I remember when the series premiered. I didn't see any promos or commercials for it. And I missed the first five minutes. So my first introduction to Ben was him already as Heat Blast and his family trying to think of how to turn him back. And for some reason, I was convinced it was a new episode or some movie special of Teen Titans. Up until the next commercial break stating "You are watching Ben 10" and I felt so excited that it was something new.
The art style of the original series is so beautiful and well thought-out and detailed ! Just compare it to the other Ben 10 series and see how it makes them look bare bone in comparison
I wouldn't say the art style is beautiful. I'd actually say the show looks ugly and that is amazing. Pretty much any time Dr. Animo shows up you are going to see something gross. Anytime Ben transformers it looks horrifyingly cool. It makes ugly, gross, and horrifying look good. AF and UA are too clean+bland and Omniverse is too whimsical. The original got style. Imagine saying some of Ben's newer aliens in the old style. Big Chill would have been a treat, I tried looking it up online no one has tried it that is disappointing.
@@baconator_x4098 i agree 100% , the ugliness of the art style is what makes it beautiful Bro, i would pay millions to see UAF and OV in classic's art style Some aliens would look horrifying just like you said
@Baconatir_X the OG Ben 10 is gritty I wouldn’t say ugly. But yeah it’s definitely better than the over-polished UAF art style and the exaggerated Omniverse art style
I remember the build up to Alien Force and I was obsessed with the original series. I built myself a prop Omnitrix out of a wristband, Snapple bottle caps, foam, markers and hot glue. I wore it for the Alien Force premiere.
As a kid, I only really cared about XLR8 in the show and playing as him in PoE. That's how I lived by for 9 years and I do not regret it (I think he's my fav alien, idk)
I always assumed the swat team and helicopters came around not to protect the video games, but to capture the mutant Kevin if he falls for the "tip" he received about the games.
The first ever time I watched Ben10 I was immediately sold on the show. As a kid, the alien designs were the main selling point for me and most likely all the other people who watched. Going back to it as an adult, so much more of it stuck out to me as so unique from almost every other cartoon I watched as a kid. The alien designs and transformations, the art style, and the world building are just so awesome even all these years later. And even though I loved Alien Force and grew to like Ultimate Alien, nothing beats the OG to me.
I honestly agree with you’re point about the artstyle of the OG series. I think what I like about it the most is that it’s western with an anime like aesthetic to it. The aliens also look a lot better designed compared to the later installments . But that’s just me
I was ADDICTED of Ben 10 as a child. I didn't even fully understand English when watching as a child but it was still magical. The artsyle, aliens, world building and all is so good
14:43 grandpa max gets brutally shot in an alley way 18:04 fr 18:07 plot reasons 19:17 i knew it couldn't been that easy 27:41 i could break these cuffs 29:50 fine 35:10 wtf is this piece of sh#t 37:26 sick 38:54 fact
I’m the same way, Ben Ten was the show that made me want something crazy to happen in my life. Then when I started watching Pokemon it gave me the idea of a Pokemon version of the Omnitrix, which was kind of the thing I wanted.
Even as a 39 year old, I still love this show now. I remember watching it when it was first coming out, and it made me think of my first days of reading Spider-Man comics. Loved this video and thank you for making it.
It’s funny how Ben 10 parallels Spider-Man. First the Kevin 11 episode, and then how literally Ben in the later series is literally voiced by Yuri Lowenthal who is the voice actor of Peter Parker in the Spider-Man games from insomniac
I miss that back in the day, Ben 10 wasn't exclusively about aliens. It mostly was but there was people like kevin and Doctor Animo who where just random supervillains/heroes and people with powers that also happened to exist in this world. It made it feel more dynamic. By the time Ultimate alien rolls around everyone is part alien.
The big problem is that all this "mutant people with powers" thing is that it hardly has an impact in the world of Ben 10; we do not see a community or a group of them. For Animo, it can simply be a product of its own experiments. For in Omniverse, it seems that only Kevin is treated like he's the only one with a mutation. Ben 10 is a show about aliens, as should be.
I remember when Ben 10 first came out it was going to replace Pokemon on the 4pm slot. Was not happy about it. Turns out it was one of the best things for western animation in decades.
