History Recap / StevenUniverseS3E3SameOldWorld

-->'''Peridot:''' Then everything started glowing and well, yeah...wait. I'm sure Steven can fill you in on the rest, since he's the one who saved us. Right, Steven? Tell 'em what happened in there!

-->'''Steven:''' I feel like I only get to see you when there's something horrible going on.

Steven tells her of course she can stay on Earth. He explains that she can live anywhere on the planet. He begins naming all the places he knows off the top of his head and offers to help her find a new place to live, using the [=GPS=] on his phone. She takes him piggyback and flies off.

-->'''Steven:''' The leaves. The city. Even Jersey changes. My dad says the rest stops used to be pretty gross. But now they have sushi!

-->'''Peridot:''' Yes, hear-hear everybody. What are we talking about? Lazuli. Nice to see you up and about.

-->'''Lapis:''' No it's not! It's mine! Right, Steven?

* OffModel: Peridot's and Lapis' hairs and heights are larger than usual in this episode, as shown in [[http://sixleggedcat.tumblr.com/post/144670101980/first-peridots-hair-is-at-lapis-eye-level-and-her this post]].
** One of the artists jokingly admits he [[https://twitter.com/neo_rama/status/733799642106867712 "wrongfully drew the hair too small"]] and promises to draw them even bigger.

* DreadlockWarrior: The Gem that poofed Lapis was large and well-built, with long dreadlocks [[MulticoloredHair in numerous different colors]]. She's later revealed to be a Crystal Gem named Bismuth.

* {{Joisey}}: Lapis and Steven fly over Jersey (this isn't a shortening of "New Jersey", as it's just called "Jersey" in this world). The place itself is complete with smog, traffic in the Turnpike, and people with a stereotypical Jersey accent.
--> '''Steven:''' You'd like it in Jersey. [[TakeThat The people here seem to hate the Earth too!]]

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Just like Peridot being unaware of Malachite's existence , Lapis was unaware of both Peridot staying on Earth and her HeelFaceTurn.

* {{Adorkable}}: Peridot and Lapis when they argue over whose "here here/home home" the barn is. After Lapis being a BrokenBird, her NotSoAboveItAll moment is sweet.

* MixedMetaphor: When describing Empire City to Lapis, Steven mixes up the "what happens in x stays in x" (a phrase associated with Las Vegas) and "the city that never sleeps" (a nickname for New York City) sayings that "what happens in Empire City never sleeps". Given the show is in the DifferentStatesOfAmerica, that may be it's actual official slogan, not a mix-up.

* EasilyForgiven: Lapis revealing that it was Homeworld Gems who imprisoned her becomes this, given the minute she was free she just wanted to go home in "Ocean Gem," despite what Homeworld natives did to her.

* MixedMetaphor: When describing Empire City to Lapis, Steven mixes up the "what happens in x stays in x" and "the city that never sleeps" sayings to get "what happens in Empire City never sleeps". Justified in that [[https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/733448482917212161 Empire City is a combination of New York City and Las Vegas (as well as Paris)]], and "What happens in Empire City never sleeps" is actually its official slogan, not a mix-up.

* MisplacedRetribution: Lapis seems to blame the Crystal Gems for finding and keeping the mirror more than she blames the Homeworld forces for imprisoning her in the mirror in the first place, though the FriendOrFoe thing may be part of it as well. Of course, the fact that it may have been a Crystal Gem who poofed her to begin with may not have helped.

* TheReveal: We finally find out how Lapis ended up in that mirror. She was on Earth for a short visit and had the misfortune to end up in a battle between Homeworld and the Rebellion. She got poofed and was mistaken by Homeworld for a Crystal Gem who placed her gem on a mirror so they could tell her who the leader was and where the base was - stuff she didn't know. When Homeworld abandoned the planet she was dropped at the Galaxy Warp (and stepped on which is why her gem was broken) and was stuck there before being found by Pearl.

* InstantOracleJustAddWater: Lapis is able to reflect her memories using water as a mirror, possibly a remnant of being stuck in the mirror since her eyes take on the mirror form that they had when she was first freed.

* MisplacedRetribution: Lapis seems to blame the Crystal Gems for finding and keeping the mirror more than she blames the Homeworld forces for imprisoning her in the mirror in the first place, though the MistakenIdentity thing may be part of it as well. Of course, the fact that it may have been a Crystal Gem who poofed her to begin with may not have helped.
* MistakenIdentity: Lapis was put in the mirror because she was mistaken for a Crystal Gem by Homeworld, who tried to interrogate her with questions she couldn't answer.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: At least one citizen in Jersey didn't see anything odd about a blue woman with wings made of water carrying a child on her back through the sky, except that they were doing it ''in'' Jersey.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Bismuth appears in silhouetted form in Lapis' flashback, long before her appearance later in the season.

* CallForward: Bismuth appears as the Crystal Gem who poofs Lapis, 17 episodes before her appearance proper.

!!Tropes

* AlternateUniverseFic: Teased when Lapis and Steven are flying above Empire City. Steven says Lapis could be trying to make it in the big city, working at a local coffee shop and going home to a wacky roommate, pretty much the basis of any given Coffee Shop AU. Lapis has no idea what he's on about.

* {{Trigger}}: Seeing the Galaxy Warp is this for Lapis, causing her to zone out and nearly drop Steven.

* AlternateUniverseFic: Teased when Lapis and Steven are flying above Empire City. Steven says Lapis could be trying to make it in the big city, working at a local coffee shop and going home to a whacky roommate, pretty much the basis of any given Coffee Shop AU. Lapis has no idea what he's on about.

** Near the end of Lapis' flashback, there's a bright flash of light immediately after the last of the Homeworld Gems flee. Said flash is shaped like a four-pointed star ([[ArcSymbol not unlike an exaggerated diamond]]) and has a [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience yellow, blue and white halo]]. [[ThemeSongReveal The tiniest snippet]] of the Diamonds' DroneOfDread Leitmotif accompanies the FadeToWhite...

** Near the end of Lapis' flashback, there's a bright flash of light immediately after the last of the Homeworld Gems flee. Said flash is shaped like a four-pointed star ([[ArcSymbol not unlike an exaggerated diamond]]) and has a [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience yellow, blue and white halo]]. [[ThemeSongReveal The tiniest snippet]] of the Diamonds' DroneOfDread Lietmotif accompanies the FadeToWhite...