Continuity

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Note: This page is entirely tentative, things will be updated at a later date.

Continuity is the flow of events throughout a long running series... is what we would say. Due to different writers on different series, contradicting past events, retcons and the like, Ben 10's continuity is a confusing mess, but because we're crazy, let's try and make sense of it anyway. First, we need to talk about Canonicity Tiers.

Canonicity Tiers[edit | edit source]

No, not the tears shed as we tried to make sense of everything, these are for the degree of separation between the series and the expanded universe.

Canon[edit | edit source]

Without question, the actual cartoon series is the bulk of this tier. Sometimes due to later events, things can be taken out of this tier as if they never happened, this is what's known as a retcon.

Dubiously Canon[edit | edit source]

This refers to the expanded universe media related to a series, which may or may not be fully or partially true, if at all, in the context of the original story. Things such as the video games, comics, crew statements and the like. Until properly confirmed, these stay in this tier.

A good example of Dubious Canonicity comes from the Nintendo DS version of Vilgax Attacks, in which at the end of a fight with Albedo, he transforms into Negative Alien X, only to be trapped in the form for an entire year... which according to Paradox in the episode Ben 10,000 Returns, happened in a separate timeline.

Post-Canon[edit | edit source]

Post-Canon is a term created by this Wiki, and refers to things that were made and/or stated by staff of the show, after the show has ended. Such as the Omniverse style designs of Jetray, Fasttrack, Chamalien and Spitter by Derrick J. Wyatt made in 2020.

Non-Canon[edit | edit source]

Non-Canon involves things like most crossovers, like FusionFall, or Super Secret Crisis War, as well as random promotional videos that introduce new aliens, such as the Total Access adverts.

Retroactive Continuity, Retcons[edit | edit source]

A good example of a Retcon when Eon was made not to be a Chronian, but an alternate evil Ben Tennyson. Another good example would be when Kevin's father Devin turned out to be a false memory implanted into his mind by Proctor Servantis.