| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' '''[[Characters/StevenUniverse Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | [[Characters/StevenUniverseCrystalGems Crystal Gems]] ([[Characters/StevenUniverseStevenQuartzUniverse Steven Quartz Universe]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseGarnet Garnet]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseAmethyst Amethyst]] | [[Characters/StevenUniversePearl Pearl]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseRoseQuartz Rose Quartz]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseConnieMaheswaran Connie Maheswaran]] | [[Characters/StevenUniversePeridot Peridot]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseLapisLazuli Lapis Lazuli]]) | [[Characters/StevenUniverseGemFusions Gem Fusions]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseHomeworldGems Homeworld Gems]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseDiamondAuthority Diamond Authority]] ([[Characters/StevenUniverseYellowDiamond Yellow Diamond]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseBlueDiamond Blue Diamond]] | [[Characters/StevenUniversePinkDiamond Pink Diamond]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseWhiteDiamond White Diamond]]) | [[Characters/StevenUniverseYellowDiamondsCourt Yellow Diamond's Court]] ([[Characters/StevenUniverseJasper Jasper]]) | [[Characters/StevenUniverseBlueDiamondsCourt Blue Diamond's Court]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseSpinel Spinel]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseOffColors Off Colors]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseGemMonsters Gem Monsters]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseLittleHomeworld Little Homeworld]] | '''Humans''' ([[Characters/StevenUniverseGregUniverse Greg Universe]]) | [[Characters/StevenUniverseOther Other]]-]]]]] |
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| 4 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/steven_universe_humans.png]] |
| 5 | [[caption-width-right:350: '''Clockwise from left''': [[CreepyChild Onion]], [[MellowFellow Sour Cream]], [[ConspiracyTheorist Ronaldo Fryman]], [[TheDutifulDaughter Kiki Pizza]], [[MsFanservice Jenny Pizza]], [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Peedee Fryman]], [[TheCynic Buck Dewey]], [[BadassNormal Sadie Miller]], [[AllLovingHero Steven Universe]], [[BadassBookworm Connie Maheswaran]]. ]] |
| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | !The Universes/[=DeMayos=] |
| 9 | |
| 10 | [[folder:Greg Universe]] |
| 11 | !!Greg Universe |
| 12 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/greg_pantscut.png]] |
| 13 | ->'''Voiced by:''' [[Radio/TheBestShow Tom Scharpling]]\ |
| 14 | ''"If every pork chop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs."'' |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Greg Universe (formerly Gregory [=DeMayo=]) was a one man band. He didn't have much success, but seemed happy enough in his simple life. Rose Quartz fell in love with him, and they had Steven together, though she had to give up her physical form for her son to be born, as only one living being can be attached to the gem at a time. While Steven lives at the temple with the Gems, Greg lives out of his van as a reminder of his prime and owns Beach City's car wash, It's A Wash. He loves his son dearly, and the two of them hang out quite often, sharing their musical talents. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | ->''For his tropes, see his [[Characters/StevenUniverseGregUniverse page]].'' |
| 19 | [[/folder]] |
| 20 | |
| 21 | [[folder:Steven Quartz Universe]] |
| 22 | !!Steven Quartz Universe |
| 23 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/steven_quartz_universe.png]] |
| 24 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ZachCallison\ |
| 25 | ''"Gems shouldn't fight each other."'' |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Steven is the lovable, half-human and half-Gem boy who is still figuring out how to harness his powers from the gem he inherited from his mother. He's goofy, energetic and optimistic. He takes his role as a Crystal Gem seriously, learning all his lessons, and taking his discipline with good humor when the situation calls for it. He is very much in touch with his emotions, and does not shy away from saying how he feels. He is as impulsive as any other boy his age might be, but counts on his Gem family to keep him safe. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | ->''For his tropes, see his [[Characters/StevenUniverseStevenQuartzUniverse page]].'' |
| 30 | [[/folder]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:Andy [=DeMayo=]]] |
| 33 | !!Andy [=DeMayo=] |
| 34 | [[quoteright:266:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/andy_demayo.png]] |
| 35 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Dave Willis\ |
| 36 | ''"It just doesn't feel fair, everything got so different. I wanted everybody to stay the same, but they– they just didn't."'' |
| 37 | |
| 38 | Greg's long-lost cousin and Steven's uncle (Steven being his first cousin once removed). He shows up one day thinking that a bunch of hippies moved into his barn, but Greg sets him straight. He eventually starts to warm up to the Gems, and especially Steven. |
| 39 | ---- |
| 40 | * AcePilot: Spent much of his life flying and is able to [[CatchAFallingStar maneuver a plane to catch Steven]] after he falls off it. |
| 41 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: Like the rest of Greg's side of the family, [=DeMayo=] is a Sephardic Jewish last name. He also does a fair bit of [[JewishComplaining complaining]] about what he perceives is Greg's lack of effort to preserve family traditions and speaks with an accent that wouldn't be out of place in a Jewish-American community. |
| 42 | * AngerBornOfWorry: Steven tries to jump on Andy's plane while its flying and falls off it. Andy's able to catch, but he's ''furious'' about the stunt. |
| 43 | -->'''Steven''': That was a close one, Uncle Andy! You sure are good at–\ |
| 44 | '''Andy''': Do you have any idea what could have happened to you?! What good are you to me as family if you're– [''Andy turns around with tears in his eyes before relenting''] [[AngerBornOfWorry Sorry. Look I just– I'm just glad you're safe.]] |
| 45 | * AngryWhiteMan: He fills in a lot of boxes towards American Conservatism (or at least a lot of stereotypes surrounding them); he's a stubborn old white guy (AmbiguouslyJewish traits aside) who puts a lot of stock in family values and traditions, doesn't deal with change very well, he listens to AM radio, and he has a knee-jerk opposition to hippies, vegetarianism, socialism, public ownership, and "illegal aliens". |
| 46 | * BigFun: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. A tall and stout man like Greg, Andy is initially shown as a TroubledSympatheticBigot, but proves to be good guy when he acts as a CoolUncle to Steven. |
| 47 | * TheCameo: He is among the nonspeaking guests in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]] at [[spoiler:Sapphire and Ruby's wedding]]. |
| 48 | * CharacterDevelopment: Near the end of "Gem Harvest", Andy decides to embrace the insanity of Beach City life, if it means getting to be a part of Steven and Greg's lives, and generally seems to have mellowed out in each of his appearances afterwards, taking the weirder things he's seen in stride. |
| 49 | * CoolUncle: He's a great pilot who roams around the country, and pretty happy to find out Greg had a kid. And despite technically being Steven's first cousin once removed, he insists Steven call him "Uncle". |
| 50 | * {{Expy}}: |
| 51 | ** May be one of Archie Bunker from ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', given that they are both [[TroubledSympatheticBigot troubled sympathetic bigots]] with strong New York accents. They even look similar when [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/da3594c3cd1675e98418d4c71d4249a5/tumblr_pcpqnsUj7j1ug00gpo1_1280.png Andy doffs his hat]]. |
| 52 | ** His voice actor also uses the exact same voice and accent that he uses for [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Carl Brutananadilewski]]. |
| 53 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 54 | ** To Greg. While Greg is open-minded, even-tempered, forgiving, makes no big deal of change for the most part, and is usually willing to compromise with others, Andy is the exact opposite — judgmental, hot-tempered, willing to hold onto a grudge, staunchly traditionalist, and stubborn-minded. |
| 55 | ** To Bismuth. Bismuth was an old friend who had a falling out with Steven's mother, while Andy is a member of Greg's family who had a falling out with him. Both have have allowed themselves to become bitter and spiteful over said falling out, and ultimately lash out because of it. Whereas Bismuth was a warm, caring person on the outside and a brutal KnightTemplar on the inside, Andy seems like a xenophobic jerk on the outside, but is [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold actually a good-hearted person on the inside.]] Both blame Steven's parent for the falling out despite [[NeverMyFault having just as much if not more fault in the situation]]. The difference is that, unlike Bismuth, Andy is able to ''realize'' his folly and reconcile. Also, while Bismuth tried to kill Steven for refusing to use the Breaking Point and prefers to be "shattered" or at least poofed, Andy saves Steven's life and suffers a JerkassRealization. |
| 56 | ** As of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E18ASinglePaleRose "A Single Pale Rose"]], to [[spoiler:Yellow and Blue Diamond. They are both in a way traditionalists (the Gems actually uphold the strict Gem hierarchy) who end up alienating their loved ones due to being stuck in their ways (his extended family for Andy, Pink Diamond for Yellow and Blue). They also share a nephew/nephew figure in Steven who they both don't initially know of or recognize. The differences so far is that Andy eventually reconciled with his family before it was too late, while Pink Diamond felt so alienated she faked her death and took up a new identity in the hope of bringing some change. Another thing to note is that they both initially didn't recognize Steven as their nephew/a Diamond and had initial hostility towards him — although Andy quickly learned the truth while the Diamonds are still unaware. Also, Andy's reactions to Steven's Gem family (Peridot, Lapis, and later the other Gems) was initially very hostile, while Blue's first meeting with Steven's human family (Greg) was warm as they discussed their shared loses.]] |
| 57 | * GrumpyOldMan: He's a man in his forties or fifties with a great fear of change. |
| 58 | -->'''Andy:''' You're hippies! I heard about you on AM radio! |
| 59 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: While Andy initially comes off as a {{Jerkass}} and bigoted, when he makes a couple of thoughtless remarks trying to guess which of the Gems is Steven's mother, forcing Greg to admit that Rose is [[ExactWords "no longer with us"]], Andy is immediately regretful and apologizes. |
| 60 | * JerkassHasAPoint: While Andy makes a lot of prejudiced comments and is unreasonable about Greg being unable to contact him, he is right that Greg should have told Steven about his [=DeMayo=] roots, especially since Steven didn't even know he had an uncle. Greg looks visibly guilty when Andy calls him out for that. |
| 61 | * JerkassRealization: [[spoiler:He eventually realizes his want of everything staying the same made ''him'' the one who neglected his family rather than the other way around, as he had a plane and could've visited them whenever he wanted.]] |
| 62 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Andy acts like a xenophobic jerk upon introduction, but later proves to have a good heart when given the chance. |
| 63 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Is completely unaware of anything that's happened with Greg over the last twenty years. Ultimately a deconstruction, as he was locking ''himself'' out by not visiting his family despite, you know, having a plane. |
| 64 | * LogicalLatecomer: For the first time in the series, we get to see how a non-Beach City resident who ''doesn't'' know about Steven's heritage and extensive power set react to the kind of situations Steven regularly puts himself into... [[spoiler:and Andy, not the most sympathetic character out of the bunch, does what a responsible human adult would do; immediately rushes to Steven's rescue, and yells and ''cries'' when Steven reacts [[AngstWhatAngst as he usually does to these kinds of situations]]. Looking at the situation from Andy's perspective means realizing just how much danger Steven is put in on a regular basis without proper adult support by a human parental figure (the Gems notwithstanding, and Greg just trying his best despite being a NonActionGuy) and how much Steven has normalized that, despite being a kid.]][[invoked]] |
| 65 | * ManlyTears: He gets these after [[spoiler:plucking Steven out of a mid-air free fall in his vintage biplane. Steven is enthusing to him about how amazing Andy's flying is... only for Andy to cut him off, angry and in tears, because he thought Steven was going to ''die''.]] |
| 66 | * NeverMyFault: He complains that Greg never told him about Steven or anything else. Greg points out he couldn't, as Andy never gave him any way ''to'' contact him. [[spoiler:Andy realizes that this is true in the end, and the same goes for losing touch with the rest of his family — even with them living all across the country, he could have just flown to them.]] |
| 67 | * OldRetainer: He becomes one when his piloting skills come in handy when rescuing Steven: |
| 68 | * PapaWolf: Andy doesn't hesitate to save his nephew from nearly falling to his death. |
| 69 | * PetTheDog: He acts quite sweet and friendly to Steven. |
| 70 | * RealMenEatMeat: {{Implied|Trope}} by the following line from [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E8GemHarvest "Gem Harvest"]] after he notices the lack of meat options at the dinner Steven and friends are planning. |
| 71 | -->''"Ah, don't let them get to ya' Steven. I'll get ya' a pepperoni stick for your birthday."'' |
| 72 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The ill-tempered, loud Manly Man to Greg's thoughtful, forgiving Sensitive Guy. |
| 73 | * StayInTheKitchen: Parodied when he finds Peridot and Lapis in the barn: |
| 74 | -->'''Andy:''' You're hobettes? A hobo is a man's job. |
| 75 | * TookALevelInCheerfulness: Compared to his first appearance, where having a short temper was one of his most notable traits, Andy seems to have mellowed out a lot and become a friendlier person after taking the lesson of that special to heart. |
| 76 | * TroubledSympatheticBigot: Despite his bad temper and conservative leanings, Andy isn't that bad of a guy. He's mostly angry because [[spoiler:his family drifted away after Greg left home, and he lost touch with everyone because he was so set in his ways.]] |
| 77 | * {{Tuckerization}}: He's named after the show's animation director, Nick [=DeMayo=]. |
| 78 | * UncannyFamilyResemblance: Looks like Greg mostly through the eye, nose, and mouth shapes. |
| 79 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: DoubleSubverted — he freaks out when he finds out that the Gems are aliens... because he doesn't like "illegals". Bear in mind, his dialogue makes it very clear that he knows they mean aliens as in "from outer space". Either way, his shocked reaction is more out of anger that his cousin had been living with people who weren't even legally American citizens than anything else, let alone Greg having a ''son'' [[HeroicBastard that was born out of wedlock]] with one of them. |
| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Mr. and Mrs. [=DeMayo=]]] |
| 83 | !!Mr. & Mrs. [=DeMayo=] |
| 84 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suf_greg_parents.png]] |
| 85 | [[caption-width-right:300:Mr. and Mrs. [=DeMayo=] when Greg was a kid.]] |
| 86 | |
| 87 | Greg's parents and Steven's paternal grandparents. They're currently retired, splitting their time between Greg's childhood home in West Keystone and their timeshare on Florida Island. |
| 88 | ---- |
| 89 | * AbusiveParents: [[DownplayedTrope While they were good providers of Greg's basic needs and had him engage in activities]], they were very neglectful of his emotional needs and ambitions. Furthermore, they appeared to have damaged his self-esteem through making him feel everything he did was wrong. They disapproved of his path of music to where they never saw his shows and when he left to chase his path, seemingly cut him out of their life completely. |
| 90 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: Greg remembers them as controlling to the point of making him outright miserable, but Steven distrusts his account, pointing out they still provided a stable life in a beautiful home. However, the only picture we see of them has them standing sternly with Greg's face being a mix of anxiety, dread, and discomfort, suggesting Greg's recollection is more than sour grapes. Furthermore, the fact that they seemingly cut him out of their lives after he went against their wishes to pursue his dreams do not paint them in a good picture ''at all'', especially given he tried to let them know he was okay. |
| 91 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: Like the rest of Steven's paternal family, [=DeMayo=] is a Sephardic Jewish surname, and Mrs. [=DeMayo=]'s implied overbearing nature is evocative of the archetypal JewishMother. That they live part of the time on Florida Island also plays into the common stereotype of older Jewish people retiring to the real state of Florida. |
| 92 | * ControlFreak: They dictated seemingly every moment of Greg's life growing up, including all his activities, how he cut his hair, and everything that he ate. Even a rock CD was something he had to hide in his vent so he could listen to it. |
| 93 | -->'''Greg:''' Steven, I couldn't do ''anything'' growing up. Everything I liked or wore or wanted was always wrong! |
| 94 | * EducationMama: They made Greg take a bunch of extracurricular activities he had no interest in whatsoever, including wrestling and mathletes. |
| 95 | * FantasyForbiddingFather: Greg's parents never supported his musical ambitions, to the point of never even attending any of his shows. |
| 96 | * {{Foil}}: Although they're strict and planned their child's life out much like Connie's parents, they're shown to be much harsher in several ways; Doug and Priyanka respect their child enough to let her choose her own interests, and they listen to her complaints about them being overbearing, while Greg's parents never cared what he thought he should spend his time doing, and when he rebelled, they cut him out of their life, to the point that they never even opened the letters Greg sent them. |
| 97 | * TheGhost: They're out of town when Greg and Steven visit (i.e. break into) their house, and are only seen in a few photographs that are probably about thirty years old. |
| 98 | * IHaveNoSon: Steven finds a stack of letters in their home from Greg after he moved to Beach City. Steven notes they are all unopened, and if Greg's lack of mention of them means anything, they cut all ties with him after he dropped out of college. |
| 99 | * JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:While it was clearly damaging to Greg that they never supported his musical endeavors, the fact that he was a less than popular singer with little fame to his name and lack of a proper source of income to provide for Steven growing up shows that they weren't in the wrong to dictate how his life was turning out, especially since his decision to raise his son with near limitless freedom gave Steven no structure or direction growing up.]] |
| 100 | * LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Greg never talked about them, even when he and Andy reunited. Given the implications of their falling out and how they never responded to his messages, it's little wonder he never speaks of them. The fact ''Andy'' never brought it up (only mentioning to Steven that Greg's father was one the first family members he lost contact with) implies that he was aware that their relationship was... unpleasant. |
| 101 | * LikeFatherUnlikeSon: From Greg's description, they're an obvious contrast to Greg's {{Open Minded Parent}}ing. |
| 102 | * PrimAndProperBun: Mrs. [=DeMayo=] wears one in an old photo, befitting her stern nature. |
| 103 | * ScaryShinyGlasses: Both pictures of Mr. [=DeMayo=] have his eyes obscured by light reflected on his glasses, which makes him look more intimidating. |
| 104 | * TheStoic: Possibly; the pictures of both have them with stern expressions, while Greg in one of them just looks utterly uncomfortable. |
| 105 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: The father has the same nose and eyebrows as his son and grandson, while the mother shares their facial structure. |
| 106 | * UnnamedParent: Greg never mentions their names, and even his letters to them are just addressed to "Mr. & Mrs. [=DeMayo=]". |
| 107 | [[/folder]] |
| 108 | |
| 109 | !The Big Donut |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:Lars Barriga]] |
| 112 | !!Laramie "Lars" Barriga |
| 113 | [[quoteright:152:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lars_work_uniform_4.png]] |
| 114 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewMoy, Creator/MasonCook (young)\ |
| 115 | ''"Ugh, Steven! Who do you think has to clean up this mess? Sadie, clean up this mess."'' |
| 116 | |
| 117 | Lars is a slacker who works at Steven's favorite snack shop, the Big Donut. He is a sullen, angry teen, overly concerned with being thought of as cool, and disdaining anything he sees as uncool. |
| 118 | |
| 119 | ->''For his tropes, see [[Characters/StevenUniverseOffColors page]] (contains spoilers!).'' |
| 120 | [[/folder]] |
| 121 | |
| 122 | [[folder:Sadie Miller (spoilers for Season 5!)]] |
| 123 | !!Sadie Miller |
| 124 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stylin_sadie.png]] |
| 125 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here for her appearance in the movie]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sadie_movie_outfit.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 126 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here for her appearance in ''Steven Universe Future'']] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sadie_little_graduation_with_scar.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 127 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KateMicucci\ |
| 128 | "When stuff gets hairy, I just keep my eyes forward, you know?" |
| 129 | |
| 130 | |
| 131 | |
| 132 | Sadie was a clerk at the Big Donut. She's supportive of Steven's adventures, if weirded out by the other Gems, and had a crush on Lars. Eventually, after Lars' AlienAbduction, the stress of working alone really got to her, leading her to quit her job and join the Cool Kids in a band known as "Sadie Killer and the Suspects". They toured for two and a half years --along the way Sadie met Shep and began a relationship with them-- before the band decided to part ways, with Sadie staying in the music business and becoming a musical duo with Shep. |
| 133 | ---- |
| 134 | * ActionGirl: She took down a giant, invisible Gem monster by herself, while already injured and armed with nothing but a crude wooden fish spear. |
| 135 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Sadie has a huge crush on the grumpy, [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]], [[TheSlacker lazy]], and [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] [[BelligerentSexualTension Lars]]. However, she has her limits over how much of Lars' jerkiness she can take and believes he's actually [[HiddenHeartOfGold a nice person underneath his apparently unpleasant personality]] (which may be true given Lars' spotlight episodes). However, it gets {{deconstructed|Trope}} in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E10TheNewLars "The New Lars"]] — while Sadie may have a crush on him, his negative traits make it hard for her to know if he genuinely cares for her or just wants to be with her when he wants to. [[spoiler:Subverted as of [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E9LittleGraduation "Little Graduation"]], where it's revealed that she and Lars couldn't make a full relationship work, with Sadie instead becoming a couple with Shep, who by all accounts seems to be a friendly and mellow person.]] |
| 136 | * AmbiguouslyBi: While never outright said in the show, Sadie has shown some kind of attraction to males (like Lars), intersex (like Stevonnie), and eventually starts a relationship with a non-binary person (like Shep). Sadie could also qualify for being poly or pansexual. |
| 137 | * ArtEvolution: Like many characters with a wide body and chin, Sadie [[NoNeckChump is drawn with no neck]] for most of the series. However, her final appearance in "Little Graduation" has her neck consistently drawn and plainly visible. |
| 138 | * AuthorAvatar: Rebecca Sugar stated that Sadie is based off what Rebecca was like during her time at college. |
| 139 | * BadassNormal: She's the first full human shown to have beaten a corrupted Gem by herself, and with a handmade wooden spear no less. Even when completely unarmed, she manages to break out of the grip of an enormous Homeworld Gem by ''biting her''. |
| 140 | * TheBartender: The donut shop is very near to the Gem temple, so Sadie is often the first to see Steven's latest power manifestations. She usually takes them in stride, and he knows he can confide in her. However, the first verse of "Disobedient" implies Sadie was sick of a bunch of ''other'' customers dumping their problems on her and expecting her to take their side. |
| 141 | * BelligerentSexualTension: What Sadie and Lars' bickering amounts to from Steven's point of view. |
| 142 | ** This gets {{deconstructed|Trope}} as the show reveals how dysfunctional their relationship is. Sadie and Lars ''do'' have feelings for each other, but Lars is too insecure to admit that he likes her and compensates by acting like a jerk to her (at least in public), prompting her to either respond in kind or with misguided attempts to change him that only make them argue more. We later see that this dynamic really hurts Sadie and leaves her uncertain if Lars actually cares about her or not; to the point that when Steven!Lars tells her he loves her in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E10TheNewLars "The New Lars"]], she assumes it's just Lars trying to hurt her again. |
| 143 | * BetterAsFriends: [[spoiler:"Little Graduation" reveals that she and Lars tried getting together multiple times after his return from space, but just couldn't make it work. They stay on friendly terms, however, with Lars being accepting of Sadie's new partner Shep.]] |
| 144 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Sadie is a friendly and helpful person. She was also able to take down a gorilla-sized corrupted Gem and can be ''scary'' when angered (i.e., her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Lars). |
| 145 | * BigBeautifulWoman: Sadie is a chubby young woman and is quite cute and sweet. |
| 146 | * BigFun: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She's chubby and is on the reserved, introverted side, but is quite friendly and willing to help others. |
| 147 | * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The friendly and nurturing Gentle Girl to Lars' grumpy and extremely insecure Brooding Boy. |
| 148 | * BurgerFool: She becomes extremely dissatisfied with her job after Lars gets abducted by Homeworld Gems and she has to take over all his shifts at the Big Donut. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E9SadieKiller "Sadie Killer"]] she finally becomes fed up with it and leaves to join a band with Buck, Jenny, Sour Cream, and Steven. |
| 149 | * CallingTheOldWomanOut: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E20SadiesSong "Sadie's Song"]], Sadie breaks down and finally tells to her mom how much she hates how Barb goes overboards on whatever Sadie shows an interest in, never considering how she feels or letting her do things her way. |
| 150 | * CharacterDevelopment: |
| 151 | ** By [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E22TheGoodLars "The Good Lars"]], Sadie comes to understand that she can't force Lars to be happy (like what she did in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E30IslandAdventure "Island Adventure"]]) and instead focuses on her life instead of trying to help with Lars' problems. |
| 152 | ** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E20SadiesSong "Sadie's Song"]], she was ''very'' [[PerformanceAnxiety nervous]] over performing to an audience, though it's mostly from her mother unintentionally pressuring her. By [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E14TheBigShow "The Big Show"]], she can sing in front of an audience with little nervousness. |
| 153 | * ClingyJealousGirl: Sadie became very upset with Lars when she caught him hanging out with Jenny and the Cool Kids, ''after'' lying to her to get out of work. |
| 154 | * ConsistentClothingStyle: Sadie's outfits usually include a pair of dark grey jeans and red shoes. |
| 155 | * CoolBigSis: Acts like one to Steven, showing a lot of patience with his antics and likes hanging out with him after work. |
| 156 | * CuteBruiser: She's quite a cutie and can handle herself in action-packed moments. |
| 157 | * DamselOutOfDistress: With one of the Topazes kidnapping her and Lars running away in fear, Sadie opts to break free by biting the Gem's hand. |
| 158 | * ADayInTheLimelight: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E21JokingVictim "Joking Victim"]], [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E30IslandAdventure "Island Adventure"]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E20SadiesSong "Sadie's Song"]]. Particularly "Sadie's Song", the first one that doesn't heavily involve her crush on Lars and her only major role in Season 2. Much later on, [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E9SadieKiller "Sadie Killer"]], [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E14TheBigShow "The Big Show"]], and [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E9LittleGraduation "Little Graduation"]] join the list. |
| 159 | * DoggedNiceGirl: {{Downplayed|Trope}} and {{deconstructed|Trope}}. For the former, Lars ''does'' like her back in the same way she does, but is too insecure and selfish to actually admit it. And for the latter, it's because of his constant change in attitude, which is usually being a sour jerk, that has Sadie wondering if he even cares about her at all. [[spoiler:In "Little Graduation", it's revealed that they did attempt to pursue a relationship but ultimately couldn't make it work out.]] |
| 160 | * DudeMagnet: Her BelligerentSexualTension with Lars notwithstanding, her interest in his rare horror film gained her the favor of [[ConspiracyTheorist Ronaldo]]. [[spoiler:Her appeal doesn't just apply to men, either; by ''Future'', Sadie is in a happy relationship with Shep, who is nonbinary]]. |
| 161 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After a long series of ups and downs with Lars, Sadie begins a touring life on the road with Shep, as of [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E9LittleGraduation “Little Graduation”]]]]. |
| 162 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Sadie sported blonde, shoulder-length hair that remained relatively unchanged for almost the entire original series. In the very last episode, we see she dyed her hair green for her on-stage performance while Steven was away, which she refines in the movie to dyed ends with her hair tied behind her ears. By the time of [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E9LittleGraduation “Little Graduation”]], [[spoiler:after her band breaks up and Sadie starts dating Shep]], she has returned her hair to its natural blonde color and now wears it in a ponytail. |
| 163 | * FatAndSkinny: The chubby Fat to Lars' lean Skinny. |
| 164 | %%* FriendToAllLivingThings: {{Implied|Trope}}. One of Steven's cat fingers took a liking to her. |
| 165 | * GiftForAnOutgrownInterest: Sadie's mother is well-meaning but goes overboard for Sadie's interests. According to Sadie, she mentioned [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten one time]] that it might be fun to try softball, and even though years have passed and she no longer plays, she still gets softball gear for her birthday. |
| 166 | * GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E20SadiesSong "Sadie's Song"]], she's shown to have a veritable mountain of plush toys in her bedroom. [[SubvertedTrope She doesn't seem to actually like them]], but they're all gifts from her mom so she just doesn't want to get rid of them. |
| 167 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: After getting attacked by a big fish while she, Steven and Lars were walking on the beach in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E30IslandAdventure "Island Adventure"]], Sadie sports a tiny scar under her left eye. |
| 168 | * GrewASpine: Sadie gradually gets more willing to stick up for herself, first to her mother, then Lars, and ends up quitting her job once she realizes she wasn't getting anything from it. By the movie, she's written a song that's basically making fun of herself for being such a pushover. |
| 169 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Sadie is blonde, and is much nicer to Steven than Lars is. |
| 170 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 171 | ** It turns out that she ''loves'' horror movies. |
| 172 | ** Starting in Season 5, she becomes the lead singer/songwriter for a band with Buck, Jenny, Sour Cream, and Steven. |
| 173 | * HopelessSuitor: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. While it's clear in some moments that Lars has feelings for Sadie, his [[ItsAllAboutMe selfishness]] causes their relationship to suffer. There's also how her trapping both of them and Steven on an island just to get closer to Lars would [[JerkassHasAPoint understandably upset him]], which made their already strained relationship even more so. And even with all that, she clearly cares more about Lars than he cares about her, much to her chagrin. Emphasis on "clearly". [[spoiler:The two of them come to the realization sometime before "Little Graduation" that they're ultimately incompatible despite their best efforts, and they split things off completely on amicable terms.]] |
| 174 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: She's much shorter than Lars. In fact, despite being in her late teens, she's barely any taller than Steven. [[spoiler:By ''Future'', her partner Shep (who is non-binary rather than male) is about as tall as Lars and generally bigger.]] |
| 175 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Sadie becomes greatly upset with Lars about lying to her in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E21JokingVictim "Joking Victim"]], but tries to justify her lying to him in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E30IslandAdventure "Island Adventure"]]. |
| 176 | * HypocriteHasAPoint: In spite of how hypocritical it was of her to lie to Lars in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E30IslandAdventure "Island Adventure"]], she was not entirely wrong in that Lars needed the experience as it did help him open up to her more. |
| 177 | * ICanChangeMyBeloved: {{Implied|Trope}} and {{deconstructed|Trope}}. For the former, it's not stated outright, but in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E30IslandAdventure "Island Adventure"]] she exasperatedly and angrily asks Lars why he won't let her help him, implying she wants to make him a better person; it's further implied in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E22TheGoodLars "The Good Lars"]] when she admits she wishes she could force him to be happy. As for the latter, no matter your intentions, you can't force someone to be happy or change their ways, doing so would only make things worse. |
| 178 | * InSeriesNickname: Very few people in Beach City actually know Sadie's name, even her regular customers, so they tend to just call her "Donut Girl". |
| 179 | * {{Irony}}: Initially, Sadie wasn't all that interested in befriending the Cool Kids, and they barely knew her, unlike Lars who desperately wanted to be their friend and was acquainted with them. By season 5, Sadie has become closer friends with any of them than Lars was. |
| 180 | -->'''Sadie:''' [Lars] wants to be in with them so much. It's funny. I never thought ''I'd'' be the one hanging out with them. |
| 181 | * LargeHam: Becomes one when singing with Steven and the Cool Kids. |
| 182 | * LoveHurts: |
| 183 | ** Breaks into tears when she sees that Lars ditched his job to spend time with Jenny and the other kids. Steven thinks she's just upset that he lied, but what makes her more upset is that she thinks that Lars is interested in Jenny. |
| 184 | ** It hurts to the point that when a Steven-possessed Lars tells her he loves her, she refuses to believe it and instead believes he's just trying to hurt her. |
| 185 | ** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E24IAmMyMom "I Am My Mom"]], Sadie is left ''[[DisappointedInYou visibly]]'' distraught over Lars abandoning her when she was subdued by Topaz. |
| 186 | * LoveMartyr: Her feelings for Lars keep them together (in and out of work), despite him constantly leaving her to pick up his slack and only connecting emotionally when it's convenient for him. She still has her limits [[TheDogBitesBack before pushing back]], though. [[spoiler:Though Lars does become a much nicer person upon returning to Earth, the two of them ultimately realize that they're not compatible with each other.]] |
| 187 | * MeaningfulName: A "miller" is someone who grinds wheat into flour, which is what the donuts Sadie sells are made of. |
| 188 | * MoralityPet: At the start of the show, Sadie is the rare person Lars thinks of highly (and not in a [[LovingAShadow deluded]] way like with the Cool Kids or Tiger Millionaire), though Lars tends to express this a backhand manner ("Sadie– ''you're'' not an idiot!"). [[KickTheMoralityPet That said]], this doesn't keep Lars from [[AllTakeAndNoGive taking a lot more than he gives]], both in terms of work and emotionally, or putting his reputation with others ahead of her well-being. |
| 189 | * NiceGirl: Sadie's usual attitude is very warm and friendly, and she is generally very patient when it comes to putting up with Lars. |
| 190 | * NightmareFetishist: She loves horror movies and she was able to improvise lyrics to a zombie-themed song on the spot, even slipping into an impromptu zombie costume in the process. |
| 191 | * NotSoAboveItAll: While Sadie is genuinely nice, she can do very flawed actions. |
| 192 | * OnlyFriend: Sadie was Lars' only known friend at the start of the series, barring Steven's one-sided admiration of him. And though Lars started hanging out with Buck, Jenny, and Sour Cream early on, they didn't know him remotely as well as Sadie. |
| 193 | * OutOfFocus: Between the second and third seasons, Sadie has major roles in two episodes, but otherwise only makes three speaking appearances. |
| 194 | * PerformanceAnxiety: Struggles with this in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E20SadiesSong "Sadie's Song"]] after Steven talks her into performing in Beach-a-Palooza. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E9SadieKiller "Sadie Killer"]] has her beginning to overcome it as she joins a band as lead singer/songwriter with Buck, Jenny, Sour Cream, and Steven. |
| 195 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite being a short teenager, Sadie can take on and ''win'' against a corrupted Gem. |
| 196 | * PluckyGirl: She is always friendly to Steven and does her job with great enthusiasm. |
| 197 | %%* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Usually give these to Lars in regards to his selfish behavior and only hanging around her when he feels like it. |
| 198 | * ScarsAreForever: Has a scar on her cheek ever since the events of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E30IslandAdventure "Island Adventure"]], which remains just as visible as ever five years later. |
| 199 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Quits her job at the Big Donut to become the frontwoman of a band with Jenny, Buck, Sour Cream, and Steven at the end of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E9SadieKiller "Sadie Killer"]]. |
| 200 | * ShipperOnDeck: Chastised Lars for embarrassing Steven in front of Connie in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E7BubbleBuddies "Bubble Buddies"]]. |
| 201 | * ShoutOut: She's named after a character from the Jules Feiffer book ''A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears''. %%The Polygon Show, "Live With Steven Universe" |
| 202 | * ShrinkingViolet: Sadie is far from a recluse — she does work in customer services — but is generally soft-spoken, spends most of the series with Steven and Lars as her only close friends, and initially very unconfident about performing in public. |
| 203 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: An example in which the person in question in nonbinary. [[spoiler:By ''Future'', Sadie has decided that she and Lars are BetterAsFriends. Now, she's dating Shep, who is more friendly, thoughtful, and respectful to Sadie than Lars was at the start]]. |
| 204 | * StoutStrength: She's noticeably chubby, and also one of the strongest humans on the show. She can easily overpower Lars, and even stagger a Gem Monster with her bare hands. We find out later that she was active in sports when she was younger. |
| 205 | * StraightMan: More sensible and down to earth than Steven or Lars. |
| 206 | * SweetAndSourGrapes: By [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E22TheGoodLars "The Good Lars"]], Sadie accepts that she can't [[ICanChangeMyBeloved make Lars happy]], and she should focus on her own issues first. Shortly thereafter, Lars' experience with Steven inspire him to be a more open person. |
| 207 | %%* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: At the end of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E9SadieKiller "Sadie Killer"]]. |
| 208 | %%--> '''Sadie:''' And I can come to practice, and I can come to the next show, and the show after that!\ |
| 209 | %%'''Steven:''' But Sadie, don't you have work?\ |
| 210 | %%'''Sadie:''' Hah! ''[takes off her work uniform]'' '''I ''QUIT!''''' |
| 211 | * TheUnapologetic: In "Joking Victim", after everything is resolved, Sadie refuses to apologize to Lars for her prank. |
| 212 | * TookALevelInCynic: When Lars is abducted by Topaz and Aquamarine, she becomes the only employee of the Big Donut. The near-constant shifts and soul-crushing tedium [[CynicismCatalyst causes her to become much more negative and irritable than usual]]. |
| 213 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E21JokingVictim "Joking Victim"]], she fondly recalls Lars giving her a bag of oyster crackers and is seen eating some later on her break. |
| 214 | * {{Transplant}}: Sadie and Lars were both characters created for comics Rebecca Sugar drew in college before being reused for ''Steven Universe''. The main difference was that they were college students instead of [[VagueAge apparently high-school aged]] coworkers. |
| 215 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Lars can be a {{jerkass}} to her, but if you hurt him, then Sadie will hurt you. In fact, she once defeated what would equal a grown ''gorilla'' to protect him. |
| 216 | * WillTheyOrWontThey: It's pretty clear that she and Lars have a BelligerentSexualTension but their romance is hindered because of Sadie's need to change Lars and the facts that Lars is [[AllTakeAndNoGive selfish]] in their relationship. [[spoiler:''Future'' shows that they ultimately don't as they did try but it didn't work out and decided they were BetterAsFriends. In fact, Sadie is now in a relationship with her band partner, Shep]]. |
| 217 | * WomanScorned: When Steven suggests they prank Lars by putting a little fire salt in his doughnut in retaliation for his lying, she stops him at first, questioning whether or not pranking for revenge would make her sink to his level. When Lars walks in pulling the same lie to skip more work moments later, she grows quiet and dumps the entire container into the pastry, causing Lars to breathe actual fire from the spiciness. |
| 218 | [[/folder]] |
| 219 | |
| 220 | !Beach Citywalk Fries |
| 221 | |
| 222 | [[folder:Mr. Fryman]] |
| 223 | !!Mr. Fryman |
| 224 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_fryman.png]] |
| 225 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Billy Merritt |
| 226 | |
| 227 | Frycook and owner of Beach Citywalk Fries. |
| 228 | ---- |
| 229 | * AnimeHair: His blond hair looks like [[AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance a stack of fries]]. One would think that it is part of his hat until he takes his hat off and reveals otherwise. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E12RestaurantWars "Restaurant Wars"]] shows he doesn't seem to realize this, as when Steven brings it up he doesn't understand what Steven's talking about. |
| 230 | * ArtEvolution: For his first couple appearances, Mr. Fryman's ears were not drawn while he was wearing his hat — even though his visor does not cover them completely. They would be drawn normally afterward. |
| 231 | * BigOlEyebrows: Has thick eyebrows, unlike his sons. |
| 232 | * ButtMonkey: He gets his sign ripped off by strong gusts, his car crushed by Red Eye debris, and his restaurant attacked by its own mascot. |
| 233 | * EnemyMine: The reason why the last Restaurant War between him and Kofi Pizza ended. |
| 234 | * HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: His last name is Fryman, and he owns and operates a restaurant that seemingly exclusively serves variations on french fries. [[FamilyBusiness The same goes for his sons.]] |
| 235 | * ImprobableHairstyle: How does his hair stay up like that even without his visor? |
| 236 | * NiceGuy: Always indulges Steven's love for fry bits even if he's exasperated by it, and he was the first to see if Greg and Steven were okay after their car swerved off the road in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E48TheReturn "The Return"]]. |
| 237 | * ParentalObliviousness: Until the end of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E5Frybo "Frybo"]], Fryman seemed ignorant of Peedee's depression and hatred of wearing the Frybo costume. He also [[ThereAreNoTherapists doesn't seem to have done anything]] about Ronaldo's borderline-psychotic behavior. |
| 238 | * ParentsAsPeople: While he does love his sons, Fryman ''expects'' them to want to follow in his footsteps and reacts negatively when they don't. |
| 239 | * UnnamedParent: He's only referred to as Mr. Fryman. Even Kofi only [[LastNameBasis calls him "Fryman"]], despite Fryman calling Kofi by his first name. |
| 240 | * WackyParentSeriousChild: Downplayed with Peedee. Fryman has a case of ParentalObliviousness and Peedee has to be the adult at times, but the former isn't overtly silly. |
| 241 | [[/folder]] |
| 242 | |
| 243 | [[folder:Peedee Fryman]] |
| 244 | !!Peedee Fryman |
| 245 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peedee_fryman.png]] |
| 246 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtticusShaffer\ |
| 247 | '''Peedee:''' You pick up a job to buy a house or raise your kids or [[FreudianSlip impress your dad]]. You work away your life and what does it get you?\ |
| 248 | '''[[WideEyedIdealist Steven]]:''' Smiles on faces?\ |
| 249 | '''Peedee:''' No. You get cash. Cash that can't buy back what the job takes. |
| 250 | |
| 251 | Fryman's younger son. Tends to have a gloomy but pragmatic outlook on life. |
| 252 | ---- |
| 253 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: Appears to be somewhere between eleven and thirteen years old, yet is already cynical about work and the nature of a job. |
| 254 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: His blond dreadlocks look like potato wedges. |
| 255 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: {{Inverted|Trope}}. While he may be the youngest of his family, he is also the most responsible and level-headed. Basically, he acts as the adult for his own father and ''older'' brother. |
| 256 | * BigBrotherWorship: Peedee is dearly devoted to his older brother, and while he doesn't necessarily believe in Ronaldo's conspiratorial theories, he indulges his interest in order to ensure he stays happy. When he helps Ronaldo interrogate a snake-person (really Steven in disguise), he breaks down when Ronaldo suggests that Peedee might have to "take [Ronaldo] out" should he become infected with "amphibinoids". When Ronaldo's theories about the snake-people are disproved, he is emotionally devastated. Upon seeing this, Peedee quickly leads Ronaldo in a new direction with his research, revitalizing his brother's spirit. |
| 257 | * BurgerFool: His job consists mostly of playing [[BadJobWorseUniform Frybo, the Beach City Fries mascot]]. He hates every minute of it. By [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E6CatFingers "Cat Fingers"]] he's been promoted to working the fryer and/or taking orders, which he seems to consider a more dignified position. |
| 258 | * CharacterTics: He tends to clench his shirt in his hands when nervous or worried. |
| 259 | * ChildishToothGap: {{Inverted|Trope}}. While Peedee does have a slight gap in his teeth, he's also a cynical AdorablyPrecociousChild who is more responsible than his older brother. |
| 260 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To his brother. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E31KeepBeachCityWeird "Keep Beach City Weird"]] suggests he knows how bizarre his behavior is. |
| 261 | * TheCynic: Working for his father caused Peedee to develop a cynical outlook on life. Just see the character quotation above. |
| 262 | * TheDutifulSon: Peedee is the responsible son of Fryman. Unlike Ronaldo, he doesn't shirk his duties at the store. |
| 263 | * TheEeyore: His job has left him sad and cynical. After he reconciles with his dad and moves to a more dignified post, he seems considerably better adjusted. |
| 264 | * FamilyThemeNaming: His name is a play on Speedee, the [[AbandonedMascot original mascot]] of [=McDonald's=]. |
| 265 | * {{Foil}}: To Steven. He's the first child around Steven's age introduced, they both come from families where a lot of responsibility is placed on them, and they both have {{Missing Mom}}s. However, Peedee's cynical world-weariness exactly mirrors Steven's boundless energy and optimism. |
| 266 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: He's much more responsible than his older brother Ronaldo. Even Fryman says as much, acknowledging that Peedee will do fine during a power outage but doesn't think the same of Ronaldo. [[NotSoAboveItAll However]], Peedee is also convinced of Ronaldo's "snake people" theory by Steven's terrible costume in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E31KeepBeachCityWeird "Keep Beach City Weird"]], either because he's that gullible or because he desperately wanted his brother to be right so he'd stop being so depressed. He also takes his job so seriously that his dad needs to drag him away from the stand while the town is being evacuated. |
| 267 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: He wishes he could be a kid like everyone else, but, for a long period, his desire for his father's approval kept him from being able to fully enjoy his childhood. |
| 268 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUtwDspj3bk Peedee's Blues]]". |
| 269 | * MatureYoungerSibling: Peedee is a {{Workaholic}} who has a rather pessimistic outlook on life, as opposed to his older brother Ronaldo, who has a lot of energy to spare and [[TheSlacker doesn't really care about working]]. |
| 270 | * NeatFreak: Peedee was tasked with cleaning some condiment bottles twice, but cleans them ''three'' times because "odd numbers just feel cleaner". |
| 271 | * NiceGuy: In spite of his cynical outlook on life, Peedee is a responsible and trustworthy person. |
| 272 | * OutOfFocus: In comparison to the other human characters, Peedee isn't seen very often past his debut, and when he does have lines, it's usually near/in relation to his job as a fry cook or as accessory to Ronaldo's antics. |
| 273 | * RankUp: Between [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E5Frybo "Frybo"]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E6CatFingers "Cat Fingers"]], he graduates from mascot to working the deep fryer. |
| 274 | * ToothyIssue: Peedee is missing an upper tooth. |
| 275 | * WackyParentSeriousChild: Downplayed. Fryman is a flawed parent but isn't silly or irresponsible but Peedee sometimes act like the adult between them and Ronaldo. |
| 276 | * WellDoneSonGuy: He clearly wants to be seen as a valuable member of his dad's business. He succeeds when his dad realizes how much his son hates being a mascot. |
| 277 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: Peedee may be a young kid but he's got an old soul, which leads to moments of profound contemplation. |
| 278 | * {{Workaholic}}: Whatever the weather, Peedee seems to ''always'' be working. He's so devoted to the Beach Citywalk Fries that his father has to literally pull him away from the restaurant during an alien invasion in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E48TheReturn "The Return"]] and even the town being destroyed in the movie. |
| 279 | [[/folder]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[folder:Ronaldo Fryman]] |
| 282 | !!Ronaldo Fryman |
| 283 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ronaldo_fryman.png]] |
| 284 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Zach Steel, Braden Fitzgerald (young)\ |
| 285 | ''"Don't get hung up on these minor 'facts'. Truth is about more than that, truth is a feeling in your gut that you know is true! Truth is searching for anything that proves you're right no matter how small, and holding on to that, no matter what."'' |
| 286 | |
| 287 | Fryman's elder son, and Peedee's older brother. He runs a blog, called "Blog/KeepBeachCityWeird", about the strange happenings around Beach City. He seems to be obsessed with the supernatural, to the exclusion of pretty much all else. |
| 288 | ---- |
| 289 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Is apparently held in low regard around Beach City, with Lars' line during their childhood flashback being an indicator that he's always been the subject of mockery. |
| 290 | -->'''Young Ronaldo:''' Why do you care so much what other people think!?\ |
| 291 | '''Young Lars:''' You wouldn't say that if you knew what other people say about ''you!'' |
| 292 | * AgentMulder: Parodied; Ronaldo is a firm believer in the supernatural in a world affected by magic aliens. Problem is he's almost always wrong about which parts are supernatural, or in what way if they are. |
| 293 | * AntiVillain: Ronaldo has a tendency to [[ItsAllAboutMe only think about himself]], can be a {{Jerkass}} on occasion, and some of his endeavors to search for "the truth" have put either himself or others in harm's way. However, a few of his episodes point out that he does this because he wants to feel important, and after Steven calls him out on the former two, he realizes how much of a jerk he can be, and promises to work on it. |
| 294 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Has fry-like hair like his dad and brother, though his are more reminiscent of curly fries. In ''Blog/KeepBeachCityWeird'', he even calls them "frylocks". |
