Chapter 33: The Rip-off of Epic FAIL!!!
I was SO not happy to find that someone made a TV show of my aliens behind my back! And what's worse, it SUCKED Spidermonkey nuts! I'd let it slide if it was actually at least somewhat cool, but what I saw was a complete waste of animation!
Kyle: "Okay, Bowling Ball Bandit, Gumdrop Wizard, and Kitty Litterer?! Even the villains SUCK A**!"
Ben: "How could anyone defile your reputation like that?"
Gwen: "Oh, get over it, you two."
Kyle: "Get over it? GET OVER IT?! Impossible!! I won't let this mockery of a show continue!"
Gwen: "So don't watch it."
Kyle; "Oh, that won't be enough, Gwen. I WILL get to the root of this, and DESTROY that show, even if it kills me!"
Ben: "Besides, Kangaroo Commando was a MUCH better show than THAT waste of airtime."
Kyle: "I had no clue what you were talking about, but I'll take your word for it."
Gwen: "It's nothing."
Max: "The RV broke down, so I'll head off to a supply store to get parts to fix it. Kyle, I need you to…"
Kyle: "Got it. Watch them until you get back."
Max: "Or you three can go into that park there."
Kyle: "Much better idea!"
Ben: "It's Planetary Studios, where Kangaroo Commando was being shot! We can see him in action!"
Kyle: "Sweet. We'll see if he's as cool as you say he is."
Gwen: "And, where, Oh no. We shouldn't go in!"
Kyle: "Why, Gwen?"
Gwen: "Nothing?"
Kyle: "You freaked out for some reason."
Max: "Be back in a bit!" He walked off.
Gwen: "Anyway, no one will enter this park!"
Kyle: "You're covering one of the posters Gwen. What's on it that's so bad?"
Ben: "Spill it, dweeb."
Gwen: "Why you…" She got off, and I saw the poster, and read it aloud.
Kyle (enraged): "The creators of SUPER ALIEN HERO BUDDY ADVENTURES!!!!!!???? ARE… HERE!!!!!?????"
Gwen: "Oh no…"
Kyle: "This park will be demolished!!!!" I flipped the watch on, and turned it to Way Big.
Kyle: "Time for some Way Big destruction!!!" I then hit the faceplate, and a green glow emitted from my body, but when the flash disappeared…
Grey Matter: "GREY MATTER?! Now is not the time for a joke!"
Gwen: "Now is not the time for a destructive rampage, either, Kyle."
Ben: "I think when we find the creator, you should turn into Humongousaur, grow as big as you possibly can, and make sure the creator never sees the light of day again. A much less destructive approach." I reverted to normal.
Kyle: "Yes, and MUCH more satisfying for me. *Insert the most maniacal laughter you can imagine here*"
Gwen: "This is going to get very nasty…" We walked around, just checking things out, while I looked for even the slightest hint of the creator of that… abomination… to be out in public.
Gwen: "Well, the park will most certainly be fun, right?"
Ben: "I can't wait to find Kangaroo Commando! I want his autograph!"
Kyle: "The creator MUST DIE!!!!"
Gwen: "You won't feel any better until you get your chance to kill him, will you?"
Kyle: "Exactly." I was eating hot dogs with them later, still with that evil grimace on my face, until I saw what I was looking for.
Kyle: "The creator of Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures, Tim Dean, here to sign autographs. Perfect!"
Gwen: "Kyle, think about what you're doing, PLEASE?!"
Kyle: "That talentless animator will NOT go unpunished for his actions!" I ran up the stair case, but was stopped by "Handy Buddy", the Fourarms rip-off.
Handy Buddy: "Hey, lad, why don't you wait at the end of the line, like the rest of these girls and boys?"
Kyle: "Because what I have to say to Tim Dean is important!"
Handy Buddy: "Wait at the end, boy!"
