Kevin's Big Score

Kevin's Big Score is the fourth episode of the first season of Ben 10: Alien Force, and the fourth episode overall.
==Synopsis==
Ben and Gwen are finally starting to trust Kevin when Kevin steals the Rustbucket and tries to swap it for some alien tech from Argit! Argit then steals the Rustbucket from Kevin and runs away. Ben and Gwen must learn to trust a flawed teammate as they help Kevin claim the important alien tech he is desperately after and face off with one of Ben's old foes, Vulkanus.
==Plot==
Argit, an alien con-artist, meets Kevin in an alleyway to discuss a piece of alien tech Kevin has been looking for, only for Kevin to find out that Argit doesn't have it. As Kevin begins to drive away, Argit tells him that he knows who has it, but it may cost him. 
Later that evening, Kevin offers to repair Max's RV, the Rustbucket 2, accompanied by Ben and Gwen who look at photos from when they were 10. When Kevin is finished, Gwen tries to go into the motor home, only to have Kevin stop her. Gwen and Ben wait patiently and are confused as they watch Kevin enter the Rustbucket 2, only to be shocked when Kevin speeds away from them in the RV. Ben attempts to stop him by transforming into a new alien, Big Chill, only to have Kevin evade him in the now amped RV. As Kevin gets away, Gwen is able to catch up with Ben and is slightly impressed when Ben tells her what happened. Using her powers, Gwen is able to track and find Kevin.
Meanwhile, Kevin pulls over to the side of the road to meet up with Argit and shows him the RV he wants to trade for the alien technology he wants. After looking it over, Argit says that its worthless, but takes it back as soon as he sees the large amount of alien tech installed into the motor home. In a surprising twist, Argit betrays Kevin by shooting his quills at him, temporary paralyzing Kevin, and stealing the Rustbucket 2 for himself. As Argit drives away, Kevin is able to move just enough to absorb the concrete ground and regain his strength. He then throws a boulder at the far-off RV, which Argit quickly avoids. As soon as Gwen and Ben locate Kevin, Ben confronts him and begins to tell him off only to find out that Kevin had hidden a tracking device in the undercarriage and was able to track it using his Plumber badge. Following the tracking signal, Kevin, Gwen, and Ben are led to a warehouse, where they find the RV completely stripped, much to Ben's anger. Ben demands Kevin not walk away from him only for Kevin to ask Ben if he is going to fight him.
Suddenly, the team hears someone coming and hide, only to see Argit walk through the door and into the Rustbucket 2 to retrieve a piece of alien tech he forgot. As he begins to leave, Argit is confronted by Ben, Gwen, and Kevin, all ready for a fight. Argit busts through the window and begins to run away, with the team right on his tail. Ben quickly slaps the Omnitrix down, transforming himself into Echo Echo and using his powers corner Argit in an alleyway. Thinking quickly, Argit shoots his quills at the many Echo Echos, hitting all but one and also hitting Gwen and Kevin. As Argit prepared to shoot the last Echo Echo, he quickly multiplied himself and used his powers to create a wall of sound, sending Argit's quills back at him. When Argit wakes up, he finds himself tied up and with his quills glued to his head. When confronted, Argit tells Ben and Gwen that they can't trust Kevin, which Ben begins to agree with. Kevin, angered, storms off, saying that he is done with both him and Gwen.
After hitching a ride on the back of a truck, Kevin arrives at the lair of Vulkanus, who supposedly had the alien tech Kevin wanted. From an earlier experience, Kevin left Vulkanus at the mercy of the Plumbers, bailing on him. He was charged with possession of some counterfeit isotopes. Vulkanus refuses to make a deal with Kevin, until Kevin says he will do anything. Still bitter, Vulkanus uses a machine that restrains and forces Kevin to uncontrollably absorb a rare living gem called Taydenite, causing Kevin to grow in size and develop crystalline spikes on his back that Vulkanus's workers immediately begin mining. As Vulkanus reveals his intent to use Kevin as a living gem mine, Ben, as Big Chill, and Gwen arrive to save Kevin. Big Chill ends up destroying Vulkanus' suit by phasing through and freezing it brittle, revealing he's actually a tiny alien in a robotic suit. Gwen frees Kevin and makes him stop absorbing and removing the Taydenite he's already absorbed. As the heroes are about to leave the battle scene, Kevin remembers the reason he came and retrieves the piece of alien tech he was looking for, which happens to be another Holo-Viewer that contains a message from Max, telling Ben that he needs to put together a team of other Plumber's kids.
==Noteworthy Events==
===Major Events===
*Ben obtains a Holo-Viewer with a message from Max.
