History Recap / Ben10S1E9LastLaugh

* AnAesop: Some of things things your afraid of aren't as scary when you face them.

* BreakoutVillain: While Zombozo would only appear once in the original series, he became one of Ben's most iconic enemies after his debut.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: This is the first episode to hint at Ghostfreak's true nature and his eventual FaceHeelTurn. Namely, Ben behaves more aggressively than usual after turning into Ghostfreak, and takes pleasure in scaring Zombozo, which he usually does not in human form or his other transformations. After finishing Zombozo off by scaring him with Ghostfreak’s claws, Ben notes that even freaked him out.

* IronicEcho: After taking his time terrifying Ben, Zombozo gloats with “Now don’t tell me you’re afraid of old Zombozo”. When Ben gets to return the favor as Ghostfreak, Ben throws this statement back at him with “Now don’t tell me you’re afraid of old Ghostfreak”.

* IronicEcho: After taking his time terrifying Ben, Zombozo gloats with “Now don’t tell me you’re afraid of old Zombozo”. When Ben gets to return the favor as Ghostfreak, Ben throws this statement back at him with “No don’t tell me you’re afraid of old Ghostfreak”.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: This is the first episode to hint at Ghostfreak's true nature and his eventual FaceHeelTurn.

* ScaryTeeth: Zombozo sports a set of deformed teeth which become even more frightening when one remembers that [[FridgeHorror he doesn't need them to eat...]]

Ben, Gwen and Max go to a circus and Ben is horrified to learn that the main star of it, Zombozo, is more than just a creepy clown.

-->'''Ben:''' I just figured out there’s something I’m even more afraid of than you. Losing my family to some goofball emotional vampire. In other words, you’re going down clown.

* BreathWeapon: Acid Breath can breath a highly corrosive acid from his mouth.

* EmotionEater: Zombozo feeds of the happiness of his audience and plans on stealing the happiness of thousands of people to make himself even more powerful.

* MirrorScare: Near the end of the episode, Ben is startled by what he sees on a house of mirrors' mirror, but it's just his reflection. A few seconds later, clones of Zombozo start appearing everywhere and trying to get him "to smile".
* MonsterClown: Zombozo. A horrifyingly looking humanoid abomination, literally feeds off (And permanently steals) other people's happiness and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking has a really weird tongue]].

* NightmareFace: Ghostfreak shows Zombozo what's under his cloak. [[NothingIsScarier We only get to see a few black and white tentacles coming out from him and Zombozo being appropiately terrified]].

* WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: In this case the episode is centered on Ben overcoming his fear of clowns, though Max also mentions he was afraid of heights when he was a kid.

* CurbStompBattle: Upgrade defeats the Circus Freaks in less than a minute. While controlling a ''baseball pitching machine''.

* BerserkButton: Harming Ben’s family is enough for him to overcome his fear of Zombozo and lay some serious hurt on him.

* BadAssBoast: Ben definitely gets one while wailing on Zombozo.

* NightmareFace: Ghostfreak shows Zombozo what's under his cloak. We only get to see a few black and white tentacles coming out from him and Zombozo being appropiately terrified.

-->'''Ben:''' You are funny. But I'm gonna get the ''last laugh''.
* WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: In this case the episode is centered on Ben overcoming his fear of clowns though Max also mentions he was afraid of heights when he was a kid.

** Ghostfreak is a straighter example of the trope, being capable of scaring Zombozo himself.

* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: Ben as Ghostfreak reveals that he is not afraid of Zombozo anymore given that the thought of losing his family to "some gofball emotional vampire" scares him more than a clown.

* BatmanColdOpen: The episode opens with Ripjaws dealing with two robbers and procailming that he is not a circus freak but rather a superhero.

* TheDreaded: Zombozo curiously averts the trope as only Ben is scared of him and it's implied that that's only because of his fear of clowns.

* MirrorScare: Near the end of the episode, Ben is startled by what he sees on a house of mirrors' mirror, but it's just his reflection. A few seconds later, clones of Zombozo start appearing everywhere and trying to get him to smile.

* CurbStompBattle: Upgrade beats the Circus Freaks in less than a minute. While controlling a ''baseball pitching machine''.
* TheDreaded: Zombozo curiously averts the trope as only Ben is scared of him and it's implied that's only because of his fear of clowns.

* NightmareFace: Ghostfreak shows Zombozo what's under his cloak. We only get to see a few black and white tentacles coming our from him and Zombozo being appropiately terrified.

* PrehensileHair: Frightwig uses her hair as her primary weapon and it's composed of several braids with a mace at the end.