Gwen Tennyson (Classic)

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**Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tennyson** is an Human/Anodite hybrid Plumber, the paternal-first cousin of Ben Tennyson and was a main member of his team until her departure with Kevin in *The More Things Change: Part 1*.

## Appearance

### Regular Appearances

#### Human Form

In the **Original Series**, Gwen is a girl with and had green eyes and short red hair held by a blue hairclip and wore sapphire earrings, an elbow-length blue raglan shirt with a cat logo, white capri pants, and white sneakers with dark blue stripes without socks.

In the first and second seasons of **Alien Force**, she wore a white shirt under a dark blue sweater, black tights under a black miniskirt, and black high heels. Her hair had also grown longer and was down to her waist.

In the third season of **Alien Force**, as well as *The Transmogrification of Eunice*, she wore a red shirt paired with a black vest, gray jeans, and black flats. Her hair was worn in a high ponytail.

In **Ultimate Alien**, Gwen's outfit was similar to her outfit from the first two seasons of **Alien Force**, but with a ruby sweater instead of a blue one. Like **Alien Force** Season 3, she wore a high ponytail.

In **Ultimate Alien**, she wore a standard Plumber suit during a few of her off-world excursions.

In the first episode/season of **Omniverse**, Gwen still had her ponytail, albeit shorter. She wore clothes similar to her **Alien Force** Seasons 1 - 2 outfit, except she now wore long white socks that went up to her knees with black Mary Janes. She also had freckles.

For the rest of the series, she has shorter hair with a blue hairclip, a light blue T-shirt with her cat logo, a blue plaid miniskirt, and blue-tinted glasses. She also wears long white socks and blue sneakers with light blue stripes.

11-year-old Gwen in **Omniverse** looks just like she did in the **Original Series** except that she has freckles and the cat logo on her shirt is now bigger.

#### Anodite Form

In **Alien Force** and **Ultimate Alien**, in her Anodite form, she looked like a slightly smaller version of Verdona.

In **Omniverse**, her Anodite form's, or Lucky Girl alter ego, skin is purple. Her hair remains the same length as her human form but is now made of mana and is pink and her eyes also turn pink. Her form now has clothes. Her glasses become a blue mask and she now wears blue gloves and her shirt is a darker blue with a light blue stripe. Her shirt cuts off and reveals her midriff and naval. She also wears blue boots, a dark blue miniskirt with a light blue stripe and a belt. The cat logo on her shirt also becomes black with pink eyes.Template:Refn

### Occasional Appearances

In the **Original Series**, her pajamas consisted of a long-sleeved purple T-shirt with a crescent moon on it, as well as long blue pants.

Her original Lucky Girl outfit is worn in *Lucky Girl*, *Tough Luck*, *Time Heals*, and *Enemy of My Frenemy*.

During water-based activities in the **Original Series**, she wore a purple one-piece swimsuit with a light blue diagonal stripe across her torso in *A Small Problem* and a teal green one in *Divided We Stand*.

In *Dr. Animo and the Mutant Ray*, she wore an orange life jacket.

In *Back with a Vengeance*, she wore a yellow raincoat while touring Niagara Falls on a ship, and later wore a Plumber suit when she went to look for Ben in the Null Void.

In *A Change of Face*, she wore a pilgrim outfit.

In *Merry Christmas*, while cursed as an elf, she had pointy ears, and her eyes were fully green. She later wore a typical elf outfit.

In *Game Over*, while inside Sumo Slammers Smackdown, she wore a light grey and blue outfit with a grey shoulder pad on her left shoulder and a grey headband. She later briefly became overweight after solving a riddle from the Kappa.

In *Under Wraps*, *The Return*, and *Be Afraid of the Dark*, she wore a hazmat suit.

In Ben's dream in *Perfect Day*, she briefly became a humanoid rat wearing the same outfit as Ultra Ben.

In *Divided We Stand*, she briefly wore a life jacket over her second swimsuit.

In *Big Fat Alien Wedding*, during the wedding ceremony, she wore a light blue gown.

In ***Secret of the Omnitrix***, while trying out clothes at the mall, she wore yellow-tinted glasses, a light blue collared shirt, a blue vest, black pants, and red and white shoes.

In *Ben 10 Returns: Part 1* and *It's Not Easy Being Gwen*, she wore her karate uniform.

