History Recap / StevenUniverseS2E19NightmareHospital

* AdultFear: Dr. Maheswaran is surprised to learn Connie has been doing dangerous things and hiding it from her because she was scared of her reaction, and she haven't noticed anything's changed.

* ShoutOut: In the hospital, a sign says [[Manga/{{DragonBall}} "Dr. Gero" and "Patient 20"]].

* Shoutout: There was one sign that said Dr.Gero and the patient was patient 20 [[explanation]]It is a shoutout to Manga/{{DragonBall}} as there is a character called Dr.Gero and transfered his brain to a body and calls himself android 20
[[/explanation]]

* ShoutOut: A sign in the hospital indicates the location of [[Anime/DragonBall Doctor Gero and Patient 20]].
** On a painting in the hallway, there is hidden a certain familiar [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Pinetree]] from a similarly popular series on DisneyXD.

She leaves and Connie and Steven seize their moment. They go for the duffel bag and as they're carrying it back out, Connie's mother returns. Another argument ensues about Connie not being allowed to touch the sword. The kids and Dr. Maheswaran leave the room only to find a giant lurching figure coming down the hall toward them. Connie's mother identifies it as another patient, but Steven recognizes it for what it is: another gem fusion creature. Connie tries to convince her mother that she knows how to use the sword, but Dr. Maheswaran insists that mother knows best, even as her calm is fracturing in the face of the inhuman threat. Connie implores her mother to bend the rules just this once, finally crying out in frustration:

As they leave the hospital, Connie's mother tries to make sense of what she has just seen, and what her daughter is capable of. Connie apologizes for keeping it a secret because she feared her parents would never let her see Steven again. Stricken, Dr. Maheswaran asks if she and her husband have been too controlling. But after a few moments, she drops to her knee tearfully saying she doesn't want any more lies, but she also wants to know what's going on in her daughter's life.

* AdultFear:
** Your child has been doing dangerous things and hiding it from you because they're scared of your reaction, and you haven't noticed anything's changed.
** You find your child thinks you only care about how well she follows rules and nothing else.

As they go inside, they are still discussing how important the sword is, and how Connie's parents would never permit her to have such a thing. Just then a sound alerts Connie that her mother is home!

As if the strong emotions in the room have disturbed "the patient" it throws off its covers, revealing itself to be one of the disturbing gem fusion experiments Steven and Garnet encountered awhile back. It grabs Connie, and Steven immediately summons his shield to fight it off.

* ControlFreak: Connie's mother says she knows "everything" her daughter does. At the end, she promises to get better.

* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Connie's mom talks about working on a strange patient at the hospital. Naturally, this becomes important when Steven and Connie have to follow her there.
** Steven mentions "the creepy Gem experiments" among the things Connie might have to fight in the future, which in this case means "in about seven minutes".

* SecretIdentity: Connie jokingly says she needs to assume hers when putting on her glasses.

** Connie's mom wanting her to stay away from swords might be because, y'know, swords are dangerous blade weapons... but her phone call with Garnet back in "Fusion Cuisine" might also have contributed to it.

-->'''Connie:''' I'm not some rule driven robot!

* TookALevelInBadass: Steven and Connie both do well against the fusions once they get the sword back.

** Connie reveals her lens-less glasses to her mother, establishing that it's been a year since "An Indirect Kiss".

* ShoutOut: A sign in the hospital indicates the location of[[DragonBall Doctor Gero and Patient 20]].

* ShoutOut: A sign in the hospital indicates the location of[[DragonBall Doctor Gero and Patient 20]][[note: Doctor Gero was also known as Android 20]]

-->'''Steven:''' Get ... away... from...my...Connie!

** Steven and Connie both get this when Connie's mother realises that they don't own a coat rack.

Dr. Maheswaran crosses the room to the door, where Rose's sword is disguised as a coat rack. She speaks of a crash victim who seems to be something out of a nightmare -- but assures the children they're spared the gory details by Doctor Patient Confidentiality. Immediately after, she realizes that the family doesn't have a coat rack, and freaks out when it is revealed to be a sword!

Dr. Maheswaran lays down the law! No swords, under any circumstances! She goes on to tell her daughter and Steven about all the kids she's seen who have sliced their own faces off from playing around with swords, and that parents who love their children don't allow their kids to play with swords.
But before her tirade can continue, the phone rings. It's work. Something has happened at the hospital and Dr. Maheswaran is needed. She leaves, sticking the sword in a duffel bag.

-->'''Dr. Maheswaran:''' Stupid cheap hospital equipment.

