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Double or Nothing is the thirty seventh episode of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.

Plot

Ben, Gwen, and Kevin are hanging out at Burger Shack, where they see a commercial about a Ben 10 play called "Ben 10 Live", starring what seems like a lookalike of Ben with real aliens, much to Ben's shock and anger.

They go to the theater where the play is premiering, with Ben fuming over what his lookalike is doing. After Ben transforms into Armodrillo to threaten the bouncer to let them in with, they go in (after Armodrillo transforms back into Ben) and watch as "Vilgax" plans to destroy the Earth on his moon base. Suddenly, "Ben" appears and transforms into "Big Chill", "Swampfire" and "Humungousaur" to fight "Vilgax".

Even Gwen gets quite livid when her appearance is copied by dancers called the Gwenettes. After the show is over, they get to the lookalike Ben’s dressing room, where they discover his real identity to be none other than Albedo. Albedo explains that ever since he escaped Vilgax’s ship, he was left broke and stranded and needed money and a place to stay, so he decided to come up with the idea of Ben 10: Live.

DoN (265) — Ultimate Spidermonkey and Hugh

Albedo then attacks the gang with a Sound Wave Grenade. Ben runs after Albedo, while Gwen and Kevin try to shut off the grenade. Ben then encounters the actors who played the aliens in the film, and defeats them through transforming into Water Hazard to defeat Swamps, NRG to defeat Fridge and Ultimate Spidermonkey to defeat Hugh.

Soon, they find the real Albedo, where he and his men decide to surrender to Ben because he can’t fight back without his own Ultimatrix. Albedo explains that one of the few items he had after the destruction of Vilgax's ship was a subspace communicator, and using such enabled him to hire real aliens to perform in his play as his alien counterparts. Albedo decides that, for whatever the reason, tonight is the last Ben 10 Live show.

However, just as the gang was about to leave, the Humungousaur actor, Hugh, comes and tells the gang about Albedo’s real plan; setting off a doomsday bomb tonight. The gang rushes to the warehouse, where Albedo is building his bomb. Gwen wonders why Albedo would build a bomb to destroy Earth when he's trapped there, so Hugh then says that the bomb rewrites DNA and that Albedo plans to turn everybody in the world into a genetic copy of Ben, much like himself. When finding out that Albedo's going through the trouble of trying to protect himself from having his DNA overwritten, Gwen still thinks that the idea doesn’t make sense, as he already looks like Ben. Ben transforms into NRG and fights Hugh and the other actors who are on Albedo’s side. NRG tries to stop Albedo through transforming into Ultimate Spidermonkey by going through a force-field that he is in, but it transforms Ultimate Spidermonkey back to Ben and he is forced to fight Albedo in his human form.

Eventually, the bomb explodes, but everyone manages to survive. They soon discover Albedo, who transforms into into a Galvan, revealing his true form for the first time. Albedo explains that the bomb was designed to help him transform back to his regular form and now he has the ability to transform into any one of Ben’s aliens without an Ultimatrix.

DoN (502) — Ultimate Echo Echo defeats Albedo

But, it backfires when he transforms back to his Ben form, and can’t stay in his Galvan form permanently, when he finds out that Ben's Ultimatrix interfered the alteration field. Hugh explains that the reason he sent the gang after Albedo was because he thought he was his friend and he made him into something of a celebrity and didn’t want him to leave. Albedo however says that it's not actually Hugh's fault, but pins the blame on Ben and transforms into Rath and attacks him.

Ben transforms into Echo Echo and later on, Ultimate Echo Echo, and fights back. He then defeats Albedo easily and lets the aliens take his unconscious body. After returning home, Ben is dismayed to find that he is being sued by the owners of the theater from earlier. The owners give him a summons to court for the damage he did to the theater during his battle with Albedo. Ben asks Gwen for help, as her dad is a lawyer.

Noteworthy Events

Major Events

Albedo gains the ability to transforms into any species without a device, though only for a short time per transformation.
Albedo's true form is seen for the first time.

Minor Events

It is revealed that Gwen's father is a lawyer.

