Albedo’s debut episode is called Good Copy, Bad Copy. Just by the episode title alone, it immediately gives away that there’s supposed to be someone who plays a role in being a clone of one of the main three and is causing trouble for the trio. Albedo is seen demolishing all of the Forever Knights castles as Humungousaur, in order to find Ben and maybe get his attention by destroying the castles.. Shortly after doing the job, he goes to Burger Shack where he walks in complaining that the whole idea about Chili Fries is disgusting. When he reaches the counter, he declares that “Everything human REEKS” This obviously gives off the suspicion that the Ben we see currently, is not Ben at all and is definitely not human by the way he’s reacting to everything. This also proves that Albedo has an entirely different view on Earth and humans as a whole.
As soon as Kevin and Gwen arrive to find that Albedo had destroyed yet another Forever Knight castle, Albedo instantly grabs their attention and asks if they’ve seen Ben Tennyson, the tone Albedo uses when he asks Gwen instantly sounds like he’s in a hurry to find Ben. However Gwen and Kevin brush past that as they believe that Albedo is actually Ben since they look exactly the same. With Albedo finding out that the two think he is Ben, he decides to have a completely different approach to the matter at hand and tries to act like Ben, saying that they should transport Albedo to his domicile as he is Ben Tennyson. Albedo is showing off his true behaviour in that moment, as he is trying to play off the fact that he isn’t Ben in order to trick Kevin and Gwen as he has the exact DNA as Ben and is trying to take advantage of them, that is obviously shown when he asks if they could take him to where Ben lives.
When Ben arrives at the scene, Albedo switches up his behaviour ever so slightly and introduces himself to Ben, informing him that his name is Albedo and he is a part of the Galvan species. Albedo tells the trio that he is the builder of the Omnitrix however that is blatantly a lie as if you watched Ben 10: Secret Of The Omnitrix, you would have already learned that Azmuth was the one who actually created the Omnitix, not Albedo. He orders Ben to give up the Omnitrix as Albedo said that he needed it back urgently, the sentence “Your days as Ben 10 is at an end” shows that Albedo knows that Ben has been using the Omnitrix for saving people and the world, etc. Albedo wanting the Omnitrix back urgently suggests that he has no time to mess around and wants to get off Earth as quickly as possible. When Ben tries to say that Azmuth built the Omnitrix, Albedo instantly cuts him off from talking by saying that Azmuth is a liar. By what Albedo just said, it’s shown that by his suddenly raised voice, Albedo has some sort of hatred or a form of disdain for Azmuth.
When Ben doesn’t comply with what he ordered, Albedo decides to resort to violence in order to throw the three off his tracks. Albedo says that Ben isn’t worthy of the Omnitrix and that Albedo has the exact same aliens and a superior intellect than Ben, This only furthers my point on how Albedo believes that he is far superior than anyone else, even Azmuth.. When Azmuth arrives after Ben and Albedo fight over the Omnitrix, Azmuth explains that he has told Albedo numerous times that there should be only one Omnitrix. Albedo then tells Azmuth and the trio that he wanted the Omnitrix to himself so then he could get out of this human form and back to his Galvan body, also he firmly believes that Ben is not worthy of the Omnitrix because he is a human and is thinks someone who has smarts, should wear it instead.. By what Azmuth has said about Albedo making another Omnitrix, he could have doomed the whole universe by creating another one despite there being one already in existence.
With how Albedo has acted, Azmuth ultimately decided to punish Albedo because of his rebellious and foolish behavior. Taking the Omnitrix core off of Albedo, Azmuth expresses that having Albedo trapped in a human body should be punishment enough as Albedo clearly despises it. Azmuth then calls Albedo a lesser being, basically stating that Azmuth doesn’t see him as an intelligent Galvan anymore and has reduced him to just a human which prompts Albedo to scream that he’s absolutely hates Azmuth, most likely even more than before this whole thing happened. At the end of the episode, Ben expresses that he isn’t sure about how he feels about Azmuth permanently trapping Albedo in a body that isn’t his..
I will wholeheartedly agree that Azmuth’s punishment for Albedo is a terrible form of punishment as there was no justifiable reason for Albedo to be trapped in that human body expect for the fact that Azmuth wants him to suffer instead of turning Albedo back to his original form. Vilgax has done far more horrible things than Albedo but no one seems to be punishing him for his crimes. The only justifiable reason for Albedo to being trapped in a human body is because if Albedo wasn't being arrogant about having the Omnitrix then maybe he wouldn't have gotten himself in this situation in the first place, however Albedo wouldn't have known about Ben's DNA already being embedded into the Omnitrix, 😭 but if he asked for help then Azmuth probably would have helped him but then again, Azmuth is a dickhead so he most likely wouldn't have helped Albedo with the situation anyways.
Albedo is probably one of the misunderstood characters within the whole of Ben 10, between the first episode he appeared in Alien Force and the second to last episode of Ultimate Alien when Albedo appears, It clearly shows that in “Double or Nothing” that Albedo wants nothing more but to get back to his Galvan form and get off Earth to avoid Ben once and for all. Plus in that same episode, It seemed like Albedo was kind of getting used to being a human as he even did a theater play where he acted as Ben even though his true motive was to get the money in order to get back to being Galvan. I honestly feel like Omniverse kind of ruined Albedo’s character in a way… like since when did he want to take over Galvan Prime and steal Azmuth’s brain in order to be smarter?? All Albedo wanted to do originally was to return back to his true body, The writers of Omniverse decided to make Albedo absolutely mental and make him have a completely different motive altogether..
Yeah I know that being trapped in prison, having nothing go your own way and struggling to get the things that you need in order to get a body that’s rightfully yours back can definitely make someone go off the rails and insane but still, I feel like the writers of Omniverse wanted to make Albedo just an evil Ben who wanted nothing more but to beat Ben and Azmuth up for the things that they’ve done to him. I just personally like AF/AU Albedo WAYY more because of how calculated he was and he actually had motives towards what he wants instead of going absolutely batshit insane.
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