Midnight Madness

Midnight Madness is the twenty-eighth episode of Ben 10.

Plot
While visiting a mega-mall, Ben and Gwen watch a hypnotist perform. Gwen volunteers Ben as a test subject, and the host, Sublimino, successfully hypnotizes him. When asked to act like an alien, Ben naturally turns to the Omnitrix and almost changes in front of the audience. Even though he is stopped by Gwen, the trouble doesn't end there. Sublimino is able to use those he hypnotizes to commit crimes in their dream state, and the alien-equipped Ben proves to be the perfect accomplice. Using Ben, Sublimino is able to steal parts to make a much bigger hypnotism device, this time hypnotizing everyone in the mall except Ben. Ben stops him as Wildvine and Sublimino is presumably arrested. And everyone is un-hypnotized.

Major Events

 * The gang first encounters Sublimino.

Characters

 * Ben Tennyson
 * Gwen Tennyson
 * Max Tennyson
 * Sandra Tennyson (mentioned)

Villains

 * Sublimino

Alien Used

 * Wildmutt
 * Grey Matter (under hypnosis)
 * Diamondhead (under hypnosis and unseen)
 * Upgrade (under hypnosis)
 * Heatblast (under hypnosis)
 * Wildvine

Trivia and Errors

 * When Upgrade is on top of the mall building trying to get the clock from the clock tower and the cops in the helicopters are battling him, for some reason he is running like Wildmutt.
 * Gwen and Max watch Gwen's videotape from earlier when determining that Sublimino is responsible for Ben's actions. The video shows Sublimino facing the camera during his hypnosis routine. From where Gwen was standing, his back should have been to the camera.
 * The mall security helicopters had laser guns. No mall helicopters contain laser guns or armed devices.
 * This is the first time Ben mentions his mother.
 * Sublimino's name is derived from the word subliminal, meaning to stimulate and produce a sensation beyond the threshold of consciousness.