History Recap / StevenUniverseS2E11KeepingItTogether

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: A mild case at first. The moment Peridot realizes Steven had found her, she keeps her voice down while asking if the Crystal Gems are with him. After bemoaning the fact that they are in the Kindergarten, she immediately tries to flee. She even shows to have learned her lesson last time, since she now has a countermeasure to Amethyst's whip.

* DueToTheDead: Apparently the Crystal Gems tried to find all the shards of their fallen comrades that they could, and at the end of the episode they poof and bubble all the fusion experiments in the Kindergarten. This is implied to be part of the reason why Garnet's hit so hard by the experiments.

* HeroicBSOD: Garnet is so shocked by the realization that the Homeworld Gems are conducting Fusion experiments on fallen Crystal Gems that she doesn't defend herself against the one attacking her, and nearly splits into Ruby and Sapphire.

* AndIMustScream: The Fusion experiments come out as assorted body parts fused together, not one of them a mouth. When a few of them take on human form in silhouette, they appear to be trying to scream.
* BerserkButton: When Garnet gets over her shock at seeing the forced Fusion experiments, she gets ''furious''.
* BodyHorror: The Homeworld Gems's Fusion experiments are all hideously deformed.

* CallBack: Steven and the Gems return to the Kindergarten, which they last visited in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E44MarbleMadness Marble Madness]]. All the damage to the site caused in that episode and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E40OnTheRun On the Run]] is still there.
** The gem shards manifest as arms and legs, the same way they did in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E29SecretTeam Secret Team]], and when they first manifest, they initially try to take a human form, as seen with the Centipeetle's manifestation in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E23MonsterBuddies Monster Buddies]].
** Amethyst attempts to tie up Peridot with her whip, the same way she subdued her in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak Jail Break]]. Except this time, Peridot is prepared and uses an electric field as a countermeasure.
** Also from "Jail Break", the "Cluster" is presumably the fusion experiments.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: A mild case at first. The moment Peridot realizes Steven had found her, she keeps her voice down while asking if the gems are with him. After bemoaning the fact that they are in the Kindergarten, she immediately tries to flee. She even shows to have learned her lesson last time, since she now has a countermeasure to Amethyst's whip.
* DarkSecret: One that Steven and Garnet discover.

* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: Pearl knocks down one of the Injectors to stop Peridot...by missing Peridot with her spear and hitting the Injector instead.
* FusionDance: The Homeworld Gems are revealed to be conducting experiments into forcibly fusing Gem shards together, using the shattered pieces of ''fallen Crystal Gems'' as test subjects. Garnet feels that this is a perversion of the technique.
** Fusion is {{Discussed}} by Garnet and Steven at the end of the episode.

* LackOfEmpathy: Peridot refers to the former Crystal Gems as simple experiments, and seems to not care at all about how they were once Gems like her.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Amethyst certainly thinks so.

* OminousVisualGlitch: The corrupted fusions start glitchin before transforming.
* TheReveal: The Homeworld Gems are using Fallen Crystal Gems as fodder for Fusion experiments.

* TalkingToThemself: Ruby and Sapphire talk to each other, after Garnet defeats the large fused Gem, [[VoicesAreMental switching voices]] and which eye is in view whenever the other . This is notably as the first time Garnet has ever done this, showing just how shaken Ruby and Sapphire are.

* WasOnceAMan: The Homeworld Gems used fallen Crystal Gems as test subjects for their Fusion experiments.
* WhamEpisode: The Homeworld Gems are revealed to be conducting experiments into [[FusionDance fusion]], using fallen Crystal Gems as test subjects.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While we've seen Garnet emote during extreme situations, this is the first time we've seen her paralyzed with fear.

* MoralEventHorizon: For the Homeworld Gems as a whole.

Garnet goes on to explain that if Peridot reactivates the Kindergarten, the injectors will reactivate. Steven asks what they are, and Pearl reminds him what they are. They go to the Kindergarten and Garnet, after seeing what seems to be an undisturbed landscape. Garnet commands them to do a perimeter check so they can tell when something has entered. Steven goes off to check and finds Peridot emerging from the nerve center, speaking about fusion experiments proceeding apace. She is startled upon realizing Steven is there, then demands to know if the others are there with him. He is not very good at lying. But before Peridot can move on him, the other Gems arrive, and attack Peridot!

Garnet has called the Gems together for a meeting about Peridot. They found her escape pod but not Peridot herself. Garnet's theory is that if Peridot had a job to do, she'll likely be trying to keep doing it. The Gems and Steven are gathered together doing the laundry. Steven is delighted to have the gems doing a chore with him. Garnet points out the chore wheel didn't work: mainly because Amethyst is too lazy to do hers, and Pearl enjoys doing all of them.

