Mulling Through Ben 10’s Mid-Season Episodes
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TIMECODES:
0:00 - Introduction
2:29 - "Birds of a Feather" Breakdown
23:36 - "Grounded" Breakdown
40:39 - "Pet Project" Breakdown
59:40 - "Unearthed" Breakdown
1:17:03 - Final Thoughts
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THE REVIEW
I watch each episode with my own commentary, often pausing the scenes to get my words out without having to talk over the episode, and also to point out and analyze the show's art and animation. I have seen each episode already growing up, so these reviews are to compare and contrast the five categories listed below.
PLOT (Scaled from 1 to 5 Points)
The foundation of the episode. Uniqueness and overused tropes are taken into account, but it is also judged on how well it tells the story of the episode. An episode can score a 5 even with a basic/ cliche plotline as long as it has good pacing, worthy use of its tropes, and feels well-polished. An episode can lose points due to plotholes, uneven storytelling, and relying too heavily on cliches to do the work for it.
CHARACTERIZATION (Scaled from 1 to 5 Points)
How well the characters are written. Do they feel like themselves compared to the grand narrative of the franchise? Are the supporting or one-off characters interesting, or pure plot devices? Did the humor land? Did the actions and character motivations make sense?
VISUALS (Scaled from 1 to 5 Points)
Basically, everything that happens on-screen. Character Design. Animation. Backgrounds. Creative mechanics and solutions. If there is CGI or digital effects added, how well do they blend into the show, and were they used as an enhancement, or a crutch?
IMPORTANCE (Scaled from 1 to 5 Points)
This includes, but is not strictly based on, how important the episodes are to the current story arc (if there is one) or the general narrative of the Ben 10 Franchise. Points can also be awarded for how impactful the episode was, or how favored/ important it is to the general Ben 10 fanbase. I ask myself, "If I skipped this, would I be missing out on the 'Ben 10 Experience?' "
ENTERTAINMENT (Scaled from 1 to 5)
Pretty much the most important part of developing a tv show. You can be perfect in all four of the previous categories, but the episode can still be boring. On the flip side, the episode can be absolute garbage, but still an enjoyable watch. How likely would you be to put this episode on if you were in the mood to watch Ben 10? 
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jesus Kuro, i am so happy to see this 1 h+ video , keep going :)
Will the livestreams be saved in any of the channels?
The chimp noises are probably just confusion noises. "Sometimes a roar is just a roar"
Great observation!
Could also have done it just to sqrew with em
@@TheRealNekora both could be accurate
If your talking about the fact that simian, apologies if I did the name wrong, couldn't communicate with Kevin and Gwen without Ben present then I offer a different theory.
The Omnitrix has a universal translation function. Perhaps they simply were just out of range of the translation.
(Side note I'm pretty sure that the translation is Cannon based on the dragon episode. Not 100% certain if they used plumber badges to translate or the omnitrix
@@TheInkTank here's what I don't get. Max's brother I believe had a kid who was a plumber so is there a rule against training their own kids or not? Because it seems inconsistent. Why wouldn't max train Carl and Frank also Frank knows his mom is an Alien does Carl know? If so this still doesn't make sense because they would have to have known Max was a plumber or did he just assume it was an accident and Max didn't know until later? I wish they explored this more it just doesn't make sense why wouldn't Max train his sons? I would have at least told them about aliens and given them knowledge of how to defend themselves if necessary. This is why in my Ben 10 fan fic Carl and Frank were Plumbers they left though being tired of the death they saw, and they did what I recommended by teaching Ben and Gwen about aliens early especially since in this fanfic Gwen develops her powers early at around 5 or 6
Can we all just take a minute to process that Ben CHOSE to blatantly lie to his parents directly after they found out, then transform RIGHT outside his house, and turn into the LOUDEST alien in his arsenal?🗿
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Teenagers
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Honestly Ben should have just waited until he was halfway down the street
Kuro: Spidermonkey has two transformation sequences. That's impressive.
*laughs in UA Fourarms who has three*
The people working on UA must really like him
@@jyaank_my or they were on constant state of being unsatisfied with every sequence Four Arms transformation.
