Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 2

Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 2 is the second episode of the second season of Ben 10: Alien Force, and the twenty-eighth episode overall.
==Synopsis==
In the conclusion of this epic battle, Vilgax battles an array of aliens and is close to ending Ben forever. But Diamondhead has different plans.
==Plot==
The explosion from the previous episode has decimated the garage and Gwen emerges from the rubble unharmed thanks to a mana shield. She sees Chromastone and Spidermonkey get up and run away and she calls to the aliens to come back, thinking they are both Ben. However, Ben emerges from the rubble right behind her and sees Goop leave as well. The two are confused and they go to dig Kevin out of the rubble. When they find him, they are shocked to see him mutated into an amalgam of all kinds of different materials, and can't transform back to normal, believing it to be feedback from the Omnitrix like last time. 
Ben is distracted from Kevin's predicament by the sudden absence of the three aliens that just ran off, as well as Way Big, who somehow snuck away without a trace. Azmuth contacts Ben to chastise him for disobeying his direct orders in tampering with the Omnitrix and warns him that those four transformations are unstable and will perish if they are not returned to the Omnitrix within 24 hours. Azmuth instructs Ben to set the Omnitrix to Capture Mode when he gets close enough to a transformation to automatically retore it to the Omnitrix. He then hangs up out of disappointment, declaring he will not help Ben again. Gwen can't track the aliens by their mana because they're all the same as Ben's, but Kevin says that they all have an Omnitrix symbol that can be tracked down with their badges. 
In the car, Gwen surveys the map on her badge while Kevin brings Ben up to speed as to why he's stuck the way he is. Gwen tells him to absorb her skin, but his powers are still not working. The team then locates Chromastone at the amusement park at the pier, attacking a ride. Gwen says that without Ben's guiding intelligence, the transformations are nothing but instinct, which makes them extremely dangerous while they're running wild. Kevin attacks Chromastone and discovers that he can transform his limbs into versatile constructs made up of all the different elements he is now made of. Ben tries to transform into Humungousaur, but he transforms into Murk Upchuck. Upchuck and Chromastone fight through redirecting the same laser at each other over and over. Gwen shoots mana to try and break the tie to no avail. Kevin knocks Chromastone out from behind while he's distracted and Upchuck recaptures him.
The team drives to a forest after searching for hours. Gwen does Extranet research by hooking her laptop up to her badge and discovers that Vilgax has already defeated 10 of the greatest champions from 10 worlds. Ben doesn't worry, citing he vanquished Vilgax when he was 10 years old. That is, until Gwen points out that Vilgax is now armed with all the powers and weapons of all those heroes he defeated. Plus, Kevin reminds Ben of the Omnitrix's presently suboptimal condition which has left him at less than full strength and Kevin stuck in his mutant form. Their argument is interrupted when they drive straight into a giant spider web. While they're stuck, Spidermonkey snatches up Gwen and tangles her in webbing. Ben and Kevin leap onto the web to help her, but only get themselves stuck. Spidermonkey approaches Gwen and Ben comes to the rescue when he transforms into Brainstorm. He reaches Gwen and tears apart enough of the web to cut her down. Kevin catches her and uses his new powers to cut her free of the webbing. Brainstorm then tries to verbally reason with Spidermonkey into returning to the Omnitrix, but he just traps him in webbing. Brainstorm keeps up the chatter until Gwen tells him to just absorb Spidermonkey while he's right next to him. With Spidermonkey returned to the Omnitrix, their scavenger hunt is halfway complete.
Back on the road, Ben runs diagnostics on the Omnitrix while Gwen and Kevin remind him of his deathmatch with Vilgax in five hours. Just as Gwen tells him to get his head in the game, the scanner locates Goop in the sewers beneath them. Ben eventually stumbles upon Goop's Anti-Gravity Projector. Goop then appears and engulfs Ben, trapping him stiff. He attacks Gwen and Kevin, sending them flying and bringing pipes down on them with concussive slime shots. Ben is able to move just enough to reach the Omnitrix inside Goop and breaks free when he transforms into Swampfire. Goop runs and Swampfire chases after him, but he slips away at every chance. Swampfire prepares to take him out with a fireball, but Gwen tells Swampfire not to because the tunnel is full of methane. He accidentally ignites the methane and blows up the whole sewer. Swampfire regenerates on the surface while Gwen and Kevin emerge, protected by a mana bubble. Goop's Anti-Gravity Projector hacks and slashes Swampfire to pieces, but he regenerates and snatches the projector, reeling in Goop. Swampfire draws him back into the Omnitrix, leaving only one transformation left to recapture.
