Ben 10: Ultimate Alien s02e20 Episode Script
The Widening Gyre
[ Air horn blowing .]
Captain? Everybody's complaining about the smell.
We've done a complete top-to-bottom search, but we don't know where it's coming from.
[ Clanking .]
[ Sonar pinging .]
Sir, something dead ahead! Aah! Aah! [ Crash .]
Ben: Hey! My "sumo slammer" collectible stickers! It took almost six months to get 'em all.
Wow.
This really brings me back.
[ Grunting .]
Hey, Kevin, hand me the next box? Kevin: You said we were gonna do something fun.
Ben: We are gonna do something fun-- After I finish cleaning the garage.
Kevin: Why do you keep this much junk? Ben: I don't know.
Never thought about it.
Hey, look! Pogs! Kevin: You ready to leave? [ Tires screech .]
[ Car doors open .]
[ Car doors close .]
Standard operating procedure is to show up unannounced, then demand you come with us.
Would you please come with us? Ben: Colonel Rozum.
This must be pretembarrassing for you.
Embarrassing? Kevin: He probably means the way we saved the air force's butt last time, even though you were involved in all kinds of dirty ops.
Ben: That's what I meant.
Kevin: And now he needs another favor.
Gwen: Embarrassing.
Ben: So, what brings us to the department of weird today? Have you heard of the pacific garbage vortex? Gwen: Of course.
Approximately 200 billion tons of nonbiodegradable plastics are dumped into the oceans every year.
Currents collect this and untold trillions of pounds of other refuse into gigantic floating islands of garbage.
The pacific garbage vortex is the largest in the world.
Ben: Really? Kevin: She can't help it if she's a reader.
[ Beep .]
[ Beep .]
Ben: How much garbage are we talking about here? Gwen: It's twice the size of Texas.
Kevin: That's a lot of garbage.
That's what the public knows.
What they donknow is that the area around the vortex has become a dead zone, a dangerous place where ships tend to Disappear.
a ship that sailed too close to the vortex.
After she went missing, I sent two of my best agents to investigate.
They disappeared, too.
Now my bosses upstairs are telling me to shut the investigation down-- Officially.
Gwen: So you need someone to investigate-- Unofficially.
Ben: Told you we were gonna do something fun.
Kevin: Dumpster-diving-- That's what I signed up for.
Gwen: We're nearing the coordinates of the garbage vortex.
Ben: For something twice the size of Texas, you'd think it'd be easier to spot.
Gwen: This is where it's supposed to be.
Ben: You think it floated away? Maybe the current-- Gwen: No.
The currents are what keep it where it is.
Kevin: I got a distress signal.
It's weak, but I think I can home in on it.
Signal is fading in and out.
It's somewhere close.
You see a life raft or something out there? Gwen: Or something.
Ben: Oh, man.
Kevin: Yup.
Gwen: This is unbelievable.
Ben: No kidding.
I've never smelled anything this bad.
Kevin: Not since the last time you-- Gwen: Let the easy ones go, Kevin.
This is all man-made-- All of it.
Ben: How did this happen? Gwen: People were careless about where they threw away their trash.
Regular debris degrades over time, but not plastic.
It doesn't break down.
The currents push it all together, and it becomes This.
Kevin: This reminds me of that show.
Ben: What show? Kevin: The cartoon-- The one we used to watch when we were kids.
You know, the one where they're always fighting polluters.
A-and those five kids fought evil with, like, the power to recycle? You know what I'm talking about.
What was the name of that show? Was it, like, "earth-man" or-- Or "major green"? Something like that? I have the theme song stuck in my head.
[ Humming .]
You know it, right? It's gonna come to me.
I know it.
Ben: It can't be.
No, no, no! Gwen: Ben! What is it? What do you see? Ben: Who would throw out a Ben 10 autographed photo? Why would someone do that? This is going to haunt me.
Gwen: Oh.
Ben: Ew! Kevin: Nasty.
Ben: It's a dead bird filled with plastic.
Gwen: The birds try to eat the plastic, but they can't digest it, so they're poisoned.
Ben: Interesting.
