This Was Cartoon Network’s Best Looking Show
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TIMECODES:
0:00 - Introduction
3:09 - Episode Breakdown
40:49 - The Ratings
42:43 - Final Thoughts
_______HOW MY BREAKDOWNS WORK:
Classic Breakdowns - bit.ly/3Eo9OfQ
Movie Breakdowns - bit.ly/3Eo9Zb0
Alien Force Breakdowns - shorturl.at/gmBER
Ultimate Alien Breakdowns - bit.ly/3aaSe4o
Omniverse Breakdowns - bit.ly/3LXGIby
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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I always liked the detail of Khyber not knowing Zed's actual gender, he thinks of her only as a means to an end rather than an actual pet, why would he bother to check if he doesn't actually care for her
Exactly
It's weird to me that Khyber doesn't know that Zed's a girl, considering that animal stuff is his field. Now you're telling me Khyber doesn't care about his dog at all? I got the gist when he took only the Nemetrix and left Zed, but man, thinking about it makes me feel bad for Zed
@@yudhazacharias9377 despite kyber's somewhat careful approach to studying ben and him succeeding in catching him and all that i would have thought he would know more about his right hand minion
i love how Kevin is bother by that in "For a few more Brains" when fighting Khyber, he was genuinely mad at Khyber for only seeing her as a weapon
Kevin adopting Zed and the two having a pretty adorable pet and owner relationship was a really wholesome addition ngl
I know Kuro says he's gonna dial back when talking about how good the animation is, but I honestly don't mind. It's nice how passionate he is about what he enjoys.
For sure.
If any uaf can get a 5 in visuals then no way in hell a single omniverse ep should get any less. Unless he's really nitpicking.
Honestly, with hearing (or in my case, re-watching) the series with the devisive nature of it going in, seeing positives for the show feels very good to see.
Especially if the later episodes will... probably not match up as well.
I love the omniverse leitmotif just because of how many variations there are and how many different scenes it fits. Great video as always!
@@N.I.A23 I'm sure he would nitpick, just to be fair
Or at least point out if the animation is subpar by *Omniverse* standards
Kuro putting in unnecessary censorship to make what they're saying seem worse NEEDS to be a running gag throughout the series
YES 😂
well it is a running gag, he makes it since AF
I remember when he first did in the the fight of Ben VS Albedo (I legitimetly thought the scene had an actual unintentional swear that needed to be censored)
He actually did it for one of Ripjaws scenes back in Classic. It was in the episode featuring the underwater hotel
@@Joker-oe5kj And it was pretty damn appropriate. It was when Ripjaws was about to time out while opening the hatch, and I'd be about as tense as well.
Ironically the only other CN show that comes close to Omniverse's animation standards is Scooby Doo Mystery Incorperated. Derick J Wyatt's really just competing with himself.
What about young justice first 2 seasons
This made me giggle a bit. I watched the show fairly recently and I do remember it looking great. Loved the fog effects and the green lighting they'd use sometimes. The characters also looked great, especially the monsters.
But I don't remember as much detail put into the world, then again, Crystal Cove is a pretty good location, and there's plenty of bg Chatacters. I guess I'll have to go analyze it.
@@bashengatheblackmanta7003 now that you mention it, yeah. Those were actually pretty good too
@@bashengatheblackmanta7003 looks great but doesn't have the same level of intricacy on things like environments
@@bashengatheblackmanta7003 I have found a YJ fan in the wild! I'm a fan too! & the show looks amazing, YJ & OV were probably the best looking shows at the time, maybe 1 or 2 more, Idk!!
I really love the fact that Zed's transformations are almost always animated full morphs instead of red flashes.
yeah it definitely gives the nemetrix a more creepy vibe
As Kuro mentioned, it appears that Zed actually struggled with transforming, which heavily implies that the transformations with the nematrix are painful. Which is fitting since a sentient being transforming into a feral creature will warp their mind
@@lel0uchvibritannia981 makes sense when we find out more about Nemetrix later on in the show
@@lel0uchvibritannia981it also makes you have a lot more respect for Azmuth, as you realise just how much hard work and fine tuning he must have had to do on all the various Omnitrices so as to prevent any problems like that, cuz in his inventions, the transformations are always seemless and natural, no pain or discomfort whatsoever
It's truly absurd to think we went from UAF (which was frequently criticized for having empty backgrounds and simple art direction) to what's probably the most detailed and expressive western animated show
But then people criticize OVs art style and character design choices. Specially the uaf fans didn't like it at all despite how detailed and expressive it might be
I always thought classic had the best visuals and designs. I love it for how detailed it was. Classic always gave that sense of realism which many other cartoons never had. So I always wondered why did they change from that to Uaf style. When Af first came it was like a toned down version of what ben 10 was all about. Like everything. I never liked the transformation sequence of uaf, how did it go from wild breathtaking transformations to the overused bland generic x-ray chest shot??