In *What Are Little Girls Made Of?*, she wore a white bikini.

In *Save the Last Dance*, she wore a white dress.

In *Birds of a Feather*, when on the Moon, she wore an orange spacesuit with four arms.

In ***Alien Swarm***, she wore a pale blue coat over her regular outfit. She later wore a grey wooly jacket over a maroon shirt paired with a black vest, gray jeans, and heels.

In *In Charm's Way*, she wore a black bikini.

In *Time Heals*, she briefly wore glasses and a long coat over her Lucky Girl outfit.

In *Con of Rath*, Gwen had a desire to go to the beach, and dressed in black sandals, a white sun hat, a yellow bag, black sunglasses, and a pink cover-up over what appeared to be a black one-piece swimsuit.

In *Escape from Aggregor*, she wore a pastel blue winter coat and blue pants.

In *Basic Training*, while at the barracks in the Plumbers' Academy, she wore an olive tank top and black shorts.

In *It's Not Easy Being Gwen*, she wore a grey T-shirt and black running shorts during her morning run and later wore a white T-shirt and red shorts during her gym class.

In *The Perfect Girlfriend*, she wore a short-sleeved light blue hospital gown that stopped at her thighs, alongside a bandage around her left foot.

In *Inspector #13*, Gwen wore a violet tank top with a white skirt and tennis shoes. She later wore the Ultimatrix symbol on her chest.

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## Personality

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In the **Original Series**, Gwen was portrayed as an intelligent, sassy and mature girl but was usually stubborn and smart-mouthed when it came to talking with Ben. Her quick thinking and good instincts gave her an edge in dealing with dangerous situations.

As she got older, she became even more mature, caring and sympathetic. Her affection towards her cousin Ben became clearer as well. Gwen is willing to forgive villains for their wrongdoings, the most notable being Kevin who had tried to kill her on two occasions, if she believes they have changed for the better.

Despite being far more mature and reasonable than Ben and Kevin, Gwen is somewhat hotheaded and can lose control of her mana if angered enough.

Gwen occasionally prioritizes things incorrectly, seen when she put more importance on Ben arriving to Julie's tennis match on time than stopping the Forever Knights' armed robbery of the Bellwood Museum.

## Powers and Abilities

* MHR (325).pngMana Manipulation
* HEWTL (431).pngMana Wave
* EfA (141).pngMana Beam
* VV (503).pngPhasing Mana Beam
* TP (408).pngCutting Mana Beam
* GCBC (375).pngMana Heat Vision
* BoaF (29).pngMana Explosion
* UC (541).pngMana Crushing Weight
* I13 (146).pngMana Blade
* MI (239).pngMana Tendrils
* MI (375).pngMana Discs
* UA (486).pngMana Disc Boomerang
* B10kR (132).pngMana Whip
* MHR (503).pngMana Shield
* FaFBM (702).pngMana Bubble
* MI (308).pngMana Dome
* GCBC (251).pngMana Bolas
* Primus (36).pngMana Arm
* TFoC (85).pngMana Lasso
* EoMF (89).pngMana Chains
* NIBaC (516).pngMana Cuffs
* TFoW2 (205).pngMana Restraining Tape
* FaFBM (506).pngMana Shackles
* TG (32).pngMana Walls
* AP1 (325).pngMana Cage
* IAEF (309).pngMana Cushion
* TSoC (345).pngMana Slide
* TFKC (307).pngMana Stepping Stones
* The More Things Change, Part 1 (88).pngMana Ramp
* FaFBM (651).pngMana Platform
* B10kR (100).pngMana Light Orb
* SS (353).pngFire Suppression (via Mana Constructs)
* AF (420).pngMana-Enhanced Punches
* PH (109).pngMana Trail Formation
* FaFBM (381).pngMana Telekinesis
* WotW2 (229).pngMana Absorption
* CR (124).pngLevitation (via meditation)
* TTaC (60).pngDowsing
* B10R2 (296).pngClairvoyance
* Voided (19).pngTelepathy
* TH (536).pngMemory Erasure
* Deep (207).pngMemory Scanning
* CR (33).pngHealing
* Voided (222).pngPortal Creation
* BB (14).pngHigh-Level Technology Detection
* THtH (186).pngObject Parsing
* DAA (1296).pngHologram Disruption
* AKtR (94).pngDimensional Vision
* CS (106).pngMana Scanning Grids
* MITTW (517).pngAnodite Form
* TUS (404).pngFlight (via Anodite Form)
* WotW2 (241).pngLevitation (via Anodite Form)
* HEWTL (608).pngSize Alteration (via Anodite Form)
* TUS (216).pngAstral Projection (via Anodite Form)
* TUE1 (413).pngCrushing Forcefield (via Anodite Form)
* MHR (511).pngMana Burst (via Anodite Form)
* MITTW (541.1).pngEnhanced Strength (via Anodite Form)
* TTaC (3).pngEnhanced Durability (via Anodite Form)
* BA 451.PNGMagic/Spell Casting
* WotW2 (155).pngExpert Martial Artistry
* I13 (140.1).pngEnhanced Jumping
* I13 (140.4).pngEnhanced Acrobatics
* I13 (139).pngEnhanced Reflexes
* EoMF (54).pngComputer Expertise
* WotW2 (454).pngHyperspace Jump Tolerance
* AKtR (184).pngLevitation (under Dagon's mind control)
* TUE1 (319).pngEnhanced Speed (under Dagon's mind control)
* WALGMO (221).pngKeystone of Bezel
* CR (179).pngMain Spellbook
* TH (26).pngArchamada Book of Magic
* TUE1 (274).pngOther Spellbooks
* INEBG (189).pngProtection Charm
* MI (630).pngCharm of Telekinesis
* CS (481).pngStaff of Ages
* TTaC (634).pngCharmcaster's Bag
* Lucky (397).pngCharm of Luck (formerly)
* Game (1050).pngEarthquake Generation (in Sumo Slammers Smackdown; temporarily)
* Game (464).pngShuriken (in Sumo Slammers Smackdown; formerly)
* Game (1145).pngSumo Bow (in Sumo Slammers Smackdown; formerly)
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### The Spark

