History YMMV / Ben102016

** Bash Mouth, Kevin's 11th alien form, has quickly become popular due to his design, [[InstantArmor interesting power]], and the fact he is not a modifidied version of one of Ben's aliens. It also true InUniverse, since Ben couldn't stop saying how cool Bash Mouth was in his first appearance, even while he was beating him up.

** The show has also been criticized for trying so hard to return to the franchise's roots. It ended up [[RecycledScript recycling plots]] from the original series in lesser quality. Most notably, Zombozo's plan in this show is almost exactly the same to the one he had in his first appearance. But without any of [[CreepyAwesome the scary aspects that made him popular to begin with]]. This generally gives the feeling that it was bringing nothing new to the table.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: ''Ben'' of all people]] warrants as this. A further look at his life ever since [[spoiler: he got the Omnitrix]] and even before shows that his family has general expectations of him messing up... even in episodes where he does show wisdom or doesn't even do anything wrong at all. Add on to the growing stress and pressure he gets as the show goes on, [[spoiler: mostly over whether or not he should have the Omnitrix and if he's fit to be a hero at all,]] it's little surprise that once Forever Knight gives him the right incense for it, [[spoiler: he ends up joining his team of Squires purely out of spite against his family showing their lack of faith in him.]] And that's only the tip of the iceberg: [[spoiler: his evil alternate adult self as Alien X goes on a multiversal rampage after losing Gwen and Max, causing him to become jaded and heinous against any version of himself who still has - or ''had'' - a family.]] For someone who's normally seen as immature, reckless but virtually harmless thanks to his good intentions, it's quite jarring to see [[spoiler: Ben]] undergo this kind of treatment.

** Charmcaster's new origin as [[spoiler:a normal human girl who got her powers by finding Hex's spellbook]], was a drastic change from her [=pre-Reboot=] origin. There she was Hex's niece and disciple as well as a [[spoiler:native from a MageSpecies variety of humans from AnotherDimension]]. Some fans like this new origin for playing up Charmcaster's sympathetic side from the start. In contrast with the pre-reboot era, where the writers seemed unable to decide ''where'' the character stood on the sliding scale of Anti-Villainy. She was prone to being a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor). The reboot version is still close to the original series' design and personality. Others dislike the new origin for removing many interesting angles to the character, such as her relationship with Hex and [[spoiler:the world-building regarding magic with Ledgerdomain]]. These were replaced with a cliche supervillain origin that has been seen a thousand times before. With that said, [[spoiler: some of this was alleviated later on with the revelation that Hex still ''is'' her uncle in this continuity. This meant that Charmcaster had a connection to magic even before she developed magical abilities of her own. ]]

** Humomgousaur is given jagged dorsal spikes in this version, making him resemble the [[Film/Godzilla1998 Tristar Godzilla.]]

* TakeThatScrappy: In "Alien X-tinction", [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse-Era Ben]] is last seen being kicked in the rear back to his timeline by Gwen 10]].

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus about the show thus far. It is s considered better than other comedy-based reboots of superhero shows by Cartoon Network (WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo, WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016) , but still not on par with previous incarnations of the franchise and not living up to its full potential. With that said, some fans argue that [[GrowingTheBeard it seems to be getting better as of the season 1 finale.]]

* TakeThatScrappy: In Alien X-tinction, [[spoiler:The [[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse-Era Ben]] is last seen being kicked in the rear back to his timeline by Gwen 10]].

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus about the show thus far. It is s considered better than other comedy-based reboots of superhero shows by Cartoon Network (WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo, WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016) , but still not on par with previous incarnations of the franchise and not living up to its full potential. With that said, [[GrowingTheBeard as of the season 1 finale, it seems to be getting better.]]

** Needless to say, fans of ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'' are ''not'' happy about this show [[PanderingToTheBase pandering]] to original series fans who wanted a lighter and more comedic take on the franchise. This is the ''third time'' they have done this after ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse]]'' and Season 3 of ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]''. Both of these were considered {{Dork Age}}s by fans of the darker tone ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'' had taken on.

