01x04 - Trouble Helix

[bunniefuu]

[beeping]

[groans]

Still not working right, Blukic!

Set it on "stun," we get "blast!"

Set it on "blast," we get a
low-battery warning!

The knob is on upside down, Driba.

- And who's job was that?!
- Um, yours.

- Was not.
- Was too.

- Was not!
- Was too.

Ben: Ah, come on, guys.
Are we done here?

I thought Galvans were supposed

to be the smartest beings in
the universe ... "smart," as in

"figure stuff out quickly so that
Ben Tennyson can go home" smart.

Har, har, Ben Tennyson.
We may not look it...

But we're still smarter than any human!
[blaster powers up]

Ben: I have yet to see any
indication of that.

Aah!

Cannonbolt: Why did we hire
you guys again?

You called control-unit
fabrication.

- I call it, but you did it!
- You did it!

Time to do some digging.

♪ 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 ♪

Play Helix files.
Holo display.

Where are you?!

Max: I've been struggling with
this. I need to see him now.

I'm going in.
[rumbling]

[grunts]

Azmuth, I can't take it anymore.
You've got to do something about Ben.

As you can see,
I'm exceedingly busy.

Albedo, modify power cycles.

Max: I made an appointment.
I made .

Ooh!
You keep postponing!

First-thinker Azmuth has told
you he's busy, human.

- Accept it.
- Max: Accept this!

One of you is helping me with
the Ben situation now!

Low priority.
Come back in two years.

Xlr : Whoa! Cool!
What's this?!

What's that do?!

[grunts]

Whoa. That's heavy!

What's that?! Neat!

Max: I told you kids to wait
in the Skipper.

Gwen: I tried!

But Ben was all, "I got to see
the lab! I got to see the lab!"

Xlr : This place is awesome!

Did you see that hula-hoop thing?!
It makes lightning!

Max: This is what I've been
dealing with.

The Omnitrix is malfunctioning.

Ben's been trapped as
a different alien every week.

- Not my concern.
- Max: I haven't slept in a month.

- Hey!
- Xlr : Whoops!

[laughs nervously]
Sorry!

Max: Not so funny when he's
messing with your stuff, is it?

[sighs]

Very well.

Ben: Aw, man!
Fun's over!

Max: Thank goodness.

Gwen: It's been so long I almost
forgot what you look like, doofus!

Ben: Ma-a-a-a-h!

Gwen: Oh!
Now I recognize you.

Max: Sit quietly. I need
to have a word with Azmuth.

Gwen, watch him.

Gwen: I'm in charge?
Score!

Doofus!
Doofus!

Knock, knock!
Who's there?

Ben's a doofus!

You, Galvanic Mechamorph
subspecies, you are forbidden

from entering the city.
You're to stay on Galvan B until ...

Ohh!
Ohh!

Malware: I am not a subspecies!

Alert! Galvanic Mechamorph
subspecies approaching city.

Ben: Whoa!
What's going on out there?

Gwen: Don't even think about it.
You heard what Grandpa Max said.

Probably just alien Mardi Gras
or something.

Ben: You think? Like a carnival?
Or a parade?

Feedback: Anything's got to be
more fun than just sitting here.

Gwen: I am totally telling Grandpa.

Feedback: Then this better be worth it.

Malware: [roars]

Max: Come on, kids.
Let's go home.

- Gwen, where's your cousin?
- Gwen: I told him not to go.

Malware: Azmuth, I am coming for you!

Feedback: You are so not.

Malware: The Omnitrix.
I want it!

Feedback: You and everybody
else, dude. Take a number.

Malware: Aah!

Feedback: I'll take that
energy, thank you.

I don't call this guy "Feedback"
for nothing.

[Omnitrix powers down]

Ben: [grunts]
Ohh!

Four Arms: Okay? I was hoping
for Diamondhead, but this will do.

Gwen: Ben!

Four Arms: I can... take him.
Just need to rest for a second.

Malware: Azmuth?!

Malware, this is not the way.

Malware: You promised me an upgrade!

You said you'd make me like the others!

Your condition is complex.

It has taken more time than I
anticipated to ...

Malware: No!
No more time!

I've had enough of your lies!

How dare you speak
to Azmuth that way.

He has been working tirelessly to create

a secondary Helix
specifically to treat you.

Malware: Give it to me...
now!

[chuckles]

A creature of your low intellect
could never understand its

workings well enough to operate it.

