humans. The Omnitrix has over 1 million transformations, so it's bound to have a few that just don't have any special powers or abilities.
I'd actually count Ditto as one of them. Aside from cloning himself, being able to dig underground, and breathing underwater, he's pretty standard. Echo Echo and Slapback are able to be more battle orientated and versatile with their abilities, but Ditto really only has Rob Paulsen as his biggest contributing factor with him.
29:09 and ironically enough he’s the most useful out of the “small aliens” he unlocks in this episode especially as he was able to go toe to toe with 1800s Vilgax
I think this episode was more about teaching Ben that he'll not always be able to count with changing to a stronger alien to win when things get difficult (just like how he changed to humungosaur when Wildvine wasn't beating Rook) rather than about teaching him to not rely on the omnitrix altogether.
@@Gloomdrake Ben never really grew out of that childish obsession about using the big alien dude that punches hard for everything to begin with. But even then, this was more about Ben having to understand that switching to other aliens isn't going to save him all the time. In the OS the problem was that he used the same strong alien for everything. Here is more about Ben thinking that no matter the situation he's in he'll always get victory due to his ability to switch to something better. Basically, it's him having to learn to work with what he has because he was getting too comfortable with switching aliens as his strategy.
Ben isn't wrong in his point about using the Omnitrix. While he should be able to fight better as Ben, using the Omnitrix to end fights quickly is very pragmatic, and you want fights to end quickly.
Finally, the episode introduced me to Ben 10 and my favourite alien: Kickin Hawk. I know he is a bit overhated, but his significant to me. This episode made him look so cool to 4 year old me.
On Kickin Hawk's page on the Ben 10 wiki it say "It is unclear as to how Kickin Hawk was unlocked. Despite having acquired the transformation through a DNA scan, it is implied that Kickin Hawk was never locked in the Omnitrix" But we know Ben can unlock new transformations by scanning a alien he doesn't have at that moment and just because the Omnitrix scanned Liam's DNA allowing Ben to turn into Kickin Hawk I don't think Kickin Hawk's species is in the same situation as the four Anur Aliens and Andromeda 5 aliens it would makes sense that Kickin Hawk's species are in the Omnitrix Database and Ben was able to unlock Kickin Hawk by scanning Liam's DNA
I love seeing these videos. The attention to detail is amazing. The panel that Ben thought was a vinding machine I think is some sort of AC/ humidifier unit, that's why he could just shove coins in it. Have a good rest of y'all's day.
At 33:13, I was thinking on a reason why Ben may have to fight a bunch of mechamorphs, when I remembered that the main villain for this arc is a mechamorph. Ben could just use Lodestar against malware.
@InevitableOption-ic2vx yes, but that is counterintuitive because by making them not show up, their toys sold even less. So what they could/should have done was show off these aliens more and even boost their capability so that people would want to buy those toys.
@InevitableOption-ic2vx This is really embarrassing to admit, but I've never actually sat down and watched Ben 10. This series is the first time I've watched the show.
I like to think of the people who said Ben’s useless without the Omnitrix are the people who are more familiar with his legacy then Ben himself think about it Max himself never said Ben’s useless without the watch
This RUclips channel has reawakened my love for Ben 10 and drawing. Thanks to this channel, I've taken steps to learn animation and design what the aliens would look like in my style. I even purchased a drawing tablet with a screen. It has made drawing even more fun that it's always been. These breakdowns has also helped me appreciate animation in all shows I watch now (altho I see flaws in them now too lol)
Kickin hawk is easily one of the best aliens from omniverse. He's just a bird lmao. I wish he had a bit more of a personality like rath but hes still dope.
I like to think the in universe reason for why yuri voices all the "useless" aliens is because the omnitrix was broken so the part of the omnitrix responsible for the vocal cords of the aliens was also glitching so it was just using ben's default vocal cords on the aliens
Max: "BENNNNNNNN!" Ben: "I thought it was a snack machine!" Rook:" I tried to tell you.Yet you somehow did not hear me despite the fact I had repeated myself several times."
23:54 wow props to kellens talent there, these voice effects sound just limke the ones that were used in UAF and some sound better than UAF (omnitrix has such a good voice), thats so impressive
33:09 wow, that weakness to magnetism would really come in handy, if only Ben had a Galvanic Mechamorph as an enemy... (Looks at Malware) ...that would really be useful.
If i had a nickel for every time one of Ben 10s Villians turned into a rockier, red and white Heatblast fusion, I'd have two Nickels, which isn't much but its strange it happened twice.