| 295 | * AttentionWhore: When sentient watermelon people start attacking him, he's less concerned with his own safety than [[SocialMediaBeforeReason getting it on video for his livestream]]. |
| 296 | * BirdsOfAFeather: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E12RestaurantWars "Restaurant Wars"]] shows that he and his girlfriend, Jane, are both anime-loving, overly dramatic people. |
| 297 | * ButtMonkey: Out of everyone in Beach City, Ronaldo seems most prone to misfortune. |
| 298 | * CharacterBlog: ''Blog/KeepBeachCityWeird''. |
| 299 | * CharacterDevelopment: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E17Rocknaldo "Rocknaldo"]] takes all of his negative traits and puts them on full display, then calls him out on them. By the end of the episode, he's a more considerate individual [[spoiler:who has decided to help out the Crystal Gems by handing out pamphlets informing people about how they can help and get along. He asks Steven how he feels about putting in some personal info, and when Steven refuses, [[TookALevelInKindness he doesn't push it]].]] |
| 300 | * ChekhovsGunman: Appeared in the background in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E5Frybo "Frybo"]] before his first speaking role in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E6CatFingers "Cat Fingers"]]. In a meta example, his blog was started several weeks before the show actually began to air. |
| 301 | * ChildishOlderSibling: Ronaldo slacks off at work, constantly pursues conspiracy theories that nobody else takes seriously, and can generally be very temperamental and egotistical. His younger brother, Peedee, on the other hand, is much more responsible and levelheaded. Despite all this, [[BigBrotherWorship Peedee actually has a pretty high opinion of his older brother]]. |
| 302 | * {{Chuunibyou}}: A rare western example — his paranormal investigator and conspiracy theorist habits, as well as his delusions that only he can see the strange and mystical things around him (while ironically misattributing Gem business to wholly legendary phenomena), make him a fairly clear-cut example of the "Evil Eye" variant. He even goes so far as to adopt a Gemsona in order to try and join the Crystal Gems. |
| 303 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's a bit... odd, even by Beach City's standards. Case in point; the first thing he assumes when Steven buys a pizza for two is that ''[[MisterSeahorse he's pregnant]]''. Taken up to eleven in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E31KeepBeachCityWeird "Keep Beach City Weird"]], where he almost kills Steven under the belief that [[ItMakesSenseInContext he's a snake person]]. |
| 304 | * ConspiracyTheorist: He seems to be the only person in town who actually pays attention to the weird stuff going on, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint but he also thinks they're caused by things like]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot vampire spaceships from the 1960s]]. Also deconstructed in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E31KeepBeachCityWeird "Keep Beach City Weird"]], which shows his beliefs as actually being dangerous to himself and those around him, not to mention that he's mainly a conspiracy theorist so he can feel like he's special. He gets depressed when Steven points out that he and the Gems are responsible for all of it, and Steven and Peedee end up trying to get him back on the wagon just to get him back to normal. At the end of said episode, he comes to the conclusion that all these things were caused by polymorphic sentient rocks, ignorant of the fact that he's technically described the Gems. The thing is that he seems to be a competent investigator... but the Gems have been around so long that everyone's used to them and they're considered a normal part of Beach City, so his pathological need to discover things that are "weird" makes him blind to considering them as the cause of any problems. |
| 305 | * TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Among his dozens of rambling theories, a few turn out to be shockingly accurate: |
| 306 | ** He correctly realizes that most of the supernatural dangers to Beach City are a result of the Gems living there (even if he misses the larger point that they're protecting the earth as a whole)... though this one isn't ''that'' hard to figure out. |
| 307 | ** He expresses a fear of a "Diamond Authority" of polymorphic sentient rocks hollowing out the Earth to drain its resources. 6000 years ago, the Homeworld Gems (whose leaders are indeed called the Diamond Authority) did try to [[PlanetLooters suck up Earth's resources]] to make more Gems and hollow out the remains for a new colony and now plan to turn it into a giant "geo weapon". |
| 308 | ** His presentation in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E20SadiesSong "Sadie's Song"]] seems to be making an association between said "rock people", Peridot, the Injectors in the Kindergarten, and the Homeworld symbol. Said things are all closely related, despite no clear means for Ronaldo to have even seen the latter two. |
| 309 | ** Back in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E10RisingTidesCrashingSkies “Rising Tides, Crashing Skies”]], Ronaldo at one point asks Steven if Homeworld came back to put the Beach City citizens in a human zoo. It turns out, as stated by Pearl in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E11AdventuresInLightDistortion "Adventures in Light Distortion"]], that Homeworld [[spoiler:(specifically Blue Diamond)]] “collected” humans 5,000 ago to put in a human zoo. |
| 310 | ** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E17Rocknaldo "Rocknaldo"]], he asks why [[OddNameOut Steven alone]] doesn't [[RaceNameBasis go by his Gem name]]. It's oddly prescient once it's revealed [[spoiler:Rose wasn't using her real Gem name either]]. |
| 311 | ** [[http://keepbeachcityweird.tumblr.com/post/65734119109/astral-projections-on-the-boardwalk The very first entry]] in ''Blog/KeepBeachCityWeird'' is about AstralProjection. In the episode [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E31KeepBeachCityWeird "Keep Beach City Weird"]], he tries to attack the Crystal Gems with his "psychic ghost powers". While he was wrong about himself being a psychic, it turns out that ''Steven'' has PsychicPowers [[spoiler:due to his Diamond heritage]] that allow him to astral project and possess other beings like a ghost. Steven even describes his psychic encounter with [[spoiler:the Diamonds]] as a "standard psychic ghost situation", implying that Ronaldo's idea stuck with him. |
| 312 | * CutLexLuthorACheck: A ConspiracyTheorist version would apply. He's quite imaginative and would make for a pretty good science fiction author if he weren't such a nutcase. |
| 313 | * DumbassTeenageSon: [[DownplayedTrope Ronaldo isn't a complete idiot]], but he does make rash, delusional choices that show he lacks basic common sense. |
| 314 | * ExpressiveAccessory: As can be seen on his blog, his "Loch Ness Blogster" that matches his expression [[http://keepbeachcityweird.tumblr.com/post/74023343250/wrestling-tonight before]] and [[http://keepbeachcityweird.tumblr.com/post/74027587710/life-is-pain after]] his wrestling match with the Purple Puma. |
| 315 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Is named after Ronald [=McDonald=], sharing a [=McDonald's=] theme with his brother. |
| 316 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 317 | ** To Lars. Both slackers with a certain degree of egotism, but have otherwise opposite personalities and character flaws. Lars is unpleasant but more or less functional and so obsessed with being seen as cool that he ends up hurting the people he's closest to. Ronaldo is more friendly but mentally unstable and cares so little about what people think that he's a social outcast. Years ago they were friends, but their different priorities ended up putting an end to that. |
| 318 | ** To Jamie. Both are LargeHam [[{{Manchild}} manchildren]] with big imaginations that have taken a bigger role among the Beach City citizens when it comes to the Crystal Gems (albeit inadvertently) that have a close, friendly relationship with Steven. While Jamie's passion is 100% sincere and he is fully capable of growing as a person, trying to improve his lot in life with local theater and accepting Garnet's rejection (with a pep-talk first), Ronaldo only does everything [[ItsAllAboutMe out of a disingenuous plea for attention]] and will [[IRejectYourReality reject facts and common sense whenever it contradicts his insane worldview]]. |
| 319 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: [[ChildishOlderSibling Despite being a lot older than Peedee]], he's definitely the foolish one. Besides the conspiracy theories, he's constantly shirking from work, when Peedee still does his share even if he doesn't like it. Even Fryman says as much, acknowledging that Peedee will do fine during a power outage but doesn't think the same of Ronaldo. |
| 320 | %%* FreakyIsCool: His blog is called "Keep Beach City Weird" for a reason. |
| 321 | * FriendlessBackground: He doesn't really have any friends in Beach City. He was friends with Lars when they were kids but they had a falling out. The closest thing he has to friends are Peedee, Steven, and Sadie. |
| 322 | * HasAType: Ronaldo appears to like girls who [[BirdsOfAFeather share the same interests as him]]. He wanted to get closer to Sadie after finding out she liked horror films and has a girlfriend, Jane, who liked anime as much as him. |
| 323 | * HeroicBSOD: |
| 324 | ** Goes into a severe depression when he realizes that all of the weird stuff happening in Beach City is actually connected to Steven instead of him. |
| 325 | ** After his girlfriend walks in on Steven's plan of him faking love for Kiki to get their fathers to stop fighting, he spends the rest of the episode either trying to contact her or crying about it. |
| 326 | --->'''Pearl''': Hello, gentlemen. May I take your order?\ |
| 327 | '''Ronaldo''': I'm full...OF SADNESS! ''(slams his head down on the table and begins sobbing uncontrollably)'' |
| 328 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 329 | ** Is a big fan of horror films and anime. He quickly develops a crush on Sadie when he finds out she loves horror films too and proves to be rather charming to someone with similar interests to his (Who would have pegged Ronaldo as an effective flirt?). |
| 330 | ** He apparently has an encyclopedic knowledge of cars (even though he gets around on a scooter). |
| 331 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: When it comes down to it, the main reason he's a ConspiracyTheorist and an AgentMulder is a desire for something about/in his life to be "important". |
| 332 | * IRejectYourReality: He gives a speech to Steven that his idea of "truth" is just looking for even the smallest evidence that a gut feeling is right while ignoring any facts that might contradict it. |
| 333 | * IronButtmonkey: Ronaldo has shrugged off far more physical injury that any other human, all of which are played for laughs. In the most extreme case, Amethyst [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom knocked him into the air]] by kicking him in the '''jaw''', then he got right back up. |
| 334 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He's mainly a conspiracy nut because [[IJustWantToBeSpecial he wants to feel important]]. Key indicator is his woefully inaccurate definition of what the truth he's seeking is. |
| 335 | -->'''Ronaldo:''' Peedee, Peedee, Peedee! You gotta look at the big picture here! Something important is finally happening to ''me!'' |
| 336 | * JerkassRealization: He finally shows awareness of his own egotism in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E17Rocknaldo "Rocknaldo"]] after [[spoiler:Steven calls him out on his selfish, {{Hypocrit|e}}ical behavior]]. |
| 337 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: Given that he owns one and his {{Otaku}} nature, he seems to be a believer in this. He's tried to use it as a weapon a few times, never successfully because they're just plastic props. |
| 338 | * {{Keet}}: A teen example. Ronaldo is highly excitable and is prone to being overly-enthusiastic in his research endeavors. |
| 339 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll: About a lot of topics, but one moment that sticks out is a bit in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]] where he's shown proudly talking to Bismuth while wearing armor and a sword, with the latter looking at him with confused disgust. Though the dialogue isn't heard, it's not a stretch to speculate he was trying to explain his crappy replica armor to an UltimateBlacksmith. |
| 340 | * MistakenForCheating: Happens in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E12RestaurantWars "Restaurant Wars"]] when his girlfriend Jane shows up the moment a fake romance between Ronaldo and Kiki is otherwise having the intended result of their parents breaking off their feud. Jane mistakes this as Ronaldo actually cheating on him and dumping him, leading him to expose the entire plot [[NotWhatItLooksLike in order to keep her from leaving him]], but doing nothing more than [[AllForNothing getting Kiki's dad to resume the ban]]. |
| 341 | * {{Narcissist}}: His ego tends to be a defining trait of his, and his main motivation for pursuing conspiracy theories. He even turns being a social outcast into something that sounds a lot like ego-stroking, saying "even among outsiders, I am the ''ultimate'' outsider." |
| 342 | * NoodleIncident: Going by his blog Rolando apparently has [[EmbarrassingTattoo a tattoo that he regrets getting]]. |
| 343 | * {{Otaku}}: Comments on his blog and in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E31KeepBeachCityWeird "Keep Beach City Weird"]] indicate that he's an {{anime}} fan, particularly of MagicalGirlfriend anime; one of his favorite anime is about an {{otaku}} who ''sells his soul'' for a girlfriend. |
| 344 | * ProudToBeAGeek: Ronaldo frequently (and loudly) talks about the supernatural, anime, and horror movies, both online and in person. |
| 345 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoiler:He refers to the Moon Base as Steven's, assuming he owned it basically just because he knew about it. Turns out, as Steven is actually the son of Pink Diamond, it actually ''is'' his moon base.]] |
| 346 | * ScaryShinyGlasses: His glasses go opaque when he's attempting to be pensive in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E1FullDisclosure "Full Disclosure"]]. |
| 347 | * ShipperOnDeck: He refers to Connie as Steven's girlfriend in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E17Rocknaldo "Rocknaldo"]], although this was part of an unreasonable complaint that Steven was showing favoritism toward her. |
| 348 | * TheSlacker: He tends to slack off on his chores at work when he thinks he's found a lead on something more interesting. |
| 349 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Ronaldo only has a few brief scenes in the fifth season, but the latter half of it is a series of events kicked off when he [[spoiler:notices the barn on the Moon]]. |
| 350 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: {{Zig zagged}}. Ronaldo is a slacker who makes erroneous theories, but he ''is'' right about supernatural beings and magic existing, but that's from guessing instead of actual investigation. |
| 351 | * SmallNameBigEgo: He thinks very highly of himself and wants others to know it too. It gets especially bad in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E17Rocknaldo "Rocknaldo"]], to the point where ''Steven'' can't take it anymore and blows up at him. |
| 352 | -->'''Steven:''' You're just ''a guy with a blog!'' |
| 353 | * StoutStrength: He's got enough muscle under that pudge to overpower Lars, lift him up over his head, and bodily throw him across a room. [[StrongAsTheyNeedToBe More bizarrely]], he was able to knock Steven out cold with just a potato, which otherwise took a hit from a boulder larger than his head or a headbutt from Jasper. |
| 354 | * TheTeamWannabe: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E17Rocknaldo "Rocknaldo"]], he decides to be a Crystal Gem, but doesn't have the dedication or patience to accomplish anything. By the climax of the episode, he's jealously asserting that Connie and Steven are, unlike Ronaldo himself, not ''truly'' qualified to be members of the team. Fortunately, [[WhatTheHellHero thanks to a lecture from Steven]], he realizes his arrogance and that he's not ready for the actual commitment of being a Crystal Gem. |
| 355 | * TooDumbToLive: His blog mentions him leaving the gas on the stove then lying down in a closet to try and astral project. When pinned under a fridge but with his phone in reach, he only attempted to contact his family through posts in his blogs instead of just calling emergency services. |
| 356 | * UnreliableNarrator: Take what he says with a grain of salt because it's likely he's just spouting utter nonsense just to feel important. |
| 357 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: He and Lars were friends when they were kids. They had a falling out because Ronaldo took a picture that was proof of something supernatural but Lars tore it up because it would also have embarrassed him (and broke their promise about their club being a secret). |
| 358 | [[/folder]] |
| 359 | |
| 360 | !The Maheswarans |
| 361 | |
| 362 | [[folder:Connie Maheswaran]] |
| 363 | !!Connie Maheswaran |
| 364 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/connie_glasses.png]] |
| 365 | ->'''Voiced by''': Grace Rolek\ |
| 366 | ''"I want to be a part of your universe."'' |
| 367 | |
| 368 | Steven's supportive, good-natured best friend. Due to her father's work as a security guard, she traveled around frequently with her family, until they moved to a town near Beach City. As a result, Connie didn't have any friends until she met Steven at a local parade, a year prior to the series. Steven saved her glow bracelet before even meeting her officially. Their real introduction comes in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E7BubbleBuddies "Bubble Buddies"]], when he protects her from falling rocks, accidentally leaving them in a shield bubble. After their adventure, the two become inseparable good friends. While she's not always around to participate in Steven's life with the Crystal Gems, she does so with enthusiasm when the opportunity arises. |
| 369 | |
| 370 | ->''For her tropes, see her [[Characters/StevenUniverseConnieMaheswaran page]].'' |
| 371 | [[/folder]] |
| 372 | |
| 373 | [[folder:Dr. Priyanka Maheswaran]] |
