Ben 4 Good Buddy

Ben 4 Good Buddy is the eighth episode of the fourth season of Ben 10, and the forty-seventh episode overall.
==Synopsis==
Out on a desert highway, a group of modern day highway pirates hijack the Rustbucket, trick it out and use it in a daring robbery. And while Ben and Gwen are at first glad to get rid of that "bucket of bolts", they come to realize the Rustbucket is "a part of the family". In the end our trio of heroes get Max's beloved "ride" back and bring down these pirates once and for all.
==Plot==
The episode begins with the Rustbucket taking an old, deserted road. Ben complains that the toilet won't flush, so Max and Gwen fiddle with some settings and it works. Three large vehicles follow the Rustbucket and the leader, Baron Highway, tells Max to move it in front of them. They ram the Rustbucket, and it drives on a direct course off of the mountain.
Max is able to control the Rustbucket. Ben activates the Omnitrix and tries to transform into XLR8, but he transforms into Ripjaws instead. The three vehicles go after a large RV. The Rustbucket rams one, but the other two come up from behind and the rammed one gets back on the road. Ripjaws leaps onto one and starts tearing it apart. He is flung onto the roof of the Rustbucket. Gwen casts a spell that sweeps the cars, driven by pirates, off of the road. Their leader now wants the Rustbucket. The other RV stops, and the driver asks for help, as Ripjaws broke into it to get water. Max and Gwen enter, and it is luxurious. They discover Ben in the driver, Lawrence Wainright's, hot tub. 
The Rustbucket needs repairs, and it stops at a buffet where Ben makes a huge plate. The waitress says that a new highway will put the pirates, the Road Crew, out of business. Later, Ben has a stomachache as Max repairs the Rustbucket. Ben uses the icemaker, but it shoots ice at him and causes windshield wiper fluid to shoot out. The Road Crew arrives and attacks the Tennysons. Baron Highway drives away in the Rustbucket. Ben transforms into Upchuck and eats oil cans. He shoots at Turbine's car. Road Rage grabs him with a chain and drags him along the road. Upchuck is deposited into the buffet, where he discovers that he can't consume human food. Upchuck runs off but is hit by Turbine's car and reverts back into Ben, who is trapped in a car wash with hot wax.
Max stops the hot wax, saving Ben, but he goes through the rest of the car wash. The Road Crew examines the insides of the Rustbucket. They make changes to it and add weapons onto it. Max calls the police, but they haven't seen the Rustbucket. Max vows to search every inch of the Southwest to find the Rustbucket. The waitress drives up in Wainright's RV and tells the Tennysons to get in. The Road Crew uses the Rustbucket to rob an armored car. In Wainright's RV, they hear that the Rustbucket is robbing the bank on a police channel. They get there too late but hear that the Rustbucket is aiming a missile at the new highway. The Rustbucket steals missiles from a train and the Tennysons catch up. The Rustbucket attacks the Tennysons.
Ben transforms into Upgrade and climbs onto the train. He merges with the Rustbucket's crane, but Highway jettisons it. He then merges with the train. Road Rage and Turbine escape and Upgrade follows. They get off of the train as it goes into a tunnel. Road Rage and Turbine ram Wainwright's RV. It pulls ahead and Gwen throws Wainwright's trophies, which punctures Road Rage's tires. Upgrade merges with the train and goes after the Rustbucket. Gwen blows up a fruit stand and it splatters over Turbine's car, crashing it. She jumps onto the RV. Upgrade tries to merge with the Rustbucket, but he reverts back into Ben. Ben takes advantage of the Rustbucket's glitches to disarm the missiles and short out the Rustbucket. Ben activates the ice machine, blocking the windshield. Baron Highway attacks Ben, but Ben shoots ice at him. Max grabs him and ejects him from the Rustbucket. Turbine appears and tries to attack Ben, but Gwen pins her down with a spell. The waitress grabs Road Rage and attacks him. Back at the restaurant, Wainwright is furious that the waitress took his RV. He gets in and it falls apart. Max laments that the Rustbucket needs a lot of repairs, but Ben transforms into XLR8 and repairs it instantly. 
Later, Max, Ben, and Gwen finally leave in the Rustbucket. Ben takes out a carton of ice cream that is mostly melted. However, rather than complain, he tells Gwen to "grab a spoon" and they begin eating it. Max is about to sing another song, but Ben and Gwen stuff two spoonfuls of ice cream in his mouth.
==Noteworthy Events==
===Major Events===
====Character Debuts====
*Shelby
*Road Crew
**Baron Highway
**Turbine
**Road Rage
*Lawrence Wainright
==Characters==
===Main Characters===
*Ben Tennyson
*Gwen Tennyson
*Max Tennyson
===Supporting Characters===
*Shelby (first appearance)
===Antagonists===
*Road Crew (first appearance)
**Baron Highway (first appearance)
**Turbine (first appearance)
**Road Rage (first appearance)
===Other Characters===
*Lawrence Wainright (first appearance)
==Aliens Used==
*Ripjaws (intended alien was XLR8)
*Perk Upchuck
*Upgrade
*XLR8
==Spells Used==
*Venetis Icatis Ixenis
*Tara tremmo eradico
==Quotes==
==Naming and Translations==
==Cast==
==Allusions==
*The episode title is a reference to the code "10-4 good buddy."
*There is a tattoo of Woody the Woodpecker on Road Rage's chest.
==Errors==
*In many shots, the Omnitrix's dial faces the wrong way.
*When Ben is about to transform into Upchuck, the lines on the Omnitrix's core are thicker than they should be.
*Everyone in the RV is able to hear the radio, despite the fact that Gwen has headphones connected to it.
*The end credits mispell Lawrence Wainright's last name as "Wainwright".
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==Trivia==
*The episode's title is listed as Ben Four Good Buddy on the Ben 10: The Complete Season 4 DVD and iTunes.
==Notes==
==References==
===Cartoon Network===
es:Un viaje en carretera
pl:Pojedynek na szosie
pt-br:Ben 10 Contra os Estradeiros
ro:Camioneta
Category:Episodes
Category:Ben 10 Season 4 Episodes
Category:Ben 10 Episodes
Category:Episodes Directed by Scooter Tidwell