Gwen's magical powers are of alien descent from her grandmother Verdona, a member of a free-spirited alien race of pure energy beings known as Anodites, from the planet Anodyne. Though she technically did not inherit these powers, she shares a "knack" for mana manipulation, referred to by Verdona as "the spark". This is possibly because Verdona manipulated mana in her human form.Template:Refn Gwen's powers are enhanced when she is given an excess of mana, such as in Legerdomain.

Gwen can project mana from her hands, such as in the form of waves and beams.

Gwen's mana beams can phase through the ground, as shown when she used one to hit Octagon from afar.

Gwen can use her mana as a laser to break free of restraints or cut through the ground. She can also do so by firing mana from her eyes as a form of heat vision.

Gwen can create a mana explosion by firing a blast of mana at the ground. If given enough mana, she can send out a burst of it from her hands to achieve the same effect at a greater scale.

Gwen can create mana constructs, such as crushing weights, blades, tendrils, throwing discs, and whips as offensive attacks; shields, bubbles, and domes to protect herself and others; bolases, arms and lassoes to grab or throw people or objects; chains to tether herself to others; cuffs, tapes, shackles, walls, and cages to restrain others; and cushions, slides, stepping stones, ramps, and platforms as forms of transport or to allow a safe fall. However, there is a limit to what types of constructs she is capable of creating.Template:Refn

Gwen can modify the mana she has already fired out with precision, as shown when she fired a ball of mana at Dr. Animo, which split into a stream that destroyed his outline of the wall behind him but left him unharmed.

Gwen's mana discs can act as boomerangs, as shown when she fired one to hit Galapagus from behind.

Gwen's mana domes can protect anyone inside them from being affected by Dagon's mind wave.

Gwen's mana bubbles can envelop part of someone's body in addition to their entire body. Using this, she can knock opponents' heads together.

Since Gwen's mana constructs are airtight, she can use them to suffocate someone or put out fires.

Gwen can create a floating orb of mana to use as a light source.

Gwen can enhance her punches by igniting her hands with mana.

Gwen can leave mana discs on the ground to form a trail.

By enveloping a person or object in mana, Gwen can move them around as a form of telekinesis.

Gwen can absorb mana from other living things.

Gwen can levitate by meditating.

Gwen can communicate with others through the mana field, as displayed when she called Verdona while struggling with fighting Sunny.

