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  • How was it that ben went from being a happy and excited superhero to an edgy adult? I mean, they never outright say what happened in the original series. Something happened that caused him to lose the joy of being a hero. I believe it was the same day he mutilated Vilgax, and possibly the same day Grandpa Max lost his arm. So what do you think happened? You can let your imagination go a bit wild, or try to piece together a canon explanation.

  • How was it that ben went from being a happy and excited superhero to an edgy adult? I mean, they never outright say what happened in the original series. Something happened that caused him to lose the joy of being a hero. I believe it was the same day he mutilated Vilgax, and possibly the same day Grandpa Max lost his arm. So what do you think happened? You can let your imagination go a bit wild, or try to piece together a canon explanation.

    @andrew42 Originally, Ben was supposed to become Ben 10,000 at the age of 15. However, Derrick J. Wyatt changed that to the age of 20 over the stupid excuse of time constantly shifting. That's the when. As for the how, well, something tragic happened to Ben that affected him in a negative way and it's most likely related to Ben mutilating Vilgax. As for Max losing his arm, it was stated that he lost it during the Limax War so it's likely not related to Ben's transition into Ben 10,000. Have you ever seen or read DC's The Killing Joke. The Joker makes a point on how it could take just one bad day to make a normal person go insane (which is what happened to the Joker). Everyone has a breaking point and Ben reached his thus resulting in him becoming Ben 10,000. Of course, we never even got a chance to see what really happened because Cartoon Network would rather sell more Ben 10 merchandise than let the franchise fulfill its potential and opportunities.

  • What are your head canons on the matter? What was Ben's "bad day?"

  • What are your head canons on the matter? What was Ben's "bad day?"

    @andrew42 My head canon? Well, my guess is that someone very important to Ben got hurt. I say that someone is Gwen since that she would be one of the, if not the most, important person to Ben. If you want what I think is the best example of Ben reaching that breaking point, then I would recommend the Ben 10 fanfics, Little Moments and Breaking Point (even though Breaking Point isn't finished yet) as well as the prequel chapter, Little Moment: Stone in the River (you should read that first since that, well, it's a prequel). They're Bwen fanfics (if you haven't known yet) but even if you're not into that shipping, I still highly recommend checking them out. I have everything about this series linked on a page on this website. Again, I say that this is the best example of how Ben could reach his breaking point and becoming Ben 10,000.
    https://ben10club.org/topic/183/little-moments-and-breaking-point

  • Did we ever get anything cannon on what made ben10k joyless?

  • Did we ever get anything cannon on what made ben10k joyless?

    @oldtaku_dd Not really. Like I said, we never really got the chance to see how exactly Ben became Ben 10,000. Cartoon Network never covered that.

  • Why don't Man Of Action go ahead and make the Ben 10 Reboot episode of Ben 10,000 for season 2 in the future on Cartoon Network that'll be cool. So what you think?

  • I personally don't think they'll ever show how ben becomes ben 10000. They need to keep him young. Unfortunately.

  • I personally don't think they'll ever show how ben becomes ben 10000. They need to keep him young. Unfortunately.

    @andrew42 Yeah, part of me thinks that too. Gotta make Ben "relatable" otherwise kids won't watch the show, even though there are plenty of adult superheroes that many many kids out there are big fans of.

  • @andrew42 Yeah, part of me thinks that too. Gotta make Ben "relatable" otherwise kids won't watch the show, even though there are plenty of adult superheroes that many many kids out there are big fans of.

    @tactical-ochoa
    Ben: "Getting older then 10 was the biggest mistake of my life"

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    Ben: "Getting older then 10 was the biggest mistake of my life"

    @andrew42 And where is that quote from?

  • @andrew42 And where is that quote from?

    @tactical-ochoa
    Me. I made it up

  • @tactical-ochoa
    Me. I made it up

    @andrew42 Ok, that's what I thought.

  • Ben 10,000 Redesign - Version 2 Commission

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  • Edit of Ben 10,000 without his beard

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    I like him with the beard. And I love Grandpa Max Tennyson with a beard too.
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  • Redesigning Ben 10,000's Appearance

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    Something recently came to mind and that is who I find to be a suitable choice to provide the voice of Ben 10,000/adult Ben Tennyson; especially for the direction for the redesign that I discussed here. That choice is Reuben Langdon, the voice of Dante from Devil May Cry 3 to the recently released Devil May Cry 5. Thinking back to Dante as a character and Langdon's performance of him (most notably his DMC5 performance), I find that Langdon would be a suitable choice to provide the voice of an adult Ben Tennyson. Dante is an incredibly cocky and fun-loving individual and the same can pretty much be said for Ben as well. Cocky and fun-loving while still treating more serious situations with, well, seriousness and focus. Plus, I also find Langdon's DMC5 Dante performance to also sound like a proper match for an adult Ben. If I were to imagine how Ben would sound like as an adult based on the voice that Tara Strong is well known for displaying, I say that Langdon's voice would be a very close match. Feel free to check out Dante in DMC5 and see for yourself if that sort of voice and this very voice actor would indeed be a good choice to voice an adult Ben or not.
  • Mature Ben or Cocky Ben

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    @Tactical-Ochoa Though I never said that there was anything wrong with Ben being different from Peter , just pointing out their differences. That is a good point, Ben has always been attention-seeking and cocky but unlike others who could've been stuck in his situation, he keeps that trait with him even when in the tensest of scenarios and to an extent his natural personality acts as a coping mechanism for him when in battle. So yes, he is behaving like that because he's "being Ben" , but inadvertently by seeing his heroism almost as a game at times, the mental side of it doesn't crush him.