^The creators said "Oh, empty you say? Watch lmao"
When I was a kid UAF was my least favourite part, besides me not liking how the story gets too complicated compare to AF and OG, it's mainly because the screen is just too dark, for some reason when I think of AF and UAF, it's always hard for me to think of episodes that are in day time.
I'd argue that the Green Lantern animated series put a lot of detail into all their characterizations. Although I will admit it was nowhere near as colorful
The idea of Ben's aliens having natural predators is still one of the most terrifying additions to lore. Honestly disappointed we didn't get at least a few more, I wanna know if vulpimancer's have one
I think it was said there aren't any due to how toxic their planet is
It's likely Vulpimancers were the apex predator of their world.
@@KagiroiCommando just like gourmands, they don't have a predator because they're at the top of the food chain
@Koralovaya Psina 1989 also played the Ben 10 game and I think I remember it being said that wildmutts species is the apex pred
I mean they didn't promised the predators with the title of their series so what we got imo was more than enough
39:49 with how much she struggled with transforming vs how smooth de-transforming was, i always interpreted it as if Zed was relaxing back into her form, she no longer had to strain herself as Buglizard
UnderTown is one of My Favorite new additions in Omniverse because it’s basically the Prototype to the Omnitrix City we see in one of Ben’s possible futures from the original series. I also love how it is used throughout the series because It helps further expands the Series theme of understanding by having such a large community of Aliens become a normal part of earth.
I still think gumball is the most insane animated show in cartoon network because the various methods they use is sick, omniverse is second.
Oh yeah, Gumball's artstyle was bonkers. One of my favorite shows during that era. They were going to do a movie after the show's cancellation, but it's been unclear how the project's doing after many animated CN shows were cancelled last year.
@@leithaziz2716 i read somewhere that apparently they're going for a 7th season instead of a movie, which I guess might be an even better choice
Fair enough, that's a really good point
I'm not sure how I feel about the idea of Gumball still going..
I'm pretty sure that NRG, Water Hazard, Terraspin, and Armodrillo were specifically used together in this episode to hype up Shocksquatch. Any former Ben 10 fan watching Omniverse for the first time will have noticed that all of these aliens are the Andromeda aliens from Ultimate Alien, and logically expect AmpFibian to appear as the last and final of the quintet. When I saw lightning come from the cloud of smoke after Ben transformed, I was sure this was the case- but no! It was a different electric alien, and (kind of) a new one. A fun case of misdirection to introduce Shocksquatch's new design and catch the older Ben 10 fans off-guard, even if just a little.
(Maybe Ben electrocuting himself also encouraged the Omnitrix to give him Shocksquatch in the first place? We saw something similar happen in Max's Monster, where something even less direct- an electrical field- was causing the Omnitrix's surface playlist to be flooded with electric-type aliens).
I feel like this kind of misdirection also notably happened way back in "The Gauntlet" in AF, as well. The trio are fighting a Techadon robot, which is specifically mechanical, and Ben says aloud, "you know who'd be perfect for this?" The transformation sequence then shows his skeleton, a strictly black and green color scheme, melting down into liquid. A liquidy black and green alien who Ben thinks would be perfect to fight a robot? I think the writers were totally teasing us about Upgrade to introduce Goop as an unexpected counterpart.
They did it again a handful of episodes earlier in "Everybody Talks About the Weather," when the audience knew even less about whether or not Ben had access to his old aliens, because we see Alan flying around in his Heatblast form and are pretty much lead to believe that it's Ben as Heatblast at first. It's only once Alan transforms back to human, it's clear that this was not the case.
I liked Shocksquatch's OV redesign than to his debut design in the Ben 10/Generator Rex crossover.
Ooohh that's a cool way to see it.
"My exciter-beam has overreacted your nervous system"
"That's what I tell my wife"
Might genuinely be the hardest I've ever laughed at one of Kuro's quips good lord that got me good. Caught me so off-guard
Same tbh that was so unexpected.
Omniverse art style being like this just helped the animation more. We got better choreography and morph animations
Similar to Spectacular Spiderman with it’s simplistic art style giving us fast and smooth paced animations
Ov haters: the animation is terrible
The animation: (que in epic soundtrack)
@@dilloon7626exactly
I'm still on UA so I am looking forward to this better choreography that people are talking about. Still not a fan of the art style tho
@@zero3644 I see where you’re coming since UAF gives off those serious tone vibes compared to OV
If you took the fluidity of Omniverse, the tone of UAF, and the world building of classic, you'd have the perfect Ben 10 show.
