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Trouble Helix is the sixth episode of the first season of Ben 10: Omniverse, and the sixth episode overall.

Plot[]

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Chromastone being shot by a laser weapon

Late at night, Khyber appears at Max's Plumbing and manages to sneak inside Plumber Headquarters after bypassing the security. Blukic and Driba are testing a new weapon against Chromastone. When the weapon malfunctions and the two start arguing, Chromastone yawns and transforms back into Ben, who then asks Blukic and Driba whether they are done testing the weapon on him in order for him to go home and says that he thought that Galvans were supposed to be the smartest beings in the universe. Blukic pretends to laugh at Ben's remark and says that while they may not look it. Driba says that they are still smarter than any human and prepares to fire the gun. Ben responds through saying that he has yet to see any indication that Blukic and Driba are smart and transforms into Cannonbolt. He continues to defend against the weapon and asks about the reason why the Plumbers had hired Blukic and Driba. Meanwhile, Khyber sneaks past them and enters a file room, inserts in a device, and plays the Helix file holo-display.

Once the file is played, it presents a flashback to five years ago on Galvan Prime where Azmuth and Albedo are working on something. Max comes barging into the lab, asking Azmuth to fix the Omnitrix which, as it turns out, has been malfunctioning so that Ben is stuck as a different alien every week. Azmuth says that he is not concerned, and it is low priority, telling Max to come back in two years. Max responds angrily that has not slept in a month. XLR8 enters the lab playing with Azmuth's inventions when he breaks one, Gwen arrives and tells Max that XLR8 insisted on seeing the lab. Annoyed, Azmuth reluctantly fixes the Omnitrix by climbing up XLR8's chest and slamming it, causing XLR8 to revert back to Ben.

Max tells the kids to sit outside of the lab while he talks to Azmuth and leaves Gwen in charge of Ben. She then taunts Ben, and he looks outside and groans. Suddenly, outside, something crashes from the sky and lands in a swamp on Galvan Prime, which turns out to be a heavily mutated Galvanic Mechamorph.

The Mechamorph emerges from the swamp, absorbs a Galvan soldier's jetpack, flies off to the city, and walks towards Azmuth's lab. Ben sees the explosion and wonders what is happening. Gwen tells Ben not to think about it, reminding him of Max's orders. Gwen assumes that it is some type of alien mardi gras. Ben asks Gwen if she believes that it is a parade and transforms into Feedback. Feedback stands and states that anything is better than being stuck there. Gwen threatens to report him to Max, but Feedback states that it had better be worth it and leaves into the city to see what is happening. The Mechamorph is destroying the buildings in the city and growls when Feedback attacks him. Meanwhile, Max exits the lab and tells Ben and Gwen that it's time to go home. Max searches the room and discovers that Gwen is still there, but Ben is missing. Max asks Gwen about where Ben is, which prompts Gwen to respond that she told him not to go.

Feedback, backed up by the Galvan military, and the Mechamorph battle as Feedback knocks the Mechamorph back with two punches, with the Mechamorph insisting that he will see Azmuth and he throws a chunk of a building's side. Feedback states that the Mechamorph will not as he destroys the chunk with a blast. Feedback then jumps up and projects a blast at the Mechamorph, which destroys a building and creates a cloud smoke, and he lands on the ground. After the smoke clears, the Mechamorph holds Feedback in a headlock and tries to take the Omnitrix, but Feedback throws the Mechamorph off and slams it into the ground. As the Mechamorph is unconscious, Feedback starts absorbing its energy, but the Omnitrix creates some beeping sounds, and he reverts back into Ben. After the Mechamorph regains consciousness and wakes up, the Omnitrix recharges and Ben attempts to transform into Diamondhead, but he transforms into Four Arms instead, saying that he would have preferred to transform into Diamondhead and then believes that Four Arms is useful as well. He then goes to fight the Mechamorph.

