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* AllThereInTheManual: The credits call the narrator The Seer.

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* ButterflyOfDoom: The episode deals with Gwen obtaining the Omnitrix instead of Ben. Also, Vilgax survived the explosion of his spaceship unharmed.



* ForWantOfANail: The episode deals with Gwen obtaining the Omnitrix instead of Ben. Also, Vilgax survived the explosion of his spaceship unharmed.


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* NoodleIncident: What makes Gwen less willing to believe Ben’s story is the fact he mistook their Uncle Manny for Bigfoot at a family picnic.

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* BroadStrokes: While this episode isn't canon, the concept of Gwen being the one to find the Omnitrix in another timeline would be referenced again with other Gwen 10s.



* SmallGirlBigGun: A gender-inverted example. While the {{BFG}} Max used in the [[Recap/Ben10S1E13Secrets "Secrets"]] episode gets its barrell cut off, it's still quite big for the small 10 year old, Ben Tennyson whom uses the weapon against Vilgax ''twice''.

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* SmallGirlBigGun: A gender-inverted example. While the {{BFG}} Max used in the [[Recap/Ben10S1E13Secrets "Secrets"]] episode gets its barrell barrel cut off, it's still quite big for the small 10 year old, Ben Tennyson whom uses the weapon against Vilgax ''twice''.

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-->'''Ben''': Then why'd all this happen?\\
'''Grandpa Max''': The one thing I learned in all my years as a Plumber was "forget everything you've learned, because sometimes it'll never make sense."\\
'''Ben''': That ''wasn't'' really the answer I was looking for, Grandpa.



-->'''Gwen''' ''[nervously]'': Couldn't you just slip the watch off?
-->'''Vilgax''': And what fun would that be?

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-->'''Gwen''' ''[nervously]'': Couldn't you just slip the watch off?
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'''Vilgax''':
And what fun would that be?
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* DareToBeBadass: Max convinces Ben that he can still be a hero even ''without'' the Omnitrix.
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* BadassNormal: ''Ben'' becomes this thanks to the other characters getting the Omnitrix instead of him. Using the {{BFG}} Max used in the [[Recap/Ben10S1E13Secrets "Secrets"]] episode twice on Vilgax and taking quite the liking to it too.


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* SmallGirlBigGun: A gender-inverted example. While the {{BFG}} Max used in the [[Recap/Ben10S1E13Secrets "Secrets"]] episode gets its barrell cut off, it's still quite big for the small 10 year old, Ben Tennyson whom uses the weapon against Vilgax ''twice''.
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* ContinuityNod: Several. The first half of the episode is almost exactly the same as the [[Recap/Ben10S1E1AndThenThereWereTen first one]] (The only differences are that Gwen has the Omnitrix and Ben knows what will happen). The second half references the [[Recap/Ben10S1E13Secrets thirteenth episode]], specially Vilgax's pod, Max's energy weapon and him landing the RV on Vilgax's ship.

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* ContinuityNod: Several. The first half of the episode is almost exactly the same as the [[Recap/Ben10S1E1AndThenThereWereTen first one]] (The only differences are that Gwen has the Omnitrix and Ben knows what will happen). The second half references the [[Recap/Ben10S1E13Secrets thirteenth episode]], specially especially Vilgax's pod, Max's energy weapon weapon, and him landing the RV on Vilgax's ship.



* ObliviousMockery: Gwen gets the Omnitrix stuck on her wrist and turns into Heatblast. Ben, who remembers going through this before, warns her about the danger of using fiery powers in the middle of a forest. She immediately responds that only an idiot would set the forest on fire. Naturally, that's exactly what Ben did in the first episode.

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* ObliviousMockery: Gwen gets the Omnitrix stuck on her wrist and turns transforms into Heatblast. Ben, who remembers going through this before, warns her about the danger of using fiery powers in the middle of a forest. She immediately responds that only an idiot would set the forest on fire. Naturally, that's exactly what Ben did in the first episode.



* RiddleForTheAges: How and why did Ben undergo MentalTimeTravel to end up at back at the beginning of the series? The episode never bothers to explain it, and the rest of the show essentially acts as if this episode never happened.

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* RiddleForTheAges: How and why did Ben undergo MentalTimeTravel to end up at back at the beginning of the series? The episode never bothers to explain it, it and the rest of the show essentially acts as if this episode never happened.
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* RiddleForTheAges: How and why did Ben undergo MentalTimeTravel to end up at back at the beginning of the series? The episode never bothers to explain it, and the rest of the show essentially acts as if this episode never happened.
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* BrakeAngrily: Max slams on the brakes as a knee-jerk reaction when Ben first says Vilgax's name.


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* MundaneUtility: After resolving the initial conflict, Gwen starts using her alien forms for such things as overclocking her laptop, fishing, and bowling.
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* RetroactivePrecognition: Ben is somehow back at the beginning of Summer so he already knows what's going to happen. In a nice subversion, Vilgax attacks Earth not long after the arrival of the Omnitrix, something that didn't happen in the original timeline.

