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'''Original airdate:''' July 18th, 2016

'''Production code:''' 1031-087

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* NiceShoes: Marty sports a pair of [[MercurysWings winged]] golden sneakers. They're the first thing viewers see when he steps out of the bus.
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* AbsenteeActor: None of the other Crystal Gems appear in this episode.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Steven's montage has a scene of a rock star apparently barfing into a toilet (the aformentioned "moral support").

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* {{Adorkable}}: Steven is ''really'' excited to be Sour Cream's roadie.

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Steven helps Sour Cream put on his DJ show, when an old figure from Greg's past comes back to town.

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At Onion's house, Steven helps Sour Cream put on pack up his DJ show, when equipment for a show he has planned for the night. With his enhanced strength, Steven has an old figure easier time lifting Sour Cream's things than Sour Cream himself. Yellowtail arrives and speaks disapprovingly. While we cannot understand what exactly he is saying, Sour Cream understands him and defends himself from his stepdad, arguing that DJ-ing is a viable career, and tells him that he'd rather be a DJ than a fisherman before walking away. Steven, with Sour Cream's equipment, follows him.

Steven and Sour Cream pass by
Greg's car wash. While Sour Cream goes to the car wash's restroom, Greg chats with Steven, remarking that business has been slow. Just as Steven reassures Greg that business will pick up soon, a bright green bus stops at the car wash.

Marty steps out and, looking at Greg and his business remarks to 'Starchild' that the music business hasn't been so good for him. He tells Greg that he can "do one" better than paying for a car wash, as he pulls out an envelope and says they have some unfinished business. Sour Cream, returning from the restroom, is surprised to see his dad. He implies they last saw each other nine years ago, to which Marty makes a long explanation about his absence due to the rigors of the music industry.

Sour Cream tells Marty about his DJ rave that he's setting up for. Marty decides to stay in Beach City to make up for the lost time and promote his son's event, showing him his business card which advertises Marty as a 'hype man' and 'promotor'. He is unimpressed at Sour Cream's set-up in the warehouse where he usually performs and decides to move the rave to the beach.

Steven voices his concerns, reminding Marty that when Greg performed on the beach, he did not advertise well, causing nobody (besides Rose Quartz) to attend the concert. Marty admits to making mistakes and being a jerk to Greg in the
past comes back but tells Steven and Sour Cream that he has learned a lot about the industry. He then makes a phone call. The scene then changes to town.a large banner on the water tower that advertises "DJ SC", which impresses Sour Cream. Marty also lends his own equipment to Sour Cream and makes Steven an official roadie. While setting up the equipment, Steven sees Yellowtail on his boat, watching Sour Cream and Marty through binoculars.

On the evening of the rave, a large crowd awaits Sour Cream. Marty insists on building up hype before Sour Cream performs. Marty promotes a type of soda called Guacola by throwing cans into the audience. Things worsen as the audience drinks the Guacacola, only to find the taste terrible. The only person who seems to enjoy the soda is Onion.

While the audience is scared away from the rave, Steven tells Greg and Yellowtail that this is Marty's fault. Yellowtail, furious, storms off on his boat. Meanwhile, Sour Cream confronts Marty, who tells him that the show belongs to him, not Sour Cream, and it becomes clear that this event was simply a scheme for Marty to promote Guacola. Sour Cream yells at Marty, at first in the language used by Yellowtail and Onion, then explains what he said in English: Sour Cream does not need (nor has he ever needed) Marty or Guacola's help for his show. Marty leaves Sour Cream and happens upon Greg and tells Greg that he is only here due to his legal obligation to give Greg an envelope. After handing the envelope to Greg, Marty leaves Beach City.

Sour Cream laments the apparent failure of his rave. He sees Yellowtail rushing towards him on a speedboat, which causes him to become more upset, assuming that Yellowtail was just waiting for something to go wrong so he could force Sour Cream to fish. Surprisingly, Yellowtail gives Sour Cream his DJ gear and tells him to play. Sour Cream thanks his stepdad, and Steven is happy to help set up Sour Cream's rave. The rave attracts a decent crowd, including Sour Cream's family, friends, and a few others. Greg remarks that the music business can be tricky. As he opens his envelope, he says that Sour Cream doing what makes him happy is what matters. He waves away the importance of money but stops when he sees the ten million dollar check within the envelope.
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* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: Before leaving, when Marty gives Greg the money, he calls him "Universe" instead of his usual "Starchild."

