History Recap / StevenUniverseS1E40OnTheRun

-->'''Amethyst:''' Admit it! I'm just an embarrasment to you! [...] I never asked for it to be this way! I never asked to be made!

* MeaningfulName / BilingualBonus: "Kindergarten" is a loan word from German, which literally translates as "children garden". The Kindergarten is where new Gems are [[LiteralMetaphor literally]] ''grown'' like plants.

-->'''Amethyst:''' I never asked for it to be this way! I never asked to be made!

'''Amethyst:''' '''I don't care!'''

* BilingualBonus: The "Kindergarten" Amethyst takes Steven seems to be named via a very literal translation of the German words "kinder" (children) and "garten" (garden) by being a location where Gem children were literally grown.

* MeaningfulName: "Kindergarten" is a loan word from German, which literally translates as "children garden". The Kindergarten is where new Gems are [[LiteralMetaphor literally]] ''grown'' like plants.

* DefectorFromDecadence: The Crystal Gems are revealed to be this: Rose, Garnet and Pearl willingly exiled themselves to earth to prevent the Homeworld from stripmining it to create new Gems.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Pearl at the begining of the episode. By vaugley referring to the Kindergarten as "something bad" and how she, rose and garnet came to earth to stop it, she ends up deeply hurting Amethysst feelings and kicks up her inferiority complex.

* EvilIsVisceral: The potentially ecosystem-destroying machines which grow gems in the Kindergarten are full of what looks like [[OrganicTechnology a human heart, arteries, veins, and other viscera]]. One even bleeds when it's damaged, although the way it's broken suggest the "tissue" is actually made of some brittle mineral.

* FadeToBlack: Instead of the usual IrisOut, the episodes fades to black over a view of the decaying Kindergarten, [[LastNoteNightmare ending]] with [[ScareChord ominous percussion notes]], as if the machines were being reactivated.

* EvilIsVisceral: The potentially ecosystem-destroying machines which grow gems in the Kindergarten are full of looks like [[OrganicTechnology a human heart, arteries, veins, and other viscera]]. One even bleeds when it's damaged, although the way it's broken suggest the "tissue" is actually made of some brittle mineral.

* BrokenSmile: Amethyst makes a huge, creepy borderline SlasherSmile while sarcastically celebrating how great it is that the Kindergarten shut down, so "parasites" like her won't endanger the Earth.

Pearl arrives via warp pad, 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.

Pearl awkwardly tries to explain, in a too-careful way, that the Gems from the Homeworld had plans for Earth that some gems, like Rose, Garnet, and Pearl, disagreed with; so vehemently that they chose to protect earth at the cost of never going home. As Pearl stumbles over saying what the Gems from the Homeworld were doing, Amethyst catches and smashes another Robonoid underfoot, expression sulky, or worse.

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. As Garnet stumbles over saying what the Gems from the Homeworld were doing, Amethyst catches and smashes another Robonoid underfoot, expression sulky, or worse.

* FadeToBlack: Instead of the usual IrisOut, the episodes fades to black over a view of the decaying Kindergarten, [[LastNoteNightmare ending]] with [[ScareChord ominous percussion notes]].

* ShoutOut:
** There's a shot during "On The Run" that has Steven, a raccoon, and Amethyst in a flipped-perspective reference to Simba, Timon and Pumbaa walking across a log in ''Disney/TheLionKing'''s "Hakuna Matata".

After losing the only food he packed to a vicious raccoon, Steven asks Amethyst for some of hers, but she has eaten it all already. 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, showing Steven the hole she came out of. She describes living here, essentially alone, until Rose, Garnet and Pearl found her.

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.

* IronicEcho: During "On The Run" montage, Amethyst picks Steven up and throws him bodily into the boxcar, then jumps in after him. But during her fight with Pearl, Amethyst picks Steven up and throws him bodily again. It's an indication how upset she is that she wasn't as careful and gentle. Steven lands much less easily this time.

-->''You know, I feel like I've been mislead about hay. It always looks so soft in those illustrations. It's actually really scratchy.''

* CoveredInGunge: Amethyst crushes one of the Robonoids, splattering its context all over herself and Pearl, and getting some on Steven's face.

* IronicEcho: During "On The Run" montage, Amethyst picks Steven up and throws him bodily into the boxcar, then jumps in after him. But during her fight with Pearl, Amethyst picks Steven up and throws him bodily again. It's an indication how upset she is that she wasn't as careful and gentle. Steven lands much less easily this time.

Pearl 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!

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.

Steven 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 playfully smashes one, splattering it everywhere. Pearl scolds her and begins explaining that the 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.

* GaiasLament: There's a stark contrast when Steven and Amethyst enter the Kindergarten. It goes from vibrant to barren, punctuated by Steven stepping on a stick which crumbles into dust. It's clear that the machines that made the Gems did so at the expense of the Earth itself.

->'''Amethyst:''' I'm not gonna stand here while you remind me of everything I hate about myself! I never asked to be made!

* {{Foreshadowing}}: As Pearl says the homeworld gems did "something very bad" to the Earth, Amethyst looks away, ashamed, walks away, and steps on another Robonoid. Garnet follows up by saying "We chose Earth.", and Amethyst silently stares into the corner.