Baumann's Store

Baumann's Store is a shop located in Bellwood, run by Ignacius Baumann. It primarily sells foodstuffs and groceries, mostly for aliens.
==Appearance==
In Ultimate Alien, Baumann's store was a large, square warehouse-like building; surrounded by fencing and with a parking lot in front, nearly as big as the store. It had white walls, a curved blue roof, and a large main entrance closed by a shutter but normally kept open during the day.
Inside, the store had a straight path from the entrance to Mr. Baumann's counter at the other end, where Baumann could serve customers sitting on stools and enter the stockroom right behind him. All the products lined the sides of the store, of which some were displayed in open boxes and others were hung up, all in kiosk-style areas with overhangs that featured alien writing. Lamps hung from the high ceiling and the store generally had a flat blue color scheme.
In Omniverse, the store stayed mostly the same. On the outside, the store has switched to tan-colored walls; a red multi-layered roof; and has windows and support columns installed all around. The fencing around the property has been switched out for fortified walls, which have since been graffitied. Inside, products now have new varieties of being displayed, such as on tables or shelves; mostly the latter. Baumann's counter is now expanded forward and has a diner-style checkerboard pattern. Fluorescent light fixtures now hang in place of lamps.
In a flashback 10 years prior to Omniverse in The Ballad of Mr. Baumann, the store had started out as a smaller, standard brick-and-mortar shop on a street corner.
BoB (1).png|Baumann's Store 10 years prior to Omniverse
ATTWN (114).png|Baumann's Store in the No Watch Timeline
==Items==
A variety of products are available at Baumann's Store, some for humans as well as aliens. These include:
*Acturian Spider EggsThe Purge
*Artificial Tiffin
*Gloppenbeef Sandwich
*Bird Seed
*Aldebaran BeidafangsT.G.I.S.
*Amber OgulashThe Vengers
*Lima BeansThe Ballad of Mr. Baumann
*Pickled Cow TonguesFrom Hedorium to Eternity
==Vehicles==
*A supply ship lands in the parking lot and delivers fresh stock.
*As of Omniverse, the store has started using branded delivery trucks. They are cream-colored, with a large 'B' on the side.
==History==
===10 Years Prior to Omniverse===
In a flashback from The Ballad of Mr. Baumann, before the night when Mr. Baumann met Sheelane, 5-year-old Ben did 10 dollars and 1 cent of damage to the Lima Beans stack. According to Mr. Baumann, this summed up Ben's total damage to his store to $20.05.
===Five Years Prior to Omniverse===
In another flashback from The Ballad of Mr. Baumann, 5.22 years after the previous flashback, 11-year-old Ben and Max visit Baumann's Store. At first, they don't find Mr. Baumann in there. When Ben finds him, he is surprised and accidentally knocks down the Lima Beans stack again. But this time, he catches them all before they can be damaged. Later, Ben suspiciously attacks an alien as Cannonbolt, but it is revealed that the alien was a customer and meant no harm. Soon, Vulkanus attacked the store and Ben fought him with Max's help while Baumann flees with Element X to meet Sheelane.
In a flashback from Special Delivery, 11-year-old Ben, as Way Big, fought Dr. Animo and his Mutant Mosquito outside Baumann's Store and inadvertently threw one of the delivery trucks into space.
===Four Years Prior to Ultimate Alien===
Before Ultimate Alien, Ben had last visited the store when he was 12.Gwen Tennyson
===Ultimate Alien===
In The Purge, as the Forever Knights continue their purge of all alien life on Earth, Ben's team and Argit visit Mr. Baumann at his store. He doesn't recognize Kevin or Argit, and hands Ben an Acturian Spider Egg sac to give to Max, free of charge. They ask him if he had seen any Knights lately, to which he replies no. Gwen senses something and makes the group pretend to leave. They catch Baumann going to the stockroom and talking with an alien family he's been sheltering there. Baumann is forced to explain to them that the Knights came by two days before, spreading word of the purge and starting to periodically search the store for any aliens.
