Admit it, No one saw this coming.
Despite being inferior compared to its predecessors, the Ben 10 reboot still manages to have its fair share of awesome moments, as well as some surprising ones here and there.
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Season One
Omni-TrickedAfter a So Okay, It's Average first season, the season finale kicks things in overdrive:
- Part 1
- After being unable to defeat Animo's newest creation as Cannonbolt, Ben unlocks a new alien for the job: Gax, who is from the same species as Vilgax. That's right, something fans wanted since the Original Series finally happened.
- Hats off to Animo for his creation (a cross between an elephant and a termite), which might be the strongest being he ever created in canon.
- Not only does Gax have Vilgax's strength and durability (he manages to crack a mountain by jumping on it and bathe in lava) but also Combat Tentacles and laser eyes.
- Part 3
- The triumphant return of Vilgax, after he reunites his halves. He shows his juggernaut tendencies by giving a Curb-Stomp Battle to Ben, Sixsix, Kraab, and Tetrax in a way not seen since the Original Series.I AM VILGAX ONCE MORE!
- Part 4
- After being easily defeated in the previous episode, Ben is able to land some blows on Vilgax using the rapid pace of the changes even he can't control. Then Vilgax quickly adapts and starts beating on him again.
- When Vilgax is about to finish Ben off, Gwen jumps on his ship, suspended over a pool of lava, and attacks him with a fire extinguisher.
- Ben using Upgrade to stop Vilgax's ship from leaving the atmosphere, and then upgrading his own Omnitrix to unlock Master Control, finally turning the tables on the alien conqueror.
- What makes this more awesome is that, where Kenny had to ask for Grey Matter, where Ben either unlocked it by accident or had to ask Azmuth, this version of Ben knowingly unlocked Master Control, on his own and on purpose.
Season Two
Out to Launch
- Just the last episode, Vilgax sank in an active volcano. This episode shows the consequences... he just got some burns.
- The first transformation in an Omni-Enhanced form is awesome. Diamondhead even gets an Arm Cannon/Laser Blade out of it.
- How well the fight is handled: it shows the hero has clearly taken a level in badass, but also that Vilgax is still superior, dominating the whole fight. Ben can't defeat him, barely being able to throw him out of the ship with Gwen's help.
- Max cracking the firewall Gwen was struggling with using Obfuscating Stupidity.
Animorphosis
- Under the effects of Vilgax's mind-control machines Animo's Alphas turn into a competent force, even blocking Ben before he can use the Omnitrix.
- After Animo injects himself with the stolen alien DNA, he transforms into Rath (complete with catchphrase), giving him the strength to stand up to Vilgax and almost kill Ben.
Chicken Nuggets of Wisdom
- Max (as a chicken) defeating Animo' s giant bat creature.
The 11th Alien
- Shock Rock makes his debut... and immediately scores some points by making Vilgax panic and declare he must destroy him before he becomes a threat to the whole planet.
- Vilgax shows he is also a pretty smart adversary and a hell of Manipulative Bastard. He works with the Weatherheads to create a natural disaster each time Ben transforms, convincing the kid that he is losing control of his powers and that he should give the Omnitrix to him for everyone's sake. It actually works, and only Gwen makes his plan fail.
- Using the Energy Absorption of Shock Rock (thanks to the Weatherheads blasting him despite Vilgax warning them not to) Ben finally gets his first straight victory over Vilgax.
Bounty Ball
- Grey Matter manipulating the bounty hunters into fighting each other, then using Awesomeness by Analysis to free himself from the energy bubble he was trapped in.
- Gwen is almost killed when Tetrax drops her off the train roof… so of course, the next thing she does is get back on the train and start flailing the hunters with a wrecking ball, even knocking off SixSix.
- Shock Rock proves once again his powers by defeating Kraab and making Tetrax decide Screw This, I'm Outta Here.
- Earlier, he broke out of an energy net designed to inflict pain every time he moved, fueled by rage after Tetrax seemingly killed Gwen.
The Charm Offensive
- Gwen using Morningstar's words to create an Engineered Public Confession and prove to Charmcaster that he is only using her.
- After that, Charmcaster turns on the abuser, and quickly traps him in her book.
- In general, even when under the control of Michael, she proves to be a dangerous foe… especially considering in this version she only just recently started practicing magic, which means she will be a more-than-formidable Arch-Enemy to Gwen going forward.
The InnervasionAs the previous season finale did, this one also takes things up a notch.
- How dangerous is the Fulmini Empire?. Enough for Vilgax to ally with Ben. While the two don't have good teamwork, they still take on a horde of enemies.
- Vilgax proves once and for all to be a Genius Bruiser: he knows the Omnitrix inside out, including how to get inside it. He even states that with the Omnicore he could build his own.
- The great return of Upgrade... or should we say Glitch?. Since "Omni-Tricked" he has been acting as a Genius Loci inside the Omnitrix, gaining knowledge about the enemies and even almost does a second Heroic Sacrifice at the end.
- The way Ben can immediately change forms inside the Omnitrix is really cool, especially when he forms a fusion of Four Arms, Diamondhead, Heatblast and XLR8.
- The High Override quickly establishes himself at the top of the food chain by banishing Vilgax to the Null Void.
- At the Darkest Hour (when Ben as Shock Rock is being mind-controlled, Vilgax has been banished and Glitch is about to be overrun) who comes to the rescue? Why, Gwen and Max, of course. They even use the Dna chambers to transform into Stink Fly and Cannonbolt, respectively.
- Ben freeing himself from the High Override's control.
- By sheer Heroic Willpower Ben overcomes the attack of the High Override and punches him in the portal allowing Glitch to send him back from where he came from.
- After the Omnicore reboot, Glitch now is outside of the Omnitrix. How cool is it to have one of Ben's aliens join the party permanently?
