[ CALLIOPE MUSIC PLAYS ] [ THUD ]
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ] >> [ GIGGLES ]
>> [ LAUGHS ] [ PEOPLE CHEER ]
>> STEP RIGHT UP AND SEE THE HIDEOUS CREATURE FROM THE DEEP!
COME INSIDE...IF YOU DARE!
>> COME ON.
CAN'T MISS THE FREAK SHOW.
>> SURE WE CAN. IT'S LATE.
AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMETHING GROSS IN A RUBBER
SUIT.
[ GROWLING IN DISTANCE ] >> SURE YOU DO.
[ GROWLING CONTINUES ] >> AAH!
>> TICKET, PLEASE.
IT'S $5 EXTRA.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
WE WERE JUST LEAVING.
OH! SORRY!
>> NO HARM DONE.
PLEASE -- TAKE ONE.
IT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
[ LIQUID BUBBLING ] NO.
IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
IT IS. IT'S YOU.
>> 5 BUCKS, PAL!
[ THUNDER CRASHING ] >> WHO IS THAT?
THE CARNIVAL'S CLOSED.
DO YOU HEAR ME?
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
>> WE ARE THE ESOTERICA.
WE STAND HERE TONIGHT AS LIBERATORS.
>> NO!
YOU STAND HERE TRESPASSING!
[ GRUNTS ] [ GASPS ]
[ PUNCH LANDS ] [ GROANS ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ] >> IT IS AS I SAID.
HE HAS RETURNED TO US.
>> THEN THIS IS INDEED A MOST HISTORIC DAY -- THE DAY THAT
MARKS THE RETURN OF DIAGON, THE KNOWLEDGE BRINGER.
[ THUNDER CRASHES ] >> [ GROWLING ]
>> Ben: THE FLAME KEEPERS CIRCLE?
>> Julie: YEP.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT TOOK SO LONG TO CONVINCE YOU GUYS TO COME
CHECK THIS OUT.
>> Ben: YEAH.
I'M...COMPLETELY DISINTERESTED IN A TOUR OF AN OFFICE BUILDING.
IT IS A PUZZLER.
>> Julie: ANYWAY, YOU'RE HERE, AND I'M GLAD.
THIS PLACE REALLY MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M MAKING A DIFFERENCE,
YOU KNOW?
>> Ben: MAKING A DIFFERENCE IS GOOD.
>> Kevin: THEY'VE SURE GOT A SWANKY SETUP.
WHAT DO THEY DO FOR MONEY, AGAIN?
>> Julie: THEY TAKE DONATIONS.
>> Kevin: SWEET.
ARGIT WOULD LOVE THIS PLACE.
>> Ben: SO, YOU SAY THESE GUYS APPROACHED YOU AT A TENNIS
MATCH?
>> Julie: THEY WERE EXCITED TO GET ME ON BOARD.
MY CELEBRITY CAN HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF THEIR ORGANIZATION.
>> Ben: YOUR CELEBRITY FOR BEING RANKED 173 IN WOMEN'S TENNIS...
OR FOR BEING THE GIRLFRIEND OF THE BEN TENNYSON?
>> Julie: FIRST OF ALL, I'M RANKED 83rd, AND I'VE ONLY BEEN
IN FIVE TOURNAMENTS.
>> Ben: I DIDN'T SAY YOU WEREN'T GOOD -- JUST THAT YOU'RE NOT
FAMOUS...YET.
ME, ON THE OTHER HAND...
[ ELEVATOR BELL DINGS ] >> Julie: DOES IT EVER OCCUR TO
YOU THAT EVERYTHING ISN'T ALWAYS ABOUT YOU?
>> Ben: NOT REALLY, NO.
>> BEN TENNYSON.
WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO FINALLY MEET YOU AND TO HAVE A CELEBRITY
OF YOUR STATURE VISITING OUR MEAGER OFFICES.
>> Julie: BEN, THIS IS CONDUIT EDWARDS.
>> Ben: CONDUIT?
>> A TITLE I HAVE THE HONOR OF HOLDING.
>> Julie: IT MEANS HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE ALIENS.
>> Ben: OHH.
>> Kevin: THE FLAME KEEPERS CIRCLE, HUH?
>> [ LAUGHS ] THAT'S JUST A SYMBOL OF WHAT
FLAME REPRESENTS -- KNOWLEDGE.
FIRE, THE WHEEL, THE CALENDAR, METALLURGY -- MILESTONES OF
HUMAN INGENUITY AND INVENTION.
