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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Franchise/{{PiratesoftheCaribbean}} A pirate's life for me.]][[note]]Clockwise ]][[note]]Counterclockwise from top to bottom: [[BigFun Steven Universe]], [[TeamPet Carue]], [[BadassPrincess Nefeltari Vivi]], [[BadassBookworm Nico Robin]], [[BrilliantbutLazy Genevieve]], [[TeamMom Nami]], [[HavingABlast Damian]], [[GravityMaster Petrea]], [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Tony Tony Chopper]], [[ConsummateLiar Usopp]], [[SupremeChef Sanji]], [[MasterSwordsman Roronoa Zoro]], and [[RubberMan Monkey D. Luffy]].[[/note]]]]
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** Besides the traditional ones from canon (like the assault on the Franky House or even catching Peridot off guard at the Galaxy Warp), the Crystal Gems provided quite the Grand reappearance in the story at the end of "The Seastone Cage:" Steven and the Straw Hats have been captured by Crocodile and Sanji has just been knocked out by Mr. 3. Just when Crocodile is confident that nothing will stand in his way, Mr. 3 reveals that he understands the price of what failure in Baroque Works means and has brought partners who are most eager to talk to him. With that, the ceiling came crashing down and said partners adopted a battle stance, ready to take on the Shishibukai.
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** Besides the traditional ones from canon (like the assault on the Franky House or even catching Peridot off guard at the Galaxy Warp), the Crystal Gems provided quite the Grand reappearance in the story at the end of "The Seastone Cage:" Cage": Steven and the Straw Hats have been captured by Crocodile and Sanji has just been knocked out by Mr. 3. Just when Crocodile is confident that nothing will stand in his way, Mr. 3 reveals that he understands the price of what failure in Baroque Works means and has brought partners who are most eager to talk to him. With that, the ceiling came crashing down and said partners adopted a battle stance, ready to take on the Shishibukai.
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* BigEntrance: The Crystal Gems tend to do this quite a bit. Their most notable entrance would be at the end of "The Seastone Cage:" Steven and the Straw Hats are captured by Crocodile and Sanji has just been knocked out by Mr. 3. Just when Crocodile is confident that nothing will stand in his way, Mr. 3 reveals that he understands the price of what failure in Baroque Works means and has brought partners who are most eager to talk to him. With that, the ceiling came crashing down and said partners adopted a battle stance, ready to take on the Shishibukai.
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* BigEntrance: The BigEntrance:
** Besides the traditional ones from canon (like the assault on the Franky House or even catching Peridot off guard at the Galaxy Warp), the Crystal Gemstend to do this provided quite a bit. Their most notable entrance would be the Grand reappearance in the story at the end of "The Seastone Cage:" Steven and the Straw Hats are have been captured by Crocodile and Sanji has just been knocked out by Mr. 3. Just when Crocodile is confident that nothing will stand in his way, Mr. 3 reveals that he understands the price of what failure in Baroque Works means and has brought partners who are most eager to talk to him. With that, the ceiling came crashing down and said partners adopted a battle stance, ready to take on the Shishibukai.
** Besides the traditional ones from canon (like the assault on the Franky House or even catching Peridot off guard at the Galaxy Warp), the Crystal Gems
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** [[spoiler: Peridot herself]] gets one later on in the story during the assault on Ratchet's castle. Luffy is engaging Ratchet's giant mechanical robot armor. Although he has the situation under control, not even Garnet was able to predict [[spoiler: the Peribot Mark 2]] bursting from the floor to assist in the final battle.
---> [[spoiler:'''Peridot''': Get away from my captain, you clod!"]]
---> [[spoiler:'''Peridot''': Get away from my captain, you clod!"]]
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Zoro misremembers Bellamy's name as Bullwinkle. Sanji calls him out on it immediately.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: AccidentalMisnaming:
** Zoro misremembers Bellamy's name as Bullwinkle. Sanji calls him out on itimmediately.immediately.
** Luffy continued to call Ruby "Rudy" despite being corrected by both Sapphire and Nami.
** Zoro misremembers Bellamy's name as Bullwinkle. Sanji calls him out on it
** Luffy continued to call Ruby "Rudy" despite being corrected by both Sapphire and Nami.
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** The beginning and end narration from Amethyst's perspective of "The Internalization Of Amethyst" are a reference to how Matthew Stover would take pauses from the narrative of the ''Literarure/RevengeOfTheSith'' to tell how it "felt to be Anakin Skywalker in that moment."
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** The beginning and end narration from Amethyst's perspective of "The Internalization Of Amethyst" are a reference to how Matthew Stover would take pauses from the narrative of the ''Literarure/RevengeOfTheSith'' ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'' to tell how it "felt to be Anakin Skywalker in that moment."
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After discovering an ancient Gem weapon in the Strawberry Battlefield, Steven Universe finds himself separated from the Crystal Gems and ends up in the most unlikeliest of places: the boat of the "Mr. 5 Pair" of the deadly Baroque Works organization. Now Steven must try to reactivate the weapon and return back to the Grand Line...but not before enjoying an adventure that will change his life forever!
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After discovering an ancient Gem weapon in the Strawberry Battlefield, Steven Universe finds himself separated from the Crystal Gems and ends up in the most unlikeliest of places: the boat of the "Mr. 5 Pair" of the deadly Baroque Works organization. Now Steven must try to reactivate the weapon and return back to home from the Grand Line...but not before enjoying an adventure that will change his life forever!
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* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: the "Mr. 5 Pair" and Miss Goldenweek have joined Baroque Works in the hopes of forming a utopia of their own (as with the canon version of ''Manga/OnePiece''). However, their belief in creating a perfect military state is shaken due to their meeting Steven, who explains to them just why it is a terrible idea and sets them up for a FaceHeelTurn against Crocodile and their former organization.
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* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: the The "Mr. 5 Pair" and Miss Goldenweek have joined Baroque Works in the hopes of forming a utopia of their own (as with the canon version of ''Manga/OnePiece''). However, their belief in creating a perfect military state is shaken due to their meeting Steven, who explains to them just why it is a terrible idea and sets them up for a FaceHeelTurn against Crocodile and their former organization.
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*UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: the "Mr. 5 Pair" and Miss Goldenweek have joined Baroque Works in the hopes of forming a utopia of their own (as with the canon version of ''Manga/OnePiece''). However, their belief in creating a perfect military state is shaken due to their meeting Steven, who explains to them just why it is a terrible idea and sets them up for a FaceHeelTurn against Crocodile and their former organization.
-->'''Steven Universe''': "Why do you listen to him?! Is your utopia really going to matter if you got it through violence and death?! You are better than that!"
-->'''Steven Universe''': "Why do you listen to him?! Is your utopia really going to matter if you got it through violence and death?! You are better than that!"
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Petrea (Miss Valentine) and Damian (Mr. 5) both have tragic backstories. To subvert this trope, Genevieve (Miss Goldenweek) does not appear have one. In fact, she is the only one who has not lost a parent of the bunch...possibly even the entire crew.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Petrea (Miss Valentine) and Damian (Mr. 5) both have tragic backstories. To subvert this trope, Genevieve (Miss Goldenweek) does not appear have one. In fact, she is the only one who has not lost a parent of the bunch...possibly even the entire crew.crew (discounting Connie, of course).
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* MoodWhiplash: "The Dream Island" starts out with the Straw Hats asking Garnet questions, Luffy talking with Pearl, and Steven entering Luffy's dreams where he ends up on an island of meat with younger dream versions of Luffy, Ace, and [[spoiler: Sabo.]] Everything seems like it is going to be an innocent, fun time exploring Steven's dreams powers...until Steven finds a door hidden in some rocks. [[spoiler: Inside, Steven finds some interesting trinkets, like Arlong's shark teeth and Crocodile's hook. Steven is already unnerved when he comes across a small, talking flower...[[Anime/{{BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland}} comes across a small, talking flower...]] The rest of the chapter is one punch in the gut after another.]]
