I always liked how they used Big Chill's similarities with Ghostfreak as a red herring. As a kid i was glad Big Chill didn't end up leaving the Omnitrix too, since he was my favorite of the UAF aliens
Have you seen sea horses? I have a theory that maybe bigchill dna is taken from a male whose wife left some eggs in him for safe keeping, and all of this is just a normal process to hatch them.
“Guys remember that one time Ben 10 gave birth” is a sentence I will never get tried of saying to people who’ve never seen the show, just to get a reaction
Personally I interpreted Ben’s “momma mode” as still being him in control, but he becomes overwhelmed by the urges that come with being a pregnant Necrofriggian. Like he is actually still conscious, but things are like a blur to him, which explains why he can still be in-character even if he isn’t acting normally.
I think it's similar to when some people walk during sleep. Their personality is still intact but they are focused on specific task. And they also don't remember what they were doing.
@@dragonborn7955 Not remembering anything is not the same as experiencing things in a blur. One is about memory and the other is about the actual experience. Just because Ben doesn't remember doesn't mean he wasn't in control. It's like when you get so drunk that you blackout.
Personally, I think Bigchill's mouth (or more specifically his teeth) function like vents. He can speak and blow his icy breath without opening it, but in order to feed they can open, that way he can take solid objects in. And since we rarely see bigchill eating, we don't really see his mouth open too often and thusly it's not really brought up again.
I was always disappointed that Ben's kids never made another appearance. You could do so much with the concept. Imagine one shows up moves in, does nothing but eat food and watch TV and Ben has to figure out how to get rid of him, or one tries to be a hero like him but causes a bunch of problems because he doesn't understand human culture.
I half expected the freed Ultimate Big Chill would take in as parent for those kids. In fact, in 80 years, that one might give birth to a new breed of Ultimate Necrofriggians.
@@ghostspider2056 Damn I just realized, Ultimate Big Chill might be the only one of the Ultimate aliens that can actually reproduce and continue his species as they're asexual. Ultimate Humungusaur states he had a mother that tried to eat him, but it seems to be just part of the simulated reality he came from and he's indeed the only one of his species, probably hunted and kill by Khyber as we see his helmet in Khyber's collection. Though I do think it was mentioned somewhere that those helmets are part of the Vaxassaurian army or something. At least I hope so, so he's not extinct
@@matheussandbakk9959 I think the memories of his mother come from the original DNA donor Azmuth took from. Ben’s aliens are essentially clones of whom ever they got genetic samples from.
A) I think the reason Ben was the way he was with Kevin was slightly influenced by Big Chill's pregnancy. I mean, it's not out of character for Ben, but he also seems alot more motherly towards Kevin. Making sure his little emo was ready for his date. B) The smile that Ben gave Julie after her comment about him being a mommy, it made me think that they were planning a future with kids. Something I wish we got to see. Damn you Kai! C) The assumption that because BC is a ghost alien, it's something bad happening is something I love and hate. Like, realistic, but that's just straight up discrimination.
For c, at least it's something they realize they were wrong about so that's something! Howerver, I have one big question about this episode: Did Azmuth new something like this could happen? I can't help but feel he should have known. 🤔 If he did thought, he should have defenetly warn Ben about it.
@@claireaquos6532 Why though? He's likely not even aware of all the intricacies of being specific aliens. He has no real reason to warn Ben about things like this with him being largely absent unless major shit goes down.
I like the idea that Big Chill's mouth opens to eat, but doesn't need to for speaking. It's a very, well, alien way for a mouth to work that I totally vibe with.
And how, technically, because those kids are from a species where the kids are released into the wilderness since the moment they are born, this makes Ben look like a deadbeat dad
Always wanted to see those lil guys again... Kinda weird they aren't mentioned more often, also Big Chill can down molten metal is like the coolest thing. This is a episode where I'm just rooting for Kevin, because he's trying man lol
I miss Julie. The relationship between her and Ben went through many bumps, but by the end of UA I thought they'd ironed out most of the issues. Hell, I'd have been only with their breakup if it was treated more seriously instead of as a joke. Like say, an episode where Ben and Julie are trying yo have a date after so long, but issues from both their lives keep getting in the way until they realize that this isn't working anymore. They've grown as people and are starting to move apart. It would be sad, but would be a decent way to open up the Ben and Kai thing while not crapping over a ship people adored.
Julie is real life girl who loves the guy Benjamin curby tennyson,not the hero ben 10.Kai is the opposite. I wish they sticked with Julie, i always liked her for her genuine cconcern towards ben. She would never move away from his life for a silly matter like that. If someday we get a live action movie, Julie will be the heroine i am sure due to public demand
Well, with Omniverse they aligned things with what they had presented back in the original series, which meant Ben breaking up with Julie and bringing back Kai
Exactly, exactly my problem was never they broke up, my problem was their broke up wasn't treated with respect, after not 2 seasons, but *2 SERIES* with then as a couple with their ups and downs. They deserve a better broke up, then what Omniverse did
I definitely feel like Big Chill's babies should've came back at least a handful of times throughout the series. I feel like they would've been nice episodes to show off how Ben would handle being a parent and explore the life cycle of one of ben's aliens. But I also feel like they should only appear once in a while as to many appearances would've likely diluted the entertainment.
Imagine this: all of them come to Earth on Ben’s birthday, to his complete SHOCK while Gwen tells him she asked them to come to Earth for Ben and his kids to actually have some parent-children experiences. This could unfold into Ben teaching the kids how to aid the ones in need with their Necrofriggian abilities and them actually having a good time. Idk, you rate this
Personally I wished there was a Tennyson family reunion episode where every Tennyson that could make was there and suddenly grandma Verona comes in with the little ones. The confusion that would take place is something I want to see.
Honestly her being like "Huh who are..oh I sense mana similar to Ben..how sweet I have great grandchildren. Welcome to the family kiddos" would be so funny yet just perfect in that situation.
I always thought Big Chill taking over was something comparable to sleepwalking. You don't turn into someone/something else, rather you're acting without being fully conscious. In this case, it wouldn't necessarily be Big Chill becoming an individual personality, it would be Ben in a state between conscious and unconscious acting on Necrofriggian instinct while still retaining Ben's knowledge and practices.
If you freeze something solid in such a short amount of time, there'd inevitably be a very high contrast between the warmer and colder sides during the process. This could produce cracks and flaws in the material. Additionally, the sudden extra rigidity may cause certain flaws and cracks to be unable to close as the material becomes too stiff to deform (like frozen rubber vs warm rubber.)
In addition to thermal shock, there's also embrittlement of a lot of things when they get sufficiently cold. If Big Chill reduced that to liquid nitrogen temperatures, the material could be that brittle, depending what it is.
@@segevstormlord3713embrittlement is the term for steel developing stress fractures in a cold working environment which somewhat applies bc we are talking about steel. But thermal shock is an abrupt and drastic change in temperature, from cold to hot or vice versa
For me the when it comes to how Big Chill Ben acts in this episode, it seems like Ben’s consciousness is almost like half asleep, like when you just kinda go on auto pilot to a goal without extra thought, only being as awake as the current problem/goal demands. If that makes sense.
I always imagined the Omnitrix uses the users personality as a base and stacks the alien instincts on top of that. This would, in theory, allow his aliens to think and act like he would even if he wasn't exactly in control while still being able to know how the alien works even if it was new but if the alien were somehow alive or gained conscience from within it could leak out. This could be because the Omnitrix wasn't designed to keep living beings inside it but rather samples of DNA in the form of code that could be completed by connecting it, if only temporarily, to a host's DNA so aliens who can be considered alive even through simple DNA reconstruction would know what's going on cause they still have their original conscience encoded in their DNA. Could go further and explain how Ben 10,000 or whatever version of Ben could gain the alien powers without transforming was because of how long it stayed connected to him. This allowed it to bond more with the DNA of it's host, plus him training, and was able to latch on better without needing to rely on wasting energy on transformations. By saving energy on transforming it would allow Ben to use any alien power whenever he wanted without having to work around the limitations of the body or worry about losing the powers in the middle of a fight or other scenario it's needed in. Basically it gives Ben the ability to use any alien without hendering the user to physical limitations so Ben could use Grey Matters IQ without anybody knowing he's "transformed" and allow him to still be capable in a fight physically. Maybe with enough time he could learn to channel 2 or more aliens at once to maximize power combo potential.
Soo a bit embarrassing, but I was terrorized when that episode first came out. Because Big Chill had already grown to be my favourite new alien and I was afraid they'd have Ben lose him like he had lost Ghostfreak - which upsetted me. And for this reason, I ended up really appreciating the twist. These baby big chills are just sooo adorable^^ And yeah, I didn't realize it at the time but this is one episode where Julie really shines and is likable, what with her supporting Ben and being quite resourceful.