@@RobinRaymond12 also could be the reason
UA Fourarm has three?
are you sure he has three? I've checked videos and i've only seen the one...
First off, four episodes, what a Chad... Kuro the Chad.
Anyway, Grounded was an episode that I actually remember vividly, because Ben's parents are so memorable, like how Carl tried removing the Omnitrix. Plus, Ben as Echo Echo having a initial grounded reaction, walk to his room, and sitting and kicking his legs on the bed was so weird yet funny.
Unearthed is actually an episode I've completely forgotten about, like, I think I've seen it once, when it aired and remembered none of this, which is rare for me.
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It's like seeing Kamen Rider Gaim chilling out in his bedroom. Just so weird to see an orange fruit motifed samurai superhero casually hanging out in his bedroom in-suit.
Obviously Malware didn't exist during the UAF era, but considering Ben was so weird around Ship, I wonder if part of that could be retroactively justified in the way that maybe Ship's ability to absorb technology the way he does might be reminding Ben of Malware slightly and that's why he's not on-board with Ship at first.
I guess that's more of a personal headcanon than a retcon but it makes more sense than no reason at all imo
Would be great if he actually froze in place when he saw ship all red
i really like this idea
Maybe that’s why he didn’t want Julie to see what happened to ship because last time he fought a mechamorph he lost his favorite alien so he went like nobody else needs to deal with that
Oh right malware existed along with that mess of a show
If Malware was introduced in the classic series, it would have made the episode a lot less confusing when it came out.
Kuro be like: "Alright, time to get the filler out of the way."
That's exactly what his reaction is like
Honestly, I think that the episode birds of a feather importance was a 2, barely a 3, because it shows that the hybrid do think that the arachnochips are inferior beings, and yet, they find a smart way to disable communications and hire someone else to do their dirty work. And although grounded is a decent episode, I think that was a little ....idk
All of those episodes provided quite a lot of potential. Some of it was used, but most was forgotten. Kind of weird how Ben's parents were so underutilized, despite being one of the select few humans, who know of his identity.
Yeah I kinda wish we saw an episode where Max sorts out his relationship with Carl
That’s with a lot of Ben and Gwen’s family that wasn’t Max. They get shown then get pushed quickly to the side. Really weird.
@Måns blomqvist no
@Måns blomqvist Ain’t them two different things anyways?
The mom just becomes a gag in omniverse sadly
29:11 this has gotta be one of my most favourite scenes in alien force tbh. its cool seeing Ben interact with people in alien form during everyday life rather than a fight scene. Also echo echo's voice here is just epic
Yeah that’s always fun to see!
Same and his little “WHAT?!” always makes me laugh 😂 😂😂😂
@@vgngolley341 his expression is hilarious to watch 🤣
Not only his expression Echo Echo using phone looks cool.
@@Waqas_Khan02 Totally 😂😂😂
I still can’t believe Simian survived that ear cleaner scene.
The only explaination I can think of is that he dodged the acid and managed to escape. He’s rather quick and agile, after all
@@ultimatejager4058 escape a highbreed? Sounds impossible for an arachnichimp
@@axelnilsson5124 they are pretty fast and agile and can use their webs to distract or slow down their foes
@@ultimatejager4058 but it sounded like the acid came in contact with something when the camera panned away
i like to think it gave him some brain damage maybe
Four episodes? Kuro, you're spoiling us! Jokes aside, keep up the good work!
@Måns blomqvist My god is satan and he says the end is near
@Måns blomqvist Jesus is just a messenger
Bruh what joke
While I do hope he’s not getting stressed out by doing 4 breakdowns, it kinda makes sense to do these 4 at the same time Bc they have less to dive into unlike “Max out” or finales
The fact that the Highbreeds made use of radioactive guano was batshit crazy.
Badum tshh
Ha!
BOO GET OFF THE STAGE
HA HA I see what you did there.