"I think 'a small problem' is the only episode to heavily feature only one alien" LEMME TELL YA SOMETHIN', THE AWESOME ALAN! RATH IS INSULTED BY YOUR IGNORANCE!
Ben 10 was and is such an iconic show. It really is wild how great it was in so many ways! God. Watching cartoons in the early to late 2000s was such a great time! So many gems were on and this was one of it not the best!
my first impression as a kid watching this was that I thought the show's name was cringe and that ben was annoying but as I kept watching because I refused to ever change the channel back then, I couldn't deny the show's quality and uniqueness. during ben10 I was definitely invested and by the time they had a timeskip and the characters became more rounded and likable, I was a big fan. then came the instant disinterest when they rebooted the series into something objectively worse..
Imagine the concepts they introduced to us It wasn't dr strange for me back then it was the professor paradox. Big bang , time dilation , parallel universes, dna mutation, I mean it was peak sci fi...
The older I become the more I grow to appreciate this series, which for a show originally made for kids you don't always expect. It's just really, really well done. A creatively fantastic idea coupled with some of the best animation and art direction on kids' television not only for its' time, but still today. I never appreciated the sound design as a kid either, but man did it add a lot. And while not expored to its fullest in the classic series, the worldbuilding always really drew me in too, and sparked a love of it which pushed me into later career and education choices. It nailed that balance of showing just enough to get viewers to start to imagine. I find myself taking a lot of inspiration from Ben 10 nowadays, artistically speaking. It's really good stuff. The classic series is especially fantastic.
In my opinion the best to worst episodes in season 1 of Ben 10 are: 1) Secrets 2) And Then There Were 10 3) Kevin 11 4) Hunted 5) The Alliance 6) Washington B.C. 7) Last Laugh 8) Lucky Girl 9) The Krakken 10) Side Effects 11) A Small Problem 12) Permanent Retirement 13) Tourist Trap Also I think the season as a whole is a solid 9 out of 10
My top 13 Best-Worst Episodes Of Ben 10 Season 1: 1. Secrets Episode 13 2. Hunted Episode 5 3. Last Laugh Episode 9 4. And Then There Were 10 Episode 1 5. Washington B.C Episode 2 6. Lucky Girl Episode 10 7. The Alliance Episode 8 8. Permanent Retirement Episode 4 9. Kevin 11 Episode 7 10. Krakken Episode 3 11. Tourist Trap Episode 6 12. A Small Problem Episode 11 13. Side Effects Episode 12
7:00 Compelty agree there. The origjnal series is much better than what comes after. I especially hate how they changed Gwens personality in the sequels.
OMG! i absolutely LOVED Ben 10 when i was younger, i had the first season on dvd and would rewatch it like every week lol. my fave aliens are ghostfreak and XLR8, i just think theyre really cool :D awesome video, keep up the great work!
I remember being there for the Negative 10 and earlier episodes. Series is a banger. Shame that it had to go through a failed attempt at getting their ratings back and using a fan wiki as an official source
I feel like "retrospective" implies more than simply summarizing every episode as they come. Like, talk about how this season/series compares to later ones. Elaborate on how influential the individual episodes and "planted seeds" are.
That's definitely the biggest thing I wanted to fix after the Season 1 Retrospective, I played it safe for this one but going forward that shouldn't be an issue for the most part, as I go a lot more in-depth.
This has been my favorite channel for weeks and you’ve only got 6 videos lol but man yeah I remember waking up for kindergarten and the OG series was always on and I’d miss the bus watching it I’m gonna rewatch all your vids and when you post again I’ll be here first fr 🐐👑
The kraken episode was one of my favorites as a kid and even now as it showed early on that aliens (that arent ben) arent evil and some are just trying to live their lives. Since if I remember right the kraken is an actual alien
I never knew that there were so many Spider-Man references in Ben 10. I've always been reminded of Spider-Man from Ben 10. Both Peter and Ben can be cocky at some points but ultimately are good people.
12:02 If I had to pick one alien that should have been a transformation before Ben 10,000, it would be the Megawatts. I know that takes away from Feedback, but Ben needed an electric alien before Amph-ibian.
