Dr. Animo is Ben’s Most Iconic Villain
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THE REVIEW
I watch each episode with my own commentary, often pausing the scenes to get my words out without having to talk over the episode, and also to point out and analyze the show's art and animation. I have seen each episode already growing up, so these reviews are to compare and contrast the five categories listed below.
PLOT (Scaled from 1 to 5 Points)
The foundation of the episode. Uniqueness and overused tropes are taken into account, but it is also judged on how well it tells the story of the episode. An episode can score a 5 even with a basic/ cliche plotline as long as it has good pacing, worthy use of its tropes, and feels well-polished. An episode can lose points due to plotholes, uneven storytelling, and relying too heavily on cliches to do the work for it.
CHARACTERIZATION (Scaled from 1 to 5 Points)
How well the characters are written. Do they feel like themselves compared to the grand narrative of the franchise? Are the supporting or one-off characters interesting, or pure plot devices? Did the humor land? Did the actions and character motivations make sense?
VISUALS (Scaled from 1 to 5 Points)
Basically, everything that happens on-screen. Character Design. Animation. Backgrounds. Creative mechanics and solutions. If there is CGI or digital effects added, how well do they blend into the show, and were they used as an enhancement, or a crutch?
IMPORTANCE (Scaled from 1 to 5 Points)
This includes, but is not strictly based on, how important the episodes are to the current story arc (if there is one) or the general narrative of the Ben 10 Franchise. Points can also be awarded for how impactful the episode was, or how favored/ important it is to the general Ben 10 fanbase. I ask myself, "If I skipped this, would I be missing out on the 'Ben 10 Experience?' "
ENTERTAINMENT (Scaled from 1 to 5)
Pretty much the most important part of developing a tv show. You can be perfect in all four of the previous categories, but the episode can still be boring. On the flip side, the episode can be absolute garbage, but still an enjoyable watch. How likely would you be to put this episode on if you were in the mood to watch Ben 10? - Zábava
Animo is definitely an S tier villain in Ben 10, he is so “eye”conic that his voice actor can’t be replaced from all 4 series
Bro even voiced him in the goddamn reboot.
That's like,a record in Ben 10.
Especially in this episode where Dr Animo is basically ant man, but evil.
@@felipe_drawmania1604 I bet even celestialsapiens can't change his voice, too powerful! It's literally multiversal constant
Animo has been well handled in every iteration. While I was never a fan of his gym-bro phase, he was still very entertaining. And he's still firing on all cylinders in OV.
@@leithaziz2716Really every super hero has that iconic mad scientist villian, Dr Octopus, Dr Robotnik, Dr Sivana, Dr Wiley, Toxzon etc
My favorite line in all of OV is when Ben 10k brings in animo before maxs retirement. "finally retiring Maxwell? This place won't be the same without you." and max going "we kept your room just like you left it." even so he's a villain it's like is a part of the group. Animo is perfection.
I really do love when heroes and villains have that kind of relationship.
I like how we've evolved from "But Hey, Alien X!" to "Blame the Celestialsapiens for any inconsistencies". Which, to be fair, _is_ outright stated in canon.
Dude, relax. Omniverse is a show that constantly tells its audience to "fuck off and buy our toys."
@@mayotango1317 you really love hating this show huh. May i ask why are you even wathing this bro? No one loves someone who just hates stuff for the hell of it. So all of this stuff that you are writing makes you look pretty pathetic to be honest. Get a life man. It's just a show.
@@mayotango1317 so was uaf lamo. You uaf fans have nothing but hate on ov . That’s the only thing gives you life
@@Peakfiction8613 how does that change what ov did though?
@@gntyhIt doesn't but man I would disagree with these two since Cartoon Network chose Ben 10 for a reason and that it was because it was poised to print money. So yeah Omniverse I wouldn't say it turned Ben 10 into a show that tells you to "shut the fuck up and buy our toys" that's the entire franchise. I love Ben 10 and yes it does try to be more than what it is sometimes but man this entire franchise is frustrating and I don't get why we have to keep putting people on certain camps like "UAF fanboys" or "OV children" like man, this entire franchise is flawed.