Plus remove network interference and move it to a streaming service so they have more creative freedom.
@@benapeh854 exactly. Come on, Warner Bros, make it happen.
Well that and all the Multiverse and Time travel stuff aswell. Idk why but I just love stuff like that. Makes the stakes higher I guess.
@@benapeh854 most likely gonna happen considering HBO Max or whatever exists
Take away uaf tone
And I'm in
Honestly the whole red spot thing with the plumbers is so good
I like how they give them some slang terms cause it makes so much sense
I also love it because I HATED that in UAF the plumber badges were just the Omnitrix symbol, it felt so lazy
Rook consistently uses contractions and more casual slang throughout all of Season 1. It’s only by season 2 that he becomes the more well-spoken and articulate Rook we know now.
I can just imagine kuro alone at night holding his pen in the same position as kaihber saying "fantastic drawing for kuro the artist"
I honestly love the second part than the first becuase I appreciate some of the Andromeda aliens getting the spotlight, Psyphon's debut, and of course Ben and Rook warming up to each other, even eating chili fries together and Ben respecting Rook as his partner in the end. I really love it.
Ben finally agreeing to have Rook as a partner bcz of Chilly Fries is such a Ben thing to do
@@theamazingspooderman2697 Not to mention, it is a great friendship moment
Shoulda dropped the "part 1 part 2" and just called 2nd episode "The More They Stay The Same"
That's actually a good idea
Ben's motif is honestly one of my favorite theme pieces in animation, it always seems to represent the struggle of being a hero very well.
Depending on who you ask, Psyphon was either a cyborg or a straight up robot.
If I remember rightly, concept art for his Omniverse redesign even implied his head fin was a removable artificial addition, so I like to headcanon he's a heavily augmented member of Sunder's species.
I pegged him for like a dwarf To'kustar myself.
@@monochronous1661 there's having dwarfism and then there's being 6% of your intended height XD must've been a really short cosmic storm.
Although, if we subscribe to the interpretation that he was created by Vilgax, one could say he used To'kustar DNA to make him XD
@@VerityShushVilgax: "Yes, there was that one time I met this rather fine Tokustar female........ it was a good night."
@@mastergreeen1385 I don't know which is worse, the implication Psyphon is Vilgax's son or that Vilgax copulated with a To'kustar
I've got to admit, Kuro, you're making a fantastic argument for the art quality. I'm still not a huge fan of the character design, but you've definitely convinced me that even if I'm personally not a fan of part of the art, it has an objective quality that cannot be denied.
Yeah, great animation, bright colors, detailed background. All great stuff... but I just cannot like that artstyle.
@@armaggedon390 Same here
@@armaggedon390 I agree, but I do like the artstyle, quite a bit actually!
Which is a completely fair opinion on it. You don't have to like the art direction to appreciate it's quality. Honestly, I just wish more western animation put in this level of effort so there are those options and people find those different shows art styles and art direction they love.
I like it for some characters but not others, and I think the Omniverse Art Team swung in the opposite direction of the UAF Art Team and just didn't know when to stop using bright colors.
Omniverse Gwendolyn/Ben 10,000 timeline Gwen? Works marvelously. The mana-lined versions of the Charms of Bezel complement the rest of her outfit perfectly and make me wish we had gotten a UAF Gwendolyn in _Ben 10,000 Returns,_ even if it was just an astral projection talking to Paradox and Ultimate Ben after the first fight with Eon (the one that takes place in the future).
Omniverse Paradox? Looks more like a steampunk scientist got his wires crossed with Rassilon than a Cold War scientist whose time travel comes from a map in his mind. I honestly wanted that minimalist design that comes with UAF Paradox to be what UAF Cooper was all along, except more engineer/mechanic oriented. Don't do toxic nerd stereotypes and certainly don't not have him grow.
I will always prefer either the Classic selection mode or the UAF holograms to whatever that selection wheel is, or even the 5YL thing.
To answer you Kuro as to why Ben kinda sucks in his fights in the first 2 episodes is just because he’s hungry 😂
You're right, 😂lol
"ben eat a snickers"
"why"
"because you suck at fighting when you are hungry"
"I too say my name to myself dramatically"
Yes you do, Mr. "hey everyone Kuro the Artist here", yes you do.
