History Recap / StevenUniverseS2E21CatchAndRelease

* Adorkable: Peridot, as always.

** In addition to Peridot's typical "clod" insult (and the "megaclod" variation), she also calls Steven a pebble and the Crystal Gems "dirtbombs".

* NoodleIncident: Peridot tries to flush herself down the toilet to escape, only for Amethyst to tell her it doesn't work since she tried to do the same thing.

!!Tropes featured:

* ToiletTeleportation: Peridot gets cornered in Steven's bathroom in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E21CatchAndRelease "Catch and Release"]] and tries to flush herself down the toilet. [[RealityEnsues It doesn't work]], [[NoodleIncident and Amethyst tells her that it didn't work when she tried it either.]]

* RealityEnsues: Peridot tries to flush herself down the toilet, but it doesn't work.

* BathroomBreakOut: Peridot hides in the bathroom before the Gems catch her again. Fortunately for the Gems, [[SubvertedTrope the toilet isn't a viable escape route]] and she doesn't think to use the window, so she's LockedInTheBathroom instead.

* BathroomBreakOut: Peridot hides in the bathroom before the Gems catch her again. Fortunately for the Gems, [[SubvertedTrope the toilet isn't a viable escape route]], so she's LockedInTheBathroom instead.
** [[spoiler: Weird thing is, there's a window right above the toilet, next to the mirror.]]

* BathroomBreakOut: Peridot hides in the bathroom before the Gems catch her again. Fortunately for the Gems, [[SubvertedTrope there's no window in there]] and the toilet isn't a viable escape route, so she's LockedInTheBathroom instead.

** Peridot's silhouette being at the foot of Steven's bed at the beginning.

** Peridot after regenerating...to reveal that she's about as small as Steven!

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Peridot sneaked into the Gems' house and into Steven's room, evading detection even from Garnet's future vision. A desperate move, and all the more awesome given how Peridot manages to make it as far as the Homeworld Warp with Steven and has time to talk to him before the Gems approach.

* WhamLine: "It doesn't matter what Earth is like! ''[[ApocalypseWow It's not gonna be like ANYTHING soon!]]''"

* WhamLine: "It doesn't matter what Earth is like! ''[[ApocalypseWow It's not gonna be like ANYTHING soon!]]''

* WhamLine: "It doesn't matter what Earth is like! ''[[ApocalypseWow It's not gonna be like ANYTHING soon!''

** Steven is upset he has to pee outside again, just like in "Keystone Motel".

** In "Keystone Motel", Steven is forced to use the bathroom outside when Sapphire freezes the toilet. In this episode, when Amethyst tells him to go in the ocean after Peridot locks herself in his bathroom, he angrily shouts "What is with you guys and making me pee outside?!"

** In "Keystone Motel", Steven is forced to use the bathroom outside when [[spoiler:Sapphire]] freezes the toilet. In this episode, when Amythest tells him to go in the ocean after Peridot locks herself in his bathroom, he angrily shouts "What is with you guys and making me pee outside?!"

** In ''[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E18FriendShip Friend Ship]]'', Pearl declared that "Next time, we'll get the rest of (Peridot)". She was right.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Peridot sneaked into the Gems' house and into Steven's room, evading detection even from Garnet's future vision. A desperate dangerous move, and all the more awesome how Peridot manages to make it as far as the Homeworld Warp with Steven and has time to talk to him before the Gems approach.

** In ''[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E18 Friend Ship]]'', Pearl declared that "Next time, we'll get the rest of (Peridot)". She was right.

** In ''[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E18 Friend Ship]]'', Pearl declared that "Next time, we'll get the rest of (Peridot)". She was right.

* IResembleThatRemark:
-->'''Garnet:''' Alright, no more fighting. Let's just have a civil conversation.
-->'''Peridot:''' As if I'd negotiate with you, filthy war machine!
-->'''Garnet:''' OK, let's kick her butt.

** It's worse with Garnet because as we hear in "Rose's Scabbard," the previous war is something Garnet is not proud of. What Pearl thinks of as a glorious victory, Garnet called "a maelstrom of destruction and death," and as a fusion, and the strongest, you can bet a lot of that destruction and death was caused by her own hands, and though she couldn't stomach what they were doing to the Earth in the end, they ''were'' her people - and since gems are so long-lived and so hard to permanently kill, FridgeLogic says the destruction of another gem has to be a ''hell'' of a big deal to her. Since it's a sore spot even when it's her ''friends'' (she was ''very'' quick to shut down Amethyst's "I wish I'd been there" talk) you probably really, ''really'' don't want to actively taunt her about it. Short of harming a hair on Steven's head, there's probably no better way to earn her wrath. (Well, there is one way: you can ''be a threat to Steven and push the "war machine" button '''at the same time.''''' [[SarcasmMode Smart, Peridot. Reeeal smart.]])

Bedtime at the home of Steven and the Gems. Steven brushes his teeth, washes his face, cleans out his ears, and polishes his gem so he can see himself in it! He snuggles under his comforter with his stuffed animals looking on.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: The Gems finally get the rest of Peridot and poof her into a bubble.

* FreezeFrameBonus:
** Steven has a picture of Connie on his headboard.
** The bag of chips from "Monster Buddies" can be seen in the Burning Room.