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'''Original airdate:''' June 18th, 2015

'''Production code:''' 1031-062

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-->'''Greg:''' You two can fuse?!

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-->'''Greg:''' ->'''Greg:''' You two can fuse?!



-->'''Greg:''' What was that?!

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-->'''Greg:''' ->'''Greg:''' What was that?!



-->'''Rose Quartz:''' I'm...not...a real person.

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-->'''Rose ->'''Rose Quartz:''' I'm...not...a real person.
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** Orange Magic Orchestra is a riff on the Japanese band "Yellow Magic Orchestra".

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** Orange Magic Orchestra is a riff on the Japanese band "Yellow Magic Orchestra"."Music/YellowMagicOrchestra".
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* OffModel: Greg's sandals disappear and reappear between scenes during his fusion attempt and conversation with Rose.
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* ExactWords: Rose Quartz is "not a real person." [[spoiler: That is to say, Rose Quartz is an assumed identity for Pink Diamond.]]


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** When Greg demands that Rose "talk to [him] like a real person," Rose slowly replies "I'm ''not'' a real person." On the surface, this is about her being an alien and not a human. [[spoiler: But after TheReveal that Rose was actually Pink Diamond in disguise, the line's meaning changes: Rose Quartz ''isn't'' a real person, but rather a ''persona'' that Pink created to rebel against the other Diamonds.]]
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* LastSecondWordSwap: Garnet gives Greg some helpful advice, then lowers her visor to wink at him. Shocked to see she actually has three eyes, but still respecting her friendly gesture, Greg recovers with "[[FunWithHomophones Eye/I]]!...think I get it."

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* LastSecondWordSwap: Garnet gives Greg some helpful advice, then [[AttentiveShadeLowering lowers her visor to wink at him.him]]. Shocked to see she actually has three eyes, but still respecting her friendly gesture, Greg recovers with "[[FunWithHomophones Eye/I]]!...think I get it."
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** Greg's anxiety about being unable to fuse with Rose and connect with her on that level is reminiscent of [[RomanticAsexual asexuals with romantic partners]] being unable to perform in that manner.

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** Greg's anxiety about being unable to fuse with Rose and connect with her on that level is reminiscent of [[RomanticAsexual asexuals with romantic partners]] partners being unable to perform in that manner.

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* HighSchoolAU: The episode's promo title card has the Crystal Gems studying in the library, with Greg consulting Steven (the teacher) for help on an assignment he's working on with Rose Quartz. Connie (the librarian) is handing a book to someone, presumably another student.



* NonIndicativeName: The Philosophy Majors' album is entitled "Nietzsche's Breakdown." You'd think that the music would be some deep and brooding and about the meaning of existence. Nope, it's just poppy, vaguely psychedelic sounding dance music.

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* NonIndicativeName: The Philosophy Majors' album is entitled "Nietzsche's Breakdown." You'd think that the music would be some deep and brooding and about the meaning of existence. Nope, it's just poppy, vaguely psychedelic sounding psychedelic-sounding dance music.


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Steven and Connie are depicted in the episode's title card as a high school teacher and librarian, respectively; Steven is helping Greg and Rose with a school assignment, while Connie is handing a book to someone, presumably another student.
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* AnAesop: Love takes time, communication, and understanding.

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* AnAesop: Love A romantic relationship takes time, communication, and understanding.understanding between two people.
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* AnAesop: Love takes time, communication, and understanding.
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* PersecutionFlip: Rose forms the apex of a BisexualLoveTriangle with Pearl and Greg. But since Gems values are ([[DiscountLesbians quasi-]])[[NonheteronormativeSociety homonormative]], Greg's relationship with Rose is the one treated as inappropriate (by Pearl) or novel/[[LovingAShadow fetishized]] (by Rose) for being an InterspeciesRomance.

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"People in unusual relationships" isn't a metaphor, that describes this situation in a completely literal sense.


** Pearl jealously telling Greg he's just a phase that Rose is going through will remind LGBTQA people of how society at large sees their relationships. Also there are connotations to when people tell those in unusual relationships how they are just in a phase. Likewise, Greg's anxiety about being unable to fuse with Rose and connect with her on that level is reminiscent of asexuals with romantic partners being unable to perform in that manner.