The premise for this episode is so weird but it ended up being one the most wholesome episodes in all of the series Man, I miss Alien Force narrative style so much
Big chill must have 2 mouths. The visible one and one inside it. He can talk using the behind mouth and freeze breath goes through his teeth whereas for eating he needs to open both mouths
Just now realising that Julie calls the burger place Burger Shack. Maybe the animators/storyboard team for this episode didn’t know that was a name and thought it was a description of a location when given the script
The pregnancy cravings really do make you question what's happening with Ben's DNA in times like these. Is it just that since his necrofrigian form is expecting, his human body is producing comparative hormones? Do his alien form exist in some form of stasis within the watch's database, still 'living' and aging alongside his human one? It comes up again with the ultimate aliens wanting out but still...
I certainly believe they actually age with ben. Some of his aliens designs looked younger when he was 10, when he turned 15/16 their designed changed and had more stuff to them and more details and some look older. Like fourarms for example or feedback.
@@Mx.Phoenix I don't think so With how they talk about it in the Episode it sounded more like something cyclical (and that it's something that would have happened/did happen again afterwards) Also the Omnitrix doesn't turn Ben into a Clone So I don't see how or why would Ben turn into a Pregnant Necrofrigian?
I like to think that parts of the transformations are "stored" in Ben's junk DNA thanks to episodes like this. It's a record of available transformations. It also lets me link the difficulty of removing the watch the first time with why he had completely new transformations (he had the additional stuff removed so the Omnitrix didn't know what Ben had and ran the playlist generator one more time).
as someone who hasnt read y'alls comic but has watched your Necrofridgian Video (albeit not since it dropped) I always liked the thought of the tiny baby being like a mama's boy to ben while the others either dislike him or are outright indifferent to him for no real good reason. It'd also would've been neat to see Ben's later girlfriends or Kenny react to his kids
The thing about Ben still yelling out Big Chill, I believe at some point during the series, its more or less implied the aspect of being a hero is so ingrained into Ben that yelling out their name actually became a genetic thing within the Omnitrix.
Ben calling out the names was only a thing because the UAF writers thought kids wouldn’t be able to remember them otherwise, which is a bit condescending when you think about it.
This actually solidified Big Chill as one of my favorites as a kid. I dunno, the idea of the DNA of one of Ben's aliens overwritting his personality for a short time is just really cool And the fact that Big Chill was one of the few this happened with was cool as hell A shame they didn't expore the idea more
Ben when he turns into Big Chill from the maternal urges probably just becomes unconscious, uttering his alien names most likely comes from a subconscious mechanism which would also explain why he still did "normal" actions despite blacking out. It may even be that Big Chill has a personality but not something to the extent with Ghostfreak who has a cellular memory.
I mean, it wouldn’t be out of the blue or anything for Big Chill to have a personality that impacts how Ben acts. Rath is a good example. And Brainstorm is another, since as Gray Matter Ben doesn’t actually act all too different from his normal self. He uses the same vocabulary and speech pattern when he’s talking to other people in a normal conversation. But Brainstorm likes to use eloquent and long words to at the very least sound smarter. Then as Spider-Monkey, Ben likes to make monkey noises when excited or smth like that. Albedo does this as well when he turns into Spider-Monkey, and since they share the same DNA database, it would make sense for them to do so if it comes from Spider-Monkey. And then there’s Atomix in Omniverse as well, where Ben acts more like a stereotypical comic superhero and even does the Kamehameha in his own way. There are many examples of Ben’s personality and mannerisms changing at least slightly with each alien, so it would make sense for Big Chill to have the same effect.
I think it would've been awesome if like a necrofriggian sorcerer was introduced, and he was cool and enigmatic and then its revealed he's one of Ben's/Big Chill's kids who inherited the spark from him.
Big Chill "possessing" ben i think was just a way for the writer to represent ben's parenting instincts being hightened because he is feeling (big chill literally) pregnant. The way he helped kevin is like a dad helping his son with girls, at least thats how i understood it as a kid. The motherly part is obvious witb the big chill stuff
Kenny:16 alien siblings? Wait, you had an alien girlfriend before you met mom? Ben:Well yeah, but she had nothing to do with her. Kenny:so how did that happened? Ben:Well....
Possibly the best part of the episode is how it is a subversion of a horror episode. With the whole callback to Ghostfreak situation from preious series and then ends in such a bizarre fashion it is just amazing and memorable
I wish they had done this more often, where one of Ben's aliens developed its own personality and overwhelmed Ben. The closest they ever got was Ben being angry as Rath or having trouble controlling Jury Rigg at first (not counting the subtle personality quirks some aliens have in OV). Like, Ghostfreak being a sentient clone of Zs'Skayr and Big Chill carrying out his reproduction cycle are good excuses for an alien to take over, I'm sure they could have come up with others, either to see more of what has aliens would normally be like, or maybe even finding out about the genetic donor of that form. Edit: I forgot about Eon but he got retconned so whatever. And yeah I agree it shouldn't have just kept happening, but I feel like it's an interesting enough concept that it could have been explored maybe one more time, but with a different sort of avenue explored. Or maybe something closer to what happened to the Ultimate forms, where a duplicate of the alien with its own mind and memories ends up being created, which could potentially go several ways story-wise.
Eh, I feel like if they did it again, it would just come off as repetitive. Maybe like one more time in Omniverse it could have worked, but any more than that would have been annoying, especially if it happened again in UAF.
I feel like it really shouldn't have been done more than it already has been. MAYBE once more but that's the max. If loses its impact if Ben is constantly being possessed by his aliens and it would make it look as though the damn watch doesn't work. I think they personally done more personality quirks for the Aliens. Ben isn't a totally different person at his core but the paint job has changed and he's experiencing the world through a different lense. That would make a lot of sense for the purpose of the Omnitrix. But we got what we got.
I'd watch a series where each transformation is sort of 'inside' Ben's mindspace as a different part of his personality because its a unique combination of Ben and an alien's body and instincts
I’m convinced he did these all back to back and maybe that’s why he’s lacking in energy possibly. In any case these are always interesting and fun to watch, but remember to rest Kuro🙏🏻
I'd taken it as Ben just being overcome by an all encompassing insect like instinct, rather than a separate personality, and I kind of like the idea that the omnitrix doesn't always handle intangibility well. It helps explains the Ghostfreak stuff, and where the Little Chills were when Ben was human
Teen Dad can still be applicable because Male Seahorses give birth and they’re still dads, granted it’s not asexual but still. More topical I think is the recent mutation/evolution of the Marbled Crayfish. Their used to be a male and female relationship but 25 years ago a mutant female crayfish was born. It reproduced asexually and were perfect clones. It killed every male Crayfish it found. It was being studied when it escaped into the open waters of Europe 5 years ago. Due to how it reproduces it was not only an invasive species but an ecological apocalypse on its water ways. Theirs so many of this thing even now that a scientist described getting rid of it as “like trying to empty an ocean with a thimble” I can only imagine what a bunch of asexually reproducing, sentient, metal eating space moths would do to a galaxy. They have to be one of the most populous races.
@@karuto5849 Asexual just shorter to read so let's go with that. Since most people understand it meant "Self Reproduce Species" in context, we don't have to worry about misunderstanding.
Seriously, Kuro. I know you want to keep us happy. But if you need a break, we'll understand! The best part about these breakdowns is your enjoyment. We want you to enjoy what you create. Don't force yourself. Please. 😢
I think he is DOING this frequently cause he is having some troubles maybe. This Isn't is job,its his hobby,his escape from reality. Let him have some fun
He is cool He is my first alien when I first watched Alien Force. His design his phantom appearance Every thing is cool. Until we got omniverse where he got bulky.
It's such a shame that him and Julie broke up. Especially through a flashback and it was a simple misunderstanding because he was losing in a video game
I kinda like the idea that Big Chill’s mouth can either open or vent, at their choice. Like, if they wanted to they could open it to get more solid things, but keep it as a vent for liquids and gases. Or they could use an open mouth as a kind of warning like a rattle snake’s rattle.
I'm still sad that there was never an episode that brought back the baby Necrofriggians. I swear, every Ben 10 story I've written or am currently writing has brought back the last one as Ben's daughter who returns to her father and is named Lumi. Also, completely unrelated, but I remember blushing when I saw Gwen in that dress as a kid.
@@dork7546 I actually give an explanation for that in the stories. Due to a mix of human and Necrofriggian DNA courtesy of the Omnitrix, Lumi ages and has a gender like a human, while still looking like Big Chill in her natural form.