| 374 | !!Dr. Priyanka Maheswaran |
| 375 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cmd_5.png]] |
| 376 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn\ |
| 377 | ''"No, I never go back on a rule, young lady!"'' |
| 378 | |
| 379 | Connie's mother and a medical doctor, Dr. Maheswaran is a rather strict authority figure and initially seems skeptical of her friendship with Steven, but eventually eases off of her and seems to warm up to him. |
| 380 | ---- |
| 381 | * AbusiveParent: Not physically or intentionally, but her ControlFreak tendencies and very harsh punishments (calculated by the use of an '''abacus''') have made Connie very afraid of her reactions. Thankfully, she realizes how damaging her behavior is to both Connie and their relationship in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E19NightmareHospital "Nightmare Hospital"]], and promises to ease back. |
| 382 | * ActionSurvivor: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E19NightmareHospital "Nightmare Hospital"]], Dr. Maheswaran maintains a considerable amount of composure when the Gem Clusters have her, Connie, and Steven cornered. Of course, she was completely oblivious about Gems and the like, but even when fear struck her, she still remained calm. She even rammed the door with a Gem Cluster behind it using a stretcher and shoves the stretcher down the hallway to distract the cluster, allowing her and the children to escape. She earns bonus points for being ''strong enough'' to knock the Cluster back, considering that Gems, in general, are much stronger than humans. |
| 383 | * AntiVillain: She may be a ControlFreak, but it is shown that she does love her daughter and that the fear Connie has of her was [[InnocentlyInsensitive completely unintentional]]. |
| 384 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: She has trouble believing that Connie's eyesight was magically healed, despite being under assault by horrific abominations and protected by a magical bubble generated by a thirteen-year-old. |
| 385 | * BadassNormal: Possesses enough physical strength to ram ''a Gem mutant'' with a stretcher and knock it back, and as a human with no experience, there's the fourth most impressive feat against a Gem in the entire series (the first being Sadie taking down a Gem with a spear in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E30IslandAdventure "Island Adventure"]], Greg ramming Lapis' water clones with his van in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E26OceanGem "Ocean Gem"]], and Jenny standing in the path of Garnet's fist to save Steven in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E3JoyRide "Joy Ride"]]). |
| 386 | * BerserkButton: |
| 387 | ** She values honesty so highly she was shocked to find out that Connie had lied to her about Steven's "nuclear family", which she defines as a traditional mom and dad relationship. |
| 388 | ** In the first alternate outcome of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E42WinterForecast "Winter Forecast"]], she is mad at Greg when Connie catches a cold, sending Connie to bed, never letting her out again during flu season. This isn't the actual outcome, but one of the possibilities that could have happened when Garnet kissed Steven and helped him to make wiser choices. |
| 389 | ** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E19NightmareHospital "Nightmare Hospital"]], she is upset when she finds Rose's sword in the room because she doesn't own a coat rack. She refuses to let Connie use the sword until Connie tells her that her eyesight was magically healed by Steven, and that she uses the sword responsibly, and not as a toy. After Connie mentions that she's growing up and becoming more responsible, Dr. Maheswaran wants Connie to be more honest with her about missions and hanging out with Steven. |
| 390 | * BirdsOfAFeather: {{Implied|Trope}} to be this with her husband since they share similar personalities and perspectives. |
| 391 | * BollywoodNerd: She's a medical doctor of Asian-Indian heritage, and it usually takes 4 years in college to achieve a bachelor's degree in medicine, with several additional years to achieve the master's and doctor's degrees. |
| 392 | * CharacterDevelopment: Along with her husband, she lessens her strict nature in regards to raising Connie, becoming more open-minded in regards to Steven, the Gems, and Lion. |
| 393 | ** In "Nightmare Hospital", Dr. Maheswaran's promise to be more open-minded and tolerant regarding Steven, the Gems, and Lion comes into play in "Growing Pains", when she agrees to give Steven a physical exam, forgoing the usual paperwork. A couple of months before Steven's exam, Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl allowed themselves to be X-rayed by Dr. Maheswaran for research purposes. She even asks Steven if he experienced any traumatic events, and encourages Steven to discuss them with her. |
| 394 | * ControlFreak: Claims that she knows all of Connie's activities until Connie gives her a huge call out. |
| 395 | * DatingWhatDaddyHates: Downplayed. Her tone in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E19NightmareHospital "Nightmare Hospital"]] implies that she is more bothered by the fact that Connie is hanging out with Steven than she is about her sword training or the fact that a fully-grown magical pink lion is involved. Granted, Steven is the reason Connie is involved with both of the latter. |
| 396 | ** Her overly cautious approach in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E19NightmareHospital "Nightmare Hospital"]] may have been due to the events of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E32FusionCuisine "Fusion Cuisine"]], when she objected to Garnet's panicky remark that the kids were playing with swords and hurt themselves (which wasn't the actual case). She demands to see Steven's mom and dad after Connie mentions that Steven comes from a traditional "nuclear family" (a mom and a dad), which prompts the Gems to fuse into Alexandrite and pose as Steven's "mom". After the charade unravels, Dr. Maheswaran is not only upset that Connie lied to her, but that she and Steven tried to run away from Beach City. |
| 397 | * DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: She never notices that her daughter no longer has the lenses in her glasses until it is pointed out to her. |
| 398 | * FantasyForbiddingParent: While she looks like one from her first introduction, the truth is a bit more complicated. Additionally, she's shown to be able to handle dinner at a restaurant with a giant eight-limbed monster that turns into three smaller aliens, an enormous pink lion, no less than two [[BodyHorror Cluster Gem monsters]] as patients, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Connie training with a giant magic sword]], without kicking up too much of a fuss. |
| 399 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 400 | ** Her mothering is a stark contrast to Rose's, though to what degree is only obvious once we get a better idea of Rose's character. Mrs. Maheswaran [[MyBelovedSmother oversees Connie's life constantly]], and has done everything she can to make sure her child has a successful future. Rose ''couldn't'' be there for Steven, which has left him with obvious issues, and wanted her child to have their own life even before they were born. [[spoiler:Ironically, Rose's former identity actually relates more to her daughter since Pink Diamond secretly rebelled against her own parental figures out of fear of disappointment just as Connie had done.]] |
| 401 | ** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]], parallels are drawn between Priyanka and Yellow Diamond when Stevonnie's dream depicts a memory between Yellow and Pink, with Stevonnie as the latter and Priyanka as the fprmer. Yellow's dismissive attitude and strict chiding nature towards Pink makes it somewhat similar to Priyanka's of Connie. However, while Priyanka managed to see the error of her ways and change herself for the better by the end of "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E19NightmareHospital Nightmare Hospital]]", Yellow (along with Blue) refused refused to let Pink give up on her colony as shown in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E17CantGoBack Can't Go Back]]". |
| 402 | %%* HartmanHips: She has rather wide hips. |
| 403 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 404 | ** While Dr. Maheswaran is described as being uptight, she didn't seem all that put-off after meeting Alexandrite and was only upset because Connie lied to her. |
| 405 | ** The first part of "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E19NightmareHospital Nightmare Hospital]]" shows her to be extraordinarily overanxious, controlling, and strict to the point of verging on abusive. When Connie confronts her about how ''little'' her mother knows about her and how desperately she's been hiding all of her magical sword-fighting adventures out of fear that her mother would force her to stop being friends with Steven, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Dr. Maheswaran is genuinely shaken]]. Upon realizing that she has driven her daughter away with her strictness and unbending parenting, she admits that she only wanted Connie to be safe and that she loves her, and comes up with a compromise; that she'll try to accept that hanging around with Steven has changed Connie's life for the weirder, as long as Connie is honest with her about those changes. |
| 406 | ** When Steven comes to the hospital after Connie pushes him to get his pink swellings checked out, Dr. Maheswaran does his checkup. While she is shocked about him never having been to the doctor's before (and quietly mutters that she'll be talking to his father later), she still handles Steven's freak-outs well. She is the one to tell Steven that he has trauma associated with his past, and she also becomes concerned for Steven when she hears about his past. |
| 407 | * HypocriticalHumor: She believes that Universe cannot be Steven's real last name (in a way, she guesses correctly — Greg's original last name was [=DeMayo=] before he legally changed it). Except hers is even more outlandish ("Maheswaran" means "''Lord'' of the Universe"). |
| 408 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Doesn't realize how much her daughter resents her being a ControlFreak and is genuinely shocked to find out. |
| 409 | * IronicName: Her name comes from the Sanskrit word for "agreeable", which definitely doesn't suit someone as stern and serious as her. |
| 410 | * JerkassHasAPoint: |
| 411 | ** She was technically in the right to be mad about Connie lying to her about Steven's family in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E32FusionCuisine "Fusion Cuisine"]]. |
| 412 | ** Her reaction towards seeing Connie with a sword in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E19NightmareHospital "Nightmare Hospital"]] may seem over the top, but she makes good points on how swords ''are'' dangerous. |
| 413 | ** And like the first example, Dr. Maheswaran was right of how Connie's lies to her and Doug only furthered the relationship troubles between the three. |
| 414 | * JerkassRealization: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E19NightmareHospital "Nightmare Hospital"]], she eventually realizes she's being a ControlFreak that Connie resents and is afraid to open up to and tell about certain... important changes in her life. |
| 415 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Controlling and smothering as she is, all she wants is for Connie to be safe. And when Connie told her that her MyBelovedSmother tendencies were hurting her, Dr. Maheswaran agreed to become more open-minded as long as Connie wouldn't lie. |
| 416 | ** For all her personal issues with him, she's nothing but professional and compassionate when discussing Steven's trauma and strategies to help with it in ''Future''. |
| 417 | * LawfulStupid: Despite the rapidly worsening situation in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E19NightmareHospital "Nightmare Hospital"]], she keeps refusing to go back on her rule and give Connie the sword. That said, this does make sense, since she had no idea that Connie was actually experienced enough to use such a weapon without endangering herself. |
| 418 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Connie kept her in the dark about Gem stuff, until an encounter with one of the Fusion experiments forced Connie to tell her what's been happening. |
| 419 | * MamaBear: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E19NightmareHospital "Nightmare Hospital"]], despite her extremes in parenting and punishment, she truly does love Connie and genuinely wants the best for her. The Mama Bear aspect comes in when she rams a Gem Cluster with a testing table to clear the way for them to escape. |
| 420 | * MyBelovedSmother: Dr. Maheswaran is overprotective of Connie to an arguably abusive extent, forbidding her from watching a medical television show for being unrealistic and coming down ''very'' hard on her when she learns Connie lied to her about Steven's family. She refers to Greg's "because we love you" explanation as a "shut-down" and compliments it as such, which strikes some viewers as a red flag. She absolutely flips out when she finds that Connie and Steven brought Rose's Sword into her home. She's convinced Connie will wind up with her entire face cut off, and grounds her for bringing it into the house... using an abacus to determine how long Connie is grounded for. Unsurprisingly, this causes Connie to be afraid of her mother and not be open about the magical happenings in her life. |
| 421 | -->'''Connie:''' I hate that abacus. |
| 422 | * OddNameOut: Of her family, she has a traditional Indian name, suggesting that she may have been born in India and moved to America later. |
| 423 | * OpenMindedParent: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E19NightmareHospital "Nightmare Hospital"]], after Connie tells her the truth about the Gems ''and'' shows off her sword skills, she admits she's been too harsh and will try to be more open-minded from now on. |
| 424 | * OutOfFocus: In Season 3, she was only mentioned. She returned in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E16StormInTheRoom "Storm in the Room"]] the following season for a minute appearance, and has another speaking appearance in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]]. |
| 425 | * ParentalObliviousness: She thinks she knows ''everything'' her daughter does, but never found out on her own about any of the supernatural goings-on Connie'd gotten involved in. Connie calls her out on not noticing that her glasses no longer had lenses for almost a ''year''. |
| 426 | * ParentsAsPeople: She really wants to be a good mother to Connie and make sure she's safe, but she really goes overboard with it. Fortunately, she vows to work on getting better. |
| 427 | * SkewedPriorities: She seems more wary of ''Steven'' than she is of Rose's sword and Lion. Subverted to a degree, since when you really think about it, Steven could be a very dangerous influence on Connie, though this is eventually proven to be wrong. |
| 428 | * UnfazedEveryman: She initially doesn't find it the least bit suspicious that two of her hospital patients are Gem Clusters. After learning the truth, she thought it was a bit suspicious that they didn't have a pulse. Considering the hospital was operating under the belief that they were, particularly mangled, car crash victims and her lack of reaction to them under that context she may just be at the point where it's hard to surprise her. |
| 429 | * UnnamedParent: Her first name is not stated in the show or credits. [[https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/642847138699853826 According to Ian Jones-Quartey]], it's "Priyanka". |
| 430 | * VillainyFreeVillain: She's not an active threat towards Connie or Steven, but posed as a small obstacle to them due to her differing opinion on their activities. |
| 431 | * WeirdnessCensor: She doesn't find a heartbeat on a completely inhuman-looking body that is moving under its own power and blames it on the stethoscope. |
| 432 | [[/folder]] |
| 433 | |
| 434 | [[folder:Doug Maheswaran]] |
| 435 | !!Doug Maheswaran |
| 436 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/newmr_maheswaran_79.png]] |
| 437 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CrispinFreeman\ |
| 438 | ''"My job isn't the exhilarating adventures you've been having with Steven. Or the life-threatening emergencies your mom deals with at the hospital. The most action I see is telling kids to quit loitering around."'' |
| 439 | |
| 440 | Connie's father, who is a bit more laid back compared to her mother. He has a job as a private security guard for various beaches in and around Beach City. |
| 441 | ---- |
| 442 | * AbusiveParents: Like his wife, while not physically or intentionally, his authoritarian and disciplinarian tendencies have made Connie fearful of him, particularly in regards to if he finds out about the secret side of her life. He and his wife use an ''abacus'' to determine how long to ground their daughter. Like Priyanka, he's dialed back on this. |
| 443 | * BigOlEyebrows: Connie inherited her thick eyebrows from him. |
| 444 | * BirdsOfAFeather: {{Implied|Trope}} to be this with his wife since they share similar personalities and perspectives. |
| 445 | * CharacterDevelopment: Along with his wife, he lessens his strict nature in regards to raising Connie, becoming more open-minded. By the time he gets his own episode, he's much goofier, while still occasionally asking Steven if he should be "eating garbage before dinner". |
| 446 | * DeadpanSnarker: Shows signs of this when he first meets [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Alexandrite]]. |
| 447 | -->"I hope this place has unlimited breadsticks." |
| 448 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: He is specifically terrible at driving in snow, and completely in denial about it. |
| 449 | * GlassesPull: He removes his glasses for dramatic effect in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E21DougOut "Doug Out"]], and quickly puts them back on because he can't see without them. |
| 450 | * HardboiledDetective: {{Parodied|Trope}}. He talks like a jaded detective from a crime drama, but most of his work involves chasing teenagers away from the theme park. |
| 451 | -->'''Doug:''' I can't believe this. They're mocking us! What is it that you want here?! [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Prizes? Fun? You think this is the place to get your kicks?]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous You sick monster.]] [[LargeHam Destroying the sanctity of this land of fun!]] |
