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* TransformationConventions: After Ben has been introduced as a temperamental slacker, the first extraterrestrial the Omnitrix picks for him is Heatblast, a magma-based alien.
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* {{Wedgie}}: At the beginning of the episode, Ben ends up on the receiving end of one by the school bullies when he tries to help a classmate who was also given one. In the end, he returns the favor as [=XLR8=].
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* {{Wedgie}}: At the beginning of the episode, Ben ends up on the receiving end of one by the school bullies when he tries to help a classmate who was also given one. In the end, he returns the favor as [=XLR8=].[=XLR8=].
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During a Summer trip with his Grandpa Max and his cousin Gwen, 10-year-old kid Ben Tennyson discovers the Omnitrix, an alien watch-like device that lets him turn into 10 different aliens. This unfortunately makes him the next target of Vilgax, a galactic conqueror that wants the Omnitrix.
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During a Summer trip with his Grandpa Max and his cousin Gwen, 10-year-old kid Ben Tennyson discovers the Omnitrix, an alien watch-like device that lets him turn into 10 different aliens. This unfortunately makes him the next target of Vilgax, a galactic conqueror that wants the Omnitrix.
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During a Summer trip with his Grandpa Max and his cousin Gwen, a 10 year-old kid called Ben discovers the Omnitrix, an alien watch-like device that lets him turn into 10 different aliens. This unfortunately makes him the next target of Vilgax, a galactic conqueror that wants the Omnitrix.
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During a Summer trip with his Grandpa Max and his cousin Gwen, a 10 year-old 10-year-old kid called Ben Tennyson discovers the Omnitrix, an alien watch-like device that lets him turn into 10 different aliens. This unfortunately makes him the next target of Vilgax, a galactic conqueror that wants the Omnitrix.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap:
-->'''Gwen:''' ''(notices smoke rising)'' What's that?\\
'''Max:''' Looks like the start of a forest fire. We better let the ranger's station know. Probably some darn fool camper out there, messing around with something he shouldn't. ''({{Beat}}, he and Gwen share a panicked look)'' Ben!
-->'''Gwen:''' ''(notices smoke rising)'' What's that?\\
'''Max:''' Looks like the start of a forest fire. We better let the ranger's station know. Probably some darn fool camper out there, messing around with something he shouldn't. ''({{Beat}}, he and Gwen share a panicked look)'' Ben!
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The certainty with which Max asserts that Heatblast is an alien rather than a monster is an early hint that there's more to Max than meets the eye.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The certainty with which Max asserts that Heatblast is an alien rather than a monster is an early hint that there's more to Max than meets the eye. The Pop-Up Trivia even lampshades that this is our first clue to Max's secret past.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Ben tries to stand up for the kid getting picked on. Because there's one of him and two bullies, he ends up getting wedgied as well.
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* RealityEnsues: Ben tries to stand up for the kid getting picked on. Because there's one of him and two bullies, he ends up getting wedgied as well.
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** Grandpa Max's license plate spells, "[=S81Z1M=]", AKA, "{{ComicBook/Shazam}}".
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* MakesUsEven: Gwen saves Ben from a search robot, later on Diamonhead saves Gwen from being crushed by tree.
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* MakesUsEven: Gwen saves Ben from a search robot, later on Diamonhead Diamondhead saves Gwen from being crushed by tree.
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* RealityEnsues: Ben tries to stand up for the kid getting picked on. Because there's one of him and two bullies, he ends up getting wedgied as well.
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* {{Wedgie}}: At the beginning of the episode, Ben ends up on the receiving end of one by the school bullies when he tries to help a classmate. In the end, he returns the favor as [=XLR8=].
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* {{Wedgie}}: At the beginning of the episode, Ben ends up on the receiving end of one by the school bullies when he tries to help a classmate.classmate who was also given one. In the end, he returns the favor as [=XLR8=].
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**The space battle at the beginning is a reference to the opening scene of ''Film/ANewHope''.
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* PowersInTheFirstEpisode: Ben receives the Omnitrix and its ability to transform into the ten different aliens it contains.
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* MakesUsEven: Gwen saves Ben from a search robot, later on Diamonhead saves Gwen from being crushed by tree.
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* BodyHorror: Vilgax's injuries are not pretty.
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* VaderBreath: Vilgax has it in his healing tank, likely due to having a lot of internal bleeding and breathing issues due to his injuries.
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The fact that something similar to the Start X to Stop X example occurs IRL makes it count as truth in television.
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* StartXToStopX: Ben stops the forest fire he started by creating another one near it and letting both consume each other. Bonus points: [[GeniusBonus this is something firefighters actually do in response to forest fires]]!
