The More Things Change, Part 2

Ben 10: Omniverse - Season 1 - Episode 2Liam: [ Squaking ] [ Squaks ] [ Bawks ]

Undertown Alien: [ Growls ] [ Groans ]

Ben Tennyson: There's a whole city of aliens down here!

Rook Blonko: You sound surprised, Ben dude.

Ben Tennyson: A whole secret city!

Rook Blonko: Come, partner. We must catch those lowlifes who have wrecked Baumann's store.

Ben Tennyson: Yeah, Rook, about that whole "partner" thing... Don't get your hopes up.

Undertown Alien: [ Speaking alien language ]

Liam: [ Squaking ] [ Squaks ]

Ben Tennyson: XLR8 can catch those scuzzbuckets.

[ Beep ]

(Ben transforms into NRG)

NRG: Ugh! NRG? Really? [ Spits ]

Rook Blonko: What happened?

NRG: Uh... New Omnitrix. I'm still learning the controls.

Rook Blonko: Allow me.

Liam: [ Squaking ]

NRG: Nice going, Rook! Eh... For a newbie, I mean. Now... talk! Who is behind these alien shakedowns?

Liam: [ Squaking ] B-b-b-behind you.

Rook Blonko: Even I wouldn't fall for that, and this is my first day on earth.

NRG: Uh...

Liam: [ Squaking ]

[ Engine revs ]

NRG: Rook, quick!

Liam: [ Squaks ]

Toby Monitor: [ Gasps ] Hey! You took out my brakes!

NRG: When you ran us over!

Toby Monitor: Undertown Market, connect to the sewer line, Brownfield tunnels and the ferry to sunken tanks.

[ All speaking alien language ]

Toby Monitor: Next stop... Gaseous Gardens.

Rook Blonko: [ Coughs ] Hey! You don't have breaks!

[ Omnitrix powers down ]

Ben Tennyson: It'll come to him. Huh? I can't believe this place. Come on. Let's look around

Khyber: Where are you, friend? [ Whistles ]

Zed: [ Growls softly ]

Khyber: There's a boy. Rusted with disuse... Half-melted.

Zed: [ Growls ] [ Snorts ]

Khyber: Hunt them up.

Zed: [ Snarling ]

Rook Blonko: I know I'm the new guy, Ben dude...

Ben Tennyson: Dude, call... me... Ben.

Rook Blonko: Ben. Shouldn't... We... Go... After... Those... Lowlifes?

Ben Tennyson: [ Sighs ] How long do you suppose there's been an Undertown?

Rook Blonko: Probably since Earth became an open system. But, Ben...

Ben Tennyson: I know... You're about to say something official and Plumbery.

Rook Blonko: Yes. Ben!

Tentacle Vendor: Tentacle on a stick. So fresh, they grab you.

Ben Tennyson: I'm finally that hungry. Give me one of those.

Tentacle Vendor: With suckers? Without suckers?

Ben Tennyson: With.

Rook Blonko: Excuse me. We're Plumbers working a case. Did you see a group of bipedal lowlifes run through here, one Cyanic?

Tentacle Vendor: What? No. I don't know nothin'. I don't see nothin'.

Ben Tennyson: Hey, what about my tentacle?

Tentacle Vendor: Never heard of it.

Ben Tennyson: Dude, you were gonna sell me...

Tentacle Vendor: I don't sell nothin'. I ain't even here, red-spot Plumber.

[ Engine revs ]

Ben Tennyson: Aw, man! Why'd you have to go and show your badge?

Rook Blonko: I was interrogating a witness. But I may have misjudged.

Ben Tennyson: [ Sighs ] Don't stress. I'm the one who skipped breakfast.

Rook Blonko: This is my first time away from home. When I first became a Plumber, I was assigned to my home planet, Revonnah. The most exciting thing to do there is keep rodents out of the grain silos.

Ben Tennyson: You learned to fight like that protecting alien wheat?

Rook Blonko: On Revonnah, the rodents run fairly large.

Zed: [ Growls ]

[ Indistinct chatter ]

Rook Blonko: I really do think we should continue looking for the lowlifes.

Ben Tennyson: Relax. Pretty soon, the big bad will say... [ Deep voice ] "Ben Tennyson? Here to ruin my plan?" [ Normal voice ] And then your lowlifes will come looking for us. [ Sniffs ] Ugh! Rook?

Rook Blonko: Excuse me. We're Plumbers working a case. Can I ask you some questions?

