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* BreakingTheFourthWall: During a montage of Steven and Greg's time in Korea, they come across an animation studio with an animator '''working on Steven Universe'''. Greg gets uncomfortable and quickly leads Steven away before he realizes anything.


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* RecursiveCanon: During a montage of Steven and Greg's time in Korea, they come across an animation studio with an animator '''working on Steven Universe'''. Greg gets uncomfortable and quickly leads Steven away before he realizes anything.
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* FaceRevealingTurn: When she turns to really look at Greg, the viewers are treated to her actual face, having had only seen her in shadow in "The Answer".
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** Blue Diamond bonds with Greg over their mutual feelings of loss. The irony is that Blue Diamond has no idea the one Greg is talking about is the one who killed Pink Diamond. To be fair, Greg doesn't know this, either.

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** Blue Diamond bonds with Greg over their mutual feelings of loss. The irony is that Blue Diamond has both of them have no idea the one Greg is talking about is the one who killed Pink Diamond. To be fair, Greg doesn't know this, either.Diamond.

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seeing a character's face doesn't constitute a Wham Shot just because it was shadowed before


* WhamShot:
** The first one was Blue Diamond and her Pearl having arrived on Earth.
** The second was seeing her ACTUAL face, since it was shadowed in Garnet's flashback in "The Answer".

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* WhamShot:
** The first one was
WhamShot: Blue Diamond and her Pearl having arrived on Earth.
** The second was seeing her ACTUAL face, since it was shadowed in Garnet's flashback in "The Answer".
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Blue Diamond, [[BadBoss the same one who ordered Ruby's shattering for accidentally fusing with Sapphire in "The Answer"]], is in deep, perpetual mourning of Pink Diamond and blames herself for not preventing her death. She decides to take Greg with her because not only did he show compassion for her grief, but as a human from Earth, he represents Pink Diamond's lost legacy.



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Blue Diamond, [[BadBoss the same one who ordered Ruby's shattering for accidentally fusing with Sapphire in "The Answer"]], is in deep, perpetual mourning of Pink Diamond and blames herself for not preventing her death. She decides to take Greg with her because not only did he show compassion for her grief, but as a human from Earth, he represents Pink Diamond's lost legacy.

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** Blue Diamond kidnaps Greg to spare him Earth's destruction via the Cluster, unaware that it's already been neutralized in "Gem Drill" by
Steven and Peridot.

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** Blue Diamond kidnaps Greg to spare him Earth's destruction via the Cluster, unaware that it's already been neutralized in "Gem Drill" by
by Steven and Peridot.

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** Blue Diamond kidnaps Greg to spare him Earth's destruction via the Cluster, unaware that it's been neutralized.

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** Blue Diamond kidnaps Greg to spare him Earth's destruction via the Cluster, unaware that it's already been neutralized.neutralized in "Gem Drill" by
Steven and Peridot.


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* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: Steven's empathy allows him to see through Blue Diamond's eyes and experience her profound grief.


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* TragicKeepsake: Blue Diamond sees Greg as this, partly because Earth was formerly Pink Diamond's planet that is going to be destroyed shortly by the Cluster ([[DramaticIrony or so she thinks]]), and wants to keep him as a memento of her deceased fellow Diamond.

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* AdultFear: Blue Diamond basically kidnaps Greg by deciding to take him with her as a memento for Pink Diamond after he shows compassion for her loss, with Steven too late to save his father. Garnet likewise is panicking because she foresaw everything that had transpired but was also too late to stop it.



* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: It all made sense that Blue Diamond was colored blue, had droopy eyes, and wore a huge veil. She's in perpetual mourning.



** Blue Diamond bonds with Greg over their mutual feelings of loss. The irony is that Diamond has no idea the one Greg is talking about is the one who killed Pink Diamond.

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** Blue Diamond bonds with Greg over their mutual feelings of loss. The irony is that Blue Diamond has no idea the one Greg is talking about is the one who killed Pink Diamond.Diamond. To be fair, Greg doesn't know this, either.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Greg and Steven begin the episode watching a movie about alien abduction, and at the end of the episode Greg is abducted by aliens as Steven watches.
* HeelRealization: Blue Diamond seems to have had a partial one: she acknowledges that humanity don't deserve to die as the Diamonds planned for them to and admits that humanity has impressed her.

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* ExhaustedEyebags: The first time Blue Diamond shows her actual face, it's revealed she has prominent dark circles around her eyes. Looks like she was in mourning for a ''VERY'' long time.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Blue Diamond, [[BadBoss the same one who ordered Ruby's shattering for accidentally fusing with Sapphire in "The Answer"]], is in deep, perpetual mourning of Pink Diamond and blames herself for not preventing her death. She decides to take Greg with her because not only did he show compassion for her grief, but as a human from Earth, he represents Pink Diamond's lost legacy.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Greg and Steven begin the episode watching a movie about alien abduction, and at the end of the episode Greg is abducted by aliens as Steven helplessly watches.
* HeelRealization: Blue Diamond seems to have had a partial one: she acknowledges that humanity don't deserve to die as the Diamonds planned for them to and admits that humanity has impressed her. her.
* ItsAllMyFault: Blue Diamond blames herself for not being able to prevent Rose from killing Pink Diamond.



* TheReveal: The palanquin in Buddy's journal is revealed to belong to Pink Diamond, and is the location where Rose shattered her.

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* TheReveal: The palanquin in Buddy's journal is revealed to belong to the deceased Pink Diamond, and is the location where Rose shattered her.



* WhamShot: Blue Diamond having arrived on Earth.