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* MoodWhiplash: "The Dream Island" starts out with the Straw Hats asking Garnet questions, Luffy talking with Pearl, and Steven entering Luffy's dreams where he ends up on an island of meat with younger dream versions of Luffy, Ace, and [[spoiler: Sabo.]] Everything seems like it is going to be an innocent, fun time exploring Steven's dreams dream powers...until Steven finds a door hidden in some rocks. [[spoiler: Inside, Steven finds some interesting trinkets, like Arlong's shark teeth and Crocodile's hook. Steven is already unnerved when he comes across a small, talking flower...[[Anime/{{BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland}} comes across a small, talking flower...]] The rest of the chapter is one punch in the gut after another.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: In addition to Usopp freaking out on Luffy for wanting to abandon the Going Merry, Steven gives a major one to Garnet (for potentially being able to stop the duel using her Future Vision) and Pearl (for still not seeming like she cares about the Straw Hats) after the duel. [[spoiler: This causes Steven to quit the Crystal Gems.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: In addition to Usopp freaking out on Luffy for wanting to abandon the Going Merry, Steven gives a major one to Garnet (for potentially being able to stop the duel between Luffy and Usopp using her Future Vision) and Pearl (for still not seeming like she cares about the Straw Hats) after the duel.duel concludes. [[spoiler: This causes Steven to quit the Crystal Gems.]]
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* MoodWhiplash: "The Dream Island" starts out with the Straw Hats asking Garnet questions, Luffy talking with Pearl, and Steven entering Luffy's dreams where he ends up on an island of meat with younger dream versions of Luffy, Ace, and [[spoiler: Sabo.]] Everything seems like it is going to be an innocent, fun time exploring Steven's dreams powers...until Steven finds a door hidden in some rocks. [[spoiler: Inside, Steven finds some interesting trinkets, like Arlong's shark teeth and Crocodile's hook. Steven is already unnerved when he comes across a small, talking flower...[[Anime/{{BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland}} comes across a small, talking flower...]] The rest of the chapter is one punch in the gut after another.]]
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* PrecisionFStrike: Smoker gets the lone "F Word" of the story when he [[spoiler: is told to play nice with the Straw Hats while trapped in Beach City.]]
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* PrecisionFStrike: Smoker gets the lone "F Word" "F-Word" of the story when he [[spoiler: is told to play nice with the Straw Hats while trapped in Beach City.]]
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'''Steven Universe'''
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* ContrivedCoincidence: After leaving Alabasta, quite a few things happen in a convenient manner for our heroes:
** Pressing the Belly Bag Badge causes them to go straight to [[spoiler: Beach City instead of the U.G.R.V. like it was supposed to.]]
** Vidalia manages to cause Amethyst to reform after taking quite a long period of time to do so.
** Capturing Peridot the night after they come back.
** Greg [[spoiler: eating the Rhythm-Rhythm Fruit, which was found by Onion stuck to the hull.]]
**All of this turns out to have a logical explanation: [[spoiler: Garnet accidentally turned on the "Plot Contrivance Mode" of the Belly Bag Badge, which WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa turned off for them.]]
** Pressing the Belly Bag Badge causes them to go straight to [[spoiler: Beach City instead of the U.G.R.V. like it was supposed to.]]
** Vidalia manages to cause Amethyst to reform after taking quite a long period of time to do so.
** Capturing Peridot the night after they come back.
** Greg [[spoiler: eating the Rhythm-Rhythm Fruit, which was found by Onion stuck to the hull.]]
**All of this turns out to have a logical explanation: [[spoiler: Garnet accidentally turned on the "Plot Contrivance Mode" of the Belly Bag Badge, which WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa turned off for them.]]
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* BrilliantButLazy: Genevieve is quite the talented painter and cunning in her own way, but she is lazy to the point that she needs help getting objects that are mere inches in front of her. Still, she manages to accumulate quite a bit of money for the group by painting portraits on the boardwalk with Vidalia, which shocks the entire crew.
---> '''Roronoa Zoro''': "...at what point did the lazy painter become the breadwinner for us?"
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* SongFic: There are quite a few songs in this fan fiction. Some notable songs include "We Are The Crystal Gems," [[Music/{{TheBeatles}} "With A Little Help From My Friends,"]] [[Music/{{Queen}} "Don't Stop Me Now,"]] [[Film/{{MaryPoppins}} "Jolly Holiday,"]] [[WesternAnimation/{{TheHobbit}} "The Greatest Adventure,"]] and [[spoiler: the 4kids rap.]] There are also a few original songs thrown in as well, most notably a summary of the entire story up until that point called "A Gem In The Rough" and the aforementioned "I Am The Very Model Of A Cunning Tiger Millionaire" (which were both set to the tune of [[Theatre/{{ThePiratesOfPenzance}} "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General,"]]( "Going To The Grand Line," and "If You Want To Be Our Shipwright" (both being set to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/{{TheSimpsons}} songs from ''The Simpsons,'' specifically "Gonna Paint Your Wagon" and "Minimum Wage Nanny"]] as stated in the Author Commentary).
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* SongFic: There are quite a few songs in this fan fiction. Some notable songs include "We Are The Crystal Gems," [[Music/{{TheBeatles}} "With A Little Help From My Friends,"]] [[Music/{{Queen}} "Don't Stop Me Now,"]] [[Film/{{MaryPoppins}} "Jolly Holiday,"]] [[WesternAnimation/{{TheHobbit}} "The Greatest Adventure,"]] and [[spoiler: the 4kids rap.]] There are also a few original songs thrown in as well, most notably a summary of the entire story up until that point called "A Gem In The Rough" and the aforementioned "I Am The Very Model Of A Cunning Tiger Millionaire" (which were both set to the tune of [[Theatre/{{ThePiratesOfPenzance}} "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General,"]]( General,"]] "Going To The Grand Line," and "If You Want To Be Our Shipwright" (both being set to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/{{TheSimpsons}} songs from ''The Simpsons,'' specifically "Gonna Paint Your Wagon" and "Minimum Wage Nanny"]] as stated in the Author Commentary).
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* BigBad: Crocodile for ''AGITR'' and [[spoiler: Spandam for ''GWM;APT.'']]
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---> '''Monkey D. Luffy''': [[spoiler: "Steven, you need to understand that I love when we fuse. It is unlike anything in the world! I…I just also need to know that I can fight my own fights too. When we fought that hippo guy, Lufven was necessary and, quite frankly, we kicked ass. But Crocodile…we didn't need to fuse then. We could have tag-teamed him and taken him down together. It just sounded so appealing at the time, and it seemed like we could solve all of our problems with it! Instead...instead we got stabbed and thankfully got rescued by Sardonyx and Robin."]]
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---> '''Monkey D. Luffy''': [[spoiler: "Steven, you need to understand that I love when we fuse. It is unlike anything in the world! I…I just also need to know that I can fight my own fights too. When we fought that hippo guy, hippo-guy, Lufven was necessary and, quite frankly, we kicked ass. But Crocodile…we didn't need to fuse then. We could have tag-teamed him and taken him down together. It just sounded so appealing at the time, and it seemed like we could solve all of our problems with it! Instead...instead we got stabbed and thankfully got rescued by Sardonyx and Robin."]]
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---> '''Monkey D. Luffy''': [[spoiler: "What I mean is that Lufven is benched…for now," Luffy sat down and looked up at the sky. "It has nothing to do with me wanting to fuse with you or anything. We need to get stronger together. When we fight together, that is what I want us to do: I want us to fight side by side like friends…like brothers! But rest assured: when the time is right, Lufven will kick ass again!"]]
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---> '''Monkey D. Luffy''': [[spoiler: "What I mean is that Lufven is benched…for now," Luffy sat down and looked up at the sky. "It now. It has nothing to do with me wanting to fuse with you or anything. We need to get stronger together. When we fight together, that is what I want us to do: I want us to fight side by side like friends…like brothers! But rest assured: when the time is right, Lufven will kick ass again!"]]
