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Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1 is the first episode of the second season of Ben 10: Alien Force, and the twenty-seventh episode overall.

Synopsis[]

Armed with the power of 10 alien champions, Vilgax sets his sights on Earth. And the only hero standing in his way is Ben Tennyson.[note 1]

Plot[]

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The Vox Peniculus

On T.K., Tini searches for Synaptak, who is trapped under rubble. However, as soon as she finds him, Vilgax attacks her and wants to fight Ultimos. Ultimos arrives and attacks Vilgax, but he is easily defeated. Vilgax has issued him a Conqueror's Challenge for his planet, and now controls it. Psyphon, Vilgax's new right-hand man, arrives with several Bioids, who bring a machine to Vilgax, hooks up a machine to Ultimos that transfers his powers to Vilgax. He now has the powers of the greatest heroes of 10 worlds, which he intends to use to get revenge on Ben.

On Earth, Gwen and Kevin are having trouble with fighting a snake-like alien named Ssserpent. Gwen is irritated that Ben isn't there yet. Ben is at home, watching TV when an ambassador, Lukik, teleports into his room and gives him a medal for saving the universe from the Highbreed. Ben puts it in the closet with his other trophies and he sees a commercial for a Sumo Slammers movie and freaks out. Gwen calls Ben and tells him to come to the fight. Ben transforms into Jetray and flies there. After he arrives, Jetray transforms into Cannonbolt as he lands and easily defeats Ssserpent. Cannonbolt transforms back into Ben and Gwen yells at Ben for not being there, but he shrugs her off. Gwen and Kevin storm off.

In the Rust Bucket 2, Max picks up an alarm on a training mission with the Plumbers' Helpers and drives to a park where Psyphon is preparing a machine. The police are already there. They attack him, but Psyphon blocks their attacks and throws a grenade. The officers run. Psyphon warns them not to distract them again and he projects a force field around the park. Vilgax arrives and he and Psyphon issue a Conqueror's Challenge to Ben, with the Earth as the prize. The Rust Bucket arrives, and Max and the Plumbers' Helpers exit. Cooper attacks Vilgax, but he is defeated and rescued by Helen. Vilgax attacks and knocks out Helen with a laser. Manny attacks Vilgax, but is also defeated. Alan takes on his Pyronite form and attacks, but Vilgax uses his newly acquired ice breath to put out his flame and send him into a tree. Pierce is the next to attack but is easily taken down. Vilgax then searches for Max and Max comes out of hiding, using a mask to render himself invisible, and blasts him with a blaster. The blasts have little to no effect and Vilgax swats him away. Psyphon starts to drain him, but Vilgax tells him not to. Vilgax says that he will return in one day to fight Ben 10, and he will destroy the Earth if Ben doesn't show up.

At Mr. Smoothy, Ben, Gwen and Kevin are drinking smoothies and yell at Ben for being full of himself, but he dismisses their concerns saying that after having defeated the Highbreed, they should take it easy. The team is about to have a smoothie fight when Max calls Ben. He tells Ben that Vilgax has returned and has issued a Conqueror's Challenge. Kevin says that Ben can't accept it, but he does, and he is confident that he will win. Later, the team watches the Plumbers Helpers fight Vilgax. Gwen and Kevin are concerned with Vilgax's new powers, but Ben is not. Kevin opens his garage to reveal a machine that he intends to use to hack the Omnitrix in an attempt to re-unlock the Master Control. Kevin sets up the machine, but Gwen doubts that this would work.

Ben knows that with the Master Control, he can do almost anything with the Omnitrix. Gwen is worried, but Kevin is sure that he can do it. Kevin starts the machine and briefly transforms the Omnitrix into its old form. However, once back into its recalibrated form, Azmuth appears on the communicator and warns Ben not to stray from the hero's path and hack the Omnitrix, stating that he is not yet ready to use its full power. Both Kevin and Gwen think that it was a very close call and decide to call the whole thing off. However, the Omnitrix starts to overload, and Kevin tries to help Ben get it off. It releases a burst of energy, destroying the garage.

Noteworthy Events[]

Major Events[]

  • Vilgax absorbs all the powers from the heroes of 10 worlds and challenges Ben to a Conqueror's challenge.

Character Debuts[]

Minor Events[]

Characters[]

Villains[]

Aliens Used[]

Quotes[]

Quotes


Gwen: Guys, focus! Bad guy on the loose!
Cannonbolt: It's not a problem, Gwen. Creeps like this... Um, what's your name?
Ssserpent: I am Ssserpent, the snake that walks like a man.
Cannonbolt: (repeatedly rolls over Ssserpent) Is it okay if I call you "Roadkill, the snake that only made it halfway across the street."
Ssserpent: Ughhh...
Cannonbolt: I'll take that as a "yes."


