History Recap / StevenUniverseS1E17Lion2TheMovie

* WeaponAcrossTheShoulder: Connie holds the rose sword this way after she and Steven defeat the monster.

The trio then get to go into the movie and enjoy it. Connie comments that they took some liberties transcribing from the book. The IrisOut focuses on Lion (who is also wearing 3D glasses, in a silent {{Homage}} to the famous [[MetroGoldwynMayer MGM Studios]] lion.)

* YouDidntAsk: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied.]] Steven often berates Lion for not explaining his abilities forthright. Lion, being a lion, can't really do much explaining.

The episode begins with the trailer for [[ShowWithinAShow Dogcopter 3 in 3D]], a movie about a dog who's a helicopter and a cop, and who fires missiles out of his butt. Connie and Steven are looking forward to seeing it, and show the Gems the trailer on Connie's phone. Amethyst teases the pair by turning into a duplicate of Dogcopter and tries to nick Steven and Connie's movie snacks (because Connie's parents don't allow her to eat food from the theater concessions). When Connie asks how they plan to get to the movie theater, Steven introduces her to his pet lion, Lion. Connie is amazed.

--> '''Steven and Connie:''' Forehand! Backhand! Overhand death strike!

* CallingYourAttacks: Forehand! Backhand! [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Overhand death strike!]] The first two are just tennis moves. The third is one Connie made up because she wishes she could be cool and powerful.

* CoolSword: Steven pulls a rose-themed saber from Lion's head that is implied to have belong to his mother.

* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Connie states that she doesn't feel 'interesting' enough to be part of Steven's life.

* PreviewsPulse: The Dogcopter 3 trailer uses the stock bass blare between cuts, and it seems to be used in the actual movie as well.

* IrisOut: Over Lion. Has some extra flair to it that makes it resemble the MGM logo (kinda ironic, considering Turner Broadcasting (and now WB) owns a huge chunk of MGM's library up to 1986, which is when Ted Turner owned it for 74 days, but kept the library when he sold it back to the previous owner).

* IrisOut: Over Lion. Has some extra flair to it that makes it resemble the MGM logo.

** The titular "Cheeseburger Backpack" is how Steven packed their movie snacks.

* AdaptationDecay: For [[ShowWithinAShow Dogcopter.]] Apparently, it was a book series.

* AttackReflector: The rose sword in "Lion 2: The Movie" is able to reflect the FireIceLightning projectiles of the robot, which Connie and Steven use to destroy it.

* {{BFS}}: The rose sword Lion produces for Steven is technically about the right size for an adult, and probably quite small for its previous owner Rose, but it comes across as this since Steven and Connie are the ones using it.
* CallingYourAttacks: Forehand! Backhand! Overhand death strike! The first two are just tennis moves. The third is one Connie made up because she wishes she could be cool and powerful.

* TheFilmOfTheBook: In-universe. The Dogcopter films are based on a series of books.

* InAWorld: Invoked by Connie.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Lion has a wide array of useful abilities, none of which Steven knows about until they need to come up.
* SentientVehicle: The movie they want to see is called Dog-copter.
* PortalDoor: Another one of Lion's abilities.
* PreviewsPulse: The Dogcopter 3 trailer.

* {{Shoutout}}: The [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries giant penny]].

** AdaptationExpansion: In a horrible review of it in the CharacterBlog [[http://keepbeachcityweird.tumblr.com/post/83666095070/i-saw-dogcopter-3-in-3d-tonight-and-all-i-have-to Keep Beach City Weird,]] Ronaldo points out that it's [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything completely unnecessary for the last Dogcopter book to be split into three movies]].

* TennisBoss: Steven and Connie do this together using the sword that Steven drew out of Lion's forehead to deflect the energy balls of a giant energy-blast-shooting head robot thing. They even use Connie's tennis skills when fighting it!

* WalkOnWater: Turns out Lion can do this.

* YouDidntAsk: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied.]] Steven often berates Lion for not explaining his abilities forthright. [[ADogNamedDog Lion, being a lion,]] can't really do much explaining.

* {{BFS}}: Steven gets a {{Badass}} one from Lion.

* ChekhovsSkill: Connie's tennis swinging.

* ChekhovsSkill: Connie's [[spoiler: tennis swinging.]]

* ChekhovsSkill: Connie's [[spoiler: tennis swinging.]]

* {{Shoutout}}: The [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries giant penny]].

Steven and Connie look around curiously and the place turns out to be a "magical Gem place". It is full of weapons and souvenirs. Connie puts Steven's hand on a pillar to activate the place, but once he touches it, they can't get him loose! It also has voice-activated training equipment which responds to Steven's voice. The pair have fun playing with the voice and gesture commands until Steven remarks, "I wanna see lots of explosions!" in reference to getting to the movie. Steven takes Lion's relaxed stance as indication the drone is nothing to worry about until the training drone begins firing at them and chasing them.

When Steven calls him to help, Lion opens another portal back to Earth, in front of the movie theater. They have a moment to catch their breath, and treat their injuries. Steven feels bad for getting them into the situation, protesting that he messes up all the time and doesn't know why Connie hangs out with him. Connie says she doesn't understand why Steven, who obviously has a magical destiny, hangs out with her; she's no Dogcopter. Steven is about to try to explain, but the training device followed them back, still firing. Steven asks Lion for help. Lion produces a sword from his forehead for Steven to use. With Connie's help, the two of them deflect the fire back on the device and destroy it.

Steven commands Lion to take them to the movies. Lion takes off running with Steven and Connie on his back, but does not appear interested in taking them to the movies. Connie is a little alarmed when the beast turns toward the ocean, but Lion can walk and run on water. His roar also apparently opens magical portals; and having done this, he leaps through, coming to a stop in a brightly lit cavern.

The trio then get to go into the movie and enjoy it. Connie comments that they took some liberties transcribing from the book. The IrisOut focuses on Lion (who is also wearing 3D glasses, in a silent {{Homage}} to the famous [[MetroGoldwynMayer MGM Studios]] lion.