The Alien

## Episode guide

**"The Alien"** is the eighteenth episode of the first season of *Nate Is Late*.

## Synopsis

A spaceship lands in the park this morning! Nate and Malika meet Zediak, an alien just about their age.

## Plot

Nate and Malika are making their way through the park to head to school. Nate is very energetic and kicking around a soccer ball but Malika want to focus on getting to school on time and rebuffs his attempts to have her play with him. He kicks the ball toward her which Malika dodges but the ball hits something invisible in the air. The object de-cloaks and reveals a spaceship which lands not to far from them. Nate and a reluctant Malika go to investigate and find the landed UFO. Some tubes jut out from the vehicle which a one eyed, squid-like alien exits. The duo are intrigued and go talk with him. After correcting him that a bench he tries to talk to isn't alive, that he's on Earth and that the major species on the planet are humans, the alien introduces himself as Zediak, a being from the planet Regulon who reveals it's his first time visiting a planet and would like to look around. The duo state they wish they could show him around but need to go to school. This intrigues Zediak who wishes to come with them, the duo are all for it but when it's pointed out his looks will draw attention. He pulls out a device called the "Omni-Morpher" and takes on a human form, he also uses it to hide his spaceship.

When Nate questions what a red button on the device does, Zediak suddenly get defensive and pulls the device back, claiming if pressed it'll send a signal to space pirates. Malika questions why space pirates would be after him but he just brushes it aside that they would want him for a ransom and asks to go to their school. Nate, however insists on teaching him the game of soccer first. But before he can, Terry, the local bully, shows up and takes their ball. Zediak tries to greet him friendly but Terry notes his Omni-Morpher, swipes it mistaking it for a game device and presses the red button. Zediak tries to stop him but it's too late, the signal had been sent out to space where a fleet of spaceships receive it. The leader, a mustached elderly Regulonion, orders one of his men to bring Zediak back. Back on Earth, Nate chastises Terry for what he's done just as the Regulonion instantly teleports to their location and quickly identifies Zediak in his disguise. Terry runs off as the Regulonion chases the trio with a teleport beam that'll send whatever it hits to the fleet's main spaceship. Malika comes up with an idea and they lead the Regulonion to chase them in which he realizes there're two human looking Zediaks, confusing him on who is the real one. He manages to corner one, but his device reveals its really Nate in disguise. Frustrated, he returns to the fleet's main spaceship and (after sheepishly apologizing for the random objects he teleported to the ship) informs his commander of Zediak's current disguise and that Nate and Malika are helping him. The commander decides to go to the planet and deal with the matter personally.

He teleports the main fleet to Earth and lands in the city where here and his fellow Reglonions disembark. They quickly locate the trio and try to cut them off where Zediak lets slip that the commander is his  father. After they manage to escape him, Nate and Malika catch up to Zediak and demand an explanation. Zediak comes clean and reveals that there are no space pirates, he's actually a prince of his planet who fled his kingdom due to to the strict tutelage of his father, never being allowed to leave his palace , constantly being monitored by his bodyguard (the Regulonion who tried to attack them earlier) and doesn't think his father will listen to him. After hearing this Nate comes up with a plan. Meanwhile Zediak's father continues to look for him when Nate, Malika and he come to him with no resistance, Zediak even back in his usual alien form. His father thanks the duo for taking care of him before ordering Zediak it's time to go home. Zediak sadly agrees and starts to go with him until "Nate" decides to drop the ruse and presses a button on his Omni-Morpher, revealing the two had switched places. Nate claims responsibility for the plan before his father can get mad at him, but Malika asks why he's so strict on him. His father explains that as the next heir to the kingdom, he trying to teach Zediak responsibility to be ready for it. Zediak states he understands, but likewise just wants to be a kid once in awhile. Hearing this, his father realizes he's been too restrictive and agrees to allow Zediak to go to school on his planet when they go home and even allows him to spend a day at school with Nate and Malika. When asked how they'll get Zediak past Principal Prudence, Zediak solves that easily by going invisible.

The trio arrive at school, late, where Prudence sarcastically asks if they ran into extraterrestrials. Nate confirms it and has Zediak speak through the Omni-Morpher despite Prudence not being able to see him. Not wanting to question it further, she lets the duo, and unknowingly Zediak, through to go about their school day while musing she needs a holiday for herself.

## Characters

* Nate
* Malika
* Zediak
* Terry
* Zediak's bodyguard
* Zediak's father
* Principal Prudence

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## Names in other languages

* **Basque:** Estralurtarra
* **French:** L'extraterrestre
* **German:** Besuch aus dem Weltall
* **Mandarin (China):** 外星来客
* **Spanish (Spain):** El extraterrestre

 Season 2 | 1. "The Lady of the Lake" • 2. "The Thunderbird" • 3. "The Crocodile Man" • 4. "The Golem" • 5. "The Hairdresser" • 6. "The Mood Enhancer" • 7. "The Chess Game" • 8. "The Drone" • 9. "The Astronaut" • 10. "The Gorgon" • 11. "The Dimensional Rift" • 12. "The Reptilians" • 13. "The Enchanted Bracelet" • 14. "The Ink Thief" • 15. "The Tiki" • 16. "The Puppet" • 17. "The Mandrake" • 18. "The Vampires" • 19. "The Sphinx" • 20. "The Pendulum" • 21. "The Giant Fish" • 22. "The Wedding Dress" • 23. "The Home Spirit" • 24. "The Great Pili-Pala" • 25. "The Endless Recess" • 26. "The Chicken Cop" • 27. "The Kitsune" • 28. "The Collector" • 29. "The Kappa" • 30. "The Beanstalk" • 31. "The Demigod's Test" • 32. "The Glitch" • 33. "The Tiny Tops" • 34. "The Magician's Top Hat" • 35. "The Chromapix" • 36. "The Gingerbread Family" • 37. "The Alphabet Agency" • 38. "The Wild Beasts" • 39. "The Return of the Cuddly Toys" • 40. "The Race Car" • 41. "Inside Professor Toybos" • 42. "The Asteroid" • 43. "The Time Travellers" • 44. "The Nebulons" • 45. "The Witches' Convention" • 46. "The Kobolds" • 47. "The Superstars" • 48. "The Goblin's Cousin" • 49. "The Golden Crown" • 50. "The Scarecrow" • 51. "The Banana Peel Part I" • 52. "The Banana Peel Part II"