Permanent Retirement



Permanent Retirement is the fourth episode of Ben 10.

Original Airdate
January 28, 2006

Plot
Ben, Gwen, and Grandpa Max drive to a retirement community to visit Aunt Vera, but evil alien shape-shifters, called the Limax, are kidnapping and replacing the elderly residents in order to devour them later. Ben (as Ghostfreak) investigates the situation and discover their undeground base where they keep the real people the Limaxes have captured. Unfortunately, Max is taken too and was replaced by a Limax look-a-like. Gwen and Ben must fight the Limaxes in the community to release all the persons they captured.

When they find the Limax ship, Heatblast tries to burn them, but this only strengthens them. He then shoots a pipe, dripping water on them and the ship takes off. Aunt Vera then gives Gwen some of her new Gellotine mix with Woodlice and Chick peas. She then tells Ben to keep fighting the aliens. Under the ground, there is a small puddle of green sludge sliding off into the darkness.

Major events

 * Ben transforms into Upgrade and Ghostfreak for the first time.

Omnitrix alien debuts

 * Upgrade
 * Ghostfreak

Characters

 * Ben Tennyson
 * Gwen Tennyson
 * Max Tennyson
 * Vera Tennyson
 * Senior citizens

Villains

 * Limax

Aliens used

 * Upgrade
 * Ghostfreak
 * Wildmutt
 * Heatblast

Trivia

 * When Ghostfreak sees Marty stealing the Golf-cart, he didn't even touch the fire hydrant, it sprays by itself.
 * The Limax imitating Grandpa Max survived because it was buried under rocks when the others were defeated.

Quotes

 * Ghostfreak: (to Gwen, in a low scary voice, very slowly) Loser... Loser, loser... Ha!
 * Gwen: Ben?
 * Ghostfreak: (floats away) See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!