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---> '''Connie Maheswaran''': "Wait...can you even stay here? You don't have a Social Security Card or money or...well anything!"
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---> '''Connie Maheswaran''': "Wait...can you even stay here? You don't have a Social Security Card or money or...well well, anything!"
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Franchise/{{PiratesoftheCaribbean}} A pirate's life for me.]][[note]]Clockwise from top to bottom: [[BigFun Steven Universe]], [[TeamPet Carue]], [[BadassPrincess Nefeltari Vivi]], [[BadassBookworm Nico Robin]], [[BrilliantbutLazy Genevieve]], [[TeamMom Nami]], [[HavingABlast Damian]], [[GravityMaster Petrea]], [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Tony Tony Chopper]], [[ConsummateLiar Usopp]], [[SupremeChef Vinsmoke Sanji]], [[MasterSwordsman Roronoa Zoro]], and [[RubberMan Monkey D. Luffy]].[[/note]]]]
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* LocalHangout: Mr. Smiley runs a bar called, fittingly, Smiley's. It is basically [[Series/{{Cheers}} the Cheers bar if it were located in Beach City, with locals like Greg, Barb Miller, Nanefue Pizza, and Mayor Dewey as regulars.]] There really isn't much drinking going on, but everybody is more than happy to get away and just have a good time...even [[spoiler: Captain Smoker, much to his surprise.]]
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* LocalHangout: Besides Spiders Cafe in Alabasta, Mr. Smiley runs a bar called, fittingly, Smiley's. It is basically [[Series/{{Cheers}} the Cheers bar if it were located in Beach City, with locals like Greg, Barb Miller, Nanefue Pizza, and Mayor Dewey as regulars.]] There really isn't much drinking going on, but everybody is more than happy to get away and just have a good time...even [[spoiler: Captain Smoker, much to his surprise.]]
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After discovering an ancient Gem weapon in the fStrawberry Strawberry Battlefield, Steven Universe finds himself separated from the Crystal Gems and ends up in the most unlikeliest of places: the boat of the "Mr. 5 Pair" of the deadly Baroque Works organization. Now Steven must try to reactivate the weapon and return back to the Grand Line...but not before enjoying an adventure that will change his life forever!
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After discovering an ancient Gem weapon in the Strawberry fStrawberry Battlefield, Steven Universe finds himself separated from the Crystal Gems and ends up in the most unlikeliest of places: the boat of the "Mr. 5 Pair" of the deadly Baroque Works organization. Now Steven must try to reactivate the weapon and return back to the Grand Line...but not before enjoying an adventure that will change his life forever!
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Zoro discovers that he is not old enough to legally drink in Beach City. This displeases him greatly.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Priyanka cannot comprehend why Pearl would think letting Connie duel Zoro and Tashigi would be a great idea and let's her know it.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Priyanka cannot comprehend why Pearl would think letting Connie duel Zoro and Tashigi would be a great idea and let's lets her know it.
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* ShooOutTheClowns: In the beginning of Water Seven, Steven and Connie are related to having their own adventures while the drama between Luffy and Usopp begins...it doesn't end well.
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* ShooOutTheClowns: In the beginning of Water Seven, Steven and Connie are related relegated to having their own adventures while the drama between Luffy and Usopp begins...it doesn't end well.
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** Genevieve's paintings and the pictures Connie gives her as reference are important to gain the crew's trust after they [spoiler: lose their memories]
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** Genevieve's paintings and the pictures Connie gives her as reference are important to gain the crew's trust after they [spoiler: [[spoiler: lose their memories]memories]]
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After discovering an ancient Gem weapon in the Strawberry Battlefield, Steven Universe finds himself separated from the Crystal Gems and ends up in the most unlikeliest of places: the boat of the "Mr. 5 Pair" of the deadly Baroque Works organization. Now Steven must try to reactivate the weapon and return back to the Grand Line...but not before enjoying an adventure that will change his life forever!
''A Gem In The Rough'' is a crossover fanfic between ''Manga/OnePiece'' and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' by [=Drillmaster=] with additional story ideas by jmr46718 and CyanideOreo. It can be found on both [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6050257/chapters/13871293 AO3]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11631833/1/A-Gem-in-the-Rough Fanfiction.net]]. It currently has one sequel, ''Gems Without Measure; A Pirate's Treasure'' (which is also found at [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6535861/chapters/14952688 AO3]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11893050/1/Gems-Without-Measure-A-Pirate-s-Treasure Fanfiction.net]]), with at least three more planned.
The story has its own Tumblr devoted to it, which can be found [[http://agemintherough.tumblr.com here]], and CyanideOreo's official art can be found at [[http://cyanideoreo.tumblr.com/tagged/steven-universe here]].
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!!A Gem In The Rough and Gems Without Measure; A Pirate's Treasure contains the following tropes:
* AccidentalMisnaming: Zoro misremembers Bellamy's name as Bullwinkle. Sanji calls him out on it immediately.
* AdaptationalBadass:
** Steven himself...on a technical level. While the Steven of the source material has been in fights before, he typically takes a pacifist stance and rarely fights offensively. After Luffy has a serious pep talk with him after the first confrontation with Wapol, he has been put in situations that have required him to fight back. The most notable fight Steven participated in offensively was against Crocodile in the desert, but it did little good for him.
** Greg actually helps bring down Miss Doublefinger using quick thinking and is the one who manages to get the Gems and Connie [[spoiler: away from General Grevious when they end up in the Clone Wars.]] This was all before he [[spoiler: ate a Devil Fruit.]]
* AlternateUniverseFic: [[spoiler: Based on comments by the Gorosei and Spandam, Gems have had some kind of presence in their world...but the details of it are unknown at this time.]]
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The Baroque Works trio's reason for tagging along with Steven, especially Petrea/ Miss Valentine.
* BigEntrance: The Crystal Gems tend to do this quite a bit. Their most notable entrance would be at the end of "The Seastone Cage:" Steven and the Straw Hats are captured by Crocodile and Sanji has just been knocked out by Mr. 3. Just when Crocodile is confident that nothing will stand in his way, Mr. 3 reveals that he understands the price of what failure in Baroque Works means and has brought partners who are most eager to talk to him. With that, the ceiling came crashing down and said partners adopted a battle stance, ready to take on the Shishibukai.
---> '''Garnet''': "I'm going to tell you this once: Give. Us. Steven!"
* BigWhat: It's a ''Manga/OnePiece'' story. It is bound to happen QUITE a bit.
* BlandNameProduct: Steven gives Tashigi a [[UsefulNotes/{{GameBoy}} Game Child]] gaming system with three games (''[[VideoGame/{{Tetris}} Soviet Block Revolution]]'', ''[[VideoGame/{{SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins}} Super Mueo. Land 2]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/{{PokemonRedAndBlue}} Pokkettomon: Red Version]]'') after she shows interest in playing ''[[VideoGame/{{SuperSmashBros}} Smash Pals Scuffle]]'' on his [[UsefulNotes/{{NintendoGameCube}} Sumy Dolphin]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[spoiler: Given the inclusion of WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa in this story, it is a given.]]
* BrokenBase: [[spoiler: Lufven (the fusion between Luffy and Steven)]]for two reasons:
** Several fans love the fact that Steven [[spoiler: fused with Luffy based on a joint desire to save their friend.]] However, others feel that the [[spoiler: fusion was not earned given the fact that they only knew each other for a few days at most.]]
** [[spoiler: Lufven assisting bringing down Crocodile. While some had no issue with it due to the fact that it allowed for a wonderful introduction for Sardonyx, others were not pleased that a key moment in Luffy's character development was robbed from him and that Crocodile was removed from the story early on.]] For what it is worth, the author has acknowledged these points in both the commentary and within the story itself, making it a plot point about how [[spoiler: Luffy is not sure if he would be strong enough to defeat Crocodile by himself.]]
