Plumbers (Classic)

The Plumbers are an intergalactic law-enforcement organization that makes use of many high-tech gadgets and weapons to protect the planets in the universe from various alien threats and attacks.

History

Ben 10

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Original series Plumbers Suits

In the original series, the Plumbers are a secret government organization that protects the general public from any alien threat. Their main adversary was the alien warlord, Vilgax. Max Tennyson was a member of the Plumbers in his youth and was ultimately the one who defeated Vilgax. Most of the Plumbers eventually disbanded; however, a few of its members (like Max and his relatives) remain in a semi-active capacity.

Max is effectively forced out of retirement after his grandson, Ben Tennyson obtains the Omnitrix. Max uses his experience as a Plumber (along with various Plumber gear and weapons) to aid Ben in various battles along the road.

In Big Fat Alien Wedding, it is revealed that the Plumbers have had a generations-long feud with the Lenopans. However, when a close relationship was formed between Plumber Joel Tennyson (Max Tennyson's nephew) and a Lenopan named Camille, a truce was forged as a result of their relationship and their wedding was to be the first ever marriage between a Lenopan and a human and was meant to put an end to years of fighting. Camille's par ents and ex-boyfriend tried to stop the wedding; however, they were defeated by the combined efforts of Camille and the Tennysons and thus, the two were married. Though Joel's parents were against the marriage at first, they later realize how unfairly they had treated Camille and finally accepted her as their daughter-in-law, thus putting an end to the feud.

The Plumbers' main base is located inside of Mt. Rushmore, where the Null Void projector and the Sub Energy are stored. In the episode of Truth, the Null Void projector was stolen by Phil Billings as a part of scam to profit from catching aliens he himself had released; however, his plan was thwarted by Max and Ben. There is also a base located within Fort Knox and the Seattle Space Needle and a map detailing the location of all the Plumber bases in USA revealing there is at least one per state. Max stated that there is one base built into every major military base in the country.

Alien Force

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Max in a Magister Suit

In Alien Force, the Plumbers are revealed to be an inter-planetary law enforcement force, with both human and alien members.

However, Max discovers that the Highbreed and their minions, the DNAliens, are up to no good and he warns Magister Labrid there is trouble brewing on Earth. Labrid quickly discovers Max has gone missing and mistakenly tries to capture Ben and Gwen, believing that they were stealing the Omnitrix. Upon discovering who they are, he asks for their assistance in discovering the reason for Max's disappearance. The three of them manage to interrupt an arms deal between the Forever Knights and the DNAliens, with Ben's old-rival, Kevin as the middle-man. After a brief battle, they captured Kevin and convinced him to help them find out what was going on, Kevin decided to help as he had not been paid. They tracked the weapons back to one of the Forever Knights castles. During a battle with the Forever Knights, Labrid is fatally wounded. His dying wish was for them to finish their mission and charged them with protecting the Earth from this new threat.

In Everybody Talks About the Weather, it is revealed that Plumbers possess special badges. All Plumber Badges bear the intergalactic peace symbol. There is also a practice where alien Plumbers who have inter-bred with humans give their hybrid-offspring a Plumber Badge to prevent them from being wrongly arrested by other Plumbers for interplanetary trespass.

In Darkstar Rising, Ben, Gwen and Kevin are forbidden to fight against the Highbreed threat by Magister Prior Gilhil, who doubts the Highbreed are as much of a threat as they are. However, all three sides find themselves working together when Darkstar captures them all but Gwen to feed his powers. With the help of the DNAliens, Gwen frees them and Darkstar is arrested while the Highbreed and the DNAliens escape. In gratitude, Prior Gilhil makes the team honorary Plumbers so they can defend the Earth legally. He also mentions that Ben's Omnitrix represents a Plumber Badge. It is also revealed that impersonating a Plumber is an interstellar-class felony.

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A Plumber badge

In War of the Worlds, all of the Plumber's Kids and Max participate in the final battle against the Highbreed. Notably, Gwen, Kevin, Cooper and Professor Paradox warped into the Plumber base in Mt. Rushmore to free Darkstar in order to participate in the battle.

