Ben 10 Ultimate Hero EP 11: Clown College
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Intro:
A green glowing, steel pod was flying through space, hurtling towards earth as it crashed, making a huge green flash.
The camera zooms out from the glowing symbol on the Ultimatrix as Ben looks up close at it.
He then activates it while smirking at the camera, raising his hand high and slapping it down on the core.
The background turns all green as Ben morphs into Four Arms, who pumps his upper fists while cracking his lower ones with a smirk.
A white number appears on the left side, starting at 1.
"Ben 10!"
2: Heatblast ignites 2 fireballs in his hands.
"Ben 10!"
3: XLR8 zooms into the right.
4: Diamondhead swaps his right arm across as it turns into a blade.
"Ben 10!"
5: Cannonbolt uncurls and poses.
"Ben 10!"
"Ben 10!"
6: Upgrade stretches out of his puddle form.
7: Grey Matter hops off the 7 and lands into a crouch, giving a thumbs up and a smile.
"Ben 10!"
8: Water Hazard slides in on his water blasts and raises his fists.
"Ben 10!"
9: Wildvine extends his legs and stretches out his right fingers while holding seeds in his left one, chucking them offscreen.
10: Big Chill phases through the number and floats briefly before zooming near the camera.
"Ben 10!"
Big Chill's head turns back into Ben's as it rotates.
The camera zooms out to reveal Max and Gwen by his side.
Ben gave a low-five to his grandfather as Gwen crossed her arms and shook her head playfully with a smile.
The 2 then ran off-screen, making Ben run towards the camera with a determined look.
He then froze as his aliens appeared in heroic poses on each of the kids' sides, 5 on each side. Just as the title appears on a black background with green rays appearing from the title.
Ben and his family are all hanging out in a parking lot at a stadium that has the words 'State University of Arkansas' on it. Tennyson's next stop was Grandpa Max's old college: State U of Arkansas. They arrived just as the State Red Wolves were playing a huge game, as evidenced by many fans hanging out in the parking lot, playing, talking, and grilling. "Go Wolves! AAWWWOOOO!" 2 college guys exclaim as they chest bumped each other as they walked off.
"Whoa! This place rocks!" The boy hero exclaims as he looks around from his chair as his cousin is sitting and reading next to him. "Ahh… College was great. I had some amazing times at old State U! Tons of fun and lots of pranks!" Max said as he cooked a ton of sausages. "Your aunts, Celestia, and Luna want to State U! They were smart, popular, and good-looking too! All the guys turn their heads when they walk by." "Wait a minute… Are you saying these 'aunts' we never saw before are as old as you?" Ben questions his grandfather, who chuckles.
"No, sport. They are in their late 30s, and they both look great! Last, I heard, they went home to teach at Canterlot City's High School." "Yeah… Great. Anyway, I love pranks!" Ben got a look of excitement as Gwen put her books down. "And I love that their mascot is one of my favorite animals: The majestic wolf!" She exclaims as she points at her wolf bracelet then asks Max. "And I bet that you learned a lot of things here."
Max responds to his granddaughter as he welds his fork like a bat. "Yes, we're very studious. But one of my best college experiences is battling it out on the playing field! I was quite the all-star player of my time!" "What sport did you play, Grandpa?" Ben questions. "The most ferocious and quick-paced sport there is; Tennis!" Max holds out a Tennis racquet like he pulled Excalibur from its stone.
"…. Tennis? Isn't that a girl's sport?" "No, Ben. Men and Women play Tennis. They have been doing it, ever since the 19th Century." "You're right, Gwen! It is quite a sport! It has 4 things involved to be the best. Amazing reflexes, quick wits, on-the-fly thinking, and controlled power!" Max flips the racquet around and over, pretending to swing it. "And we owned the game! Thanks to us, most teams were afraid of facing us! People used to call us-"
"The Fearsome Four!" Max looks behind him to see his 3 old college buddies. "Welcome back, Max!" "It's like time stood still! You guys look great!" Max greets his friends. "Feel great too! I got 2 new knees!" The brown-skinned elder said as the fat one added in. "I'm getting a hip next month." "Can you puree those sausages, Max? I misplaced my teeth." The lanky elder smacks his gums, grossing the kids out.