Gwen can detect someone's mana signature as a form of dowsing, allowing her to track them down by either following their energy trail;Template:RefnTemplate:Refn detecting the traces of mana that they left on their belongings; or being at one with the cosmic mana. Detecting someone's mana signature also allows her to discern what they are doing at the current moment. If the person being tracked is "losing touch with [them]self", it makes their mana signature weaker and harder to track, as was the case with Jennifer Nocturne. Dowsing can also be used to identify someone even if the person in question is deceased, as was the case with Victor Valadis.

Gwen can distinguish beings with physical similarities, such as Ben and Albedo, by reading their auras.Template:Refn

Gwen can discern multiple minds inhabiting one body, such as when she was able to detect Ra'ad when he had fused with Ben as Ampfibian.

Gwen can notice the absence of someone's mana signature, as shown when she detected billions of mana signatures had disappeared after almost everyone on Earth had been turned into Esoterica.

Gwen can also locate objects, as shown when she scanned the universe to search for Kevin's car.

Gwen can perceive people and events beyond what normal senses would allow, as seen when she scanned a Highbreed ship to look for Max.

Gwen possesses telepathy, allowing her to receive telepathic messages through her energy field. She can also project a hologram of the sender, as shown when she projected a hologram of Helen when she sent her a telepathic SOS.

Gwen can erase memories, as she once demonstrated on her past self.

Gwen can scan memories, allowing her to obtain information even if it is buried deep in someone's subconscious, including the current location of a person the individual being scanned has encountered.

Gwen can heal others if they have been drained of mana.

Gwen can create portals and dimensional vortexes. One way she can do this is by retracing the energy path from a telepathic message she has received.

By exploiting the incompatibility between mana and high-tech machines, Gwen can send out a wave of mana to intentionally disrupt a nearby piece of high-tech machinery.

Gwen can read objects to figure out how they work, as she once attempted on P'andor's containment suit.

Gwen can disrupt holograms with her mana.

Gwen can see through dimensional barriers, as shown when she scanned Dagon's world to look for Esoterica.

Gwen can scan an area to discern if the individuals within it have been placed under a spell, by releasing mana grids.

Because Anodites lack DNA,Template:Refn Gwen is immune to being reverted into human form by the Forever Knights' DNA Scanner, as well as the lethal effects the device has on hybrids.Template:Refn

#### Anodite Form

Gwen can assume her Anodite form, which greatly enhances her existing powers.

Gwen can flyTemplate:Refn and levitate without meditating.

Gwen can increase her size, as shown during her confrontation with Zombozo.

Gwen can astral project, as shown when she used her astral form to enter the Ultimatrix to find Ben.

Gwen can encase someone in a forcefield to force them to their knees, as she demonstrated on Humungousaur.

Gwen can unleash a burst of mana powerful enough to knock back a Tetramand.

Gwen is strong enough to throw a Tetramand over her shoulder.

Gwen is durable enough to withstand being thrown at a stone statue.

Gwen's Anodite powers also increase over time. According to Verdona, it would take 60 to 70 years for Gwen to master her powers.

### Magic

Due to having a magical aura, Gwen can use magic by casting spells to achieve a specific result. Though she often has to recite the incantation in order to cast a spell, she does not always have to do so, as shown with some teleportation spells.

Gwen has stated that being self-taught in magic is not so easy as it looks. For example, when trying to get into Yawatacsip, she mistook its name for "Wah Di Tah", as she knew how to read that name but not how to pronounce it correctly. Regardless, Charmcaster herself stated that her incorrect pronunciation wasn't far off for someone self-taught. Nevertheless, Gwen is already catching up to Charmcaster as of **Omniverse**.Template:Refn

Gwen's spells seem to react to Gwen's emotional desires, like wanting to embarrass Ben.Template:RefnTemplate:Refn

### Athletics and Martial Arts

Gwen is a capable gymnast and martial artist.Template:Refn She was part of her school's Jujutsu team when she was 10, and trained in judo for nine years, enough to have received a black belt at the age of 15.Template:Refn She also knows savate, karate, and Taekwondo.

When preferring to use her athletics during fights or when she cannot rely on her powers, she is shown to be highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat.

Gwen can synchronize her martial arts with her mana manipulation abilities. For example, Gwen once created a mana whip and used it as a weapon in tandem with her fighting skills. When Kevin asked her how she learned it, she stated seeing it in an old movie.