You know what else is interesting? Kevin: No.
Ben: The size of that bird.
[ Bird squawking .]
Gwen: [ Grunts .]
Ben: Giant birds, meet giant turtle! [ Beep .]
Terraspin: Terraspin! [ Bird squawks .]
[ Grunts .]
Kevin: Seriously, though, you remember that cartoon? It had the narrator guy who talked all the time.
[ Grunts .]
[ As narrator .]
Meanwhile, back at the garbage vortex, Gwen Tennyson makes a shocking discovery.
[ Bird grunts .]
Gwen: I'm glad you're taking this seriously, Kevin! Kevin: But Gwen Tennyson is not amused.
[ Bird squawks .]
Terraspin: Uh-oh.
[ Bird squawks .]
[ Birds squawking .]
Terraspin: Not the face! Not the face! [ Birds squawk .]
[ Grunts .]
Gwen: [ Grunting .]
Ben: Survivors.
New arrivals.
You're lucky to be alive.
Though after a few weeks here, you might not feel so lucky.
Gwen: We were sent here to help.
So were we.
You can see how well that turned out.
Ben: You're the agents colonel Rozum sent.
Agent Locke.
This is my partner, agent Bryson.
Like our names matter! The only thing that matters is become victims to the all-powerful garbage patch! Excuse my partner.
He's prone to being overly dramatic.
Am I overly dramatic? Am I really? Kevin: No way! This is like that othershow that I used to watch! With the two agents who went around investigating weird stuff.
What was the name of that show? Gwen: Can you stop talking about old tv shows for five minutes?! Kevin: It'll come to me.
The garbage island that you're standing on is man-made, caused by a combination of illegal and accidental dumping.
The countries of the world banded together to stop the illegal dumping.
But the trash that was already there-- No one knew what to do.
There was too much of it.
Cleanup was impossible.
They released an experimental plastic-eating bacterium in an attempt to destroy the trash.
It didn't work.
At least, not the way they planned.
The bacterium mutated the garbage-- Turned it into a toxic ecological nightmare.
Gwen: That explains the giant birds-- And maybe even the island moving by itself.
That's just the beginning of the weird.
Kevin: If only we had power rings, like on that show that I can't remember the name of.
They could harness their rings with the power to recycle-- Or clean powerOr something.
Anyways, it was awesome.
You're not listening to me, are you? Gwen: Nobody's ever listening to you.
Ben: Rozum was worried about his sister.
Did you find her? She's here, but she's injured and needs medical attention.
Ben: No problem.
Let's get the survivors off the island.
Trash monster: No one is going anywhere.
The humans cannot be allowed to leave.
Ben: Nobody mentioned the garbage could talk! I was working up to it.
Trash monster: The flow of trash has stopped.
We were promised sustenance.
We must have more garbage.
Ben: We can discuss this, negotiate something.
But first we have to take the people off the island.
Trash monster: The humans will not be allowed to leave.
We will hold the humans prisoner until the flow of trash resumes.
Ben: [ Grunting .]
Should've known this would be trouble.
Nothing that smells this bad can be good.
NRG: NRG! [ Grunts .]
Gwen: [ Grunts .]
Kevin: Get those people on the rustbucket-- Now! NRG: Slippery pile of trash, aren't you? Trash monster: [ Grunts .]
Kevin: Gotcha! Trash monster: Sustenance! Kevin: Who? Me? Gwen: [ Grunts .]
[ Sizzling .]
Trash monster: [ Growls .]
[ Roars .]
NRG: This is getting us nowhere.
Fall back! Kevin: I'll put the rustbucket on autopilot.
Even Ben couldn't crash it.
No need.
I can fly plumber craft.
Gwen: Really? Once the survivors are safe on land, we'll come back for you-- In eight hours.
Six hours if we're lucky.
IDon't like it.
You should come with us.
Ben: We'll be okay.
I wish I could believe that.
I want to believe.
Kevin: Come on! Am I the only one who sees this? Nobody else watches television but me? Gwen: The monster's somewhere on this island.
We have to flush it out, find a way to trap it.
