16 Dropped Plotlines in Ben 10 

To Verdona's credit, Anodites live for ungodly lengths of time, measuring 80 years as only a brief training session. To her, showing up once a year is extremely frequent.

Malgax seemed like such a sick idea. He would have been a fantastic final villain for Ben 10. Having two of Ben most terrifying villains as one soul is crazy powerful.

Words cannot describe how much I wanted that Omniverse road trip. And that Negative 10 made out of evil versions of Ben/Ben’s aliens sounds awesome!

The GhostFreak plotline Does get followed up on in Omniverse. Ben was very hesitant to use him, fearing Zskayr will take him over again, but when he transforms Ghostfreak is in chains, implying either Azmuth or the Omnitrix itself fixed the problem

I think another dropped plotline would be in Omniverse at the end of An American Benwolf in London where we see Joseph Chadwick taking the Red Knight and escaping from the Thames River. We never see the Forever Knights ever again

The DNAlien thing is actually foreshadowed earlier on. At the VERY BEGINNING of Alien Force, like the first scene of the Highbreed talking to a DNAlien, you can tell that the DNAlien has Max’s voice. I think the implication is that Max went undercover as a DNAlien. But that was never fully explored.

Bens pink eyes might've been them hinting at Ben getting anodite powers which is something they've hinted at a couple times (with Ben 10k) but probably dropped to prevent Gwen from being seen as less useful or redundant

When I was a kid I thought the UA episode with the Alien Plant that Clones Ben, Gwen, and Kevin was about the return of the Limax. And looking back, it probably should've been.

I like to think the Limax never returned cause the writers had trouble figuring out how they would pose any kind of threat considering that ben has access to waterhazard now.

There's also the entire bit about the Ultimates being their own people after leaving the watch, that never ended up happening, and we never saw them again

Two options come to mind for the canon reasons why so many of these plots and villains don't return: 1 - Ben dealt with them offscreen, as we've often seen the gang have adventures between episodes. 2 - The villains saw how powerful Ben and his team became and immediately went "Nope, I'm out" and went to live a peaceful life

I woudlve LOVED to see the universal roadtrip, seems like the perfect way to explore alien planets, expand Ben's trasnformations and just sounds really fun in general. It would've also made the show come full circle. Started with a roadtrip, ended with a roadtrip

The Ben getting scared of his Ultimates "The Ultimate Sacrifice" was an awesome episode but a whole arc about it would be great especially with the Dagon war having many filler episodes which could have been avoided

One of the worst dropped plotlines was Lieutenant Steel's. He was such a cool character that was begging to show up again, but never did, at least not truly as himself.

Calling the Galactic enforcers in a potential revised Ben10 vs Negative 10 episode would be PRIME TIME. That would make for an incredible finale similarly to war of worlds in alien force. Also love that the rest of the crew are hosting videos now its a new inktank flavor that I love👽

While we don't actually know their ultimate fate, Vilgax is never stated to have killed Ultimos or the Galactic Enforcers, only defeated them in accordance with the Conqueror's Challenge and siphoned away Ultimos's powers for himself. And if memory serves, Ultimos survived into the original Ben 10,000 timeline, so it's very possible that he survived his encounter with Vilgax in Alien Force or was brought back following one of the universal resets.

When Zs'Skayr was resampled by the Omnitrix, there should have been a follow-up episode where Ben was afraid to go hero because it could risk Zs'Skayr getting loose.

This was pointed out in the af breakdown but Ben himself getting the injury he takes when he goes alien - when Humungousaur scrap his knee or Swampfire black eye -

In Alien Force Ben defeats Vilgax upon his return and wins ownership of the ten conquered planets, but this plot is never turning back.

Another drop plotline is when kuro promised us that other members will be making videos and that the breakdowns will stop taking over the challenge like a year ago, I'm happy we can pick the dropped line now

I think Ben being afraid of his Ultimate alien forms is due to them becoming sentient and attacking Ben. So, it was not dropped but maybe changed a bit from how they initially wanted to execute it.

I would've loved the universe roadtrip plot line to be real. Ben, Rook, Kevin, and Gwen already work so well together, so just imagine an entire season with them all together.

The ghost freak plot was my favorite sideline. Because Ben was fighting a villain from his inside

Hearing that the Negative 10 would have returned but as evil versions of some of Ben’s aliens sounds like something I wish we saw since I wonder which aliens we could have seen. It could have even tied back into that Malware returning tease with him as one.

