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** Pearl's somewhat comedic refusal to hold baby Steven in "Steven's Birthday" suddenly becomes a lot less funny once it's shown she nearly removed Steven's gem when he's a baby. Pearl is ''ashamed'' of her past actions and probably doesn't think she even ''deserves'' to hold Steven.
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** Pearl suggests that Garnet fuse with her instead of Amethyst. "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E14CryForHelp Cry For Help]]" reveals that [[spoiler:Pearl is addicted to the power high she gets from fusing with

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** Pearl suggests that Garnet fuse with her instead of Amethyst. "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E14CryForHelp Cry For Help]]" reveals that [[spoiler:Pearl is addicted to the power high she gets from fusing with Garnet.]]
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* The events of "The Trial" take an even darker turn after the reveals of "A Single Pale Rose": [[spoiler:namely, that Pink Diamond and Rose Quartz were one and the same person, and the "shattering" that everyone saw was an elaborate plan cooked up by Pink to relinquish her position in the Diamond Authority and live on Earth as Rose forever. As such, the entire trial and resultant death threats are centered on a crime that never happened in the first place. Worse, the punishment of executing Steven would have been ''committing the crime they accused Rose of in the first place-'' specifically, shattering a Diamond.]]

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* In "Your Mother and Mine", Fluorite states that "Rose Quartz isn't real". Cut to "A Single Pale Rose" when [[spoiler: it's revealed that Rose Quartz was Pink Diamond, thus she technically wasn't real.]]

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* In "Your Mother and Mine", Mine":
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Fluorite states that "Rose Quartz isn't real". Cut to "A Single Pale Rose" when [[spoiler: it's revealed that Rose Quartz was Pink Diamond, thus she technically wasn't real.]]
** Garnet's depiction of Pink Diamond as a cruel, cowardly tyrant and having NoSympathy towards her for her shattering becomes this when it's revealed that [[spoiler: Pink Diamond is Rose Quartz, and ''wanted'' Garnet to see her that way out of SelfDeprecation.
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** Steven receives a faux doctor’s physical from Uncle Grandpa, with special focus given to Steven’s gem being examined with a stethoscope and responding with an odd noise. In ''Future'', Steven also undergoes a physical, canonically his first ever in fact, and an odd noise emanating from his gem when examined by a stethoscope [[spoiler:turns out to be a symptom of Steven’s post-traumatic stress disorder.]]

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** Steven receives a faux doctor’s doctor's physical from Uncle Grandpa, with special focus given to Steven’s gem being examined with a stethoscope and responding with an odd noise. In ''Future'', Steven also undergoes a physical, canonically his first ever in fact, and an odd noise emanating from his gem when examined by a stethoscope [[spoiler:turns out to be a symptom of Steven’s Steven's post-traumatic stress disorder.]]]]
* "Storm in the Room": Steven asks Cloud Rose if she created him to run away from her mistakes, and is reassured when she tells him no, he knows that she really wanted to have him. Unfortunately, Season 5 reveals [[spoiler:she ''did'' run away from her mistakes when she was Pink Diamond, meaning Steven had unknowingly grasped the truth. Then it becomes harsher when White Diamond tells Steven that Pink created him as a vessel and it's not his own person; she was proven wrong, but ''still'']].

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* "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E6CatFingers Cat Fingers]]" During the infestation of cats covering Steven, he yells that he's an [[IAmAMonster "adorable cat monster"]]. Cue ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'''s eighteenth episode, "Everything's Fine", ending with Steven saying this as he [[spoiler:lets his emotional issues get the better of him, corrupting him into a {{Kaiju}}-like being]].
-->''[[spoiler:[[DespairEventHorizon "I'm a fraud. I'M A MONSTER!"]]]]''


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* "I Am My Mom": Just before Steven surrenders himself, Pearl tries to tell him something, but she unconsciously covers her mouth with her hands... [[spoiler: She knew he was not responsible for Pink Diamond's shattering, but couldn't do anything to prevent Aquamarine from capturing Steven.]]

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* "Alone at Sea" One of Jasper's lines comes off as a bit ironic, but no less harsh, considering [[spoiler:that [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E16Fragments Steven does that exact thing to her]] in ''Future'']].

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* "Alone at Sea" Sea": One of Jasper's lines comes off as a bit ironic, but no less harsh, considering [[spoiler:that [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E16Fragments Steven does that exact thing to her]] in ''Future'']].


