Ben Tennyson

Sandra Tennyson (mother)

Gwen Tennyson (cousin)

Jenny Wakeman/XJ-9

Danny Fenton/Phantom

Yusuke Urameshi

Minako Aino

Jinmay

Star Saber

Raditz

Street Sharks

Lex Luthor

Overlord

Ben Tennyson is the titular protagonist of the Ben 10 franchise and is a recurring character in AniCity. Probably the most famous hero to come out of AniCity in the modern era, he is the wielder of the legendary Omnitrix. He also for his group of other soon-to-be heroes in town.

## Personality

While he can often be cocky, childish, and arrogant, Ben's immaturity and attention-seeking behavior often led him to joke around, regardless of the situation. His allies often criticized his attitude, unaware of the fact that he used humor to mask his fears. Despite some childish attitude, he is extremely heroic, caring and generally good-natured, always willing to save others at any time. Though often stated to be silly or unintelligent because of his immaturity, Ben is cunning and resourceful when needed, quickly adapting when the Omnitrix doesn't provide him with the alien he wanted.

Over the years, Ben has displayed good leadership skills, as well as the ability to adapt his attitude to a situation, becoming serious when it's called for. He became more mature, responsible and sensible. He's kind-hearted, willing to sacrifice even his own life for others. His idealistic views and unwillingness to compromise his values – aspects condemned by Azmuth, yet commended by others – sometimes drive him to act against reason, such as helping his enemies if they need it. He has a remarkable gift for making the right choices at the right moments. He’s also not one to give up so easily and won't let anyone stop him from doing what's right for those in need, especially his family, friends and mentors, or to bring enemies down, even when incapacitated.

However, when Ben fails to save someone, or if someone gets hurt because of his failures, he becomes angry and much more violent.

## Skills & Equipment

* Hand-to-Hand Combat Skills
* Agility

Ben is quite agile and acrobatic, being able to easily dodge shots from laser fire while in human form, even sometimes being able to disarm his enemies while doing it, too.

* Leadership Skills
* Hoverboard

### Omnitrix

Ben's main "weapon", and the thing that made him as famous as he is, is the Omnitrix, an alien "watch" that gives him the power to modify his own genetic code in order to turn into various alien creatures.

## Relationships

### Superman

Like many others, Ben respects the Man of Steel a great deal, and like many other heroes, was one of his main inspirations for becoming a hero.

### Amuro

Ben respects Amuro both as a fellow hero and for what he did in the One Year War. He actually relates to his past too, practically being forced to step into the "hero" role, and is sorry that the beginning of his hero career wasn't as courteous to him as Ben's was.

## Notes

This version of Ben's story is meant to be somewhat of an alternate take on Omniverse, where he travels the world solo rather than partnering up with Rook (sorry, Rook fans). However, this version of Ben is also meant to be a lot more like his Alien Force/Ultimate Alien characterization, being laid back and joking in most situations, while retaining his competence and being willing to get serious when the situation calls for it. A big change to this is his approach to teaming up/getting a hand from others, where's he a lot more lax towards it and even welcoming of the idea (since after six years of being "on the job", least of all with Gwen and Kevin, Ben would probably have a good idea on how important teamwork is).

* A little way to help show how much he's grown is whenever he gets the "wrong alien", he doesn't get annoyed anymore so much as get mildly irritated about it before figuring out a way to make the form work.

Ben's fondness for Superman is a nod to his voice actor playing the character in the Legion of Superheroes cartoon. This even reaches an apex in a planned Halloween special, with Ben wearing a Superman costume.