It just occurred to me that it would've been funny if the piece Psychobos needed wasn't in the finished Omnitrix, only the prototype. Like, presumably both models have pretty analogous parts, but maybe the Galvans changed the kinds of chips they used in their tech or something, and it wouldn't work with the kind Psychobos used based on the prototype's schematics.
I think the beginning of this episode would’ve worked better if instead of max and took telling Ben to not rely on the omnitrix, they were getting on ben’s case for not practising with certain aliens in case he mistransforms, would make more sense while still working with the theme of ben’s knowledge of certain aliens being the key to saving the day, which would encourage Ben to expand his knowledge of all of his alien transformations
This is one of my favorite Omniverse episodes. I always interpreted it not as Ben learning to fight without the Omnitric, but rather him PROVING he can fight without the Omnitrix, validating his confidence in his own skills. And all the new aliens where super neat additions to the roster. Even if they're not fighting aliens, i'm happy they're there.
YES you're doing one of my favourite episodes of the show. One for my fav things about this episode is the designs of Syphon and the others especially Syphons and the other reason I like this ep is the fact that it is just a fun episode and again thank you for covering this ep ❤
i think that machine Ben lodged a coin into was likely some kind of comms relay station, that coin likely caused the comms to short cirquit and die, hense why they can't reach Azmuth
one of the best things about omniverse is the love they put in the desing on all stuff like when bens aliens appear as non ben aliens just love how they give them there very own design
I think a sequel series to ultimates overhauled could be giving villains from fiction the outbreak treatment, like Judge Frolo as heatblast, Lord Farquad as walkatrout, Judge Doom (from who framed Roger Rabbit, if you haven’t seen that one, watch till the end) as Upgrade, etc.
@@axelnilsson5124 I feel like giving the predators ultimates would be rolled into ultimates overhauled, but making primal versions of aliens is cool, and could be another sequel series idea
@@researcherchameleon4602 though it does ask how that would work as species can’t devolve and the ultimatrix is supposed to evolve so perhaps the “primaltrix” would simulate the aliens homeworld when newly formed
My favorite part of this episode is when Ben’s Omnitrix started malfunctioning due to having a piece stolen from it and it covered Ben’s form with a green aura that seems to be hurting him, a pained and straining Ben demanded Rook to focus on capturing the bad guy then help him. It really shows how much of a hero he is that Ben is willing to be in extreme pain if it means that the bad guy is captured before he could hurt anyone else…not that he was trying to, but Ben didn’t know that at the time
My thought is that KickinHawk and Liam are not the same genetically. Liam's DNA probably just caused the Omnitrix to select the DNA already in the Codon Stream for the species. Like, sample acquired, oh already have a better version, use that. And I like Pesky Dust best. Especially because of the next time he shows up.
I wish that they used the Siphon-Heatblast fusion design as a separate villain. It would have been cool to have a heat blast villain especially with the look that the fusion had
In my own head canon, Liam and Kickin Hawk race are Gallimarquess(galli=chicken/marquess of Queensberry boxing), of the Ruffers variety they street fight/kick boxing. On the planet of Walloon X(the french flag of the Red Rooster/10 is the chinese zodiac number for Rooster), are multiple races of gamefowl aliens like chickens, turkeys, guineafowl, pheasants, and peafowls. Each with their own fighting style similar to how Arctiquana is a Manzardii of the polar variety. Turkeys can be the spartans with their huge tail fans and buff chests Guineafowl can ninjas Pheasant can robin hood type arrow lanchers Peafowls(peacocks) can be emperors with fan blades(lord shen reference) and their natural predator can be a Giant Owl(Rock a Doodle reference) named Shyflights, waiting at night to wisk little Gallimarquess and haunting their nightmares with their ear piercing scream, and their so quiet no one heard them. Kickin Hawk along with Pesky dust, Gravattack, Whampire, and Atomix are my favorite Omniverse aliens.
knowing Ben, he would probably name his aliens walkatrout, megawatt and sludge puppy to try and take away the negative part of the slang that way those species would no longer have to feel bad if people called them that, like trying to change the meaning of the slang... as for the thing Ben put the coin in... my bet is it's a tipping machine XD
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The fact Kellen says "humungocock" casually with Kuro not even being phased is so funny to me
shit had me dead lmao, kellen is a gem
I just called him (while watching the Breakdown) Liam-mungasuar, cuz y'know, Liam + Humunasaur....Liam-mungasuar.
the fact that no one else is talking about this is insane. i think our minds are kinda dirty lol
@@MojusPrime Don't feel too bad about it, it _is_ one of the four main instincts/identifications.
Also known as the 4Fs.