@@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257 I just go the genderless asexual reproduction 4oute and theirs no gender differences they all look alike but the species can identify as male, female or non binary if they choose
Big Chill is my personal favorite alien, followed by Brainstorm and Rath. As for Big Chills children, you did a great job in "And Beyond" episode on them, brought the realistic and interesting character dynamic to the lore. Though tho, I didn't expect an episode review this early, I'm worried about you Kuro, it looks like you've been through a burnout which takes joy out of you, take it easy Kuro, rest and recover
Kevin in this episode reaffirms my opinion, the best dynamic with a reformed bad guy is when you contrast the evil self being fearsome with the heroic self being a huge dork :D
I think the whole thing about Necrofriggians is their mouths function both as a vent and traditionally like a mouth and the think the reasoning behind that is because of the level of heat they use for differing ice breaths. For instance when Freezing people and certain objects to avoid shattering them a Necrofriggian will instinctually use a lighter temperature of ice from maybe -10 Fahrenheit to 15 Fahrenheit. But might open his mouth to release a stronger freezing ice breath like when freezing metal structures. as for a solid structure like metal the colder it gets the more like glass it will become. So when Big chill freezes the Burger boy covers it shattered the way it should when the metal is completely frozen (possible to a molecular level) which is why it collapsed in on itself as it could no longer potentially sustain the weight of the metal. So I think the Necrofriggian mouth uses a vent to adjust temperature as when Big chill ingests molten metal as they might natrually produce a freezing breath that can be around absolute zero or even more since Necrofriggians are immune to extreme temps. As for the DNA doing what it does. If we visit the one scene from Ultimate alien where Albedo hadn't taken DNA samples for the ultimates are were actual living creatures trapped in the device much like Zs'Skayr was from DNA. We can think along those same lines as the DNA being in a similar way where Ben's body is essentially a vessel that can freely change between the forms with out real consequences of it. What I mean by that is the DNA when dialed in doesn't exactly need to have Ben conscious and use his mental thinking abilities as we know the Omnitrix uploads the abilities to the user meaning it must in some way make the DNA conscious even in a more primative way of thinking, but can tap into some of the mental abilities of the user like when Big chill tells the pedestrian to scram and only freezes the guards in a way that renders them "docile" instead of being completely primitive like at the start with Big chill lashing out. But thats just my theory on all of that.
Pickles have alot of salt and vinegar in them, so it is possible that the craving might be related to much iron in his human diet, witch can be dangerous.
I actually think it's all Ben (and the instincts, of course). It's like if Ben felt hungry as an alien. It's most likely Ben would feel like eating whatever things his transformation would have evolved to digest and not human food. The blackouts are a bit weird but it could just be a part of being a Necrofriggian. Idk, there could probably be better explanations for it. Or ya know, it could just be a Ben thing. His human body is being affected by alien instincts after all. It might be something he doesn't adapt to until the end of the episode where he doesn't pass out. EDIT: I just realised it could be something like him being drunk or drugged. Altered personality but still the same person underneath. Lines up with the blackouts.
Big chill is one of my favorite aliens and the baby aliens are so adorable it would interesting to see more baby versions of his aliens. Kevin’s soft side is slaps great to see it really builds Ben & Kevin’s brotherly bond. I like it also when Julie interacts with the alien forms
This really is one of those great, well remembered, but almost entirely unimportant episodes. It was actually surprising that they even remembered it enough to reference it once later on in the show.
Hey man it is okay to take breaks just remember to not overwhelm yourself you know feeling burned up I don't want something bad happening to you due to overworking yourself. Anyway, loving your breakdow videos they've been great and interesting and thank you and for the ink crew for reawaken my love for Ben 10 again. Have a great day
This episode has always been one of my favorites, and it really helps develop the relationships between the main four, albeit not as much between Ben and Gwen as the others. I never really picked up on Ben's knowledge and morality still being present in Mama Big Chill, but that is a really interesting element of this episode. In addition to what you mentioned, MBC is able to speak, and doesn't harm Ben's friends or other people, only trying to drive them away. Finally, in regards to Mama Big Chill's gender and pronouns, that really depends on how much of Ben's mind and identity are present. I'd personally default to they/them for any regular Necrofrigians, as a species that reproduces asexually and is usually asocial probably wouldn't develop the construct of gender, or if they did, it'd probably be very different to ours. However, Ben's mind being partially still present complicates things, and for MBC I'd personally use he/him.
Same here I call him a "him" since it's still Ben in there just the Necro instincts\breeding period are kicking, in which he has no control over like a feeding response or going in heat etc. The species on the other hand it's probably asexual can't tell difference the males and females apart.
@@silverbolt9439 Mhm. I personally don't think they even have distinct sexes, as there hasn't been any sexual dimorphism in the Necrofrigians we've seen, and a species that reproduces asexually wouldn't need distinct sexes.
This has always been not only one of my favorite episodes in AF but in the entire Ben 10 continuity! I love Ben's necrofriggian kids, despite how little we got to see of them, and wish they could've appeared more. They were such a cool idea that just sort of got not only sidelined but never mentioned again. I would've at least liked a couple of throwaway lines like that one Vreedle episodes where he brings up stuff like wondering how they're doing.
The most horrifying thing about this is that if big chill's mouth can open and isn't just a vent that means that most of the time he blows freezing air through his teeth. For anyone that's ever accidentally bitten ice or had a cavity get ice cream in it you'll know why this is horrifying.
This has always and will always be my all time favorite episode of Ben 10 in any continuity. The way they fake the audience out with the Big Chill potentially going rouge angle is not only a great call back to Ghostfreak but is also a fantastic call back to the original series. Big Chill is my favorite of Ben's new line up this season and getting an entire episode centered around them was great to see and I will never not tear up when I see the Baby Chills. The cutest design ever given to an alien just ahead of the Baby Celestialsapien in the forge of creation. Solid 25/25 in my personal rating.
I have two theories on Ben's blackouts as Big Chill: 1- Ben's human consciousness is incapable of comprehending the strong reproductive instincts of a Necro Friggian due to just how "alien" they are. Maybe similar to Ghost Freak like Kuro had said but not in a necessarily negative way. Maybe ghost aliens *are* just different in that way. 2- Necro Friggians are just like that when they reproduce. Maybe Big Chill's species literally black out while having off spring and it's something none of them actually experience until the process is done. Yes, to them as humans its a weird way to reproduce but it's not some sinister thing, it's just an even deeper insight into how these aliens experience life itself! (I feel this one is more right)
@@trenageddon6465 considering how girls show an interest in Ben, and how many of them are technically villains… Julie is better than most, and that’s including how she’s “not special”.
@@RedDragonForce2 Sure She's a good Gf I admit My thing is that she's boring for me personally She's too normal for the world of Ben 10 Nothing wrong with it I just think characters like Attea,Looma and Ester are better and more interesting Even if Loomer and Attea are considered "Villians" They still fun to watch
19:27 I think its more that he was helpful without being sarcastic or making fun. Weird parent instincts kicking in making him want Kevin's date to go well and making him help like a dad might try to help his son.
Because of these custom transformations I always wondered if transforming hurt. You see his body change so drastically like removing limbs or spreading bones in such a short period of time it's hard to believe it's all painless.
5:16 I actually liked the idea that his mouth can open up to ingest food. I always got used to seeing the vent-mouth thing, so when Big Chill opens up to chomp it was unexpected and freaky but cool.
Teen moms🤣🤣🤣who told them to get banged without thinking about the consequence😃whats the point of suffering for yourself and the other one WHO Doesn't chose to come in this world either?
I wonder if Ben would have offspring as Big Chill since Kevin doesn't specify that they can only do it once, just that they can only do it every 80 years, or however that translates to Ben/human years, I just imagine Ben becoming a Grandpa to a bunch of Big Chill babies when he's like Max's age
6:45 I think this is just Kevin being paranoid. He states in Ultimate Alien he dropped out of school due to running away and getting trapped in the Null Void. This means at most Kevin only completed up to 5th grade. In addition, people get more stressed and parinoid when dealing with crushes
Personally I think a perfect scene to have them return is later in UA, where we meet more Necrofriggians, and when Ben transforms to Big Chill, and then suddenly the babies who happened to be there, swarm him, and because he is in Big Chill's transformation, it clicks, and he remembers them. It doesn't need to be much, but a small scene than reminds us that Big Chill is their own little character, and also a part of Ben, at the same time.
I remember in this episode Kevin says "Ghostfreak..never liked that guy" and I always took that as the reason why ghost freak was never really present in his amalgam form or why he never really used his powers (also because ectonurite consciousness can exist in a single DNA strand maybe Kevin can't absorb ghost freak without absorbing his consciousness too. (I know his amalgam form has some black lines that may likely be from ghost freak but they are very minimal and I never noticed them when I was younger).