I personally love Omniverse. It merges all the best parts of the older shows, but puts its own spin on it
Although it does feel like they’re trying to ignore UAF for some reason
@@axelnilsson5124 well its kinda true in some way, perhaps the writers decided to stop making a bit of let down arc from the UAF and tried doing better storylines for Omniverse which by the time I know a lot of people disliked the art style change and the tone it provided. It used to ba problem a bit for me but I kinda grew on me
@@piotrjasinski2130 that’s still mainly my only problem with OV though the art style change I’m ok with because if I’ve learned something from Mystery Incorporated is to not judge the show for its drastically different art style but UAF was my favorite so it sucks for someone like me that it’s like they’re actively trying to ignore it like they never mention anodites, osmosians are retconned to be a slang for mutant than an alien specie, the UAF aliens get the backseat in favor for Classic and OV exclusive aliens and some other things I can’t think of for the moment
It doesn't merge, it replaces. It breaks what was not broken. It's giant parasite that thinks that it's better then everything before it.
@@piotrjasinski2130 Tree episodes is not a storyline, and is almost forgotten in the next season.
Only 2 episodes in, and I'm already a fan of Rook. Also, wow did they give Syphon a glowup after basically being a 1-note background character in his debut show.
From the moment he appeared in part 1 I knew he’d be the better protagonist than Ben and I was accurate as usual
One thing that’s every fan can agree on is that we all like Rook
@@axelnilsson5124 since the OG series Ben has been less the protagonist and more the titular character
He's Best Boy for a reason!!
@@axelnilsson5124 ....You mean antagonist right? *YOU MEAN ANTAGONIST RIGHT?*
33:55 "For FUCKS SAKE call your dog off!" I love this, i love this so much
The evolution of Derrick J Wyatt’s art style is a very interesting and unique road, mostly because of how far it has come since Teen Titans.
Agreed
Then he went on to make Scooby-Doo mystery inc
@@bashengatheblackmanta7003 that was before Omniverse
The trophy room bit with the Vaxasaurian skull and helmet. It could actually be the Ultimate humungosaur that got sentience, that Khyber hunted down. Cause if you look at it compared to the door and also compared to Humungosaur standing next to people later on in the show, you can tell the skull is bigger than Humungosaur's head, and the helmet is a perfect fit for the skull, so it would have been crazy if they 1. confirmed the skull is specificly belonging to ultimate humungosaur, and 2. had Ben see the trophy room and notice the skull and helmet and realise the ultimate humungosaur he set free is now dead
Fax
No it’s not an ultimate humongousoar’s skull and it’s has been confirmed to be humongousoar’s species .
I really really hope that Saul(kuros name for the ultimate humongousaur) managed to make a family and made a small sub species or something, because it's way to depressing to think that he got hunted down after escaping the hellscape that was the ultimatrix Ultimate program
I don’t think Khyber would handle an ultimate form, not even with the nemetrix since those predators are for the regular forms… the only way for khyber defeat the ultimate humongusaur is with albedos help ,who can became also an ultimate form!
@Edifenix_The_Moltres Yeah the ultimate forms would be to much for the nematrix
Fun fact: Derrick actually drew a Ben transformation for the smoothies alien and called it squirtapiller i think, there’s also alien z and snark tanque who are also transformations for aliens from undertown
I like Alien Z a lot. Don't really like that he did an UAF and just reskined those aliens. I mean, they have suits, so not just the alien with an Omnitrix slapped on them.
I would assume that, when Rook says he was stationed on Revonna and had never been "offworld," he meant on another planet. He probably went to the Plumber's Academy we saw in Ultimate Alien, y'know, the one where Fasttrack got his debut.
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense, actually.
Ben selecting Spider-Monkey when he meant to select Humungosaur is EXTREMELY relateable. Scrolling through UI's, trying to find the ONE thing I'm wanting to open, but scrolling too far, and clicking on the wrong thing.
The second Thunderpig is his father that ben killed and ate shortly after this episode
Oh god that's funny.
that would be awesome 💀
I thank omniverse for introducing me to Shocksquatch. He's one of my favorite aliens. He has a cool name, design, powers, and just cool in general. How can you not like this alien?
Shocksquatch is a great alien but he originated from the Heroes United movie
the accent and his OV design(especially the face)
I love how Rook says "I made a wisecrack!" To Ben. It's like a child telling their parents "I drew a dog in school today!" Like, the way he says it has this innocence to it and it's fun.
My personal most memorable scene from this episode was Armadrillo being used. Like, that whole fight made Armadrillo my favorite alien for a good while just because of how his pistons can be so unique to him.