| 452 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 453 | ** Like his wife in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E32FusionCuisine "Fusion Cuisine"]], despite meeting Alexandrite (a 50-foot giant) and his sarcasm, he is very cordial towards her and her "husband". |
| 454 | ** In the same episode from above, Doug has expressed an interest in comedy, complimenting Garnet on her line "no dinner for one thousand years" and telling Steven and Connie several jokes in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E21DougOut "Doug Out"]]. |
| 455 | ** In the same above episode mentioned above, he demonstrates a ''much'' more playful personality when he's alone with Steven and Connie, implying that he's either loosened up or most of Connie's strict childhood was Priyanka's doing. |
| 456 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: He starts to take a dim view of his security job when both his wife ''and'' his daughter save people for a living. |
| 457 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Connie kept him in the dark about Gem stuff. He was apparently let in the know somewhat sometime between [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E19NightmareHospital "Nightmare Hospital"]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E17GemHunt "Gem Hunt"]], as Connie mentions both her parents knew she was on a mission with the Crystal Gems, but [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E21DougOut "Doug Out"]] shows he has no idea what Gem Monsters or Gem Mutants are, or what Homeworld is. |
| 458 | * OutOfFocus: Unlike his daughter and wife, Mr. Maheswaran does not appear in Seasons 2 or 3, and is only mentioned. He finally gets an episode to himself in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E21DougOut "Doug Out"]], and makes a voiceless appearance in the "Diamond Days" arc. |
| 459 | * ParentsAsPeople: |
| 460 | ** In a similar vein to his wife — Mr. Maheswaran is a strict but loving parent. His restrictive nature verges on being overprotective and causes Connie to miss out on ordinary pleasures most kids her age enjoy. For example, Connie is forbidden from consuming food with [[UnfortunateIngredients high trans fat content]]; consequently she has never eaten a donut. But, he just wants her to be safe. |
| 461 | ** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E21DougOut "Doug Out"]] shows that, like Connie, he feels insecure and ignored by the world at large. |
| 462 | * UnnamedParent: His first name is not stated in the show and only shows up in credits in the fourth season (which is odd, as the one episode he's in is named after him). |
| 463 | * WellDoneDadGuy: He spends most of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E21DougOut "Doug Out"]] trying to impress Connie with his job, as he admits his being a security guard is less exciting than practicing medicine like his wife or Connie's adventures with the Crystal Gems. He accepts that it doesn't really matter, as Connie enjoys spending time with him while she can ''relax''. |
| 464 | [[/folder]] |
| 465 | |
| 466 | !Beach City Funland Amusement Park & Arcade |
| 467 | |
| 468 | [[folder:Harold Smiley]] |
| 469 | !!Harold Smiley |
| 470 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_smiley_png_3.png]] |
| 471 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Sinbad (Season 1), Colton Dunn (Season 2+) |
| 472 | |
| 473 | Harold Smiley, who seems perfectly willing to live up to the mood his name implies, is a Jack of All Trades. He runs the Funland amusement park, but also, during his younger days, did the safety video for Big Donut (which is still in use today). He is also the Master of Ceremonies for Beach City's underground wrestling league. |
| 474 | ---- |
| 475 | * BigOlEyebrows: Thick, black eyebrows. |
| 476 | * GloryDays: A former actor and R&B singer (though his only major credit so far is for an instructional video used to train new employees at Beach City's doughnut shop). Don't remind him about the former part. Had a comedy act with a man named "Mr. Frowney", real name Quentin. |
| 477 | * {{Homage}}: His character design is based on that of Dongoros from ''Anime/FutureBoyConan''.%%Via Rebecca Sugar on the What a Cartoon podcast for Future Boy Conan |
| 478 | * InkSuitActor: The training video at Big Donut even has Mr. Smiley with Sinbad's 80s-90s flattop. Coincidentally, he bears a striking resemblance to [[TheOtherDarrin Colton Dunn]] as well. |
| 479 | * LargeHam: He is very expressive and even has a "job" (which he probably isn't being paid for) as a LargeHamAnnouncer. |
| 480 | * MeaningfulName: He is often seen smiling, and he continues smiling even while furious. |
| 481 | * NewJobsAsThePlotDemands: First, he's seen working the rides at Funland. He's also the LargeHamAnnouncer for the small-town underground wrestling ring in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E9TigerMillionaire "Tiger Millionaire"]]. Then he works at the Funland Arcade, apparently running it by himself. He can do this even though the arcade and amusement park are on ''opposite sides of the town''. He used to sing educational videos back in the 80's. The list goes on. Lampshaded in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E9TooShortToRide "Too Short to Ride"]]. |
| 482 | -->'''Mr. Smiley:''' You could say we're a bit ''[[{{Pun}} funderstaffed]]''.\ |
| 483 | '''Steven:''' Hah, I get it!\ |
| 484 | '''Mr. Smiley:''' I'm glad you're seein' the humor in it, Steven. [[MoodWhiplash 'Cause I haven't seen a bed in six days!]] |
| 485 | * NiceGuy: He's a pretty friendly guy. |
| 486 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The only time he stops smiling entirely is when he hears Mr. Frowney is in town and still suffering from depression. His expression immediately morphs into one of genuine concern. |
| 487 | * OutOfFocus: He has no speaking roles in the show's fifth season, despite appearing fairly often in episodes set in Beach City. |
| 488 | * PerpetualSmiler: He'll often continue to smile even when his words and body language make it clear he's upset. |
| 489 | * StepfordSmiler: It's often implied that underneath his smiling demeanor is someone who's stressed and overworked. |
| 490 | * StraightGay: Storyboard artist Raven Molisee confirmed that Mr. Smiley is gay, but none of his behaviour is particularly stereotypical. |
| 491 | * TheUnsmile: Sometimes his smiles look a bit... unnatural. |
| 492 | [[/folder]] |
| 493 | |
| 494 | !Fish Stew Pizza |
| 495 | |
| 496 | [[folder:Kofi Pizza]] |
| 497 | !!Kofi Pizza |
| 498 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kofi_pizza.png]] |
| 499 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Godfrey Danchimah |
| 500 | |
| 501 | Kofi is the cranky owner of Fish Stew Pizza. He has two daughters, Jenny and Kiki. His mother, Nanefua, also assists with the pizza. He doesn't care for the Gems because of all the violence and destruction their presence causes in Beach City and to his business, particularly. |
| 502 | ---- |
| 503 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: His topknot looks like a slice of pizza. |
| 504 | * BigOlEyebrows: Kofi has the thickest eyebrows of his family. |
| 505 | * HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: His family's last name ''might'' be "Pizza" — Steven calls Kofi "Mr. Pizza" and the family "the Pizzas" a few times, but it's unclear if this is their actual family name or just a nickname. WordOfGod has stated Kofi and his mother [[http://ianjq.tumblr.com/post/84369747724/i-love-all-the-diversity-in-steven-universe-its emigrated from Ghana]], so it's possible that he legally changed his surname to something that he thought Americans would like. |
| 506 | * TheHyena: When he and Garnet score a point in a volleyball game, he starts laughing a lot. |
| 507 | * ImprobableHairstyle: How does Kofi's hair stay in that shape without something supporting it? |
| 508 | * {{Jerkass}}: Seems to think of the Gems as an obnoxious, reckless circus act rather than heroes and is generally antagonistic. He also [[AbusiveDad forced Jenny to throw her volleyball matches with him by angrily threatening to ground her if she touched the ball]]. |
| 509 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Jerk he may be, but Garnet did wreck his shop's sign then leave without so much as a word, and she never really cared about the damage she caused even toward the end of the episode. |
| 510 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kofi may rather stern and very high-strung but he does have a softer side for his mother and Steven (see PetTheDog below). |
| 511 | * LikeParentUnlikeChild: Unlike his joking and flighty mother and fun-loving kids, Kofi is ''very'' serious and high strung. |
| 512 | * TheOneGuy: Kofi is the only male of his family. |
| 513 | * PerpetualFrowner: Most of the time Kofi is seen frowning. |
| 514 | * PetTheDog: He may have been outraged at the Gems (specifically Garnet) for destroying his sign without even a proper apology, but he asked Steven how such a "nice boy" could be raised by them. |
| 515 | * SeriousBusiness: His rivalry with Fryman in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E12RestaurantWars "Restaurant Wars"]] gets to the point of insisting that customers sign a giant slab of paperwork and accept a "VIP card" that's mounted on the end of a ''hot branding iron''. Before the episode's halfway point. |
| 516 | * UnknownRival: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E18BeachParty "Beach Party"]], the Gems barely even remember the restaurant they've been banned from exists, nor do they care on account of not needing to eat (Amethyst, the only one who ''likes'' to eat, says the pizza isn't that good, anyway). Even at the end, they cannot recall what store the family owns after being unbanned. |
| 517 | * VisualPun: His name is Kofi and his hair is shaped like a coffee pot. [[NervousWreck And he could probably use less of it to be honest]]. |
| 518 | * WouldHurtAChild: PlayedForLaughs. During his feud with Fryman in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E12RestaurantWars "Restaurant Wars"]], he attempts to ''brand'' Steven. |
| 519 | [[/folder]] |
| 520 | |
| 521 | [[folder:Jenny Pizza]] |
| 522 | !!Jenny Pizza |
| 523 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jenny_pizza.png]] |
| 524 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReaganGomezPreston\ |
| 525 | ''"Look, I don't know why I have to spell it out that I'm the evil twin and she's the good one! Don't ask me to help you with your homework, I'm at some metal concert."'' |
| 526 | |
| 527 | Daughter to Kofi and twin sister of Kiki. She is friends with Buck and Sour Cream. Eventually, she and the other "Cool Kids" start jamming with Steven, which eventually leads to the formation of a band with Sadie Miller as frontwoman and lead singer. Jenny is the Suspects' bass player. |
| 528 | ---- |
| 529 | * AlwaysIdenticalTwins: She and Kiki are not specified as being identical, but the only way to tell them apart is their different clothes and hairstyles. |
| 530 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E12RestaurantWars "Restaurant Wars"]], Jenny motivated Ronaldo into pretending to be Kiki's boyfriend saying he'll get to hang out with the cutest girl in town (not second, considering Jenny knows she's very attractive) while kissing Kiki's cheek. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E13KikisPizzaDeliveryService "Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service"]], Jenny gladly accepted to do Kiki's duties so her twin could have a free day. |
| 531 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: During [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E14TheBigShow "The Big Show"]], she rocks the tux she's wearing. |
| 532 | * BigSisterInstinct: Seems to have this a bit for Steven, at least during [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E3JoyRide "Joy Ride"]], particularly when she puts herself in harm's way to protect him when the Gems mistake him for Peridot due to being in Peridot's pod at the time. |
| 533 | * BrattyTeenageDaughter: Downplayed, but it's there in her second appearance with her back-talking to Kofi; otherwise she's a NiceGirl. |
| 534 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Uses her risk-taking spirit to develop an online retail business selling jackets for phones, as of [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E9LittleGraduation “Little Graduation”]]]]. |
| 535 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Of the irresponsible teen variety. Despite her flaws, Jenny has shown to love her grandmother dearly and gets along well with her. |
| 536 | * EvilTwin: She actually refers to ''herself'' as one to Kiki in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E3JoyRide "Joy Ride"]], though it's in the FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling context rather than literal. |
| 537 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Jenny mentions that she's always pointing out that Kiki is the nice sister of the two of them, even calling herself the "evil twin". [[spoiler:Later subverted, with Jenny choosing to start an online retail business selling jackets for phones, as of [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E9LittleGraduation “Little Graduation”]].]] |
| 538 | -->"It's like, 'don't ask me for help with your homework, I'm at some metal concert!'" |
| 539 | * TheFreelanceShameSquad: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E20SadiesSong "Sadie's Song"]], she admits that she'd find amusement in an accident that resulted in an injury during the talent show, no matter how bad it was. She also said [[TruthInTelevision she'd get it on camera for good measure]]. |
| 540 | * TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: She's the fun-loving, MsFanservice "Beautiful Sister" to Kiki's dutiful, responsible "Smart Sister". {{Averted|Trope}} since despite their personality differences they care about one another. |
| 541 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 542 | ** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E22TheGoodLars "The Good Lars"]] shows she can play the keyboard with a clarinet-like piece. |
| 543 | ** She's a fan of horror films and can play bass as revealed in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E9SadieKiller "Sadie Killer"]]. |
| 544 | ** [[spoiler:She knows how to run an online business, as of Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E9LittleGraduation "Little Graduation".]] |
| 545 | * InSeriesNickname: Her full name is "Jennifer", but she's regularly referred to as "Jenny". |
| 546 | * {{Metalhead}}: She mentioned going to a lot of metal concerts (one of which is called "Uber Rage"). Jenny doesn't match the looks or demographics of a stereotypical metalhead, but she definitely has the rowdy attitude. |
| 547 | * MissingMom: Her and Kiki's mother is never seen or mentioned. |
| 548 | * MsFanservice: Jenny is regularly portrayed as one of the most attractive people on the show, and wears a lot of outfits that accentuate her figure. |
| 549 | -->''"I don't need sleep to look pretty!"'' |
| 550 | * NiceGirl: Jenny is selfless, brave, and friendly. |
| 551 | * OddNameOut: Is entirely removed from her dad and sister's name scheme. |
| 552 | * PolarOppositeTwins: The partying, carefree twin sister to Kiki's responsible, studying attitude. |
| 553 | * SassyBlackWoman: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Jenny is sassy, but not so much to play this trope straight. |
| 554 | * SimilarSquad: Quite a few fans have noticed how she and Amethyst have some very similar traits, including lip and eye shape, personality, and few fashion choices (they both seem to prefer some sort of tank top.) |
| 555 | * SmurfettePrinciple: The only girl in the Cool Kids. |
| 556 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: {{Justified|Trope}}. She and Kiki look exactly alike because they're identical twins. |
| 557 | [[/folder]] |
| 558 | |
| 559 | [[folder:Kiki Pizza]] |
| 560 | !!Kiki Pizza |
| 561 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ctkiki_2.png]] |
| 562 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReaganGomezPreston |
| 563 | |
| 564 | Daughter of Kofi and twin sister of Jenny. |
| 565 | ---- |
| 566 | * AlwaysIdenticalTwins: She and Jenny are not specified as being identical, but the only way to tell them apart is their different clothes and hairstyles. |
| 567 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E13KikisPizzaDeliveryService "Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service"]], Kiki overworked herself in a misguided attempt to not let Jenny down, but, if her dream, pizza-made version of Jenny is to be taken, Kiki knows that her twin will be more annoyed over working than actually mad at her and will understand if she says no to her. |
| 568 | * ADayInTheLimelight: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E13KikisPizzaDeliveryService "Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service"]] focuses on her. |
| 569 | * TheDutifulDaughter: Kiki takes her job at her family's establishment quite seriously. |
| 570 | * ExtremeDoormat: Lets Jenny push off her responsibilities onto her because she doesn't want to let her twin down, despite the stress it causes her. Steven helps her stand up for herself. |
| 571 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Kiki is always seen working at the shop while Jenny is hanging out with her friends. |
| 572 | * TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: She's the dutiful, responsible "Smart Sister" to Jenny's fun-loving, MsFanservice "Beautiful Sister". {{Averted|Trope}} since despite their personality differences they care about one another. |
| 573 | * HopelessSuitor: Gets a crush on Stevonnie in the 2017 comic, only for the fusion to let her down gently. |
| 574 | * MissingMom: Her and Jenny's mother is never seen or mentioned. |
| 575 | * NeatFreak: Downplayed, Kiki isn't as extreme as most example, but while playing volleyball in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E18BeachParty "Beach Party"]], she tries to stay clean. |
| 576 | * NiceGirl: Holds no hard feelings for the Gems destroying Fish Stew Pizza and seems to enjoy Steven's company. |
| 577 | * PolarOppositeTwins: The responsible, studious, industrious twin sister to Jenny's partying, carefree attitude. |
| 578 | * ShipTease: When Steven suggests she should pretend to be Ronaldo's girlfriend to end their family's feud, she blushes. |
| 579 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: {{Justified|Trope}}. She and Jenny look exactly alike because they're identical twins. |