---> '''Monkey D. Luffy''': [[spoiler: "Steven, you need to understand that I love when we fuse. It is unlike anything in the world! I…I just also need to know that I can fight my own fights too. When we fought that hippo guy, Lufven was necessary and, quite frankly, we kicked ass. But Crocodile…we didn't need to fuse then. We could have tag-teamed him and taken him down together. It just sounded so appealing at the time, and it seemed like we could solve all of our problems with it! Instead...instead we got stabbed and thankfully got rescued by Sardonyx and Robin."]]
---> '''Steven Universe ''':[[spoiler: "I know…but what does that mean? Do…do you not want to fuse with me anymore?"]]
---> '''Monkey D. Luffy''': [[spoiler: "What I mean is that Lufven is benched…for now," Luffy sat down and looked up at the sky. "It has nothing to do with me wanting to fuse with you or anything. We need to get stronger together. When we fight together, that is what I want us to do: I want us to fight side by side like friends…like brothers! But rest assured: when the time is right, Lufven will kick ass again!"]]
* BullyingADragon:
** Steven taunts Crocodile from inside of the Seastone cage, telling him how he deserves to go to jail for his crimes. Crocodile is more amused than annoyed until he realizes that Vivi and the others are alive.
** Peridot and Luffy keep making fun of Ratchet's machines, which only infuriates him.
* TheCakeIsALie: Ratchet promises the Straw Hats the Golden Crown if they join him on his quest to decipher the "Swaying Song." It turns out he only wanted to weaponize the island and did not believe the Golden Crown existed.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Priyanka cannot comprehend why Pearl would think letting Connie duel Zoro and Tashigi would be a great idea and let's her know it.
* CallingYourAttacks: Pearl tells Zoro that doing this is not a good idea in battle. However, she and the other Gems all start doing it while on the Grand Line.
---> '''Pearl''': "I must admit: it's catchy!"
---> '''Roronoa Zoro''': "See? Don't knock it until you try it."
*CanonForeigner: There are not many in this story, but the few that stick out are Apollo (a gorilla Mink that hangs around with [[spoiler: Nero]] in Water Seven), Eirney Heca (who is claiming to be [[spoiler: Kalifa's "half-sister"]]), and [[spoiler: Phil, a character created for the long-running ''Manga/OnePiece'' fan fiction ''Fanfic/LuffysRenewedAdventure'' with joint coordination from the author.]]
* ChekhovsGag: When on the Den-Den Mushi with Crocodile in Mr. 3's house, he gives Sanji the name "Obi-Wan Kenobi." Later on, Steven and the others are trapped in Rain Dinners. Sanji manages to call Crocodile (just like in canon under the famous "Mr. Prince" guise) and retained Steven's given name. As such, Steven then calls out for help in a very familiar way:
---> '''Steven Universe''': [[Film/{{ANewHope}} "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi! You're my only hope!"]]
* ChekhovsGun:
** Genevieve's paintings and the pictures Connie gives her as reference are important to gain the crew's trust after they [spoiler: lose their memories]
**Greg's [[spoiler: lightsaber.]]
** The Belly Bag Badge
** The Rifting Stone
** The Black Den-Den Mushi
* ContinuityNod:
** Amethyst has had a new outfit since reforming in "The Reluctant Handshake."
** Genevieve gives Steven the two paintings she made for him earlier in the story to hang in his room.
** Connie learns about who Kuina was because of Amethyst spying on Zoro and Tashigi in "The Return To The Status Quo."
** When we check in on Damian in the beginning of ''GWM;APT'', he is still working on the Fryman's shop after it burned down in the previous story.
** Nami and Usopp are the only two to know that Garnet is a fusion because they were the only ones listening to her in Alabasta.
** Luffy figures out who Sapphire is purely because she addressed him as "Pirate Captain Luffy."
** Luffy reminds Steven of the talk they shared in "The Bored Painter" when he begs him to call off the duel.
* {{Crossover}}: Besides the two obvious ones [[spoiler: this story features ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'', ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory,'' ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls,'' ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', and Creator/{{Toonami}} as a whole.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Petrea (Miss Valentine) and Damian (Mr. 5) both have tragic backstories. To subvert this trope, Genevieve (Miss Goldenweek) does not appear have one. In fact, she is the only one who has not lost a parent of the bunch...possibly even the entire crew.
* EasilyForgiven: Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine are easily forgiven by Luffy for trying to kill him earlier after he hears about Miss Valentine's dream. All it took was Steven asking him for them:
---> '''Steven Universe''': "Please forgive them!"
---> '''Monkey D. Luffy''': "Okay!"
---> '''Usopp''': "WHAT?! JUST LIKE THAT?!"
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Crocodile does not see the world in terms of good and evil, so a person like Steven completely baffles him.
* {{Fanboy}}: Greg and Connie get [[spoiler: Batman's]] autograph because they are both huge fans. Steven is later jealous.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Damian bursting through the fire to save the Straw Hats are the first indication that his dream [[spoiler: is to be a fireman.]]
** The Straw Hats fail to notice Mr. 3's ship docked in Alabasta.
** Several mentions are made of Onion trying to give something to Petrea...[[spoiler: specifically, a Devil Fruit.]]
** Peridot discusses how objective Yellow Diamond is.
** CP9 is mentioned in Robin's internal soul searching well-before their first appearances.
* FourLinesAllWaiting: Given the plethora of characters, this is a given. Two examples stick out:
** In "The Day After The Rave," we get Steven attempting to take the crew out into Funland, Smoker and Luffy joining Garnet in the Kindergarten, Connie taking Nami and Robin to a bookstore, and Pearl training Zoro and Tashigi.
** There are four spotlighted subplots happening during the introductory scenes of Water Seven: Greg and Robin at a cafe with Peridot and Chopper, Pearl and Garnet searching for a newspaper, Steven and Connie on a date, and the main part dealing with the gold exchange and Galley-La.
* FreakOut: During his confrontation with the Gems, Steven ends up getting a barrage of emotions that seem to overcome him, causing him to become somewhat unstable.
* GivingUpOnLogic: Upon entering the Grand Line, Peridot began to see just how illogical the Davy Back Fight was. Robin offered her this valuable piece of advice:
---> '''Nico Robin''': “The first thing you need to know about the Straw Hats is to throw logic out of the window."
---> '''Peridot''': "…oh…that is more logical than it has any right being.”
* GoalInLife: The Straw Hats and Gems list their's off in "The Dream Island."
* GreatBigBookOfEverything: Pearl has been given a copy of ''The Devil Fruit Encyclopedia.'' [[spoiler: Also, Uncle Grandpa's cellphone, which can apparently pull up the story that he is in DURING the story.]]
* HandWave: After Damian announces his intention to become a [[spoiler: Beach City fireman]], we get this lovely exchange:
---> '''Connie Maheswaran''': "Wait...can you even stay here? You don't have a Social Security Card or money or...well anything!"
---> '''Damian''': "Don't worry about it. Mayor Dewey told me he would help me become a citizen abusing some kind of legal loophole or something."
---> '''Connie Maheswaran''': "That raises more questions!"
* HeelFaceTurn: Steven manages to convince Mr. 5, Miss Valentine, and Miss Goldenweek to abandon Baroque Works. This leads to them joining along with the Straw Hats for the remainder of the story.
* HeroicBSOD:
** Steven suffers one dealing with witnessing the death and destruction of the Alabasta conflict. Connie shakes him out of it with a solid pep talk.
** Later on, Connie has one during the movie night when she keeps thinking about [[spoiler: General Grevious slaughtering Jedi.]] This time it is Steven who shakes her out of it.
**Amethyst has a major one in "The Internalization Of Amethyst" when she learns about [[spoiler: the death of Rose after she loses her memories.]]
** Steven and Usopp both have one in "The Barrage Of Emotions."
* TheHerosJourney: ''AGITR'' is basically one giant one for Steven. This is discussed more in the commentary.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Zoro discovers that he is not old enough to drink in Beach City. This displeases him greatly.