Characters

Ben Tennyson
Gwen Tennyson
Kevin Levin
Hugh (first appearance)
Swamps (first appearance)
Fridge (first appearance)
Vilgax Actor (first appearance)
Gwenettes (first appearance)
Piscciss Volann Actor (first appearance; cameo)
Cerebrocrustacean Actor (first appearance; cameo)
Gourmand Actor (first appearance; cameo)
Will Harangue (cameo)
Pierce's Girlfriend (cameo)

Villains

Albedo (first re-appearance)

Aliens Used

By Ben

Armodrillo (cameo)
Water Hazard
NRG (x2)
Spidermonkey (x2)
- Ultimate Spidermonkey (x2)
Echo Echo
- Ultimate Echo Echo

By Albedo

Rath

Quotes

Vilgax actor: Attention earthlings, I am Vilgax, the conqueror! Here on my moon base... on the moon! Surrender, or I shall destroy you!
Kevin: Moon base?
Ben: Yeah, I hear it's on the moon.

Gwen: C'mon! Even you have to admit this is kinda of awesome.
(In the stage, Vilgax actor is the top of a moon crater)
Vilgax actor: (evil laughs) You are trapped, Ben Tennyson! You cannot save yourself!
(Albedo (as Ben) is now trapped behind laser bars)
Albedo (as Ben): Well, in that case I had better call for a little help... from the GWENETTES! (whistle)
(Ten Gwen actors with belly shirts come on stage and launch pink fireworks, imitating to her mana powers)
(In the audience, Kevin looks appreciating the Gwenettes)
Kevin: Ten Gwens...
Gwen: That is so WRONG!
Kevin: Uh, exactly what I was thinking...

(Fridge appears to fight Ben)
Fridge: I changed again, now I'm a different creature!

Naming and Translations

Language	Name	Origin
Hungarian	Mindent vagy semmit	All or Nothing at All
Portuguese (Br)	O Dobro ou Nada	The Double or Nothing
Spanish (HA)	Doble o Nada	Double or Nothing

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Episodes

Season 1	Fame • Duped • Hit 'Em Where They Live • Video Games • Escape From Aggregor • Too Hot to Handle • Andreas' Fault • Fused • Hero Time • Ultimate Aggregor
Season 2	Map of Infinity • Reflected Glory • Deep • Where the Magic Happens • Perplexahedron • The Forge of Creation • ...Nor Iron Bars a Cage • The Enemy of My Enemy • Absolute Power: Part 1 • Absolute Power: Part 2
Season 3	The Transmogrification of Eunice • Eye of the Beholder • The Big Story • Viktor: The Spoils • Girl Trouble • Revenge of the Swarm • Ben 10,000 Returns • The Creature From Beyond • Basic Training • It's Not Easy Being Gwen • Prisoner Number 775 is Missing • Moonstruck • Simian Says • Greetings From Techadon • The Purge • The Flame Keepers' Circle • Double or Nothing • The Perfect Girlfriend • The Ultimate Sacrifice • The Mother of All Vreedles • The Widening Gyre • A Knight to Remember • Solitary Alignment • Inspector #13 • Enemy of My Frenemy • Catch a Falling Star • The Eggman Cometh • Couples Retreat • Night of the Living Nightmare • The Beginning of the End • The Ultimate Enemy: Part 1 • The Ultimate Enemy: Part 2
Specials	Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United

Season 1	Fame • Duped • Hit 'Em Where They Live • Video Games • Escape From Aggregor • Too Hot to Handle • Andreas' Fault • Fused • Hero Time • Ultimate Aggregor • Map of Infinity • Reflected Glory • Deep • Where the Magic Happens • Perplexahedron • The Forge of Creation • ...Nor Iron Bars a Cage • The Enemy of My Enemy • Absolute Power: Part 1 • Absolute Power: Part 2
Season 2	The Transmogrification of Eunice • Eye of the Beholder • Viktor: The Spoils • The Big Story • Girl Trouble • Revenge of the Swarm • The Creature From Beyond • Basic Training • It's Not Easy Being Gwen • Ben 10,000 Returns • Moonstruck • Prisoner Number 775 is Missing
Season 3	The Purge • Simian Says • Greetings From Techadon • The Flame Keepers' Circle • Double or Nothing • The Perfect Girlfriend • The Ultimate Sacrifice • The Widening Gyre • The Mother of All Vreedles • A Knight to Remember • Solitary Alignment • Inspector #13 • Enemy of My Frenemy • Couples Retreat • Catch a Falling Star • The Eggman Cometh • Night of the Living Nightmare • The Beginning of the End • The Ultimate Enemy: Part 1 • The Ultimate Enemy: Part 2
Specials	Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United

