Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–2010): Season 3, Episode 4 - Fool's Gold - full transcript

Every seventeen years, the Midwest farm town of Walton hosts a mutually beneficial popcorn festival for extra-terrestrial college students on their equivalent "spring break." This year, one student goes missing and Max sends Ben's team to learn why. The town, in return for providing all the popcorn the aliens can eat while allowing them leeway for their ruckus, sometimes destructive antics, gets to keep all their poo (which is entirely twenty-four caret in nature). One townsman, going through hard times, opts to keep a student and all his droppings for himself, unaware of the dangers in feeding it things other than popcorn.

[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]

[ EXPLOSIONS ]

[ MECHANICAL WHIRRING ]

[ AIR HISSES ]

[ RUSTLING ]

[ CROWD CHEERING ]

>> PARTY!

[ CHEERS AND LAUGHTER ]

[ THEME MUSIC ]

>> Ben: YOU WANT US TO GO WHERE?

>> Max: A LITTLE TOWN CALLED



WALTON.

EVERY 17 YEARS, COLLEGE STUDENTS

FROM ANOTHER PLANET LAND THERE

TO BLOW OFF STEAM FOR A WEEK.

>> Ben: ALIEN SPRING BREAK.

>> Max: RIGHT.

BUT THIS TIME, ONE OF THE ALIENS

HAS GONE MISSING.

I NEED YOU THREE TO GO FIND HIM.

>> Kevin: PODUNK TOWN IN THE

MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

WHY DON'T ALIENS EVER GO MISSING

ANYPLACE FUN?

>> Gwen: THIS IS FARM COUNTRY.



WHAT ARE ALIENS EVEN DOING HERE?

WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS

PLACE?

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

>> Kevin: HOOLIGANS.

HA, AND FROM THE LOOKS OF IT,

AMATEURS.

>> Ben: OW!

STUBBED MY TOE.

>> Gwen: THEY LOOK LIKE, UM...

>> Kevin: POOP.

>> Gwen: SHINY POOP.

>> Kevin: [ SNIFFS ]

>> Gwen: KEVIN, DON'T.

>> Kevin: IT'S OKAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE GOLD.

>> Gwen: PLEASE DON'T DO IT.

>> Kevin: MMM, IT IS GOLD.

AND IT'S REAL.

>> Ben: SOLID-GOLD POOP.

LOOK AT THIS PLACE.

>> Kevin: SURE, THESE FARMERS

MUST BE ROLLING IN --

>> Gwen: KEVIN.

>> Kevin: I WAS GONNA SAY

"DOUGH"!

[ LAUGHTER ]

[ CAR CREAKS ]

>> Ben: WHOA!

[ LAUGHS ]

>> Kevin: GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY

RIDE.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> YOU DIDN'T SEE ANY ALIENS.

IT WAS SWAMP GAS.

[ CHUCKLES ]

>> Gwen: PLEASE.

>> MASS HYSTERIA?

WEATHER BALLOONS?

>> Kevin: SAVE IT.

WE'RE PLUMBERS.

>> WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO?

WELCOME TO WALTON.

YOU HERE FOR THE

POPCORN FESTIVAL?

>> Ben: WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH

THAT, ANYWAY?

>> WE MAKE THE BEST POPCORN IN

THE UNIVERSE.

ALIENS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE

STUFF.

EVERY 17 YEARS, THEY COME BACK.

BUT WHERE ARE MY MANNERS?

I'M MAYOR COLEMAN.

>> Ben: WHAT CAN YOU TELL US

ABOUT THE MISSING ALIEN?

>> MISSING ALIEN?

THERE'S NO MISSING ALIEN.

IF THERE WAS A MISSING ALIEN,

HE'S PROBABLY JUST RUNNING

AROUND, EATING POPCORN AND

HAVING FUN.

>> Gwen: UH-HUH, WE'RE STILL

GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AROUND.

>> BE MY GUEST, BUT I'M AFRAID

YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND ANYTHING.

>> Gwen: BEN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE

TO -- BEN?

