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* AesopAmnesia: After what happened in "Love Letters" when Steven and Connie interfered with Garnet's blunt rejection letter and when Steven in Lars's body confessed love for Sadie in "The New Lars" only to hurt her feelings, you'd think Steven would be more careful in setting up romantic ploys, even fake ones. To be fair, he too probably didn't believe Rolando about him having a girlfriend.

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* AesopAmnesia: After what happened in "Love Letters" when Steven and Connie interfered with Garnet's blunt rejection letter and when Steven in Lars's body confessed love for Sadie in "The New Lars" only to hurt her feelings, you'd think Steven would be more careful in setting up romantic ploys, even fake ones. To be fair, he too probably didn't believe Rolando Ronaldo about him having a girlfriend.
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Would this qualify more as Karma Houdini Warranty instead?

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* KarmaHoudini: While Steven at least gets called out for creating the overall conflict of the episode (as mentioned above), he isn't called out for ruining Ronaldo's relationship with Jane.
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* BrickJoke: When Ronaldo complains about doing deliveries when he doesn't have a car, his father points out his shoes have retractable skates. After Jane breaks up with him, Ronaldo tries to run after her, but the wheels come out by accident and cause him to fall on his face.



* BrickJoke: When Ronaldo complains about doing deliveries when he doesn't have a car, his father points out his shoes have retractable skates. After Jane breaks up with him, Ronaldo tries to run after her, but the wheels come out by accident and cause him to fall on his face.



* ChekhovsGunman: Viewers wondered why the box office girl from "Lion 2 The Movie" was hanging around Ronaldo and the cool kids in "Beach City Drift". This episode reveals that she was his girlfriend.



* ChekhovsGunman: Viewers wondered why the box office girl from "Lion 2 The Movie" was hanging around Ronaldo and the cool kids in "Beach City Drift". This episode reveals that she was his girlfriend.



* GaleForceSound: Kofi's yell ruffles Jenny's hair.



* GaleForceSound: Kofi's yell ruffles Jenny's hair.



* ShoutOut: Kofi references the '90s Bagel Bites jingle, "When pizza's on a bagel, you can eat pizza anytime."

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Kofi references the '90s Bagel Bites jingle, "When pizza's on a bagel, you can eat pizza anytime."
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** 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.
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Steven settles a feud between restaurant owners.

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

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Kofi and Mr. Fryman when begging Steven to close his restaurant fail to account for the fact that the Gems are often protecting the Earth, and Steven doesn't run on a set schedule. This works in Steven's favor, fortunately.


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* 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.
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* AesopAmnesia: After what happened in "Love Letters" when Steven and Connie interfered with Garnet's blunt rejection letter and when Steven in Lars's body confessed love for Sadie in "The New Lars" only to hurt her feelings, you'd think Steven would be more careful in setting up romantic ploys, even fake ones.

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* AesopAmnesia: After what happened in "Love Letters" when Steven and Connie interfered with Garnet's blunt rejection letter and when Steven in Lars's body confessed love for Sadie in "The New Lars" only to hurt her feelings, you'd think Steven would be more careful in setting up romantic ploys, even fake ones. To be fair, he too probably didn't believe Rolando about him having a girlfriend.
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* BittersweetEnding: The titular war is over, but the events leading to it had Ronaldo get dumped by his girlfriend.
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* DamnedByFaintPraise: When Ronaldo and Kiki are supposed to be pretending to be madly in love, the best Kiki can come up with is that Ronaldo is "sweet and quirky in a way I can tolerate."
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The jingle quote was slightly wrong. I might not have noticed it if it weren't for the thing now being stuck in my head for the first time since 1998.


* ShoutOut: Kofi references the '90s pizza bagel jingle, "When pizza's on a bagel, you can have pizza anytime."

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* ShoutOut: Kofi references the '90s pizza bagel Bagel Bites jingle, "When pizza's on a bagel, you can have eat pizza anytime.""
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* GenghisGambit: Steven's final solution to the problem is to set his own house up as a restaurant that forces Kofi and Fryman to set aside their differences and work together.

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* AesopAmnesia: After what happened in "Love Letters" when Steven and Connie interfered with Garnet's blunt rejection letter and when Steven in Lars's body confessed love for Sadie in "The New Lars" only to hurt her feelings, you'd think Steven would be more careful in setting up romantic ploys, even fake ones.
* AintTooProudToBeg: Kofi and Mr. Fryman beg Steven to close their restaurant.



