02x32 - That's The Stuff

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Finally!

After billion years
trapped in the Rustbucket,

I'm free to conquer
this cornfield

for the Cat's Eye Empire!

Whoo-hoo! Yeah!

[ Roars ]

Gwen, you can't just conquer
this cornfield.

Someone already owns it,
namely the Flower Shirt Empire!

Ooh. [ Laughs ]

[ Grunts ] Too late.

Cat's Eye Empire
controls the high ground!

Well, us Flower Shirts
have control of the food supply.

[ Both imitate lasers f*ring ]

The enemy is closing in.
Retreat!

You won't get away.
Warp drive!

Warp drive
is making gravity spin!

[ Gasps ]

That's the cutest thing
I've ever seen!

-What is it?
-That's the elusive jackalope.

Half rabbit, half antelope,
and all trickster.

Sounds like a powerful addition
to the Cat's Eye Empire.

Or the Flower Empire.

[ Crackling ]

Oh, it's no use.

We're both too powerful.
We're at a stalemate.

You're right.
In order for one of us to win,

we'd need reinforcements
to turn the tide of battle.

Ben. Ben.

For the Cat's Eye Empire!

Flower Shirts forever!

[ Thunder crashes ]

[ Chuckles ] Genius.

[ Yawns ]

[ Snoring ]

-Outside to Ben!
-Aah!

The Cat's Eye Empire
needs you.
No, thanks.

-The jackalope will be mine!
-That's nice.

Forget the TV.
The Cat Eye Empire needs you.

On their side!

I'm gonna go ahead
and side with reality.

-But --
-Make believe's for babies.

Aren't you a bit old
to be playing pretend?

I'm only .

You're missing out
on the jackalope!

The furry fiend
of folklore

whose pranks are praised
across these prairie lands.

You may never see
such a rare sight again.

I see rare monsters
every day.

Difference here is jackalopes
are fake, and fake is boring!

[ Thunder rumbles, crashing ]

That came out of nowhere,
huh?

Come on!
You used to be fun.

Where's your sense
of imagination?

Gwen, appeals to imagination
aren't going to work on Ben.

[ Chuckles ] But I know
what'll get him moving.

♪ Prairie Pudding? ♪

♪ Prairie Pudding
smells so yummy ♪

♪ Prairie Pudding
tastes so good ♪

♪ Prairie Pudding
has no MSG ♪

Announcer:
Prairie Pudding, all natural.

Pudding truce?

Absolutely!

[ Sniffs ]

So sugary and pungent.

Mmm.

Huh? [ Sniffs ]

Aah!

[ Sniffs ]
That smell. Is that...

[ Gasps ]

Eat me!

[ Gasps ]
Yes, Prairie Pudding.

Your wish is my command.

Hey,
who locked this door?

Oh, that would be
little old fake me.

You think
this guy's funny?

Ugh! We got some work
ahead of us.

Okay,
maybe Gwen was right.

Been inside too long.

Listen up, cabin fever.

Put that down and move away
from the cartoons.

What?
What's going on here?

All right, Ben, DEFCON .
You smell that?

[ Sniffs ] Ahh.

Maybe you can resist
Prairie Pudding,

but nobody stays inside

when there's jelly burgers
on the grill.

Grandpa,
look out behind you!

A jacka--

Hey!
What's the big idea?

[ Groans ]
What are you trying to prove?

Sorry, cuz. I didn't think
this thing would work

with me not being
part of reality and all.

Reality!

Would you stop it?
I'm trying to tell you

there's a jackalope
on the loose, for real, real.

It's about to grill
my cartoons!

Huh? Come on, Ben.

You know I never use electronics
on my food.

It ruins
the flavor profile.

Oh, a real,
real jackalope.

That explains it.

Explains what?

What was the one for?

Because you said
jackalopes are fake!

[ Gasps ]
Who would say such a thing?

Aah!
Back, you freak show.

Did you just call me
a freak show? Grandpa!

What? No, no, no, no!

Gwen, I called the jackalope
a freak show.

He's real!
He's in the driver's seat.

He is!
It's a frame job!

Listen to your brethren!

-Now that's a real bummer.
-Aah!

Doesn't feel too good
when no one believes you.

A dream.
That's all this is.

I fell asleep watching
cartoons and -- where's
the door handle?

