Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Action Drama Fantasy Science fiction Superhero
Created by	Man of Action
Developed by	Dwayne McDuffie Glen Murakami
Starring	Yuri Lowenthal Ashley Johnson Greg Cipes Dee Bradley Baker John DiMaggio Vyvan Pham Paul Eiding
Theme music composer	Kristopher Carter Michael McCuistion Lolita Ritmanis
Composers	Kristopher Carter Michael McCuistion Lolita Ritmanis
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Brian A. Miller and Jennifer Pelphrey (for Cartoon Network Studios) Tramm Wigzell, Rob Swartz, and Rob Sorcher (for Cartoon Network)
Producer	Donna Smith
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Cartoon Network Studios
Original release
Network	Cartoon Network
Release	April 23, 2010 (2010-04-23) – March 31, 2012 (2012-03-31)[1]
Related
Ben 10: Alien Force Ben 10: Omniverse

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien is an American

.

The series finale aired on March 31, 2012, with the two-part episode "The Ultimate Enemy" dedicated to the memory of series developer, writer, and producer Dwayne McDuffie, who died during the production of the series.

Plot

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien takes place a few weeks after the events of the

, but also his struggle against the pitfalls of his new-found fame.

The first season of Ultimate Alien revolves around an Osmosian villain named Aggregor, who kidnaps five powerful aliens from the

, godlike aliens which can manipulate reality and time to an essentially unlimited extent with their thoughts.

Aggregor manages to reach the Forge of Creation and the team pursues him. They are nearly defeated by Aggregor, but Kevin, as a last resort, absorbs the powers of the Ultimatrix and is able to defeat Aggregor, absorbing his powers in the process. Unfortunately, the absorption of too much power overwhelms Kevin, leading him to insanity and an unquenchable thirst for more power. This leads to a stand-off between him and Ben, who, after failed attempts at tracking and saving Kevin, resolves to kill Kevin to prevent him from hurting anyone. But with the aid of Gwen, he is able to instead remove Kevin's absorbed powers, saving him and restoring the five aliens from the Andromeda Galaxy back to life.^[2]

The second season features primarily self-contained stories, including an episode in which Ben's ultimate forms achieve sentience and attempt to free themselves from within the Ultimatrix by trapping Ben within it. Ben decides to sacrifice himself so that the ultimates can be free; instead, the Ultimatrix recognizes his selflessness and frees both him and the ultimates.

Both the second and third seasons of Ultimate Alien primarily focus on the Forever Knights, and particularly their leader and founder, Sir George, an immortal soldier and the origin of the myth of

. Ben defeats Vilgax by using George's sword, a weapon built by Azmuth that is powerful enough to destroy planets, to absorb Vilgax's power into itself.

Though tempted by the sword's power to wipe out all evil with a mere thought, Ben overcomes the temptation and returns it to Azmuth. Azmuth, impressed by Ben's exercise of self-control in the face of such strong temptation, tells Ben to give up the Ultimatrix and rewards him with a new Omnitrix which he says he has been working on since Ben got hold of the first Omnitrix in the original series. He then departs, telling Ben to use the Omnitrix well and do the right thing.

Episodes

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Merchandise and other media

Video games

Just like every other iteration of the Ben 10 series, Ultimate Alien received a video game based on its premise. The game was available on the 360, PS2, DS, PSP, Wii, and PS3.^[3]

Ben 10 Galactic Racing^[4] is available on the 360, DS, 3DS, Wii, and PS3.^[5]

Toys

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien toys were made by

was also selling six Ben 10: Ultimate Alien toys to promote the show.

References

External links

• Official CN US website Archived 2011-05-10 at the Wayback Machine