Steven elaborates that he wants to know what it's like to be a fusion all the time, and asks whether she forgets she was ever one person. Garnet describes that she feels like one being, and Ruby and Sapphire's love is so strong she will have no problem staying Garnet for a long time. As Garnet's smile returns, a sock with blue toe and heel is blown off the top of the basket. Garnet catches it before it can blow off the edge, and matches it with a sock that has a pink heel and toe.

Steven and the Gems discover a dark secret when they revisit the Kindergarten.

* FridgeLogic: In universe, Steven questions how the washer and dryer work where they are. Garnet's [[PlayedForLaughs explanation]]? ''[[AWizardDidIt Magic]]''.
* HandWave: Garnet literally waves her hand when Steven questions how the Crystal Gems get the washer and dryer to work, and simply says "Magic".

* FridgeLogic: In universe, Steven questions how the washer and dryer work where they are.

* DarkSecret: One that Steven and the Gems discover.

* OhCrap: Peridot when she sees Steven.

* CondemnedContestant: For their role in the rebellion, captured Crystal Gems were deliberately used in horrifying experiments.

* FusionDance: Fusion is a major theme of the episode.
** The Homeworld Gems are revealed to be conducting experiments into forcibly fusing Gem shards together, using the shattered pieces of ''fallen Crystal Gems'' as test subjects. Garnet feels that this is a perversion of the technique.

* TalkingToYourself: Garnet does this, with the implication that Ruby and Sapphire are talking to each other, after she defeats the large fused Gem. This is notably as the first time Garnet has ever done this, showing just how shaken Ruby and Sapphire are.

* CondemnedContestants: For their role in the rebellion, captured Crystal Gems were deliberately used in horrifying experiments.

* DueToTheDead: Apparently the Crystal Gems tried to find all the shards of their fallen comrades that they could, and at the emd of the episode they poof and bubble all the fusion experiments in the Kindergarten.
* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: Pearl knocks down one of the "Injectors" to stop Peridot.

* NotSoStoic: Garnet is so disturbed when she sees the FusionDance experiments that she nearly breaks apart into Ruby and Sapphire.

* StealthHiBye: Steven manages to walk right up to Peridot without her noticing.
* TalkingToYourself: Garnet does this, with the implication that Ruby and Sapphire are talking to each other, after she defeats the large fused Gem.

* WarIsHell: This episode shows ''just how many'' Crystal Gems must have fallen in the rebellion- and what happened to them afterwards.

* CallBack: Steven and the Gems return to the Kindergarten, which they last visited in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E44MarbleMadness Marble Madness]].

* OhCrap: Peridot when she sees Steven

* VillainExitStageLeft: Peridot tries to WallRun to escape the Crystal Gems, but Pearl [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt knocks an injector down to stop her]]. Her using her fingers as helicopter rotors is more effective.

* CallBack: Steven and the Gems return to the Kindergarten, which they last visited in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E44MarbleMadness Marble Madness]]. All the damage to the site caused in that episode and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E40OnTheRun On the Run]] is still there.
** The gem shards manifest as arms and legs, the same way they did in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E29SecretTeam Secret Team]], and when they first manifest, they initially try to take a human form, as seen with the Centipeetle's manifestation in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E23MonsterBuddies Monster Buddies]].
** Amethyst attempts to tie up Peridot with her whip, the same way she subdued her in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E49JailBreak Jail Break]]. Except this time, Peridot is prepared and uses an electric field as a countermeasure.
* CameBackWrong: The Homeworld Gems used in the FusionDance experiments are hideously deformed.

* NotSoStoic: Garnet is so disturbed when she sees the FusionDance experiments that she nearly breaks apart into Ruby and Sapphire.

* VillainExitStageLeft: Peridot tries to WallRun to escape the Crystal Gems, but Pearl [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt knocks an injector down to stop her]]. Using her fingers as helicopter rotors [[DoubleSubversion lets her escape successfully]].

* CallBack: Steven and the Gems return to the Kindergarten, which they last visited in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E44MarbleMadness Marble Madness]].

* VillainExitStageLeft: Peridot tries to WallRun to escape the Crystal Gems, but Pearl [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt knocks an injector down to stop her]]. Her using her fingers as helicopter rotors is more effective.

* VillainExitStageLeft: Peridot tries to WallRun to escape the CrystalGems, but Pearl [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt knocks an injector down to stop her]]. Her using her fingers as helicopter rotors is more effective.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Peridot demonstates the ability to WallRun, a ShockAndAwePower, and the ability to use her fingers as helicopter rotors.

* DarkSecret: One that Steven and the Gems discover.