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| Gone Fishin' |
Prologue[]
| Speaker | Dialogue |
|---|---|
| The episode starts in Bellwood, where a man is on his boat, fishing in the river. | |
| Radio Announcer | And with the robots gone back to Dimension 12 for good, Ben Tennyson has saved the Earth yet again. |
| The fisherman turns off the radio. | |
| Fisherman | Yeah, sheesh. (Chuckles) Some folks will believe anything. |
| He seems to have caught something. | |
| Fisherman | He-Hey! |
| He reels the fish in using his fishing cable, but the fish and bait are gone. | |
| Fisherman | ARGH, shucks! |
| A larger ship sails past his boat. All of a sudden, a whirlpool emerges in the water just in front of the ship. The ship gets sucked in. The fisherman's ship also starts slipping towards the whirlpool slowly. The fisherman tries to drive away from the whirlpool but his efforts are futile. He radios for help. | |
| Fisherman | HELP! Or... M-M-MAYDAY! W-W-WHERE'S THE COAST GUARD? WHERE'S BEN TENNYSOOOONN?! |
| His boat gets sucked into the whirlpool. | |
| Meanwhile, in Undertown, Ben, Rook, Max and Magister Patelliday are fishing on a boat at Spaceman's Wharf. | |
| Ben | (Bored) Rook, hand me the chips. |
| Theme Plays | |
Act 1[]
| Speaker | Dialogue |
|---|---|
| Ben | Aw, man! Since when do we fish in Undertown, Grandpa Max? |
| Max | Hehe. Are you kidding? You never know what you'll haul in down here. Last time, Patelliday and me caught Nocturnal Pus-Oozers, Sticky Nine-Eyed Eels and Bursting Gelatinous Tile Fish. (Patelliday nods in agreement) |
| Patelliday | Now that was some good eatin'. |
| Max | Oh, yeah. |
| Ben | I-I'm fine with catch and release. Too bad I need to catch something first. |
| Max | Have patience, Ben. |
| Ben | For how looonng?! (Picks up bait and squeezes it) I'm not having any luck, Rook. You try this one. |
| Rook was using his Proto-Tool's fishing rod mode. He reverts it back to it's normal mode and takes Ben's fishing rod and bait. Rook swings the cable into the water, waits, and in seconds, catches a fish. He reels the fish in and catches it with his hand. | |
| Max | Oh, nice catch, Rook! |
| Rook | I have succeeded with Ben's choice of bait. (To Ben) You have a genuine knack. |
| Ben | (Annoyed) Give me that. |
| Ben takes the fishing rod from Rook and tries to pick up a piece of bait. He finds that the box is empty. | |
| Ben | Hey, where's the bait? |
| Patelliday licks his fingers and makes delighted sounds as he ate the bait. | |
| Ben | Magister Patelliday! |
| Patelliday | Ha! Oh, sorry about that, Ben. Couldn't help myself. But don't you fret! I brought us another can! |
| Patelliday gives the box to Rook, who passes it on to Ben. | |
| Rook | It is well that we are not fishing for you, Magister. A Piscciss Volann will eat anything. |
| Patelliday | We ain't picky, and that's a fact. Jaws that can slice through steel. And then, you are looking at a fine physical specimen. (Gets up and strikes a pose) |
| Ben smirks. He dials up the Omnitrix, slams the dial and transforms into Ripjaws. Patelliday is rather surprised. | |
| Patelliday | Huh? |
| Ripjaws screeches and dives into the water. After a short while, he jumps back out and spits out a mouthful of junk he mistook for fish. | |
| Ripjaws | Hah! Who's the best fisherman now? |
| Rook Patelliday Max |
-Magister Tennyson. -Max. -Me. |
| Ripjaws realizes that he only caught junk and drops it. He changes back into Ben and is disappointed. | |
| Rook | Ben, you must make the fish come to you. |
| Ben | Did a lot of this back home, did you? |
| Rook | None. This is a method that I learned in my Earth studies. |
| Patelliday | Heh. 'Joe College' over here. (Munches) |
| Rook | Behold- Noodling! |