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* StartXToStopX: Ben stops the forest fire he started by creating another one near it and letting both consume each other. Bonus points: [[GeniusBonus [[TruthInTelevision this is something firefighters actually do in response to forest fires]]!
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The certainty with which Max asserts that Heatblast is an alien rather than a monster is an early hint that there's more to Max than meets the eye.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ben is first introduced throwing a paper airplane at a teacher, then subsequently attempting to defend a classmate and getting a wedgie as a result. A bit of a troublemaker, but ultimately a hero at heart; Pretty much Ben in a nutshell.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ben is first introduced throwing a paper airplane at a teacher, then subsequently attempting to defend a classmate and getting a wedgie as a result. A bit of a troublemaker, but ultimately a hero at heart; Pretty pretty much Ben in a nutshell.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ben is first introduced throwing a paper airplane at a teacher, then subsequently attempting to defend a classmate and getting a wedgie as a result. A bit of a troublemaker, but ultimately a hero at heart; Pretty much Ben in a nutshell.
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* ForeignQueasine: Grandpa Max serves the kids marinated milworms and says that they are considered a delicacy in some countries. Gwen answers that they are considered gross in others.
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* ForeignQueasine: Grandpa Max serves the kids marinated milworms mealworms and says that they are considered a delicacy in some countries. Gwen answers that they are considered gross in others.
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* StartXToStopX: Ben stops the forest fire he started by creating another one near it and letting both consume each other.
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* StartXToStopX: Ben stops the forest fire he started by creating another one near it and letting both consume each other. Bonus points: [[GeniusBonus this is something firefighters actually do in response to forest fires]]!
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* ShoutOut: The title of the episode is a reference to the Creator/AgathaChristie novel ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone''.
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* BrickJoke: Right before the ending of the episode, Ben gets revenge on the classmates that bullied him before he started the Summer trip.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Stinkfly, Ghostfreak and Ripjaws make appearances as silhouette on the watch.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Stinkfly, Ghostfreak and Ripjaws make appearances as silhouette silhouettes on the watch.
* EyelessFace: Wildmutt doesn't have eyes and instead "sees" with his nostrils.watch.
* EyelessFace: Wildmutt doesn't have eyes and instead "sees" with his nostrils.
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* HumongousMecha: A giant drone attacks the campsite the team is at.
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* HumongousMecha: A giant drone attacks the campsite the team is at. It's big enough to grab Diamondhead
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* KillItWithFire: Ben stops the forest fire he started by creating another one near it and letting both consume each other.
* PlayingWithFire: Heatblast can create, control and is ''made'' of fire.
* RoboCam: Every robot shown has a red tinted vision with scribbles in an alien language.
* RockMonster: Diamondhead is made of a crystaline material able ot withstand extreme force.
* PlayingWithFire: Heatblast can create, control and is ''made'' of fire.
* RoboCam: Every robot shown has a red tinted vision with scribbles in an alien language.
* RockMonster: Diamondhead is made of a crystaline material able ot withstand extreme force.
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* KillItWithFire: JumpedAtTheCall: After getting the Omnitrix and learning what it can do, Ben stops thinks that with its help he could save people instead of screwing things up when trying to do so. A good example of this is his willingness to attack the forest fire he started by creating another one near it and letting both consume each other.
giant robot without any idea of what Diamondhead can do.
* PlayingWithFire: Heatblast can create, control and is partially ''made'' offire.
fire. Quite literally, he accidentally starts a forest fire while testing his powers.
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* SuperSpeed: [=XLR8=] is capable of running twice the distance that the RV took half a day to travel in less than 10 minutes. And he even has time to give wedgies to the school bullies.
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* TransformationTrinket: The Omnitrix itself lets Ben turn into anyone of 10 aliens.
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* TransformationTrinket: The Omnitrix itself lets Ben turn into anyone of 10 aliens.aliens.
* {{Wedgie}}: At the beginning of the episode, Ben ends up on the receiving end of one by the school bullies when he tries to help a classmate. In the end, he returns the favor as [=XLR8=].
* {{Wedgie}}: At the beginning of the episode, Ben ends up on the receiving end of one by the school bullies when he tries to help a classmate. In the end, he returns the favor as [=XLR8=].
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[[caption-width-right:350:Did someone order a MacGuffin?]]
->''And you say that this watch just jumped up and clamped onto your wrist?''
During a Summer trip with his Grandpa Max and his cousin Gwen, a 10 year-old kid called Ben discovers the Omnitrix, an alien watch-like device that lets him turn into 10 different aliens. This unfortunately makes him the next target of Vilgax, a galactic conqueror that wants the Omnitrix.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Vilgax loses both legs and his left arm in the explosion of his spaceship.