They chart a course for Way Big, who is 40 minutes away by car and only an hour remaining until Ben has to fight Vilgax. Ben says he has a new plan when Gwen gets a call from Max on her badge. With Ben not fully prepared or experienced, he decides to fight Vilgax in Ben's place with the minor technicality of Vilgax falling under Plumber jurisdiction. Ben declines, reminding him that Vilgax challenged Ben. Therefore, the Conqueror's Challenge is his responsibility. Nonetheless, he vows to show up and come out victorious. When Gwen asks how Ben will beat Vilgax without Way Big, he explains his plan is to stall Vilgax until Gwen and Kevin return with Way Big.
Back at the park where the match is taking place, Psyphon arrives and announces on live TV that the battle is being televised worldwide. He forewarns the people of Earth that the Conqueror's Challenge is merely a courtesy and explains that Vilgax's starship fleet is currently in orbit. If Ben fails to show, the fleet will obliterate the planet when Vilgax is declared the winner by default. Right as he says it, Jetray flies in. Psyphon tells Ben when the challenge is complete, he will personally remove the Omnitrix and present to it Vilgax, who also arrives in time for the contest. Vilgax announces his presence to Ben, looking forward to killing him and conquering Earth. 
With both gladiators present and accounted for, the contest is on. Jetray has the aerial advantage until his neuroshock beams prove useless. Vilgax mercilessly pummels Jetray until he transforms into Big Chill and freezes Vilgax solid with a quick phase. Vilgax escapes with his eye lasers and, using his shield gauntlet, grabs Big Chill in his intangible state and electrocutes him. Big Chill phases into the ground and emerges as the full-sized Humungousaur. Vilgax has Humungousaur beat in brute strength and just when Vilgax demands for Ben's surrender, Gwen and Kevin arrive just in time with Way Big. Humungousaur reverts back and Way Big covers him from Vilgax. Ben is then able to reabsorb Way Big and tries to transform into him but gets stuck as Chromastone instead. Chromastone beats Vilgax back with an eye blast, but Vilgax's sword transforms into crystal, rendering Chromastone's energy blasts useless. With all of Chromastone's energy depleted, Vilgax kills Ben for good by shattering Chromastone to rubble with a single strike from the sword. 
Gwen, Kevin, and Max are horrifically shocked to see their greatest champion slain and Vilgax declaring victory. All that's left of Chromastone is his shards and the Omnitrix, which Psyphon takes and hands to Vilgax just like he said he would. Out of nowhere, the Omnitrix activates and draws in all of Chromastone's shattered remains. In a flash of blinding green light, those remains regenerate and reconstitute Ben as Diamondhead. He blasts explosive shards and conjures up crystal constructs from the ground that counteract all of Vilgax's weapons and soon enough, Diamondhead comes out the victor when he smashes Vilgax under three giant shards. Vilgax yields to Diamondhead and the Conqueror's Challenge is over with Ben declared the winner. 
Max reads Vilgax his rights as Ben reverts back, declaring that by order of the legal parameters that govern the Conqueror's Challenge, Vilgax is banished from ever returning to Earth, with hostile intent or otherwise. Vilgax acknowledges with honor and teleports away with Psyphon and his fleet, but not before vowing vengeance on Ben. Ben believes his secret identity has gone public with the event being televised, but Max tells Ben that he used Plumber tech to block out the broadcast about halfway through, thereby covering up any evidence of Ben Tennyson on the scene. Gwen asks what happened to Chromastone, but all Ben can tell her is the Omnitrix is broken. However, he asks if the team, unlike the Omnitrix, is still intact. Gwen agrees and despite some split-second hesitation, Kevin does too, and the three of them end the episode by joining hands in the middle, resuming their mission in fighting off evil from Earth or space.
==Noteworthy Events==
===Major Events===
*Ben damages the Omnitrix and loses Azmuth's trust.
*Kevin gets mutated into an amalgamated form for the third time.
*Kevin discovers that the malleability of his mutated form replaces his absorption powers and can now transform his limbs into weapons.
*Chromastone is destroyed by Vilgax in battle, but reforms into Diamondhead. However, Ben can no longer transform into Chromastone because remnants of his DNA fused with Diamondhead's.
