Line #12 Recap/Ben10S3E1BenTenThousand


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Grandpa Max looks different. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint It's probably the beard]].]]
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4	->''They’re not pets. I don't name them anymore.''
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6	After following a tall stranger who kidnapped Gwen, Ben finds himself in his own future, and he doesn't like what he sees.
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9	!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
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11	* AllWorkVsAllPlay: Ben 10,000 represents the "All work" side by not even naming his aliens forms anymore and barely visiting his cousin and grandfather. Ben 10, on the other hand, represents the "All play" side and inspires his future self to relax and have fun once in a while.
12	* AlternateTimeline[=/=]AlternateUniverse: Given how the original series continued with ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'' and the like, the future shown in this episode is considered only a possible one, not the canonical.
13	** Averted due to ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse]]'' revealing that the future shown in this episode and later episode "Ken 10" (along with some of the episodes in ''Omniverse'') is canon to the Main ''Ben 10'' Timeline once again. However a number of irreconcilable elements such as Ben 10,000 still having the original Omnitrix and his antagonistic relationship with Kevin mean it's more likely to be a close but not exact match.
14	* AnIcePerson: Articguana can shoot out a freezing ray from his mouth.
15	* ArtificialLimb: Grandpa Max lost one of his hands in the intervening years and replaced it.
16	* BackFromTheDead: Vilgax is brought back to life by Animo.
17	* BatmanGambit: The future Gwen knew that just trying to talk to Ben would get her nowhere, but that grabbing her younger self in front of him would get his attention.
18	* BigBadDuumvirate: Dr. Animo and Vilgax work together; Animo tries to release the null void creatures while Vilgax tries to finally destroy Ben 10,000.
19	* BirthdayEpisode: Grandpa Max turns 60 in this episode (80 in the future) and it's implied that Ben's indifference with it turned him in the jerk that is Ben 10,000.
20	* BrainInAJar: Animo lost his whole body except for his head which he keeps inside a jar connected to the body of a giant gorilla.
21	* CameBackStrong: Future Vilgax is genetically prepared to deal with each and everyone of Ben's 10,000 aliens after Animo resurrects him.
22	* CripplingOverspecialization: Vilgax plays with this. He is brought back to life by Animo, now genetically engineered to handle all of Ben 10,000's alien forms, so nothing he does can surprise him. The one form he ''isn't'' prepared to handle though is Ben's own human form. Ben 10,000 eventually decides to stop fighting Vilgax head on as an alien and uses his human form, and some help from his ten-year old self, to lure him into a trap where he defeats Vilgax by freezing him.
23	* FightsLikeANormal: Since Vilgax is now genetically prepared to deal with any alien Ben 10,000 uses, Ben 10,000 decides to stop fighting in his alien forms and uses his human form to out-smart Vilgax
24	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Max's future self alluding to how he doesn't see much of Ben 10,000 these days hints at the real reason Ben was brought to the future.
25	* FutureBadass:
26	** Ben's future self has mastered the Omnitrix, having command of literally any alien he wants at any moment.
27	** Gwen's future self has mastered magic, possesses the five Charms of Bezel, and has a black belt.
28	* FutureFoodIsArtificial: Ben 10,000 gives his younger self a metallic box with a red button. Pressing it turns it into a birthday cake.
29	* FutureMeScaresMe: Ben Tennyson and Adult Ben. Older Ben has NoSenseOfHumor and can't lighten up, but younger Ben's presence gives him an attitude adjustment.
30	* GiverOfLameNames: At his past self's urging, Ben 10,000 still names his alien forms after their immediately noticeable traits. But, after years without doing so, his skills have gotten rusty and he gives an ice-based alien the decidedly boring name of "Absolute Zero." Present Ben gives him the name "Arcticguana" instead.
31	* HelpYourselfInTheFuture: Ben is sent to the future to help himself (Ben 10,000), although his future self thinks he'll only get in the way. Despite the fact that he should really remember being his younger self on that trip...
32	* HeroicBuild: Future Ben in his human form is a {{Hunk}}.
33	* IHatePastMe: Ben 10,000 is annoyed at how the younger Ben sees everything as a game and underestimates his enemies.
34	* KidnappedByAnAlly: Gwen's kidnapper turns out to be her future self, who was trying to get Ben into the future to talk some sense into Ben 10,000.
35	* KillerGorilla: Dr. Animo uses a giant albino gorilla as a substitute for his missing body.
36	* MyFutureSelfAndMe: Ben and Gwen both meet their future selves in this episode.
37	* NoNameGiven: Ben 10,000 no longer names his alien forms, more likely using their actual species names; as such, his Sphoeroid and Megawatt forms aren't named, although present Ben would later name them once he unlocked them himself (the former Spitter, the latter Buzzshock). When using a reptilian, ice-based alien to freeze Vilgax underwater, at Ben's prompting he tries dubbing it "[[GiverOfLameNames Absolute Zero]]," which present Ben dismisses in favor of [[AvertedTrope Arcticguana]].
38	* NoodleIncident: Ben 10,000 alludes to taking care of Vilgax in such a way that he was left in a lot of pieces.
39	* RockPaperScissors: Gwen and Ben play to see who should be blamed for not buying a cake for Grandpa Max's birthday. Gwen says that Ben always loses but, according to the pop-up trivia, he would have actually won this time around if it wasn't for Gwendolyn's appearance.
40	* SpeakInUnison: Chiding Ben 10,000's attitude problem in the exact same way is how Gwen learns the masked woman is her future self.
41	* SuperSpeed: [=XLR8=] as when Gwendolyn grabs Gwen and carries her into the time portal, Ben transforms into him and enters the portal after Gwendolyn but gets ahead of her, turns around and slams into her to knock her down and save Gwen. Ben 10,000's version is even faster.
42	* SuperSpit: Spitter can shoot out a stream of high-pressure goo out of his mouth.
43	* TimeShiftedActor: Fred Tatasciore and Tara Strong do Ben 10,000 and Gwendolyn.
44	* TimeTravel: Both Gwen and Ben travel 20 years in the future.
45	* TimeTravelEpisode: The first of many in the franchise, but probably the most iconic.
46	* {{Workaholic}}: Ben 10,000 spends literally every moment he can fighting villains and subsequently ignores his surviving family. Max in particularly takes this hard.

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