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* In ''Secret of the Omnitrix'', Gwen gets dragged underground by a pack of [[Plant Aliens|Florauna (Wildvine's)]], and the male half of the [[Bratty Half-Pint]] duo proves that he'll risk ''the universe'' for people he cares about:

'''Ben:''' ''I DON'T CARE!!'' }}

** Ben's first transformation into Way Big and utterly obliterating Vilgax's entire army singlehandedly before hurling Vilgax into space. In canon with ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Alien Force]]'', this was Vilgax's final defeat in the original series.

* Scaring the hell out of Zombozo as Ghostfreak.

* It seems Kevin just provokes awesome in Ben, as he gets another Moment against him in the [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|Twenty Years Into The Future]] episode "Ken 10". Kevin, in a brand new [[Nightmare Fuel|Nightmare Fueled]] [[One-Winged Angel]] form, spends a good five minutes pulverising his old foe, and nothing Ben does works. Then Kevin hurts Ben's son. [[Berserk Button|Big mistake]]. Ben promptly turns into the monstrously huge alien Waybig and pounds Kevin into the ground. Again. And again. And ''again''. It's surprising he wasn't putty after that.

* This troper seems to have it for Guitar Moments, but in the episode with the evil sentient weather machine, Ben goes up and uses a guitar as Four Arms, but then is turned back into a human, and STILL manages to defeat the weather machine with the power of rock! And after the weather machine is defeated, Ben SURFS DOWN THE WEATHER MACHINE ON A GUITAR!

* In this troper's opinion, Ben's best [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moments of Awesome]] are when he finishes the job just as his human self. Like against Ghostfreak or Kevin in Back With Vengeance. After seeing Ben's aliens do all the cool stuff it just becomes so much more awesome and surprising to see that regular Ben can be pretty capable on his own too.

* Four Arms vs Retaliator in "Destroy All Aliens". Especially the part where Four Arms catches missiles, and, after a bit of experimentation, ''uses them to fly''.

 

* ''Impaling'' and ''murdering'' [[Monster of the Week]] Slix, preventing him from killing Ben... then proceeding to attempt to kill Ben himself.

* His [[Evil Plan]] in "Framed." He usually just acts like a super-powered beast, so seeing him actually have a thinking plan that hits Ben where it hurts most (his pride) is quite impressive. His newfound scheming later resurfaces when he [[The Starscream|attempts to betray Vilgax at the opportunite moment]] in "Back with a Vengeance".

 

* Turning on her Uncle Hex at the moment he's about to become all-powerful, so that she can have it all for herself. As she puts it to Hex, "I get the charms AND the power and YOU get SQUAT!" That's always the kind of thing a good [[Bastard Understudy]] should hope to achieve.

** Made cooler when you consider that throughout the episode, Hex had been [[Abusive Parents|forcing her to reply to his commands]] with a submissive "Yes, uncle." When commanding her to step aside here, she says "That would be a big NO, uncle." Sure, she's doing evil here, but it's hard to deny that [[Kick the Son of a Bitch|Hex had it coming to him.]]

 

* Defeating Ben just by touching the Omnitrix insignia.

* Being able to break Diamondhead.

* Destroying Mount '''freaking''' Rushmore. ''With Ben's FACE'' no less.

* His fight with Kevin in "Back with a Vengeance." Which [[Curb Stomp Battle|doesn't end well for Kevin.]]

 

Lt. Steel: But '''I''' do! FIRE! (Kevin gets blasted off the bridge.) }}

* It didn't ''actually'' happen, but Ben's entire family got an awesome moment in "Goodbye and Good Riddance" in defeating Vilgax.

 

 

* His first battle as Swampfire. Or the part of the battle right before that when the Omnitrix refused to work and he had to fight as a human. It's hard to decide which is more awesome.

* Talking down two bullies in [[Tranquil Fury]] and getting applause from all his peers for doing so.

* Ben gets a one in "Con of Rath". While in the titular form of Rath, a 7 foot tall, super-strong, tiger-like alien, he literally leaps down the throat of a newly introduced villain, who is about 3 times his current size, jumps back out by punching out the villain's teeth, then jumps back on his head and threatens to do it again and come out with a sweater made of his ''ORGANS'' if he is to declare war with another alien race, all to save the other aliens' <s>larvae</s> marshmallow-like prince.

** Rath telling off the ambassador that tricked him into the whole thing. He's not eloquent, but he gets the point across.