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Gwen: I'm not kidding, Ben. I'm really mad at you!
Ben: But you won't stay mad at me. I'm adorable.
Gwen: You're completely full of yourself!
Ben: Which is forgivable because I'm so adorable.
Gwen: You were late for a mission. Kevin and I could've been killed!
Kevin: And I don't think you're adorable, I think you're obnoxious. (Gwen and Ben look at him, surprised) Obnoxious. That's what Gwen used to call me all the time. Am I using it right?
Gwen: Couldn't have said it better myself.
Kevin: You've been obnoxious ever since you-
Ben: Saved the whole entire universe?
Kevin: See, you're doing it again.
Gwen: Obnoxious.
Ben: After stopping the Highbreed invasion I think we deserve to enjoy our success.
Gwen: Ugh.
Ben: So lighten up. Have a smoothie on me.
Gwen: Okay. Here's a smoothie on you. (pours her smoothie on Ben)
Gwen and Kevin: (laughs)
Ben: I hope you like pineapple. (gets ready to pour his smoothie on Gwen)
Gwen: (backing away) Come on Ben, this is a new shirt.


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Manny: Shotgun! I called it!
Helen: You're already riding shotgun. Why do you keep calling it over and over?
Manny: Because it's fun to yell shotgun. Shotgun!


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Naming and Translations[]

Language Name Origin
French La Vengeance de Vilgax, 1re partie The Vengeance of Vilgax, 1st Part
Hungarian Vilgax bosszúja, Első rész Vilgax's Revenge, Part 1
Portuguese (Br) A Vingança de Vilgax, 1ª Parte The Vengeance of Vilgax, 1st Part
Spanish (HA) La Venganza de Vilgax: Parte 1 The Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1
Spanish (Spain) Vilgax Regresa: Parte 1 Vilgax Returns: Part 1

Cast[]

Voice Actor Role(s)
Yuri Lowenthal Ben Tennyson
Ashley Johnson Gwen Tennyson
Greg Cipes Kevin Levin
Dee Bradley Baker Jetray
Cannonbolt
Ssserpent
Psyphon
Policeman
Paul Eiding Max Tennyson
Lukik
Jeff Bennett Azmuth
Ultimos
Khary Payton Manny Armstrong
TV Announcer
Juliet Landau Helen Wheels
Tini
James Remar Vilgax


Continuity[]

Allusions[]

Errors[]

  • Vilgax and Psyphon call Ultimos "Ultimo". The end credits also spell his name as such.
  • When Vilgax says "Few have withstood an assault from the Ruby Ray of Rouleau", the Ben 10 Alien Force: Volume 7 DVD's closed captioning says, "You have withstood an assault from the Ruby Ray of Ulo". Ssserpent's name is also misspelled as "Serpent".
  • After Kevin is sprayed with venom, his arms are no longer metal.
  • Although Kevin is sprayed with water from the fire hydrant, his clothes and hair show no sign of being drenched.
  • Despite the end of the previous episode implying that Ben's aliens were replaced with a whole new roster, he is shown to have all his aliens still in this episode.
  • When Jetray transforms into Cannonbolt, his back is white for a split second.
  • Right before Ssserpent gets hit by Cannonbolt, his chest is green for a split second.
  • Cannonbolt is more brightly colored than usual after he defeats Ssserpent.
  • When Max receives the planetary defense alert, for one frame, Helen is drawn in a different pose. Additionally, her head is missing and her arm from the next frame can be seen.
  • When Psyphon throws the Nuclear Fusion Grenade, he has heavier than normal shading on his hand.
  • When Max calls Ben, Cooper is shown injured, even though he didn't get hurt in the fight.
  • While Azmuth talks to Ben through the Omnitrix before it gets hacked, its faceplate is like the original Omnitrix's faceplate and has grey colors.
  • When the dots appear above the Omnitrix before it overloads, some of them are clipped.

Trivia[]

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Heatblast's hologram

Notes[]

  1. The original synopsis provided on the Cartoon Network website erroneously reads: "Armed with the power of 10 Alien Champions, Vilgax sets his sites on Earth. And the only hero standing in his way Is Ben Tennyson."[CN 1]

References[]

Crew Statements[]

T.J. Collins[]

Dwayne McDuffie[]

Matt Wayne[]

Derrick J. Wyatt[]

Cartoon Network[]

Ben 10: Alien Force Episodes
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