The show might not be around anymore. But a fanfic of the classic show I found recently has filled the void in my heart. It's called "Ben 10: Dark Mirror". It's SO good, it should have been the show's canon version. Ben's allies work better as his enemies and his enemies work better as his allies. I also like seeing young Kevin join them and I LOVE the arc the kids go through with Max. Had he been like in the fanfic, I would have made a joke comparing him to Zeus from "God of War" (they shared the same VA for a time).
I love the subvertion jokes all the time I hope you never stop doing them lmfao I’ve seen this entire vid like 4 or 5 times and the “Max gets cancer” and “Ben and Kevin become best friends forever” still kills me lmaooo 😂🤙🏻
Tourist trap is a very bland episode but man I loved the megawatts designs it felt like some kind of alien pokemon to me when I was young. Ben 10 always has amazing alien designs in every way
You most I’ve been really young to be watching the show. I was 10 years old when it came out so I was the prime audience for it. And I’m now 28 years old. So if you’re only 23 that means you were five years old crazy
In the Kevin 11 episode I assumed that the cops used the warehouse as bait. Perhaps Kevin was such a threat that the police thought they needed to get the drop on him. That might explain why the SWAT team was able to show up so quickly. They had someone tail both Ben and Kevin and sent everyone in once the alarm was triggered.
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Alanuh, this shit is peak Alanuh.
You have an Omnitrix. Now fight Alita!
Imagine being 25
The facts this show is nearly 20 years old makes me feel old af
*UAF
We are, but it’s okay
Im 7 days older then this show. I also feel old
Ben 10 will be forgotten in a couple years, so I wanna enjoy the time we have left. Soon enough, nobody will know what Ben 10 is if you ask them
No no no you’re lying oh my god where has time gone
I had an omnitrix as a kid and spent so much time releasing the watch face and slapping it back down until the mechanism broke 😂
We need a season 2 retrospective dude, because this content is just amazing!!
Season 2 was fantastic
I remember when the series premiered. I didn't see any promos or commercials for it. And I missed the first five minutes. So my first introduction to Ben was him already as Heat Blast and his family trying to think of how to turn him back.
And for some reason, I was convinced it was a new episode or some movie special of Teen Titans. Up until the next commercial break stating "You are watching Ben 10" and I felt so excited that it was something new.
I always loved Vilgax's spiky ball, it's a really inconvenient way to travel but you can tell he doesn't give a fuck.
The art style of the original series is so beautiful and well thought-out and detailed ! Just compare it to the other Ben 10 series and see how it makes them look bare bone in comparison
especially the transformation sequences. A shame they stopped being so detailed after ben wolf
I wouldn't say the art style is beautiful. I'd actually say the show looks ugly and that is amazing. Pretty much any time Dr. Animo shows up you are going to see something gross. Anytime Ben transformers it looks horrifyingly cool. It makes ugly, gross, and horrifying look good. AF and UA are too clean+bland and Omniverse is too whimsical. The original got style.
Imagine saying some of Ben's newer aliens in the old style. Big Chill would have been a treat, I tried looking it up online no one has tried it that is disappointing.
@@baconator_x4098 i agree 100% , the ugliness of the art style is what makes it beautiful
Bro, i would pay millions to see UAF and OV in classic's art style
Some aliens would look horrifying just like you said
@@baconator_x4098100% agree
Some of OV’s aliens were **too** polished, and didn’t allow the aliens to be ugly
@Baconatir_X the OG Ben 10 is gritty I wouldn’t say ugly. But yeah it’s definitely better than the over-polished UAF art style and the exaggerated Omniverse art style
I remember the build up to Alien Force and I was obsessed with the original series. I built myself a prop Omnitrix out of a wristband, Snapple bottle caps, foam, markers and hot glue. I wore it for the Alien Force premiere.
As a kid, I only really cared about XLR8 in the show and playing as him in PoE. That's how I lived by for 9 years and I do not regret it (I think he's my fav alien, idk)
Think bro likes fast track
Heatblast was so op in that game
I always assumed the swat team and helicopters came around not to protect the video games, but to capture the mutant Kevin if he falls for the "tip" he received about the games.
The first ever time I watched Ben10 I was immediately sold on the show. As a kid, the alien designs were the main selling point for me and most likely all the other people who watched. Going back to it as an adult, so much more of it stuck out to me as so unique from almost every other cartoon I watched as a kid. The alien designs and transformations, the art style, and the world building are just so awesome even all these years later. And even though I loved Alien Force and grew to like Ultimate Alien, nothing beats the OG to me.