Malware: [roars]

The second Helix is not finished.

To use it in its uncompleted form
could cause untold destruction.

I need more time to help you.

Malware: No!
Your time is up!

[whimpers]

Aah!

Stop!

Ben: So, friend of yours?

Gwen: This is hopeless!

Malware flew off the planet!
He could be anywhere!

Max: Not necessarily.
He doesn't have FTL capability.

Ben: Awesome!
Uh... what's FTL again?

Gwen: "Faster than light."
Duh!

Ben: Oh!
And that's good because...

Max: Because he can't have
left the Galvan system... yet.

Which means we can track
him... if we're lucky.

We don't need luck. He's
headed for the moon Galvan B.

- Max: And you know this how?
- That's a long story.

Max: Tell it on the way.
Get in. You too, Ben.

Galactic infant restraint engaged.

Ben: [laughs]

Max: Not you, Gwen.

Gwen: What?!
Why not?!

Ben: Oh! Oh!
I know! I know!

'Cause you're a nerd?
'Cause you're a girl?

Max: That's enough, Ben!

Sorry, Gwen.
The Skipper only holds three.

Gwen: Azmuth doesn't even
take up a whole seat.

Ben: But you know who does?

That's right.
Yours truly.

Galvan B was once much like
Earth's moon ...

miles of dead rock, no
atmosphere, no day or night.

Ben: Sounds like a boring place.

It was the perfect
environment to conduct

a planet-wide experiment ...
a place upon which life would thrive.

The results were beyond anything
I could have hoped for.

Not only was Galvan B
inhabitable, but ...

Ben: Ugh, there's always a
"but" with you.

You sure you're as smart as you think?

Smarter. But there was
an unforeseen consequence.

My experiment had inadvertently
prompted the creation of

a brand-new technorganic species
... the Galvanic Mechamorphs.

We Galvan had no right to
colonize their world.

Instead, we gave it to them.

With our help, they built an
entire civilization in mere days.

They were peaceful new neighbors.

My Helix experiment was a
success beyond my wildest

dreams and a failure beyond my
wildest nightmares.

[power fading]

Malware ... an incomplete
Mechamorph ... its life code

interrupted, corrupted during creation.
Unlike all the others of his kind,

Malware had the ability to
not just mimic tech.

It became him, but at a terrible price.

I've tried many times to help
him, to make him like the others.

Malware's condition is
intriguingly complex,

and his volatile nature
is... challenging.

Ben: So a dangerous tech
vampire has been begging you to

fix him for years, and you told
him you'd get around to it?

You have no idea of the
responsibilities I carry, Ben Tennyson.

Ben: Blah, blah, blah. You goofed
up, and now you need me to fix it.

Max: I don't know if it's
that simple, Ben.

Gwen: There you are!

Ben: Aah!

Gwen?
How'd you do that?

Gwen: Just borrowing some of
Azmuth's equipment.

- I'm a nerd, remember?
- Ben: You got that right.

Max: [groans]
Kids, we need to focus.

We've got a potential disaster
on our hands here.

Indeed.
I believe Malware is going to

link the old Helix with the new one he
stole to try to rewrite his life code.

Ben: Isn't that what you were
trying to do?

Yes, but not this way.

Gwen: They use different
kinds of energy.

And if anything goes wrong, there's
gonna be a really big "boom."

Ben: That's amazing!
Gwen found a way to make herself

even more annoying and geeky!

- Gwen: Blah!
- Ben: Aah!

Are they... dead?

Not yet.
They've been corroded and

withered nearly to the point of
nonexistence.

Ben: [shudders]

Max: Can you help them?

Only if I act immediately. I
need to use your ship's power supply.

If I am to save these
Mechamorphs, I'm afraid you'll

have to face Malware without me.

[blaster cocks]

Max: We'll have to hit him
hard and fast.

Gwen: What can I do, Grandpa?

Max: You can run the
Skipper's systems remotely.

Help Azmuth.
Ben and I will... Ben?!

Gwen: He ditched you, didn't he?

Max: Stop where you are, son.

You can't run in half-cocked.
We need a plan.

Ben: Oh, I've got a plan.
It's called "hero time"!

Heatblast: Oh, yeah!
Get ready to roast, Malware!

Malware: Do it!
I want my upgrade now!

Finish the Helix!
Rewrite my life code!

It would help if you'd stop
smashing everything in sight.

Bringing me along was
pretty smart...for you.

