Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–2010): Season 2, Episode 1 - Darkstar Rising - full transcript

The team is confronted by a Plumber Magister who accuses them of impersonating Plumbers. Meanwhile, a new foe allies himself with a HighBreed commander.

[ CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]

>> Kevin: BEN, YOU SURE THIS IS

THE PLACE?

>> Ben: THAT'S WHAT THE TIP

SAID.

>> Kevin: YEAH, THAT'S WHAT

WORRIES ME.

YOU DON'T GET TIPS.

IGET TIPS.

YOU GOT NO CONNECTIONS.

>> Ben: COME ON, KEVIN.



I GOT CONNECTIONS.

>> Kevin: YEAH, LIKE WHO?

>> Ben: UM -- UH --

LIKE GWEN?

>> Gwen: IT'S TRUE.

HE DOES KNOW ME.

>> Ben: A LOT OF SUPPORT THERE,

GWEN.

THANKS.

>> Gwen: WE COULD JUST GO TAKE A

LOOK AND SEE.

>> Kevin: FOREVER KNIGHTS.

>> Gwen: UP TO NO GOOD, AS

USUAL.



>> Ben: SHOWTIME.

[ BEEP ]

>> Chromastone: CHROMASTONE!

ALL RIGHT!

NOBODY MOVE!

[ REVERSE ALARM BEEPS ]

>> Kevin: HEY!

DID YOU GUYS HEAR US?

>> Gwen: I DON'T THINK SO.

>> Chromastone: HOLOGRAMS.

>> GOOD GUESS.

MAGISTER GILHIL OF THE PLUMBERS.

MAGISTER PRIORGILHIL.

I'M THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF

THIS ENTIRE QUADRANT.

YOU'RE ALL UNDER ARREST FOR

IMPERSONATING OFFICERS OF THE

LAW.

[ BEEP ]

>> Ben: UNDER ARREST FOR WHAT?!

>> IMPERSONATING A PLUMBER.

WE'RE THE ONLY LAW-ENFORCEMENT

ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZED BY ALL

SIGNATORIES OF THE

MILKY WAY TREATY.

THAT MAKES WHAT YOU'VE DONE AN

INTERSTELLAR CLASS FELONY.

>> Kevin: SOUNDS BAD.

>> IF I WERE YOU, I'D KEEP MY

BIG MOUTH IN CHECK.

>> Kevin: IF I WERE YOU,I

WOULDN'T THREATEN A GUY WHO

COULD KICK YOUR CAN HALFWAY UP

THE STREET AND BACK.

>> YOU FEELING FROGGY, SON?

THEN, JUMP.

>> Gwen: AND IF YOU'RE FEELING

SMART, DON'T.

>> Kevin: RIBBIT.

HYAH!

[ BONES CRACK ]

[ BREATHES HEAVILY ]

>> STAY DOWN, SON.

MUCH AS I'D ENJOY GOING A FEW

MORE ROUNDS WITH YOU, I DON'T

HAVE THE TIME.

>> Kevin: [ GRUNTS ]

[ BEEP ]

>> DON'T.

>> Gwen: DO.

>> Goop: GOOOOOOOP!

YOU WANT TO TALK?

LET'S TALK.

>> Kevin: I DON'T SEE WHY WE GOT

TO TALK TO HIM.

>> BECAUSE I'M THE PLUMBER

OFFICER IN CHARGE FOR THIS WHOLE

SECTION OF SPACE.

>> Ben: THEN, YOU KNOW WE'RE THE

GOOD GUYS.

>> WHAT I KNOW IS THAT OVER THE

LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, I'VE

GOTTEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF YOU

KIDS PASSING YOURSELVES OFF AS

PLUMBERS.

>> Gwen: OUR GRANDFATHER WAS A

PLUMBER.

>> MAX TENNYSON.

HE WAS A GOOD MAN.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU

PLUMBERS.

AND YOU.

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A CLAIM BY

BLOOD.

>> Kevin: YES, I DO.

MY FATHER -- MY REAL FATHER --

WAS...