Underrated comment
I think the reason Ben wanted nothing to do with Ship was his parents. I’m not sure, but it’s possible this episode was originally planned to be before “grounded”, so his parents wouldn’t know about aliens. And having a random alien dog thing being kept at your house while trying to keep his interactions with aliens away from his parents, it makes sense he would not want to keep Ship around.
51:25 Also right here you see Ship Red,foreshadowing of Malware maybe ?
@@duncananderson2113 not sure abt that. They might not even have malware in their plans that early. For me, it's more of foreshadowing albedo's red colored aliens in contrast to ben.
@@ardzzz1010 Yeah just seeing a Red Mechamorph makes you think of Malware
"You can't ground me! I'M A SUPER POWERED ALIEN!"
Gotta be honest
" do you want to keep standing around and arguing about it or do you want to help"
" I want to keep standing around"
" I wanna keep arguing about it"
Probably one of if not my favourite jokes in the show
I think Ben was more worried about what the forever knights would do to Julie rather than what Ship would do to her, as she had literally gotten attacked moments earlier. And at this point, Julie really has no way of fighting the forever knights, who have laser weapons and could easily off her if the rest of the team isn’t looking out for her. And Ben probably knew that although she was relatively unharmed after the Shipnapping, that was just one knight. They are about to go to one of their bases, which most likely would have a ton of knights. It makes sense he didn’t want her going.
Sort of reminds me of Peter and MJ in the Spider-Man game. It's funny to me that Yuri voices Peter and Ben, while I'm making the comparison.
@@titanslayer8458
I think The Spiderman PS4 game was written to familiarize Yuri Lowenthal with a Scenerio he's done before
Because, he portrayed Peter just like Ben here
@@titanslayer8458 Ben really does seems like inspired from spidey. Not to mention, characters in Ben 10 have a lot of Spider-man names/character similarities:
Ben - Peter Parker (and his uncle named Ben Parker)
Gwen - Gwen Stacy
Max - Uncle Ben
Julie - Mj/Gwen
Albedo - Kaine Parker?
Khyber - Kraven
Dr. Animo - Doc Ock
Alan Albright - Miles Morales
Kevin - Venom?
Will Harangue - J Jonah Jameson
Spidermonkey - Literally Spider-man with monkey hybrid
Yeah but she was in war of the worlds tho
@@luongmaihunggia she has ship there.
When Gwen and Ben's parents were introduced in Alien Force, I really wanted to see an episode where the whole Tennyson family is in it. I believed as a kid that there would be an episode where the family would be on a holiday and later they would have to fight aliens. That would be an episode where Carl and Max would have a little fall out while he also finds out from Frank about Verdona visiting and attacking Ben and Gwen. Oh, and Verdona would make an appearance here and I would love to see how Verdona and Sandra's relationship would be.
Both Ben and Gwen's parents (+ Ken) were underutilized. It would have been awesome had they've been more scenes of them across UAF.
I disagree with Ben being wrong in the "pet project" Julie could die from the slightest thing. The others can do but they can get through that with various defenses they have. Julie is just a liability in combat situations at this point in the story. If someone with a gun takes your pet you going I stead of letting the police handle it is just you getting in the way, then what if you or she dies now you've wasted your life yes wasted because you never had a chance, and you pet is now without their owner. Just adding insult to injury
Yeah, that's what soured their relationship for me. She was too stubborn at times, she was a liability in the field and a distraction not only to Ben but also the rest of the team.
Y'know, Ultimate Alien does explain the translation thing by stating the Omni/Ultimatrix and the Plumber's badges come equipped with interstellar translators.
The issue wasn't so much that they could understand Simian, but rather that they couldn't understand him the first time and yet had no problem with it after.
@@PlayerZeroStart The same went with Galapagus. They couldn't understand him at first, then the badge's translator kicked in. Besides, I think it's less that they couldn't understand Simian and more that he was making a sound of confusion because these people were talking to him like they knew him personally.
@@neojay7522 With Galapagus, they had to specifically turn on the translator. With Simian, it just starts working randomly
@@PlayerZeroStart Again, probably less that they couldn't understand Simian and more that he was making a sound of confusion because these people were talking to him like they knew him personally.
