History Recap / StevenUniverseS2E13ChilleTid

The third dream is Steven sort of lucid dreaming, floating his way through blackness until he finds Lapis Lazuli. She insists she doesn't need or want his help -- and tells him he has to go because she cannot be distracted even for one second! But talking to him was distration enough. She is soon pulled below the surface, and Jasper rises from the surface, winded from struggling against Lapis' tight grip on the fusion. She notices Steven (who she still believes is Rose), and begins trying to crawl toward him, despite still being shackled to the water.

** Alternately Pearl does mean it in the sense of distance. The ocean is big and they must have searched far distances as well as a long time.

** Pearl and Rose's pose in the former's dream seems very similar to a certain scene from ''Film/{{Titanic}}''. Double points for both scenes having a character named "Rose".

...in which the front room of his house is a sound stage, Pearl is his mom, Amethyst his cool sister, and Garnet a two-eyed cool person next door. He's in an old black and white situation comedy! He's preparing for a date: going with Connie to The Big Dance. But when he opens the door expecting Connie, who should be there instead but Lapis Lazuli, suddenly in full color -- weeping and vomiting seawater, filling the house.

... wherein he is flying with a helicopter rotor in his back. Dogcopter is flying beside him. Steven is delighted and professes his fandom. Dogcopter, unimpressed, meows at him and takes off. Pearl's giant head engulfs Steven, then spits him out, upgraded from helicopter to rockets. But before long, he's surrounded in blue. Lapis is there once again, demanding that Steven leave her alone, because she has to concentrate!

The third dream is Steven sort of lucid dreaming, floating his way through blackness until he finds Lapis Lazuli. She insists she doesn't need or want his help -- and tells him he has to go because she cannot be distracted even for one second! But talking to him was distration enough. She is soon pulled below the surface, and Jasper rises from the surface, winded from struggling against Lapis' tight grip on the fusion. She notices Steven, and begins trying to crawl toward him, despite still being shackled to the water.

** Steven's first dream implies that he's got some worries about how human he is from "We Need to Talk".

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Steven's first dream implies that he desires a normal life without Gem activities.
* JustifiedTitle: Within the episode, "chille ted" is what the sitcom-dream version of Garnet says as a greeting, apparently being her CatchPhrase.

* ShipTease: Even more for Pearl/Rose, with Pearl's dream. They're not even subtle about it.

* {{Sitcom}}: Steven's first dream is a parody of this, in where he and the Gems are normal humans - Pearl acts like a substitute mom, Amethyst is a skater girl, and Garnet is a cool kid.

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Steven's first implies that he desires a normal life without Gem activities.

* UnitConfusion: Pearl does the classic example involving light years as a unit of time, and Amethyst calls her out on it, albeit just saying it "measures light" rather than specifically how it's the distant light travels in a year. Considering Pearl once built a (partially) functioning spaceship, you'd expect her to know that, though it may be a sign of just how ''exhausted'' she (and everyone else for that matter) is from the search.

* UnitConfusion: Pearl does the classic example involving light years, and Amethyst calls her out on it, but then says it measures ''light''. Considering Pearl once built a (partially) functioning spaceship, you'd expect her to know that, though it may be a sign of just how ''exhausted'' she (and everyone else for that matter) is from the search.
** Amethyst may not have been wrong either if [[AmbiguousSyntax she had meant that it measured the distance light travels in a year.]]

* SanitySlippage: Jasper seems to be taking the imprisonment worse than Lapis. When she briefly reemerges when Steven contacts Lapis, she mutters madly while crawling towards Steven before Lapis regains control. Not that she was [[BloodKnight ever]] all that [[SlasherSmile stable]] to begin with of course...

* SanitySlippage: Jasper seems to be taking the imprisonment worse than Lapis. When she briefly reemerges when Steven contacts Lapis, she mutters madly while crawling towards Steven before Lapis regains control.

-->'''Garnet:''' We look ''awesome''.

* ShoutOut: The title art for the episode (as seen above) parodies DisneyThemeParks Splash Mountain ride. More specifically, it parodies the trend of people setting up funny scenarios for the picture that the ride takes of you right before the big drop (just look up "funny Splash Mountain pictures").

* MentalWorld: Steven enters Malachite's, which is a realm of green, glowing water, with the Gem on the surface acting as the dominant mind in the fusion.

* AscendedFridgeHorror: Addresses the potential for disaster with Malachite fans have wondering about since her first appearance.

* TheNeedless: The fact that Gems don't need sleep comes up again, but it seems that when Gems are tired, sleep can help even if they don't ''need'' it.

* RealityEnsues: Even though the Crystal Gems technically don't ''[[TheNeedless need]]'' to sleep, they can still tire themselves out with continuous activity.

* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Lapis and Jasper are constantly fighting for dominance in Malachite, depicted as the dominant one chained to the surface of a malachite floor, pulled underneath when suppressed to be replaced by the other. Ultimately they both lose, as Jasper is still suppressed when Lapis [[ThatWomanIsDead gives up her identity under the collective Malachite]].

* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Lapis is constantly battling Jasper for control of Malachite, and while Lapis is currently on top, her control is fragile and any disruption of her concentration could allow Jasper to take over.

* RuleOfSymbolism: The chains on Lapis and Jasper seem to represent both the metaphorical "reigns" of Malachite and how Lapis is willingly binding herself to protect Steven.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Chille tid" means "chilling time". That could mean "time ''for'' chilling (relaxing)", which is what the sleepover was ''supposed'' to be. [[AmbiguousSyntax It could also mean]] "a time that ''is'' chilling (frightening and uncomfortable)", which is what the dreams of Lapis end up making Steven's night. Also possibly a PunBasedTitle; move the "e" over and you get "chill tide", "chill" again meaning relax or scary and "tide" referring to Lapis and her water/ocean-based powers.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Chille tid" means "chilling time". That could mean "time ''for'' chilling (relaxing)", which is what the sleepover was ''supposed'' to be. [[AmbiguousSyntax It could also mean]] "a time that ''is'' chilling (frightening and uncomfortable)", which is what the dreams of Lapis end up making Steven's night.
** Also possibly a PunBasedTitle; move the "e" over and you get "chill tide", "chill" again meaning relax or scary and "tide" referring to Lapis and her water/ocean-based powers.

* UnitConfusion: Pearl does the classic example involving light years, and Amethyst calls her out on it, but then says it measures ''light''. Considering Pearl once built a (partially) functioning spaceship, you'd expect her to know that.

* CallBack:
** The Crystal Gems are still searching the ocean for Malachite.
** Lapis's determination to sacrifice herself for Steven calls the attitudes displayed in "Sworn to The Sword" to mind. She even echoes Pearl's "Why won't you let me do this for you?!"