Joe Rockhead
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So since Ben kept hearing the phrase "It's clobbering time" from his abusive older brother everytime he was about to be hit, and he said this when he was about to hit Doom at the end, does this make him as if he's acting out some abuser tendencies?
Often the abused becomes the abuser and they subconsciously act out the same behaviour they've learnt all these years. Why would Ben choose to say that otherwise, since it's associated with such negative experiences? Surely he'd pick a better turn of phrase at that moment? Unless he didn't even think about it and said it as if it were second nature.
Which then does raise the question whether this version of Ben, who has been abused, seems to possibly be on his way to becoming an abuser as well.
Why couldn't they go for something simpler, in that "it's clobbering time" is just a fun catchphrase? Why on earth would Trank think that it being an abusive catchphrase would be so much better?
I think that Trank wanted the 4 to be loners and outsiders.
Reed is misunderstood by his parents.
Ben is abused youngest brother in a poor household.
Sue is a Kosovo orphan.
Johnny is the neglected son of Franklin Storm (maybe not neglected, just not interested in all the science stuff of his father)
The phrase "It's Clobberin' Time" doesn't need an origin, but if they absolutely HAD to establish it before hand it could have by simply changing some of the dialog between Ben and Reed when he helps Reed move in to the Baxter Institute.
Something like:
Ben: Let me know if any of these guys give you a hard time.
Reed: I'm not going to ask you to come clobber them.
There are plenty of different variations on that but it is really that simple.