Tennyson, can you hear me? Ben: Agent Locke? The situation has changed.
We've already reached land.
Kevin: That's impossible.
In atmosphere, you're at least three hours away.
We're looking at San Francisco right now.
Gwen: The garbage vortex is moving.
Moving fast.
It's minutes away from making landfall on the west coast of the United States.
Trash monster: If the humans will not give us the sustenance we need, then we will get it from the source.
[ Rumbling .]
[ All gasp .]
Gwen: We were wrong.
The monster wasn't on the island.
Ben: The monstwas the island.
Trash monster: Sustenance! We must have more garbage! We will take what we need! Gwen: This is a disaster.
The ecological impact of this toxic monster in the middle of a city-- Kevin: Still not seeing how this is like that old cartoon? Really? Aah! Ben: [ Grunts .]
Everybody stand clear! Things are about to get big! [ Beep .]
Way big: Way big! [ Tires screech .]
Aah! [ People screaming .]
Trash monster: [ Roars .]
Way big: [ Grunts .]
[ Grunts .]
Gwen: We have to help Ben.
Kevin: Not much we can do from down here.
Gwen: Then let's not be down here.
Agent Locke, bring the rustbucket to me.
Copy that.
Trash monster: [ Growls .]
Trash monster: [ Grunts .]
[ Roars .]
[ Beep .]
Laser cannons are armed and hot.
Kevin: Yeah, I thought I'd go with some of my add-ons.
[ Alarm blaring .]
We're hit! Engines are down! [ Both gasp .]
[ All scream .]
Gwen: You are the worst driver.
Kevin: I'm just glad I could help.
Way big: [ Grunts .]
Trash monster: [ Grunts .]
Way big: The only thing that can move the trash is what created it in the first place.
So I gotta make some waves! Trash monster: [ Grunts .]
[ Roars .]
Kevin: [ As narrator .]
Once again, peace is restored to the planet, thanks in no small part to the efforts of our hero, Kevin Levin.
[ Normal voice .]
And friends.
I'm gonna go see if I can get the engines started.
Ben: So, I shot all that garbage into the sun.
Problem solved, right? Gwen: I hope so.
Captain? Everybody's complaining about the smell.
We've done a complete top-to-bottom search, but we don't know where it's coming from.
[ Clanking .]
[ Sonar pinging .]
Sir, something dead ahead! Aah! Aah! [ Crash .]
Ben: Hey! My "sumo slammer" collectible stickers! It took almost six months to get 'em all.
Wow.
This really brings me back.
[ Grunting .]
Hey, Kevin, hand me the next box? Kevin: You said we were gonna do something fun.
Ben: We are gonna do something fun-- After I finish cleaning the garage.
Kevin: Why do you keep this much junk? Ben: I don't know.
Never thought about it.
Hey, look! Pogs! Kevin: You ready to leave? [ Tires screech .]
[ Car doors open .]
[ Car doors close .]
Standard operating procedure is to show up unannounced, then demand you come with us.
Would you please come with us? Ben: Colonel Rozum.
This must be pretembarrassing for you.
Embarrassing? Kevin: He probably means the way we saved the air force's butt last time, even though you were involved in all kinds of dirty ops.
Ben: That's what I meant.
Kevin: And now he needs another favor.
Gwen: Embarrassing.
Ben: So, what brings us to the department of weird today? Have you heard of the pacific garbage vortex? Gwen: Of course.
Approximately 200 billion tons of nonbiodegradable plastics are dumped into the oceans every year.
Currents collect this and untold trillions of pounds of other refuse into gigantic floating islands of garbage.
The pacific garbage vortex is the largest in the world.
Ben: Really? Kevin: She can't help it if she's a reader.
[ Beep .]
[ Beep .]
Ben: How much garbage are we talking about here? Gwen: It's twice the size of Texas.
Kevin: That's a lot of garbage.
That's what the public knows.
What they donknow is that the area around the vortex has become a dead zone, a dangerous place where ships tend to Disappear.
a ship that sailed too close to the vortex.
After she went missing, I sent two of my best agents to investigate.
They disappeared, too.
