Gwen Tennyson

Gwen Tennyson is a female animated superhero who features in Ben 10.

Biography

Original

Gwendolyn Tennyson

Her powers and abilities were revealed to be of alien descent; her paternal grandmother, Verdona, is an energy being known as an Anodite; from the distant planet Anodyne, and surprisingly, she seems to be the only human descendant who inherited Verdona's powers. Verdona told Gwen that what she and others originally thought of as magic was actually the control of mana, a substance of magic-making Anodites; a magic-wielding race. Verdona offered to take Gwen to her home planet and train her in the immense mystical and magical ways of the Anodites, but Gwen preferred to remain on Earth with her friends and family. She disliked being called an "energy being", referring to her Anodite heritage.

Charmcaster told Gwen that she possessed a magical aura which allowed her to cast spells when she had switched bodies with Gwen. Gwen came to steal Charmcaster's spell book and started practicing magic, with her first successful spell was when she commanded water to rise to stop a couple escaping convicts from swimming away.

When Kevin was threatened by a Highbreed Commander, she released her dormant innermost Anodite self for the first time, and easily defeated the commander with an exceedingly strong powerful burst of pure magenta-pink glowing energy. She was almost overwhelmed by her own power and wanted to defeat the Highbreed all on her own before Kevin snapped her out of it by saying "I can't lose you".

Kevin appeared to be avoiding her because he was ashamed of his recent mutation due to accidentally absorbing a massive feedback pulse as a result of trying to hack the Omnitrix. She was unaffected by the blast because she put an energy shield around herself. Kevin gave her a locket of the two of them when he was in his human form, asking her to remember him as he was. Gwen said she didn't care what he looks like, and he replied "Maybe not. But I do."

Zombozo and other villains, including Vulkanus and Charmcaster, teamed up to take revenge on the Tennysons and company, and kidnapped Ben's mother Sandra. Enraged, Gwen released her dormant, inner Anodite. Whilst Zombozo trembled with fear, Gwen began to grow to a huge height, promising that if one of his teammates even bumped into their families on the street, she would come for them. Petrified, Zombozo screamed off-screen and Gwen saved Sandra. When Kevin asked what happened to Zombozo, she simply replied "We came to an understanding" whilst smiling.

The group went to the planet Piscciss to help Magister Pyke stop Aggregor. Gwen is caught by a squid-like creature, but Kevin revealed that he installed neuro-shock pulsers which can shoot lightning allowing Gwen to get free. When they reach the nucleus of the planet Piscciss an earthquake occurs, Gwen put an energy shield around them but failed to protect Magister Pyke, so she stays with him while Kevin and Ben go after the second part of the Map of Infinity. However, Aggregor arrived first and fled with the second part of the Map of Infinity after defeating Ben and Kevin. When the planet begins to crumble Ben as Goop saves the planet, re-constructing the lost water particles using Goop's artificial Gravity immobiliser. When Ben apparently dies, Gwen is devastated, but she sees that he survived, she feels immediate relief. At the end of the episode, Gwen consoled Kevin for having to leave the Little Fish in Piscciss.

Gwen relied on Charmcaster to help her, Ben and Kevin survive traveling through Legerdomain to find the next piece of the Map of Infinity, the Alpha Rune. Along the way, she learned of Charmcaster's background and came to sympathize with her nemesis.

Kevin appeared to be avoiding her because he was ashamed of his recent mutation due to accidentally absorbing a massive feedback pulse as a result of trying to hack the Omnitrix. She was unaffected by the blast because she put an energy shield around herself. Kevin gave her a locket of the two of them when he was in his human form, asking her to remember him as he was. Gwen said she didn't care what he looks like, and he replied "Maybe not. But I do."

Zombozo and other villains teamed up to take revenge on the Tennysons and company, and kidnapped Ben's mom Sandra. Enraged, Gwen released her dormant, inner anodite for the second time. Whilst Zombozo trembled with fear, Gwen began to grow to a huge height, promising that if one of his teammates and other notable villains even bumps into their families on the street, she would come for them. Petrified, Zombozo screamed off-screen and Gwen saved Sandra. When Kevin asked what happened to Zombozo she simply replied "We came to an understanding" whilst smiling.

She later tries out for her driver's license, earning it in the end.