>> Gwen: KEVIN?

>> Kevin: NOTHING.

NEVER MIND.

>> THE POINT IS, THERE'S A

REASON WE SHUT DOWN PLUMBER

OPERATIONS ON EARTH FIVE YEARS

AGO.

AFTER VILGAX WAS DESTROYED --

>> Ben: YOU MEAN AFTER I

DESTROYED HIM.

>> CREDIT DUE.

BUT EARTH IS A BACKWATER

LEVEL-2 PLANET.

WITHOUT AN IMMINENT THREAT, I

CAN'T ALLOW PLUMBERS' RESOURCES

TO BE WASTED HERE.

I'VE GOT OVER 300 INHABITED

PLANETS UNDER MY WATCH.

>> Ben: LOOK, MAGISTER --

CAN I CALL YOU "MAGISTER"?

>> Gwen: THE OTHER PLUMBER WE

MET WAS NAMED MAGISTER, TOO --

MAGISTER LABRID.

>> "MAGISTER" IS A RANK, NOT A

NAME.

YOU PRETEND TO BE PLUMBERS, BUT

YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE JOB.

>> Gwen: I'VE NEVER PRETENDED TO

BE ANYTHING!

>> Ben: ALIENS ARE ATTACKING OUR

PLANET.

WE'RE JUST FIGHTING TO KEEP IT

SAFE.

>> I'VE READ A NUMBER OF REPORTS

ON YOUR ACTIVITIES.

THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF

SIGNIFICANT ALIEN ACTIVITY HERE.

>> Ben: WE'VE SEENTHEM!

I WRECKED ONE OF THEIR SHIPS.

>> I'VE ASSIGNED A NEW MAGISTER

TO THIS REGION.

HE'LL CHECK IN ON EARTH SOMETIME

IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

IF YOU HAVE PROOF, PRESENT IT TO

HIM AND LET HIMTAKE CARE OF

PLUMBER BUSINESS.

>> Ben: A FEW MONTHS?!

>> I'M INCLINED TO GIVE YOU KIDS

A BREAK.

BEN, YOU WEAR THE OMNITRIX, SO

YOU ALREADY HAVE SPECIAL

DISPENSATION.

THE GALVIN HAVE REQUESTED THAT

YOU NOT BE INTERFERED WITH IN

MINOR MATTERS.

AND THE REPORTS I'VE READ

INDICATE THAT, AS YOU SAY,

YOU'VE NEVER IMPERSONATED A

PLUMBER.

BUT YOU...

>> Kevin: YEAH? WHAT?

>> ...YOU'VE GOT A RECORD.

YOU'VE DONE TIME IN THE

NULL VOID FOR A VARIETY OF

CRIMES.

>> Gwen: HE'S CHANGED.

>> Ben: HE DID HIS TIME.

HE'S BEEN HELPING US.

>> HE'S BEEN IMPERSONATING A

PLUMBER.

GIVE ME THE BADGE YOU STOLE.

>> Kevin: DON'T TAKE MY BADGE,

MAN.

PLEASE.

>> NOW!

OR YOU'RE GOING BACK TO THE

NULL VOID.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE FREE TO GO.

BUT IF YOU EVER GET INVOLVED IN

PLUMBERS' BUSINESS AGAIN, I

DON'T CARE WHAT ASTHMA SAYS...

YOU'RE ALL GOING TO THE

NULL VOID.

EVEN YOU, BEN.

>> Ben: IS THAT IT?

IS THIS THE END?

>> Ben: [ SLURPS ]

[ BURPS ]

[ SLURPS ]

CHEER UP.

MR. SMOOTHY MAKES EVERYTHING

BETTER.

>> Kevin: [ SLURPS ]

UGH.

HOW DOES TURNIP-AND-WHEATGRASS

SLUDGE MAKE ANYTHING BETTER?

>> Ben: WELL, ILIKE IT.

BESIDES, IT'S ALSO GOT GINGER IN

IT.

>> Kevin: OH, GINGER.

THAT SOLVES ALL OUR PROBLEMS.