*Vulkanus returns, and his true form is shown.
====Character Debuts====
*Argit
*Vulkanus (Alien Force debut)
*Pickaxe Aliens
====Omnitrix Alien Debut====
*Big Chill
==Characters==
===Main Characters===
*Ben Tennyson
*Gwen Tennyson
*Kevin Levin
===Antagonists===
*Argit (first appearance)
*Vulkanus (first reappearance)
*Pickaxe Aliens (first appearance)
===Other Characters===
*Max Tennyson (hologram)
==Aliens Used==
*Big Chill (first appearance; x2; second time was an off-screen activation)
*Echo Echo
==Quotes==
==Naming and Translations==
==Cast==
==Continuity==
*Ben and Gwen recall the first Rustbucket Max used to own during the Original Series, as well as the summer vacation where they drove all around the country and encountered Kevin who was still evil.
==Allusions==
*Several of the weapons shown in the Rustbucket 2 are references to other sci-fi franchises, these include the M41A Pulse Rifle from the Alien franchise and the DC-15A Blaster from the Star Wars franchise.
==Errors==
*The closed captions on the Ben 10 Alien Force: Volume 1 DVD misspell Octagon Vreedle's name as "Octagon Friedle" and Taydenite as "Taedenite".
*When Ben looks at the photo, the horizontal stripes on his jacket are gone. This error occurs again in one shot when the team meets up after Argit steals the Rustbucket 2, and near the end of the episode.
*Big Chill's hologram faces away from Ben.
*During Big Chill's pursuit of Kevin, Kevin uses the same button to activate all the Rustbucket's mechanisms.
*Big Chill turns invisible in this episode, which, according to Dwayne McDuffie, was just an error.
*When Kevin falls off a cliff, there is no fan in the Rustbucket. However, when Argit inspects the dashboard later, a fan is present.
*When Gwen tracks Kevin using his handkerchief, the vertical white stripe on Ben's jacket is black.
*When the Echo Echo clones merge back into one, Argit's quill in the sleeping clone is green.
*When Ben wakes up after being tranquilized and stretches, the Omnitrix is missing from his wrist.
*Vulkanus breaks his armor's hand while fighting Big Chill, but it is shown to be intact when Big Chill freezes the suit. 
Vlcsnap-2022-02-27-17h34m22s103.png|Incorrect closed captions on the Ben 10 Alien Force: Volume 1 DVD
KBS (46).png|Missing stripes
KBS (77).png|Hologram error
KBS (124).png|No fan
KBS (164).png|Black stripe
KBS (190).png|Fan
KBS (218).png|Missing stripes
KBS (335).png|Green quill
KBS (338).png|Missing Omnitrix
AF Vol 1 DVD Taydenite Error.png|Incorrect closed captions on the Ben 10 Alien Force: Volume 1 DVD
KBS (493).png|Broken hand
KBS (539).png|Hand still intact 
Ben's jacket stripes error 010.png|Missing stripes
==Trivia==
*Octagon Vreedle is mentioned for the first time by Argit at the beginning of the episode, foreshadowing his existence.
*Vulkanus' body was previously described as naturally being the way it appeared.The Galactic Enforcers This has been retconned in this episode, with Vulkanus being revealed to have always been small. It has also been explained that he wore flesh-colored prosthesis in the Original Series.
*When Kevin uncontrollably absorbed Taydenite, he was only covered in it and did not actually become it.
*Matt Wayne wrote the outline of this episode around May 2007.
**Out of all the episodes he wrote, this is his least favorite as he had to redo the first act to make the action more to the point.
*The episode used some episodes of The Rockford Files as a template.
*The fight scene between Ben, Gwen, Kevin and Argit was storyboarded by LeSean Thomas.
**In the storyboards, Ben is shown wearing a hoodie. Also, Echo Echo is depicted with one of his concept designs instead of his final design.
==References==
===Crew Statements===
====T.J. Collins====
====Dwayne McDuffie====
====Dave Johnson====
====Matt Wayne====
====LeSean Thomas====
===Cartoon Network===
===Ben 10 Planet===
es:La gran hazaña de Kevin
it:La Grande Rivincita di Kevin
pl:Dług Kevina
pt-br:Uma Artimanha do Kevin
ro:Scorul cel mare al lui Kevin
ru:Крупная сделка Кевина
Category:Episodes
Category:Ben 10: Alien Force Episodes
Category:Ben 10: Alien Force Season 1 Episodes
Category:Episodes Written by Matt Wayne
Category:Episodes Directed by Butch Lukic