Khyber, aided by a booger-like Slimebiote named Skurd, attacks Ben and company, but the tables turn when Skurd gloms onto Ben.
Tropes
- Agony of the Feet: Ben and Skurd are able to escape a mutated Khyber’s jaws by making him step on this universe’s equivalent of giant LEGO bricks.
- Bar Full of Aliens: Khyber visits a hideout filled with all sorts of strange creatures in order to retrieve Skurd so he can use the Nemetrix.
- Black Cloak: Khyber dons one as he sneaks into the Plumbers’ headquarters to steal the nemetrix.
- Cross-Popping Veins: Skurd gets these when Ben tells him that just because he can be helpful, it doesn’t mean that he likes him.
- Department of Redundancy Department: When Rook reminds a distracted Ben that the Nemetrix is missing, Blukic and Driba both repeat him word for word much to his annoyance.
- Didn't Think This Through: When Skurd transfers himself over to Ben, he turns Ben into Humungousaur and then turns Khyber into Tyrannopede…Humungousaur’s biggest predator.
- Drunk with Power: Skurd becomes this when he latches on to Ben’s Omnitrix and has access to all its DNA.Skurd: I’ve never had so much power in all my slimy life!
- Everyone Has Standards: Khyber may be his enemy, but when Skurd suggests that they just let the Nemetrix corrupt his mind even Ben calls him out on how cruel it is.
- Facepalm: Max does one out of annoyance that no one besides Rook seems to be taking the Nemetrix’s disappearance seriously.
- Failed Attempt at Drama: Khyber stands above Ben and Rook, giving a dramatic speech about how destiny has brought them together for one last battle. Then Ben childishly throws his smoothie cup at him.
- Good Luck Charm: Ben finds a Tayden coin on the ground and thinks it’s lucky due to the sudden string of good fortune he experiences after pocketing it.
- Gretzky Has the Ball: Driba gets confused when Blukic tries to make a golf analogy.Blukic: Get it on the green for a…Driba: Touchdown!
- High-Pressure Emotion: Steam starts coming out of Max’s head and a whistling kettle is heard as Blukic and Driba continue to test his patience.
- Inconvenient Summons: Inverted. Driba and Blukic accidentally teleport Ben and Rook back to Plumber headquarters at the perfect time, right as Khyber was about to clobber them.
- Instantly Proven Wrong: Right after Rook is praising the merits of skill over luck, Khyber shows up just like Ben had predicted thanks to his lucky day.
- Iris Out: The episode ends with this, with Skurd getting stuck in the center.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: After successfully evading capture twice, Khyber is finally arrested.
- Loophole Abuse: Sapient beings can’t use the Nemetrix to safely transform, so Khyber has Skurd create weapons from its DNA files for him to use.
- Nose Nuggets: Ben switches between calling Skurd a booger and snot throughout the episode.Ben: Hey Khyber, how are you making your booger talk?Skurd: BOOGER?!
- Palate Propping: Khyber’s jaw gets pried open when he tries to swallow Ben (and Skurd).
- Puppeteer Parasite: Skurd is a parasite that feeds on DNA, can control its host’s movements, and is impossible to remove.
- Put on a Prison Bus: Khyber is finally captured and sent to jail.
- Shaped Like What It Sells: The Mr. Smoothie shop.
- Shout-Out:
- Skurd saying "Never fear, Skurd is here" is a reference to the catchphrase of Dr. Zachary Smith, from the TV series Lost in Space.
- The scene where Skurd exclaims, "I drink your smoothie. I drink it up!" is a reference to the 2007 film There Will Be Blood.
- Sidetracked by the Analogy: Ben confuses Rook when he asks Khyber if he’s already “plumb loco”.Rook: Crazy fruit?
- Skewed Priorities: The missing nemetrix doesn’t seem to be as high on Ben’s list of priorities as it is for everyone else.
- Split-Screen Reaction: How the rest of the characters are shown reacting to Ben messing with the unstable teleporter.Blukic: No!Driba: Yes!Max: Ben!Patelliday: That's not safe!
- Unfinished, Untested, Used Anyway: Ben uses Blukic and Driba’s unstable new teleporter several times throughout the episode to mixed results.
