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* MoodWhiplash: The light-heartedness of the first act vanishes once "Kindergarten" is introduced.

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* CallBack: Peridot mentioned checking on the Kindergarten before being interrupted by the damaged Robonoid. This episode reveals what that is.



** Peridot mentioned checking on the Kindergarten before being interrupted by the damaged robonoid



* MeaningfulName: The Kindergarten [[spoiler: is where Gems are literally grown]].

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* MeaningfulName: The Kindergarten [[spoiler: is where Gems are literally grown]].grown.
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* Peridot .mentioned checking on the Kindergarten before being interrupted by the damaged robonoid

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* Peridot .** Peridot mentioned checking on the Kindergarten before being interrupted by the damaged robonoid
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* Peridot .mentioned checking on the Kindergarten before being interrupted by the damaged robonoid


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* MeaningfulName: The Kindergarten [[spoiler: is where Gems are literally grown]].

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Pearl insists on trying to keep Steven out of the loop, but Amethyst ends up spilling the beans when she loses her temper.



* PhlebotinumRebel: Amethyst was originally meant to work for the homeworld Gems. It would seem the Crystal Gems shut the Kindergarden before that could happen, and Amethyst was left to her own devices for a while before they figured out she was there.



* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Pearl asserts Amethyst as the only good that came out of The Kindergarden, a place where Homeworld Gems used to make "evil" Gems.

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* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Pearl asserts Amethyst as the only good that came out of The the Kindergarden, a place where Homeworld Gems used to make "evil" Gems.
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* TheExile: The Crystal Gems defected from their kin, even at the threat of never returning to the Homeworld.
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* IAmAMonster: Amethyst has issues about being made in The Kindergarden, and therefore meant to be an "evil parasite".


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* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Pearl asserts Amethyst as the only good that came out of The Kindergarden, a place where Homeworld Gems used to make "evil" Gems.

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** Garnet's joke, "We kept Amethyst" has more context now.

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** Garnet's joke, "We kept Amethyst" Amethyst", has more context now. now.



* IncrediblyLamePun: The exit sign to Beach City has "Sea you later!"



* RealityEnsues: Steven discovers that life on the road isn't as glamorous as the No Home Boys make it out to be.



* WhamEpisode: The Earth is revealed to have a "Kindergarten" system that was used by homeworld gems to create other gems on Earth, and Amethyst is one of them.
** Earlier, it's revealed that the other Crystal Gems [[DefectorFromDecadence defected from the gem homeworld]] after the other gems planned to do something (possibly connected to the "Kindergarten" example above), that would have hurt the Earth.

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* WhamEpisode: The Earth is revealed to have a "Kindergarten" system that was used by homeworld gems to create other gems on Earth, and Amethyst is one of them.
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them. The Crystal Gems [[DefectorFromDecadence defected from the gem homeworld]] after defected]] and sealed off Earth so the other gems planned to do something (possibly connected to the "Kindergarten" example above), that would have hurt the Earth.Gems couldn't keep exploiting it.



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* CerebusSyndrome: Starts off as a comical romp with Steven and Amethyst. Then Amethyst takes Steven to Kindergarten, and the seriousness settles in.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Steven complains that his bindle did not have enough food, Amethyst asks why he didn't bring his backpack. Steven responds that it couldn't fit in the bindle.


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* VagabondBuddies: The No Home Boys appear to be these. Steven and Amethyst briefly become this as well.
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After losing the only food he packed to a vicious raccoon, Steven asks Amethyst for some of hers, but she has eaten it all. After a minute of trying to sleep in itchy hay, Steven declares himself done pretending. Amethyst says she's not. As the two leave the train behind, Amethyst reveals she's not from the Gem Homeworld. She shows Steven "The Kindergarten" and explains she was created here.

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After losing the only food he packed to a vicious raccoon, Steven asks Amethyst for some of hers, but she has eaten it all. After a minute of trying to sleep in itchy hay, Steven declares himself done pretending. Amethyst says she's not. As the two leave the train behind, Amethyst reveals she's not from the Gem Homeworld. She shows Steven "The Kindergarten" and explains she was created here. She describes living here, essentially alone, until Rose, Garnet and Pearl found her.
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Steven jumps between them again, but one of the structures damaged in the fight falls. Steven conjures his force field, but Amethyst jumps out of its boundaries and runs away.

