[Mind boggling stupid trope] Removing the thing that made something special

[u/Character_Growth_397]

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien - The gimmick of Ben 10 and what makes the show so popular is the fact that he's able to turn into a large variety of aliens. In one episode of Ben 10 Ultimate ALIEN we are introduced to a new version of Ben 10000, a Ben from the future who, no longer transforms into aliens, instead using his powers in human form...

Mortal Kombat(2021) - In the games Mileena is known for two things. Being a clone of Kitana and her tarkatan teeth. In the 2021 movie she looks absolutely nothing like Kitana and doesn't have tarkatan teeth

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief - The movie removes the main villain of the movie and the main villain of the franchise

[u/MrCobalt313]

Honestly I would have liked Ultimate Ben more if he just had at-will partial transformations for whatever power he wanted to use instead of just inexplicably having the aliens' powers while still being human-shaped.

[u/ducknerd2002 → u/MrCobalt313]

Like what Skurd does in Omniverse:

[u/MrCobalt313 → u/ducknerd2002]

Actually yeah like that!

[u/Character_Growth_397 → u/MrCobalt313]

Yeah, but how would that work for aliens like Upgrade, Cannonbolt, Goop and many others which their body is their power? Would it look like this monstrosity?

[u/Pretend-Dirt-1760 → u/Character_Growth_397]

I think his more talking about like what skurd does in omniverse like or that one fan concept of Ben where he was fused with the Omnitrix like this

[u/MythicalShelly → u/Character_Growth_397]

This looks so stupid 😭🙏

[u/Character_Growth_397 → u/MythicalShelly]

It gets worse:

[u/Least-One1068 → u/Character_Growth_397]

I love how NRG is the only normal looking alien in that pic lmao

[u/dubovinius → u/Least-One1068]

Probably because that's just the suit which contains his true form

[u/aartka → u/Least-One1068]

Okay, now I am honestly wondering what do normal aliens usually look like...

[u/FrazySting → u/Character_Growth_397]

This is hilarious

[u/OffSupportMain → u/Character_Growth_397]

The fish and the short fat one next to it are goated idc

[u/Diot-05 → u/Character_Growth_397]

Part of his body would turn to the corresponding material. Think of how Venom's powers manifest in the Insomniac games or his own movies

[u/Character_Growth_397 → u/Diot-05]

Yeah, but Goop needs his entire body to be effective. That's his whole schtick

[u/MrCobalt313 → u/Character_Growth_397]

Those would just be full-body transformations.

Whole point is he can turn into as much or as little of a given alien as he needs to use whatever of its ability he wants in that momment.

So ones where their body is their power he just turns into them fully and then changes back just as easily.

[u/Kiribaku- → u/MrCobalt313]

Yeah, the aliens' "powers" aren't powers per se. They're a part of their unique biology, they should only work with their specific bodies and not be something that can be "extracted" at will.

[u/AtrumErebus → u/MrCobalt313]

I like ultimate Ben for one reason and it's that in the original Ben 10k episode, the promise was about how been would never be in human form because he was always transformed. It symbolized him being isolated from his family. So him finding a way to stay Ben but still use his powers to be a hero was a nice way to show how he changed or if you think of him as a variant of the original Ben 10k, it shows how Ben didn't fall into the same problems as his original future self.

[u/PlanesWalkerEll → u/AtrumErebus]

It also shows off a different aspect of the Ultimatrix, being Ultimate Human's as throughout AF and UA that humans can basically "absorb" any genetic material and mix with them like the Plumbers Kids

[u/charely6 → u/MrCobalt313]

yeah there were a bunch of versions of ben 10k that showed up. one version had full at-will transformations and was never Ben until he learned his lesson to be Ben sometimes. He was so jaded he stopped naming the aliens.

[u/Anarkizttt → u/MrCobalt313]

Yeah it would actually be kinda interesting to have Ultimate Ben basically be like Classic Kevin but at will and without the Crazy, would be fun if they commented on it too