11:42 You are so right. Gray Matter needs his wins.
I honestly agree with you’re point about the artstyle of the OG series. I think what I like about it the most is that it’s western with an anime like aesthetic to it. The aliens also look a lot better designed compared to the later installments . But that’s just me
I was ADDICTED of Ben 10 as a child. I didn't even fully understand English when watching as a child but it was still magical. The artsyle, aliens, world building and all is so good
28:35 Hank Pym entered the chat.
In all seriousness, a great retrospective video, subbed!
14:43 grandpa max gets brutally shot in an alley way
18:04 fr
18:07 plot reasons
19:17 i knew it couldn't been that easy
27:41 i could break these cuffs
29:50 fine
35:10 wtf is this piece of sh#t
37:26 sick
38:54 fact
28:05 Rath's debut is also one character i guess. Even more famous.
I’m the same way, Ben Ten was the show that made me want something crazy to happen in my life. Then when I started watching Pokemon it gave me the idea of a Pokemon version of the Omnitrix, which was kind of the thing I wanted.
I love how PJ Masks teaches kids about the importance of using their powers for good.
Even as a 39 year old, I still love this show now. I remember watching it when it was first coming out, and it made me think of my first days of reading Spider-Man comics. Loved this video and thank you for making it.
I discovered this show on a plane going to Taiwan. Loved it
Ben 10 was honestly the best show cartoon network has made including it's sequels
The reboot can burn in hell tho
this is my childhood, i watched all of them, hated the new ones but i even had the little box with all the cards that you get with a magazine
I honestly just loved watching Specs slowly going insane as he has to explain what "damageless" means repeatedly.
Ben 10 was like the avatar the last air bender to Cartoon Network
It’s funny how Ben 10 parallels Spider-Man. First the Kevin 11 episode, and then how literally Ben in the later series is literally voiced by Yuri Lowenthal who is the voice actor of Peter Parker in the Spider-Man games from insomniac
I miss that back in the day, Ben 10 wasn't exclusively about aliens. It mostly was but there was people like kevin and Doctor Animo who where just random supervillains/heroes and people with powers that also happened to exist in this world. It made it feel more dynamic. By the time Ultimate alien rolls around everyone is part alien.
The big problem is that all this "mutant people with powers" thing is that it hardly has an impact in the world of Ben 10; we do not see a community or a group of them. For Animo, it can simply be a product of its own
experiments. For in Omniverse, it seems that only Kevin is treated like he's the only one with a mutation.
Ben 10 is a show about aliens, as should be.
@@mayotango1317yeah, like remember those mutants with the normal human mom about to die from the mafia
@@pemanilnoob That was a weird episode.
@@mayotango1317 at least we got to see ditto being cool
We do have Captain Nemesis and pseudo J.Jonah Jameson in UA
I remember when Ben 10 first came out it was going to replace Pokemon on the 4pm slot. Was not happy about it. Turns out it was one of the best things for western animation in decades.
You are so Underrated man..
"I think 'a small problem' is the only episode to heavily feature only one alien"
LEMME TELL YA SOMETHIN', THE AWESOME ALAN! RATH IS INSULTED BY YOUR IGNORANCE!
I grew up wit the original series nd still love it til this day
Ben 10 was and is such an iconic show. It really is wild how great it was in so many ways! God. Watching cartoons in the early to late 2000s was such a great time! So many gems were on and this was one of it not the best!
That opening was accurate to my experiences with Ben 10, except it wasn't "coming soon" it was "coming up next"
Man I was absolutely obsessed with this show, it was so freaking good!
my first impression as a kid watching this was that I thought the show's name was cringe and that ben was annoying but as I kept watching because I refused to ever change the channel back then, I couldn't deny the show's quality and uniqueness. during ben10 I was definitely invested and by the time they had a timeskip and the characters became more rounded and likable, I was a big fan. then came the instant disinterest when they rebooted the series into something objectively worse..
This is so good please continue this series retrospective
I grew up watching this show, it impacted my life. I’m a hard-core fan.
Gimme a hug mate.
@@Black_Knight_-BK- sure can do
Imagine the concepts they introduced to us It wasn't dr strange for me back then it was the professor paradox.
