Trouble Helix

Trouble Helix is the sixth episode of the first season of Ben 10: Omniverse, and the sixth episode overall.
==Synopsis==
Flashback episode: Young Ben, Gwen, and Grandpa Max visit Azmuth on Galvan Prime. There, they have their first encounter with Malware, a corrupted Mechamorph who's determined to make Azmuth cure him, by any means!
==Plot==
Late at night, Khyber appears at Max's Plumbing and manages to sneak inside Plumber Headquarters after bypassing the security. Blukic and Driba are testing a new weapon against Chromastone. When the weapon malfunctions and the two start arguing, Chromastone transforms back into Ben, who then asks Blukic and Driba whether they are done testing the weapon so he can go home and says that he thought that Galvans were supposed to be the smartest beings in the universe. Blukic and Driba say they are still smarter than any human and prepare to fire the gun. Ben transforms into Cannonbolt and asks why the Plumbers hired Blukic and Driba. In the meantime, Khyber sneaks past them and enters a file room, inserts in a device, and plays the Helix file holo-display.
The file presents a flashback to five years ago on Galvan Prime where Azmuth and Albedo are working on something. Max comes barging into the lab, asking Azmuth to fix the Omnitrix which has been malfunctioning so that Ben is stuck as a different alien every week. Azmuth says it is low priority and tells him to come back in two years. Max responds angrily that has not slept in a month. XLR8 enters the lab playing with Azmuth's inventions. Gwen arrives and tells Max that XLR8 insisted on seeing the lab. Annoyed, Azmuth reluctantly fixes the Omnitrix by climbing up XLR8's chest and slamming it, causing XLR8 to revert back to Ben. Max tells the kids to sit outside of the lab while he talks to Azmuth and leaves Gwen in charge of Ben, to his disappointment. Suddenly, outside, something crashes from the sky and lands in a swamp on Galvan Prime, which turns out to be a heavily mutated Galvanic Mechamorph.
The Mechamorph emerges from the swamp, absorbs a Galvan Security Officer's jetpack, flies off to the city, and walks towards Azmuth's lab. Ben sees the explosion and. Gwen reminds him of Max's orders. Ben transforms into Feedback nonetheless. Gwen threatens to report him to Max, but Feedback leaves into the city. The Mechamorph is destroying the buildings in the city and growls when Feedback attacks him. Meanwhile, Max exits the lab and tells Ben and Gwen that it's time to go home. Max asks Gwen where Ben is, which prompts Gwen to respond that she told him not to go.
Feedback, backed up by the Galvan military, and the Mechamorph battle. The Mechamorph insists that he will see Azmuth and, after exchanging attacks, eventually holds Feedback in a headlock and tries to take the Omnitrix. Feedback throws the Mechamorph off and slams it into the ground. As the Mechamorph is unconscious, Feedback starts absorbing its energy, but the Omnitrix beeps, and he reverts back into Ben. After the Mechamorph regains consciousness, the Omnitrix recharges and Ben attempts to transform into Diamondhead, but he transforms into Four Arms instead. He then goes to fight the Mechamorph.
Four Arms and the Mechamorph battle once again. Four Arms throws the Mechamorph into Azmuth's lab and follows him. The Mechamorph blasts him with an eye blast through the many stories until he lands in the top floor. The Mechamorph enters the lab after Four Arms reverts back into Ben, demanding Azmuth to give him an upgrade like he promised. Azmuth addresses the Mechamorph as Malware and tells him that it is not the way and claims that he needs more time, but Malware demands an upgrade immediately. Albedo states that he will be unable to understand Azmuth's unfinished upgrade and claims to be the only one, aside from Azmuth, who can complete the Helix, which is what Malware needs to fix himself. Azmuth says that the Helix is not finished and that he needs more time to help him. Malware, having no more patience with Azmuth, takes the incomplete Helix, kidnaps Albedo and flies away. 
