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If All Else Fails is the thirty-fourth episode of Ben 10: Alien Force.
Plot
An earthquake wakes a Highbreed officer, who was put into stasis and only to be awakened if the Highbreed lost the war. Per his orders, he triggers a weapon of last resort meant to destroy Earth. Mind-controlling seeds take over Grandpa Max and five others, using them as the brain for a living bomb that will end all life on the planet. The Highbreed officer refuses to believe Ben's claims of peace and won't divulge how to stop the creature. While Gwen and Kevin try to slow it down, Ben enlists the aid of Reinrassic III to get the Highbreed officer to cooperate. Unable to stop the monster from the outside, Ben, Gwen and Kevin sneak inside the monster to destroy it within. They manage to save the human beings used as its brain and the Highbreed officer sacrifices himself to dispose of the creature safely.
Characters
- Ben Tennyson
- Gwen Tennyson
- Kevin Levin
- Max Tennyson
- Reinrassic III
- Highbreed Officer (first appearance)
- Ship
Villains
- Highbreed Tree Monster (first appearance)
- Bunker Highbreed (first appearance)
- Headless Highbreed Antibodies (people under control) (first appearance)
Aliens Used
- Spidermonkey
- Humungousaur (accidental transformation; selected alien was Way Big)
- Jetray (x2)
- Diamondhead
- Swampfire
Quotes
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Errors
- After Seedling 2 reported in, Seedling 3 (via Max Tennyson) reported to the Highbreed that five Seedlings were present. However, when Max had shown up, four other Seedlings were already present and Seedling 2 did not show up until after Seedling 3 did, meaning that there were six Seedlings and not five.
- When the Highbreed officer flew into the Highbreed Tree Monster, after the scene where they show Reinrassic III and the soldiers, the Highbreed officer was with them.
- Humungousaur and the Highbreed Tree Monster's heights change throughout the episode.
- When the Highbreed Tree Monster was about to fall down and the Highbreed officer ask Ben's team to gather all the people and get out, only Ben's team got out and they didn't gather all the people.
- The Highbreed officer appears not to have been affected by the Omnitrix wave in War of the Worlds: Part 2. Of course, this may mean that not all Highbreeds' coloration or shape changed.
Naming and Translations
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Último Recurso | Last Resource |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Si Todo lo Demás Falla | If All Else Fails |
| Spanish (Spain) | Si Falla Todo Lo Demás | If All Else Fails |
| Hungarian | Ha más nem marad | If Nothing is Left |
Allusions
- "If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. "John Kenneth Galbraith
Trivia
- This is the second time Reinrassic lll has helped Ben defeat a Highbreed. The first being War of the Worlds: Part 2.
- One of Grandpa Max's stories (the one he finishes when the team saves him) is about Devin Levin, Kevin's father.