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Charmed, I'm Sure is the seventh episode of the fifth season of Ben 10: Omniverse, and the forty-seventh episode overall.
Synopsis[]
Still stranded on the monster planet Anur Transyl, Ben and Rook reluctantly team up with Charmcaster to take on Zs'Skayr.[note 1]
Plot[]
At Z'Castle Zs'Skayr on Anur Transyl, Zs'Skayr, Viktor, and Crüjo are seen working on something and Charmcaster suddenly teleports in. She says she is here to reclaim the Alpha Rune and Zs'Skayr reveals that he has it with him but isn't willing to give it up. Charmcaster attempts to attack him, but he simply warps her away. On the Lovely Duck, Ben screams in the bathroom as he has a pimple on his face. Charmcaster suddenly warps in behind Ben, much to his shock.
Ben transforms into Swampfire, ready to fight Charmcaster, but she suddenly starts talking with her bag. Swampfire wants to know why Charmcaster is out of Legerdomain. He is weirded out by her talking and transforms back into Ben. Rook suddenly enters the bathroom as well and Charmcaster informs them that Zs'Skayr has warped her there. Charmcaster continues talking with her bag and Rook is horrified by of Ben's face. Rook tells Charmcaster that she has to go with them and Charmcaster happily leaves the room. Ben doesn't trust Charmcaster, but Rook says he knows all about her now, thanks to Gwen. The group make it to the main room with the others and Charmcaster tells Ben that they should work together as they have a common enemy in Zs'Skayr. Ben doesn't agree to this and asks Rad Dudesman how long it will take to get off of Anur Transyl. However, Rad doesn't answer and Ben believes that he is still angry that he destroyed the replacement part to the ship. Ben asks if anyone wants to be the "adult" and Scout puts up his paw, but soon puts it back down after Rad stares angrily at him. Hobble doesn't seem up to the task either, but suddenly gets a crush in Charmcaster and introduces himself to her. Charmcaster still tries to convince Ben to team up, but he says he can't due to the angry citizens of Anur Transyl. Charmcaster suddenly casts a spell that causes fireworks to go off in the sky and the citizens watch over them and leave. Charmcaster is now eager to stop Zs'Skayr. Hobble also wants to go, and Ben and Rook are convinced by Charmcaster that he may be of some use.
Downtown, Ben, Rook, Charmcaster, and Hobble all sneak around, trying to avoid attention. Ben is spotted by three citizens, but they do not seem angry or scared of him and walk off, thinking he's one of them. Ben looks at the water and screams after seeing more pimples on his face. Rook takes out a bunch of items given to him by Gwen and Ben walks off before running into Viktoria. Ben and the others then walk down the street and Rook uses some of the items on Ben's face, trying to get rid of the pimples. They finally reach Zs'Skayr's castle, but the "scarecrows" come alive, revealing themselves as Living Pumpkins. Ben attempts to transform into Eatle, but he transforms into Swampfire again and notices he is a tad different. Swampfire launches fireballs at the Living Pumpkins, but they have no effect. Charmcaster fires spells at them and destroys them without a problem. Soon, more Living Pumpkins emerge surrounding the group.The Living Pumpkins move in closer and Charmcaster destroys some using her spells. She creates a path for Swampfire, Rook, and Hobble to follow, but Hobble gets caught by one of the Living Pumpkins. Rook frees Hobble using his Proto-Tool while Swampfire, in vain, tries to destroy some Living Pumpkins. Charmcaster explains it's "magic vs. magical creatures", meaning the Living Pumpkins can only be harmed by magic. Charmcaster gets worn out from using spells and Rook thinks that Swampfire can control plant life. Swampfire says he cannot at that point but uses his fire powers to create a path to the castle.
The group manages to make it into the castle, avoiding capture by the Living Pumpkins. Swampfire transforms back into Ben and he, with even more and bigger pimples, turns around to see Viktoria, who asks what his favorite color and food are. Ben walks back to the others, and they explain how to get into Zs'Skayr's room. Charmcaster leads Ben and the others into a room with multiple stairways. Ben informs everyone to go back. They move on and look down a hallway, with Zs'iza and Zs'oise telling them to come play with them. Hobble automatically knows that that is a bad idea. The group head down a hall with a large trick mirror, but don't see anything wrong. They turn around, only for the mirror reflections to come alive and attack them. Ben transforms into Swampfire again, who is even more different in appearance and fights Anur-Mirrored Ben. Anur-Mirrored Ben uses his pimple to stun Swampfire and transforms into a mirrored Swampfire, starting a fight. Rook fights his mirrored self and Charmcaster fights hers while Hobble runs from his. Swampfire gets bitten by Anur-Mirrored Swampfire, but throws his mirrored clone into the wall, destroying him. Rook, Charmcaster, and Hobble do the same to their mirrored selves and the large mirror breaks, revealing the way to Zs'Skayr's room. Zs'Skayr welcomes his intruders, saying that he has expected them.