>> Gwen: SERIOUSLY, BEN.

MAGISTER GILHIL PRETTY MUCH JUST

PUT US OUT OF BUSINESS.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

>> Ben: WE'RE GONNA KEEP DOING

WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING -- FIND

THE ALIENS, FIGHT THE BAD GUYS.

>> Gwen: HE SAID HE'D PUT US IN

THE NULL VOID.

>> Ben: HE ALSO SAID PLUMBERS

NEVER COME AROUND HERE ANYMORE.

WE'LL WORRY ABOUT IT WHEN -- OR

SHOULD I SAY -- IFHE EVER SHOWS

UP AGAIN.

>> Kevin: HE TOOK MY BADGE!

>> Ben: BADGES?

WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING

BADGES!

>> Kevin: YOU THINK THIS IS A

JOKE?!

>> Gwen: KEVIN, LET HIM GO!

>> Ben: DUDE!

>> Kevin: I WANT TO BE A

PLUMBER, OKAY?!

WHEN I WAS LITTLE, MY MOM WOULD

TELL ME STORIES ABOUT MY DAD,

HOW HE WAS A PLUMBER AND HE DID

ALL THIS COOL STUFF.

>> Gwen: I NEVER MET YOUR DAD.

>> Kevin: ME EITHER.

BUT I STILL WANT TO BE LIKE HIM.

>> Gwen: THAT'S WHY YOU KNOW SO

MUCH ABOUT THE PLUMBERS AND

ALIEN TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYTHING.

>> Kevin: IT'S WHY I AGREED TO

HELP YOU GUYS IN THE FIRST

PLACE.

MOSTLY.

[ CAR DOOR OPENS ]

I NEED MY BADGE BACK, BEN.

IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT

MATTERS.

[ TIRES SCREECHING ]

>> Both: [ SPEAKING ALIEN

LANGUAGE ]

[ FOOTSTEPS ]

>> [ SPEAKS ALIEN LANGUAGE ]

>> [ ROARS ]

[ ALL GROANING ]

>> [ SPEAKING ALIEN LANGUAGE ]

>> [ SPEAKS ALIEN LANGUAGE ]

>> WHO ARE YOU?!

WHAT INSIGNIFICANT ALIEN SPECK

DARES TO ENTER THE COMMAND

CENTER OF A HIGHBREED LORD?!

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

DEAD MEN DON'T NEED NAMES.

>> NICE SHOT.

YOU'RE JUST AS STRONG AS I'D

HEARD.

>> [ ROARS ]

>> THAT'S IT.

SHOW ME ALL OF YOUR POWER.

GIVE ME YOUR STRENGTH.

>> [ GROANING ]

WHAT...DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

>> I WANT TO MAKE A DEAL.

[ WRENCH TURNING ]

>> Kevin: WHO'S OUT THERE?

>> Gwen: ME.

I BROUGHT YOU SOMETHING TO

DRINK.

>> Kevin: YEAH. THANKS, ANYWAY.

I --

>> Gwen: IT'S NOT A SMOOTHY.

[ ICE RATTLES ]

[ SLURPS ]

SEE? REGULAR SODA.

>> Kevin: YEAH.

OKAY.

>> Gwen: I JUST WANTED TO SEE

HOW YOU WERE DOING.

>> Kevin: FINE, YOU KNOW.

LISTEN -- I DON'T WANT TO TALK

ABOUT MY DAD.

>> Gwen: NEVER CROSSED MY MIND.

I BROUGHT YOU A PRESENT.

>> Kevin: WHAT'S THIS?

>> Gwen: A WOODEN BALL.

ABSORB IT.

HOW ABOUT THIS ONE?

IT'S A BALL BEARING MADE OUT

OF...

I DON'T KNOW, BALL-BEARING

STUFF.

>> Kevin: STAINLESS STEEL.

>> Gwen: I BROUGHT YOU A WHOLE

BAG OF THEM, ALL MADE OF

DIFFERENT MATERIALS.