Once the threat has passed, Steven finds Amethyst in the hole she described coming from. He tries to talk to her, but she brushes him off, saying she's bad and he shouldn't want anything to do with her. Steven insists Pearl talk to Amethyst. After a rough start that threatens to make things worse, Pearl gets through to Amethyst.

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Steven jumps between them again, but again. Amethyst is so upset she's in tears. Steven is in tears as well, because he hates seeing the Gems fight. Before they can try to make up, one of the structures damaged in the fight falls. Steven conjures his force field, but Amethyst jumps out of its boundaries and runs away.

Once the threat has passed, Steven finds Amethyst in the hole she described coming from. He tries to talk to her, but she brushes him off, saying she's bad and he shouldn't want anything to do with her. Steven insists Pearl talk to Amethyst. After a rough start that threatens to make things worse, Pearl gets through to Amethyst. Pearl also ends up with tears in her eyes after realizing how much pain Amethyst was in.
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Steven declares the Crystal Gems are just like The No Home Boys, the heroes of his books. Pearl points out that they're literally standing in Steven's home. Steven wonders what life on the road would be like. Amethyst urges him to find out. The pair pack up two {{BindleStick}} s, catch a ride with the cool kids, and hop a freight train, all to the tune of a song. Amethyst's verses seem to be a bit more somber.

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Steven declares the Crystal Gems are just like The No Home Boys, the heroes of his books. Pearl points out that they're literally standing in Steven's home. Steven wonders what life on the road would be like. Amethyst urges him to find out. The pair pack up two {{BindleStick}} s, {{BindleStick}}s, catch a ride with the cool kids, and hop a freight train, all to the tune of a song. Amethyst's verses seem to be a bit more somber.
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Steven declares the Crystal Gems are just like The No Home Boys, the heroes of his books. Pearl points out that they're literally standing in Steven's home. Steven wonders what life on the road would be like. Amethyst urges him to find out. The pair pack up two BindleSticks, catch a ride with the cool kids, and hop a freight train, all to the tune of a song. Amethyst's verses seem to be a bit more somber.

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Steven declares the Crystal Gems are just like The No Home Boys, the heroes of his books. Pearl points out that they're literally standing in Steven's home. Steven wonders what life on the road would be like. Amethyst urges him to find out. The pair pack up two BindleSticks, {{BindleStick}} s, catch a ride with the cool kids, and hop a freight train, all to the tune of a song. Amethyst's verses seem to be a bit more somber.

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\n\nPearl tries to stop, but Amethyst is too upset to listen and attacks. Pearl insists she doesn't want to fight, but defends herself. Steven tries to get between them, only to end up tossed aside.

->'''Amethyst:''' I'm not gonna stand here while you remind me of everything I hate about myself!

Steven jumps between them again, but one of the structures damaged in the fight falls. Steven conjures his force field, but Amethyst jumps out of its boundaries and runs away.

Once the threat has passed, Steven finds Amethyst in the hole she described coming from. He tries to talk to her, but she brushes him off, saying she's bad and he shouldn't want anything to do with her. Steven insists Pearl talk to Amethyst. After a rough start that threatens to make things worse, Pearl gets through to Amethyst.

The trio return home, Steven looking forward to sleeping in a bed. After they warp away, ominous shadows fall on the now-deserted Kindergarten...

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After losing the only food he packed to a vicious raccoon, Steven asks Amethyst for some of hers, but she has eaten it all. After a minute of trying to sleep in itchy hay, Steven




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After losing the only food he packed to a vicious raccoon, Steven asks Amethyst for some of hers, but she has eaten it all. After a minute of trying to sleep in itchy hay, Steven



Steven declares himself done pretending. Amethyst says she's not. As the two leave the train behind, Amethyst reveals she's not from the Gem Homeworld. She shows Steven "The Kindergarten" and explains she was created here.