* VocalDissonance: Hearing Greg Cipes (VA of 17-year old Kevin in ''Alien Force'') as the voice of 11-year old Kevin can be a little jarring, especially with Tara Strong reprising her role as 10 year old Ben.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Pre-reboot, a lot of the previous series' antagonists were criticized as being rather generic and lacking in personality. The reboot certainly doesn't entirely escape the criticism, particularly with a good many of its new villains. But a number of previous series' villains, such as Zombozo, the Circus Freaks, Billy Billions, and even Dr. Animo were reworked to better flesh out their personalities and backstories.
** Ben's watch [[DiscardAndDraw only keeps ten aliens at a time]] in this incarnation. This seems to be in response to complaints about Ben's almost excessive number of forms in previous continuities, many of whom had powers that often left certain aliens OutOfFocus. It also avoids the ArtifactTitle issue that permeated all four prior series. However this is also ''very'' controversial, see below.
** One criticism of previous entries was their frequent reliance on [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary material]] (particularly the Omnifacts, which only aired a few times on television) or WordOfGod materials for worldbuilding. This series does more worldbuilding within the show, and also has more easily accessible supplementary materials with the "Alien Worlds" shorts.
** Arburian Pelarotas are [[SparedByTheAdaptation alive and well]] in this continuity, which seems to be to avoid the FridgeLogic of how the species was rendered extinct by a creature that was destroyed by Ben using the form of said species.
** After changing Charmcaster's origin to be a normal girl who became a witch by learning magic, "What Rhymes With Omnitrix?" hints that Hex is indeed her uncle after all. A [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/829c421e9faddd49394d1ca0db989c1c/1f8534ee071ac2ef-30/s1280x1920/17520bb9a7b2d07d97ddcbb54e6850a644bdcc86.png storyboard of the scene]] outright confirms it. Changing her backstory to begin with was probably meant to be an AuthorsSavingThrow to previous continuities' retconning the existence of magic.
** “Buktu The Future” will be the last regular 11-minute episode, as the crew claims that it will be incorporating more elements from the original series, starting with the Season 4 finale movie which is composed of six episodes that interconnect with one another. Season 5 would be composed entirely of such movies.
** Fans were not pleased with the exclusion of original 10 aliens Ripjaws, Wildmutt and Ghostfreak from the main roster. However, they do make appearances in ''Ben 10 vs. The Universe'' as prisoners of the Null Void, along with Eye Guy and Blitzwolfer.
** Following Omniverse, which played Rath far more for comedic moments than awesome ones, the reboot's Rath returned Rath to his roots as being both awesome and funny.
** Fans who disliked Spidermonkey’s Omniverse design will be happy to learn that his reboot design is based more on his look in Alien Force and Ultimate Alien.
** For those who were annoyed of Kevin’s increasingly [[SpotlightStealingSquad oversaturated appearances]], the issue isn’t quite as extreme in season 4, where he doesn’t show up nearly as often in the previous season, Ben gets more legitimate victories over him, and the more diverse set of villains get their time to shine.

** The controversial episode "So Long and Thanks for the Smoothies" from ''Omniverse'' featured the entire universe being wiped out and instead of restoring the universe properly, Ben had Alien X make a near exact copy of it. The presence of alternate timelines in "Alien-X-Tinction" shows at least 3 Bens who are near identical to the original has yet to experience the incident, making it possible for them to avert that incident.

* TakeThatScrappy: In Alien-X-tinction, [[spoiler:The [[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse-Era Ben]] is last seen being kicked in the rear back to his timeline by Gwen 10]].

* RelationshipWritingFumble:

** Shock Rock, Ben's Fulmini alien. He debuted in a two-part episode (the only multi-part episode outside season finales, no less) which is considered one of the best of the series and he quickly prowed extremely powerful (he defeated [[KnightOfCerebus Vilgax]], of all people), has a good design and a [[EnergyAbsorption vast]] [[ShapingYourAttacks array]] [[ShockAndAwe of powers]]. The role his species play in "The Innervasion" also helped. [[InUniverse Ben himself]] sees him as his secret weapon to use when his other aliens aren't enough.

* CompleteMonster (Season 2's "Innervasion" arc): [[GalacticConqueror The High Override]] is a warlord and the leader of the [[EnergyBeings Fulmini]] empire, who has harvested countless planets for their energy. He sets his sights on Earth after discovering its existence through Ben using Shock Rock, the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Fulmini. At first, manipulating Ben as Shock Rock as a [[HearingVoices voice in his head]] before taking over his body during Ben's sleep, the High Override makes Ben construct a beacon to allow a portal to opened for the Fulmini to invade. When resisted by Ben and Vilgax, the High Override [[BrainwashedAndCrazy takes over Shock Rock's mind]] and forces him to attack his friends, while banishing Vilgax into the Null Void. One of the most dangerous threats in the show, the High Override set a [[KnightOfCerebus serious tone]] scarcely seen from other villains.

** Ben's watch [[DiscardAndDraw only keeps ten aliens at a time]] in this incarnation. This seems to be in response to complaints about Ben's [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters almost excessive number of forms]] in previous continuities, many of whom had powers that often left certain aliens OutOfFocus. It also avoids the ArtifactTitle issue that permeated all four prior series. However this is also ''very'' controversial, see below.

* [[SugarWiki/MomentofAwesome Awesome Moments]]: See [[Awesome/Ben10 the franchise page]] for details.

*** Creator/ManOfActionStudios' involvement. After ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'' and ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' on Creator/DisneyXD were met with a divisive response, detractors cited concern the reboot will be a rethread of the original series' worst mistakes. Ironically, after the show premiered, many have traced its problems not back to Man of Action but to Cartoon Network itself and [[NetworkDecay its style and policies]] that prefer episodic comedies rather than serialized action shows. Man of Action themselves have even said that they have no choice but to follow the network's trends and hope to do the best they can with the show regardless.

