| “ | So many ways to tell a story... And that's what makes them so interesting. Sometimes you can never predict how they are going to turn out. | ” |
–Paradox | ||
Professor Paradox is a character of the A-B10's Saga. Is a time-traveling professor who can travel anywhere in space or time, within reason. While he forgot his true name from centuries of being trapped in a separate reality, he now goes by the name "Professor Paradox" after taking a liking to being referred to as such.
Appearance[]
Professor Paradox has fair skin, grey eyes, and black hair.
Since his first appearance in Alien Force, he wore a white lab coat over a white shirt with a brown vest and black tie, black pants, and black shoes. He also wore goggles with green lenses around his neck.
In OmniSword, his outfit has been modified. Despite not being able to age, his hair is grey on the sides and he has wrinkles on his face. His white lab coat now has brown and black pouches and gold trim, and underneath, he wears a black turtleneck with a white scarf, and his brown vest has gold buttons and pouches. He has still the old pair of goggles around his neck, the Chrononavigator disguised as a metal gauntlet on his right hand and a fingerless glove on his left. His black pants now have brown kneepads, and he wears a pair of brown boots with gold straps.
Personality[]
Paradox is portrayed as a calm, easy-going man. He talks much like a stereotypical scientist, with dialogue requiring a greater command of the English language to fully understand. When he was displaced outside of time, he went insane; however, millennia later, he "got bored of that, too" and became sane. "Very sane."
He likes gumballs and is often seen offering them to anyone he meets.
Paradox has a habit of getting events that haven't happened yet (from the perspective of the viewer and those he is talking to) and those that have (from his perspective) mixed up, due to his travels through time.
Paradox's calm personality also makes it difficult to tell when he is joking or not, such as telling Kevin that his replacement car (factory new from the past) would "explode like anti-matter" if it came in contact with anything else from the same year it was made. Paradox can be cryptic at times.
History[]
Background[]
Having discovered special properties in quartz crystals during the 1950s, Paradox received government funding to break a hole in the space-time continuum. However, a slight miscalculation and an explosion accidentally caused by his panicked assistant Hugo threw Paradox into the event horizon, where he remained for a hundred thousand years.
Paradox was displaced outside of time, where he lost the ability to age and was unable to sleep or eat; just exist. He went insane for a while, but then got bored and regained his sanity. Gaining complete understanding of the space-time continuum, Paradox renamed himself "Professor Paradox", though he forgot his original name in the process.
Paradox used his understanding to travel across time, making different parts of history better for others. He also claimed he would help Ben Tennyson save the "whole entire universe".
Race Against Time[]
Prior to Race Against Time, Professor Paradox travelled to the Race Against Time Timeline and managed to thwart some of Eon's early attempts to control that universe's Ben Tennyson.
Alien Force[]
Professor Paradox first appears in L'esperimento, where he learns that the accident sent an extra-dimensional creature fifty years from the time of the experiment. He traveled to the Alien Force time to stop it, meeting Ben's younger self. It was at this point that he gained his new moniker, with Gwen bringing it up as the name of his original time travel project. After a few fights with the creature, Ben told Paradox to take them all back to when the accident took place. It is discovered that the creature was a frightened and confused Hugo and, preventing Hugo from being sucked into the event horizon, it negated his time-accelerating existence. After returning to the present, Paradox was stoked that he did not see it in the first place. When an older Hugo turned up, Paradox greeted him and took him to a "behind-the-scenes look" at eternity. Paradox left the trio one last gift, Kevin's regressed car, factory new from 1976. However, a note warns him that if the car comes in contact with anything from that era, it will explode like antimatter. However, this was merely a joke.
In Guerra dei Mondi, Paradox meets up with Azmuth, who greets him as "Time Walker", just as the Highbreed begin to invade Galvan Prime. Paradox convinces Azmuth to escape the planet's destruction, before meeting up with Ben. He informs Ben of the impending crisis, who resorts to gathering all the allies he made. Paradox aids Gwen and Kevin in recruiting Alan, Cooper and Darkstar to help in the fight, by teleporting them to the right location. He then joins Ben's team and partakes in the following battle against the Highbreed. Here he displays the ability to slow down time using his watch, allowing him to move at high speeds and take out a large number of DNAliens. Later he accepts a gun made by Cooper and uses it to turn DNAliens back into humans.
