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Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Season 2 Episode 8

Basic Training

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Aired Saturday 9:00 AM Apr 01, 2011 on Cartoon Network

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AIRED: 4/1/11

Ben and company are forced to go through basic training at the Plumber's Academy.

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Pretty Good Episode.

8.5

By stevemagegod, May 01, 2012

This was also pretty interesting to. New characters and new aliens. The only thing that i didn't like was Ben's disrespect towards his commander even though he was a jerk. But this episode brought up a lot of good points. Sure Ben is the wielder of the Omnitrix and Ultimatrix but there have been times when they were taken away from him by Vilgax and Albedo. And when they were taken away from him he was helpless, since he doesn't have any original powers and stuff. I also liked how this episode showed character development in Keven. It showed how much being a Plumber really meant to him. Which it was surprising to see Kevin holding back Ben instead of the other way round.moreless
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this episode reminds me that the biggest flaw that this series has is that it has a terrible role model for the main character.

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By MadameTamma, Nov 02, 2011

One thing I very much dislike about Ben is his sense of entitlement. Yes he has saved the universe but that doesn't mean that he can just treat people however he wants.

My brother is in the army and he would agree that in basic training you never treat a superior officer the way that Ben does. He's snappy, he sends him glares, he argues. there are people in this world such as your teachers, parents, boss, etc, that you just have to do what they say without complaint. It's not throwing away your dignity to let these people talk to you how they want and just take it without argue. That's what being a man is all about, taking the hard times, and in the end these people will respect you more for it.

This would have been a great lesson for Ben to learn but instead he cockily asked to be thanked and he is in the form of a medal. He shouldn't have been thanked, he was just doing the job he supposed to do. Does a person get up at sunrise on garbage day just to thank their garbage man for doing his job?

It sickens me that the kids who watch this show and idolize Ben are going to want to be like him. I'll say it again. He is a terrible role model.moreless
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Charlie Schlatter	Tack	Guest Star
James Arnold Taylor	Kodek Branigen/Kolar	Guest Star
Miguel Ferrer	Magister Hulka	Guest Star

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TRIVIA (11)
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- It appears Tetramands, like humans, can have different skin colors; Kolar is blue, rather then the usual red.
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- This is the first appearances of Tack, Kodek Brannigan, Magister Hulka, Trumbipulor and Kolar.
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- This is Diamondhead's first re-appearance in Ultimate Alien.
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- Alien Forms Used:
  
  1) Ultimate Echo Echo
  2) Four Arms (2x)
  3) Swampfire
  4) Fasttrack
  5) Diamondhead
  6) Terraspin
  7) Humungousaur (hologram only)
  8) Armodrillo (mentioned only)
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- It seems Ben is now able to go alien and back to human without removing his Plumber suit.
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- Two Tetramends appeared together for the second time. The first being in "The Galactic Enforcers."
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- Since "The Big Story," Humungousaur didn't appear for the first time.
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- When Ben's grade is a 95/100, he says how people think he doesn't pay attention but he does; the first time he said this was in "Where the Magic Happens."
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- The Alpha Squad wore Plumber suits similar to Water Hazard's exo-skeleton.
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- We find out that there is a sun within the Null Void and possibly other suns as well.
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- This is the second time we see Four Arms hold a weapon/tech; the first was the null void projector in his dream world from "Perfect Day."
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QUOTES (2)
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- Gwen: I can't believe I only scored a ninety-eight!
  Ben: Out of a hundred, Gwen. Try and unclench.
  Kevin: It only takes a seventy-two to pass, which I exceeded. How about you, Ben?
  Ben: Ninety-five. People think I'm not paying attention, but I am.
  Gwen: My ninety-eight is starting to feel real weak.
  Ben: This is me not paying attention.
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- Gwen: This is awesome! Look at the classes we get to take: Weapons and Tactics, Interstellar Law, Cultural Sensitivity...
  Kevin: Started strong, but then you lost me.
  Gwen: Starship maintenance.
  (Kevin smiles)
  Ben: And you got him right back.
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- This episode relates to how Ben trains the player in the Null Void at a Plumber training site in the game, Fusion Fall.
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- A new alien form debuts: A blue and black humanoid with superspeed. As of this episode, it is unnamed.
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- Magister Hulka shares a name with the drill sergeant from the film Stripes.
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- Reverse the Polarity
  
  This might be a reference to the Third Doctor from the British television series Doctor Who, who would reverse the polarity of any given technical device in order to solve a problem.
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- The Plumber base that the team is sent to for training is station 2814. In the DC comic universe, 2814 is the designated sector of space which contains Earth as well as other planets and systems according to the Green Lantern Corps designation system.
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