It Was Them

Ben 10: Omniverse: Season 1 - Episode 6Zed: [ Growling ]

Khyber: Ready, my friend?

Zed: [ Growling ]

(Zed transforms into Slamworm)

Ben Tennyson: [ Sniffs ] Finally, some downtime.

[ Rumbling ]

Slamworm: [ Growls ]

[ People screaming ]

Ben Tennyson: Hey, keep an eye on my lunch, would you?

Citizen: [ Screams ]

Ben Tennyson: Mm.

[ Beep ]

Ben Tennyson: Let's make this quick, slimy.

(Ben transforms into Diamondhead)

Diamondhead: There's a triple cheeseburger with my name on it. Oh. Nice trick. Hold still, will ya? Not gonna play hide-and...

[ Rumbling ]

Diamondhead: Whoa! [ Grunting ] I came here to eat lunch, not be lunch.

Slamworm: [ Snarls ]

Diamondhead: This is going to hurt you more than it hurts me. [ Grunts ] I am not doing that again. Guess you bit off more than you could chew, huh? [ Laughs ] Aw, come on. That was a little funny. Unh-unh, pal. You're not going anywhere. Gotcha!

Khyber: [ Whistles ]

[ Sizzling ]

Diamondhead: Hey, number one, gross. And number two...

[ Omnitrix powers down ]

Ben Tennyson: [ Groans ] I always wait for evil villains to finish their speeches. Dude! You were supposed to keep an eye on my stuff! So, this whole time, you've just been sitting here, eating...

Rook Blonko: Mycetian swamp hoppers. Would you like some?

Ben Tennyson: Ugh. You and Grandpa Max. Couldn't have given me a little help out there?

Rook Blonko: You should have said something.

Ben Tennyson: Like what?

Rook Blonko: Like... "Rook, help me."

Ben Tennyson: I didn't need help. I... Fine. Whatever. Aw, man. Look at this. There's chili-cheese fries on my burger and hot-fudge sundae over the whole thing. Mmm. Not bad. Seems like lately, I'm getting attacked by more monsters than Tokyo.

Rook Blonko: I thought that was normal.

Ben Tennyson: These things aren't normal. But who'd want to sic freaky monsters on me?

Rook Blonko: Dude, who wouldn't want to sic freaky monsters on you? I've... been... working on my conversational Earthling.

Ben Tennyson: Wait a minute. There is one nutball who totally does the mutant-creature thing. Dr. Animo.

Rook Blonko: Dr. Animo?

Ben Tennyson: Yeah. Guy's been after me since I was little. Freaky frogs, mutant bats, prairie dogs, you name it.

Rook Blonko: I'm not familiar with this nutball of which you speak, but a Dr. Animo is currently in a holding cell at Plumber Headquarters.

[ Engine revs ]

[ Tires screech ]

Ben Tennyson: I'm telling you, Rook, It's got to be Animo.

Rook Blonko: That is what you're telling me.

Driba: [ Screaming ]

Rook Blonko: They say Tyrak the Tyrant managed to stage a military coup without ever leaving his prison cell.

Ben Tennyson: See? There you go. That's what Animo must be doing.

Rook Blonko: He had plasma cannons and an army of several million.

Ben Tennyson: Well, Animo can use, like, a million, billion animals. Ever since I was 10 years old...

Dr. Animo: Curse you, Ben Tennyson! Curse you and your meddling ways! You haven't seen the last of me, Ben Tennyson! I'll get to you if it's the last thing I do, Ben Tennyson!

Rook Blonko: Did he actually say those things?

Ben Tennyson: Totally. Maybe. Close enough. I don't always listen.

Rook Blonko: He sounds like a harmless eccentric.

Ben Tennyson: Harmless?

[ Beep ]

Ben Tennyson: What did I tell you, Rook? The crazy is right here in front of us.

Rook Blonko: Conversely, the prisoner himself is not.

Ben Tennyson: See? I told you he was the one attacking me.

Rook Blonko: The force field hasn't been tampered with.

Ben Tennyson: Then there has to be a vent or an access panel or something. There always is in these places. Why is that, anyway? Do they want prisoners to be able to escape?

Rook Blonko: The vents are all sealed with monomolecular grids.

Ben Tennyson: What are all these ants doing here?

Rook Blonko: Ants are quite common on Earth. There are well over 12,000 species.

Ben Tennyson: But what are these ants doing here? [ Grunting ] Still think Animo's not the guy attacking me?

Rook Blonko: I concede he is a viable candidate.

Ben Tennyson: [ Grunting ] And we're in the sewer. Of course we are.

Rook Blonko: These sanitation ducts run under the whole city. The escaped prisoner could be anywhere.

Ben Tennyson: Maybe not just anywhere.

[ Both gasp ]

Mutant Ant: [ Snarls ]

Rook Blonko: [ Gasps ] [ Grunting ]

Ben Tennyson: Fire-breathing giant ant. Classic Dr. Animo.

Rook Blonko: [ Grunts ] He sounds like a very strange man.

Ben Tennyson: Time to fight fire with Swampfire!

