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Animo Crackers is the fifth episode of the fifth season of Ben 10: Omniverse, and the forty-fifth episode overall.

Plot[]

At Plumber Headquarters in the cells, Dr. Animo is talking to himself (though, mainly to his stuffed mutant animals) about being locked up again for trying to rule over the world. Dr. Animo continues talking until one of his stuffed animals that has a human head suddenly starts talking. Dr. Animo jumps back in shock and wants to know if the toy is really talking. The toy simply replies "obviously" and reveals a device that shocks and says that they are leaving.

At a higher area of Plumber HQ, Ben is drinking soda and eating chili fries and Magister Patelliday walks up to him, saying that others are trying to work. Ben messes around with the controls and accidentally presses one, with Patelliday telling him that monitor duty is important. Rook suddenly appears, saying that he has been watching Ben's movies, but finds them confusing. Ben and Rook then leave from the monitor room and they talk about the movie Rook watched. Back down in the cells, Dr. Animo remarks that he doesn't remember building the toy and the toy says that he will. After the toy unlocks the cell, he and Dr. Animo both leave from it. Dr. Animo accidentally sets off the alarms, which soon catches attention of the Plumbers. Patelliday informs Ben that Dr. Animo has escaped. Ben thought they fixed the cells so that Dr. Animo cannot escape again and Patelliday says that Blukic and Driba supervised the renovation. Dr. Animo and the toy continue running, dodging blasts from a turret and get cut off near a bridge. Dr. Animo picks up the toy and it fires eye lasers at the turret, destroying it. Suddenly, the toy tells Dr. Animo to stop and hide in a corner and Plumbers can be seen running by. The toy tells Dr. Animo to run and the Plumbers spot them. Dr. Animo runs to the elevator and uses the toy to fire lasers and destroy the bridge, stopping the Plumbers from getting to them. They head down the elevator and the toy starts counting, confusing Dr. Animo. At that time, Ben, Rook, and Magister Patelliday are seen on the far other side. Dr. Animo puts his hands up and the toy says it's right on schedule. The toy says that Ben will try to transform into Humungousaur but, instead, will transform into Upgrade. Ben attempts to transform into Humungousaur, he transforms into Upgrade instead, which was exactly what the toy had predicted. The toy gives Dr. Animo a device and he throws it at Upgrade, which shocks him with an electromagnetic pulse (which is dangerous to Galvanic Mechamorphs, as seen in Outbreak) and it transforms him back into Ben. Dr. Animo escapes into the elevator and notices that the toy has stayed behind. The toy says that it will see him later and the toy lifts up the elevator, flying out of Plumber HQ. Ben and Rook board the Proto-TRUK and Rook is still focused on the movie he has watched.

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Future Animo explains his present self what the ARC Project is

In a forest, Dr. Animo exits from the crashed elevator and notices that the toy is not moving. However, Dr. Animo hears a voice nearby and it is revealed to be himself from the future. Dr. Animo is shocked to hear this and notices that his future self is in a gorilla body. Dr. Animo asks his future self if he knows everything that is going to happen, to which Future Dr. Animo replies "mostly." Dr. Animo then wants to know why his future self came back to the past and Future Dr. Animo says that the government of his time has been working on the A.R.C. Project (Archival Recombinant Codex). He then explains that it is a collection of DNA samples from all of Earth's species in the event of a mass extinction. Dr. Animo is excited to hear this and plans that he and his future self will finally rule the world. Suddenly, Spanner appears and flies toward the Dr. Animos. Ben and Rook arrive at the forest and they both hear a grunt. Spanner has taken out the present Dr. Animo and intends to go after the future one. Future Dr. Animo grabs Spanner's leg, but Spanner fires a laser at his head. Dr. Animo gets back to his feet and he and his future self prepare to attack Spanner. Rook recognizes the present Dr. Animo, but not the future one. Ben remembers Future Dr. Animo from back then, but he and Rook don't recognize Spanner. However, Spanner notices Ben while the Dr. Animos attempt to split up. Spanner goes after the future Dr. Animo, with Ben doing the same while Rook goes after the present Dr. Animo. Future Dr. Animo continues running from Spanner and Ben transforms into an alien. Spanner loses Future Dr. Animo and Ben transforms into Ditto and watches Spanner from the trees. The Dittos think that Spanner is an enemy and Spanner points out Future Dr. Animo to them. Future Dr. Animo attacks all of the Dittos and Spanner while the present Dr. Animo continues to run from Rook. Rook uses his Proto-Tool to catch Dr. Animo by his legs, but Dr. Animo uses his helmet to gather a pack of squirrels together, transforming them into Mutant Squirrels. The Mutant Squirrels chase after Rook and Future Dr. Animo frees his past self. After the Dittos transform back into Ben, Spanner walks up to Ben and helps him back to his feet. Rook arrives after escaping from the Mutant Squirrels and Ben wants to know why Spanner is helping Future Dr. Animo. Spanner informs Ben that he is not working with Future Dr. Animo and tells Ben to contact Lieutenant Steel right away. Ben, confused on how Spanner knows Lt. Steel, but contacts him anyway. Lieutenant Steel tells Ben that he is under attack and Ben tells Spanner to go with him and Rook. On a roadway, Dr. Animo is seen riding his Mutant Frog, fighting off Lieutenant Steel's group. Future Dr. Animo is seen riding a Mutant Snail, where it has covered the road in slime prompting Lieutenant Steel's group to stop. The Dr. Animos tell them to hand over the ARC Project, but Ben arrives just in time. Ben transforms into a new alien and is confused at the new transformation.