---> '''Priyanka Maheswaran''': "In our...dimension...you need to be at least twenty-one to drink alcohol!"
---> '''Roronoa Zoro''': "...kill me...kill me slowly..."
* InternalReveal: Practically ALL of "The Barrage of Emotions."
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The second major arc in ''GWM;APT'' is the infamous "Ocean's Dream" arc...albeit HEAVILY reworked.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The list of featured characters only keeps growing, and it does not seem to be stopping anytime soon.
* LocalHangout: Mr. Smiley runs a bar called, fittingly, Smiley's. It is basically [[Series/{{Cheers}} the Cheers bar if it were located in Beach City, with locals like Greg, Barb Miller, Nanefue Pizza, and Mayor Dewey as regulars.]] There really isn't much drinking going on, but everybody is more than happy to get away and just have a good time...even [[spoiler: Captain Smoker, much to his surprise.]]
* [[spoiler:TheMultiverse]]
* NoSell: Steven attempts to appeal to Mr. 3's good nature to stop fighting the Straw Hats...it doesn't work.
* OddFriendship: Robin and [[spoiler: Peridot]]; Sadie and [[spoiler: Captain Smoker.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: Smoker gets the lone "F Word" of the story when he [[spoiler: is told to play nice with the Straw Hats while trapped in Beach City.]]
* ARareSentence: Right before Greg has to go back and commentate on the last round of the Davy Back Fight, we get this gem:
---> '''Greg Universe''': "Not to be the interrupting kind of dad that you see on television all the time, but we don't have long before we have to get back on the bird...which is a sentence I just uttered.”
* RealMenWearPink: Damian enjoys wearing his pink shirt, as does Steven.
* ShipperOnDeck: Nami and Genevieve have both expressed how they like Connie and Steven together.
* ShooOutTheClowns: In the beginning of Water Seven, Steven and Connie are related to having their own adventures while the drama between Luffy and Usopp begins...it doesn't end well.
* ShoutOut: Oh boy...the Author Commentary lays out most of them. Some highlights include:
** [[Film/{{ANewHope}} Instead of being called "Mr. Prince," Sanji ends up taking the name of "Obi-Wan Kenobi" due to Steven thinking of the name at random. The crew actually watches the original film, which leads to moments of self-revelation in both Tashigi and Robin.]]
** Mayor Dewey has to remind himself that most of the bad things in Beach City are Gem things [[Series/{{MysteryScienceTheater3000}} and that he should really just relax.]]
** Greg and [[spoiler: Pizza Steve]] both confuse the concept of the [[spoiler: Multiverse with Grant Morrison's ''Comicbook/TheMultiversity.'']]
** Steven consistently equates pirating with [[Franchise/{{PiratesOfTheCaribbean}} pillaging, plundering, rifling, and looting.]]
** Steven makes up a song for the Baroque Works Agents called [[Theatre/{{ThePiratesOfPenzance}} "I Am The Very Model Of A Cunning Tiger Millionaire."]]
** Steven consistently calls Crocodile [[Disney/{{PeterPan}} "codfish" and sings "Never Smile At A Crocodile"]] while trapped in the Seastone cage.
** During the discussion about whether Steven needs to return to Beach City after Alabasta, Steven makes a passionate speech comparing his journey to a carnival, just like the ending of ''Anime/TenchiUniverse.''
** When introducing the Straw Hats to his beach house, he tells them [[Film/{{WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory}} to hold their breath, make a wish, and to count to three]].
** Greg proclaims to [[Creator/{{ChrisFarley}} live in a van down by the water.]]
** Doug Maheswaran points out the similarities between Smoker and [[Literature/{{LesMiserables}} Javert]]. Connie even buys him the book!
** Steven's comic selections include ''Comicbook/MsMarvel2014'' and ''Main/CaptainMarvel'' the latter of whom is his favorite. This is due to Zach Callison voicing Billy Batson in several DC Animated Projects.
** Smoker receiving a Newton's Cradle is one for ''Fanfic/LearningToBreatheUnderwater,'' which was the first ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' fan fiction the author read.
** The beginning and end narration from Amethyst's perspective of "The Internalization Of Amethyst" are a reference to how Matthew Stover would take pauses from the narrative of the ''Literarure/RevengeOfTheSith'' to tell how it "felt to be Anakin Skywalker in that moment."
** Rose Quartz has dated an [[Comicbook/{{GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel}} Abernathy, Faireborn, and a Hauser in the past]]. Mention is also made of Iron Grenadier pirates and Sierra Gordo.
** While searching for clues about the location of the Golden Crown, Greg compares the Straw Hats to [[WesternAnimation/{{ScoobyDooWhereAreYou}} Mystery Inc.]]
** Connie and Steven eat [[Film/{{MaryPoppins}} raspberry ice and cake while on their date. To further drive home the point, they both sing a reworked version of "Jolly Holiday."]]
* SirSwearsALot: Sanji probably swears the most in this story. Steven used to point out his bad language, but stopped as time went on.
* SmokingIsCool: Sanji, as per the norm, much to the displeasure of the residents of Beach City.
* SneezeCut: When Steven looked at the Snow-Garnet he made in Drum, it abruptly cuts to Garnet sneezing while [[spoiler: fighting robots with WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack.]]
* SongFic: There are quite a few songs in this fan fiction. Some notable songs include "We Are The Crystal Gems," [[Music/{{TheBeatles}} "With A Little Help From My Friends,"]] [[Music/{{Queen}} "Don't Stop Me Now,"]] [[Film/{{MaryPoppins}} "Jolly Holiday,"]] [[WesternAnimation/{{TheHobbit}} "The Greatest Adventure,"]] and [[spoiler: the 4kids rap.]] There are also a few original songs thrown in as well, most notably a summary of the entire story up until that point called "A Gem In The Rough" and the aforementioned "I Am The Very Model Of A Cunning Tiger Millionaire" (which were both set to the tune of [[Theatre/{{ThePiratesOfPenzance}} "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General,"]]( "Going To The Grand Line," and "If You Want To Be Our Shipwright" (both being set to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/{{TheSimpsons}} songs from ''The Simpsons,'' specifically "Gonna Paint Your Wagon" and "Minimum Wage Nanny"]] as stated in the Author Commentary).
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Mr. 5, Miss Valentine, and Miss Goldenweek do not get trapped in Little Garden. Instead, they become main characters. This means that the events of the "Miss Goldenweek Cover Story" do not happen, requiring a new way for Mr. 2 and Mr. 3 to end up in Impel Down.
* StationsOfTheCanon: While the story does follow the narratives set forward by Oda and the Crewniverse, there are some major deviations, especially in regards to the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' side. The events of "Sadie's Song" are skipped in favor of Steven [[spoiler: performing the 4kids rap during Beach-A-Palooza]] while the second half of "Catch and Release" happens off-page three-and-a-half chapters after Peridot gets bubbled. The biggest change on the ''Manga/OnePiece'' side of things (outside of the early introduction of [[spoiler:Garp]]) is the controversial defeat of Crocodile in the first fight, though Luffy still manages to find himself in the Royal Tomb in time to meet Robin and Cobra. The arc with the biggest changes to it, however, is "Ocean's Dream," which barely resembles the filler arc it is based on.
* TeamMom: Nami takes this role for the Straw Hats and Steven. She even buys him a ukulele while in Alabasta and comforts him when he is sad.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Beyond the [[spoiler: various characters from the CN Multiverse]], nobody could have predicted the inclusion of [[spoiler: Phil, a character created for the long-running ''Manga/OnePiece'' fan fiction ''Fanfic/LuffysRenewedAdventure'' becoming a reoccurring character at all.]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Nobody outside of Ronaldo, the Gems, Connie, and Greg seem to notice or care that the sun mysteriously rose back in the sky when it was supposed to be setting.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Garnet realizes that her [[ShockAndAwe electricity]] powers gives her a MAJOR advantage against Crocodile.