It's a crime that in a series whose main character transforms into different aliens a villain whose whole thing is "I make mutants" was never given a proper arc of his own.
In Ditto's debut episode Animo was interested in accessing all of Omnitrix's alien DNA to create armies of mutants so... Why not do it again but actually pull through with it? Aliens literally walk the surface now, kidnap a bunch and use their DNA to create stronger mutants.
It's almost as bad as all ectonurites forgetting they can possess people for the easy win.
You know, in hindsight I find it weird that OV never gave him an arc. I mean, they gave an arc to the friggin' *Inkurseans* of all people, but not Animo?!
@@Theokal3 I think it's more a question of "What do you do for a huge arc for Animo?" because You'd need to think up a way for Animo to actually GET the resources to be a threat. Even in the Null Void, like 10-20 minutes after Ben showed up he got cucked hard instantly.
@@romdan7136 yeah.
@@romdan7136 they could have just create human animal shapeshifters.
those aliens are mostly weak or don't have interesting powers
Dwight Shultz has such incredible range. From the loud and sometimes zany Dr. Animo to the horrifying and disturbing Professor Pyg and many more.
I didn't even realize they were the same voice until now 🤯
He’s also voiced Vulture in numerous Spider-Man games. I never realized how perfect he is for the role.
Oh and not to mention Mung Daal from Chowder
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Yeah he was born for this character
Ironically, Ben's transformations having natural predators would have been a good excuse for using the ultimate forms. Especially since evolution in real life often stems from mutations or changes that help with surviving predators.
Yeah maybe the Khyber plotline would have been in Ultimate Alien where the ultimates could fight their base forms predators after the base form fails
That would be awesome
I think the problem with the predators idea is that it came in OV, if this was the OS or early Alien Force they could really say Khyber prepared himself against all of Ben Aliens since they were 10+ and not like 30+ or 40+ like in OV.
That scene where he make all clones of his dog became all different predators of the Nemetrix, despite that suppose to be an epic display I can only think that he has predators for half of Ben Aliens or less
@@FranciscoRamirez-nb4uu it wasn’t Zed it was a panuncian and we can assume that not every alien has a predator like humans don’t have a natural predator
@@axelnilsson5124 Or some just went extinct.
Crashhopper is one of the few aliens I could see existing in the real world. A giant humanoid grasshopper.
That’s a reason I love Ripjaws so much, the ocean has so much weird looking animals.
I wouldn’t be surprise if somewhere in the universe there’s a species similar looking to Ripjaws.
@skywatcher1082 I also like how he's just a fish with realistic aquatic creature powers instead of making him an aquaman ripoff who can control water or some bs. The og series cared more about making the og aliens animalistic and grounded instead of making each of them a generic superhero.
I feel like Animo is so different to in the Omniverse, as a significant growth in his character. He started out as this regular guy who was a simple villain of the week, but decided to work harder to become a serious villain. He made connections with other villains, he got buff, started a farm to control more animals and started setting his sights on bigger threats (like the yeti). Imo it feels like he has earned the best of the best in his attempts to mutate the world.
I agree. In a way, him getting more advanced tech and ressources is an indication of how the Ben 10 Universe evolves to be more.... cosmic, I guess?
@@Theokal3yeah
Respect the grind 💪🔥
I love how in 13:08 the camera goes up implying that even the camera man thought swampfire was going to be transformed into💀
I’m a huge fan of how he looks in the OS, as his design really hammers home the fact that he’s a struggling scientist with not a lot of funding to complete his projects. One of the only people in the Ben 10 universe who successfully returned to MONKE.
@@paulosm7070his future self
@@theamazingspooderman2697 I thought he was talking about infinite monke that he made in comics
Infinite monkey!!!!
😊p😊
I used to be a bit iffy on it but it grew on me. The lean look fits him.
