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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Every time a Homeworld Quartz soldier ''other'' than Jasper has appeared in flashbacks and accounts, [[ConservationofNinjutsu normally in numbers rather than one]], they've fared much worse than Jasper does. Pearl curbstomped two on her own and Garnet and Bismuth account taking on entire platoons of them, whereas Jasper alone was able to give Garnet a seriously tough fight. It turns out this is because Jasper ''isn't'' a normal Quartz: she's [[UltimateLifeform "the ultimate Quartz"]], born absolutely perfect with no flaws to be found.

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Every time a Homeworld Quartz soldier ''other'' than Jasper has appeared in flashbacks and accounts, [[ConservationofNinjutsu normally in numbers rather than one]], they've fared much worse than Jasper does. Pearl curbstomped two on her own and Garnet and Bismuth account taking on entire platoons of them, whereas Jasper alone was able to give Garnet a seriously tough fight. It turns out this is because Jasper ''isn't'' a normal Quartz: she's [[UltimateLifeform "the ultimate Quartz"]], born absolutely perfect with no flaws to be found.found.
** Malachite's being able to match Alexandrite in pure physical strength (and in some cases exceed her), despite being outnumbered two to one and Alexandrite ''also'' having a Quartz composing her also foreshadowed that Jasper was abnormally powerful.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Peridot, being a Kindergartener, is able to determine what kind of Gem came out of a hole from a mere glance.

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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Peridot, being a Kindergartener, is able to determine what kind of Gem came out of a hole from a mere glance. Later, this trait prompts her to notice that some of the Gem exit holes have recently been bored out to act as cages for Jasper's captured Gem underlings.



* FreakLabAccident: Jasper is more or less the result of the Homeworld deciding throw injectors down at complete random, in a rushjob to create as many gems for CannonFodder as physically possible. During this, they somehow managed to accidentally cause ''everything'' that could go right in making a Gem to happen ''all at once'', creating [[UltimateLifeform a completely flawless "ultimate Quartz".]]

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* FreakLabAccident: Jasper is more or less the result of the Homeworld deciding to throw injectors down at complete random, in a rushjob to create as many gems for CannonFodder as physically possible. During this, they somehow managed to [[GoneHorriblyRight accidentally cause ''everything'' that could go right right]] in making a Gem to happen ''all at once'', creating [[UltimateLifeform a completely flawless "ultimate Quartz".]]



--->'''Peridot:''' These marks are new. This hole's been dug out... recently! ... These aren't exit holes anymore.

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--->'''Peridot:''' [[SpottingTheThread These marks are new. This hole's been dug out... recently! ... recently!]] ... [[FiveSecondForeshadowing These aren't exit holes anymore.]]
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* QuantityVsQuality: The difference between the Kindergartens. The Alpha was well thought out in order to give the Gems the best advantage, the Beta was thrown together to produce as many soldiers for Homeworld as possible ASAP.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: The Beta Kindergarten, being a major rush job. Even the ''location'' was poorly chosen, being primarily sandstone, which erodes easily. Peridot comments that they're lucky that there's anything ''left'' of it by the time they arrive.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: The Beta Kindergarten, being a major rush job. Even the ''location'' was poorly chosen, being primarily sandstone, which erodes easily. Peridot comments that they're lucky that there's anything ''left'' of it by the time they arrive. It's a miracle they produced ''any'' properly made Gems, let alone a freak of nature like Jasper.


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* FreakLabAccident: Jasper is more or less the result of the Homeworld deciding throw injectors down at complete random, in a rushjob to create as many gems for CannonFodder as physically possible. During this, they somehow managed to accidentally cause ''everything'' that could go right in making a Gem to happen ''all at once'', creating [[UltimateLifeform a completely flawless "ultimate Quartz".]]
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Jasper's color scheme perfectly matches the sandstone environment she was born in.


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* CannonFodder: The purpose of the Beta Kindergarten was to create as many Gems as possible to fight the Crystal Gems, focusing exclusively on numbers.


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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with a shot of Jasper emerging from the dust.


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* DidntThinkThisThrough: The Beta Kindergarten, being a major rush job. Even the ''location'' was poorly chosen, being primarily sandstone, which erodes easily. Peridot comments that they're lucky that there's anything ''left'' of it by the time they arrive.


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* WeHaveReserves: The Beta Kindergarten was made to crank out warriors to fight the Rebellion forces, focusing on quantity over quality.
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* FlatWhat: This is Amethyst's reaction to Peridot assuring her, seemingly apropos of nothing, that's she's better than Jasper.
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: The Beta Kindergarten was a poorly managed rushjob focused on quantity over quality where almost ''every'' exit hole is in some way out of alignment or flawed to the point Peridot ''laughs'' at how poorly made it was. And yet somehow this last desperate attempt to pump out as many soldiers as physically possible managed to ''literally'' get everything perfect with one Gem on ''accident'', creating [[UltimateLifeform Jasper]].