Cast

Voice Actor	Role(s)
Yuri Lowenthal	Ben Tennyson Albedo
Ashley Johnson	Gwen Tennyson
Greg Cipes	Kevin Levin
Dee Bradley Baker	Armodrillo Water Hazard Spidermonkey Ultimate Spidermonkey NRG Echo Echo Ultimate Echo Echo Gourmand Actor Cerebrocrustacean Actor Piscciss Volann Actor
John DiMaggio	Rath Swamps V.O. Announcer
Jeff Bennett	Hugh Major Domo
James Arnold Taylor	Fridge Vilgax Actor Announcer

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 '''Double or Nothing''' is the thirty seventh episode of '''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]'''.
 ==Plot==
-[[File:Ben 10 Live! Logo.PNG|thumb|left|Ben 10 Live]]
+[[File:DoN (26).png|thumb|left|''Ben 10 Live''|218x218px]]
-[[Ben Tennyson|Ben]], [[Gwen Tennyson|Gwen]], and [[Kevin Levin|Kevin]] are hanging out at [[Burger Shack]], where they see a commercial about a Ben 10 play called "Ben 10 Live", starring what seems like a lookalike of Ben with real aliens, much to Ben's shock and anger.
+[[Ben Tennyson (Classic)|Ben]], [[Gwen Tennyson (Classic)|Gwen]], and [[Kevin Levin (Classic)|Kevin]] are hanging out at [[Burger Shack]], where they see a commercial about a Ben 10 play called "''Ben 10 Live''", starring what seems like a lookalike of Ben with real aliens, much to Ben's shock and anger.
-They go to the theater where the play is premiering, with Ben fuming over what his lookalike is doing. After threatening the bouncer to let them in with [[Armodrillo]], they go in and watch as "[[Vilgax Actor|Vilgax]]" plans to destroy the [[Earth]] on his moon base. Suddenly, "[[Albedo|Ben]]" appears and transforms into “[[Fridge|Big Chill]]”, "[[Swamps|Swampfire]]" and "[[Hugh|Humungousaur]]" to fight "Vilgax".
+They go to the theater where the play is premiering, with Ben fuming over what his lookalike is doing. After Ben transforms into [[Armodrillo]] to threaten the bouncer to let them in with, they go in (after Armodrillo transforms back into Ben) and watch as "[[Vilgax Actor|Vilgax]]" plans to destroy the [[Earth]] on his moon base. Suddenly, "[[Albedo|Ben]]" appears and transforms into "[[Fridge|Big Chill]]", "[[Swamps|Swampfire]]" and "[[Hugh|Humungousaur]]" to fight "Vilgax".
-[[File:Gwentettes Double or Nothing.png|thumb|The Gwenettes]]
+[[File:DoN (100).png|thumb|The Gwenettes|right|218x218px]]
-Even Gwen gets quite livid when her appearance is copied by dancers called the [[Gwenettes]]. After the show is over, they get to the lookalike Ben’s dressing room, where they discover his real identity to be none other than [[Albedo]]. Albedo explains that ever since he escaped Vilgax’s [[Chimerian Hammer|ship]], he was left broke and stranded and needed money and a place to stay, so he decided to come up with the idea of Ben 10: Live.
+Even Gwen gets quite livid when her appearance is copied by dancers called the [[Gwenettes]]. After the show is over, they get to the lookalike Ben’s dressing room, where they discover his real identity to be none other than [[Albedo]]. Albedo explains that ever since he escaped Vilgax’s [[Chimerian Hammer (Classic)|ship]], he was left broke and stranded and needed money and a place to stay, so he decided to come up with the idea of ''Ben 10: Live''.
-[[File:Hugh 005.png|thumb|left|Ultimate Spidermonkey and Hugh]]
+[[File:DoN (265).png|thumb|left|Ultimate Spidermonkey and Hugh|218x218px]]
