Grudge Match

Grudge Match is the fifth episode of the second season of Ben 10, and the eighteenth episode overall.
==Synopsis==
Ben and Kevin 11 are beamed up to a spaceship where they must learn to battle together in order to bring down a vicious alien fight promoter.
==Plot==
The episode starts in the middle of a wind farm. In the street, Max and Gwen are semi-conscious inside the overturned Rustbucket. Meanwhile, Ben as Diamondhead is fighting Kevin. Before Diamondhead can counterattack, Kevin spits Stinkfly's slime in his face to blind him. Kevin carries him up to the air, then drops him, knocking one of the wind turbines over. Diamondhead responds by throwing the turbine's blades at Kevin. Realizing that they are equally matched, they prepare to charge each other. Suddenly, a red beam appears from above, enshrouding them. Gwen and Max get out of the RV to find that Diamondhead is missing.
In a dark room, the red beam releases Diamondhead and a spotlight hits him. As he scans the area, an announcer says the "challenger" comes from Earth. Diamondhead and Kevin have seemingly been transported to a fighting arena, complete with a variety of alien spectators. While Diamondhead is distracted by his unfamiliar surroundings, a droid with two scythes attacks him from behind. Viewed from overhead, the arena is separated into sections, each containing fighters against a similar droid. Diamondhead destroys one scythe, but the droid is strong enough to crack through his crystalline body. Diamondhead slices through the robot's legs, which disables it. As the crowd cheers, someone has been watching his every move.
Meanwhile, Kevin is in the same situation in an adjacent section and defeats the droid. The crowd cheers for him. Whoever is watching Diamondhead is also watching Kevin. As Diamondhead gloats, the Omnitrix times out and Diamondhead transforms back into Ben. The audience is surprised by the transformation and the damaged droid gets on top of Ben, but Ben is fast enough to use one of the detached scythes to severely puncture and terminate the droid. In a holographic projection overhead, the mysterious being who is watching them announces his plans to use them for subsequent, staged battles for profit. As the wall between Ben and Kevin opens up, Kevin blames Ben for their current situation, but before Kevin can attack Ben, they are teleported somewhere else.
Kevin and Ben continue to quarrel but are stopped by hovering robot guards with stun lances. The robots then attach a device to each of them. Ben and Kevin discover that they're on a spaceship, in a room with aliens from various planets, who appear to be in the same situation. Ben insists they should find a way back to Earth, but one alien says that the ship was their home now and there's no way out. Still angry at Ben, Kevin grabs him, but the implanted devices create an electrical discharge on Kevin, forcing Kevin off Ben.
An alarm sounds off and an alien says that it's mealtime. The ceilings open and release a gooey, purple-colored substance. Ben doesn't have the appetite for the alien glop, but the aliens urge him to eat, because Technorg will take their food. The sound of heavy footsteps is heard from the background and Technorg arrives. As he approaches the aliens, they kneel down to him, while he takes their food. Kevin, still sitting at the table, uses his tail to throw Ben's tray at Technorg's face, and blames the act on Ben. Technorg grabs Ben and throws him aside. To match his power, Ben transforms into Four Arms and attacks him. Out of view, the mysterious alien continues to watch and be intrigued by Four Arms. Four Arms and Kevin are then transported to another area, where the alien identifies himself as Slix Vigma. Slix decides to link Four Arms and Kevin using an electronic shackle, telling them that what happens to one of them will happen to the other. Slix transports them to the arena, where they have to fight Technorg.
As Technorg attacks, Four Arms and Kevin run in opposite directions, forgetting that they're linked. The mistake allows Technorg to grab ahold of the link and throw both of them down. At that moment, the Omnitrix times out and Four Arms reverts back into Ben. Kevin tries to get rid of Ben again, forgetting that if Ben is injured or dies, the same will happen to Kevin. Technorg tries an aerial punch, but Kevin is able to dodge the attack. Kevin then runs from Technorg, dragging Ben on the arena's floor. Kevin continues to humiliate Ben, but Ben attacks Kevin by tripping Technorg on top of him. Ben insists that if he and Kevin work together, they can defeat Technorg, to which Kevin refuses. Instead, Kevin tries to prove that he can win the battle by himself, by alternately shooting Stinkfly's goo and Diamondhead's crystal shards at Technorg, which does virtually nothing. As Ben finishes his pleas for Kevin's cooperation, Kevin uses Heatblast's fireballs, which explosively ignites Stinkfly's goo. He tells Kevin to try it again. It works, with Technorg blown off his feet from the explosion. Ben instructs Kevin to combine XLR8's speed, Four Arms' strength, and Diamondhead's invulnerability and with two powerful punches, Technorg is knocked out. Slix orders Kevin to finish him off, but before he can do so, Ben stops him. Kevin continues to fight with Ben but is stopped by guards. They are given the title of "Champion" and are taken back to the holding cell.
The imprisoned aliens now pay homage to Kevin and Ben. Technorg appears with a tray of food for Ben, who he's honored to serve, not only because he bested him in battle but also for sparing his life. Ben doesn't want to be Technorg's master and asks if he knows a way off the ship. Technorg says that they've all tried, but none of them are powerful enough to take control. As the ship is being prepared to travel to another galaxy, Ben declares that together, they can escape.
A few moments later, as Ben slumps in a corner of the cell, he signals the others to start the plan and they relay the signal to Kevin who pretends to act out of control. As the robot guards watch, the aliens pile on Kevin, and a flash appears. Grey Matter sneaks inside a robot guard and disable its control devices. Everyone escapes out of the holding cell.