THAT WAY WHEN WE'RE IN A FIGHT,

YOU CAN CHANGE TO WHATEVER YOU

WANT.

>> Kevin: THANKS, BUT IT DOESN'T

REALLY WORK THAT WAY.

I NEED A LOT OF WHATEVER I'M

COPYING.

>> Gwen: OH.

>> Kevin: AND WHAT MAKES YOU

THINK I'M STILL HELPING YOU

GUYS, ANYWAY?

>> Gwen: BECAUSE YOU'VE CHANGED.

>> Kevin: MAYBE, BUT I'M STILL

ON PAROLE.

THAT MAGISTER CAN PUT ME BACK IN

THAT NULL VOID ANY TIME HE

WANTS.

[ EXPLOSION ]

>> HUMAN SCUM!

I WILL CLEANSE THE WORLD OF YOUR

FILTH!

>> Kevin: LOOKS LIKE I PICKED

THE WRONG DAY TO GIVE UP

FIGHTING MONSTERS.

>> Gwen: IT'S A HIGHBREED.

BEN SAYS THEY'RE TOO STRONG FOR

US TO FIGHT.

>> Kevin: WELL, BEN AIN'T HERE.

>> Gwen: [ GASPS ]

>> THAT WON'T SAVE YOU, HUMAN!

[ GLASS SHATTERS ]

[ RUMBLING ]

>> Kevin: [ SIGHS ]

>> Gwen: [ GROANS ]

>> Humongousaur: HEY, UGLY!

WHY DON'T YOU PICK ON SOMEBODY

YOUR OWN SIZE?

>> [ GROANS ]

>> Humongousaur: I WOULDN'T IF I

WERE YOU.

>> [ ROARS ]

>> DIDN'T TAKE YOU KIDS LONG TO

GET YOURSELVES INTO TROUBLE

AGAIN, DID IT?

>> Humongousaur: US?!

WE WERE JUST...

>> ATTACKING ME FOR NO REASON.

>> Humongousaur: HE'S ONE OF THE

ALIENS WE TOLD YOU ABOUT.

HE'S ATTACKING THE EARTH!

>> SURE, KID.

HOW ABOUT SOME PROOF?

>> THEY ATTACKED ME FOR NO

REASON.

THEY SAID THEY WERE PLUMBERS.

>> I'VE HEARD ENOUGH.

YOU THREE ARE UNDER ARREST.

AND YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON

HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO FIND OUT.

YOU'RE COMING WITH ME FOR

QUESTIONING.

>> I BEG TO DIFFER.

NOBODY'S GOING ANYWHERE.

NOT UNTIL I MAKE YOUR POWERS MY

OWN.

>> [ GROANING ]

YOU PROMISED THAT IF I HELPED

YOU...

>> I CAN'T BE TRUSTED.

I'D ALMOST FORGOTTEN HOW STRONG

YOU ARE...

BEN.

>> Ben: WHO ARE YOU?

HOW DID YOU...

GWEN, RUN!

>> Gwen: WHAT?!

>> Ben: YOU'VE GOT TO GET AWAY!

YOU'RE OUR ONLY HOPE!

RUN!

>> YOU CAN'T RUN FOREVER, LOVELY

GWEN.

I'LL HAVE MY REVENGE ON YOU,

TOO.

BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST.

>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S

GOING ON.

THAT'S THE GUY WHO TIPPED ME OFF

THAT YOU WERE IMPERSONATING

PLUMBERS.

>> Kevin: AND HE SCAMMED

BIG UGLY, TOO.

>> [ SNARLS ]

>> Kevin: WELL, HE DID.

DON'T SNARL AT ME.

>> Ben: I KNOW WHO HE IS.

>> DO YOU REALLY?

>> Ben: YOU HAD TO BE SOMEBODY

WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE PLUMBERS

AND THE HIGHBREED.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU HAVE

TO BE SOMEONE WITH A GRUDGE

AGAINST US.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE OFF THE DOPEY

MASK, MICHAEL?

>> Kevin: WAIT.

THAT'S MICHAEL MORNINGSTAR?