@@neojay7522 its like our "uhhhh"
Ben: "Well it's in my interest to help anyone who needs it"
Also Ben: "We're on a mission, this creature has nothing to do with that!"
Wait, why did Carl not know that Max was a Plumber but Frank back in the Verdona episode apparently knew?
Also, does Carl KNOW that his dad is “dead”?
Maybe Carl found out on accident
Pretty sure he did know.
I think when it comes to Ben using the Omnitrix in the arachnachimp space-suit, the issue comes from him not being able to physically adjust the dial under the suit. In the Classic Series plumber-hazmat suit, the Omnitrix was able to be on the outside due to how it morphed around him, but in this more standard(ish) space suit, it's covered. And when Ben said "I can't make it though that" I think he was more referring to him as a human (due to not being able to access the Omnitrix)
I definitely felt we should have gotten more from Bens parents, Grounded was definitely a great starting point, at least let me see their reaction to Ben just going “oh yeah you guys are grand parents” lol
For Unearthed, Tiny probably saw Gwen’s Annodite form based on the belief babies can see ghosts easier then everyone else, and because Annodites are loaded with life energy, that would make sense, and a miscellaneous adventure following all the babies? Sign me up!!
Also Ben, you’re a MOTHER and you WOULDN’T HELP A BABY??? Anger
45:18-45:38: When we get to Vengeance of Vilgax Part 1; that scene of Ben arrogantly showing up late to a battle should be compared with this scene of him dropping everything and rushing as fast as he can to help his friends, It would be a perfect way to show Ben's different characterizations between the first two seasons and season 3.
I wouldn't say as fast he could considering we see jet ray move at a quicker speed before and after this episode.
Man, kuro haven't reviewed four episodes at once since the world building episodes in classic. Don't burn yourself out Kuro, we don't want to get to the personality overhaul ben in season 3 to soon.
Your telling me that if you saved the universe you wouldn't act like a dick? Yeah no I don't believe ya
@@velvetdarksoul8741 I would be cocky, but there is a time and place for it. Like when vilgax asked them to help save his planet and when he got possessed and vilgax saved the day, he tried to take all the credit
Nah the season 3 change isn't remotely as bad as you people say it is, you're allowed to have your own opinion instead of blatantly agreeing to everything Kuro says
28:15- She probably took that stance from instinct. She's trained in martial arts and was shown with a black belt in episode 1, so she likely just takes the defensive pose like that from a sort of muscle memory. She probably doesn't even realize that she's doing it. Like how an Arachnachimp fires webs from its tail, its one of those things you just do.
Maybe Tiny's species just happens to be familiar with Anodites? Or Tiny is seeing her "true" form by reading her aura in a way that's similar to how Gwen can use her mana to find others?
I literally saw this comment then looked at my time in the video. It was 28:14!
The weird thing is, Ben totally could’ve just become Spidermonkey before going out of the ship. I mean, the suit is literally made for Arachnochimps.
Hey Kuro I know this is WAY too early to ask but when you eventually finish breaking down every series what do you think you will feel: relief that it's over or sadness for the same reason?
Probably both. I'm loving the ride, but I wouldn't wanna do this forever.
@@TheInkTank
Just like making art a job instead of a hobby.
@@TheInkTank Never hurts to take a break man. If you're comfortable than we are.
I imagine he'll do more multi-episode videos like these. If he stucl to one episode a week it would be like 3 years until he finished.
@@TheInkTank no judgment here. Sometimes we all just a breather. We wouldn’t want this to the reason for you to breakdown.
Julie: It's a lot like tennis actually
Me: Julie would get along well with Connie from Steven Universe
I agree. They’d definitely bond over tennis and having a magical alien boyfriend.
Something I never understood in 'Grounded' was why did Ben even chose to transform into Echo Echo or Humangosaur when leaving his house, given he could easily have done Jetray to get there, then switched. Why was his plan to run there? Fr?