[ MUNCHING ]

>> I HAVE HAD, LIKE, SO MUCH

POPCORN.

[ CHUCKLES ]

>> FARMER WAYNE JUST FILLED HIS

SWIMMING POOL WITH POPCORN!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

THE POOL'S GOT A DIVING BOARD!

COME ON, MAN!

>> Ben: COOL!

[ CHEERS AND LAUGHTER ]

>> Kevin: YEAH, I'D BETTER GO

KEEP AN EYE ON HIM.

>> Gwen: WOULD YOU?

>> WERE YOU...

WERE YOU SENT BY MAX TENNYSON?

>> YOU'RE THE ONE WHO CALLED FOR

HELP?

>> MY NAME IS ORB.

MY MOM AND DAD TOLD ME THAT IF I

EVER GOT INTO ANY TROUBLE ON

EARTH, I SHOULD CALL

MAX TENNYSON.

>> Gwen: GOOD ADVICE.

THE MISSING ALIEN'S A FRIEND OF

YOURS?

>> MY BEST FRIEND.

HIS NAME'S DECKA.

ONE MOMENT, WE'RE STUFFING OUR

FACES WITH POPCORN.

THE NEXT MOMENT, HE'S GONE.

I'M WORRIED SICK.

>> Gwen: DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING OF

HIS THAT I COULD USE TO TRACK

HIM?

A PIECE OF CLOTHING OR

SOMETHING?

>> NO, NOTHING LIKE THAT.

I'M SORRY.

>> Gwen: IT'S OKAY.

WE'LL HAVE TO FIND YOUR FRIEND

THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK FOR

HIM.

[ CHEERS AND LAUGHTER ]

[ POPCORN CRUNCHES ]

>> Kevin: I'VE SEEN A LOT OF

STRANGE AND MESSED-UP THINGS.

>> Ben: HOW DOES THIS RANK?

>> Kevin: IT'S UP THERE.

>> Ben: I DON'T KNOW.

IT SEEMS PRETTY LAID-BACK FOR

SPRING BREAK.

[ GLASS SHATTERS ]

>> Kevin: LAID-BACK?

>> Ben: COULD BE WORSE.

>> HOUSE-TIPPING!

EVERYBODY TIP THE HOUSE!

[ CHEERING ]

[ HOUSE CREAKING ]

>> Ben: OKAY, IT'S WORSE.

[ BEEPING ]

[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]

[ BONES CREAK ]

>> Spidermonkey: SPIDERMONKEY!

[ SCREECHES ]

[ SCREECHES ]

>> Kevin: NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY.

>> Both: UGH!

>> Kevin: AMATEURS.

>> Spidermonkey: IS THAT ALL OF

THEM?

[ ALL GROANING ]

[ DRAMATIC MUSIC ]

[ SCREECHES ]

>> Kevin: WHOA!

>> UGH!

>> Kevin: UGH!

TELL ME WHEN YOU'RE GONNA DO

STUFF LIKE THAT.

>> AAH!

>> Kevin: BUSTED AT SPRING

BREAK.

YEAH, I'VE BEEN THERE.

>> [ WHISTLES ]

YOU KIDS HAVE BEEN BUSY.

>> Ben: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO

WITH THEM?

>> WELL, FOR STARTERS, LET THEM

GO.

>> Ben: BUT -- BUT LOOK WHAT

THEY DID!

>> AWW, POPCORN FESTIVAL'S ONLY

ONCE EVERY 17 YEARS.

NO ONE WANTS TO PRESS CHARGES.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE DAMAGE.

>> Ben: THEY DESTROYED THE FARM!

>> [ CHUCKLES ]

BOYS WILL BE BOYS.

[ ALIENS LAUGH ]

NOW DON'T FORGET TO EAT LOTS OF

POPCORN!

>> Ben: THAT'S IT?

THEY LEVEL AN ENTIRE BUILDING

AND ALL YOU CAN TELL THEM IS,

"EAT LOTS OF POPCORN"?

>> NOW, DON'T WORRY YOUR HEAD,

SON.

