History Fanfic / AGemInTheRough

* 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 ''Literature/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.
** The cruise boat that had vanished before being found during the Ocean's Dream arc is called [[Series/GilligansIsland The Minnow.]]
** 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."]]
** Steven, Apollo, and Nero sing [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} ''A Musician's Life For Me,'']] which [[spoiler: foreshadows the former characters' similar natures to the characters of Honest John and Gideon.]]
** [[spoiler: Phil's]] threat to Psycho P is primarily taken from ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''.
** The description for Takafumi Liu (the chocolatier and confectioner that Damian and Genevieve meet on Backslide Island) is almost word-for-word how Roald Dahl describes Willy Wonka's appearance in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' which serves as foreshadowing that he is a [[spoiler: literal candy-man who has eaten the Candy-Candy Fruit.]]
** Genevieve's "Color Trap: Musical Deep Blue" forces Hina, Jango, Fullbody, Psycho P, and herself to perform [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold "I'm The Music Meister."]]

* 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 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 [[Anime/{{BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland}}comes across a small, talking flower...]] The rest of the chapter is one punch in the gut after another.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Manga/{{OnePiece}} Come aboard and bring along all your hopes and dreams!]][[note]]Counterclockwise from top to bottom: [[BigFun Steven Universe]], [[TeamPet Carue]], 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]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Manga/{{OnePiece}} Come aboard and bring along all your hopes and dreams!]][[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]]]]

* 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.]]

-->'''Steven''': "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!"

---> '''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.”

--> '''Steven''': "Is it true? Did you know?! It is, isn't it?! YOU SAW THEY WOULD FIGHT!"

---> '''Garnet''': "I'm going to tell you this once: Give. Us. Steven!"

---> [[spoiler:'''Peridot''': Get away from my captain, you clod!"]]

---> '''Roronoa Zoro''': "...at what point did the lazy painter become the breadwinner for us?"
* 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. 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!"]]

---> '''Pearl''': "I must admit: it's catchy!"
---> '''Roronoa Zoro''': "See? Don't knock it until you try it."

---> '''Monkey D. Luffy''': "I'm gonna kick your ass!"

---> '''Genevieve''': "I want to paint these."
---> '''Connie Maheswaran''': "You did, Genevieve!"
---> '''Genevieve''': "Oh...then I want to paint a painting of the paintings then."

---> '''Steven Universe''': [[Film/{{ANewHope}} "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi! You're my only hope!"]]

---> '''Sanji''': "Are we just that terrible?"
---> '''Damian''': "Our minds are clearly in the gutter."

---> '''Steven Universe''': "Please forgive them!"
---> '''Monkey D. Luffy''': "Okay!"
---> '''Usopp''': "WHAT?! JUST LIKE THAT?!"

---> '''Steven Universe''': "I think I'm from another dimension. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E4SayUncle I went to another dimension this one time but I didn't realize that it was actually another dimension until later. It was kind of weird and we don't like talking about it...]]"

---> '''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.”

---> '''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!"

---> '''Pearl''': “How is it possible that someone who has such a poor sense of direction could be so perceptive?"
---> '''Roronoa Zoro''': "The hell if I know."

---> '''Priyanka Maheswaran''': "In our...dimension...you need to be at least twenty-one to drink alcohol!"
---> '''Roronoa Zoro''': "...kill me...kill me slowly..."

---> '''Nico Robin''': "Peridot...shut up."
---> '''Peridot''': "...what?"
---> '''Nico Robin''': "You know nothing of what I am doing. Did the cook and doctor not tell you that I quit the crew? This includes severing all ties to you all, including you."
---> '''Peridot''': "But...but...no! That makes no logical sense! You were happy before! There has to be a reason for this sudden tonal shift!"
---> '''Nico Robin''': "You seem to have forgotten the first lesson that I taught you on the Grand Line: throw all logic out of the window. If I am ever to achieve my dream in life, I need to sever all ties with you people."

---> '''Steven Universe''': “Stop talking about me like I'm not here! Of course; just when Garnet thinks that I am ready for more dangerous missions, I get sent here! Why won't anyone give me a chance?!”

---> '''Nami''': "This is everything I have ever dreamed of! A large treasure chest! By itself! Without anyone around to question our valid claim to it! Somebody pinch me!."
---> '''Peridot''': "An odd request, but alright."
---> (''She pinches her.'')
---> '''Nami''': "I wasn't being literal!"
---> '''Peridot''': "How was I supposed to know that?!"
---> '''Nami''': "It doesn't matter! I'm going to be rich! Rich, I tell you!"

---> '''Amethyst''': "It's his nose! She…she thinks that his silver nose is Jasper's gem! That's rich!"
---> '''Pearl''': "...you're joking. Peridot, you can't be serious!"
---> '''Peridot''': "Why not?! Look at him! Can you tell me with certainty that this cyborg is NOT a reformatted Jasper?! This is the Grand Line, is it not? Anything is possible here!"

