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.

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.

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.

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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