Mystery Incorporated. Same art designer as OV and just like OV, a bunch of side characters you can recognize along, both monsters of the week and normal characters like Fred Jones Senior or Sheriff Stone. The world building is immaculate, especially anything revolving around the planispheric disk.
Tbh i think the greatest detail of The Inktank is Kuro's constantly changing hairstyles
Fr tho
I just thought. So throughout OV, Ben keeps causing damage to Bauman and Pacmar's shops. Couldn't someone like Clockwork fix everything really easily? Like if he can turn wood to dust in ua, it'd be pretty believable that he could repair the damage he does
They were all by accident
Or he can just use Jury Rigg
They wouldn’t want him to try
theres a fan comic called "Rise of the Omnihero" and in a chapter where Ben 23 appears, he fixes one of Pakmar's shops using Clockwork, Pakmar is happy and can't believe it's Ben Tennyson who just did that
Well, Ben is kinda idiot in this show.
Generator Rex un-ironically competes with ov in the animation department
Agreed
True, but OV definitely outpaces it in terms of its CG blending and fire/energy effects. A run-of-the-mill episode is definitely not at the level of Heroes United.
Ehh more like the artstyle. Gen Rex's actual animation is certainly very good especially for the artstyle but the actual motion of the characters and stuff isn't nearly as fluid or interesting. Gen Rex looks good but OV looks *impressive*
"New Omnitrx. Still learning the controls."
And he never does
Also, the reason Terraspin has a gargling voice is because they're trying to make it like he's speaking through a fan.
Hopefully, Gravattack’s debut episode gets a full breakdown. I always had a soft spot for that episode
Serena: Second it
Bellicus: Motion carry
I would be Serena and Kuro would be Bellicus
Agreed that episode is great.
Gravaattack is my second omiverse alien. The first is Bloxx for the design.
@@bearerofbadnews1375Gravattack design and concept wise is one of the best aliens in Omniverse
I doubt because it’s more of a filler
Omniverse is by far the most alive series of the franchise, I mean, the detail world building, the expression, the characters.
Is like if the original series never had restrictions in their plot to expand the universe.
My only problem with omniverse is not the comedic style (I even like it sometimes) my problem is that they never used their chance to hype people, if they used the opportunity to issue some episodes a little later, the Malware and Feedback plot could been a lot more famous, not in the franchise, but in the entire Cartoon Network.
Exactly, someone who gets it!
they coundn't even commit to using one whole season to tell the story about one whole arc, and would rather throw in fillers to distract peple from the plot
I believe the word you're looking for when you're refering to what you call the "Omniverse theme" is what is known as a Leitmotif which often is a short, recurring musical phrase or notes associated with a particular character, groups, places, or ideas
I've been looking for someone to say that.
Could you give a rough time stamp of when he mentions the theme?
@@vihaanpradeep4921 I believe it's during the recap section of the episode, which means that it is roughly near the beginning of this video.
Every time I hear David is voicing an alien, my reaction is "Yessssss"
The only thing I can think of that would be close would be Samurai Jack with how intricate everything could get and how much they liked to play around with the art format and how that affected the world as we saw it (looking at you Jack vs Ninja scenes where the only colors are black and white) in very unique ways
Generator Rex is another great show with great visuals and sound design that show is an underrated gem.
I'm kinda glad Ben rarely gets Humongo. The dude always tries to go for him.
This show was my introduction to Ben 10 and probably my favourite version of Ben. The Aliens were super memorable and I even used to own an Omnitrix toy with a Big Chill scan thing.
Favourite version of Ben? Eh, I dunno. When OV Ben (Ben Prime) is good he's good, but when he's bad...yeah. He has his moments, but with how annoying his portrayal can be sometimes, he's probably my least favourite.
For sure after the most boring “Learn to draw Anime” book style art from UAF this show was a breath of fresh air, Classic is my favorite followed by Omniverse
@@kindlingking Aside from the fact that "favorite" means it was op's personal taste, your reasoning applies to any other Ben prior to Omniverse just the same tbf. When he's good, he's good, but when he starts to act like a douche, he's a pain in the ass. UAF did this everytime they wrap up the main events. Gwen and Kevin get their asses handed in front line while Ben is just sitting behind a couch, sipping some smoothies or signing fans autographs.
But at the end of the day, every Ben gets back to his business when it's needed or the certain line is crossed, and I think that's how the series set up the "pay off" moments for us. You know you messed up when you made a childish hero looking for some dumb fun act all mature and serious, no matter the show's overall tone.
My intro, too! I only watched it at first because it was on after Pokémon and I was too lazy to change the channel. This was in 8th grade. I was afraid of aliens. Rook wound up not only ending my fear of aliens, but becoming my favorite character.
