The Frogs of War: Part 1

The Frogs of War: Part 1 is the ninth episode of the third season of Ben 10: Omniverse, and the twenty-ninth episode overall.
==Synopsis==
The Incursean Armada, with the help of Dr. Psychobos, have invaded the Earth.
==Plot==
Trapped in heavy traffic, Rook watches Ben fiddle around with the Omnitrix. Rook tells Ben to find another way to keep calm, but Ben just yells out the window, asking what is going on. Suddenly, a squid-like alien bursts from underground and flies away, scaring the local citizens nearby. More aliens start flying out of Undertown, and one alien tells Ben and Rook that the Incurseans are coming. Even more aliens emerge from Undertown and the citizens of Bellwood can now fully see the underground city. 
At Plumber Headquarters, the Plumbers are getting ready for the Incursean invasion. Max confirms to Ben and Rook that the Incurseans have Earth surrounded and warns them to gear up for war. A Plumber puts up planetary shields around Earth, but Rook says that will only slow them down. Will Harangue reports on the aliens escaping Undertown and Max urges Ben to calm down the citizens. Ben doesn't want to, but Max says that Ben is a hero and a celebrity on Earth and that the town will listen to him. Later, outside, Ben deals with several items being thrown at him by an angry mob. Will Harangue walks up to Ben, demanding answers on why he is a traitor to the humans and if he is out to destroy humanity or enslave it. Ben tries to explain himself, but Harangue continues to pester him with questions. Ben finally explains that he has visited Undertown and the aliens are only trying to live their own lives and that they are harmless.
In space, Milleous and the rest of the Incurseans prepare to invade Earth. Milleous calls out to the citizens of Earth, urging them to surrender, but gets no response. Attea says that the planetary shields are preventing communication and Milleous orders his army to break down the shield. The Incursean ships begin ramming the shields while Milleous threatens to imprison Attea if she speaks out of turn again.
Back on Earth, Ben is still trying to convince the citizens that the aliens of Undertown are harmless, but he continues to mess with the Omnitrix, and it sets off the "Randomizer" function. Ben instantly transforms into Way Big and falls back into a nearby building, knocking over a sign. Way Big catches it before it hits the crowd and assures everyone that everything is fine and transforms into NRG. NRG falls onto the ground, shoots a building, gets knocked out of his containment suit, and tells everyone that they should stand back due to his radiation. NRG transforms into Water Hazard and Will Harangue says that there is no end to Ben's rampage, but he is sprayed in the face with water. Water Hazard puts out a building on fire but outside Earth, the Incurseans have broken through the shields. Water Hazard still says that aliens are helpful, but the Incurseans begin their invasion and start shooting. The people all run away while Water Hazard attempts to spray them out of the air with water. It has no effect and Water Hazard dodges an Incursean blast shot. 
Water Hazard transforms into Astrodactyl and starts to knock down Incursean ships. While in midair, Astrodactyl transforms into Snare-Oh and grabs onto an Incursean ship, but Snare-oh has forgotten about his power. Once he remembers, he is attacked from behind by another Incursean ship and he swings himself on top of the Incursean ship that he is holding onto. Attea flies up near Snare-oh, hoping to take him down herself. Snare-oh transforms into Rath. Rath punches a hole in the Incursean ship, and it starts crashing toward the ground as he yells at the ship. The Omnitrix times out and Rath transforms back to Ben, and he finds himself falling in midair, but Rook rescues him with the Proto-TRUK. Ben asks Rook why he is flying away and Rook replies, saying that Max ordered him to return Ben back to base. Ben says that he was handling things, but Rook doesn't believe him. Attea attempts to shoot them down, but Rook transforms the Proto-TRUK into the normal van and drives into the Plumber base. Dr. Psychobos says that should he inform Milleous, but Attea yells at him.
Back in space, Milleous finally manages to break through another part of the shield and yells at Earth, saying he is going to take over as his Incursean army has fully invaded all parts of the planet. Back at Plumber Headquarters, all of the Plumbers begin running around while one Plumber says that all the shields are down. Max wants to know how Ben's Omnitrix is doing and Blukic and Driba are working on it. Driba tells Ben that he activated the Randomizer function, but Ben already knows that. Blukic hits the Omnitrix with a wrench, but it does nothing, with Ben saying that he will be stuck using different aliens every time he uses the Omnitrix. Meanwhile, Max tells all the Plumbers that they have no choice but to attack Milleous, hoping to disrupt his communications with the rest of the Incursean army. Ben wants to join in, but Max says that he can't with the Randomizer function still active. Max calls out to all of the Plumbers to move out, while Ben stays there watching. 
