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If All Else Fails is the thirty-fourth episode of Ben 10: Alien Force.

Plot

An earthquake awakens a Highbreed officer, who had been kept in stasis in a bunker, to be awakened if the Highbreed lost the war. Following his orders, he begins to activate a fail-safe weapon with the intention of destroying Earth.

IAEF(21) — All the people inside the crystal, activating the failsafe

Grandpa Max is preparing dinner for Ben, Gwen, and Kevin when he begins acting strange, collapsing and then talking to himself. Ben and Gwen are very concerned and wish to take him to a hospital, but Max insists he is fine. However, shortly afterwards, purple plant tendrils begin growing out of Max, which are revealed to be mind-controlling seedlings implanted into humans previously imprisoned by the Hightbreed. Now fully under Highbreed control, Max takes the Rust Bucket and arrives at the seedling collection point, along with five others. Having sufficient biomass, the Highbreed commences the failsafe activation and the mind-controlled people become crystallized.

Ben, Gwen, and Kevin awaken to find Max gone, along with the Rust Bucket. Gwen uses her powers to track him down and reaches the failsafe location. There they see Max trapped with all the people, as well as the Highbreed. They try to reason with the Highbreed, informing him the war is now over, but the Highbreed refuses to listen. A giant Highbreed Tree Monster emerges from the ground, which contains the mind-controlled people that it uses for biomass and as various parts of its internal anatomy, such as antibodies and even its brain, which is revealed to be Max.

The Highbreed officer refuses to believe Ben's claims of peace and won't divulge how to stop the creature. While Gwen and Kevin try to slow it down, Ben enlists the aid of Reinrassig III to get the Highbreed officer to cooperate. It is revealed the creature is a fail-safe for the Highbreed if they died and lost their war. It is primed to find a nuclear power plant, charge itself with energy and explode, with the resulting fall out being enough to destroy all life on Earth in minutes. Unable to stop the monster from the outside, Ben, Gwen and Kevin sneak inside the monster to destroy it within. They manage to save the humans used as its brain and the Highbreed officer sacrifices himself to dispose of the creature safely.

Noteworthy Events

Major Events

It is revealed that several dozen humans who have been previously imprisoned by the Highbreed have been implanted with techno-organic seeds designed for post-hypnotic suggestions and turned into seedlings for the Highbreed Tree Monster, including Max.

Minor Events

One of Grandpa Max's stories (the one he finishes when the team saves him) is about Devin Levin, Kevin's father.

Characters

Ben Tennyson (flashback and present)
Gwen Tennyson (flashback and present)
Kevin Levin (flashback and present)
Max Tennyson (flashback and present)
Reinrassig III (flashback and present)
Azmuth (flashback)
Highbreed Officer (first appearance)
Ship

Villains

Bunker Highbreed (first appearance; death)
Headless Highbreed Antibodies (people under control)
DNAliens (flashback)

Aliens Used

Spidermonkey
Humungousaur (selected alien was Way Big)
Jetray (x2; both cameos)
Diamondhead
Swampfire

Quotes

Gwen: Just tell us... Are there any more Highbreed doomsday plans left on Earth we should know about?
Reinrassig III: Absolutely not! (pauses) Um, I will... check the records.

Kevin: We're not gonna just stand here and let the brussel sprout that walks like a man nuke us, are we?

Kevin: Come on. We'll follow in my car.
Ben: Forget the car. I've got a better idea. (selects Way Big, but becomes Humungousaur)
Humungousaur: Way Big... Aw, man! Humungousaur. I wonder if the Omnitrix is still under warranty.

Gwen: Having fun?
Kevin: Pros of camp-outs: fresh air, barbecue burgers. Cons of camp-outs: your Grandpa Max's old Plumbers stories that we've heard ten times before.

Naming and Translations

Language	Name	Origin
French	À court d'idées	Run out of ideas
Hungarian	Ha más nem marad	If Nothing is Left
Portuguese (Br)	Último Recurso	Last Resource
Spanish (HA)	Si Todo lo Demás Falla	If All Else Fails
Spanish (Spain)	Si Falla Todo Lo Demás	If All Else Fails

Allusions

"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error." is a quote by John Kenneth Galbraith.
A rabbit appears at the beginning, with a color scheme similar to the character of the same name from Disney's Winnie The Pooh.