IT'S COMPLICATED.

>> Gwen: WHAT'S SO COMPLICATED?

THE ALIENS EAT POPCORN, THEN

THEY LEAVE BEHIND SOLID GOLD,

RIGHT?

THAT'S WHY THIS TOWN HAS SO MUCH

MONEY.

>> OKAY, YOU GOT US.

EVERY 17 YEARS, WE MAKE SOME

POPCORN, THEN SHOVEL UP THE

GOLD.

OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY'S BASED ON

ALIEN --

>> Kevin: [ Coughs ] POOP.

>> Gwen: WRONG ON SO MANY

LEVELS.

>> NOBODY WANTS TO BE PUNISHING

THE ALIEN KIDS, AND THE

FESTIVAL'S ALMOST OVER.

THEY'RE GONNA BE HEADING BACK TO

SCHOOL IN THE MORNING ANYWAY.

>> NOT ALL OF US.

I'M NOT LEAVING UNTIL WE FIND

DECKA.

>> DECKA?

HE PROBABLY WENT HOME ALREADY.

LOOKING FOR HIM IS A WASTE OF

TIME.

>> Ben: ALL THE SAME, WE'RE

GONNA TAKE A LOOK AROUND.

>> Kevin: I'LL GO WITH BEN.

>> Gwen: KEVIN, ARE YOU AVOIDING

ME?

>> Kevin: NO, I JUST LOVE

HANGING OUT WITH YOUR COUSIN.

>> Ben: THAT'S THE SECOND TIME

YOU'VE DITCHED HER.

ARE YOU TWO FIGHTING?

>> Kevin: IF WE WERE, WOULD I

TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOU?

>> Ben: OKAY.

[ RUSTLING ]

>> [ WHIMPERS ]

>> YOUR FRIENDS ARE CAUSING

TROUBLE.

THEY KEEP ASKING ABOUT YOU.

>> PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME GO.

>> YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

NOT UNTIL YOU GIVE ME A HUGE

PILE OF GOLD.

>> BUT I'VE BEEN DOING IT!

I'VE BEEN DOING IT ALL WEEK!

>> THAT LITTLE TINY BIT OF GOLD

AIN'T GONNA BE ENOUGH TO PAY OFF

MY DEBTS!

I'VE BEEN WAITING 17 YEARS FOR

YOUR KIND TO COME BACK, AND NOW,

I'M CASHING IN.

EAT!

>> I -- I CAN'T EAT ANY MORE!

>> THEN MAYBE I'LL JUST KEEP YOU

IN THAT THERE CAGE FOREVER!

>> [ WHIMPERS ]

>> MAYBE A CHANGE OF DIET WILL

HELP YOUR APPETITE.

Y'ALL COME BACK, NOW!

>> Ben: WHAT'S HAPPENING?

>> THE FESTIVAL IS OVER.

IT'S TIME TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

[ ENGINES IGNITE ]

THIS HAS BEEN THE WORST POPCORN

FESTIVAL EVER.

>> Gwen: MAYBE THE MAYOR WAS

RIGHT.

MAYBE YOUR FRIEND WENT HOME.

>> WITHOUT TELLING ANYBODY?

THAT'S NOT LIKE DECKA.

>> Ben: TWO SPACESHIPS LEFT.

ONE IS YOURS.

THE OTHER ONE MUST BE DECKA'S.

>> HE'S STILL HERE!

>> Gwen: AND WE HAVE SOMETHING

TO TRACK HIM WITH.

WHICH SHIP IS YOURS?

[ ENERGY HUMS ]

GOT HIM.

>> Ben: WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE

USED TO BE IN THERE?

>> Gwen: IT'S THE MAYOR'S BARN.

LET'S FIND HIM AND ASK HIM.

>> Kevin: WON'T BE A PROBLEM

FINDING HIM.

I SEE YOU HIDING BACK THERE.

COME ON OUT BEFORE I HAVE TO

HURT --

[ ENERGY BLASTS ]

[ RICOCHET ]

SEE?