| Rook shows his hand, with several pieces of bait attached, sucking on his hand. Ben is skeptical. Rook dips his hand inside the water and waits, patiently. Ben watches, so do Max and Patelliday. Rook successfully catches a fish, leaving Ben stunned. | |
| Rook | Seized! |
| Max | Ha! |
| Patelliday | Well, would you look at that. |
| Rook drops the fish in a bucket. Ben frowns. Rook walks up to him. | |
| Rook | Your arm, please. |
| Ben puts his hand forward, Rook place a piece of bait on it. | |
| Ben | Eww... Now what? |
| Rook | Now, you wait patiently. |
| Ben dips his hand in the water and waits. Rook, Max and Patelliday (while eating) watch. | |
| Patelliday | Mm-mm-mm. |
| Ben waits and slowly starts to lose patience. | |
| Ben | Ohh, this could take all da- Unh! |
| A fish jumps at Ben and attaches to his face. Ben struggles. | |
| Ben | (Muffled) Hey! Get this thing off me! |
| Rook pulls the fish off Ben's face. Ben coughs and breathes heavily. His face has gone red. | |
| Max | No substitute for patience. |
| Ben transforms into Ripjaws again, and dives into the water with Patelliday. They swim together. | |
| Ripjaws | I'll bring up more fish than that boat can hold. I'm at least a better fisherman than Rook. |
| Patelliday | I don't know. That noodling was pretty darn impressive, if you ask me. |
| Ripjaws | A lucky accident. It would never work the same way twice... and never on a fish more intelligent than that half-witted alien fluke that Rook hauled in. |
| Suddenly, a mechanical arm appears in front of Patelliday, with several pieces of bait attached to it. Patelliday literally takes the bait and bites at the arm. He gets pulled up and captured by two robots, called Mechaneers. Patelliday lets out a muffled scream. | |
| Mechaneer | Got him. |
| Ripjaws | (Turns around) Magister Patelliday? |
| Ripjaws sees the two Mechaneers swimming away with Patelliday. | |
| Patelliday | ROBOTS IN THE DRINK! |
| Ripjaws | HOLD OOONN! |
| Ripjaws chases the Mechaneers. One of the Mechaneers shoots its claw at Ripjaws. Ripjaws dodges, grabs the cable, pulls it and smashes it with his head. The Mechaneer floats downwards, picks up a rock and throws it at Ripjaws. He dodges it, swing the Mechaneer around and smashes it into the rock. The Mechaneer powers down after being buried in rubble. | |
| Ripjaws | Rock on! |
| Ripjaws swims after the other Mechaneer holding Patelliday. The Omnitrix times out and Ripjaws changes back into Ben. He sees them swim away. | |
| Ben | Aw, man. |
| He holds his mouth and quickly swims back up out of the water. He pants heavily. Rook and Max spot him. | |
| Rook | Ben! |
| Max successfully noodles a fish. Ben swims towards their boat. Rook helps him get onboard. | |
| Ben | Robot... pirate... thingies nabbed Patelliday. |
| Max | Robot... pirates? (Releases the fish) |
| Ben | I know, right? |
| Rook | How? |
| Ben | They noodled him. |
| Rook | Oh. A very effective method. |
| Ben | Not the point! |
| Max | Which direction did those robot pirates take him? |
| Ben | There. |
| Ben points towards a tunnel. | |
| The Mechaneer gets out of the water and runs while holding Patelliday. | |
| Patelliday | Now, just you wait! I'm jaws of fury itching to chomp me some titanium skull! Hey. Where're we going? |
| Rook and Max observe the tunnel in the distance, displeased. | |
| Ben, Rook and Max ride on their motor boat through the tunnel. Rook hears a rather loud noise and looks around. | |
| Rook | What's that sound? |
| Max | Look. (Points forward) |
| They see that the noise is coming from a waterfall going down just ahead of them. The waterfall is very high up. The trio panic. | |
| Max | Nuts. |
Act 2[]
| Speaker | Dialogue |
|---|---|
| They fall off the waterfall. | |
| Ben, Rook, Max | AAAAAAAAH! |
| Ben desperately dials up the Omnitrix and transforms into Rath. Water splashes on him gently. | |