All of the Plumbers, including Rook in the Proto-TRUK, begin flying out while Attea's ship is being attacked by Plumber tanks on the ground. Dr. Psychobos tells Attea that the defense force is getting away, and Attea says that Milleous should handle them while she does something else. Outside Earth, Max leads the other Plumber ships, and they all begin to fire at Milleous' ship. Milleous gloats and begins shooting back. Attea and Dr. Psychobos are walking down a passageway, and they enter Max's room, but she doesn't find Ben in there. The Plumbers are still doing battle with Milleous' ship and the Proto-TRUK is shot. Rook calls out to Max, saying he has been hit and Max says not to land on the ship. Suddenly, Ben is heard from the back, saying he needed to recharge the Omnitrix. Rook crashes the Proto-TRUK into Milleous and inside, Ben attempts to transform into Big Chill, but he transforms Bloxx instead and shields himself and Rook from the impact. Rook tells Bloxx that he was supposed to sneak in as Big Chill, but Bloxx says that he is better. Then, the Omnitrix times out and Bloxx quickly transforms back into Ben, confused while happy that the Randomizer function is no longer active and the fact that the Omnitrix is now able to recharge instantly. Rook asks what Ben's next plan is, and Ben says to take down the Incurseans and he hopes and attempts to transform into Humungousaur, but he transforms into Nanomech instead. Rook grabs Nanomech and charges down the hall but runs into Incurseans that are ready to fire. Nanomech flies out and sends energy blasts into the Incurseans' guns, destroying them. Nanomech is grabbed by one of the Incurseans, but Rook quickly takes them all out using his Proto-Tool. After Nanomech transforms back to normal, Ben is disgusted at Rook for allowing for him to be grabbed by one of the Incurseans' tongues. Before Ben can activate the Omnitrix, Rook stops him and notices that whatever Blukic and Driba did to the Omnitrix, it shortened Ben's transformation time. Rook advises Ben to select an alien form wisely.
Outside of Milleous' ship, the Plumber ships are being taken out, and Max charges angrily at Milleous, thinking that Ben and Rook are dead. Milleous orders the Incursean ships to take down Max, but Ben and Rook appear high above and take down an Incursean. Ben transforms into Four Arms and starts taking down some Incurseans, with Rook taking some down himself. Four Arms quickly transforms back to normal, and he notices Max trying to attack the ship, with Max surprised Ben is still alive. Ben is grabbed by Milleous, and Milleous threatens to kill Ben if Max doesn't call off his attack. The Incursean ships soon start attacking Milleous' ship and Milleous notices Rook messing with the controls. Milleous tells his army to stop firing and Ben transforms into Big Chill and escapes Milleous' grasp. Big Chill freezes Milleous, transforms back into normal, and tells everyone not to stop firing. 
Inside a base, Attea is yelling that she is taking over and tells them to fire at Milleous' ship. Ben and Rook are talking, while Milleous breaks free from the ice, and he threatens to destroy everything. Ben transforms into XLR8 and runs away from Milleous for a short time before the Omnitrix quickly times out and XLR8 transforms back into normal. Ben transforms into Humungousaur and lifts up Milleous. The Omnitrix times out and Humungousaur quickly transforms back into normal and Milleous lands on top of Ben. Milleous attempts to crush Ben by leaping up high and falling back down but Ben transforms into Crashhopper and rams Milleous in midair, causing him to leap all around the room. Milleous' ship soon lands on Earth and the Omnitrix times out and Crashhopper transforms back into normal with Milleous landing on Ben, but Rook handcuffs Milleous.
Outside the ship, Max and Attea hold up their guns and Max says that he has her army outnumbered. However, Attea shows more of her Incursean ships, having the Plumber's ships surrounded, but Ben appears behind her, telling her to call off the ships or Milleous will die. Attea says that Ben doesn't have the guts to do it, and Milleous tells Ben that he will let him go on the condition that Ben leave Earth and never come back. Ben asks why and Dr. Psychobos soon presses a button which causes a device to activate. Attea asks Ben if he was wondering what she did with the mind control juice and Ben replies, saying he does. Soon, large mutated To'kustars begin raining down from the sky on nearly all parts of Earth and Milleous tells Ben that if he doesn't leave, the Mutant To'kustars will begin destroying Earth. Ben refuses, but Max tells Ben to. Ben is enraged, saying he won't let them win, but Max says he thought he lost Ben before, and with Ben leaving Earth, he will know Ben is still alive. Ben reluctantly gives himself up and Attea locks him in an Incursean space pod. Milleous gloats as Max and the other Plumbers are being boarded on Incursean ships. Will Harangue reports on how the Incurseans have taken over Earth, but proudly says how their biggest threat Ben has been sent away. Ben is soon blasted into space, with Harangue telling Ben, "Goodbye and good riddance".
==Noteworthy Events==
===Major Events===
*Ordinary citizens learn of the existence of Undertown.
*The Randomizer function is unlocked on the Omnitrix.
*The Proto-TRUK is destroyed.
*Ben gets exiled from Earth by the Incurseans.
*The Incurseans conquer Earth for a month.
