Dumb one moment, smart the next, I guess (lol)?

Though, the minute they work together, they instantly body the bad guy and then go back to fighting.

But to prove that it wasn't a fluke, they continued to have the best ideas for every aspect of it. How does he transform? A cool watch you can also sell as a toy. That watch's name? Omnitrix. Say it. It's so satisfying. How many aliens? Ten. Nice round number. The kid's name? Ben. The show's name? Ben Ten. His full name is Benjamin Tennyson, a normal, plausible name, but he also turns into 10 aliens.

Bigger brands dream about this synergy. Better writers would kill for this coherence. So holistic. So intuitive. The identity alone!!! The retro alien sound motif? Chilling. The green? Any other color would be wrong. The kirby krackle pattern? It seems so obvious in retrospect. The roadtrip format? Genius. Lesser writers would've done the spider-man high school thing. His arch nemesis being Cthulhu darth vader? Inspired, iconic, intimidating!

When Ben nervously talks to Julie in "Pier Pressure" his eye twitches

When he gets annoyed at Kevin in the same episode his eye twitches

And in "Hit 'Em Where They Live" when he's angry at Gwen for losing his mom his eye twitches (I know the quality of the pic is terrible but his eye is twitching, trust me)

He wasn't lying in any of these scenes though, which is weird because that's when his eye twitches according to Kevin, however he is relatively stressed

Which makes me think that Ben's left eye twitches when he's feeling stressed related emotions, not just when he's lying. So going by that logic that would mean that when Ben lies he's stressed or upset

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