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Ben 10

Monster Weather

Season 3, Episode 10, Aired Mar 24, 2007

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When Grandpa Max takes Ben and Gwen to a music festival, the weather is the last thing they're paying attention to. While Grandpa Max is excited to see his old-time favorite band, Shag Carpeting, Ben could care less. He's more worried about getting to a Sumo Slammer convention. But when the weather reporter's weather robot starts trying to take over the weather and changes it completely, there's trouble at the festival. With the weather being too dangerous, the bands can't play and the show can't go on. Now, it's up to Ben to try out some of his skills on the guitar and to see if he can make the show go on! What will the weather do, and is it too "stormy" for Ben to handle?moreless

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Jim Ward

Sam
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Jess Harnell

Band Member #1/Announcer
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Mark Thompson (VI)

Vance Vetteroy

Paul Eiding

Max Tennyson
Richard McGonagle

Four Arms
Steven Jay Blum

Heat Blast/Ghostfreak
Tara Strong

Ben Tennyson/Upgrade
Jim Ward

Diamond Head/XLR8/Wildvine
Meagan Smith

Gwen Tennyson

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Not the best Ben 10 episode could have been better.

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By chaotichrist, Sep 06, 2009

There wasn't even a real alien in the episode. The whole idea of the monster being defeated by guitars was pretty lame too. Not one of Ben's proudest moments but whatever I guess the producers ran out of ideas at that point. I slighty dozed off during the episode too. I wasn't very pleased with this episode at all. There was really nothing that mode the episode stand out and the story line was completely destroyed. Sure it was just a bump along the road for Ben, Gwen, and Grandpa Max but at least make it an action packed sequence.moreless
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best episode ever.

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By tenn99_23, Mar 26, 2008

Grandpa Max takes Gwen and Ben to a music festival in L.A. to see his favorite old time band, Shag Carpeting, but the event is interrupted by a weather-controlling robot called S.A.M. When Grandpa Max takes Ben and Gwen to a music festival, the weather is the last thing they're paying attention to. While Grandpa Max is excited to see his old-time favorite band, Shag Carpeting, Ben could care less. He's more worried about getting to a Sumo Slammer convention. But when the weather reporter's weather robot starts trying to take over the weather and changes it completely, there's trouble at the festival. With the weather being too dangerous, the bands can't play and the show can't go on. Now, it's up to Ben to try out some of his skills on the guitar and to see if he can make the show go on! What will the weather do, and is it too "stormy" for Ben to handle?moreless
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The worst episode ever! Seriously!

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By Eyeguy_3, Jan 28, 2008

Some crappy weatherman makes a weather controlling robot. I was expecting an alien and... hey! The monkeys at Cartoon Network pushed this junk back? Must be trying to save their jobs! I'd rather have Vilgax stomp on my house than watch this one again! If they make one more continuity error I'm going to puke! Well, here's my thoughts on it. A weather controlling robot named S.A.M., created by a weatherman, attacks Chicago. And Ben. Gwen, and Grandpa Max just happen to be there. And in cartoons electric guitars don't need speakers. Classic cartoon reality superceding... oh, wait. Ben is stupid.moreless
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Ben, Gwen, and Grandpa go to see shag charpeting, but its rudly inturpted by a Weather Monster.

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By PsychoPerson, Apr 09, 2007

This episode was great. I liked the weather monster, it was awesome. S.A.M. becomes a giant weather monster and destroies most of the city. It turns into a water creature, then a strom monster, then into a monster both of water, and ground. S.A.M. is some what connected to the wolf and the mummy, becuase it has 3 purple orbs, it makes me wonder how the creator of S.A.M. got those 3 orbs anyways? Also the episode that had those alien octopuses, when they had to shut-down the hotel, it too had a purple orb. All that was connected some what. But I loved this episode, The Weather monster rocked.moreless
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Guitar saves the day!!!!

