Ben 10 '23/Episode Guide

## Season 1

1. Omnitrix intro arc - all aliens \*must\* make an appearance by the conclusion of this arc.
	1. On the Road Again
	2. 1023x101
	3. Don't Be So Shellfish - Ben transforms into Water Hazard on what he thinks is a private beach, and gets hunted by fishermen
		1. Ben could be locked into Water Hazard because the Omnitrix's safety mode is on (preventing him from reverting in a hostile environment), Max saves the day by giving him Ripjaws?
		2. at the end, Alien X pops out (due to Ripjaws being activated)
		3. rename to Shelfishness?
		4. after this episode, release Pyros and Pisciss
	4. Slaughter Beach or maybe call it "Reconsider the Lobster"?
		1. Consider the Lobsterman
			1. - the kids stop at a beach that's being remodeled (like the Clocktopus episode of Ben 10 reboot) where they meet the ex-plumber Steam Smythe
			2. maybe it's also Animo's invention? he's attacking them with lobstermen
	5. Fright Night - introduces the Skare Krew
2. Alienhunt - has to be after the episode where Ben goes on his scanning frenzy if he's to have upgrade at the start
	1. this is the episode where Animo injures Clancy?
3. Into the Woods - in West Virginia
	1. start of the Phil saga
	2. split into two episodes? or two "halves"?
	3. it's a mothman andtheir partner, stealing car parts
	4. Peet is a swamp monster
4. greenbrier episode
5. The Trouble with Watt?
6. Finding Bigfoot
	1. at the end, Ben decides to not tell the world about the existence of Bigfoot and uses Upgrade to destroy the footage
7. Barrelful of Spider-Monkeys
	1. introduces Simian
8. Bounty Hunters arc
9. animo episodes
10. Jurassic Bark - Ben runs into Captain Shaw again, who has given up his boating ways after the embarrassment with Water Hazard. Animo uses his Alternevolizerator to turn him into a reptilian human. Ben has to use Wildmutt to track him down. also, Animo's Musk Wolves
	1. maybe merge this with a Khyber episode? Khyber returns, saying he never leaves a hit unfinished. he has Psychobos cook him up with a weapon that
11. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
12. Home Stretch arc
	1. Tornado Alley
	2. Tennyson's Last Stand
		1. Negative 10
		2. Lt Steel has been assembling a team like the Avengers (or more accurately the Suicide Squad)
	3. Vilgax Strikes Back

* unordered episodes go here
* Kevin 11 arc
	+ Tag Team/Hell in a Cell/Cage Match - Kevin and Ben get captured by Ringmaster, who makes them fight in his wrestling match?
* Phil Billings arc
	+ alan/heatblast episode
		- in a midwest town, Ben is shocked to discover people recognize heatblast
		- alan tells max and the kids "he's told them before that he doesn't want to join them" (hinting at Rooters/Phil Billings?)
* Tetrax/Azmuth arc
	+ The Gauntlet - Ben fights the hunters sent to defeat him (Tetrax,
	+ Diamonds Are Forever - Tetrax, having been shattered by Ben the previous episode, now retains his old memories and continues chasing Ben to tell Max that Azmuth still exists and is being held deep within NORAD
* renaissance fair episode
* grand smith family episode
* Lucky Girl arc
	+ starts with Hotel California?
	+ oh so lucky one
	+ Hex gets Gwen to steal a magic book for him, which contains an assassination spell - Museum Heist Episode
* Hotel California
	+ Max develops a gambling addiction (thanks to Sublimino)
	+ maybe Ben does too lol
	+ Sublimino wants Ben to wager the Omnitrix
	+ Gwen has to save them - she is invulnerable to Sublimino's mind control because his is like, magic based?
	+ at the end Charmcaster and Hex are there, having watched Gwen, starting the whole Lucky Girl saga?
* Detransformed by Daylight -
	+ the family camps in an old abandoned plumber cabin
	+ place is haunted
	+ turns out to be an alien prison for a Null Void projector holding back Zs'skayr
	+ the forest is "haunted"
		- turns out to be the alien mushroom monsters from the camp episode with Wildvine
		- Ben samples one (Funguy)
	+ guarded by the Wolperdinger Rau-Rackle, who lectures Max on the Plumbers' inactivity and how it led rise to Zs'skayr
* Animals Quackered - evil animo debut episode
* Great Powers, Greater Responsibility - accidental creation of Clancy
* Isle of Misfit Toys -
	+ WASH/SECT is chasing down Kringl the Summoner (santa), who is summoning presents for Earth children
	+ they confiscate the aliens and send them on a barge
	+ Ben, as Upgrade?, is thrown onto the barge too?
	+ villains - Grumpus, an evil teddy bear
	+ introduces Creature Comfort?
* First Ben 10k Episode
* Youth Without Youth
* The Lodestar State
* In Due Time - Ben wants access to all of Max's aliens. Prof Paradox shows why this is a bad idea
* Grudge Match
	+ Ben vs Cooper (who pretty much has Gen Rex's powerset)
	+ Ben gets Bloxx
* Sunder and Lightning - in Little Scandinavia, Sunder searches for Mjolnir
* Ocean Stars Falling

