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Game Over is the sixth episode of the third season of Ben 10, and the thirty-second episode overall.

Synopsis

When Ben, as Upgrade, and Gwen get zapped into a Sumo Slammers video game, Ben soon has to deal with Gwen's superior gaming skills, while he also tries to impress his video icon in the game.^{[CN 1]}

Plot

On a rainy day, Gwen is bored and convinces Ben to let her play Sumo Slammer Smackdown. Ben and Gwen play the video game, but Gwen beats Ben at it. As a result, Ben takes Gwen's controller and makes her lose a life. He then transforms into Upgrade and merges with the computer, setting Gwen's score to 0. As Gwen tries to get Upgrade out, lightning hits the Rustbucket's satellite dish and sends them both into the game.

Gwen and Upgrade appear in the game. Upgrade is happy but Gwen is not. They are attacked by Robo-Sumos, but Upgrade merges with one and destroys all the others. Gwen says they should use Upgrade's power to get home, but before they do so, the Omnitrix times out, and Upgrade reverts back to Ben. 

Ben looks through the Omnitrix, but all of his aliens are gone. A giant chest lands on Ben and takes one of his lives. Ben and Gwen both have one life, and the chest transforms into a giant Robo-Sumo. They are attacked by more Robo-Sumo, but Ben sees a trunk and climbs to it. He gets a sword from it and fights the robots. Gwen obtains the game's manual and discovers a dojo that can be used to get to the next level. They ride it and are then attacked by different robots. Ben sees another trunk and discovers a token with a Four Arms icon that is inside it. Ben grabs it and transforms into Four Arms. Then, the protagonist of the video game, Ishiyama, arrives and asks Four Arms if he is a shapeshifter. When Four Arms says that he is, Ishiyama says that he is the villain of the game, Kenko. Ishiyama then knocks Four Arms off of the platform.

Four Arms jumps back up on the platform, but Ishiyama attacks him. They engage in a fight, despite Four Arms' protests. Gwen sees the battle and fights her way into it. Ishiyama is impressed by her fighting skills. Wanting to impress Ishiyama, Four Arms fights the robots, but he reverts back to Ben. Gwen leaps across robots and Ishiyama follows. The three leap to safety and Gwen pulls out the manual and discovers that Upgrade is in Level 13. Ishiyama says he knows a shortcut and Ben activates a trap, but Ishiyama stops it. Gwen realizes that Ishiyama doesn't know he's in a game and Ben sees a trunk. Gwen takes the token, which reveals a bow. Ben discovers many Omnitrix tokens, but one of them is a trap that shoots Ishiyama, causing him to lose a life. They get to a statue with a riddle and Ben discovers a token that is with a Cannonbolt icon, but Kenko arrives and grabs Gwen and Ishiyama. Ben transforms into Cannonbolt and attacks Kenko. Kenko leaves and his henchmen arrive. The three start to fight but then Grandpa Max wakes up and seeing the console on he proceeds to turn it off, he pauses the game which makes Cannonbolt and Gwen freeze, Cannonbolt realizes that Grandpa Max is using the controls and if he turns off the game, he will delete them, Cannonbolt and Gwen get scared and yell at Grandpa Max not to turn them off.

Max hears Cannonbolt and Gwen just in time, sits down and asks them to tell him that he is on a hidden camera show. Cannonbolt explains the situation, Max resumes the game and starts to read the manual. The three continue the fight, but Ishiyama loses another life due to Cannonbolt knocking him by accident. Gwen solves the riddle and breaks the statue, revealing a dojo. The three climb on and arrive at Level 13, where Kenko is waiting. Cannonbolt reverts back to Ben and he runs off to find the Upgrade icon as Gwen and Ishiyama fight Kenko.

Ben finds the Upgrade icon, but Kenko tries to grab it. Ben obtains the icon instead and Ishiyama attacks Kenko, but he is stabbed and begins to die. Ben transforms into Upgrade and battles Kenko. Ishiyama then appears and praises Upgrade as the best warrior. He then asks to be brought to the real world, but Max appears and attacks Ishiyama. Max uses a power-up to reveal that Ishiyama is actually Kenko and Upgrade merges with Kenko to destroy his armor, revealing a tiny creature. Upgrade brings Ishiyama back to life, who says that Max is the best Sumo Slammer. Upgrade merges himself and Gwen out of the game before reverting back to normal. Ben sees that all of his aliens are back in the Omnitrix, and Ben and Gwen go outside as Max continues to play the video game.