Fight, Flight, Food, Fuck.
They are not in that order, many species put Flight first.
"Civilized" Humans are a little twisted in that our Fight and Flight responses are very weak despite us still being very murderous monkeys, and also that Fuck comes up much more often with _things, not just creatures,_ that are not viable with us.
There are people that find _standalone clothes_ sexier than someone sexy wearing clothes, and don't even get me started on the weirdness that is how some people are asexual.
Humanity is crazy, every last one of us is _wrong_ somewhere on a level between genetic and final expression.
Being slapped by Humungocock is normal
I really like the idea of some omnitrix aliens being basically useless. Like, there's a million species in that thing, no way every single one of them can be used in combat.
I mean that was cannonbolt, ben still found a way to make em combat ready
@@elone4567cannon bolt literally has cannon in his name. Bad example
@@michaelthatoker7125 wdym bad example? His power is just to fold up into a ball, that's it. Same with terraspin his wind powers was just to get around
@@michaelthatoker7125ben literally named him that in the same episode after he found out can be useful. How did you forget ben makes the names
Not suited for combat ≠ not useful
I like when he turns into Kickin Hawk in front of Liam. Literally turning into the prime of his species. Imagine how he must have felt. Ben turning into the Gigachad version if his entire race.
The human eqvilent would be someone walking up to you, turning into captain fucking amrica and then going "square up mf"
meet Ben, he
> walks upto Liam
> transforms into a superior version of his species
> humiliates him in a battle
> leaves and refuses to elaborate
Am I supposed to be scared or turned on???
@@N.I.A23Liam: “Oh no he’s hot!”
liam: oh i'm cucked
I love that since Yuri Lowenthal voices Kickin Hawk, I can imagine that it’s just Ben doing a tougher impression of his voice
Maybe their DNA is similar which is why he has a similar voice?
Kickin Hawk was the build up for Bully Lowenthal
I keep thinking that Kickin'Hawk should've had a Foghorn Leghorn accent.
Younger yuri and old Yuri should meet for a voice over dul tbh
@@mitchfletcher2386i say, i say i know a guy that's gonna kick your teeth in...
explaining away bens random personality changes through him constantly switching back and forth between aliens with different levels of intelligence and going senile might be the most ben 10 thing ive seen this year
Now I'm thinking about a bit where brainstorm plans out like 100 different scenarios to stop a villain only for Ben to act out scenario #37 when it's actually scenario #72, even down to the one-liners just making no sense
I mean...Did Azmuth really get to test the long term effects of using the Omnitrix?
@@Jack-sy8mrBen makes for a great crash test dummy
*to the tune of the end of the OV opening*
When you switch from math to rath,
You get mental whiplash,
Ben 10.
Its always been funny to me how perfectly disfunctional this villain squad is.
Dr. Psychobos is pretty smart but he constantly underestimates Ben because he's too distracted by trying to murk Azmuth, and thus gets his ass kicked and makes Khyber mad.
Khyber is a great hunter(allegedly) but constantly ignores Azmuth in favor of murking Ben, which both pisses off Psychobos and leaves Khyber open to getting outsmarted by Azmuth in showdown part 1.
And somehow Malware, despite being actually insane, is the only one who can split his focus between his enemies, and not let his ego get in the way. All three have massive superiority complexes, but Malware is the only one who doesnt let it actively screw himself over, and only really loses because of something that he never could have acounted for. BUT. Despite being the most rational of the three somehow, and probably being the most suited to be team leader, hes also smart enough to know that Khyber and Psychobos are too disfunctional to let directly involve with his plans. So when the chips are down he just does his own thing.
They really got sibling energy. Psychobos is the eldest child, entittled as hell and constantly putting everyoen down, Khyber is the hot headed young one, and Malware is the middle child and sick of their BS.
That’s why I love it when the bad guys team up, because it can be really fun to see them interact with each other. Would they along? Would they be inches from killing each other? It’s always fun to find out.
I feel like the whole point of their team is to show the dangers of unchecked obsession
To this day I still think Psyphon's Heatblast/Pyronite appearance is one of the coolest Ben 10 designs we got.
Also, since he's only part-Pyronite, shouldn't it be kind of uncomfortable.
@@twistedyogertI mean Alan isn’t when he’s in his heat last form neither is Ben and it has been stated there’s still some human dna in bens aliens
“The lame aliens weren’t originally supposed to come back”
Honestly, that was the impression I got in this episode. I was VERY surprised that they actually kept getting used.