Cast

Voice Actor	Role(s)
Yuri Lowenthal	Ben Tennyson
Ashley Johnson	Gwen Tennyson
Greg Cipes	Kevin Levin
Dee Bradley Baker	Jetray Humungousaur Spidermonkey Swampfire Diamondhead Seedling 2
Paul Eiding	Max Tennyson Highbreed
Richard McGonagle	Reinrassig III Colonel

Ben 10: Alien Force Episodes

Season 1	Ben 10 Returns: Part 1 • Ben 10 Returns: Part 2 • Everybody Talks About the Weather • Kevin's Big Score • All That Glitters • Pier Pressure • Max Out • Be-Knighted • What Are Little Girls Made Of? • The Gauntlet • Plumbers' Helpers • Paradox • X = Ben + 2 • Alone Together • Darkstar Rising • Good Copy, Bad Copy • Save the Last Dance • Undercover • Birds of a Feather • Grounded • Pet Project • Unearthed • Voided • Inside Man • War of the Worlds: Part 1 • War of the Worlds: Part 2
Season 2	Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1 • Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 2 • Inferno • Don't Fear the Repo • Simple • Fool's Gold • Singlehanded • If All Else Fails • In Charm's Way • Trade-Off! • Ghost Town • Busy Box • Con of Rath • Primus • Above and Beyond • The Secret of Chromastone • Vendetta • Time Heals • The Final Battle: Part 1 • The Final Battle: Part 2
Movies	Ben 10: Alien Swarm

Season 1	Ben 10 Returns: Part 1 • Ben 10 Returns: Part 2 • Everybody Talks About the Weather • Kevin's Big Score • All That Glitters • Max Out • Pier Pressure • What Are Little Girls Made Of? • The Gauntlet • Paradox • Be-Knighted • Plumbers' Helpers • X = Ben + 2
Season 2	Darkstar Rising • Alone Together • Good Copy, Bad Copy • Save the Last Dance • Undercover • Pet Project • Grounded • Voided • Inside Man • Birds of a Feather • Unearthed • War of the Worlds: Part 1 • War of the Worlds: Part 2
Season 3	Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1 • Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 2 • Inferno • Fool's Gold • Simple • Don't Fear the Repo • Singlehanded • If All Else Fails • In Charm's Way • Ghost Town • Trade-Off! • Busy Box • Con of Rath • Primus • Time Heals • The Secret of Chromastone • Above and Beyond • Vendetta • The Final Battle: Part 1 • The Final Battle: Part 2
Movies	Ben 10: Alien Swarm