OR WERE THEY?
>> Julie: THE FLAME KEEPERS CIRCLE BELIEVE THAT THOUSANDS OF
YEARS AGO, MANKIND WAS VISITED BY BENEVOLENT ALIENS, WHO GAVE
US THE BEGINNINGS OF TECHNOLOGY.
>> Ben: BENEVOLENT?
I GUESS ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE.
>> BEN, YOU OF ALL PEOPLE CAN APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE
IN THIS UNIVERSE.
>> Kevin: WHICH ALIENS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?
I KNOW A LOT OF THEM.
>> I'M SURE YOU DO, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE ALIEN IN
PARTICULAR -- THE KNOWLEDGE BRINGER.
HIS NAME IS DIAGON.
DIAGON PROMISED TO RETURN TO EARTH SOMEDAY, WITH THE
TECHNOLOGY NEEDED TO SAVE MANKIND FROM WAR, FAMINE,
DISEASE...
TO MAKE THE WORLD A UTOPIA.
>> Ben: AND THE FLAME KEEPERS CIRCLE ARE THE WELCOMING
COMMITTEE.
>> Julie: IN THE MEANTIME, THE KEEPERS DEDICATE THEIR RESOURCES
TO USING MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO HELP THE LESS FORTUNATE --
THINGS LIKE MODERNIZING SCHOOLS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES IN
UNDERPRIVILEGED COUNTRIES.
>> Kevin: IT'S A SHAME, AFTER ALL THIS TIME, HE NEVER MANAGED
TO MAKE IT BACK.
YOU DON'T SUPPOSE HE'S, YOU KNOW -- "CKKK!"?
>> I CAN PERSONALLY ASSURE YOU HE'S ALIVE.
>> Ben: HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE?
>> AS A CONDUIT, I AM PRIVY TO SECRET KNOWLEDGE.
>> Kevin: YOU MEAN LIKE WHAT'S BEHIND THIS AWESOME DOOR?
>> [ CHUCKLES ] FOR EXAMPLE.
NOW, IF YOU DON'T MIND, THIS WAY, PLEASE.
>> Julie: THAT'S CONDUIT'S CHAMBER.
IT'S PRIVATE.
>> Kevin: THAT'S WHERE HE KEEPS THE DONATIONS HE BILKS OUT OF
THE SUCKERS.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IN MAN'S NATURE TO BE SKEPTICAL,
BUT TRUST ME WHEN I SAY DIAGON IS COMING.
THE NEW AGE OF MANKIND IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.
I'D LOVE TO BRING THE BEN TENNYSON ON BOARD WITH OUR
CAUSE.
>> Ben: UH...
>> Kevin: DON'T THINK YOU SCORED ANY POINTS WITH JULIE BACK
THERE.
>> Julie: OKAY, SO YOU'RE NOT INTO IT.
I GET IT. THAT'S FINE.
BUT DID YOU HAVE TO LAUGH IN HIS FACE?!
>> Ben: JULIE, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
SOMETIMES I LAUGH INAPPROPRIATELY IN AWKWARD
SITUATIONS.
>> Julie: YOU'RE A TERRIBLE BOYFRIEND!
>> Ben: [ LAUGHS ] >> Julie: I'M NOT TALKING TO
YOU.
>> Kevin: IN BEN'S DEFENSE, YOU'RE WAY TOO SMART TO BE
BUYING INTO THIS JUNK.
>> Julie: WHICH JUNK IS THAT, KEVIN?
THE "USING TECHNOLOGY TO HELP PEOPLE" JUNK OR MAYBE THE
"MODERNIZING OF HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS" JUNK?
SO WHAT IS IT -- THE EXISTENCE OF ALIENS?
>> Kevin: WELL...
>> Julie: OH, RIGHT -- BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER SEEN ALIENS BEFORE.
HOW MANY DIFFERENT ALIENS CAN YOU TURN INTO NOW?
50?
>> Ben: 63.
>> Julie: AND YET, BELIEVING IN ALIENS IS LAUGHABLE?
>> Ben: SAY DIAGON IS REAL.
IT STILL WOULDN'T BE RIGHT TO USE HIS ALIEN TECH TO CHANGE THE
PLANET.
>> Kevin: BEN'S RIGHT.
THEY GOT RULES FOR THAT STUFF.
>> Julie: I SEE -- SO ONLY YOU'RE ALLOWED TO USE ALIEN
TECH THE SAVE THE WORLD.
>> Ben: RIGHT.
