Ben and Gwen are playing the Sumo Slammer video game and Gwen is beating Ben at it. Ben turns into Upgrade and merges with the computer so he can lower Gwen’s score. As Gwen tries to get Ben out, lightning hits the van and zaps them both into the game. They realize that all of […]

The Tennysons come upon a bizarre Christmas village in Death Valley, run by a Christmas-obsessed man (Mr. Jingles), who thinks Grandpa Max is Santa Claus and proceeds to trap him. As Ben and Gwen explore, they learn about a strange curse on the village, in which the village was frozen at Christmas, in the 1930s […]

Distracted by Ben and Gwen quarreling, Max almost hits a young camper named Gilbert on the road. They take the boy back to his camp, Camp Opinicon, only to find no one there. As they investigate the premises, they find two more children, twins named Andy and Mandy, who are hiding from something that caused […]

To teach Ben and Gwen the value of hard work, Max takes them to a family farm owned farmer Joan Maplewood in Dairyville, South Carolina. During dinner there, Joan’s son Todd tells Ben and Gwen of a mysterious mummy that had recently arrived in a flash of purple lightning that sparks their curiosity. The two […]

While visiting Washington, D.C., Ben confronts Dr. Animo, a disgruntled scientist whose Transmodulator can mutate living animals, and even resurrect dead ones, and eventually learns a lesson about what being a hero really means.

While traveling through a desert, the Tennysons’ encounter a group of modern-day pirates called the Road Crew attempting to hijack the deluxe RV of Laurence Wainwright. After stopping the Road Crew, the family makes a pit stop and Ben and Gwen start to complain about how the Rust Bucket doesn’t work right and isn’t nearly […]

The family ride a jet belonging to Grandpa Max’s old friend, Donovan GrandSmith, who owns an underwater resort in the Bermuda Triangle. At the entrance, they receive a warm welcome from Donovan himself, though they also meet with his grandson, Eddie, who doesn’t seem to be excited about their guests. When Eddie, Ben, and Gwen […]