Kyle: "NO!" I zoomed past him, then ran into "Fiery Buddy", the 'Heatblast rapper', which wasn't cool in the LEAST!
Fiery Buddy: "Yo, dawg, listen to my four-armed…" I punched him in the groin, and he fell over, covering it.
Kyle: "You aren't even CLOSE to Heatblast!" Then "Doggy Buddy" came out to pounce on me, but I ducked under him, and he tackled Fiery Buddy, and they rolled right into Handy Buddy.
Kyle: "And you're the worst of the three! A rip-off of Scooby Doo, and Wildmutt!" I then got to the booth he was in, and grabbed a paper with Fiery Buddy on it, and ripped it to shreds.
Tim Dean: "Hey! That's a Tim Dean official sketch of Fiery Buddy you just ripped, kid!"
Kyle: "You ripped off the news, and me, and what's worse, it was an epic failure! I barfed in my mouth watching your s***ty show! Not even the villains you came up with saved your a**!"
Tim Dean: "Whoa, not in front of the other little kids in this line!"
Kyle: "I don't f***ing care! Your little show is going to end here, and now!"
Kid: "If he stole your idea, then show us proof!"
Kid 2: "Yeah!"
Kyle: "Oh yeah! You want proof! I'll show you proof!"
Ben: "He is so busted."
Gwen: "At least don't kill him…" I hit the watch, spun it to Heatblast, then slapped it down. The green glow disappeared, and kids saw me as Heatblast.
Heatblast: "And if this isn't enough proof for you, news reports of aliens from outer space appeared WAY before this guy made his show of MY alien forms! It's a known fact! Tim Dean is nothing but a fraud! A phony!"
Kid; "How do we know that isn't special effects you're using?"
Heatblast: "Watch this!" I made a fireball, then threw it between both of my hands in front of the kids. They oohed.
Heatblast: "No pyro-technology can do that! Plus, try to touch me, one of you!" A kid walked up, and touched me, burning his finger a bit.
Kid: "Feels like an oven!"
Heatblast: "I rest my case. Tim Dean, for creating that monstrosity you call a show, I sentence you to your demise at MY hands!"
Gwen: "No!"
Ben: "Aw… I wanted to see sparks fly! Not this pansy dweeby stuff!"
Gwen: "Kids, he may be a, well, rip-off, but does that give him the right to die?"
Kid: "I dunno."
Kid 2: "But, he should be punished."
Tim Dean: "This show is already under copyright! SO, I beat you to it! You're officially ripping me off."
Heatblast: "You can't copyright being a real-live superhero anyway." I shot a flamethrower at him, and he ducked under his chair.
Tim Dean: "You're really going to do this?"
Heatblast: "Oh yeah. You don't know how bad you messed up, Tim."
Tim Dean: "Can't we work something out, at least?"
Heatblast: "If you get rid of that show on the air already, then yes, I will. If not, you WILL have your face melted off your neck."
Tim Dean: "Okay."
Later…
Kyle: "I'm surprised it turned out the way it did. He said he'd give the show a complete overhaul, give it a different title, some better villains, the works!"
Ben: "And…"
Kyle: "And Kangaroo Commando is back on TV."
Ben: "Yes!!"
Kyle: "And I'm approving the cast, and everything."
Tim Dean: "So… how's this?" I read over the paper.
Kyle: "Much better. This could actually be a hit for everyone!"
Tim Dean: "Yes. I also get to keep my unmelted face…"
Kyle: "And remember, no little kiddy crap in ANY episode. I want it as DRAMATIC as possible."
Tim Dean: "Of course. The show will premiere later today. Keep your eyes peeled for the big TV monitor."
Gwen: "Was all that really necessary?"
Kyle: "Yep. It sure was. And if nothing else, Kangaroo Commando is back on TV for Ben and its fans."
Ben: "Exact-a-mundo." We high-fived and I continued eating my French fries.
Gwen: "And if this doesn't turn out like you wanted…"
Kyle: "His face gets melted. Simple."