I-I MEAN, NO!
THAT'S NOT -- >> Julie: NEVER MIND.
LET'S JUST DROP IT.
>> Ben: JULIE, I -- LOOK, YOU SAID THERE'S SOME SORT
OF MEMBERS MEETING TONIGHT?
>> Kevin: MORE TECH TALK WITH CONDUIT?
>> Julie: FORGET IT.
I THOUGHT I WANTED YOU HERE, BUT NOW I THINK IT'S BEST IF YOU
JUST LEAVE.
>> Ben: JULIE!
>> Kevin: I'D LET HER COOL DOWN FIRST.
>> Gwen: WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?
>> Ben: TALK ABOUT WHAT?
>> Kevin: THE JULIE THING.
>> Ben: I KNOW!
SHE'S DOING VOLUNTEER WORK FOR A CROOKED ORGANIZATION, AND SHE
CAN'T EVEN SEE IT.
>> Gwen: COME ON, GUYS.
GIVE JULIE SOME CREDIT.
SHE'S NOT A DOPE.
>> Ben: TRUE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN SHE CAN'T GET IN OVER HER
HEAD.
>> Gwen: WITH A CHARITY GROUP?
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
>> Ben: HER HEART'S IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT THAT GUY REMINDS ME
OF A USED-CAR SALESMAN.
[ ALL GASP ] >> Kevin: EVEN IF THESE GUYS
WERE LEGIT, THEIR MISSION GOES AGAINST PLUMBER RULES AND
INTERSTELLAR LAW.
>> Gwen: YOU THINK THEY REALLY HAVE ACCESS TO ALIEN TECH?
>> Kevin: DOUBT IT.
SMELLS MORE LIKE A MULTILEVEL MARKETING SCAM.
GETTING YOUR SUCKERS TO GET MORE SUCKERS -- CHARITY FOR PROFIT.
>> Ben: YEAH, CONDUIT WOULDN'T KNOW ALIEN TECH IF IT WAS
STARING HIM RIGHT IN THE FACE.
[ BEEPING ] >> Gwen: SPEAKING OF ALIEN TECH,
LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A LEAD ON THAT STOLEN PLUMBER SHIP.
>> Ben: STOLEN PLUMBER SHIP?
>> Gwen: GRANDPA MAX CALLED WHILE YOU WERE GETTING YOUR
BURGER AND A SIDE OF SULK.
>> Kevin: THE SHIP GOT JACKED ON A ROUTINE RUN OF THIS QUADRANT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY WE SKIP DESSERT AND DO A LITTLE FOLLOW-UP?
>> Ben: YOU GUYS CAN HANDLE IT WITHOUT ME, RIGHT?
>> Gwen: HAVE SOME APOLOGIZING TO DO?
>> Ben: ONLY IF I'M WRONG.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ] >> ANOTHER AMAZING NIGHT.
BIG CHANGES ARE COMING SOON.
[ ELEVATOR BELL DINGS ] [ MUZAK PLAYS ]
[ ELEVATOR BELL DINGS ] [ DOORS OPEN ]
>> Ben: [ GRUNTING ] [ GASPS ]
>> I WAS WONDERING WHEN YOU WOULD FIND ME.
>> Ben: VILGAX?
HOW CAN YOU BE HERE?!
>> Vilgax: THESE DAYS, THEY CALL ME THE DIAGON.
>> Ben: I DON'T CARE WHO THESE PEOPLE THINK YOU ARE.
I KNOW THE TRUTH.
>> Vilgax: BUT HOW CAN IT BE?
I CAN SEE YOUR TINY HUMAN BRAIN STRUGGLING TO COMPREHEND THE
IMPOSSIBLE.
>> Ben: VILGAX, CONQUEROR OF 10 WORLDS, LIVING IN A FISH TANK IN
THE V.I.P. ROOM OF A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT SANTA
DRIVES A U.F.O.
IT'S A MYSTERY, ALL RIGHT.
>> Vilgax: I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD.
OUR LAST BATTLE -- THE TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
BUT JUST AS YOU SURVIVED, SO DID I.
RATHER THAN BEING DESTROYED, I WAS LOST TO THE SEA.
TOO WEAK TO REVERT TO MY NORMAL FORM, I EVENTUALLY WASHED UP
ONSHORE...
[ GROANING ] ...AND WAS SOLD TO A TRAVELING
CARNIVAL.
DESPITE THE INDIGNITY OF MY SITUATION, IT DID PROVIDE ME
WITH FOOD, SHELTER, AND TIME TO REGAIN MY STRENGTH.
