01x01 - The More Things Change, Part 1

[bunniefuu]

[ Groans ]

[ Groans ]

All right, fine.
I wanted to do this the easy way,

but the hard way is okay, too.

Fore!

...arms.

[ Chuckles ]

This is the great Ben
Tennyson, bearer of the

Omnitrix, savior of the Univ...

Four Arms: And don't
you forget it, buddy.

You think you're the only galvanic
mechamorph I've ever dealt with?

Pfft!

It's gonna take a lot
more to surprise me.

Indeed.

[ Beep ]

Four Arms: [ Grunting ]

[ Omnitrix powers down ]

Ben: [ Gasps ]

Aw, man.

♪ 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 ♪

[ Omnitrix beeps, sputters ]

Any last pithy quips or
clever observations before I

destroy you, Ben Tennyson?

Ben: Okay.

If you're gonna stand there
blabbing at me, Malware,

at least pop a breath
mint, will ya?

[ Omnitrix beeps, powers up ]

[ Beep ]

Feedback: Oh, yeah...
Feedback!

[ Screaming ]

[ Omnitrix powers down ]

Ben: [ Yells ]
Oof!

Hyah!

Yeah, you better run!

[ Groans ]

Yeah, you better run!

[ Laughs evilly ]

[ Grunts ]

[ All grunt ]

Aah!

Kevin: I got it!

[ Grunts ]

[ Honk ]

Gwen: Really, Zombozo?

What kind of sicko steals
from a brain bank?

Kevin: Why does Bellwood
even have a brain bank?

Thank you, my boy. A mind
is a terrible thing to waste.

[ Truck horn blares ]

[ Tires screech ]

[ Laughs evilly ]

[ Car horn blares ]

Ben: Come on!
Give me something good!

[ Beep ]

Lodestar: Not what I was going
for, but I can work with this.

Kevin: [ Grunts ]

On it!

[ Both grunt ]

[ Gasps ] My brain!

I'm losing my mind!

Gwen: Hyah!

Oof! Agh!

Ha!

[ Energy pulses ]

[ Whimpers ]

Oomph.
[ Honk ]

[ Straining ]

Ben: Come on.
You have to admit

you love this stuff
as much as I do, Gwen.

I can't believe you're
really going to leave.

Kevin: Yeah?
Wouldn't you skip a few grades of

high school if you had some brains?

Ben: [ Grunts ]

There are plenty of colleges right
here near Bellwood you could go to.

Gwen: Not quite the
same as the Ivy League.

I told you... we've spent
years saving the world.

I just want to see some
of what I've been saving.

Ben: I know. I get it.
Well, hurry back, Kevin!

The troublesome two-oh
is more than enough

to take on whatever
the universe dishes out.

Kevin: Uh...
[ Chuckles nervously ]

I'm not coming back, Ben.
I found a place near campus.

Ben: So... this is goodbye?

Gwen: Of course not!

There are holidays and...
and semester breaks.

And, besides, we're cousins.

It's not like we're never
gonna see each other again.

- Right?
- Ben: Right.

Kevin: Later, man.

Don't do anything I wouldn't do.

Ben: Count on it.

Kevin: Come to think of it, don't
do anything you usually do, either.

Gwen: Take care of yourself, doofus.

Ben: You too, dweeb.

[ Engine turns over ]

[ Sarcastically ]
Oh, what a touching moment.

Too bad you would have never
caught me all by your lonesome.

Ben: Watch it, Zombozo.

I don't need a team
to get the job done.

I'm a superhero!

I can do this alone...
no problem.

[ Flies buzzing ]

Why am I telling this to
a crazy monster clown?

Time to put my money
where my mouth is!

[ Stomach rumbles ]

But first, time to put food
where my mouth is.

Nah. It wouldn't be the same.

Grandpa Max?

[ Door creaks ]

[ Electricity buzzes ]

[ Indistinct chatter ]

[ Elevator bell dings ]

[ Speaking alien language ]

[ Device beeps ]

Max: Hey, just in time, Ben.

- Ben: Whatcha making?
- Max: Zandurian goulash.

[ Creature growls ]

Ben: [ Gasps ]

Max: It's fresh.

Ben: Uh, no, thanks.
I'm... oddly not hungry.

Think I'll go back out on patrol.

Max: Ben, before you go...

I have something here that
ought to cheer you up.

Ben: Hey, I am cheerful.