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Gutrot's debut

Ben asks Future Dr. Animo who the alien he has transformed into is and Future Dr. Animo says that Ben calls it Gutrot. Future Dr. Animo continues on, saying that Gutrot has the ability to combine various chemicals and expel them as gas. Gutrot informs Lieutenant Steel's group to back up and Gutrot releases a gas that causes the Dr. Animos to cringe from the smell, with their mutant creatures running away from the smell. Rook wants to know what that is and Gutrot replies that it is sulfur dioxide. Gutrot then sends out nitrous oxide, which is laughing gas. Dr. Animo starts laughing uncontrollably, though, Future Dr. Animo is unaffected by it. Future Dr. Animo grabs his past self and starts to run away. Meanwhile, the Mutant Frog reappears, but it grabs onto a van and falls back down. Future Dr. Animo remembers that the ARC Project didn't make it due to his past self not controlling his frog. The Dr. Animos begin arguing and a tube of the ARC Project appears near them. Dr. Animo picks it up and it contains poodle DNA, but the Future Dr. Animo is annoyed by this and the two begin fighting. Rook notices that if they just defeat Future Dr. Animo, he'll just come back from the future. Spanner suggests something that could make him forget all that is happened and Gutrot sprays dark green gas at the two Dr. Animos, causing them to pass out. Rook asks Gutrot about the gas he used, and Gutrot replies that the material was fluoromethyl-hexafluoro-isopropyl-ether, which induces short-term memory loss. Gutrot transforms back into Ben and Spanner takes Future Dr. Animo back to the future.

Ben and Rook prepare to take Dr. Animo back to Plumber HQ and Ben still wonders who the person was that left with the future Dr. Animo. In the future, Spanner simply says "that would be telling."

Noteworthy Events[]

Major Events[]

  • Ben and Rook meet Spanner for the first time.

Character Debuts[]

Omnitrix Alien Debut[]

Characters[]

Villains[]

Aliens Used[]

Quotes[]

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Rook: (to Ben while sitting in the Proto-TRUK) Then in those movies why does nobody ever seek professional help.
Ben: Dude, after we catch the psychopath.
Rook: They just seem so troubled.


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Dr. Animo: (Gets out from the crashed elevator and looks the toy is broken) Huh? No! Oh, what am I to do without you, little gorilla friend?!
Future Dr. Animo: Stop blubbering, will you? (jumps from the bushes)
Dr. Animo: Who are you?
Future Dr. Animo: Isn't it obvious? I'm you, Doctor Aloysius J. Animo, from the future!! (laughs)


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Dittos: Okay kid, I don't know who you are... or what are you doing here... but you're going down!
Spanner: You have it all wrong!
Ditto: Oh yeah? Then where's Monkey Man?
Spanner: There! (pointing to Future Dr. Animo behind Dittos)
Future Dr. Animo: (appears from the trees and knocks away the Dittos and Spanner) That's "Dr. Monkey Man" to you!