@@Symbiotian dude, chill. I was just surprised some people prefer OV Ben, because I personally really dislike how often he's potrayed as inept, arrogant and bratty, despite going maturing so much in UAF. To me that's enough to almost dislike him, but if you're fine with this portrayal and/or think the good greatly outweighs the bad, that's fine. I'm not calling anyone out on their taste. So no need for long detailed comments on how you disagree with me.
Andreas was actually voiced by Dee Bradley Baker in Ultimate Alien, just using a very deep voice. So this is John Dimaggio's first time voicing him or Armodrillo.
Yeah
Rise of tmnt being praised for the god tier art style makes me so happy
I like how you said "literally tortured him for informatuon, remember this happenex guys" practically immediately foolowed by "no sympathy for the bad guys, Rook"" lmao! It's great!
In regards to the "omniverse theme" the word you're looking for to describe that music phenomenon is "Leitmotif", You hear it in a lot of Soundtracks nowadays like Hollow Knight, the Norse God of War games, and hell classic Ben 10 even has it as well
Omniverse's art style is the most different from all the other series, but to be honest I think its the art style I like most. Mainly because it gave the team working on Omniverse a lot of creative possibilities to work with. It almost reminds me of Into The Spider-Verse. Not the art style, but the way that every frame could be stopped and it would look like a comic panel
Edit: For 4:20, instead of calling the music the Omniverse theme to not get confused with the theme song, you can call it the motif. I think it is what you are trying to say, but correct me if I'm wrong
Agreed
37:56 fun fact of the day: did you know that sword & that hook could be the OG & not just reference? In a Ask Vector Prime QnA (Ask Vector prime is a official TF QnA), it is insinuated that Khyber might have gone to the TF animated universe & stolen those two artifacts. Not just that, but also that Vector Prime himself know about Ben & his universe.
“Vector Prime had developed a fondness for Ben and was impressed by his adventures. He also speculated that his home reality, located somewhere beyond the multiverse, may have interacted with a Malgus Cluster universe (Transformers Animated universe) at some point, allowing his foe Khyber to collect Cybertronian artifacts.”
So basically…in a nutshell…we might have gotten a off screen crossover between the Omniverse & TFA universes.
ok that's cool
I'm confident enough to say Omniverse may have consistent 5s in visual (or at least consistent as the classic got) which not only is it great but also refreshing after UA's (let's face it) very barebone and at times flat designs (with a few occasional bangers). but with OV
we got
-unique details in characters and locations
-some amazing sound designs and music tracks
-gorgeous animations and choreography
-and overall fun and enjoyment.
with Kuro practically going "Finally some good f****** Visuals
At this point kuro isn't changing only his hair anymore he's changing his entire personality with those outfits
The KuroTrix changes clothes and hairstyles instead of DNA.
@@TheOneWhoSucks lol
Mans is that one Charcter that gets the unique Skins in a video game
@@TheOneWhoSucks lol
He is like the doctor but only his hair regenerates
But his personality changes
8:05 Please don't stop praising the animation, we need all the positive vibes
I've never seen anybody talk about this but Psyphon seems to have his own theme? You can hear it whenever he shows up in the show and you can hear multiple variations of it in this episode:
26:20 his first scene when he explains his plans,
28:04 during this conversation,
31:04 when he smashes Ben with the bomb,
32:27 "my excitor beam has overloaded your nervous system",
35:19 and then when he runs from Rook while Ben fights Zed
Just weird that they gave him of all the characters his own theme, makes you think if he was supposed to be part of a bigger arc
KURO I was so surprised that you didn’t see at 10:20 the last alien to come out of the bus was the alien that Ben and Gwen disguised as in Secret of the Omnitrix on Incarcecon
Oh dang you're right.
I've eagerly been waiting for Omniverse Breakdowns because I want people to enjoy this show
There's a lot less hate nowadays but I guess there still are a lot of people who reject it, hopefully these vids change their minds
The artstyle is so ugly and doesn’t fit ben10
@Liso Mgwedli I don't think I can ever accept the art style major downgrade. I'm almost up to OV tho so we'll just see
@@zero3644 seeing video still doesn't convince you how great the art style is ? 🙄
A big problem: flanderization.
If they created this show to bring in a new audience, why did they take away the aliens saying their names when they transform? With so many aliens it would help a new fan learn their names and be more acquainted with them
Genuinely hated UAF for doing that. Yea, it helps distinguish the names but really hated when Ben turns to an alien for the first time and explain by Ben himself that it was to strike "fear" to his enemies.
