| More Than You Can Chew | |
|---|---|
| General Information | |
| Release Date | 12th June 2021 |
| Series | Ben 10: Omniorigins |
| Details | |
| Season | 2 |
| Episode Number | 3 |
| Overall Episode Number | 22 |
| Credits | |
| Written by | SOULARCHER20 |
| Story by | SOULARCHER20 |
| Teleplay by | SOULARCHER20 |
| Directed by | SOULARCHER20 |
| Episode Guide | |
| Previous episode | Omni-Switched |
| Next episode | 23 Watches |
More Than You Can Chew is the twenty-second episode of Ben 10: Omniorigins, as well as the third episode of the second season.
Plot[]
In The Fictioverse, Stuart is busy working on his computer when Ben enters. Stuart claims that he’s just finishing storing some important files in his thumb drive and tells Ben to change into his uniform. As Ben leaves, he accidentally knocks the thumb drive under the table, causing Stuart to panic and frantically look for it.
While Stuart struggles under the desk, Ben casually finds the thumb drive and passes it back to Stuart, who looks in relief. Ben wonders why Stuart would panic so much over a simple thumb drive, in which Stuart claims that all the important files he worked on are stored within it, and losing the device means that all the files are lost too. Ben still doesn’t believe this is important, so Stuart claims that Ben would understand if he had something important stored in a missing object, then he would panic too.
The day continues as normal, with Ben looking at Stuart the whole time. During their break, Ben asks Stuart what were the important files, in which Stuart replies that those files contained their business licenses, rental bills and a bunch of other things. When Ben asks Stuart why he didn’t save them in the computer, Stuart claims that they would be more vulnerable to hackers. Nevertheless, Ben still believes Stuart is quite overstressed and decides to grab a bite to eat alongside him.
The duo go to Accelmeal and eat their burgers in Stuart’s car. Stuart still looks stressed over the files he had been taking care of, so Ben decided they do their second favourite thing to do: scout Bellwood for trouble. Surely enough, as soon as Ben turns on the radio, a news broadcast claims there is a robbery occuring at the local bank, prompting the duo to go there. Once there, they see the entire bank covered in a strange goo. As Stuart armours up, Ben begins to activate the Omnitrix and transforms into Transmelt. Transmelt attempts to melt the goo with his flames, but stops upon observing it is a volatile material.
Changing his tactics, Transmelt grabs onto the goo and turns it into leaves, enabling Stuart and him to enter the bank while freeing all the people trapped in the goo. As he and Stuart escort the hostages, one of the bank workers claims that the criminal responsible is in the bank vault, prompting Transmelt to investigate. Entering the vault, Transmelt sees a man grabbing money and sticking it to the slime on his body. Transmelt gets his attention, forcing him to fire a goo blast at Transmelt who phases through it. Though Transmelt is unharmed, the goo accidentally traps Stuart to a wall.
Transmelt tries to free Stuart, but turns back into Ben, allowing the villain to trap Ben to a wall as well. As he makes his escape, Ben calls him a Glueface, though the villain actually likes the name. Stuck to the wall, Ben tries to get the Omnitrix to recharge faster, leading Stuart to claim that Ben’s the one who’s stressed out now. Ben gets upset at this statement and accidentally gets his Omnitrix arm stuck to the wall. Fortunately, Stuart is able to reach it and turns the dial. Ben hopes to get an alien like Meltter, but the Omnitrix turns him into a whole new hippo-like alien.
Curious as to what this alien could do, Ben tries to see if it's strong and grabs a gold bar in an attempt to free Stuart. But as he picks it up, it accidentally falls into his mouth, turning into what appears to be data particles. Amazed at this, Stuart believes the alien can store objects in itself, prompting Ben to name it Gigobite and eats the goo. As he and Stuart rush to Glueface, Gigobite gets ready to attack and charges at him. Glueface manages to dodge the attack and fires a goo blast, though the blast is frozen by Stuart. Wondering if his armour protects him from his own blasts, Stuart uses a magnetic field to pull the armour off Glueface. Unfortunately, Gigobite begins charging at him with his mouth wide open, so Glueface allows some parts of his armour to get pulled off and jumps out of the way, causing Stuart to get eaten by Gigobite.
