Gwen Tennyson

Gwendolyn Tennyson, also known as Gwen and Lucky Girl, is one of the main characters from the Ben 10 series.
== Charactah Account ==
Gwen is an Anodite plumber, the paternal cousin of Ben Tennyson, and was a main member of his team during the first 3 shows.
Gwen is portrayed as an intelligent, mature but usually stubborn and smart-mouthed when it came to talking with Ben. Her quick thinking and good instincts give her an edge in dealing with dangerous situations. However, she's sometimes too trusting with people who want to exploit her good will, leading her (or others) into harm's way.
As she got older, she became even more mature, as well as becoming more caring and sympathetic. Her affection towards her cousin Ben, became more clear as well.
Gwen's magical powers are of alien descent inherited from her grandmother Verdona, a member of a free-spirited alien race of pure energy beings known as Anodites, from the planet Anodyne. Verdona tells Gwen that, like herself, Gwen is also an Anodite; she has "the spark" and thus is able to freely manipulate and control mana, the supernatural Force-like life energy that is present in all living beings throughout the universe.
== 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: Alien Force - Doom Dimension
* Ben 10: Alien Force - Wanted: Kevin Levin
* Ben 10 Omniverse: Joyrides
* Cartoon Network Action Pack
* Cartoon Network Block Party
=== Movies ===
* Ben 10: Alien Swarm
* Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens
* Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix
=== Video Games ===
* Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex
* Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks
* Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction
* Ben 10: Alien Force
* Ben 10: Protector of Earth
* Ben 10: The Alien Device
* Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
* Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion
* Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL
== Trivia ==
* Gwen's birthday is in December.
** She shares her birthday with Ben. Their childhood rivalry in the Original Series arose from this.
* Gwen's favorite flowers are yellow roses.
* Gwen hates mushrooms, though this may have been a consequence of her ordeal with the Living Mushrooms.
* When she was 10, Gwen had a 4.2 GPA, she was the president of the Computer Club, treasure of the Science Society, volunteer at several local charities, and a member of her school's Jujutsu team.
** At age 16, she mentioned that she had taken three years of Cotillion and nine years of Judo.
* Gwen isn't too fond of some of Ben's aliens, namely Stinkfly, Goop, and Upchuck.
* Gwen is Verdona's favorite grandchild.
* Gwen has much more control over her abilities and her Anodite form than we've seen.
** Derrick J. Wyatt compared Gwen, in terms of power level, to the Marvel Cinematic Universeincarnation of Scarlet Witch.
* Gwen lives on-campus in Omniverse. However, she does not yet know her major.
* Gwen dislikes being called an "energy being", and felt out of place when she was in high school.
* Dagon described Gwen as the most powerful being on Earth.
** Matt Wayne later said that he doesn't think so, even though he wrote the episode.
* Gwen has the potential to live as long as she wants to, if she ever chooses to allow Verdona to train her.
* Gwen and Kevin are famous on Earth, just not nearly as famous as Ben. Dwayne McDuffie compared their level of fame to that of American television personality Gayle King. However, Gwen is not very famous in space.
* Gwen can go back in time to change events, but doesn't because she fears changing history for the worse, as she accidentally did once before.
* In Alien Force, Gwen was in her freshman year of high school.
* Gwen's DNA was sampled and randomized into the Unitrix to create Eunice.
* Gwen's Lucky Girl costume in the Original Series and Alien Force ties into the cat logo on her favorite shirt.
* By the time of mid-Season 1 of Ultimate Alien, Gwen had already written her college essays.
* When they were kids, disliking Max's cooking was one of the few things Ben and Gwen agreed on.
* Before the events of the Original Series:
** Ben and Gwen once did not speak to each other for two months over an argument about a stick of gum.
** At one point, the arguing between Ben and Gwen had gotten so bad that their parents refused to take vacations together anymore.
* Whenever Gwen transforms into her Anodite form in Alien Force and Ultimate Alien appearances, she gains the ability to fly. In Omniverse, although she has only been shown using mana constructs and later needing the Charm of Telekinesis to fly, she can still fly on her own while in Anodite form.
* In the initial stages of the Original Series' development, Gwen was written as a classmate who happened to be friends with Ben, and had no familial relation to him.
** Gwen wasn't even supposed to come on a road trip. She was going to a summer study program instead.
* In the Original Series, Gwen had her own plans for a summer vacation. It was Max who convinced her mother to push her to go on the road trip.
* Gwen's Original Series design was made by Dave Johnson.
** One of Gwen's concept designs had long hair and a red and yellow raglan shirt with a mushroom on it. However, Cartoon Network nixed the mushroom design due to drug connotations.
* Gwen's design in Seasons 1 and 2 of Alien Force was created by Glen Murakami and finalized by Glenn Wong, with colors added by Chris Hooten.
** Gwen's white bikini in What Are Little Girls Made Of?, her Lucky Girl outfit, and her winter coat in Escape from Aggregor were designed by T.J. Collins.
* Gwen's Omniverse design was created by Derrick J. Wyatt.
** Gwen's second design in Omniverse bears some resemblance to Velma Dinkley from the Scooby-Doo! franchise.
* Gwen made an appearance in the fifth episode of the sixth season of Robot Chicken, Hurtled from a Helicopter into a Speeding Train.
* At least one student at Friedkin University probably knows that Gwen is Lucky Girl.
* If Gwen used the Omnitrix from the start, the Rooters would not consider her a threat.
* The out-of-universe reason for Gwen's mana being recolored from blue to pink was because the crew decided that the color palette needed a review. Regardless, changing the color of Gwen's mana was not Duncan Rouleau's favorite choice.
* Before the events of What Are Little Girls Made Of?, Gwen believed magic ran through her side of the family.
* Not all of Gwen's alternate counterparts are Anodites like their Prime Timeline counterpart. Confirmed examples include Dimension 23's Gwen, Gwen 10, No Watch Timeline's Gwen, and Benzarro's Gwen.
** A counterpart of Gwen does not exist on Rex's home universe. This was proven true during Ben's visit there, as he hypothesized that Gwen may not exist on Rex's Earth.
** Very little is known about Dimension 23's Gwen, other than the fact she is shy.
** Benzarro's Gwen is also scientist constantly working on a cure for Benzarro from a secure secret bunker.
** Nega Ben's version of Gwen is a cheerleader with strawberry-blonde hair of average intelligence. However, she acts less smart than she really is. Much like her Prime Timeline counterpart, Gwen is dating Nega Ben's version of Kevin.
** It is unknown if a counterpart of Gwen exists on Mad Ben's dimension.
== Gallery ==
File:Gwen Tennyson Render 01.png
File:Gwen Tennyson Render 02.png
File:Gwen Tennyson Render 03.png
File:Gwen Tennyson 01.png
File:Gwen Tennyson 02.png
File:Gwen Tennyson 03.png
File:Gwen Tennyson Fan Art 01.png
File:Gwen Tennyson Fan Art 02.png
File:Gwen Tennyson Fan Art 03.png
== External Links ==
* Gwen Tennyson at Ben 10 Wiki
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:Ben 10