Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix | |
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Created by | Man of Action |
Written by | Thomas Pugsley Greg Klein |
Directed by | Sebastian O. Montes III Scooter Tidwell |
Composer(s) | Andy Sturmer |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
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Executive producer(s) |
Sam Register For Cartoon Network Studios: Brian A. Miller |
Producer(s) |
Donna Smith Alex Soto (supervising producer) Jennifer Pelphrey (supervising producer for Cartoon Network Studios) |
Editor(s) | Mark T. Collins |
Production company(s) | Cartoon Network Studios |
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Original network | Cartoon Network |
Original release | August 10, 2007 |
Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix is an animated science fiction film based on the American animated television series Ben 10. It aired on August 10, 2007, in the United States and on October 22, 2007, in the UK. During the week-long special "Ben 10 week" in April 2008, it was revealed that this movie serves as the official finale to the series even though it was aired months before the last eight episodes of the fourth season. It was released to DVD on May 20, 2008 exclusively at Wal-Mart stores. However, neither of the alternate versions were on the disc, merely the original with Heatblast, but the fourth season DVD contains all four versions, plus the pop up trivia version. Despite that it is listed in the production or chronological order as the first three episodes of season 4 which means the movie is not the last animation or episode of the series and in Cartoon Network airing order which are episodes 44-46 of the series or season 4 episodes 5-7, in an official episode order of the show, it is the series finale and the last episode canonically (it is because the final episode is not canon, as it starts with a comic book, just like the Gwen 10 episode and are episodes 49-51).
During a battle with Dr. Animo, Benjamin Kirby Tennyson's destruction of the scientist's "DNA bomb" accidentally sets off a self-destruct protocol in the Omnitrix. Its activation alerts Tetrax (known as Hoverboard in "Hunted"), who travels with his alien blob-like pilot Gluto to Earth in order to retrieve Ben. He explains the situation to Ben, who hasn't figured out the meaning of the countdown. He leaves Gwen and Grandpa Max behind, not wanting the latter to be recognized during their trip. Gwen sneaks on board anyway. Using the advanced medical equipment on board his ship, Tetrax finds the DNA signature of the Omnitrix's creator, Azmuth, and tracks him to a prison facility called Incarcecon. During the journey, Tetrax hopes Ben would stop being a hero when the Omnitrix stop the countdown and Azmuth would shut it up for good. Ben is upset that he'll never be a hero again. After staging a breakout, they free a female Chimera Sui Generis (Vilgax's species) named Myaxx, who is Azmuth's assistant; she had switched her DNA signature for Azmuth's when he refused to give her credit for helping to create the Omnitrix. Myaxx is also unable to disarm the self-destruct, which will not only kill Ben, but most of the universe's inhabitants, including Earth itself, but Myaxx knows how to find Azmuth, and leads them to the planet he's hiding out on: Xenon.