====Character Debut====
*Zorian (Omniverse present debut)
*Mrs. Rheault (Omniverse present debut)
*Way Bads
*Will Harangue (Omniverse debut)
====Omnitrix Alien Debut====
*Snare-Oh (Omniverse debut)
==Characters==
*Ben Tennyson
*Rook Blonko
*Natalie Alvarez (cameo)
*Julius (cameo)
*Max Tennyson
*Plumbers
**Jerry (cameo)
**Bromeba (cameo)
**Stick Doug (cameo)
**Morty (cameo)
**Bryk (cameo)
**Chortle (cameo)
**Leadfoot (cameo)
**Blukic
**Driba
**Magister Patelliday (cameo)
**Hobble (cameo)
**Zorian (cameo)
**Molly Gunther (cameo)
**Magister Arnux (cameo)
*Undertown Aliens
*Madison's Father (cameo)
*Mrs. Rheault (cameo)
*Mr. Baumann (cameo)
===Villains===
*Will Harangue (first reappearance)
*Incurseans
**Attea
**Milleous
**Incursean Soldiers
*Dr. Psychobos
*Way Bads (first appearance)
==Aliens Used==
*Way Big (randomizer)
*NRG (randomizer)
*Water Hazard (randomizer)
*Astrodactyl (randomizer)
*Snare-Oh (first reappearance; randomizer) 
*Rath (randomizer)
*Bloxx (intended alien was Big Chill)
*Nanomech (intended alien was Humungousaur)
*Four Arms
*Big Chill (cameo)
*XLR8
*Humungousaur
*Crashhopper (cameo)
==Quotes==
==Naming and Translations==
==Cast==
==Continuity==
*Rath references the events of Prisoner Number 775 is Missing when he says "Rath isn't going down, gravity, ancient evil force of nature! This time, you're the one that's going..."
*Dr. Psychobos mentions the last time he infiltrated the Plumber Headquarters, in Outbreak.
*The Ogia Concentrate from the previous episode is used by Dr. Psychobos to control the Way Bads.
==Allusions==
*The title comes from the line "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
**Whereas the French title comes from the cartoon "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ("Les Tortues Ninjas").
*Ben references Han Solo from Star Wars when he tries to talk over the Emperor's communicator, then smashes it out of frustration and says, "It was a boring conversation anyway".
==Errors==
*Before the road bursts open, some of its stripes are not colored.
*When the aliens fly out of Undertown, there is a man behind the policewoman wearing a red jacket. In the next shot after the policewoman screams "Aliens!", the man's jacket is now green.
*The citizens of Bellwood are surprised that there are aliens living among them despite previous episodes such as A Jolt From the Past showing aliens mingling with humans openly.
*When the Incursean ships are seen flying towards Earth while Milleous attempts to make an announcement to the planet, the hexagonal shield is not visible.
*When Snare-Oh falls, he shapeshifts his fingers into small bandage-like tentacles. In the next shot, he stretches his entire arm.
*In one shot, Rath's neck is entirely orange.
*When Ben falls from the Incursean ship, Rook says he flailed his arms. He does not do this in the episode; he just starts to tap his Omnitrix. However, he does so in a preview for the episode released by Cartoon Network.
*In one shot, the Omnitrix's faceplate faces the wrong way.
*When Max begins to give orders to the Plumbers, Molly Gunther is behind a hologram with the Alpha Squad suit, but in the next shot, she is beside Ben with her normal Plumber suit.
*One of the Plumbers gets shot in the back, but is seen holding his leg instead.
*Terraspin is listed in the end credits despite not appearing.
TFoW1 (26).png|Red jacket
TFoW1 (28).png|Green jacket
TFoW1 (62).png|Missing shield
TFoW1 (146).png|Bandage-like tentacles
TFoW1 (147).png|Stretched arm
TFoW1 (162).png|Orange neck
TFoW1 (203).png|Omnitrix faceplate error
TFoW1 (214).png|Alpha Squad suit
TFoW1 (216).png|Regular Plumber suit
TFoW1 (249).png|Plumber holds his leg
Frogs of War Part 1 Voice Credits (1).png|Terraspin in the credits
==Trivia==
*The episode's title is listed as The Frogs Of War, Part I within the episode itself and on the Ben 10 Omniverse: Aliens at War DVD, The Frogs of War Part 1 on the Cartoon Network website and The Frogs of War, Part I on Amazon Prime Video.
*The span of the events of this episode and the following episode is at least a month, according to Will Harangue.
*The scream the little girl in the car makes is a reused Gwen scream from the Original Series.
*Both halves of The Frogs of War were Derrick J. Wyatt's second-favorite episode of Omniverse.
*The scene where Ben falls from the Incursean ship, up until the scene where Blukic and Driba inspect the Omnitrix, were storyboarded by Fill Marc Sagadraca.
**In the storyboards, Max talks to Molly Gunther instead of an unnamed alien Plumber.
==References==
===Crew Statements===
====Matt Wayne====
====Derrick J. Wyatt====
====Fill Marc Sagadraca====
===Cartoon Network===
es:Las ranas de la guerra
it:Le rane da guerra (prima parte)
pl:Żaby wojny: część 1
pt-br:Sapos de Guerra: Parte 1
ro:Broaștele războiului partea 1
Category:Episodes
Category:Ben 10: Omniverse Episodes
Category:Ben 10: Omniverse Season 3 Episodes
Category:Two Part Episode
Category:Episodes Aired Out of Production Order
Category:Episodes Written by Marty Isenberg
Category:Episodes Directed by Dan Riba