Big bang , time dilation , parallel universes, dna mutation, I mean it was peak sci fi...
@@sshk1653paradox was like my gojo at the time for me
Please cover the entire series, your videos are awesome
The older I become the more I grow to appreciate this series, which for a show originally made for kids you don't always expect.
It's just really, really well done. A creatively fantastic idea coupled with some of the best animation and art direction on kids' television not only for its' time, but still today. I never appreciated the sound design as a kid either, but man did it add a lot. And while not expored to its fullest in the classic series, the worldbuilding always really drew me in too, and sparked a love of it which pushed me into later career and education choices. It nailed that balance of showing just enough to get viewers to start to imagine.
I find myself taking a lot of inspiration from Ben 10 nowadays, artistically speaking.
It's really good stuff. The classic series is especially fantastic.
The first episode I saw was camp fear, I was at my grandparents with my cousins and it came on. Oddly fitting
In my opinion the best to worst episodes in season 1 of Ben 10 are:
1) Secrets
2) And Then There Were 10
3) Kevin 11
4) Hunted
5) The Alliance
6) Washington B.C.
7) Last Laugh
8) Lucky Girl
9) The Krakken
10) Side Effects
11) A Small Problem
12) Permanent Retirement
13) Tourist Trap
Also I think the season as a whole is a solid 9 out of 10
My top 13 Best-Worst Episodes Of Ben 10 Season 1:
1. Secrets Episode 13
2. Hunted Episode 5
3. Last Laugh Episode 9
4. And Then There Were 10 Episode 1
5. Washington B.C Episode 2
6. Lucky Girl Episode 10
7. The Alliance Episode 8
8. Permanent Retirement Episode 4
9. Kevin 11 Episode 7
10. Krakken Episode 3
11. Tourist Trap Episode 6
12. A Small Problem Episode 11
13. Side Effects Episode 12
7:00 Compelty agree there. The origjnal series is much better than what comes after. I especially hate how they changed Gwens personality in the sequels.
Permanent retirement is an episode that scared me as a kid
Would love to see a part 2 for season 2!! Keep up the great work, amazing video
OMG! i absolutely LOVED Ben 10 when i was younger, i had the first season on dvd and would rewatch it like every week lol. my fave aliens are ghostfreak and XLR8, i just think theyre really cool :D awesome video, keep up the great work!
I remember being there for the Negative 10 and earlier episodes.
Series is a banger. Shame that it had to go through a failed attempt at getting their ratings back and using a fan wiki as an official source
31:06 I liked his spiked up bowling ball
Nothing can beats the original classic series of Ben 10 !!
I feel like "retrospective" implies more than simply summarizing every episode as they come. Like, talk about how this season/series compares to later ones. Elaborate on how influential the individual episodes and "planted seeds" are.
That's definitely the biggest thing I wanted to fix after the Season 1 Retrospective, I played it safe for this one but going forward that shouldn't be an issue for the most part, as I go a lot more in-depth.
it was 2006 when i first was the Show and it was Amazing i Loved every Second of it.
it was the Series of Childhood.
here's the difference between a squid and a octopus
A Octopus has a round head
A Squid has a pointy head
Amazing video, we need a season 2 retrospective!
34:30 Wasnt Plumbers the cover used by the agents who dod watergate? I always figured this was a reference to that.
This has been my favorite channel for weeks and you’ve only got 6 videos lol but man yeah I remember waking up for kindergarten and the OG series was always on and I’d miss the bus watching it
I’m gonna rewatch all your vids and when you post again I’ll be here first fr 🐐👑
I really appreciate it :)
New one coming soon!
The kraken episode was one of my favorites as a kid and even now as it showed early on that aliens (that arent ben) arent evil and some are just trying to live their lives. Since if I remember right the kraken is an actual alien
I never knew that there were so many Spider-Man references in Ben 10.
I've always been reminded of Spider-Man from Ben 10. Both Peter and Ben can be cocky at some points but ultimately are good people.
Well alan is indeed awsome and i need to smash the sub button and so does everyone else. 💯💯
Randomly popped up in my recommended while I was chilling in the forest, what a good fucking video ✨
I was never a fan of Ben 10, but this was entertaining and funny to watch! keep up the good work!! :D
Thank you so much!!