"Same old Bruce: Losing your teeth but winning the game! Anyway, these are my grandkids, Ben and Gwen. Thought I bring them here to the old stomping grounds." The kids gave brief greetings. "And, of course, let's not forget our fearless leader: Coach Keene!" The 4 elders placed their rackets over their hearts as if they were honoring the dead. "He should've never retired." "THE GREATEST COACH EVER! IN THE GREATEST SPORT EVER!" The 4 yelled together. Then, they started chatting about old stories as the Grandkids were bored. Ben points his thumb away as Gwen nods at the silent gesture. They both left, unbeknownst to the elders as they laughed.
Ben and Gwen move into the front of a gathered crowd. "Hey, check it out! Must be some sort of parade." Gwen said as they were gathered on a street while Ben got excited. "Ooh! I hope there are superheroes on floats! Or Sumo Slammers!" Just then, both kids hear horns honking from their right. Looking in that direction, they saw a bunch of clowns performing and waving as they went by the crowd.
"Clowns?! Why did it have to be clowns... I hate clowns! They're so creepy!" Ben exclaims. "Oh, come on! They can't be that bad." Gwen spoke to the boy. Suddenly, a creepy clown parked next to them. The clown has pink hair and pale skin. He also has sharp white teeth and red lips. His eyes are orange and yellow. The jumpsuit he wears is striped dark and light grey. He wears big black shoes, black gloves, and a top hat. He has blue orbs on his hands and his hat.
"Children, excited for the big game?" "Uhh… Maybe?" Ben answers as he and Gwen are trying not to scream at the strange clown. "Of course, you are! The Zombozo attraction never disappoints. It will blow your tiny minds! KA-BLOOEY! See you at the halftime show! It will be a real gas!" Zombozo exclaims as leans and smiles like a piranha, totally creeping the kids out.
"Uhh… Sure? We're just going to get going!" Ben moves back and notices his cousin is frozen. "Gwen!" He quickly grabs her arm and drags her away as Zombozo drives away while laughing.
Ben and Gwen approached a building that is the geology department "Ooohh… The geology department! Are you thinking what I'm thinking?!" Gwen said with excitement as Ben started looking around. "Yeah! Go and look for some pranks!" He then ran off as the girl blinked out. "Wait?! What?"
Ben was walking around the courtyard when he saw something that interested him. "Ooh! Prank!" Ben was looking at 4 guys holding buckets of water as they surrounded another guy who was sleeping on the ground, getting ready to splash him awake. "Man! College does teach you the classics! But maybe it can be… Epic." Ben then got a scheming look as he ran off while dialing into the Gauntlet.
"Okay… ready?" Suddenly, a wave of water washed over the 5, sending them tumbling around a tree as one of them hung from the breach, all wet and soggy. Just then, Water Hazard slides in. "YEAH! UP TOP! Uhh… This is where we high-fived, guys. Come on, dudes! It was an epic prank!" "Pranks are supposed to be funny and light-hearted. You took it too far!" One of the guys called out. Water Hazard then tries to explain. "But… prank equals good. Epic prank equals best! It's basic prank math!" "This is college! We're sophisticated! You know nothing about comedy!"
Water Hazard then got gloomy and walked off, timing out as he went into some bushes. FLASH Ben walks out with his hands in his pockets and head down. "Me? Not knowing anything about comedy? I thought college was supposed to be great!"
Ben kept walking, kicking a can in frustration as he walked. He kept going into a parking lot, not caring about anything as he was still upset at what happened until… HONK HONK Ben looks up and quickly hides behind a nearby tree. He peeks out to see the clowns from before, all standing and getting prepped up for the show. "Great. More clowns. Just what I needed." Ben groans out, only for him to notice something off about them.
"Since when do clowns carry weapons on them?" He questions himself as he sees them prepping air guns. A clown accidentally brushes his finger against an orb on his belt, almost making him hit the ground before Zombozo catches it. "Careful, you fool! Drop one of these gas bombs and you'll put us all in a trance! Do you want to be hypnotized and let the police catch you?!"