It was shown that Gwen gets very jealous when Jennifer Nocturne starts flirting with Kevin after he saved her life. And Kevin doesn't seem to mind. Kevin also protected Jennifer a lot, over the course of the episode. For example; When Overlord shot an energy blast at them Kevin put his arms around Jennifer to protect her from the energy beam, even though Gwen put up a magenta-pink shield around them. Gwen eventually lost her temper and threatened Jennifer that she would, "peel her like a grape" if she made another move on Kevin.

the group goes to the planet Piscciss to help Magister Pyke stop Aggregor. Gwen is caught by a squid-like creature, but Kevin revealed that he installed neuro-shock pulsers which can shoot lightning allowing Gwen to get free. When they reach the nucleus of the planet Piscciss an earthquake occurs, Gwen put an energy shield around them but failed to protect Magister Pyke, so she stays with him while Kevin and Ben go after the second part of the Map of Infinity. However, Aggregor arrived first and fled with the second part of the Map of Infinity after defeating Ben and Kevin. When the planet begins to crumble Ben as Goop saves the planet, re-constructing the lost water particles using Goop's artificial Gravity immobiliser. When Ben apparently dies, Gwen is devastated, but she sees that he survived, she feels immediate relief. At the end of the episode, Gwen consoles Kevin for having to leave the Little Fish in Piscciss.

Later, Gwen travelled with Ben and Kevin to stop Aggregor from absorbing a newborn Celestialsapien's powers. Young Ben came along as Ben accidentally fell into the Chronal Randomization Barrier. Gwen, Kevin, and even Ben became annoyed with Young Ben. However, everyone eventually understood why Young Ben is so arrogant and cocky. He explained that, when dealing with the pressure and the danger that could kill somebody, he tends to joke around so he can be prepared to face anything. Unfortunately, everyone was easily defeated by Aggregor, who seemed to have won, but Kevin absorbed the immense energy of the Ultimatrix as a last resort, defeating him but becoming insane in the process.

Ben and Gwen are shown to be having difficulties. The two argue about Kevin while trying to locate a ship. On the way, they stumble upon Argit, who needed a place to hide from Kevin. They travel to the Plumber's Academy in the Rust Bucket 3 only to be attacked by Kevin. They barely succeeded in defeating him, and Gwen said she turned the air lock on to send Kevin falling because she understood he would kill them if he had the chance. After Argit preformed his orders, Kevin attacks the Plumber's Academy. Ben uses Ultimate Humungousaur to deal with the nuclear bomb while Kevin relentlessly attacked Argit. Gwen tells him to stop and to give himself up! But he sends her to the ground. Gwen remains there crying as Kevin spares her from his fatal blow, stating that she was only spared because of what she used to mean to him. Ben returns and the two have a conversation, Gwen says that they could still help Kevin, Ben replies that they cannot.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Gwen Tennyson was seemingly a human female with green eyes and short red hair held by a blue hairclip and wore sapphire earrings, an elbow-length blue raglan shirt with a cat logo, white capri pants, and white sneakers with dark blue stripes without socks. After initially learning magic, she made her own attempt at being a superhero where she wore a mask and went by the name of Lucky Girl.

From a young age, she was shown as being intelligent, sassy and mature girl but was usually stubborn and smart-mouthed when it came to talking with Ben.

Her quick thinking and good instincts gave her an edge in dealing with dangerous situations.[31]

As she got older, she became even more mature, caring and sympathetic. Her affection towards her cousin Ben became clearer as well.

Powers and abilities

Gwen's magical powers were of alien descent from her grandmother Verdona, a member of a free-spirited alien race of pure energy beings known as Anodites, from the planet Anodyne. Though she technically did not inherit these powers, she shares a 'knack' for mana manipulation, referred to by Verdona as 'the spark'.

At first, she became aware of her latent knack for magic that allowed her to handle multiple magical artifacts.

She later came to progress by taking Charmcaster’s small spellbook allowing her to cast spells and better practice magic.

Gwen was later able to assume the energy-based form of an Anodite. In this form, she had dark purple in color, with long glowing pink/white hair. In this form, she was capable of growing in stature, flight, and immortality, as well as her abilities being enhanced exponentially.

Notes

• Gwen Tennyson was created by Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly and Steven T. Seagle where she featured in the setting of the Ben 10 universe.

Appearances

• Ben 10:

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry

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