I mean, if you make a character design, it's more cost effective to use it more than once lol
That’s what I love about them, they’re not just one off, like they all always get used more and that’s COOL
I actually had this idea for an episode about The Worst, where Ben gets stuck on a planet where NONE of his aliens can survive. Like even the air eats away at their flesh.
The only one that can survive is The Worst, and Ben is basically stuck in this indestructible but otherwise kind of useless form as he tries to navigate a terrifying world.
That should've been an actual episode
More episodes where he got stuck as one alien and had to think creatively on how to use them would've been cool.
Instead of pretending mistransformation is still a factor this late into the franchise lol
We could have so many of these.
An episode where Ben has to deal with something microscopic and has to be Nanomech the whole time.
Hell, lock him as Ripjaws and make Ben working around breathing the plot
One where something gets him stuck as Way Big and he needs to navigate the city without destroying everything.
You know how that female Worst was really athletic? What if Ben has to learn fighting as The Worst?
@AmericaChavez710multiple celestial sapiens can survive there though just not 1 and endurance is not the sane as raw power plus it sucks ones life force out not damage in the normal sense
And I love how after Psychobos left, Khyber and Malware look at each other as if they actually want to hurt each other.
They probably do, pretty sure they bloody hate each other like the plague. MAYBE thers some form of mutual respect between Malware and Psychoboss but fore Kiber this is pure business and he hates his current bosses
Lol
it was so cool hear Kellen talk about the vocal effects, very insightful
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I do like how this episode showcases that not every alien that Ben transforms into has a combative purpose. If the Omnitrix's intention is to bring beings of different worlds closer, while also serving as a sort of Noah's Ark, then it would make sense that it contains a number of aliens like Walkatrout or The Worst, that aren't that powerful or special.
Plus, Pyronite Psyphon's design is just metal as Hell! The flaming skull look reminds me a lot of Ghost Rider.
Though if it's not made to be a weapon, Why do they basically turn you into the batman of any race like a peak perfection
I feel like the reboot tried recreating that with Kevin's hotshot. But as much as I love Kevin's designs in the reboot, his heatbladt doesn't look as cool.
I like how dinos evolved from birds, and the bird guy (I forgot his name, forgive me) became a vaxasaurian
His name liam
Regarding Psychobos’ implants on his brain and whether it feels uncomfortable or not, I learned that that the human brain itself doesn’t have peripheral nerves on the surface (the parts of the body that feels pain and discomfort). There are some videos of people getting brain surgery while still conscious (like one guy was playing a violin), and they didn’t feel a thing.
Unless Psychobos has nerves on the inside of his opening cranium or his biology is different from humans in that regard, I think he barely notices the implants
I love the theory of the Omnitrix having a sense of humor and intentionally messing on Ben. It's so stupid yet it would explain so much.
I love Walkatrout as a concept. Not every alien has to have powers, but he stil does have some special things (can breathe in both air and water, and is very slippery and hard to grab). I like to imagine someone getting Charlie Brown'd, running up to kick him but he slips out of the way and they fall on their back.
“The characters never grow, it’s not that kind of show, Ben 10”
Development never lasts, it's a pain in the ass. Ben 10.
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24:29 All those awesome alien voices, and then here's Eon having a fucking Asthma attack.
He sounds like he just ran a marathon
You know what, I don’t like you Eon, your breathing privileges are revoked!
Mental whiplash is actually an interesting concept. since the Omnitrix has a sentience requirement and since non-sentient creatures can have negative effects on your mind it makes sense that different levels of intellect could too. going hyper-smart to Rath, then wildmutt then back to ben actually might be a sort of whiplash.
He did the same thing in "Secret of the Omnitrix" after the SDM timer was started.
Ben turned into Stinkfly, then Wildmutt, then Diamondhead, and finally Grey Matter.
Didn't seem to bother him too much.
All of the omnitrix aliens are sapient and intelligent. Even vulpimancers
As far as I know, Wildmutt has never been shown to be any less intelligent than regular Ben. He just can’t talk.
Man I LOVE the fact that they started introducing "Useless" Aliens. It just makes so much sense when it has 1 million alien DNA samples. The odds that ALL OF THEM would have unique and special abilities would be a bit too much. And then it's like, maybe 5,000 or 10,000 of them can't really do much.
I think it's so cool how out of the 4 "useless" aliens, 2 of them ended up being really strong later on when Ben took the time to understand what they do.
I believe Derrick said Walkatrout does have a power, but it’s only useful really situationally. Basically, he has infinite stamina and can walk forever without getting tired.
Too bad he’s not fast
Huh the more ya know.
That even made him more useless than the slippery thing.
Wait till Ben 10k fuses him with XLR8, then things are gonna go insane.