Now my bosses upstairs are telling me to shut the investigation down-- Officially.
Gwen: So you need someone to investigate-- Unofficially.
Ben: Told you we were gonna do something fun.
Kevin: Dumpster-diving-- That's what I signed up for.
Gwen: We're nearing the coordinates of the garbage vortex.
Ben: For something twice the size of Texas, you'd think it'd be easier to spot.
Gwen: This is where it's supposed to be.
Ben: You think it floated away? Maybe the current-- Gwen: No.
The currents are what keep it where it is.
Kevin: I got a distress signal.
It's weak, but I think I can home in on it.
Signal is fading in and out.
It's somewhere close.
You see a life raft or something out there? Gwen: Or something.
Ben: Oh, man.
Kevin: Yup.
Gwen: This is unbelievable.
Ben: No kidding.
I've never smelled anything this bad.
Kevin: Not since the last time you-- Gwen: Let the easy ones go, Kevin.
This is all man-made-- All of it.
Ben: How did this happen? Gwen: People were careless about where they threw away their trash.
Regular debris degrades over time, but not plastic.
It doesn't break down.
The currents push it all together, and it becomes This.
Kevin: This reminds me of that show.
Ben: What show? Kevin: The cartoon-- The one we used to watch when we were kids.
You know, the one where they're always fighting polluters.
A-and those five kids fought evil with, like, the power to recycle? You know what I'm talking about.
What was the name of that show? Was it, like, "earth-man" or-- Or "major green"? Something like that? I have the theme song stuck in my head.
[ Humming .]
You know it, right? It's gonna come to me.
I know it.
Ben: It can't be.
No, no, no! Gwen: Ben! What is it? What do you see? Ben: Who would throw out a Ben 10 autographed photo? Why would someone do that? This is going to haunt me.
Gwen: Oh.
Ben: Ew! Kevin: Nasty.
Ben: It's a dead bird filled with plastic.
Gwen: The birds try to eat the plastic, but they can't digest it, so they're poisoned.
Ben: Interesting.
You know what else is interesting? Kevin: No.
Ben: The size of that bird.
[ Bird squawking .]
Gwen: [ Grunts .]
Ben: Giant birds, meet giant turtle! [ Beep .]
Terraspin: Terraspin! [ Bird squawks .]
[ Grunts .]
Kevin: Seriously, though, you remember that cartoon? It had the narrator guy who talked all the time.
[ Grunts .]
[ As narrator .]
Meanwhile, back at the garbage vortex, Gwen Tennyson makes a shocking discovery.
[ Bird grunts .]
Gwen: I'm glad you're taking this seriously, Kevin! Kevin: But Gwen Tennyson is not amused.
[ Bird squawks .]
Terraspin: Uh-oh.
[ Bird squawks .]
[ Birds squawking .]
Terraspin: Not the face! Not the face! [ Birds squawk .]
[ Grunts .]
Gwen: [ Grunting .]
Ben: Survivors.
New arrivals.
You're lucky to be alive.
Though after a few weeks here, you might not feel so lucky.
Gwen: We were sent here to help.
So were we.
You can see how well that turned out.
Ben: You're the agents colonel Rozum sent.
Agent Locke.
This is my partner, agent Bryson.
Like our names matter! The only thing that matters is become victims to the all-powerful garbage patch! Excuse my partner.
He's prone to being overly dramatic.
Am I overly dramatic? Am I really? Kevin: No way! This is like that othershow that I used to watch! With the two agents who went around investigating weird stuff.
What was the name of that show? Gwen: Can you stop talking about old tv shows for five minutes?! Kevin: It'll come to me.
The garbage island that you're standing on is man-made, caused by a combination of illegal and accidental dumping.
The countries of the world banded together to stop the illegal dumping.
But the trash that was already there-- No one knew what to do.
There was too much of it.
Cleanup was impossible.
They released an experimental plastic-eating bacterium in an attempt to destroy the trash.
It didn't work.
At least, not the way they planned.
The bacterium mutated the garbage-- Turned it into a toxic ecological nightmare.
Gwen: That explains the giant birds-- And maybe even the island moving by itself.