RECENTLY, I WAS LIBERATED BY THIS COLLECTION OF BUFFOONS --
THE ESOTERICA.
>> Ben: THE FLAME KEEPERS CIRCLE.
AND THIS DIAGON THEY'RE SO OBSESSED WITH JUST HAPPENS TO BE
SOME KIND OF SPACE SQUID, TOO.
>> Vilgax: A MOST FORTUITOUS COINCIDENCE, WOULD YOU NOT
AGREE?
>> Ben: SO NOW YOU'RE A PROPHECY MADE TO ORDER -- THEIR OLD ALIEN
PAL FINALLY MAKING HIS PROMISED RETURN.
>> Vilgax: "ALL HAIL DIAGON!" THEY'D DO ANYTHING FOR ME.
WHY, THEY JUST ACQUIRED FOR ME A CLASS 7 INTERSTELLAR SHIP.
>> Ben: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT?
>> Vilgax: MY FOLLOWERS THINK I'LL USE IT TO FETCH SOME
GLORIOUS ALIEN TECH STASHED ON A NEARBY MOON.
INSTEAD, I WILL FIND PSYPHON, REGAIN MY LOST POWERS, THEN
RETURN HOME TO RULE MY EMPIRE.
>> Ben: YOU DON'T HAVE AN EMPIRE, GENIUS.
IT FELL AFTER EVERYBODY HEARD YOU WERE DEAD.
>> Vilgax: [ ROARS ] >> Ben: YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.
WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY, THE MICE WILL PLAY.
>> Vilgax: THOSE WHO RESIST MY RULE WILL BE WASHED AWAY IN THE
TIDE OF BATTLE!
MY EMPIRE WILL RISE AGAIN!
>> Ben: YEAH, ABOUT THAT -- NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
>> Vilgax: GUARDS!
THIS INTRUDER IS AN ENEMY OF DIAGON!
>> Ben: [ GRUNTS ] >> Vilgax: YOU CANNOT STOP THE
FOLLOWERS OF DIAGON WITH DOORS.
>> Ben: I KNOW THIS LOOKS BAD, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE ME --
THIS GUY IS NOT DIAGON.
HE'S AN IMPOSTOR.
HIS NAME IS VILGAX, AND -- >> ENOUGH LIES!
YOU ARE AN ENEMY OF THE FLAME.
>> Ben: [ GRUNTS ] HOW ARE YOU GUYS --
AAH!
IF YOU'RE NOT PLAYING BY THE RULES, THEN WHY SHOULD I?
[ BEEP ] >> Big Chill: BIG CHILL!
>> Vilgax: BEWILDERING, ISN'T IT?
[ BEEP ] >> Ultimate Big Chill: ULTIMATE
BIG CHILL!
>> THAT'S ENOUGH, TENNYSON.
>> Julie: I'M SORRY, BEN. I -- >> GIVE UP, OR I'LL LOSE JULIE
IN BETWEEN DIMENSIONS.
>> Julie: [ GRUNTS ] [ GASPS ]
AAH!
>> WHAT WILL IT BE, TENNYSON?
>> Ultimate Big Chill: ALL RIGHT.
YOU WIN.
[ BEEP, BEEP ] >> Ben: I DID WHAT YOU WANTED.
LET HER GO.
>> Julie: IT'S OKAY.
HE WASN'T REALLY GOING TO HURT ME.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, BEN.
SHE WASN'T MY HOSTAGE.
SHE WAS MY ACCOMPLICE.
>> Ben: JULIE, YOU -- WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!
>> Julie: IT WAS THE ONLY WAY I COULD GET BIG CHILL TO CHILL
OUT.
>> Ben: YOU ARE FIGHTING ON THE WRONG SIDE HERE!
THESE PEOPLE ARE DANGEROUS!
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!
>> Julie: YOU'RE THE ONE MISSING IT.
WE DON'T NEED TO FIGHT.
THE STORIES WERE REAL.
DIAGON IS BACK, AND HE'S GOING TO BRING US THE TECHNOLOGY
NEEDED TO HEAL THE WORLD.
>> Ben: JULIE, NO!
STAY AWAY FROM HIM!
>> Julie: HE'S NOT GOING TO HURT ME.
HE'S ABOUT TO BRING A NEW GOLDEN AGE TO ALL HUMANITY.
NO SICKNESS, NO WAR.
DON'T YOU SEE?