Or just use big chill to phase through the walls, the easiest thing to do
He could have turned into big chill and go invisible
I wish we saw more interactions between Gwen and Julie. They seem to get along really well, and I feel like their dynamic isn't really explored at all
A star walks into a black hole but doesn't seen phased.The black hole then turns to the star and says, "I don't think you understand the gravity of this situation."
I'm not gonna lie when kuro said " jeez Kevin are you a cop" I actually busted out laughing
One detail that I liked was Ben, Gwen and Kevin had the tails on the suits wrapped around their waists like a belt.
The effect chosen for chromostone in the Tiny episode was truly phenomenal, and the energy he dealt back was handled very well with legitimate power. A very underutilized alien but when he’s done right he’s visually incredible in action.
0:49 Can we all just appreciate how Kuro's cat sits on his shoulder like that, that is just absolutely adorable
Edit: I wish my cat did that
I wish my dog was still here, she was so small.
Take it easy kuro, four episodes? That’s nuts! If you’re going at the pace you want to, then by all means, but please don’t feel pressured to ‘catch up’ because you took a break.
Yeah, I don't mind one episode.
32:09 Not a webcam, Ben even mentions "wireless network"; he's using his phone to connect to some open WiFi; you can even see his right arm has some perspective distortion since he's holding the phone.
For me, the old fashioned movies weren't really a thing until high school when I got really into the Twilight Zone. Watched the whole series and that was my main real experience with being a teen and getting into 'old' media.
I think the thing with Simian and the DNAlien acid stuff is that the Highbreed didn't actually use it on Simian since we didn't hear Simian scream or anything, rather he might have just used it on the rock nearby Simian as a fear tactic and warning like "hey, fuck up again and that'll be you next time." Just a thought I had.
Yeah I always thought it was weird there was never a scream.
I distinctly recall a scream that abruptly cuts off, as if you could hear the exact moment he died.
Maybe that's a Mandela effect thing, but I also wouldn't be surprised if the episode got edited to make it more ambiguous when it was released for streaming services, for both continuity and censorship purposes.
@@lilylopnco I also remember him screaming and even the sound of the acid being poured, maybe there is censored versions of the episode.
@@lilylopnco same
@@lilylopnco I also remembered a scream
Birds of a feather is just a ben10 version of the Nigerian Prince scam that Ben almost fell into
"vilgax gave you the "'i'm going to cut your fucking arm off kid" look." -kuro the artist 2022
Holy hell I just realized the bottom cannon on the forever knights starship is Megatron's arm cannon from transformers animated.
33:26 imagine a crew coming to his room and wonder what tf happened 💀. An explosion? A wrecking ball? Nope humongous dinosaur
To me that scene where it seems like he cant understand Kevin is instead Simion reacting with confusion to Kevins comment about never seeing him fight like that before. Because in Simion's perspective Kevin has never seen him fight before.
Dude, I was literally just digging through your channel to see if "Grounded" was there. Now 10 minutes later it's in my sub box
13:08 he means he can't dodge them in his human form, since he claims he can't use the watch
You get it👍🏾
We’ve seen young Ben dodge the grasp of Vilgax and Kevin and jump through a tiny Null Void portal within seconds of it completely disappearing. He’d be fine against some robots
The magnitude of this channel we have to stop and realize that kuro and his crew rejuvenated a whole fandom it's just crazy to think about McDuffie would be so proud rn
Both Dwayne And Derrick J would be so proud
Grounded is actually one of my favorite episodes to go back and watch. A lot of nothing happens in it, but I kinda like that, and I enjoy seeing episodes involving Ben's parents and how they deal with his alien connections (yes, I like the episodes of Omniverse where she and Ma Vreedle are friends and Ben has to suck it up because they enjoy each other).
The reason Ben can’t use his powers in the suit is because when he transforms back he won’t be wearing it. This is reinforced later in ultimate alien, so the reasoning is solid. Also, claiming Ben can dodge their attacks by using the scene from the beginning of the episode doesn’t work because he was in the form of an alien much faster than a human
@TheGlassesPro You could be right, but the point is it wasn’t a great criticism
@@grimfin3214 The bit about the Omnitrix giving you what you were wearing before is true. That's how it works in Classic (think about when he transforms with the Galactic Enforcers outfit) and how it works AF (when he transforms without his jacket in Alone Together and even in the episode where Sandra and Carl find out).
