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1.) Too fantastical. 2.) Doesn't provide a Bait And Switch. 3.) Too fantastical.


* SuperStrength: Rose shows hers by easily smashing the Ferris Wheel controls with one hand and then stopping the out of control Ferris Wheel just by grabbing it, instantly stopping it in its tracks. Keep in mind she does this by standing in front of it, meaning she took the full force of its momentum and didn't even ''budge''. Much earlier, one of her romantic outings with Greg simply involves throwing him in the air and catching him again and again.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Though Greg enjoys his time with Rose, Gems are TheNeedless while Greg needs food, shelter, and money to get those things. He can camp out at the Temple, but they don't have food or money, and people don't pay street musicians much in Beach City. This led to him working at and eventually running It's A Wash for a somewhat stable income.
** Also, Vidalia looks visibly worn out in taking care of an infant and work, with [[DisappearedDad the father having run off]] to [[OpportunisticBastard do his thing]]. She barely has enough food for two in the house, and Greg eats up her share.
** As kind and loving as she is, Rose is an alien who has never had to watch over a human infant before, so she naturally has zero idea what's dangerous for them until Greg informs her.

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* SuperStrength: Rose shows hers by easily smashing the Ferris Wheel controls with one hand and then stopping the out of control Ferris Wheel just by grabbing it, instantly stopping it in its tracks. Keep in mind she does this by standing in front of it, meaning she took the full force of its momentum and didn't even ''budge''. Much earlier, one of her romantic outings with Greg simply involves throwing him in the air and catching him again and again.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Though Greg enjoys his time with Rose, Gems are TheNeedless while Greg needs food, shelter, and money to get those things. He can camp out at the Temple, but they don't have food or money, and people don't pay street musicians much in Beach City. This led to him working at and eventually running It's A Wash for a somewhat stable income.
** Also, Vidalia looks visibly worn out in taking care of an infant and work, with [[DisappearedDad the father having run off]] to [[OpportunisticBastard do his thing]]. She barely has enough food for two in the house, and Greg eats up her share.
** As kind and loving as she is, Rose is an alien who has never had to watch over a human infant before, so she naturally has zero idea what's dangerous for them until Greg informs her.
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Greg tells Steven how he got to work at It's A Wash.

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Greg tells Steven how he got to work at It's A Wash.'''Original airdate:''' July 29th, 2016

'''Production code:''' 1031-095




Greg tells Steven how he got to work at It's A Wash.
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* EarlyPersonalitySigns: Sour Cream already behaves like a MellowFellow as a baby. The last shot of the episode is the present-day Sour Cream saying "Meh" the same way he did as an infant.

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* {{Irony}}: Rose has been on Earth for thousands of years, and yet she was as clueless as Peridot was about the fragility of humans.

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Rose has been on Earth for thousands of years, and yet she was as clueless as Peridot was about the fragility of humans.



* MistakenForCheating: Greg quickly corrects Rose when she [[IsThatCuteKidYours asks with fascination if he "made" Sour Cream]]. Amusingly (and given her attitude towards Pearl and Greg, perhaps unsurprisingly) she doesn't seem at all phased by the implication that he made him with someone else.

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* MistakenForCheating: Greg quickly corrects Rose when she [[IsThatCuteKidYours asks with fascination if he "made" Sour Cream]]. Amusingly (and given her attitude towards Pearl and Greg, perhaps unsurprisingly) unsurprisingly), she doesn't seem at all phased by the implication that he made him with someone else.
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* {{Symbolism}}: During the opening montage, Rose joyfully tosses a gleeful Greg in the air, like a mother gently tossing their baby in the air. Later, after Rose saves Greg and baby Sourcream, we're treated to an imagery of Rose cradling the both of them in the ferris wheel carriage, all the while Greg [[ExplainExplainOhCrap comes to terms]] that he's not as mature as he imagined. This is all meant to signify Greg's status as a {{Manchild}} who needs to understand there's a difference between being a grown-up and being mature.
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** Vidalia is but a teen mom yet displays the maturity to take up a job for her baby, while Greg (implied to be years older than her) is a {{Manchild}} who (as he [[ExplainExplainOhCrap realizes]]) has to be fed and clothed and saved by a motherly figure.

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* AdultFear: Greg has a FreakOut when Sour Cream and Rose go missing, and then when he sees Sour Cream climbing the Ferris Wheel and hanging from the top. Fortunately nothing happens to Sour Cream, and Vidalia doesn't have to follow through on her threat to "destroy" Greg.


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* MissingChild: Greg has a FreakOut when Sour Cream and Rose go missing, and then when he sees Sour Cream climbing the Ferris Wheel and hanging from the top. Fortunately nothing happens to Sour Cream, and Vidalia doesn't have to follow through on her threat to "destroy" Greg.