Ben widened his eyes at the words 'gas bombs', 'hypnotized', and 'trance' as he kept listening. "Once the crowd is under my spell, we have half an hour to relieve them of all their valuables! Once 20 mins are up, we only have 10 mins to get out of here as fast as we can before they notice and call the cops on us!"
Zombozo turns towards a juggling clown. "I repeat, Artie! Gas the crowd, not yourself!" "Gotcha boss!" A gas bomb falls on the ground, making a cloud of purple gas engulf the clown and making him all dazed as Zombozo facepalms at his minion's stupidity. "Go sit by the tree, goofball!" "Yes, Zombozo..." The clown moans as he walks towards the tree Ben hides behind. As he sits down, he drops one of the bombs, gassing Ben as it rolls behind the tree.
"He'll wake up in a half-hour and join us as we escape. The rest of you, follow Zombozo to the greatest heist in history!" The clowns cheer as they all get into a tiny clown car while Zombozo hops aboard his ride, driving off to the stadium as Ben stands behind the tree, moaning like a zombie.
At the game, the whistle blew for Half-Time as all the people got off the field for the show, not aware that it was a trap. Gwen walks down to where Grandpa and his friends are, noticing that they are eating more fried food after the barbecue. "How could you guys be hungry after that barbecue?" "We got an old saying in State U!" "To be the wolf." "You've got to feed the wolf!" "I got heartburn." Max and his buddies responded. Just then, Gwen turns to see Zombozo and his clowns performing as the crowd cheers. All while a float with Zombozo's massive, creepy head rolls in as well.
"Ugg… Ben and I saw that creepy clown, earlier!" "Creepy? These guys are great! Pretty good half-time show." Max assures his granddaughter. Zombozo stops and pulls out a Megaphone. "Prepare yourselves! For the amazing antics of Zombozo!" The crowd cheers as the clowns throw and fire their gas bombs at the crowd, briefly covering them with purple smoke as they all stand like zombies.
"Tell Zombozo that you'll do what I say!" Zombozo orders as he walks up to the crowd and speaks into a megaphone. "You'll do as I say." The crowd drones out as one. "I mean… I'll do what Zombozo says!" "I mean, I'll do what Zombozo says." The clown looks with a deadpan expression and shrugs. "Close enough. Throw all your wallets, purses, and valuables to me!" Zombozo orders out, making the dazed crowd throw their wallets as the maniacal clown laughs at how his plan is working.
Ben was still standing all dazed, not knowing that the same boys from before walked past him. "Hey, look at this kid! He's all zombie-like!" "Hey, guys! Check this out. Hey, kid! You look a little thirsty!" SPLASH They dump their water bottles all over him, laughing as they walk off.
Ben, on the other hand, shook his head before blinking, snapping out of the trance thanks to the water. "Wha? What happened?" He then realized about Zombozo and the game. "Zombozo is going to gas the whole crowd! Gotta stop him!" He activates the Gauntlet, dialing until it stops on Big Chill's icon, and slams down on it. FLASH "That clown is about to get cold feet!" Big Chill quips and flies off to stop the psycho.
At the stadium, the clowns finished collecting all the stolen loot. "Let's pack it up!" Zombozo exclaims as he rides his tiny car to the exit, followed by his minions. The alien moth flew from above and gazed down with a frown. "Sheesh... And here I thought we had enough of hypnotism with Sublimino." Big Chill lands in front of the ringleader. "This game is going into overtime, Zombozo!" The clown merely grins and tries to ram the moth.
Big Chill flew up, dodging him and breathing a frost beam in return. Zombozo drove out of the way, but a clown wasn't so lucky and was frozen, chattering his teeth while his body was an ice block. "One clown, down!" "Hey, bub!" Big Chill turns to see a small female clown aiming a bazooka at him. "Leave the comedy to the professionals." She fires a gas ball at the moth, only for him to phase through it as the alien breathes his frost breath on the ground it freezes, making the female clown slip and fall Big Chill grabs her and flies up, throwing her at more clowns.