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* AchievementsInIgnorance: The Beta Kindergarten was a poorly managed rushjob focused on quantity over quality where almost ''every'' exit hole is in some way out of alignment or flawed to the point Peridot ''laughs'' at how poorly made it was. And yet somehow this last desperate attempt to pump out as many soldiers as physically possible managed to ''literally'' get everything perfect with one Gem on ''accident'', creating [[UltimateLifeform Jasper]]. This is something the prime Kindergarten was incapable of doing despite having ''everything'' in favor of creating superior Gems.
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: The Beta Kindergarten was a poorly managed rushjob focused on quantity over quality where almost ''every'' exit hole is in some way out of alignment or flawed to the point Peridot ''laughs'' at how poorly made it was. And yet somehow this last desperate attempt to pump out as many soldiers as physically possible managed to ''literally'' get everything perfect on ''accident'', creating [[UltimateLifeform Jasper]].

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* AchievementsInIgnorance: The Beta Kindergarten was a poorly managed rushjob focused on quantity over quality where almost ''every'' exit hole is in some way out of alignment or flawed to the point Peridot ''laughs'' at how poorly made it was. And yet somehow this last desperate attempt to pump out as many soldiers as physically possible managed to ''literally'' get everything perfect with one Gem on ''accident'', creating [[UltimateLifeform Jasper]].
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: The Beta Kindergarten was a poorly managed rushjob focused on quantity over quality where almost ''every'' exit hole is in some way out of alignment or flawed to the point Peridot ''laughs'' at how poorly made it was. And yet somehow this last desperate attempt to pump out as many soldiers as physically possible managed to ''literally'' get everything perfect on ''accident'', creating [[UltimateLifeform Jasper]].
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* BetaTestBaddie: ''Inverted''. Peridot ''expects'' this to be the case with Jasper in regards to Amethyst because Jasper is from the flawed, poorly done rushjob that is the Beta Kindergarten and thus should be be inherently inferior to Amethyst, who came from the prime, perfectly managed Kindergarten. It turns out to be the complete ''opposite'': Jasper was born the most ''objectively perfect'' Gem Peridot has ever witnessed.


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* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: As it turns out, Jasper's contributions to Homeworld's attempts to destroy Earth are revealed to be this trope. Like Amethyst, she was made on Earth.

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* BowtiesAreCool: Peridot has started wearing the bowtie that was previously on her alien doll.



** The barn wall Peridot broke through in "Message Received" has finally been repaired. Now that wall is an aquarium, and the alien doll she won in "Too Short to Ride" is floating around in it.

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** The barn wall Peridot broke through in "Message Received" has finally been repaired. Now that wall is an aquarium, and the alien doll she won in "Too Short to Ride" is floating around in it. Its throat is torn open from Peridot taking off its bowtie to wear herself.



* NoodleImplements: Peridot's alien doll is seen floating around in an aquarium with its head apparently torn off and sewn back on.
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Lapis and Peridot aren't constantly arguing.


* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Some of Lapis and Peridot's interactions.

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* BornWinner: Jasper's exceptional strength comes from every part of her creation process going as well as possible, which is especially lucky in a Kindergarten where all the gems were made in a rush.



* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: The Beta Kindergarten was made in a rush to bolster Homeworld's ground forces midways through the Rebellion, and it shows. The holes are poorly spaced and placed at odd angles. Jasper's perfection is a seeming fluke.

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* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: The Beta Kindergarten was made in a rush to bolster Homeworld's ground forces midways through the Rebellion, and it shows. The holes are poorly spaced and placed at odd angles. Jasper's perfection is a seeming fluke.[[RandomlyGifted fluke]].
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* NoodleImplement: Peridot's alien doll is seen floating around in an aquarium with its head apparently torn off and sewn back on.

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* NoodleImplement: NoodleImplements: Peridot's alien doll is seen floating around in an aquarium with its head apparently torn off and sewn back on.

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* CallARabbitASmeerp: Peridot and Lapis have turned the barn into an art gallery, but they didn't know the word "art" so they describe their creations as "Meepmorps", with individual pieces called "Morps".
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** The Beta Kindergarten mentioned by Peridot in "It Could've Been Great" appears for the first time. As she stated to Amethyst in "Too Far", Amethyst's Kindergarten and the Gems created there are impressive compared to the Beta Kindergarten's rush job.