* ChekhovsHobby: Amethyst's willingness to eat food, unlike most Gems, allows her to cook well.



* DeathGlare: Kofi and Mr. Fryman share one at Steven's restaurant.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Kofi and Mr. Fryman when begging Steven to close his restaurant fail to account for the fact that the Gems are often protecting the Earth, and Steven doesn't run on a set schedule. This works in Steven's favor, fortunately.



* HiddenDepths: Steven and Amethyst are accomplished cooks.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Steven says this after Fryman offers him pizza bits and Kofi tries to brand him.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Steven's first plan causes Ronaldo to lose his girlfriend Jane.



* OhCrap:
** Steven when Kofi catches him eating the mozarella sticks.
** Also Steven when Kofi chases him with a branding iron.
** Ronaldo when Jane shows up in the middle of the fake dating ploy.
** Kofi and Mr. Fryman when they taste Steven's dishes.



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



* SeriousBusiness: Boardwalk food.

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* SeriousBusiness: Boardwalk food.food being too similar to each other.


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* WouldHurtAChild: Kofi wants to brand Steven with a VIP iron.
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Steven lampshades how Fryman has fry-like hair, which he seems oblivious to.

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* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Steven lampshades how Fryman has fry-like hair, Fryman's hair look like fries, which he seems oblivious to.
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* CreatorCameo: Ian Jones-Quartey appears as one of the customers outside the two restaurants, refusing food from someone else.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Garnet in a tuxedo and Pearl in her waitress uniform.

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* FacePlant: Ronaldo tries to run after Jane, but the wheels in his shoes come out and he falls face-first on the boardwalk.
* {{Fanservice}}: Garnet in a tuxedo and Pearl in her waitress waiter uniform.



* YankTheDogsChain: Ronaldo got a girlfriend at some point, [[BirdsOfAFeather one who shares his love of anime]], but she breaks up with him over a misunderstanding seconds after this is reveal.

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* YankTheDogsChain: Ronaldo got a girlfriend at some point, [[BirdsOfAFeather one who shares his love of anime]], but she breaks up with him over a misunderstanding seconds after this is reveal.revealed.
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Does he now.


* MistakenForCheating: Ronaldo pretends to be Kiki's girlfriend right as his ''real'' girlfriend shows up, who dumps him immediately because she doesn't believe him.

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* MistakenForCheating: Ronaldo pretends to be Kiki's girlfriend boyfriend right as his ''real'' girlfriend shows up, who dumps him immediately because she doesn't believe him.
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* ChekovsGunman: Viewers wondered why the box office girl from "Lion 2 The Movie" was hanging around Ronaldo and the cool kids in "Beach City Drift". This episode reveals that she was his girlfriend.

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* ChekovsGunman: ChekhovsGunman: Viewers wondered why the box office girl from "Lion 2 The Movie" was hanging around Ronaldo and the cool kids in "Beach City Drift". This episode reveals that she was his girlfriend.
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* ChekovsGunman: Viewers wondered why the box office girl from "Lion 2 The Movie" was hanging around Ronaldo and the cool kids in "Beach City Drift". This episode reveals that she was his girlfriend.
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* BrickJoke: When Ronaldo complains about doing deliveries when he doesn't have a car, his father points out his shoes have retractable skates. After Jane breaks up with him, Ronaldo tries to run after her, but the wheels came out by accident and cause him to fall on his face.

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* BrickJoke: When Ronaldo complains about doing deliveries when he doesn't have a car, his father points out his shoes have retractable skates. After Jane breaks up with him, Ronaldo tries to run after her, but the wheels came come out by accident and cause him to fall on his face.
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* BadBadActing: While Ronaldo and Kiki are decent actors when it comes to pretending they're lovers in front of their parent, Steven is still terrible.

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* BadBadActing: While Ronaldo and Kiki are decent actors when it comes to pretending they're lovers in front of their parent, parents, Steven is still terrible.



* 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 red sauce are the basic elements of a pizza.

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* 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 red marinara sauce are the basic elements of a pizza.pizza.
* VisualPun: Kofi introduces "a brand new permanent VIP pizza card" and brings out a branding iron.
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** Considering that they likely simply BEGGED the third restaurant to leave like they did with Steven means it likely wasn't very 'illegal'



* {{Fanservice}}: Garnet in a tuxedo.
** Pearl in her waitress uniform.