I'm psyched to go find some
superhero action to get into.

[ Stomach growls ]

And something to eat that's
not in the tentacle food group.

Max: I just got the data in
on your new... [ Crash ]

[ Alarms blaring ]

[ Computer beeps ]

Ben: I got this.

Max: Wait for backup.
I'll send Alpha team.

Ben: I don't need a team.
I'm me!

[ Engine shuts off ]

Wow.
Bye-bye, building.

[ Grunts ]

Oof!

What could have done this?

[ Growls, snarls ]

[ Device beeps ]

[ Device beeps, charges ]

[ Growls ]

Khyber: [ Whistles ]

[ Roars ]

Ben: Whoa!
Let me guess...

you must be what took the building down.

Nice work. Very thorough.

[ Beep ]

Get ready to meet a friend of mine
I like to call "Humungousaur"!

Spidermonkey: [ Screeches ]

[ Roars ]

Spidermonkey: Aah!
Huh?

Why do you hate
me, New Omnitrix?

[ Screeches ]

Spidermonkey: [ Grunts ]

If I was Humungousaur, you
would be so sorry right now!

[ Growls ]

Spidermonkey: Well, that was a big help.

The bigger they are, the
harder they... Aaah!

Oh, come on.

[ Growls ]

Spidermonkey: [ Grunts ]

[ Screeches ]

I may be small, but I'm wiry.

[ Growling ]

Spidermonkey: [ Gasps ]

[ Roars ]

Spidermonkey: Yeah.
[ Hoots ]

I should have expected that.
[ Screeches ]

[ Growls ]

[ Roars ]

Khyber: [ Whistles ]

[ Growls softly ]

Spidermonkey: Huh?

Uh... yeah!
And don't come back!

[ Growling ]

Khyber: The stories are true...

that Tennyson is worthy prey.

[ Omnitrix powers down ]

Is it gone?

Ben: [ Gasps ]
Who are you?

Pakmar.
This is my place.

Was my place.
Pakmar's place!

Ben: Well, you're safe now.

[ Unenthused ]
My hero.

Ben: Can I help?

No. Just go away.
I don't want any more trouble.

Ben: Yeah, I think it's a
little too late for that.

All I wanted was to run my
toilet emporium in peace!

Now it's in pieces.

[ Toilet whirs, flushes ]

Eh, different aliens
have different needs.

Ben: Don't even want to know.

So, um, the thing that did this

to your place...
dissatisfied customer?

Hardly!
Some off-world lowlifes are

shaking down us
law-abiding businessmen.

We pay them taydenite,
they "protect" us.

Only thing is...
we don't pay,

they'the ones we
need the protecting from.

Ben: Have they
threatened anyone else?

Only every alien
shop in Bellwood.

Yeesh, kid!
Where you been?!

[ Music plays on radio ]

Ben: All right, Mr. Bowman.
What do you know?

I know lots of things.

Ben: Anything about an...
alien protection racket in Bellwood?

Nope.

Ben: So they haven't
been coming around here?

Who's been coming around where?

Ben: Right.

Okay, then.
Nice seeing you again, Ben.

Enjoy a free gloppenbeef
sandwich... to go.

Ben: They're on their way
right now, aren't they?

Ben, please.
It's a simple arrangement.

I pay them, they leave.

Which is what I want
you to do right now.

Ben: But, Mr. Bowman,
I can stop them!

No! Every time you're
in my shop, you ruin it!

Ben: You think I'm going to mess

up your place more than they will?

Okay, one time!

What if I just sit
quietly at the counter

and blend in, like any other customer?

I promise, you won't
even notice I'm here.

[ Sighs ]

Please don't touch anything.

Ben: Yes!
Come on, baby.

Any old alien will
do for a disguise.

[ Beep ]

Cannonbolt: Oh!

[ Customers gasp ]

That was me. My bad.

[ Creak ]

Hey! How it's going,
fellow aliens?

Nice weather we're having
here on Earth, huh?

[ Chuckles nervously ]

Ben, you're not
fooling anybody.

Cannonbolt: Oh, yeah. Right.

[ Creak ]

I knew it! I knew it!

Cannonbolt: Ah, it'll buff right out.

There we go. Nothing to it.

[ Slurping ]

[ Burps ]

[ Stomach growls ]

Cannonbolt: Hey, you gonna
eat the rest of that?

Aw, thanks!
Uh, could you pass the...

Whoa!
Uh, thanks.