| Rath | LEMME TELL YA SOMETHIN', WATER- (He sees their boat speeding down the waterfall, towards the water) WATER?! WHAT? RATH DOESN'T DO WATER! |
| Rath moves to the back of the boat. | |
| Max | Pick another alien! |
| Rook | Like me. |
| Rook takes out his Proto-Tool and shoots two grappling cables on two individual sides of the waterfall above. The cables get stuck inside the rocks. This stops their descent. | |
| Rath | You better save Rath, or Rath is gonna drop kick you, awkward alien partner! |
| Rook | (Grunting) I could use some help. |
| Rath holds the Proto-Tool while Rook adjusts its controls to slowly lower their boat. Water keeps trickling over Rath. | |
| Rath | AAAAARGH! KEEP THAT WATER OFF OF RATH! (Gets really annoyed by the trickling, turns around and points at the waterfall) LEMME TELL YA SOMETHIN', WATERFALL! |
| Rook is unable to hold on to the Proto-Tool. It slips out of his hand and goes flying upwards. Rath sees it and lets out a timid squeal. The Proto-Tool falls into the waterfall. The trio's boat falls. | |
| Rath, Rook, Max | AAAAAAAAAH! |
| They emerge out of the water shortly, so does their boat. Rath screams and squeals. | |
| Rath | Aaah! Get it off! |
| Rath reverts back into Ben. | |
| Ben | (Sadly) Uh... sorry? |
| Rook's Proto-Tool also emerges out of the water, making Rook happy. | |
| Max | Where do you think those pirates took Patelliday? |
| They ponder. | |
| In another part of the water body, hidden within a cliff-like structure, is a ship. Inside, the captain of the ship sits and gives orders. | |
| Kork | Switch to full power! |
| Mechaneers | Aye-aye, Kork. |
| The Mechaneers activate a machine that generates a huge whirlpool outside their ship. The whirlpool goes all the way up to the surface of the water in Bellwood. Two cruise ships get sucked into the whirlpool. The ships get sucked into Kork's ship and are shrunk down. | |
| Mechaneer | Ready to bottle, captain. |
| Kork | Excellent! Engage bottle crew. |
| Mechaneer | Engaged. Yarg. |
| The Mechaneers work on the computers. The people inside the shrunken ships scream. The ships are then bottled up and shelved, like many other ships in the hall. | |
| Kork | Now, then, how's my lunch coming? |
| In the kitchen, the Mechaneers put Patelliday the place where they keep their supplies. Patelliday struggles to break free, as he has been tied up. He looks around the kitchen. One Mechaneer uses its claws to slice through the ingredients. | |
| Patelliday | Now this is an unpredictable predicament. (He hears the alarms and people screaming) And it sounds like I'm not the only one you caught. |
| Back in the tunnels, the trio come across a fork. | |
| Max | Which way, gentlemen? |
| Ben looks at both the tunnels and points at the one to his right. | |
| Ben | We can make it through this way. Gotta be faster. |
| Rook | Is faster always better? |
| Ben | We gotta stay on their trail or we lose Patelliday. |
| They drive through the tunnel on the right. | |
| Back at Kork's ship, they capture more ships. | |
| Kork | Galley slaves, bring me lunch! I'm hungry! |
| Mechaneers | Yes, sir, Kork. |
| Two Mechaneers bring a platter, closed. Kork turns his chair around. | |
| Kork | You know, I was just thinking about how magnificent the local seafood is... and then I wondered. I wondered why... I WASN'T SMELLING ANYTHING COOKING! |
| A Mechaneer lifts the lid off the platter. | |
| Mechaneer | Ta-da! |
| Kork sees that Patelliday is on the platter, tied up. He was eating the other food items on the platter. | |
| Patelliday | I'm not technically local. |
| Kork | Sushi? I don't want sushi! I want it cooked! |
| Patelliday | Now don't get your britches in a twist. (Scoffs) I wasn't gonna let you eat me anyway. (He looks at all the bottled ships) Well. Would you look at that. There's a bit more to this caper than what's for lunch. |