As a result of Ben's defeat of Vilgax and neutralizing the Highbreed threat, as well as his status as Bearer of the Omnitrix, Ben holds a special status among the Plumbers ranks, even leading his own team.

At the end of War of the Worlds, Max recruits a team of Plumbers In-Training, with himself as both their leader and mentor. Max's team later fights and is defeated by Vilgax in Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1.

Ultimate Alien

Plumberattack — Plumbers in Ultimate Alien

In Fame, it is revealed that all governments on Earth secretly recognize the Plumbers organization in dealing with alien threats (explaining the existence of secret bases within Mount Rushmore and Fort Knox, as they were likely set up with the help of the United States government to aid the Plumbers).

In Escape from Aggregor, Prior Gilhil answered a distress call from Galapagus aboard Aggregor's Ship, only to be told by Aggregor on arrival that the distress call was a computer error. After demanding a search of the ship, he soon locates Aggregor's prisoners, only to be murdered by Aggregor. Aggregor stole Prior Gilhil's ship and suit.

56tyuj — Plumber ships coming out of hyper space

In Too Hot to Handle, it is revealed that Plumber Badges can act as radiation detectors. At the end of the episode, Aggregor is shown attacking the Plumbers' ship which was carrying P'andor, the windows crack from Aggregor's attacks and throw the Plumbers into space, killing them.

In Deep, there is a place called Plumber Central Command and there is a Magister Plumber named Magister Pyke stationed on Piscciss.

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Plumber ships getting destroyed by Evil Way Big (Albedo)

In The Enemy of My Enemy, the Plumbers Academy had made an appearance and Magister Coronach is running the academy and he doesn't approve of the place being a prison or a battlefield.

In Basic Training, Ben, Gwen and Kevin are sent to a different Plumbers Academy where they were trained by Magister Hulka, the toughest Plumber of all.

In A Knight to Remember, a squad of Plumbers help Ben's Team fight the Flame Keepers' Circle in an attempt to capture Vilgax but failed.

Omniverse

The Plumber Headquarters beneath Max's Plumbing reappeared, where most captured villains are imprisoned if not imprisoned in the Null Void. The Plumbers have also seemed to gain control over in imprisoning certain humans if they proved to be a great enough threat or in alien related matters as they captured Dr. Animo prior to It Was Them, Billy Billions in Arrested Development, and Nyancy Chan in Tummy Trouble.

Future

In the future, the Plumbers wear armored suits as their standard uniform.

In The End of an Era, the Plumbers, along with various people throughout the galaxy, were having a celebration of Max Tennyson's retirement, who had also given Rook his position of Magistratus.