* FoeYay:
** Gwen and Charmcaster. In just the first appearance of the latter, [[spoiler: Gwen actively protects Charmcaster from her abusive boyfriend, and helps her see him for what he really is. While Charmcaster vows to be Gwen's enemy in order to prove herself stronger than her, she still leaves her and Ben alone for the time being. This is out of gratitude, even though she could easily have wiped them out. The episode ends with Gwen saying "I have an arch-enemy!" in cheerful excitement, calling to mind the way "nemesis" was used in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''.]]
** Similarly, Ben and Kevin. This is especially transparent in "Four By Four", where [[spoiler: Ben and Kevin are teamed up for laser tag. They reach the point where Kevin even ends up TakingTheBullet for Ben. Ben holds him in his arms dramatically. And the "arch-enemy" subtext continues when at the end, Kevin says that Gwen might make a better nemesis because she won the game. This prompts an outraged Ben to exclaim "You're dumping me as your arch-enemy because of Gwen!?" Later, in "The Bentathlon", Ben responds to a punch from Kevin with "You call that a punch? Felt more like a kiss!"]] By Season 4, it reaches the point where Kevin comes off as a StalkerWithACrush to Ben, who is in serious denial about it.
** In a NoYay variant, Ben and Tim Buktuu. Seeing a grown man obsess over a 10-year-old boy and use voodoo to humiliate him in a borderline sexual assault kind of way is [[{{Squick}} not pleasant, to say the least]].

** Kevin's [[ObliviousToLove rather one-sided]] crush on Gwen may be cute, but there is clearly far more effort put into depicting Kevin's [[FoeYay relationship with Ben]]. A relationship in which the other party is just as passionate in their feelings. Needless to say, it is the FanPreferredCouple of [[YaoiFan yaoi fans]] everywhere.

** Charmcaster's new origin as [[spoiler:a normal human girl who got her powers by finding Hex's spellbook]], was a drastic change from her [=pre-Reboot=] origin. There she was Hex's niece and disciple as well as a [[spoiler:native from a WitchSpecies variety of humans from AnotherDimension]]. Some fans like this new origin for playing up Charmcaster's sympathetic side from the start. In contrast with the pre-reboot era, where the writers seemed unable to decide ''where'' the character stood on the sliding scale of Anti-Villainy. She was prone to being a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor). The reboot version is still close to the original series' design and personality. Others dislike the new origin for removing many interesting angles to the character, such as her relationship with Hex and [[spoiler:the world-building regarding magic with Ledgerdomain]]. These were replaced with a cliche supervillain origin that has been seen a thousand times before. With that said, [[spoiler: some of this was alleviated later on with the revelation that Hex still ''is'' her uncle in this continuity. This meant that Charmcaster had a connection to magic even before she developed magical abilities of her own. ]]

* WhatAnIdiot: One episode has Gwen advise Ben to use [[PlayingWithFire Heatblast]] in an ''underwater'' fight. To her credit, it started on the shore and she wasn't counting on the monsters grabbing Heatblast and bringing him to the water, but still.

** Ben 10,000 ditching his BadassBeard for a really unappealing clean-shaven look.

** Needless to say, fans of ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'' are ''not'' happy about this show [[PanderingToTheBase pandering]] to original series fans who wanted a lighter and more comedic take on the franchise. This is the ''third time'' they have done this after ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse]]'' and Season 3 of ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]''. Both of these were considered {{Dork Age}}s by fans of the darker tone Alien Force had taken on.

* MagnificentBastard: [[GalacticConqueror Vilgax]] was once the assistant of Azmuth, but stole the Omnitrix to become a warlord, leading Azmuth to drain half of Vilgax's DNA into the Omnitrix, who manifests to Ben as "Gax". Posing as "Vil" and becoming Ben's EvilMentor, Vilgax manages to reabsorb his power, and later fixes Ben's malfunctioning Omnitrix to remove his advantage, before attempting to extract it. Surviving his ship sinking into lava, Vilgax returns many times to menace Team Tennyson, manipulating several villains including: Dr. Animo, the Weatherheads, and Zombozo into alliances with him intending to betray them. Vilgax nearly tricks Ben into believing the Omnitrix is dangerous and surrendering it to Vilgax. Though Vilgax is right about the danger [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Shock Rock]] poses to the Earth, causing the Fulmini Invasion where Vilgax teams up with Ben to [[EvilVersusOblivion protect the Earth]]. Vilgax also manipulated Kevin into creating the Antitrix by transmitting blueprints in his dream, before Vilgax takes the Antitrix for himself and becomes [[AllYourPowersCombined AntiVilgax]], then steals the Omnitrix Key to unlock Celestialsapien DNA and becomes [[PhysicalGod Alien V]]. Far more manipulative than Classic Vilgax, while being far less nastier, this Vilgax becomes far more likable and compelling to watch.

* NeverLiveItDown: Ben snapping at Kevin in "Introducing Kevin 11" by saying "At least I have someone to run home to!" is quickly becoming this among the fanbase, with some bringing it to RonTheDeathEater status. Of course they ignore that not only Ben immediately felt awful and tried to apologize, but he has every reason to be mad at Kevin… not only he bullied Ben repeatedly at school, but since the start of Season 3 Kevin has been stalking him and trying to kill him for [[EvilIsPetty petty reasons]]. No wonder he snapped.