| The trio continue to drive on their boat. Rook uses the tracker on his Proto-Tech Armor. | |
| Rook | I cannot locate Magister Patelliday's badge. It could be interference from the subterranean geology or- |
| Max | Don't worry about Patelliday. He can take care of himself. |
| On their way, they see various Mechaneers lying here and there, inactive. | |
| Ben | Whoa. |
| Suddenly, the Mechaneers are activated when their boat goes closer to them. | |
| Max | It's a trap! |
| The Mechaneers surround them. Rook brings out his Proto-Tool. Ben transforms into Juryrigg. Rook is somewhat surprised. | |
| Juryrigg | Juryrigg disassemble! |
| Juryrigg hops onto Rook's head, then Max's and then jumps onto the Mechaneers. He laughs maniacally and proceeds to rapidly disassemble the Mechaneers. | |
| Juryrigg | Reassemble... Fix! Fix, fix, fix, fix, fix! With one difference! |
| Juryrigg quickly builds a Mechaneer with six arms. He controls the Mechaneer to attack all the other ones. | |
| Juryrigg | Hahaha! Hahahaha! |
| Juryrigg jumps back onto the boat and turns back into Ben. | |
| Rook | I am duly impressed. |
| Max | Wow. Fast work, Ben. |
| Ben | Is there any other kind? |
| The trio drive away as the six-armed Mechaneer fights the other Mechaneers. | |
| Max | If they had that many sentries up front, you know it won't be the end of it. |
| Ben | Nothing I can't handle. You... did see me back there, right? |
| All of a sudden, a Krakken emerges out of the water in front of them. | |
| Ben | Aah! |
| The Krakken roars. Ben turns to Rook and Max, rather scared. | |
| Ben | You guys got this one. |
Act 3[]
| Speaker | Dialogue |
|---|---|
| Max | A Krakken! |
| Rook | It must be robot pirates' guard dog. |
| Ben | You mean guard fish! |
| The Krakken dips back into the water. Water splashes over Ben. He proceeds to dial up the Omnitrix. | |
| Ben | Just enough room here for Way Big! |
| Ben transforms into Crashhopper. | |
| Crashhopper | Crashhopper? (Frustrated, clenching his fist) Next time I see Azmuth, I'm gonna step on him! Rook... gimme a line. |
| Rook | Okay. (Extends his Proto-Tool's cable) But I fail to see how- |
| Crashhopper takes the hook and jumps onto the ceiling of the tunnel. The Krakken emerges out and dips back in behind their boat. | |
| Rook | Ben! |
| Crashhopper then lowers himself using the cable and dangles upside down while Rook holds the Proto-Tool. | |
| Crashhopper | Let's see if he'll take the bait. |
| Rook | This is a terrible idea. |
| Crashhopper | Shh! |
| Max | But what i- |
| Crashhopper | Sh-sh-sh-shh! Gotta have patience, Grandpa Max. |
| Crashhopper continues dangling. In a short while, the Krakken takes the bait and jumps back into the water. | |
| Max | Hang on! |
| Rook maintains a firm hold over the Proto-Tool. Their boat rides along behind the Krakken as it swims and pulls the cable. Eventually, the Krakken releases the cable with Crashhopper still inside of the Krakken. Rook retracts the cable. Max and Rook look at each other, worried. Then, they look inside the water. The Krakken swims around. Inside of it, Crashhopper violently bounces around, hurting the Krakken. The Krakken emerges out in pain and dips back in. | |
| Max | Attaboy, Ben! |
| The Krakken finally surrenders to the pain and comes out of the water, onto a platform. Crashhopper changes back into Ben. The Krakken spits him out. Ben is covered with slime. | |
| Ben | Sorry about the wet fur, Rook. |
| Rook | It is nothing... compared to the way you smell. (Rook and Max cover their noses) |
| Ben | AW, COME ON! |
| Rook | Forgive me. It is even worse than Stinkfly. |
| The trio run ahead through a large gate. The Krakken slowly dips back into the water. | |