Gwen: "You mean it?"
Kyle: "Does this look mean I'm joking to you?"
Gwen: "Nope."
Ben: "Let's go on that ride I was talking about!"
Kyle: "That Kangaroo Commando ride?"
Gwen: "We'll have just eaten."
Ben: "There's a Kangaroo Commando stunt show today. We can see that before the ride.
Kyle: "Even better, Ben. Let's go." We walked towards the actual displays for the show, and we noticed Kangaroo Commando looking like he was going to fall down from a building.
Ben; "Kyle! He's in trouble!"
Kyle: "I don't know. It's probably a part of the show… Oh God!" He was literally hanging by a thread. I transformed to Heatblast again.
Heatblast: "Be back in a sec, dudes." I launched myself towards the stage, then absorbed all of the fire near him, and on the building, then built a fiery tornado to get him back to his feet.
Heatblast: "Another life saved by my actions!"
Kangaroo Commando: "What are you doing?"
Heatblast: "I saved your life, man."
Kangaroo Commando: "By ruining my show?" he pointed to a sign.
Heatblast: "That was part of the show?"
Kangaroo Commando: "Yes."
Heatblast: "Oh. Don't worry, though. I can get the fire back."
Kangaroo Commando: "Really?"
Heatblast: "Yeah. Hold up." I set the place back on fire.
Heatblast: "See?"
Kangaroo Commando: "Hmm… I got an idea for us. How about we do the show together today?"
Ben: "Say YES!!"
Heatblast: "Sure, no problem. My schedule's open."
Kangaroo Commando: "This is going to be completely improv'ed though. Can you do that?"
Heatblast: "Improvisation is what I do best."
Kangaroo Commando: "We'll start now, then." He jumped back up to the top of the building, and I went after him.
Kangaroo Commando: "Stop, fiendish fire man!"
Heatblast: "I'm Heatblast, and I'm gonna burn your feet to cinders, Kangaroo Commando!" I threw a fireball, and he dodged. I continued to hurl them while he dodged each one in a cool way. He launched his feet into my face, and I pretended to take damage.
Heatblast: "AGGHH! My beautiful rock-solid face! You will pay!" I shot a flamethrower this time, and he jumped upwards, then punched me when he landed back on the roof.
Kangaroo Commando: "Heatblast, hand over the keys to the Kangaroo car, now!"
Heatblast: "Never! It's my ride now!" he then punched me across the face, and I fell off the roof into the water, yelling, "Curse you Kangaroo Commando!!!!!!" and I splashed in, then became Jetray underwater.
Kangaroo Commando: "But I didn't get my keys! Oh great." I flew up.
Kangaroo commando: "Who are you?"
Jetray: "That isn't important. I got your keys back from Heatblast." I pretended to hand him the 'keys', and winked. He winked back.
Kangaroo Commando: "when we meet again, manta-ray!" he jumped down, bowed to the crowd, leaving with applause.
Gwen; "Not bad, really. It's the stunts I liked."
Ben: "That was SO awesome!" I landed in the stands, and reverted to normal.
Kyle; "I didn't know I could act decently enough."
Gwen: "It was alright."
Kangaroo Commando: "Heatblast?" He walked over to us.
Kyle: "Right here."
Kangaroo Commando: "You're not him."
Kyle: "Actually, I am. I have the power to changes into different kinds of alien forms." I popped up the faceplate, and showed him Heatblast and Jetray's silhouettes.
Kangaroo Commando: "You have the makings in you to be on my show. That is, if it was still on TV."
Kyle: "It will be. I convinced the producers to put you back on the air."
Kangaroo Commando: "Really?"
Kyle; "It wasn't easy, but it worked."
Kangaroo Commando: "Thank you. At least my show can still be seen."
Ben: "And you were the best ever! You made me want to be a hero!"
Kangaroo Commando: "I'll sign autographs later." He left, smiling.