In Il tempo guarisce tutte le ferite, Paradox tries to stop Gwen from travelling back in time to stop Kevin from mutating but is unable to persuade her. After Gwen succeeds in her endeavor, she returns to the present to discover a post-apocalyptic world enslaved by Hex and Charmcaster. Paradox appears again and informs her that she is the cause of all this, as well as telling her that "time travelling is for immortals and fools". Paradox proceeded to bring Gwen up to date with the events of this alternate future, which end up with Ben getting captured, Kevin becoming enslaved by Charmcaster, and Gwen being killed. A shocked and guilt-ridden Gwen attempts to repair the damage she has done, to which Paradox cautions her to be careful, only to discover she has already left. He smiles knowingly and states that "youth never listen". After Gwen manages to retrieve the Archamada Book of Magic, and manages to fix her mistake, Paradox appears once more in the restored present. Gwen asks him whether there is any more trouble, to which he states that everything is fine before vanishing.
Ultimate Alien - Part I: Pre-Etheria[]
In Ultra Aggregor, Paradox appears to tell the team about Aggregor's plan on using the Chronologger to help him absorb the powers of the five Andromeda aliens and gives Kevin some advice about his future before vanishing. It is also revealed he divided the Map of Infinity into four pieces in the past.
In La Forgia della Creazione, Paradox took Ben and his team towards the Forge of Creation. After Aggregor was defeated and Ultimate Kevin left, Paradox returned 10-year-old Ben back to his own time.
Ultimate Princesses of Power Alien[]
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Powers and Abilities[]
- Full Space-Time Knowledge: Due to his time spent trapped for several millennia, Paradox has an in-depth understanding of the space-time continuum.
- Biological Immortality: Paradox's time-traveling powers have made him biologically immortal, leaving him unaffected by accelerated aging fields, nor does he need to eat or sleep.
- Time Travel: Paradox is able to travel to any point in space and time, as well as slow down or speed up time at will. However, he says there are places he can't go and things he can't do, though what he limits remains unknown.
- Temporal Speed: Paradox can manipulate his personal time, allowing him to simulate super speed. His abilities are not limited to one universe, having visited other universes and the space between them.
- Time Stopping: Paradox is able to completely stop time at will.
- Age Reversal: Paradox is capable of regressing a person's age.
- Teleportation: Paradox is capable of teleporting people, objects, and even locations like the Forge of Creation to virtually any destination instantly and seamlessly. It may even be able to teleport buildings or entire planets. However, it must follow some rules; for example, it cannot bring together the past and future versions of an individual unless absolutely necessary.
- Enhanced Strength: Paradox possesses enhanced strength.
Weaknesses[]
- Machinery Age Reversal: Paradox seems incapable of performing an Age Reversal on something mechanical, having to physically pull it out of the past instead.
- Limited Time Travel: There are places in existence that Paradox cannot reach with his powers, like before the beginning of time.
Appearances[]
Alien Force[]
Season 1[]
- L'esperimento (first appearance)
- Guerra dei Mondi (Parte I)
- Guerra dei Mondi (Parte II)
Season 2[]
Ultimate Alien - Part I: Pre-Etheria[]
Season 1[]
- Ultra Aggregor (first reappearance)
Season 2[]
- La Mappa dell'Infinito (flashback)
- La Fucina della Creazione
- Potere assoluto (Parte II) (photo)
Ultimate Princesses of Power Alien[]
Season 1[]
- Un magico paradosso (first reappearance)
- L'Ultra Battaglia di Bright Moon
Season 2[]
- ll Tempo Trasversale
Season 3[]
- Mondi im-perfetti (Parte I)
Season 4[]
- L'estremo sacrificio
- Cronache dalla Terra (mentioned)
- ...
Season 5[]
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Trivia[]
- Due to the nature of Paradox's abilities, it is difficult to tell exactly what order the events of the series take place, from his perspective.
- During his introductory episode, he was already familiar with Ben, Gwen, Kevin, and even later events in the series. His first meeting with them (from his perspective) has never been shown.
- Paradox never discloses anything about Ben's future in order to prevent it from changing.
- Paradox is the creator of the Map of Infinity.
- Paradox isn't allowed to be within 500 light years of any Celestialsapien.
- Professor Paradox is a nod to, but not based on, The Doctor of the British television show Doctor Who.
- Some similarities between the two characters include their clothing, time travelling abilities, character traits (such as disliking guns and offering confectionery), use of the same phrases, neither being known by their real name, and being associated with a fobwatch.
- Paradox's tendency to offer his companions gumballs in high intensity situations, is similar to the Doctor's use of Jelly Babies, throughout Tom Baker's run as the character in the 1970s.
- Matt Wayne also likens Paradox to Uncle Arthur from Bewitched.
- Paradox has clashed with Eon many times in many different timelines and realities, each never being able to defeat the other.
- Chronosapiens do not approve of Paradox's methods; he does not adhere to Chronosapien law.