History Recap / StevenUniverseS4E3BuddysBook

* AlliterativeName: Buddy Buddwick.

-->'''Steven:''' BOOOOOOOKS!
-->'''Librarian:''' ''Shhh!''

-->'''Connie:''' ''Forget'' homework! ''[sweeps desk clean]''

* CriticalResearchFailure: InUniverse, Connie somehow got the idea from internet research that raccoons have either EyeBeams or the ability to see heat signatures, depending on how you interpret "Heat Vision".

* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the sights in Buddy's journal is an abandoned palanquin, similar to the one used by Blue Diamond in "The Answer".

* NiceHat: Buddy starts out with a comically small "dixie cup" hat. When he decides to be an explorer, he switches to a tricorne that matches his black coat. The portrait of him in the library sports a tiny blue bowler hat, showing that the real Buddy liked small hats.

* {{Diary}}: The whole episode resolves around Steven and Connie reading Buddy's diary.

* {{Adorkable}}: Steven is overjoyed to find the library is full of "BOOKS!", and Connie is preemptively studying for the ''next'' grade, just because she wants to.

* ShoutOut: One of the books prominently on display behind Steven when he asks about raccoons having heat vision is ''Discworld/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents.''

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Buddy managed to get to many Gem sites despite their remote location, navigating terrain that is treacherous or even [[OffscreenTeleportation seemingly-impossible to get through]]. In particular, the Lunar Sea Spire is completely surrounded by whirlpools and waterfalls hundreds of feet high, [[{{Bizarrchitecture}} as the whole thing is located in a depression of the ocean's surface]]. Considering how many of those locations hosted Gem Monsters when the Crystal Gems visited them with Steven, either they weren't interested in a lone human or he had to navigate around them somehow.

** On the first diary entry about William Dewey founding Beach City, Buddy has spelled his own name "Budwick" and Dewey's named "Duey".

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** Buddy wanders right past some of the Crystal Shrimp in the Sea Spire. Although "Cheeseburger Backpack" had the gems treat these like an obstacle to be avoided, "The Test" later revealed that the whole mission was just a test for Steven, so they were likely harmless all along.

* TheNicknamer: Buddy from Steven's perspective, he doesn't know the Gem names of the locations, so he gives them names (like calling the Communication Hub the "Steeple of Hubris"). He got the Moon Goddess statue right though (or, possibly, the Gems use his name for it for some reason).

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Buddy managed to get to many Gem sites despite their remote location, navigating terrain that is treacherous or even [[OffscreenTeleportation seemingly-impossible to get through]]. In particular, the Lunar Sea Spire is completely surrounded by whirlpools and waterfalls hundreds of feet high, [[{{Bizarrchitecture}} as the whole thing is located in a depression of the ocean's surface]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Among Buddy's drawings is a robotic palanquin, similar to the one used by Blue Diamond in "The Answer". This one been abandoned on Earth for reasons unknown. Steven doesn't know what it is, presumably because Garnet never specifically described it in her story in that episode.
** Rose demonstrates the ability to command wildlife, specifically lions. She's also separated from the other Crystal Gems and walking away from the Sand Castle, a Corrupted Gem that the others won't bubble until much later, suggesting she had another purpose for being there. It's not clear what this means about Lion, but it definitely means ''something''.
** Rose says that Buddy's books will benefit readers, implying they'll be filled with lore about the Gems. And the man wrote down a ''whole'' library, easily accessible to Steven and Connie.
* FreezeFrameBonus:

* CallForward: As mentioned under ContinuityCavalcade, Buddy visits many places that Steven is already familiar with in his journey.

* ContinuityCavalcade:

** Buddy travels through many locations seen in the show.
*** The strawberry battlefield, which is evidently in Norway.
*** The mountain home of the Heaven Beetle from "Giant Woman". [[note]]Of course, the Heaven Beetle's tiny [[Creator/{{Sega}} Genesis]] and tiny [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Game Boy]] are not there for Buddy to find.[[/note]]
*** The Sea Spire from "Cheeseburger Backpack".
*** The communication hub from "Coach Steven".
*** The inverted pyramid and its murals from "Serious Steven".
*** A palanquin similar to the one Blue Diamond used in "The Answer". Mysteriously, this one is down on Earth, abandoned.
*** The Prime Kindergarten. Amethyst stops by to visit her rock.
*** The sand castle from "Steven's Lion". Rose is there with a bunch of (evidently native and certainly not pink) lions. The desert the castle is in is also shown to be somewhere in central Africa.