Pay up, Bowman.

[ Squawks ]

You heard about Pakmar?
Hmm?

Cannonbolt: I heard he has
great deals on toilets.

I heard it was an accident.

Accidents happen all the time.
Maybe to you.

Take it easy, now.
I don't want any trouble.

[ Clucks ]

[ Coos ]

Hmm.

[ Growls ]

Pleasure doing business with you.

Cannonbolt: Hey, bubblehead!

Oh, no, no, no,
no, no, no.

This doesn't concern you,
Arburian Pelarota.

Cannonbolt: I think it does.

Aww. Looks like someone
needs to be taught a lesson.

Cannonbolt: Oh! Let me guess.

You're the one who's
gonna teach it to me.

Not in my store!

Please... I'll pay
you not to do this, Ben.

Cannonbolt: Really?

I mean... your days of intimidating
people are over, bubble brain!

No lasers! No lasers!

I knew this was going to happen
the second he walked into my store.

[ Customers screaming ]

Eh... thank you!
Come again!

[ Speaking alien language ]

[ Bawks ]

Cannonbolt: I'll clean
it up later, Mr. Bowman.

You always say that.

[ Squawks ]

[ Bawks ]

[ Clucking ]

[ Panicked squawking ]

Eh, okay, boys.

Let's make like a tree and
craterize this place.

[ Machine beeps, charges ]

[ Timer beeping ]

Ben?

Cannonbolt: Not a problem.

[ Omnitrix powers down ]

Ben: Aaaah!

[ Groans ]

Now? Really?

Goodbye, Mr. Bowman.

Isn't this where your friends
show up and save the day?

Oh, not another one!

[ Sighs ]

I was being sarcastic.

[ Grunts ]

[ Squawks ]

Ben: Who are you?

Rook Blanko.
Magister Tennyson sent me.

Ben: Grandpa?

[ Squawks ]

- I'm your new partner.
- Ben: Huh?

Ben: My new...
I don't want a new partner.

No offense, but I'm Ben Tennyson.

Yes, I know. It's an honor
to be working with you, sir.

Ben: Wielder of the Omnitrix.
See?

I've saved the universe
like a billion times.

I am well aware.

It's required study at
the Plumbers Academy.

Ben: Really?! There's
a whole class about me?!

- Chapter and a half.
- Oh.

Well, I was kind of looking
forward to being on my own now.

You understand, right? I have
things under control here.

[ Glass shatters, clatters ]

My mistake.
I thought you did not.

I waited to see if you
needed my assistance.

Ben: Don't stop now!

Not while the Omnitrix
is timed out.

Oh. Sorry, sir.

[ Squawks ]

[ All groaning ]

Ben: Not bad.
But, you know, I bet anybody

could do that if they had
one of those... things.

It's called a Proto-tool...

The most versatile tech
in the known universe.

I've made some special
modifications myself.

- It's...
- Does it have a mute button?

Sir?

[ Omnitrix beeps ]

Ben: Yes!

Thanks for the help, man,
but I got this now.

[ Beep ]

Blox: Whoa.
Who's this guy?

I did not see that coming.

[ Bawks ]

Blox: Hey, Rook! Tag out!

It means "switch places."

Get over here and disable
the force field for me.

I'll deal with those guys.

[ Squawking ]

Blox: All right. Let's
see what this baby can do.

How's it coming?

[ Timer beeping ]

What are you waiting for?
Use your techno-thingy.

Proto-tool.

Blox: Whatever.

No! What are you doing?

The shield fluctuation
uses a B'karyix algorithm.

I can't break the code in time.

We need to detonate it
away from the populace.

Blox: Speak English.

Help me move it outside.

Wait!

[ Device humming ]

Blox: Take your time.

I'm joking, by the way.
Hurry up!

Have to scan for the presence
of sentient life. All clear.

Blox: [ Grunts ]

I got it.

I don't got it.

Three, two...

[ Omnitrix powers down ]

- Ben: You okay?
- Proto-tech armor.

Very nice of you to try
to save me, though.

- Thanks, partner.
- Ben: Don't mention it.

- But I just did.
- Ben: And we're not partners!

- I work alone now.
- Yes, sir.

- Ben: Call me "Ben," dude.
- Okay, Ben dude.

[ Bawks ]

Ben: [ Panting ]

No way.

[ Growls ]

Khyber: Show no mercy.

[ Snarling ]