Aside from Azmuth, himseli, I am the only
Galvan with sufficient intelligence to ...

Malware: If you mention how smart
you are once more, I will end you.

Heatblast: Got to say I'm
with you on that one.

Malware: Do not interfere!
This upgrade is my right!

Heatblast: But Azmuth says ...

Malware: Azmuth says lots of
things, but where is he now?

Heatblast: Right outside, trying
to save the Mechamorphs that you ...

Malware: Aah!

Of course he is!
They are his perfect creations!

They deserve to be destroyed!

Heatblast: I think you got
that backwards, man!

Malware: Pathetic.

Heatblast: I'm just warming up.
Get it?

Heatblast?
Warm?

Max: Keep away from my grandson!

Stop fiddling with that thing.
We're getting out! Now!

It's too late.
If I don't complete the link

with the primary Helix, the
secondary Helix will cycle out

of control and destroy
the moon with us on it.

Even Azmuth couldn't have solved
that ... not under these conditions.

Malware: At last, I will be cured!

[power surging]

Yes!
It's working!

I can feel my life code changing!

Ben: Uh, am I crazy, or did he just win?

Wait for it.

[surging continues]

Malware: Aah!

Ben: We rule!
We totally rule!

Max: We got lucky.

Ben: What luck?
Me plus Omnitrix times crazy

supervillain equals total
smack down!

[clears throat]

Actually, I was the one who
defeated him.

By managing the power cycles of
the two Helixes, I caused an

overload just as the Mechamorph
touched the control rods.

Top that, Omnitrix boy.

Ben: You're really getting on
my nerves, guy.

[electricity crackling]

Malware: Upgrade complete.

Malware: I am complete!

You have what you wanted.

Now you're like the
rest of the Mechamorphs.

Malware: [laughs evilly]

What I am now
is so much more than they!

I am superior!

Ben: Oh, boy.
Evil speech of evil time.

Malware: Evil? No.

Visionary!

I feel power building inside me!

I see the world that only I can
create!

It was Azmuth who thought me
flawed.

He gave me the name Malware.

But I am not the flawed one.

It is all the rest that are inferior.

They bend and stretch, mimic and

manipulate only what other have
created.

I do not upgrade others' creations.

They upgrade me!

And I will upgrade myself with
Azmuth's greatest creation.

Ben: Dude, I can't
even begin to tell you

how much none of that is gonna happen.

Malware: Accept the inevitable.

Aah! Aah! Aah!

Malware: Ohh!

Max: Ben, break off! This
whole place is gonna come down!

Cannonbolt: Don't worry.

I have a plan.
I can do this.

- Can he?
- Max: He always surprises me.

Cannonbolt: [groans]

Malware: Why do you struggle?

In a moment, I will access all the
codes, and the device will be mine.

Cannonbolt: You know how many

guys have said that to me?
All of them!

[Omnitrix powers down]

Ben: Guess who's still got it!

Malware: I've had enough!

Ha!
Now it's mine!

Diamondhead: Don't you ever
get tired of being wrong?

Give up, Malware! Only one of
us is walking away from this!

Malware: You are right about that!

Diamondhead: Oh, man.

[grunting]

Malware: Say goodbye, little human.

Diamondhead: You can't get
through crystal, can you?

Too bad, so sad.

Malware: No!
Stop! You can't!

You haven't won.
I will be free again.

And when I am, all the Galvan
system ... all of the universe ...

[Omnitrix powers down]

Ben: Will thank me for
shutting you up.

Max: Good work, son.
Top-notch.

Ben: Told you my plan would work.
My plans always work.

Max: It's always the same plan.

Ben: Hey, if it ain't
broke, don't fix it.

Goodbye, Tennysons. Thank you
for not destroying everything.

Ben: I totally just saved two
whole planets by myself.

- Gwen: One planet and a moon.
- Ben: Details.

Gwen: So? I totally helped Azmuth
save all those other Mechamorphs.

Ben: Grandpa, can we leave
Gwen behind again?

Hmm.
This has been... illuminating.

Copy Helix files.
Copy all files.

Designate... Ben Tennyson.

I am so done being your lab rat!

Blukic is the one who crossed
the polarities!

You set his pants on fire.
Liar, liar.

[laughs]

Ben: Seriously, you guys are
worse than Azmuth.

- Of course we are. Everyone is.
- That Galvan's a genius!

We have everything we need
now, boy.

No secrets are safe.