Bro that was one of the most breaking the fourth wall ever 😂 because why😂
To be fair, Omniverse usually works it into a sentence where Ben reacts to what we got, or openly states what he was going for. I understand why they had Ben say the alien names, but it felt kind of silly, especially since it was inconsistent. Sometimes he would mistransform and say the name of the alien he intended to select, other times he would say the name of the alien he got. It would also ruin the tension in some moments, like when Gwen tried to trap Ben to prevent him from going after Kevin. I don't know how effective it was in getting kids to remember the names, but I don't miss it really.
Personally, if I helped make the show, I would have gone the Shazam route where Ben would say the name of the alien BEFORE he transforms.
@@jimimonsta3209 Ben's also a Hypocrite for doing that because in Captain Nemesis's first appearance episode in UAF Ben said shouting out your name is stupid.
Don't worry about how much you speak on the detail, backgrounds and all that.
Its all genuinely interesting, stuff i wouldn't notice watching normally on my own.
So go for it. Your passion for it all is infectious
An idea to explain the helmet. Forgive me for not using the species name. After Ultimate Humungousaur got freed, he went to the homeworld and helped the species in their struggle and in return, his personal army or strongest fighters made the helmets to show that they are Ultimate Humungousaur's personal warriors. Or something a kin to that.
Yeah I agree the detail in this series is really good , they could have gone the lazy and have like one or two background characters running or standing there when shit hits the fan. But the fact they added a lot of characters in the background with different designs, have them either move out of the way or head turn during the stopping the vehicle scene. Even given most of them names it shows the people working on this put their hearts into it and wanted to give this world some life compare the previous series.
Omniverse waterhazard’s torso kind of reminds me a bit of a crab, with the eyes and the pincer-like things resembling either the legs or the mouth
Maybe other vaxasaurians got the idea from seeing ultimate humongosaur and adopted the helmet shape as a trend.
Oh hey that one guy was a reference to the Secrets Of The Omnitrix disguise Ben and Gwen wore
One thing I regret was not watching the show through. It is because I got older and wasn't as interested in Ben 10, but with the breakdown, I think this is the perfect opportunity.
Yeah. I've recently watched the first season in advanced to watch these videos. Been pretty good.
Put off by the radically different art style at first, but quickly became my favorite show of the franchise when it aired 10 years ago. Things were so...unique and alive, and I was kinda rewarded for my own trivial beef with later UAF's "dull" actions, lacking diversity in designs, and overall dramatic seriousness. Not for everyone, but judge it with your own eyes and have fun!
@@Symbiotian Despite still liking UAF (I watched it since the series started), it was pretty stiff and dark in comparison. Seriously, sometimes I can't watch season 1 and 2 when it's daylight outside XD.
just skip all the fillers and save your time
Omniverse Pysphon's design is freaking badass! 😈
Yeah, for like 3 episodes. Then he's turned into a buffoon.
I'm pretty sure he has the former powers of Vilgax, with flying, laser eyes and super strength.
@@Theokal3 you don’t what you are talking about
Pysphon design in omniverse look amazing to make more classical and typical villain on mostly on the movies
i find his expression too goofy for me to take him seriously
Pysphon crossed with a Pyronite on the other hand
I know you try to cut down on comments about the animation and art, but honestly those are some of my favorite aspects of these Breakdowns. Seeing someone who knows so much about art talking about how the show does it is so fascinating to watch. You could make a three hour long video just about dissecting the art of the shows and I would happily watch it.
While I have some issues with a couple of the character redesigns, especially the female characters, the art, composition and animation in omniverse as a whole is AMAZING. I've always loved Derek's art and omniverse is visually probably his best series
I’m glad you’re covering Omniverse now, it was one of my favorite shows in 2012 growing up
Maybe the art style change but the animation is gorgeous , its just fantastic
Just by the background alone you can tell how much work the crew put in OV 💯
I honestly don’t mind you appreciating the animation every time, because i love seeing detailed analysis of it
Is Omniverse the greatest looking cartoon show? YES, yes it is
And i'm tired of pretending that it's not
@@piotrjasinski2130 ale jajca Polak, który sie ze mną zgadza tutaj, aż w szoku jestem
No, it's not. Stop pretending that everyone likes one art style.
Monkie Kid, Rise of the TMNT, and Gumball got it beat.
@@Bionickpunk rise of TMNT yeah maybe but Gumball? Not for me
I feel like a lot of people's reactions regarding Rook back then went a little something like
"Ugh, why did they send Gwen and Kevin away and send in a new guy who's probably only here to bolster Ben's already inflated ego?"
*Rook proceeds to act like the more competent hero while Ben's three years and three months of experience seem to vanish before our very eyes*
"Nevermind, I love him now."
