History Recap / StevenUniverseFutureS1E5Bluebird

* AchievementsInIgnorance: Eyeball and Aquamarine's biggest success at making Steven suffer was the paranoia and stress they caused while hanging around as Bluebird Azurite. However, they were actually trying their best to gain his trust, oblivious to Steven even recognizing them.

* ISurrenderSuckers: After being beaten by Alexandrite, Aquamarine and Eyeball decide to surrender... only to retreat, promising to hate Steven forever.

* RedemptionRejection: Aquamarine and Eyeball have rejected Homeworld's reforms even more than Jasper, actively trying to hurt Steven and his friends.

While Greg is in the bathroom combing his hair, Steven pulls Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl in there with him and lets them know who this gem really was. They remain unfazed, revealing that they knew this all along, causing Steven to wonder why they were being so nice to her. He then reminds them of when Aquamarine kidnapped him to bring him to Homeworld, also adding the fact that Eyeball tried to stab him in space while attempting to remove his gem, and when she ratted him out when he was on trial with Yellow Diamond and Blue Diamond. Garnet informs him that was all in the past and that people can change. Steven uses a couple more excuses, such as wondering why Bluebird showed up at his house all of a sudden. Pearl then informs Steven that Bluebird Azurite's presence is his fault, indicating that he broadcasted a commercial that welcomed Gems from all across the universe to Earth. Steven then decides to give Bluebird a chance and Garnet informs him that if things go south, they'll squash her.

The next few scenes of this episode show Steven jumping to conclusions, assuming Bluebird is doing harm to the gems or Greg when in reality they are doing simple activities together. Such as when he noticed her approaching Pearl with a knife (to cut a cake she made), or holding Garnet down on the ground (to help her stretch before doing exercises). In one instance, Steven hears chainsaw noises and Greg's screams from the van, only to find out that he and Bluebird are watching a horror movie, which Bluebird finds funny. Steven also finds a few small crummy pictures of himself around the house and assumes that they were drawn by Bluebird, expressing his dislike of them to Amethyst (who had actually drawn the pictures). As Amethyst runs to the door, Bluebird appears and asks what's wrong. When Amethyst shows her the pictures, she states that despite not knowing what art is, she thinks it's the best of it she's ever seen, cheering Amethyst up and inspiring her to continue working on her art.

Later, Steven is in the bathroom getting ready for bed. When he notices Bluebird's gems drawn on his face, he laughs as he cleans it off. Then the warp pad is heard activating followed by the sound of tire screeches. He runs out of the bathroom and sees that Greg's van had warped between warp pads and was now in the Beach house. Steven comes to the conclusion that Bluebird and Greg were just having fun. Suddenly, Greg's screaming is heard, which Steven thinks means he's watching another horror film with Bluebird. However, Greg is heard screaming again, so Steven goes outside to see what's going on. Once Steven goes outside, he looks up and sees Bluebird dangling Greg off the roof. He asks his dad if he was screaming out of fun and Greg assures him that he is not. Bluebird then starts to talk about how there were two separate gems that were loved for bringing the greatest traitor (Steven) to Homeworld, and how they were cast out once the traitor duped Homeworld into loving him instead, announcing they've come to Earth to enact their revenge. She then unfuses, "revealing" herself to be Eyeball and Aquamarine. Steven isn't surprised by this, however, as everyone was aware from the start. When the two gems ask Steven why everyone was so nice to them if they knew, Steven exclaims that it's simply because they're nice people. Aquamarine ignores his statement and grabs Greg by the hair, dangling him over the roof again as Eyeball holds her chisel near him. Aquamarine then tells Steven that if he wants "My Dad" back, he'll have to listen to their demands, which include destroying the Beach House, bubbling his friends, and burning Little Homeworld to the ground. Steven refuses to do as such, to which Aquamarine responds by instructing Ruby to kill Greg. As Ruby laughs, Greg grabs her chisel and cuts his hair to free himself. Steven catches him as Aquamarine throws his hair down in disgust. Greg, heartbroken, grabs his hair and grieves. While Eyeball and Aquamarine argue, Steven angrily tells his dad to go wait inside, and the latter does so while holding his hair. Steven then swears he won't let the gems get away with what they've done, turning pink and launching himself at them.

