History Recap / StevenUniverseS2E8Reformed

* SuperOCD: Amethyst mocks Pearl's obsessiveness when in a form based off of hers, and when she emerges in her final form, Pearl mentioned how much the loose strap bugged her.

* GiantWaistRibbon: Amethyst's attempt at being like Pearl includes an even larger waist ribbon than hers.

* AnimeHair: Parodied when, in an attempt to emulate Pearl, Amethyst puts up her RapunzelHair in the same updo. It even [[PlankGag hits Steven and Garnet]] when she twirls.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Pearl is surprised when she hears that Amethyst has put a few hours into her new form, saying that it's the longest she's spent regenerating.
* RunningGag:

-->'''Steven:''' Are you afraid of taking risks and trying new things?

* CreepySouvenir: Towards the beginning, Amethyst briefly dons a gas mask as a joke. After she takes it off, she pulls a ''human skull'' out of it, thereby raising a lot of uncomfortable questions about where the mask came from and how she got it.

* CallBack: Both Greg and Pearl are unable to understand the ''Crying Breakfast Friends'' show from "Space Race".

* CameBackWrong: Amethyst keeps rushing her regenerations and distorting her form. Her last form averts this because she put an unusual amount of time into it (four hours).

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Part of the problem with the BodyHorror is that Amethyst keeps rushing her regeneration.

* FacePalm: Garnet does this when Amethyst regenerates as Pearl.

* GroupHug: The Crystal Gems do one at the very end.
* GreenEyedMonster: Amethyst shows shades of this with her thoughts on Pearl. She feels like her perfectionist neuroses are her being needy for approval and her SesquipedalianLoquaciousness an attempt to show off.

* IResembleThatRemark: Amethyst keeps doing this with Steven's quiz questions.

* LuminescentBlush: Amethyst has this for a good amount of scenes, as she gets really flustered over Garnet's criticisms of her recklessness. At the end, she has it out of embarrassment for being hugged and congratulated over taking her time on regenerating, getting a form that pleases everyone.

* SuperOCD: Amethyst mocks this trait of Pearl's when in a form based off of hers, and when she emerges in her final form, Pearl mentioned how much the loose strap bugged her.

* TentacleRope: How the Slinker keeps catching Amethyst.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Amethyst and her various regenerations. Steven even lampshades how he's getting numb to it.

* WasTooHardOnHim: Garnet feels that she was too hard on Amethyst by the end of the episode.

-->'''Amethyst:''' (being hugged) We gotta go catch the Slinker!\\

* BeYourself: [[AnAesop The Aesop]] that Amethyst learns; things go a lot better for her new form when she stops caring too much about the opinions of the other Gems.

* BlatantLies: Almost all of Amethyst's answers for the ''Crying Breakfast Friends'' personality quiz.

** The second, a mockery of Pearl's form, is mostly just strange-looking, but their very differently shaped feet causes Amethyst to have what are either ''very'' loose-fitting ballet shoes or ''[[AgonyOfTheFeet feet with ends shriveled up like noodles]].''

* BrokenBird: Just like her previous episodes, even after she seemingly got over it on "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E40OnTheRun On the Run]]", Amethyst still has self esteem issues over her Kindergarten origins, and still tries to unsuccessfully impress Steven and Garnet by changing her forms, and doesn't think for herself. Though at the end of the episode she does finally find a form she was fully comfortable with.
* CallBack:
** Both Greg and Pearl are unable to understand the ''Crying Breakfast Friends'' show from "Space Race".
** Just like in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E24AnIndirectKiss An Indirect Kiss]]", Amethyst goes through BodyHorror. Her second-to-last form even gets the noodle arms when it starts deteriorating.
** We see once again that Amethyst is a hoarder. Furthermore, she's upset when someone is in her room without her knowledge because something they're seeking has found its way in there.
** Amethyst's self-esteem issues show up once again.
** The fact that Gems' bodies are illusions is brought up again.

* SurpriseCreepy: Towards the beginning, Amethyst briefly dons a gas mask as a joke. After she takes it off, she pulls a ''human skull'' out of it, thereby raising a lot of uncomfortable questions about where the mask came from and how she got it.

* BrokenBird: Just like her previous episodes, even after she seemingly got over it on On The Run, Amethyst still has self esteem issues over her Kindergarten origins, and still tries to unsuccessfully impress Steven and Garnet by changing her forms, and doesn't think for herself. Though at the end of the episode she does finally find a form she was fully comfortable with.

** Amethyst says "Who wants to watch a cartoon about people crying?", when in literally EVERY OTHER episode of Steven Universe, you see someone crying.

* AnimeHair: Parodied when, in an attempt to emulate Pearl, Amethyst puts up her RapunzelHair in the same updo. It even hits Steven and Garnet when she twirls.

* EvilSlinks: The corrupted gem they fight is nicknamed The Slinker, and pretty much is a malformed mass of oozing, slinky tentacles.

-->'''Amethyst:''' Tell me what you want and I'll do it!

* CallBack:

* EmpathicShapeshifter: Non-psychic version; Amethyst is just trying to reconcile her regenerations with what she thinks others want when criticized. She regenerates unusually fast when Steven is distraught over her "poofing" which slightly messes up her anatomy. Then she regenerates as an [[{{Parody}} approximation]] of Pearl when unfavorably compared to her, then overexerts her form trying to be strong when she feels Garnet implies she's weak.

** Among the junk in Amethyst's room is [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E18BeachParty the "Foine" magazine summer special]], [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E40OnTheRun a No-Home Boys book ("Mystery Train")]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E4SayUncle Pizza Steve's sunglasses]]... which becomes ''confusing'' since [[CanonDiscontinuity she shouldn't]] ''[[CanonDiscontinuity have]]'' [[CanonDiscontinuity those]]...
*** Although upon closer inspection the sunglasses does have some slight differences than Pizza Steve's, namely the lenses are colored purple as opposed to black.

*** Although they coincidentally could've been just typical sunglasses.

* BlackComedyBurst: Amethyst finds a skull inside a gas mask in her room:

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Amethyst shows some serious self-esteem issues over being scolded for her reckless behavior, being compared to [[{{Foil}} Pearl]] and constantly wanted Garnet's approval while hiding her obvious frustration and stress with jokes until she finally snaps.

* BlackComedy: Amethyst, when she finds the skull inside the gas mask in her room: