History Recap / StevenUniverseS3E12RestaurantWars

When Peedee offers Steven some mozzarella sticks he found in the back of the freezer of the Fry shop, this ignites a war between Mr. Fryman and Kofi Pizza, which Steven and their kids must figure out how to break up.

ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Steven was willing to create a fake love ploy to stop the feud, not taking Ronaldo's feelings into account.

* OverprotectiveDad: When Kofi thinks Ronaldo and Kiki are in a relationship, he interrogates Ronaldo to make sure they're "just hugging".
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Steven was willing to create a fake love ploy to stop the feud, not taking Ronaldo's feelings into account.

* TheQuietOne: Garnet finally reappears after a [[AbsenteeActor five episode long absence]]... and just stands in a corner neither speaking nor interacting with the rest of the characters in the episode save for clapping at the end.

* AbsenteeActor:
** Despite being part of the Pizza family, Nanefua does not appear in this episode.
** While Garnet appears again after a five-episode absence, Estelle still has no lines.

* AintTooProudToBeg: Kofi and Mr. Fryman beg Steven to close their restaurant.

** The entire episode is a love letter to Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma, including the over-the-top reactions to Steven's cooking, detailed descriptions of the food, and the actual Food War itself, sans the gratuitous nudity.

** Ronaldo complains the feud made him lose Fish Stew Pizza's free Wi-Fi, something he previously mentioned in the Blog/KeepBeachCityWeird [[http://keepbeachcityweird.tumblr.com/post/100200081341/time-for-another-ronaldo-rant-fish-stew-pizzas entry for "Secret Team"]].

* ThunderShock: As part of the episode's more-{{Animesque}} -than usual style, Fryman gets one after tasting Steven's creation.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: The last Restaurant War ended when Kofi and Fryman agreed not to compete with each other as to drive a third restaurant out of business. In real life, this would probably be considered [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collusion collusion]].

** The entire episode is a love letter to [[Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma Shokugeki No Soma]], including the over-the-top reactions to Steven's cooking, detailed descriptions of the food, and the actual Food War itself, sans the gratuitous nudity.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Steven kicks off the feud because Peedee served him mozzarella sticks from the back of the fridge, which Kofi considers competition since bread, cheese, and marinara sauce are the basic elements of a pizza.

* GaveUpTooSoon: Kofi and Mr. Fryman beg Steven to close his restaurant, which he does on the condition that they end the feud. Steven then points out he could never run a restaurant anyway when Crystal Gem duties could interrupt at any time.

* FeudEpisode: Steven inadvertently starts a feud between Kofi and Mr. Fryman.

* OffscreenTeleportation: While Kofi puts up a "Now serving fries" sign on the window of Fish Stew Pizza, viewers are shown a shot of both restaurants, with no one else but Steven in sight. As Steven reads the sign, Mr. Fryman suddenly appears standing before Beach Citywalk Fries.