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'''Original airdate:''' February 1st, 2017
'''Production code:''' 1040-119
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'''Production code:''' 1040-119
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* AbsenteeActor: The Crystal Gems don't appear in this episode.
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* {{Glomp}}: Steven and Greg give each other a huge hug when they reunite.
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* {{Glomp}}: TheGlomp: Steven and Greg give each other a huge hug when they reunite.
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* UnusualEuphemism: "The Choosening" is Homeworld's BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage of humans that's [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar all but stated to be a breeding program]].
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* UnusualEuphemism: "The Choosening" is Homeworld's BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage of humans that's [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar all but stated to be a breeding program]].program.
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* UnusualEuphemism: "The Choosening" for . . . what is probably an ArrangedMarriage by Homeworld Gem standards.
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* UnusualEuphemism: "The Choosening" for . . . what is probably an ArrangedMarriage by Homeworld Gem standards.Homeworld's BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage of humans that's [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar all but stated to be a breeding program]].
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The humans in the zoo are far more diverse and healthy than a small breeding population could actually be over a thousand years or so. There'd either need to be a lot more than what's shown (you'd need about a thousand for a stable population) or significant [[DesignerBabies genetic engineering]].
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The humans in the zoo are far more diverse and healthy than a small breeding population could actually be over a thousand years or so. millennia after bringing in any new people from outside. There'd either need to be a lot more than what's shown (you'd need about (about a thousand for a stable population) or significant [[DesignerBabies genetic engineering]].
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Steven visits a special zoo.
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The little voice greets the inhabitants in the containment to begin the daily routine which includes eating, playing, reaching into outer space, smelling the flowers, and cleaning up with a refreshing bath before taking a nap at night. Steven is discomforted throughout, however, because the utopia is actually a glorified prison. Greg understands why everyone else is so happy because they do not know they are trapped here since they have never been anywhere else and on top of that, the prison is a utopia.
Night sets in and everyone goes to sleep except Greg and Steven who search for the door Steven mentioned earlier. Steven bumps into the door and tries to open it by bashing on it which attracts Wy-Six and Jay-Ten. They think it is a game Steven is playing, but Steven tells them he has to get the door open which they do not know such a thing exists. However, Jay-Ten recalls a time where the door or "opening wall" let a Gem through to help someone who was "hurt". They do not know what "hurt" is, so Steven explains. Afterward, Steven tries to get Greg to punch him in the face. Greg declines but offers Steven to punch him instead. Greg is sent flying into a tree after a dud from concern, but it does not get the door to open.
The little voice announces the "choosening" has begun. The inhabitants surround the "circle of choosening". According to Wy-Six, it is a very special
After the explanation, the human inhabitants all decide that they choose Greg. However, Greg has a say in the situation as well, so he declines being chosen and choosing anyone as well. This makes the inhabitants cry and experience the feeling of being "hurt" for the first time. They beg Greg to take the hurt away and chase him and Steven. The Amethyst guards open the door and rush into the containment to avert the crisis. This gives Greg and Steven an opportunity to exit through the door. They attempt to escape but are stopped and caught by an Amethyst, who informs them that they are in deep trouble.
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* LanguageEqualsThought: The Zoomans knowledge of the word "hurt" is almost mythical, and are lost at Steven's explanation of feelings that are "bad".
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* BuffySpeak: The mate-designation ceremony is called "The Choosening." You'd think Homeworld Gems could manage something more succinct, but it does fit with the childish mindset of the Zoomans.
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* BuffySpeak: The mate-designation ceremony is called "The Choosening." You'd think Homeworld Gems could manage something more succinct, but it does fit with the childish mindset of the Zoomans.Zoomans... not to mention the near total creative sterility that Gems seem to have regarding names.
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* BaitAndSwitch: The Amethyst guards come barging in like riot police when the Zoomans cause a ruckus, but behave more like counselors instead.
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A Logical Latecomer is about a latecomer to what the audience is already familiar to.
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* LogicalLatecomer: Even Greg has sympathy for the Zoomans, and he admits their lifestyle is soothing, but Steven finds it creepy that a loudspeaker mandates everyone's activities, not giving them a choice. He even asks what would happen if he didn't want to bathe. A confused Zooman asks why he wouldn't want to do as he's told. Even "The Choosening" doesn't allow for consent, ironically enough.
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** The whole episode is a reference to ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' with a FalseUtopia presented in GildedCage form, loudspeaker calming panicking masses (albeit without the drugs in that novel), and a riot ensuing when a LogicalLatecomer refuses to conform.