@@axelnilsson5124 But can he absorb their powers without also assimilating some DNA? He takes on physical characteristics of what he absorbs and their powers come from their DNA/biology? I always thought that he absorbed some DNA to get the powers tbh.
@@avengingsoul9407 I think the “change in appearance” is more optional than we think since in Ken 10 he had both super speed and electrokinesis in human form
Great review, as always really enjoyed watching these reviews. Something that I just remembered from the scene with Julie chasing Big Chill and failing to freeze her mopad: I always tought he intended to freeze her like he did with the guards, but couldn't, since he is holding that much lava in his stomach so his ice breath isn't cold enough. Am I the only one that thinks that, or am I overthinking things?
So if Ben’s Aliens have his DNA, does that make every Baby Chill at the very least 1/8th Anodite? Imagine an Anodite but instead of the hair they have Necrofriggian butterfly wings
5:19 It's possible that this is Kevin's mom's house. 5:32 it could've been molded into his teeth from when he was eating it, and it came loose while he was brushing. He might've also been brushing here because he had a funny taste in his mouth from the metal 5:58 It's a pamphlet. 6:21 It was probably done intentionally for comedic affect 10:24 Extreme cold can make many metals brittle. 13:11 It's a common urban legend that pregnant women will automatically crave pickles. It actually makes sense for Ben here, because pickles are high in minerals. 13:15 Ben is technically pregnant; at this point, the eggs are inside of him, developing. 17:51 But the colors are so pretty!
I like to think that Big Chill's vent is only required/active when he's doing some sort of temperature manipulation, and the mouth can open regularly when necessary (like when eating). That way both versions of the mouth have a purpose.
Funny enough, I think this episode proves Azmuth’s Orginial Point in Secret of The Omnitrix. It’s a device meant to understand the beings of the universe. It’s not a tool, it’s not a weapon, it’s simply understanding the lives of other beings. For example, the Omnitrix is DIRECTLY impacted by the desires and wants of the aliens inside the watch, such as GhostFreaks want for freedom, or Big Chills Need to reproduce.
This is one of my favourite Alien Force episodes. I always wanted to see the babies make a return later in the series (or in other installments) and help Ben in one of his battles. It's sad that they didn't.
I do feel like it was wasted potential for Big Chill's kids even just one of them not make a return like I always imagine the one that he tell to fly was the runt out of them and it comes back later either to help in the HighBreed invasion or an idea I had was for it to return in Omniverse as a partner to Spanner (Kenny ) helping his "brother" protect their dad in the past.
Ben x Julie is only good in the first two seasons of AF, after that it starts to go down hill and by the last half of UA it’s pretty dysfunctional bordering on toxic. In all honesty they should’ve broken up for good in “Eye of the Beholder”.
@@Andrew-Bastin a lot of real life relationships have gotten some toxic moments, but only a few managed to strengthen and fixed their relationship. I would say that ben x julie is somewhat realistic.
Man, you're pumping these out like crazy! Just know that we don't expect you to put them out like this man, don't overwork yourself or anything. It's really not worth it, and only hurts productivity in the long run anyways.
I love this one. Its one of the simplest but also nicest episodes of the series. It just has a really good idea along side a subplot that just makes you smile. It has a good mystery and actually gives a full explanation. It's an episode I could see someone making a video on to show why they love Alien Force as it's perfectly able to show the characters off and how they have grown and their dynamics with one another yet it isn't to plot important thus allows for anyone to watch without needing like a full break down of all that happened before this point
10:23 I remember at some science museum, they had a demonstration where they put a flower or something in liquid nitrogen (so it became incredibly cold) and when they wacked it against a table, it instantly shattered like glass, you can probably find an online video, but I think that's probably what might happen, or where the inspiration came from
I always liked how they used Big Chill's similarities with Ghostfreak as a red herring. As a kid i was glad Big Chill didn't end up leaving the Omnitrix too, since he was my favorite of the UAF aliens
It's herring btw! Just for your future reference :>
@@king_alloy Edited it, thanks.
Weird to think
One alien in the omnitrix became self aware and broke out
Another had children, while still remaining in the omnitrix
@@PK-Radio :0
Same here thank God
"if everyone's female, no one will be"
-Syndrome the Artist
You sly dog, you got me watching every Ben 10 episode
Except Yujiro.
@@kamelbenslama1791 i can't escape that chapter.
Good
No more gender
Have you seen sea horses? I have a theory that maybe bigchill dna is taken from a male whose wife left some eggs in him for safe keeping, and all of this is just a normal process to hatch them.
Metal is actually more breakable when cold, this is due to the fact that when cold it shrinks down which causes it to be brittle.
Probabaly this theory was used in antman when scott breaks through hank's lab
“Guys remember that one time Ben 10 gave birth” is a sentence I will never get tried of saying to people who’ve never seen the show, just to get a reaction
Personally I interpreted Ben’s “momma mode” as still being him in control, but he becomes overwhelmed by the urges that come with being a pregnant Necrofriggian. Like he is actually still conscious, but things are like a blur to him, which explains why he can still be in-character even if he isn’t acting normally.
I think it's similar to when some people walk during sleep. Their personality is still intact but they are focused on specific task. And they also don't remember what they were doing.
So it's Ben but with lotta hormones in his body that is on the edge of Ben/Alien Mom
Yeah like normal Ben seemed a tad bit more feminine ensuring that Kevin was properly spruced up and then there's the insinuation of the cravings
Well your wrong because he doesn't remember anything as Big Chill.
@@dragonborn7955 Not remembering anything is not the same as experiencing things in a blur. One is about memory and the other is about the actual experience. Just because Ben doesn't remember doesn't mean he wasn't in control. It's like when you get so drunk that you blackout.
Personally, I think Bigchill's mouth (or more specifically his teeth) function like vents. He can speak and blow his icy breath without opening it, but in order to feed they can open, that way he can take solid objects in. And since we rarely see bigchill eating, we don't really see his mouth open too often and thusly it's not really brought up again.
I remember thinking big chill was a filter feeder because of their mouth, so it’s weird when it looks like teeth.
I always thought as a kid that the black lines were skin that could stretch and the blue was just the inside of his mouth covered in ice.
@@balfyrown3023 I wonder if for Emperor ZUrg it is the same thing
I was always disappointed that Ben's kids never made another appearance. You could do so much with the concept. Imagine one shows up moves in, does nothing but eat food and watch TV and Ben has to figure out how to get rid of him, or one tries to be a hero like him but causes a bunch of problems because he doesn't understand human culture.
I half expected the freed Ultimate Big Chill would take in as parent for those kids. In fact, in 80 years, that one might give birth to a new breed of Ultimate Necrofriggians.
would have been interesting to see if they made a return in the season 2 finale
@@ghostspider2056 Damn I just realized, Ultimate Big Chill might be the only one of the Ultimate aliens that can actually reproduce and continue his species as they're asexual.
Ultimate Humungusaur states he had a mother that tried to eat him, but it seems to be just part of the simulated reality he came from and he's indeed the only one of his species, probably hunted and kill by Khyber as we see his helmet in Khyber's collection. Though I do think it was mentioned somewhere that those helmets are part of the Vaxassaurian army or something. At least I hope so, so he's not extinct
@@matheussandbakk9959 Woo
Ultimate winged freezers
@@matheussandbakk9959 I think the memories of his mother come from the original DNA donor Azmuth took from. Ben’s aliens are essentially clones of whom ever they got genetic samples from.
Another breakdown ALREADY!?!?!? I'm not complaining at all! Let's go!!
He owes us for thw long vacation
Lol I'm not mad bro dude's work rate is insane. I'd be burnt out as hell.
@@Maximusls2400 he works on a lot of projects at the same time. Of course he deserves a break and doesn't owes us anything
@@ghostbonepunk1683 Facts. I'd still be waiting around even if he took a year out
@@shemarbean1515 same
A) I think the reason Ben was the way he was with Kevin was slightly influenced by Big Chill's pregnancy. I mean, it's not out of character for Ben, but he also seems alot more motherly towards Kevin. Making sure his little emo was ready for his date.
B) The smile that Ben gave Julie after her comment about him being a mommy, it made me think that they were planning a future with kids. Something I wish we got to see. Damn you Kai!
C) The assumption that because BC is a ghost alien, it's something bad happening is something I love and hate. Like, realistic, but that's just straight up discrimination.
Yes, they did Julie dirty
literal space racism
@Paulo SM I get it. But it's funny how it IS literally racism, even if it seems silly lol
For c, at least it's something they realize they were wrong about so that's something!
Howerver, I have one big question about this episode: Did Azmuth new something like this could happen? I can't help but feel he should have known. 🤔 If he did thought, he should have defenetly warn Ben about it.
@@claireaquos6532 Why though? He's likely not even aware of all the intricacies of being specific aliens. He has no real reason to warn Ben about things like this with him being largely absent unless major shit goes down.