-Albedo then attacks the gang with a [[Sound Wave Grenade]]. Ben runs after Albedo, while Gwen and Kevin try to shut off the grenade. Ben then encounters the actors who played the aliens in the film, and defeats them with a combination of [[Water Hazard]] ([[Swamps]]), [[NRG]] ([[Fridge]]) and [[Spidermonkey]]/[[Ultimate Spidermonkey]] ([[Hugh]]).
+Albedo then attacks the gang with a [[Sound Wave Grenade]]. Ben runs after Albedo, while Gwen and Kevin try to shut off the grenade. Ben then encounters the actors who played the aliens in the film, and defeats them through transforming into [[Water Hazard]] to defeat [[Swamps]], [[NRG]] to defeat [[Fridge]] and [[Ultimate Spidermonkey]] to defeat [[Hugh]].
-Soon, they find the real Albedo, where he and his men decide to surrender to Ben because he can’t fight back without his own [[Ultimatrix]]. Albedo explains that one of the few items he had after the destruction of Vilgax's ship was a subspace communicator, and using such enabled him to hire real aliens to perform in his play as his alien counterparts. Albedo decides that, for whatever the reason, tonight is the last Ben 10 Live show.
+Soon, they find the real Albedo, where he and his men decide to surrender to Ben because he can’t fight back without his own [[Ultimatrix]]. Albedo explains that one of the few items he had after the destruction of Vilgax's ship was a subspace communicator, and using such enabled him to hire real aliens to perform in his play as his alien counterparts. Albedo decides that, for whatever the reason, tonight is the last ''Ben 10 Live'' show.
-[[File:NRG vs Methanosian Actor.png|thumb|NRG battling Swamps]]
+[[File:DoN (367).png|thumb|NRG battling Swamps|218x218px]]
-However, just as the gang was about to leave, the Humungousaur actor, Hugh, comes and tells the gang about Albedo’s real plan; setting off a doomsday bomb tonight. The gang rushes to the warehouse, where Albedo is building his bomb. Gwen wonders why Albedo would build a bomb to destroy Earth when he's trapped there, so Hugh then says that the bomb rewrites DNA and that Albedo plans to turn everybody in the world into a genetic copy of Ben, much like himself. When finding out that Albedo's going through the trouble of trying to protect himself from having his DNA overwritten, Gwen still thinks that the idea doesn’t make sense, as he already looks like Ben. Ben then intervenes as [[NRG]] and fights Hugh and the other actors who are on Albedo’s side. Ben tries to stop Albedo with Ultimate Spidermonkey by going through a force-field that he is in, but it changes Ben back to normal and he is forced to fight Albedo in his human form.
+However, just as the gang was about to leave, the Humungousaur actor, Hugh, comes and tells the gang about Albedo’s real plan; setting off a doomsday bomb tonight. The gang rushes to the warehouse, where Albedo is building his bomb. Gwen wonders why Albedo would build a bomb to destroy Earth when he's trapped there, so Hugh then says that the bomb rewrites DNA and that Albedo plans to turn everybody in the world into a genetic copy of Ben, much like himself. When finding out that Albedo's going through the trouble of trying to protect himself from having his DNA overwritten, Gwen still thinks that the idea doesn’t make sense, as he already looks like Ben. Ben transforms into NRG and fights Hugh and the other actors who are on Albedo’s side. NRG tries to stop Albedo through transforming into Ultimate Spidermonkey by going through a force-field that he is in, but it transforms Ultimate Spidermonkey back to Ben and he is forced to fight Albedo in his human form.
