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[[folder:''Ultimate Dough-Down'']]
* {{Interquel}}: Set between "Dewey Wins" and "Sadie Killer", as Sadie is still working at the Big Donut alone.


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* {{Interquel}}: Set between "Dewey Wins" and "Sadie Killer", as Sadie is still working at the Big Donut alone.
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* SeriesContiniutyError: Amethyst is wearing her first outfit this issue (and the next), even though Lapis and Peridot have already shown Steven their "meep morps", by which point Amethyst had reformed ''twice''.

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* SeriesContiniutyError: SeriesContinuityError: Amethyst is wearing her first outfit this issue (and the next), even though Lapis and Peridot have already shown Steven their "meep morps", by which point Amethyst had reformed ''twice''.
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[[AC:Issue #15]]
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Garnet unfuses to because getting two gems out of a temple requires Ruby and Sapphire's heat and cold powers.


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[[folder:''Harmony'']]
* BarrierMaiden: Steven contains the harmony core in his bubble, but can't teleport it away or safely move around while holding it. [[LeakingCanOfEvil And even while in the bubble, it manages to affect people.]]
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The story focuses on both a gem artifact called as "harmony core" and the band Steven is in trying to keep focused (or "keep the harmony") in his absence.
* FalseReassurance:
-->'''Sadie:''' So Steven can't come? Is he in space again?\\
'''Peridot:''' No, nothing as drastic as that. We simply found an unstable gem core that perhaps could end all life on Earth should Steven put it down for even a moment.
* {{Interquel}}: Takes places after Sadie and the Cool Kids form a band in "Sadie Killer" (and after Connie rejoined the Crystal Gems in "Kevin Party"), but before they catch their big break in "The Big Show" (and possibly before they had named their band some time by "Lars of the Stars").
* RockersSmashGuitars: Peridot substitutes for Steven as Sadie Killer and the Suspects' guitarist, which she believes requires smashing a guitar--during a ''rehearsal''. Buck is partially impressed, but Sadie is downright horrified.
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[[AC:Issue #14]]
* LetsPutOnAShow: Steven tries to hold a small concert on the beach for Greg to play out.
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* YouAreStongerThanYouThink: Lapis thinks it's easy for Garnet to stay calm in the face of the future when she has Future Vision. Garnet points out [[MultipleChoiceFuture she can't be sure which future she sees will happen]], and that even if Lapis can't see them all, her predictions and judgement can make the difference.

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* YouAreStongerThanYouThink: YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Lapis thinks it's easy for Garnet to stay calm in the face of the future when she has Future Vision. Garnet points out [[MultipleChoiceFuture she can't be sure which future she sees will happen]], and that even if Lapis can't see them all, her predictions and judgement can make the difference.

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* {{Interquel}}: Retroactively; the comic started while the show was late in season four and was set around the same time, but has stayed there even as the show ends its fifth season.

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* {{Interquel}}: Retroactively; the comic started while the show was late in season four and was began set around the same time, but has stayed there even as the show ends its fifth season.


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[[AC:Issue #13]]
* CallForward: Acts as a sort of prequel for "Raising the Kindergarten", as Lapis is worried about her safety on Earth, but not to the point of wanting to leave.
* YouAreStongerThanYouThink: Lapis thinks it's easy for Garnet to stay calm in the face of the future when she has Future Vision. Garnet points out [[MultipleChoiceFuture she can't be sure which future she sees will happen]], and that even if Lapis can't see them all, her predictions and judgement can make the difference.
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[[AC:Issue #12]]
* MythologyGag: After Pearl was established to dislike eating, one of the writers handwaved [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness an early episode where she said she liked pie]] as Pearl liking the process of ''baking'' pie. In this comic, Pearl bakes some cupcakes with Steven and Connie while mentioning an interest in the science and chemistry behind food-making (and gets obsessed with precise measurements).
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[[AC:Issue #11]]
* CallForward: It's implied Lars created the Big Donut's entry in a food contest, but won't admit it. "The Good Lars" showed Lars was good at baking, but didn't admit it to Steven until then (and both recipes are pumpkin-flavored).
* CarnivoreConfusion: Pumpkin gets offended at the idea of people eating even non-sapient pumpkins.
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[[AC:Issue #9]]
* MundaneUtility: When painting, Lapis realizes she can control water colors with her [[MakingASplash hydrokinesis]].
* SeriesContiniutyError: Amethyst is wearing her first outfit this issue (and the next), even though Lapis and Peridot have already shown Steven their "meep morps", by which point Amethyst had reformed ''twice''.