The road trip would be good way to explore these plotlines, just saying. Would be a great prequel comic for 5yl.

Would've been funny to see a cold open in Omniverse with the Limax returning and Ben just wipes them out with Water Hazard

For verdona, those energy beings live for like, thousands of years, so she probably will check in a good 100 or so years later

The plumbers helpers training was finished in “above and beyond” that was their final exercise and then they were able to go to plumbers academy because of it

The dragons plotline being dropped hurts me to this day.

It’s been like so many years, since, there’s ever been a new Ben 10, what’s even taking so long for Duncan and the Man of Action crew to come with an idea for a new series, I feel like you guys should do another interview with him, to talk about it.

Verdona probably got dropped because they undid the retcon. Verdona was meant to explain that Gwen's magical powers weren't really magic, but inherited alien powers. But then magic got retconned again back into being its own thing unrelated to aliens, so Verdona became an unnecessary character.

I feel like they should have followed up with Malware's remains being still alive, since Malware's first death was so Impactful that if he came back things would feel super intense

All 16 plotlines will easily became future plots, like fit in with one or two seasons more in Omniverse or so.

The omniverse road trip being the final arc could have been the best way to end Ben 10 series. Just like how it's started with the start of a random summer vacation let it finish with the end of a new summer vacation road trip.

Atomix is probably the most mysterious alien, we never knew anything about him, although I saw a video by Kirigiri_Kirin, which explains what Atomix really is, rather than a Prypiatosian-A, I love to think that maybe the Omni-Trix symbol on his chest is supposed to show that he’s a Machine God of the Galvans.

Elena and Ssserpent did return in the comic and both were captured but because Wyatt stated it's not canon, it makes Elena's cameo confusing as her design is based on her comic appearance. But i agreed, all these plotlines should've been explored instead of immediately giving it up. Given the flashback sequence in Omniverse, I'm shocked they didn't used it to use the dropped plotlines like the Limax, Z'Skyare and others. Not even a flashback between Alien Force and Ultimate Aliens.

Yeah, Generator Rex had a follow-up in comics for Heroes United where Rex was in Ben's world, but would've been better to see that possibility in animation somehow, considering how Ben has nanites in him that also aren't brought up ever and also how the crossover affects stuff in Rex's world like the Bug Jar moving forward. Would've been cooler than Rex's take on the Negative 10, that's for sure.

I would have liked the Dragon plotline to be revived..... because Dragons. Also, it would give for an excuse for Ben to gain a Dragon transformation... which would be awesome by virtue of Dragons.

I really wish we could've seen the original concept of AF Season 3, I really wanted to meet the new set of aliens

I really wanted the Dragon plot get followed up on because Ben could have turned into a dragon since he could have unlocked that DNA

the series ending one definitely, damn toy funding dependant practices and suits getting in the way of good shows

I wanted more Verdona, see the dragon world, Ben tapping into his Anodite self, more Plumbers kids action screentime, have another Ben Rex team up with maybe Zak added too, GOD SO MUCH LOST POTENTIAL!

Ultimos and his team have so much Potential and maybe help ben in AF and UA in case of backup It's heartbreaking they just died like that against Vilgax

5:00 Elena does make a TINY cameo in OV's "The Most Dangerous Gameshow", and according to DJW she's been fully separated from the Nanochip Hive (offscreen) and isn't evil anymore. The OV comic "Parallel Paradox"- which actually does follow up on the UA episode- shows Elena in Plumber jail and still having powers, but also gets into some complicated time travel nonsense, so it's probably an alternate timeline or non-canon or something.

With the Limax, I think it might have been a case of the writers couldn't think of a reason for them not to raid the retirement village again after Ben, Gwen, and Max leave, and couldn't think of a way to have them show up without implying a bunch of eaten old people.

“I am the most powerful hero on this plane-“ **gets one shotted**

I think the Generator Rex crossover and Ssserpent were later revisited in comic form. Ssserpent was even the main antagonist of a miniseries taking place during Omniverse, but that was noncanon.

I think a lot of these happen, because the writers want to leave the door open IN CASE they want to bring Verdona back or in case they get a new season and want to bring Malware back. Or even in case a new series gets made, so they have an excuse to bring a villain back. They're meant to be non-committal. Also, having a scene at the end of a movie or an episode, where it's shown that the horror villain survived, isn't always a set-up for a sequel, but simply this little cute touch, to make sure the audience gets a good scare at the end, or are left with this "the villain could be still out there, right outside my window" feeling. I think that was the case with the lymax.