I expected him to fall into water and transform into a Gyarados
I feel like despite how Ben had to train, being able to see how he knows his alien's weaknesses is a nice touch. Since he would have wanted to figure out how to counter enemies that are of the same species of his transformations. Which makes me think that prior to Kevin leaving with Gwen at the start of Omniverse, he was helping Ben with that.
Of course, I can just see there being a moment where Kevin just steals Ship from Julie due to how the little guy is the closest Mechamorph and says that he got permission to use him as a test dummy.
this point comes later too in one Servantis episode, Ben is fighting hybrid Kevin and Kevin had Crashopper's legs, Ben kicks one of the leg as he knows Crashopper's weakness
they really put a lot of thought in making Ben efficient here
Small thing I wanted to point out: I like to think that Blukic and Driba restored the "data dump" feature the AF Omnitrix had. Notice how unlike with the others, Ben immediately knows how to use Kickin Hawk's powers, and almost every new alien after this is a similar case other than kind of Gutrot.
It's cool to see Kuro have co-stars for these breakdowns. Thank you for being there.
Yeah, they always add a nice flavor to his reviews.
@@AmitCinematicUniverse When it's Kuro and Ash in a breakdown review, it genuinely feels like two mates in college geeking out over their favourite show. When it's Kuro and Kellen, it's kind of like you and your buddy getting drunk on a weekend at home and watching something together and just laughing at everything that happens on screen because it's just that much funnier.
Love both the vibes, would kill for all 3 of them in an episode breakdown
@@RohinNair
Who knows? Maybe the entire Ink Tank would be there to see Ben meeting three smoothy cups in the final episode.
Any time I see the Ben vs Liam fight in this episode my mind just repeats Kuro’s “He immediately beats the shit out of him with his genetic superiority”. Also are we just gonna ignore Kelen’s casual use of “Humungacock”
Same lmfao.
yeah, he said that Liam part in his older videos lol
I was not ready for him to just drop "Humungacock" on us like that
No one acknowledged it either, like it is just commonly known canon lol
Pesky Dust & The Worst are probably my favorite "useless" aliens we got in this episode. Since they can surprisingly useful in the right situation.
Also Kickin-Hawk is badass
mine are Pesky Dust and Molestache
Pesky Dust has a really interesting design,
a fairy-like alien is something i had never seen before back then, very creative
The funniest thing about Pesky Dust in this episode is that Ben thinks it's useless but it would unironically have been able to take care of all of the villains without much trouble
I feel like there are a lot of Omniverse episodes that feel like they were meant to be structured as Ben relearning an old lessen but through the way the conflict is resolved and the story progresses, ends up conveying that Ben was right all along at that everyone else needed to trust that Ben knew what he was doing. While I doubt that is the intended take away for these episodes I feel like that type of subversion works really well with Ben's characterization in Omniverse (as an experienced/deservedly cocky hero) and at least for me treating these episodes as if Rook (or some other character) was the one who was supposed to learn a lesson helps me enjoy these episodes more.
That's what I thought; this episode was not about Ben learning a lesson, but rather Rook (and other characters who didn't meet Ben) learning more about Ben than the other way around.
Seriously gets me super excited whenever a new breakdown drops
same lmfao
same lol
we all really like Ben 10 here
really hoping for an announcement for a new show someday
I am like nr 69 btw
Using Manipulator as a formant shifter is the equivalent of using a rocket launcher as a can opener
If you look it up The Worst's listed power is just "invulnerability." It doesn't elaborate on the extent of that invulnerability very much, but my personal headcanon is that in exchange for being a little pudgy space potato that is literally named "The Worst", he's the *only* alien in Ben's arsenal that could *absolutely* survive an encounter with something as powerful as a celestialsapien.
Like, The Worst literally couldn't hurt you if he tried, but conversely *you* couldn't hurt *him* even you're omnipotent.
prob not that, unless it is invulnerable to hax
also he still feels pain
I mean I'm fairly certain a celestialsapien could just *highlight power delete* and kill the worst. But by any mortal means, yeah, he's a walking tank.... just with no firepower
Pyronite Psyphon looks something straight out a death metal album cover and i wished he stayed like that. I also like Kicking Hawk he's pretty badass nice to have another hand to hand fighter and i love his voice being all deep and smooth sounding.
My favorite alien is Pesky Dust. It may look cute, but looks can be deceiving because it has the ability to put people to sleep and manipulate their dreams! Danny had the ability to Dream Walk in the DP episode, " Frightmare" where he had to enter his friends's dreams to save them from Nocturn!
