Check out another video based on Rook Blonko made by my friend Beta It's pretty short and I highly recommend it, it's awesome ua-cam.com/video/EPkWNKVffwI/v-deo.html
Rook was a character that had a lot to prove given he was effectively replacing Gwen and Kevin as Bens partner and foil but I'm glad they succeeded in making him not only cool but charming in his own way. I love him so much.
I like how Rook takes the "alien doesn't understand human slang" thing another step further by him not understanding human speech mannerisms. He copies Ben when he's speaking slowly, thinking that it is now Speak Slowly Time, he doesn't understand the concept of the comma. I love it all
The way I see it: Rook is like a big brother to Ben, especially when the Omnitrix user gets hurt or out of commission (He still made an appearance in Kuro's 5 Years Later, assisting Ben in his heroics Ben isn't used to transforming at will despite having the Master Control, you'll see a panel of him using the Omnitrix manually) He'd lay his life down on the line for Ben, no matter how high or steep the price would be One of the best characters that Omniverse had to offer
@@MineKurtMininer technically he’s a lot less insecure then her and has a more true to earth vocabulary then starfire but I guess the similarities are there
Cannonbolt: are you gonna finish that. Rook: *Give him a burger* Cannonbolt: Thanks. Rook's mind: *uhm I think that not enough I will give him everything* Rook: *Give him everything and become his partner in 2-3 episodes*
He’s one of the best parts of Omniverse, kinda wish he was introduced in Ultimate Alien before Omniverse, maybe in Basic Training, it’d make the first interaction between Ben and Rook in Omniverse more interesting.
I’m not sure if it’s real or not, but I heard rumors that Tak (the alien from Basic Training with the Mohawk) was a candidate for the sort of role Rook took one. But again, I’m not sure how credible this is so take it with some salt
I'd say because the artstyle downgrade, some redesigns and Ben's personality being completely different from one season to another. I liked it but I understand. Also omniverse forces a lot of commedy in.
@@nothere3982 How exactly is this artstyle a "downgrade"? It's just different, and that doesn't have to be a bad thing. It looks very cool and unique, people like you just can't handle change.
@@justsomeguyontheinternet562 yep it's a downgrade in my book. Anatomy is out the window in this I've seen the reference sheets, some redesigns are a lot worse than the original ones and there really seem to be several last moment fixes. It's better than the reboot for example (animation flow, design) in this aspect and the colours are way way better than in ua/af. But compared to the original series or the au/af they have gotten worse. There's nothing about change on this. Change is cool, the animation is way better than the other series, and I'm glad, but the art style is not great.
I like how they bring up in universe a decent amount of times that Ben wasn’t fond of rook at all but then he literally became his best friend aside from Kevin
I love the big blue kitty man! He was definitely a great addition. I personally felt during UAF that Ben should have gotten an alien partner or assigned a Plumber team instead of staying around Gwen and Kevin all the time. In AF it was fine since in OS Gwen and Max were his partners and Kevin was an antagonist, so when Kevin became *good* to replace Max, felt like Ben was growing up. Even Max's fake death scene and him encouraging Ben to find other Plumber kids, was a great way to ween the audience off of Gwen and Max's constant presence. Yeah Gwen stuck around throughout AF, but if they wanted to write her out or reduce her direct involvement, they had many opportunities before the finally and the finally itself of AF. Say if the *Hero's United* episode happened right between the end of AF and the start of UAF, Rex could have been brought in as Ben's new partner (if Generator Rex had ended with Rex choosing to leave his universe after curing every thing or something to avoid creating more EVOs). Gwen's involvement could have been reduced as she goes after Kevin or decided to focus on practicing magic, but joined them on occasion if having a *female protagonist* was important and it didn't make sense for Julie, Eunice, or even Kai to show up. Then there is always the possibility of introducing Rook in UAF if he was planned at all, or even mentioning that the Plumbers Academy had a few star students looking to be assigned as Ben's permanent new partner/handler, so Gwen could focus on school/her future plans. Kevin also could have mentioned he found being a mercenary for hire is more fun/easier to be than being an official Plumber. (However Ben is also considered a mercenary/neutral party by the Plumbers as his duty as the Weilder of the Omnitrix is to be an ambassador to all species, according to OV/Max. Which makes him legal *game* as humans are considered *animals* similar to live stock or wild game unless they work for a recognized organization then they are similar to police dogs, justifying why Kyber isn't arrested for harassing/poaching Ben for sport hunting.). Anyway Rook, in my opinion, was a great addition and much needed to not wear out Gwen and Kevin's narrative contributions to the series. He allowed them to have lives outside of Ben and at the same time introduced more stories to be told and discovered through his past/personality completely removed from Ben's history.