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* CallARabbitASmeerp: Peridot and Lapis have turned the barn into an art gallery, [[LanguageEqualsThought but they didn't know the word "art" "art"]] so they describe their creations as "Meepmorps", with individual pieces called "Morps".
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CallBack: The Beta Kindergarten mentioned by Peridot in "It Could've Been Great" appears for the first time. As she stated to Amethyst in "Too Far", Amethyst's Amethyst, the prime Kindergarten and the Gems created there are impressive compared to the Beta Kindergarten's rush job.job.
* ChekhovsSkill: Peridot's skill as a Kindergartener allows her to analyze the holes at the Beta Kindergarten, particularly Jasper's.
* ContinuityCavalcade: The visit to the barn revisits many previous events involving Peridot and Lapis in rapid succession.



** The barn wall Peridot broke through in "Message Received" has finally been repaired. Now that wall is an aquarium, and the alien doll she won in "Too Short to Ride" is floating around in it.
** Peridot says "meepmorps" are [[ItsBeenDone what would happen if]] "we made music, but instead of sounds, we used things". Steven taught her what music was in "It Could've Been Great", but never did the same for art.
** Peridot turns the tape recorder that Lapis broke in "Barn Mates", plus the bow on the box is came in, into a diorama called "[[RunningGag Wow, thanks.]]"



* ChekhovsSkill: Peridot's skill as a Kindergartener, which allows her to analyze the holes at the Beta Kindergarten, particularly Jasper's.

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* ChekhovsSkill: Peridot's skill as ** The last exhibit is a Kindergartener, which allows her to analyze the holes at the Beta Kindergarten, particularly Jasper's.stack of toilets representing "The time [Peridot] spent imprisoned in your bathroom" between "Catch and Release" and "When It Rains".


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* NoodleImplement: Peridot's alien doll is seen floating around in an aquarium with its head apparently torn off and sewn back on.


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* TWordEuphemism: Steven talks about Jasper while in the barn, causing Peridot to nervously asks them not to say "the J word" around Lapis.


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* TrueArtIsAngsty: In-universe, one of Lapis' pieces of art is a TV looping a ''Camp Pining Hearts'' clip of someone saying "I just feel trapped".
-->'''Steven:''' Is this one about... the thousands of years you spent trapped in a mirror?\\
'''Lapis:''' [[SubvertedTrope No. I really just like that show.]]

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* KingMook: Jasper turns out to be this. Quartz Gems, while SuperSoldier level warriors, seem to be closer to EliteMooks from the descriptions and flashbacks. Jasper, however, is 'perfect' and referred to by Peridot as [[UltimateLifeform "the Ultimate Quartz"]].

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* InsultBackfire: Peridot consoles Amethyst by telling her that, even with her size defect, she's still better than Jasper because she's from a better Kindergarten. Then Peridot inspects the hole she was born from and is forced to admit that Jasper is ''objectively flawless'' in construction.
* KingMook: Jasper turns out to be this. Quartz Gems, while SuperSoldier level warriors, seem to be closer to EliteMooks from the descriptions and flashbacks. Jasper, however, is 'perfect' and referred to by Peridot as [[UltimateLifeform "the Ultimate Quartz"]].


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* PecFlex: The shape of the hole Jasper came out of suggests she was ''[[BornAsAnAdult born]]'' flexing her biceps.
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* CallBack:
** The Beta Kindergarten mentioned by Peridot in "It Could've Been Great" appears for the first time. As she stated to Amethyst in "Too Far", Amethyst's Kindergarten and the Gems created there are impressive compared to the Beta Kindergarten's rush job.
** Peridot calls the barn her "home away from Homeworld", exactly what she called it in "Same Old World".
** Lapis' Meepmorps are based on events from "Same Old World" (when Steven gave her a leaf) and "Hit the Diamond" (when the Gems played baseball).
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* WhamEpisode: We not only learn about Jasper's origins on Earth, we also discover where she's been keeping all the corrupted Gems she's captured.
* WhamLine: Quite a few to be had.
** First, there's TheReveal of Jasper's place of origin:
--->'''Peridot:''' Sure, you're both from Earth, but your Kindergartens are radically different.
** Next, when Peridot happens upon large, misshapen holes in the Beta Kindergarten:
--->'''Peridot:''' These marks are new. This hole's been dug out... recently! ... These aren't exit holes anymore.
* WhamShot: Three in quick succession: first is the shot of Jasper's massive, perfectly flawless exit hole among the small, misshapen ones; next come the barred cages revealing the Snow Beast and countless other corrupted Gems caught by Jasper; and finally is Jasper herself, waiting for Steven, Amethyst and Peridot in the sand cloud.
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* KingMook: Jasper turns out to be this. Quartz Gems, while SuperSoldier level warriors, seem to be closer to EliteMooks from the descriptions and flashbacks. Jasper, however, is 'perfect' and referred to by Peridot as [[UltimateLifeform "the Ultimate Quartz"]].
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* ShoutOut: Lapis and Peridot making art out of displaying toilets in their home might be a shout-out to Marcel Duchamp's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp) Fountain]]. Unlike that one, though, their toilets also function as literal fountains.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Lapis' side of the art gallery features a baseball bat that represents [[StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond that time she played baseball with the Crystal Gems]], and a leaf, that represents [[StevenUniverseS3E3SameOldWorld that time Steven gave her a leaf]].