Noteworthy Events

Major Events

Character Debuts

• Ishiyama
• Kenko
• Ninja Warrior
• Robo-Sumos
• Sumo Enemies
• Kappa

Characters

Main Characters

• Ben Tennyson
• Gwen Tennyson

Supporting Characters

• Max Tennyson
• Ishiyama (first appearance)

Antagonists

• Kenko (first appearance)
  • Ninja Warrior (first appearance)
  • Robo-Sumos (first appearance)
  • Sumo Enemies (first appearance)

Other Characters

• Kappa (first appearance)

Transformations

• Upgrade (x2)
• Four Arms
• Cannonbolt

Naming and Translations

Language	Name	Origin
Croatian	Kraj Igre	End of Game
French	Partie Terminée	Game Over
German	Das Sumo-Slammer-Spiel	The Sumo Slammer Game
Greek	Τέλος Παιχνιδιού	Game Over
Hungarian	Játék Vége	Game Over
Italian	Ben e Gwen guerrieri sumo	Ben and Gwen Sumo Warriors
Polish	Game Over	Game Over
Portuguese (Br)	Fim de Jogo	Game Over
Romanian	Joc Terminat	Game Over
Spanish (HA)	El Juego Terminó	The Game Ended
Spanish (Spain)	Fin de Partida	Game Over
Turkish	Oyun Bitti	Game Over

Cast

Voice Actor	Role(s)
Tara Strong	Ben Tennyson Upgrade
Meagan Smith	Gwen Tennyson
Paul Eiding	Max Tennyson
Richard McGonagle	Four Arms
Fred Tatasciore	Cannonbolt Kappa Statue
Clancy Brown	Kenko
Keone Young	Ishiyama

Allusions

• Upgrade destroys Kenko's suit by first attaching to his right hand, crawling up from his arm to his face, and then down into his mouth as he screams, fading to black. This is a direct homage to a scene in The Matrix, where Neo's dream collapses when a mirror turns to liquid and travels across his body in the exact same way.

Errors

• When Ben hands Gwen the game controller, the Omnitrix is missing from his wrist.
• When Ben and Gwen begin to play Sumo Slammer Smackdown, the Omnitrix's dial faces the wrong way. It also almost always faces the wrong way when Ben and Gwen are trapped in the game.
• In a couple of shots, Cannonbolt's back is black and white instead of yellow.
• When Ben finds the Four Arms/Upgrade icons, he has to activate the Omnitrix to use them, but when he finds the Cannonbolt icon, he changes instantly.
• When Kenko talks about Upgrade, his left beard spike has incorrect shading for a frame.
• During the fight between Ishiyama and Gwen against Kenko, his shading is not well drawn for a frame.
• In one shot, Kenko's neck is completely dark blue.
• When Upgrade gives 1UP to Ishiyama, he has three lives instead of one.
• In one frame, Max's life brace is miscolored.
• The end credits misspell Ishiyama's name as "Ishyama".

Trivia

• When Upgrade turns himself into a ball to get himself and Gwen out of the game, he strongly resembles Cannonbolt in ball form.
• This episode served as inspiration for the online game Sumo Slammer Samurai.
• As shown on the Ben 10: The Complete Season 3 DVD, there is one deleted scene in the episode, where Kenko, in bird form, watches Ben and Gwen progress to Level 2 of the game. He notes that they are powerful and warns himself to be cautious.
• According to pop-up trivia from the enhanced version of this episode:
  • The storm was a result of the Anur System teleportation energy created by Dr. Viktor.^{[pop-up 1]}
  • The video game world enhanced Gwen's natural fighting abilities.^{[pop-up 2]}
  • Sumo Slammers is Ben's favorite game, book, and TV show followed by Space Pirates and Weird World;^{[pop-up 3]} this is slightly retconned in T.G.I.S., Ben states that he does not watch Weird World very often because it is on at the same time as Sumo Slammers.
  • Ben learned how to create a shockwave by clapping Four Arms from Tini,^{[pop-up 4]} presumably during the events of The Galactic Enforcers.
  • Ishiyama has the ability to "sumo-size" himself and grow larger for battle.^{[pop-up 5]}
  • Resetting the game would be like resetting existence for Ben and Gwen.^{[pop-up 6]}
  • Ben has a habit of making a bad first impression on adult heroes, like Tetrax and Xylene.^{[pop-up 7]}
  • Arburian Tortugans are built to spin, not to walk. This explains why Ben has a hard time staying balanced as Cannonbolt.^{[pop-up 8]}

