History Recap / StevenUniverseS5E16LettersToLars

Steven writes to Lars about the latest news in Beach City.

* RealityEnsues: Steven is a very outgoing person who knows pretty much everyone in Beach City, so he updates Lars on everyone's activities. Lars, on the other hand, was not, and doesn't know who most of these people are.

* BedsheetGhost: Mr. Dewey tries dressing up as a ghost to help with Sadie's band. Buck points out that a bed sheet ghost isn't really that scary, and [[RealityEnsues Sadie is mad Dewey cut holes in her bed sheets for his costume.]]

* TomatoSurprise: The shot of Lars apparently reading Steven's letter stays in very close to obscure Steven's head sticking out of Lars' hair.

* TomatoSurprise: The shot of Lars apparently reading Steven's letter stays in very close so can't see Steven's head is stickout out of Lars' hair.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Played with; Ronaldo assumed Homeworld's abductions were made up--not because they involved aliens, but because he heard it from a government official (Mayor Dewey). He believes ''Steven'' saying the same thing ([[MyGodYouAreSerious as soon as he realizes he's not joking]]). He then complains that Lars got abducted and not him.

** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E5DeweyWins Nanefua has replaced Dewey]] as Beach City’s Mayor and now Dewey is wandering aimlessly throughout town searching for a purpose.
** Pearl has gotten her [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E6LastOneOutOfBeachCity very first cell-phone]] and she clearly is still learning just how it works.
** Greg still has a lot of money even after the events of "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E7DropBeatDad Drop Beat Dad]]", "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E8MrGreg Mr. Greg]]", and "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E15AloneAtSea Alone At Sea]]".

-->'''Kiki:''' ''(delighted)'' Pearl... is this your first cell phone?!\\
'''Pearl:''' ''(smugly)'' Maybe.

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: In a more benign sense; after Nanefua became mayor, the Crystal Gems and people of Beach City work together to make the town safer. Seemingly as a consequence, Gems and humans are interacting much more often.

* BedsheetGhost: Mr. Dewey tries dressing up as a ghost to help with Sadie's band. Buck points out that a bed sheet ghost isn't really that scary, and [[RealityEnsues Sadie is mad Dewey cut holes in ''her'' bed sheets for his costume.]]

* BedsheetGhost: Mr. Dewey tries dressing up as a ghost to help with Sadie's band. Buck points out that a bed sheet ghost isn't really that scary, and Sadie is mad Dewey cut holes in ''her'' bed sheets for his costume.

* ApologyGift: Dewey gives Mr. and Mrs. Barriga a type of donut named in their son's honor, implicitly to apologize for his insensitive remark regarding Lars's kidnapping in "Dewey Wins".

* LampshadeHanging: Lars points out that he ''doesn't know'' a lot of the people Steven is updating him on, giving Peridot as an example. Steven then realizes they really haven't ever met[[labelnote:*]]Lars was in the crowd when Peridot helped run the car wash in "The New Crystal Gems", but even if he remembered what she looked like, he's unlikely to have heard her name.[[/labelnote]], so he should introduce them once Lars gets back.
* LowerDeckEpisode: The episode shows how most of Beach City's been since the events of the season 4 finale.

** Kiki and Pearl's friendship goes back to the Season 1 episode Beach Party.

** Greg still has a lot of money even after the events of Drop Beat Dad, Mr. Greg, and Alone At Sea.

* {{Improv}}: Jamie does one calling it "Beach City Laugh Dogs" with Amethyst, Barb, Mr. Smiley, and Peridot. Dewey tries to make himself part of it.

* HappinessInMinimumWage: Dewey takes going from mayor to donut shopkeep pretty well, as he's happy he still has '''a''' place in Beach City. He also enjoys naming donuts after himself.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Pearl treats her "CELLULAR PHONE" with absolute ''glee'' and importance.

* VignetteEpisode: Shows many different scenes of the people of Beach City (Gems included), with Steven's letter as a FramingDevice.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Played with; Ronaldo assumed Homeworld's abductions were made up--not because they involved aliens, but because he heard it from a government official (Mayor Dewey). He believes ''Steven'' saying the same thing ([[MyGodYouAreSerious as soon as he realizes he's not joking]]).