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Rook: I KNEW IT! Squirrels PRETEND to be harmless, but they are really just waiting to be mutated into MUROID-LIKE KILLERS!
Ben: Sure, blame the rodents. (Talks to Spanner) Why are you helping that Animo from the future?
Spanner: Wait, how do you even know about him?
Ben: It's kind of a long story. My cousin and I... Hey, I'm asking the questions here.
Spanner: I'm not with Animo. Ben, you have to contact Lieutenant Steel right away!
Ben: Lieutenant Steel? How do you know even about him?


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Gutrot: Hi, uh, excuse me. Uh, but you're from the future, am I right? You know stuff?
Future Dr. Animo: As a matter of fact, I do.
Dr. Animo: (throws a stone at Future Animo) Why are you talking to Tennyson?!
Future Dr. Animo: Shh! Shh!
Gutrot: You do? Great, yeah that's great. Hey! Do me a solid, will you, and tell me about this guy.
Future Dr. Animo: The name you gave yourself is Gutrot!
Gutrot: Right, Gutrot. 'Cause...?
Future Dr. Animo: It means, you dithering dunderhead, that your innards are a walking chemical laboratory.
Gutrot: (looks at the chemicals in his body) Heh! Get out of town.
Future Dr. Animo: Yes, you have the ability to combine various chemicals and expel them as gas!
Rook, Spanner, Lt. Steel and Dr. Animo: (in unison) Eww!


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Rook: Ben! (coughs) What is that?
Gutrot: Sulphur Dioxide. Uh, don't ask me how I know or how I do it. Hey, hey, your 'gas' is as good as mine, right? (laughs)
Rook and Spanner: (Silence)
Gutrot: (annoyed) Fine, fine. Hey, if that awesome pun won't get a laugh, maybe some NITROUS OXIDE will! (lets loose with a huge cloud of green gas out of his posterior, accompanied with some flatulence noises)
Present Animo: Nitrous Oxide?! But that's... (giggles) ...that's... (starts laughing)
Future Animo: Yes, laughing gas.


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Rook: A blow to the head makes a human forget things, especially if it is a wealthy person on a yacht.
Gutrot: Nah, that's only in the movies.
Rook: And television.
Gutrot: And in real life a bump on the head just gives you a concussion.
Rook: I see. Those poor actors.


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Naming and Translations[]

Language Name Origin
Arabic جنون عبر الزمن Madness Through Time
French La grande évasion The Great Escape
Hungarian Animo krékerek Animo Crackers
Italian Animus il pazzo
Polish Ponownie przyszłość A Future Again
Portuguese (Br) Loucuras do Animal Madness of Animo
Spanish (HA) Mis Dos Doctores My Two Doctors

Cast[]

Voice Actor Role(s)
Yuri Lowenthal Ben Tennyson
Upgrade
Lieutenant Steel
Bumper Robinson Rook Blonko
Rob Paulsen Ditto
Gutrot
Magister Patelliday
Dwight Schultz Dr. Animo
Future Dr. Animo
Scott Menville Spanner


Continuity[]

Allusions[]

  • One of the voices Animo pretends his stuffed animals to say is said in a voice similar to that of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
  • The episode's title seems to be a play on two things:
  • When Rook says that a wealthy person falling off a yacht is likely to suffer amnesia from a blow on the head, he is referring to the film Overboard.

Errors[]

  • When Ben and Rook are talking about rom-coms, a black part of Rook face turns white
  • After Ben transforms into Gutrot, the slime that was on the ground disappears. Furthermore, the slime is seemingly missing from Gutrot.
  • In one shot, Dr. Animo has an orange brain. In the same shot, the door of the Proto-TRUK is orange.
  • When Future Animo talks to Gutrot, the fur on his back is the same color as his skin.

Trivia[]

  • It is revealed that at some point, the Special Alien Containment Team was renamed to Special Extraterrestrial Containment Team.
  • At the beginning of the episode while Animo talks to himself, he mentions that Chadwick approached him about "ruling the world for him."
  • At the end of the episode, Spanner breaks the fourth wall when he says, "Well that, would be telling."
  • In real life:
    • Nitrous oxide is normally used by dentists as a kind of anesthetic. A small amount will allow patients to relax. A much larger dose will cause euphoria, loss of reality, and lower mental inhibitions, thereby making the subject easily susceptible to humorous stimulants, hence the name of laughing gas.
    • Despite Gutrot's claims to the contrary, a blow to the head resulting in a concussion would not be merely dismissed as such. Concussions, among other symptoms, can indeed result in memory loss, of varying duration and severity.