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* WhamShot: WhamShot:
** The first one was
Blue Diamond and her Pearl having arrived on Earth.Earth.
** The second was seeing her ACTUAL face, since it was shadowed in Garnet's flashback in "The Answer".
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: During a montage of Steven and Greg's time in Korea, they come across an animation studio with an animator '''working on Steven Universe'''. Greg gets uncomfortable and quickly leads Steven away before he realizes anything.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Greg and Steven begin the episode watching a movie about alien abduction, and at the end of the episode Greg is abducted by aliens as Steven watches.

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not really a wham episode


* WhamEpisode: Steven's dreams lead him to Blue Diamond grieving over Pink Diamond and Greg getting kidnapped by her.

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Andy is the opposite of The Bus Came Back; "episode opens with crying" is not a Wham Shot


* TheBusCameBack: Uncle Andy returns to give Steven and Greg a lift to Korea, where the palanquin is.



* WhamShot:
** The episode ''opens'' with Steven crying in his sleep!
** Blue Diamond having arrived on Earth.

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* WhamShot:
** The episode ''opens'' with Steven crying in his sleep!
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WhamShot: Blue Diamond having arrived on Earth.

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* CoolStarship: It's revealed the Diamond's personal spaceships are Peridot's Gem Warship taken UpToEleven. Blue Diamond's is a ''gigantic'' blue arm.



* SympathyForTheDevil: Both Steven and Greg feel sorry for Blue Diamond when they discover her crying over the death of Pink Diamond. Greg even tries to comfort her.



* WhamShot: The episode ''opens'' with Steven crying in his sleep!

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* WhamShot: WhamShot:
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The episode ''opens'' with Steven crying in his sleep!sleep!
** Blue Diamond having arrived on Earth.
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* WhamShot: The episode ''opens'' with Steven crying in his sleep!

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* PassThePopcorn: While Steven is lashing out, Amethyst offers Connie popcorn but she doesn't take some.
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* BaitAndSwitch: It turns out the lack of color in Buddy's drawings hid that it was actually Pink Diamond's broken palanquin he came across, not Blue's.

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* AliensStealCattle: Greg and Steven watch a movie about aliens abducting cows. It turns out they needed milk for their cereal planet.



* ChekovsGun: Steven remembers seeing the palanquin in Buddy's journal, allowing him to find its location when the gems refuse to divulge anything.

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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: Steven remembers seeing the palanquin in Buddy's journal, allowing him to find its location when the gems refuse to divulge anything.



** Blue Diamond kidnaps Greg to spare him Earth's destruction via the Cluster, unaware Steven already stopped that.

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** Blue Diamond kidnaps Greg to spare him Earth's destruction via the Cluster, unaware Steven already stopped that.that it's been neutralized.



* LesserOfTwoEvils: Garnet hated not helping Steven, but the alternative involved allowing Blue Diamond to discover the crystal gems.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Before this episode, everyone thought that the Diamonds were incapable of expressing any emotions. Judging by this episode however, that's not the case.

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* LesserOfTwoEvils: Garnet hated not helping Steven, but the alternative involved allowing Blue Diamond to discover the crystal gems.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Before this episode, everyone thought that the Diamonds were incapable of expressing any emotions. Judging by this episode however, that's not the case.
Crystal Gems.



* WhamEpisode: Steven's dreams lead him to Blue Diamond grieveing over Pink Diamond and Greg getting kidnapped by her.

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* TheReveal: The palanquin in Buddy's journal is revealed to belong to Pink Diamond, and is the location where Rose shattered her.
* WhamEpisode: Steven's dreams lead him to Blue Diamond grieveing grieving over Pink Diamond and Greg getting kidnapped by her.

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* TheBusCameBack: Uncle Andy returns to give Steven and Greg a lift to Korea, where the palanquin is.



* TheBusCameBack: Uncle Andy returns to give Steven and Greg a lift to Korea, where the palanquin is.

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* TheBusCameBack: Uncle Andy returns WhamEpisode: Steven's dreams lead him to give Steven Blue Diamond grieveing over Pink Diamond and Greg a lift to Korea, where the palanquin is.getting kidnapped by her.
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* ChekovsGun: Steven remembers seeing the palanquin in Buddy's journal, allowing him to find its location when the gems refuse to divulge anything.


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* LesserOfTwoEvils: Garnet hated not helping Steven, but the alternative involved allowing Blue Diamond to discover the crystal gems.


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* TheBusCameBack: Uncle Andy returns to give Steven and Greg a lift to Korea, where the palanquin is.
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* RageBreakingPoint: At long last, Steven hits his when the Gems refuse to tell him a single thing about the palanquin, and furiously lashes out at all their attempts to keep secrets from him.

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* CryCute: Blue Diamond.

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* CryCute: Blue Diamond.Diamond when she cries over Pink Diamond's death.
* DramaticIrony:
** Blue Diamond bonds with Greg over their mutual feelings of loss. The irony is that Diamond has no idea the one Greg is talking about is the one who killed Pink Diamond.
** Blue Diamond kidnaps Greg to spare him Earth's destruction via the Cluster, unaware Steven already stopped that.
* HeelRealization: Blue Diamond seems to have had a partial one: she acknowledges that humanity don't deserve to die as the Diamonds planned for them to and admits that humanity has impressed her.


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* NotSoDifferent: Greg and Blue Diamond have a moment of this over the deaths of Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond respectively.
* PetTheDog: While she abducts Greg, Blue Diamond only wanted to spare him the Earth's destruction via the Cluster as an act of kindness.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Before this episode, everyone thought that the Diamonds were incapable of expressing any emotions. Judging by this episode however, that's not the case.

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* CryCute: Blue Diamond.
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A strange dream causes Steven to look for answers.
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