History Recap / StevenUniverseS3E18CrackTheWhip

-->'''Amethyst:''' Fighting is about the feeling deep in your guts! What do your guts feel like?!

-->'''Steven:''' Sorry, Sadie. It's just Amethyst bein' Amethyst...by not bein' Amethyst.

-->'''Connie:''' I don't think I've ever had this much fun in one day!

-->'''Amethyst:''' Not a pretty win, but I'll take it.

-->'''Steven:''' They're not here right now!

-->'''Amethyst:''' [weakly] Rose said I'm perfect just the way I am.

-->'''Jasper:''' Fusion. Fusion! It's always ''fusion!''

-->'''Jasper:''' Jaspers don't quit. We keep going. Until we get what we want.

-->'''Amethyst:''' ... you didn't need me at all.

* OffModel: In a close up on Jasper's face, her stripes are missing and her mouth is on the side.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Amethyst argues against training because one can prepare for what's going to happen in a battle, in contrast to Pearl's heavy focus on it. Amethyst gets utterly demolished by Jasper because of her lack of skill, but Stevonnie shows her mentality ''does'' have a point when one ''is'' skilled: the stuff they've learned comes together as a result of [[YouWereTryingTooHard not overthinking in battle]].

* BreakingLecture: Jasper gives one to Amethyst, and it hits her '''''hard.'''''
--> "You could've been me! But what are you instead? Just a ''joke''!"

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jasper gives a ''vicious'' one to Amethyst.

* AdultFear:
** Jasper comes clearly to target Steven, mistaking him for Rose, and was able to find him once he was in the water. Garnet and Pearl were away in the North tracking her down and don't arrive in time to help Amethyst, Steven and Connie fight.
** Amethyst is clearly panicked and scared for Steven and Connie while she's forcing herself to regenerate, knowing that without her there, it's them versus Jasper and a Corrupted Gem.
** Also, Steven has witnessed Amethyst become unstable due to her gem cracking, and given she's a CoolBigSis is worried about her when Jasper poofs her and has her gem in hand.

* RealityEnsues: While Amethyst is able to survive being UnskilledButStrong when pitted against Gem Monsters and other such mindless creatures, once she's up against Jasper -- someone who can think, strategize, and has much more strength, skill, and combat experience under her belt than Amethyst does -- Amethyst is absolutely NO match at all.

* RussianRoulette: Amethyst, Connie, and Steven play this with cans of soda: Amethyst shakes one can and puts it behind her back with two other cans, and whoever chooses the shaken-up can loses. Steven gets sprayed, and Amethyst shakes her can anyway and gets sprayed as well.

It turns out what they'd like to do -- is train. The pair spar on the beach, each showing off how much their skills have improved. Steven is excited to be able to use his floating power in battle, and to generate two shields at a time. He asks if Amethyst is watching, and she tries to fake off like she was, but Steven calls her out on it. In response, she shapeshifts her eyes off her face and onto her feet. Steven and Connie are grossed out but satisfied she's watching. They go back to fighting, and Amethyst dozes off. When they ask if she was watching this time, she shapeshifts into Pearl, and applauds them. Connie protests her form was off.

Amethyst tells her that form and technical skill won't matter in the heat of battle, and that she's in her head too much. She tells them they have to be loose and go with the flow.

Jasper is willing to fight who's present, though. Amethyst says she'll take on Jasper and leaves Steven, Connie and Lion to fight the gem monster. Amethyst declares she'll beat Jasper all by herself. As Connie relishes the opportunity to do better in battle than she did during their gem hunt in the Great North.

Amethyst tells Jasper to get a life. The Homeworld gem retorts that fighting ''is'' her life! But Jasper is dismayed and annoyed at her sparring partner; she insists she came to fight Rose. She wastes no time deriding her for being a defective runt. She delivers a brutal beatdown on the purple gem, punctuating every hit with another remark about how Amethyst is supposed to be like her, Jasper -- a quartz warrior. Jasper sneers that Amethyst is nothing like what she's supposed to be, so she's a joke. It gets to Amethyst who tries to fight back, but is really no match.

They fling a kick into Jasper's chest, retrieve Amethyst's gem, and in response to Jasper's incredulous exclamation that they used a human in a fusion, growl that they don't want to hear anything from Jasper but an apology. Lion defeats the gem beast. It attempts to run away, but Jasper grabs it and mounts it.

Jasper catches up the remaining monster's gem, and backs up, declaring this only a warm-up even as she retreats back to the sea.

** Also, Steven has witnessed Amethyst become unstable due to her gem cracking, and given she's a CoolBigSis is worried about her when Jasper poofs her.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Amethyst argues against training because one can't prepare for what's going to happen in a battle, in contrast to Pearl's heavy focus on it. Amethyst gets utterly demolished by Jasper because of her lack of skill, but Stevonnie shows her mentality ''does'' have a point when one ''is'' skilled: the stuff they've learned comes together as a result of [[YouWereTryingTooHard not overthinking in battle]].

** When Amethyst reforms after being poofed, she is wearing a new outfit, which last happened on "Reformed".

* ItsPersonal: The reason Stevonnie is ''furious'' with Jasper: she tried to straight up shatter Amethyst and goes so far as tell Jasper they have no desire to listen to a word she has to say that isn't apologizing for it.

* UnskilledButStrong: Explored with Amethyst, who is bored by training and doesn't see the value of it, explaining why she lacks the skill Garnet and Pearl have. This ends up biting her ''big time'' when Jasper utterly thrashes her and nearly shatters her gem.

* BadImpressionists: Amethyst shapeshifts into Lars to get free donuts, but her purple shade and white hair remain. Sadie doesn't buy it, especially since "Lars" doesn't even know his own name. Steven and Connie pay for the stuff Amethyst takes.

* PaperThinDisguise: Amethyst shapeshifts into Lars to get free donuts, but her purple shade and white hair remain. Sadie doesn't buy it, especially since "Lars" doesn't even know his own name. Steven and Connie pay for the stuff Amethyst takes.

* FusionDance: Stevonnie appears again to save Amethyst and stop Jasper. This time, they're so in sync about saving Amethyst that they just hold hands and run at Jasper, and Stevonnie happens. They don't actually consciously ''realize'' it until Jasper says something about it.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Stevonnie poofs Jasper's second Corrupted Gem by ''slamming Jasper straight through it.''
* HeroKiller: Jasper easily poofs Amethyst and intends to break her gem, but Stevonnie stops her.

* OffModel: The most notable moment was the close up on Jasper's face where her stripes were missing and her mouth was on the side.

* PunyHumans: Jasper shows this opinion of humans when Steven fuses with Connie. [[SubvertedTrope She's promptly proved wrong when the resulting fusion defeats her.]]

* SequelHook: Jasper escapes again with the gems of the monsters in tow, while Amethyst takes a major blow to her self confidence, which will likely figure into "Steven Vs. Amethyst".