Ben: "I told you he was cool."
Kyle: "Not bad at all, Tennyson. I just hope Tim Dean lives up to his end of the bargain. If he doesn't, things will NOT be pretty."
Gwen: "So, Ben, about that ride?"
Ben: "Oh. Coming right up. Follow me!" He ran off, and we decided to follow him. We got on the ride, which had barely anyone else on it.
Gwen: "Where's everyone else?"
Ben; "They don't know what they're missing."
Kyle: "I hope." The ride started, and it was actually fun, until the track started to bust apart.
Gwen; "Kyle!!!"
Kyle: "I know! It's Fourarms time!" I glowed, and became Fourarms, then grabbed Gen and Ben out of the ride, and leapt forward to some other kids sitting in the front.
Kid: "Handy Buddy!"
Fourarms: "I'm FOURARMS. Not Handy Buddy. Besides, he sucks."
Kid: "You're gonna get in trouble copying him like that."
Fourarms: "Sue me." We got out of the ride, noticing Kangaroo Commando saved some more people.
Fourarms: "Kangaroo Commando!" I walked towards him.
Kangaroo Commando: "The ride got busted, huh?"
Fourarms: "Yeah. I'm curious, too. No one would do that without some kind of reason."
Kangaroo Commando: "I think I know."
Ben: "Marsupial Man?"
Kangaroo Commando: "No. Too elaborate for HIS kind."
Fourarms; "Sounds like he's dumb."
Kangaroo Commando: "Fairly. Anyway, I'll take care of this, Heatblast."
Fourarms: "How'd you know?"
Kangaroo Commando: "Your arm. Every form of yours has that symbol on it, right?"
Fourarms: "Yeah. Each one. Why?"
Kangaroo Commando: "I'd like to call you by your real name."
Fourarms: "It's Kyle. Nice to know ya."
Kangaroo Commando: "I'll keep my name to myself. You know. Secret identity."
Fourarms: "Yeah. Gwen would know."
Gwen: "I would."
Kangaroo Commando: "I'm off. May our paths cross again someday." He bounded off, and I changed to normal.
Kyle: "Gwen, should we…"
Gwen: "Yeah. We'd better go after him." I went Jetray, and flew in his direction. We watched him head back to some lodging rooms, when I saw a giant TV screen.
Screen: "New episode of Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures, later today!"
Jetray: "What the…? Tim Dean lied?!!"
Ben: "That cheapskate!!"
Gwen: "Kyle, please…"
Jetray: "GRRR!" I fired my eye beams at the TV, destroying it.
Jetray: "No one will continue to see that abomination!"
Gwen; "Real mature, dweebs."
Jetray: "Gwen!"
Ben: "I'm sure you'll get a crack at Tim Dean later today." They hopped on again, and I took off after the direction he went in, and landed behind some bushes.
Jetray: "Kangaroo Commando without his outfit!"
Ben: "I know! Cool, huh?"
Jetray: "I wondered what his face looked like!"
Gwen; "Let's just stay quiet, and listen in here!"
Jetray: "Oh, right."
Kangaroo Commando: "No Kane, you've gone too far this time! Making my ride explode, with children on it!? What the hell were you thinking?"
Jetray: "Who's Kane?"
Ben: "I dunno."
Jetray: "Seriously?" Ben nodded.
Gwen: "Then this could be a problem."
Kangaroo Commando: "Forget it Kane. I'll talk to you in person later." He left his room, and we made sure to stay ducked down. When he left, I went Big Chill.
Big Chill: "Ben, go back into the park!"
Ben: "What?"
Big Chill: "I don't want you to get hurt in there! Come on, Gwen."
Ben: "But I have every single bit of Kangaroo Commando knowledge you need!"
Big Chill: "Not for this. It could get serious. Gwen?"
Gwen: "I'm coming, I'm coming…" She chanted a spell, then her Lucky Girl clothes materialized on her.