Seeing this episode really makes me wonder how many of Ben's aliens are useless or just civilian level like humans.
The Omnitrix has over 1 million transformations, so it's bound to have a few that just don't have any special powers or abilities.
I'd actually count Ditto as one of them. Aside from cloning himself, being able to dig underground, and breathing underwater, he's pretty standard. Echo Echo and Slapback are able to be more battle orientated and versatile with their abilities, but Ditto really only has Rob Paulsen as his biggest contributing factor with him.
29:09 and ironically enough he’s the most useful out of the “small aliens” he unlocks in this episode especially as he was able to go toe to toe with 1800s Vilgax
it's either Molestache or Pesky Dust as the most powerful of the four
@@theamazingspooderman2697 Pesky Dust is only really powerful in the dream world while Molestache is powerful physically
@@axelnilsson5124 yeah, lifting a truck is no joke for physical strength, especially for someone his size
LMAOOOOO 1800's vilgax I'm imagining him in a powdered wig and fancy clothes
I think this episode was more about teaching Ben that he'll not always be able to count with changing to a stronger alien to win when things get difficult (just like how he changed to humungosaur when Wildvine wasn't beating Rook) rather than about teaching him to not rely on the omnitrix altogether.
But he should know that from the classic series
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Ben never really grew out of that childish obsession about using the big alien dude that punches hard for everything to begin with. But even then, this was more about Ben having to understand that switching to other aliens isn't going to save him all the time. In the OS the problem was that he used the same strong alien for everything. Here is more about Ben thinking that no matter the situation he's in he'll always get victory due to his ability to switch to something better. Basically, it's him having to learn to work with what he has because he was getting too comfortable with switching aliens as his strategy.
I'm guessing that box Ben put a quarter in was a circuit breaker. Some poor plumber probably had their toaster catch fire.
Ben isn't wrong in his point about using the Omnitrix. While he should be able to fight better as Ben, using the Omnitrix to end fights quickly is very pragmatic, and you want fights to end quickly.
I wish that was the intent, but they wanted him to be 10 year old Ben all over again.
36:58 I kinda feel bad for Kyber, he's like "This isn't fun you guys, he's gonna kickin hawk our asses later 😢"
Finally, the episode introduced me to Ben 10 and my favourite alien: Kickin Hawk. I know he is a bit overhated, but his significant to me. This episode made him look so cool to 4 year old me.
I’ve been watching these breakdowns so much that I’m turning into Kuro when questioning if certain things are CG or not
No joke, everytime i watch a show now i go full Kuro and start to do breakdowns myself.
On Kickin Hawk's page on the Ben 10 wiki it say "It is unclear as to how Kickin Hawk was unlocked. Despite having acquired the transformation through a DNA scan, it is implied that Kickin Hawk was never locked in the Omnitrix" But we know Ben can unlock new transformations by scanning a alien he doesn't have at that moment and just because the Omnitrix scanned Liam's DNA allowing Ben to turn into Kickin Hawk I don't think Kickin Hawk's species is in the same situation as the four Anur Aliens and Andromeda 5 aliens it would makes sense that Kickin Hawk's species are in the Omnitrix Database and Ben was able to unlock Kickin Hawk by scanning Liam's DNA
This notification felt like a Christmas present! Thanks Kuro!
I love seeing these videos. The attention to detail is amazing. The panel that Ben thought was a vinding machine I think is some sort of AC/ humidifier unit, that's why he could just shove coins in it. Have a good rest of y'all's day.
You know i just realized walkatrout makes a lot of sense from an evolutionary standpoint, like predators can't eat you if you're too slippery to catch
Thats cool
At 33:13, I was thinking on a reason why Ben may have to fight a bunch of mechamorphs, when I remembered that the main villain for this arc is a mechamorph. Ben could just use Lodestar against malware.
it's not clear if Mechamorphs are magnetic
@@parry3439 we see in this episode, an 33:10, that mechamorphs are sensitive to magnetic fields.
@InevitableOption-ic2vx yes, but that is counterintuitive because by making them not show up, their toys sold even less. So what they could/should have done was show off these aliens more and even boost their capability so that people would want to buy those toys.
@InevitableOption-ic2vx A shame too, Brainstorm and LodeStar would have been really cool in OV, if they had been used more.
@InevitableOption-ic2vx This is really embarrassing to admit, but I've never actually sat down and watched Ben 10. This series is the first time I've watched the show.
24:21 i LOVE the way they made the omnitrix sound for 5YL
23:45 I LOVE ALL THE VOICES ACTUALLY
I like to think of the people who said Ben’s useless without the Omnitrix are the people who are more familiar with his legacy then Ben himself think about it Max himself never said Ben’s useless without the watch
This is probably one of my favorite episodes just because of how fun it is.
