So Long, and Thanks for All the Smoothies

So Long, And Thanks For All The Smoothies is the seventh episode of Ben 10: Omniverse.

Plot
When Ben and Rook investigate a mysterious alien ghost ship, they soon discovered that Argit and the Vreedle Brothers are fighting for possession of a doomsday device!

Major Events

 * As well as being the first time Ben does not specifically choose Alien X but uses him anyway, as Paradox once hinted at, Ben used Alien X successfully.
 * Alien X make his Omniverse debut.
 * Argit, the Vreedle Brothers, Bellicus, Serena and Milleous make their Omniverse debut.
 * Ben recreates the universe by reconstructing it.

Omnitrix Alien Debut

 * Alien X (Omniverse debut)

Characters

 * Ben Tennyson
 * Rook Blonko
 * Max Tennyson
 * Plumbers (cameo)
 * Magister Patelliday (cameo)
 * Bellicus (first re-appearance)
 * Serena (first re-appearance)

Villains

 * Argit (first re-appearance)
 * Vreedle Brothers (first re-appearance)
 * Octagon Vreedle
 * Rhomboid Vreedle
 * Milleous (first re-appearance)
 * Incursions (first re-appearance)
 * Solid Plugg

Aliens Used

 * Crashhopper
 * Grey Matter (accidental transformation, selected alien was Rath)
 * Spidermonkey
 * NRG
 * Alien X (first re-appearance)

Errors

 * When Ben is about to turn into NRG, he dials the bottom of the Omnitrix screen instead of dialing on the Omnitrix screen.
 * After Alien X transformed back to Ben, Argit's design was incomplete.

Allusions

 * The title of this episode is a reference to the book So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, being the fourth book of the The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams, in which the dolphins leave the Earth because it is going to be destroyed (much like the universe is destroyed in the episode).

Trivia

 * This episode aired in Canada on October 6th, 2012.
 * This episode aired in Australia on October 14th, 2012.
 * Cartoon Network Asia accidentally labelled this episode as "Trouble Helix" on their website.
 * This episode was aired as the fourth episode of Ben 10: Omniverse in South East Asia and Latin America.
 * When Ben changes back from Alien X, he is seen wearing a white jacket with the number "10" highlighted in green.
 * After Ben recreated the universe the only thing that was different so far was the Mr. Smoothy and Ben's Jacket.