A Wild Goose Chase

**A Wild Goose Chase** is the seventh episode of *Ben 23: Omniverse*.

## Plot

The episode begins in a different setting, being the Ben Prime Timeline. Ben is sitting in the backseat of Kevin's car with Rook, who had agreed to sit in Kevin's car rather than his Proto-TRUK. Gwen thanks Ben and Rook for joining her in going to Friedkin University, before a blue portal is formed, with Professor Paradox exiting the portal, as the car loses momentum before Kevin pulls the breaks, managing to put the car to a stop. Paradox apologises for his sudden appearance, but tells Ben that he is needed for a mission in Ben 23's dimension. Ben hops out of the car as Paradox would explain that Exo-Skull and Subdora are on a time travelling mission to assist Maltruant on a time war that was mentioned in Ben Again. Ben is informed that he needs to guide Ben 23 since his dimension could be in danger.

Ben goes back to the car as he says goodbye to Rook, Gwen and Kevin, as he tells Gwen that if anything goes wrong, that she could use her full potential, but only when it is necessary. Ben then enters the portal to Dimension 23, finding Ben 23 pleasing his fans as Fish Kite, showing off his flight, as Ben Prime would call him, which grabs his attention. Fish Kite swoops down and asks him why he turned up, as Paradox would tell him that Exo-Skull and Subdora are on a time travelling mission to help with Maltruant. Ben Prime then mentions that he must not be seen, since he, Ben Prime, should not interfere with events that do not involve him, but informs Ben 23 that he'll chime in when necessary. Ben 23 mentions having a sack that could keep Ben hidden enough, but only if he was in alien form, so Ben transforms into Walkatrout and is picked up by Paradox, after Ben 23 had transformed into Speedyquick. Speedyquick runs off to grab the sack as he returns, with Paradox putting him in. Speedyquick would ask Paradox where Exo-Skull and Subdora are, as Paradox opens the portal to find them in a different timeline of Bellwood, as Speedyquick runs in, with Walkatrout in the sack.

Enter the Bad Timeline. Exo-Skull and Subdora are seen racing through, seemingly causing massive damage to the properties of the people who live in this timeline, until Speedyquick catches up soon after via a portal, racing past. Shocked to find out that Ben 23 has caught up with them, Exo-Skull would fire a beam that sends Speedyquick and Walkatrout tumbling into an alleyway, causing the two to transform back. Ben, who is exposed, quickly hides, telling Ben 23 to change into something else, since he cannot interfere, as Ben 23 transforms into Muck-A-Muck. Exo-Skull continues firing blasts as the Polymorph would dodge, before creating a web subsiquently trapped them before Muck-A-Muck strikes the finishing blow at the two villains, sending them flying. Thinking he had defeated them, Subdora shoots his Anti-Gravity Projector as it spirals out of control, causing Muck-A-Muck's body to splodge everywhere, leading to his detransformation as the two villains escape. Ben catches up to Ben 23 who gets up from his feet and wishes to catch them again, but Ben insists on going Clockwork to catch the two minutes before they arrive to their destination. Ben 23 agrees, requesting Ben to transform, as Ben transforms into Clockwork, forming a portal as he enters, with Ben 23 following along.

They both arrive at an unknown timeline, one that is out of sync with spacetime. The sky was red and black bubbles, morphing together and splitting apart. The ground was crimson red rock, and a damaged Mr. Smoothy lamppost was submerged beneath the ground. There, they see Eon and Maltruant, as Clockwork transforms back, with both Ben and Ben 23 hiding behind some rocks, to prevent from being seen. Ben Prime would whisper to Ben 23 that he has a plan in mind, but didn't want to risk having to reveal that he is also a part of the mission, as Ben 23 tells him that he'd sort it out, which made Ben 23 then transform into his Ectonurite transformation to spy on Eon and Maltruant.

Maltruant and Eon instruct Exo-Skull and Subdora that they should go through several other untouched timelines as Exo-Skull, through a projected screen thanks to Eon, goes into the Ben Prime timeline. Both Mr. Freak and Ben Prime interrupt their plans as Maltruant is not surprised to see them interfere with his plans. With Mr. Freak attempting to possess Maltruant, which fails, Maltruant whacks him aside as he transforms back, just in time for Exo-Skull and Subdora to arrive at the scene. Ben Prime transforms into Swampfire, as he charges at the two lovebirds, as Ben 23 would skim through some aliens. With Swampfire throwing seeds which fail to trap Subdora, geting sliced by Eon and slammed by Exo-Skull, Ben 23 eventually transforms into Prism as he gets blasted almost immediately by Exo-Skull's laser blasts, as Prism would absorb and redirect them, hitting Exo-Skull. As Maltruant would run from the fight, he teleports in a Time Beast. Maltruant creates the plan to recreate everything, as Swampfire gasps in shock, telling Ben 23 that he planned on doing this before. Prism didn't understand, and tells him that he was confused. Ben Prime insists that he can stay behind and deal with Exo-Skull and Subdora, as Prism transforms back into Ben 23. As soon as Maltruant leaves, Ben 23 wishes for Ben to take him to wherever Maltruant is, as Ben Prime (who was still Swampfire) switches into Clockwork and creates a portal to send Ben 23 into the ship that belonged to the Contumelia. There, he is ambushed to what he believes is his Grandpa, as he would break down. The Contumelia reveal themselves as such, telling him that they are fifth dimensional beings who become what Ben 23 sees through his eyes. Ben 23 tells them that he has no time to deal with them as he goes to find Maltruant replacing the Annihilarrgh with his own copy.