Something I think this episode does well is highlight the Nemetrix and it’s transformations ability to counteract even Ben’s most powerful transformations like Diamondhead. I always kind of had a theory that Kybher not only studied Ben’s aliens but chose predators that counteract certain archetypes of aliens rather than just single species. Like Crabdozer and Hypnotick can work around multiple species that use elements like fire and ice. Buglizard’s speed, agility, and gas take on slime and agile species. Slamworm’s tunneling and durability allows him to bypass armored species. Mucillator takes advantage of Ben’s head strong nature to counteract speed based species and entrap them. And the likes to Tyrannopede was chosen to counteract strength based forms. I like the versatility and idea that each of the Nemetrix aliens can fight multiple Omnitrix transformations very easily.
It’s a shame that the Nemetrix never got used for an aquatic fight. Vicetopus was introduced right when they were putting the device away and got one other use later.
@@gutsmasterson2488they move away from aquatic fights, like one of Jetray's fights was supposed to be underwater but it was cut
I actually never thought about it that way. I kinda thought it was silly that the Nematrix was a match for Ben given the sheer amount of aliens he has. But when you put it like that, it makes a lot of sense why these Predators are so dangerous.
I think it’s really cool that in Insomniac’s Marvel’s Spider-Man game, Yuri, Bumper and Dwight all have voice roles. Yuri is Spider-Man, Dwight is Vulture, and Bumper plays additional roles like a 911 dispatcher. So they all got to work on another project together outside of Omniverse
That's awesome to hear.
The Celestal Sapiens being the reason for retcons is so damn brilliant, it's the perfect cop out! lmao They didn't leave a lot up in the air, they actually acknowledged errors & rolled with it, I love that so much
Funny, I dislike it exactly for the opposite reason. I hate that they made an easy cop-out instead of just trying to remain coherent or to do better explanations.
They don't even bother to explain why they do that. It frankly makes the Serena and Bellicus thing feel hypocritical.
And best part for me is that they didn't use it just to change the show later. They used it to explain past mistakes and the style change. Although people say they only did that to change continuity, which is bs.
Kuro's reaction to the absence of "his boy" it's one of the funniest gags I have seen in this channel, specially the first one with Echo Echo got me so bad 😂,
Hope it becomes a regular thing up until Swampy's debut in OV!
Not long until the debut. But that episode might be a quick review.
@@erikpng Would it tho? Professor Hokstar is important for the Ben 23 and Mad Ben episodes and Pax appears in Rad's debut who is important for the Galactic Monsters arc.
@@endrendstudios7665 and so were the map of infinity episodes, but he skipped those as well. Frankly, they were pretty repetitive. Team goes on quest, the fight hard, Greg shows up, utter embarrassing defeat.
It kinda makes sense that Crashhopper would be doing little hops instead of walking. It's Ben's first time so he wouldn't have figured out the intricacies of moving around as him yet. Remember how much trouble he had moving as Cannonbolt at first?
Baby steps, so to speak
was gonna comment as we later see Crashopper run or walk fast very well
It’s a fun thing to think about. It got me thinking when Ben fights Kevin during the whole Rooters thing and he kicks the fiber of Crashhopper’s leg. Involuntarily triggering the leap like how our legs react to tapping a certain spot. It makes you figure that as Crashhopper, Ben probably has to take such light steps, since any heavy pushing down on the ground would bend his leg and spasm the fiber.
As a kid, Animo is a pretty good villain. Fit the narrative pretty nicely.
Wished we had some villains similar to him during his teen years. Something less jarring than the Hybrid but more humane than Zombozo.
@Paulo SM oh yeah. Misspelled again.
@@joelconolly5574 Ironicly, naming them "Hybrids" is equivalent to say that you wanna die
@@reginaldosantoscarbajal9388 technically they did eventually became a hybrid of sorts thanks to Ben.
I always thought it was Hybrid because they used xenocites to take over other alien (in this case human) races.
I think Dr Animo always works because he's such a straight up comicbook más scientist complements perfectly Ben 's classic hero actitude. Like Kuro, i also like the fact he built everything from scraps because the aesthetic but also sells how much of a genius Animo is
Dr. Animo is a silver age comic book villain in a 2000s animated show. He could easily work swap with Green Goblin.