[ Omnitrix beeps ]

(Ben transforms into Echo Echo)

Echo Echo: Echo Echo. Why am I not surprised?

Mutant Ant: [ Screeches ]

Echo Echo: Hey, bug eyes, over here. [ Shrieks ] And you didn't even have to ask for my help.

Rook Blonko: Point taken.

[ Warble ]

Echo Echo: Hey! Watch it!

Mutant Ant: [ Screeches ]

Echo Echo: [ Warble ] Pick a me. Any me. [ Warbling ]

Mutant Ant: [ Screeching ]

Echo Echo: [ Warbling ]

Mutant Ant: [ Screeches ]

Echo Echo: Echo Echo!

Mutant Ant: [ Screeching ]

[ Warbling ]

[ Omnitrix powers down ]

Rook Blonko: Ingenious. The sound must have atomized the pyrophoric chemicals in its body.

Ben Tennyson: Uh... Yeah. 'Cause Echo Echo is the sound of... Victory?

[ Screeching in background ]

Ben Tennyson: I really should have seen that coming.

[ All snarling ]

[ Mutant Ants chittering ]

Ben Tennyson: Don't suppose you have a freeze ray on that thing?

Rook Blonko: No.

Ben Tennyson: Fire extinguisher?

Rook Blonko: That would be a useful feature.

[ Omnitrix beeps ]

[ Ants screeching ]

Ben Tennyson: Was it something I said? 'Cause I'll say it again!

Rook Blonko: They gave up too easily.

Ben Tennyson: Yeah. Come on.

Rook Blonko: Ants carrying machinery? Very odd, no matter their size.

Ben Tennyson: But they're big enough to carry us, too.

[ Both grunt ]

Ben Tennyson: I'm not sure I want to know this, but, um, why do you know so much about ants?

Rook Blonko: When I learned I was coming to Earth, I read a fascinating guide book by Myrzel of Valdus Prime. He explained that ants are the dominant life-form on your planet.

Ben Tennyson: Why on earth would he think that?

Rook Blonko: Well, ants do outnumber humans here nearly 200,000 to 1 and are found on every continent except "Ant"arctica, ironically.

[ Both grunt ]

Rook Blonko: Now, where is this evil mastermind, Dr. Animo?

Ben Tennyson: Oh, I don't know. How about over there, inside that skyscraper-sized anthill?

[ Bird cries in distance ]

Rook Blonko: Ah. Of course.

Ben Tennyson: I don't see a doorbell. Guess we'll just have to invite ourselves in.

[ Omnitrix beeps ]

Rook Blonko: One moment, Ben.

Ben Tennyson: Hey! What's with the mudpack?

Rook Blonko: Not mud, pheromones. Ants instinctively attack any intruder. With these secretions on us, we'll smell like members of the colony.

Ben Tennyson: This had better work. 'Cause if you just smeared me with ant goo for nothing, we're gonna have a problem, man.

Mutant Ant: [ Screeches ] [ Screeches ] [ Chittering ]

Ben Tennyson: Proud of yourself?

Rook Blonko: I did not say a word.

[ Grubs chittering ]

Ben Tennyson: [ Gags ]

[ Whirring ]

Dr. Animo: Yes, my pets. Build, construct, grow!

Ben Tennyson: Dr. Animo!

Dr. Animo: Ben Tennyson!

Ben Tennyson: What's the deal with sending creepy mutant aliens to kill me? Dude!

Dr. Animo: Mutant aliens? I don't know what you're talking about.

Ben Tennyson: Don't play dumb!

Dr. Animo: I'm not playing. Honestly, I hadn't planned on killing you until Phase II, but here you are. First, however, you will witness my greatest triumph. Did you know that there are roughly a quadrillion ants on Earth, with species native to every continent but Antarctica?

Ben Tennyson: Actually, yes. I did.

Dr. Animo: The device before you generates a mutagenic piulse. It will turn every single ant on the planet into a giant mutant with me, Dr Animo, as their king. The world will be my ant farm! [ Laughs evilly ]

Rook Blonko: This is not your guy.

Ben Tennyson: You got that right.

[ Bird chirping ]

Zed: [ Sniffing ] [ Snarls ]

Khyber: Flush him out.

Zed: [ Growls ]

Ben Tennyson: Look, Dr, Animo, I'll be the first to admit that an army of giant ants is kinda cool, but come on. You know we can't let you get away with it. My partner and I are gonna...

Rook Blonko: That is a kormite power core.

Ben Tennyson: Rook!

Rook Blonko: Uh, keep chatting. I got this.

Ben Tennyson: Okay. Just me is gonna smash this picnic.

Dr. Animo: Do your worst, Ben Tennyson. Nothing can stop me! [ Laughs evilly ]

[ Electricity crackles ]

[ Omnitrix beeps ]

Ben Tennyson: Okay, one more time. Come on, Swampfire!

(Ben transforms into Rath)

Rath: [ Growls ] Let me tell you something, new Omnitrix that keeps turning me into the wrong thing, you keep turning me into the wrong thing!