The trio comes back the next morning, on a Thursday, hoping to lure the Knights with the abundance of alien customers waiting in the parking lot for the supply ship. Just as the ship arrives, a small army of Knights led by Sir Driscoll come attacking. Kevin, Gwen, and Ben nearly fight them all off and ensure the aliens get out safely, but a tank knocks the trio out, and the Knights hold the aliens captive. As the trio comes to, Ben challenges Driscoll to a duel: if Ben wins, the Knights would let the alien prisoners go and stop the purge; if Driscoll wins, they would kill the prisoners and Ben's team. They fight honorably, until Ben as Ultimate Spidermonkey overpowers Driscoll and, instead of yielding, Driscoll stubbornly orders the Knights to aim at the prisoners anyway. In anger, Ben nearly kills Driscoll, and demands him to make his Knights stand down and retreat, threatening to kill them if they don't. Driscoll and his knights withdraw.
===Omniverse===
In The More Things Change: Part 1, Ben visits Baumann's Store to learn more about the alien lowlifes committing extortion on alien businesses in Bellwood. Mr. Baumann lies that they aren't visiting the store and tries to remove Ben, but Ben talks Baumann into letting him protect the store, while sitting by disguised as an alien. As Bubble Helmet, Liam and Fistina arrive, Ben fights them as Cannonbolt and Bloxx, and also meets Rook, who helps Ben in fighting the lowlifes and dealing with their shakedown machine.
In T.G.I.S., Ben (as Terraspin), Rook and the Secret Saturdays fight the Chupacabras attacking the aliens in Baumann's Store and causing destruction.
In Special Delivery, Mr. Baumann was at his usual business at Baumann's Store while Ben did the home deliveries for him as a punishment.
In The Frogs of War: Part 2, Baumann's Store was a temporary headquarters for Rook, Kevin, Gwen, Argit and Blukic during their resistance against the Incurseans.
In And Then There Were None, in the No Watch Timeline, No Watch Ben ran into Baumann's Store while Bad Ben, as Ghostfreak, chased him. Ghostfreak scared all of the customers out of the store.
In The Vengers, Rook and Ben eat Amber Ogulash at Baumann's Store. A few fans express their admiration towards Ben. Later, Bubble Helmet comes to the shop and is about to fight Ben and Rook, but the Vengers arrive and defeat Bubble Helmet in a pretentious battle. 
In Universe vs. Tennyson, Fistrick forces Mr. Baumann to drive his truck, while Ben, as Ditto, fought Fistrick. They crash into Baumann's Store but Ben saves them from major injuries as Bloxx.
In The Ballad of Mr. Baumann, Ben promises to wait on Baumann and Sheelane while they have a date but Baumann tells him to go away. Later, Baumann let's Ben take care of the store for him but Ben is seen at the store telling Rook a story about him beating some of his enemies. However, it turns out that Ben was trying to make up a story as the store is completely trashed. 
==Known Customers==
===Prime Timeline===
*Ben Tennyson (frequent customer)
*Rook Blonko (frequent customer)
*Max Tennyson (frequent customer)
*Gwen Tennyson 
*Kevin Levin
*Argit
*Tentacle Vendor
*Solid Plugg
*Blowfeld
*DJ
*K8-E
*Gilford Bromley
*Alien Incidental 15
*Sunder
===No Watch Timeline===
*Natalie Alvarez
==Appearances==
===Ultimate Alien===
====Season 3====
*The Purge (first appearance)
===Omniverse===
====Season 1====
*The More Things Change: Part 1 (first reappearance)
====Season 3====
*T.G.I.S.
*Special Delivery (flashback and present)
*The Frogs of War: Part 2
====Season 5====
*And Then There Were None (alternate timeline)
====Season 6====
*The Vengers
*Universe vs. Tennyson
====Season 7====
*The Ballad of Mr. Baumann (flashback and present)
==Trivia==
*A running gag in Omniverse is that Ben ruins the store almost every time he's there.
*Max Tennyson is Mr. Baumann's best customer.Mr. Baumann
*The new stock usually comes in on Thursdays.
**Likewise, Thursdays are the store's busiest days of the week, as "everybody wants fresh treats from back home." Even if the store closed, people would still come.
*Baumann's Store has a delivery system.
**Ben was temporarily an employee at Baumann's Store, working as a delivery boy.Special Delivery
*Ben notes the store has an odor that he doesn't remember when visiting as a kid.
*In the No Watch Timeline, Baumann's Store is a grocery shop for humans.
==References==
====Derrick J. Wyatt====
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