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* {{Fanservice}}: Garnet in a tuxedo.
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tuxedo and Pearl in her waitress uniform.
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** Pearl in her waitress uniform.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Ronaldo's girlfriend Jane arrives to the boardwalk when he and Kiki are pretending to be in a relationship, and she breaks off with him and walks away before he can explain what's happening.
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** Considering that they likely simply BEGGED the third restaurant to leave like they did with Steven means it likely wasn't very 'illegal'
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* ShoutOut: Kofi references the '90s pizza bagel jingle, "When pizza's on a bagel, you can have pizza anytime."
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** Ronaldo's girlfriend, Jane, was the girl working the ticket booth in "Lion 2: The Movie" and was among the crowd in "Beach City Drift". She came by to return his [=DVDs=] of ''Koala Princess'', which was the show discussed by the online forum posts in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E31KeepBeachCityWeird Keep Beach City Weird]]" and mentioned a few times on his CharacterBlog.

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** Ronaldo's girlfriend, Jane, was the girl working the ticket booth in "Lion 2: The Movie" and was among the crowd in "Beach City Drift". She came by to return his [=DVDs=] of ''Koala Princess'', which was the show discussed by the Ronaldo's [[http://keepbeachcityweird.tumblr.com/post/104379180556/aaahhhhhhhhhhhhh-ok-so-i-just-finished-the online forum posts in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E31KeepBeachCityWeird Keep Beach City Weird]]" and mentioned a few times on his CharacterBlog.post]] after "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E35Lion3StraightToVideo Lion 3: Straight to Video]]".
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* HistoryRepeats: Steven puts an end to the feud by doing the same thing that happened the last time the two fought, introducing another restaurant too good for them to compete against alone.

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* HistoryRepeats: Steven puts an end to the feud by doing the same thing that happened the last time the two fought, fought: [[GenghisGambit introducing another restaurant too good for them to compete against alone.alone]].
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* HopeSpot: It looks like Steven's "fake dating" plan is going to go off without a hitch... so naturally, Ronaldo's actual girlfriend Jane shows up at the worst possible time.

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* HopeSpot: It looks like Steven's "fake dating" plan is going to go off without a hitch... so naturally, Ronaldo's actual girlfriend Jane shows up at the worst possible time.time, causing him to expose the plan in a failed attempt to keep Jane around.

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* BrickJoke: When Ronaldo complains about doing deliveries when he doesn't have a car, his father points out his shoes have retractable skates. After Jane breaks up with him, Ronaldo tries to run after her, but the wheels came out by accident and cause him to fall on his face.



* CassandraTruth: Ronaldo ''did'' have a girlfriend... Until she dumped him because of a misunderstanding.

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* CassandraTruth: No one believed that Ronaldo ''did'' have had a girlfriend... Until she dumped girlfriend when he said he didn't want to fake being Kiki's boyfriend. She then breaks up with him because of she didn't believe Ronaldo when he said it was a misunderstanding.ploy to stop the feud.



** Ronaldo's girlfriend, Jane, was the girl working the ticket booth in "Lion 2: The Movie" and was among the crowd in "Beach City Drift".

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** Ronaldo's girlfriend, Jane, was the girl working the ticket booth in "Lion 2: The Movie" and was among the crowd in "Beach City Drift". She came by to return his [=DVDs=] of ''Koala Princess'', which was the show discussed by the online forum posts in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E31KeepBeachCityWeird Keep Beach City Weird]]" and mentioned a few times on his CharacterBlog.



* LeonineContract: Kofi tries to get Steven to sign on so he could side with him.

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* LeonineContract: Kofi tries to get Steven to sign on so he could side with a contract that wouldn't allow him to eat at ''any'' other restaurant.
* MistakenForCheating: Ronaldo pretends to be Kiki's girlfriend right as his ''real'' girlfriend shows up, who dumps him immediately because she doesn't believe
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* YankTheDogsChains: Turns out Ronaldo had a girlfriend, but she breaks up with him over a misunderstanding seconds after we find out.

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* YankTheDogsChains: Turns out YankTheDogsChain: Ronaldo had got a girlfriend, girlfriend at some point, [[BirdsOfAFeather one who shares his love of anime]], but she breaks up with him over a misunderstanding seconds after we find out.this is reveal.

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* GratuitousJapanese: Ronaldo calls Jane his "''ohimesama''" as she breaks up with him.

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* GratuitousJapanese: Ronaldo [[OccidentalOtaku Ronaldo]] calls Jane his "''ohimesama''" (princess) as she breaks up with him.


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* YankTheDogsChains: Turns out Ronaldo had a girlfriend, but she breaks up with him over a misunderstanding seconds after we find out.

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