Ben is like a combination between: 1. Naruto 2. Spider-Man 3. Iron-Man 4. Beast-Boy 5. Green Lantern Rook is like a combination between: 1. Sai 2. Captain America 3. War-Machine 4. Nightwing 5. Cyborg Kevin is like a combination between: 1. Sasuke 2. Venom 3. Absorbing Man 4. Red Hood 5. Metamorpho Gwen is like a combination between: 1. Sakura 2. Mary Jane 3. Scarlet Witch 4. Raven 5. Starfire
Honestly, Rook reminds me a lot of Kakashi, I even made him his own universe where he has the Omnitrix seriously it's the best thing they've ever created in the entire ben 10 saga
This probably one of the best Ben 10 series because of Rook and his friendship with Ben as Intergalactic cops but I always wondered what Rook would look like in they made this series a live action 🎬 one
In all honesty, I loved his dynamic with Ben, as it felt he could better deal with Ben’s ego than his previous partners with his wit and dry humor. Additionally, it felt their dynamic had the right amount of contrast/complement between the two. Ben was more play-it-by-the-ear, while Rook was by-the-book. Ben was more experienced while Rook was a rookie, in both fighting villains and earth culture. Ben was the Wise Guy while Rook was the Straight Man. Overall, I loved seeing him going from a bit-of-naive rookie to a true partner with Ben. However, a common criticism I have seen others have of Rook is that his dynamic with Ben partly relies on Ben being a bit immature, which some people see as a downgrade from his personality in UAF. This usually leads to further criticism of Ben’s character since Alien Force, with many viewers feeling Ben had a detrimental decrease in maturity since Season 1 of Alien Force. Personally, I don’t share this criticism, as I kind of liked that inner conflict with Ben, that he could be a bit immature and has some ego, but he always knew when “It’s Hero Time!” Really, I just enjoy confidence in my favorite characters.
season 1 af i think made a big mistake of ben going mature early on. it was a major development at the time consider it was a big change for audiences from bratty kid ben we all know... but when making ben mature there's not really much going for with the characters have so they slowly downgrade him from time to time to the point of being annoying. we always love ben being a kid but we wish him mature and all would be the end goal not during the first season.
What do you want to do? If you want a ***true*** continuation of the CC I recommend following Omniverse (you can use Celestialsapians in your fic later on to retcon the events you didn’t like). I feel like a time skip might be necessary for obvious reasons. Maybe take some notes from Kuro’s 5YL and give your Ben master control. Maybe develop Ben more as character (write off Rook so you can focus more on Ben).
Rook is Favorite caractere and love when Say the True 2:38 in Ben face that he never save Universe by himself he Always have Help and also he never Truly Thanks Gwen and Kevin for save his Ass Multiple Times and never Admits Without Them he be lost very long Time ago.
Fun fact rook isnt even his real name its blonko cuz in the series he has siblings named rook shar rook kim so they use the family name first then the real name
Check out another video based on Rook Blonko made by my friend Beta
It's pretty short and I highly recommend it, it's awesome
ua-cam.com/video/EPkWNKVffwI/v-deo.html
Honestly, he is the best part of the Omniverse universe
I agree. He grew on me as a character.
Agreed he's both a good fighter and a freind
that and the new aliens and predators
When he met Kevin, their duo felt like it was always meant to be together
I agree
Rook was a character that had a lot to prove given he was effectively replacing Gwen and Kevin as Bens partner and foil but I'm glad they succeeded in making him not only cool but charming in his own way. I love him so much.
My fav part is, they not make him as replacement of Gwen and Kevin. İnstead they make him his own thing.
@@Closed0254not only that but he has great enough chemistry where the team is a pretty rocking quartet when Kevin and Gwen come around
I like how Rook takes the "alien doesn't understand human slang" thing another step further by him not understanding human speech mannerisms. He copies Ben when he's speaking slowly, thinking that it is now Speak Slowly Time, he doesn't understand the concept of the comma. I love it all
The way I see it:
Rook is like a big brother to Ben, especially when the Omnitrix user gets hurt or out of commission
(He still made an appearance in Kuro's 5 Years Later, assisting Ben in his heroics
Ben isn't used to transforming at will despite having the Master Control, you'll see a panel of him using the Omnitrix manually)
He'd lay his life down on the line for Ben, no matter how high or steep the price would be
One of the best characters that Omniverse had to offer
As far as I know 5YL is not cannon. Anyway I agree, they have such a great relationship
@@nothere3982 it may not be canon but it does a better job at keeping ben 10 conisstent.
the way i see it
he is Ben's version of Starfire
since he's still learning about earth customs
and plus he one time said "ben's kicking the butt" as shown in ttg Starfire says "The" in every sentence
@@MineKurtMininer technically he’s a lot less insecure then her and has a more true to earth vocabulary then starfire but I guess the similarities are there
Rook Blonko a fascinating character indeed.
