#hostess analysis

This is about the third vinyl disk - the one that's gonna have Bite Me on it.

Do you see what I see?

No ... hm ... look a little closer

Can you see it now? ... no ... really? ... okay.

Let's look a little closer.

It's blurry but can you see it now? ... hm

Hey look, she has a tail!

I guess Alice really did have a solver ...

So uh ... this isn't perfect but I noticed something interesting.

First - THIS IS A GENERAL CALL TO ARTISTS WHO LIKE TO DRAW THE DOOMED RUSSIAN BOT FAMILY

IDK who cares but I was looking at the group photo that Khan shows to Uzi in episode 4.

Even though it's a black and white photo, you can still make out Yeva's red eyes and Nori's purple.

So I thought ... hey I wonder if Yeva's Husband (who I call Dmitri Nikolai) has a different eye color or if it's white like Khan's - so I took a color swatch from the parent's eyes and discovered ...

So it's really washed out and quality could probably be better but apparently Dmitri has green eyes.

Meh, ya'll probably already knew this but *shrug*

Do with this, what you will.

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Dumb joke below:

In Ninjago Decoded Zane said that he downloaded all 74 episodes plus the holiday special of Jay's game show, 'The Ultimate Ninja Challenge' (a.k.a 75 episodes)

Taking in the schedules for American Ninja Warrior and Wipeout, which appear to be the inspiration for Jay's game show.

American Ninja Warrior is a half hour long show that airs four episodes in a day and another four the following week as a full season (at least when it first came out, IDK about now).

Wipeout is an hour long show (with commercials) that airs a new episode, once a week.

Understanding these two details:

At Most - eight episodes per season, at one season per year with 75 episodes total equals a little more then 9 years (to be precise, 9 complete seasons with 3 episodes of the tenth being aired)

At Least - one episode per week with 75 episodes total equals almost 18 months a.k.a. a year and a half (to be precise, 1 year, 5 months and 3 weeks)

In Compromise for the two shows with a leaning towards the Wipeout influence: Let's say, two episodes per week with 75 episodes total equals 9 months and 2 weeks (this is on the idea of Jay leaving before the filming of the 76th episode).

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So obviously we don't get a ten year time skip between Seasons 3 and 4 and I clearly haven't factored in how long it took to set up Jay's game show in the first place, however, I don't think it's that far outside the realm of possibility that the time skip was at least somewhere between 9 and a half months and 18 months. This certainly gives enough time for moss to grow on Zane's statue and for angst among the Ninja Team (<- Including Nya, Pixal and Skylor).

Enough time for Jay to get his own game show.

Enough time for Nya to gather what she needs to fix the Bounty.

Enough time for Cole to get a job without people knowing who he is.

Enough time for Lloyd to be with his father before Garmadon's Season 4 self-sacrifice.

Enough time for Zane to rebuild himself only to be kidnapped by Ronin and sold to Master Chen.

Enough time for Pixal to be kidnapped as well and held in Chen's dungeon where the Mechanic pried her open and took her apart piece by piece.

Enough time where Skylor's training was put into overdrive as she had to watch her father put every last detail into place for the Elemental Masters, like a spider preparing its web for the flys.

Um ...

So how long ago did Sensei Garmadon sacrifice himself for Ninjago?

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You know, how people close to Wu likely treated Garmadon like a normal person (dispite being destined for evil).

And, you know how Wu raised Morro from the age of 6/7 to something like 14/15.

Maybe their was a reason Morro possessed the night watchmen beyond, "he was there".

Or at least why he was messing with him before he did it.

The pictures below are V.V. Argost's associates as listed in the criminal database (accessible by the Saturday family)

Notice someone. How about here (two pictures below) a.k.a. Van Rook's clientele list

Master Gokul, is that really you; what a surprise see you on two lists in Season 1, episode 7 (Van Rook's Apprentice).

I wasn't expecting to see you on my rewatch until you tried to off a kid in Season 2, episode 5 (The Legion of Garuda)

Ben 10 The Original Series first aired in 2005 (Ben was ten years old)

The Secret Saturdays first aired in 2008 (Zak was eleven years old)

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First reference, episode: Van Rook's Apprentice

V.V. Argost's associates list (criminal database as accessed by Drew Saturday)

Enoch of the Forever Knights, The Sorcerer Hex and one Dr. Aloysius Animo.

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Second reference, episode: Guess Who's Going to Be Dinner?

Dr. Arthur Beeman of the Secret Scientists (specialist in Alien activity) you can watch the whole video or skip to time mark 3:00

I'm going to be doing a rewatch of Ben 10 from Classic to Omniverse (slow updates) but I just wanted to post something I just realized as I was comparing the two versions of Ben 10,000 from the original series.

First Ben, Gwen and Max (from Ben 10,000 and Ken 10):

But while I was getting these screencaps I noticed something else

The two images above are from Season 3 episode 1: Ben 10,000

(The first is just after ten-year-old Ben and Gwen arrive to the future)

(The second is during the older and young Ben's fight against Vilgax after the three of them fall from Ben's tower HQ)

The picture above is from Season 4 episode 7: Ken 10 (this one is from just after Gwen gives Ken his birthday present)

I know most people I've heard from, believe that the two episodes are around ten years apart due to the changes in Ben, Gwen, and Max (and the absence of Kenny) and maybe that's still true. Maybe the two kids at Kenny's birthday party just have alien aging that makes them look younger - or somthing.

Or maybe the artist were just recycling character designs, IDK - still, it be interesting to explore a way for this all to make sense.

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P.S.

Ken 10:

I've heard the whole, 'the cup of water is her present' thing.

Pretty sure I'm counting five presents here (sans the Omnitrix from Ben)

Three presents from the kids, a hoverboard from Max and a pet golem from Gwen.