History Recap / StevenUniverseS1E27HouseGuest

* AdultFear: The idea that, by merely wanting to spend some time with your child and justifying it with a little lie, you've hurt them in a deep and unconscionable way.

* BlatantLies: Greg is caught not only standing up but ''dancing'', and still pretends it's broken until Steven wonders if it was even broken at all.

* MundaneSolution: Using duct tape to fix a crack in a massive geode that's radiating energy.

* ObfuscatingDisability: Just to spend time with Steven.

* PuppyDogEyes: Greg uses them when he tries to guilt trip Steven into staying with him rather than going on the mission.

** Greg uses the warp whistle 3 times while he's still "convalescing"; and it's the third usage that gets him caught.

* WrenchWench: Pearl is a surprisingly good mechanic.

* TheGlomp: Greg is so overjoyed that his van is fixed, that he bear-hugs Pearl off her feet.
* HatesBeingTouched: Pearl's reaction to the above-mentioned Glomp is a mild freak-out.

* AnnoyingPatient: Greg's abuse of the warp whistle to call Steven back from his mission with the Gems.
* BlatantLies: Greg is caught not only standing up but ''dancing''. Everything he says until Steven doubts his leg was ever broken at all is one of these.

* ContinuityNod: Pearl mentions the water clones from "Ocean Gem".

* PowerIncontinence: Steven believes his healing spit is no longer working when it fails to heal Greg and then the barrier to the magic storm. It still fails to work after Greg admits to lying, which is either an ongoing problem or just indicates that the barrier cannot be repaired in that fashion.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Greg pretends that Steven's healing spit doesn't work so he can spend time with his son, leading Steven to believe that it doesn't work at all. Since Steven's powers are mentally-based, this becomes a problem, [[spoiler:even after Greg revealed the truth.]]

* ShoutOut: The Warp Whistle comes from VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3.

And we IrisOut with a heart!

* IrisOut: Two hearts (instead of the normal star) over the temple house and Greg's van.

And we IrisOut with little hearts popping!

PreviouslyOn ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', a WhamEpisode happened. We now rejoin our intrepid reporters live at the scene...at "It's A Wash," Greg's car wash, the Gems have returned his van, busted after their fight with Lapis Lazuli. Pearl inspects the van, convinced that since it's just a simple Earth machine, she can fix it. Greg, whose leg was also broken in the fight, rolls up in a wheeled office chair and extols the virtue of duct tape to fix any and everything. In lieu of going to the hospital, Greg has even duct taped a ruler and a twig to his leg as a splint.

At "It's A Wash," Greg's car wash, the Gems have returned his van, busted after their fight with Lapis Lazuli. Pearl inspects the van, convinced that since it's just a simple Earth machine, she can fix it. Greg, whose leg was also broken in the fight, rolls up in a wheeled office chair and extols the virtue of duct tape to fix any and everything. In lieu of going to the hospital, Greg has even duct taped a ruler and a twig to his leg as a splint.

* ShoutOut: The Warp Whistle comes from SuperMarioBrothers3.

At "It's A Wash," Greg's car wash, the Gems have returned his van, busted to a fare thee well after their fight with Lapis Lazuli. Pearl inspects the van, convinced that since it's just a simple Earth machine, she can fix it. Greg, whose leg was also broken in the fight, rolls up in a wheeled office chair and extols the virtue of duct tape to fix any and everything. In lieu of going to the hospital, Greg has even duct taped a ruler and a twig to his leg as a splint.

The discussion turns to Greg's injury. Steven suggests his father live with them until he's better -- which alarms Pearl, who enthusiastically agrees with Greg that his presence might interfere with Steven's training. Amethyst reminds Steven of his healing powers; Pearl suggests he try that. Steven salivates on his hand then puts the sparkling spit on his father's leg. Greg tries to stand, but flops back into his seat in pain; the healing didn't work! Steven is upset since he thought he was finally getting the hang of using his powers at will. Garnet offers him reassurance, and they bring Greg home.

Pearl produces a magical item to set Greg and Steven's minds at ease: the warp whistle. All Greg needs to do is blow it, and it will activate their warp pad, letting them know he needs something. With that, they leave. Pearl begins to explain the problem but the whistle sounds. Steven returns to find his dad just wanted to make sure it worked. Steven gets back to the mission and -- before Pearl can complete her explanation, Greg blows the whistle again so Steven can find the remote. Steven returns to the mission again and, to his dismay, his healing spit doesn't work on the geode! The Gems offer him more reassurance, even as Greg blows the whistle again.

Steven rushes home to find Greg sprawled upstairs, with his eyes closed and the whistle dangling from his mouth. Steven tries desperately to wake his father. Greg wakes, apparently from a little doze, and tells Steven he missed a funny commercial. Steven becomes frustrated and reminds Greg he's only supposed to use the whistle if it's important. Greg apologizes and asks Steven to get him a snack from Big Donut. The other Gems have returned for the moment, while they seek alternative ways to repair the geode. Amethyst tells Steven to bring her a croissant before the Gems go into the temple. Steven realizes he forgot to ask Greg what he wanted, and returns to the house... To find Greg standing up just fine on both feet, ''dancing'' in the kitchen as he fixes himself a snack! Greg tries to dodge by talking about how he can still dance, then tries to distract by pointing out he was too hungry to wait for the snack. Then he gives up and falls over, as if his leg was suddenly paining him again.

Greg admits that the healing spit worked, but that he hadn't wanted to miss an opportunity to live with and spend time with his son. Steven, on the other hand, is very upset. His father's little lie damaged Steven's self-confidence, and Steven's now afraid that his powers don't work at all. Greg tells his son not to beat himself up, and says it's his fault. Steven agrees that it's Greg's fault and storms out of the house. It's only seeing his ukulele next to Greg's guitar that helps Steven calm down and consider his father's admission.

When he gets back this time, Greg has picked up his tool box and the warp whistle, determined to take responsibility for the mission having failed earlier. Steven comes along, hearing Greg describe that he has to do his part to fix the problem he made worse by faking. Steven tries again after a pep talk from Greg to heal the geode, but it still doesn't work. Greg's duct tape however manages to do the trick, sealing the geode so the storm dissipates -- at least for a while.

* BreatherEpisode: This episode is way less intense and dramatic than the [[WhamEpisode previous two]].

* PlayingSick: Greg's leg has been injured and Steven tries to use his [[HealingHands healing spit]] to fix it, but it doesn't seem to work. Turns out that it *did* work and Greg was faking it in order to spend more time with his son.

** The "Dear old Dad/Son Of Mine" song has three couplets for Steven and Greg.

** Technically, they wouldn't be dead. [[AndIMustScream They'd just be stuck in their gem forms, unable to project their physical bodies to move or speak or do anything at all]], until the storm stops. Like Pearl was after being impaled by her training hologram.

* PlayingSick: Greg pretends Steven's healing power didn't work so he could move in and stay awhile with his son.

* DuctTapeForEverything: Greg seals the barrier to an everlasting magical storm using duct tape.

* NeverSayDie: The Gems describe death by vaporization in so many words, should the geode go unrepaired. Steven is the one who actually speaks the word "dead".

* BreatherEpisode: This episode is way less intense and dramatic than [[WhamEpisode previous two]].

** Greg uses the warp whistle 3 times and it's the third usage that gets him caught.

* DudeNotFunny: Garnet calls Amethyst out for making a mean joke at Greg's expense.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Greg pretends that Steven's healing spit doesn't work so he can spend time with his son, leading Steven to believe that it doesn't work at all.