Time Heals

Time Heals is the eighteenth episode of the second season of Ben 10: Alien Force, and the forty-fourth episode overall.
==Synopsis==
Gwen travels back in time to prevent the accident that turned Kevin into a monster from ever happening. But she ends up altering history forever.
==Plot==
The episode begins with Gwen, who is dressed as Lucky Girl, sneaking into Hex's library and removes the Archamada Book of Magic from the shelf. Then, Hex enters the library, but he does not see anything. Charmcaster enters as well and assures him that there is nothing there. Gwen escapes with the book.
Ben and Kevin want to get into Gwen's house to watch football, but she isn't inside. Kevin accidentally breaks the doorbell and Gwen arrives and lets them in, although she appears to be distracted. Kevin thinks that her dismissal means that she doesn't like him anymore. In her room, Gwen uses the book to cast a spell, but she is interrupted by Professor Paradox, who cautions her not to cast her spell, which is a time travelling spell she intends to use to go back in time and prevent Kevin from mutating. Paradox tells Gwen that her meddling with the past will not have a good outcome, and that she doesn't have to do anything. Gwen doesn't listen and Paradox leaves before she casts the spell, which opens up a time vortex that sucks her in. 
Gwen emerges in the garage when Ben and Kevin try to hack the Omnitrix with a machine. Time stops for everyone in the garage except for Gwen and her past self. Gwen tells her past self to prevent Ben and Kevin from hacking the Omnitrix and she manages to do so. She returns to the present to discover Bellwood in a state of ruin, with a recording of Hex telling citizens to surrender and Rock Monsters that are everywhere. Two Rock Monsters then attack Gwen.
Gwen defeats the Rock Monsters, only for her to be chased by three more. Gwen evades the Rock Monsters, but she bumps into another one. Gwen destroys the Rock Monster and escapes. While exploring, Gwen encounters another Rock Monster, but she avoids it. Gwen then goes to Mr. Smoothy and tries to call Ben, but he doesn't answer his phone. Gwen saves a group of boys from a Rock Monster, and they run away. Gwen then goes to Kevin's garage and finds his car destroyed. A swarm of Rock Monsters attack Gwen there and she runs. Gwen sees a city street covered in Hex propaganda and Paradox arrives, telling Gwen that Kevin was too weak to stop Hex, so he took over the world. He brings her to Hex's tower and tells her that Charmcaster enslaved Kevin and transformed him into a Rock Monster and says that Ben was captured, and that she was killed. Gwen watches Charmcaster abuse Kevin in horror and vows to save him. Paradox tells her that stealing the book won't be as easy this time, but she runs off anyway. Gwen is attacked by Charmcaster, who is surprised to see her.
Gwen manages to block Charmcaster's attack and knocks her down. She enters the library and Hex appears, having expected her arrival. Charmcaster comes in and wants to fight Gwen. Hex tells her to be patient. Gwen attacks her and she summons Kevin to fight Gwen. Kevin attacks Gwen and she cuts through the floor. On the bottom floor, a dungeon, Gwen sees that Spidermonkey is tied up. Gwen frees Spidermonkey and he transforms back into Ben. Ben is surprised to see Gwen due to the fact that he believed that she was dead. Then, Charmcaster, a Rock Monster, and Kevin arrive into the dungeon and Ben wants to fight Charmcaster and he transforms into Swampfire. Swampfire and Charmcaster fight, and Kevin attacks Gwen and she defeats him. Hex arrives and Swampfire drops the ceiling on him. Gwen takes the book and Swampfire transform into Ben. Gwen tells Ben to hold off Hex and Charmcaster while she casts a spell. Gwen runs away with the book and casts the time spell before Hex can stop her. Gwen stops herself from making her preventing Kevin and Ben from hacking the Omnitrix and she erases her younger self's memory and leaves. Back in the present, everything is normal. The team heads to Mr. Smoothy and Paradox appears, assuring Gwen that everything is fine.
==Noteworthy Events==
===Major Events===
*Gwen travels back in time to the events of Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1 to prevent Ben and Kevin from hacking the Omnitrix.
====Character Debuts====
*Gwen Tennyson (Time Heals Timeline)
*Ben Tennyson (Time Heals Timeline)
*Charmcaster (Time Heals Timeline) 
*Hex (Time Heals Timeline)
*Hex (Alien Force debut)
*Kevin Levin (Time Heals Timeline)
===Minor Events===
*It's revealed that Hex and Charmcaster are very dangerous, as Kevin only being slightly weaker was the difference between victory and defeat.