| 580 | [[/folder]] |
| 581 | |
| 582 | [[folder:Nanefua Pizza ('''Season 5 Spoilers''')]] |
| 583 | !!Mayor Nanefua "Gunga" Pizza |
| 584 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mnnfd_7.png]] |
| 585 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToksOlagundoye |
| 586 | |
| 587 | Mother of Kofi, grandmother to Kiki and Jenny, and, as of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E5DeweyWins "Dewey Wins"]], newly-minted Mayor of Beach City. |
| 588 | ---- |
| 589 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E47PoliticalPower "Political Power"]], she [[RabbleRouser eggs on the mob]] to tip over Mayor Dewey's car and encourages them to attack him. Taken up to eleven in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E5DeweyWins "Dewey Wins"]] when she uses public discontent with Dewey after the kidnappings to launch a mayoral campaign and effectively oust him as mayor. |
| 590 | * CoolOldLady: Often jokes around, to the delight of her granddaughters. Her first appearance has some amazing one-liners, and ends with her leading as the Gems and the Pizzas team up to defeat a giant pufferfish. |
| 591 | * DirtyOldWoman: She congratulates Jamie on a successful play by getting his autograph and giving him a slap on the ass. She's also seen reading a somewhat saucy-looking romance novel at the library in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E3BuddysBook "Buddy's Book"]]. |
| 592 | * GoshDarnItToHeck: Upon seeing the building damage Garnet caused, Nanefua gives an understated "Cheese on bread!" |
| 593 | * LikeParentUnlikeChild: Nanefua acts as a foil to Kofi's high-strung personality, being calm and playful while he is hot-headed and dead serious. |
| 594 | * MiniatureSeniorCitizens: She's about the same height as Steven and much shorter than her son and granddaughters. She's so small, in fact, that she and Kiki actually once did a talent show act where she sat on Kiki's lap and pretended to be a ventriloquist dummy. |
| 595 | * NiceGirl: Nanefua is a peaceful woman and is concerned with keeping harmony in her family and defusing stressful situations. |
| 596 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After becoming mayor, she sets up plans to warn the town in the case of a Gem-related emergency and keeps food rations. |
| 597 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: She wears oval-shaped glasses and was the strategist behind her family and the Crystal Gems taking down the puffer-fish Gem. |
| 598 | * TheSocialExpert: She is very intelligent and knows exactly what to say to get people on her side. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E5DeweyWins "Dewey Wins"]], she delivers such a RousingSpeech that Mayor Dewey resigns on the spot and gives the job to her. |
| 599 | * SpecsOfAwesome: She wears glasses and is an expert strategist. |
| 600 | * TheStrategist: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E18BeachParty "Beach Party"]], she immediately organizes a plan to take out the puffer-fish Gem. |
| 601 | [[/folder]] |
| 602 | |
| 603 | !The Deweys |
| 604 | |
| 605 | [[folder:Bill Dewey]] |
| 606 | !!Mayor Bill Dewey |
| 607 | [[quoteright:316:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bill_dewey.png]] |
| 608 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoelHodgson\ |
| 609 | ''"Look, Steven; It's not lying when you're the mayor. It's politics."'' |
| 610 | |
| 611 | Mayor Dewey holds the highest title in Beach City and is currently running for re-election. He does not seem terribly shaken by the presence of the Crystal Gems or the weirdness they bring to his town except when it might affect revenue. [[spoiler:He has stepped down from the Mayor's office as of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E5DeweyWins "Dewey Wins"]].]] |
| 612 | ---- |
| 613 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Buck consistently shows resentment and annoyance towards his father, being exasperated at his father's attempts to seem cool and hip. |
| 614 | * BeleagueredBureaucrat: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E47PoliticalPower "Political Power"]] shows that he takes it upon himself to clean up the after-effects of most Gem-related damage that hits Beach City. It certainly explains why he seems to be so stressed. |
| 615 | * BigOlEyebrows: Thick, round, and brown eyebrows. |
| 616 | * BreadAndCircuses: His preferred tactic to keep the citizens of Beach City distracted from the fact that their town is regularly threatened with destruction due to being immediately adjacent to an alien temple. Everyone else sees right through it, but appreciate Dewey's efforts to make life easier. [[spoiler:After Homeworld Gems commit a series of kidnapping of Beach City residents, everyone realizes they need to do more — including Dewey, who resigns because he knows Nanefua would be a better leader.]] |
| 617 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: Is very aware of the downsides of being in charge and hit with it often, commenting how if things go wrong, people usually blame the Mayor. [[spoiler:To the point that he eventually steps down from the position, abdicating the seat to Nanefua Pizza and admitting she'd do a much better job at running the town.]] |
| 618 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: He isn't as mean and uptight as he was in his first few appearances, and more recent episodes show him to be rather goofy and high-strung, which could either be a case of HiddenDepths or him [[TookALevelInKindness taking a level in kindness]]. |
| 619 | * ClassicalAntiHero: Dewey is cynical and somewhat egotistic, but still does everything he (thinks he) can do to help the city. |
| 620 | * TheCynic: Dewey believes his job as mayor is [[BreadAndCircuses to distract people from their problems]], because he thinks that's all the mayor '''can''' do. |
| 621 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Both his and his son's first name are related to money. A "bill" and a "buck" are slang terms for paper currency. It may also be a reference to President UsefulNotes/HarrySTruman's famous maxim about politicians taking responsibility (not to mention Truman's main opponent in the 1948 presidential election, Thomas E. ''Dewey''). |
| 622 | * {{Foil}}: To Greg. Both are loving fathers, but Greg gave up a promising music career and often hangs around with Steven during his day job. Meanwhile, Buck resents his dad for spending all his time on his political career. Also, Greg entered a relationship with Rose Quartz while Mayor Dewey is too awkward in his attempts to make a move on Pearl, who wouldn't be interested anyway. |
| 623 | * HeadInTheSandManagement: He does very little to solve the actual problems of Beach City, content to let other people handle things while he keeps the public distracted because he thinks that's all he can do. |
| 624 | * HeroicBSOD: Mostly played for laughs, but he breaks down sobbing and tries to refill the ocean with a hose when it disappears. |
| 625 | * HiddenDepths: He seems to consider government jobs essentially useless in the larger scheme of the world. However, he sees his role as mayor as someone who keeps the people of Beach City happy and content, even when things are a mess. |
| 626 | * HopelessSuitor: He's attracted to Pearl, but she barely knows him. Even once she shows an attraction to a human, it's a [[IncompatibleOrientation FEMALE human]]. After Pearl moves away from him in the middle of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E17HistoricalFriction "Historical Friction"]], he seems to have taken the hint. |
| 627 | * IncomingHam: His arrival is often accompanied by a siren-like "May-or Dew-ey, May-or Dew-ey" from his car. |
| 628 | * InkSuitActor: He resembles Joel Hodgson quite a bit. |
| 629 | * JerkassHasAPoint: When he goes around lying to people during the blackout in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E47PoliticalPower "Political Power"]], Steven is skeptical (and it's obvious that at least ''some'' of his motivation is political, since he also hands out campaign buttons); but Mayor Dewey's argument that the most important thing is to avoid a riot is entirely reasonable. |
| 630 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E47PoliticalPower "Political Power"]] shows that he does genuinely care for his constituents, despite his gruff exterior. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E48TheReturn "The Return"]] he wastes no time (well, a little when he was pondering a catchy slogan) in helping the evacuation, when everyone would have expected him to become flabbergasted at the potential political fallout from it. |
| 631 | * MayorPain: We don't see much of his actual political actions, but his campaigning suggests he's very much an incompetent blowhard. Ultimately subverted, though, as he knows how weird and dangerous Beach City can get and is concerned about keeping people from rioting/getting hurt (and not reelecting him because of it). [[DoubleSubversion However]], in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E5DeweyWins "Dewey Wins"]], everyone realize he still ''is'' quite a bad leader — [[spoiler:including Dewey himself, who resigns on the spot]]. |
| 632 | * MeaningfulName: His name probably comes from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Beach,_Delaware Dewey Beach]], one of the small coastal towns in Delaware that Beach City is based on. |
| 633 | * OutOfFocus: Outside of a fantasy sequence in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E6StevenFloats "Steven Floats"]], he was completely absent for all of Season 3, and was only mentioned in Season 4. |
| 634 | * ParentalNeglect: His son Buck implies he cares more about his political career than him, although Buck actually seems ''glad'' for this. |
| 635 | * ParentsAsPeople: While it's clear that Bill does love his son and want to look cool to him, Buck resents Bill for spending all his time with his political career. |
| 636 | * PoliticiansKissBabies: Does so very demonstratively in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E14LarsAndTheCoolKids "Lars and the Cool Kids"]]. |
| 637 | * PropagandaMachine: A consummate politician, Dewey slaps a "Dewey for Mayor" slogan on anything even remotely related or connected to him. Ironically, his constant electioneering doesn't even seem necessary, as from all evidence he seems to run unopposed and is fairly popular (though this is in spite of his boostering, rather than because of it). |
| 638 | * SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: Dewey's cynical view of politics is shown as entirely unfounded. He pessimistically assumes that elected officials are incapable of enacting any genuine change, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy so he never even tries]]. Instead, he's content to [[BreadAndCircuses keep the populace distracted with pointless civic projects and self-aggrandizing speeches]] [[HeadInTheSandManagement while the problems either work themselves out or are handled by someone else]]. The people of Beach City inevitably turn against him once his usual leadership style fails to prevent a series of kidnappings, and once [[spoiler:Nanefua Pizza runs against Dewey as Mayor and proposes radical and well-thought-out solutions to problems (ideas that require actual effort and planning on the part of the Mayor), Dewey sees how wrong his cynical attitude has always been and concedes that Nanefua would make a better leader.]] |
| 639 | * SmallNameBigEgo: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. He sees walking on the beach beneath him and chews out Greg for playing with Steven instead of washing his car. Furthermore, comforting the citizens in his mind seems to involve political schmoozing, handing out free buttons with his face on it, and making sure the townspeople see his Mayor Dewey mobile. On the other hand, he does seem to genuinely believe this is the method to keep the Beach City residents content and puts their happiness first. He's also cynical about attempting any actual government change and sees the comfort of the town as his true job. Most of his ego seems to revolve around believing that's what the people ''want'' to see. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E17HistoricalFriction "Historical Friction"]], he's surprised when the townspeople enjoy the true-to-life, struggling hero that was William Dewey, rather than the MartyStu Dewey initially wrote.[[invoked]] |
| 640 | * SweatDrop: {{Exaggerated|Trope}}. You'd be hard-pressed to find a scene where his perspiration remains invisible. Maybe it's because he's a NervousWreck. Maybe it's because he's wearing that blazer all the time in the middle of the summer. Probably both. |
| 641 | * TooImportantToWalk: Rides around in a car with a giant model of his head on top. [[RoadTripAcrossTheStreet Everywhere.]] Even in the sand. |
| 642 | * TotallyRadical: Often tries (poorly) to use teenage slang in order to appeal to the youth of Beach City. |
| 643 | * TwoFirstNames: Something he shares with his son — "Dewey" can be used as a first name. |
| 644 | [[/folder]] |
| 645 | |
| 646 | [[folder:Buck Dewey]] |
| 647 | !!Buck Dewey |
| 648 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buckglasses.png]] |
| 649 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Lamar Abrams\ |
| 650 | '''Buck:''' Man, [my dad] never kisses me like that.\ |
| 651 | '''Lars:''' That's rough, bro.\ |
| 652 | '''Buck:''' Not really. The lack of daddy kisses in my life made me who I am. |
| 653 | |
| 654 | The son of the mayor. Friends with Jenny and Sour Cream. Eventually, he and the other "Cool Kids" start jamming with Steven, which eventually leads to the formation of a band with Sadie Miller as frontwoman and lead singer. Buck is the Suspects' guitarist, having learned everything he knows from Greg Universe. |
| 655 | ---- |
| 656 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Buck has brown-coral skin. |
| 657 | * ChildishToothGap: A flashback of him as a kid in "Three Gems and A Baby" shows he had one. |
| 658 | * TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: His mayor father is utterly dedicated to keeping Beach City in line, and kissing babies to further his career — and in the process neglects to manage or show affection to Buck himself. |
| 659 | * CommanderContrarian: Most of his dialogue in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E14LarsAndTheCoolKids "Lars and the Cool Kids"]] seems to serve entirely to contradict and confuse Lars. |
| 660 | -->'''Lars:''' Check out MY shirt!\ |
| 661 | '''Buck:''' Oh, that snake is nasty.\ |
| 662 | '''Lars:''' ...Oh, haha! Yeah, I ''hate'' snakes!\ |
| 663 | '''Buck:''' Oh, what? That's too bad, some snakes are pretty cool. |
| 664 | * CoolShades: Wears a pair of blackish-grey sunglasses. |
| 665 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Buck has dark brown eyes and dark brown hair. |
| 666 | * TheCynic: He is a bit of a cynic, finding Steven's naive love for his father "funny" and saying that Steven offers a counterpoint to his cynical worldview. [[spoiler:Subverted by his wish to go to medical school and save lives, according to Jenny in [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E9LittleGraduation "Little Graduation"]].]] |
| 667 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After years of cynicism and witnessing his father flounder in public service, Buck is preparing to go to medical school to save lives, according to Jenny in [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E9LittleGraduation "Little Graduation"]].]] |
| 668 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Both his and his father's first name are related to money. A "buck" and a "bill" are slang terms for paper currency. |
| 669 | * HiddenDepths: Buck has attended a Montessori school in the past. These involve an alternative educational approach designed to teach children who have difficulty learning in a typical, regimented classroom environment. |
| 670 | * HigherEducationIsForWomen: Inverted; [[spoiler: Buck decides to go to medical school to become a doctor and he’s the only one of the Suspects who decides to pursue a job that requires postsecondary education.]] |
| 671 | * {{Hipster}}: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E6ShirtClub "Shirt Club"]], Buck actually wanted to put the "Guitar Dad" design Steven made on shirts because he thought it was ''funny'' that Steven liked his dad. Steven helps him appreciate sincerity again. |
| 672 | * MellowFellow: His general laid-back and calm personality mimics that of Garnet's, along with his voice. |
| 673 | * NiceGuy: Buck is a pretty relaxed individual whose favorite activity is hanging out with his friends. He keeps an open mind and appreciates other people's points of view... most of the time. And when he realizes that he takes something too far, he's not afraid to admit it and apologize. [[spoiler:He’s also preparing to go to medical school to save lives, according to Jenny in [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E9LittleGraduation "Little Graduation"]].]] |
| 674 | * SimilarSquad: More than a few fans have noted how he and Garnet have some very similar traits, including personality, eyewear, lip and nose shape, laugh, and associated color. In one of the pictures from [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E3JoyRide "Joy Ride"]], he's seen standing besides Garnet, doing the exact same pose, highlighting their similarities. |
| 675 | * SunglassesAtNight: His glasses stay on at all times of day. We've only seen him without them a few times, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/steven-universe/images/3/30/Frybo_%28189%29.png one of which]] being because they fell off while Frybo was throttling him. |
| 676 | * TwoFirstNames: Something he shares with his dad — "Dewey" can be used as a first name. |
| 677 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E6ShirtClub "Shirt Club"]] heavily implies that Buck had a closer relationship with his father when he was younger. |
| 678 | * VocalEvolution: His has deepened somewhat, especially compared to his first appearance. |
| 679 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Subverted. While Buck has a distant relationship with his dad, he credits it as making him the person he is today. That said, he shows annoyance in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E3JoyRide "Joy Ride"]] that his father chastises a lot of what he does because of how it'd reflect back on him. |
| 680 | [[/folder]] |
| 681 | |
| 682 | |
| 683 | !Fish & Chips |
| 684 | |
| 685 | [[folder:Onion]] |
| 686 | !!Onion |