Honestly you could kinda say that Animo escaping is another part of the “Plumbers can’t do a good job” tally in Omniverse, because somehow they don’t have regular check-ups on him. Like either he escaped that day and managed to build the giant tower by then, which I guess could be waved off with cartoon logic, or he escaped for a while and no Plumber noticed
Dr. Animo has ALWAYS been my favourite villain, as early as his first introduction in Classic
Such a crazy madman with so much charisma, he always stole the show for me
The dynamic of Ben using alien species and Animo using mutated earth wildlife has always felt to me like a character contrast that the show never *really* capitalised on
Its actually really cool that Animo kind of became a mainstay villain for Ben. Sure, he's not his archenemy like Vilgax or Ghostfreak, but he's a fun villain who almost seems to be enjoying his role at this point (if his comments in later episodes are ti be believed)
Yeah like he is probably Dr Octopus to Ben’s Spider-Man and Lex Luther from the golden age where he was just a mad scientist before he became a businessman and maybe the Ultra Humanite
Wait you mean you didn't watch the episodes that come after? Yeah, those things are true, he gets some awesome plots and moments.
Animo solo necesitaba más atención luego de la serie original no es vilgax pero tampoco es los lymax
Huh you didn't see the other episodes he's in? Yeah he does some crazy things and it's all awesome.
Eh, I don't know for him not being Ben's nemesis. Personally I consider him Ben's third or fourth most important nemesis, depending on if you put Zs'Skayr above or below him (Vilgax and Kevin are the first two places if your curious).
I think Ben using the word "predator" at the end because of the new Omnitrix and the way it works with his aliens. Since makes him instantly, instinctually aware of their abilities and how to use them, maybe it also adds knowledge of their natural predators as well?
It's possibke his aliens have an instinctual fear of their natural predators. The same way some people are naturally spooked
By snakes and spiders
Really I love Ben and Rooks dynamic, plus Ben not wanting Rook as his partner in the beginning is him trying to cope with the fact Gwen and Kevin aren't around.
also that Chillie Fries what was enabled Ben to finally accept Rook as his partner was the best Ben thing to do
@@theamazingspooderman2697 Yeah and as I said, their dynamic is really well done.
Anytime Dr. Animo shows up always brings a smile to my face. He’s one of those villains that’s so entertaining and enduring that you actually root for him.
I mean…it’s Dr. Animo! How could you not love him? :D
He is unapologetically as cliché and over the top as a mad scientist can get.... and that's what makes him awesome :p
Hey I know you your an ultra primal subscriber
@@blueraccoon1088 soy yo. ✨
And he was the first non robot villain to be introduced into the series
In regards to animo’s design, the way I always thought of it was that D’void was animo mutating himself, and OV animo is the result of him not maintaining the mutation while he’s in jail, making his body break down a bit before the plumbers would’ve noticed and allowed him the tech to stabilize himself, like the brain jar.
13:34 just wanted to point i realized that echo echo's second voice effect is almost identical to the galactic rangers from ratchet and clank 3. super random i know, but just wanted to put it out there incase anyone had any more information about the old vocoder effects they used. I'm fascinated by it!
That’s a cool comparison!
Ohhh you're right I never noticed that before!
Ben knows Mucilator is Crashoppers predator because Crashopper would instinctively know it, same applies to other aliens
Man you MAKE my Saturday mornings and give me the same feeling I used to have waiting for shows on TV as a kid. As an adult now, it’s really nice to have something that again so thank you
Animo just works so well in the Ben 10 universe by being a mad scientist mutating animal DNA that fights someone who uses DNA to transform and fight.
He also shows that you don't need to be a universe ending threat to be memorable
Honestly, watching this breakdown made me realize: Animo might be Ben's most underrated main villain. Great VA, one of the first Big-Bads of the franchise, and has some of the most appearances. Animo is not one of those characters who need an arc based around them but it would've been nice if he got more of a background. Like Baxter Stockman from TMNT.