"More like 'Pro-ice-ionals!" Big Chill smirks as he freezes a couple more clowns as he phases underground, dodging some gas bombs as he appears behind the clowns who fired, knocking their heads together. Big Chill was suddenly hit from beyond by pink goo, sticking to his wings as it sent him tumbling for a bit.
"Stick around, moth boy! The fun has just begun!" Zombozo quips as he holds a hose that is connected to a vaunt that says, 'Big Top Taffy'. Big Chill looks at his wing as he tries to fly, only to can't because of the taffy gumming up his wings. He noticed one of the tall-legged clowns was about to stomp him. He quickly activates his Intangibility, going through the foot and freezing it, making the clown tumble backward.
He then decides to get in on close combat and makes his ice armor to knock out a few more clowns. He then roundhouse kicks one behind him and grabs and throws one into a pile of others, freezing them with his ice breath.
Big Chill notices his dazed family in the crowd when… BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP He looks down to see the symbol is blinking and beeping, signaling the time-out. "No! No! No! No! Not yet!" He then ran towards the crowd and leaped at his family. "Sorry in advance, guys!" Big Chill breathes a small gust of wind, making ice bits form on Gwen, Max, and his friends.
Big Chill landed on the steps. FLASH Gwen and the others start shivering from the cold as the ice melts off them as they snap out of the trance. "Brrr… What just happened?" "Zombozo hypnotized everyone in the stadium so he could rob them!" Ben explains as the others recover from the icy wake-up call. "Grandpa! You need to get your friends and you to a safe place! Ben and I will take care of this." Ben points to the red glowing watch as he says. "We're not doing anything as long as this is on 'Recharge Mode'!"
"We can't let kids fight our battle for us! What would Couch Keene say if he saw a bunch of evil clowns robbing people?" The black-skinned elder asked out to his friends. Max spoke with determination. "He would say: "Go get them, Red Wolf Pack!" After all, we are…" "THE FEARSOME FOUR!" The elders cried out as they poised with their racquets. They then charged down the stairs as the kids watched in worry. "This isn't going to end well." "Gee, what's your first clue?" Gwen narrows her eyes at her cousin in a sarcastic tone.
The clowns were still leaving as well as recovering the frozen and knocked-out clowns when… "Hey! Where are you going, Mister Funny-Pants?" Max calls out to the clowns, making 2 of them holding air guns smile and run towards them. 1 was about to blast him, but Max was quicker and knocked it out with his racquet before hitting the clown, sending him to dreamland with a thud.
The other was aiming when he heard something on his left. He turns to see the Black-skinned one charging at him with surprising speed for his age. The old player knocks the clown down as the kids make it to the field. "Whoa! They're good!" Ben said in shock at the elders, beating the clowns as Gwen cheered. "GO RED WOLVES!" Zombozo was girting his teeth in annoyance at this development.
"It's nap time, gramps!" A clown on a Unicycle calls out as he rides towards the fat one while firing a gas bomb. The senior spun and returned it with a backhand, blinding the clown he kept pedaling past him, who used his cane to trip him. "I already took my nap today, punk!"
Bruce noticed the tall clown raising his left foot, planning on stomping him like a bug. But Bruce was faster and dodged the stomps. He then whacked the springy leg, tangling them up, and made the clown fall backward.
Ben was watching when he heard a familiar beep. Looking down, he smirks as he activates his recharged Gauntlet, turning into Cannonbolt. "Finally! College, I don't get it. But kicking butt is my major!" Gwen merely shook her head in disappointment as her cousin shrugged. He then rolls out to the field. He stops in front of Zombozo. "Another one?! Get him!" He calls out, making the group of clowns gather in front, aiming at the alien. Cannonbolt chuckles as he looks at how the clown is positioned. "Hehe… This is going to be good!" He then rolls at the clowns, avoiding their gas balls.
