Phil Billings (Reboot)

Phil is an old friend of Max Tennyson. He first appeared in Omni-Tricked: Part 2.
==Appearance==
Phil is a middle-aged man with brown eyes and hair. Though his mustache and eyebrows are brown, his beard is grey. He wears black glasses, a blue button-up shirt, and trousers.
In Omni-Tricked: Part 2, Phil wore an orange construction worker's vest.
In Cosplay Day, Phil wore a Forever Knight suit for disguise.
Phil Young.png|Teenage Phil
Phil in Construction worker suit.png|Phil wearing a construction worker's vest
Phil in Armor.PNG|Phil wearing Forever Knight Armor
==Personality==
Phil is an assertive man who knows how to fix many artificial items. He seems to be very interested in the Omnitrix, as he was asking Ben many questions about it when he and Ben were in a dangerous situation.Omni-Tricked: Part 2
Phil can be easily impressed with alien powers he has never seen before, such as when he called Slapback's self-replication powers "remarkable".Omni-Copped
Phil cares greatly for his A.I. son Phil Jr., as he was angry at Tim Buktu for causing him some sort of harm and threw him out of Area 55.Buktu The Future
==Relationships==
===Friends===
====Max Tennyson====
Phil and Max have been very close friends since childhood and are functionally a dynamic duo, with Phil being the mastermind.
==History==
===Backstory===
Before the events of the series, Phil and Max, when they were pre-teens, made contact with a signal of alien origins. Ever since, he has been gathering all sorts of alien tech. Eventually, Phil became a Plumber.
At some point in his life, Phil used to work with and mentored Helen Troy.Speed of Sound He also created an AI named Phil Jr. for science purposes. But when Phil Jr. misinterpreted humans as part of the Earth's suffocation, Phil deactivated him before the situation got worst.
Alongside a few "friends", Phil had been tracking Forever Knight's movements over the duration of a few months.Roundabout: Part 1
===Ben 10===
Phil first appeared in Omni-Tricked: Part 2, when Stinkfly saved him from falling rocks. Phil then made the train drive and Wildvine carried Phil out of the train when it was about to hit a dead end.
In Omni-Tricked: Part 3, Phil put a device on the watch that monitored the energy signatures of his rapidly changing alien forms. After Ben was defeated by Vilgax, he explained to the others that he is reading energy signatures from ten aliens but no longer reads one for his human form.
In Omni-Tricked: Part 4, Phil tells Ben that the only way to fix the Omnitrix is to defeat Vilgax. After Vilgax has been defeated, Phil explains that when Ben used Upgrade to upgrade the Omnitrix, it gave him a temporary boost and restored its functioning to the same way it was before Gax arrived. Phil leaves off saying he is needed elsewhere.
In Omni-Copped, Phil gifted the Tennysons with the Omni-Copter for their overseas trip and was present when they came under attack by Steam Smythe.
In Mutiny for the Bounty, Phil was helping fix the Omni-Copter after the events of Lickety Split.
In Forever Road, Phil let Ben race instead of him, as he was unable to drive in the desert due to his sand allergy. He then took the Omnitrix Jammer that LaGrange got from Forever Knight to prevent Ben from turning into XLR8 with the intention of studying it.
In Roundabout: Part 1, Phil helped Gwen and Max locate Ben by tracking the Omnitrix. When it was determined that Ben was in Switzerland, he explained to the others that the most likely reason is because Forever Knight was there at a laboratory in Geneva. The three arrive at a lab where Forever Knight was enacting his plan.
In Roundabout: Part 2, Phil managed to befriend Simon Sez, incapacitating Billy Billions during the battle.
In Summer Breakers, Phil and the Tennyson Family go to the crash site of the Omnitrix, since Phil discovered an extraterrestrial item that crashed onto the Earth with the Omnitrix. They go looking for this second crash site, unfortunately, a person that was hired by the unknown company that owns the land named Breaker One-Nine was hired to excavate the area. Phil and Max go to get a permit while Gwen and Ben try to stop Breaker One-Nine. Gwen finds the Omnitrix Key, Breaker One-Nine yells at her saying that she doesn't have a permit only for Phil and Max to arrive with one.