Which Baxter Stockman? :p Poor guy changed *a lot* between adaptations.
Honestly, imagine if Dr Animo did manage to get his hands on the Nemetrix. He would probably create one that can fuse the predators, like Ben 10000 did, if he didn't go crazy from using the Nemetrix.
Maybe he could use it to power another mutation ray
Or send an army of mutant animals made with the DNA of predators that can counter Ben's abilities.
@@twinodoom Funded by Will Harangue of course.
Well- seeing what happened to Phil and Khyber, post-Nemetrix Animo is Fridge Horror.
Yes! The episode with my boy, Crashhopper! Also, I read every available chapter of 5yl available online. It's really good. I'm looking forward for more chapters. And good morning everyone.
Sup my guy.
@@songoku9069 sup
Yeeeee
My boi!
@@bobbyahmad5197 hello
Doctor Animo's return in this episode is Dope as FK 🐸
Much better version than his AF/UA appearance
Animo has always been one of, if not my favorite Ben 10 villain. It mainly has to do with the fact that I've always been fascinated by animals, so much so that I originally wanted to become a veterinarian or a zoologist. As a result, I've always gravitated towards characters like Animo, who can control or bend the biology of animals to their will. Whether he's depicted as a joke or a threat, he's always entertaining to watch.
By the way, the reason Crashhopper cant walk, is the same way Grasshoppers IRL cant. They have to make small hops to move instead of their powerful jumps, due to how their legs are built.
Interesting but we do see Kevin being able to run with those legs. And they're fully Crashopper legs. Maybe it's because of all the other DNA of the rest of the aliens who can indeed walk.
I actually like that in Omniverse Animo just gets massive bases or technology without an explanation. Pretty in line with other evil geniuses like Eggman or Dr. Wily who just get massive, complete, technology filled bases every other month. Especially at this point in the series like he’s evolving alongside Ben, in the early years he’d be scrounging for anything he could get but now he’s capable of building an entire skyscraper.
same
TBF with Eggman it's actually shown to have casinos, Oil Refineries, a corporation, selling his robots for money, the dude has many ways to gain money which is how he funds his operations
Kuro’s excited reaction from Ben choosing swampfire to the disappointment in getting echo echo instead got me
Also I kinda love the reactions of the villains who are falsely accused of being Zed’s owner
Let's be honest, when Animo’s on screen or he's the villain of the episode, y'know it's gonna be a good time.
Animo's "You haven't seen the last of me, Ben Tennyson." is 100% in character to Ben's dipiction of him to Rook
💚Finally, someone says it, *Dr. Animo* is like Ben’s joker, his the most recurring villain, they have a similar theme with the whole DNA thing, one for aliens and the other for animals. Dr. Animo just appears anywhere. 🤣
Love that dude, his like Top 3 favorite Villain.
I would say he's more of a penguin or Dr Octopus. Up there in the enemy circuit but not the arch nemesis.
Who are your 2 others in the top 3? Pure curiosity^^
@@langadube9611 Uh... Dr Octopus IS considered one of Spidey's nemeses^^' he's one of the three contenders with Green Goblin and Venom. Was in fact considered his biggest nemesis until Norman killed Gwen Stacy.
I think the shift between devoid and Animo designs might be Ben's fault because of the copy universe thing but on the other hand I've read retaining a muscular body like that takes a lot of work so its possible Animo fell on hard times after his chicken to dinosaur plan fell through
Easily Ben's greatest human enemy, both in how iconic he is and being an actual threat. Although I guess the Forever Knights are close.
I feel like "Perfect predator" isn't too big a leap from "Perfect counter".
This is the first time he's fought a Nemetrix alien as its prey and he found out firsthand that Mucilator's glue trap pustules were the perfect counter to an alien whose preferred method of attack is bashing whole body into stuff
I love the science aspect of Animo’s choice of animals in this episode. Also Ben causing the ant to explode does have a loose science aspect, with certain levels of sound causing organs to rupture.
May have to agree, he integrates with Ben real well.
