History Fanfic / EgyptOnAnurKhufos

* HeroesPreferSwords: Ben uses the pharaoh's ''khopesh'' to sabotage his shield generator, and arms himself with it to fight Captain Drexel during his escape. Elastamun is given a similar sword for the battle.

* DoingInTheWizard: Minor example when Ben asks how Undyyne is able to make energy spears. Initially it's played up as magic like her counterpart from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', but she explains at the end that they come from an implant that can create HardLight constructs by thought, if on a limited scale.
* DramaticUnmask: [[spoiler: When Ben (as Ghostfreak) forces Rehk'Set to remove all his clothes and possessions, then his mask that made him look like an actual Thep Khufan. Taken further when doing this [[BalefulPolymorph turns him back into a human mummy]], and the mask itself shatters, [[SealedEvilInACan releasing the god of chaos]] who had used it to bond with his host.]]

* CoolSword: Ben uses the pharaoh's ''khopesh'' to sabotage his shield generator, and arms himself with it to fight Captain Drexel during his escape. Elastamun is given a similar sword for the battle.

* Mummy: Thep Khufans are a variant on this, being no more than a mask-like head that sprouts organic bandages to form bodies. [[spoiler: Rehk'Set transforms into a straight example when he takes off his mask.]]

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The epilogue shows Elastamun and his new girlfriend Neferti tying up loose ends on Earth and spending a week-long vacation in Egypt, before returning to Anur Khufos for a new life together. The Tennysons' adventure is also recorded in statues and murals.

* TheCity: Mos Isis, a thriving city whose inhabitants are allied with the resistance.

* {{Expy}}:
** The four Golden Guard leaders are direct send-ups of Rapses' guardians from ''WesternAnimation/MummiesAlive''
** A Piscciss Volann soldier named Undyyne derives from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''.

* VoiceOfTheResistance: When the resistance finds a security room in the palace, Elastamun hijacks the pharaoh's video network to reveal the pharaoh's plans to the public, and promises the people that they will be free by sunrise.

* HigherTechSpecies: The Transylians, Frankenstein-like aliens who recently introduced some of their technology to the Thep Khufans to rebuild their society after the Ectonurites enslaved it.

** The four Golden Guard leaders are direct send-ups of Ri

* TransformationSequence: The Golden Guard does this once Ben takes out the shield around the pharoah's palace. Marnor even jokes about how similar it is to how Ben uses the Omnitrix.

** The four Golden Guard leaders are direct send-ups of Rapses' guardians in ''WesternAnimation/MummiesAlive'', and Ben even tells them this similarity at the end of the story, having previously watched the actual cartoon.
** Similarly, the soldier Undyyne is basically the same character from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', as a Ripjaws alien.
* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler: Rehk'Set has Valensen burned alive by a pyronite early in the story. Elastamun doesn't know this until the climax when the pharaoh [[WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied taunts him over it]].]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Just before Valensen [[spoiler: is hauled downstairs to be incinerated]], he tells the pharaoh that Set must possess him to have such a twisted idea of saving the planet. [[spoiler: Turns out, he was right.]]
* GodsHandsAreTied: Downplayed. The reason for Anur Khufos' weak culture is due to [[spoiler: the gods having decided not to appear to them for some time, on the grounds that they wanted to Anur Khufos to recover on its own after freeing it from the Ectonurites. They add that the existence of [[AllMythsAreTrue other powerful aliens on Earth posing as gods]] and Egypt forgetting its old culture was why the Egyptian gods didn't return to Earth. It's only by Gwen and Raht alerting them to Set's actions in the present that they finally show up at the end.]]
* GoldColoredSuperiority: The royalty and Golden Guard wear gold-colored ornaments and ornate headdresses. The latter also gain GoldenSuperMode when changing into their powered forms. [[spoiler: Ra also appears entirely golden at the end.]]
* GossipyHens: Valerian and Rel'Hathor, a pair of servants in the palace. Ben takes advantage of this when the former kidnaps him upon breaking in.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: Set up by the resistance, by [[ChekovsGun hacking some of the drones]] to broadcast the pharaoh's actions over the planet's video network.

