03x08 - Rules of Engagement

[bunniefuu]

[ Alarm ringing ]

[ Shing! ]

[ Pitter! ]

Fistina: Tennyson...

I will crush you!

XLR : Get a grip, Fistina!

[ grunts ]

XLR : Ha!

Fistina: Stand still!

XLR : How about I just vortex
away all the air around you till

you lose consciousness?

Fistina: Seriously?

[ Laughs ]

Inside this, you think I need air?

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh!

[ Rattle! ]

Rook: Well done, Ben.
Now to take her in.

It should... only take...
a moment.

[ Grunts ]

XLR : Is she even going to
fit in the truck? She's huge!

Fistina: Huge?!
I am not huge.

For an Acrosian, I am quite dainty.

Rook: Ben, look out!

[ Whiffle! ]

XLR : Ugh!

Yow!

[ Clangs ]

Fistina: Oh, very effective, Plumber.

[ grunting ]

Ben: Why'd you knock over
that jewelry store, anyway?

Fistina: I adore pretty things...
such as you, little man.

I like the way you move.

[ Horn honks in distance ]

Ben: Huh.

Julie's back in town.
Why didn't she call?

Rook: Something to ponder
after we deliver the prisoner.

Ben: Hey, Fistina, you in any hurry?

Fistina: No, I have a nice view.

Ben: Just one stop, Rook.

Fistina: Rook, Rook ...
a wonderful name.

Rook: Be silent.

[ Beeps ]

[ grunting ]

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

[ French accent ]
Excellent, Julie. Effortless.

You are even better on the hard court!

[ Vehicle approaches ]

[ gasps ]

Ben: Hey, Julie!

[ Grunts ]

Ugh!

Why didn't you tell me you were home?

Julie: I've been busy, you
know, living my life and all.

How are you?

[ Speaking french ]

Ben: Dude, my girlfriend and
I are talking here.

Who is this guy?

Julie: He's Hervé, my new boyfriend.

Ben: Huh?

♪ Ben ♪

♪ he's a kid,
and he wants to have fun ♪

♪ but when you need a superhero,
he gets the job done ♪

♪ Ben ♪

♪ with a device that he wears on his arm ♪

♪ he can change his shape and
save the world from harm ♪

♪ when trouble's taking place ♪
♪ he gets right in its face ♪

♪ Ben ♪

♪ when lives are on the line ♪
♪ it's hero time ♪

♪ Ben ♪

Ben: Your new boyfriend?
Julie, how could you?

Julie: I'm not the one who
broke it off ... you were.

Ben: No, I didn't.
Did I?

Julie: You do remember the
last time we spoke, right?

[ Beeping ]

[ Grunting ]

Ben: No!
Sonic stamp!

Stamp! Stamp!
Stupid "Sumo Slammers" game.

[ Grunting continues ]

[ Vibrating ]

[ Beeps ]

Ben: Ohhh!

Hey, Julie.

No, no, no, not you.

[ Grunts ]

Ben: Ugh! You're the worst!

What?

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Here it comes!

[ Grunts ]

Ben: No!
Come on, come on! No!

[ Beeps ]

I am not ready for the next level.

I am paying attention.

You're strangling me!

Get away from me, you wicked
she-beast!

This thing just isn't working
for me anymore!

Ooh. Got you now, Kenko.

[ Beeps ]

Hmm.
Maybe I did break up with you.

I was wondering why you never
called back.

Julie: Uh-huh.

But now I've got a boyfriend
who puts me first, so...

Bye.

Ben: Julie, wait.
Let's talk.

All has been said that can be said.

After that, what is there left to say?

[ Speaking french ]

Ben: Really? This guy?
- Julie: You had your chance.

Ben: Julie, I said...

Blox: ...wait!
- Julie: Make your point, fast.

Blox: I promise I'll always
put you first... unless, you

know, the galaxy is in danger...
like, a whole lot of danger.

Oh, come on. I can change!

Ben! Oh, thank the Proteans!
Come quickly.

[ Beeping ]

Ben: Ester?

The Kraaho need your help!
The hot spot is under att*ck.

Ben: Let's go.

What are you doing, Ben?
Bring your sidekicks.

Julie: What? I'm not ...

No argument ... Gwen and Kevin
should come, too.

Julie: Oh!
- Oh!

Julie: I'm not Gwen.

Who are you, then?
Can you fight?

Julie: I'm considering it.

Oh!

Ben: Julie, this is Ester.

Her tribe is living in undertown
these days.