Kuro is really treating us with the full breakdowns so far and I am not complaining!
20:05-20:20 You know this could have been the set up for a pretty epic main arc with Animo as the main villain, would be kind of like the incursion arc, but only it would be harder since Ben and crew would have to figure out how to turn all the ants of the world back to normal.
From the entertaining insanity of Howling Mad Murdoc, to the good old anxiety ridden Lieutenant Barclay. The whimsical chef Mungdal to the terrifying Professor Pyg. The stuck up Dark Elf mage Neloth of House Telvanni, to the iconic mad genius of Dr Animo. We love Dwight Shultz.
If I’m being really honest, Dr Animo is probably one of the best villains of all time, like all all time
If nothing else, he is probably the most consistent character of the franchise.
Max too
Animo is the Doc Oc to Ben's Spider-Man, honestly love the dynamic between them a lot throughout the franchise
No, Psychobos feel more Dr Octopus. Animo is the Ghost Box.
@theglassespro4557 Well, you are right on that.
Although, Stockman was a more serious threat in the 2003 series.
Dwight Schultz is such an iconic voice role for animo.
I'm curious how other dubs (non-english) did Animo's voice and how fans experience Animo compare to the original VA.
Well for other internationals dubs I cannot vouch but here in Italy despite being labeled as a minor character Dr. Animo had the same voice actor from classic thru the reboot (with his Italian voice actor being called Massimo Milazzo:it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Milazzo), and I even asked a Romanian friend of mine Radu if that was the case for the Romanian dub of the show and guess what a similar response I got, apparently despite not being credited for his voice performance a voice actor called Florin Stan voiced Dr. Animo in the Romanian dub from Classic thru Omniverse, the reboot apparently changed the dubbing studio because the old one couldn't renew the dubs right.
here in Brazil we got the same VA for all of the shows, his name is Jorge Vasconcelos, he voiced Mojo Mojo from PPG, Ryuk from Death Note and Ice King from Adventure Time, the guy is a massive professional, he fitted Animo perfectly!!
Was not expecting for this episode to get full breakdown but im so happy that it did.
Actually the fact that Khyber and idea of natural predators appeared in Omniverse is mindblowing (how long it took them to think about it). Also funny to think that humans do not have natural predator in nemetrix. Imagine Zed turning into smilodon (or anything from Earth) just once only for Khyber to flex that he got DNA of one.
Based on fossils of early humans, our most persistent predator was in fact the leopard. Dozens of skulls have been found in caves in southern Africa with punctures at the back of the head that line up perfectly with a leopard’s jaws and teeth.
Dr. Animo is to Ben what doctor octopus is to spider-man. He’s the villain that the hero fights the most often but he’s not most iconic one.
Creo que seria más bien vilgax el que con el que ben pelea más probablemente ánimo sea como mr freeze más bien
@@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511 vilgax is definitely up there especially in uaf where he shows up more often, but I do think animo has more appearances than him
3:08 Khyber looking over Burger Shack like:
"Yes my pet, fetch me the one they call... Big Mac"
Lmao
I just wanted to thank you, Kuro. I'm rewatching OV for the first time because of these breakdowns. I think it's my favorite interation now.
You forgot to mention that Animo was the first human villain or overall villain that Ben faced in the franchise not including the reboot. Edit: I forgot the giant robot and the drones in the original series doesn't count though if you count overall aliens. Edit: 12:55 Man Animo took fire ant literal
Good point
También es el primer villano que pudo hacer una especie de réplica del omnitrix
He's also one of Ben's first ever villains if you don't count the drones.
@@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511Are you referring to the episode in the original series where Animo created mutated animals mixed Ben's aliens?
@@austinforgie1069 exactly
Strange to think that Dwight Shultz also plays Vulture in Marvel's Spider-Man, the same game in which Yuri Lowenthal plays Spidey...
Both of them are still duking it out years later.
Animo's fun! Definitely an episode where the intro of Crashhopper and his predator was cool with how I like the whole thing with aliens having predators and how they make a ton of sense when it comes to their inspirations.