CRASH Cannonbolt rams right into the group, making a bowling ball crash sound as the clowns fall, still like pins. "STRIKE!" Cannonbolt calls out, amused that he is like a bowling ball at an alley. BANG Zombozo rams the alien from behind, sending him flying into the wall. "Ooww… I got to stop celebrating too soon." He then charges at the clown, only for him to push a button labeled: 'Peels'. Banana peels start flying out of a compartment on the back. He then turns and drives away, leaving a trail for Cannonbolt to slip on as the clown chuckles. The out-of-control alien smashed into another wall.
Max swung but missed as a boxing clown knocked him back, making the black-skinned elder pick him up as they were surrounded.
"Grandpa!" Gwen calls out. She then noticed an old person next to her that was around her height. "Looks like you can use some help." "Who are you? Wait a minute…" Gwen narrows her eyes at the whistle around his neck, noticing the word 'Keene' edged into it. Gwen realizes that he is Max's old coach. "Coach Keene?!" "Yep." "But weren't you retired years ago?" The elder responds as he looks at the field, observing the chaos. "I was, but now my boys need me."
Zombozo climbs onto his float with an insane smile. "All right, time for the grand finale! We're going to bring down the house!" He then pulls the black noise of the float, making the top hat open with a burst of confetti, revealing a red, stripped-timer-set missile. Zombozo laughs as he dances in anticipation.
"How are we going to stop that?!" "I got just the play for it," Keene reassures Gwen as she questions the old teacher. "You have a play to stop a clown missile?" "Well, it's originally meant for delivering a shot so powerful that racquets broke trying to return it, but it can work on this."
Max was struggling with a clown that had him in a chokehold, only to elbow him in the gut and knock him away with his weapon as he then returned more gas bombs. "Don't lock your shoulders, Tennyson! And make sure to keep your backhand firm!" Max turns to see his old coach approaching him with his granddaughter.
"Coach!?" Max exclaims in disbelief. "Tell the boys, we're gonna run 'The Big Bad Wolf Smash'!" "The 'BBWS'?! I can't run the 'BBWS'! I haven't done it in years and I'm too old!" TTWWWEEEEEETTTT "Go howl at them, Red Wolf Pack!" Max nods at his mentor and the wolf howls for his team, who howls back as they help Cannonbolt up. They all then gathered as the coach explained. "Okay, let's draw this one up for the rookie!" "Okay?" Cannonbolt questions out.
"WOLF PACK! LET'S HUNT!" "What?" Zombozo turns towards Max's voice, only to see him lift his friends, who somehow made a giant racket out of themselves, despite their old age and bodies. "The 'BBWS'?!" The crazed clown cries in dismay at seeing the move.
Keene blows his whistle as Gwen watches in excitement, both in seats as Cannonbolt deep breathes on top of the stairs. He then rolls down them and leaps into the air, as Max leaps on and bounces onto a trampoline meant for the cheerleaders, leaping high as he smashes the giant, old-man racquet onto Cannonbolt, sending him crashing down towards the float as Zombozo glances in annoyance. "I hate Tennis." Zombozo deadpans out. KA-BOOM Cannonbolt smashed into the float, destroying it and the missile and sending Zombozo flying through one of the goalposts. "It's good!" Cannonbolt cries out. "Game, set, match! The Red State Wolves!" Gwen adds out in glee.
Later, after everyone else was unhypnotized and all the stuff returned and the clowns were all taken by the S.W.A.T Team, the Tennysons, and the Wolf Pack were watching Zombozo shoved into a police car. The clown looks out the back window to see Ben waving at him with crossed arms and a smug grin. The clown glared in response, vowing revenge against the boy who ruined him as the car drove off.
"Wow! This was fun, guys!" Max exclaims. "Fun?! It's the best reunion ever!" "THE FEARSOME FOUR! GO RED WOLVES!" The elders cheered out. "You know, I think I understand college." "Really? " Gwen questions her cousin, who responds. "Yeah, you know, some classes, some pranks, a bunch of evil clowns attacked. Some Tennis grandpas saved the day by forming a giant racket. You know, stuff." "You want to watch TV?" "Yep," Ben responds as they both head inside, wondering what's on the TV in the Rust Bucket.