THIS IS WHY EVERYBODY HATES

POLITICIANS.

[ BEEP ]

[ ENERGY HUMMING ]

>> Goop: GOOP!

[ ENERGY BLASTS CONTINUE ]

>> [ GASPS ]

>> Kevin: BAD IDEA.

[ ENERGY CRACKLES ]

>> [ GROWLS ]

WHERE IS DECKA?

WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?

>> Ben: DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I

CAN KEEP HIM OFF YOU.

BETTER START TALKING.

>> OKAY, I SNATCHED HIM!

>> Kevin: GOT GREEDY, HUH?

DECIDED TO HAVE YOUR OWN

PERSONAL GOLD MAKER.

[ LAUGHS ]

MAKE!

I'M FUNNY.

>> Gwen: I DON'T GET IT.

>> Kevin: LIKE, MAKEA NUMBER

TWO?

>> Gwen: REALLY?

THAT WAS THE WHOLE JOKE?

>> WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.

DID YOU FEED HIM MEAT?

TELL ME YOU DIDN'T FEED HIM

MEAT!

>> Ben: WHY?

WHAT'S WRONG WITH MEAT?

>> FOR OUR SPECIES, EATING MEAT

IS BAD!

>> Kevin: HOW BAD WE TALKING

HERE?

>> [ SNARLS ]

[ GROWLS ]

[ ROARS ]

>> [ ROARS ]

>> DECKA, NO!

>> [ ROARING ]

[ WOOD CRUNCHES ]

[ BEEPING ]

>> Big Chill: BIG CHILL!

>> DON'T HURT HIM!

HE'S STILL MY BEST FRIEND!

>> Gwen: WE'LL TRY.

>> Kevin: SHE'LLTRY.

I'M NOT PROMISING ANYTHING.

>> [ ROARING CONTINUES ]

[ ICE CRACKLES ]

[ ICE CRACKS ]

[ ROARS ]

[ ENERGY HUMS ]

[ ROARS ]

[ ROARS ]

>> Gwen: BEN!

>> Big Chill: I'VE GOT TO

REMEMBER TO GO INTANGIBLE.

>> Kevin: THIS IS ALL BECAUSE

YOUR FRIEND ATE ONE BAD PIECE OF

MEAT?

>> MY PEOPLE CAN'T EAT MEAT OR

WE REVERT INTO OUR PRIMAL

FORM -- A MINDLESS MONSTER.

>> Gwen: CAN WE CHANGE HIM BACK?

>> DON'T HAVE TO.

HE'LL ONLY STAY IN THAT FORM AS

LONG AS HE KEEPS EATING.

>> Big Chill: SO, GOOD NEWS.

>> Kevin: SURE.

GIVE US THE REST OF IT.

>> THE THING IS, THIS FORM IS

ONLY THE BEGINNING.

HE'S GOING TO CONSUME ALL THE

MEAT HE CAN FIND.

THEN, WHEN HE'S ENRICHED ENOUGH

FISSIONABLE MATERIAL, HE'S GOING

TO REPRODUCE.

>> Big Chill: MEANING?

>> HE'S GOING TO SPLIT INTO 100

IDENTICAL COPIES.

THEN THEY'LL GO OFF AND EAT

EVERYTHING THEY CAN FIND!

>> Big Chill: HOW MANY TIMES CAN

HE DO THAT?

>> EVER WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO

MARS?

IT USED TO BE CALLED

THE POPCORN PLANET.

[ AIR WOOSHES ]

CAREFUL!

ONE WRONG STEP, AND IT COULD BE

YOUR LAST!

>> Big Chill: WHAT?

DON'T STEP ON THE GOLD?

>> GOLD IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE

EAT POPCORN.

IN THAT FORM, HIS WASTE IS

URANIUM 1412.

>> Kevin: UNSTABLE RADIOACTIVE

POOP?

>> YES, SO WHATEVER YOU DO,

DON'T STEP IN THE URANIUM!

[ ENERGY HUMS ]

[ EXPLOSION ]

>> Kevin: WHO-A-A-A!