>> Vilgax: HE SEES ALL TOO WELL, CHILD.
HE SEES A WORLD WHERE HE'S NO LONGER SPECIAL -- A HEALTHY,
SAFE WORLD WHERE HE IS NO LONGER NEEDED.
>> THAT IS THE REAL REASON HE STANDS IN OUR WAY.
>> Julie: BEN'S NOT LIKE THAT.
IF YOU JUST LET ME EXPLAIN IT TO HIM...
>> Ben: THIS ISN'T ABOUT ME AT ALL.
EVEN IF DIAGON WAS REAL, USING ALIEN TECHNOLOGY TO ACCELERATE
A PLANET'S NATURAL DEVELOPMENT WON'T BRING UTOPIA.
IT'LL BRING DISASTER.
IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.
WHY DO YOU THINK THE PLUMBERS HAVE THOSE LAWS?
BUT EVEN THAT'S NOT THE POINT, BECAUSE THAT ISN'T DIAGON!
HIS NAME IS VILGAX.
HE'S NOT A HERO.
HE'S A SELFISH, EVIL WARLORD, WHO'S USING YOU.
AND IF YOU LET HIM GET IN HIS SHIP, HE'S GOING TO FLY OFF AND
START AN INTERSTELLAR CIVIL WAR.
>> Julie: THAT'S VILGAX?
YOU'RE TELLING THE TRUTH?
>> Kevin: MOSTLY.
EXCEPT FOR THE "FLYING OFF" PART.
THAT SHIP ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE WITHOUT ITS PULSE CORE.
>> Vilgax: HOW CAN THIS BE?
>> Gwen: WE HAD JUST TRACKED DOWN THE STOLEN PLUMBER SHIP
WHEN BEN OPENED A COMMUNICATIONS LINK SO WE COULD HEAR YOUR
PLANS.
>> Kevin: HENCE MY CUSTOM MODIFICATION TO THE PULSE CORE.
[ BLOWS ] >> Vilgax: THESE INFIDELS MUST
NOT BE ALLOWED TO INTERFERE WITH EARTH'S GLORIOUS REBIRTH!
>> YOU HEARD DIAGON.
ATTACK!
>> Ben: LITTLE HELP?
>> Kevin: ON IT!
>> Gwen: TRICKY.
>> YOU COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF US.
YOU COULD HAVE HELPED US SAVE THE WORLD.
>> Julie: THE WORLD NEEDS SAVING, ALL RIGHT --
FROM CREEPS LIKE YOU!
>> Vilgax: ENOUGH!
DESTROY THE BOY!
DESTROY BEN TENNYSON!
>> Ben: JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'M STARTING TO TAKE THIS
PERSONALLY.
[ BEEP ] >> Echo Echo: ECHO ECHO!
[ SHRIEKS ] [ FLAME KEEPERS GROANING ]
>> Julie: I HATE WHEN HE DOES THIS!
>> Gwen: WHAT?!
>> AAAAAAH!
>> Vilgax: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
[ ALL SCREAM ] [ BEEP ]
>> Ben: VILGAX!
>> Vilgax: [ CHOKING, MOANING ] WATER!
>> SAVE DIAGON!
SAVE THE KNOWLEDGE BRINGER!
>> Ben: I'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON YOU.
THERE'S NO WAY I'M LETTING YOU GET OFF THE EARTH.
>> Kevin: BETTER KEEP YOUR NOSE CLEAN.
>> Gwen: OR WE'LL BE BACK.
>> Kevin: DOES HE EVEN HAVE A NOSE?
>> Julie: I WAS WRONG ABOUT VILGAX, BUT YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT
KEEPING ALIEN TECHNOLOGY OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE IT COULD
HELP.
>> Ben: WE COULD ALL ARGUE ABOUT IT SOME MORE OVER DINNER.
>> Kevin: I NEVER DID GET MY DESSERT.
>> Julie: FINE.
BUT NO SEAFOOD.
>> WHAT IF TENNYSON IS TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT DIAGON?
>> WE ARE THE FLAME KEEPERS CIRCLE!
WE DO NOT DOUBT.
WE'LL FIND YOU ANOTHER SHIP, AND THEN THE NONBELIEVERS WILL SEE
HOW DIAGON THE KNOWLEDGE BRINGER WILL TRANSFORM THE EARTH INTO A
BETTER PLACE.
>> Vilgax: YES.
WHEN I'M DONE WITH THIS PLANET, YOU WON'T RECOGNIZE IT.