The Time War using previous episodes as settings would fit the concept of exploring past series continuity as well as having a Trials and Tribbleations vibe where OV Ben needs to work with or avoid his previous self and allies while keeping his own history on course. Retroactively giving some of these loose ends closure through the set up too.

Got to admit, a follow-up to Heroes United in Omniverse similar to TGIS would have been a great idea, especially as Generator Rex had an open ending and no sequel series. Also, the fact Alpha and Malware were so similar in concept(absorbing technology and destroying it) may have led to something, maybe Malware somehow ends in the Null Void and absorbs Alpha, becoming a mix of Galvanic Mecomorph and EVO.

I think the Time War happened sometime in the distant future, beyond the point when Maltruant made his Annihilarrg. If I remember correctly, restarting the Time War was his top priority after getting his key back

In my opinion, this state of the series is due to a simple reason. Most episodes of the Ben 10 series were written on an ad hoc basis and there was simply no thought about the series in terms of any strict plot. Individual stories were written and sometimes returned to.

seems like these plot lines will NEVER be followed up on since the last series of the Classic continuity ended back in 2014. Maybe in the future one day we’ll get a sequel that follows from Omniverse.. who knows?

It sucks that some of these dont come back. It makes sense for some OS plotlines to never come back as they ARE on a roadtrip (rip the old people with the limax)

The Chronosapien Time War.What I imagined it is that the leader of the planet is the strongest member of his species,because the celestialsapiens wouldn't the chronosapiens to interrupt the balance of the universe.This is where Maltruant comes in.He starts a revolution against the strongest chronosapien,so he could get that power.This is the best I could think for the Time War.

I will always be think that ben 10's biggest mistake was to stay on the network rather than going to adult swim as the series matured because the network sometimes feels like a bigger villain than vilgax or eon

To be fair Rex did crossover with Ben again, but it was in the reboot

As much as I would have loved to see all of these, the Omniverse Roadtrip was needed the most in my eyes, as it would have been the much needed extra time to flesh out some final aspects for Omniverse. If I had to pick something else, whatever was up with the Ultimates would have been cool too. Get the Ultimatrix some much needed love.

The other questions that have not been, are what are the species origins of all of Ben's aliens, like Echo Echo, Armodrillo, Clockwork, Eatle, Gravattack, and many others, I really wish, we knew them better, a series like "Alien Home worlds" and "And Beyond", would have been a great new OFFICIAL Ben 10 series.

I love how other members of the Ink Tank are getting to do their own videos. It makes it feel much more diverse, and I love hearing these guys talk.

4:23 there is an episode about the ultimate aliens that they have their own consciousness but it didn't effect him in any other way after before that episode-

I feel like most of the one off villains have been so underrated in this show

I've been waiting for a video like this for a while. This has been something that's been going through my mind for a literal decades. All the story potential in these dropped story lines

6:00 Malgax would’ve been so cool to see again

Something they could’ve done was combine the 2 red and black technopaths malware and alpha into one being and then had another crossover with Rex but this time in Ben’s dimension

I really wanted the Grandpa Max DnAlien thing to come back, I had a theory at the time that they had taken over as Max to keep eye on Plumber movement. It would have been cool if it evolved into Max sending the team on dubious missions where they think they’re doing the right thing but they’re actually the bad guys and Ben and the team have to go against Max’s orders and it tears Ben up inside cause he feels like he’s betrayed Grandpa Max.

You should have included Tough Luck Hershey as we never see Gwen use the Keystone of Bezel again even though it was Glowing at the end of the episode.

Ben’s fear of his ultimate aliens was paid off when they became sentient and tried to sacrifice him for their freedom

Out of all these dropped plot points, I think I wanna see them all be used tbh cus honestly I hate how unsatisfyingly abrubt these loose ends got dropped

Maybe the glowing pink eyes were Ben’s spark starting to bloom, since he’s a quarter Anodite just like Gwen maybe he’s just a late bloomer. Maybe it’s sort of like puberty where female humans go through it sooner than males do and so the female Anodites will get their mana-manipulating abilities sooner than male Anodites.

Bro imo, the reason for him being scared of the ultimates and for why he felt weird using them was explained in the episode where the ultimates were revealed to be alive.

4:20 I thought we got that concluded in Ultimate Sacrifice.

