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T.G.I.S. is the first episode of the third season of Ben 10: Omniverse, and the twenty-first episode overall. It also serves as a crossover with The Secret Saturdays.
Synopsis[]
The Secret Saturdays come to Bellwood to investigate a rash of chupacabra attacks.[CN 1]
Plot[]
The episode starts in the forest. The Secret Saturdays are chasing a small Chupacabra. They accidentally run into Ben as Shocksquatch and mistake him for a cryptid. However, it turns out Zak knows Ben clearly and they shake hands. The Saturdays then explain to Ben about the Chupacabras and that there are more. They ride the Saturdays' airship, where Zak shows Ben V.V. Argost's show on TubeUse, and it turns out Ben likes it more.
They are alerted that there is a Chupacabra attack at Mr. Baumann's store. Mr. Baumann doesn't allow Ben to transform, fearing that he might wreck his property again. Ben transforms anyway, promising that he will not wreck the store. Ben transforms into Terraspin and defeats the Chupacabras and they flee.
Later, it is shown that Dr. Animo is commanding the Chupacabras and that he revived V.V. Argost with a new body that somewhat resembles the Jersey Devil's. While Ben, Rook and the Saturdays are in Undertown, Argost attacks. Ben transforms into Kickin' Hawk and they fight Argost before he flees. Argost tells Dr. Animo that his new body isn't enough to beat Zak Saturday, after which Animo reveals that he has an entire army of cryptids and that his simple mind control can't control them. So, Argost uses his Anti-Kur abilities to control them.
Ben, Rook and Zak break into Dr. Animo's old lair but they are attacked by Munya. Ben turns into Heatblast and the group fights Munya, defeating him. They are suddenly alerted of an attack at the Saturdays' airship. They go back to the surface and find Argost and his cryptid army attacking the airship. Zak says they have to enter the airship to save his parents, but his parents suddenly arrive, telling Zak that they are okay. Argost sees this and attacks the Saturdays.
Dr. Animo enters the scene as well. Ben turns into Shocksquatch and with a giant electric attack, he defeats the army and times out. Argost continues to fight Zak while the rest of the Saturdays fight Animo and the Chupacabras. Animo decides to capture Fiskerton to do research on him and add him to his "collection" so the Chupacabras attack Fisk and wrap their tongues around his leg, pulling him to Animo's lab. Fisk fights back, but doesn't win. Meanwhile, Argost is about to destroy Zak when Ben transforms into Bloxx to send him flying. Zak says he needs an absorption alien or device. Ben tells him that he has an absorption alien. Meanwhile, Fisk escapes the Chupacbras and Komodo bites the control rods off of Dr. Animo's mind control helmet, and the Chupacabras turn on him. Ben transforms into Feedback and absorbs the power back from Argost, causing him to collapse.
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Four Arms and the Saturdays in a group picture
Afterwards, Zak asks for a picture with Ben as an alien. Rook remarks that people always like Ben's aliens while he and all the aliens in Undertown are real aliens. Ben says that Rook is still his best partner, after Kevin, and Gwen. Then, the Saturdays, and Ben as Four Arms, take a picture of themselves.
Noteworthy Events[]
Major Events[]
- Ben and Rook meet the Saturdays for the first time, while they knew Ben from the news.
- It is revealed that Ben 10 takes place in the same universe as The Secret Saturdays.
- V.V. Argost is revived.
