Some weird alien artifacts in Bellwood attract enemies from the future and friends from the past.
Tropes in this episode
- Because Destiny Says So: Spanner insists on shipping Ben with Kai because they’re married in the future.
- Bittersweet Ending: Exo-Skull and Subdora get away with the Orb, which turns out to contain what their employer calls “the key to time itself”. But Kai ends up recovering it years in the future thanks to Spanner.
- Call-Back: After learning that Ben is married to Kai in the future, Ester sarcastically comments that at least it’s not an alien princess, or a tennis pro. Rook then adds that it could be an actress, much to Ben’s chagrin.
- Foregone Conclusion: As Spanner notes, the fact that he hasn’t been Ret-Gone proves that Ben and Kai still hook up in the future (his past).
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: A set of hieroglyphics at the museum hint that Blukic and Driba were involved with the construction of the pyramids.
- Interface Spoiler: While unnamed in the dialogue, the Germanic employer of Subdora and Exo-Skull is credited as "Maltruant", the Villain of Another Story mentioned in "Ben Again".
- Interspecies Romance: Exo-Skull (a human-rhino hybrid) and Subdora (a Merlinsapien).
- Just a Stupid Accent: Subdora speaks with an Italian accent for whatever reason.
- Museum of Boredom: To Ben, any museum without a dinosaur exhibit is this. He’s dismayed to find that Kai’s grandfather had the dinosaur exhibit removed for his archeological findings.
- Pun-Based Title: Based on Night at the Museum.
- The Reveal: Chrono Spanner isn’t Jimmy Jones.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: A Shipper on Deck isn’t likely to be treated warmly by the people he’s shipping. Ben finds Spanner’s attempts to set him up with Kai more annoying than flattering.