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Malware's debut

Four Arms and the Mechamorph battle once again. Four Arms throws the Mechamorph into Azmuth's lab and follows him. The Mechamorph blasts him with an eye blast through the many stories until he lands in the actual lab. The Mechamorph enters the lab after Four Arms reverts back into Ben, demanding Azmuth to give him an upgrade like he promised and knocks Max and Albedo away. Azmuth addresses the Mechamorph as Malware and tells him that it is not the way and claims that he needs more time, but Malware demands an upgrade immediately and states that there is no more time, and he has had enough of Azmuth's lies. Albedo states that he will be unable to understand Azmuth's unfinished upgrade and claim to be the only one, aside from Azmuth, who can complete the Helix which in turn is what Malware needs to fix himself. After Malware becomes angry and pulls his head towards Albedo, Azmuth says that the Helix is not finished and that he needs more time to help him. Malware, having no more patience with Azmuth and saying that his time is up, takes the incomplete Helix, kidnaps Albedo and flies away. 

The four run to the Tennysons' ship and Azmuth tells them that Malware will be going to the moon Galvan B. Max, Ben, and Azmuth enter into the ship, with Gwen staying behind, as there is no room for her on the ship to give chase to Malware. On the ship, Azmuth explains to Ben and Max that Galvan B was once like Earth's moon, but while he conducted an experiment that terraformed the moon, he created a new species called the Galvanic Mechamorphs in the process. The Galvans then gave the moon to the Mechamorphs, who built a peaceful civilization. After Azmuth shut down the Helix experiment that made Galvan B habitable, one Mechamorph came out of the process incomplete and corrupted. Azmuth created Malware, an incomplete and destructive Mechamorph who absorbed technology, rather than mimicking it. Azmuth has tried many times to help Malware, but his condition is very complicated. Azmuth intended to create a secondary Helix to be connected to the first. Ben is disgusted with Azmuth's refusal to correct his error in order to help Malware. Gwen then appears as a hologram and says that if anything goes wrong, there will be an explosion.

Arriving on Galvan B, the group discovers that Malware has sucked dry several other Mechamorphs. Azmuth says that he can save them using the ship. After Gwen asks Max about what she should do, Max instructs Gwen to assist Azmuth and retrieves Plumber equipment from the ship. He sees that Ben has wandered off after Gwen asks if he ditched him. Max tells Ben to wait and that they need a plan, but Ben states that he has a plan called "hero time". Ben then transforms into Heatblast.

In the main building, Malware rushes Albedo, who is working on the Helix, and continues to destroy the ground with his fist. Albedo bothers Malware with his bragging, which results in Malware threatening to end his life. Heatblast arrives and Malware tells Heatblast that the upgrade is his right. Before Heatblast can tell him about what Azmuth had said, Malware blasts him away with an eye blast, and the two fight. Max arrives and blasts Malware away with his weapon, telling Malware to keep his claws off of his grandson. Max tells Albedo to stop working, but Albedo says that if he does, Galvan B will be destroyed with them on it. The Helix emits a red beam and Albedo exits from it, claiming that even Azmuth would not have thought of that. Heatblast tries to pin Malware down, but Malware stretches his hands and begins to absorb the Helix, stating that he will be cured at last, and knocks Heatblast away when he tries to wrestle him down. Heatblast reverts back to Ben and he is comforted by Max. As Malware receives his upgrade and states that he feels his life code changing, Ben wonders about whether he has won.

Malware gets his upgrade, and he is destroyed. Ben begins to celebrate their victory through saying that they rule, which prompts Max to say that they were lucky. Ben questions Max about the luck that they had and states that Malware is defeated because of himself and the Omnitrix. Albedo reveals that he sabotaged the process to destroy Malware and taunts Ben, which prompts Ben to say that Albedo is getting on his nerves. Unfortunately, Albedo's plan backfires since Malware transforms into a red Mechamorph, stating that his upgrade has been complete.