I honestly don't think too many people hated Rook after this episode. I'd be surprised if a lot of people did.
I think Ben has the same problem you pointed out with the Omnitrix, Kuro, at least at first, with it being harder to tell what alien you're picking. Ben explained that he's still getting used to this Omnitrix version and plus in the last episode he chose spider monkey when he wanted humangasour.🤔
Too bad they will never fix that, and the "select the wrong alien" thing gets worse every season.
@@mayotango1317 Nah, it gradually decreases after season 2
In the reboot the only characters I can think of with a lot of detail are Glitch (in all his forms including the alien forms.), some of Ben and Kevin's aliens some of the aliens, lord decibel, vilgax, and toothache. Also I can definitely see Reboot Ben, reboot Gwen, and Glitch drinking protozoa smoothies.
I mean I would say anything from Genndy Tartakovsky and his team blows this out of the water artistically and when it comes to visual complexity or visual worldbuilding, but all Ben 10 series (minus the reboot) are still up there visually as far as CN shows go. The Amazing World of Gumball's zany mish mash of artstyles also comes to mind, at least for the variety.
I was also going to mention Tron: Uprising but that wasn't originally a CN show. And even though it's not a CN show either, I'll bring up Love, Death & Robots as an honorable mention, and more people need to check it out.
Omnivores Water Hazard is my favorite design for him as well.
The whole jagged ones going across his hood thing, the barnacles on his shoulders and the buddy like fingers are really visually satisfying to look at. And the voice filter he has is also pretty kewl.
And not to mention that Water Hazard is one of my favorite aliens in Ben 10.
I think that for 20:10, it should count as a mistransformation because if you slow it down, it hovers over humongousaur’s icon and then scrolls to spider monkey. As Ben said, he’s still getting used to the new omnitrix and didn’t realise that the touchscreen was so sensitive.
Agree 100%, Omniverse visuals, art-style and characters designs are awesome, I'm in love with them so much! Creators put so much effort to make them hisgh quaility.
The first time I heard that Omniverse was coming on TV, I was so: "What the heck did they do to my favourite show?!"
But then I started watching it and came to love it so much. They really did a great job.
Derrick's art style makes each show he worked on amazing.
the themes that repeat themselves in different keys or tones and appear in different tracks are called leitmotifs, so that would be omniverse's leitmotif!
If you notice in other episode you can see Ben select the alien that he missed transforms into it quite noticeable if you look at the Omnitrix
He just can't see the symbol clearly. It's also very bright shown in the video.
PERSON.....
ANYTIME BEN MISS TRANSFORMS....
IF THE ZOOM INTO THE WATCH...
YOU CAN SEE HIM TURNING THE HOLOGRAM DIAL THINGY......
YOU CAN SEE THE ALIEN IS GOING TO MISS TRANSFORM INTO....
The term for short musical compositions to emphasize emotion or a particular character is a 'Leitmotif'.
The Omniverse style looks like a very awesome show having new characters and visuals to each of the episode
Having more undertown background characters have voice and names
When I was a kid watching Omniverse I thought that the reason Ben miss transforms is that he thinks too much before transforming. Cause he does get the exact Alien he wants it's just he doesn't go "ok Omnitrix daddy needs a new pair of Humonasuars". Like during the Upchuck planet episode he turns into Upchuck multiple times on the first try.
I remember when Omniverse first came out, I didn't quite like it at first, but it grew on me really quickly
The Art style was pretty good i always liked the heavily exaggerated redesigns for a lot of ben's aliens like waterhazard and other characters like psyphon the sharp claws sharp teeth blacks slitted pupils made him to stand out more
I like to think the tentacle vendor goes by a title for his shop like Mr. Fresh as a way to get more customers like "Tentacles so fresh it's in my name!"
Scissor Seven does a lot of building with great attention to detail in everything. They don’t have nearly as much run time as Ben 10 OV, but they put so much effort and thought into every frame
32:26 I see what you did there Kuro, you naughty boy 😏
40:36 I wasn't expecting that, but that's genius.
Man, The Episode was just 22 minutes, and the breakdown is literally 44 minutes.😂 But I just enjoy it and I can't accept the fact that omniverse was the end. I just need another series like "Ben 10 : The Roadtrip" and they got a lot of things to tell too. I wish they had another series for Classic continuity. Also there was a lot of changes in airing order and production order in the first 6 seasons. Got a lot to see Kuro, actually 78 though. See ya in the next one
38:00 grimlock's sword and lockdown's hookarm
Petition for a count for every time Ben destroys someone's shop