| Back on Kork's ship, Patelliday struggles to break free. One of the Mechaneers cuts a fish and throws it into a bowl, which another Mechaneer was cooking with. | |
| Chef Mechaneer | You said the Captain wanted raw fish. |
| Cutter Mechaneer | I said "fresh". |
| Chef Mechaneer | Raw! |
| Cutter Mechaneer | Fresh! |
| Chef Mechaneer | Raw! |
| Cutter Mechaneer | Fresh! |
| Chef Mechaneer | Raw! |
| Cutter Mechaneer | Fresh! |
| Patelliday sees this as his chances and breaks free of his bonds. | |
| Chef Mechaneer | Raw! |
| Cutter Mechaneer | Fresh! (Picks up a piece of the fish and throws it at the chef) |
| Chef Mechaneer | Raw! (The piece hits him and drops into the bowl) Watch what you're doing. You chopped ropes up along with that talking fish. (Continues cooking) |
| The cutter Mechaneer sees that Patelliday has disappeared from the table. | |
| Patelliday | Uh, 'scuse me, but... I don't wanna be lunch! |
| Patelliday is perched over a machine above the table. He jumps and drop kicks the Mechaneer down. He leaps and kicks the chef, knocking it down too. Patelliday has a little snack. | |
| Patelliday | Well. Glad we cleared that up. |
| Outside, in the tunnels, Ben, Rook and Max continue running, determined as ever. Ben crashes into a force field and falls down, bumping into Max. Rook walks closer and touches the force field. | |
| Rook | (Displeased) Force field. |
| Ben | Thanks. (Max and Ben recover) |
| Max | It means we're getting close. (To Rook) Blast it! |
| Rook readies his Proto-Tool but hesitates before shooting. | |
| Ben | What's wrong? |
| Rook shoots a laser at the force field. The laser bounces off it as well as around the walls of the tunnel. | |
| Ben | Oh. |
| Rook, Ben and Max barely manage to avoid it. It comes to a stop at the wall just beside Max. Then, determined, Max charges into the force field, but he only lets out a painful groan. Ben and Rook look away, painfully. | |
| Max | Ben... (Slowly falls down) |
| Ben | Just need the right alien. |
| Ben dials up the Omnitrix and is about to slam it down. Just then, Patelliday disables the force field. | |
| Ben | (Surprised) Patelliday? |
| Max | (Confidently) Told you he could handle himself. |
| Ben, Rook, Max and Patelliday go towards Kork's ship. | |
| Patelliday | We're gonna need everything we've got to stop these robot-pirate guys. |
| Ben | What're they up to? |
| Patelliday | Well, they... (Thinks) It'll come to me, once I let it ruminate. (Walks on) |
| Max | He's a ruminator. |
| The ship powers up and is about to dive in. The four of them jump onto the ship and run inside through a hatch just before it closed. | |
| Back on the ship's bridge. | |
| Kork | Full power! |
| The Mechaneers work the controls. The ship speeds up. | |
| Kork | Just a few more ships, and this set of Earth vessels is complete and ready for sale. |
| Rook blasts open the door and the gang enters the bridge. | |
| Patelliday | Aw, nuts. I wasn't quite done ruminating. |
| The Mechaneers run closer to the heroes, ready to fight. | |
| Ben | Magister Patelliday wanted to figure out your plan for himself. |
| Patelliday | Gotta say, I was expecting something a bit more... hmm... (Thinks) |
| Rook | Impressive. |
| Kork | Impressive?! I'm stealing boats and putting them in giant bottles! |
| Patelliday | I could've sworn he was planning some kind of universal hostage situation. |
| Max | Don't be so hard on yourself, Patelliday. He's still dangerous. |
| Ben | (Dials up the Omnitrix) Your... ship-bottling days are... over! |
| Kork | Take them, my Mechaneers! |
| Kork swipes his arm and Mechaneers surround the heroes. Ben transforms into Diamondhead. | |
| Diamondhead | Fine. We can do this the hard way... Diamond hard! |
