Max Out

Max Out is the seventh episode of the first season of Ben 10: Alien Force, and the seventh episode overall.
==Synopsis==
Gwen's older brother, Ken, disappears and she gets Ben and Kevin to help her track him down. Their investigation leads them to find not only Ken but also another long-missing relative and a startling secret of the DNAliens. This discovery comes at a high cost as Ben is left with greater responsibilities than ever before.
==Plot==
The episode begins with Max entering the coffee shop and Edna asks him if he would like to hear their special and Max said that he just wants coffee. Edna said that they don't get too many strangers in Santa Mira and asked him what brought him here and Max said that it has great fishing and great weather. Edna said that their fish are farm-raised and that it is the rainy season, leaving Max misinformed. Edna brings him the special and Max said that he didn't order it, and Edna said that it was on the house. The special was revealed to be an Xenocite, who it and Edna attacks Max, but he was able to defeat them both.
Gwen and Ben ask for Kevin's help in locating her brother, Ken. Upon tracking Ken to a small town named Santa Mira, they discover its inhabitants to all be DNAliens. After interrogating a DNAlien they are led to the Hatchery where another weather tower has been set up causing the town's dreary weather. Meanwhile, Ken is being interrogated by a DNAlien who allows a parasite, called a Xenocite, to attach itself to Ken. Shortly after, Max mounts a rescue and discovers Ken partially transformed into a DNAlien who incapacitates Max and calls for guards.
Gwen, Kevin, and Ben finally make it into the Hatchery, sneaking in from the waterway while fighting against hordes of DNAliens. Along the way, Gwen discovers Ken nearly transformed into a DNAlien, and Ben's Omnitrix suddenly gains a life of its own. Stating that it can repair Ken's DNA, Ben does so and removes the parasite from Ken. Later the four meet up with Max, who asks the others to destroy the trucks meant to ship the Xenocites all over the country while Max goes after the head Highbreed. Ben states that the Highbreed operation is over with the Xenocite factory destroyed, his DNAlien troops sucked into the Null Void, and his trucks destroyed. The Highbreed states that more trucks along with a replacement for the egg machine can be there in a matter of hours and also points out the hordes of DNAliens at his command.
Left with no other option, Max turns his Null Void projector into a grenade which will vaporize everything within a half-mile radius. Gwen projects a shield for herself, Ben, Kevin, and Ken. Max detonates his make-shift bomb, and the team is left in the crater that was the town and leave to finish the work that Max started.
==Noteworthy Events==
===Major Events===
*Gwen's brother, Ken, is kidnapped by the DNAliens and is almost fused with a Xenocite.
*Ben discovers the Omnitrix can repair genetic damage, thereby allowing him to restore DNAliens to normal.
*The team finds Max.
*Max seemingly dies in an explosion caused by the Null Void Projector.
====Character Debuts====
*Ken Tennyson
*Edna
*Moe
*Shem
*Xenocites
===Minor Events===
*This episode reveals that this episode takes place during spring break, meaning that this series started about two to three months after Ben and Gwen's birthdays.
*It is revealed that DNAliens can still spit out slime while disguised.
*The Omnitrix is revealed to have the ability to converse with its wearer, using a digitized version of Ben's own voice.
==Characters==
===Main Characters===
*Ben Tennyson
*Gwen Tennyson
*Kevin Levin
*Max Tennyson
===Supporting Characters===
*Ken Tennyson (first appearance)
===Antagonists===
*DNAliens
**Edna (first appearance)
**Moe (first appearance)
**Shem (first appearance)
*Xenocites (first appearance)
*Highbreed
==Aliens Used==
*Humungousaur
*Big Chill
*Jetray
==Naming and Translations==
==Quotes== 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Cast==
==Continuity==
*Max being on the Highbreed's case since Ben 10 Returns: Part 1 is focused on in this episode.
*Ben points out the weather tower, which the trio first saw in Everybody Talks About the Weather.
==Allusions==
*The main location of the episode, Santa Mira, is a reference to the 1956 movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
==Errors==
*When Max enters the coffee shop and sits down, the flower patterns on his shirt are missing.
*Despite passing the through the waterway, Max, Ben, Gwen and Kevin don't show any signs of getting wet. 
*When Big Chill rises out of the water, his Omnitrix symbol is missing.
*Before Ben cures Ken, the Omnitrix's dial faces the wrong way.
*When Ben turns into Jetray and says his name, Jetray's mouth doesn't move.
*In one shot, the Highbreed has five eyes instead of four.
MO (9).png|Missing flower patterns
MO (234).png|Max isn't wet
MO (284).png|Ben, Gwen and Kevin aren't wet
MO (350).png|Missing Omnitrix symbol
MO (422).png|Omnitrix dial error
MO (508).png|Mouth error
MO (567).png|Five eyes
==Trivia==
*Most of the DNAliens were killed in the explosion, but one survived.
==References==
===Crew Statements===
====Dwayne McDuffie====
===Cartoon Network===
es:Un encuentro con el abuelo
it:Il Sacrificio di Max
pl:Ostateczna rozgrywka
pt-br:Max Desligo
ro:Max îşi face apariţia
Category:Episodes
Category:Ben 10: Alien Force Episodes
Category:Ben 10: Alien Force Season 1 Episodes
Category:Highbreed Wars
Category:Episodes Directed by Butch Lukic
Category:Episodes Aired Out of Production Order