An enraged Breaker One-Nine attempts to steal the key from Gwen but Gwen throws it at Ben. Ben realizes that its a key and interests it into the Omnitrix giving Ben the power to Omni-Kix his aliens and defeats Breaker One-Nine. Phil analyzes the Omnitrix's new powers and reveals that it gives Ben's aliens armored forms but they'll time out quicker. Ben oblivious to the side effects becomes excited about these new forms.
In Cosplay Day, Phil attends Cos-Con Cosplay Con where the Tennysons were but does not appear until near the end when Max gives him a call. Phil was near the area cosplaying as the Forever Knight. Phil takes the helmet with the Forever Knight's consciousness in order to inspect it. Phil then plans to talk to all the people that the Forever Knight latched onto. The announcer who was one of the Forever Knight's victims gives Phil the "Best in Show" ribbon for his costume.
In Buktu The Future, Phil arrived at Area 55, where the Tennysons were and helped Max drag Tim Buktu, who was currently being controlled by Phil Jr. Together with the Tennysons, Phil eventually managed to reboot Phil Jr. and depower Tim Buktu.
In Ben 10 Versus the Universe: The Movie, Phil called the Tennysons over, and told them about a meteor heading towards Earth. He tells them that he has found a significant discovery about the Omnitrix. He takes the key out, and tells them that it was inserted improperly. He then prepares Ben for a mission in space. After the preparations, Phil inserted the key in the right way, and Ben flew into space. Phil was able to track Ben after he flew into space. However Ben missed the meteor, and he mysteriously disappeared. Phil, Max, and Gwen brace for the meteor's impact, however nothing happens.
Phil tracks the Omnitrix's energy signatures, and tells Max, Gwen, and Glitch to head towards a cave. However, they instead find Kevin, with a buggy Antitrix. Phil then tries to fix Kevin's, though he is confused on how it works. Vilgax soon arrives and attacks then. Phil, Max, Gwen, and Kevin leave in the Rustbucket, and AntiVilgax chases them.
Soon afterward, Vilgax is defeated by Ben as Way Big, and Phil claims he can fix Glitch. He also suggest they head to Nebraska, since he's never been there.
In Ben Gen 10, Phil video calls Max and Gwen right before he is transformed into an alien.
==Powers and Abilities==
Phil has a very high level of intelligence for a humanAzmuthBen 10 Versus the Universe: The Movie that is considered "off the charts" and "once in a century brilliant".
===Equipment===
Phil is equipped with a laser sword, which he uses to fight Billy Billions' drones.
==Weaknesses==
Phil can be easily distracted when impressed by Ben's magnificent transformations.
Phil has severe desert allergies.Forever Road
==Appearances==
===Ben 10===
====Season 1====
*Omni-Tricked: Part 2 (first appearance)
*Omni-Tricked: Part 3
*Omni-Tricked: Part 4
====Season 3====
*Omni-Copped
*Mutiny for the Bounty
*Forever Road
*Roundabout: Part 1
*Roundabout: Part 2
====Season 4====
*Summer Breakers
*Cosplay Day
*Buktu The Future
*Ben 10 Versus the Universe: The Movie
====Season 5====
*Ben Gen 10
==Trivia==
*The only similarity that Phil has with his Classic Continuity counterpart is that he is an old friend of Max. Notable differences with his classic counterpart including remaining a heroic character and his DNA staying purely human.
**Phil's facial hair and hairstyle is very similar to his original counterpart's Omniverse design after joining the Rooters.
*Prior to Alien X-Tinction, there were multiple hints that Phil is affiliated with the Plumbers:
**In Omni-Tricked: Part 2, Phil accidentally almost says the Omnitrix's name, before correcting himself and instead referring to it as "[Ben's] watch".
**In Roundabout: Part 1, Phil made mention of people helping him track the Forever Knight, the identities of whom Max made an effort to keep Gwen from knowing.
*Phil is the first person in the series to call the Omnitrix by its real name. However, he cut himself off before saying the full word.
*Duncan Rouleau believes that either Max or Phil were the intended recipients of the Omnitrix.
==References==
===Duncan Rouleau===
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ru:Фил Биллингс (Перезагрузка)
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