Big Chill: "Learning the spell book a bit, eh?"
Gwen: "I don't have to go to the RV, each time, now."
Big Chill: "Great. Let's go!" She grabbed on to me, and I turned invisible, then took off.
Ben: "I AM going in." He ran after me, but after a few seconds…
Guard: "Freeze, kid!"
Ben: "Oh man!" He was thrown back into the park.
Ben; "Fine! Be that way! I'll just, go for a ride myself, then." He stormed off.
Big Chill: "I'll keep the trail. Hold on."
Gwen: "I'll stay here." He walked through a door, then I turned my intangibility on, and went inside after him.
Big Chill: "Wow. Must be a special effects place." We continued after him, then when we got to a control room, we noticed he stopped.
Kangaroo Commando: "Kane."
Kane: "Abel. So, wondering why I did that?" He turned around on his chair, showing he looked just like Kangaroo Commando, except with a mustache.
Big Chill: "Kane is really a clone?"
Gwen: "Twin brother, genius."
Big Chill; "They're actors. How am I supposed to know?"
Gwen:"Let's just listen to them."
Kane: "You were successful only because of me! Admit it!"
Abel: "Kane, we've been through this!"
Kane: "I made your gadgets! I'm the TRUE Kangaroo Commando! But, as usual, those D*** producers said my acting was horrible, and only let me be in that evil twins episode, never to be seen again!"
Big Chill: "This guy's a nutjob!"
Kane; "But that's not all! I also have the creator of that crappy Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventure Show trapped as well!" A light went on, and it showed him tied up, with tape on his mouth.
Big Chill: "So THAT'S why the new episode came on instead of my idea. No one will delay the awesomeness that is me!"
Gwen; "So, he was going to fulfill his end of the deal the whole time, but really can't at the moment."
Big Chill: "He will…"
Gwen: "If you say die, I swear to God…"
Big Chill: "He's gotta be stopped!"
Gwen: "Okay. How about making us visible now?"
Big Chill: "Gladly." I did that, and they both freaked out, then Abel saw the symbol on my chest.
Abel: "Kyle! How long were you there?"
Big Chill: "I wanted to help you solve the problem, but I see you already knew. You ARE good."
Abel: "I don't like to brag…"
Kane; "I am the true Kangaroo Commando! You should know this!"
Big Chill: "There's a good reason that happened. Your acting just wasn't that good was the reason, but you're a good special effects person, after all. Nothing to be ashamed of."
Kane: "GRRR! Tim Dean shall drop into the boiling vat of acid!" he pushed a button, and Tim Dean was dropped.
Big Chill: "No!" I went Metrion, and got my black energy around him, then levitated him to safety.
Metrion: "You okay, Tim?"
Tim Dean: "Yes! Freaked, but, cool!"
Metrion: "He has a new idea for a show, and you WON'T delay that awesomeness!"
Kane; "You actually LIKE that crappy alien hero show? By that talentless animator?!"
Tim Dean: "Talentless?! I'll have you know…"
Metrion: "Just get out of here, and get those papers to the producers! I'll deal with this psycho!"
Tim dean: "Beat him real good for me, okay, kid?"
Metrion: "It's Kyle!"
Tim Dean: "See ya!" He took off down the stairs, and left.
Metrion: "Now for… hey! Where's Kane?"
Gwen: "Over here!" She waved, and I saw Kane running with Abel trying to catch him.
Metrion: "I'll be right over!" I flew over, and suddenly, a dinosaur head flew out from the floor, and breathed fire at us. I went Humongousaur, and smashed it down.
Humongousaur: "Get back here, Kane!"
Kane: "Never! I have his gear! It's impossible!"
Humongousaur; "No it's not!" I went Lodestar, and tried my magnetism powers on him. He was stopped, and I pulled some of the gear off of him.
Lodestar: "Kane's still getting away!"