She leaves and Connie and Steven seize their moment. They go for the duffel bag and as they're carrying it back out, Connie's mother returns. Another argument ensues about Connie not being allowed to touch the sword. Connie implores her mother to bend the rules just this once, finally crying out in frustration:

The kids and Dr. Maheswaran leave the room only to find a giant lurching figure coming down the hall toward them. Connie's mother identifies it as another patient, but Steven recognizes it for what it is: another gem fusion creature. Connie tries to convince her mother that she knows how to use the sword, but Dr. Maheswaran insists that mother knows best, even as her calm is fracturing in the face of the inhuman threat.
The two gem fusion monsters end up flanking them at either end. Steven bubbles the three of them safely in his forcefield, and Connie makes one last attempt to convince her mother to let her draw the sword. Her mother still refuses. Connie, still upset, calls her mother out for not even noticing that Connie popped the lenses out of her glasses because her eyesight no longer requires correcting. She explains that she's been dealing with magic and weirdness since meeting Steven, and takes the sword back. Steven, at Connie's command, drops his bubble. She slices through one, then takes a running start, gets a boost to her leap from Steven lifting her on his shield, and cuts down the second. Reduced to their gem shards, Steven bubbles them away.

The two gem fusion monsters end up flanking them at either end. Steven bubbles the three of them safely in his forcefield, and Connie makes one last attempt to convince her mother to let her draw the sword. Her mother still refuses to. Connie, still upset, calls her mother out for not even noticing that Connie popped the lenses out of her glasses because her eyesight no longer requires correcting. She explains that she's been dealing with magic and weirdness since meeting Steven, and takes the sword back. Steven, at Connie's command, drops his bubble. She slices through one, then takes a running start, gets a boost to her leap from Steven lifting her on his shield, with that, both fusion creatures are defeated. Reduced to their gem shards, Steven bubbles them away.

As they leave the hospital, Connie's mother tries to make sense of what she has just seen, what her daughter is capable of. Connie apologizes for keeping it a secret because she feared her parents would never let her see Steven again. Stricken, Dr. Maheswaran asks if she and her husband have been too controlling. But after a few moments, she drops to her knee tearfully saying she doesn't want any more lies, but she also wants to know what's going on in her daughter's life.

* WideEyesShrunkenIrises: Connie's mother gets these when she first finds Rose's sword.

The two gem fusion monsters end up flanking them at either end. Steven bubbles the three of them safely in his forcefield, and Connie makes one last attempt to convince her mother to let her draw the sword. This time, there is no resistance. Steven, at Connie's command, drops his bubble. She slices through one, then takes a running start, gets a boost to her leap from Steven lifting her on his shield, with that, both fusion creatures are defeated. Reduced to their gem shards, Steven bubbles them away.

As they leave the hospital, Connie's mother tries to make sense of what she has just seen, what her daughter is capable of. Connie, still upset, calls her mother out for not even noticing that Connie popped the lenses out of her glasses because her eyesight no longer requires correcting. She explains that she's been dealing with magic and weirdness since meeting Steven, but was lying about it because she feared her parents would never let her see Steven again.
Stricken, Dr. Maheswaran asks if she and her husband have been too controlling. But after a few moments, she drops to her knee tearfully saying she doesn't want any more lies, but she also wants to know what's going on in her daughter's life.

* EnmityWithAnObject: Connie hates the abacus her parents use to calculate how long she's grounded.

* WhamEpisode: We learn that there are fusion monsters on the loose outside of the Kindergarten and not only does Connie's mom get clued into the magic stuff going on, Connie gives her a ''massive'' calling out.

Just a bit past nightfall on the street where Connie lives -- and a portal opens, disgorging Lion with Steven and Connie on his back. The pair speak briefly about how well Connie's sword practice is going, and Connie expresses a wish that she could practice more at home. Steven pulls Rose's sword from Lion's head and drops to one knee, offering Connie the sword with a flourish.

* AscendedFridgeHorror: There's been speculation on whether or not any of the fusion experiments in "Keeping it Together" got away before the Crystal Gems got there. This episode shows that at least two did, including the one that almost ripped Garnet apart.

* AscendedFridgeHorror: There's been speculation on whether or not any of the fusion experiments in "Keeping it Together" got away before the Crystal Gems got there. This episode shows that at least two did.

* ControlFreak: Connie's mother says she knows "everything" her daughter does.

** Despite the Cluster Gems having bodies which defy all biological sense, they're assumed to be car accident victims by the hospital staff.

* ShoutOut:
** [[FreezeFrameBonus A sign on one of the hospital walls]] declares [[DragonBallZ Dr. Gero to be treating patient 20]].
** Dr. West may be [[{{Reanimator}} Dr. HERBERT West]]. Considering the reappearance of the fusion experiments, it's all the more appropriate.
** A [[GravityFalls familiar-looking pine tree]] can be seen in a Firewatch poster behind the trio when Steven puts up a protective bubble. The pine tree in the original poster is similar, but this one has straighter lines.