==Characters==
===Main Characters===
*Gwen Tennyson
===Supporting Characters===
*Professor Paradox
*Gwen Tennyson (Time Heals Timeline) (first appearance; death)
*Ben Tennyson (Time Heals Timeline) (first appearance)
===Antagonists===
*Charmcaster (Time Heals Timeline) (first appearance)
*Hex (Time Heals Timeline) (first appearance)
*Rock Monsters
*Rock Monster Kevin (first appearance)
===Other Characters===
*Hex (first reappearance)
*Charmcaster
*Ben Tennyson
*Kevin Levin
**Kevin's Alien Force Mutation
*Kevin Levin (Time Heals Timeline) (first appearance)
==Aliens Used==
*Spidermonkey (off-screen activation)
*Swampfire
*Unknown Alien (off-screen)
==Spells Used==
===By Gwen===
*Ortus
*Ortus expositus
*Quis quondam eram afflictus. Iam vicis mos redintegro. Quis venit pro, mos nusquam esse. (x3; first time was interrupted)
===By Charmcaster (Time Heals Timeline)===
*Tempestas
==Quotes==
==Cast==
==Naming and Translations==
==Continuity==
*Gwen mentions to Professor Paradox that she hasn't been able to cure Kevin with her magic. She was revealed to be finding ways to cure Kevin of his mutation in In Charm's Way.
==Errors==
*Although Kevin removes his ID Mask in one shot, it is missing from his hand in the next shot.
*Before Gwen casts the time travelling spell the first two times, she draws a triangle on the ground with chalk, and lights candles at each end of the triangle. However, when she casts it the third time, the spell works without her doing it.
*When the Rock Monsters destroy Gwen's house door, Gwen flees, but the door is intact when the exterior is shown.
*When Gwen frees Spidermonkey, she is facing the wall behind him and he has his back to it, but in the next shot, they have both turned around.
*Swampfire's hologram faces away from Ben.
*When Charmcaster counters Swampfire's fire blast with a water blast, she has blue eyes.
*When Swampfire shoots the ceiling above Hex, it is intact, even though it was open by Gwen's carving when he came in.
*When Ben is about to transform to battle Hex and Charmcaster, no holograms appear on the Omnitrix.
*When Gwen goes back in time for the second time, in the establishing shot of Kevin's garage, his car is missing even though it should be there.
TH (49).png|Missing ID Mask
TH (200).png|Door is destroyed
TH (209).png|Door is intact
TH (431).png|Gwen and Spidermonkey are facing the wall behind him
TH (432).png|Gwen and Spidermonkey are facing the other way
TH (447).png|Hologram error
TH (467).png|Blue eyes
TH (490).png|Hole in the ceiling
TH (497).png|Ceiling is intact
TH (515).png|Missing hologram
TH (528).png|Kevin's car is missing
==Trivia==
*Despite his statement about karma at the end of Trade-Off!, Kevin still angsts over his deformity.
*In the Original Series, the Charms of Bezel were required to make the spells from the Archamada Book of Magic real,Lucky Girl but in this episode, Gwen is able to cast the time travelling spell from the book without the charms.
*In a script outline dated February 10, 2009:
**When Gwen steals the Archamada Book of Magic from Hex's sanctum, she is obscured until Hex and Charmcaster leave.
**Gwen casts the time travelling spell while in her Lucky Girl outfit.
**Gwen's time vortex scatters the contents of her room instead of just sending her back in time.
**When Gwen first wakes up in the Time Heals Timeline, she is dressed in sweats and a T-shirt.
**The residents of Bellwood in the Time Heals Timeline have been turned into Rock Monsters.
**The dungeon in Hex's sanctum has all the alien tech in Kevin's collection.
**Time Heals Timeline Ben (as Spidermonkey) in a sizzling energy field instead of being chained to the wall.
**After Gwen goes back to the past to prevent herself from stopping Ben and Kevin from hacking the Omnitrix, both Gwens are shown merging.
==References==
===Production Material===
====Script Outlines====
===Crew Statements===
====T.J. Collins====
===Pop-Up Trivia===
===Cartoon Network===
es:El tiempo cura
pl:Czas leczy
pt-br:O Tempo Cura
ro:Timpul vindecă orice rană
Category:Ben 10: Alien Force Episodes
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