Even in UA it's actually brought up that the Omnitrix would transform the user wearing what they wore before but that Ultimatrix defaults to what Ben was wearing when he first got it.
No, the reason is actually very simple. The suit was over the watch.
Haha , but he can tirn into spider moneky .
Bcz the suit is a spidermonkey space suit
I think it's weird that the ending of Grounded mentions "an alien sighting in the desert" seemingly setting up that Unearthed was the next episode in production order, only to figure out that it isn't.
Actually as someone who knows Martial Combat. Julie whacking that guy with the blunt end and doing some decent damage is consistent. Blunt weapons is what you want to use against plate armor. And getting smacked in the gut like that. It would definitely hurt.
So why don't we humans use blunt weapons more? Which weapon would resist blunt weapons but say be weak to pointy weapons(Spears) or cutting weapons(Swords)?
@@danielsurvivor1372 We do use Blunt weapons.
In a medieval concept it's maces and hammers.
While in a modern concept it's Police buttons and Baseball bats.
A board of wood works too
@@danielsurvivor1372 Well from a lethality point of view, blunt weapons don't usually do it as easily. Blunt weapons were good against plate armor cause it could dent the plate and that dent could best case just restrict your movement a bit, or worse case, cause damage as you try to move. A large dent in your breastplate is gonna restrict your breathing or straight up crush your ribs. But most cheaper armors like Studded leather and chainmail had padding that made blunt weapons less effective. Because they were unwieldy and couldnt as easily hit someone in the head with the less clunky armor. But swords and spears were less unwieldy and could cut and puncture those more maneuverable armors with some luck. Or were just easier to hit weak spots with. Hence why variety tended to exist on the scale it did.
I'd argue that taking the crystal was crucial to the bait and switch, since the entire building powers down without it. If it had been left in its place, it would have been obvious that the crystal was still in its place, and Simian would have continued trying to steal it. Now maybe Ben could have successfully fought him off, but why take that chance, instead of just letting him leave thinking he had won while actually pulling a little sneaky-sneaky on the side?
That actually makes a lot of sense as a reason. He pretends to not have realized but is prepared for it going in.
@@CraftingMenace And since Ben is smarter than most give him credit for- Simian even comments something to the effect that he's overrated- he can use their overconfidence to his advantage.
The issue with that line of logic emerald dragon it that it relies on Simion never checking the box on his way to the hibreed, or coming after the crystal again.
@@fightingmedialounge519 Well, we already know he doesn't check the box again, because he's surprised to realize he's been hoodwinked, and he's so overconfident that he's won that I doubt things would have changed, anyway.
@@emeralddragon2980 yeah, but Ben didn't know that, which is exactly my point. The bait and switch plan relies far more on simians arrogance than simians plan relied on Ben's naivete. So it really wasn't that good of a plan.
Ok... so in the Classic series, Gwen used spells from a spell book. In this episode, she’s using energy/mana/anodite-specific abilities.
Headcannon: unless a human understood something a DNAlien said, they’re probably just speaking regular alien but we can understand them because of the “language convention.”
If this was the only episode of that other spider monkey, I rank it 8/10. I loved him in this episode even tho it was generic. Him making up a story and Ben trying his hardest for a guy he put his faith in just to be stabbed yet again. And then Sim getting stabbed by his employer just sells this episode.
Kuro's got more energy in his voice again, I'm glad. Kuro I wanna say thanks for all the hard work you and the Ink Tank have been putting in all your projects.
I can't believe you didn't mentoin Ben giving Tim Curry that "I'm going to let you die" look in that Episode, I thought that was super out of character.
I didn’t quite get that impression on that scene, but I can totally see it. Great observation.