This RUclips channel has reawakened my love for Ben 10 and drawing. Thanks to this channel, I've taken steps to learn animation and design what the aliens would look like in my style. I even purchased a drawing tablet with a screen. It has made drawing even more fun that it's always been. These breakdowns has also helped me appreciate animation in all shows I watch now (altho I see flaws in them now too lol)
Yes! Breakdowns are back! And Kellen doing the intro is a great start! Let's go!
I love the Ink Tank, The breakdowns, The drawing matrix, and Mr. Rob having fun with his friends! Great stuff 😎
Kickin hawk is easily one of the best aliens from omniverse. He's just a bird lmao. I wish he had a bit more of a personality like rath but hes still dope.
I like to think the in universe reason for why yuri voices all the "useless" aliens is because the omnitrix was broken so the part of the omnitrix responsible for the vocal cords of the aliens was also glitching so it was just using ben's default vocal cords on the aliens
24:08 I feel like Lodestar needs a tiny bit of reverb, maybe sampled from crashing cymbals or something to get that tinny metallic vibe
Reminder: We see several Lenopans in the franchise. The only one with a problem with the name 'sludgepuppy' is a big hollywood celebrity.
11:26 "Plumber 2895, requesting back up!"
*Meanwhile*
Max:WHY IS THERE A QUARTER IN THE ANTENNA?!
Max: "BENNNNNNNN!"
Ben: "I thought it was a snack machine!"
Rook:" I tried to tell you.Yet you somehow did not hear me despite the fact I had repeated myself several times."
23:54 wow props to kellens talent there, these voice effects sound just limke the ones that were used in UAF and some sound better than UAF (omnitrix has such a good voice), thats so impressive
the episode that shows that the omnitrix makes you peak/prime/apex of the species directly.
I have watched Ben Ten since the very beginning. And yet, Kickin' Hawk somehow became my all-time favorite alien. He's just so freaking cool.
Kellen did great once again. You should do a breakdown with you, Ash, and Kellen. It would be pretty awesome.
33:09 wow, that weakness to magnetism would really come in handy, if only Ben had a Galvanic Mechamorph as an enemy...
(Looks at Malware)
...that would really be useful.
If i had a nickel for every time one of Ben 10s Villians turned into a rockier, red and white Heatblast fusion, I'd have two Nickels, which isn't much but its strange it happened twice.
It just occurred to me that it would've been funny if the piece Psychobos needed wasn't in the finished Omnitrix, only the prototype. Like, presumably both models have pretty analogous parts, but maybe the Galvans changed the kinds of chips they used in their tech or something, and it wouldn't work with the kind Psychobos used based on the prototype's schematics.
22:30
“I like that his feet are exposed.”
Kuro 2023
I think the beginning of this episode would’ve worked better if instead of max and took telling Ben to not rely on the omnitrix, they were getting on ben’s case for not practising with certain aliens in case he mistransforms, would make more sense while still working with the theme of ben’s knowledge of certain aliens being the key to saving the day, which would encourage Ben to expand his knowledge of all of his alien transformations
This is one of my favorite Omniverse episodes. I always interpreted it not as Ben learning to fight without the Omnitric, but rather him PROVING he can fight without the Omnitrix, validating his confidence in his own skills. And all the new aliens where super neat additions to the roster. Even if they're not fighting aliens, i'm happy they're there.
Kickin Hawk always looked cool but he the best "Prime version" example of an scanned alien ben acquires
Well, it was nice to see so many new Omnitrix aliens in one episode.
Having weaker aliens like walkatrout and the worst is a good thing. Its what the omnitrix is for, understanding other species by becoming them…
YES you're doing one of my favourite episodes of the show. One for my fav things about this episode is the designs of Syphon and the others especially Syphons and the other reason I like this ep is the fact that it is just a fun episode and again thank you for covering this ep ❤
34:32 that certainly is a name for that fusion
i think that machine Ben lodged a coin into was likely some kind of comms relay station, that coin likely caused the comms to short cirquit and die, hense why they can't reach Azmuth
Way too go, Ben. The Omnitrix would have been fixed sooner if you hadn't messed up the communications. How stupid are you?
