"Ben 10" (2005) TV series 2005-2007

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Creators:

Joe Casey
Joe Kelly
Duncan Rouleau

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

27 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

An alter ego for every occasion.

Plot:

The story of Ben, a typical kid who becomes very atypical after he discovers the Omnitrix, a mysterious alien weapon with the power to transform the wearer into ten different alien species.

Plot Keywords:

Mount Rushmore | Digit In Title | Hair As Weapon | Character Name In Title | Number In Title

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Claudia Schmidt	...	Ben Tennyson (50 episodes, 2005-2008)
Ulf Söhmisch	...	Opa Max Tennyson (50 episodes, 2005-2008)
Tara Strong	...	Ben Tennyson / ... (49 episodes, 2005-2008)
Paul Eiding	...	Grandpa Max / ... (49 episodes, 2005-2008)
Meagan Smith	...	Gwen Tennyson / ... (48 episodes, 2005-2008)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Stinkfly / ... (36 episodes, 2005-2008)
Jim Ward	...	XLR8 / ... (32 episodes, 2005-2008)
Steve Blum	...	Heat Blast / ... (27 episodes, 2005-2008)
Richard McGonagle	...	Four Arms / ... (26 episodes, 2006-2007)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Cannon Bolt / ... (23 episodes, 2006-2008)

Runtime:

USA:30 min | USA:30 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | English

Color:

Color | Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Stereo (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | New Zealand:PG

Company:

Cartoon Network

Trivia:

Loosely based on the '60s comic book series, "Dial H for Hero".

Quotes:

Grandpa Max Tennyson: Being a hero isn't about letting others know you did the right thing, it's about you knowing you did the right thing.
Ben Tennyson: What were you just doing, reading greeting cards back at the Mega Mart?
Grandpa Max Tennyson: Well... yes.

Movie Connections:

Remade as Ben 10: Race Against Time (2007) (TV)

Oh great, another rubbish Cartoon Network show?

Being 16 years old i guess makes you too old for children's TV programmes now. But luckily i have a lot of younger brothers and sisters and so it gives me an excuse to go back into my adolescence every once in a while. When i was a kid, the best super-hero show on TV was the original Power Rangers. Come on, they were awesome. About 10 years after the Power Rangers first became good, the youth of today is being shown the rubbish that is Operation Overdrive. I'm sorry, but its time to lay the Power Rangers to rest, because the shows are getting worse and worse. This, in short, is a perfect demonstration of terrible children's TV has become. And so when my 2 younger brothers began getting mad over some programme on Cartoon Network called "Ben 10" i naturally assumed that it was just another rubbish children's show. One day when i got home from school i found my brothers already watching TV, and this programme Ben 10 was on. The options were to either do homework, put a DVD on or play on the xbox 360. Being incredibly lazy, i decided to just sit down and watch the TV. 2 hours later i had watched 4 episodes of the show and couldn't believe it. I mean, Cartoon Network had finally made a show that is half decent. Lets face it, the show has every cliché in the book, its fairly predictable at times and also very convenient how there's always a monster around whenever Ben is there. But what show isn't a little rough around the edges? Ben 10 is something fresh and relatively original. I think Cartoon Network Jetix, Nickelodeon and other kids TV channels should learn from this programme and then perhaps children's TV might get back to the glory days of Power Rangers.