* WhamEpisode:
** "The Broken Promise": The Gems realize they need outside help to get Steven back: [[spoiler: WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa.]]
** "The Avalanche": Luffy and Steven [[spoiler: fuse to save Petrea.]]
** "The Seastone Cage": The Crystal Gems arrive to save Steven from Crocodile.
** "The Contrivance Factor": [[spoiler: Greg eats a Devil Fruit.]]
** "The Return To The Status Quo": [[spoiler: Smoker realizes that Gems have a history in the Grand Line.]]
** "The Soothing Mist": [[spoiler: Tatsu the seahorse is actually a lost Gem named Bixbite. Oh, and Aokiji has finally caught up with them.]]
** "The Barrage of Emotions": The duel between Usopp and Luffy finally happens. Steven has his date day with Connie ruined and freaks out on Garnet and Pearl.
* WhatTheHellHero: In addition to Usopp freaking out on Luffy for wanting to abandon the Going Merry, Steven gives a major one to Garnet (for potentially being able to stop the duel using her Future Vision) and Pearl (for still not seeming like she cares about the Straw Hats) after the duel. [[spoiler: This causes Steven to quit the Crystal Gems.]]
---> '''Steven Universe''': "Is it true? Did you know?! It is, isn't it?! YOU SAW THEY WOULD FIGHT!"
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->'''Garnet''': "Pirates. Are. Awesome. Enough said."
[[caption-width-right:350:[[Franchise/{{PiratesoftheCaribbean}} A pirate's life for me.]][[note]]Clockwise from top to bottom: [[BigFun Steven Universe]], [[TeamPet Carue]], [[BadassPrincess Nefeltari Vivi]], [[BadassBookworm Nico Robin]], [[BrilliantbutLazy Genevieve]], [[TeamMom Nami]], [[HavingABlast Damian]], [[GravityMaster Petrea]], [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Tony Tony Chopper]], [[ConsummateLiar Usopp]], [[SupremeChef Vinsmoke Sanji]], [[MasterSwordsman Roronoa Zoro]], and [[RubberMan Monkey D. Luffy]].[[/note]]]]
After discovering an ancient Gem weapon in the Strawberry Battlefield, Steven Universe finds himself separated from the Crystal Gems and ends up in the most unlikeliest of places: the boat of the "Mr. 5 Pair" of the deadly Baroque Works organization. Now Steven must try to reactivate the weapon and return back to the Grand Line...but not before enjoying an adventure that will change his life forever!
''A Gem In The Rough'' is a crossover fanfic between ''Manga/OnePiece'' and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' by [=Drillmaster=] with additional story ideas by jmr46718 and CyanideOreo. It can be found on both [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6050257/chapters/13871293 AO3]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11631833/1/A-Gem-in-the-Rough Fanfiction.net]]. It currently has one sequel, ''Gems Without Measure; A Pirate's Treasure'' (which is also found at [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6535861/chapters/14952688 AO3]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11893050/1/Gems-Without-Measure-A-Pirate-s-Treasure Fanfiction.net]]), with at least three more planned.
The story has its own Tumblr devoted to it, which can be found [[http://agemintherough.tumblr.com here]], and CyanideOreo's official art can be found at [[http://cyanideoreo.tumblr.com/tagged/steven-universe here]].
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!!A Gem In The Rough and Gems Without Measure; A Pirate's Treasure contains the following tropes:
* AccidentalMisnaming: Zoro misremembers Bellamy's name as Bullwinkle. Sanji calls him out on it immediately.
* AdaptationalBadass:
** Steven himself...on a technical level. While the Steven of the source material has been in fights before, he typically takes a pacifist stance and rarely fights offensively. After Luffy has a serious pep talk with him after the first confrontation with Wapol, he has been put in situations that have required him to fight back. The most notable fight Steven participated in offensively was against Crocodile in the desert, but it did little good for him.
** Greg actually helps bring down Miss Doublefinger using quick thinking and is the one who manages to get the Gems and Connie [[spoiler: away from General Grevious when they end up in the Clone Wars.]] This was all before he [[spoiler: ate a Devil Fruit.]]
* AlternateUniverseFic: [[spoiler: Based on comments by the Gorosei and Spandam, Gems have had some kind of presence in their world...but the details of it are unknown at this time.]]
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The Baroque Works trio's reason for tagging along with Steven, especially Petrea/ Miss Valentine.
* BigEntrance: The Crystal Gems tend to do this quite a bit. Their most notable entrance would be at the end of "The Seastone Cage:" Steven and the Straw Hats are captured by Crocodile and Sanji has just been knocked out by Mr. 3. Just when Crocodile is confident that nothing will stand in his way, Mr. 3 reveals that he understands the price of what failure in Baroque Works means and has brought partners who are most eager to talk to him. With that, the ceiling came crashing down and said partners adopted a battle stance, ready to take on the Shishibukai.
---> '''Garnet''': "I'm going to tell you this once: Give. Us. Steven!"
* BigWhat: It's a ''Manga/OnePiece'' story. It is bound to happen QUITE a bit.
* BlandNameProduct: Steven gives Tashigi a [[UsefulNotes/{{GameBoy}} Game Child]] gaming system with three games (''[[VideoGame/{{Tetris}} Soviet Block Revolution]]'', ''[[VideoGame/{{SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins}} Super Mueo. Land 2]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/{{PokemonRedAndBlue}} Pokkettomon: Red Version]]'') after she shows interest in playing ''[[VideoGame/{{SuperSmashBros}} Smash Pals Scuffle]]'' on his [[UsefulNotes/{{NintendoGameCube}} Sumy Dolphin]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[spoiler: Given the inclusion of WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa in this story, it is a given.]]
* BrokenBase: [[spoiler: Lufven (the fusion between Luffy and Steven)]]for two reasons:
** Several fans love the fact that Steven [[spoiler: fused with Luffy based on a joint desire to save their friend.]] However, others feel that the [[spoiler: fusion was not earned given the fact that they only knew each other for a few days at most.]]
** [[spoiler: Lufven assisting bringing down Crocodile. While some had no issue with it due to the fact that it allowed for a wonderful introduction for Sardonyx, others were not pleased that a key moment in Luffy's character development was robbed from him and that Crocodile was removed from the story early on.]] For what it is worth, the author has acknowledged these points in both the commentary and within the story itself, making it a plot point about how [[spoiler: Luffy is not sure if he would be strong enough to defeat Crocodile by himself.]]
---> '''Monkey D. Luffy''': [[spoiler: "Steven, you need to understand that I love when we fuse. It is unlike anything in the world! I…I just also need to know that I can fight my own fights too. When we fought that hippo guy, Lufven was necessary and, quite frankly, we kicked ass. But Crocodile…we didn't need to fuse then. We could have tag-teamed him and taken him down together. It just sounded so appealing at the time, and it seemed like we could solve all of our problems with it! Instead...instead we got stabbed and thankfully got rescued by Sardonyx and Robin."]]
---> '''Steven Universe ''':[[spoiler: "I know…but what does that mean? Do…do you not want to fuse with me anymore?"]]
---> '''Monkey D. Luffy''': [[spoiler: "What I mean is that Lufven is benched…for now," Luffy sat down and looked up at the sky. "It has nothing to do with me wanting to fuse with you or anything. We need to get stronger together. When we fight together, that is what I want us to do: I want us to fight side by side like friends…like brothers! But rest assured: when the time is right, Lufven will kick ass again!"]]
* BullyingADragon:
** Steven taunts Crocodile from inside of the Seastone cage, telling him how he deserves to go to jail for his crimes. Crocodile is more amused than annoyed until he realizes that Vivi and the others are alive.
** Peridot and Luffy keep making fun of Ratchet's machines, which only infuriates him.
* TheCakeIsALie: Ratchet promises the Straw Hats the Golden Crown if they join him on his quest to decipher the "Swaying Song." It turns out he only wanted to weaponize the island and did not believe the Golden Crown existed.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Priyanka cannot comprehend why Pearl would think letting Connie duel Zoro and Tashigi would be a great idea and let's her know it.