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+{{Original}}
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 |episode name = If All Else Fails
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+|image = IAEF (367).png
 |original broadcast = November 6, 2009
 |series = Ben 10: Alien Force
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 |episode number = 34
 |overall episode number = 86
-|written by = Adam Beechen
+|written by = [[Adam Beechen]]
 |directed by = [[Butch Lukic]]
 |prev = Singlehanded
 |next = In Charm's Way}}
+'''If All Else Fails''' is the thirty-fourth episode of '''[[Ben 10: Alien Force]]'''.
-'''If All Else Fails''' is the thirty-fourth episode of ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force]]''.
 ==Plot==
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 [[File:IAEF(21).png|thumb|200px|left|All the people inside the crystal, activating the failsafe]]
-[[Max Tennyson|Grandpa Max]] is preparing dinner for [[Ben Tennyson|Ben]], [[Gwen Tennyson|Gwen]], and [[Kevin Levin|Kevin]] where he begins acting, collapsing and then talking to himself. Ben and Gwen are very concerned and wish to take him to a hospital, but Max insists he is fine. However shortly afterwards, purple plant tendrils begin growing out of Max, which are revealed to be mind-controlling seedlings. Now fully under Highbreed control, Max takes the [[Rust Bucket]] and arrives at the seedling collection point, along with five others. Having sufficient biomass, the Highbreed commences the failsafe activation and the mind-controlled people become crystallized.
+[[Max Tennyson (Classic)|Grandpa Max]] is preparing dinner for [[Ben Tennyson (Classic)|Ben]], [[Gwen Tennyson (Classic)|Gwen]], and [[Kevin Levin (Classic)|Kevin]] when he begins acting strange, collapsing and then talking to himself. Ben and Gwen are very concerned and wish to take him to a hospital, but Max insists he is fine. However, shortly afterwards, purple plant tendrils begin growing out of Max, which are revealed to be mind-controlling seedlings implanted into [[Human (Classic)|humans]] previously imprisoned by the Hightbreed. Now fully under Highbreed control, Max takes the [[Rust Bucket]] and arrives at the seedling collection point, along with five others. Having sufficient biomass, the Highbreed commences the failsafe activation and the mind-controlled people become crystallized.
-The Highbreed officer refuses to believe [[Ben Tennyson|Ben]]'s claims of peace and won't divulge how to stop the creature. While [[Gwen Tennyson|Gwen]] and [[Kevin Levin|Kevin]] try to slow it down, Ben enlists the aid of [[Reinrassic III]] to get the Highbreed officer to cooperate. Unable to stop the [[Highbreed Tree Monster|monster]] from the outside, Ben, Gwen and Kevin sneak inside the monster to destroy it within. They manage to save the human beings used as its brain and the Highbreed officer sacrifices himself to dispose of the creature safely.
+Ben, Gwen, and Kevin awaken to find Max gone, along with the Rust Bucket. Gwen uses her powers to track him down and reaches the failsafe location. There they see Max trapped with all the people, as well as the Highbreed. They try to reason with the Highbreed, informing him the war is now over, but the Highbreed refuses to listen. A giant [[Highbreed Tree Monster]] emerges from the ground, which contains the mind-controlled people that it uses for biomass and as various parts of its internal anatomy, such as antibodies and even its brain, which is revealed to be Max.
+The Highbreed officer refuses to believe Ben's claims of peace and won't divulge how to stop the creature. While Gwen and Kevin try to slow it down, Ben enlists the aid of [[Reinrassig III]] to get the Highbreed officer to cooperate. It is revealed the creature is a fail-safe for the Highbreed if they died and lost their war. It is primed to find a nuclear power plant, charge itself with energy and explode, with the resulting fall out being enough to destroy all life on Earth in minutes. Unable to stop the monster from the outside, Ben, Gwen and Kevin sneak inside the monster to destroy it within. They manage to save the humans used as its brain and the Highbreed officer sacrifices himself to dispose of the creature safely.
+==Noteworthy Events==
+===Major Events===
+*It is revealed that several dozen humans who have been previously imprisoned by the Highbreed have been implanted with techno-organic seeds designed for post-hypnotic suggestions and turned into seedlings for the [[Highbreed Tree Monster]], including Max.
+===Minor Events===
+*One of Grandpa Max's stories (the one he finishes when the team saves him) is about [[Devin Levin]], Kevin's father.
 ==Characters==
-*[[Ben Tennyson]]
+*[[Ben Tennyson (Classic)|Ben Tennyson]] <small>(flashback and present)</small>
-*[[Gwen Tennyson]]
+*[[Gwen Tennyson (Classic)|Gwen Tennyson]] <small>(flashback and present)</small>
-*[[Kevin Levin]]