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* RetroactivePrecognition: Ben is somehow back at the beginning of Summer so he already knows what's going to happen. In a nice subversion, Vilgax isn't horribly maimed when the ship he was chasing retaliates, so he attacks Earth not long after the arrival of the Omnitrix, something that didn't happen in the original timeline.
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* BigNo: Ben shouts one after the Omnitrix ends up in Max's wrist.

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* BigNo: Ben shouts one after the Omnitrix ends up in on Max's wrist.

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* AlternateUniverse: One where Gwen temporarily got the Omnitrix and Max later obtained it.



* {{Callback}}: Several. The first half of the episode is almost exactly the same as the [[Recap/Ben10S1E1AndThenThereWereTen first one]] (The only differences are that Gwen has the Omnitrix and Ben knows what will happen). The second half references the thirteenth episode, specially Vilgax's pod, Max's energy weapon and him landing the RV on Vilgax's ship.

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* {{Callback}}: ContinuityNod: Several. The first half of the episode is almost exactly the same as the [[Recap/Ben10S1E1AndThenThereWereTen first one]] (The only differences are that Gwen has the Omnitrix and Ben knows what will happen). The second half references the [[Recap/Ben10S1E13Secrets thirteenth episode, episode]], specially Vilgax's pod, Max's energy weapon and him landing the RV on Vilgax's ship.



* InstantExpert: Gwen when she gets the Omnitrix is even better than Ben.

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* InstantExpert: When Gwen when she gets the Omnitrix Omnitrix, she is even better than Ben.Ben. For example, she automatically learns how to [[GemstoneAssault shoot projectiles]] as Diamondhead.


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* MentalTimeTravel: Ben travels to the beginning of the series but, because it's ''mental'', he doesn't have the Omnitrix.


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* RetroactivePrecognition: Ben is somehow back at the beginning of Summer so he already knows what's going to happen. In a nice subversion, Vilgax attacks Earth not long after the arrival of the Omnitrix, something that didn't happen in the original timeline.

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One day the day Ben got the Omnitrix replays itself...only for ''Gwen'' to be the one who finds it.
!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:

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[[caption-width-right:350:Déjà vu.]]

->''It’s
the most powerful thing in the universe. Now give it here!''

The
day Ben got the Omnitrix replays itself...itself... only for ''Gwen'' to be the one who finds it.
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it. To make things worse, Vilgax not only survived the attack on his ship unharmed but he has arrived to Earth to look for it himself.

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* BigNo: Ben shouts one after the Omnitrix ends up in Max's wrist.
* {{Callback}}: Several. The first half of the
episode contains examples of is almost exactly the following tropes:same as the [[Recap/Ben10S1E1AndThenThereWereTen first one]] (The only differences are that Gwen has the Omnitrix and Ben knows what will happen). The second half references the thirteenth episode, specially Vilgax's pod, Max's energy weapon and him landing the RV on Vilgax's ship.
* ForWantOfANail: The episode deals with Gwen obtaining the Omnitrix instead of Ben. Also, Vilgax survived the explosion of his spaceship unharmed.



-->'''Vilgax''': And what fun would that be?

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-->'''Vilgax''': And what fun would that be?be?
* WouldHitAGirl: Gwen tries to appeal to Vilgax's conscience by asking if he would really hurt a girl. Vilgax says he has "something much worse" in mind for her.

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One day in an alternate universe the day Ben got the Omnitrix replays itself...only for ''Gwen'' to be the one who finds it.

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One day in an alternate universe the day Ben got the Omnitrix replays itself...only for ''Gwen'' to be the one who finds it.
!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:



* LimitedWarddrobe: Ben throws several shirts identical to his own out of his suitcase while he's searching for a lost item.

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* LimitedWarddrobe: LimitedWardrobe: Ben throws several shirts identical to his own out of his suitcase while he's searching for a lost item.
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One day in an alternate universe the day Ben got the Omnitrix replays itself...only for ''Gwen'' to be the one who finds it.
* HypocriticalHumor: Ben keeps telling off Gwen for doing things he knows perfectly well he did in the past.
* InstantExpert: Gwen when she gets the Omnitrix is even better than Ben.
* LimitedWarddrobe: Ben throws several shirts identical to his own out of his suitcase while he's searching for a lost item.
* ObliviousMockery: Gwen gets the Omnitrix stuck on her wrist and turns into Heatblast. Ben, who remembers going through this before, warns her about the danger of using fiery powers in the middle of a forest. She immediately responds that only an idiot would set the forest on fire. Naturally, that's exactly what Ben did in the first episode.
* WhatIf: Gwen got the Omnitrix instead of Ben?
* WheresTheFunInThat: Vilgax has Gwen restrained and selects from a range of sharp-looking tools to forcibly remove it from her.
-->'''Gwen''' ''[nervously]'': Couldn't you just slip the watch off?
-->'''Vilgax''': And what fun would that be?

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