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* EverybodyHasStandards: Charmcaster-in-Gwen's-body uses her magic to make lobsters unceasingly pinch two thieves out of spite for (unintentionally) stealing her ingredients. When Diamondhead suggests they help the thieves, Charmcaster responds "Let them suffer". Ben may be all out for making bad guys pay for their misdeeds, but even he's shocked at how cruel "Gwen" is.

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* EverybodyHasStandards: EverybodyHasStandards:
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Charmcaster-in-Gwen's-body uses her magic to make lobsters unceasingly pinch two thieves out of spite for (unintentionally) stealing her ingredients. When Diamondhead suggests they help the thieves, Charmcaster responds "Let them suffer". Ben may be all out for making bad guys pay for their misdeeds, but even he's shocked at how cruel "Gwen" is.is.
** A low-key one. Nobody likes being called "freak", but even on her worst day, Gwen is too well-adjusted to react violently to Ben calling her that. The fact Charmcaster in Gwen's body acts such a way is a red flag for Ben.
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* JuvenileHell: Gwen-in-Charmcaster's body gets sent to a detention center for teenage girls. It's not too outlandish by juvie standards, but the real issue is the other inmates, who are all to eager to beat up Gwen/Charmcaster for any reason.

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* JuvenileHell: Gwen-in-Charmcaster's body gets sent to a detention center for teenage girls. It's not too outlandish by juvie standards, but the real issue is the other inmates, who are all to too eager to beat up Gwen/Charmcaster for any reason.
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* SnapBack: When Charmcaster first appeared in [[Recap/Ben10S2E9ToughLuck Tough Luck]], her magic was drained away alongside Hex's by the Keystone of Bezel. How her magical powers returned is never explained, nor does anyone bother to question it.



* UnexplainedRecovery: When Charmcaster first appeared in [[Recap/Ben10S2E9ToughLuck Tough Luck]], her magic was drained away alongside Hex's by the Keystone of Bezel. How her magical powers returned is never explained, nor does anyone bother to question it.
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[[caption-width-right:350:This would normally be a triumphant moment...but looks can be deceiving.]]
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Charmcaster's second body swap attempt leads her to end up back in her body, Ben's voice can be heard taunting her for her failure, but Gwen's voice notes that she doesn't feel like herself at all. Cue Ben and Gwen coming out of the smoke and realizing they've swapped bodies.


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* VictorGainsLosersPowers: Gwen takes Charmcaster's spell book after she and Ben return to their rightful bodies and knock her out.
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* UnexplainedRecovery: When Charmcaster first appeared in [[Recap/Ben10S2E9ToughLuck Tough Luck]], her magic was drained away alongside Hex's by the Keystone of Bezel. How her magical powers returned is never explained.

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* UnexplainedRecovery: When Charmcaster first appeared in [[Recap/Ben10S2E9ToughLuck Tough Luck]], her magic was drained away alongside Hex's by the Keystone of Bezel. How her magical powers returned is never explained.explained, nor does anyone bother to question it.
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* VoicesAreMental: Played straight when Ben and Gwen swap bodies, but oddly enough averted with Gwen and Charmcaster's body swap. Cannonbolt gets a more feminine voice when Gwen turns into the former.

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* UnexplainedRecovery: When Charmcaster first appeared in [[Recap/Ben10S2E9ToughLuck Tough Luck]], her magic was drained away alongside Hex's by the Keystone of Bezel. How her magical powers returned is never explained.
* VoicesAreMental: Played straight when Ben and Gwen swap bodies, but oddly enough averted with Gwen and Charmcaster's body swap. swap, as [[VoicesAreNotMental both characters speak with the body's voice]]. Cannonbolt gets a more feminine voice when Gwen turns into uses the former.transformation.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: The episode ends with Charmcaster about to receive a beatdown from two of her fellow inmates because Gwen double-crossed them and prevented their escape while in her body.
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* KickTheDog: Charmcaster goes out of her way to tell Max that [[LethalChef his cooking stinks]]. His reaction is something between confusion and genuine hurt.

