Clown College

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Clown College
General Information
Original broadcast	October 22, 2016 (U.K.) April 20, 2017 (U.S.)
Series	Ben 10 (Reboot)
Details
Season	1
Episode Number	3
Series Overall	3
Franchise Overall	233
Season	1
Episode Number	7
Series Overall	3
Franchise Overall	233
Credits
Written by	Lawrence H. Levy
Story by	Benjamin Lane
Animated by	Sunmin Image Pictures
Episode Guide
Previous episode	The Filth
Next episode	The Ring Leader
Gallery

Clown College is the third episode of the first season of Ben 10 and the 7th episode overall.

Synopsis

While tailgating at a State University homecoming football game, Ben teams up with Grandpa Max's old college buddies to keep the crazy clown Zombozo from robbing the stadium blind at halftime.

Plot

The episode begins at a football stadium, where Max is making a barbecue while Ben and Gwen they wait for it. Then, at that moment, Max's friends arrive and they start talking, making the cousins ​​uncomfortable by letting them escape from the place.

Already on the street, Ben and Gwen see a parade of clowns, where they find Zombozo. The clown starts talking to them, but Ben gets bored and goes with Gwen to another place.

When Ben sees some guys about to throw buckets with water to a boy who was sleeping, Ben moves away from Gwen and becomes Overflow, throwing water, but they get upset and Ben leaves. That's when Ben sees Zombozo and his henchmen planning something and decides to spy them behind a tree, but a henchman from Zombozo self-drowsy with a gas ball and goes to the tree where Ben was , causing it to also numb gas. Then the clowns go to the stadium.

In the stadium, you see Gwen, Max Tennyson and her friends watching the game, and at that moment Zombozo and his henchmen arrive in mini-cars on the court. The clowns begin to attack the public with the gas ball, causing everyone to fall hypnotized. Zombozo takes advantage of this and tells the public to throw their wallets at him.

Meanwhile, the guys that Overflow got wet, they find Ben and they come and throw him water, waking up Ben. He transforms himself into Stinkfly and flies off to the court to look for the clowns. Already on the court he faces the clowns, defeating a couple of Zombozo's henchmen. However, Zombozo shoots at the Stinkfly a sticky pink liquid preventing his flight. Then Stinkfly, before he transforms back, Gwen, Max and his friends with an odorous liquid, after this, Max and his friends come out to fight.

Surprisingly, Max and his friends are winning the clowns using only a tennis racket. When the Omnitrix is recharged, Ben transforms into Cannonbolt and defeats the Zombozo henchmen with his ability to rush, knocking down the clowns as if they were bowling pins. Now Ben and Zombozo face each other, but the latter counterattacks by throwing banana peels causing Cannonbolt to slip and crash into a wall.

Then, Zombozo prepares to launch a giant missile, while Gwen meets the trainer of Max's old team and asks for his help. He blows his whistle giving the order to the grandparents to make a giant racket with their bodies and a mesh. They hit Cannonbolt causing it to shoot at Zombozo and the missile to explode in front of him.

Later Zombozo is arrested by the police and Max celebrates victory with his friends.

Noteworthy Events

Major Events

• Zombozo makes his debut.
• Stinkfly makes his debut.

Omnitrix Alien Debut

• Stinkfly

Character Debut

• Zombozo
• Clowns

Characters

Main Characters

• Ben Tennyson
• Gwen Tennyson
• Max Tennyson

Supporting Characters

• The Fabulous Four
  • Lester (first appearance)
  • Coach Keene (first appearance)
  • Harry (first appearance)
  • Bruce (first appearance)

Antagonists

• Zombozo (first appearance)
• Clowns (first appearance)

Aliens Used

• Overflow
• Stinkfly (first appearance)
• Cannonbolt

Quotes

“

Grandpa Max: We were very studious, but the real college experience was battling it out on the playing field. Ben: What sport did you play? Grandpa Max: The most ferocious sport there is, badminton.

”

Naming and Translations

Language	Name	Origin
Albanian	Katërshja fantastike	The Fantastic Four
German	Clown College	Clown College
Portuguese (Br)	Faculdade de Palhaço	Clown College
Spanish (HA)	Escuela de Payasos	Clown School

Cast

Voice Actor	Role(s)
Tara Strong	Ben Tennyson Clown #4
Montserrat Hernandez	Gwen Tennyson
David Kaye	Max Tennyson Lester Clown #2
Travis Willingham	Cannonbolt Arte (Clown #1)
Greg Cipes	Stinkfly Kid #2 Clown #3
Max Mittelman	Overflow Kird #1
John DiMaggio	Zombozo Harry College Guy
Rob Paulsen	Bruce Coach Keene Clown #5

Errors

• In two different scenes, Max's eyebrows are grey.
• When Stinkfly is about to fly off, His Omnitrix Symbol is miscolored.
• When jumping into action, Cannonbolt's hands are miscolored.
• In one scene, the bottoms of Cannonbolt's feet are miscolored.

Grey eyebrows

Omnitrix error

Grey eyebrows

Hands error

Feet error

Trivia

• This episode aired as the 11th episode in U.S.
• This episode aired on October 22th, 2016 in the U.K. several months before it's U.S. air date of April 20th, 2017 (In Australia, it was aired on November 12th, 2016).