[[AC:Issue #10]]
* GoingNative: Amethyst realizes she doesn't know much about the animals she mimics, and decides to learn more by joining a group of squirrels.
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* {{Interquel}}: Set sometime between "Bubbled" (Steven's memories of recent events include Eyeball holding her gem weapon) and "Rocknaldo" (Ronaldo has yet to discover the Crystal Gems are the "rock people" he's been theorizing about). [[https://ew.com/books/2017/02/10/steven-universe-anti-gravity/ The authors]] have described it as "Somewhere between Seasons 3 and 4", though some details suggest more toward the end of season four[[labelnote:note]]Pearl rejects the idea of {{Alien Abudction}}s happening on Earth "any more", which she probably wouldn't have mentioned before telling Steven about [[PeopleZoo the Zoo]] during ''Out of This World''. [[/labelnote]].

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* {{Interquel}}: Set sometime between "Bubbled" (Steven's memories of recent events include Eyeball holding her gem weapon) and "Rocknaldo" (Ronaldo has yet to discover the Crystal Gems are the "rock people" he's been theorizing about). [[https://ew.com/books/2017/02/10/steven-universe-anti-gravity/ The authors]] have described it as "Somewhere between Seasons 3 and 4", though some details suggest more toward the end of season four[[labelnote:note]]Pearl rejects the idea of {{Alien Abudction}}s Abduction}}s happening on Earth "any more", which she probably wouldn't have mentioned before telling Steven about [[PeopleZoo the Zoo]] during ''Out of This World''. [[/labelnote]].
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* UniversalAdapterCast: Steven tells a scary story where Garnet plays the (human) babysitter and the children are Onion and Amethyst's baby form.

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* UniversalAdapterCast: UniversalAdaptorCast: Steven tells a scary story where Garnet plays the (human) babysitter and the children are Onion and Amethyst's baby form.
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* {{Interquel}}: ''Steven Universe'' often has noticeable changes to its status quo, but the shows and comic are made separately [[AnimationLeadTime with significant lead time]]. Consequently, the comics are often set earlier than the show at their time of publication:
* SchrodingersCanon: The comics, along with ''VideoGame/AttackTheLight'' and ''VideoGame/SaveTheLight'', are described by [[https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/585229609089773569 Ian Jones-Quartey]] as "Level 2 canon", basically saying they're canon unless the show contradicts them.

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* {{Interquel}}: ''Steven Universe'' often has noticeable changes to its status quo, but the shows and comic are made separately [[AnimationLeadTime with significant lead time]]. Consequently, the comics are often set earlier than the show at their time of publication:
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* SchrodingersCanon: The comics, along with ''VideoGame/AttackTheLight'' and ''VideoGame/SaveTheLight'', ''VideoGame/AttackTheLight'', are described by [[https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/585229609089773569 Ian Jones-Quartey]] as "Level 2 canon", basically saying they're canon unless the show contradicts them.
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* {{Interquel}}: Retroactively; the comic started while the show was late in season four and was set around the same time, but has stayed there even as the show ends its fifth season.
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* UniversalAdapterCast: Steven tells a scary story where Garnet plays the (human) babysitter and the children are Onion and Amethyst's baby form.
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* FusionDance: Opal stars in a side story of the 2014 run's eighth issue. For the 2017 run, Steven and Connie form Stevonnie in the second issue and the eighteenth issue, Steven and Amethyst form Smoky Quartz in the sixteenth issue, Pearl and Amethyst form Opal in the eighteenth issue, and Amethyst and Garnet form Sugilite in the nineteenth issue.

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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Steven and Connie assume Lion didn't do anything all day because he ended up sleeping in the same spot they last saw him.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: Connie is on the cover, but never appears in the comic itself.