Still linked together, Kevin and Grey Matter try to look for the controls for the emergency escape pods, but Slix tracks them down, and his drones are well-armed with giant axes. Slix was able to capture the other escapees and use them as hostages if they tried to escape again. Kevin and Grey Matter fight the drones to escape and save the aliens from Slix, but Grey Matter reverts back into Ben. As the aliens outside are tortured, more drones come after Kevin and Ben, who must get to the arena to rescue Technorg from being dropped into a pit of vicious beasts.
Distracted watching the aliens being tortured, Slix is overcome by Kevin and Ben. Ben insists that Kevin shouldn't destroy Slix, who appears to be an intelligent robot. Kevin, ignoring Ben, is about to destroy Slix, when Ben transforms into Upgrade and merges with Slix. Upgrade explains that Slix is actually the main command center for the entire ship, and he can control everything on the ship. He finds the control console and breaks their electric shackle link. As Technorg falls from the platform, Upgrade sends a flying platform to catch him. Slix regains some of his control, but before he can tear Upgrade off, Technorg knocks him out. Upgrade then teleports the imprisoned aliens and himself to the escape pods.
As Upgrade activates the escape pod doors, every alien escapes successfully, but Technorg insists on staying with Upgrade. Upgrade pushes him into the pod. Just as he's ready to leave, the Omnitrix times out, and Upgrade reverts back into Ben, revealing Slix grabbing Ben to kill him. Kevin impales Slix, saying that he wanted the fun of killing Ben to himself. He hurls Ben against a wall, and, using Stinkfly's goo, attaches him there. Ben desperately tries to activate the Omnitrix, and, just in time, transforms into Cannonbolt, the only alien whose powers Kevin doesn't have. Kevin is surprised by the new alien. Cannonbolt bounces off the walls battering Kevin. He enters a pod to escape, but Kevin holds the door open. He is stopped by Technorg who's returned to the ship to defend Cannonbolt. Cannonbolt says they're now even, and as he jettisons off the ship in his escape pod, Kevin feigns a meek smile as Technorg approaches, presumably to bash him for his treachery. The ship, having been previously programmed by Slix, disappears into another galaxy.
The escape pod lands on Earth, and Ben tumbles out, apparently overcome by the shock of the rocket travel. Gwen and Max have left the damaged RV and seem OK. They're glad to see that Ben is OK. Gwen asks what happened to Kevin, and Ben replies that Kevin found someone new to play with.
==Noteworthy Events==
===Major Events===
*Ben and Kevin are forced to work together after being abducted by Slix Vigma's Megacruiser.
*Ben and Kevin meet Slix Vigma.
*Kevin tries to kill Ben and ends up stuck on the Megacruiser with Technorg.
====Character Debuts====
*Technorg
*Slix Vigma
*Slix Vigma's Bodyguards
*Tetramand Prisoner
===Minor Events===
*It is revealed that the Omnitrix can immediately recharge to protect the user from potential danger.
==Characters==
===Main Characters===
*Ben Tennyson
===Supporting Characters===
*Technorg (first appearance)
===Villains===
*Kevin Levin
**Kevin 11
*Slix Vigma (first appearance)
**Slix Vigma's Bodyguards (first appearance)
===Other Characters===
*Gwen Tennyson
*Max Tennyson
*Tetramand Prisoner (first appearance; cameo)
==Aliens Used==
*Diamondhead (off-screen activation)
*Four Arms
*Grey Matter
*Upgrade
*Cannonbolt
==Quotes==
==Naming and Translations==
==Cast==
==Continuity==
*Kevin reappears after having been heavily mutated in Framed.
*Kevin calls Diamondhead "Rock-Head", as he never knew his name and heard Lieutenant Steel call him that in Framed.
==Errors==
*Kevin's Grey Matter eye is white for a few shots.
*For an instant, Kevin's pant leg isn't colored.
*When Kevin throws the legs of the robot, they are not completely drawn.
*In many shots, the Omnitrix's dial faces the wrong way.
*In one scene, Kevin uses his Heatblast arm to grab Ben, yet Ben shows no sign of being harmed by the fiery hand.
*When Four Arms and Kevin land after getting thrown by Technorg, Four Arms has five fingers instead of four on his lower right hand.
*After Ben stops Kevin from killing Technorg and they're being restrained by the robots, the Omnitrix, now recharged, is on Ben's right wrist.
*In a couple of shots, Kevin lacks his lower arms.
*In one shot. Kevin's hand on his Heatblast arm is miscolored.
*When Kevin and Ben jump, the Omnitrix is green, but is then red again.
*In one shot, Ben's shackles are on his left leg instead of his right leg.
*When Kevin spits the Stinkfly goo at Ben, it hits him on his back. However, when Ben is bound by the goo, he faces Kevin. 
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GM (488).png|Ben is unharmed
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GM (715).png|Five fingers
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GM (1038).png|Right wrist
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GM error (5).png|Missing arms
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GM (1447).png|Left leg
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GM (1667).png|The goo hits Ben's back
GM (1668).png|Ben faces Kevin
==Notes==
==References==
===Cartoon Network===
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Category:Episodes
Category:Ben 10 Episodes
Category:Ben 10 Season 2 Episodes
Category:Episodes Written by Marty Isenberg
Category:Episodes Directed by Sebastian Montes