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* KickTheDog: Charmcaster goes out of her way to tell Max that [[LethalChef his cooking stinks]].stinks]], something even his own grandkids can't bring themselves to outright say. His reaction is something between confusion and genuine hurt.
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* KickTheDog: Charmcaster goes out of her way to tell Max that [[LethalChef his cooking stinks]]. His reaction is something between confusion and genuine hurt.
-->'''Grandpa Max:''' It does?

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* JuvenileHell: Gwen-in-Charmcaster's body gets sent to a detention center for teenage girls. It's not too outlandish by juvie standards, but the real issue is the other inmates, who are all to eager to beat up Gwen/Charmcaster for any reason.



* NotSoAboveItAll: The first thing Gwen does after realizing she's in Charmcaster's body is to make silly faces in the nearest reflective surface.



* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Ben realizes "Charmcaster" is really Gwen when she insults him, something the brown-nosing Charmcaster has been doing to get close to him and the omnitrix.

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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Ben realizes "Charmcaster" is really Gwen when she insults him, something the brown-nosing Charmcaster has been doing to get close to him and the omnitrix.Omnitrix.
* TeensAreMonsters: The girls in juvie are all thugs who make no effort to be better. Gwen tries asking Missy and Pinky if they're going to go straight after escaping, but no, they want to go right back to what got them arrested in the first place.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: What gets Ben suspicious of Charmcaster-as-Gwen is that she's nice to him, suddenly interested in the Omnitrix, and has angry violent outbursts.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Ben realizes "Charmcaster" is really Gwen when she insults him.

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* OutOfCharacterAlert: What gets Ben suspicious of Charmcaster-as-Gwen is that she's nice to him, suddenly interested in the Omnitrix, and has angry violent outbursts.
outbursts at being called "freak" (as opposed to being relatively thick-skinned).
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Ben realizes "Charmcaster" is really Gwen when she insults him.him, something the brown-nosing Charmcaster has been doing to get close to him and the omnitrix.
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* FreakyFridayFlip: Charmcaster intends to use a spell to switch bodies with Ben so she can gain control of the Omnitrix, only for Gwen to accidently take Ben's place in the spell instead. Charmcaster spends the entirety of the episode conjuring up two body swap spells to try again, but the first time fails when she ends up back in her body while Gwen and Ben swap instead, and the final spell ends up being used to switch Ben and Gwen back to their rightful bodies.

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* FreakyFridayFlip: Charmcaster intends to use a spell to switch bodies with Ben so she can gain control of the Omnitrix, only for Gwen to accidently accidentally take Ben's place in the spell instead. Charmcaster spends the entirety of the episode conjuring up two body swap spells to try again, but the first time fails when she ends up back in her body while Gwen and Ben swap instead, and the final spell ends up being used to switch Ben and Gwen back to their rightful bodies.

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->''"Don't worry, Gwen, I'll take care of your family. And that watch."''

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->''"Don't ->''Don't worry, Gwen, I'll take care of your family. And that watch."''
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* ImpostorExposingTest: The real Gwen tries using this on herself and Charmcaster by telling Ben to ask about something only the real her knows, but Ben accidentally gives away the information, leading to Gwen [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay calling him an idiot]], which lets him figure out it's really her anyways.



* OutOfCharacterAlert: What gets Ben suspicious of Charmcaster-as-Gwen is that she's nice to him, suddenly interested in the Omnitrix and has angry violent outbursts.

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* OutOfCharacterAlert: What gets Ben suspicious of Charmcaster-as-Gwen is that she's nice to him, suddenly interested in the Omnitrix Omnitrix, and has angry violent outbursts.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Part of what gets Ben suspicious of Charmcaster-as-Gwen is the fact that she's nice to him.