Julie: Undertown?

More like undertown-adjacent.
Hotties only.

Julie: Uh-huh.

Ben: Julie's my ... Well, I
guess it's complicated right now.

It is not so complicated.

Fistina: If again you block
my view of the pretty blue one,

I will mash you like potato!

Y-Yes, ma'am.
Uh, pardon me.

Rook: You are a petty thief.

Your attentions are unwarranted
and unwanted.

Fistina: Look how his nose crinkles.

Rook, quit flirting.

[ Plink! ]

Ben: I said before
I'd be a good neighbor,

and I'm not about to go back on that.

[ Tires screech ]

Yeesh. What did this?

[ Grunts ]

Looma: Ben Tennyson, my beloved!

Ben: Princess Looma?

Looma: Ben Tennyson!

[ Grunts ]

Good battle, beloved.

Ben: Ohh.

Hey!
- Rook: I am much too warm.

My fur is a proven liability here.

Get her, Ben! Come on!

[ Grunts ]

Julie: "Beloved"?
- Rook: More accurately, "betrothed."

[ grunts ]

Ohh. Ben's engaged...
to that?

Looma: Aha!

Ohh.

Ben: Sorry, Looma, but
whatever this tantrum's about...

Armodrillo: ...
Armodrillo's gonna stop it!

Looma: Oh!

Back at ya!

[ grunting ]

Quit trashing everything!

Looma: But I need a good one!

I was wrong to ask your
fiancé for help.

As leader of the tribe, it's up
to me to stop you.

Looma: Leader?
Ooh, that's the best one.

[ Laughing ]

Tickles!

You guys, stop!

Armodrillo: Ugh!

Ohh, this isn't working.

[ grunting ]

[ Beeping ]

Ben: Julie!

[ gasps ]

Ben: Just what the heck do
you think you're doing?!

Looma: I'm planning our
wedding, beloved.

Ben: You'll wreck an entire
village for that?

Looma: Oh, at least.
It's Tetramandian custom that

the bride-to-be must collect
four items ... something

conquered, something bruised,
something severed, and something blue.

Ben: Looma, you
need to put this right.

Looma: Well, even at a royal
wedding, there should be

something of the groom's side.

And I thought conquering the whole
Earth would be really ostentatious.

Ben: You're hurting people!
- Looma: Mm-hmm.

I thought one of these Kraaho,

who you already defeated, could
be something conquered.

But the steamy little runts
aren't that easy to corner!

You obnoxious...

[ Grunting ]

Looma: Ooh! Something blue.

Rook: Princess, I am a Plumber,
not a wedding favor.

Looma: Now you can be both.

Fistina: Little Rook!

[ Rumbling ]

Julie: Ugh. Just how many
girls are in your life?

Ben: At this point,
I haven't got a clue.

Julie: Uh-huh.

Fistina: You will be flat!

Looma: And you'll pay for
forcing me to fight another girl...

If you call this a fight!

You have strength, but no skill!

Ha!

Something severed.
- Ben: Looma, you can't ...

Looma: Of course I can!
I'm the bride.

Ben: Well, if you won't
listen to reason...

[ Beep ]

Humungousaur: ...maybe you'll
listen to Humungousaur!

[ Roars ]

Looma: Not now, beloved.

It's bad luck for us to injure
each other before the wedding.

[ grunting ]

Hey!

No! No, no, no!

You will let go of Julie,
tout de suite!

Looma: What are you supposed to be?

Ooh, a photographer!

Oh!
Aah!

[ All screaming ]

Looma: Good battle, Ben.

[ Beep ]

Ben: Ohh. Ohh.

Sorry, neighbors.

Fistina: Tennyson, Rook has been taken!

Ben: I'd have a chance of
catching her if some great big ...

if some dainty little Acrosian
waif hadn't massacred Rook's truck.

Fistina: I m*ssacre from love!
- Ben: Right.

[ Beep ]

[ laughs ]

Fix, fix, fix! Fix!

Fix, fix, fix! Fix!

Done, done, done!

[ Beeping ]

Ben: This'll do.

Ohh!

Fistina: Forward!

Ben: Look, Fistina ...
- Fistina: You look. My fist calls to me.

I will track the runaway bride.

Ben: In that case...
here comes the groom.

[ Tires screech ]

Julie: Now I know how Santa's
toys feel.

Rook: I am still recuperating.

Could whoever it is kindly
remove your elbow from my kidney?

Sorry, Rook.
Still working on these knots.