Rook Blonko: Ben! Animo? [ Grunts ]

Rath: Right.

Dr. Animo: Come, my ant army! Destroy Ben Tennyson!

Rath: [ Grunts ]

Mutant Ant: [ Screeches ]

[ Sizzling ]

[ Mutant Ants chittering ]

Dr. Animo: You may be strong, but in sufficient numbers, ants can bring down any prey.

Rath: [ Growls ] Cosmic drop! Incursean ambassador! Serious butt-kicking!

[ Ants screeching ]

Dr. Animo: In a few minutes, you'll be nothing but bones.

Rath: Oh, yeah? Dr. Animo, you terror of mutant... Uh, mutants... Rath is gonna... [ Muffled screaming ]

[ Mutant Ants chittering ]

[ Chomp ]

Rath: Ow! Now you're asking for it, giant ants. Rath will squash you like a bug. A giant bug. Many giant bugs! Huh?

Dr. Animo: [ Gasps ]

Mutant Ant: [ Screeches ]

Rath: [ Grunts ]

Rook Blonko: Ben! I've recovered the kormite power core!

Rath: Let me tell you something, new alien partner that I never wanted in the first place but I'm begrudgingly beginning to like in spite of myself, Rath is gonna...

[ Omnitrix powers down ]

Ben Tennyson: Whoa!

[ Omnitrix beeps ]

(Ben transforms into Crashhopper)

Crashhopper: Whoo-hoo! Whoa! New alien! Cool! I wonder what I can do.

Dr. Animo: It doesn't matter what you do. For now, you face the fury of... the Ant King!

Crashhopper: Ant king? You might want to work on that name. [ Muffled grunting ] As for my name, how about... Crashhopper? [ Chirping ]

Mutant Ant: [ Screeches ]

Rook Blonko: [ Grunts ]

Dr. Animo: [ Groans ]

Crashhopper: Had enough, Animo? 'Cause I'm having a blast!

Rook Blonko: Ben! If you have a moment?

[ Mutant Ants chittering ]

Rook Blonko: I can set this power core to detonate.

Crashhopper: Great plan!

Rook Blonko: It will destroy the anthill, the ants, us, and several populated areas.

Crashhopper: Bad plan!

Rook Blonko: What if I adjust the power core frequency to atomize just the ants?

Crashhopper: Better plan!

[ Elevator bell dings ]

Dr. Animo: Oh, curse you, Ben Tennyson! Curse you and your meddling ways!

Crashhopper: See? Told you he talks like that.

Zed: [ Snarls ]

Crashhopper: Mutant dogs, too? One theme at a time, Animo!

Dr. Animo: What? That's not one of mine.

Zed: [ Snarls ]

(Zed transforms into Mucilator)

Mucilator: [ Roars ]

Dr. Animo: Ohhhhhh! But it soon will be! You must obey me. Destroy Ben Tennyson!

[ Footsteps pounding, echoing ]

Dr. Animo: Aah!

Mucilator: [ Roars ]

Crashhopper: [ Grunting ] [ Whimpers ] Uh-oh. [ Grunting ]

Khyber: Ahh. Almost done.

Mucilator: [ Slurps ]

Crashhopper: [ Grunting ] Rook? [ Moans ] Help me.

Rook Blonko: [ Grunts ]

Mutant Ant: [ Screeches ]

Rook Blonko: Gladly, partner. Hold still.

Crashhopper: Yaaah! [ Grunts ] Thanks.

[ Alarm beeping ]

[ Electricity crackling ]

Crashhopper: Hmm. This thing is definitely an invader. The ants ought to attack it.

Dr. Animo: [ Groans ]

Crashhopper: If I let nature take its course.

Dr. Animo: Ow! [ Gasps ]

[ Mutant Ants chittering ]

[ Footsteps pounding ]

[ Mutant Ants screeching ]

Crashhopper: Now, Rook!

[ Alarm buzzes ]

[ Electricity crackles ]

[ Rumbling ]

[ Machine powers down ]

Zed: [ Snarls ]

Rook Blonko: Aloysius James Animo.

Ben Tennyson: Ooh! He middled-named you! You are so busted.

Dr. Animo: [ Whimpering ] No.

Zed: [ Snarls ]

Khyber: No. No, old friend. You did your job. [ Sighs ] Tennyson was lucky. Next time, there won't be a petty mutation freak between me and my quarry.

Rook Blonko: This is not your usual jubilant post-butt-kicking attitude... dude.

Ben Tennyson: Animo's not the guy.

Rook Blonko: True.

Ben Tennyson: And that... Whatever it is that keeps jumping me, did you see how it turned into the exact predator to fight my new alien? It's like a Ben-eating monster.

Rook Blonko: I'll admit, I thought you were being paranoid before, but now... Someone is definitely out to get you. Someone very dangerous. But at least we stopped the nefarious Dr. Animo. He won't be causing trouble for a long, long time.

Dr. Animo: You haven't seen the last of me, Ben Tennyson. [ Laughing evilly ]

[ End of It Was Them ]