References

Production Material

Backgrounds

Pop-Up Trivia

Cartoon Network

See Also

• Sumo Slammer Samurai (the online game based on this episode)

Ben 10 Episodes

Intended Order Production Order U.S. Airing Order Season 1 And Then There Were 10 • Washington B.C. • The Krakken • Permanent Retirement • Hunted • Last Laugh • Kevin 11 • Tourist Trap • The Alliance • Lucky Girl • A Small Problem • Side Effects • Secrets Season 2 Truth • The Big Tick • Framed • Gwen 10 • Grudge Match • The Galactic Enforcers • Ultimate Weapon • Camp Fear • Tough Luck • They Lurk Below • Dr. Animo and the Mutant Ray • Ghostfreaked Out • Back With a Vengeance Season 3 Midnight Madness • Ben 10,000 • A Change of Face • Merry Christmas • Benwolf • Game Over • Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures • Under Wraps • Monster Weather • The Unnaturals • The Visitor • The Return • Be Afraid of the Dark Season 4 Perfect Day • Divided We Stand • Don't Drink the Water • Big Fat Alien Wedding • Ben 4 Good Buddy • Ready to Rumble • Ken 10 • Goodbye and Good Riddance • Ben 10 vs. Negative 10: Part 1 • Ben 10 vs. Negative 10: Part 2 Movies Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix • Ben 10: Race Against Time • Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens Season 1 Washington B.C. • And Then There Were 10 • The Krakken • Permanent Retirement • Hunted • Last Laugh • Kevin 11 • Tourist Trap • The Alliance • Lucky Girl • A Small Problem • Side Effects • Secrets Season 2 Truth • The Big Tick • Framed • Gwen 10 • Grudge Match • The Galactic Enforcers • Ultimate Weapon • Camp Fear • Tough Luck • They Lurk Below • Dr. Animo and the Mutant Ray • Ghostfreaked Out • Back With a Vengeance Season 3 Midnight Madness • Ben 10,000 • A Change of Face • Merry Christmas • Benwolf • Game Over • Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures • Under Wraps • Monster Weather • The Unnaturals • The Visitor • The Return • Be Afraid of the Dark Season 4 Perfect Day • Divided We Stand • Don't Drink the Water • Big Fat Alien Wedding • Ben 4 Good Buddy • Ready to Rumble • Ken 10 • Goodbye and Good Riddance • Ben 10 vs. Negative 10: Part 1 • Ben 10 vs. Negative 10: Part 2 Movies Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix • Ben 10: Race Against Time • Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens Season 1 And Then There Were 10 • Washington B.C. • The Krakken • Permanent Retirement • Hunted • Tourist Trap • Kevin 11 • The Alliance • Last Laugh • Lucky Girl • A Small Problem • Side Effects • Secrets Season 2 Truth • The Big Tick • Framed • Gwen 10 • Grudge Match • The Galactic Enforcers • Camp Fear • Ultimate Weapon • Tough Luck • They Lurk Below • Ghostfreaked Out • Dr. Animo and the Mutant Ray • Back With a Vengeance Season 3 Ben 10,000 • Midnight Madness • A Change of Face • Merry Christmas • Benwolf • Game Over • Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures • Under Wraps • The Unnaturals • Monster Weather • The Return • Be Afraid of the Dark • The Visitor Season 4 Perfect Day • Divided We Stand • Don't Drink the Water • Big Fat Alien Wedding • Ben 4 Good Buddy • Ready to Rumble • Ken 10 • Ben 10 vs. Negative 10: Part 1 • Ben 10 vs. Negative 10: Part 2 • Goodbye and Good Riddance Movies Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix • Ben 10: Race Against Time • Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens