History Recap / StevenUniverseS2E12WeNeedToTalk

Greg tells Steven and Connie the story of how he learned about Gem fusion.

Steven and Connie are helping Greg organize his old albums, and when Greg puts one on and the younger pair starts to dance to it, they inadvertently fuse into Stevonnie once more for a few moments.

While Greg gets over his initial surprise at seeing the two fused, he's actually supportive of them fusing, and starts to tell them of his attempts at fusing with Rose Quartz, by first showing them a video of him and the Gems playing music.

* AmIJustAToyToYou: Greg starts to wonder this about Rose when she says that she "loves humans".

* BeYourself: Garnet's advice to Greg is he needs to dance like himself, not attempting to emulate Pearl.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Pearl, just like last time.

* ExtraEyes: Like Malachite, Rainbow Quartz has two sets of eyes, the top set being Pearl's and the bottom set being Rose's.

* GreenEyedMonster: Rose starts to get a bit jealous of Greg and Rose's budding romance, and tries to use his inability to fuse to make ''him'' jealous.

* MaleGaze: There's some close-ups to Rose's lips and eyes, impliying how Greg sees her all the time.

* OpenMindedParent: Greg in this case. After the initial shock passes, he's pretty OK with Steven and Connie fusing because of his understanding of fusion.

* ShippingTorpedo: Pearl tries to rub Greg's inability to fuse with Rose in his face in order to make him jealous.
* StunnedSilence: Greg's reaction to Stevonnie.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Rose has a bit of trouble forming a romantic relationship with Greg, since she can't fuse with him. Greg likewise has trouble because this is apparent;y his first romantic relationship.
* WildChild: Amethyst displays a ''lot'' of dog-like behavior in this episode, including actually ''running after a thrown stick''.

Greg tells Steven and Connie the story of how he learned about Gem fusion.

* OpenMindedParent: Greg. After the initial shock passes, he's pretty OK with Steven and Connie fusing.

* TookToALevelOfJerkass: Pearl. She might be tactless or restless, or have damaging ideas, but she is rarely as outright malicious as in this episode, where she fed into Greg's insecurities and purposefully tried to undermine his relationship with Rose. Of course, as this episode took place sometime 10+ years before the series, it's more like she's been TookToALevelOfKindness in present time.

** Pearl jealously telling Greg he's just a phase that Rose is going through will remind LGBTA people of how lesbian women often deem bisexual women's male partners as the same thing or vise versa. Likewise, Greg's anxiety about being unable to fuse with Rose and connect with her on that level is reminiscent of asexuals with romantic partners being unable to perform in that manner. Also there are connotations to when people tell those in unusual relationships how they are just in a phase.

** Pearl jealously telling Greg he's just a phase that Rose is going through will remind LGBT people of how lesbian women often deem bisexual women's male partners as the same thing or vise versa. Also there are connotations to when people tell those in unusual relationships how they are just in a phase.

* AnotherStoryForAnotherTime: When Greg asks Rose how he met Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet, she replies that "Those are three long stories..."

** Pearl jealously telling Greg he's just a phase that Rose is going through will remind LGBT people of how lesbian women often deem bisexual women's male partners as the same thing.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Rose laughing at Greg's attempts to fuse with her in order to get intimate in the same way she can with Pearl.

* LovingAShadow: Rose's singing implies she loves the ''concept'' of human beings, giving some red flags to Greg about their relationship.

Greg tells Steven and Connie the story of how he learned about Gem fusion. The entire episode was leaked early on iTunes.

* ShoutOut: A poster in Greg's truck has a dog playing a guitar that looks like [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing KK Slider]].

* ShoutOut: A poster in Greg's truck has a dog playing a guitar that looks like [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing KK Slider]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Pearl jealously telling Greg he's just a phase that Rose is going through will remind LGBT people of how lesbian women often deem bisexual women's male partners as the same thing.

** The episode is kicked off with Connie and Steven fusing into Stevonnie, much to Greg's surprise.

Greg tells Steven and Connie the story of how he learned about Gem fusion. The entire episode was leaked earlier on Itunes can be viewed [[http://theworldofstevenuniverse.blogspot.com/2014/03/01x61-steven-universe-english.html here.]]

* FusionDance: Rose and Pearl fuse into Rainbow Quartz.

* LoveAtFirstSight: Even though that we listed this trope in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E5StoryForSteven Story for Steven,]]" it's discussed and downplayed here.
--> '''Greg: We rushed into this too fast.'''
* MicDrop: Twice by Pearl and Greg.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Much like "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E5StoryForSteven Story for Steven.]]"
* YourFavorite: Rose calls Greg her favorite human.

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Much like Story for Steven.

Greg tells Steven and Connie the story of how he learned about Gem fusion. The entire episode was leaked earlier on ITunes can be viewed [[http://theworldofstevenuniverse.blogspot.com/2014/03/01x61-steven-universe-english.html here.]]

Greg tells Steven and Connie the story of how he learned about Gem fusion.

* {{Animesque}}: In [[http://www.newsarama.com/24809-steven-universe-creator-talks-jailbreak-future.html one of the preview images,]] Greg and Rose are drawn this way.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Much like Story for Steven.

* TheTalk: Since gem fusion has [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything several established parallels to sex/marriage/relationships,]] chances are radically high that this episode's title is not a coincidence.

Greg tells Steven and Connie the story of how he learned about Gem fusion.