Is that what
this thing is called?

Ah, I wouldn't know,
because I don't have hands.

Mmm-mmm.

Aah!
Stop eating that!

But how can I have eaten it
when I don't exist?

Oooooh-ahh!

-Aah!
-[ Laughs ]

I get it.
You're mad I called you fake.

[ Grunts ]
I was wrong. You're real.

Sorry. Happy now?

Nope, you were right.
I am fake.

[ Laughs ]
Aah!
Stop trashing the Rustbucket!

Sorry, I can't hear too well
with my big fake ears.

Did you say
start up the Rustbucket?

And the worst part, I don't know
what a freak show is.

Mm-hmm. Hey, uh, Gwen,
have you seen my keys?

[ Laughs ]

How many horses
this thing got?

Gotcha! Aah!

Taking a nap, huh?

[ Chuckles ] Boop!

Let's get this show
on the road!

[ Groans ]

I'm sorry,
did you want to drive?

Aah!

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[ Thunder crashes ]

Phew!
Now, this is more my speed.

Okay,
so you guys go here.

And the Rustbucket goes
over here.

Ha! Driving is so much easier
in slow motion.

Didn't see
that one coming.

Let's see if you can see
when I do that.

Dude!
I don't get it.

You're mad if I call you fake,
you're mad if I call you real.

What's your problem?
-Whoo!

Problem? Problem? Who's got a
problem? I don't got a problem.

You, on the other hand,
different story.

[ Grunts ]

[ Both grunt ]

[ Jackalope laughs ]

[ Ben shouting, grunting ]

You're the one who said
fake was boring.

Mmm. When faced with something
you just don't get, Ben,

sometimes the best you can do
is fake it until you make it.

Don't you agree?

I don't need to fake it.
I got something way better.

It's called the Omnitrix!

Changing your shape
don't change your mind.

Too bad, because then
I wouldn't have to be here.

Unfortunately,
that requires something

a little more powerful
than an alien doodad.

It's called imagination.
Think about it, Ben.

Fake things are
an essential part of life.
[ Horn honks ]

Seriously?
A lesson in make believe?

Thanks, fake rabbit.
Imagination ain't just for kids.

Rrr! Wrong. Again.
I said essential.

Planes, medicine, computers,
spaceships, cartoons.

None of it real
without being fake first.

Make believe
ain't for wimps,

and, Ben, mentally speaking,
you're a wimp.

[ Horn honks ]

[ Both grunt ]

Even your little Omnitrix
had to be dreamt up by someone.

I-I-I guess that's true.
So what's your point?

Haven't I been making it
for the past minutes?

To have a strong, healthy
imagination, you got to work it.

[ Tires screech ]

[ Both grunting ]

Real or not,

anyone who messes with me
and my family is going down!

Imagination can't be beaten.

It can only be dismissed
at great peril.
[ Beeping ]

Uh-oh.
Consider this
your psychic wake-up call!

Aah! Huh?

Don't forget me.

Next time,
I won't be as friendly.

Aah!

[ Grunts ]

Aah!

[ Tires screech ]

Ben!
What the heck is going on?

The jackalope,
we have to go after him.

He threw me
out the window,

and now he's getting away
with the Rustbucket.

I'm not crazy!

[ Laughs ] Whoa.

Stop laughing!
I'm not making this up.

The jackalope was the one
behind all of this.

He h*jacked the Rustbucket

to teach me a lesson
about imagination or something.

Look, I'm sorry
I didn't listen to you.

Imagination is way more powerful
than I thought.

Now the Rustbucket
is trashed

and we'll have to walk
to Nebraska.

[ Wailing ] Nebraska!

So, the Rustbucket's
totally trashed, huh?

Yeah, why? Aah!

Aah!
But -- But -- But...

Aah!

But -- But he tore
into the floor here.

There was cereal everywhere.

All right, Ben,
good prank.

-It isn't a prank!
-I found more Prairie Pudding!

Hey, way to use
your imagination.

Now take a seat.

This was fun, but it's time
to get back on the road.

Okay, so this was all a dream,
I guess.

Nothing got wrecked,
no lessons got learned.

Everything's fine!
Right, Gwen? Right?

Max: All right, say bye
to the rest stop, kiddos.

Tell me you saw that.

Saw what?

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