You said it ^^
@@netherfreakultima4498 :)
@@Osama_Rashid ^^
@Jamal Daou Thank you, kind human.
Chad Blonko has dubstep emanate from him whenever he works out lmao
CHAD BLONKO IM SCREAMING-
You mean Rook Bronko
@@hyperion4723:03 - 3:04
Rook is practically exact opposite of Ben in terms of personality. I love it.
Omniverse said "let's make a character that's so naive it's funny"
Let's make a chad character then they made a epidode about Kevin and Rook meeting
@@Eric6761 indeed
0:17 "I'm your new partner." How un-Revonnahgander of him.
It is the equivalent of "I'm your fucking partner"
@nothere3982 oh my god I never caught that till now lol
its probably just a bit of early installment weirdness
@@reptile1687maybe he was trying to be cool in front of Ben Tennyson
Pretty badass how he didn´t even flinch against SevenSeven.
1:46 Ben: Dude!
Rook: "Dude", indeed.
Rook is such a Badass throughout the entire Show.
Heat about to post all scenes with Rook in Omniverse
I wish
Not too upset about that since this is the best way for me to get clips for when I'm editing
@@theheat8284 might come true
Cannonbolt: are you gonna finish that.
Rook: *Give him a burger*
Cannonbolt: Thanks.
Rook's mind: *uhm I think that not enough I will give him everything*
Rook: *Give him everything and become his partner in 2-3 episodes*
Best way of us guys to be friends
Rook Blonko is Gigachad
R/technicallythetruth
Rook: you did the same kind of dumb stuff last Tuesday
Ben: Not the point!
4:55
Official Dad Joke moment.
5:51 nice😂, plain and simple, yet a huge roast.
Ben and rooks arguements for why they are cool.
Ben: I have a Omnitrix
Rook: I'm Rook
He’s one of the best parts of Omniverse, kinda wish he was introduced in Ultimate Alien before Omniverse, maybe in Basic Training, it’d make the first interaction between Ben and Rook in Omniverse more interesting.
Like they did to Fish guy?
@@Closed0254 patealiday
I’m not sure if it’s real or not, but I heard rumors that Tak (the alien from Basic Training with the Mohawk) was a candidate for the sort of role Rook took one. But again, I’m not sure how credible this is so take it with some salt
I still don’t know how people didn’t like this series
I'd say because the artstyle downgrade, some redesigns and Ben's personality being completely different from one season to another.
I liked it but I understand. Also omniverse forces a lot of commedy in.
@@nothere3982 How exactly is this artstyle a "downgrade"? It's just different, and that doesn't have to be a bad thing. It looks very cool and unique, people like you just can't handle change.
@@justsomeguyontheinternet562 yep it's a downgrade in my book. Anatomy is out the window in this I've seen the reference sheets, some redesigns are a lot worse than the original ones and there really seem to be several last moment fixes.
It's better than the reboot for example (animation flow, design) in this aspect and the colours are way way better than in ua/af. But compared to the original series or the au/af they have gotten worse.
There's nothing about change on this. Change is cool, the animation is way better than the other series, and I'm glad, but the art style is not great.
@@nothere3982 Eh the artstyle is fine honestly.
@@nothere3982 Ben's personality has been inconsistent since the classic series.
Admit it I feel like Rook Blonko should be in Multiversus and Ben himself
Ov Ben and Rook would be great for Multiversus.
Such a shame they will probably add Reboot Ben.
@@Otherface or og ben
I totally lost it when Rook told that guy that he was ugly.
He did Michael Morningstar dirty 💀
I like how they bring up in universe a decent amount of times that Ben wasn’t fond of rook at all but then he literally became his best friend aside from Kevin
even better when you find out that he has the same actor of War Machine, Bumblebee & Blitzwing
IM SORRY W H A T
IM SORRY W H A T
Huh??
Which bumble bee
German Blitzwing ?
Sometimes it really entertains me how rooks personality is
Rook is definitely a skilled character ^^
He's almost Black Widow and Hawkeye rolled into one
I love the big blue kitty man! He was definitely a great addition.