Gwen can jump high in the air.

Gwen is highly acrobatic.

Gwen has enhanced reflexes, allowing her to dodge attacks with ease.

### Other Skills and Abilities

Gwen is very intelligent and knowledgeable in a variety of subjects. At the age of 10, she had a 4.2 GPA. At the age of 16, she was able to skip a few grades in high school to attend college at Friedkin University, the best Ivy League college among all the colleges around Bellwood.

Gwen is a computer expert. For example, she once used her laptop to find a pattern between the locations and activation times of the Dimension 12 portals to determine where and when Computron's minions would appear. In another instance, Gwen's computer smarts allowed her to assist Eunice in programming a genetic alteration pulse against the Xenocite infestation on Aranhascimmia.

Gwen can combine her computer expertise with her knowledge of magic, as she was able to develop an algorithm to predict the next true name of Legerdomain.

Gwen is seemingly immune to the disconcerting effects of going through a Hyperspace Jump Gate, as while Ben (as Brainstorm), Kevin, and Azmuth were affected and subsequently had to recover from the effects, she was unaffected.

Gwen also does horseback riding, softball, skiing, and cross country.Template:Refn

While mind-controlled by Dagon, Gwen was able to levitate without meditating and run at great speeds.

When in Sumo Slammers Smackdown, Gwen had her natural fighting skills enhanced.Template:Refn While having her body altered by the Kappa, Gwen was strong enough to generate an earthquake and destroy the Kappa.

### Equipment

In *Lucky Girl*, Gwen took possession of the Charm of Luck, which innately gave her complete and perfect luck in everything she did. While wearing the charm, any action she took would result in a chain reaction benefiting her original intent, but usually injuring Ben in the process. She destroyed it, along with the other Charms of Bezel, at the end of the episode, preferring to be herself instead of wielding so much power.

In *Tough Luck*, Gwen obtained the legendary lost Keystone of Bezel, which greatly increased her natural abilities to superhuman levels rather than just affecting her luck.

Gwen owns several spellbooks, allowing her to cast a variety of spells. She obtained her main spellbook from Charmcaster after switching bodies with her, and stole the Archamada Book of Magic from Hex and Charmcaster's tower. She also temporarily owned all of the magic books in Hex's library in Friedkin University when he had been turned into a totem.

Gwen owns a protection charm, which she lent to Kevin. It can protect the user only if they correctly recite the incantation on it, as Gwen stated that she would never see Kevin again if he mispronounced the incantation.

With the Charm of Telekinesis, Gwen can fly through the air at incredible speeds and also have great telekinetic control and manipulation over multiple objects or people all at once.

Gwen owns the Staff of Ages.

Gwen keeps Charmcaster's bag in her hideout.

When in Sumo Slammers Smackdown, she had access to the Sumo Bow and the game map, which she turned into a Shuriken. However, both were destroyed by Kenko.

## Weaknesses

* 2GFO (1530).pngEctonurite Possession Vulnerability
* Midmad (474).pngHypnosis Vulnerability
* TCfB (169).pngLucubra Mind Control Vulnerability
* TUE1 (313).pngDagon Mind Control Vulnerability
* VV (308).pngDisrupted Mana
* VTS (291).pngPower Dampening Headband
* I13 (382).pngTechadon Factory Anodite Countermeasure
* ICW (416).pngRune Entrapment
* Fused (287).pngExhaustion from Teleportation
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Although her intelligence and knowledge have only increased since her youth, Gwen is not completely free of her naivete. Gwen can occasionally be too trusting with people who want to exploit her good will, leading her or others into harm's way. For example, after P'andor was released from his containment suit, she believed he would stop absorbing energy if he were taken back home. When she told him she had contacted the Plumbers to do so, he attacked her.

Gwen has arachnophobia, the fear of spiders. She also has claustrophobia, the fear of tight spaces.

Gwen is vulnerable to being possessed by an Ectonurite.

Gwen is vulnerable to hypnosis.

Unless she is wearing a protective metal helmet, Gwen is vulnerable to the demon demonic mind-controlling abilities of Dagon and the Lucubra.

Gwen's raw mana attacks are useless and ineffective against certain species such as Geochelone Aerios and Rock Monsters, though the latter was only an issue in *In Charm's Way*.