After attempting to fight Steven unfused, they acknowledge his strength and attempt to fuse again, to no avail. After several more attempts, Eyeball grows frustrated and starts fighting with Aquamarine as Steven watches and drops his guard. Knowing that they fused solely because they hated him, he attempts to steer them in the right direction, but only annoys Aquamarine and Eyeball further, causing them to quickly bond over their mutual hatred of him and successfully fuse. Announcing her return, Bluebird summons her weapon (an ice cutlass) and begins fighting Steven. Meanwhile, the gems look for Steven while asking why Greg is crying in the bathroom, with Amethyst exclaiming that he needs to move his van before spotting Bluebird slashing at Steven's shield. The gems fuse into Alexandrite and, as promised, squash Bluebird into the ground, splitting her back into Aquamarine and Eyeball. After taunting Steven briefly, they fly away while exclaiming that they'll always be out in the universe, hating Steven (with Eyeball childishly exclaiming that he smells).

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Nobody really trusts Bluebird Azurite due to everyone who knows both Eyeball and Aquamarine seeing right through her PaperThinDisguise, but the Gems point out that Steven has invited everyone in the Empire to come and try to improve themselves at Little Homeworld, albeit in a way that is somewhat dismissive of Steven's concerns. Greg points out, however, that if Steven doesn't want to spend time with Bluebird that's also fine (especially considering Steven's past trauma stemming from both Eyeball and Aquamarine). Steven initially doesn't want Bluebird around at all due to his distrust of her (and likely due to said trauma too), and only reluctantly agrees after the gems make their own point.

* ImportantHaircut: PlayedWith. Greg, being held hostage by Ruby and Aquamarine, steals Ruby's dagger and cuts the long hair he's had since his Mr. Universe days, so he literally falls out of their reach. Greg falls safely into Steven's arms, but he takes the loss of his tresses ''very'' hard.

* {{Irony}}: Back in the original series, the Crystal Gems believed that any new Gem was a potential threat and it was Steven who tried to see the best in them and (most of the time) he was able to redeem them. Now the Crystal Gems are the ones who are encouraging Steven to look past the villainous actions of their former enemies and give them a second chance while Steven, correctly, concludes that they can't be trusted [[BeyondRedemption or redeemed]].

* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Part of Aquamarine and Eyeball's schemes include disguising themselves as a fusion that no one falls for, pranking Steven with incredibly harmless pranks meant to soften him up for later (replacing his juice with tomato soup, putting rolls of toilet paper on his car, pinning a sign on his back that said he smells good) that only serve to make him paranoid against them, serving him an entree platter of peanut butter, oysters and lawn grass and giving him a pre-shaken can of soda. When they drop the act, they try and hold Greg hostage to make Steven destroy everyone and everything in his life, but Greg frees himself and Steven nearly curb-stomps the both of them. When they try to make a dramatic reveal on who they are, Steven tells them that no one was fooled.

* RunningGag: Whenever Steven mentions Bluebird replacing his juice with tomato soup, someone mentions that he liked tomato soup.