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* "Greg the Babysitter":
** Rose's speech about Gems being created already knowing their purpose, and her seeming envy of the human ability to change and reinvent themselves. Takes on greater meaning when you learn [[spoiler:she's none other than Pink Diamond, who "reinvented" herself by creating Rose Quartz as an alter ego, leading a rebellion against her fellow Diamonds, and then faking her death and living as Rose permanently when she wasn't allowed to abandon her purpose]].
** Vidalia’s little "you better pray your space goddess can bring back the dead" threat becomes this when we learn that [[spoiler:her powers can revive the dead]]. How is this under HarsherInHindsight? Well, [[spoiler:Lars had to ''die'' for us to learn that]].
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* "Alone at Sea" One of Jasper's lines comes off as a bit ironic, but no less harsh, considering [[spoiler:that [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E16Fragments Steven does that exact thing to her]] in ''Future'']].
-->'''Jasper:''' [[spoiler:This is your fault. ''*growls*'' '''I'LL SHATTER YOU!''']]
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** Also from "Mr. Greg", "Both Of You" tints Steven in pink coloring and Greg and Pearl in yellow and blue coloring respectively, becomes ''much'' harder to listen to because of this one line [[spoiler:from Pink in "A Single Pale Rose": "Blue and Yellow [Diamond] '''don't care.''' They '''never have'''"; not only did Pink resent them, she thought they didn't care about her, either]].
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--->'''Pearl:''' Everything I ever did, I did for her. Now she's gone, but I'm still here.

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--->'''Pearl:''' -->'''Pearl:''' Everything I ever did, I did for her. Now she's gone, but I'm still here.



* In one of its many fourth-wall jokes, "Uncle Grandpa" has the titular character firing a "canon" at a boat Lars and Sadie are riding on--they embrace, and Lars wails, "Our ship!" [[spoiler:Come "Little Graduation", their ship actually ''has'' been sunk by canon, as the two have decided they simply aren't good for each other.]]

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* "Uncle Grandpa":
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In one of its many fourth-wall jokes, "Uncle Grandpa" has the titular character firing Uncle Grandpa fires a "canon" at a boat Lars and Sadie are riding on--they embrace, and Lars wails, "Our ship!" [[spoiler:Come "Little Graduation", their ship actually ''has'' been sunk by canon, as the two have decided they simply aren't good for each other.]]
** Steven receives a faux doctor’s physical from Uncle Grandpa, with special focus given to Steven’s gem being examined with a stethoscope and responding with an odd noise. In ''Future'', Steven also undergoes a physical, canonically his first ever in fact, and an odd noise emanating from his gem when examined by a stethoscope [[spoiler:turns out to be a symptom of Steven’s post-traumatic stress disorder.
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* In "Coach Steven", Pearl breaks down in tears because she isn't strong enough "to do anything." In Season 2's "Sworn to the Sword", it was shown that Pearl constantly tried to protect Rose in battle, but was always defeated due to being weaker.
* In "Rose's Scabbard", when Pearl is on the cliff. It was already harsh but the revelation that Rose was Pink Diamond the whole time with Pearl being the only one in on it from "A Single Pale Rose" makes it one of ''the'' most devastating lines on the show:

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* In "Coach Steven", "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E20CoachSteven Coach Steven]]":
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Pearl breaks down in tears because she isn't strong enough "to do anything." In Season 2's "Sworn to the Sword", it was shown that Pearl constantly tried to protect Rose in battle, but was always defeated due to being weaker.
** When Lars and Sadie laugh off Steven's seemingly minor bruise under its [[MinorInjuryOverreaction disproportionate amount of bandaging]], Steven claims the damage is mostly internal to save face. [[spoiler:Come ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'' episode "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E14GrowingPains Growing Pains]]", we see the [[CerebusRetcon claim is more accurate than even Steven realizes]].]]
** Pearl suggests that Garnet fuse with her instead of Amethyst. "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E14CryForHelp Cry For Help]]" reveals that [[spoiler:Pearl is addicted to the power high she gets from fusing with
* In "Rose's Scabbard", when Pearl is on the cliff. It was already harsh but the revelation that Rose [[spoiler:Rose was Pink Diamond the whole time time]] with Pearl being the only one in on it from "A Single Pale Rose" makes it one of ''the'' most devastating lines on the show:
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* "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E6CatFingers Cat Fingers]]" During the infestation of cats covering Steven, he yells that he's an [[IAmAMonster "adorable cat monster"]]. Cue ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'''s eighteenth episode, "Everything's Fine", ending with Steven saying this as he [[spoiler:lets his emotional issues get the better of him, corrupting him into a {{Kaiju}}-like being]].
-->''[[spoiler:[[DespairEventHorizon "I'm a fraud. I'M A MONSTER!"]]]]''

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