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Reflected Glory is the second episode of the second season of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, and the twelfth episode overall.

Synopsis[]

JT and Cash get in over their heads when they take credit for Ben's heroic acts.[CN 1]

Plot[]

The Forever Knights are trying to retrieve what looks like an alien artifact, and Ben, Gwen and Kevin come to stop the attempt. Ben transforms into Armodrillo and fights the Knights. After defeating them, Armodrillo transforms back into normal. The team sees a light, which is revealed to be Cash and JT.

The boys say they became Plumbers and show their fake badges. Oliver Thompson is now working for the boys after Will Harangue fired him when the robot he built for him failed to defeat Ben. Cash touches the spacecraft containing the artifact, which becomes a robot. The team battles the robot and Ben transforms into Terraspin. The boys begin acting like the leaders, telling the team how to fight. The Forever Knights escape with the robot's battery, and they leave. JT and Cash explain that they are trying to take credit for Ben's plans by having Oliver help them get rich and famous, so they decide to try becoming "somebodies". So, Ben's team decides to let them go with their plan, with the exception of Kevin, but agrees to go with the plan by getting some of their money. However, when they explain they are the brains behind Ben, Psyphon hears what they say and gets angry.

They begin to track down the Forever Knights with Gwen's powers, so they go to the beach close to where Vilgax's ship exploded, and later, where Ben fought Zombozo Charmcaster and Vulkanus. Cash and JT also claim thet they managed to get Ben back from the Null Void from Sunder's power axe. The team, along with Cash, JT and Oliver, infiltrates one of the Forever Knights' homes and he explains their plan of stealing a Power Decoupler. At Camelot Industrial Park, Forever Knights discuss their plan for the weapon and Ben transforms into Four Arms and the team comes in to fight with Cash, JT, and Oliver filming the scene. Kevin gets angry with them for interfering and calls off their arrangement. Psyphon shows up with his Robotic Extermination Devices, known as R.E.D.s, and blames Cash and JT for his master Vilgax's defeat, wanting to destroy them.

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Psyphon makes his Ultimate Alien debut

Ben transforms into Spidermonkey to fight Psyphon and his R.E.D.s. While Psyphon chases Cash and JT and Gwen and Kevin fight the R.E.D.s, Ben fights Psyphon, but he proves to be too strong for Spidermonkey. Cornering Cash and JT, Psyphon deems them not worth destroying after they cowardly admit their scam to him. Psyphon turns his vengeance on Spidermonkey as he evolves into Ultimate Spidermonkey, whom he also overpowers. Gwen and Kevin destroy the R.E.D.s and Cash and JT use the Power Decoupler to defeat Psyphon and save Ben. However, when they used the Power Decoupler, the power from Oliver's camera ran out and the act of the boys saving Ultimate Spidermonkey from Psyphon did not show. Oliver tells the boys that since they confessed on camera, with their act not shown, no one will watch their blog ever again. The boys are now left in disgrace as total losers as Ben and his friends, they and Oliver not believing they subdued Psyphon, quit having them take credit for their actions.

Noteworthy Events[]

Major Events[]

Character Debuts[]

Ultimatrix Alien Debut[]

Characters[]

Main Characters[]

Supporting Characters[]

Antagonists[]

Aliens Used[]

Spells Used[]

  • Acerbus

Quotes[]


JT: If you kids wouldn't mind stepping aside so we can do our job? (Bumps into Gwen's shield)
Gwen: Your job?
Kevin: Last I heard, your job involved giving wedgies to crying freshmen.
Cash: People change, Levin. You did, or do you still wanna kill Tennyson there?
Kevin: No... not usually.
Ben: Hey! JT, Cash, what do you think you're doing here?
Cash: We're Plumbers. (Cash and JT show their Plumbers badge)
Ben: They're fakes.




Oliver: Hey kids, Oliver Thompson!
Ben: I remember you, from the video game! You work for Will Harangue!
Oliver: Actually I went freelance, right after he fired me.




Ben: A blog? Why didn't you tell me?
Gwen: Because I didn't want you to go chasing after them the next time you turn into Rath.
Ben: Rath would never... okay, good point.




Forever Knight: That alien technology is ours by Right of Salvage.
Gwen: Meaning 'finders keepers'? (shield breaks) Ugh! (trips Forever Knight)




Psyphon: This is none of your concern!
Kevin: I'm kinda leaning towards what he's saying. (Gwen pulls him by ear) Ow! And now I'm leaning toward you.
Ben: Guys, it's no big deal! (he transforms into Spidermonkey)




Oliver: (turns on his video camera) This is no cheesy recreation, fans! JT and Cash will actually show how they overcame the power of Vilgax!
(JT and Cash, in the background, run away from Psyphon in fear) Okay, interesting strategy.




Gwen: Kevin, get up! We're still in trouble!
Kevin: Let me sleep. We're always in trouble.