That's just the beginning of the weird.
Kevin: If only we had power rings, like on that show that I can't remember the name of.
They could harness their rings with the power to recycle-- Or clean powerOr something.
Anyways, it was awesome.
You're not listening to me, are you? Gwen: Nobody's ever listening to you.
Ben: Rozum was worried about his sister.
Did you find her? She's here, but she's injured and needs medical attention.
Ben: No problem.
Let's get the survivors off the island.
Trash monster: No one is going anywhere.
The humans cannot be allowed to leave.
Ben: Nobody mentioned the garbage could talk! I was working up to it.
Trash monster: The flow of trash has stopped.
We were promised sustenance.
We must have more garbage.
Ben: We can discuss this, negotiate something.
But first we have to take the people off the island.
Trash monster: The humans will not be allowed to leave.
We will hold the humans prisoner until the flow of trash resumes.
Ben: [ Grunting .]
Should've known this would be trouble.
Nothing that smells this bad can be good.
NRG: NRG! [ Grunts .]
Gwen: [ Grunts .]
Kevin: Get those people on the rustbucket-- Now! NRG: Slippery pile of trash, aren't you? Trash monster: [ Grunts .]
Kevin: Gotcha! Trash monster: Sustenance! Kevin: Who? Me? Gwen: [ Grunts .]
[ Sizzling .]
Trash monster: [ Growls .]
[ Roars .]
NRG: This is getting us nowhere.
Fall back! Kevin: I'll put the rustbucket on autopilot.
Even Ben couldn't crash it.
No need.
I can fly plumber craft.
Gwen: Really? Once the survivors are safe on land, we'll come back for you-- In eight hours.
Six hours if we're lucky.
IDon't like it.
You should come with us.
Ben: We'll be okay.
I wish I could believe that.
I want to believe.
Kevin: Come on! Am I the only one who sees this? Nobody else watches television but me? Gwen: The monster's somewhere on this island.
We have to flush it out, find a way to trap it.
Tennyson, can you hear me? Ben: Agent Locke? The situation has changed.
We've already reached land.
Kevin: That's impossible.
In atmosphere, you're at least three hours away.
We're looking at San Francisco right now.
Gwen: The garbage vortex is moving.
Moving fast.
It's minutes away from making landfall on the west coast of the United States.
Trash monster: If the humans will not give us the sustenance we need, then we will get it from the source.
[ Rumbling .]
[ All gasp .]
Gwen: We were wrong.
The monster wasn't on the island.
Ben: The monstwas the island.
Trash monster: Sustenance! We must have more garbage! We will take what we need! Gwen: This is a disaster.
The ecological impact of this toxic monster in the middle of a city-- Kevin: Still not seeing how this is like that old cartoon? Really? Aah! Ben: [ Grunts .]
Everybody stand clear! Things are about to get big! [ Beep .]
Way big: Way big! [ Tires screech .]
Aah! [ People screaming .]
Trash monster: [ Roars .]
Way big: [ Grunts .]
[ Grunts .]
Gwen: We have to help Ben.
Kevin: Not much we can do from down here.
Gwen: Then let's not be down here.
Agent Locke, bring the rustbucket to me.
Copy that.
Trash monster: [ Growls .]
Trash monster: [ Grunts .]
[ Roars .]
[ Beep .]
Laser cannons are armed and hot.
Kevin: Yeah, I thought I'd go with some of my add-ons.
[ Alarm blaring .]
We're hit! Engines are down! [ Both gasp .]
[ All scream .]
Gwen: You are the worst driver.
Kevin: I'm just glad I could help.
Way big: [ Grunts .]
Trash monster: [ Grunts .]
Way big: The only thing that can move the trash is what created it in the first place.
So I gotta make some waves! Trash monster: [ Grunts .]
[ Roars .]
Kevin: [ As narrator .]
Once again, peace is restored to the planet, thanks in no small part to the efforts of our hero, Kevin Levin.
[ Normal voice .]
And friends.
I'm gonna go see if I can get the engines started.
Ben: So, I shot all that garbage into the sun.
Problem solved, right? Gwen: I hope so.