I honestly really wanted Malgax to get a proper follow up and I sort of imagined him after losing his body he became like a Symbiote from Marvel. He could possess new hosts and continue to absorb tech and spread his corruption throughout the universe. You could also have Vilgaxia get renamed to Malgaxia and have him be a Ben 10K villain.

4:18 maybe it is a prelude to the ultimate sacrifice 6:53 I interpret it as a great cliffhanger

You could say ben being scared of the ultimates kind of had a pay of in the ultimate sacrifice.

I always hoped that Ben used new aliens when he had Master Control so they stay unlocked aside from Lodestar being unlocked at the end. Also, I theorised Toepick or Gravattack was one of the aliens Ben unlocked after the Highbreed War.

4:30 I thought this was a Naga (secret saturdays)

It would have been insane to get even one last season of Omniverse as a roadtrip with Rook Ben Gwen and Kevin. Dont even care if it had an arc. Just wanted to see those characters having adventures on space.

The "King Viktor" plotline also got dropped, but nobody really cared about that one, plus Omniverse put in the effort of showing Zs'Skayr removing the king's soul from Dr. Viktor's body.

The reason Ben was scared of the ultimates was because he felt different turning into them as if they were partially alive which was later revealed they were sentient in the omnitrix in the episode the ultimate sacrifice

I think the eyes glowing pink for ben after going ultimate would lead into ben developing the anodite "spark" because going ultimate was also making his dna evolve.

There was also the time the Forever Knights tried to replace the president with a robot

Ink tank just popping out content after content so fast🤯

There are other characters that I can think of as well, but the two “groups” of people that I remember from the series were ‘the vengers’ and ‘the road crew’. With the road crew we never see them again after the original series and we never see the vengers again after Billy’s second appearance in omniverse.

I thought the purple eyes plot was hastily wrapped up in an amazing episode. I believe it was called Sacrifice. The one where Ben gets sucked into the Ultamatrix

Honestly, the pink eyes could be attributed to what the Ultimatrix was designed for, and Albedo's 'shoddy workmanship'. The process to create Ultimates might've had some built-in mistakes that caused it to bleed over into Ben's DNA, and it reacted to his dormant Anodite heritage. What I would've done there is have the problem become worse the more the Ultimate function was used, to the point where it influenced Ben's behavior and eventually created a mutation that gave him a corrupted Anodite form that was made up of the energy form as well as his physical human form. The form could even have its own personality, distinct from Ben's, as a result of the process.

I would love a video discussing what potential episodes or plotlines could've come from these, especially the pink eyes thing since thats confirmed to have originally been something

I'm hoping the Dragon plot is in here

Another one thats worth mentioning is that weird scene on one of the firsts alien force episodes in which Ben gets hurt as Humungosaur and then continues to have that injury even in human form That seemed like a bigger deal but was never brought back

Spitter is the greatest alien ever

The negative 10 coming back as evil versions of the original 10 would be amazing as there's already some that fit the role. Kolar for four arms. Zs'Skayr as he is ghost freak. Melware for upgrade. Psyphon with his heatblast transformation. Albedo for gray matter and could give the fire back to Psyphon. That's 5 already introduced the first part of the season can be then getting the rest from super max prison.

Verdona and Max training the plumbers absolutely, love Manny and the others and Verdona is just a fun concept

Actually, there is a comic continuation of Ben and Rex meeting again, with Rex visiting Ben's universe this time

They definitely should've followed up on Ben earning Max's trust back. It could've lead to some interesting character growth.

7:10 i’ve always wanted Omniverse to get its animated movies like Pokémon

Every time I hear the English voice of Max Tennyson, I hear Eldred from Sacrifice. Now that one episode where Kevin appears for the first time allows for a cool mental image of an ancient Wizard telling Ben how the latter will have to work to regain the former's trust.

1:32😂 damn

0:59 I would’ve liked that to be a subplot in the second half of season one, if they ever plan to adapt it

Bro, ink tank 5 years later series is the best thing I ever watched in years

Imagine: New Ben 10 series, starting with Ben facing off against a giant Limax. He remembers them, feeling even a bit nostalic, as he turns to Water Hazard and sprays the creature, but... Nothing happens. They somehow overcame their weakness. And this isn't just one Limax. All of them. The Limax Wars have begun, and Earth is their first target. Actually, why not combine it with the galactic road trip? Ben & Kai & someone travel around different alien planets recruiting their aid against the mighty Limax Empire. He might even befriend some old villains!