Gwen's mana constructs can be tampered with by more powerful Anodites, as shown when Verdona turned Sunny's shield into a bubble to trap her.

Gwen can struggle to determine someone's location in an area riddled with technology. She also cannot track Ectonurites, as they have no mana.

Most of Gwen's Anodite powers can be neutralized by mana disruption grenades, power dampening headbands, bracelets used by a member of the Synthroid race (as demonstrated with Verdona), and cuffs from Inspector 13's Techadon factory.

Gwen can be drained of her energy to the point of either being rendered powerless or death, as nearly demonstrated with Verdona. This can be done by trapping her in runes at midnight and exposing her to moonlight, or placing her in a machine used by the Synthroid race.

Up until **Omniverse**, Gwen could not transform into her Anodite form without risking losing her humanity.Template:Refn

Certain intense spells, such as teleportation spells, exhaust Gwen to the point of having to rest and recover, and can even make her faint if she is too physically weak. The distance between her and the location she is teleporting to is a factor to this weakness.Template:Refn

## Relationships

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## Appearances

### Ben 10

* All episodes except *Gwen 10* and *Goodbye and Good Riddance*.
* All shorts
* ***Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix***
* ***Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens***

### Alien Force

* All episodes except *Above and Beyond*.
* ***Ben 10: Alien Swarm***

### Specials

* *Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United* (flashback; cameo)

### Omniverse

#### 16 years old

##### Season 1

* *The More Things Change: Part 1* (first reappearance)

##### Season 2

* *Many Happy Returns*
* *Showdown: Part 2*

##### Season 3

* *Ben Again*
* *The Frogs of War: Part 2*

##### Season 4

* *Mud Is Thicker Than Water*
* *For a Few Brains More*

##### Season 5

* *Mystery, Incorporeal*
* *And Then There Was Ben* (photo)

##### Season 6

* *Weapon XI: Part 1*
* *Weapon XI: Part 2*

##### Season 8

* *Third Time's a Charm*
* *The Most Dangerous Game Show* (cameo)
* *A New Dawn* (photo)

#### 11 years old

##### Season 1

* *A Jolt from the Past*
* *It Was Them* (cameo)
* *Trouble Helix*
* *Of Predators and Prey: Part 2*

##### Season 2

* *Malefactor*
* *Showdown: Part 1*
* *Showdown: Part 2*

##### Season 4

* *Evil's Encore*
* *Mud Is Thicker Than Water*
* *Max's Monster* (cameo)
* *For a Few Brains More* (dream; cameo)

### Books

#### Cartoon Network Action Packs

Gwen appears in every Action Pack, except for *Old Friends*, *Plumbers' Kids*, *It's a Set Up* and *TwoSome*.

#### Chapter Books

##### Alien Force

* *War of the Worlds*
* *Double Negative*
* *The Dark of Knight*

#### Graphic Novels

##### Omniverse

* *Parallel Paradox* (11 and 16 years old)

#### Manga

##### Alien Force

* *Doom Dimension (Volume 1)*
* *Doom Dimension (Volume 2)*

#### Short Books

##### Alien Force

* *Ben's Knightmare*
* *Triple Threat*

#### Other Comics

##### Omniverse

* *Ben 10* (Issue 1, Issue 2, Issue 3, Issue 4)

### Video Games

#### Ben 10

* *Ben 10* (NPC)
* *Ben 10: Protector of Earth* (NPC on consoles, playable on DS)

#### Alien Force

* *Ben 10: Alien Force* (playable on consoles, NPC on DS)
* *Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks* (NPC)
* *Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex* (NPC)

#### Ultimate Alien

* *Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction* (NPC)
* *Punch Time Explosion* (Assist Character)
* *Punch Time Explosion XL* (Assist Character)

## Video Games

* Gwen PoE DS.pngGwen in *Protector of Earth* (DS)
* Gwen AF Game Consoles.pngGwen in *Alien Force* (consoles)
* Gwen PTEXL.pngGwen in *Punch Time Explosion XL*
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### Ben 10

Gwen appears as a non-playable character.

### Ben 10: Protector of Earth

#### Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable Versions

Gwen appears as a non-playable character, helping Ben throughout his travel around the country. Gwen is later kidnapped by Clancy and then Dr. Animo.

