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* Something about the Feedback intervention bothers me; how the hell do they know? Azmuth, it is arguable he'd know about something like that, but as "Primus" revealed, he may know how to make the Omnitrix, but he is not actually all that good at using it. As for Max, he has never had any powers like Ben's he has absolutely no frame of reference for Ben's powers. Also the whole 'loose the ability to control other forms' seems... thin. A more logical warning would relate to the fact that Feedback, while useful, is not a jack of all trades that can be applied to any situation, and in certain scenarios other aliens might be more useful, which would've tied neatly into the fact that hat's exactly what happens later in the scene; Ben chooses to use Feedback against Malware when Diamondhead would be a better choice as a result, he looses Feedback.

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* Something about the Feedback intervention bothers me; how the hell do they know? Azmuth, it is arguable he'd know about something like that, but as "Primus" revealed, he may know how to make the Omnitrix, but he is not actually all that good at using it. As for Max, he has never had any powers like Ben's he has absolutely no frame of reference for Ben's powers. Also the whole 'loose the ability to control other forms' seems... thin. A more logical warning would relate to the fact that Feedback, while useful, is not a jack of all trades that can be applied to any situation, and in certain scenarios other aliens might be more useful, which would've tied neatly into the fact that hat's exactly what happens later in the scene; Ben chooses to use Feedback against Malware when Diamondhead would be a better choice as a result, he looses Feedback.Feedback.
* According to WordOfGod Elena Valadis has been seperated from the microchips... How? At the end of Revenge of the Swarm Elena's original body was destroyed, her subesquent appearence was effectively a warped version of Elena's mind, still existing within the the hive mind of the chips, there's nothing left of the original to seperate.
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** An equally good question is why does turning into a smarter race give you skills and knowledge? Ben has been shown transforming into either Grey Matter or Brain Storm and suddenly understanding how a piece of alien tech he's never seen before functions. If I for example took some caveman and transformed him into Leonardo DaVinci or Albert Einstein they wouldn't instantly pick up an IPhone and know how it functions because being smart doesn't instantly flood you with all the knowledge of the world, it just makes you better able to process the information your given.

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** An equally good question is why does turning into a smarter race give you skills and knowledge? Ben has been shown transforming into either Grey Matter or Brain Storm and suddenly understanding how a piece of alien tech he's never seen before functions. If I for example took some caveman and transformed him into Leonardo DaVinci [=DaVinci=] or Albert Einstein they wouldn't instantly pick up an IPhone [=IPhone=] and know how it functions because being smart doesn't instantly flood you with all the knowledge of the world, it just makes you better able to process the information your given.
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*** Well, I imagine that, while yes, it is in some way manufactured, I also imagine that it's still one of those super rare weapons that is only meant for high-up people, such as elites, magisters, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers people who have to deal with Ben Tennyson on a daily basis.]]

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*** Well, I imagine that, while yes, it is in some way manufactured, I also imagine that it's still one of those super rare weapons that is only meant for high-up people, such as elites, magisters, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers people who have to deal with Ben Tennyson on a daily basis.]]
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* In Special Delivery, Ben destroys Mr. Baumann car. Mr. Baumann says that Ben always destroys his cars in the episode. The first time is when is 5 and he lights it on fire it with his magnifying glass. Second time round is when he's 11 years old and he destroys it using Way Big during a fight with Animo. This one makes less sense asto his claim, but then I remembered that Ben later became famous and Mr. Baumann originally thought it was just another one of those freak alien attacks that were happening all over the country(Which is usually the coverup Ben used in the original series), and I assume that he put 2 and 2 together later on when Ben was famous. Way Big just goes away and avoids the blame. My personal question has to do with the third one. 15-year-old Ben uses Big Chill and takes down a DNAlien... and freezes Mr. Baumann's car. Thing is, that Ben turned back ''immediately afterward.'' Baumann didn't see Ben turn back from Big Chill but in the flashback he still blames Ben. How does Baumann Ben did that!? And no, Ben fought [[DNAliens]] during Alien Force, Ultimate Alien is when he became world famous.

