Line #9 Trivia/Ben10AlienForce


1	* ActingForTwo:
2	** "The Con of Rath" guest-stars Creator/JohnDiMaggio as Octagon Vreedle, Vulcanus, and the titular Rath.
3	** Creator/DeeBradleyBaker is pretty much ''every'' Omnitrix alien, plus various other characters! The only aliens from the Omnitrix he doesn't voice are Alien X, Ghostfreak, and Rath.
4	** Creator/YuriLowenthal voices the titular main character, and later goes on to voice the recurring EvilTwin antagonist Albedo.
5	* ActorInspiredElement: Kevin wears a choker because Creator/GregCipes does too.
6	* CashCowFranchise: ''Ben 10'' is one of Cartoon Network's most popular multiseries, so natch.
7	* CreatorsPest: Creator/DeeBradleyBaker, the voice of many of Ben's aliens, admits he doesn't like doing Humungosaur's voice due to how much it strains his throat. This might be why he didn't reprise the role in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' and [[WesternAnimation/Ben102016 the reboot]], where Humungosaur is instead played by Creator/JohnDiMaggio and Creator/DavidKaye, respectively.
8	* DawsonCasting: The casting for the live-action movie is fine, until the actor playing Ben is revealed to be [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445987/ a 23-year old.]] Still, the ''last'' Ben wasn't 10, so...
9	* FandomNod: When Ben explains the current ''[[ShowWithinAShow Sumo Slammers]]'' series to Kevin in the final episode, he has a few very... ''familiar-sounding'' complaints:
10	--> This isn't the best one to start with. It's not ''Sumo Slammers'' classic. It's ''Sumo Slammers: [[DevelopmentGag Hero Generation]]''. [...] [[ContestedSequel It's a sequel to the original show, but they kinda messed it up]]. [[TimeSkip It's like five years later]] and the bad guy Kanko [[HeelFaceTurn has teamed up with the hero]] Ishiyama. [[EasilyForgiven It's not very realistic]], is all I'm saying.
11	* FlipFlopOfGod: Not so much flip-flopping as one WordOfGod can override another WordOfGod. [=Dwayne McDuffie=] [[MisBlamed takes the heat for when this happens]].
12	* InspirationForTheWork: Dwayne [=McDuffie=] got the idea for the Highbreed from, of all things, ''bananas''. Ben even references this by calling the Highbreed Supreme "the Highbreed top banana."
13	* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/JeffBennett as Azmuth and Ghostfreak.
14	* TheOtherDarrin:
15	** Ben, Gwen, and Kevin, go from Tara Strong, Megan Smith, and Charlie Schlatter to Yuri Lowenthal, Ashley Johnson, and Greg Cipes. It's [[JustifiedTrope Justified by the]] TimeSkip.
16	** Creator/FredTatasciore was replaced as Cannonbolt and Way Big and Creator/DaveWittenberg as Upchuck, both by Creator/DeeBradleyBaker when Ben transformed into them in the second season finale. Baker also replaced Jim Ward as Diamondhead starting in season 3
17	** Creator/SteveBlum was also replaced as Vilgax due to schedule conflicts, the role being given to Creator/JamesRemar, who ''himself'' didn't voice the character in ''Vilgax Attacks!'', one of the video games, where he was instead played by Creator/JohnDimaggio, whose rendition of Vilgax is much closer than James Remar's. Steve finally reprised the role in ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse]]''.
18	** Creator/JeffBennett replaced Creator/RobertDavidHall as Azmuth, Creator/SteveBlum as Zs'Skayr and Creator/BillyWest as Kraab. Interestingly Hall has a credit in the first two episodes that feature Azmuth, a possible indication that the creators considered having him reprise his role before deciding on Bennett.
19	** When Vilgax and Azmuth use the Omnitrix in the episode "Primus," their transformed states use the same voices, rather than [[Creator/DeeBradleyBaker the usual guy]] and John [=DiMaggio=] for Rath.
20	** During their single appearance in the original series, Ben's parents, Carl and Sandra, were voiced respectively voiced by series regulars Creator/DeeBradleyBaker (Stinkfly, Eye Guy, Wildmutt) and Creator/TaraStrong (Ben, Ben as Upgrade). In ''Alien Force'', they're replaced respectively by Creator/DonMcManus and Beth Littleford, who played the roles in ''[[Film/Ben10RaceAgainstTime Race Against Time]]''. Littleford also replaces Vyvan Pham who does Sandra's few lines in ''Ben 10: Returns, Part 1''
21	** Creator/DeeBradleyBaker and Adam Wylie were replaced by Matt Levin and Creator/ScottMenville as Cash and TJ. Again [[JustifiedTrope Justified by the]] TimeSkip.
22	** Creator/VyvanPham replaces Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson and Creator/VanessaMarshall as Ship’s spaceship form and Myaxx respectively in season 3. She also voices Sandra in ''Ben 10: Returns, Part 1''.
23	** In the original series, [[ShowWithinAShow Sumo Slammers]] main characters Ishiyama and Kenko were voiced by Creator/KeoneYoung and Creator/ClancyBrown. Here and onwards, they’re voiced by Paul Eiding and Yuri Lowenthal.
24	* PostScriptSeason: Across its first two seasons, the show tells a sprawling epic storyline of a battle against one of the oldest races in creation, culminating in a final episode in which virtually every single dangling plot thread, character and story concept the series has set up is convincingly brought together for a dramatic final battle that ended with the saving of the entire universe... aaaand then they made a third season. The season distinguished itself by bringing back the BigBad from the original series, but ultimately achieved little other than setting up the next incarnation of the series with its finale, consisting almost entirely as it did of one-shot adventures of no consequence, with little to no use of the new ideas and concepts set up in the season premiere. The third season was quite clearly not originally planned for the final moment of season two, in which Ben looks at the Omnitrix and claims to have a new set of ten aliens he does not recognize: quite obviously intended as an open ending that was then ignored when season three began and he had his standard ten still in place.
25	* RealLifeRelative: For her elderly disguise (seen only in "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"), Verdona is voiced by Barbara Bain. In her true Anodite form and the flashback to Verdona's first meeting with Max in [[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien "Moonstuck,"]] her daughter Creator/JulietLandau assumes the role. As such, Landau could be thought of as a younger representation of her mother (or Bain could be thought of as an older representation of her daughter. [[TakeAThirdOption Or both]]).
26	* RoleReprise: A number of voice actors returned from the original series.
27	** Creator/PaulEiding as Maxwell Tennyson
28	** Creator/DwightSchultz as Dr. Animo
29	** Creator/KariWahlgren as Charmcaster
30	** Creator/KharyPayton as Hex
31	** Creator/DaveFennoy as Tetrax Shard
32	** Creator/JohnDiMaggio as Vulkanus
33	** [=Don McManus=] and Beth Littleford return from ''[[Film/Ben10RaceAgainstTime Race Against Time]]'' as Carl and Sandra Tennyson.
34	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/Ben10 Enough for its own page]].
35	* WordOfGod: One of the main writers, Dwayne [=McDuffie=], has a thread where he answers questions and brings foreshadowing to the series. Anyone who is majorly confused with the continuity errors in this show should [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110102123357/http://dwaynemcduffie.com.lamphost.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=314&start=0 check this out]]). It addresses ''many'' oddities and seeming plot holes.
36	** Sixsix and Sevenseven's language is too complex for translators to handle.
37	* WriteWhatYouKnow: Ben playing soccer as the goalie was based on Dwayne [=McDuffie’s=] own high school years.

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