I like to think what the pitch was in the writers room for this episode:
"hey guys, what about an episode where Ben struggles with teen pregnancy?
"You mean like his girlfriend, *RIGHT?* "
@@randomperson5289 ".........no..........."
I like the idea that Big Chill's mouth opens to eat, but doesn't need to for speaking. It's a very, well, alien way for a mouth to work that I totally vibe with.
I wouldn't be surprised if they also had a way of breathing that didn't involve his mouth.
You actually dont need to move your teeth to talk
Fire King's are a certified hood classic archetype
@@reptile1687 For english may be
who knows if Emperor Zurg too does like this?
It always catches me off-guard to remember Ben canonically has kids somewhere in the universe right now, we don't talk about that often
And how, technically, because those kids are from a species where the kids are released into the wilderness since the moment they are born, this makes Ben look like a deadbeat dad
@@ianr.navahuber2195 like vergil, hmm i wonder if ben ever been motivated before.
I've always liked the idea that the Big Chill's mouth acts like a filter, he can use it to adjust it the temp, pressure, etc. Of his breath
A necrofrigian GF sounds awesome now
@@RandomPerson-qg7yq let the man dream
@@ksoundkaiju9256 😍
Always wanted to see those lil guys again... Kinda weird they aren't mentioned more often, also Big Chill can down molten metal is like the coolest thing.
This is a episode where I'm just rooting for Kevin, because he's trying man lol
actually molten metal is incredibly hot
@@8bitman188 he meant that type of cool not the type big chill uses to freaze people
@@ayatanjum3522 woosh
@@pooydragon5398 and that was not a joke when actually is involved
They're literally only mentioned one more time. One. Single. Brief mention. Never again.
Also, the advice he gives Kevin and the way he talks to him
"don't you look dapper"
Sounds like he's a doting parent
If the little chills ever showed up or were mentioned again in canon-- even just once or twice-- the importance would have SKYROCKETED.
They have been mentioned before in both ma vreedle's debut and in the video game Ben 10 Omniverse 2.
@@ajiteshchandra Kevin also mentions them once
I think there's been 3 mentions of them after the ep itself
Also its confirmed that kenny has met them
@@reptile1687 Really?
I miss Julie. The relationship between her and Ben went through many bumps, but by the end of UA I thought they'd ironed out most of the issues. Hell, I'd have been only with their breakup if it was treated more seriously instead of as a joke.
Like say, an episode where Ben and Julie are trying yo have a date after so long, but issues from both their lives keep getting in the way until they realize that this isn't working anymore. They've grown as people and are starting to move apart. It would be sad, but would be a decent way to open up the Ben and Kai thing while not crapping over a ship people adored.
Julie is real life girl who loves the guy Benjamin curby tennyson,not the hero ben 10.Kai is the opposite. I wish they sticked with Julie, i always liked her for her genuine cconcern towards ben. She would never move away from his life for a silly matter like that. If someday we get a live action movie, Julie will be the heroine i am sure due to public demand
Well, with Omniverse they aligned things with what they had presented back in the original series, which meant Ben breaking up with Julie and bringing back Kai
Whats sucks is that they bring Kai in a worst moment of Omniverse, where Ben was having something with Ester (in my opinion, Ester is better then Kai)
@@SpectacularSpidey670 Well, writers write what they want, or what they are ordered to.
It's the fans' job to complain.
Exactly, exactly my problem was never they broke up, my problem was their broke up wasn't treated with respect, after not 2 seasons, but *2 SERIES* with then as a couple with their ups and downs. They deserve a better broke up, then what Omniverse did
I definitely feel like Big Chill's babies should've came back at least a handful of times throughout the series. I feel like they would've been nice episodes to show off how Ben would handle being a parent and explore the life cycle of one of ben's aliens. But I also feel like they should only appear once in a while as to many appearances would've likely diluted the entertainment.
Imagine this: all of them come to Earth on Ben’s birthday, to his complete SHOCK while Gwen tells him she asked them to come to Earth for Ben and his kids to actually have some parent-children experiences. This could unfold into Ben teaching the kids how to aid the ones in need with their Necrofriggian abilities and them actually having a good time.
Idk, you rate this
@@chrisaftontvt4318
Cool idea indeed.
@@chrisaftontvt4318If they kept that "mentor ben" thing from the Omniverse episode where they introduce Gravattack, this would be cool.
Personally I wished there was a Tennyson family reunion episode where every Tennyson that could make was there and suddenly grandma Verona comes in with the little ones. The confusion that would take place is something I want to see.
Honestly her being like "Huh who are..oh I sense mana similar to Ben..how sweet I have great grandchildren. Welcome to the family kiddos" would be so funny yet just perfect in that situation.
I always thought Big Chill taking over was something comparable to sleepwalking. You don't turn into someone/something else, rather you're acting without being fully conscious. In this case, it wouldn't necessarily be Big Chill becoming an individual personality, it would be Ben in a state between conscious and unconscious acting on Necrofriggian instinct while still retaining Ben's knowledge and practices.
If you freeze something solid in such a short amount of time, there'd inevitably be a very high contrast between the warmer and colder sides during the process. This could produce cracks and flaws in the material. Additionally, the sudden extra rigidity may cause certain flaws and cracks to be unable to close as the material becomes too stiff to deform (like frozen rubber vs warm rubber.)
Thermal shock is the term you’re looking for, but yea
@@IansChonkyCat Absolutely the quickest way to say it! Though it was interesting to try and narrow down the key explanations for the effect.
In addition to thermal shock, there's also embrittlement of a lot of things when they get sufficiently cold. If Big Chill reduced that to liquid nitrogen temperatures, the material could be that brittle, depending what it is.
@@segevstormlord3713embrittlement is the term for steel developing stress fractures in a cold working environment which somewhat applies bc we are talking about steel. But thermal shock is an abrupt and drastic change in temperature, from cold to hot or vice versa
Thank you for the interesting info.
For me the when it comes to how Big Chill Ben acts in this episode, it seems like Ben’s consciousness is almost like half asleep, like when you just kinda go on auto pilot to a goal without extra thought, only being as awake as the current problem/goal demands. If that makes sense.
I always imagined the Omnitrix uses the users personality as a base and stacks the alien instincts on top of that. This would, in theory, allow his aliens to think and act like he would even if he wasn't exactly in control while still being able to know how the alien works even if it was new but if the alien were somehow alive or gained conscience from within it could leak out. This could be because the Omnitrix wasn't designed to keep living beings inside it but rather samples of DNA in the form of code that could be completed by connecting it, if only temporarily, to a host's DNA so aliens who can be considered alive even through simple DNA reconstruction would know what's going on cause they still have their original conscience encoded in their DNA.
Could go further and explain how Ben 10,000 or whatever version of Ben could gain the alien powers without transforming was because of how long it stayed connected to him. This allowed it to bond more with the DNA of it's host, plus him training, and was able to latch on better without needing to rely on wasting energy on transformations. By saving energy on transforming it would allow Ben to use any alien power whenever he wanted without having to work around the limitations of the body or worry about losing the powers in the middle of a fight or other scenario it's needed in. Basically it gives Ben the ability to use any alien without hendering the user to physical limitations so Ben could use Grey Matters IQ without anybody knowing he's "transformed" and allow him to still be capable in a fight physically. Maybe with enough time he could learn to channel 2 or more aliens at once to maximize power combo potential.
@@Aaroncarter95 *cough* *cough* the biomnitrix
12:20-“I didn’t think he was capable of owning something with another number.” Favorite line💀💀
Soo a bit embarrassing, but I was terrorized when that episode first came out. Because Big Chill had already grown to be my favourite new alien and I was afraid they'd have Ben lose him like he had lost Ghostfreak - which upsetted me. And for this reason, I ended up really appreciating the twist. These baby big chills are just sooo adorable^^
And yeah, I didn't realize it at the time but this is one episode where Julie really shines and is likable, what with her supporting Ben and being quite resourceful.
Same
Same
The premise for this episode is so weird but it ended up being one the most wholesome episodes in all of the series
Man, I miss Alien Force narrative style so much
I like the idea of his mouth staying closed for most things like talking, but being able to open for food.
Big chill must have 2 mouths. The visible one and one inside it.
He can talk using the behind mouth and freeze breath goes through his teeth whereas for eating he needs to open both mouths
Just now realising that Julie calls the burger place Burger Shack. Maybe the animators/storyboard team for this episode didn’t know that was a name and thought it was a description of a location when given the script
Maybe burger boy is a sister chain of burger shack?
The pregnancy cravings really do make you question what's happening with Ben's DNA in times like these. Is it just that since his necrofrigian form is expecting, his human body is producing comparative hormones? Do his alien form exist in some form of stasis within the watch's database, still 'living' and aging alongside his human one? It comes up again with the ultimate aliens wanting out but still...
