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Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures is the seventh episode of the third season of Ben 10, and thirty-third episode overall.
Synopsis[]
Ben discovers his alien heroes have been ripped off by a lame cartoon and he is not happy. So he sets out to make things right.[CN 1]
Plot[]
The episode begins with Ben and Gwen watching a cartoon called Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures that stars cartoon versions of Heatblast, Four Arms, and Wildmutt. Ben is unhappy to see his aliens being personified by someone else.
The Rustbucket has broken down near an amusement park called Planetary Studios and Ben wants to meet his hero, Kangaroo Commando. In the park, Ben encounters a guy dressed as Handy Buddy, who is the show's version of Four Arms. Ben and Gwen see a poster that advertises that the creator of the show, Tim Dean, is making an appearance. Ben confronts Tim, but he denies stealing his characters, and Ben is taken away by a security guard. Ben transforms into Heatblast and sees that Kangaroo Commando is apparently in danger. Heatblast flies over, saves him, and puts out the fire. Kangaroo Commando reveals that it was a stunt show and Heatblast tries to light another fire, but he fails, and Kangaroo Commando knocks him away. Kangaroo Commando, whose real name is Abel North, accuses Heatblast of working for Tim Dean. Heatblast and North fight as part of the show. Tim Dean sees it from afar and Abel defeats Heatblast, who reverts back into Ben. Later, Tim Dean comes and accuses North of stealing Fiery Buddy. The two engage in an argument and Ben and Gwen go on the Kangaroo Commando ride, which breaks as they ride.
The ride is caught by Abel. Ben transforms into Four Arms and saves him from a falling piece of track. Abel jumps off to save another group of riders and Four Arms assists him. Abel finds that explosives broke the rid and discovers an animator's glove that may have been used by Tim Dean. Four Arms reverts back into Ben as Abel confronts Tim and reveals explosives behind his curtain. As Tim is being taken away by the security, Gwen says that the glove is right-handed, while Tim is left-handed. As Abel and Tim fight, Stinkfly and Gwen fly around looking for clues and see North going to his dressing room. Unfortunately, Stinkfly reverts back into Ben and the two fall into a pool. They are chased by a security guard and enter into North's dressing room, where they hear him arguing with himself. They are then caught by the security guard. Planetary Studios tries to present a new episode of Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures, but Abel hanging over a vat of chemicals shows up instead. Ben attempts to transform into XLR8, but he transforms into Wildvine instead and grapples away. Tim runs past and is captured by Kangaroo Commando.
Wildvine and Gwen follow the Kangaroo Commando and arrive at a burning building. Tim is brought out and hung over a vat of chemicals as well. Wildvine saves Tim as Gwen saves Abel and the building starts to collapse, but Wildvine, Gwen, and the animators manage to escape. They enter the control room, where North's brother, Kane, is located. Kane says that he built everything for the show while Abel North took all of the credit, and that Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures was his idea. Kane detonates a smoke bomb and escapes, taking Tim and Abel with him. Wildvine follows and fights Kane, who grabs North and leaps away. Wildvine saves North and unties him. Wildvine then battles Kane before reverting back into Ben and Abel defeats Kane, who is then arrested, and Abel and Tim reconcile. Max returns and brings figures of the Super Alien Hero Buddies for Ben, much to his dismay.
Noteworthy Events[]
Major Events[]
Character Debuts[]
- Tim Dean
- Abel North
- Kane North
- Bowling Ball Bandit
- Gumdrop Wizard
- Kitty Litterer
- Doggy Buddy
- Handy Buddy
- Fiery Buddy
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
Supporting Characters[]
- Tim Dean (first appearance)
- Abel North (first appearance)
Antagonists[]
- Kane North (first appearance)
Other Characters[]
- Max Tennyson
- Bowling Ball Bandit (first appearance; on TV)
- Gumdrop Wizard (first appearance; on TV)
- Kitty Litterer (first appearance; on TV)
- Doggy Buddy (first appearance)
- Handy Buddy (first appearance)
- Fiery Buddy (first appearance)
Aliens Used[]
Quotes[]
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Naming and Translations[]
Language | Name | Origin |
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Bulgarian | Прыгоды Супер Чужародных Герояў | The Adventures of Super Alien Heroes |
Croatian | Super Svemirski Junački Kompići | Super Alien Hero Buddies |
French | Les Aventures de la Ligue des Super Héros | The Adventures of the League of Superheroes |
German | Super-Alien Helden-Buddies Abenteuer | Super Alien Hero Buddies Adventure |
Hungarian | Az Idegen Szuperhősök Kalandjai | The Alien Superheroes' Adventures |
Polish | Przygody Super Kosmo-Bohaterów | Adventures of Super Kosmo-Heroes |
Portuguese (Br) | Super Aventuras dos Heróis Alienígenas | Super Adventures of Alien Heroes |
Romanian | Aventurile Super-Prietenilor Extratereştri | The Adventures of Alien Super Friends |
Spanish (HA) | Súper Alianza de Héroes Alienígenas | Super Alien Heroes Alliance |
Spanish (Spain) | Las Aventuras De Colegas Superalienígenas | The Adventures Of Super Alien Colleagues |
Cast[]
Voice Actor | Role(s) |
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Tara Strong | Ben Tennyson Kid Woman |
Meagan Smith | Gwen Tennyson |
Paul Eiding | Max Tennyson Fiery Buddy |
Dee Bradley Baker | Stinkfly Doggy Buddy Kitty Litterer |
Steve Blum | Heatblast Handy Buddy Narrator |
Jim Ward | Wildvine Announcer Security Guard |
Richard McGonagle | Four Arms |
Josh Keaton | Tim Dean |
John Cygan | Abel North Kane North |
Allusions[]
- The designs for Fiery Buddy, Doggy Buddy, and Handy Buddy resemble the simplistic style used in the flash-animated segment of the opening.
- Doggy Buddy talks like Scooby-Doo.
- The Planetary Studios theme park that Ben and Gwen visit is a reference to the real-life Universal Studios Hollywood theme park.
- Kane and Abel North share names with the biblical characters Cain and Abel, including Kane betraying and (in this case attempting) murdering his brother.
- Abel North's name is a parody of Adam West's name, the actor who played Batman in the 1960's TV series.
Errors[]
- In some shots, the Omnitrix's dial faces the wrong way.
- In one shot, the globe featuring the logo of Planetary Studios reads "Netary Studios" instead.
- When Tim Dean is signing the pictures, he signs Doggy Buddy's picture on the stack of paper and then takes it off the stack. When the paper is on the stack, Doggy Buddy has a white mouth, but when Tim takes the paper off the stack, it has a black mouth.
- In one shot, Four Arms has five fingers.
- After saving the girl, Kangaroo Kommando has no "K" on his head.
- While Ben falls after reverting from Stinkfly, all the black parts on the Omnitrix are grey.
- The end credits misspell Fiery Buddy's name as "Firey Buddy".
Trivia[]
- The episode's title is listed as Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventure on iTunes.
- It's revealed that Ben's favorite superhero is Kangaroo Commando.
- According to pop-up trivia from the enhanced version of the episode:
- Ben's fight with his hero (Kangaroo Commando) will be one of his favorite memories when he's older.[pop-up 1]
- The Super Alien Hero Buddies are homages to the many 70's cartoon heroes who acted and spoke the same way.[pop-up 1]