Malware approaches the group and states that while other Mechamorphs upgrade technology, he absorbs the technology and upgrades himself. Malware grabs Max's blaster and absorbs it, stating that he shall upgrade himself with Azmuth's greatest creation. Ben looks at the Omnitrix and responds that he will not allow for that to happen. Ben then transforms into Cannonbolt and saves Max and Albedo from being blasted by Malware. As Cannonbolt rolls around Malware to avoid his blasts, Max tells Cannonbolt that the building is collapsing, but Cannonbolt says that he has a plan and goes off to fight Malware. After Cannonbolt rolls around the building, Malware blasts Cannonbolt with a weapon and pins him to a wall. He tries to tear off the Omnitrix from Cannonbolt with a hand that he generates from his stomach. Before Malware can do anything, the Omnitrix times out and Cannonbolt reverts back to Ben, who then manages to run away. However. Malware blasts the ceiling and buries Ben in rubble. After Malware digs through the rubble, he discovers that Ben secretly transformed into Diamondhead and emerges from the rubble unharmed.

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Diamondhead defeating Malware

Diamondhead and Malware fight as he dodges a blast from Malware's weapon and manages to knock Malware away into the Helix with two punches. After Diamondhead walks up to Malware, he shoots a blast at him, and Diamondhead jumps into the air and shoots Malware with crystals. Diamondhead then lands and protects himself when Malware blasts him with his weapon again. Diamondhead wrestles with Malware, stating that Malware should give up due to the fact that they will not be able to walk away from the battle, but Malware states that he is correct about that and blasts Diamondhead away with a weapon that he generated from his stomach. After Diamondhead tries to get up, Malware tries to absorb the Omnitrix and Diamondhead realizes that Malware can't get through crystal. He then forms a crystal shield over the Omnitrix symbol and encases Malware's body in it, paralyzing him. Malware says that he will be free and take over the universe, but Diamondhead encases Malware's head in crystal and reverts back into Ben. On Galvan Prime, a crowd of Galvan see the Tennysons off as they exit from the planet through flying in the Skipper.

In the present, Khyber copies and saves the file, along with all of the others, and exits from the base unnoticed. While outside, Khyber reunites with his dog and tells it that he has everything he needs, and no secrets are safe.

Noteworthy Events[]

Major Events[]

  • Malware's and the Galvanic Mechamorphs' origins are revealed.
  • Khyber infiltrates Plumber Headquarters and learns more about Ben's past and obtains data about him as well as the Helix files.
  • Driba and Blukic make their first non-cameo appearance.

Character Debuts[]

Omnitrix Alien Debuts[]

Minor Events[]

  • Ben meets Albedo for the first time.

Characters[]

Villains[]

Aliens Used[]

By 16-year-old Ben[]

By 11-year-old Ben[]

Quotes[]

Quotes


Driba: (groans) It's still not working right, Blukic. Set it on "stun," we get blast, set it on "blast," we get a low battery warning.
Blukic: The knob is on upside-down, Driba.
Driba : And whose job was that?
Blukic: Mmmmm, yours.
Driba: Was not.
Blukic: Was too.
Ben: Come on, guys. Are we done here? I thought Galvans were supposed to be the smartest beings in the universe- smart as in "figure out stuff quickly so Ben Tennyson can go home" smart.
Blukic: Har har, Ben Tennyson, we may not look it...
Driba: But we're still smarter than any human! (prepares to fire gun).
Ben: I have yet to see any indication of that. (Transforms into Cannonbolt) Why did we hire you guys again?


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Max: This is what I have been dealing with. The Omnitrix is malfunctioning, Ben has been trapped as a different alien every week!
Azmuth: Not my concern.
Max: I haven't slept in a month. (something blows up)
Azmuth: Hey!
XLR8: Oops... uh... sorry.
Max: Not so funny when he's messing your stuff, isn't it?
Azmuth: Hmm... very well. (walks up to XLR8, climbs up to Omnitrix and fixes it, turning XLR8 back into Ben)
Ben: Aw man, fun's over!


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Malware: Azmuth! I am coming for you! (throws a boulder at Feedback, but Feedback destroys it)
Feedback: You are so not.


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Ben: We rule! We totally rule!
Max: We got lucky.
Ben: What luck? Me plus the Omnitrix times crazy super villain equals total smackdown!
Albedo: (clears throat) Actually, I was the one who defeated him. By managing the power cycle of the two Helixes, I caused an overload just as the Mechamorph touched the control rods. Top THAT, Omnitrix boy.
Ben: You're really getting on my nerves now.
(Red electricity appears as Malware emerges from the ruble from where he stood in his new complete form)
Malware: Upgrade complete.