THE CREEP WHO TRIED TO STEAL

GWEN FRO--

WHO -- WHO STOLE ALL HIS POWERS

FROM THOSE GIRLS AT HIS PREP

SCHOOL?

>> WHEN YOU RUINED MY PLAN, YOU

NEARLY DESTROYED ME.

BUT OVER THE WEEKS, MY POWERS

RETURNED STRONGER THAN EVER.

AND SO DID MY HUNGER.

MY OLD METHOD OF FEEDING IS NO

LONGER SUFFICIENT.

>> Ben: HIGH-SCHOOL GIRLS TOO

TOUGH FOR YOU, HUH?

>> TO THE CONTRARY.

I NEED MORE POWER THAN THEY CAN

SUPPLY.

MICHAEL MORNINGSTAR NO LONGER

EXISTS.

NOW I AM DARKSTAR.

>> Both: UGH!

>> YOU DID THIS TO ME, AND YOU

WILL FEED MY HUNGER!

I WILL TAKE YOUR STRENGTH AND

MAKE IT MY OWN UNTIL YOU HAVE NO

MORE TO GIVE.

>> Kevin: IF YOU COULD REACH

YOUR OMNITRIX -- MAYBE ALIEN X.

>> Ben: NO.

IF HE ABSORBED ALL OF THAT

POWER, NOTHING COULD STOP HIM!

>> EVENTUALLY, I'LL HAVE IT ALL,

ANYWAY.

>> Gwen: MICHAEL!

EW.

I SWEAR YOU WERE BETTER-LOOKING

WHEN WE USED TO GO OUT.

>> LAUGH WHILE YOU CAN.

I'VE GOT ALL THE POWER OF YOUR

TEAMMATES, PLUS THE HIGHBREED

AND THE PLUMBER.

HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY HOPE TO

DEFEAT ME ALONE?

>> Gwen: WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT

"ALONE"?

THEY'RE PRETTY MAD ABOUT YOU

KIDNAPPING THEIR BOSS.

[ ALL SPEAKING ALIEN LANGUAGE ]

>> THANKS, KID.

>> WHAT ABOUT ME?

>> Ben: HANG IN THERE.

>> TOO MANY...TO ABSORB!

>> Gwen: AND THE BAD NEWS KEEPS

ON COMING.

[ BEEP ]

>> Humongousaur: NIGHTY NIGHT!

>> Gwen: THE HIGHBREED IS GONE.

>> Kevin: THE DNAliens MUST HAVE

SPRUNG HIM WHILE WE WERE

FIGHTING.

>> [ GROANS ]

[ BEEP ]

>> Kevin: YOU OKAY, MAN?

>> Ben: TIRED.

>> Gwen: SIT DOWN AND CATCH YOUR

BREATH.

>> IS HE OKAY?

>> Ben: EVERYTHING...SPINNING...

GOING DIM...

NEED...

SMOOTHY.

>> Gwen: HE'S FINE.

>> Kevin: YOU SURE THAT RIG WILL

HOLD HIM?

>> IT'S LEVEL-6 TECHNOLOGY,

SON.

HE ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE BUT THE

NULL VOID.

>> Ben: WHAT ABOUT US?

>> I'VE BEEN GIVING THAT SOME

THOUGHT.

YOU GUYS MADE A DIFFERENCE

TODAY.

>> Ben: AND?

>> MAYBE I DON'T NEED TO

REASSIGN GOOD MEN TO THIS

QUADRANT.

MAYBE THEY'RE ALREADY HERE.

>> Kevin: WHAT'S THAT MEAN?

>> YOU'VE BEEN DRAFTED.

HERE'S YOUR BADGE BACK.

AND HERE'S ONE FOR YOU.

DON'T PUSH IT, KID.

YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THE OMNITRIX.

AS OF NOW, YOU'RE THE ONLY LAW

IN THE QUADRANT.

DO A GOOD JOB.

>> Ben: HEY, WHERE ARE YOU

GOING?

>> Kevin: I GOT TO TELL MY MOM.