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* {{Interquel}}: Judging by the outfits, it takes place some time between "Reformed" and "Crack the Whip".

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* {{Interquel}}: Judging by the Amethyst's outfits, it takes place some time between "Reformed" and "Crack the Whip".Whip". It's possible that's just a coloring error, though.


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[[AC:Issue #7]]
* LostInTheMaize: Lapis and Peridot grew a corn labyrinth for people to visit.

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* {{Interquel}}: Judging by the outfits, it takes place some time in the first season after "Steven the Sword Fighter".

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* {{Interquel}}: Judging by the outfits, it takes place some time in between "Reformed" and "Crack the first season after "Steven the Sword Fighter".Whip".


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[[AC:Issue #6]]
* CallBack:
** The Crystal Gems use the boat they had in "Cat Fingers", whose absence Steven points out.
** Onion fires the harpoon gun on Yellowtail's boat at a corrupt gem, and the two give a thumbs up, the same thing Onion did in "Bubble Buddies" when he tried to use a harpoon gun to free Connie and Steven from their bubble.
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[[AC:Issue #5]]
* {{Interquel}}: Judging by the outfits, it takes place some time in the first season after "Steven the Sword Fighter".
* ProWrestlingEpisode: The Crystal Gems return to Beach City pro wrestling circuit, and this time Pearl joins in.
* SeriesContinuityError: Amethyst and Steven said to have stopped wrestling sometime before this, but "Tiger Philanthropist" would show the two kept it up offscreen until well into the fourth season.
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[[AC:Issue #4]]
* MistakenAge: The gatekeeper at a Ren Fair assumes [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Peridot]] is a child.
-->'''Attendant:''' So that'll be two regular admissions and one, uh--yeah, sure one under-12 ticket.\\
'''Peridot:''' Under 12 '''what??'''

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[[folder:''Greg Universe Special'']]
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* HaveYouTriedRebooting: Ronaldo's advice for stopping a malfunctioning gem satellite is turning it off then on. When Pearl says they already did that, Ronaldo asks if they're sure they turned off the main device and not the [[ComputerEqualsMonitor "monitor"]]. Steven then realizes he'd already passed by the power for the satellite's TractorBeam.
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** ''Anti-Gravity'' is set sometime between "Bubbled" (Steven's memories of recent events include Eyeball holding her gem weapon) and "Rocknaldo" (Ronaldo has yet to discover the Crystal Gems are the "rock people" he's been theorizing about). [[https://ew.com/books/2017/02/10/steven-universe-anti-gravity/ The authors]] have described it as "Somewhere between Seasons 3 and 4", though some details suggest more toward the end of season four[[labelnote:note]]Pearl rejects the idea of {{Alien Abudction}}s happening on Earth "any more", which she probably wouldn't have mentioned before telling Steven about [[PeopleZoo the Zoo]] during ''Out of This World''. [[/labelnote]].
** ''Ultimate Dough-Down'' is set between "Dewey Wins" and "Sadie Killer", as Sadie is still working at the Big Donut alone.
** ''Camp Pining Play'' is set before "The Good Lars", which aired about two years earlier, as it features Lars [[spoiler:on Earth, pre-resurrection]].


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[[folder:''Anti-Gravity'']]
* {{Interquel}}: Set sometime between "Bubbled" (Steven's memories of recent events include Eyeball holding her gem weapon) and "Rocknaldo" (Ronaldo has yet to discover the Crystal Gems are the "rock people" he's been theorizing about). [[https://ew.com/books/2017/02/10/steven-universe-anti-gravity/ The authors]] have described it as "Somewhere between Seasons 3 and 4", though some details suggest more toward the end of season four[[labelnote:note]]Pearl rejects the idea of {{Alien Abudction}}s happening on Earth "any more", which she probably wouldn't have mentioned before telling Steven about [[PeopleZoo the Zoo]] during ''Out of This World''. [[/labelnote]].
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[[folder:''Ultimate Dough-Down'']]
* {{Interquel}}: Set between "Dewey Wins" and "Sadie Killer", as Sadie is still working at the Big Donut alone.
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[[folder:''Camp Pining Play''[[/folder]]
* {{Interquel}}: Set before "The Good Lars", which aired about two years earlier, as it features Lars [[spoiler:on Earth, pre-resurrection]].
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[[AC:Issue #4]]
* IdenticalStranger: Ronaldo and Steven find a fashion model in a magazine who looks like Garnet. Steven doesn't see the resemblance, but Ronaldo thinks Garnet ''is'' the model. When Garnet tries to disprove this by showing off her magic powers, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Ronaldo concludes that models are magic]], [[HereWeGoAgain and Connie finds another model who looks like Pearl]].