I certainly believe they actually age with ben. Some of his aliens designs looked younger when he was 10, when he turned 15/16 their designed changed and had more stuff to them and more details and some look older. Like fourarms for example or feedback.
You can see it with Ben 10'000
All his Aliens are Bigger than the ones from the Past
Was the Necrofrigian Azmuth scanned pregnant at the time??
@@Mx.Phoenix
I don't think so
With how they talk about it in the Episode it sounded more like something cyclical (and that it's something that would have happened/did happen again afterwards)
Also the Omnitrix doesn't turn Ben into a Clone
So I don't see how or why would Ben turn into a Pregnant Necrofrigian?
I like to think that parts of the transformations are "stored" in Ben's junk DNA thanks to episodes like this. It's a record of available transformations. It also lets me link the difficulty of removing the watch the first time with why he had completely new transformations (he had the additional stuff removed so the Omnitrix didn't know what Ben had and ran the playlist generator one more time).
imagine being pregnant with 14 kids at age 15-
I’m going to be sick lol
And lacking a uterus
Try telling that to someone without context
Couldn't be me
Imagine the belly size
as someone who hasnt read y'alls comic but has watched your Necrofridgian Video (albeit not since it dropped) I always liked the thought of the tiny baby being like a mama's boy to ben while the others either dislike him or are outright indifferent to him for no real good reason. It'd also would've been neat to see Ben's later girlfriends or Kenny react to his kids
The thing about Ben still yelling out Big Chill, I believe at some point during the series, its more or less implied the aspect of being a hero is so ingrained into Ben that yelling out their name actually became a genetic thing within the Omnitrix.
No it’s confirmed in UA that Ben does it on purpose, mostly because he thinks it’s cool.
Too bad he didn't do it in Heroes United
Ben calling out the names was only a thing because the UAF writers thought kids wouldn’t be able to remember them otherwise, which is a bit condescending when you think about it.
Bro its just me or hate that ben 10 ailen saying name just bro we
Dont care say to my myself hate that
To this days 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒
This actually solidified Big Chill as one of my favorites as a kid.
I dunno, the idea of the DNA of one of Ben's aliens overwritting his personality for a short time is just really cool
And the fact that Big Chill was one of the few this happened with was cool as hell
A shame they didn't expore the idea more
This made Big Chill one of my favorite because they actually explored the alienness of this species and its life cycle
Ben when he turns into Big Chill from the maternal urges probably just becomes unconscious, uttering his alien names most likely comes from a subconscious mechanism which would also explain why he still did "normal" actions despite blacking out. It may even be that Big Chill has a personality but not something to the extent with Ghostfreak who has a cellular memory.
I mean, it wouldn’t be out of the blue or anything for Big Chill to have a personality that impacts how Ben acts. Rath is a good example. And Brainstorm is another, since as Gray Matter Ben doesn’t actually act all too different from his normal self. He uses the same vocabulary and speech pattern when he’s talking to other people in a normal conversation. But Brainstorm likes to use eloquent and long words to at the very least sound smarter. Then as Spider-Monkey, Ben likes to make monkey noises when excited or smth like that. Albedo does this as well when he turns into Spider-Monkey, and since they share the same DNA database, it would make sense for them to do so if it comes from Spider-Monkey. And then there’s Atomix in Omniverse as well, where Ben acts more like a stereotypical comic superhero and even does the Kamehameha in his own way. There are many examples of Ben’s personality and mannerisms changing at least slightly with each alien, so it would make sense for Big Chill to have the same effect.
I think it would've been awesome if like a necrofriggian sorcerer was introduced, and he was cool and enigmatic and then its revealed he's one of Ben's/Big Chill's kids who inherited the spark from him.
Big Chill "possessing" ben i think was just a way for the writer to represent ben's parenting instincts being hightened because he is feeling (big chill literally) pregnant.
The way he helped kevin is like a dad helping his son with girls, at least thats how i understood it as a kid. The motherly part is obvious witb the big chill stuff
I'm not upset at the daily breakdowns, but you definitely should take a break when you need to, Kuro. ❤️
We all been telling the man. Something doesn’t feel right. He needs a break and more money in his bank account. #breakforkuro up vote so kuro can see
@FueguitoAzul if so i would like a public update.
Yeah i liked the 1 a week nicer
Dos not mater what day
@FueguitoAzul fair enough.
He might not actually be sad bro. Chill out you might be annoying him.
daily uploads??? we’re being spoiled! but kuro is sounding a little more upbeat here, you love to see it :)
Imagine Ben 10,000 having to explain this to Kenny. I want to see how that conversation would go down
"Son, you have 14 alien siblings"
Lol
"I have 8 brother and 8 sisters, 16, I am one of 17 children."
Same energy
In the Omni versus future timeline is been confirmed that Kenny knows the neo and siblings
Kenny:16 alien siblings? Wait, you had an alien girlfriend before you met mom?
Ben:Well yeah, but she had nothing to do with her.
Kenny:so how did that happened?
Ben:Well....
Possibly the best part of the episode is how it is a subversion of a horror episode.
With the whole callback to Ghostfreak situation from preious series and then ends in such a bizarre fashion it is just amazing and memorable
Bizarre and wholesome
"I didn't know he was capable of wearing something with another number" DAMN KURO , did my son dirty 🤣
Wow didn’t expect you to be pumping out breakdowns left right and centre. Loving it
I wish they had done this more often, where one of Ben's aliens developed its own personality and overwhelmed Ben. The closest they ever got was Ben being angry as Rath or having trouble controlling Jury Rigg at first (not counting the subtle personality quirks some aliens have in OV). Like, Ghostfreak being a sentient clone of Zs'Skayr and Big Chill carrying out his reproduction cycle are good excuses for an alien to take over, I'm sure they could have come up with others, either to see more of what has aliens would normally be like, or maybe even finding out about the genetic donor of that form.
Edit: I forgot about Eon but he got retconned so whatever. And yeah I agree it shouldn't have just kept happening, but I feel like it's an interesting enough concept that it could have been explored maybe one more time, but with a different sort of avenue explored. Or maybe something closer to what happened to the Ultimate forms, where a duplicate of the alien with its own mind and memories ends up being created, which could potentially go several ways story-wise.
Eh, I feel like if they did it again, it would just come off as repetitive. Maybe like one more time in Omniverse it could have worked, but any more than that would have been annoying, especially if it happened again in UAF.
I feel like it really shouldn't have been done more than it already has been. MAYBE once more but that's the max. If loses its impact if Ben is constantly being possessed by his aliens and it would make it look as though the damn watch doesn't work. I think they personally done more personality quirks for the Aliens. Ben isn't a totally different person at his core but the paint job has changed and he's experiencing the world through a different lense. That would make a lot of sense for the purpose of the Omnitrix. But we got what we got.
I like the fact it highlights somethings are just very strongly genetic and can’t easily be helped.
I'd watch a series where each transformation is sort of 'inside' Ben's mindspace as a different part of his personality because its a unique combination of Ben and an alien's body and instincts
I mean they did that in OV with Swampfire while he was blooming
I’m convinced he did these all back to back and maybe that’s why he’s lacking in energy possibly. In any case these are always interesting and fun to watch, but remember to rest Kuro🙏🏻
I'd taken it as Ben just being overcome by an all encompassing insect like instinct, rather than a separate personality, and I kind of like the idea that the omnitrix doesn't always handle intangibility well. It helps explains the Ghostfreak stuff, and where the Little Chills were when Ben was human
Little Chills 😂 that made me laugh. It's such a cute name
I like how you said a “teen mom” because Bigchill is an asexual transformation that only exists as a female creature and not a “teen dad” 😂
Teen Dad can still be applicable because Male Seahorses give birth and they’re still dads, granted it’s not asexual but still. More topical I think is the recent mutation/evolution of the Marbled Crayfish. Their used to be a male and female relationship but 25 years ago a mutant female crayfish was born. It reproduced asexually and were perfect clones. It killed every male Crayfish it found. It was being studied when it escaped into the open waters of Europe 5 years ago. Due to how it reproduces it was not only an invasive species but an ecological apocalypse on its water ways. Theirs so many of this thing even now that a scientist described getting rid of it as “like trying to empty an ocean with a thimble” I can only imagine what a bunch of asexually reproducing, sentient, metal eating space moths would do to a galaxy. They have to be one of the most populous races.
I think the correct term should be "Self Reproduce Species" rather than asexual because it's not a real word.
@@karuto5849 Asexual just shorter to read so let's go with that. Since most people understand it meant "Self Reproduce Species" in context, we don't have to worry about misunderstanding.