I legitimately forgot that Ship got his battle form from this episode. I just kinda thought he had it from the start because it's literally his name
I’m pretty sure that they cut out the opening of the episode where I live so I just thought the knights turned ship evil for no reason and used utilized him as a weapon by using his ship form
I’d say Ben was surprised Gwen could do that because of the hazmat thing from the original series
44:08 There was one old sci-fi/horror flick I’ve seen (thanks to Mystery Science Theater 3000) called “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die”. It’s good cheesy fun to watch with friends and riff on.
I'm so happy to see multi-episode breakdowns!!! No offense I was getting worried because of the smaller reviews and the amount of time between them.
Ben was taking a “Me Day” during Pet Project and that’s totally fair. Really didn’t need to lie about what he was doing. 😕
I wish we got more of the parents in Ben 10 after knowing their son is a hero
We got some in omniverse
yeah only the mom get more screen time in omniverse not ben dad.
Watching Unearthed with that scene where Gwen says that Ben didn't pay much attention in health class, reminded me of that scene in Showdown pt. 2 where Kevin says the exact same thing to Gwen after he adopts Zed.
I guess it's a callback or just coincidence.
if i had a guess at why Tiny can see Gwen's true form, it would be like animals on earth that are sensitive to other wavelengths of light where humans can only see ahwt we identify as the visible spectrum.
and you could make the argument that if the parents specifically dont, its just one of those things that buologically changes as that species grows older.
These 'duds' probably rank among my favourite episodes of AF lmao
It’s nice to know they are appreciated!
When Alien force was in it's promotional period I am pretty sure I saw info about humungosaur being able to reconstruct or repair things that's why I never questioned Ben going through his wall as he also said he'll fix it later so I dunno could be Mandela effect or somthng
I just realized that they did 1 "family" episode centered around one of the main team members in each of the AF seasons. Season 1 episode 9 was the Verdona one, Season 2 episode 7 is the one with Ben's parents grounding him and Season 3 episode 17 was the one with Kevin's father's killer.
16:20 That exact sound is used in the Alien Force Omnitrix toy, you know, the one that uses those plastic crystal holograms where the Brainstorm one became a huge thing because of "Green Needle?" That Omnitrix toy.
Kuro just casually releasing a whole movie worth of content. Super casual. Looking forward to the anniversary of 5YL in the beginning of April, I've said it before, but the updates of 5YLR have been really cool so far
there should be a "my boy" counter for swampfire
Assuming Ben could turn into one of tiny's species, cause their clearly intelligent, what would he call it and what would his powers be? I'm guessing it's from a hot magma planet, given that it's very heat resistant and can see anodite Gwen, which I'm think is some sorta energy vision for seeing special things on a mineral rich planet. Or who knows. Tiny also seems interested in eating metal, ie Kevin's car, but that could just be a baby putting things in their mouth.
Its powers appear to be superstrength and probably a bit of durability
This thing would be a beast
Just as a baby it was able to go against Hsaur, imagine how strong would a teen/adult be
@@jvbon646 I know, right!
I think it would be like a downgrade version of humungosaur but with other characteristics.
How about Gigantozard, giganto as in gigantic and zard as in lizard since the species looks lizard like
One could say Birds of a Feather should have a higher importance. Kevin keeps Lu’s ship which gets used and referenced in the episode Don’t Fear the Repo.
You can just assume that he actually got a ship from a offscreen adventure similarly to the translator for the dragon you don’t really need to see how he got it
When you get to the episodes with rath in them, please make a "LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING" counter please.
He has already mentioned that he will.
YES!
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING YOU RANDOM GAVIN RATH IS GONNA MAKE YOU HAPPY WITH RATH’S SCENES
Wow. I totally spaced that this episode referenced the "damage taken in alien form translates to Ben" rule. For the longest time I thought it was just the first instance and the Clockwork incident.
Well, Kuro, Simian was SUPPOSED to die, but the producers decided "okay, maybe that's a little TOO far" so they could bring him back later.
Four breakdowns at once? Kuro, you ok?
I imagine he just instinctively switches back to his native language when excited or on an adrenaline high, then intentionally has to utilize English first, meanwhile Ben understands both languages easily while transformed
These may be the lesser episodes of the season, but "Grounded" has always been a personal favorite of mine and definitely the best out of them.