I personally felt during UAF that Ben should have gotten an alien partner or assigned a Plumber team instead of staying around Gwen and Kevin all the time. In AF it was fine since in OS Gwen and Max were his partners and Kevin was an antagonist, so when Kevin became *good* to replace Max, felt like Ben was growing up.
Even Max's fake death scene and him encouraging Ben to find other Plumber kids, was a great way to ween the audience off of Gwen and Max's constant presence. Yeah Gwen stuck around throughout AF, but if they wanted to write her out or reduce her direct involvement, they had many opportunities before the finally and the finally itself of AF.
Say if the *Hero's United* episode happened right between the end of AF and the start of UAF, Rex could have been brought in as Ben's new partner (if Generator Rex had ended with Rex choosing to leave his universe after curing every thing or something to avoid creating more EVOs). Gwen's involvement could have been reduced as she goes after Kevin or decided to focus on practicing magic, but joined them on occasion if having a *female protagonist* was important and it didn't make sense for Julie, Eunice, or even Kai to show up.
Then there is always the possibility of introducing Rook in UAF if he was planned at all, or even mentioning that the Plumbers Academy had a few star students looking to be assigned as Ben's permanent new partner/handler, so Gwen could focus on school/her future plans. Kevin also could have mentioned he found being a mercenary for hire is more fun/easier to be than being an official Plumber.
(However Ben is also considered a mercenary/neutral party by the Plumbers as his duty as the Weilder of the Omnitrix is to be an ambassador to all species, according to OV/Max. Which makes him legal *game* as humans are considered *animals* similar to live stock or wild game unless they work for a recognized organization then they are similar to police dogs, justifying why Kyber isn't arrested for harassing/poaching Ben for sport hunting.).
Anyway Rook, in my opinion, was a great addition and much needed to not wear out Gwen and Kevin's narrative contributions to the series. He allowed them to have lives outside of Ben and at the same time introduced more stories to be told and discovered through his past/personality completely removed from Ben's history.
Wow, I can’t believe I forgot that Rook is the perfect addition for Ben’s team.
Rook might be my favorite character in all of Omniverse. And after those first two episodes aired, I had a feeling that he was going to be.
Rook Blonko is easily my favourite Ben 10 character.
Ben is like a combination between:
1. Naruto
2. Spider-Man
3. Iron-Man
4. Beast-Boy
5. Green Lantern
Rook is like a combination between:
1. Sai
2. Captain America
3. War-Machine
4. Nightwing
5. Cyborg
Kevin is like a combination between:
1. Sasuke
2. Venom
3. Absorbing Man
4. Red Hood
5. Metamorpho
Gwen is like a combination between:
1. Sakura
2. Mary Jane
3. Scarlet Witch
4. Raven
5. Starfire
My brain for half of these: Ah yes, I know who that person is.
Honestly, Rook reminds me a lot of Kakashi, I even made him his own universe where he has the Omnitrix seriously it's the best thing they've ever created in the entire ben 10 saga
Rook would be a banger character in Multiversus!
What a homie
If only he knew CannonBolt can't hold shit
4:45 no rook!! That’s abuse!! Don’t do that!!!
Oh look, I'm late for another one of your videos, yaaaay!!!
Anyways, alternate title: Rook being the best OV character for 11 minutes straight
My favorite character in Omniverse
Seeing Rook again makes me wish Omniverse got that sequel where Ben, Gwen, Max, Kevin and Rook went on that space road trip 😭
I absolutely adore the dynamic of Ben and Rook
Ben:We Don’t Have A Job To Do We’re Not Cops We’re Superheroes
When a Japanese Cat Girl gets flirty in cartoon instead of Anime😅 4:00(Even though Nyancy-Chan is Japanese)
0:29 That's a meme right there.
Interesting
I get the braging rights that I got to meet the person who played Rook in person, and got him to sign my own prototool!
👍
I LOVE OMNIVERSE FOR THE PLOT
*THE PLOT:*
7:33-7:45 can it Blonko
Ben:How Could I Not Take It Personally? That’s My Face My Personal Face
literally the saving grace of omniverse
Right?!?!
The show was actually good
Haha yep. If it wasn't for him I may have not started watching omniverse
he is like kevin in the af and uaf, i hate it but it's them that kept me around
@@akira8393 so you hate the Tennyson family members such as ben gwen and max
As much as I missed Gwen and Kevin, Rook was awesome. Still felt wrong breaking up the trio.
Rook is an Alien. What if Ben scanned his DNA into the Omnitrix. Ben would call it Bluey.
*throws tomato*
It's cool he's a farmer all he needs know is a cowboy accent and farm animals and starts doing rodeos. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
ah if one didnt know the faults of there friend and such, they wouldnt be the best buds as ben and rook are now.
