Pier Pressure

Pier Pressure is the sixth episode of the first season of Ben 10: Alien Force, and the sixth episode overall.
==Synopsis==
After Julie Yamamoto wins a tennis match, Ben gets up the nerve to take her out on a date to the nearby Pier. Their first date is ruined as Ship, a small piece of an alien pilot, begins to take over the carnival rides and attacks Ben. Ben is able to withstand the attacks only to have Ship kidnap Julie! Ben runs the risk of exposing his secret to Julie as he is forced to follow Ship and find out why Ship insists on fighting him.
==Plot==
Out in the forest, a small alien is released from a spaceship. It wanders around and finds a truck. After merging with it (like Upgrade), it runs off and attacks the truck's owner.
At the tennis court, Ben watches Julie play tennis. She waves at Ben before she wins the match. Gwen then tells Ben to ask Julie to the pier for a date, which Ben does. Julie and Ben then agree to go the pier that night.
A police officer investigates the site where the truck was stolen. He checks and the driver says it drove off by itself, but the officer doesn't believe him. That is, until the alien merges with his police car and drives away, leaving him surprised. Ben tries to arrange for his date with Julie and Kevin arrives, having punched a hole in the back door. He agrees to drive Ben and Julie to the pier, but when they are in the car Kevin embarrasses Ben by teasing him. The alien follows them and tracks the Omnitrix.
Ben and Julie arrive at the pier to find it vacant. They have the place all to themselves, but Ben has to split up from her when the Omnitrix starts beeping. He leaves and the alien follows him. It merges with a bumper car and attacks Ben, but Ben manages to take it down. The alien unmerges from the car and Ben takes cotton-candy to Julie as a cover.
Back at the ship, a hand grabs a device that shocks him. Ben and Julie try to take a ride on a plane, but the alien merges with it and attacks them. Ben locks Julie in a portable toilet and tries to turn into Jetray to defeat it. As he's about to transform, the pier shakes, causing the dial to switch to Brainstorm before he hits it. He manages to beat the alien and transforms back into Ben, only for it to merge with a new ride and attack him again. Ben falls through the pier and the alien kidnaps Julie, trying to take her to the ship.
Ben uses Jetray to chase after them and accidentally reveals his secret to Julie. The alien unmerges with the ride and befriends Ben and Julie. They name it Ship because of the word it's chanting. Ship takes them to the ship, and they find another Galvanic Mechamorph (who they later know as Baz-l) in pain, trapped under parts from his ship. They also find a strange device with a screen displaying code written in the alien's native tongue that Ben and Julie are unable to translate. Ship uses its shapeshifting powers to imitate the ship exploding and Julie then knows for a fact that it's trying to tell them something. Ben takes another look at the coding being displayed on the device. Putting two and two together, he realizes the code is a countdown for a reactor core and it's about to explode. He turns into Humungousaur to pass through the energy field surrounding the reactor and throws it to the upper atmosphere where it detonates safely. Baz-l then reveals Ship is a part of him that he extricated so that he could find the nearest Plumber and it mistook Ben for one. Ben and Julie then help Baz-l fix his ship.
Baz-l fixes his ship and leaves for his home planet, leaving Ship with Ben and Julie. Dawn rises as they walk home. As Ship leaves, chasing after a truck, Ben and Julie hold hands.
==Noteworthy Events==
===Major Events===
*Ben and Julie start dating.
*Julie finds out about the Omnitrix and the Plumbers.
====Character Debuts====
*Ship
*Carol Smith
*Baz-l
====Omnitrix Alien Debut====
*Brainstorm
==Characters==
===Main Characters===
*Ben Tennyson
*Julie Yamamoto
===Supporting Characters===
*Gwen Tennyson
*Kevin Levin
===Antagonists===
*Ship (first appearance)
===Other Characters===
*Carol Smith (first appearance)
*Baz-l (first appearance)
==Aliens Used==
*Brainstorm (first appearance; intended alien was Jetray)
*Jetray
*Humungousaur
==Quotes==
==Naming and Translations==
==Cast==
==Continuity==
*Gwen is still upset with Kevin for not asking her out in the previous episode.
*Ben mentions that he used to be able to transform into Upgrade during the Original Series.
==Errors==
*When Gwen pushes Ben in Julie's direction, the Omnitrix's dial is sideways.
*Jetray and Brainstorm's holograms face away from Ben.
*During Brainstorm's transformation sequence, the horizontal stripes on Ben's jacket are on the wrong sleeve.
*When Brainstorm turns back to Ben, the flash is white instead of green.
*When Ben is about to transform into Jetray, his design is reciprocated.
PPr (65).png|Omnitrix dial error
PPr (299).png|Hologram error
PPr (300).png|Hologram error
PPr (303).png|Stripes error
PPr (362).png|White flash
AF Pier Pressure Jetray Hologram Error.png|Hologram error/Reciprocated design
==Trivia==
*This is the first episode of Alien Force to feature a mistransformation.
*Baz-l says "And you wonder why most aliens only communicate with your livestock", referencing the reports back in the day that aliens have stolen and eaten farmers' livestock.
*Ship went chasing cars after this episode.
==References==
===Crew Statements===
====T.J. Collins====
====Dwayne McDuffie====
===Cartoon Network===
es:Presión en el muelle
it:Appuntamento con Julie
pl:Gość na molo
pt-br:Confusão no Cais
ro:Presiunea de pe chei
Category:Episodes
Category:Ben 10: Alien Force Episodes
Category:Ben 10: Alien Force Season 1 Episodes
Category:Episodes Written by Len Uhley
Category:Episodes Directed by Dan Riba
Category:Episodes Aired Out of Production Order