---> '''Genevieve''': Discounting the fact that I'm underage and have no intentions of being a functional alcoholic like Zoro, drinking isn't something I'll ever be interested in. As a painter, I need to keep my head clear. I'd rather focus on the art and not get sloppy [...] Crappy painters need an artificially created vision to get going. I'm different. I want my art to be purely me. Besides, most artists can't influence emotions using their paints. If I were to be out of it at all, the entire color and emotional spectrum would...well, it's too long to explain and I really don't have the energy to do so."

-->'''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''': "Is it true? Did you know?! It is, isn't it?! YOU SAW THEY WOULD FIGHT!"

---> '''Steven Universe''': “I know they won't just stop when they came this far, no matter how angry or upset they are. They just need to snap out of it and realize what's important before it's too late to do anything about it!"
---> '''Genevieve''': "You...you're teaching them a lesson...by putting your life on the line?"
---> '''Steven Universe''': "Garnet does stuff like this all the time when Pearl and Amethyst nag at each other. I still have faith they'll stop whatever that is and save it for after the mission.”
---> '''Genevieve''': “You're odd for a boy."
---> '''Steven Universe''': "And you're weird for a painter. Come on; let's walk a little faster. If I'm right, they should start running to catch up to us aaaaaaany...”
---> '''Damian/Petrea''': "WAIT!"

** The Baroque Works trio's reason for tagging along with Steven is because of this, especially for Petrea/ Miss Valentine.

** The Crystal Gems are consistently noted that to always saving the day

---> '''Pearl''': “How is it possible that someone who has such a poor sense of direction could be so perceptice?"

* InJoke: Literally every new location and character introduced in "The Adventures Of The Baroque Works Trio" that was not already mentioned in the story is named after a different member of the Crewniverse's first or last name (with the arms dealer Lamar directly based off of Lamar Abrams).

* CatchPhrase: Luffy's catchphrase in this story is simple and to the point with multiple variations depending on whom he is talking to:

* CallingTheOldManOut: Priyanka cannot comprehend why Pearl would think letting Connie duel Zoro and Tashigi would be a great idea and lets her know 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"]]), [[spoiler: Phil (a character created for the long-running ''Manga/OnePiece'' fan fiction ''Fanfic/LuffysRenewedAdventure'' with joint coordination from the author),]] Florido Zuke (a young woman who looks like a thirteen year old girl and dresses like a 50's housewife), and Lamar (an arms dealer Petrea and Damian are only friendly terms with). The later two are [[spoiler: new recruits of [=CP9=]]] while [[spoiler: Phil was a member of the Foxy Pirates and the former Mr. 6 of Baroque Works, with Zuke being his partner: Miss Mother's Day.]]

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: According to Genevieve, this is how the crew treats [[Anime/DeadEndAdventure]] in order not to incur Nami's wrath over not receiving the prize money for the race. [[spoiler: The same could be said for Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland although that only applies for Luffy and Genevieve, who was asked to repress those memories with her Color Trap hypnosis. The rest of the crew had those memories wiped away when the adventure ended.]]

** 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.]]

** "The Adventures Of The Baroque Works Trio" features Genevieve, Petrea, and Damian encountering a vacationing Hina and her subordinates (with Petrea getting captured by her) and escape thanks to a dancing -like attack, just like in the cover story featuring Miss Goldenweek (bonus points for its chapter happening at the exact same point in the story that the cover story started being published).

** The description for Takafumi Liu (the chocolatier and confectioner that Damian and Genevieve meet on Backslide Island) is almost word-for-word how Roald Dahl describes Willy Wonka's appearance in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory" which serves as foreshadowing that he is a [[spoiler: literal candy-man who has eaten the Candy-Candy Fruit.]]

* SongFic: There are quite a few songs in this fan fiction, both original and reused. 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).

TheTeetotaler: Genevieve claims that she will be one when she gets older in order to keep her art pure.

** Steven, Apollo, and Nero sing [[Disney/Pinocchio ''A Musician's Life For Me,'']] which [[spoiler: foreshadows the former characters' similar natures to the characters of Honest John and Gideon.]]

* 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.]] The later two are [[spoiler: new recruits of [=CP9=]]] while the former is [[spoiler: a member of the Foxy Pirates and the former Mr. 6 of Baroque Works.]]

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: According to Genevieve, this is how the crew treats [[Anime/DeadEndAdventure]] in order not to incur Nami's wrath over not receiving the prize money for the race. [[spoiler: The same could be said for [[Anime/ BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland]] although that only applies for Luffy and Genevieve, who was asked to repress those memories with her Color Trap hypnosis. The rest of the crew had those memories wiped away when the adventure ended.]]

* 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]].

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Fusion, of course! Sanji and Damian comment on it in Dr. Kureha's castle, confusing a naive Steven and Luffy.
---> '''Sanji''': "Are we just that terrible?"
---> '''Damian''': "Our minds are clearly in the gutter."

* AnnouncerChatter: During the Davy Back Fight, we get three announcers giving us lovely commentary on every round: Itomimizu (Foxy's commentator), Greg Universe, and Connie Maheswaran (who was only given permission by her parents to watch the games and not compete).

** Damian bursting through the fire to save the Straw Hats are the first indication that his dream [[spoiler: is to be a fireman.]]