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Lately, I’ve been making a lot of Ben 10 videos on this channel, but I never really
reviewed them in such a way as to rank them from worst to best, since my old terrible
retrospective on the whole franchise.
Before I start, keep in mind that I did a video giving the entire timeline of Ben 10,
as well as lots of other videos on the show, which I’ll leave a playlist to in the card
above.
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So today, join me, as I rank all 5 Ben 10 shows from worst to best!
Now note that this is all based on my opinions from what I picked up after watching all 5
shows, and note that it was extremely difficult to rank them because they’re all really
good in different ways.
Well, except for this one.
#5: Ben 10 Reboot The Ben 10 reboot is hands down the worst
Ben 10 series.
Released alongside Teen Titans Go and Powerpuff Girls, it had some pretty garbage competition.
Compared to those shows, it was probably the best and had the least pandering comedy and
forced memes, but compared to the four other amazing Ben 10 shows, it was way too childish
and had less stakes to it.
You can tell that they were trying to reach a younger audience with this concept, which
I think they did completely wrong.
The other Ben 10 shows were completely beloved by kids of young ages and adults, but by dumbing
it down to this extent you make this awesome premise feel less important and awesome.
They’ve also brought back pretty much all the villains and aliens from the other series,
which makes me question why they didn’t just do another Ben 10 teenager show to begin
with.
But other than those issues, I can’t say its overtly annoying or cringey to watch,
and its not technically that bad of a show.
While the animation and movement looks pretty good, the art style is pretty predictable
and bland to be perfectly honest.
Characters like Grandpa Max have completely lost their charm, and this seems more like
a fan-made parody of the original show with a bit of a budget, rather than a serious reboot
from a professional animation studio.
#4: Alien Force Ben 10 Alien Force is hands-down one of the
best cartoons of all time.
Again, the top 4 picks on this list were extremely hard to pick, and this and the original were
pretty close, but ultimately I think this one is a lot better.
It proved that a kids’ show could still get away with mature themes and less stupid
fart jokes.
Not that the original had that, but you get the idea.
Aside from the third season of this show, which made Ben really immature for some reason,
even though I personally believe it could be excused as a buildup for his character
development in the series finale.
This show took place 5 years after the original, giving Ben 10 brand new aliens, who are all
pretty awesome, something the next shows don’t do as well.
Again, if you don’t know the Ben 10 timeline exactly, feel free to check out my video explaining
all of it in chronological order.
Anyway, this show had it all.
It balanced the mature themes and characters with lots of subtle humor that I love, most
of which came from Kevin!
The animation, while looking a little rigid and stiff at times, did look pretty decent
in the art style department.
The new characters of the Highbreed and Albedo and all the other villains were a lot of fun
to watch as a kid, and I wish they would make more cartoons like this nowadays.
#3: Omniverse While this may be a slightly controversial
pick, I think Ben 10 Omniverse was a great show considering the context.
The huge art style change backed away many fans of the other shows, but after binging
it all myself multiple times, I think a lot of aliens look a lot better in this style,
and the movement and animation of it all is a hundred times better for sure.
It was honestly a bit disappointing that not a lot of fans liked this show, because I think
it had the most fanservice in it and honored the fans in so many ways.
They brought back so many characters and introduced a lot more as well, and we also see lots of
flashbacks to Ben’s childhood.
Personally, I didn’t really see the reason for it, and Child Ben was a little annoying
to the point of flanderization sometimes, but I think they handled that aspect pretty
well.
And with the number of episodes that include Child Ben like the one where Ben gets Feedback
back, or the Paradox and Eon time-travel episode, it’s not too unjustified.
However, there were a lot of retcons in the show, especially with Kevin’s origin, and
some episodes were aired out of order, but I don’t think that’s too big of a deal
for a casual watcher of Ben 10.
Also, the aliens introduced in this show are kind of dumb, like why does Bullfrag, Walkatrout,
The Worst, Ball Weevil or Crashhopper exist aside from one plot point in an episode?
While the aliens weren’t too great, the new character of Rook was definitely a breath
of fresh air and was a much better partner than Gwen and Kevin.
Either way, this show was a gift to all us Ben 10 fans, and I think it was pretty awesome
for the most part.
#2: Ultimate Alien As some of you might have guessed by now,
my favorite Ben 10 show is Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.
While there are some problems with it like terrible aliens when you exclude the Ultimates,
this show was still pretty awesome!
The Aggregor arc is hands-down one of the most interesting and well-done arcs in any
show I’ve seen, and each episode added a new piece of the puzzle until The Forge of
Creation, which led to Ultimate Power, which finally ended this whole arc once and for
all.
Personally, I found it very entertaining.
The arcs with the Knights and Esoterica, while not my personal favorite, were also very good
in their own rights!
Kevin’s character here offers a lot more subtle and really funny comedy, and Ben’s
ultimate aliens are all really cool, especially for a little kid, like I was when I first
saw this show.
Honestly, while writing this video, I had originally put this show as number one because
I just have a really big connection to it for some reason, but after deliberating a
little bit, I realized that other than being the most mature and dramatic Ben 10 show,
it’s really not worthy of being at the number one spot.
Now that I think about it, I might make a video about the Problems with Ultimate Alien.
Is that something you’d like to see?
Tell me in the comments!
Anyway, let’s find out which Ben 10 series is the best!
#1: Ben 10 As I said, I originally had Ultimate Alien
as number one on this video, and this one was actually number four!
But after some thinking it over, I knew that I had to put this one at #1.
While the original Ben 10 show wasn’t the most mature Ben 10 show, or the best produced,
it was definitely the most awesome!
It had a revolutionary premise at the time, which I think is definitely taken for granted
by most people.
I mean, if this show didn’t exist or be as awesome as it ended up being, none of the
other shows would’ve come to TV.
It had a hilarious cast of characters and a talented bunch of voice actors, decent comedy,
and beautiful animation and art style.
Seriously, looking at the HD episodes, this show had some extremely talented background
artists and animators in general!
The original 10 aliens in this show were also all really special and iconic in their own
right, and other than the Alien Force aliens, which I still think are the best, this show’s
aliens were definitely the second best.
Each one felt like they belonged there and got their fair share of the spotlight.
Except for Ripjaws.
Screw Ripjaws.
Aside from the main characters and aliens, the villains like Vilgax, Kevin 11, Dr. Animo
and the Circus Freak Trio were also iconic in different ways.
I mean, Vilgax gives Thanos a run for his money!
So yeah, while Ultimate Alien is still a personal favorite in most ways, I have to give the
original Ben 10 the 1st place spot for just being so awesome!
So yeah, that’s the ranking for the 5 Ben 10 series!
Again, keep in mind this is all my personal opinion, and I would love to hear your rankings
in the comments below!
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Should I make the Problems with Ultimate Alien?
I have some ideas for the points, so let me know in the comments if you’d like to see
that!
Thank you so much for watching, and I’ll see you guys next time! Ciao!