Max Tennyson
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| Maxwell "Grandpa Max" Tennyson | |
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| Voice Actor: | Paul Eiding |
| Age: | 10 (Don't Drink The Water) 20's 60 (Ben 10) 65 (Alien Force) 80 (Ben 10,000) 92 (Ken 10) |
| First Appearance: | Ben 10 Episode 1 |
| Affiliations: | Plumbers |
| Occupation(s): | Retired Plumber Leader/Mentor Hero |
| Abilities: | None |
| Relative: | Verdona (wife) Gordon Tennyson (brother) Betty Jean (sister-in-law) Joel Tennyson (nephew) Carl Tennyson (son) Frank Tennyson (son) Sandra Tennyson (daughter in law) Lili Tennyson (daughter in law) Ken Tennyson (grandson) Ben Tennyson (grandson) Gwen Tennyson (granddaughter) Kenny Tennyson (great-grandson) Viera (Possible Sister) |
| Alias: | The Wrench |
Maxwell "Max" Tennyson who is portrayed by Lee Majors, or Grandpa Max as his grandchildren call him, is the 60-year old, rather overweight and a bit slow at times, paternal grandfather of cousins Ben Tennyson and Gwen Tennyson. With a keen sense for adventure and a strange taste in food (the only topic about which Ben and Gwen never argue), Max always ends up taking the kids on interesting trips. As soon as school lets out, Ben looks forward to going on a traditional summer road trip with Max. Much to Ben's annoyance, Ben discovers that his cousin Gwen (whom he dislikes) is joining them as well. Max travels in a motorhome nicknamed "The Rust Bucket", which he has modified with advanced technology. The Rust Bucket is a replica of a GMC Classic Motor home. In the live action Ben 10 film, Max is played by Lee Majors.
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[edit] History
Grandpa Max is a retired Plumber, who takes his grandchildren Ben & Gwen on a cross-country trip, during which Ben discovers an alien watch, the Omnitrix. His grandson uses the watch to become the superhero Ben 10. Max helps his grandchild fight bad guys & aliens, he also teaches Ben to use the watch responsibly. During their adventures Gwen & Ben question Max's uncanny knowledge & the fact he doesn't seem to be bothered by all the weirdness they encounter. It is eventually revealed that Max & the alien warlord Vilgax are old enemies. In the episode Truth, Max reveals he is part of inter-galactic police force known as The Plumbers & that he had fought & defeat Vilgax years before. During the episode he meets his old partner Phil. He discovers Phil stole the Null Void Projector, using it to make easy money, by freeing the aliens who the Plumbers had already captured, then fighting & catching them for profit. Also in the episode "The Return", it is revealed that would have been the first man on the moon, but left the program before the Apollo Moon mission. In the The Visitor it is revealed the Omnitrix was originally sent to Max by the alien Xylene (who was Max's old flame) and accidentally ended up in the possession of his grandson, Ben.
[edit] Possible Future
By the age of 80, Max has further modified his RV, grown a beard, Further in the future (now 92),a steady diet of futuristic health food. This is non-canon.
[edit] Ben 10: Alien Force
In Ben 10: Alien Force, Max looks mostly the same as before, save for more wrinkles and whiter hair. He leaves a transmission for Ben stating that he is investigating renewed alien activity on Earth and claims that he has the Omnitrix. An image of a DNAliens flickers at the end of the transmission,this could mean that the hologram might have been a DNAliens who wanted to keep Ben out of their business,but instead made a big mistake.He appeared dead when a null void detonator he had planted blew up, but was instead sent to the Null Void, where he, calling himself "The Wrench," to fight Dr. Animo, who was calling himself DeVoid. He has since appeared in the two parter "War of the Worlds" to aid Ben in his battle with the Highbreed along with the "Plumber Helpers". At the end he takes many Plumber children under his wing as his apprentices and also appeared in the two parter "Force Vengeance of Vilgax".
In the episode, If all Else falls it is revealed that the Highbreed had infected him with a dorment seed which was part of a failsafe plan of the Highbreed. It is mistakenly activated by a Highbreed Officer, who was unaware that the Highbreed had called off the war. Max is freed from the seeds' control by Ben, Gwen & Kevin. Also during the episode, he mentions he knew Kevin's father, Devin Levin.
[edit] Ben 10: Alien Swarm
In the movie Ben 10: Alien Swarm, Max is the leader of Earth's Plumbers. When Elena Validus, seeks Ben's help in find her father Victor Validus, Max tells Ben that Plumber regulations forbid them from assocatiating with Elena or her father because Valdis was expelled from The Plumbers after he was caught stealing alien technology. He also states before Validus' betrayal that he had planned to turn leadership over to him.
Gwen & Kevin later discover a video of Validus being interogated by Max. They discover that Max mistakenly believed that Validus was stealing the tech, when in reality he was just studying the alien tech, which Validus believe to be an alien race called the Hive.
Ben & Elena eventually convince Max that Validus was right about the alien chips. While studying the alien chips, one escapes & infects Max. Max becomes a slave to the Hive, but is freed after Ben destroy the Hive Queen (who had infected Validus). He later apologizes to Victor for not trusting him & allows Victor rejoin the Plumbers, along with his daughter, Elena. He also tries to hand leadership of the Earth's Plumbers to Ben, but tells him he is not ready to take his place. He is last seen wondering where Hive/zombie-self did with his motorcycle.
[edit] Trivia
- He had the same shirt in all the episodes of Ben 10 at years of 60, 80 and 92.
- At the end of "War of Worlds pt.2" he recruites Alan Albright, Manny, Helen, Pierce, & Cooper as a new team of Plumbers.
- It is currently unknown if Max is aware of Verdona being an Anodite. It is possible that Ben, Gwen, or Frank told him about it upon his return from the Null Void. However given his status as a Plumber it is possible Max was aware or at least suspected Verdona was an alien (possibly due to Gwen's abilities) and kept it to himself (it has been shown that Max has previously had romantic relations with another alien, Xylene).
- His son Carl appears to resent Max's work as a Plumber because it kept him away from home. However he seems to have come accept & be proud of his father's heroism (thanks to Ben).