ok attempt to list the episodes better now:

1. On the Road Again
2. Shellfishness
3. The Hero Time
4. Consider the Lobsterman
5. A Blast of Fresh Heat
6. greenbrier episode
7. Into the Woods
8. The Trouble with Watt
9. Radio Gaga - or rename it to something like Animo Killed the Radio Star?
	1. or have it be Video Killed the Radio Star and have it be Steam Smythe attacking the gang?
10. Gotta Scan 'Em All
11. Alien Bar Scene
12. Alienhunt
13. more
14. Sunderstruck
15. Under the Sea
16. The Gauntlet
17. Diamonds Are Forever
18. more
19. Tetrax and co vs the "Mandroid" DNA source, who is Azmuth's bodyguard?
20. Lil Gax Attacks

season 2

1. The Biggest Ball of Twine In Minnesota
2. more
3. Kevin arc
	1. Empire State of Mind - Kevin does something \*big\* - maybe a bank heist with some other criminals?
		1. the Flying Rat - basically a vulture
	2. sewer episode - evading the WASH, Kevin and Ben head to the sewers. maybe there's a bowser-like monster here? call it In Undertow?
	3. Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus - Ben decides to leave Kevin
4. Detransformed by Daylight
5. Vreedle Las Vegas
6. Tornado Alley
7. Max Security - Max wants to raid Area 51 to help his buddies get their Plumber jets + gear back and he wants to do it alone
8. Tennyson's Last Stand
9. Vilgax Strikes Back

needs sorted:

* Youth Without Youth
* Stadium Arcadium

interseason special: Scare in the Air - flying home, Ben imagines Vilgax attacking the plane (but it's actually Z'skayr's manipulations)

## Season Z

1. Simian 10 - merge with 1023x01
2. Kevin 11
3. 1023x201
4. One-Upped - Kevin shows up in Bellwood and defeats Ben using the Antitrix. - merge with Kevin 11
5. Fly In The Face of Defeat - depressed Ben gets stuck as Stinkfly, and emerges as Superfly. later, after this, he inserts Shock Rock as Alien 10?
6. Morning Person - seeking allies in the fight against Kevin and the Dark Carnival, Gwen meets Michael Morningstar
7. episode where the true history of Hex is revealed - he killed Charmcaster's father to gain power. he doesn't care about the Auroran Hermits, but instead cares for power. that's why he's trying to revive "Dagon"/"Vilgax"
8. Alien X Congress Flashback
9. 1023x2alienx
10. Tricks and Treats
11. Ghostgax Attacks
12. Tenth Seal

they discover the plant mass beneath Bellwood that's serving as a framework for the null void "rip" they're building

* (name's) Wacky Quest -
	+ either Sir George or Sir Joseph?
	+ Ben unlocks Whampire from blood on a Zaturse mask

filler:

* Alien Big Cats - a hot girl from Ben's school asks for Ben's help dealing with some creatures on her family's property
* krakken episode, in Bellwoods lake

episode title ideas:

* Semi-Charmed Kinda Life

## Omnitrix Codices

### Season One

1. Pyros and Pisciss
2. Petropia
3. Kinet
4. four arms
5. big chill
6. ditto
7. Galvan Genesis
8. The Pelarotas
	1. could introduce Vulpine?
9. The Anur System - or wait til season 2? idk maybe not because of Ghostfreak
10. Vilgax and Max (???) - release *way* later in series development
	1. incl. the Cleaning Crew?

### Season Two/Three

1. The Lepidopterrans
2. Creari and Fulmini
3. anur system? could introduce the Thep Khufan/Heliopolis Dyson sphere system lore we created on Earth-102023
4. zs'skayr

misc: Edge of the Universe