Known Plumbers

Name	Rank	Status	Information
Alan Albright	Official Plumber	Active	Alan was trained by Max.
Alan's father	Unknown	Unknown	Alan mentioned that his father is a Plumber.
Arnux	Magister	Active	Arnux works at a Plumber Headquarters.
Ben Tennyson	Deputized Plumber Agent	Active	Functions as a deputized plumber agent.
Betty Jean Tennyson	Official Plumber	Retired	Betty Jean participated in the Plumber/Sludgepuppy war.
Blukic	Technician	Active	Blukic works at a Plumber Headquarters.
Cooper Daniels	Official Plumber	Active	Cooper was trained by Max.
Cooper's grandfather	Unknown	Unknown
Coronach	Magister/Teacher	Active	Coronach is a teacher at the Plumbers Academy.
Driba	Technician	Active	Driba works at a Plumber Headquarters.
Driscoll	Official Plumber	Fired	Driscoll was thrown out of the Plumbers.
Fistina	Cadet	Active	Fistina was made an official Cadet by Max and Rook in Final Countdown.
Galvan Teacher	Teacher	Active	The Galvan Teacher teaches Plumbers in training at the Plumber's Academy.
George Washington	Original Plumber	Deceased	In 1773, Washington was a member of the original Earth Plumbers before Earth joined with the intergalactic authorities.
Gordon Tennyson	Official Plumber	Retired	Gordon participated in the Plumber/Sludgepuppy war.
Gwen Tennyson	Deputized Plumber Agent	Semi-Active
Helen Wheels	Official Plumber	Active	Helen became an official Plumber after Alien Force.
Hobble	Alpha Squad Member	Active
Hulka	Magister	Active	Hulka teaches students at the Plumbers Academy.
Jerry	Official Plumber	Active	Jerry works in Inhuman Resources at Plumber Headquarters.
Joel Tennyson	Official Plumber	Active	Joel participated in the Plumber/Sludgepuppy war.
Kevin Levin	Deputized Plumber Agent	Semi-Active	Kevin's badge was transferred to Molly Gunther.
Kodek Branigen	Alpha Squad Member	Active	Kodek Branigen trains with Plumbers in training at the Plumbers Academy.
Labrid	Magister	Deceased	Labrid was Magister of Earth. He died saving Kevin from an exploding Laser Lance.
Leander	Magister Rooter	Fired	Leander's commission was revoked in Weapon XI: Part 2.
Lucy Mann	Official Plumber	Active	Lucy was the first Lenopan Plumber.
Manny Armstrong	Official Plumber	Active	Manny became an official Plumber after Alien Force.
Max Tennyson	Magister	Active	Max is Magister of Earth. Max works at a Plumber Headquarters.
Molly Gunther	Alpha Squad Member	Active	Molly was promoted to Alpha Squad prior to The Frogs of War: Part 1.
Morty	Official Plumber	Active
Octagon Vreedle	Official Plumber	Fired	Octagon was training at Plumbers Academy.
Patelliday	Magister	Active	Patelliday is the second-in-command Magister of Earth. Patelliday works at a Plumber Headquarters.
Phil Billings	Plumber Rooter	Retired Fired	Phil's commission was revoked in Weapon XI: Part 2.
Pierce Wheels	Official Plumber	Deceased	Pierce was trained by Max and was training at Plumbers Academy. Pierce was murdered by a Forever Knight while off duty.
Prior Gilhil	Magister	Deceased	Prior Gilhil was murdered by Aggregor.
Pyke	Magister	Active	Pyke is the Magister of Piscciss.
Rhomboid Vreedle	Official Plumber	Fired	Rhomboid was training at Plumbers Academy.
Rook Blonko	Magister	Active	Rook is the partner of Ben. He was promoted to Magister in Final Countdown.
Rook Shar	Cadet	In training	Shar went to Plumbers' Academy in Rook Tales.
Scout	Official Plumber	Active	Scout is the only Plumber curently in the Anur System. Scout was the first Loboan Plumber.
Servantis	Proctor	Fired	Servantis was the leader of the Rooters, a black-ops wing of the Plumbers in the Null Void. Servantis's commission was revoked in Weapon XI: Part 2.
Stick Doug	Official Plumber	Active
Swift	Rooter	Fired	Swift's commission was revoked in Weapon XI: Part 2.
Tack	Official Plumber	Active	Tack was training at Plumbers Academy.
Victor Validus	Official Plumber	Deceased	Victor was fired from the Plumbers for stealing alien tech. Victor rejoined the Plumbers afterwards. Victor passed away from unknown causes.
Wat-Senn	Official Plumber	Active	Wat-Senn is a Plumber stationed on Revonnah.
Wes Green	Magister	Retired
Xylene	Honorary Plumber	Active

Trivia

There are Plumbers who don't battle or arrest: some of them, like Galvan plumbers, are teachers, scientists, or technicians working to promote the public well being. In few occasions they have more than one position like Max functioning as the chief for the Plumber base on Earth.
There are Plumbers who had jobs outside of the organization. Some with previous experience in an army or another law enforcement organization of their respective home world. In many cases, working with them in cooperation and even establishing partnerships as shown with the Galvan Soldiers who are mostly plumber cadets.
The Incurseans and most of the Anur System do not recognize the authority of the Plumbers.
In A New Dawn, it is revealed that the original Earth Plumbers have been active since at least 1773 till they disbanded.