| A few Mechaneers try to attack Diamondhead, but he jumps over them. Rook attacks a Mechaneer by punching it down. Patelliday takes down a Mechaneer. Rook tackles and defeats another one. Kork is startled as Diamondhead tries to attack him. Kork dodges and Diamondhead ends up smashing the guard rail behind Kork. Diamondhead shoots a few crystal shards but Kork smashes them away with his hook hand. | |
| Kork | Hahah! A nod to tradition. (Raises his hook hand) |
| Diamondhead punches the ground and causes crystal structures to emerge out of the floor, knocking Kork away. Diamondhead jumps down and picks Kork up. | |
| Diamondhead | What about the people on those boats? |
| Kork | Haharr! They're gettin' a free trip across the galaxy! Hehe. These boats are worth a fortune to certain galactic collectors. (Winks) |
| A door opens behind Diamondhead and some more Mechaneers arrive. Diamondhead turns around. Kork punches and pushes him forward. | |
| Diamondhead | Those bottles are sealed. They're all gonna run out of air. |
| Kork swipes at Diamondhead but he avoids the blows. Rook shoots a laser to get their attention. The three of them have defeated many of the Mechaneers. | |
| Patelliday | It IS a hostage situation! |
| Max | Hear that? Not much time! |
| Kork | Take them! |
| Rook, Max and Patelliday smile confidently. We see cinematic stills: Max uses his blaster to take down the Mechaneers. Patelliday punches one down. Rook smashes another with his fists. | |
| Kork and Diamondhead continue to fight. Diamondhead forms a crystal sword out of his arm. Max blasts another Mechaneer. Max and Patelliday stand back-to-back. | |
| Patelliday | Huh. Reminds me of that weekend that we took at Cassiopeia Way. You and Xylene, me and Appida Lou. |
| Max | Patelliday. |
| Patelliday | Yeah, Max? |
| Max | Duck! (Blasts a Mechaneer) |
| Another Mechaneer tries to attack Patelliday. | |
| Patelliday | LEG SWEEP! YEEAW! (Sweeps the Mechaneer off its feet and punches it down) (To Rook) What's keeping you, newbie? The air in those bottles is getting stale! |
| Rook | Right away, Magister. |
| Rook works on the control panel, intensely. He releases the bottled ships out of Kork's ship to the surface. Rook continues working. A slot opens and a remote-like device emerges. | |
| Rook | That's it! Prisoners liberated! |
| Diamondhead | Oof! |
| Kork pushes Diamondhead against the control panel. Kork tries to hit Diamondhead but he dodges, resulting in Kork inadvertently damaging the controls. The ship malfunctions. | |
| Kork | Uh-oh. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! |
| Diamondhead | Nothing you didn't have coming. |
| The control panels explode. The four heroes and Kork move back. Water starts to flow into the ship and the ship begins to sink. The glass shielding the bridge eventually cracks and breaks, allowing water to flow in. Kork runs off, and the heroes follow him. The ship sinks to the bottom. The heroes and Kork escape in a UFO-shaped lifeboat. | |
| Their boat reaches the surface. The covering opens. The heroes have apprehended Kork. | |
| Patelliday | Wrap this up, boys. I wanna see if the fish are still bitin'. (Stands at the edge of the boat) |
| Diamondhead | Nope. No more fish. |
| Kork | You're out of luck. You'll never get the ships out before your humans run out of air! |
| Rook reveals that he has the remote-like device from earlier. He clicks a button, which causes the bottles to open up and vanish, freeing all the boats and ships. | |
| Diamondhead | You were saying? |
| Diamondhead reverts back into Ben. Rook walks closer to Kork, grabs and lifts him up. | |
| Rook | Looks like this fishing trip has caught us a whale. |
| Patelliday | Oh no! (Facepalms) |
| Ben | (Shakes his head) Terrible. |
| Rook | (Puzzled) Uh-W-uh-Why was it terrible? |
| Max | He means it was a groaner. |
| Rook | I-I, um... a 'groaner'? |
| Max | Oh-ho-hoo. |
| The camera zooms out. | |
| Credits play. | |