* AttackReflector: Diamondhead defeats the giant robot by using his body to reflect its laser back at its head.
* ClingyMacGuffin: The Omnitrix attaches itself to Ben's arm and he is incapable of getting rid of it.
* DescriptionCut: Vilgax says that no one will stop him from obtaining the Omnitrix. The episode then cuts to Ben making a paper plane.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Stinkfly, Ghostfreak and Ripjaws make appearances as silhouette on the watch.
* EyelessFace: Wildmutt doesn't have eyes and instead "sees" with his nostrils.
* FlyingSaucer: The giant robot has two UFO-like robots in its shoulders and sends them after Ben.
* ForeignQueasine: Grandpa Max serves the kids marinated milworms and says that they are considered a delicacy in some countries. Gwen answers that they are considered gross in others.
* HourOfPower: Ben's transformations only last for around 10 minutes and the Omnitrix needs to recharge after each one.
* HumongousMecha: A giant drone attacks the campsite the team is at.
* InsistentTerminology: Grandpa Max corrects Gwen when she describes Heatblast as a monster, saying that it's "clearly" an alien.
* KillItWithFire: Ben stops the forest fire he started by creating another one near it and letting both consume each other.
* PlayingWithFire: Heatblast can create, control and is ''made'' of fire.
* RoboCam: Every robot shown has a red tinted vision with scribbles in analien language.
* RockMonster: Diamondhead is made of a crystaline material able ot withstand extreme force.
* ScheduleFanatic: Gwen has a schedule for her vacation. Every activity has a unique color so as not to do one two days in a row.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Diamonhead can create spikes and blades out of his body.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Gwen figures out Heatblast is Ben when he calls her "freak".
* SuperSpeed: [=XLR8=] is capable of running twice the distance that the RV took half a day to travel in less than 10 minutes. And he even has time to give wedgies to the school bullies.
* TransformationSequence: Save for [=XLR8=], every alien's transformation is shown. Heatblast's also has Ben freaking out about it.
* TransformationTrinket: The Omnitrix itself lets Ben turn into anyone of 10 aliens.
[[caption-width-right:350:Did someone order a MacGuffin?]]
->''And you say that this watch just jumped up and clamped onto your wrist?''
During a Summer trip with his Grandpa Max and his cousin Gwen, a 10 year-old kid called Ben discovers the Omnitrix, an alien watch-like device that lets him turn into 10 different aliens. This unfortunately makes him the next target of Vilgax, a galactic conqueror that wants the Omnitrix.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Vilgax loses both legs and his left arm in the explosion of his spaceship.
* AttackReflector: Diamondhead defeats the giant robot by using his body to reflect its laser back at its head.
* ClingyMacGuffin: The Omnitrix attaches itself to Ben's arm and he is incapable of getting rid of it.
* DescriptionCut: Vilgax says that no one will stop him from obtaining the Omnitrix. The episode then cuts to Ben making a paper plane.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Stinkfly, Ghostfreak and Ripjaws make appearances as silhouette on the watch.
* EyelessFace: Wildmutt doesn't have eyes and instead "sees" with his nostrils.
* FlyingSaucer: The giant robot has two UFO-like robots in its shoulders and sends them after Ben.
* ForeignQueasine: Grandpa Max serves the kids marinated milworms and says that they are considered a delicacy in some countries. Gwen answers that they are considered gross in others.
* HourOfPower: Ben's transformations only last for around 10 minutes and the Omnitrix needs to recharge after each one.
* HumongousMecha: A giant drone attacks the campsite the team is at.
* InsistentTerminology: Grandpa Max corrects Gwen when she describes Heatblast as a monster, saying that it's "clearly" an alien.
* KillItWithFire: Ben stops the forest fire he started by creating another one near it and letting both consume each other.
* PlayingWithFire: Heatblast can create, control and is ''made'' of fire.
* RoboCam: Every robot shown has a red tinted vision with scribbles in analien language.
* RockMonster: Diamondhead is made of a crystaline material able ot withstand extreme force.
* ScheduleFanatic: Gwen has a schedule for her vacation. Every activity has a unique color so as not to do one two days in a row.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Diamonhead can create spikes and blades out of his body.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Gwen figures out Heatblast is Ben when he calls her "freak".
* SuperSpeed: [=XLR8=] is capable of running twice the distance that the RV took half a day to travel in less than 10 minutes. And he even has time to give wedgies to the school bullies.
* TransformationSequence: Save for [=XLR8=], every alien's transformation is shown. Heatblast's also has Ben freaking out about it.
* TransformationTrinket: The Omnitrix itself lets Ben turn into anyone of 10 aliens.
