Mr. Baumann

Baumann is Ben's bff and the owner of the Baumannatorium, and the second wielder of the Omnitrix.

Background[]

Baumann and Ferrick were childhood friends. When Baumann was 18, he found and put on the Omnitrix. Almost immediately, he, Ferrick, and his girlfriend Isis were attacked by Vilgax. He managed to fight him off, but over the next year, similar attacks continued, to the point where he became fed up with superhero life and wished to be rid of the Omnitrix. A year after he found the watch, Autism kidnapped Isis. He pretended to offer her in exchange for the Omnitrix, and Baumann was ready to accept. However, his true goal was to completely crush Baumann's spirit, so he mutated her into a Pagan Demon instead and fled. Baumann managed to contain Isis, then forcibly removed the Omnitrix and threw it into a river.

After losing the Omnitrix, Baumann took over running Isis's grocery store, which she had inherited from her deceased grandmother. This store eventually became the Baumannatorium. As the years went on, he grew increasingly jaded and cynical, and fell mostly out of contact with Ferrick, living only for his store.

Baumann met Ben when the latter was 5 years old, and quickly developed an animosity towards the destructive child. Roughly 5 years after this, Baumann met Sheelane, his future wife. Ben helped save her from Vulcanus, the first action that started to ingratiate him to Baumann.

When Ben was 11, he fought Aggregor in Baumann's store. During this time, Aggregor absorbed the Omnitrix, but the energy ended up in Baumann, granting him the powers of all of Ben's aliens. Max was able to use Plumber tech to siphon the energy into a crystal, which he then mounted into a headband that allowed Baumann to access the powers at will.

Baumann introduced Ben to Gaben when Ben was 16 years old. During a Forever Knight alien purge that year, Baumann was kidnapped and replaced by his rival, Buamann, who was in turn stopped by Ferrick.

History[]

OMC[]

In Baumann's first OMC appearance, he went trick or treating with Ben and his friends. He quickly became a major fixture of Ben's adventures, appearing constantly. At Christmas, he fought with Ben, snapping him in half and throwing him outside to die. They made up though. Shortly afterwards, Buamann returned and tried to replace Baumann again, but he was stopped by Ben. That Easter, Baumann became the Easter Baumann and gave drugs to kids. That backfired.

Baumann continued to go on adventures throughout the next months. During this time, he invited his distant cousin Kai to live with him, and she quickly began dating Ben, much to Baumann's chagrin. He also started using his superhero alter-ego, Super Baumann, rescuing Ben from Diagon with it. Baumann spent a lot of this time in his life yelling at Ben and trying to stop him from destroying his property.

Despite their apparent enmity, Baumann came to Ben's aid when a shady man named Clarence Saunders began taking advantage of him. Baumann investigated Saunders, and saved Ben using his powers when it turned out that he was actually Buamann. A few weeks later, he was straight up fucking murdered by Fred. Ben saved his life with a healing alien, so it's okay.

Shortly after being revived, Baumann's store was taken over by Buamann's Negative 10. He was kidnapped by the group and held captive in the Baumannatorium until being freed by the rest of the team. Around this time, Ben met two future versions of Baumann - one, from a future where Ben was dead, looked young and healthy, while the other, from a future with Ben, was aged and decrepit. A few weeks afterwards, he fled Baumannville to become a musician, Iggy Stardust. However, when his friends tracked him down, he was convinced to return home. Baumann's final major action in OMC was to fan the flames of the fat people/cop war because of his distaste for fat people.

FA[]

When Ben turned 18, Baumann got him a pair of socks. When Buamann returned, Baumann urged Ben to kill him, ending up disappointed when Ben didn't. He also joined the gang for another round of trick or treating.

Baumann was not present when Obama betrayed the team, but was one of the first to hear about it. When Canada tried to steal Thanksgiving, he was part of the mission to take it back. He turned his powers on Ben for the first time a few weeks later as part of an effort to convince him not to remain 10 years old. When Ben read his mind and learned his backstory, Baumann was enraged and chased him with a gun. When Niall was arrested for piracy, Baumann did the Hype dance.

In The Mistake of God, Baumann worked with Ben to confront his old enemy, Autism. During this battle, Autism's true identity as Nahurasi was revealed. Super Baumann, powered up with Fortune Killer's luck, battered Nahurasi into retreating, recovering Pindar Rothschild's stolen machine. In Un-Named Christmas Special, he tried to reconnect with Ferrick, taking small steps towards rekindling their old friendship. In A Gay Out, he came to retrieve Ben after searching for several days.

Other Appearances[]

TAOO[]

In I'm Hungry, Baumann made fun of Obama when McDonalds' was closed.

In Obama's Birthday, Baumann baked Obama a cake.

In Oh Bama, Where Art Thou?, Baumann told Ben that Obama wasn't coming back.

In Ferrick Gets Ebola, he kicked Ferrick and Obama out of his store.

In The Root of All Ehvil, he tried to kick Ben out of his store.

In The Campaign: Part 2, he voted.

Misc. Comics[]

In Ferrick Gets Coronavirus, he told Ben 10 And Steven! that Ferrick had died.

Stick 10[]

In Killing A Little Time, young Baumann was one of the Omnitrix users summoned to fight in the Time War.

Personality[]

Baumann is sarcastic and cynical. All he cares about in life is his store and his wife, and he hates Ben for constantly destroying his property, as well as having an aversion to his powers in general. Despite this, deep down he cares for him. Baumann struggles to see the good in life, and just wants to be left alone most of the time.