Max Tennyson

Maxwell Tennyson, also known as Max Tennyson and Grandpa Max, is one of the main characters from the Ben 10 series.
== Charactah Account ==
Max is the paternal grandfather of Ben and Gwen. He is a fairly overweight man in his late 50's, with a keen sense for adventure and a strange taste in food. Max ends up taking the kids on a summer vacations' road trip across the United States. Max travels in a motor home nicknamed the Rust Bucket, which he has modified with advanced technology.
Max was a semi-retired legendary Magister rank Plumber and is the mentor of Ben, Gwen, Kevin, and the Plumbers' Helpers. Max is widely considered the greatest Plumber in the Milky Way. As of Omniverse, Max quit retirement and joined the Plumbers again, and is currently Magister of Earth.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Ben 10
* Ben 10 Season 2
* Ben 10 Season 3
* Ben 10 Season 4
* Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United
* Ben 10: Alien Force
* Ben 10: Alien Force Season 2
* Ben 10: Alien Force Season 3
* Ben 10: Omniverse
* Ben 10: Omniverse Season 2
* Ben 10: Omniverse Season 3
* Ben 10: Omniverse Season 4
* Ben 10: Omniverse Season 5
* Ben 10: Omniverse Season 6
* Ben 10: Omniverse Season 7
* Ben 10: Omniverse Season 8
* Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
* Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Season 2
* Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Season 3
=== Comics ===
* Ben 10
* Ben 10: Ben Here Before
* Ben 10: It's Ben A Pleasure
* Cartoon Network Action Pack
=== Movies ===
* Ben 10: Alien Swarm
* Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens
* Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix
=== Video Games ===
* Ben 10
* Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks
* Ben 10: Omniverse
* Ben 10: Protector of Earth
* Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
== Trivia ==
* Max's design in the original series was created primarily by David Williams with some help from Dave Johnson, while his Alien Force and Ultimate Alien one was created by Glenn Wong. Overall, his design is based on the costume worn by Shazam from DC Comics, right down to his open shirt forming a lightning bolt and the colors of his shirt mimicking Shazam's cape.
** In Omniverse, Max's eyes are a reference to Shazam whereas his flashback design from Blukic and Driba Go to Area 51 was inspired by Shazam's alter ago Billy Batson.
* Max was supposed to get the Omnitrix, but when Ben found it, his DNA was close enough to Max's that it attached itself to his wrist instead.
** If Max had used the Omnitrix from the start, the Rooters would not consider him a threat.
* Originally, Max's lucky Hawaiian shirt was given to him by Gwen's older brother, Ken. However, this was retconned in Omniverse, as Max was shown to be wearing the shirt as a young adult, long before Ken would have been born.
* Max previously thought Gwen's powers were magic. He did not realize it was Gwen's inheritance any more than her parents did.
* Max was a Magister for at least 5 years.
* In the early stages of production of the original series:
** Max was going to be a scientist who drove a blimp.
** Max originally wasn't a Plumber, he was just an average inventor.
* Max has been the subject of several running gags throughout the franchise:
** Most humans (especially Ben, Gwen, and Kevin) find his cooking to be disgusting, while aliens such as Rook and Xylene cannot get enough of the alien cuisine.
** Background characters are shown wearing shirts identical to Max's.
* Max was similar to Kevin when he was Kevin's age. For example, in Moonstruck, young Max says "Hey! Watch the paint job!" and "My ride!", both of which have been said by Kevin.
* Max's favorite color is either pale green or magenta.
* Max has stock car driving experience.
* Max made an appearance in the fifth episode of the sixth season of Robot Chicken, Hurtled from a Helicopter into a Speeding Train.
* Max once worked with the Saturdays on The Bellwood Experiment, a secret project.
* Max's voice actor, Paul Eiding, likes that Max is more involved in Omniverse.
* Alternate counterparts of Max do not exist on either Rex's or Mad Ben's home dimensions.
** In the case of the former, this was proven true during Ben's visit there, as he hypothesized that Max may not exist on Rex's Earth.
** In Dimension 23, Max died before the Omnitrix reached Earth, leaving Ben 23 with no mentor or moral support until Azmuth 23 took up that position.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Max Tennyson at Ben 10 Wiki
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