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Malware: I am complete.
Albedo: You have what you wanted. Now you're like the rest of the Mechamorphs.
Malware: (Laughs evilly) What I am now is so much more than they. I am superior!
Ben: Oh, boy. 'Evil speech of evil' time.
Malware: Evil? No... Visionary! I feel power building inside me. I see the world that only I can create. It was Azmuth who thought me flawed. He gave me the name "Malware". (Grabs Max's blaster and absorbs it) But I am not the flawed one. It is all the rest that are inferior. They bend and stretch, mimic and manipulate only what others have created. I do not upgrade others' creations. They upgrade me! (Points blaster at the group) And I will upgrade myself with Azmuth's greatest creation.
Ben: (Looks at Omnitrix) Dude, I can't even begin to tell you how much none of that is gonna happen. (Hits the Omnitrix).


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Malware: You haven't won. I will be free again, and when I am, all the Galvan System, all of the Universe...! (Diamondhead finishes encasing him in crystal then transforms back to Ben)
Ben: ...will thank me for shutting you up!


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Naming and Translations[]

Language Name Origin
Hungarian A Hélix Bolygó The Helix Planet
Italian Elica Problematica Problematic Propeller
Polish Helisa Zguby Helisa of Doom
Portuguese (Br) Problema Heliocoidal Helical Problem
Romanian Spirala Problemelor Spiral of Problems
Spanish (HA) Hélix Problemático Problematic Helix
Spanish (Spain) Problemas de Helices Problems of Propellers
Turkish Helix Sorunu Helix Problem

Cast[]

Voice Actor Role(s)
Yuri Lowenthal Ben Tennyson
Feedback
XLR8
Ashley Johnson Gwen Tennyson
Paul Eiding Max Tennyson
Blukic
John DiMaggio Four Arms
Eric Bauza Diamondhead
Driba
Albedo
David Kaye Cannonbolt
Heatblast
Khyber
Tara Strong Young Ben
Computer
Corey Burton Malware
René Auberjonois Azmuth
Soldier


Allusions[]

  • The title of this episode is an allusion to a Double Helix, a double stranded molecular structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).

Errors[]

  • When Chromastone reverts back to Teen Ben, some of the laser blasts clip through the wall next to him.
  • In one shot, Cannonbolt is smaller and Blukic and Driba are bigger than usual.
  • In one shot, XLR8's lips overlap the inside of his mouth.
  • During the first shot he appears in, XLR8's outfit doesn't cover the back of his feet.
  • After Azmuth reverts XLR8 back to Young Ben, the Omnitrix's dial is bigger than usual.
  • When Young Ben is about to transform into Feedback, one of the green dots stays on the outer rim of the core instead of being on the dial.
  • Throughout the episode, the Omnitrix's activation button appears on both sides of the dial.
  • When Feedback reverts back to Young Ben, the sound of 16-year-old Ben's Omnitrix can be heard.
  • In some shots, Four Arms doesn't have the stripe on his back.
  • In one shot, Malware's hands are covered in yellow instead of being all black.
  • When the Tennysons look at the sky of Galvan Prime, the back of Gwen's shirt is completely dark blue instead of pale blue.
  • During Heatblast's transformation sequence, his magma plates are white instead of red.
  • 11-year-old Cannonbolt's Omnitrix symbol is on his chest instead of his forehead.
  • When Malware shoots Cannonbolt, his back shell is missing.
  • For a few shots during Cannonbolt's fight with Malware, the episode takes on a lighter color palette.
  • When Malware grabs Cannonbolt's Omnitrix symbol, Cannonbolt has two mouths in one frame.

Trivia[]

  • The Omnitrix problem where Ben is stuck as a different alien mentioned by Max is similar to what Ben went through in A Small Problem.
  • This is the first episode of Omniverse which mainly focuses on 11-year-old Ben rather than 16-year-old Ben.

References[]

Matt Wayne[]

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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