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By Corraine, Apr 06, 2007

This episode is above ok.There is no such thing as a weather machine.Vance wuz bald!!!He He!!Max has got a point that they have been where Ben wanted like that Sumo Slammer game shop in Framed,Abel North in Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures and so much more.I didn't know that Ben could play the guitar and drums.Ben and Msx were arguing again and again.Gets boring sometimes with their arguing.S.A.M was the weirdest machine in the episode.I mean that there is no such thing as a weather machine that can control the world's weather.Totally weird but musical.If you know what I mean.moreless
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- When XLR8 landed on the windshield of the Rust Bucket, the glass should have either shattered or cracked since XLR8 landed on it at full speed with all his body weight after falling at least 30 or 40 feet from the air.
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- Look Hard: When Ben landed in the pond after defeating the storm, you can see Captain Shaw from "The Krakken" on the left side of the boat, and the lifeguard from "A Small Problem" on the right.
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- Pay Attention: When Four Arms is using the guitars to defeat the monster, he needs to go really close to it, in order for it to hear more noise. There wouldn't be any difference though because the speakers project the noise and sound, not the electric guitar. The speakers will still be in the same place.
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- Outside Knowledge: When S.A.M. attacks as a cloud monster, he said he was attacking The Arena (Allstate Arena) and Wrigley Field, but those two locations are about 14 miles apart.
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- Vance: Well, from now on, I'm just reporting the weather, not trying to change it. Guess there's nothing that wrong with just being another handsome face, huh? Grandpa Max: (smiles) Yeah, I know what you mean. (Ben & Gwen laugh) Grandpa Max: What?
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- Ben: So, this means we can go to the Sumo Slammer Convention now? Grandpa Max: Sorry. One has nothing to do with the other. Ben: But I went XLR8 to save the day! Grandpa Max: As a matter of fact, I was wondering about that. You just happened to be him when that cloud monster appeared? Ben: Uh, yeah. Why? Grandpa Max: Well, just that XLR8 could have zipped off to that convention without Gwen or me ever realizing you were gone. Ben: Oh, well, like you think you know everything.
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- Grandpa Max: Right on! Isn't this just the grooviest? Ben: Grooviest? Oh, and I thought Grandpa's shirt was out of date.
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- (XLR8 lands on the RV's windshield) Gwen: Now that's one ugly bug on our windshield.
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- Grandpa Max: Hey, hey! The Shag Carpeting autograph booth! So, who wants to come to the booth with me? Ben: I'd rather brush Vilgax's teeth with my tongue than wait in line to get those fossil's autographs.
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- Grandpa Max: You know I've waited all summer to see Shag Carpeting. (holds up record album) Ben: Those weirdos make Wildvine look normal. Besides, who listens to records anymore anyway?
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- This is the second and last time in this series that Ben tried to become Ripjaws but only succeeded in becoming Heatblast. The first was in Benwolf when he didn't change at all.
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- Omnitrix malfunction(s): Ripjaws - Heatblast
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- Purple lightning (also seen in "Benwolf", "Under Wraps", "The Return", and "Be Afraid of the Dark") appears in this episode, however the other episodes had a connection to Ghostfreak's plan and this did not.
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- Pay Attention/Look Closely: When the kid was watching Sumo Slammer on TV, the 2 sumos wrestling were Ishyama and the video game version of Grandpa Max in "Game Over."
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- Mark Thompson, the voice of Vance Vetteroy, is an actual weather reporter for KTTV Los Angeles.
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- Running Gags: 1) Ben wanting to go to the Sumo Slammer convention. 2) Ben talking about taking a bath.
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- This episode aired after "Game Over" in Australia.
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- The pocket music player Ben has in this episode is the same one he won in "The Unnaturals" when he was Grey Matter and guessed right on how many jelly beans were in the jar.
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- At the end of the episode, when asked to stop its destruction, S.A.M said, "Not until I destroy those who stopped me before," and its gaze falls on Ben, Max, and Gwen. This is sort of foreshadowing, due to the fact that S.A.M was hit by purple lightning, and in the next episode, Ghostfreak returns, with three minions and power over purple lightning.
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- Sumo Slammer is mentioned again.
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- Heat Blast can apparently make weapons out of flame, as seen by the katana of fire in this episode.
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- Main Transformation(s): Four Arms.
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- Main Villain(s): S.A.M.
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- We see that Ben knows how to play the guitar.
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- Grandpa Max has added a feature onto the Rust Bucket in which he can press a button and it comes to him.
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- Ben, while joking, mentions Vilgax.
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- This episode was supposed to air on Saturday, March 3rd, 2007. Commercials for the episode even aired.
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- This episode takes place in Chicago, Illinois.
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- Ben mentions Aunt Vera, who the Tennysons visited in "Permanent Retirement."
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- This is the first time since "Kevin 11" that Grandpa Max and Ben have had a fight.
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- Alien Form(s) Used: 1) Heat Blast. 2) XLR8. 3) Four Arms.
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- Cartoon Network (UK) airdate: February 18, 2007.
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- Power Rangers When S.A.M. says to Four Arms that he is giving him a headache, that is a reference from Power Rangers seasons 1, 2 & 3. When the rangers destroyed a monster of Rita's, she would scream the same line.
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- Water Monster: Appearance The first water monster S.A.M. makes looks exactly like the Kaithim from the W.I.T.C.H. episode "Battle of Meridian Plains."
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- S.A.M.: If you thought the great Chicago fire was bad, you haven't seen anything yet. The Great Chicago Fire was a disaster infamously caused by Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicking over a kerosene lamp, and was also mentioned in Ben 10: Race Against Time.
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- Character: S.A.M. S.A.M. is based off of the character H.A.L. 9000 from the Space Odyssey book series written by Arthur C. Clarke.
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- Water Monster: Appearance The water monster that appears looks similar to Chaos from the video game Sonic Adventure.
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