Ben Tennyson (2016, seasons 1-4)

Benjamin Kirby Tennyson, commonly known as Ben 10, is a fictional character and title protagonist of the Ben 10 franchise. A normal initially ten-year-old kid until he finds the Omnitrix, a powerful watch-like device that allows him to turn into initially ten different aliens, he was flanderized a bit in the reboot but managed to get slightly better overtime, but regained his old persona back in Season 5. This article will only focus on his Character in Seasons 1-4.

He is voiced by Tara Strong.

Why He Used To Suck

 * 1) Like the Teen Titans Go! version of Beast Boy, he became a goofy, yet overall off the wall annoying protagonist.
 * 2) He often mistreats his cousin and grandpa for no reason.
 * 3) Most of his fourth wall breaks are unfunny.
 * 4) He will often cheat to get his way, for example when Gwen and Ben were doing a mud run, the scene where Ben had to climb over a wall but couldn't, he uses Four Arms to break the wall to walk through, another scene in the same episode where he uses Heatblast to blast fire on the mud causing it to become solid, for him just to walk over on.
 * 5) He toned down on being serious.
 * 6) He can also be really whiny and a bit of a crybaby at times, especially when he wants something and doesn't get it.
 * 7) He is sometimes destructive, and tends to destroy things by turning into one of his aliens (though this is mostly unintentional but still.)
 * 8) His expressions are most of the time very odd.
 * 9) He usually never listens to any advice from Gwen, much like Johnny from Johnny Test.
 * 10) He never credits Gwen for any of her ideas she gives him, as evident to how he treated her in the episode "Cirque-Us".
 * 11) He is a constant troublemaker for those around him, and yes while he was also like this in the original it was at least toned down, but is off the wall annoyance in this show.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) His new redesign he was given in the show, is overall good looking and well animated.
 * 2) His alien line up actually looks really good, especially in later episodes.
 * 3) He still can be likable in these Seasons, though to a certain extent.
 * 4) His character slightly improved after Season 1, but massively improved in Season 5, as he acted a lot more serious than usual and shares many heart-heart conversations with his Grandpa Max and Gwen in the latter Season.
 * 5) Tara Strong still does a good job at voicing him.
 * 6) He still has some heartwarming moments with his cousin and grandpa.
 * 7) *And he still cares for his family and friends, and hates seeing them in danger.
 * 8) He got some character development in the recent movie.
 * 9) His Omnitrix changes in each season, which is quite nice.
 * 10) His transformations are top-notch.
 * 11) He actually does get his comeuppances for most of his actions, and learns from his mistakes. Example is in Rath of Con, he actually learns in the end that he has to control his alien.

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