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* TheBusCameBack: Sugilite appears Issue 19 of the 2017 series, having not appeared in the show since "Cry for Help" in 2015, and not having a speaking role since her debut in "Coach Steven" in 2014.

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* TheBusCameBack: Several characters whose speaking appearance are hamstrung in the series by an unavailable actor (such as Sugilite appears Issue 19 of the 2017 series, having not appeared and Opal) appear more often in the show since "Cry for Help" in 2015, and not having a speaking role since her debut in "Coach Steven" in 2014.comics, which lack such issues.



* HighSchoolDance: In Issue #2 of the second comic series, Kiki takes Stevonnie to her high school's prom.



* PuttingAHandOverHisMouth: In Issue #1 of the second comic series, Lapis does this to Peridot when the latter tries to name the baby bird they found "Percy".


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[[folder:''Steven Universe'' (2014-2016)]]
* ShortRunners: Lasted eight issues and two collected volumes.


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[[folder:''Steven Universe'' (2017-)]]
* RecycledTitle: Uses the same title as the original run.

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* PuttingAHandOverHisMouth: Lapis covers up Peridot's mouth when the latter tries to name the baby bird they found "Percy".

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* HighSchoolDance: Kiki takes Stevonnie to her high school's prom.
* MundaneUtility: Steven and Connie fuse together to get into a PG-13 film. It fails, because their [[ActingUnnatural suspicious behavior]] lead to them being carded, and they only had Connie's library card.
* VagueAge: Stevonnie says they'll have to wait until they're old enough for a drivers license to see PG-13 movies, whereupon they begin to wonder "[[LampshadeHanging How old AM I?]]"

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* OurSloganIsTerrible: "Fish Stew Pizza: Better Than it Sounds[[{{Tradesnark}} ™]]"

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** ''Camp Pining Play'' is set before "The Good Lars", which aired about two years earlier, as it features Lars on Earth .

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** ''Camp Pining Play'' is set before "The Good Lars", which aired about two years earlier, as it features Lars on Earth .[[spoiler:on Earth, pre-resurrection]].
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* {{Interquel}}: ''Steven Universe'' often has noticeable changes to its status quo, but the shows and comic are made separately [[AnimationLeadTime with significant lead time]]. Consequently, the comics are often set earlier than the show at their time of publication:
** ''Anti-Gravity'' is set sometime between "Bubbled" (Steven's memories of recent events include Eyeball holding her gem weapon) and "Rocknaldo" (Ronaldo has yet to discover the Crystal Gems are the "rock people" he's been theorizing about). [[https://ew.com/books/2017/02/10/steven-universe-anti-gravity/ The authors]] have described it as "Somewhere between Seasons 3 and 4", though some details suggest more toward the end of season four[[labelnote:note]]Pearl rejects the idea of {{Alien Abudction}}s happening on Earth "any more", which she probably wouldn't have mentioned before telling Steven about [[PeopleZoo the Zoo]] during ''Out of This World''. [[/labelnote]].
** ''Ultimate Dough-Down'' is set between "Dewey Wins" and "Sadie Killer", as Sadie is still working at the Big Donut alone.
** ''Camp Pining Play'' is set before "The Good Lars", which aired about two years earlier, as it features Lars on Earth .


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* SchrodingersCanon: The comics, along with ''VideoGame/AttackTheLight'' and ''VideoGame/SaveTheLight'', are described by [[https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/585229609089773569 Ian Jones-Quartey]] as "Level 2 canon", basically saying they're canon unless the show contradicts them.

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