Video Games

Video Games is the fourth episode of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.

Airdate
May 14, 2010

Plot
Ssserpent has escaped from prison and is going on another rampage. Ben arrives to stop him and turns into Four Arms to fight. Ben defeats Ssserpent by crushing him with two cars and suddenly a helicopter comes and a man comes out and introduces himself to Ben as Oliver Thompson, a video game producer, and tells Ben he's going to star in his own video game.

At Mr. Smoothy, Ben meets with Kevin and Gwen, where Kevin was trying to teach Gwen how to drive and Ben tries to tell them about his new video game, but Gwen and Kevin are busy arguing about Gwen's driving skills. The argument is finally put aside when Ben agrees to teach Gwen. Kevin goes with Ben to watch him screen for his video game, and Ben shows all of his aliens' moves to Oliver (except for Nanomech). But when Ben leaves, Oliver is revealed to be working for Will Harangue, the TV reporter who constantly criticizes Ben and the video game is revealed to be a ruse for Harangue to destroy Ben and counter all of his aliens' moves. When Ben tests Gwen on her driving, they're attacked by Harangue's robot called the Stalker, and when Ben fights it, it's revealed to be too strong for both Spidermonkey and Swampfire.

As the Stalker fights Ben, Gwen drives Ben's car to escape it. The Stalker confuses another car for Ben's and attacks it, but Ben is able to drive it away as Jetray. Harangue notices the robot's malfunctions, so he decides to take over instead. The next day, Gwen is up for another test for her driving, and when she was doing good, she and her instructor are attacked by the Stalker again. As the Stalker chases Gwen and Mr. Webb, Ben notices the action and tries to defeat the robot as Cannonbolt, but the Stalker shoots a super powerful glue that traps Cannonbolt. Ben becomes Big Chill to escape, and the robot is also able to melt away the effects of Big Chill's ice breath. With one more transformation, Ben becomes Lodestar, but realizes the robot isn't made of metal. Soon enough, Ben gets too weak and surrenders as Harangue is about to finish him.

Harangue decides not to finish Ben off, as it would threaten his ratings, so he decides to fight Ben personally in Washington D.C. and challenges him to the fight on TV. Ben accepts and he, along with Gwen and Kevin go to Washington D.C. The Stalker comes and turns on a monitor with Harangue's face on it, and through it Harangue asks Ben if he has any last words. Ben becomes Humungousaur, but the Stalker is too strong for Humungousaur. So Ben decides to use his moves from one of his video games, and it causes the Stalker to go out of control and rampage. Ben realizes the only way to stop it is to use Nanomech to go in and shut down the Stalker. Nanomech is able to get in with Kevin spitting him with a straw and he breaks the robot apart.



Harangue is defeated and Ben shows up as Way Big with the remains of the Stalker and crushes them and drops them on Harangue's car. The next day, Harangue criticizes Ben about framing him to be the bad guy, and for also wasting the money that cost him to build the Stalker. Gwen shows up and tells Ben and Kevin she has her driver's license and she says," I passed my driving test." She uses Kevin's car to drive her friends to Mr. Smoothy, with Ben and Kevin racing to get shotgun (to sit at the front of the car).

Major Events

 * Ben first transforms into Four Arms(since the original series), Nanomech and Way Big in the Ultimate Alien series.
 * Will Harangue tried to defeat Ben, but ended up losing.
 * Gwen gets her driver's license.

Ultimatrix alien debuts

 * Nanomech (x2)
 * Four Arms (his Ultimate Alien debut)
 * Way Big

Characters

 * Ben
 * Gwen
 * Kevin
 * Mr. Webb

Villains

 * Ssserpent
 * Will Harangue
 * The Stalker
 * Oliver Thompson

Aliens used

 * Four Arms (First Appearance since Ben 10)
 * Humungousaur(x2)
 * Nanomech(x2) (First Appearance since Ben 10 Alien Swarm)
 * Brainstorm(on computer screen.)
 * Jetray(x2)
 * Spidermonkey
 * Swampfire (accidental transformation; selected alien was Chromastone)
 * Cannonbolt
 * Big Chill
 * Lodestar
 * Way Big (First Appearance since Alien Force)

Errors

 * When Oliver is talking to Will Harangue after the video game scan, his voice is the same as the one he used when he was talking to Ben, but later in the episode it changes.
 * When Jetray sits on the top of the minivan after stopping it from falling over because of the Stalker, the black zigzags from the Ultimatrix to his shoulders are missing, then during the same battle while Jetray shot his lasers and they were reflected, the zig-zags are gone again during Jetray's close-up.
 * When Swampfire is fighting the Stalker, his right shoulder third spike is the same color as his skin, and then when it showed its right shoulder again the spike was red.
 * When Four Arms grabs Ssserpent's arms, it's with his upper arms. Wehn the camera changes angles, it's with his lower arms.

Trivia

 * This marks Four Arms' first appearance since Ben 10 vs. the Negative 10 (Part 2) from the original series and his first appearance in a sequel series. Ben even references this by commenting that he didn't know it was still in there.
 * Ben doesn't show all of his alien forms in the video game. There was actually two other forms that Ben didn't transform for the video game, Way Big and Alien X. This is probably because if he did transform into Way Big it would destroy the roof and Alien X would just be frozen. The next scene in the video game room shows no damage at all. The Ultimate forms were also not shown.800px-Lodestar_abriendo_la_boca.jpg
 * Lodestar's mouth is seen open for the first time ever in this episode.
 * This episode appears to break the fourth wall twice. First, Ben states that he couldn't say his last words on TV, (though he was referring to the news) and when Will checked his ratings, stating: "It's obvious. Everyone loves to watch Ben 10!".
 * Ben threatens to swear in this episode.
 * This marks the first time an alien that debuted in a live-action movie (Nanomech) appears in the animated series. (Note: all the times that Ben became Nanomech, Humungousaur is the alien he turned into before).
 * It's shown in Ultimate Alien that Nanomech talks in a high-pitched voice unlike in Alien Swarm. Plus, Nanomech doesn't use any of his powers in this episode.
 * The original title was supposed to be Computer Games as the official website stated.
 * In this episode, Gwen gets her driver's license. Despite this Gwen is never shown driving in the remaining episodes of the season.
 * This episode is a parody of the 1967 Spider-Man series episode, "Captured by J. Jonah Jameson".
 * This is the first time Kevin doesn't use his shape-shifting powers since gaining it.
 * This episode has the most aliens in the Ultimate Alien series so far.
 * Kevin seems to think Ben's destruction of Will's car isn't a good reason for getting back at Harangue for his rage focused at Ben. Due to Kevin's obsession with own his car, (a running gag throughout Alien Force and Ultimate Alien) it's likely a joke referencing that.
 * This is the first time the Ultimatrix has an accidental transformation.
 * If you listen carefully, Oliver still has a French accent right after he removes his fake mustache and beard. When he says, "Everything you need to destroy Ben Tennyson", his accent is American.
 * When Ben tried to turn into Chromastone on top of his car but instead turned into Swampfire, he actually yelled "Swampfire!" although that wasn't who he tried to turn into. It's possible that he may have just developed a reflex, yelling out the name of the aliens he turns into even if they are a mistransformation. Although, in Hero Time when Ben turns into Rath after selecting Jetray, he shouts "Jetray!", but this is probably because Rath isn't that smart, or as a joke because he yells it in a funny tone.
 * It seems that ever since Ben regained Chromastone he tries to use him. This may be because he wanted to try the things Sugilite did, such as flight.
 * This episode features all of the aliens that were featured in Ben 10: Alien Swarm (Big Chill, Humungousaur, and Nanomech). Ben transforms into two other forms off-screen: Brainstorm, Echo-Echo.
 * Humungousaur says "one of my balls fell off" when a white sphere is detached from his suit. This is either an accidental quote or a line made on purpose for comedy purposes.
 * Four Arms and Nanomech are now voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, instead of Richard McGonagle and Alex Winter respectively.
 * When Ben uses Humungousaur to scan their movements, at one time he uses the attack "Go to the Moon", an attack in the Ben 10 Alien Force video game.
 * With the return of Four Arms, Ben now has access to 19 alien forms, not counting his Ultimate forms.
 * In Ben 10 week, this was made one of the top 10 ben 10 episodes of all time.
 * Ben got Four Arms by scanning Manny (according to Dwayne McDuffie), but when Ben transforms into Four Arms he says "Whoa, didn't even know that was still in there!"