Zs'Skayr taunts Charmcaster, saying she cannot handle a simple teleportation spell and Charmcaster regains the Alpha Rune. Zs'Skayr says he no longer needs it, as he has already drained all of its power and uses another teleportation spell to warp Charmcaster, Swampfire, Rook, and Hobble out of his castle. The Living Pumpkins soon arise once more, wanting another fight. Swampfire asks Charmcaster for help, but Charmcaster uses the Alpha Rune on herself, sending her into a fit of madness (much to Hobble's horror) and releasing her Rock Monsters. They form around her and she is given rock-like armor, much to Swampfire's amazement. However, Charmcaster attacks Swampfire and Rook with a large spell, sending them backwards. Rook attempts to shoot at Charmcaster, but the blasts simply bounce off her rock armor. The Living Pumpkins surround Swampfire, who transforms back into Ben. Ben eventually transforms into Swampfire again, who has drastically changed in appearance and the Living Pumpkins suddenly start attacking him. Now regaining his power over plant life, Swampfire orders the Living Pumpkins to attack Charmcaster and they trap her down. Charmcaster breaks free and attacks Swampfire. Hobble walks up to her, but trips on a vine, releasing Rook's spell items and Charmcaster blasts him away. One of the bottles spills on her, causing damage and Rook and Hobble toss more items at Charmcaster, causing her armor to crumble. Rook blows dusts on her, completely destroying her rock armor and Rook uses Gwen's spellbook to cast a spell that teleports Charmcaster away. Swampfire transforms back into Ben and notices that his face doesn't have pimples on it anymore, thinking one of Gwen's cures did the work. Rook says that it was because of Swampfire slowly turning into his new form and says that he got the information from Gwen. Ben turns around and acts friendly toward Viktoria and she dislikes him asking "What did I ever see in you?". In Legerdomain, Charmcaster is upset to have been sent there and talks to her bag again, with it actually responding this time and saying that Rook was able to use spells due to the presence of the Alpha Rune. Charmcaster opens her bag and takes out a small stone figure: Addwaitya, telling him that she is the master now. She takes out another stone, who tells her something, much to her delight.
Noteworthy Events[]
Major Events[]
- Swampfire matures and becomes stronger.
- Zs'Skayr absorbs a large portion of power from the Alpha Rune.
Character Debuts[]
- Zs'iza and Zs'oise
- Living Pumpkins
- Anur-Mirrored Hobble
- Anur-Mirrored Charmcaster
- Anur-Mirrored Ben
- Anur-Mirrored Rook
- Addwaitya (Omniverse debut)
Minor Events[]
- It is revealed that Charmcaster has turned Addwaitya and Darkstar into stone miniatures and keeps them in her bag.
Characters[]
- Ben Tennyson
- Rook Blonko
- Rad Dudesman
- Hobble
- Scout
- Viktoria
- Zs'iza and Zs'oise (first appearance)
Villains[]
- Zs'Skayr
- Dr. Viktor
- Crüjo
- Charmcaster
- Living Pumpkins (first appearance)
- Rock Monsters
- Anur-Mirrored Hobble (first appearance; death)
- Anur-Mirrored Charmcaster (first appearance; death)
- Anur-Mirrored Ben (first appearance; death)
- Anur-Mirrored Rook (first appearance; death)
- Addwaitya (first reappearance; stone form)
- Darkstar (stone form)
Aliens Used[]
By Ben[]
By Anur-Mirrored Ben[]
Spells Used[]
By Charmcaster[]
- Trihant turba cum panis et circensum
By Rook[]
- Notgnihsaw Amikay
- Estote quasi integumentum. Imatari proximum!
Quotes[]
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Naming and Translations[]
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Hungarian | Tuti Varázslat | Based Magic |
| Polish | Na Zamku De Szramy | In Zs'Skayr's Castle |
| Portuguese (Br) | Encantada, Com Certeza | Enchanted, Surely |
| Romanian | Sunt Fermecat, de Sigur | I'm Enchanted, for Sure |
| Spanish (HA) | Charmcaster Regresa | Charmcaster Returns |
| Spanish (Spain) | Encantado de Conocerte | Nice to Meet You |
Cast[]
Allusions[]
- Charmed, I'm Sure is a 1909 silent film directed by Charles K. French.
- Charmcaster's introduction scene is a homage to "Gladiator meets Monty Python".[KR 1]
- Charmcaster's line, "I think it's a loofah", was inspired by the movie Stripes.[KR 2]
- One of the fruits that the crowd throws at Ben is very similar to the Wumpa Fruit from the Crash Bandicoot video game franchise.
- Charmcaster's line, "He amuses us", is a homage to Mel Brooks.[KR 3]
- One of the rooms seen in Z'Castle Zs'Skayr is based on M. C. Escher's lithograph print Relativity.
- The scene with Zs'iza and Zs'oise saying "Come play with us" alludes to the twins from the horror movie The Shining.
Errors[]
- In one scene, one of Swampfire's horns is red instead of green.
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Trivia[]
- The first draft of the episode was completed on December 5, 2012.[KR 4]
- Matt Youngberg's drawing of Ben with acne was done in the writer's room at the story breakdown.[KR 5]
- The scene where Charmcaster leads Ben, Rook and Hobble to Z'Castle Zs'Skayr, and the subsequent fight scene with the Living Pumpkins, was storyboarded by Fill Marc Sagadraca.[FMS 1][FMS 2]
- The scene where Charmcaster donned her Rock Monster armor was boarded by Tanner Johnson. He was surprised they let the Rock Monsters "eat" her.[TJ 1]
- The idea behind Viktoria's crush on Ben was that the worse Ben's zits got, the more monstrous he got, the cuter Viktoria thought he was.[DJW 1]
- When the team ran into Zs'iza and Zs'oise, the twins just wanted to play with their souls[DJW 2] maybe in the same way their uncle played with King Xarion's.[DJW 3]
Notes[]
- ↑ The original synopsis provided on the Cartoon Network website erroneously reads: "Still stranded on the monster planet Anur Transyl, Ben and Rook reluctantly team up with Charmcaster to take on Zs' Skayr."[CN 1]
