Plumbers' Helpers (Episode)

Plumbers' Helpers is the eleventh episode of the first season of Ben 10: Alien Force, and the eleventh episode overall.
==Synopsis==
Manny and Helen are a rogue team of young Plumbers trying to track down aliens. When they mistake Ben and his team for dangerous aliens, they end up kidnapping Kevin. Ben and Gwen need to track them down.
==Plot==
A pair of rogue Plumbers, human/alien hybrids, a female Kineceleran named Helen and a male Tetramand named Manny are hunting DNAliens, as well as other aliens, thinking all of them are evil. They attack the aliens and use what they believe is a giant disintegrator ray, which is actually a Null Void Projector. When they encounter Ben, Gwen and Kevin they attack them, and while Ben transforms into Big Chill and saves Gwen, Kevin gets kidnapped for questioning, as Helen isn't sure the group is dangerous.
Thanks to her powers, Gwen locates Kevin and she and Ben set out to rescue him. Meanwhile, Helen and Manny use a database created by Helen's brother Pierce to try and find out what species Kevin belongs to, as they think he's an alien. During the rescue, Ben gets thrown into the Null Void but manages to escape after transforming into Swampfire.
After that, the two sides work things out and after looking at a database of the aliens they captured and put into the Null Void, Ben realizes that some of them may have been Plumber kids. To make things right, Helen and Manny set out into the Null Void to rescue those they wrongfully imprisoned, and Kevin takes some of their equipment when they leave, much to Ben and Gwen's dismay.
==Noteworthy Events==
===Major Events===
*The team meets the Plumbers' Helpers.
====Character Debuts====
*Helen Wheels
*Manny Armstrong
*Pierce Wheels (recording)
===Minor Events===
*It is revealed that Kevin can temporarily extend his absorbing powers to whomever he is in contact with.
*The species name of Pyronite and Piscciss Volann are revealed by Pierce.
==Characters==
===Main Characters===
*Helen Wheels (first appearance)
*Manny Armstrong (first appearance)
*Ben Tennyson
*Gwen Tennyson
*Kevin Levin
===Antagonists===
*DNAlien
===Other Characters===
*Pierce Wheels (first appearance; on recording)
*Carol Smith (cameo)
*A Pyronite (on recording)
*A Vulpimancer (on recording)
*A Galvanic Mechamorph (on recording)
*A Lepidopterran (on recording)
*An Ectonurite (on recording)
*A DNAlien (on recording)
*A Piscciss Volann (on recording)
==Aliens Used==
*Big Chill
*Swampfire (off-screen activation)
==Quotes==
==Naming and Translations==
==Cast==
==Continuity==
*Ben refers to Helen as an XLR8 and mentions that he used to be able to turn into him.
==Allusions==
*The Pyronite, Vulpimancer, Lepidopterran, and Piscciss Volann featured in the recording shown by Helen resemble Heatblast, Wildmutt, Stinkfly, and Ripjaws' appearances in the Original Series. Meanwhile, the Galvanic Mechamorph resembles Baz-l while the Ectonurite resembles Zs'Skayr's complete form in Be Afraid of the Dark.
**The images are actually edited versions of the models for Heatblast, Wildmutt, Stinkfly, Ripjaws, Upgrade and Zs'Skayr from the Original Series.
==Errors==
*In several shots when Manny and Helen are driving, one of Manny's blasters is missing.
*In the first image of the trio that Manny and Helen look at, Gwen is too tall and is standing away from Ben and Kevin, who are also both looking at her.
*Helen doesn't have her tracking device when she stops Manny from attacking the trio but when she holds her arm towards them to shoot her tracking device, it is on her wrist.
*When Manny mentions Pierce, Helen's body is colored entirely black.
*The second image Helen and Manny look at has Gwen closer to Ben and Kevin, but the cuffs on her sleeves are blue instead of white. Also, in the same shot, Ben is drawn at a different angle, Gwen's pose is slightly changed, and all three of them are looking at Manny and Helen as if facing them.
*Pierce pronounces "Piscciss Volann" as "Pis-kiss Volann".
*When Helen listen's to the trio's conservation through her device, some of the glass inside her mouth isn't filled in.
*After Manny knocks Kevin out with his blasters, the lines on Helen's face are drawn incorrectly.
*When Kevin is knocked out, he lies at the bottom of the containment sphere he's in. When the episode cuts back to him later, he is floating.
*When Gwen is attacked by Helen, there is an extra frame of her.
*When Helen is next to Manny, the energy lash appears in her hand, despite it not being visible in the previous shot.
*Before Ben comes out of the Null Void portal, Manny's back is drawn incorrectly.
*When Manny is shooting at Swampfire, his fingers don't move to pull the trigger of his blasters.
*When Helen shows Pierce's recording to Ben, Pierce is shown at an angle even though he faced forward when Helen viewed the recording earlier in the episode.
*An Arburian Pelarota appears in Pierce's recording mistakenly for one frame.
*When Ben gives back Helen the device, the Galvanic Mechamorph looks exactly like Upgrade from the Original Series.
PsH (71).png|Missing blaster
PsH (114).png|No tracking device
PsH (117).png|Tracking device
PsH (146).png|First image errors
PsH (151).png|Black body
PsH (164).png|Second image errors
PsH (171).png|Glass isn't filled in
PsH (339).png|Lines error
PsH (356).png|Kevin is at the bottom of the sphere
PsH (403).png|Kevin is floating
Gwen double frame .png|An extra frame of Gwen
PsH (478).png|No Energy Lash
PsH (479).png|Energy Lash
PsH (499).png|Back error
PsH (512).png|Fingers don't move
PsH (552).png|Angle error
AF Arburian Pelarota DNAlien.png|Arburian Pelarota
PsH (564).png|Galvanic Mechamorph error
==Trivia==
*The episode's title is listed as Plumber's Helpers on the Ben 10 Alien Force: Volume 3 DVD and the Cartoon Network website.
*In the recording Helen watches, Pierce mentions the date August 10th.
*When Kevin said "I taught him that" after Swampfire escaped the Null Void, he was referring to the way he escaped the Null Void himself.
==Notes==
==References==
===Crew Statements===
====T.J. Collins====
====Dwayne McDuffie====
===Cartoon Network===
es:Unos nuevos Plomeros
it:Gli Aiutanti dei Risolutori
pl:Pomocnicy hydraulików (odcinek)
pt-br:Ajudantes dos Encanadores
ro:Ajutoarele instalatorilor
Category:Ben 10: Alien Force Episodes
Category:Ben 10: Alien Force Season 1 Episodes
Category:Episodes
Category:Episodes Written by Len Uhley
Category:Episodes Directed by Dan Riba
Category:Episodes Aired Out of Production Order