History Recap / StevenUniverseS1E32FusionCuisine

* AllYourPowersCombined: Gloriously subverted! Alexandrite -- being a fusion of Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl -- has access to all their weapons and abilities... but this includes their ''dining shortcomings'' as well. She thus combines Garnet's terseness, Amethyst's lack of table manners, and Pearl's dislike/fear of eating into a tall- no, ''massive'' drink of water who can barely sit at the table.

** When Alexandrite defuses back into the Crystal Gems, Garnet's gems appears to momentarily separate into two beings.

* FusionDance: The rare three-way version into Alexandrite. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Though the actual fusing part isn't shown this time.]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In response to having been grounded from TV for 1000 years, Steven yells that he would miss "the mid-season pre-finale" of Under the Knife. "Mid-season pre-finale" is pretty much what [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E25MirrorGem "Mirror Gem"]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E26OceanGem "Ocean Gem"]] ended up becoming when the season was extended.

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: Connie could've saved everyone a lot of trouble if she had simply told her parents that Steven's father is a widower (which is [[DeathOfPersonality essentially the truth]] in regards to Rose), and Steven wonders exactly that aloud.

-->'''Steven:''' Oh, Connie...I will never meet another star who shines as brightly as you...

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Amethyst's line about how she loves feeling food go through her body was originally "I love poppin' biscuits in my body tube!" Apparently someone at Creator/CartoonNetwork thought this was too gross.%%Podcast Volume 3, Episode 4

* {{Retcon}}: Pearl talks about how disgusting she finds the idea of eating, but in "Too Many Birthdays" it's mentioned that she likes pie. Though knowing Pearl, she probably just likes making perfectly symmetrical pies. (Word of God confirms she enjoys the process of making pie as opposed to eating it.)

* NewhartPhonecall: A phone call to Connie's mother is heard entirely from the side Connie and then Garnet speak from. Connie spends some time RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear, but Garnet (pretending to be Steven's mother) doesn't need to be everything she says is so ridiculous.

* BlatantLies: An obvious necessity. Mostly on Connie's part.

** Garnet really shines through when she has to [[BadLiar lie over the phone.]] Read the following in her flat, monotone voice:

* CringeComedy: The entire dinner is cringe comedy, incarnate.

** When Alexandrite defuses back into the Crystal Gems, Garnet appears to [[{{Foreshadowing}} momentarily separate into two beings]].

* GiantPoofySleeves: Both Connie and Alexandrite, coincidentally.

* HartmanHips: Doctor Maheswaran and Alexandrite, who seems to get them from Garnet.

* LuminescentBlush: Connie gets this when Steven hugs her. Her father promptly separates them.

* NotSoAboveItAll: When Steven asks Garnet to pretend to be his mom to Connie's mom, Garnet makes up a story about the children playing with swords and dying. She then hands the phone back to Steven, apologizing for panicking. [[ComicallySerious All the while without changing her tone]].

* ParentalSubstitute: The Gems decide to perform the more literal version this time.
* PuppyDogEyes: Steven, at the prospect of never seeing Connie again.

* TheRunaway: Steven and Connie attempt this, but Alexandrite catches up with them.

* TitleDrop: Done with the SoapWithinAShow.

* ToughLove: Steven gets chewed out by his whole family and grounded from TV over the bus fiasco, in Greg's words, "because we love you".
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Connie's parents take the revelation that Steven's mother is a giant, six-armed woman surprisingly well, nor do they seem that surprised when said woman splits into three women with wildly varying skin tones.
* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: Connie could've saved everyone a lot of trouble if she had simply told her parents that Steven's father is a widower (which is technically true), which Steven wonders exactly that aloud.

* ShoutOut: ''Under the Knife'' has the protagonist deliver her dialog in a [[Creator/WilliamShatner Shatner-esque]] fashion.
** Also, Steven and Connie's running away and sitting in the back of a bus could be a reference to ''Film/TheGraduate''.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Gloriously subverted! Alexandrite -- being a fusion of Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl -- has access to all their weapons and abilities... but this includes their ''dining shortcomings'' as well. She thus combines Garnet's terseness, Amethyst's lack of table manners, and Pearl's dislike/fear of eating into a tal- no, ''massive'' drink of water who can barely sit at the table.

* TotemPoleTrench: Parodied; all three of Crystal Gems fuse into one ''huge'' Gem (Alexandrite) in order for all of them at once to go to a dinner.

* MaintainTheLie: Since Connie can't tell her parents about the whole magical Gems thing, this becomes a necessity.

* BizarreHumanBiology: Pearl says that, [[EatingOptional despite being capable of eating]], she chooses not to because she finds [[HumansThroughAlienEyes turning things into wet mush then shoving it down your throat to be disgusting.]]

* SignificantDoubleCasting: A minor, but amusing example: Connie says her mom doesn't let her watch a show called ''Under the Knife''. We hear some lines from a female doctor and male nurse... provided by the same two voice actors that also voice Connie's parents.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Amethyst's line about how she loves feeling food go through her body was originally "I love poppin' biscuits in my body tube!" Apparently someone at Creator/CartoonNetwork thought this was too gross.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Gloriously subverted! Alexandrite -- being a fusion of Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl -- presumably has access to all their weapons and abilities... but this includes their ''dining shortcomings'' as well. She thus combines Garnet's terseness, Amethyst's lack of table manners, and Pearl's dislike/fear of eating into a tal- no, ''massive'' drink of water who can barely sit at the table.

** When Alexandrite defuses back into the Crystal Gems, Garnet appears to momentarily separate into two beings.

* TotemPoleTrench: Parodied; all three of Crystal Gems fuse into one huge Gem (Alexandrite) in order for all of them at once to go to a dinner.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: In-universe, Connie's mother doesn't let her watch ''Under the Knife'' because it doesn't represent an emergency room accurately enough.

* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: After trying to run away with Connie, Steven is denied dinner. [[PlayedForLaughs For 1000 years.]] Pearl has to step in and switch it to denied TV... for 1000 years, while reassuring Steven that they would never starve him.

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: Connie could've saved everyone a lot of trouble if she had simply told her parents that Steven's father is a widower (which is technically true). It's even lampshaded when Steven wonders exactly that aloud.

* AnAesop: You shouldn't fake who you are to please someone else's standards, especially when you're just ''assuming'' they wouldn't like the real thing.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: Fusion cuisine is essentially the art of [[XMeetsY combining cultures]] while cooking a meal. Similarly, Connie's family of {{Muggles}} is being exposed to Steven's SuperFamilyTeam [[BrokenMasquerade for the very first time.]] Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl also make their three-way fusion persona for the first time onscreen for the sake of eating a meal.

* BowtiesAreCool: Steven wears a bowtie for the occasion, despite wearing [[LimitedWardrobe his usual jeans, t-shirt and sandals.]]

---> '''Garnet:''' Hello, this... is Mom Universe. Yes, the children are playing swords. Sorry, playing ''[[YouMakeMeSic with]]'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint swords]]. They're bleeding. Oh no, they are dead. Don't call again. ''(hangs up)'' Sorry, I panicked.