Ben Tennyson: [ Sighs ] Knock yourself out. I got to find something to eat.

Sock Vendor: Tube socks! Grouped in pairs! Grouped in threes! Grouped in fives! Guaranteed to fit any tube!

ML-E: Mommy! I got a bloody nose!

ML-E's Mother: Well, did you expect me to cook it for you here?

Ben Tennyson: [ Stomach growls ] O-kay. If that's making me hungry...

Smoothy Vendor: Get your protozoan smoothies!

Ben Tennyson: Smoothies?

Smoothy Vendor: Get your protozoan smoothies! [ Hawks, spits ] There you are, sir.

[ Slurping ]

Ben Tennyson: Is that safe to eat? For me, I mean?

Smoothy Vendor: Hey, listen, ape...

[ Whirring ]

[ Aliens screaming ]

Zed: [ Roars ]

Ben Tennyson: What the heck?

Zed: [ Growls ]

Ben Tennyson: Do I know you?

Zed: [ Growls ]

Ben Tennyson: You're not the only big bruiser in Undertown, ugly. It's hero time!

[ Beep ]

(Ben transforms into Water Hazard)

Zed: [ Roars ]

Water Hazard: Oh. Water Hazard. Why can't I ever get Humungousaur? Get off me!

Rook Blonko: Allow me to...

Water Hazard: I got this! [ Groans ] I-I got this. [ Grunting ] Why are you just standing there?

Rook Blonko: You "got this." I wouldn't want to interfere.

Water Hazard: No. It's cool. Interfere!

Rook Blonko: Hold still.

[ Crash ]

Water Hazard: Nice shot.

Zed: [ Roars ]

Water Hazard: Aw, man!

Zed: [ Roars ]

Water Hazard: [ Grunting ]

Khyber: Two against one. Well, the odds are becoming a bit unsporting. [ Whistles ]

[ Omnitrix powers down ]

Ben Tennyson: Whoever sent that monster to kill me... He's the big bad. See how this works? Come on! [ Sighs ] Which way did it go?

Rook Blonko: Not to worry, Ben. While you were looking for food, my investigation turned up a lead.

Ben Tennyson: Of course it did.

[ Electricity buzzing ]

Ben Tennyson: Don't tell me... The balloon squealed.

Rook Blonko: I was told that this is where that Cyanic biped can be found this time of day.

Ben Tennyson: Bubble Helmet? In here?

[ Gas hissing ]

Ben Tennyson: Yaaaaah!

Undertown Alien: Use the service entrance.

Ben Tennyson: [ Clears throat ] Hope you're okay with waiting outside. That's poison gas in there.

[ Hissing ]

Rook Blonko: Ready?

Ben Tennyson: Huh? [ Grunts ] Appendages in the air.

Undertown Alien: [ Growls ]

Undertown Alien: Merp?

[ Beep ]

(Ben transforms into Terraspin)

Terraspin: Will you cool it with the badge? We are not cops.

[ Whrring ] [ Gasps ]

[ All coughing ]

Terraspin: Well, you might be a cop. I'm a superhero.

Rook Blonko: There he is!

Bubble Helmet: [ Gasps ]

Terraspin: Nice hangout. Great atmosphere.

Bubble Helmet: [ Wheezing ]

Terraspin: So, who's behind those shakedowns?

Bubble Helmet: [ Gasping ] I'll tell you... As soon as I can breathe.

Rook Blonko: That's a fair bargain.

Terraspin: Rook! No!

[ Gasps weakly ]

Terraspin: You've never dealt with actual bad guys before, have you?

Rook Blonko: I've read about them in books, and I've trained extensively. Don't lose him this time. This rodent will lead us back to the nest.

[ Beeping ]

[ Whirring ]

Pickaxe Alien: [ Speaking alien language ]

[ Beeping ]

Psyphon: You will take these shakedown machines to the surface and fan out into the entire city.

Tummyhead: But, boss, only the alien stores have the Taydenite to pay us in.

Psyphon: [ Bangs fist ]

Tummyhead: Unh!

Psyphon: Dolt! Fear is my currency. All money is just a way to keep score. My reputation will be made once the whole city fears the name...

Bubble Helmet: Ben 10! They're after me, boys!

Rook Blonko: We had a deal.

Terraspin: Rook! Heads-up!

Rook Blonko: Oh.

[ Omnitrix powers down ]

Ben Tennyson: Nice.

[ Weapons whirring ]

Ben Tennyson: Look... A boatload of those shakedown machines. That spells a boatload of Shakedown.