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** Pearl jealously telling Greg he's just a phase that Rose is going through will remind LGBTQA people of how society at large sees their relationships. Also there are connotations relationships, with a particular similarity to when people tell those in unusual relationships how they are just in a phase. Likewise, [[NoBisexuals bisexual erasure]].
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Greg's anxiety about being unable to fuse with Rose and connect with her on that level is reminiscent of [[RomanticAsexual asexuals with romantic partners partners]] being unable to perform in that manner.

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* FourthDateMarriage: Literal marriage isn't involved, but Greg does realize he and Rose were rushing into things a bit with their relationship by having him practically move in with her.


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rose stating that Greg barely knowing her is a good thing is an early hint to Rose's DarkAndTroubledPast.
* FourthDateMarriage: Literal marriage isn't involved, but Greg does realize he and Rose were rushing into things a bit with their relationship by having him practically move in with her.
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* RecordScratching: Greg manually stops the record when Steven and Connie fuse.

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* RecordScratching: RecordNeedleScratch: Greg manually stops the record when Steven and Connie fuse.

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* GoLookAtTheDistraction: Garnet tosses a stick for Amethyst to chase so she can have a heart-to-heart with Greg.



* RecordNeedleScratch: Greg manually stops the record when Steven and Connie fuse.

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* RecordNeedleScratch: PrivacyByDistraction: Garnet tosses a stick for Amethyst to chase so she can have a heart-to-heart with Greg.
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Greg manually stops the record when Steven and Connie fuse.
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* AndYourRewardIsEdible: Greg gives Amethyst a snack for playing the drums in the song, which she happily scarfs.

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* AndYourRewardIsEdible: Greg gives Amethyst a snack bag of popcorn for playing the drums in the song, which she happily scarfs.
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* AmbiguousSyntax: When Greg asks Rose to "talk to [him] for one second, like a real person", he may have meant "like [I am] a real person" ([[AmIJustAToyToYou because he felt she didn't respected him]]) or "like [you are] a real person" (because he found her behavior extremely alienating). Rose definitely took it the latter way, and uncomfortably asserts she is ''not'' a real person (she apparently just considers "person" a synonym for "human", not a more inclusive term).

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* AmbiguousSyntax: When Greg asks Rose to "talk to [him] for one second, like a real person", he may have meant "like [I am] a real person" ([[AmIJustAToyToYou because he felt she didn't respected respect him]]) or "like [you are] a real person" (because he found her behavior extremely alienating). Rose definitely took it the latter way, and uncomfortably asserts she is ''not'' a real person (she apparently just considers "person" a synonym for "human", not a more inclusive term).
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* FourthDateMarriage: {{Downplayed}}, as marriage isn't a factor at this point, but Greg does realize at one point that he and Rose were rushing into things a bit with their relationship.

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* FourthDateMarriage: {{Downplayed}}, as Literal marriage isn't a factor at this point, involved, but Greg does realize at one point that he and Rose were rushing into things a bit with their relationship.relationship by having him practically move in with her.

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* TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason:
-->'''Greg:''' I barely know you.\\
'''Rose:''' That's a good thing.



-->'''Rose:''' I love humans! You're all so ''funny''!
-->'''Greg:''' ''[wince of thundercrack]''

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-->'''Rose:''' I love humans! You're all so ''funny''!
-->'''Greg:'''
''funny''! \\
'''Greg:'''
''[wince of thundercrack]''
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It's not unrequited then


* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Possibly; this episode seems to imply that Pearl's feelings towards Rose were indeed [[{{Polyamory}} reciprocated.]] However, as Rose and Greg dance, Pearl starts to realize that Rose cares about Greg in a way that isn't the same as her relationship with Rose.
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* LastSecondWordSwap: Garnet gives Greg some helpful advice, then lowers her visor to wink at him. Shocked to see she actually has three eyes, but still respecting her friendly gesture, Greg recovers with "[[FunWitHomophones Eye]]!...think I get it."

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* LastSecondWordSwap: Garnet gives Greg some helpful advice, then lowers her visor to wink at him. Shocked to see she actually has three eyes, but still respecting her friendly gesture, Greg recovers with "[[FunWitHomophones Eye]]!..."[[FunWithHomophones Eye/I]]!...think I get it."

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