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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Part of what What gets Ben suspicious of Charmcaster-as-Gwen is the fact that she's nice to him.him, suddenly interested in the Omnitrix and has angry violent outbursts.

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Charmcaster tries switching bodies with Ben to obtain the Omnitrix but accidentally switches with Gwen instead. Before she can explain what happened, Gwen in Charmcaster's body is imprisoned and must escape in order stop the real Charmcaster from successfully executing her plan.

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->''"Don't worry, Gwen, I'll take care of your family. And that watch."''

Charmcaster tries switching bodies with Ben to obtain the Omnitrix Omnitrix, but accidentally switches ends up switching with Gwen instead. Before she can explain what happened, Gwen in Charmcaster's body is imprisoned and must escape in order stop the real Charmcaster from successfully executing her plan.


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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Part of what gets Ben suspicious of Charmcaster-as-Gwen is the fact that she's nice to him.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Ben realizes "Charmcaster" is really Gwen when she insults him.

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Charmcaster tries switching bodies with Ben to obtain the Omnitrix but accidentally switches with Gwen instead. Before she can explain what happened, Gwen in Charmcaster's body is imprisoned and must escape in order stop the real Charmcaster from successfully executing her plan.



* KickTheSonOfABitch: The episode ends with Charmcaster about to receive a beatdown from two of her fellow inmates because Gwen as Charmcaster double-crossed them and prevented their escape.

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* KickTheSonOfABitch: The episode ends with Charmcaster about to receive a beatdown from two of her fellow inmates because Gwen as Charmcaster double-crossed them and prevented their escape.escape while in her body.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: The episode ends with Charmcaster about to receive a beatdown from two of her fellow inmates because Gwen as Charmcaster double-crossed them and prevented their escape.
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* EverybodyHasStandards: Charmcaster-in-Gwen's-body uses her magic to make lobsters unceasingly pinch two thieves out of spite for (unintentionally) stealing her ingredients. When Diamondhead suggests they help the thieves, Charmcaster responds "Let them suffer". Ben may be all out for making bad guys pay for their misdeeds, but even he's shocked at how cruel "Gwen" is.

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* EverybodyHasStandards: Charmcaster-in-Gwen's-body uses her magic to make lobsters unceasingly pinch two thieves out of spite for (unintentionally) stealing her ingredients. When Diamondhead suggests they help the thieves, Charmcaster responds "Let them suffer". Ben may be all out for making bad guys pay for their misdeeds, but even he's shocked at how cruel "Gwen" is.is.
* FreakyFridayFlip: Charmcaster intends to use a spell to switch bodies with Ben so she can gain control of the Omnitrix, only for Gwen to accidently take Ben's place in the spell instead. Charmcaster spends the entirety of the episode conjuring up two body swap spells to try again, but the first time fails when she ends up back in her body while Gwen and Ben swap instead, and the final spell ends up being used to switch Ben and Gwen back to their rightful bodies.
* VoicesAreMental: Played straight when Ben and Gwen swap bodies, but oddly enough averted with Gwen and Charmcaster's body swap. Cannonbolt gets a more feminine voice when Gwen turns into the former.
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* BerserkButton: Charmcaster doesn't take it well if anyone calls her a "freak". The fact she's in Gwen's body when Ben calls her that name doesn't change a thing.
* DisproportionateRetribution: When Ben says offhandedly calls Charmcaster-in-Gwen's-body a "freak", Charmcaster doesn't take it so well. Enraged, she grabs Ben's foot and twists it, just to spite him for it. The severity of her reaction is one of the red flags that tells Ben something's wrong with "Gwen".
* EverybodyHasStandards: Charmcaster-in-Gwen's-body uses her magic to make lobsters unceasingly pinch two thieves out of spite for (unintentionally) stealing her ingredients. When Diamondhead suggests they help the thieves, Charmcaster responds "Let them suffer". Ben may be all out for making bad guys pay for their misdeeds, but even he's shocked at how cruel "Gwen" is.
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