* CallingYourAttacks: Pearl tells Zoro that doing this is not a good idea in battle. However, she and the other Gems all start doing it while on the Grand Line.
---> '''Pearl''': "I must admit: it's catchy!"
---> '''Roronoa Zoro''': "See? Don't knock it until you try it."
*CanonForeigner: There are not many in this story, but the few that stick out are Apollo (a gorilla Mink that hangs around with [[spoiler: Nero]] in Water Seven), Eirney Heca (who is claiming to be [[spoiler: Kalifa's "half-sister"]]), and [[spoiler: Phil, a character created for the long-running ''Manga/OnePiece'' fan fiction ''Fanfic/LuffysRenewedAdventure'' with joint coordination from the author.]]
* ChekhovsGag: When on the Den-Den Mushi with Crocodile in Mr. 3's house, he gives Sanji the name "Obi-Wan Kenobi." Later on, Steven and the others are trapped in Rain Dinners. Sanji manages to call Crocodile (just like in canon under the famous "Mr. Prince" guise) and retained Steven's given name. As such, Steven then calls out for help in a very familiar way:
---> '''Steven Universe''': [[Film/{{ANewHope}} "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi! You're my only hope!"]]
* ChekhovsGun:
** Genevieve's paintings and the pictures Connie gives her as reference are important to gain the crew's trust after they [spoiler: lose their memories]
**Greg's [[spoiler: lightsaber.]]
** The Belly Bag Badge
** The Rifting Stone
** The Black Den-Den Mushi
* ContinuityNod:
** Amethyst has had a new outfit since reforming in "The Reluctant Handshake."
** Genevieve gives Steven the two paintings she made for him earlier in the story to hang in his room.
** Connie learns about who Kuina was because of Amethyst spying on Zoro and Tashigi in "The Return To The Status Quo."
** When we check in on Damian in the beginning of ''GWM;APT'', he is still working on the Fryman's shop after it burned down in the previous story.
** Nami and Usopp are the only two to know that Garnet is a fusion because they were the only ones listening to her in Alabasta.
** Luffy figures out who Sapphire is purely because she addressed him as "Pirate Captain Luffy."
** Luffy reminds Steven of the talk they shared in "The Bored Painter" when he begs him to call off the duel.
* {{Crossover}}: Besides the two obvious ones [[spoiler: this story features ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'', ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory,'' ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls,'' ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', and Creator/{{Toonami}} as a whole.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Petrea (Miss Valentine) and Damian (Mr. 5) both have tragic backstories. To subvert this trope, Genevieve (Miss Goldenweek) does not appear have one. In fact, she is the only one who has not lost a parent of the bunch...possibly even the entire crew.
* EasilyForgiven: Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine are easily forgiven by Luffy for trying to kill him earlier after he hears about Miss Valentine's dream. All it took was Steven asking him for them:
---> '''Steven Universe''': "Please forgive them!"
---> '''Monkey D. Luffy''': "Okay!"
---> '''Usopp''': "WHAT?! JUST LIKE THAT?!"
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Crocodile does not see the world in terms of good and evil, so a person like Steven completely baffles him.
* {{Fanboy}}: Greg and Connie get [[spoiler: Batman's]] autograph because they are both huge fans. Steven is later jealous.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Damian bursting through the fire to save the Straw Hats are the first indication that his dream [[spoiler: is to be a fireman.]]
** The Straw Hats fail to notice Mr. 3's ship docked in Alabasta.
** Several mentions are made of Onion trying to give something to Petrea...[[spoiler: specifically, a Devil Fruit.]]
** Peridot discusses how objective Yellow Diamond is.
** CP9 is mentioned in Robin's internal soul searching well-before their first appearances.
* FourLinesAllWaiting: Given the plethora of characters, this is a given. Two examples stick out:
** In "The Day After The Rave," we get Steven attempting to take the crew out into Funland, Smoker and Luffy joining Garnet in the Kindergarten, Connie taking Nami and Robin to a bookstore, and Pearl training Zoro and Tashigi.
** There are four spotlighted subplots happening during the introductory scenes of Water Seven: Greg and Robin at a cafe with Peridot and Chopper, Pearl and Garnet searching for a newspaper, Steven and Connie on a date, and the main part dealing with the gold exchange and Galley-La.
* FreakOut: During his confrontation with the Gems, Steven ends up getting a barrage of emotions that seem to overcome him, causing him to become somewhat unstable.
* GivingUpOnLogic: Upon entering the Grand Line, Peridot began to see just how illogical the Davy Back Fight was. Robin offered her this valuable piece of advice:
---> '''Nico Robin''': “The first thing you need to know about the Straw Hats is to throw logic out of the window."
---> '''Peridot''': "…oh…that is more logical than it has any right being.”
* GoalInLife: The Straw Hats and Gems list their's off in "The Dream Island."
* GreatBigBookOfEverything: Pearl has been given a copy of ''The Devil Fruit Encyclopedia.'' [[spoiler: Also, Uncle Grandpa's cellphone, which can apparently pull up the story that he is in DURING the story.]]
* HandWave: After Damian announces his intention to become a [[spoiler: Beach City fireman]], we get this lovely exchange:
---> '''Connie Maheswaran''': "Wait...can you even stay here? You don't have a Social Security Card or money or...well anything!"
---> '''Damian''': "Don't worry about it. Mayor Dewey told me he would help me become a citizen abusing some kind of legal loophole or something."
---> '''Connie Maheswaran''': "That raises more questions!"
* HeelFaceTurn: Steven manages to convince Mr. 5, Miss Valentine, and Miss Goldenweek to abandon Baroque Works. This leads to them joining along with the Straw Hats for the remainder of the story.
* HeroicBSOD:
** Steven suffers one dealing with witnessing the death and destruction of the Alabasta conflict. Connie shakes him out of it with a solid pep talk.
** Later on, Connie has one during the movie night when she keeps thinking about [[spoiler: General Grevious slaughtering Jedi.]] This time it is Steven who shakes her out of it.
**Amethyst has a major one in "The Internalization Of Amethyst" when she learns about [[spoiler: the death of Rose after she loses her memories.]]
** Steven and Usopp both have one in "The Barrage Of Emotions."
* TheHerosJourney: ''AGITR'' is basically one giant one for Steven. This is discussed more in the commentary.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Zoro discovers that he is not old enough to drink in Beach City. This displeases him greatly.
---> '''Priyanka Maheswaran''': "In our...dimension...you need to be at least twenty-one to drink alcohol!"
---> '''Roronoa Zoro''': "...kill me...kill me slowly..."
* InternalReveal: Practically ALL of "The Barrage of Emotions."
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The second major arc in ''GWM;APT'' is the infamous "Ocean's Dream" arc...albeit HEAVILY reworked.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The list of featured characters only keeps growing, and it does not seem to be stopping anytime soon.
* LocalHangout: Mr. Smiley runs a bar called, fittingly, Smiley's. It is basically [[Series/{{Cheers}} the Cheers bar if it were located in Beach City, with locals like Greg, Barb Miller, Nanefue Pizza, and Mayor Dewey as regulars.]] There really isn't much drinking going on, but everybody is more than happy to get away and just have a good time...even [[spoiler: Captain Smoker, much to his surprise.]]
* [[spoiler:TheMultiverse]]
* NoSell: Steven attempts to appeal to Mr. 3's good nature to stop fighting the Straw Hats...it doesn't work.
* OddFriendship: Robin and [[spoiler: Peridot]]; Sadie and [[spoiler: Captain Smoker.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: Smoker gets the lone "F Word" of the story when he [[spoiler: is told to play nice with the Straw Hats while trapped in Beach City.]]
