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3	''Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens'' is a 2012 [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] film in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' franchise. It is the third for the original series (coming after the [[LiveActionAdaptation live action]] film ''Film/Ben10RaceAgainstTime'' and the regularly animated ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10SecretOfTheOmnitrix Secret of the Omnitrix]]'') and the fourth film in the series overall.
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5	The film takes place at the end of the original series where Ben is now back in Bellwood getting on with his life (as usual not particularly happy about it). During a fight with a tank, Ben is caught in the crossfire from Gwen's magic which affects the Omnitrix and causes it to go haywire more then usual. Tetrax comes to pick up Ben so Azmuth can fix it but en route they're attacked by a Galvanic Mechamorph hunter who's also looking for Azmuth. The malfunction from the Omnitrix cause Ben to teleport wildly around the world with the Mechamorph in pursuit, while Tetrax, Max and Gwen try to locate Ben themselves.
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8	!!The film has the following tropes:
9	* AesopAmnesia: Lampshaded.
10	-->'''Max''': Now that you're in the clear with your folks, I suppose there's still room in the Rustbucket for a weekend road trip.\
11	'''Ben:''' No, grandpa. I never should've run out on my parents. No point in saving the universe if you lose your family. I've learned my lesson.\
12	'''Gwen:''' You'll forget it again. But you've learned it.
13	* AlternateLandmarkHistory: Stonehenge was built as a Galvan practical joke.
14	* AncientAstronauts: It's offhandedly revealed by the Retaliator that Stonehenge was just a Galvan practical joke. He also says that the Egyptian pyramids are "Tetramand workmanship".
15	* AttackItsWeakPoint: All Tokustars have a weakness on their giant fins.
16	* BilingualBonus: Chain combos into StealthPun: The Tokustar species is based on Series/{{Ultraman}}, a popular Japanese superhero character. The genre of Japanese cinema/television Ultraman belongs to is called {{Tokusatsu}}. In other words, Way Big is based on a ''toku star''.
17	* CallBack: At one point, Ben brings up how [[Recap/Ben10S3E6GameOver he and Gwen got sucked into a Sumo Slammers video game.]]
18	* CallForward: At the end, [[spoiler:Azmuth comments that the Omnitrix was so overloaded with Mana (Gwen's fault) that he could pick up the readings from half-way across the galaxy. When Gwen expresses confusion on what Mana is, Azmuth implies that he knows about Gwen's true nature as an Anodite/Human Hybrid, which won't be revealed to Gwen until [[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce a couple of years later]]]].
19	-->'''[[spoiler:Azmuth]]:''' They haven't told you yet? Eh, you'll find out soon enough.
20	* TheCameo: Dr. Animo appears at the end to attack the Tennysons as they get ready to fight.
21	* ChekhovsGun: Tetrax's lecture to Ben on how to fight a Tokustar.
22	* CompositeCharacter: Way Big has his sequel design but is voiced by Fred Tatasciore.
23	* ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding: A freaking city! Also Ben's neighborhood is strangely quiet to all the noise of explosions and friends screaming in the middle of the night. Must be heavy sleepers.
24	* EekAMouse: Ben's mother when she sees Ben in his Gray Matter form.
25	* EntertaininglyWrong: After battling several of Ben’s alien forms, all of whom are wearing the Omnitrix’s symbol, the Galvanic Mechamorph comes to the conclusion that all the aliens he’s fought are part of an organized hit squad.
26	* {{Futureshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Azmuth mentions Mana to Gwen.]]
27	* {{Interquel}}: The film takes place between the original series and the sequels.
28	* LampshadeHanging: Gwen lampshades Ben's tendency to suffer from AesopAmnesia.
29	* LookBehindYou: Done to the Mechamorph when being asked about the Tokustar. Ben tells him that the Tokustar is right behind him. The Mechamorph falls for it.
30	* MistakenForOwnMurderer: [[spoiler:The Galvanic Mechamorph arrives on Earth to hunt down the Evil Way Big believing it to have killed his son, Azmuth. However, it is revealed that the Evil Way Big ''is'' Azmuth as a glitch in the Omnitrix transformed him into a Tok'ustar.]]
31	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Tetrax somehow gets the ability to lock Ben out of his human form.