Imagine if ben told his dad he’s half alien and his dad had a mid life crisis
In a previous episode didn’t Kevin say he needed a lot of material to draw from to become it? He was presented with something the same size as his phone when he said that, but this time that limitation isn’t present.
You could say he had a…. wireless connection
No, they were half inch ball bearings, but if you think about it, it's already inconsistent as hell because volcanis made him generate material
@@theoledicktwist6247 maybe he needs a certain threshold of material to absorb before he can produce more
@@theoledicktwist6247 doesn't Tadenite grow?
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The material he was absorbing at that time was a growing crystal
Oh damm was not expecting this Kuro really grinding out their at this rate we can get to fun stuff tearing season 3 to shreds
Maybe Ben not wanting anything to do with Ship is because of traumatic memories of Malware.
And just when I was wondering what I'd do in the hour
I always took Tiny being able to see Gwen's anodite form as a take on the idea of like, babies being able to tell someone's character in fiction. It's a sort of aura she gives off that makes her calming to Tiny, and the best way to visualize that for the audience was to show why its happening.
Also, I kind of like that Tiny's parents look identical. I always thought that in fiction with aliens, it's good to have a mix. After all, if you were to look at a lizard, would you be able to tell if it was a male or female? Even if it's next to the other sex, it'd still probably be hard. So I like when there's a mix of "There's no way humans can tell without knowing what to look for" and "you can just tell."
I hope Kuro can take a well deserved break after all this content
Every time kuro clowns the infinite void backgrounds I lose my mind
With unearthed I’d like to point out that it was only Tiny’s hands that were sensitive to the cactus which makes sense if they are to move properly
The role I always remember Diedrich for is Warp Darkmatter from the Buzz Lightyear series. I remember finding it very fitting that he also voiced Simian, as they're both revealed to be working for the bad guys for the sake of profit towards the end of their debuts.
I remember him as Hoss Delgado, from Billy and Mandy.
1:06:56 I remember this joke being used again in Omniverse. But there it was Kevin who said it to Gwen , after she wonderd why Kevin knew the sex of Zed, after the fight against Malware on Galwan Prime.
In my opinion like so many people pointed out, I think Ben's behaviour with ship roots with Malware ( I know OV is way ahead but chronologically 11 year encounter is very crucial) and it would be a good Retcon/hard-canon for Ben's psyche affected by Malware ❤️
If Carl’s blades actually cut through the Omnitrix, he would’ve cut right through Ben as well
he's ben skywalker now
Kuro: “I’m doing 4 episodes this week”
Me: (concern that the recent tiredness was from this)
HOLD up, Deidrich Bader plays Simian? I never knewthat! Now I can hear it and it's a good thing recognised him as Batman from TBATB, I grew up watching that show. Bader also played Moon Knight in a Marvel Disney show and that's pretty dope lol
I remember watching a behind the scenes clip of the first Alien Force video game talking about the voice acting, and I remember Dee Bradley Baker said doing Humongousaur’s voice was rough on his throat. Maybe Dee couldn’t do the Humongousaur voice that well while “Grounded” was recorded so they brought the filter back.
MyFace could be the Ben 10 version of MySpace, which had fallen out of popularity to social media networks like Facebook and Twitter by the time this episode would have been written. Basically Ben’s mum not being up to date with technology, which is a stereotype for parents in media.
33:15 - in other words
"With Great Power, there must also come Great Responsibility"
32:58 Fun fact: In the Hebrew dub, his mother told him not to use Facebook, and he asked her about how she even knows Facebook.
It took me a while for this to occur to me but suddenly Ben’s Transformation Sequences give me a sorta Magical Girl Transformation vibe for some reason. Must be a lot of the newer shows with direct inspiration from that genre like She-Ra or Steven Universe or Ladybug. It sorta changes how I look at Ben’s old sequences and I think that’s pretty interesting. Strangely, I’m not sure if I get the same vibe when I think of Danny Phantom’s Transformation, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen the transformation. I think it’s the fact that Ben’s transformations are so unique and will be pretty distinct