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* ToiletHumor: A literal example: one of Peridot and Lapis' pieces of their art gallery are several toilets put together. They work as a fountain with the help of Lapis' hydrokinesis.
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* CheckovsSkill: Peridot's skill as a Kindergartener, which allows her to analyze the holes at the Beta Kindergarten, particularly Jasper's.

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* CheckovsSkill: ChekhovsSkill: Peridot's skill as a Kindergartener, which allows her to analyze the holes at the Beta Kindergarten, particularly Jasper's.
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* ChekovsSkill: Peridot's skill as a Kindergartener, which allows her to analyze the holes at the Beta Kindergarten, particularly Jasper's.

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* ChekovsSkill: CheckovsSkill: Peridot's skill as a Kindergartener, which allows her to analyze the holes at the Beta Kindergarten, particularly Jasper's.



* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: The Beta Kindergarten was made in a rush, and it shows. The holes are poorly spaced and placed at odd angles. Jasper's perfection is a seeming fluke.

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* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: The Beta Kindergarten was made in a rush, rush to bolster Homeworld's ground forces midways through the Rebellion, and it shows. The holes are poorly spaced and placed at odd angles. Jasper's perfection is a seeming fluke.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Peridot, being a Kindergartener, is able to determine what kind of Gem came out of a hole from a mere glance.


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* ChekovsSkill: Peridot's skill as a Kindergartener, which allows her to analyze the holes at the Beta Kindergarten, particularly Jasper's.


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* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Some of Lapis and Peridot's interactions.


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* SuperSoldier: Jasper, for the reasons listed under UltimateLifeform. Her hole, easily the biggest in the Beta Kindergarten, has her ''flexing'' as she comes out!
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Every time a Homeworld Quartz soldier ''other'' than Jasper has appeared in flashbacks and accounts, [[ConservationofNinjutsu normally in numbers rather than one]], they've fared much worse than Jasper does. Pearl curbstomped two on her own and Garnet and Bismuth account taking on entire platoons of them, whereas Jasper alone was able to give Garnet a seriously tough fight. It turns out this is because Jasper ''isn't'' a normal Quartz: she's [[UltimateLifeform "the ultimate Quartz"]], born absolutely perfect with no flaws to be found.
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* UltimateLifeform: Upon seeing Jasper's hole, Peridot admits she's never seen such a perfect Quartz.

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* UltimateLifeform: Upon seeing Jasper's hole, Peridot admits she's never seen such a perfect Quartz. She later warns Amethyst not to go against her because she's "the ultimate Quartz."

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%% '''DO NOT''' add anything from leaks, even if the episode was released online early; any detail of spoilers will be removed, even if they are commented out. The Canadian airing, however, we assume is okay to use.



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* CallARabbitASmeerp: Peridot and Lapis have turned the barn into an art gallery, but they didn't know the word "art" so they describe their creations as "Meepmorps", with individual pieces called "Morps"
* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: The Beta Kindergarten was made in a rush, and it shows. Poorly spaced holes are just the tip of the iceberg.

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* CallARabbitASmeerp: Peridot and Lapis have turned the barn into an art gallery, but they didn't know the word "art" so they describe their creations as "Meepmorps", with individual pieces called "Morps"
"Morps".
* NotSoAboveItAll: Lapis is now just as into ''Camp Pining Hearts'' as Peridot.
* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: The Beta Kindergarten was made in a rush, and it shows. Poorly spaced The holes are just the tip of the iceberg.poorly spaced and placed at odd angles. Jasper's perfection is a seeming fluke.
* UltimateLifeform: Upon seeing Jasper's hole, Peridot admits she's never seen such a perfect Quartz.
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* CallARabbitASmeerp: Peridot and Lapis have turned the barn into an art gallery, but they didn't know the word "art" so they describe their creations as "Meepmorps", with individual pieces called "Morps"
* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: The Beta Kindergarten was made in a rush, and it shows. Poorly spaced holes are just the tip of the iceberg.
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Amethyst acts strangely when she and Steven visit friends in the country.
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