@@karuto5849asexual in biology refers to a species that reproduces by itself. Kinda like cloning.
@@karuto5849Asexual means something that can reproduce by itself. The hell you on???? Its like I think 4th grade science
Seriously, Kuro. I know you want to keep us happy. But if you need a break, we'll understand! The best part about these breakdowns is your enjoyment. We want you to enjoy what you create. Don't force yourself. Please. 😢
Agreed
Aggre
Yes
I think he is DOING this frequently cause he is having some troubles maybe. This Isn't is job,its his hobby,his escape from reality. Let him have some fun
yeah don't *alien force yourself*
No joke intended, but I always thought Bigchill was one of the coolest aliens
Definitely.
I loved his UAF design and his powerset is so awesome
I appreciate ice puns like that.
@@blue_boo3171 ah thanks
I think I hate puns, and I know I don't like to freeze people
He is cool
He is my first alien when I first watched Alien Force.
His design his phantom appearance
Every thing is cool.
Until we got omniverse where he got bulky.
It's such a shame that him and Julie broke up. Especially through a flashback and it was a simple misunderstanding because he was losing in a video game
agree
Bad writing…
@@SZH4thewin or to quote Deadpool well, that was lazy writing
i love this episode, the fact that ben has 14 ice ghost kids is just priceless
I kinda like the idea that Big Chill’s mouth can either open or vent, at their choice. Like, if they wanted to they could open it to get more solid things, but keep it as a vent for liquids and gases. Or they could use an open mouth as a kind of warning like a rattle snake’s rattle.
Kuro just randomly eating a green onion throughout this episode was just a cherry on top 😂
I'm still sad that there was never an episode that brought back the baby Necrofriggians.
I swear, every Ben 10 story I've written or am currently writing has brought back the last one as Ben's daughter who returns to her father and is named Lumi.
Also, completely unrelated, but I remember blushing when I saw Gwen in that dress as a kid.
I dont even wanna remember about THIS creepy stiff. I just wish they make this episode noncanon
@@aduts1177 why?
I like the concept but necrofriggians are canonically hermaphrodite.
@@dork7546 I actually give an explanation for that in the stories.
Due to a mix of human and Necrofriggian DNA courtesy of the Omnitrix, Lumi ages and has a gender like a human, while still looking like Big Chill in her natural form.
@@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257 I just go the genderless asexual reproduction 4oute and theirs no gender differences they all look alike but the species can identify as male, female or non binary if they choose
Woah another breakdown within such a short period of time.
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Big Chill is my personal favorite alien, followed by Brainstorm and Rath. As for Big Chills children, you did a great job in "And Beyond" episode on them, brought the realistic and interesting character dynamic to the lore.
Though tho, I didn't expect an episode review this early, I'm worried about you Kuro, it looks like you've been through a burnout which takes joy out of you, take it easy Kuro, rest and recover
Kevin in this episode reaffirms my opinion, the best dynamic with a reformed bad guy is when you contrast the evil self being fearsome with the heroic self being a huge dork :D
I think the whole thing about Necrofriggians is their mouths function both as a vent and traditionally like a mouth and the think the reasoning behind that is because of the level of heat they use for differing ice breaths. For instance when Freezing people and certain objects to avoid shattering them a Necrofriggian will instinctually use a lighter temperature of ice from maybe -10 Fahrenheit to 15 Fahrenheit. But might open his mouth to release a stronger freezing ice breath like when freezing metal structures. as for a solid structure like metal the colder it gets the more like glass it will become. So when Big chill freezes the Burger boy covers it shattered the way it should when the metal is completely frozen (possible to a molecular level) which is why it collapsed in on itself as it could no longer potentially sustain the weight of the metal. So I think the Necrofriggian mouth uses a vent to adjust temperature as when Big chill ingests molten metal as they might natrually produce a freezing breath that can be around absolute zero or even more since Necrofriggians are immune to extreme temps.
As for the DNA doing what it does. If we visit the one scene from Ultimate alien where Albedo hadn't taken DNA samples for the ultimates are were actual living creatures trapped in the device much like Zs'Skayr was from DNA. We can think along those same lines as the DNA being in a similar way where Ben's body is essentially a vessel that can freely change between the forms with out real consequences of it. What I mean by that is the DNA when dialed in doesn't exactly need to have Ben conscious and use his mental thinking abilities as we know the Omnitrix uploads the abilities to the user meaning it must in some way make the DNA conscious even in a more primative way of thinking, but can tap into some of the mental abilities of the user like when Big chill tells the pedestrian to scram and only freezes the guards in a way that renders them "docile" instead of being completely primitive like at the start with Big chill lashing out. But thats just my theory on all of that.
Big brain moment
Pickles have alot of salt and vinegar in them, so it is possible that the craving might be related to much iron in his human diet, witch can be dangerous.
I actually think it's all Ben (and the instincts, of course). It's like if Ben felt hungry as an alien. It's most likely Ben would feel like eating whatever things his transformation would have evolved to digest and not human food.
The blackouts are a bit weird but it could just be a part of being a Necrofriggian. Idk, there could probably be better explanations for it. Or ya know, it could just be a Ben thing. His human body is being affected by alien instincts after all. It might be something he doesn't adapt to until the end of the episode where he doesn't pass out.
EDIT: I just realised it could be something like him being drunk or drugged. Altered personality but still the same person underneath. Lines up with the blackouts.
Big chill is one of my favorite aliens and the baby aliens are so adorable it would interesting to see more baby versions of his aliens. Kevin’s soft side is slaps great to see it really builds Ben & Kevin’s brotherly bond. I like it also when Julie interacts with the alien forms
This really is one of those great, well remembered, but almost entirely unimportant episodes. It was actually surprising that they even remembered it enough to reference it once later on in the show.
Hey man it is okay to take breaks just remember to not overwhelm yourself you know feeling burned up I don't want something bad happening to you due to overworking yourself.
Anyway, loving your breakdow videos they've been great and interesting and thank you and for the ink crew for reawaken my love for Ben 10 again. Have a great day
This episode has always been one of my favorites, and it really helps develop the relationships between the main four, albeit not as much between Ben and Gwen as the others.
I never really picked up on Ben's knowledge and morality still being present in Mama Big Chill, but that is a really interesting element of this episode. In addition to what you mentioned, MBC is able to speak, and doesn't harm Ben's friends or other people, only trying to drive them away.
Finally, in regards to Mama Big Chill's gender and pronouns, that really depends on how much of Ben's mind and identity are present. I'd personally default to they/them for any regular Necrofrigians, as a species that reproduces asexually and is usually asocial probably wouldn't develop the construct of gender, or if they did, it'd probably be very different to ours. However, Ben's mind being partially still present complicates things, and for MBC I'd personally use he/him.
Same here I call him a "him" since it's still Ben in there just the Necro instincts\breeding period are kicking, in which he has no control over like a feeding response or going in heat etc.
The species on the other hand it's probably asexual can't tell difference the males and females apart.
@@silverbolt9439 Mhm. I personally don't think they even have distinct sexes, as there hasn't been any sexual dimorphism in the Necrofrigians we've seen, and a species that reproduces asexually wouldn't need distinct sexes.
I love how this episode played on Big Chill’s similarly to Ghostfreak to make the audience think there’ll be another evil transformation.
Big Chill’s kids should’ve definitely appeared in more episodes other than a mention in Ultimate Alien
This has always been not only one of my favorite episodes in AF but in the entire Ben 10 continuity! I love Ben's necrofriggian kids, despite how little we got to see of them, and wish they could've appeared more. They were such a cool idea that just sort of got not only sidelined but never mentioned again. I would've at least liked a couple of throwaway lines like that one Vreedle episodes where he brings up stuff like wondering how they're doing.
Which episode are the baby Big Chills mentioned in again?
The most horrifying thing about this is that if big chill's mouth can open and isn't just a vent that means that most of the time he blows freezing air through his teeth. For anyone that's ever accidentally bitten ice or had a cavity get ice cream in it you'll know why this is horrifying.
Big chill evolved like that big chill can handle it
9:29 Julie says “follows big chill to burger shack” but the restaurant is called “burger boy”
I don’t know about you but I don’t think it’s unusual for people to call a restaurant by the name of another restaurant
This has always and will always be my all time favorite episode of Ben 10 in any continuity. The way they fake the audience out with the Big Chill potentially going rouge angle is not only a great call back to Ghostfreak but is also a fantastic call back to the original series. Big Chill is my favorite of Ben's new line up this season and getting an entire episode centered around them was great to see and I will never not tear up when I see the Baby Chills. The cutest design ever given to an alien just ahead of the Baby Celestialsapien in the forge of creation. Solid 25/25 in my personal rating.