Ben 23 sees containment pods filled with creatures he had never seen before as Ben 23 is introduced to Skurd, who wishes to help him against Maltruant, who he called an evil Chronosapien. Ben 23 opens out the container as he greets Skurd to the Hero Watch, as Ben 23 witnesses Maltruant successfully replacing the Annihilarrgh with his own copy. Skurd insists on helping him as he selects the alien he thought was useful as Ben 23 transforms into Alien 23, a Celestialsapien. Ben 23 is introduced to Bellicus and Serena who immediately helps him slice open the barrier that could not be turned off, due to being used for the first time. As soon as Alien 23 is tasked to transform back as Ben 23 asks politely, Bellicus, who is aggressive and rageful, agrees, hoping to meet him again soon. Skurd is sad that he did not meet him for very long, as Maltruant's Annihilarrgh detonates, exploding in his face.

Suddenly, Maltruant is met with Ben 23 as Plug Man as he cycled through his aliens before returning to his Conductoid form. With Plug Man firing the electronic beam, Maltruant gets destroyed as Plug Man reverts to his human form. He is congratulated for his efforts to beat Maltruant, as he is rewarded to keep Skurd, as Ben 23 was thankful for. Skurd is excited to stay with Ben 23, as Professor Paradox appears, unaware of this. He takes Ben 23 back to Ben Prime, who had defeated Exo-Skull and Subdora by trapping them in Petrosapien crystalline projectiles. Ben 23 shows Ben Prime Skurd, as Ben Prime was shocked to find out that Skurd existed in this timeline, as Skurd would be confused about Ben Prime's presence. With Paradox learning about this, he takes them back into their original timelines as the episode ends with Ben 23 asking Skurd if he wanted to go to Mr. Gyro.

## Characters

* Ben Tennyson (main character)
* Rook Blonko
* Gwen Tennyson (first appearance)
* Kevin Levin (first appearance)
* Professor Paradox
* Ben 23
* Rook Blonko
* Contumelia (first appearance)
* Skurd 23 (first appearance)

## Villains

* Exo-Skull
* Subdora
* Eon
* Maltruant (first appearance)
* Time Beast (first appearance)

## Aliens Used

### By Ben 23

* Fish Kite (x2; first time; off-screen transformation; second time; cameo)
* Speedyquick (x2; second time; cameo)
* Muck-A-Muck (first appearance; x2; second time cameo)
* Mr. Freak (first appearance; x2; second time; cameo)
* Prism (x2; second time; cameo)
* Alien 23 (first appearance; x2; second time; cameo)
* Plug Man (x2)
* Handyman (cameo)
* Fish Fingers (first appearance; cameo)
* Charcoal-Man (first appearance; cameo)
* Dog-Nabbit (cameo)
* Glass Guy (cameo)
* Brainfrog (cameo)
* Big Bug (first appearance; cameo)
* Techno-Bubble (cameo)
* Rollaway (cameo)
* Mr. Salad (cameo)
* Howl-Dawgg (first appearance; cameo)
* Lightning Volt (cameo)
* Mr. Mummy (cameo)
* Loogie Man (first appearance; cameo)
* Battery Baby (first appearance; cameo)
* Freezelizard (first appearance; cameo)
* Vomit Man (first appearance; cameo)
* Lotter Otter (first appearance; cameo)
* Eye Guy (cameo)
* Giant-Manster (first appearance; cameo)
* Mr. Mucky (cameo)
* Copy Copy (cameo)
* Dino-Mighty (cameo)
* Freezeghost (cameo)
* Braincrab (first appearance; cameo)
* Mr. Monkey (first appearance; cameo)
* Magnet Man (cameo)
* Tigerizer (first appearance; cameo)
* Teeny-Weeny (first appearance; cameo)
* Mineral Man (first appearance; cameo)
* Mr. Cuddles (first appearance; cameo)
* Hose Hands (cameo)
* JellyFritz (cameo)
* Toolboxx (first appearance; cameo)
* Teenage Alien Windy Turtle (cameo)
* RADI8 (cameo)
* Fastcat (first appearance; cameo)
* Windy-Hindy (first appearance; cameo)
* Electricyeti (first appearance; cameo)
* Bug Bite (cameo)
* Invisibilizard (cameo)
* Dr. Break-n-Build (first appearance; cameo)
* Build-A-Guy (cameo)
* Orbit Man (cameo)
* Blue Jump Buggy (first appearance; cameo)
* Stickey Cricket (first appearance; cameo)
* Slippin Slide (first appearance; cameo)
* Nighty Knight (first appearance; cameo)
* Fuzzy Wuzzy (first appearance; cameo)
* The Worst (first appearance; cameo)
* Poultry Man (first appearance; cameo)
* Fright Face (cameo)
* Dino-Flighty (first appearance; cameo)
* Battletoad (first appearance; cameo)
* Dr. Manatom (first appearance; cameo)
* Stink Man (first appearance; cameo)
* Bat-Dude (first appearance; cameo)
* Prof. Calamari Controlfreak (first appearance; cameo)

### By Ben Prime

* Walkatrout
* Clockwork (first appearance; x2)
* Swampfire
* Diamondhead (off-screen)

## Trivia

* Despite Exo-Skull, Subdora, Ben 23 and Ben Prime being inside the Bad Timeline, Bad Ben does not appear.
* The Exo-Skull, Subdora and Muck-A-Muck fight scene is similar to the fight scene in *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 1*, albeit it was Goop instead.
* The Ben Prime seen in this episode has already experienced Maltruant attempting to rewrite the universe in his image.
	+ This proves that not only are timelines out of sync, but that Ben Prime is from after the events of **Omniverse**. This confirms that in Ben 23's perspective, he does not understand, because he thinks that he's still bumping into **Omniverse** season three Ben Prime.
* The Ben 23 vs. Maltruant scene is based on *A New Dawn*, the final episode of **Ben 10: Omniverse**.