The four run to the Tennysons' ship, the Skipper, and Azmuth tells them that Malware will be going to the moon Galvan B. Max, Ben, and Azmuth enter the ship, with Gwen staying behind, as there is no room for her on the ship. On the ship, Azmuth explains to Ben and Max that Galvan B was once like Earth's moon. During an experiment that terraformed the moon, he created a new species called the Galvanic Mechamorphs in the process. The Galvans then gave the moon to the Mechamorphs, who built a peaceful civilization. After Azmuth shut down the Helix experiment that made Galvan B habitable, Malware came out of the process incomplete and corrupted. Azmuth mentions that Malware absorbs technology, rather than mimicking it. Azmuth has tried many times to help Malware, but his condition is very complicated. Azmuth intended to create a secondary Helix to be connected to the first. Ben is disgusted with Azmuth's refusal to correct his error. Gwen then appears as a hologram and says that if anything goes wrong, there will be an explosion.
Arriving on Galvan B, the group discovers that Malware has sucked dry several other Mechamorphs. Azmuth says that he can save them using the ship. Max instructs Gwen to assist Azmuth and retrieves Plumber equipment from the ship. He sees that Ben has wandered off after Gwen asks if he ditched him. Max tells Ben to wait and that they need a plan, but Ben states that he has a plan called "hero time". Ben then transforms into Heatblast.
In the main building, Malware rushes Albedo, who is working on the Helix. Albedo bothers Malware with his bragging, which results in Malware threatening to end his life. Heatblast arrives and Malware tells Heatblast that the upgrade is his right. Before Heatblast can tell him about what Azmuth said, Malware shoots an eye blast at him, and the two fight. Max arrives and blasts Malware away with his weapon. Max tells Albedo to stop working, but Albedo says that if he does, Galvan B will be destroyed with them on it. The Helix emits a red beam and Albedo exits from it, claiming that even Azmuth would not have thought of that. Heatblast tries to pin Malware down, but Malware stretches his hands and begins to absorb the Helix. He knocks Heatblast away when he tries to wrestle him down. Heatblast reverts back to Ben. As Malware receives his upgrade and proclaims that he feels his life code changing, but is soon seemingly destroyed. Albedo reveals that he sabotaged the process to destroy Malware and taunts Ben, which prompts Ben to say that Albedo is getting on his nerves. Unfortunately, Albedo's plan backfires since Malware transforms into a red Mechamorph, signifying that his upgrade has been complete.
Malware approaches the group and brags that while other Mechamorphs upgrade technology, he absorbs the technology and upgrades himself. Malware grabs Max's blaster and absorbs it, stating that he shall upgrade himself with Azmuth's greatest creation, the Omnitrix. Ben then transforms into Cannonbolt and saves Max and Albedo from being blasted by Malware. As Cannonbolt rolls around Malware to avoid his blasts, Max tells Cannonbolt that the building is collapsing, but Cannonbolt says that he has a plan and goes off to fight Malware. After Cannonbolt rolls around the building, Malware blasts Cannonbolt with a weapon and pins him to a wall. He tries to tear off the Omnitrix from Cannonbolt with a hand that he generates from his stomach. Before Malware can do anything, the Omnitrix times out and Cannonbolt reverts back to Ben, who then manages to run away. However. Malware blasts the ceiling and buries Ben in rubble. After Malware digs through the rubble, he discovers that Ben secretly transformed into Diamondhead and emerges from the rubble unharmed.
Diamondhead and Malware fight. Malware tries to absorb the Omnitrix and Diamondhead realizes that Malware can't get through crystal. He then forms a crystal shield over the Omnitrix symbol and encases Malware's body in it, paralyzing him. Malware says that he will be free and take over the universe, but Diamondhead encases Malware's head in crystal and reverts back into Ben. On Galvan Prime, a crowd of Galvan see the Tennysons off as they exit from the planet through flying in the Skipper.
In the present, Khyber copies and saves the file, along with all of the others, and exits from the base unnoticed. While outside, Khyber reunites with his dog and tells it that he has everything he needs, and no secrets are safe.
==Noteworthy Events==
===Major Events===
*Malware's and the Galvanic Mechamorphs' origins are revealed.