Pearl arrives, scolding Amethyst for running off and for having taken Steven to such a bad place. When she asks Amethyst how much she told Steven, the youngest Gem explodes, revealing that the Gems from Homeworld made more gems here...and that the Crystal Gems protect earth from parasites like her.



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Steven declares the Crystal Gems are just like The No Home Boys, the heroes of his books. Pearl points out that they're literally standing in Steven's home. Steven wonders what life on the road would be like. Amethyst urges him to find out. The pair pack up two BindleSticks, catch a ride with the cool kids, and hop a freight train, all to the tune of a song. Amethyst's verses seem to be a bit more somber.

After losing the only food he packed to a vicious raccoon, Steven asks Amethyst for some of hers, but she has eaten it all. After a minute of trying to sleep in itchy hay, Steven



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Steven and Amethyst try out life on the road.

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Steven and has become engrossed in a book, but drops it to greet the Gems as they return via warp. They have collected all the deactivated robonoids that Peridot left behind. Amethyst try out life on playfully smashes one, splattering it everywhere. Pearl scolds her and begins explaining that the road.Homeworld warp cannot be allowed to become operational again. Garnet assures her that Earth is safe, prompting Steven to ask "safe from what?"

Pearl awkwardly tries to explain in a too-careful way, that the Gems from the Homeworld had plans for Earth that Rose, Garnet, and Pearl disagreed with;so vehemently that they chose to protect earth at the cost of never going home.

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* BizarreAlienReproduction: Apparently gems come out of holes in the ground after being "made".



* DefectorFromDecadence: The Crystal Gems defected from the gem homeworld to protect the Earth.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Amethyst's attitude is eerily similar to the one an unplanned child might have, even believing that Pearl views her a "big mistake".



* FreakinessShame: Amethyst is revealed to be ashamed of her origins.



* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Amethyst wasn't from the Gem homeworld like the other Crystal Gems, she was "made" on Earth.
* MoralEventHorizon: In universe, the way Pearl describes what the other gems from the homeworld wanted to do, despite the harm it would cause the Earth, sounds like this.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Pearl tries to reassure Amethyst, but doesn't do a good job the first time.



* WhamEpisode: The Earth is revealed to have a "Kindergarten" system that was used by homeworld gems to create other gems, and Amethyst is one of them.

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* StepfordSmiler: Amethyst is revealed to have some unresolved emotional issues involving her origins.
* WhamEpisode: The Earth is revealed to have a "Kindergarten" system that was used by homeworld gems to create other gems, gems on Earth, and Amethyst is one of them.
** Earlier, it's revealed that the other Crystal Gems [[DefectorFromDecadence defected from the gem homeworld]] after the other gems planned to do something (possibly connected to the "Kindergarten" example above), that would have hurt the Earth.
* WildChild: Amethyst was apparently left alone for an unspecified amount of time after being "made".
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** Garnet's joke,"we kept Amethyst" has more context now.

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** Garnet's joke,"we joke, "We kept Amethyst" has more context now.
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** Garnet's joke, #webcomictruth kept Amethyst" has more context now.

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** Garnet's joke, #webcomictruth joke,"we kept Amethyst" has more context now.

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* ContinuityNod: The Gems collect the Robonoids from "Warp Tour".

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The Gems collect the Robonoids from "Warp Tour".Tour".
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* RoadTripEpisode

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* RoadTripEpisodeContinuityNod: The Gems collect the Robonoids from "Warp Tour".
* FightingYourFriend: Amethyst against Pearl.
* HiddenEyes: Amethyst gives some of these.




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[[caption-width-right:340:It's time to get moving!]]
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* ShowWithingAShow: Steven falls in love with a book series called "The No Home Boys", and is inspired to live the safe life on the road.

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* ShowWithingAShow: ShowWithinAShow: Steven falls in love with a book series called "The No Home Boys", and is inspired to live the safe life on the road.
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* ShowWithingAShow: Steven falls in love with a book series called "The No Home Boys", and is inspired to live the safe life on the road.
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* Roadtripepisode

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Steven and Amethyst try out life on the road.

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