Later, Steven is in the bathroom getting ready for bed. When he notices Bluebird's gems drawn on his face, he laughs as he cleans it off. Then the warp pad is heard activating followed by the sound of tire screeches. He runs out of the bathroom and sees that Greg's van had warped between warp pads and was now in the Beach house. Steven comes to the conclusion that Bluebird and Greg were just having fun. Suddenly, Greg's screaming is heard, which Steven thinks means he's watching another horror film with Bluebird. However, Greg is heard screaming again, so Steven goes outside to see what's going on.
Once Steven goes outside, he looks up and sees Bluebird dangling Greg off the roof. He asks his dad if he was screaming out of fun and Greg assures him that he is not. Bluebird then starts to talk about how there were two separate gems that were loved for bringing the greatest traitor (Steven) to Homeworld, and how they were cast out once the traitor duped Homeworld into loving him instead, announcing they've come to Earth to enact their revenge. She then unfuses, "revealing" herself to be Eyeball and Aquamarine. Steven isn't surprised by this, however, as everyone was aware from the start. When the two gems ask Steven why everyone was so nice to them if they knew, Steven exclaims that it's simply because they're nice people. Aquamarine ignores his statement and grabs Greg by the hair, dangling him over the roof again as Eyeball holds her chisel near him. Aquamarine then tells Steven that if he wants "My Dad" back, he'll have to listen to their demands, which include destroying the Beach House, bubbling his friends, and burning Little Homeworld to the ground. Steven refuses to do as such, to which Aquamarine responds by instructing Ruby to kill Greg. As Ruby laughs, Greg grabs her chisel and cuts his hair to free himself. Steven catches him as Aquamarine throws his hair down in disgust. Greg, heartbroken, grabs his hair and grieves. While Eyeball and Aquamarine argue, Steven angrily tells his dad to go wait inside, and the latter does so while holding his hair. Steven then swears he won't let the gems get away with what they've done, turning pink and launching himself at them.

* ParentalTitleCharacterization: Before this episode, Steven had always called "Dad". The line "Father, get inside" is the first warning that Steven is about to go Pink on Aquamarine and Eyeball.

The next few scenes of this episode show Steven jumping to conclusions, assuming Bluebird is doing harm to the gems or Greg when in reality they are doing simple activities together. Such as when he noticed her approaching Pearl with a knife (to cut a cake she made), or holding Garnet down on the ground (to help her stretch before doing exercises). In one instance, Steven heard chainsaw noises and Greg's screams from the van, only to find out that he and Bluebird were watching a horror movie, which Bluebird found funny. Steven also finds a few small crummy pictures of himself around the house and assumes that they were drawn by Bluebird, expressing his dislike of them to Amethyst (who had actually drawn the pictures). As Amethyst runs to the door, Bluebird appears and asks what's wrong. When Amethyst shows her the pictures, she states that despite not knowing what art is, she thinks it's the best of it she's ever seen, cheering Amethyst up and inspiring her to continue working on her art.

Steven drives home and finds a party inside the house. He automatically realizes that a new gem has come to earth. Amethyst welcomes Steven and tells him to go introduce himself. When the gem turns around, Steven feels threatened, immediately realizing that this was a fusion of Aquamarine and "Eyeball". However, the Gem acts kind towards Steven, such as introducing herself as Bluebird Azurite, hugging him, and handing him a tray of food (all of which are known to cause allergic reactions).

Once they leave the bathroom, Bluebird approaches Steven and apologizes to him for giving him all that food without a beverage. She proceeds to hand him a can of juice which sprays Steven in the face once he opened it. She wonders how that happened in a sarcastic tone, in response, Steven angrily tells her that she shook it and she knew it. Garnet corrects him and he changes his approach.

The episode begins with Steven filming a commercial for Little Homeworld, telling all Gems across the galaxy to come to learn to be an Earthling at Little Homeschool. Once Steven finishes the commercial, Peridot walks up to him and lets him know that he smells good. When Steven acts confused by this, Peridot pulls a note off his back that reads "Tell Me I Smell Good." A couple more pranks happen shortly after which include Steven's Juice being replaced with Tomato Soup, and finding a stack of toilet paper on top of the Dondai Supremo. Steven isn't bothered by this, seeing as he likes Tomato Soup and that he won't have to collect wads of Toilet Paper off his car. He does hear a mysterious voice, however, which catches him off guard.

* TraumaticHaircut: A self-inflicted version; Greg is forced to lop off his own hair with Eyeball's shiv to escape a dangerous ByTheHair scenario, but is deeply upset about it and cradles his locks before running inside on Steven's orders to cry in the bathroom. Later, once he's finished grieving, Greg accepts the loss and [[BurialAtSea sets his hair to drift out to sea]].

* SadisticChoice: Aquamarine and Eyeball take Greg hostage and tell Steven, while holding Greg at knife-point, that they will only give him back unharmed if Steven does a few tasks, including destroying his own home, bubbling his friends, and burning Little Homeworld to the ground. Greg manages to TakeAThirdOption though and frees himself.