*Khyber infiltrates Plumber Headquarters and obtains a copy of the Helix files.
*Blukic and Driba make their first non-cameo appearance.
====Character Debuts====
*Azmuth (Omniverse flashback debut)
*Albedo (Omniverse flashback debut)
*Fergi
*Y-it
*Chadzmuth
*Galvan Security Officers
====Omnitrix Alien Debuts====
*Chromastone (Omniverse debut)
====Original Omnitrix Alien Debuts====
*XLR8 (Omniverse debut by 11-year-old Ben)
*Heatblast (Omniverse debut by 11-year-old Ben)
*Cannonbolt (Omniverse debut by 11-year-old Ben)
*Diamondhead (Omniverse debut by 11-year-old Ben)
===Minor Events===
*Ben meets Albedo for the first time.
==Characters==
*Ben Tennyson (11 and 16 years old)
*Gwen Tennyson (11 years old)
*Max Tennyson (60/61 years old)
*Galvans
**Blukic
**Driba
**Azmuth (first reappearance; flashback)
**Albedo (first chronological appearance and reappearance; flashback)
**Fergi (first appearance; flashback, cameo)
**Y-it (first appearance; flashback, cameo)
**Chadzmuth (first appearance; flashback, cameo)
**Galvan Security Officers (first appearance; flashback)
*Galvanic Mechamorphs (first reappearance; flashback)
===Villains===
*Khyber
*Zed 
*Malware (flashback)
==Aliens Used==
===By 16-year-old Ben===
*Chromastone (first reappearance; off-screen activation)
*Cannonbolt
===By 11-year-old Ben===
*XLR8 (first reappearance; off-screen activation)
*Feedback
*Four Arms (intended alien was Diamondhead)
*Heatblast (first reappearance by 11-year-old Ben)
*Cannonbolt (first reappearance by 11-year-old Ben)
*Diamondhead (first reappearance by 11-year-old Ben)
==Quotes==
==Naming and Translations==
==Cast==
==Allusions==
*The title of this episode is an allusion to a Double Helix, a double stranded molecular structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).
==Errors==
*When Chromastone reverts back to Teen Ben, some of the laser blasts clip through the wall next to him.
*In one shot, Cannonbolt is smaller and Blukic and Driba are bigger than usual.
*In one shot, XLR8's lips overlap the inside of his mouth.
*During the first shot he appears in, XLR8's outfit doesn't cover the back of his feet.
*After Azmuth reverts XLR8 back to Young Ben, the Omnitrix's dial is bigger than usual.
*When Young Ben is about to transform into Feedback, one of the green dots stays on the outer rim of the core instead of being on the dial.
*Throughout the episode, the Omnitrix's activation button appears on both sides of the dial.
*When Feedback reverts back to Young Ben, the sound of 16-year-old Ben's Omnitrix can be heard.
*In some shots, Four Arms doesn't have the stripe on his back.
*In one shot, Malware's hands are covered in yellow instead of being all black.
*When the Tennysons look at the sky of Galvan Prime, the back of Gwen's shirt is completely dark blue instead of pale blue.
*During Heatblast's transformation sequence, his magma plates are white instead of red.
*11-year-old Cannonbolt's Omnitrix symbol is on his chest instead of his forehead.
*When Malware shoots Cannonbolt, his back shell is missing.
*For a few shots during Cannonbolt's fight with Malware, the episode takes on a lighter color palette.
*When Malware grabs Cannonbolt's Omnitrix symbol, Cannonbolt has two mouths in one frame.
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Trouble Helix (195).png|Yellow hands
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Trouble Helix (509).png|Missing back shell
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==Trivia==
*The Omnitrix problem where Ben is stuck as a different alien mentioned by Max is similar to what Ben went through in A Small Problem.
*This is the first episode of Omniverse which mainly focuses on 11-year-old Ben rather than 16-year-old Ben.
==References==
===Matt Wayne===
===Cartoon Network===
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Category:Episodes
Category:Ben 10: Omniverse Episodes
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