Set five years after the original series, the storyline is notable for having matured the characters and taking a darker tone, with more complex plots, and sometimes characters dying on-screen.
The series premiered on Cartoon Network on April 18, 2008 in the United States, with its Canadian premiere on Teletoon on September 6, 2008 and ended on March 26, 2010. The series was originally produced under the working title of Ben 10: Hero Generation. The series ran for a total of 46 episodes with its final episode being aired on March 26th, 2010. The third installment of the series titled Ben 10: Ultimate Alien premiered on April 23rd 2010 and is animated exactly like Alien Force.
Heroes
Main article: List of Ben 10 characters
Benjamin Kirby Tennyson
Ben fills the role of leader after Max disappears. The Omnitrix has been recalibrated, giving him access to a new set of alien heroes. Over the past few years, Ben has matured dramatically.
Gwendolyn Tennyson
Gwen is much more proficient with her powers, able to manipulate energy directly as opposed to using spells (this is revealed to be due to Gwen having an alien heritage), where she can manipulate energy to create blasts, shields, and energy like grapple holds. Although she's not nearly as fiery or short-tempered as before, Gwen is still always looking out for her cousin.
Kevin Ethan Levin
A former nemesis of Ben, Kevin is now getting by as an alien tech dealer. He unintentionally gets involved in the Highbreed plot, and joins Ben out of a desire to make up for his actions. His abilities now allow him to absorb the properties of any solid matter he touches.
Maxwell Tennyson
Max is a semi-retired member of the Plumbers. He disappears while investigating the Highbreed plot, leaving only a few cryptic messages for Ben to find. He is briefly reunited with his grandchildren in "Max Out", but sacrifices himself to destroy a Highbreed factory at the end of the episode. In the episode "Voided", Ben and Max reunite in the Null Void, and he promises Ben that he'll come back soon. He eventually returns in the second season finale of the show, "War of the Worlds" to aid Ben in his final assault against the Highbreed.
Julie Yamamoto
Julie is Ben's girlfriend. She enjoys tennis, eating chili fries, and caring for her pet, Ship (an alien Galvanic Mechomorph found by her and Ben). She helped him to track the doings of Big Chill and also helps Ben in studies.
Verdona Tennyson: Verdona is Ben and Gwen's grandmother and Max's wife. She appears in Season 1 episode 8 'What are little girls made of' when she reveals that Gwen's powers aren't actually magic, they are because of her alien heritage as an Anadite. Verdona then asks Gwen to come with her to her Anadite planet which Gwen later declines. Verdona then becomes violent and tries to force Gwen to leave with her beating up Ben and Kevin in the process. In the end, Verdona accepts Gwen's decision and leaves leaving behind an energy flower. Verdona is very fun-loving and mischievous and does not get along with her daughter-in-law, Gwen's mother.
Villains
Highbreed
The Highbreed believe themselves to be the masters and most powerful of all species, and intend to cleanse the galaxy of impure lower life forms. It was later revealed that they were dying out, having become sterile and vulnerable to disease due to heavy inbreeding, and that they intend to destroy the rest of the universe with them.
DNAliens
Hybrids of humans and alien drones that serve the Highbreed, the DNAliens are able to disguise themselves as humans using special identity masks.
The Forever Knights
A paramilitary organization that has worked in secret ever since their formation in the Middle Ages. The Forever Knights will trade alien technology with anyone who's willing, even the Highbreed.
Vilgax
Vilgax returns in Season 3 with a new look (he had new armors, weapons and abilities). He loses to Ben in the episode "Vengeance of Vilgax" and was banished from Earth, though he swore vengeance. Vilgax returns in "Ghost Town" in need of Ben's assistance when a deal with Ghostfreak became a double-cross on Ghostfreak's part and Ghostfreak takes over Vilgaxia, Vilgax's home planet. Though Vilgax appears to be a cruel villain throughout the original series, in "Ghost Town" he seems to care about his people on his planet. He also seems to be able to transform into a giant green Octopus with Red eyes and a round mouth ringed with sharp teeth.
Albedo
Albedo is a young and arrogant Galvan. At one point, he was the assistant to Azmuth, whom he asked for an Omnitrix of his own. When Azmuth refused, he built one of inferior quality and synchronized it to work exactly like Ben's; but as Ben's form is the default, Albedo was transformed into a clone of Ben (except with gray hair, a red jacket, and black pants). As a result, he also developed many of Ben's habits, which he considers utterly repulsive.
Omnitrix
Sometime during the 5-year gap from the original series, Ben removed the Omnitrix in order to pursue a more normal life. After it is reattached in the first episode of season 1, the Omnitrix re-scans Ben's DNA giving him access to a new set of alien forms as well as a few new capabilities such as repairing genetic damage caused by mutations and functioning as a com-link between Plumber badges. It also altered its own structure changing into a more watch-like shape and displaying holograms for the alien forms instead of silhouettes.
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
Ben 10: Alien Swarm is a live-action film based on the series was announced by Cartoon Network at their 2008 upfront. It is a sequel to Ben 10: Race Against Time. A teaser trailer was shown on October 3, 2008 during the premiere of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and a full trailer was shown after the season 2 finale on March 27, 2009, and another full trailer, this time showing a preview of Humongousaur, was shown during the season 3 premiere on September 11, 2009. The film aired on November 25, 2009. According to the sweepstakes site, it was rated TV-PG. Again directed by Alex Winter, the film's cast included Ryan Kelley as Ben, Nathan Keyes as Kevin, and Galadriel Stineman as Gwen. Lee Majors was offered to reprise his role as Grandpa Max, but he turned it down; the role has since been recast with Barry Corbin. The film also featured Alyssa Diaz as a new character named Elena, a childhood friend of Ben.The aliens seen were Big Chill, Humongousaur, and a new alien named Nanomech.
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
At Cartoon Network Upfront 2009, a third series titled Ben 10: Evolution was announced. It premiered on April 23rd, 2010. It was said in an interview that the show is titled "Ben 10: Ultimate Alien" by Dwayne McDuffie, story editor/executive producer. Ben 10: Evolution was merely a working title. On his forum, Dwayne McDuffie quoted he has been with the franchise "for 76 episodes". Hinting that Ben 10: Ultimate Alien may well be already in production of a second season.
Video games
Monkey Bar Games and D3 Publisher made a game of the show. It is for PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, Wii and PSP. Playable characters in the game include Ben, Gwen, A second game entitled Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks released in October 27, 2009.
Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall currently features this series' Ben, Gwen, Max, Kevin, and Vilgax, along with Hex and Tetrax from the original Ben 10 series, Paradox, Azmuth, Alan, Ship, Megawhatt, Echo-Echo, Alien X, and Albedo have appeared for the Birthday Bash and Alien Abduction Events.
[edit]Comics
Ben 10: Alien Force has been featured in Cartoon Network Action Pack!, an anthology comic book series published by DC Comics, since issue #27 (September 2008 cover date). It normally alternates bi-monthly with The Secret Saturdays as the lead story.
Ben 10: Alien Force stories have been published in Cartoon Network Action Pack! #27, 28, 31, 33, 35, 37, 38, 41, 42, and 43
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