13:09-13:14 LOL!
Bro the predator concept was truly was first truly shown in this episode and O l loved it
Clancy Brown would have been a great fit for Omniverse, they could maintain the bug design and give him the clothes from his first apperence.
He doesn’t have a confirmed surname and Clancy Brown in the Ben 10 universe is just some actor
Fun Fact: the title "It Was Them" is a reference to a 1950s horror movie about giant ants called "Them!". It's actually the movie that inspired Alien.
damn that's cool
Indeed! I'. Surprised Kuro didn't mention that
2 things:
1. Rooke still uses a contraction in his first scene this episode (he says wouldn't)
2. In the first fightscene with zed you can hear the noise of it transforming back
fun fact: Echo Echo's new voice is vocoded to always hit the note E
I have no idea if that was intentional
Considering Ben's fear of peacocks, if Animo ever found out I would love to see Ben face his fear and fight a giant mutant peacock lol.
this episode marks the first appearance crashhopper
Correctly at least
"When Nickels turn to Dimes, He gets a Credit Line" Kuro Spitting😂
I always loved Animo. Money on Devoid.
With Kyber showing up I'd love to see a video where you and Orash create predators for sone of Bens aliens that dont have one.
9:14 nono Im pretty sure its hooked into the wall they just didn't draw a shadow for it, also something I love about Rook a ton is that Bumper made up an accent for him, he has a legit alien accent I love it
13:11 i wish i hadnt see kuro growling
Aside from that last contraption at the end of the episode that could easily just be an oversight, I honestly believe that it´s likely that some of the changes are the direct result of Ben recreating the universe and the perception he had over certain people. Rook stopped using contraptions specifically in the last episode, where the universe was recreated (except for that last one at the end) so I like to think that Ben probably perceived Rook as more formal than he actually was and that's why he stops using contraptions right after he remade the universe. Heck, I´d argue that Dr. Animo´s redesign is the result of Ben´s perception as well, because at least to me, he now looks like Ben´s idea of a stereotypical mad scientist comic book villain.
And the same goes for Gwen's redesign. Because is likely for Ben to unconsciously see Gwen in her mind being more of a stereotypical nerd than what she actually was. Which is why she gets freckles and glasses as a result after the recreation of the universe that happened in the last episode. Because that's the perception that Ben unconsciously had about her when he recreated the universe.
I agree that Animo is a great villain.
He’s a simple concept, but it’s a fun concept.
As the saying goes “less is more.”
By the way Kuro. Don’t know if you were aware, but Rustage made a Ben 10 rap cypher.
Would recommend it.
Also, had a fun idea, when clockwork reverses the time bomb and brings back the bens, please put a
“Za Warudo!” Sound affect. I feel like that’s a perfect edit for that moment.
if the Nemetrix had a time-out feature than maybe the times Kyber called it away it was almost out of time and we just didn't know it yet. like when crab dozer abandoned spidermonky maybe it only had like a minute left.
More like seconds left because if it was a minute left Zed would have already killed Ben as Spidermonkey
If crazy equals genius. He is brilliant, sadly his plans fail so often. I personally like him as a villain and as a character. Tbh one of my favorite villains. Crazy scientists were always my favorite type of villains, and some of Animo episodes were pretty much my favorites.
I personally feel like Animo fits into a Green Goblin role to Ben more than Vilgax oddly enough. There are definitely a lot of ways Animo's motives can be executed, and that's why I love his gimmick of insane doctor gene-splicer. My favorite thing with heroes or villains, is creative powers/use of powers, and seeing that in the future Animo's just big monke, absolutely love it!
First time commenting on one of these videos, and I just want to give thanks to you for sticking through these episodes and breaking them down for us!
I think he’s in interesting villain not the strongest or most powerful but seeing all his awesome and crazy animals creations is always fun to see. And I would love to see like a comic exploring his backstory more.
We got his backstory in the first episode. He's some guy who went crazy because he wanted a trophy. Honestly, some things are better without a backstory, but Animo does have it.