Gwen: "Let's go!"
Abel; "Just don't be too rough, okay? He'll be needed for possible new episodes."
Gwen; "Got it!" I went Goop, then launched my goopy arm up to where he just used a grappling hook and pulled myself up with Gwen inside me, and I set her down after we landed.
Kane: You can't do anything to me up here!"
Goop: "Yes, we can!" I shot a paintball into his face, blinding him, then Gwen kicked him down, then gave him a knockout blow to the face.
Goop: "That was WAY too easy."
Gwen: "He's just a special effects person. What can he do against two superheroes?"
Abel: "Against three, you mean." He used the shoes to launch himself up.
Goop: "Abel! Can I call you Abel?"
Abel: "When I'm not in costume. Is Kane alright?"
Gwen: "Yeah. Just knocked out."
Kane: "Not fully… Ouch that hurt."
Abel: "You are still important to the show, just not as Kangaroo Commando. Without you, the show would never have been a hit."
Kane: "Really? You acknowledge that?"
Abel: "Of course. All I did was read lines, do the scenes, you know that. But you, you did what made Kangaroo Commando work. The gear. Without that, he's just, um…"
Goop: "Commando?"
Abel: "Yes. The Commando. Not too popular sounding, eh?"
Goop: "Nope. Not by my standards."
Gwen: "I wouldn't be interested, either."
Abel: "You see?"
Kane: "Yes. I'm sorry I…"
Abel: "Aw, forget about that. Just be happy you did what you did." They hugged.
Goop: "So, we won?"
Gwen; "I think."
Kane: "Now get out of here before guards see you."
Goop: "Will do." I went Stinkfly, and carried Gwen off with me.
Outside…
Ben: "Hmph."
Kyle: "Ben… I was just worried for your safety!"
Ben: "Don't be."
Gwen: "So was I."
Ben: "Seriously?"
Gwen: "Who else would I call 'dweeb'?"
Ben: "Ha ha."
Max: "I got the RV fixed. I also got something for Ben back at a nearby convenience store." He pulled out a "Handy Buddy" action figure.
Max: "Reminded me of Fourarms."
Kyle: "Ah… whatever."
Tim Dean: "Ah, there you are!" he walked over to me.
Kyle: "How'd they take it?"
Tim Dean: "They liked the idea much better than my original show. They'll do it."
Gwen: "What was this new show even called?"
Kyle: "The Alien League of Justice! Presenting, Diamondhead, Wildmutt, Heatblast, Fourarms, Ghostfreak, XLR8, and Stinkfly! They are the ultimate force of heroes!"
Tim Dean: "And, Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures has been replaced with Kangaroo Commando, as requested."
Ben: "All RIGHT!"
Tim Dean: "I'd better be animating the episodes for the Alien League of Justice, then. Later." He walked back in, happy.
Kyle: "Just wait, Ben. This new show is going to rock!"
The new show came on, as scheduled, at 3:00 PM. Ben, Gwen, and I watched it.
Our reactions…
Ben; "Now THAT is a show!"
Kyle: "Did you see the part when Diamondhead shot down that other freak?"
Gwen: "But that was not as awesome as when XLR8 flicked Joker's nose, then tail-whipped him!"
Max; "I'm happy for you kids. Got your own TV show now."
The End.
Author's note: Alien League of Justice is my Ben 10 version of Justice League.
Diamondhead: Batman (Batarangs= Diamond shards)
Wildmutt: Wonder Woman (just because, and I wanted only the original 10)
Heatblast: Green Lantern (Energy projection/fire projection, closest I could get)
Fourarms: Superman (Superman's strongest, Fourarms is strongest)
Ghostfreak: Martian Manhunter (telepathy and intangibility mostly. Had to be either Ghostfreak or Upgrade, and Ghostfreak fits better)
XLR8: Flash (obvious)
Stinkfly: Hawkgirl (because Stinkfly has wings)
