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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.
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[]
- JT (flashback and present)
- Cash Murray (flashback and present)
- Oliver Thompson (flashback and present)
Antagonists[]
- Forever Knights
- Sir Mel (first appearance)
- Psyphon (first reappearance)
- R.E.D.s (first appearance)
Aliens Used[]
- Armodrillo
- Terraspin (first appearance)
- Four Arms
- Spidermonkey
Spells Used[]
- Acerbus
Quotes[]
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Naming and Translations[]
Language | Name | Origin |
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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[]
Continuity[]
- The events of Video Games are mentioned by Ben and Oliver, specifically that Oliver helped Will Harangue try to destroy Ben.
- Cash reminds Ben that he, along with JT, took his side at school in Fame.
- Cash reminds Kevin about his rivalry with Ben during the Original Series.
- Ben's defeat of Vilgax, which occurred in The Final Battle: Part 2, is mentioned several times.
- In one scene, Cash and JT are outside the place Ben fought Zombozo, Charmcaster and Vulkanus in Hit 'Em Where They Live.
- Cash and JT claim that they managed to get Ben back from the Null Void from Sunder's power axe, referring to the events of Singlehanded.
- Psyphon has the powers from the Vox Peniculus, which Vilgax absorbed from 10 heroes he defeated in Alien Force.
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]