#### Nintendo DS Version

Gwen is playable in the game via a cheat code. She is able to use the Omnitrix temporarily with access to the same aliens as Ben.

### Ben 10: Alien Force

#### Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable Versions

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Gwen is playable in two levels; The Forest Medieval/The Forest Mid-evil and A Change in the Weather.

#### Nintendo DS Version

Gwen appears as a non-playable character.

### Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks

Gwen appears as a non-playable character.

### Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex

Gwen appears as a non-playable character.

### Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction

Gwen appears as a non-playable character.

## Trivia

* In the **Original Series**, Gwen had her own plans for a summer vacation, such as going to a summer study program.Template:Refn It was Max who convinced her mother to push her to go on the road trip.
* Gwen's birthday is in December.
	+ She shares her birthday with Ben. Their childhood rivalry in the **Original Series** arose from this.Template:Refn
* When she was 10, Gwen had a 4.2 GPA, she was the president of the Computer Club, treasurer 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 hates mushrooms, though this may have been a consequence of her ordeal with the Living Mushrooms.
* Gwen isn't too fond of some of Ben's aliens, namely Stinkfly, Goop, and Upchuck.
* Before the events of *What Are Little Girls Made Of?*, Gwen believed magic ran through her side of the family.
* Gwen is Verdona's favorite grandchild.
* Gwen dislikes being called an energy being, and felt out of place when she was in high school.
* Gwen's favorite flowers are yellow roses.
* Gwen's DNA was sampled and randomized into the Unitrix to create Eunice.
* Dagon described Gwen as the most powerful being on Earth.
	+ Matt Wayne later said that he doesn't think so,Template:Refn even though he wrote the episode.
* In **Alien Force**, Gwen was in her freshman year of high school.Template:Refn
* By the time of late Season 1 of **Ultimate Alien**, Gwen had already written her college essays.Template:Refn
* Gwen has the potential to live as long as she wants to, if she ever chooses to allow Verdona to train her.Template:Refn
* Gwen and Kevin are famous on Earth, just not nearly as famous as Ben.Template:Refn Dwayne McDuffie compared their level of fame to that of American television personality Gayle King.Template:Refn However, Gwen is not very famous in space.Template:Refn
	+ As of **Omniverse**, Gwen's alter-ego Lucky Girl has a fan page.
* 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.Template:Refn
* Gwen lives on-campus in **Omniverse**.Template:Refn However, she does not yet know her major.Template:Refn
* Gwen has much more control over her abilities and her Anodite form than the audience has seen.Template:Refn
	+ Derrick J. Wyatt compared Gwen, in terms of power level, to the Marvel Cinematic Universe incarnation of Scarlet Witch.Template:Refn
* At least one student at Friedkin University probably knows that Gwen is Lucky Girl.Template:Refn
* If Gwen used the Omnitrix from the start, the Rooters would not consider her a threat.Template:Refn
* 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.Template:Refn
	+ At one point, the arguing between Ben and Gwen had gotten so bad that their parents refused to take vacations together anymore.Template:Refn
* Gwen's Lucky Girl costume in the **Original Series** and **Alien Force/Ultimate Alien** ties into the cat logo on her favorite shirt.Template:Refn
* When they were kids, disliking Max's cooking was one of the few things Ben and Gwen agreed on.Template:Refn
* 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.Template:Refn
* Gwen's **Original Series** design was made by Dave Johnson.Template:Refn
	+ 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.Template:Refn
* 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.Template:Refn
	+ Gwen's white bikini in *What Are Little Girls Made Of?*, her Lucky Girl outfit in **Alien Force** and **Ultimate Alien**, and her winter coat in *Escape from Aggregor* were designed by T.J. Collins.Template:RefnTemplate:RefnTemplate:Refn
* Gwen's **Omniverse** design was created by Derrick.Template:Refn
	+ Gwen's second design in **Omniverse** bears some resemblance to Velma Dinkley from the **Scooby-Doo!** franchise.
* 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.Template:Refn
* At some point, a spin-off anime focused on Gwen was planned,Template:Refn but it did not come to fruition.
* Gwen made an appearance in the fifth episode of the sixth season of **Robot Chicken**, *Hurtled from a Helicopter into a Speeding Train*.
* Not all of Gwen's alternate counterparts are Anodites like their Prime Timeline counterpart.Template:Refn Confirmed examples include Dimension 23's Gwen,Template:Refn Gwen 10,Template:Refn No Watch Timeline's Gwen,Template:Refn and Benzarro's Gwen.Template:Refn
	+ A counterpart of Gwen does not exist on Rex's home universe.Template:Refn 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.Template:Refn
	+ Benzarro's Gwen is also scientist constantly working on a cure for Benzarro from a secure secret bunker.Template:Refn
	+ Nega Ben's version of Gwen is a cheerleaderTemplate:Refn with strawberry-blonde hairTemplate:Refn of average intelligence. However, she acts less smart than she really is.Template:Refn Much like her Prime Timeline counterpart, Gwen is dating Nega Ben's version of Kevin.Template:Refn
	+ It is unknown if a counterpart of Gwen exists on Mad Ben's dimension.Template:Refn
	+ It is unknown if a counterpart of Gwen exists on Bad Ben's dimension.
* Gwen also cause earthquakes tectonic plates fissures volcanoes volcanic fields volcanic eruptions lands grounds sandstorms firestorms fire rains fire storms volcanic earthquakes volcanic fissures volcanic tectonic plates ice storms blizzards snows arctics thundersnowstorms snowstorms cryovolcanoes hails hailstorms icequakes sub-zero rains seas rains tidal waves seaquakes whirlpools winds skyquakes lightning storms tornadoes clouds weather cyclones and skies with elemental powers of air earth fire and water through her elemental spells while Andreas Bivalvan Galapagus P'andor and Ra'ad have elemental powers of air/wind earth fire lightning and water.