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* RealityEnsues:
** Though Greg enjoys his time with Rose, Gems are TheNeedless while Greg needs food, shelter, and money to get those things. He can camp out at the Temple, but they don't have food or money, and people don't pay street musicians much in Beach City. This led to him working at and eventually running It's A Wash for a somewhat stable income.
** Also, Vidalia looks visibly worn out in taking care of an infant and work, with [[DisappearedDad the father having run off]] to [[OpportunisticBastard do his thing]]. She barely has enough food for two in the house, and Greg eats up her share.
** As kind and loving as she is, Rose is an alien who has never had to watch over a human infant before, so she naturally has zero idea what's dangerous for them until Greg informs her.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Though Greg enjoys his time with Rose, Gems are TheNeedless while Greg needs food, shelter, and money to get those things. He can camp out at the Temple, but they don't have food or money, and people don't pay street musicians much in Beach City. This led to him working at and eventually running It's A Wash for a somewhat stable income.
** Also, Vidalia looks visibly worn out in taking care of an infant and work, with [[DisappearedDad the father having run off]] to [[OpportunisticBastard do his thing]]. She barely has enough food for two in the house, and Greg eats up her share.
** As kind and loving as she is, Rose is an alien who has never had to watch over a human infant before, so she naturally has zero idea what's dangerous for them until Greg informs her.
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* TimePassesMontage: Used to illustrate how Greg is doing pretty much nothing with his life but wait for Rose to get back from missions.

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* TimePassesMontage: Used to illustrate The visuals over the opening song in the flashback show weeks or months of Greg's life in Beach City, illustrating how Greg is he was doing pretty much nothing with his life but wait for Rose to get back from missions.missions, and running out of food and clothing.
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-->'''Vidalia:''' And if anything bad happens to my kid, you better pray your space goddess' magic can bring people back from the dead, because I will destroy you.

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-->'''Vidalia:''' And if anything bad ''bad'' happens to my kid, you better pray ''pray'' your space goddess' "space goddess's" magic can bring people back from the dead, because I will ''will'' destroy you.

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* MistakenForCheating: Greg quickly corrects Rose when she [[IsThatCuteKidYours asks with fascination if he "made" Sour Cream]]. Amusingly (and given her attitude towards Pearl and Greg, perhaps unsurprisingly) she doesn't seem at all phased by the implication that he made him with someone else.



* ThatCameOutWrong: Greg quickly corrects Rose when she [[IsThatCuteKidYours asks with fascination if he "made" Sour Cream]]. Amusingly (and given her attitude towards Pearl and Greg, perhaps unsurprisingly) she doesn't seem at all phased by the implication that he made him with someone else.
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* AnAesop: As they say, growing old is inevitable, but growing up is optional. Just because someone is an adult doesn't make them mature, it's their choice to be responsible or not.

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What misunderstanding about human reproduction is that?


* BizarreAlienReproduction: Rose asks Greg if he 'made' Sour Cream, showing at the time she still didn't understand human reproduction very well and it's this trope from her perspective, and admits it took her quite some time to realize that human adults and children were the same species.

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* BizarreAlienReproduction: Rose asks Greg if he 'made' Sour Cream, showing at the time she still didn't understand human reproduction very well and it's this trope from her perspective, and admits it took her quite some time to realize that human adults and children were the same species.



* ForegoneConclusion: We know that Sour Cream survives the Ferris Wheel incident, because he grows up to be Sour Cream in the present day. Greg doesn't during the story's timeframe though. {{Lampshaded}} when Steven asks Greg what became of baby Sour Cream and Greg jokes that ''nobody knows''... while Sour Cream walks by in the background.
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* ForegoneConclusion: We know that Sour Cream survives the Ferris Wheel incident, because he grows up to be Sour Cream in the present day. Greg doesn't during the story's timeframe though. {{Lampshaded}} when Steven asks Greg what became of baby Sour Cream and Greg jokes that ''nobody knows''... while Sour Cream walks by in the background.
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* OutOfFocus: Although the other Crystal Gems are seen in the flashback, none of them have any lines.

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* BabySeeBabyDo: After Vidalia tries to feed baby Sour Cream, he makes a point of imitating her body language.



* LikeFatherLikeSon:
** When seeing Sour Cream's reaction when Greg asks if the baby wants to spend the day with him, he comments that he truly is Vidalia's son.
** After Vidalia tries to feed baby Sour Cream, he [[InvokedTrope makes a point of imitating]] her body language.

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* LikeFatherLikeSon:
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LikeFatherLikeSon: When seeing Sour Cream's uninterested reaction when Greg asks if the baby wants to spend the day with him, he comments that he truly is Vidalia's son.
** After Vidalia tries to feed baby Sour Cream, he [[InvokedTrope makes a point of imitating]] her body language.
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