+*[[Kevin Levin (Classic)|Kevin Levin]] <small>(flashback and present)</small>
-*[[Max Tennyson]]
+*[[Max Tennyson (Classic)|Max Tennyson]] <small>(flashback and present)</small>
+*[[Reinrassig III]] <small>(flashback and present)</small>
-*[[Reinrassic III]]
+*[[Azmuth (Classic)|Azmuth]] <small>(flashback)</small>
-*[[Highbreed|Highbreed Officer]] (first appearance)
+*[[Highbreed|Highbreed Officer]] <small>(first appearance)</small>
 *[[Ship]]
 ===Villains===
-*[[Highbreed Tree Monster]] (first appearance; death)
+*Bunker [[Highbreed]] <small>(first appearance; death)</small>
-*Bunker [[Highbreed]] (first appearance; death)
+*Headless Highbreed Antibodies <small>(people under control)</small>
+*[[DNAliens]] <small>(flashback)</small>
-*Headless Highbreed Antibodies (people under control; first appearance)
-===Aliens Used===
+==Aliens Used==
 *[[Spidermonkey]]
-*[[Humungousaur]] (accidental transformation; selected alien was [[Way Big]])
+*[[Humungousaur (Classic)|Humungousaur]] <small>(selected alien was [[Way Big]])</small>
-*[[Jetray]] (x2)
+*[[Jetray (Classic)|Jetray]] <small>(x2; both cameos)</small>
-*[[Diamondhead]]
+*[[Diamondhead (Classic)|Diamondhead]]
 *[[Swampfire]]
 ==Quotes==
 {{Dialogue|'''Gwen''': Just tell us... Are there any more Highbreed doomsday plans left on Earth we should know about?
-|'''Reinrassic III''': Absolutely not! ''(pauses)'' Um, I will... check the records.}}
+|'''Reinrassig III''': Absolutely not! ''(pauses)'' Um, I will... check the records.}}
 {{Dialogue|'''Kevin''': We're not gonna just stand here and let the brussel sprout that walks like a man nuke us, are we?}}
 {{Dialogue|'''Kevin''': Come on. We'll follow in my car.
 |'''Ben''': Forget the car. I've got a better idea. ''(selects Way Big, but becomes Humungousaur)''
 |'''Humungousaur''': Way Big... Aw, man! Humungousaur. I wonder if the Omnitrix is still under warranty.}}
 {{Dialogue|'''Gwen''': Having fun?
 |'''Kevin''': Pros of camp-outs: fresh air, barbecue burgers. Cons of camp-outs: your Grandpa Max's old Plumbers stories that we've heard ten times before.}}
-==Errors==
-<gallery type="slideshow">
-Highbreed flying.png|The Highbreed is shown flying away
-Highbreed error.png|The Highbreed is shown with Reiny
-Ben team escape.png|Only Ben and gang are shown escaping
-</gallery>
-*After Seedling 2 reported in, Seedling 3 (via Max Tennyson) reported to the Highbreed that five Seedlings were present. However, when Max had shown up, four other Seedlings were already present and Seedling 2 did not show up until after Seedling 3 did, meaning that there were six Seedlings and not five.
-*When the Highbreed officer flew into the Highbreed Tree Monster, after the scene where they show Reinrassic III and the soldiers, the Highbreed officer was with them.
-*Humungousaur and the Highbreed Tree Monster's heights change throughout the episode.
-*When the Highbreed Tree Monster was about to fall down and the Highbreed officer ask Ben's team to gather all the people and get out, only Ben's team got out and they didn't gather all the people.
-*The Highbreed officer appears not to have been affected by the Omnitrix wave in ''[[War of the Worlds: Part 2]]''. Of course, this may mean that not all Highbreeds' coloration or shape changed.
 ==Naming and Translations==
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 ==Allusions==
-*"If all else fails''', immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.''' "[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/John_Kenneth_Galbraith/ John Kenneth Galbraith]
+*"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error." is a quote by [[wikipedia:John Kenneth Galbraith|John Kenneth Galbraith]].
+*A rabbit appears at the beginning, with a color scheme similar to the character of the same name from Disney's Winnie The Pooh.
+==Cast==
+{| border="1" style="border:1px solid black; color:white; border-color:black; border-collapse:collapse; background:#212121;" cellpadding="2" align="center"
+|-style="background:green;"
+! Voice Actor
+! Role(s)
+|-
+| '''[[Yuri Lowenthal]]''' || [[Ben Tennyson (Classic)|Ben Tennyson]]
+|-
+| '''[[Ashley Johnson]]''' || [[Gwen Tennyson (Classic)|Gwen Tennyson]]
+|-
+| '''[[Greg Cipes]]''' || [[Kevin Levin (Classic)|Kevin Levin]]
+|-
+| '''[[Dee Bradley Baker]]''' || [[Jetray (Classic)|Jetray]]<br />[[Humungousaur (Classic)|Humungousaur]]<br />[[Spidermonkey]]<br />[[Swampfire]]<br />[[Diamondhead (Classic)|Diamondhead]]<br />Seedling 2
+|-
+| '''[[Paul Eiding]]''' || [[Max Tennyson (Classic)|Max Tennyson]]<br />[[Highbreed]]
+|-
+| '''[[Richard McGonagle]]''' || [[Reinrassig III]]<br />Colonel
+|}
-==Trivia==
-*This is the second time Reinrassic III has helped Ben defeat a Highbreed. The first being ''[[War of the Worlds: Part 2]]''.
-*One of Grandpa Max's stories (the one he finishes when the team saves him) is about [[Devin Levin]], Kevin's father.
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