32	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Gwen's magic spell used on Upgrade in the beginning of the movie is ''the source of everything bad that happens in the movie''. This gets lampshaded later on, as both Ben and herself say that it's her fault.]]
33	* NoNameGiven: The Galvanic Mechamorph[=/=][[spoiler:Azmuth's father]] is given no name in this film, with the best name given in outside media being "Retaliator".
34	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: While almost everyone has their original designs in this film, Way Big uses his appearance from both sequel series.
35	** The eyes on the character lose their anime-like design and look a tad more normal.
36	* PapaWolf: Max when Tetrax tries to explain what's going on. [[spoiler:As well as Azmuth's father when he thinks the Way Big killed his son.]]
37	* PoorCommunicationKills: The Galvanic Mechamorph [[spoiler:really Azmuth's father]] constantly keeps attacking Ben who tries to tell him he's just as confused as he is about where Azmuth is or who the Tokustar is. It isn't until he's fully subdued that he ''finally'' tells the group whats going on. [[spoiler:This trope also nearly comes into play when they find out the Tokustar ''is'' Azmuth.]]
38	** The ''entire film'' could be said to suffer from this, due to the fact that Ben doesn't tell Tetrax that he's ''grounded'', as well as not telling him that his watch is malfunctioning. Everyone calls him out for not being honest on ''either''. At least [[spoiler: Azmuth's father]] has the excuse that [[spoiler: the suit increases aggression, creating a lot of poor judgment]].
39	*** Even worse is that [[spoiler: Gwen is also a source of the trouble for not figuring out sooner that ''her magic screwed up everything in the Omnitrix''.]]
40	* ReunionShow: All of the original voice cast return for this one.
41	* RetCanon: The film was previously classified as non-canon, but Derrick Wyatt, the art director for ''Ben 10 Omniverse'', says that it's now classified as canon since the destruction caused by the battle between Way Big and the evil Way Big led to aliens being brought in to rebuild the area, where they established their own society of Undertown and Ben got Feedback sometime after the events of this film.
42	* RevengeBeforeReason: The Retaliator.
43	* RunningGag: Whenever the Mechamorph Hunter has Ben subdued and is answered that said alien he's looking for disappeared. He dismisses this with "Aliens don't just disappear". A second later Ben (in alien form) does (though mostly due to either teleporting or turning into a different alien.)
44	* ShapeShifterModeLock: Sorta, Tetrax programs the Omnitrix to keep turning Ben into different aliens but won't change him back to normal.
45	* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Way Big pretty much didn't do anything besides being clobbered.]]
46	* StatusQuoIsGod: Ben's parents see him transform into aliens but the memory is wiped from them at the end (remember they don't truly find out till ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'').
47	* TitleDrop: by [[spoiler:Azmuth's father]]:
48	--->"I will DESTROY ALL ALIENS!"
49	* YouAreGrounded: Ben's parent do this to him due to a mishap at school thanks to Omnitrix going nutty. Ben's disappearance is what causes Max and Gwen to get in on the plot after they phone Max. [[spoiler: At the end, when the parents are restored to normal from the accidental Omnitrix transformation. They conveniently forget about the punishment which frees up Ben to go on a weekend trip with Max and Gwen. Ben turns it down, having learned his lesson from the whole ordeal.]]
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51	!!Tropes in the ''Road Trip Rumble'' short:
52	* AttackReflector: Ben as Four Arms punches a mana ball Gwen launches at him, sending it back at her and knocking down the gas station sign when she dodges.
53	* CarFu: Gwen uses her powers to pitch semi trucks at Ben.
54	* EscalatingWar: Ben and Gwen's squabble starts with Ben poking Gwen and ends with Ben and Gwen shooting missiles and throwing trucks at each other, respectively. They rough house for ''keeps''.
55	* ExactWords: Gwen tells Ben to keep his two hands to himself when he won't stop poking her. He turns into Four Arms then insists he's keeping two hands to himself as he continues poking her with the other two.
56	* SeenItAll: Max's reaction to his grandkids turning the gas station into a war zone is to just sigh like they do this on a regular basis.
57	* SpiderTank: Ben as Upgrade turns the Rustbucket into a walking tank for his battle for Gwen, before shifting it into a full HumongousMecha.

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