* ARareSentence: Right before Greg has to go back and commentate on the last round of the Davy Back Fight, we get this gem:
---> '''Greg Universe''': "Not to be the interrupting kind of dad that you see on television all the time, but we don't have long before we have to get back on the bird...which is a sentence I just uttered.”
* RealMenWearPink: Damian enjoys wearing his pink shirt, as does Steven.
* ShipperOnDeck: Nami and Genevieve have both expressed how they like Connie and Steven together.
* ShooOutTheClowns: In the beginning of Water Seven, Steven and Connie are related to having their own adventures while the drama between Luffy and Usopp begins...it doesn't end well.
* ShoutOut: Oh boy...the Author Commentary lays out most of them. Some highlights include:
** [[Film/{{ANewHope}} Instead of being called "Mr. Prince," Sanji ends up taking the name of "Obi-Wan Kenobi" due to Steven thinking of the name at random. The crew actually watches the original film, which leads to moments of self-revelation in both Tashigi and Robin.]]
** Mayor Dewey has to remind himself that most of the bad things in Beach City are Gem things [[Series/{{MysteryScienceTheater3000}} and that he should really just relax.]]
** Greg and [[spoiler: Pizza Steve]] both confuse the concept of the [[spoiler: Multiverse with Grant Morrison's ''Comicbook/TheMultiversity.'']]
** Steven consistently equates pirating with [[Franchise/{{PiratesOfTheCaribbean}} pillaging, plundering, rifling, and looting.]]
** Steven makes up a song for the Baroque Works Agents called [[Theatre/{{ThePiratesOfPenzance}} "I Am The Very Model Of A Cunning Tiger Millionaire."]]
** Steven consistently calls Crocodile [[Disney/{{PeterPan}} "codfish" and sings "Never Smile At A Crocodile"]] while trapped in the Seastone cage.
** During the discussion about whether Steven needs to return to Beach City after Alabasta, Steven makes a passionate speech comparing his journey to a carnival, just like the ending of ''Anime/TenchiUniverse.''
** When introducing the Straw Hats to his beach house, he tells them [[Film/{{WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory}} to hold their breath, make a wish, and to count to three]].
** Greg proclaims to [[Creator/{{ChrisFarley}} live in a van down by the water.]]
** Doug Maheswaran points out the similarities between Smoker and [[Literature/{{LesMiserables}} Javert]]. Connie even buys him the book!
** Steven's comic selections include ''Comicbook/MsMarvel2014'' and ''Main/CaptainMarvel'' the latter of whom is his favorite. This is due to Zach Callison voicing Billy Batson in several DC Animated Projects.
** Smoker receiving a Newton's Cradle is one for ''Fanfic/LearningToBreatheUnderwater,'' which was the first ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' fan fiction the author read.
** The beginning and end narration from Amethyst's perspective of "The Internalization Of Amethyst" are a reference to how Matthew Stover would take pauses from the narrative of the ''Literarure/RevengeOfTheSith'' to tell how it "felt to be Anakin Skywalker in that moment."
** Rose Quartz has dated an [[Comicbook/{{GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel}} Abernathy, Faireborn, and a Hauser in the past]]. Mention is also made of Iron Grenadier pirates and Sierra Gordo.
** While searching for clues about the location of the Golden Crown, Greg compares the Straw Hats to [[WesternAnimation/{{ScoobyDooWhereAreYou}} Mystery Inc.]]
** Connie and Steven eat [[Film/{{MaryPoppins}} raspberry ice and cake while on their date. To further drive home the point, they both sing a reworked version of "Jolly Holiday."]]
* SirSwearsALot: Sanji probably swears the most in this story. Steven used to point out his bad language, but stopped as time went on.
* SmokingIsCool: Sanji, as per the norm, much to the displeasure of the residents of Beach City.
* SneezeCut: When Steven looked at the Snow-Garnet he made in Drum, it abruptly cuts to Garnet sneezing while [[spoiler: fighting robots with WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack.]]
* SongFic: There are quite a few songs in this fan fiction. Some notable songs include "We Are The Crystal Gems," [[Music/{{TheBeatles}} "With A Little Help From My Friends,"]] [[Music/{{Queen}} "Don't Stop Me Now,"]] [[Film/{{MaryPoppins}} "Jolly Holiday,"]] [[WesternAnimation/{{TheHobbit}} "The Greatest Adventure,"]] and [[spoiler: the 4kids rap.]] There are also a few original songs thrown in as well, most notably a summary of the entire story up until that point called "A Gem In The Rough" and the aforementioned "I Am The Very Model Of A Cunning Tiger Millionaire" (which were both set to the tune of [[Theatre/{{ThePiratesOfPenzance}} "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General,"]]( "Going To The Grand Line," and "If You Want To Be Our Shipwright" (both being set to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/{{TheSimpsons}} songs from ''The Simpsons,'' specifically "Gonna Paint Your Wagon" and "Minimum Wage Nanny"]] as stated in the Author Commentary).
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Mr. 5, Miss Valentine, and Miss Goldenweek do not get trapped in Little Garden. Instead, they become main characters. This means that the events of the "Miss Goldenweek Cover Story" do not happen, requiring a new way for Mr. 2 and Mr. 3 to end up in Impel Down.
* StationsOfTheCanon: While the story does follow the narratives set forward by Oda and the Crewniverse, there are some major deviations, especially in regards to the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' side. The events of "Sadie's Song" are skipped in favor of Steven [[spoiler: performing the 4kids rap during Beach-A-Palooza]] while the second half of "Catch and Release" happens off-page three-and-a-half chapters after Peridot gets bubbled. The biggest change on the ''Manga/OnePiece'' side of things (outside of the early introduction of [[spoiler:Garp]]) is the controversial defeat of Crocodile in the first fight, though Luffy still manages to find himself in the Royal Tomb in time to meet Robin and Cobra. The arc with the biggest changes to it, however, is "Ocean's Dream," which barely resembles the filler arc it is based on.
* TeamMom: Nami takes this role for the Straw Hats and Steven. She even buys him a ukulele while in Alabasta and comforts him when he is sad.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Beyond the [[spoiler: various characters from the CN Multiverse]], nobody could have predicted the inclusion of [[spoiler: Phil, a character created for the long-running ''Manga/OnePiece'' fan fiction ''Fanfic/LuffysRenewedAdventure'' becoming a reoccurring character at all.]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Nobody outside of Ronaldo, the Gems, Connie, and Greg seem to notice or care that the sun mysteriously rose back in the sky when it was supposed to be setting.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Garnet realizes that her [[ShockAndAwe electricity]] powers gives her a MAJOR advantage against Crocodile.
* WhamEpisode:
** "The Broken Promise": The Gems realize they need outside help to get Steven back: [[spoiler: WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa.]]
** "The Avalanche": Luffy and Steven [[spoiler: fuse to save Petrea.]]
** "The Seastone Cage": The Crystal Gems arrive to save Steven from Crocodile.
** "The Contrivance Factor": [[spoiler: Greg eats a Devil Fruit.]]
** "The Return To The Status Quo": [[spoiler: Smoker realizes that Gems have a history in the Grand Line.]]
** "The Soothing Mist": [[spoiler: Tatsu the seahorse is actually a lost Gem named Bixbite. Oh, and Aokiji has finally caught up with them.]]
** "The Barrage of Emotions": The duel between Usopp and Luffy finally happens. Steven has his date day with Connie ruined and freaks out on Garnet and Pearl.
* WhatTheHellHero: In addition to Usopp freaking out on Luffy for wanting to abandon the Going Merry, Steven gives a major one to Garnet (for potentially being able to stop the duel using her Future Vision) and Pearl (for still not seeming like she cares about the Straw Hats) after the duel. [[spoiler: This causes Steven to quit the Crystal Gems.]]
---> '''Steven Universe''': "Is it true? Did you know?! It is, isn't it?! YOU SAW THEY WOULD FIGHT!"
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->'''Garnet''': "Pirates. Are. Awesome. Enough said."