* Ben threatening to let the Omnitrix self-destruct if Vilgax doesn't return it in the finale, capping off the [[Xanatos Gambit]] by being perfectly willing to let the Omnitrix explode if it means Vilgax can't have it. Then doing the same thing to Albedo. Even if it wasn't going to blow up the whole universe, it was still pretty badass.

* '''Humungousaur''': "Guess what time it is? IT'S HERO TIME"

 

* "Coming to my senses" and defeating Morningstar the [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|sparkly vampire]]. Some of us have been waiting ''a long time'' to see that, girl!

* Similar to her defeat of Morningstar, Gwen's defeat of Charmcaster in ''In Charm's Way''. Charmcaster has taken her powers, so Gwen challenges her to a fist-fight. Charmcaster doesn't roll that way, so she instead blasts Gwen with magic...which is exactly what Gwen was actually anticipating with the fist-fight challenge, and thus Gwen reverses the spell, takes her powers back, and opens up a dimensional vortex and chucks Charmcaster and her minions in it.

 

* "Inside Man" when he single-handedly saves Gwen from being sucked up into the DNAlien ship by pulling her back down to earth.

* The episode where Ben is trapped in Alien X: While he was in his coma, Kevin used his power to absorb rubber, and effortlessly pwned the alien army trying to capture him.

* Kevin, after being cured of his mutation in a decidedly painful way, stopping a crushing punch from Vilgax cold with one just one hand in "The Final Battle."

* "My name is Kevin Ethan Levin. {{spoiler|[[You Killed My Father]]. [[Prepare to Die]].}}" If not that moment, certainly the end of the episode: " {{spoiler|He didn't make it.}}"

 

* His defeat of Ghostfreak. After the ''massive'' [[Villain Decay|villain]] and [[Badass Decay|badass]] decay he went through, Vilgax finally gets to be cool again.

* Even a decayed Vilgax managed to [[Curb Stomp Battle|Curb Stomp]] the "Max Force" (including Max himself!) without really trying.

* The first battle between him and Ben is really awesome. Even if Vilgax lost, he put up a good show.

 

* Grandpa Max's [[Heroic Sacrifice|detonation of the Null Void Projector]]. He got better.

* Ben & Riney the Highbreed WORKING TOGETHER to survive. This good karma comes back to him in the finale.

* Tech-blob-alien-pet Ship gets one in ''Vreedle, Vreedle'' (aka, ''Don't Fear The Repo''), when the Vreedle brothers (a pair of bounty hunters known for their over-violent tactics and tendency to never bring back a living target) come to retrieve and return him to the Galvanic Mechomorph that originally spawned him. Julie gets in the line of fire, so Ship takes matters into his own hands: he becomes a suit of [[Powered Armor]] to protect Gwen and Julie, gives the latter a fighting chance against the Vreedles, ''and'' help hold them off until Ben and Kevin [[It Makes Sense in Context|get back from space-court.]]

 

 

* Gwen defeating Zombozo without even having to fight. It was just... seriously, it has to be seen to be believed how ''awesome'' it was.

* [[Enemy Mine|Gwen and Charmcaster]] are just awesome all throughout the action scenes of "Where the Magic Happens". In the non-action variety, Charmcaster's speech of defiance to [[You Killed My Father|her father's killer]] toward the end stands out.

* How is Ultimate Kevin pimp-slapping Aggregor and draining all his awesome powers not on here?

* "Ultimate Power" is a bastion of awesome. To wit:

** We finally get Gwen vs. Ben - and by golly, is it epic, with plenty of awesome exuded by both sides.

** Later, Gwen vs. Kevin. She uses one of {{spoiler|''Charmcaster's'' summons}} on him. Gentlemen, the [[Les Yay]] from a few episodes ago has come full circle.

** When Kevin shows up at Gwen's place, Max is there to greet him. He doesn't put up much of a fight, but ''man'', does he kick some ass when needed.

** A few seconds later, Kevin's stepdad shows up to try to talk him down. Kevin is about to raise his fist to his stepdad - a mere mortal with no magic powers or alien tech backing him up - and the guy doesn't flinch at all. Guess [[Badass]] runs in the family.

** And last but not least, Ben doing the right thing {{spoiler|restores Azmuth's trust about him being [[The Chosen One]] and he gives Ben a new Omnitrix.}}

 

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