## See Also

* Gwen's Spellbook
* Lucky Girl Arc

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2. ↑ *Truth*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Ben 10 Returns: Part 1*
4. ↑ *Framed*
5. ↑ *Back with a Vengeance*
6. ↑ *Double or Nothing*
7. ↑ *Duped*
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11. ↑ *Escape from Aggregor*
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 *Don't Fear the Repo*
13. ↑ *The Final Battle: Part 1*
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 *Viktor: The Spoils*
15. ↑ *The Purge*
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 *Time Heals*
17. ↑ *Max Out*
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 *Good Copy, Bad Copy*
19. ↑ *Birds of a Feather*
20. ↑ *Undercover*
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 *Inspector #13*
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28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 *Enemy of My Frenemy*
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30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 *The Frogs of War: Part 2*
31. ↑ *The Gauntlet*
32. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `AP1`
33. ↑ *If All Else Fails*
34. ↑ *The Secret of Chromastone*
35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 *The Flame Keepers' Circle*
36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 *The More Things Change: Part 1*
37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 *The Eggman Cometh*
38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 *Ultimate Aggregor*
39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.5 39.6 39.7 *The Ultimate Enemy: Part 1*
40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 *Reflected Glory*
41. ↑ *Con of Rath*
42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 *Simian Says*
43. ↑ *Fool's Gold*
44. ↑ *Ghost Town*
45. ↑ *Andreas' Fault*
46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 *Perplexahedron*
47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 47.4 *War of the Worlds: Part 2*
48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 *The Ultimate Sacrifice*
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51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 *Too Hot to Handle*
52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 *Catch a Falling Star*
53. ↑ *Plumbers' Helpers*
54. ↑ *X = Ben + 2*
55. ↑ *Revenge of the Swarm*
56. ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 *Fused*
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58. ↑ *Ben 10 Returns: Part 2*
59. ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 *Voided*
60. ↑ *Vendetta*
61. ↑ *Deep*
62. ↑ 62.0 62.1 62.2 62.3 *In Charm's Way*
63. ↑ *Busy Box*
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68. ↑ Charmcaster
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70. ↑ 70.0 70.1 70.2 *Lucky Girl*
71. ↑ *Don't Drink the Water*
72. ↑ 72.0 72.1 72.2 72.3 *Ghostfreaked Out*
73. ↑ *Be-Knighted*
74. ↑ *Simple*
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77. ↑ Kevin Levin
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82. ↑ *Map of Infinity*
83. ↑ Ghostfreak
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85. ↑ 85.0 85.1 ***Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix***
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87. ↑ Rook Blonko
88. ↑ *The Ultimate Heist*
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96. ↑ *And Then There Was Ben*
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