I have two theories on Ben's blackouts as Big Chill:
1- Ben's human consciousness is incapable of comprehending the strong reproductive instincts of a Necro Friggian due to just how "alien" they are. Maybe similar to Ghost Freak like Kuro had said but not in a necessarily negative way. Maybe ghost aliens *are* just different in that way.
2- Necro Friggians are just like that when they reproduce. Maybe Big Chill's species literally black out while having off spring and it's something none of them actually experience until the process is done. Yes, to them as humans its a weird way to reproduce but it's not some sinister thing, it's just an even deeper insight into how these aliens experience life itself! (I feel this one is more right)
9:30 I like how he didn't mention that Julie called it burger shack, despite the fact it's burger boy
Wow! I didn't expect another breakdown so soon. However, if you need a break, Kuro, please do take one. We care for you and your interests.
Julie is super underrated!! She’s one of THE best people Ben has ever interacted with, including Gwen, Kevin, and later on Rook.
Meh
She's just OK imo
Not anything special
Just my opinion though not hating lol
@@trenageddon6465 considering how girls show an interest in Ben, and how many of them are technically villains… Julie is better than most, and that’s including how she’s “not special”.
@@RedDragonForce2 Sure
She's a good Gf I admit
My thing is that she's boring for me personally
She's too normal for the world of Ben 10
Nothing wrong with it
I just think characters like Attea,Looma and Ester are better and more interesting
Even if Loomer and Attea are considered "Villians"
They still fun to watch
@@trenageddon6465 true. It is fun to watch people not be restricted by inhibition.
19:27 I think its more that he was helpful without being sarcastic or making fun. Weird parent instincts kicking in making him want Kevin's date to go well and making him help like a dad might try to help his son.
"I didn't think he could own anything with another number."
I loved that. 😂😂😂😂😂
Because of these custom transformations I always wondered if transforming hurt. You see his body change so drastically like removing limbs or spreading bones in such a short period of time it's hard to believe it's all painless.
Its probably why he stopped growing for a while. But atleast he is tall when he became ben 10 000
Ben actually gets asked this Omniverse and describes it as feeling like a good stretch
5:16 I actually liked the idea that his mouth can open up to ingest food. I always got used to seeing the vent-mouth thing, so when Big Chill opens up to chomp it was unexpected and freaky but cool.
He was a role model for teen moms everywhere
Teen moms🤣🤣🤣who told them to get banged without thinking about the consequence😃whats the point of suffering for yourself and the other one WHO Doesn't chose to come in this world either?
Oh yeah when having kids let them fly off in space
@@mangareader7474 *cuts to Rafiki yeeting Simba off the cliff edit but shows Simba in space*
Most species do actually have to raise their children though to some extent
I wonder if Ben would have offspring as Big Chill since Kevin doesn't specify that they can only do it once, just that they can only do it every 80 years, or however that translates to Ben/human years, I just imagine Ben becoming a Grandpa to a bunch of Big Chill babies when he's like Max's age
6:45 I think this is just Kevin being paranoid. He states in Ultimate Alien he dropped out of school due to running away and getting trapped in the Null Void. This means at most Kevin only completed up to 5th grade. In addition, people get more stressed and parinoid when dealing with crushes
Personally I think a perfect scene to have them return is later in UA, where we meet more Necrofriggians, and when Ben transforms to Big Chill, and then suddenly the babies who happened to be there, swarm him, and because he is in Big Chill's transformation, it clicks, and he remembers them. It doesn't need to be much, but a small scene than reminds us that Big Chill is their own little character, and also a part of Ben, at the same time.
I remember in this episode Kevin says "Ghostfreak..never liked that guy" and I always took that as the reason why ghost freak was never really present in his amalgam form or why he never really used his powers (also because ectonurite consciousness can exist in a single DNA strand maybe Kevin can't absorb ghost freak without absorbing his consciousness too. (I know his amalgam form has some black lines that may likely be from ghost freak but they are very minimal and I never noticed them when I was younger).
Ive always wanted to know more on that
Kevin absorbed ghostfreaks powers not dna
@@axelnilsson5124 But can he absorb their powers without also assimilating some DNA? He takes on physical characteristics of what he absorbs and their powers come from their DNA/biology? I always thought that he absorbed some DNA to get the powers tbh.
@@avengingsoul9407 I think the “change in appearance” is more optional than we think since in Ken 10 he had both super speed and electrokinesis in human form
Great review, as always really enjoyed watching these reviews.
Something that I just remembered from the scene with Julie chasing Big Chill and failing to freeze her mopad: I always tought he intended to freeze her like he did with the guards, but couldn't, since he is holding that much lava in his stomach so his ice breath isn't cold enough. Am I the only one that thinks that, or am I overthinking things?
As someone who's never seen Ben 10 I have so many questions
1. Ben 10?
2. On Cartoon Network?
3. Teen MOM?
I honestly really like the idea of Big Chill not having an actual mouth. Reminds me of Ghostfreak from original series.
7:39 "She's such a supportive person."
Not for long
So if Ben’s Aliens have his DNA, does that make every Baby Chill at the very least 1/8th Anodite?
Imagine an Anodite but instead of the hair they have Necrofriggian butterfly wings
Break downs galore this week Kuro. Appreciate the constant content, thanks. And I agree, this is defiantly one of the best episodes of the series.
5:19 It's possible that this is Kevin's mom's house.
5:32 it could've been molded into his teeth from when he was eating it, and it came loose while he was brushing. He might've also been brushing here because he had a funny taste in his mouth from the metal
5:58 It's a pamphlet.
6:21 It was probably done intentionally for comedic affect
10:24 Extreme cold can make many metals brittle.
13:11 It's a common urban legend that pregnant women will automatically crave pickles. It actually makes sense for Ben here, because pickles are high in minerals.
13:15 Ben is technically pregnant; at this point, the eggs are inside of him, developing.
17:51 But the colors are so pretty!
I like to think that Big Chill's vent is only required/active when he's doing some sort of temperature manipulation, and the mouth can open regularly when necessary (like when eating). That way both versions of the mouth have a purpose.
Omniverse could've done a great story with bringing back Ben's kids
Bring back the Little Chills
I feel like Ben 10 was a show where the writers had too many ideas.
How else would you come up with "Netflix and Big Chill"
That scene with Jetray turning into Big Chill was foreshadowing of Omniverse XD
Why
@@kelvinplush9735because Jetray is never used
This episode was an absolute banger imo, its really memorable
Funny enough, I think this episode proves Azmuth’s Orginial Point in Secret of The Omnitrix. It’s a device meant to understand the beings of the universe. It’s not a tool, it’s not a weapon, it’s simply understanding the lives of other beings. For example, the Omnitrix is DIRECTLY impacted by the desires and wants of the aliens inside the watch, such as GhostFreaks want for freedom, or Big Chills Need to reproduce.
This is one of my favourite Alien Force episodes. I always wanted to see the babies make a return later in the series (or in other installments) and help Ben in one of his battles. It's sad that they didn't.
I do feel like it was wasted potential for Big Chill's kids even just one of them not make a return like I always imagine the one that he tell to fly was the runt out of them and it comes back later either to help in the HighBreed invasion or an idea I had was for it to return in Omniverse as a partner to Spanner (Kenny ) helping his "brother" protect their dad in the past.
Julie showing that much care for Ben only shows how badly they fucked up their relationship later
She was ready to throw hands when Ben was kidnapped in UA, how the fuck did they managed to break them up for a joke.
@@saiinnhtongkham306 for Kai and Ben, also to make Ken's existence.
Ben x Julie is only good in the first two seasons of AF, after that it starts to go down hill and by the last half of UA it’s pretty dysfunctional bordering on toxic. In all honesty they should’ve broken up for good in “Eye of the Beholder”.
@@Andrew-Bastin but they were still cute together in UAF even if the relationship goes downhill after season 2
@@Andrew-Bastin a lot of real life relationships have gotten some toxic moments, but only a few managed to strengthen and fixed their relationship. I would say that ben x julie is somewhat realistic.
Man, you're pumping these out like crazy!
Just know that we don't expect you to put them out like this man, don't overwork yourself or anything. It's really not worth it, and only hurts productivity in the long run anyways.
I love this one. Its one of the simplest but also nicest episodes of the series. It just has a really good idea along side a subplot that just makes you smile. It has a good mystery and actually gives a full explanation. It's an episode I could see someone making a video on to show why they love Alien Force as it's perfectly able to show the characters off and how they have grown and their dynamics with one another yet it isn't to plot important thus allows for anyone to watch without needing like a full break down of all that happened before this point
10:23 I remember at some science museum, they had a demonstration where they put a flower or something in liquid nitrogen (so it became incredibly cold) and when they wacked it against a table, it instantly shattered like glass, you can probably find an online video, but I think that's probably what might happen, or where the inspiration came from