History Headscratchers / Ben10AlienForce

** This troper always assumed that Ben and Gwen bringing back a birthday from the future for Grandpa's birthday undid a ForWantOfANail scenario, with the cake being the "nail."

* If Ben 10 alien force is suppose to be a sequel to Ben 10 why has so much changed? In the pilot episode of alien force we see Ben playing soccer, where in the previous series he always wanted to play baseball. Second thing in the last episode of Ben 10, Vilgax returns Targeting Ben's house in order to lure him out, forcing Ben to reveal the secret of the Omnitrix to not only his parents but to the school bullies at his local school in Bellwood. Now fast forward to ''Alien Force,'' while the show references the original series quite a few times, many things have been altered, why does Ben's parents forget about the Omnitrix along with Ben's childhood school bullies who literally witnessed him go hero in the final episode of the original series? Has the timeline been altered in alien force?
** Surprised no one's answered this one by now. These are easily answered if you do some thinking and digging on the Ben 10 Wiki. 1. It's been 5 years. Ben could've taken up an interest in Soccer in that time, or he could've done Baseball for a while, then switched when he grew bored of it or wanted to try something different, or he could've done both, but we're never shown him playing Baseball during the season it would be played in (late Spring to late Summer/late Fall for most high schools, I believe). Take your pick of the most plausible. 2. The last episode of Ben 10 is non-canon. Ben 10 had several non-canon episodes in season 3. The episode where Gwen got the Omnitrix is a simple 'what-if' scenario, for instance, that has no standing anywhere else. Then there's the episode that took place in the world of Ben 10,000 that we saw in that series. Hell, even ''Race Against Time'' showed Ben, Gwen, Max, and others from the series in school after the Summer, yet this wasn't canon either (each of these episodes later got acknowledged as alternate timelines in ''Ultimate Alien,'' however). So, the last episode of that series isn't canon.

** Maybe it's in the same state as [[TheSimpsons Springfield]].

** Not to mention the ethical questions - is that bestiality / zoophilia ? Even if they are sentient, can we really force an unborn lifeform to be the first hybrid of its kind ? Even if the genetics combine readily - maybe the Ben 10 universe was populated by panspermia and the species simply evolved into different end products ? Also, most of the plumber kids were at least hybridized with the HUMANOID alien species (Stinkfly/Human OTP ?), and those who seem to have a comparable biochemistry (i.e. carbon based; please tell me there isn't a Petrosapien hybrid ((Diamondhead)) ) - so there should be a basic compatibility, assuming that the DNA structure is the same amongst all species (and since several million species on earth have the same basic DNA structure, it seems to be IRL.) Yeah, [[@/{{Zelnor}} this Troper]] has taken his biochemistry serious. [[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife TVTropes have ruined his life]] sometimes, but he lives ForScience anyways. And questions cartoon ethics, biology, etc.

* Why did the Omnitrix reset lock out the original aliens? Never mind it being a cheap excuse for Swampfire and [=EchoEcho=] to even exist...

*** That was asexual, and generally considering how Alien Force, despite saying that Ben "dramatically matured", screws everything over even worse then its source material. It's not really rape so much as having a wet dream.

** Max was retired at that point, no need to really follow up without any evidence of wrongdoing. And BadassGrandpa though he may be, he's in his 60's by this point; while he's not so old as to have one foot in the grave, it isn't unreasonable for him to have died of natural causes, either. Maybe the plumbers just assumed he got into a car accident or something.

** A video by someone on YouTube put context clues together from all of the shows, and the ''Generator Rex'' crossover, that are given to conclude that Bellwood is located in New York State.

** However,t here ''is'' a distinct difference between The Doctor and Paradox. Paradox has a map in his head, as Ben stated in Paradox's first episode, of time. He, really, only gets involved in things when he should, hence why he doesn't influence the outcome of the events of the season 2 finale of this show. If you think about it, all he did was made sure Azmuth didn't die and was able to help out the main heroes. He himself didn't do much other than fight the [[=DNaliens=]] either because he knew Ben would win the outcome. So, he kicked off everything, but didn't do much else. He'd rather the people that can handle things themselves do it. Also, The Doctor does more than just observe time and space. He gets involved more proactively. Paradox works more behind the scenes, unless a problem is too big for him to ignore. ''Ultimate Alien'' shows this more effectively in the "Ben 10,000 Returns" episode, where he enlists the main trio, plus a version of Ben 10,000 to defeat Eon and prevent him from doing more cross-time traveling and rewrite reality to suit his needs. Paradox says that he can't interfere unless things get ''so'' bad that he can't not do anything, so he has the others help him. I don't get what kind of higher-ups he answers to, or why they're so picky on what he can do, but that's how he operates. Sorry if it doesn't make sense, but Paradox is that kind of character.

** Where did you hear/read that "Secret of the Omnitrix's" ending wasn't canon? "Secret of the Omnitrix" is canon. The only noncanon episodes of the original series are the second Ben 10,000 episode, the last episode, and the "Gwen 10" episode. Plus ''Race Against Time,'' but that's a movie. "Secret of the Omnitrix" was originally planned to be the series finale until it got more episodes, and, I think, was aired out of order originally. However, the series continued passed it for another season or so. Everything important in it is shown again in not only the sequel shows and the later ''Destroy All Aliens'' movie. So, yeah, it's canon.

** Paradox did it.... * Shudders at a sudden thought* I pray that isn't the real excuse. With all these changes to Ben's life, he's starting to come off as a scary pedophile stalker.
** That's stupid, Paradox didn't do a damn thing except explain that there was an Multiverse in "Ben 10,000.