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** The whole episode is a reference to ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' with a FalseUtopia presented in GildedCage form, loudspeaker calming panicking masses (albeit without the drugs in that novel), and a riot ensuing when a LogicalLatecomer newcomer refuses to conform.
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Test-tube babies are just ones that come from eggs fertilized outside the womb.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The humans in the zoo are far more diverse and healthy than a small breeding population could actually be over a thousand years or so. Either there are other groups of humans in the zoo (you'd need about a thousand for a stable population) or they do [[DesignerBabies test tube babies]].
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The humans in the zoo are far more diverse and healthy than a small breeding population could actually be over a thousand years or so. Either there are other groups of humans in the zoo There'd either need to be a lot more than what's shown (you'd need about a thousand for a stable population) or they do significant [[DesignerBabies test tube babies]].genetic engineering]].
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* FalseUtopia: The human zoo provides everything the humans need, and its population has been there so long they want for nothing. They have free periods every day. However, freedom is severely curtailed, with the station AI telling them when to eat, play, and bathe, and their ability to handle disappointment or any unhappiness at all is nonexistent. Greg finds this unnerving, as noted below. Lampshaded by Greg:
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* FalseUtopia: The human zoo provides everything the humans need, and its population has been there so long they want for nothing. They have free periods every day. However, freedom is severely curtailed, with the station AI telling them when to eat, play, and bathe, and their ability to handle disappointment or any unhappiness at all is nonexistent. Greg finds this unnerving, as noted below. Lampshaded by Greg:
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The humans in the zoo are far more diverse and healthy than a small breeding population could actually be over a thousand years or so. Either there are other groups of humans in the zoo or they do [[DesignerBabies test tube babies]].
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The humans in the zoo are far more diverse and healthy than a small breeding population could actually be over a thousand years or so. Either there are other groups of humans in the zoo (you'd need about a thousand for a stable population) or they do [[DesignerBabies test tube babies]].
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Arranged Marriage is having one's marriage arranged by their family. The Choosening is a Bureaucratically Arranged Marriage.
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* ArrangedMarriage: In the Choosening ritual, the Gems running the zoo pairs the humans up.
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* StockObjectColors: Averted. The coconuts hanging from the tree in the zoo are green, which is the realistic color of coconuts.
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* StockObjectColors: Averted. The coconuts hanging from the tree in the zoo are green, which is the realistic color of coconuts. This is in contrast to the coconuts in "Super Watermelon Island", which are colored brown like in most cartoons.
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* StockObjectColors: Averted. [[https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/steven-universe/images/9/90/The_Zoo_025.png/revision/latest?cb=20170222003141 The coconuts hanging from the tree in the zoo are green]], which is the realistic color of coconuts.
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* StockObjectColors: Averted. [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/steven-universe/images/9/90/The_Zoo_025.png/revision/latest?cb=20170222003141 The coconuts hanging from the tree in the zoo are green]], which is the realistic color of coconuts.
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* StockObjectColors: Averted. The coconut tree in the zoo clearly sports green coconuts, which is the realistic color of coconuts.
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* StockObjectColors: Averted with the coconuts hanging from the tree in the zoo, which are green just like in real life.
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* StockObjectColors: Averted with the coconut tree in the zoo, which has green coconuts just like in real life.
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* FalseUtopia: The human zoo provides everything the humans need, and its population has been there so long they want for nothing. They have free periods every day. However, freedom is severely curtailed, with the station AI telling them when to eat, play, and bathe, and their ability to handle disappointment or any unhappiness at all is nonexistent. Greg finds this unnerving, as noted below.
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* FalseUtopia: The human zoo provides everything the humans need, and its population has been there so long they want for nothing. They have free periods every day. However, freedom is severely curtailed, with the station AI telling them when to eat, play, and bathe, and their ability to handle disappointment or any unhappiness at all is nonexistent. Greg finds this unnerving, as noted below. Lampshaded by Greg:
-->'''Greg:''' There's always a catch to these Utopias.
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* TheReveal: Humans in the zoo don't know sadness, and they are assigned mates via a ritual called "The Choosening". Lampshaded by Greg:
-->'''Greg:''' There's always a catch to these Utopias.
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* TheReveal: Humans in the zoo don't know sadness, and they are assigned mates via a ritual called "The Choosening". Lampshaded by Greg:\n-->'''Greg:''' There's always a catch to these Utopias.