-Eventually, the bomb explodes, but everyone manages to survive. They soon discover Albedo, who changes into a [[Galvan]], revealing his true form for the first time. Albedo explains that the bomb was designed to help him morph back to his regular form and now he has the ability to turn into any one of Ben’s aliens without an Ultimatrix.
+Eventually, the bomb explodes, but everyone manages to survive. They soon discover Albedo, who transforms into into a [[Galvan (Classic)|Galvan]], revealing his true form for the first time. Albedo explains that the bomb was designed to help him transform back to his regular form and now he has the ability to transform into any one of Ben’s aliens without an Ultimatrix.
-[[File:Ultimate Echo Echo 002.png|thumb|left|Ultimate Echo Echo defeated Albedo]]
+[[File:DoN (502).png|thumb|left|Ultimate Echo Echo defeats Albedo|218x218px]]
-But, it backfires when he changes back to his Ben form, and can’t stay in his Galvan form permanently, because he said that the Ultimatrix interfered with the alteration field. Hugh explains that the reason he sent the gang after Albedo was because he thought he was his friend and he made him into something of a celebrity and didn’t want him to leave. Albedo forgives Hugh, but turns his anger to Ben and attacks him with [[Rath]], blaming him for ruining his attempt to turn back to his real form.
+But, it backfires when he transforms back to his Ben form, and can’t stay in his Galvan form permanently, when he finds out that Ben's Ultimatrix interfered the alteration field. Hugh explains that the reason he sent the gang after Albedo was because he thought he was his friend and he made him into something of a celebrity and didn’t want him to leave. Albedo however says that it's not actually Hugh's fault, but pins the blame on Ben and transforms into [[Rath (Classic)|Rath]] and attacks him.
-Ben fights back with [[Echo Echo]], and later on transforms into [[Ultimate Echo Echo]]. He then defeats Albedo easily and lets the aliens take his unconscious body. After returning home, Ben is dismayed to find that he is being sued by the owners of the theater from earlier. The owners gives him a summons to court for the damage he did to the theater during his battle with Albedo. Ben asks Gwen for help, as her [[Frank Tennyson|dad]] is a lawyer.
+Ben transforms into [[Echo Echo]] and later on, [[Ultimate Echo Echo]], and fights back. He then defeats Albedo easily and lets the aliens take his unconscious body. After returning home, Ben is dismayed to find that he is being sued by the owners of the theater from earlier. The owners give him a summons to court for the damage he did to the theater during his battle with Albedo. Ben asks Gwen for help, as her [[Frank Tennyson|dad]] is a lawyer.
 ==Noteworthy Events==
+[[File:Alb orig.PNG|thumb|196x196px|Albedo's true form]]
 ===Major Events===
+*Albedo gains the ability to transforms into any species without a device, though only for a short time per transformation.
-[[File:Alb orig.PNG|thumb|66px|Albedo's true form]]
-*[[Albedo]] returns.
+*[[Albedo]]'s true form is seen for the first time.
-*Albedo gains the ability to turn into any species without a device; however, he cannot turn into any alien form without turning back into a [[human]] after a brief period of time.
 ===Minor Events===
-*Albedo disguises himself as [[Ben Tennyson|Ben]] to make money on Ben 10 Live.
+*It is revealed that [[Frank Tennyson|Gwen's father]] is a lawyer.
 ==Characters==