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* In Special Delivery, Ben destroys Mr. Baumann car. Mr. Baumann says that Ben always destroys his cars in the episode. The first time is when is 5 and he lights it on fire it with his magnifying glass. Second time round is when he's 11 years old and he destroys it using Way Big during a fight with Animo. This one makes less sense asto his claim, but then I remembered that Ben later became famous and Mr. Baumann originally thought it was just another one of those freak alien attacks that were happening all over the country(Which is usually the coverup Ben used in the original series), and I assume that he put 2 and 2 together later on when Ben was famous. Way Big just goes away and avoids the blame. My personal question has to do with the third one. 15-year-old Ben uses Big Chill and takes down a DNAlien...[=DNAlien=]... and freezes Mr. Baumann's car. Thing is, that Ben turned back ''immediately afterward.'' Baumann didn't see Ben turn back from Big Chill but in the flashback he still blames Ben. How does Baumann Ben did that!? And no, Ben fought [[DNAliens]] [=DNAliens=] during Alien Force, Ultimate Alien is when he became world famous.
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* In Special Delivery, Ben destroys Mr. Baumann car. Mr. Baumann says that Ben always destroys his cars in the episode. The first time is when is 5 and he lights it on fire it with his magnifying glass. Second time round is when he's 11 years old and he destroys it using Way Big during a fight with Animo. This one makes less sense asto his claim, but then I remembered that Ben later became famous and Mr. Baumann originally thought it was just another one of those freak alien attacks that were happening all over the country(Which is usually the coverup Ben used in the original series), and I assume that he put 2 and 2 together later on when Ben was famous. Way Big just goes away and avoids the blame. My personal question has to do with the third one. 15-year-old Ben uses Big Chill and takes down a DNAlien... and freezes Mr. Baumann's car. Thing is, that Ben turned back ''immediately afterward.'' Baumann didn't see Ben turn back from Big Chill but in the flashback he still blames Ben. How does Baumann Ben did that!? And no, Ben fought DNAliens during Alien Force, Ultimate Alien is when he became world famous.

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* In Special Delivery, Ben destroys Mr. Baumann car. Mr. Baumann says that Ben always destroys his cars in the episode. The first time is when is 5 and he lights it on fire it with his magnifying glass. Second time round is when he's 11 years old and he destroys it using Way Big during a fight with Animo. This one makes less sense asto his claim, but then I remembered that Ben later became famous and Mr. Baumann originally thought it was just another one of those freak alien attacks that were happening all over the country(Which is usually the coverup Ben used in the original series), and I assume that he put 2 and 2 together later on when Ben was famous. Way Big just goes away and avoids the blame. My personal question has to do with the third one. 15-year-old Ben uses Big Chill and takes down a DNAlien... and freezes Mr. Baumann's car. Thing is, that Ben turned back ''immediately afterward.'' Baumann didn't see Ben turn back from Big Chill but in the flashback he still blames Ben. How does Baumann Ben did that!? And no, Ben fought DNAliens [[DNAliens]] during Alien Force, Ultimate Alien is when he became world famous.



** I am not an expert, but I'd say it's because Venus doesn't have a breathable athmosphere for them... That said, it does raise an entirely different question: if they can't stand Earth's climate, then what are they even doing here to begin with?

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** I am not an expert, but I'd say it's because Venus doesn't have a breathable athmosphere atmosphere for them... That said, it does raise an entirely different question: if they can't stand Earth's climate, then what are they even doing here to begin with?


