Tropes:
- A Boy and His X: Todd the farm kid is accompanied by his pet piglet a lot.
- Foreshadowing: After Ben and Gwen hear that the Mummy appeared in a flash of purple lightning, Ben notes how there was purple lightning seen when they fought the alien werewolf, with Gwen even commenting how that can't be a coincidence. Future episodes will reveal just how right they are.
- Internal Reveal: The audience saw the purple lighting from the beginning (although it was very quick and easy to miss) but Ben and Gwen don't learn about it from Todd until well after they start hunting the Mummy and it's treated as a Wham Line for them.
- Mundane Utility: Ben uses several of his aliens to make farm work easier such as Four Arms to milk cows and Wildvine to slop the pigs.
- Nostalgia Filter: Grandpa Max figured his grandchildren could stand to do farm work like he did when he was a kid. Of course, he later admits he'd forgotten how much he hated working on his uncle's farm.
- Not So Above It All: As much as he wants to teach Gwen and Ben the value of hard work, Max doesn't like farm work any more than they do, and he's relieved when they say they've learned their lesson about the importance of fulfilling their chores.