-[[File:Ben vs Alb.PNG|thumb|Albedo and Ben]]
+*[[Ben Tennyson (Classic)|Ben Tennyson]]
-*[[Ben Tennyson]]
+*[[Gwen Tennyson (Classic)|Gwen Tennyson]]
+*[[Kevin Levin (Classic)|Kevin Levin]]
-*[[Gwen Tennyson]]
+*[[Hugh]] <small>(first appearance)</small>
-*[[Kevin Levin]]
-*[[Hugh]] (first appearance)
+*[[Swamps]] <small>(first appearance)</small>
-*[[Swamps]] (first appearance)
+*[[Fridge]] <small>(first appearance)</small>
-*[[Fridge]] (first appearance)
+*[[Vilgax Actor]] <small>(first appearance)</small>
-*[[Vilgax Actor]] (first appearance)
+*[[Gwenettes]] <small>(first appearance)</small>
-*[[Gwenettes]] (first appearance)
+*[[Piscciss Volann Actor]] <small>(first appearance; cameo)</small>
-*[[Piscciss Volann Actor]] (first appearance; cameo)
+*[[Cerebrocrustacean Actor]] <small>(first appearance; cameo)</small>
-*[[Cerebrocrustacean Actor]] (first appearance; cameo)
+*[[Gourmand Actor]] <small>(first appearance; cameo)</small>
-*[[Gourmand Actor]] (first appearance; cameo)
+*[[Will Harangue]] <small>(cameo)</small>
-*[[Will Harangue]] (cameo)
+*[[Pierce's Girlfriend]] <small>(cameo)</small>
-*[[Pierce's Girlfriend]] (cameo)
 ===Villains===
-*[[Albedo]] (first re-appearance)
+*[[Albedo]] <small>(first re-appearance)</small>
 ==Aliens Used==
 ===By Ben===
-*[[Armodrillo]] (cameo)
+*[[Armodrillo]] <small>(cameo)</small>
 *[[Water Hazard]]
-*[[NRG]] (x2)
+*[[NRG]] <small>(x2)</small>
-*[[Spidermonkey]] (x2)
+*[[Spidermonkey]] <small>(x2)</small>
-**[[Ultimate Spidermonkey]] (x2)
+**[[Ultimate Spidermonkey]] <small>(x2)</small>
 *[[Echo Echo]]
 **[[Ultimate Echo Echo]]
 ===By Albedo===
+*[[Rath (Classic)|Rath]]
-*[[Galvan]] form (x3)
-*[[Rath]]
 ==Quotes==
@@ Line 83: / Line 82: @@
 |'''Kevin''': Moon base?
 |'''Ben''': Yeah, I hear it's on the moon.}}
 {{Dialogue|'''Gwen''': C'mon! Even you have to admit this is kinda of awesome.
 |''(In the stage, Vilgax actor is the top of a moon crater)''
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 |'''Gwen''': That is so WRONG!
 |'''Kevin''': Uh, exactly what I was thinking...}}
 {{Dialogue|''(Fridge appears to fight Ben)''
 |'''Fridge''': I changed again, now I'm a different creature!}}
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 |hungariand = ''All or Nothing at All''
 }}
+{{UltimateAlienEpisodes}}
-==Trivia==
+==Cast==
+{| border="1" style="border:1px solid black; color:white; border-color:black; border-collapse:collapse; background:#212121;" cellpadding="2" align="center"
-*It is revealed that [[Frank Tennyson|Gwen's father]] is a lawyer.
+|-style="background:green;"
-*[[Albedo]]'s true form is shown for the first time.
+! Voice Actor
-{{UltimateAlienEpisodes}}
+! Role(s)
+|-
+| '''[[Yuri Lowenthal]]''' || [[Ben Tennyson (Classic)|Ben Tennyson]]<br>[[Albedo]]
+|-
+| '''[[Ashley Johnson]]''' || [[Gwen Tennyson (Classic)|Gwen Tennyson]]
+|-
+| '''[[Greg Cipes]]''' || [[Kevin Levin (Classic)|Kevin Levin]]
+|-
+| '''[[Dee Bradley Baker]]''' || [[Armodrillo]]<br>[[Water Hazard]]<br>[[Spidermonkey]]<br>[[Ultimate Spidermonkey]]<br>[[NRG]]<br>[[Echo Echo]]<br>[[Ultimate Echo Echo]]<br>[[Gourmand Actor]]<br>[[Cerebrocrustacean Actor]]<br>[[Piscciss Volann Actor]]
+|-
+| '''[[John DiMaggio]]''' || [[Rath (Classic)|Rath]]<br>[[Swamps]]<br>V.O. Announcer
+|-
+| '''[[Jeff Bennett]]''' || [[Hugh]]<br>Major Domo
+|-
+| '''[[James Arnold Taylor]]''' || [[Fridge]]<br>[[Vilgax Actor]]<br>Announcer
+|}
 [[Category:Episodes]]
 [[Category:Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Episodes]]