Big Fat Alien Wedding

Big Fat Alien Wedding is the seventh episode of the fourth season of Ben 10, and the forty-sixth episode overall.
==Synopsis==
Ben and Gwen accompany Max to a wedding, which doesn't make Ben particularly happy, especially given the fact he has to wear a tux and learn how to dance. It's revealed that the bride's parents are aliens while the groom's family are ex-Plumbers. It turns out the bride's parents are out to sabotage the wedding because of a long-lasting feud with the Plumbers, and take action by demonstrating their destructive powers and causing deadly havoc. Ben, Max and Gwen enter the fray and not only save the day, but make sure the ceremony goes on as planned.
==Plot==
The episode begins in the Rustbucket where Ben is trying on a tuxedo which is also a family heirloom worn by Max, Ben's father and now Ben himself at Max's insistence. Ben is not happy that he has to be in a wedding or wear said tuxedo. The Tennysons arrive at the site of the wedding. Max's nephew and the groom, Joel, and Max's brother, Gordon, both want Max to talk sense into the other. Gordon says that the wedding is a terrible mistake. The bride, Camille, and her mother and father arrive, and they are cold to Joel's parents. Joel tells Max that everything is going wrong. Joel tells Gwen that she won't be the flower girl because their first choice, Camille's cousin, Lucy, was able to make it. Ben learns that he has to dance at the wedding. 
Later that evening, Gwen notices that Ben is missing. He heads down to the lake but stops at a dessert truck. He starts eating a cake but is caught by the person unloading the truck and leaves. A pile of mud grabs the man and drags him into the forest. A duplicate of him walks out. A sign by the lake says no swimming. A truck drives up and Ben transforms into Cannonbolt and crashes into it. The wedding stage lights on fire and Cannonbolt tries to put it out. He jumps into the lake, sending a huge wave onto the fire. Gordon and Betty Jean aim Plumber weapons at him, believing him to be a wedding crasher. Max, Gwen and Joel arrive, and Max defends Cannonbolt. However, Betty Jean dismisses Max's warning and announces that they cannot take the chance to hear Cannonbolt out, declaring that no alien can be trusted. Gwen then casts a spell that creates smoke which allows Cannonbolt to escape. Gordon and Betty Jean start shooting, but Joel stops them and makes them promise not to bring any more weapons for the rest of the weekend.
In the parking lot, Cannonbolt is attacked by a pile of mud, and he reverts back into Ben. The mud pile slithers away. In the Rustbucket, Max says that Joel's parents were Plumbers and that Camille's family is a species of aliens called Sludgepuppies that has been feuding with the Plumbers for ages. He says that the wedding could end the feud, and that someone doesn't want that to happen. At dinner, Ben meets the flower girl, Lucy, and Gwen offers to teach him how to dance. The man from before transforms into a mud alien and attacks. He is Camille's ex-boyfriend. Ben transforms into Diamondhead and the alien grabs Joel. Diamondhead saves him and fights the alien. They fight in a spa, where Diamondhead sends the alien into a pool of water, and he dissolves. Later, Gordon wants the wedding to be cancelled, but Camille refuses and Joel still doesn't want his parents to bring weapons. In the Rustbucket, Gwen teaches Ben how to dance. At the wedding, Camille's parents transform into mud aliens and attack the wedding. 
Ben realizes that the Manns were behind everything. Max notes that the Manns hired the ex-boyfriend to sabotage wedding for them to avoid suspicion from themselves. They grab Joel and attack Camille. Ben transforms into Heatblast and attacks them, freeing Joel. The Sludgepuppies and Heatblast engage fight, while a third Sludgepuppy attacks the rest of the Tennysons. Max gives Gordon and Betty Jean weapons and saves Gwen from the Sludgepuppy. Heatblast and the Manns fight in the forest and Camille, who is angry, transforms into a Sludgepuppy and helps the Plumbers. Gordon and Betty Jean apologize for being rude to Camille. Max blows up the Sludgepuppy. In the forest, Heatblast hardens Mrs. Mann, but she fixes herself. The Manns merge into a giant mud alien and grab Heatblast. They suck him in, but he makes them so hot that they fully harden and breaks out. The wedding resumes and Ben dances with Lucy at the reception, which seems to be going well until Ben trips with mud after Lucy turns the lower half of her body back into mud to keep Ben from stepping on her feet, much to Max's horror since the incident ended up destroying the tuxedo Max loved so much. Ben is seen crashing some wedding pictures before the episode ends with a hand closing the wedding album.
==Noteworthy Events==
===Major Events===
*It is revealed that the Plumbers and Lenopans have been at war for generations.
====Character Debuts====
*Joel Tennyson
*Camille Mann
*Gordon Tennyson
*Betty Jean Tennyson
*Lucy Mann
*Mr. Mann
*Mrs. Mann
*Camille's Ex-Boyfriend
*Mann Family's Bodyguard
===Minor Events===
*Diamondhead is revealed to be a Petrosapien.
*Joel and Camille get married.
==Characters==
===Main Characters===
*Ben Tennyson
*Gwen Tennyson
*Max Tennyson (flashback and present)
===Supporting Characters===
*Joel Tennyson (first appearance; flashback and present)
*Camille Mann (first appearance; flashback and present)
*Gordon Tennyson (first appearance; flashback and present)
*Betty Jean Tennyson (first appearance)
===Antagonists===
*Lenopans (flashback and present)
**Mr. Mann (first appearance)
**Mrs. Mann (first appearance)
**Camille's Ex-Boyfriend (first appearance)
**Mann Family's Bodyguard (first appearance)
===Other Characters===
*Lucy Mann (first appearance)
*Plumbers (flashback)
==Aliens Used==
*Cannonbolt
*Diamondhead
*Heatblast
==Spells Used==
*Camouphlet Vaporis
*Sinu Invisibus
==Quotes==
==Naming and Translations==
==Cast==
==Allusions==
*The title for the episode is a play on My Big Fat Greek Wedding, a 2002 film.
*The story of Joel and Camille, the children of individuals from two organizations at war, falling in love is similar to the William Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet.
==Errors==
*When Cannonbolt is in the pond, his chest stripe is missing.
*When Ben pushes Gwen off him after Max catches them dancing, the Omnitrix is longer than it should be.
*B. J. Ward is credited as "Groom's Father" instead of "Groom's Mother".
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==Trivia==
*In Truth, it was stated that the Plumbers retired sometime after Vilgax was defeated in the 70s. However, in this episode, it is revealed that the Plumbers were active a few years prior to the Original Series, long enough for Joel and Camille to have met.
*All the villainous Lenopans were taken away by the Plumbers off-screen. The scene showing this was cut due to time constraints.
*An uncolored still of the flashback showing the Plumbers fighting the Lenopans by Thomas Perkins features Phil, indicating he was supposed to appear in the episode before the scene was shortened.
==Notes==
==References==
===Crew Statements===
====Eugene Son====
====Thomas Perkins====
===Cartoon Network===
===Ben 10 Planet===
es:La gran boda alienígena
pl:Moje wielkie kosmiczne wesele
pt-br:O Grande Casamento Alienígena
ro:Nuntă de extratereştri mare şi grasă
ru:Инопланетная свадьба
Category:Episodes
Category:Ben 10 Episodes
Category:Ben 10 Season 4 Episodes
Category:Episodes Written by Eugene Son
Category:Episodes Directed by Sebastian Montes
Category:Episodes Aired Out of Production Order
Category:Episodes with Flashbacks