References[]

Ben 10: Omniverse Episodes

Arc 1 The More Things Change: Part 1 · The More Things Change: Part 2 · A Jolt from the Past · So Long, and Thanks for All the Smoothies · It Was Them · Trouble Helix · Hot Stretch · Have I Got a Deal for You · Of Predators and Prey: Part 1 · Of Predators and Prey: Part 2
Arc 2 Many Happy Returns · Gone Fishin' · Outbreak · Blukic and Driba Go to Mr. Smoothy's · Malefactor · Bros in Space · Arrested Development · Rules of Engagement · Showdown: Part 1 · Showdown: Part 2
Arc 3 T.G.I.S. · Tummy Trouble · Store 23 · Vilgax Must Croak · Ben Again · Special Delivery · Rad · While You Were Away · The Frogs of War: Part 1 · The Frogs of War: Part 2
Arc 4 Food Around the Corner · The Ultimate Heist · O Mother, Where Art Thou? · Max's Monster · Evil's Encore · Return to Forever · Mud Is Thicker Than Water · OTTO Motives · A Fistful of Brains · For a Few Brains More
Arc 5 - Galactic Monsters Something Zombozo This Way Comes · Mystery, Incorporeal · Bengeance is Mine · An American Benwolf in London · Animo Crackers · Rad Monster Party · Charmed, I'm Sure · The Vampire Strikes Back · And Then There Were None · And Then There Was Ben
Arc 6 Catfight · Collect This · The Vengers · Cough It Up · The Rooters of All Evil · Blukic and Driba Go to Area 51 · No Honor Among Bros · Universe vs. Tennyson · Weapon XI: Part 1 · Weapon XI: Part 2
Arc 7 Clyde Five · Rook Tales · Charm School · The Ballad of Mr. Baumann · Fight at the Museum · Breakpoint · The Color of Monkey · Vreedlemania · It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 1 · It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 2
Arc 8 From Hedorium to Eternity · Stuck on You · Let's Do the Time War Again · The Secret of Dos Santos · Third Time's a Charm · The Final Countdown · Malgax Attacks · The Most Dangerous Game Show · The End of an Era · A New Dawn

Season 1 The More Things Change: Part 1 · The More Things Change: Part 2 · A Jolt from the Past · Trouble Helix · Have I Got a Deal for You · It Was Them · So Long, and Thanks for All the Smoothies · Hot Stretch · Of Predators and Prey: Part 1 · Of Predators and Prey: Part 2
Season 2 Outbreak · Many Happy Returns · Gone Fishin' · Blukic and Driba Go to Mr. Smoothy's · Malefactor · Arrested Development · Bros in Space · Ben Again · Store 23 · Special Delivery
Season 3 Showdown: Part 1 · Showdown: Part 2 · Tummy Trouble · Vilgax Must Croak · While You Were Away · The Frogs of War: Part 1 · The Frogs of War: Part 2 · Rules of Engagement · Rad · Evil's Encore
Season 4 T.G.I.S. · Food Around the Corner · O Mother, Where Art Thou? · Return to Forever · Mud Is Thicker Than Water · OTTO Motives · The Ultimate Heist · A Fistful of Brains · For a Few Brains More · Max's Monster
Season 5 Something Zombozo This Way Comes · Mystery, Incorporeal · Bengeance is Mine · An American Benwolf in London · Animo Crackers · Rad Monster Party · Charmed, I'm Sure · The Vampire Strikes Back · Catfight · Collect This
Season 6 And Then There Were None · And Then There Was Ben · The Vengers · Cough It Up · The Rooters of All Evil · Blukic and Driba Go to Area 51 · No Honor Among Bros · Universe vs. Tennyson · Weapon XI: Part 1 · Weapon XI: Part 2
Season 7 Clyde Five · Rook Tales · Charm School · The Ballad of Mr. Baumann · Fight at the Museum · Breakpoint · The Color of Monkey · Vreedlemania · It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 1 · It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 2
Season 8 From Hedorium to Eternity · Stuck on You · Let's Do the Time War Again · The Secret of Dos Santos · Third Time's a Charm · The Final Countdown · Malgax Attacks · The Most Dangerous Game Show · The End of an Era · A New Dawn

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