(Ultimate Spidermonkey barely hits Psyphon in the head, he falls down)
Ultimate Spidermonkey: (exhausted) Huh, I still got it.




Cash: We didn't do anything to Vilgax! We made it all up! We're total losers!
JT: We never helped Ben Tennyson at all! We had to beg him to do the show with us!
Cash: I even told Gwen that we needed the money for my mother's operation. I didn't tell her it was for a nose job!
JT: But she really needs it!
Psyphon: (after realizing the truth) You're not even worth destroying.




(Both JT and Cash get up after using the Energy decoupler to save Ben from Psyphon)
Kevin: Keep away from that! It could go off!
Cash: It did go off! We used that to save Ben. We're heroes!
Gwen: Sure you are. Mr. mom needs a nose job.
Cash: How did you?
Gwen: I already got 200 tweets about it.
JT: But we really did it this time.
Ultimate Spidermonkey: (exhausted and carrying Psyphon) Guys. It's over! No more taking credit for my wins. We're done!
JT: Oliver, you got the whole thing on camera, right?
Oliver: Nope. Camera lost all its power right when Ben there zapped the bad guy we got nothing. And thanks to your confession, no one wants to watch you.
Ultimate Spidermonkey: (to JT and Cash) Even the Internet thinks you're a waste of time.
Kevin: Now, that's pathetic.
(Ultimate Spidermonkey, Gwen and Kevin are quitting as Cash and JT's webshow's cast, leaving and taking Psyphon with them)
Cash: B-but he didn't zap the bad guy, we did! The gun we shot made the camera lose power. We're heroes. We're heroes!!
Oliver: Give it a rest, boys. Show's over. (also quitting as Cash and JT's cameraman and leaving)



Naming and Translations[]

Language Name Origin
Hungarian A Dicsőség Visszaüt The Glory Hits Back
Italian Gloria Riflessa Reflected Glory
Polish Odbita Sława Reflected Fame
Portuguese (Br) Carona da Fama Ride of Fame
Romanian Glorie Reflectată Reflected Glory
Spanish (HA) Gloria Reflejada Reflected Glory
Spanish (Spain) La Gloria Ajena The Glory of Others

Cast[]

Voice Actor Role(s)
Yuri Lowenthal Ben Tennyson
Forever Knight #2
Ashley Johnson Gwen Tennyson
Greg Cipes Kevin Levin
Dee Bradley Baker Armodrillo
Spidermonkey
Ultimate Spidermonkey
Terraspin
Four Arms
Psyphon
Knight Leader
Scott Menville JT
Matt Levin Cash Murray
Peter MacNicol Oliver Thompson
Sir Mel


Continuity[]

Errors[]

  • Armodrillo and Spidermonkey's holograms face away from Ben.
  • Cash and JT do not get charged for pretending to be Plumbers, despite impersonating Plumbers being an interstellar-class felony and them uploading their adventures for everyone to see.
  • When Four Arms goes into the Forever Knights' hideout, just as the smoke clears, his bottom gold straps are gone.
  • In one shot, Four Arms' underwear is gold, and he only has three arms.
  • Kevin's metal form changes between two colors.
  • When Psyphon makes his entrance through the roof, Ben is shown wiping off the dust. The next scene shows Four Arms, switching back to human form.
  • When Spidermonkey transforms into Ultimate Spidermonkey, he sounds completely different than he was supposed to.
  • Ultimate Spidermonkey's jaw is miscolored on many shots.
  • When Psyphon attacks Ultimate Spidermonkey, his energy beams disappear.
  • When Psyphon lifts Ultimate Spidermonkey, he is much smaller than he should be.
  • Oliver claims that the webcast is live, but after Cash accidentally gets knocked out by the Forever Knight, he claims they can "save it in editing".

Trivia[]

  • Gwen says she has "already over 200 tweets", meaning she has a Twitter account.
  • Yuri Lowenthal, Ashley Johnson and Greg Cipes performed a live reading of this episode as their respective characters at New York Comic-Con 2010, several days before its official premiere on television.[NYCC 1]
  • When asked how JT and Cash knew about the Plumbers, Dwayne McDuffie answered "In Bellwood, you hear stuff."[DM 1]
  • In the as-recorded script dated October 14, 2009:
    • The alien artifact is Kirby-esque in design, about two feet long, and looks like a high tech spark plug. It is first seen nestled in the midst of an alien ship, instead of being the ship itself.[script 1]
    • Sir Mel does not wear his helmet when the team, JT, Cash and Oliver visit him. He wears a bathrobe and has a black eye.[script 2]
    • Gwen and Kevin escape the R.E.D.s in a drywall maze, instead of a metal maze.[script 3]

References[]

Production Material[]

Scripts[]

Crew Statements[]

T.J. Collins[]

Dwayne McDuffie[]

Cartoon Network[]

Other[]

New York Comic-Con 2011[]

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