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* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: Before leaving, when Marty gives Greg the money, he calls him "Universe" instead of his usual "Starchild.""Starchild", making it clear he never wants anything to do with anyone in Beach City again.

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* InconsistentColoring: When Vidalia finally appears at Sour Cream's show at the end, her hair is platinum blonde like Sour Cream's instead of light blonde like Onion's.



* OffModel: When Vidalia finally appears at Sour Cream's show at the end, her hair is platinum blonde like Sour Cream's instead of light blonde like Onion's.
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* BizarreTasteInFood: Onion is the ''only one'' who like Guacola.

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* BizarreTasteInFood: Onion is the ''only one'' who like likes Guacola.

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* BizarreTasteInFood: Onion and ''maybe'' Marty are the ''only ones'' who like Guacola.

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* BizarreTasteInFood: Onion and ''maybe'' Marty are is the ''only ones'' one'' who like Guacola.



* OnlyOneFindsItFun: ''Everyone'' hates Guacola, except Onion.



* {{Squick}}: InUniverse, ''everyone'' (save Onion) hates Guacola, and even Onion is less enthusiastic about it than simply able to drink it.
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* AbsenteeActor: None of the other Crystal Gems appear in this episode.
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* CerebusRetcon: In "Story For Steven," Greg is implied to have walked in on Marty and Vidalia [[AutoErotica having sex in his van]]. Here, we discover that Sour Cream is Marty's illegitimate son, meaning that Greg may have [[TooMuchInformation (unwillingly) bore witness]] to Sour Cream's conception.

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* CerebusRetcon: In "Story For for Steven," Greg is implied to have walked in on Marty and Vidalia [[AutoErotica having sex in his van]]. Here, we discover that Sour Cream is Marty's illegitimate son, meaning that Greg may have [[TooMuchInformation (unwillingly) bore witness]] to Sour Cream's conception.



* OffModel: When Vidalia finally appears at Sour Cream's show at the end, her hair is platinum blond like Sour Cream's instead of light blond like Onion's.

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* OffModel: When Vidalia finally appears at Sour Cream's show at the end, her hair is platinum blond blonde like Sour Cream's instead of light blond blonde like Onion's.
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* WhamShot: A minor one, but Greg opens the envelope Marty gave him at the end of the episode... and it turns out to be a check for ''ten million dollars'' in back royalties.

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* PintSizedPowerhouse: Steven is able to lift a box of DJ equipment with one hand that Sour Cream can barely lift with two, and later carries a crate full of equipment by himself that normally requires two adults to pick up. Marty is shocked by it.



* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: In-universe. The Guacola drink that Marty tries to peddle is completely horrendous and disgusting, with Ronaldo demonstrating that it doesn't even work as ''actual'' guacamole. The only one who actually seems to like it is Onion and he's...well, [[AmbiguouslyHuman unique]]...



* StoutStrength[=/=]PintSizedPowerhouse: Steven is able to lift a box of DJ equipment with one hand that Sour Cream can barely lift with two, and later carries a crate full of equipment by himself that normally requires two adults to pick up. Marty is shocked by it.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: For all of his ManipulativeBastard schemes, Marty does take the time to give Greg his money rather than keeping it for himself or demanding a huge cut. Granted, this is because he was "Legally Obligated" to do so, and it's likely he wouldn't have done it otherwise.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: For all of his ManipulativeBastard schemes, Marty does take the time to give Greg his money rather than keeping it for himself or demanding a huge cut. Granted, this is because he was "Legally Obligated" to do so, and it's likely he wouldn't have done it otherwise. One can presume that it's already missing his managerial share.
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* CerebusRetcon: In "Story For Steven," Greg is implied to have walked in on Marty and Vidalia [[AutoErotica having sex in his van]]. Here, we discover that Sour Cream is Marty's illegitimate son, meaning that Greg [[TooMuchInformation (unwillingly) bore witness]] to Sour Cream's conception.

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* CerebusRetcon: In "Story For Steven," Greg is implied to have walked in on Marty and Vidalia [[AutoErotica having sex in his van]]. Here, we discover that Sour Cream is Marty's illegitimate son, meaning that Greg may have [[TooMuchInformation (unwillingly) bore witness]] to Sour Cream's conception.
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* ObviouslyEvil: Downplayed. While not overly 'evil', Marty's appearance makes it clear that he's bad news.

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