* ScienceFantasy: Anur Khufos has shades of this. Egyptian culture and architecture is prominent, and magic is integral to that culture, but advanced technology is everywhere, ranging from speeders and plasma guns to computers and portals. Justified in HigherTechSpecies above.

* SequelHook: The story ends with the Tennysons returning to Cape Canaveral to continue their summer vacation, with Grandpa Max suggesting St. Louis as his next stop, leading to the last ''WesternAnimation/BenTen'' episode of Season 3.

* Really700YearsOld: The pharaoh Rehk'Set turns out to actually be [[spoiler: A [[HumanAllAlong human scribe]] named Rehnenset, who worked for Ahmenhotep I, around 4,000 years ago. He had been made immortal and revived by Set shortly after his death, and made into a Thep Khufan to blend in.]]

* DramaticUnmask: [[spoiler: When Ben (as Ghostfreak) forces Rehk'Set to remove his mask that made him look like an actual Thep Khufan. Taken further when doing this turns him back into a human mummy, and the mask itself shatters, [[SealedEvilInACan releasing the god of chaos]] who had used it to bond with his host.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Just before Valensen [[spoiler: is hauled downstairs to be incinerated]], he remarks that Set must possess the pharaoh to have such a twisted idea of saving the planet [[spoiler: by kidnapping humans.]] [[spoiler: Turns out, he was right.]]

* JumpedAtTheCall: On the 15th year of Elastamun's research mission, Valensen finally breaks the news to him of what's really happening on his planet, and what the mission was truly for. Elastamun had grown incredibly bored with modern Egypt up to that point, partly due to MiddleEasternTerrorists in the area.

* MotiveRant: [[spoiler: Set delivers one during the climax, saying he will destroy either Earth or Anur Khufos out of revenge for humanity distorting his image from Ra's protector to being the same as Apophis, [[EvenEvilHasStandards which even he dreads]]. Ben calls him a baby for that while inside a hover ship.]]

** The [[spoiler: Omni-gate]] operates like the ''Film/{{Stargate}}'', and makes the five tones from ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'' when connecting to a location on Earth.

* BadassLongRobe: Higher class Thep Khufans get to wear these, with varying colors depending on their ranks. Also coupled with ornate [[CoolCrown golden headgear]].

* ColorCodedCharacters: Several characters wear distinctly colored outfits to tell them apart.
** Elastamun and Neferti wear red.
** The vizier Valensen and Skaraab, the pharaoh's magician, both sport [[PurpleIsPowerful purple robes]], being in high rank to the throne.
** Zigzagged with the pharaoh himself. He appears wearing black cloaks, but his face and eyes are red. Doubles as foreshadowing, as [[spoiler: the mask is actually a vessel for the god Set, who is almost entirely red.]]

* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: [[spoiler: Set claims to be this, having multiple reasons to not be painted as the villain human Egyptians said he is, but he [[NeverMyFault blames them for everything]] and decides to use the pharaoh's resources to destroy Earth.]]

* HigherTechSpecies: The Transylians, Frankenstein-like aliens who introduced some of their technology to the Thep Khufans to rebuild their society after the Ectonurites enslaved it.

* ScienceFantasy: Anur Khufos has shades of this. Egyptian culture and architecture is prominent, and magic is integral to that culture, but advanced technology is everywhere, ranging from speeders and plasma guns to computers and portals. Justified in VestigialEmpire below.

* BigBad: The power-hungry pharaoh, Rehk'Set. He rules the entire planet with an iron fist, using [[BigBrotherIsWatching surveillance drones and video screens]] to spy on the population, and uses slaves to build his monuments like pharaohs on Earth.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: Set up by the resistance, by hacking some of the drones to broadcast the pharaoh's actions over the planet's video network.