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* RunningGag: Ben's obvious crush on Drew reappears several times, which annoys Zak.
* StacysMom: Ben is immediately smitten by Drew. Her son Zak doesn't approve of this.
* StacysMom: Ben is immediately smitten by Drew. Her son Zak doesn't approve of this.
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BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Argost]]. Oh, don't act surprised.
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Zak's is reversed thanks to residual Kur energy, albeit weaker than before.]]
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:When Dr. Animo brings Argost back to life in the crossover, he's been turned into a Cryptid chimera capable of taking Zak, Ben, Rook, and an army of Plumbers in a fight.]]
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Zak's is reversed thanks to residual Kur energy, albeit weaker than before.]]
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:When Dr. Animo brings Argost back to life in the crossover, he's been turned into a Cryptid chimera capable of taking Zak, Ben, Rook, and an army of Plumbers in a fight.]]
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* IdiotBall: In his own series, [[spoiler:Argost]] is [[CrazyPrepared highly cautious]], and spent six months recovering and preparing himself after being beaten the first time. Here, the first thing he does after [[spoiler:being revived]] is to randomly attack Undertown, immediately drawing attention to himself. Even ''Animo'' points out that was a bad idea.
* HandWave: Animo and [[spoiler:Argost's]] VillainTeamUp is said to have happened due to [[CrazyPrepared the latter being prepared for his death, and hiring the former to resurrect him]].
* HybridMonster: Dr. Animo blends a bunch of cryptids into dragon-esque cyborgs. [[spoiler:Argost]] is likewise given a few improvements.
* KilledOffForReal: Ben straight up ''kills'' [[spoiler:Argost]], which is odd for a kid's show that usually adheres to ThouShaltNotKill. Guess it's okay if they were dead at the beginning of the episode.
* HandWave: Animo and [[spoiler:Argost's]] VillainTeamUp is said to have happened due to [[CrazyPrepared the latter being prepared for his death, and hiring the former to resurrect him]].
* HybridMonster: Dr. Animo blends a bunch of cryptids into dragon-esque cyborgs. [[spoiler:Argost]] is likewise given a few improvements.
* KilledOffForReal: Ben straight up ''kills'' [[spoiler:Argost]], which is odd for a kid's show that usually adheres to ThouShaltNotKill. Guess it's okay if they were dead at the beginning of the episode.
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* IdiotBall: In his own series, [[spoiler:Argost]] Argost is [[CrazyPrepared highly cautious]], and spent six months recovering and preparing himself after being beaten the first time. Here, the first thing he does after [[spoiler:being revived]] being revived is to randomly attack Undertown, immediately drawing attention to himself. Even ''Animo'' points out that was a bad idea.
* HandWave: Animo and[[spoiler:Argost's]] Argost's VillainTeamUp is said to have happened due to [[CrazyPrepared the latter being prepared for his death, and hiring the former to resurrect him]].
* HybridMonster: Dr. Animo blends a bunch of cryptids into dragon-esque cyborgs.[[spoiler:Argost]] Argost is likewise given a few improvements.
* KilledOffForReal: Ben straight up ''kills''[[spoiler:Argost]], Argost, which is odd for a kid's show that usually adheres to ThouShaltNotKill. Guess it's okay if they were dead at the beginning of the episode.
* HandWave: Animo and
* HybridMonster: Dr. Animo blends a bunch of cryptids into dragon-esque cyborgs.
* KilledOffForReal: Ben straight up ''kills''
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* LatexPerfection: Averted. [[spoiler:Argost's]] mask is so obviously fake, it's baffling that anyone could have ever thought that it was his actual face.
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** [[spoiler: Argost]] says that [[spoiler:his resurrection]] was ''supposed'' to take six months, the same length of time as the time span between season one and two of WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays.
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** [[spoiler: Argost]] Argost says that [[spoiler:his resurrection]] his resurrection was ''supposed'' to take six months, the same length of time as the time span between season one and two of WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays.WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays.
* NoodleIncident: Doc and Drew worked with Max in the past. AllThereInTheManual was that they worked together on the Bellwood Project, a top secret project to [[LampshadeHanging develop backstories]] that the government denies, even now.
* NoodleIncident: Doc and Drew worked with Max in the past. AllThereInTheManual was that they worked together on the Bellwood Project, a top secret project to [[LampshadeHanging develop backstories]] that the government denies, even now.