I loved how they just made the transformation what ppl like and how they made kickin hawk sound like he was sickkkkk
So glad my favorite Omniverse alien got the full review treatment.
one of the best things about omniverse is the love they put in the desing on all stuff like when bens aliens appear as non ben aliens just love how they give them there very own design
I think a sequel series to ultimates overhauled could be giving villains from fiction the outbreak treatment, like Judge Frolo as heatblast, Lord Farquad as walkatrout, Judge Doom (from who framed Roger Rabbit, if you haven’t seen that one, watch till the end) as Upgrade, etc.
I think it’s more likely that Ash would give the predators ultimate forms or maybe even make primal forms for the base forms
@@axelnilsson5124 I feel like giving the predators ultimates would be rolled into ultimates overhauled, but making primal versions of aliens is cool, and could be another sequel series idea
@@researcherchameleon4602 though it does ask how that would work as species can’t devolve and the ultimatrix is supposed to evolve so perhaps the “primaltrix” would simulate the aliens homeworld when newly formed
Missed these breakdowns. I know why they have to be on the back burner but I still miss having them every week.
Also at 19:25 is the classic shocksquatch electricity shot, I feel like there should be a counter for that 😂
Seriously, they need to stop over using that. It's lazy.
I love this episode, I also loved that the aliens had the same voice since the omnitrix was broken
If that turns out to be some kind of alien juice dispenser, I'm laughing.
idk why but i really like the way laggy kuro moves around. hes like an animation without inbetweens
I am so happy you came back whit the breakdowns , and Kellen is back
12:55 Good thing that Ash isn't here, otherwise we'd be on this screen all day with him gushing about "Gummy Bear Rook".
My favorite part of this episode is when Ben’s Omnitrix started malfunctioning due to having a piece stolen from it and it covered Ben’s form with a green aura that seems to be hurting him, a pained and straining Ben demanded Rook to focus on capturing the bad guy then help him. It really shows how much of a hero he is that Ben is willing to be in extreme pain if it means that the bad guy is captured before he could hurt anyone else…not that he was trying to, but Ben didn’t know that at the time
ah yes nothing like a good breakdown with Kellen goff
My thought is that KickinHawk and Liam are not the same genetically. Liam's DNA probably just caused the Omnitrix to select the DNA already in the Codon Stream for the species. Like, sample acquired, oh already have a better version, use that. And I like Pesky Dust best. Especially because of the next time he shows up.
Given that Kellen Goff voiced Overhaul from My Hero Academia, I’m imaging the villain being in terror at being turned into an alien.
Just imagine Overhaul transforming into a petrosapien (or any other alien that contrasts his quirk)
“What’s humungosaurs weakness?”
Growing because the plot doesn’t allow it
I wish that they used the Siphon-Heatblast fusion design as a separate villain. It would have been cool to have a heat blast villain especially with the look that the fusion had
In my own head canon, Liam and Kickin Hawk race are Gallimarquess(galli=chicken/marquess of Queensberry boxing), of the Ruffers variety they street fight/kick boxing.
On the planet of Walloon X(the french flag of the Red Rooster/10 is the chinese zodiac number for Rooster), are multiple races of gamefowl aliens like chickens, turkeys, guineafowl, pheasants, and peafowls. Each with their own fighting style similar to how Arctiquana is a Manzardii of the polar variety.
Turkeys can be the spartans with their huge tail fans and buff chests
Guineafowl can ninjas
Pheasant can robin hood type arrow lanchers
Peafowls(peacocks) can be emperors with fan blades(lord shen reference)
and their natural predator can be a Giant Owl(Rock a Doodle reference) named Shyflights, waiting at night to wisk little Gallimarquess and haunting their nightmares with their ear piercing scream, and their so quiet no one heard them.
Kickin Hawk along with Pesky dust, Gravattack, Whampire, and Atomix are my favorite Omniverse aliens.
That sounds really cool
@@boxytheboxmaster1452 I would like to do a homeworld/alien races breakdown like the ink tank do.
@@sagittariusneptune9330 agreed
knowing Ben, he would probably name his aliens walkatrout, megawatt and sludge puppy to try and take away the negative part of the slang that way those species would no longer have to feel bad if people called them that, like trying to change the meaning of the slang...
as for the thing Ben put the coin in... my bet is it's a tipping machine XD
11:29 It's the emergency planet destroying missiles, Ben just blew up some random planet 😑
33:57 I thought bubble head was pink underneath when we see him without the helmet
11:35 I’m just thinking of the old spongebob episode with the seahorse… “I found the coin slot!”
2:15 I'll say it again, doesn't that mean ''way big hero time'' from DAA should count
Hmmm, good point!
Seeing this Breakdown makes me wanna do some art for alternate aliens the villains could've been fused with.
This episode has to have the most new transformations in a single episode. Even the pilot only had 4 transformations.