I had a crush on Rook as a kid
11:04 amogus
10:14
High pitched Wilhelm scream! :D
Bro was carrying the whole show
Sassy, more contractions Rook is best Rook lol
I love how rook was helping Ben eat well
OMG I remember I was fucking in love with him ;-;
5:52 rook: you're look quite ugly
Best Omniverse character
This probably one of the best Ben 10 series because of Rook and his friendship with Ben as Intergalactic cops but I always wondered what Rook would look like in they made this series a live action 🎬 one
In all honesty, I loved his dynamic with Ben, as it felt he could better deal with Ben’s ego than his previous partners with his wit and dry humor.
Additionally, it felt their dynamic had the right amount of contrast/complement between the two. Ben was more play-it-by-the-ear, while Rook was by-the-book. Ben was more experienced while Rook was a rookie, in both fighting villains and earth culture. Ben was the Wise Guy while Rook was the Straight Man.
Overall, I loved seeing him going from a bit-of-naive rookie to a true partner with Ben.
However, a common criticism I have seen others have of Rook is that his dynamic with Ben partly relies on Ben being a bit immature, which some people see as a downgrade from his personality in UAF. This usually leads to further criticism of Ben’s character since Alien Force, with many viewers feeling Ben had a detrimental decrease in maturity since Season 1 of Alien Force. Personally, I don’t share this criticism, as I kind of liked that inner conflict with Ben, that he could be a bit immature and has some ego, but he always knew when “It’s Hero Time!” Really, I just enjoy confidence in my favorite characters.
season 1 af i think made a big mistake of ben going mature early on. it was a major development at the time consider it was a big change for audiences from bratty kid ben we all know... but when making ben mature there's not really much going for with the characters have so they slowly downgrade him from time to time to the point of being annoying. we always love ben being a kid but we wish him mature and all would be the end goal not during the first season.
Ben:You Wanna Start Something? Is That What This Is About?
Swampfire:OK That Is The Coolest Thing Ever
Rook is definition of phrase "this ni🅱🅱a..."
OMG Kevin basically turned into Penhall from 21 Jumpstreet
Ben:Look I Get It I Did The Same Kinda Dumb Stuff When I First Got The Omnitrix
My favorite cartoon network trio
Rook, Ice Bear and Zane
Zane?
From Lego Ninjago? 😂
That’s a throwback
@@Jerry_Freestyle Yup, all three of them are Chill dudes. Two of them especially
Ben:There’s No Wrong With That
11:05 say what
Ben is imposter confirmed
So Rook gets armor but Ben doesn't?
I guess armor would make it harder to move.
Not really, Rook's species are kinda very athletic and that armor didn't even hinder him
i love how in the early series rook says ben didnt save the universe by himself once and then ben saves it alone for once
Rook blonko makes me laugh
Rook reminds me of Starfire. 😂
I bet they’d be friends
Ben:This Is Angry Eating Rook
Ben:Everyone Likes Me I’m The Hero
What do you want to do? If you want a ***true*** continuation of the CC I recommend following Omniverse (you can use Celestialsapians in your fic later on to retcon the events you didn’t like). I feel like a time skip might be necessary for obvious reasons. Maybe take some notes from Kuro’s 5YL and give your Ben master control. Maybe develop Ben more as character (write off Rook so you can focus more on Ben).
I love Rook so much
Ben:And We’re Not Partners I Work Alone Now
Rook is Favorite caractere and love when Say the True 2:38 in Ben face that he never save Universe by himself he Always have Help and also he never Truly Thanks Gwen and Kevin for save his Ass Multiple Times and never Admits Without Them he be lost very long Time ago.
Rook is back😂
He is best ❤
Kevin 11 and Rook kinda have a Casey Jones and Raphael Relationship don't you think?
Ben:Always? Really? One Time
He is so handsome😊😊😊😢😢
& Tuff 😍
i love rook blonko
6:12 i love Kevin 😂
I honestly thought Rook was actually hot.
I just wish rook met alien force s2 ben, then he would truly see that the man lived up to the legends
Ha cannonbolt at the start 😂😂
I feel that deep down Rook was paid to babysit Ben
Ben:Yeah And She Saved Us Dude Loosen Up
4:54 bro 💀
Fun fact rook isnt even his real name its blonko cuz in the series he has siblings named rook shar rook kim so they use the family name first then the real name
Rook kind of makes Ben 10 look like a buddy comedy.
Please make a compilation of Magister Patelliday.
Ben:Dude Call Me Ben
I wish we got more episodes focusing on Rook more. I love him SOOOO much!