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* RetCon: [[spoiler:Turns out Zak's powers weren't really gone in the series finale; thanks to "residual energy" they came back a few months later, although much weaker.]]
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* {{Technobabble}}: The explanation for how [[spoiler:Zak retained his powers]] and [[spoiler: Argost was susceptible to resurrection.]]
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* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Argost's hair is snow-white, and he's the most evil character on the show by far.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: The transition from this show to ''Ben 10 Omniverse'' came with a rather noticeable change in style, far too much to excuse it as being merely a timeskip.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: The transition from this show to ''Ben 10 Omniverse'' came with a rather noticeable change in style, far too much to excuse it as being merely a timeskip.
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* {{Crossover}}: With ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays''.
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BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Argost]]. Oh, don't act surprised.
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Zak's is reversed thanks to residual Kur energy, albeit weaker than before.]]
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:When Dr. Animo brings Argost back to life in the crossover, he's been turned into a Cryptid chimera capable of taking Zak, Ben, Rook, and an army of Plumbers in a fight.]]
* {{Crossover}}: With''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays''.''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays''.
* CurbStompBattle: Turns out Zak isn't much of a match for an intelligent, superpowered hybrid monster.
* {{Flanderization}}: In their show, Doc and Drew's disagreements about science and magic are generally civil. Doc is fully aware the existence and effectiveness of magic; he mostly takes issue with jumping to mystic conclusions before the scientific explanations have been ruled out. Here he scoffs as Drew for even trying a magical solution to a problem he hasn't been able to solve with science.
* GeniusBruiser: Fiskerton demonstrates an understanding of quantum physics and then trounces Munya in a fight, all in the span of one scene.
* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Zak briefly laments that his world-saving goes unnoticed since cryptids must remain a secret, but recognizes that it's better they stay that way given how people like Dr. Animo would exploit them.
* IdiotBall: In his own series, [[spoiler:Argost]] is [[CrazyPrepared highly cautious]], and spent six months recovering and preparing himself after being beaten the first time. Here, the first thing he does after [[spoiler:being revived]] is to randomly attack Undertown, immediately drawing attention to himself. Even ''Animo'' points out that was a bad idea.
* HandWave: Animo and [[spoiler:Argost's]] VillainTeamUp is said to have happened due to [[CrazyPrepared the latter being prepared for his death, and hiring the former to resurrect him]].
* HybridMonster: Dr. Animo blends a bunch of cryptids into dragon-esque cyborgs. [[spoiler:Argost]] is likewise given a few improvements.
* KilledOffForReal: Ben straight up ''kills'' [[spoiler:Argost]], which is odd for a kid's show that usually adheres to ThouShaltNotKill. Guess it's okay if they were dead at the beginning of the episode.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Hope you finished season 2 of The Secret Saturdays, or you're in for some surprises.
* LatexPerfection: Averted. [[spoiler:Argost's]] mask is so obviously fake, it's baffling that anyone could have ever thought that it was his actual face.
* MistakenIdentity: The Saturdays briefly confuse Shocksquatch for an actual sasquatch.
* MythologyGag:
** Ben's remarks about Zak's telepathy might be a reference to the fact that Ben has two aliens that have a natural capacity for telepathy (Ghostfreak and [=AMPhibian=]) that Ben hasn't bothered to learn how to use.
** [[spoiler: Argost]] says that [[spoiler:his resurrection]] was ''supposed'' to take six months, the same length of time as the time span between season one and two of WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays.
* PowerEchoes: Zak's telepathy.
* PunctuatedPounding: Fiskerton pounds Munya back and forth on one of his webs like a paddle-ball.
* RetCon: [[spoiler:Turns out Zak's powers weren't really gone in the series finale; thanks to "residual energy" they came back a few months later, although much weaker.]]
* TakenForGranite: The victims of the life-draining cyborg chupacabras are turned to stone, though it's only skin deep and they are alive beneath that.
* {{Technobabble}}: The explanation for how [[spoiler:Zak retained his powers]] and [[spoiler: Argost was susceptible to resurrection.]]
* TimeSkip: It's mentioned that three years have passed for the Saturdays since their last episode, just like in real-life.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Argost's hair is snow-white, and he's the most evil character on the show by far.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: The transition from this show to ''Ben 10 Omniverse'' came with a rather noticeable change in style, far too much to excuse it as being merely a timeskip.