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*** Deserts get incredibly cold at night and they already have troubles in what is considered extremely hot weather for us.
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**I feel like you answered your own question? People still refer to Rook Blonko as "Rook" because Rook Blonko has never told them not to. Clearly, he's okay with it. Also, referring to people by their family name instead of their given name is 100% a thing that occurs in real life.
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*** The Omnitrix wouldn't have been remade anyway, it was a part of Ben/Alien X so it's the same Omnitrix that Ben got at the end of Ultimate Alien.



* Um... what exactly is the point of the randomiser? I mean from a storytelling perspective Ben needed a nerfing to extend the invasion to a two parter, but why did Azmuth add it? Seriously.

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* Um... what exactly is the point of the randomiser? I mean from a storytelling perspective Ben needed a nerfing to extend the invasion to a two parter, but why did Azmuth add it? Seriously.Seriously.
* Something about the Feedback intervention bothers me; how the hell do they know? Azmuth, it is arguable he'd know about something like that, but as "Primus" revealed, he may know how to make the Omnitrix, but he is not actually all that good at using it. As for Max, he has never had any powers like Ben's he has absolutely no frame of reference for Ben's powers. Also the whole 'loose the ability to control other forms' seems... thin. A more logical warning would relate to the fact that Feedback, while useful, is not a jack of all trades that can be applied to any situation, and in certain scenarios other aliens might be more useful, which would've tied neatly into the fact that hat's exactly what happens later in the scene; Ben chooses to use Feedback against Malware when Diamondhead would be a better choice as a result, he looses Feedback.
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** The New Omnitrix stores DNA in digital form. It doesn’t need Primus.


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** Khyber never killed an Ultimate Humungousaur. The sentient one is alive and well. The skeleton we saw in Omniverse belongs to base humungousaur. The helmet is commonly worn by humungousaurs.
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** Who's to say [[AndIMustScream that the Zombie Clowns are not conscious inside their bodies, unable to control their bodies]] is there no greater a source of terror than that?




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** Reportedly he's an expert sharpshooter.
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*** Given that non-Wildmutt Vulpimancers are portrayed as vicious and animalistic creatures, yet Ben suffers no mental trauma from transforming into Wildmutt, perhaps the Nemetrix aliens are just particularly unstable species?


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** In a way, one could consider ''leopards'' as a human's "natural predator", given that they are adapted for hunting primates and according to fossil evidence frequently preyed on our early hominid ancestors. Of course, given how much we've advanced since that is clearly far less of a case, and the same may apply for the Omnitrox aliens and their Nemetrix predators.

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*** She does... turns out they broke up... but Ben didn't know, which doesn't make things better.




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** They retconned that weakness away anyway.



* Something bothers me about they way people address Rook. "Bros in Space" reveals that Rook is in fact his family name, and his given name is Blonko. Outside of episodes featuring his family this is never brought up and everyone refers to him as Rook, it can be understood that initially people would get confused, and it's not really surprising from Ben, but you'd think Max would have been aware of how Blonko should be addressed properly. Furthermore why doesn't Blonko ever correct anyone?

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* Something bothers me about they way people address Rook. "Bros in Space" reveals that Rook is in fact his family name, and his given name is Blonko. Outside of episodes featuring his family this is never brought up and everyone refers to him as Rook, it can be understood that initially people would get confused, and it's not really surprising from Ben, but you'd think Max would have been aware of how Blonko should be addressed properly. Furthermore why doesn't Blonko ever correct anyone?anyone?
* Um... what exactly is the point of the randomiser? I mean from a storytelling perspective Ben needed a nerfing to extend the invasion to a two parter, but why did Azmuth add it? Seriously.

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*** From this we can assume that, as princess, Attea has the resources to have a healthy diet, explaining why she doesn't look lik the other Incurseans

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*** From this we can assume that, as princess, Attea has the resources to have a healthy diet, explaining why she doesn't look lik like the other Incurseans



*** In the OS Kevin only knew how to absorb energy, and we see Aggregor absorb the DNA of a Geochelone Aerio in "Escape From Aggregor"; while he doesn't get the full transformation he gets using his machine he does gain the wind powers they posses, so we can assume this is what Kevin did originally, given he's 6 years older and has had more training, particularlyin absorbing matter, we can assume he know how to absorb the material, not the DNA.