[ GROANING ]

[ ENERGY HUMS ]

[ GROANS ]

>> Gwen: ARE YOU HURT?

>> Kevin: NO.

I LIKE BEING BLOWN UP.

WHOA!

UGH!

>> [ ROARS ]

>> Big Chill: I THOUGHT HE WAS

GOING TO LOOK FOR MEAT.

HE'S AT THE POWER PLANT.

>> OOH, BAD.

[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]

HE'S ABSORBING THE POWER!

ONCE HE'S GOT ENOUGH ENERGY,

HE'S GOING TO DIVIDE!

>> Big Chill: GOT AN IDEA.

>> [ ROARING ]

[ AIR HISSES ]

[ ICE CREAKING ]

[ CRACKLING STOPS ]

[ ROARS ]

>> Gwen: WE CUT OFF THE POWER,

BUT IT'S STILL HUNGRY!

NOW WHAT?

>> GET ME CLOSE ENOUGH TO TALK

TO HIM!

MAYBE I CAN REASON WITH HIM!

[ ENERGY HUMS ]

DECKA, IT'S ME, ORB!

I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE.

THIS ISN'T YOU!

THE MEAT HAS POISONED YOUR MIND.

I KNOW MY BEST FRIEND IS INSIDE

FIGHTING TO TAKE CONTROL.

PLEASE FIGHT IT.

FIGHT IT, AND WE CAN GO HOME!

HEY!

>> [ ROARS ]

[ ENERGY HUMS ]

>> Gwen: DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER

IDEAS?

>> YES -- EVACUATE THE PLANET.

>> Big Chill: YOUR SPECIES ISN'T

SUPPOSED TO EAT MEAT.

WHAT ELSE CAN'T YOU EAT?

>> UH, SOME HEAVY METALS,

LANTHANIDES, FLUORINE, SILICON,

CHICKEN NUGGETS --

>> Big Chill: BACK UP.

WHAT ABOUT SILICON?

>> SILICON? IT'S POISONOUS.

>> Big Chill: OKAY.

WHATEVER HAPPENS, STAY BACK.

[ ENERGY CRACKLES ]

>> Echo Echo: ECHO ECHO!

[ ENERGY HUMS ]

[ MECHANICAL WHIRRING ]

>> [ ROARING ]

>> Echo Echo: COME ON!

BITE ME!

>> OH, NO!

>> Echo Echo: BITE ME!

BITE ME!

BITE ME!

>> Gwen: THE ECHO ECHOES ARE

MADE OF SILICON.

[ RUMBLING ]

>> [ BELCHES ]

>> Echo Echo: [ GRUNTING ]

>> [ GAGS ]

[ VOMITS ]

>> Echo Echo: [ SCREAMING ]

[ ENERGY HUMS ]

>> Ben: THAT WAS DIFFERENT.

>> Together: EW!

>> [ BELCHES ]

>> YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE.

>> Ben: SORRY THAT THIS

HAPPENED.

WE'LL MAKE SURE THE MAYOR IS

PUNISHED.

>> YOUR WHOLE WORTHLESS PLANET

SHOULD BE PUNISHED!

COME ON, ORB.

I AM TELLING EVERYONE.

WE ARE NEVER COMING BACK TO THIS

DUMP AGAIN!

[ MECHANICAL WHIRRING ]

[ ENGINES IGNITE ]

>> Gwen: ARE YOU OKAY?

>> Kevin: DO WE HAVE TO TALK

ABOUT IT?

>> Gwen: NOT IF YOU DON'T WANT

TO.

>> Kevin: HERE.

THIS IS FROM...

>> Gwen: THAT DAY AT THE PIER.

>> Kevin: WANTED YOU TO HAVE

SOMETHING TO REMEMBER ME THE WAY

I USED TO BE.

>> Gwen: KEVIN, YOU KNOW I DON'T

CARE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE.

>> Kevin: MAYBE NOT, BUT I DO.

[ HORN HONKS ]

>> Ben: COME ON, MR. SMOOTHY!

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