Rook Blonko: That is quite a lot?

Ben Tennyson: Oh, yeah. Enough to take out the city.

Psyphon: Ben Tennyson. Here to ruin my plan? I think not.

Ben Tennyson: Psyphon?

Rook Blonko: It seems my investigation led us right to your "big bad."

Ben Tennyson: Psyphon? You're the one who's been jacking up the stores in Bellwood? You were always like Vilgax's third-toughest lackey.

Psyphon: It seems you have underestimated me.

Ben Tennyson: Yeah. Who wouldn't?

Psyphon: You led Ben Tennyson right to me. I don't know whether to thank you or eviscerate you.

Bubble Helmet: [ Whines ] Thank me?

[ Weapon charges ]

Bubble Helmet: Aaaaaaaaah!

Psyphon: Thank you. You must have wondered what ever became of me, Ben Tennyson.

Ben Tennyson: Not even a little bit.

Psyphon: Of course. You still think of me as a servant. But now, I am the master, so you cannot imagine the joy with which I say this... Get them, boys!

Ben Tennyson: Come on! Work for once!

[ Beep ]

(Ben transforms into Armodrillo)

Rook Blonko: Ben! Behind you!

Armodrillo: Break it up, people. Better yet, let me break it up for you!

Bug-Lite: [ Grunting ]

Rook Blonko: Forgive me. I haven't any witty remarks.

Armodrillo: Don't force it, Rook. Let the wisecrack come to you. [ Groans ]

[ All scream ]

Psyphon: Did you think I would be unprepared?

[ Machinery groaning ]

[ Jackhammer pounding ]

Armodrillo: W-w-what's happened to me-e-e-e-e? [ Groaning dizzily ]

Khyber: Separate them. Tennyson is my quarry.

Zed: [ Growls ]

Psyphon: My exciter beam has overloaded your nervous system.

Armodrillo: S-somebody's gonna get hurt!

Psyphon: Only by you, hero. [ Laughs evilly ] [ Electricity crackles ]

[ Omnitrix powers down ]

Psyphon: That unpleasant, twitchy feeling is only temporary. But I have so many sensations left to show you.

[ Aliens screaming ]

Zed: [ Roars ] [ Roars ]

Ben Tennyson: For goodness' sake! Psyphon! Call your dog off!

Psyphon: [ Coughing ]

Zed: [ Growls ]

Psyphon: He's not mine!

Rook Blonko: Halt!

[ Beep ]

(Ben transforms into Shocksquatch)

[ Buzzing ]

Shocksquatch: Shocksquatch? [ Chuckles ] Okay!

Rook Blonko: Psyphon! This is your last warning!

Psyphon: Pest. I must have that armor!

[ Electricity humming ]

Shocksquatch: [ Grunts ]

Rook Blonko: The body armor's not for sale, Psyphon.

Psyphon: [ Laughs evilly ] Oh, I don't want to buy it. I will pry it from your lifeless body. How green are you?

[ Crashing ]

Rook Blonko: Not so green that I let a tunnel collapse on me. I believe that was my first wisecrack.

Shocksquatch: Unnnnh!

Zed: [ Snarling ]

Shocksquatch: No brakes. Still there? Here we go. Metal all around. Just got to get him in the middle. Right... There!

[ Electricity crackles, hums ]

Shocksquatch: [ Roars ]

[ Omnitrix powers down ]

Rook Blonko: Ben, I made a wisecrack!

Zed: [ Growls weakly ]

Rook Blonko: Gone.

[ Birds chirping ]

[ Metal scraping ]

[ Scraping continues ]

Khyber: You did well, old friend. But this Ben Tennyson is more powerful than I imagined... And resourceful. He will be our greatest trophy. Khyber the Huntsman promises it.

Psyphon: I am telling you! I don't know what that creature was!

Magister Patelliday: Yeah, tell it to the Arbiter. Transport's topside.

Max Tennyson: So, how'd you like your new partner?

Ben Tennyson: He fights okay. Kind of a donut hole, though.

Rook Blonko: Is that good?

Ben Tennyson: Oh, sure. See?

Max Tennyson: Well, Ben, you've been doing this a while now. Maybe it's somebody else's turn to be the donut hole.

Ben Tennyson: Huh?

Rook Blonko: I know you haven't eaten yet. Magister Tennyson here says you prefer these "chili fries." Care to join me?

Ben Tennyson: Partner!

[ End of The More Things Change, Part 2 ] 

.