*Vilgax loses the Conqueror's challenge and is banished from Earth.
====Omnitrix Alien Debut====
*Diamondhead (Alien Force debut)
===Minor Events===
*It is revealed that Kevin is afraid of alligators and Gwen is afraid of spiders.
==Characters==
===Main Characters===
*Ben Tennyson
*Gwen Tennyson
*Kevin Levin
**Kevin's Alien Force Mutation
===Antagonists===
*Vilgax
*Psyphon
===Other Characters===
*Azmuth (hologram)
*Max Tennyson
==Aliens Used==
*Murk Upchuck (selected alien was Humungousaur)
*Brainstorm
*Swampfire
*Jetray (off-screen activation)
*Big Chill
*Humungousaur
*Chromastone (selected alien was Way Big; destroyed)
*Diamondhead (first reappearance)
===Escaped and Recaptured Omnitrix Aliens===
*Chromastone
*Spidermonkey
*Goop
*Way Big
==Quotes==
==Naming and Translations==
==Cast==
==Continuity==
*Kevin theorizes that his mutation is the result of feedback from the Omnitrix "like the last time", referring to the events of Framed, where he mutated into Kevin 11 after having absorbed alien DNA from the Omnitrix in Kevin 11.
*Gwen reminds Ben that the Omnitrix's Capture Mode is the yellow setting, which is a reference to the events of Benwolf, where the Omnitrix turned yellow when it scanned the Werewolf's DNA.
*One of the rides at the amusement park has been restored, after Ship took over it in Pier Pressure.
*Kevin saying "You've laid eggs before" when discussing Spidermonkey with Ben is a reference to Save the Last Dance when Big Chill laid eggs.
*Kevin mentions that Ben last beat Vilgax with Way Big, referencing Secret of the Omnitrix.
==Allusions==
*The Casey-Kelly Accords are a reference to Joe Casey and Joe Kelly, two of the creators of Ben 10.
*Vilgax's line "Ben 10, I've come to kill you and conquer your world. Is now a bad time?" is a reference to the Justice League Unlimited episode The Doomsday Sanction, where Doomsday tells Superman, "Superman, I'm here to kill you. Is this a bad time?".
==Errors==
*Goop's Anti-Gravity Projector somehow slips under the garage door despite being too thick.
*When Ben shows Gwen his missing aliens, Chromastone's silhouette has a bulkier build and Cannonbolt, Upchuck, Alien X and Lodestar's silhouettes are missing.
*After Kevin shouts at Ben, the colors of the Omnitrix's dial are reversed.
*When Ben is about to transform into Brainstorm, his hand isn't on the spider web.
*Brainstorm's lightning is blue instead of yellow.
*When Ben is ensnared by Goop and activates the Omnitrix underneath his goop, the Omnitrix core pops up and stretches the goop much taller than normal.
*Jetray manages to pass through Psyphon's forcefield unharmed, despite Psyphon saying (hyperbolically) in the previous episode that nothing on Earth could breach it. Later, Gwen, Kevin, Way Big and Max also pass through unharmed.
*When Jetray says he forgot to set the DVR to record the Sumo Slammers marathon, he is more humanoid than usual.
*The closed captions on the Ben 10 Alien Force: Volume 7 DVD misspell Shield of Seagle as "Shield of Ziegel".
*The park suddenly has a fountain which was not present in the previous episode.
*When Vilgax first hits Jetray in the fountain, his lips are green.
*When Ben transforms from Big Chill to Humungousaur (being in his largest form), Vilgax is about the size of Humungousaur's head, but a few shots later, Vilgax is about a quarter of Humungousaur's size.
*After Vilgax shoots Humungousaur, his design is reversed. This error occurs again when Diamondhead shoots his diamond projectiles the third time.
*When Vilgax and Humungousaur fight, Humungousaur is at full size, but when Way Big, Gwen and Kevin arrive, he is shown to be at his base size before reverting back to Ben. 
*Before Chromastone blasts Vilgax, his eye is different.
*When Vilgax's sword is covered in crystal, Vilgax's torso is red instead of black.
*Diamondhead's jaw does not move when he shouts his name.
*When Diamondhead shoots diamonds the first time, he only has three fingers instead of four.
*When Diamondhead raises three big shards from the ground, his eyes are wrongly placed.
*When Ben tells Vilgax to leave, there are diamond remains behind him. In the next shot, there is nothing behind him, after which, the remains reappear.
