History Recap / StevenUniverseS4E2KnowYourFusion

* RealityEnsues: Sardonyx is over 20 feet tall, so forming her inside of a building results in her having to spend the entire time crouched and having to move around on her hands and knees, and the door to the temple is just barely big enough for her to squeeze through. In fact, this is ''why'' she takes her and Smoky into her room.

Garnet's reaction is unbridled joy as she recognizes all this in an instant. Pearl's reaction is more stunned shock with a little disquiet. Pearl's rather muted response does nothing to diminish Garnet's overjoyed enthusiasm; she {{Squee}}s for nearly twenty seconds straight as Pearl fires a barrage of questions at the young fusion.

Excited about showing off, Smoky begins to demonstrate their weapon, promising they'll knock Pearl's socks off. They produce Amethyst's whip, Steven's shield, and combine it into the KillerYoYo. They begin naming their tricks, which includes "Walk the dog", "Jump the dog", and "[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Dog walking's just my day job until I get my call back". Pearl adjusts her sock, watching with increasing discomfort as Smoky's enthusiasm with the demonstration doesn't take into account that Steven's house is pretty fragile. As the Yo-Yo knocks things over and destroys Steven's television, Pearl turns to Garnet.

-->'''Pearl:''' ''(speaking simultaneously with Garnet)'' You ... two?

Excited about showing off, Smoky begins to demonstrate their weapon, promising they'll knock Pearl's socks off. They produce Amethyst's whip, Steven's shield, and combine it into the KillerYoYo. They begin naming their tricks, which includes "Walking the dog" and "Walking the dog while waiting for my call back". Pearl adjusts her sock, watching with increasing discomfort as Smoky's enthusiasm with the demonstration doesn't take into account that Steven's house is pretty fragile. As the Yo-Yo knocks things over and destroys Steven's television, Pearl turns to Garnet.

* SuperStrength: Sardonyx describes Sugilite's unique ability as just being really, really strong, and thus tries to test how Smoky Quartz measures up in that regard. They use a test-your-strength game where the hammer looks like Sugilite's weapon and the bar is labelled with the strengths of most of the other fusions [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and Pearl]] (Sugilite>Opal>Garnet>Stevonnie>Pearl). While Smoky can't reach her power, according to the test, they're comparable to Garnet in terms of physical strength.

* FourthWallObserver: Between summoning screens with footage of previous episodes that say "footage courtesy of Cartoon Network" and wondering aloud if Sugilite "needs to be paid even if she's not really appearing in this episode", as well as having deep knowledge of show business concepts that her mostly-ignorant-of-human-culture component parts shouldn't logically have, Sardonyx seems to have this power to some degree.

* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes
** This happens when Smoky Quartz and Sardonyx enter the "TV Show Room", and briefly when the room starts to break apart.

'''Amethyst:''' ''[to Steven]'' [[LampshadeHanging It didn't land]].
-->'''Steven:''' Pick it back up, pick it back up!

** Sardonyx wondering whether they need to pay "Sugilite" for her voiceover appearance that uses only stock clips from "Coach Steven" (as she was famously voiced by Creator/NickiMinaj) is a jab at the fact that the Fusions rarely come back in a speaking role due to them all being voiced by fairly famous/hard-to-get singers (Opal and Sugilite have only had one proper speaking role, while Sardonyx and Alexandrite have had two).

* BitingTheHandHumor: When they return from a phony commercial break, Sardonyx makes a remark that they'd be off the air if the cartoon characters don't make the audience buy more products, a dig at Cartoon Network's notoriety for cancelling shows just because of insufficient merchandise sales.

-->'''Smoky Quartz:''' I don't see nothin'!
-->'''Sardonyx:''' You can''not'' see '''anything.'''

[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Live from the Temple, it's Sardonyx Tonight!]]

Trying to use Alexandrite's devastating fire breath fails as well, and Smoky's jokes go from playful to self deprecating, to obvious self loathing as the fusion has latched onto Steven and Amethyst's feelings of not being good enough.

-->'''Sardonyx:''' They want to impress us! They were planning this all morning! We hijacked their show! I ... I got excited. It's not...about...us!

Garnet's reaction is unbridled joy as she recognizes all this in an instant. Pearl's reaction is more stunned shock with a little disquiet. Pearl's rather consecrated response does nothing to diminish Garnet's overjoyed enthusiasm; she {{Squee}}s for nearly twenty seconds straight as Pearl fires a barrage of questions at the young fusion.

-->'''Sardonyx:''' They want to impress us! They were planning this all morning! We hijacked their show! I ... I got excited. It's not...about...us!'''

-->'''Sardonyx:''' You can ''not'' see '''anything.'''

* HypocriticalHumor: Sardonyx says she's excited about Smoky Quartz, but in trying to find out what Smoky can do, she centers herself, she sets tasks up that make Smoky feel worse, and makes jokes at Smoky's expense. Combine that with the MeaningfulName and it looks like the jokes don't match the intent.

-->'''Pearl:''' Little help?

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: This is actually a ''plot point''. Sardonyx gets so caught up comparing Smoky to the other fusions that Smoky forgets their own powers have multiple applications that would have worked. For example, instead of using their BlowYouAway powers to hit the target, Smoky tries to use a BreathWeapon like Alexandrite. Sardonyx suggests Smoky use a bow and arrow for an accuracy test, when Smoky showed fantastic long range accuracy with their KillerYoYo fighting Jasper. It isn't until Pearl and Garnet are in danger that they actually snap out of it and put the yo-yo to good use, impressing Pearl and Garnet.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: This is actually a ''plot point''. Sardonyx gets so caught up comparing Smoky to the other fusions that Smoky forgets
their actual powers have multiple applications. For example, instead of using their BlowYouAway powers to hit the target, Smoky tries to use a BreathWeapon like Alexandrite. Sardonyx suggests Smoky use a bow and arrow for an accuracy test, when Smoky showed fantastic long range accuracy with their KillerYoYo fighting Jasper. It isn't until Pearl and Garnet are in danger that they actually snap out of it and put the yo-yo to good use, impressing Pearl and Garnet.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: This is actually a ''plot point''. Sardonyx gets so caught up comparing Smoky to the other fusions that Smoky forgets about their actual powers. For example, instead of using their BlowYouAway powers to hit the target, Smoky tries to use a BreathWeapon like Alexandrite. Sardonyx suggests Smoky use a bow and arrow for an accuracy test, when Smoky showed fantastic long range accuracy with their KillerYoYo fighting Jasper. It isn't until Pearl and Garnet are in danger that they actually snap out of it and put the yo-yo to good use, impressing Pearl and Garnet.

Smoky's jokes go from playful to self deprecating, to obvious self loathing as the fusion has latched onto Steven and Amethyst's feelings of not being good enough.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: This is actually a ''plot point''. Smoky ''and'' Sardonyx get so caught up comparing Smoky to the other fusions that Smoky forgets about their actual powers. For example, instead of using their BlowYouAway powers to hit the target, Smoky tries to use a BreathWeapon like Alexandrite. They both try to have Smoky use a bow and arrow for an accuracy test, when Smoky showed fantastic long range accuracy with their KillerYoYo fighting Jasper. It isn't until Pearl and Garnet are in danger that they actually snap out of it and put the yo-yo to good use, impressing Pearl and Garnet.

With that, the show is ''over''. Sardonyx de-fuses back into Pearl and Garnet. Unfortunately, that means that since Sardonyx is gone, her room begins ceasing to exist -- with everyone still in it! Smoky acts without thinking, whipping out their Yo-Yo and swinging to grab Garnet and Pearl, flinging them all out of the room before the curtains turn back to a door!

* GrammarNazi: Sardonix corrects Smoky when they go into her room.