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**** Alternatively it's a natural armour, like several other aliens Ben uses have.




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** At a guess I'd say they're some kind of air tank for the event that they arrive on a planet with an atmosphere they cannot breath.

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** Discounting his one appearance in Ultimate Alien (which I took as an obligatory nod to him, given that the episode was about some of Ben's transformations becoming sentient and rebelling against him), Ben is shown to be afraid to turn into Ghostfreak due to being scared Z'Skayr taking control again.




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*** My headcanon is that the Omnitrix contains some kind of information database that it automatically puts in Ben's head when he turns into aliens with the capacity to handle that data.



*** Well Derick says that but there are flaws with that, mainly that the OS Ben 10,000 uses the original Omnitrix, while the Omniverse version uses the Biomnitrix, so Omniverse Ben 10,000 is similar to the original but they are different versions.



* Azmuth told Ben that the Omnitrix couldn't handle hard impact, and he was turning into the wrong alien all the time because he was slamming the dial. But Azmuth had seen Ben use the Omnitrix before, so why had it never crossed his mind to say "Hey, that's not how you're supposed to press the dial" earlier?

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* Azmuth told Ben that the Omnitrix couldn't handle hard impact, and he was turning into the wrong alien all the time because he was slamming the dial. But Azmuth had seen Ben use the Omnitrix before, so why had it never crossed his mind to say "Hey, that's not how you're supposed to press the dial" earlier?earlier?
* Something bothers me about they way people address Rook. "Bros in Space" reveals that Rook is in fact his family name, and his given name is Blonko. Outside of episodes featuring his family this is never brought up and everyone refers to him as Rook, it can be understood that initially people would get confused, and it's not really surprising from Ben, but you'd think Max would have been aware of how Blonko should be addressed properly. Furthermore why doesn't Blonko ever correct anyone?
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**** From this we can assume that, as princess, Attea has the resources to have a healthy diet, explaining why she doesn't look lik the other Incurseans
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*** If that's the case, why did he travel to the Andromeda Galaxy for Slamworm's DNA, given that it's Armadrillo's natural predator, when it would not be until Ultimate alien that Ben even unlocked it.
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** In addition, having male guards could just be tradition on Khoros. Plus, just because females tend to be stronger doesn't mean Tetramand men can't be good soldiers, similar to how on Earth human females on average tend to be weaker, a female soldier is still a valuble asset in a pinch.
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** In the “Ultimate Heist”, how did Albedo instantly recognize Astrodactyl as Ben? He couldn’t have seen the Omnitrix symbol because he was facing backwards, not to mention that Astrodactyl was a new transformation that he never encountered before (and most likely doesn’t even have in the Codon Stream).
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* According to the writers, Ben and Kai are destined to be together, despite [[StrangledByTheRedString the lack of chemistry between them in the show]]. One of the reasons given for them to get together is the existence of Kenny/Spanner, their future son, being at stake...but that reasoning falls flat thanks to the existence of TheMultiverse. Even if it's not the ''exact'' same Kenny, wouldn't there be multiple different Kennys out there, perhaps even versions that are the exact same as he is on the show thanks to the differences in those universes not affecting his birth or personality?

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* According to the writers, Ben and Kai are destined to be together, despite [[StrangledByTheRedString the lack of chemistry between them in the show]]. One of the reasons given for them to get together is the existence of Kenny/Spanner, their future son, being at stake...but that reasoning falls flat thanks to the existence of TheMultiverse. Even if it's not the ''exact'' same Kenny, wouldn't Wouldn't there be multiple different Kennys out there, perhaps even versions that are the exact same as he is on the show thanks to the differences in those universes not affecting his birth or personality?

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