*When Ben tells Max that he isn't sure what happened to Chromastone, the sides of the Omnitrix are pasted and reversed in color.
VoV2 (18).png|Anti-Gravity Projector is thick
VoV2 (19).png|Anti-Gravity Projector has passed through
VoV2 (38).png|Silhouette error/Missing silhouettes
VoV2 (59).png|Omnitrix dial color error
VoV2 (190).png|Web error
VoV2 (200).png|Blue lightning
VoV2 (250).png|Silhouette error
VoV2 (286).png|Taller core
VoV2 (374).png|Jetray can pass through the forcefield
VoV2 (395).png|Jetray error
Vlcsnap-2022-07-11-17h56m04s851.png|Incorrect closed captions on the Ben 10 Alien Force: Volume 7 DVD
VoV2 (415).png|Fountain
VoV2 (421).png|Green lips
VoV2 (464).png|Vilgax is about the size of Humungousaur's head
VoV2 (478).png|Vilgax is about quarter of Humungousaur's size
VoV2 (472).png|Reversed design
VoV2 (491).png|Gwen, Kevin and Way Big can pass through the forcefield
VoV2 (495).png|Humungousaur size error 
VoV2 (512).png|Eye error
VoV2 (524).png|Red torso
VoV2 (536).png|Max can pass through the forcefield
VoV2 (576).png|Finger error
VoV2 (578).png|Reversed design
VoV2 (597).png|Eyes error
VoV2 (623).png|No diamond remains
VoV2 (626).png|Omnitrix dial color error
==Trivia==
*In the Australian and Indian Cartoon Networks, both parts of Vengeance of Vilgax were joined together.
*The episode's title is listed as Vengeance of Vilgax Pt. 2 within the episode itself, Vengeance of Vilgax, Part 2 on the Ben 10 Alien Force: Volume 7 DVD, and Vengeance of Vilgax Part 2 on the Cartoon Network website, Vengeance Pt. 2 on Amazon Prime Video, and The Vengeance of Vilgax, Pt. 2 on iTunes.
*This is the first time Murk Upchuck's transformation sequence is shown.
*Max is revealed to be a Magister, as shown by the two lines on each of the shoulder pads of his Plumber suit.
*Chromastone's reformation into Diamondhead had nothing to do with Vilgax's sword being covered in crystal before he killed him.
*In an ADR script dated June 22, 2009:
**Gwen shows Kevin his reflection using a shard of rubble instead of a handheld mirror.
**Instead of the escaped aliens' silhouettes being unlit, they are replaced with question marks.
**Kevin's spiked mace is metal with Taydenite spikes, instead of rock with Taydenite spikes.
**Kevin's car simply drives into Spidermonkey's web instead of being slingshotted into it.
**Gwen looks at her watch when she reminds Ben he has five hours until the fight against Vilgax.
**Starting from the scene in the sewer, the episode shifts into daytime.
**The team is shown descending into the sewer, with Kevin shifting his hand into a crowbar to open the manhole cover and Gwen using a mana platform to lower them.
**Goop surrounds Ben in a globe instead of fitting his body shape.
**Gwen and Kevin ride Way Big into the municipal park like an animal, complete with a mana harness and reins attached to him, as opposed to letting him walk freely.
**Humungousaur shrinks down to smaller than blades of grass.
**Humungousaur transforms into Chromastone without reverting to Ben in between.
*In Derrick J. Wyatt's opinion, Diamondhead's ability to levitate crystal prisms and make explosive projectiles were probably due to some storyboard artist who was not familiar with Diamondhead's powers despite it being in the ADR script.
==Notes==
==References==
===Production Material===
====Scripts====
===Crew Statements===
====T.J. Collins====
====Dwayne McDuffie====
====Derrick J. Wyatt====
===Cartoon Network===
es:La venganza de Vilgax
it:La Vendetta di Vilgax (Seconda Parte)
pl:Zemsta Vilgaxa: część 2
pt-br:A Vingança de Vilgax: Parte 2
ro:Răzbunarea lui Vilgax: Partea 2
Category:Ben 10: Alien Force Episodes
Category:Episodes
Category:Ben 10: Alien Force Season 2 Episodes
Category:Two Part Episode
Category:Vilgax's Revenge Arc
Category:Episodes Written by Dwayne McDuffie
Category:Episodes Directed by Butch Lukic