I won't lie, Rook without the pupil actually looks pretty good, I think him having the amount of detail/accent on the face helps contrast the simplicity of the pupil-less design, like Gwen and her freckles
13:09 I hope this becomes a running joke. Like when you get to "Return to Forever" and Swampfire shows up for like a split-second you can be like "it's my bo-oh...". And knowing that you don't like his blossom form, I'm looking forward to seeing what you have to say about it once we get to "Charmed, I'm Sure".
This episode had me thinking, would Dr. Animo even fall under Plumber jurisdiction? He is from earth and doesn’t even use alien technology
He does utilize alien DNA
Yeah, but that’s only in classic when the plumbers weren’t on earth
Edit: I could see his D’void stunt being considered a plumber issue, but that’s in the past as well
22:05
It's so fitting that Ben uses Crashhopper to fight Mutant Ants. considering grasshoppers sometimes pick on ants.
Little easter eggs. The episodes title "It was them" was a call back to 50s movie about giant ants named simply "THEM"
They acknowledged DeVoid, although very subtly, since the power core is made of kormite, something he was mining as DeVoid
That’s not acknowledgment that’s lore continuity
had my lunch sitting on my desk for about half an hour waiting for this, cant wait
You know I just realized something. Dr Animo is basically the Dr Neo Cortex of the Ben 10 universe. I mean think about it both of them are insane and lanky (well sometimes lanky in Dr Animo’s case) scientists who mutate animals into powerful super soldiers to take over the world and are sometimes treated like jokes by their respective arch nemesis
I've always liked Dr Animo hes an interesting villain and has interesting purposes mutating regular creatures into mutant like monsters and using them as his minions. And throughout all 4 shows of the classic continuity he's had a pretty good design in all of them and I would say Doc Animo is one those characters that looked great in the OV art style and benefited from it
6:11 dude, do more of these rhymes please
5:42 I looked at 2 clips from two different episodes of the reboot to see if it’s still the case in one episode he morphs the arms for the crystals and in another he uses his palms.
So this episode (of Ben 10) was totally an homage to the movie "Them!" right? Even the title! For those who don't know about it, Them! is a movie from 1954 about gigantic, killer ants.
as i referenced in the first animo episode
ben:you can rewrite DNA on the fly and is using it to create mutant animals? but with tech like that you could cure cancer!
animo:but i don't want to cure cancer, i want to create mutant animals
Like that one Spider-Man panel.
6:16 that reminds me of that hole in Darkstars hand in "All that glitters"
That didn’t spin though
You didn’t mention it but the episode title “it was them” is a reference to an old sci fi movie from the 50s “Them!” about giant ants and the fact they breath fire is probably a reference to Fallout 3
We know from UAF Ben is a fan of cheesy B movies, and Animo definitely befits the tone of the genre.
.....Why did we never get a Episode in Japan where Animo creates a giant Kaiju Mutant and get a full on Kaiju battle between Way Big and the mutant?!
*I would love that*
I'ts so weird seeing Ben without the Omnitrix in that one shot. Blows my mind how you can forget to put the most important thing of the whole show on the main character.
It happens all the time throughout the franchise. Or maybe not as much.
This was a pretty good episode. Feels like a good classic episode, love Dr. Animo too. Glad these are getting full breakdowns too
4:16 I think not having a standardized method of transforming is intentional, like more modern phones/smart watches/etc where it has many different ways to use the same features
8:35 Rook said "wouldn't" without Kuro noticing
14:22 after looking at this scene more, i dont think ben was actually struggling against the giant ant. i think his plan was to lure the ant into a big area so that he could effectively surround it and use his echo chamber attack to defeat it. he wasn't having a hard time, he was being strategic with echo echo instead of just brute forcing it like he probably would've done with swampfire
19:36 i think somewhere animo said he loses power when he's far away from the machine in the null void so i think that's why he lost muscle.
13:08 the exact feeling when Ben fails to transform into your fav alien
the "HE USED A CONTRACTION" edit was so out of no where it really got me great bit loved this episode