** Special mention goes to Drew's fire sword. It looks and behaves like a piece of technology mimicking the effects of Doc's power glove, rather than a mystical Tibetan artifact that produces fire.
** Heck, special mention to Drew herself. She went from looking like an attractive but mature adult old enough to have a child to looking almost as young as her son.
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Zak's is reversed thanks to residual Kur energy, albeit weaker than before.]]
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:When Dr. Animo brings Argost back to life in the crossover, he's been turned into a Cryptid chimera capable of taking Zak, Ben, Rook, and an army of Plumbers in a fight.]]
* {{Crossover}}: With
* CurbStompBattle: Turns out Zak isn't much of a match for an intelligent, superpowered hybrid monster.
* {{Flanderization}}: In their show, Doc and Drew's disagreements about science and magic are generally civil. Doc is fully aware the existence and effectiveness of magic; he mostly takes issue with jumping to mystic conclusions before the scientific explanations have been ruled out. Here he scoffs as Drew for even trying a magical solution to a problem he hasn't been able to solve with science.
* GeniusBruiser: Fiskerton demonstrates an understanding of quantum physics and then trounces Munya in a fight, all in the span of one scene.
* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Zak briefly laments that his world-saving goes unnoticed since cryptids must remain a secret, but recognizes that it's better they stay that way given how people like Dr. Animo would exploit them.
* IdiotBall: In his own series, [[spoiler:Argost]] is [[CrazyPrepared highly cautious]], and spent six months recovering and preparing himself after being beaten the first time. Here, the first thing he does after [[spoiler:being revived]] is to randomly attack Undertown, immediately drawing attention to himself. Even ''Animo'' points out that was a bad idea.
* HandWave: Animo and [[spoiler:Argost's]] VillainTeamUp is said to have happened due to [[CrazyPrepared the latter being prepared for his death, and hiring the former to resurrect him]].
* HybridMonster: Dr. Animo blends a bunch of cryptids into dragon-esque cyborgs. [[spoiler:Argost]] is likewise given a few improvements.
* KilledOffForReal: Ben straight up ''kills'' [[spoiler:Argost]], which is odd for a kid's show that usually adheres to ThouShaltNotKill. Guess it's okay if they were dead at the beginning of the episode.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Hope you finished season 2 of The Secret Saturdays, or you're in for some surprises.
* LatexPerfection: Averted. [[spoiler:Argost's]] mask is so obviously fake, it's baffling that anyone could have ever thought that it was his actual face.
* MistakenIdentity: The Saturdays briefly confuse Shocksquatch for an actual sasquatch.
* MythologyGag:
** Ben's remarks about Zak's telepathy might be a reference to the fact that Ben has two aliens that have a natural capacity for telepathy (Ghostfreak and [=AMPhibian=]) that Ben hasn't bothered to learn how to use.
** [[spoiler: Argost]] says that [[spoiler:his resurrection]] was ''supposed'' to take six months, the same length of time as the time span between season one and two of WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays.
* PowerEchoes: Zak's telepathy.
* PunctuatedPounding: Fiskerton pounds Munya back and forth on one of his webs like a paddle-ball.
* RetCon: [[spoiler:Turns out Zak's powers weren't really gone in the series finale; thanks to "residual energy" they came back a few months later, although much weaker.]]
* TakenForGranite: The victims of the life-draining cyborg chupacabras are turned to stone, though it's only skin deep and they are alive beneath that.
* {{Technobabble}}: The explanation for how [[spoiler:Zak retained his powers]] and [[spoiler: Argost was susceptible to resurrection.]]
* TimeSkip: It's mentioned that three years have passed for the Saturdays since their last episode, just like in real-life.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Argost's hair is snow-white, and he's the most evil character on the show by far.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: The transition from this show to ''Ben 10 Omniverse'' came with a rather noticeable change in style, far too much to excuse it as being merely a timeskip.
** Special mention goes to Drew's fire sword. It looks and behaves like a piece of technology mimicking the effects of Doc's power glove, rather than a mystical Tibetan artifact that produces fire.
** Heck, special mention to Drew herself. She went from looking like an attractive but mature adult old enough to have a child to looking almost as young as her son.
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The Secret Saturdays come to Bellwood to investigate a rash of Chupacabra attacks.
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