Panicking, Gigobite gets angry and blames Glueface, beginning to charge at him. However, Glueface seals Gigobite’s jaws together and escapes. An angry Gigobite tries to remove the glue, but in the process he accidentally fires out the gold bar he ate earlier. With this information, Gigobite prepares to try and fire out Stuart, but suddenly turns back into Ben, freeing himself from the goo. Ben frustratingly returns to Stuart’s car and drive it in pursuit of Glueface.
After losing sight of him, Ben looks at the Omnitrix and sees it is recharged but slightly covered in goo. Knowing Stuart would often help him, Ben decides to try and free Stuart by turning into Gigobite again. Unfortunately, he gets Chicolt, Slamurai and Grapplight, growing increasingly frustrated and anxious. Before attempting to transform again, Grapplight smells something and sees the goo on the Omnitrix dial, and smells it in another direction. Knowing what to do, Grapplight begins swinging from building to building in an attempt to find Glueface.
Arriving at an abandoned storage facility, Ben enters and sees a labyrinth of crates in it, growing increasingly uncomfortable at the sight. Looking around, he cautiously looks around, and narrowly avoids a goo blast from Glueface, who taunts Ben for following him. Hiding behind a crate, Ben tries to turn into Gigobite again, but accidentally gets Dummy Bag. The light accidentally gives away his location, allowing Glueface to find him and fire a goo blast that hangs Dummy Bag to the edge of a crate.
However, Dummy Bag’s weight enables him to fall onto the ground and trigger the Omnitrix, transforming him into Powerpipe. Powerpipe uses his speed to attack Glueface, who attempts to shoot his blasts at Powerpipe but fails due to his superior speed. As Powerpipe attempts to rush in for another attack, the goo is revealed to have been on the floor due to Glueface missing, trapping him there. Glueface applauds Powerpipe’s efforts to stop him, but decides to end him by firing a goo blast at the ceiling and sticks a detonator there.
The detonator explodes, causing a large amount of rubble to fall on Powerpipe. Glueface begins to walk away, but sees a flash of light and sees Powerpipe had turned into Gigobite again. Glueface attempts to attack, but Gigobite fires out the goo he had previously stored at Glueface, restricting his movements. Gigobite then frees Stuart, who wonders what happened while Gigobite hugs him happily. Seeing some parts of Glueface’s armour ripped off, Stuart tells Gigobite his plan, who claims that he has a plan of his own. Glueface is shown running to a crate with all the items he had stolen, trying to stick all of them to his body.
He then sees Gigobite running towards him, prompting him to fire a goo blast at Gigobite’s legs. However, Gigobite fires out Stuart from his back, who uses his magnetic attack to pull the last of Glueface’s armour. Gigobite frees himself from the slime and subsequently fires it at Glueface, trapping him. A few hours later, the police arrive and arrest Glueface while recovering the stolen items. As Ben and Stuart look from the car, Stuart asks Ben how it was being on his own, with Ben claiming that while Stuart’s files may have been important, Stuart himself is more important. Stuart suddenly remembers the thumb drive and wonders where it is, though Ben calms him down stating that it's in the car’s glove compartment.
Noteworthy Events[]
Major Events[]
- Ben and Stuart meet Glueface for the first time.
- Ben unlocks Gigobite and uses him for the first time.
Character Debuts[]
- Glueface
Omnitrix Alien Debuts[]
Characters[]
- Ben Tennyson
- Stuart Garner
Villains[]
- Glueface (First Appearance)
Aliens Used[]
- Transmelt
- Gigobite (First Appearance; x2)
- Chicolt (Accidental Transformation; intended alien was Gigobite)
- Slamurai (Accidental Transformation; intended alien was Gigobite)
- Grapplight (Accidental Transformation; intended alien was Gigobite)
- Dummy Bag (Accidental Transformation; selected alien was Gigobite)
- Powerpipe
Allusions[]
- Ben and Stuart learn about the bank robbery from the car radio. A similar event occurred in The Incredibles.
- The warehouse where Glueface was using as his hideout is similar to the one at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, where the Ark of Covenant is kept within thousands of similar looking crates.
Trivia[]
- More aliens were meant to be added in this episode, but they were excluded as SOULARCHER20 forgot who they were.
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