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Was it useless of Ben 10 to keep his secret ?

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    In other superhero shows. A superhero character keeps the identity a secret to protect themselves and the people that matters to them in their personal life. So their enemies won't target them.

    However nearly all of Ben's enemies knows about the Omnitrix and his alien transformations. Even during the Original Series and Alien Force. In most of Alien Force Ben doesn't even bother to hide to turn into a alien.

    Why did it took a obsessive fan like Jimmy Jones to reveal Ben's secret by the time of the events of the first Ben 10 Ultimate Alien episode. Jimmy exposed Ben's secret thinking he's doing Ben a favor.

    Why didn't any of Ben's villains just revealed Ben's secret publicly to create stress and new obstacles in Ben's life and making it harder Ben 10 to help people.

  • In other superhero shows. A superhero character keeps the identity a secret to protect themselves and the people that matters to them in their personal life. So their enemies won't target them.

    However nearly all of Ben's enemies knows about the Omnitrix and his alien transformations. Even during the Original Series and Alien Force. In most of Alien Force Ben doesn't even bother to hide to turn into a alien.

    Why did it took a obsessive fan like Jimmy Jones to reveal Ben's secret by the time of the events of the first Ben 10 Ultimate Alien episode. Jimmy exposed Ben's secret thinking he's doing Ben a favor.

    Why didn't any of Ben's villains just revealed Ben's secret publicly to create stress and new obstacles in Ben's life and making it harder Ben 10 to help people.

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    @npzman dunno, but I only watch the reboot

  • @npzman dunno, but I only watch the reboot

    Ben 10 Fans
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    @lad Still didn't got around to watching the reboot but from what I heard I think Ben never kept his secret in the reboot.

  • @lad Still didn't got around to watching the reboot but from what I heard I think Ben never kept his secret in the reboot.

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    @npzman From what I recall, he doesn't.

  • In other superhero shows. A superhero character keeps the identity a secret to protect themselves and the people that matters to them in their personal life. So their enemies won't target them.

    However nearly all of Ben's enemies knows about the Omnitrix and his alien transformations. Even during the Original Series and Alien Force. In most of Alien Force Ben doesn't even bother to hide to turn into a alien.

    Why did it took a obsessive fan like Jimmy Jones to reveal Ben's secret by the time of the events of the first Ben 10 Ultimate Alien episode. Jimmy exposed Ben's secret thinking he's doing Ben a favor.

    Why didn't any of Ben's villains just revealed Ben's secret publicly to create stress and new obstacles in Ben's life and making it harder Ben 10 to help people.

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    @npzman What you're saying in the case with Alien Force and Ultimate Alien sounds like a case of bad writing; especially in regards to Jimmy Jones. I am not a fan of how Ben's identity was publicly revealed by Jimmy. I thought that was a really dumb thing that Ultimate Alien did.

    In the case with the Original Series, Ben's enemies don't know about his other family members. Who they are? What do they look like? Where they're at? Etc. Knowing Ben's identity wouldn't put his other family members in danger. Even then, the Tennyson family would certainly be an "off limits" thing here. We've seen what Ben (and Gwen) would do to anyone that dares to go after his family.

    Also, I'm pretty sure that revealing Ben's identity to the public wouldn't really get in the way of him being a hero. He would still go out of his way to stop the bad guys and be a hero. Whatever obstacles do get in his way, Ben would just find a way around them...or not even care about them. Ultimate Alien, Omniverse, and the Ben 10,000 future showcased this. Revealing Ben's identity publicly did little to nothing to benefit the villains.

    Along with protecting his family, another reason why Ben's hero identity was kept a secret for a while was so his family didn't know what Ben (and Gwen) were doing. The idea of two 10-year-olds using magic and the Omnitrix to be heroes, thus putting their lives in constant danger, wouldn't really sit well with Ben and Gwen's parents.

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    @unknown No problem.
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    It could be a very inaccurate retelling of the original series with a few twists and turns. The reboot show could be a thing long after Ben Prime's death or during Ben 10k where Ben wouldn't be cocky and would give information and stuff for the show.
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