Julie: Anyone seen my gym bag?
- Zut alors!

That Ben is the stinker.
If it were not for him...

Julie: You know, Hervé, Ben
never asked to be a hero, but at

the end of the day, he does
a lot of good, so cut him a break.

Eh, oh, ah.

[ Grunts ]

You sure you're broken up with him?

[ Tires screeching ]

[ Birds chirping ]

[ Doorbell ringing ]

[ Door creaks ]

Looma: Is Ben Tennyson your son?

Yes?
- Looma: Mother!

I am Princess Looma Red Wind.
I come with a gift.

Uh, Carl, we have a guest.

Looma Red Wind?
Ben's never mentioned you.

[ Grunting ]

Ohh!

Looma: But... I am his fiancé.
I have brought the customary offering.

If you don't have a holding pen, I
can have them stuffed and mounted.

Julie: Whew!
It was getting close in there.

Looma: Mother, they're
getting away. Forgive me.

Oh, hi, Julie.
It's been a while.

Julie: Hey, Mrs. Tennyson.

Sandra. I'm confused.
Aren't you Ben's girlfriend?

Looma: What?
I have a rival?!

[ Vehicle approaching ]

[ Tires screech ]

Go away, beloved.
You cannot be here.

Fistina: That is a very
strange female.

Ben: Can I pick 'em or what?

[ Beep ]

Looma: Aah!

[ Grunting ]

Ballweevil: Mom, you should
probably go inside.

Looma: Yes.
We'll be in shortly.

[ Plink! ]

Ballweevil: Are you
completely out of your mind?!

This ritual is over.
- Looma: It is...

[ Grunts ]

[ Ballweevil squeaks ]

...until I destroy this human insect!
- Julie: Watch it, bridezilla.

[ muffled shouting ]

Ohh!

Looma: Bad enough I have to
put down my own rival.

Me ... a Princess!

If any of you interfere, your
puny planet won't survive my fury!

Rook: You would not att*ck
a helpless female.

Julie: I'm not completely helpless.

[ Whistles ]

Ship, ship, ship!

Ship, ship!

[ Growls ]

Julie: Ship, battle mode!

Good boy.

Julie, this is no time to be
putting on the dog.

Looma: Little fool!

Aah!

[ grunting ]

Julie, be careful!

[ Grunting ]

Julie: Sic her, Ship!

Fistina: Good fist.
Hurrah!

Change back!

Ballweevil: Can't!

Rook: Then detonate the stickyball!

Ballweevil: And my parents'
house with it?!

Looma: Ohh!

Huh?

[ Camera shutter clicking ]

Julie: Ohh!

[ Groans ]

Whoa!

[ Beeping ]

Looma: One moment, and the
gifting ritual can resume.

Julie: Aah!

Ballweevil: Julie!

Looma: Ohh!

[ Groans ]

[ Car alarms blaring ]

[ groans ]

[ Beep ]

Ben: Ohh.
Did it work?

[ Birds chirping ]

Looma: I am no longer worthy
of Ben Tennyson's hands.

From this moment forth,

you are his betrothed.

Julie: Wha...
- Huh?

Looma: Tell your mother for
me, Ben.

I couldn't bear to
see her disappointment.

Ben: [ strained ]
Sure thing.

Rook: The Princess is taking
defeat better than I had imagined.

Ben: Ohh.

Looma: Next time I see you,
I'll crush your skull like an egg.

[ Creak! ]

That more like it?

Ship, ship, ship!

[ laughs ]

Hey, Ship!

Guess that's one I owe you for a change.

So, you want to go over to
Mr. Smoothy's?

Julie: Look, Ben, just
because I saved your butt

doesn't mean we're soul mates.

[ chuckles ]

Okay, I see that.
Friends?

Julie: Always.

See you around, Ben.

Do you want a Mr. Smoothy?

I would prefer Fruit n' Smoothy.
Mr. Smoothy tastes like feet to me.

[ laughs ]

Thank you!

Ben: She doesn't like Mr. Smoothy?

Women ... I'll never understand them.
- Rook: No, you will not.

I got to go ... lots of
cleanup at home.

Ben: Let me help.
- You better!

B-T-W, I happen to
love Mr. Smoothy.

Fistina: Little Rook?
And now we go off together, ja?

Rook: Fistina, there is
something I have been wanting

to say to you since our eyes
first met this morning.

Fistina: Mm?

Rook: You are under arrest.

[ gasps ]
[ Handcuffs ratchet ]