Ben 10 (partially found pitch pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; early-mid 2000s)

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The series' early logo.

Status: Partially Found

Ben 10 (retroactively known as Ben 10 Classic) is an American animated TV series created by Man of Action (a group consisting of Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Steven T. Seagle), and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The series is about a 10-year-old boy named Ben Tennyson who gets a watch-style alien device called the "Omnitrix". Attached to his wrist, it allows him to transform into 10 different alien creatures with different abilities, allowing him to fight evil from earth and space with his cousin Gwen and grandfather Max. The series first aired on Cartoon Network as a sneak peek on December 27, 2005, as part of "Sneak Peek Week", airing alongside other shows, including My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Robotboy and Zixx. The show later began airing on January 13, 2006 and ended on April 15, 2008. However there are rumors about a pilot episode of Ben 10 created the same year as the series, however the rumors stopped. In 2020 after the Duncan Rouleau interview that he said that those screenshots were fan art until 2021 when footage of the pilot was found.

The Rumors

The rumors started in 2018 by an anonymous Reddit user (that deleted he's account after the post) claiming about an unaired pilot that was created the same year as the first episode of the series. The rumors started also with post he shared some screenshots until the Duncan Rouleau interview.

The Duncan Rouleau Interview

In August 2020 Man of Action co-founder Duncan Rouleau agreed to get an interview to help promote the 2016 reboot series' film Ben 10 Versus the Universe: The Movie. The interview happened by The Ink Tank doing the interview he was asked about the early develoment of Ben 10 later a member of The Ink Tank sawed to him that the screenshots he said that were fan art until Dave Johnson revealed that the pilot was real.

Dave Johnson Steps In

After the interview Twitter user Tron Trovlta asked if the Pilot was real or not but Dave responded by saying that Gwen's mushroom shirt was change to a cat because Cartoon Network didn't want to promote any drugs. He also shared concept art of the characters in his portfolio until Roxy found footage of the pilot.

Resurfaced Footage

In 2021 user Roxy was browsing an archived version of Cartoon Network Italians website on The Wayback Machine. To release to his blog how ever if you move your mouse at the clip it changes to a clip of Four Arms he released it to his blog the same day that he found the footage and it was re-uploaded from Roxy's blog onto YouTube on November 20th, 2021 a video was uploaded onto The Ink Tank YouTube channel.

Gallery

Images

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  An early version of XLR8 from the flash game Ben to the Rescue.

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  The characters early versions inclueding Gwen's design from the pilot.

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  Early sketches of Ben.

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  Early sketches of Gwen and Grandpa Max.

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  An early design for Ripjaw from a Flash game.

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  Early sketches of Wildmutt.

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  Screenshot of the pilot (1/3).

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  Screenshot of the pilot (2/3).

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  Screenshot of the pilot (3/3).

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See Also

Ben 10

• I-10: The Ben 10 User Generated Experience (found Cartoon Network TV special; 2008)
• Ben 10 Pop-Up Trivia Episodes (partially found alternate TV episodes; 2008)

Other Cartoon Network Pilots

• Billy and Mandy in Trepanation of the Skull and You (found prototype short of "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" Cartoon Network animated series; 1995)
• Camp Lazlo "Monkey See, Camping Doo" (lost unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; 2004)
• Captain Sturdy (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2001)
• Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe (partially lost pilots from animation studio; 2008-2011)
• Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (found unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; 2003)
• IMP, Inc. (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2001)
• Jeffrey Cat: Claw and Order (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2002)
• A Kitty Bobo Show (found storyboard of cancelled second animated pilot for Cartoon Network; 2002)
• Major Flake in "Soggy Sales" (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2001)
• The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (partially found "Wedgies pilot" of Cartoon Network animated series; 2007)
• Mess O' Blues (partially found prototype short of "Johnny Bravo" Cartoon Network animated series; 1993)
• My Gym Partner's a Monkey (lost unaired pilots of Cartoon Network animated series; 2003/2004)
• Nikki (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2000)
• The Powerpuff Girls (lost pilot of Cartoon Network animated series reboot; 2016)
• Regular Show (partially found Flash pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; late 2000s-2010)
• Squirrel Boy "Kite Makes Right" (lost unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; 2004)
• Uncle Gus (partially found original English audio of Cartoon Network animated pilots; 2000-2001)