Common Alan W frfr
I wanna binge this series your boutta make I like your breakdown and analysis
For someone who never really watched this show I appreciate this
Bro this is a great video I hope you do more classic Cartoon Network shows like teen titans
I remember watching thos show and really enjoying it good times
another amazing alan video
I'm hyped, can't wait to see this
I would love the future live action to adapt the first season
12:02 If I had to pick one alien that should have been a transformation before Ben 10,000, it would be the Megawatts. I know that takes away from Feedback, but Ben needed an electric alien before Amph-ibian.
Ben had Frankenstrike before feedback.
First electric alien Ben had ever unlocked was Frankenstrike.
@@Ultras_450 Whom he only really used in omniverse.
@@PlatformingCyndaquil but he was his first electric slien
@@Ultras_450 I’m not arguing about that fact. I’m just pointing out how underutilized Frankenstrike (and all of the Anur aliens for that matter) were.
Its crazy how dirty they did Ben when Fusionfall did him better in their stuff lol
Looking back now that warehouse break in scene was over the top for the police. Guess they wanted us kids to stay in school bad.
Amazing video. Just subbed!
Very well made video man, enjoyed every second of it, though for me personally.. maybe a little too many memes
overall great stuff dude earned a sub
I grew up with Ben 10 it was great
The show might not be around anymore. But a fanfic of the classic show I found recently has filled the void in my heart. It's called "Ben 10: Dark Mirror". It's SO good, it should have been the show's canon version.
Ben's allies work better as his enemies and his enemies work better as his allies. I also like seeing young Kevin join them and I LOVE the arc the kids go through with Max. Had he been like in the fanfic, I would have made a joke comparing him to Zeus from "God of War" (they shared the same VA for a time).
Where can I find it!”?
@@ThePilleroflightning ao3.
Hope this blows up one day
12:04 you are 100% incorrect here, there is a lesson.
Mind the signs
If i ever have kids, i want to introduce them to ben 10, it made my childhood and it would make me happy if it made theirs as well.
Ghostfreak and Big Chill are my fav aliens
1:26 bro 5 year old me didn't notice the alien buttplug
imo the season where ghostfreak becomes the villain was my favorite arc
Yooo i already love this channel
This is so cool, absolutely love the memes 😂 good job Alan
Ooooooo boy can't wait for alien Force season 3
Believe me, he will be very harsh critical to Omniverse.
About there being only one alien In a episode, there was Rath's introduction.
Unfortunately I was 12 turning 13 around S1 and S2 loved the show but would have got bullied relentlessly if I ever claimed I watched Ben 10 pmsl
Sue me, but Diamond head is a better fighter than Four Arms just because of his long range capabilities.
I love the subvertion jokes all the time I hope you never stop doing them lmfao I’ve seen this entire vid like 4 or 5 times and the “Max gets cancer” and “Ben and Kevin become best friends forever” still kills me lmaooo 😂🤙🏻
28:10 what about the big chill pregnancy episode? 😭
Tourist trap is a very bland episode but man I loved the megawatts designs it felt like some kind of alien pokemon to me when I was young. Ben 10 always has amazing alien designs in every way
You most I’ve been really young to be watching the show. I was 10 years old when it came out so I was the prime audience for it. And I’m now 28 years old. So if you’re only 23 that means you were five years old crazy
I'd really love to see Vilgax blow up that city in a huge explosion with his big weapon on his ship in the episode Secrets. It would've been so cool.
I WANTTTTTTT MOREEEEEEEEEE!!!!
In the Kevin 11 episode I assumed that the cops used the warehouse as bait. Perhaps Kevin was such a threat that the police thought they needed to get the drop on him. That might explain why the SWAT team was able to show up so quickly. They had someone tail both Ben and Kevin and sent everyone in once the alarm was triggered.
I never realised that Gwen is wearing a shirt with a logo thats very similar to the Sly Cooper Logo
Pls cover Alien Force/Ultimate Alien!!
Can we all just talk about how the “Kevin 11” episode came out on the 11th of February?
39:07 Ben 10 obviousky clears the DCEU, tho idk if that's a statement about how good Ben 10 is or how bad those movies are (probably both)
Peak review
Ben 10, especially the Original Series, is the GOAT of Cartoon Cetwork
28:38 Taylor Hebert will remember that.