Character Debuts[]
- Zak Saturday
- Doc Saturday
- Drew Saturday
- Fiskerton Saturday
- Komodo
- Zon
- Chupacabras
- V.V. Argost
- Munya
- Frankencryptids
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
- Ben Tennyson
- Rook Blonko
- Zak Saturday (first appearances)
Supporting Characters[]
- Secret Saturdays (first appearances)
Antagonists[]
- Chupacabras (first appearance)
- Dr. Animo
- V.V. Argost (first appearance)
- Munya (first appearance)
- Frankencryptids (first appearance)
Other Characters[]
- Gilford Bromley (cameo)
- K8-E (cameo)
- Mr. Baumann
- Plumbers
- Magister Patelliday (cameo)
- Bryk (cameo)
- Morty (cameo)
- Sock Vendor (cameo)
- Orange-Worst (cameo)
- Buzz (cameo)
Aliens Used[]
- Shocksquatch (x2; first time was an off-screen activation)
- Terraspin (cameo)
- Kickin' Hawk
- Heatblast
- Bloxx (off-screen activation; cameo)
- Feedback
- Four Arms (photo)
Quotes[]
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Naming and Translations[]
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Arabic | بالتعاون مع ساترداي | In Cooperation with Saturday |
| German | Die Saturdays | The Saturdays |
| Hungarian | T.G.I.S. | T.G.I.S. |
| Polish | Na Szczęście Jest Sobota | Fortunately It's Saturday |
| Portuguese (Br) | Até que Enfim É Sábado | At Last It's Saturday |
| Romanian | Secretele Familiei Sâmbătă | Saturdays' Family Secrets |
| Spanish (HA) | Gracias a Dios son los Sábados Secretos | Thank God It's The Secret Saturdays |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gracias a los Saturday | Thanks to the Saturday |
Cast[]
Continuity[]
- The events of The Secret Saturdays' series finale, War of the Cryptids, are mentioned several times, such as how Argost died after trying to combine Kur and Anti-Kur, and that Zak supposedly lost his powers.
- Animo says "Not again!" when Zon bites his antennae off, referring to It Was Them when Crashhopper ripped them off.
Allusions[]
- T.G.I.S. is a play on the acronym T.G.I.F. (Thank God It's Friday).[MW 2]
- The beginning of the episode mirrors the beginning of The Secret Saturdays.
- The Secret Saturdays' armor was inspired by the plugsuits from Neon Genesis Evangelion.[DJW 1][DJW 2]
Errors[]
- When the Chupacabras attack Mr. Baumann's store, a jar containing Aldebaran Beidafangs can be seen on the counter. However, the jar suddenly disappears when a Chupacabra is on its spot. After Mr. Baumann grabs Ben to prevent him from using the Omnitrix, the jar reappears.
- Argost knows that Zak is alive as soon as he is revived, whereas at the end of The Secret Saturdays, Argost killed Zak and Zak was only revived after Argost's death.
- In one shot, Argost's hand is white.
- The closed captions refer to Heatblast as "Heatwave".
- XLR8 and Cannonbolt are listed in the end credits despite not appearing in the episode.
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Trivia[]
- The episode's title is listed as T.G.I.S on the Cartoon Network website[CN 1] and Amazon Prime Video.
- In the U.K., this episode aired after While You Were Away.
- Aside from V.V. Argost, all characters from The Secret Saturdays are recast in this episode.
- It is revealed that the Saturdays once worked with Max Tennyson on a cryptid-related matter.
- The Original Series was referenced twice during The Secret Saturdays:
- In Guess Who's Going To Be Dinner when Dr. Beeman, in shock from what he believed to be a bona fide alien invasion, said "Sweet Galvan Prime!"
- In Van Rook's Apprentice where Dr. Animo, Hex and Enoch made brief cameos on a most wanted list.
- Originally, the Yeti was an individual creature stranded on Earth from another dimension.[pop-up 1][1] However, this is retconned in this episode, as it is revealed that the Secret Saturdays are from the Prime Timeline.[BTP 1]
- In the Original Series, Weird World was listed as one of Ben's favorite TV shows.[pop-up 2][2] This episode retcons that, as Ben states he did not watch Weird World very often as it was on at the same time as Sumo Slammers.[BTP 1]
- All the aliens turned to stone by the Chupacabras eventually turned back to normal after this episode.[DJW 3]
- This episode was planned sometime before Omniverse premiered.[YL 1]
- This episode aired late because production on the animation was delayed. The overseas studio sent in footage that didn't work and had to have certain shots redone.[MW 3]
- Jay Stephens, the creator of The Secret Saturdays, loved this episode.[JS 1]
- Dr. Animo mentions wanting to cross the world's only Fiskerton phantom with Owlman, however, the Owlman was accidentally killed by Doyle Blackwell (Zak's maternal uncle) in the episode The Owlman Feeds at Midnight of The Secret Saturdays, a fact that Dr. Animo appears to be unaware of.
- The scenes where Ben shows a crush on Drew were cut in the Arabic dub.
