History Recap / StevenUniverseS1E7BubbleBuddies

* RantInducingSlight: Steven and Connie are trapped in a magic shield for most of the episode with Steven continually assuring her that he'll come up with a plan that works. All of them fail. When they get stuck in an ocean crevice, Connie finally snaps.

** This could be justified in this instance however, due to Steven's bubble being magical in nature.

!Notes:
* This episode is the first time Steven single-handedly "poofs" a monster.

** Steven attempt to impress Connie at the beginning. He tries to ride his bike on sand, which works about as well as you'd expect. Then he starts bragging about said bike, which fails horribly. Finally, he accidentally knocks it over and runs away crying as she stares at him in confusion.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Steven's defense of his plan to have a roller coaster ram into the bubble to free them.

Deciding to go another route, Steven heads to the Big Donut to get Lars and Sadie's help. Lars proceeds to tease Steven about Connie and kiss, and for some reason lick, the outside of the bubble while Sadie tries to open it with a hammer, to no avail. Sadie then tries breaking a chair over it, with no effect. Steven tries another plan, this time having Onion fire a harpoon at the bubble, which only results in it destroying a ship Connie happened to like. Steven then tries one last plan: letting a rollercoaster at Funland hit the bubble. Despite how dangerous the plan is, and Connie's misgivings about it, Steven tries it anyway after an earthquake, but after the coaster is aburuptly stopped, it sends the bubble flying into the ocean.

Under the sea, Steven and Connie find the source of the earthquakes: A giant worm monster with a gem inside it that eats glowing seaweed. The monster digs its way underground again; the crack created by its passage send Steven and Connie deeper below the surface. Connie finally breaks down, bursting into tears as she explains how no one but her parents will miss her when they die at the bottom of the sea due to her having no friends. Steven promptly pulls out the glowing ring from before, a bracelet and gives it to her, offering to be her friend and explaining he saw her drop it a year ago at a parade. Touched by the action, Connie admits she had a great time.. just as the bubble finally pops. The two quickly swim to the surface and arrive back on shore... as does the worm monster, attracted by the glow of Connie's bracelet. After realizing this, Steven takes it from her and gets the creature to tie itself around the dock, causing the dock to collapse on it, destroying it. The Gems arrive and Connie talks about how amazing Steven was while Garnet collects the beast's gem. Steven returns the bracelet and Amethyst and Pearl start to talk to Connie before Garnet carries them off, telling them not to mess with "his funky flow".

!!Tropes

-->'''Connie''': [[DidntThinkThisThrough What happens AFTER the bubble pops?]]\\
'''Steven''': [[FalseReassurance We'll be free!]]
* CondensationClue: When Onion doesn't respond to verbal requests for a harpoon gun, Steven fogs up the bubble's inside and tries to make a drawing, which doesn't help. Connie tries the same except she [[MundaneSolution just writes "harpoon gun"]], which Onion immediately understands.

* HollywoodDensity: The bubble immediately sinks when it goes into water, despite being airtight and several meters across. That would would require it to be denser than water, and thus weigh something like four ''tons''--far too heavy for two children to move around, even by rolling.

-->'''Steven''': Alright, we just roll down this ramp as the cars are coming at us, and the crash will break us free!\\
'''Connie''': What happens after the bubble pops?\\
'''Steven''': Then we'll be free!\\
''(Beat)''\\
'''Connie''': Steven, this is a bad idea.