| 687 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hes_onion.png]] |
| 688 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ZachCallison |
| 689 | |
| 690 | A young boy seen around town who doesn't seem to talk to anyone but his parents. He is often bored, and driven by boredom to commit acts ranging from minor vandalism to outright mayhem. Sour Cream's half-brother and Vidalia's son. |
| 691 | ---- |
| 692 | * AlbinosAreFreaks: Onion is a very strange child, and though never specified as albino, he has incredibly pale skin and a red tint to his eyes (suggestive of how albino people's retinas can look red in certain lighting). |
| 693 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: He doesn't have ears, has not visibly aged in four years, and even Steven himself was originally unsure if Onion was human. The video tape of Onion being born proved that, if nothing else, he came into the world through human methods. |
| 694 | -->'''Steven:''' Oh no, there's lots of humans! My dad, Connie, Lars and Sadie, the mailman, Onion– I think... |
| 695 | * AnatomyAnomaly: Like the Gems, he has no eyebrows. He also has no ears, despite his hair not covering the sides of his head at all. |
| 696 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: With his chubby round body, pale skin and tufty hair, he actually looks like an onion. The one time an onion actually gets brought up in conversation, it has his face on it. |
| 697 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: Onion is the baby of his family, and may be the youngest known character in Beach City. |
| 698 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: Onion, on his own, is just a bored little kid. Give him the power of a mystical replicator though, and he will pose a challenge even to the Gems, and with a totally deadpan expression. See also when he quietly stared at Mayor Dewey in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E47PoliticalPower "Political Power"]] while [[BatterUp brandishing a baseball bat]]. |
| 699 | * BirdsOfAFeather: A platonic example. He's a CreepyChild, rarely talks and never does so in full sentences, and ''loves'' to {{Troll}} the residents of Beach City whenever possible. As it turns out, he has a whole pantry of friends who share these qualities. |
| 700 | * BizarreTasteInFood: The only food he actually seems to like is Guacola, a drink that everyone else finds disgusting. |
| 701 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: Given his lack of morals, and his just bizarre tendencies he seems to function on this. |
| 702 | * BrattyHalfPint: It's implied that Onion is younger than Steven and he almost caused destruction to Beach City simply out of boredom. |
| 703 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: |
| 704 | ** Onion is shown to be a PickyEater who often wastes food for his own amusement, which annoys Steven to point he asks Onion why he hates food. In Onion's first non-cameo appearance in the series during "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E7BubbleBuddies Bubble Buddies]]" though, he is seen eating a tub of popcorn like a regular kid. |
| 705 | ** Onion has little facial expression for most of the series, but throws an ''incredibly'' [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/steven-universe/images/4/4b/Madonion.PNG angry-looking]] DeathGlare in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E10StevensLion "Steven's Lion"]], and not even for any serious reason. |
| 706 | ** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E15OnionTrade "Onion Trade"]], his first major role, plays up Onion's mischievousness to the extreme — he ends up deliberately causing massive property damage and nearly killing people — which is at odds with his more sympathetic portrayal in later episodes. |
| 707 | * CheerfulChild: He seems pretty peppy and eager to help in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E7BubbleBuddies "Bubble Buddies"]]. |
| 708 | * TheCollector: He enjoys collecting GUYS and GALS figurines. All that trouble he caused in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E15OnionTrade "Onion Trade"]] was because he really enjoys collecting them. One of his most prized possessions is a chest filled with them. |
| 709 | * CreepyChild: Bordering on an EnfantTerrible with his remorseless theft of basically anything he wants, and apparent lack of anything resembling human morals. He has a tendency to give Steven rather disturbing looks whenever he's in the mood for chaos. |
| 710 | * EarlyBirdCameo: While his first proper appearance was [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E7BubbleBuddies "Bubble Buddies"]], he first appeared in the opening, far in the background to the right of Connie. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Mr. Smiley catches him trying to steal tickets.]] Even within the show proper he first made a cameo in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E2LaserLightCannon "Laser Light Cannon"]], albeit with a [[InconsistentColoring drastically different color scheme]]. |
| 711 | * EatingLunchAlone: Seen doing this in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E10StevensLion "Steven's Lion"]]. |
| 712 | * EdibleThemeNaming: Sour Cream and Onion. Their father is named after a fish. Their mother is named after a type of onion. Fish and chips. |
| 713 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: For everything else he does, Onion is very well behaved around his parents. |
| 714 | * FamilyThemeNaming: He and his family have EdibleThemeNaming. |
| 715 | * {{Foil}}: To Steven. Both are given a lot of [[FreeRangeChildren freedom]] for their age, they're the [[TheBabyOfTheBunch youngest]] of their families, and their [[DisappearedDad fathers]] have some [[WhenYouComingHomeDad absence]] in their lives (moreso with Onion than Steven); they even [[SignificantDoubleCasting share]] the same voice actor (their fathers also have the same VA as well). However, Steven is often seen helping out the citizens of Beach City and is very well-behaved; Onion commits numerous illegal activities during his free time and has a weird set of morals. While Steven is a major NiceGuy, Onion is a jerk with a very-well HiddenHeartOfGold. |
| 716 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While his older brother, Sour Cream (responsible) is a rebellious teen, Onion (foolish) is more destructive and frequently causes mischief. |
| 717 | * FreeRangeChildren: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. Onion is given no supervision, to the point where his family only worry if he's been missing multiple ''days'', and has committed numerous illegal acts in the process. His mother is the free-spirited Vidalia, who doesn't really care all that much. She's still a very loving mother, but doesn't really care about watching over him. |
| 718 | * FreudianExcuse: Onion's really lonely because a) he has a hard time connecting to other people and b) the only children that are his age and understand him only visit town during the summer. |
| 719 | * TheGadfly: Onion really gets a kick out of seeing other people's reactions to his antics. At one point during [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E16OnionFriend "Onion Friend"]], he shows a moan-filled video of his birth to Steven and just watches as the latter cringes and hides in horror and later fools him into thinking that he fed a mouse to his pet snake after offering to let Steven do the honors. |
| 720 | * GagHaircut: His hair looks like the top tuft of an onion. |
| 721 | * HiddenDepths: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E16OnionFriend "Onion Friend"]] shows he has a talent in art when he makes a potato sculpture of Steven. |
| 722 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: The way he ended up giving one of his toys to Steven in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E16OnionFriend "Onion Friend"]] implies he actually tricked Steven into coming to his house because he wanted to be his friend. A possible explanation for all the torment he gives Steven is that he wants to be Steven's friend and is trying to impress the older boy in his own weird way. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E7OnionGang "Onion Gang"]] reveals he has a group of friends that are just like him... but they only visit during the summer, leaving him a lonely little boy during the rest of the year. |
| 723 | * ItAmusedMe: This seems to be the actual reasoning behind nearly everything he does. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E15OnionTrade "Onion Trade"]] shows us a day in the life of Onion. He robs a vending machine, barters for a guy's lunch, rides his moped over a bunch of ketchup packets and then ''lets it explode'', and finally trades Steven his own stolen toy for a powerful duplicator wand which he uses to rain destruction upon Beach City. All apparently because he gets bored waiting for his father. |
| 724 | * JerkAss: Onion steals with no sign of remorse and causes mayhem probably because it amuses him. |
| 725 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Vidalia has told Steven that Onion really does value his friendship with him. At the end of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E16OnionFriend "Onion Friend"]], he even gives one of his many Guy and Gal figures to Steven. It's implied in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E7OnionGang "Onion Gang"]] that he hangs out with Steven because he feels Steven is lonely and has no one his age to play with. |
| 726 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E15OnionTrade "Onion Trade"]] ends on this note, with Steven coming up with an elaborate explanation for why Onion stole his figurine, saying Onion was bored and that the figurine was a symbol of a fatherly bond Onion wishes he could have with his own father. Onion indicates that only the first part is true. That said, [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E16OnionFriend "Onion Friend"]] goes back on this a bit and shows that he does have a genuinely kind side, even if it's really well-hidden and even if he's really weird. |
| 727 | * KarmaHoudini: Despite causing a lot of mayhem in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E15OnionTrade "Onion Trade"]], he doesn't get any kind of punishment for it. He also seems to regularly get away with stealing from vending machines and arcade machines. |
| 728 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Onion is one of many people to attend Ruby and Sapphire's wedding. When Steven begins his introductory speech, he specifically cites Onion in his own catagory. |
| 729 | -->'''Steven:''' Dearly beloved Gems, humans, lions big and small, living gourds... ''Onion''... |
| 730 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In "A Very Special Episode" Onion uses a grass flute to enamor a bunch of homeworld gems and make them follow him, before throwing said blade of grass off a cliff most likely to make them sad that he threw the makeshift instrument away. However, the homeworld gems do not even hesitate as they just walk off the cliff to their doom, leaving Onion gasping in horror. |
| 731 | * NoBrows: Like the Gems, Onion has no eyebrows [[SuddenAnatomy except when making certain facial expressions]]. |
| 732 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: His appearance is rather strange even for the show's cartoony artstyle: his head is shaped like a vegetable, [[AnatomyAnomaly he has no eyebrows or ears]], and his skin is actually a very pale shade of ''yellow''. Steven casually mentions that [[AmbiguouslyHuman he's not even sure if Onion is human]]. He ''is'' human, but he sure doesn't look like he would be. |
| 733 | * NotAllowedToGrowUp: About four in-series years pass from the beginning of the series to the movie, and Onion still doesn't look any older than he started. |
| 734 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: |
| 735 | ** He normally has an unflinching reaction to everything, but he was ''seriously'' creeped out by Steven-as-Lars' overly happy behavior. |
| 736 | ** The misunderstanding in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E21DougOut "Doug Out"]] seriously terrifies the kid, to the point he runs to Steven for comfort and to try to communicate with him. He's noticeably relieved when he learns that he's safe. [[spoiler:Only for him to be ''even more'' shaken by his encounters with Topaz and Aquamarine, vocally panicking just as much as everyone else.]] |
| 737 | * OnlyOneName: Neither Onion nor anyone else in his family have a surname mentioned. |
| 738 | * OnlyOneWhoLikesSpam: He enjoys the avocado flavored soda, Guacola, even though nobody else does. |
| 739 | * PerpetualExpression: His face almost never changes from a blank stare. |
| 740 | * PetTheDog: |
| 741 | ** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E16OnionFriend "Onion Friend"]], Onion's about to feed a mouse to his pet snake, but when he perceives that Steven is uncomfortable with that, he shows Steven, in a rather odd way, that the mouse is still alive. |
| 742 | ** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E7OnionGang "Onion Gang"]], he visits Steven because he thinks Steven is lonely, and he later shows that the kids spared the beetle after Steven was deeply uncomfortable with killing it. |
| 743 | ** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E6AVerySpecialEpisode "A Very Special Episode"]], he's being babysat by Rainbow Quartz 2.0, and it's clear that Onion very much enjoys his company. He blows kisses to him, gets Rainbow to slide him up the banister over and over, and paints writing in the kitchen that says "I <3 Rainbow" and "Best Friends Forever". |
| 744 | * PhraseCatcher: |
| 745 | -->'''Steven:''' ''ONION''!!! |
| 746 | * PickyEater: Exaggerated. He wastes all the food he's presented with, throwing it away or just plain spitting it out. The only thing he's been seen eating is Guacola, which everybody else finds disgusting, and [[PassThePopcorn popcorn]] in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E7BubbleBuddies "Bubble Buddies"]]. However, this may have changed somewhat, since he's seen eating Chaaaaps in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]]. |
| 747 | -->'''Steven:''' Why do you hate food? |
| 748 | * TheQuietOne: He seemingly only speaks to his parents, and even then [[TheUnintelligible they only make sense to themselves]]. |
| 749 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Onion [[SuddenEyeColour usually]] has a slight red tint to his eyes. Among his repertoire, he's stolen countless of items, endangered the town or things within it, and is capable of things no young child should be able to do. |
| 750 | * SignificantDoubleCasting: Shares the same voice actor as his {{foil}}, Steven. |
| 751 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Onion ''really'' weirds Steven out, and often seems to be doing it deliberately. The fact that he's a {{Foil}} of Steven doesn't help. Driven home by Steven's frequent shout of "Ooooonion!" when dealing with his latest antics. |
| 752 | * StickyFingers: Seen to rob from the machines at the arcade twice and snuck into Steven's house to steal his Ranger Guy figurine. He can even be seen getting caught by Mr. Smiley in the opening trying to run off with an armful of tickets. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E16OnionFriend "Onion Friend"]] begins with him ''hiding away in Steven's pantry'' and running off with a bag of chips. |
| 753 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Out of his family, Onion is the one who commits illegal acts. |
| 754 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: His limelight episode, [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E15OnionTrade "Onion Trade"]], has him stealing, destroying property, and breaking into people's houses and almost annihilating Beach City. All because it amused him. Later on, in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E9TooShortToRide "Too Short to Ride"]], he attempts to burn down Funland's rollercoaster. |
| 755 | * TheUnintelligible: Onion [[TheQuietOne rarely ever speaks]], yet when he does, it's solely in mumbles that [[IntelligibleUnintelligible only his family members can understand]]. |
| 756 | * UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople: A strange, creepy child who has a large snake for a pet. The comics also show him owning a crocodile. |
| 757 | * VagueAge: Onion is clearly younger than Steven, but we have little idea by how much. He also does not visibly age by the time of the movie and ''Future''. |
| 758 | * VoodooDoll: Owns a voodoo doll of Steven, hidden behind his dresser; when Rainbow Quartz 2.0 stumbles across it they are understandably concerned and ask for an explanation. |
| 759 | * WhenHeSmiles: |
| 760 | ** In the movie, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/steven-universe/images/d/dd/SU_Movie_1646.png he gives a sincere smile and thumbs up]] to Connie cutting a car in half. |
| 761 | ** He smiles a few times while Rainbow Quartz 2.0 is babysitting him, even excitedly jumping over and over for Rainbow to slide up the banister again. |
| 762 | [[/folder]] |
| 763 | |
| 764 | [[folder:Yellowtail]] |
| 765 | !!Yellowtail |
| 766 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yellowtail.png]] |
| 767 | ->'''Voiced by:''' [[Radio/TheBestShow Tom Scharpling]] |
| 768 | |
| 769 | Onion's father and Sour Cream's stepdad. A fisherman by trade who spends a lot of time at sea. |
| 770 | ---- |
| 771 | * AffectionateNickname: As of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E7DropBeatDad "Drop Beat Dad"]], Sour Cream calls his stepdad "Yellowdad", compared to the disdainful [[CallingParentsByTheirName "Yellowtail"]] before. |
| 772 | * AllThereInTheScript: He's not referred to by name in-series until [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E16OnionFriend "Onion Friend"]]; before then his name was only in the credits for his second appearance in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E22StevenAndTheStevens "Steven and the Stevens"]] (he was just called "Onion's Dad" for the credits in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E15OnionTrade "Onion Trade"]]). |
| 773 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: By virtue of the fact that Onion is. Both of them speak in a strange mumbling language that's all their own and neither of them have ears, so if Onion's strangeness is more than just strangeness, he got it from Yellowtail. |
| 774 | * AnatomyAnomaly: His hat and hair cover it up, but [[http://steven-universe.wikia.com/wiki/File:Onion_Friend_102.jpg an old photo shows]] that Yellowtail, like Onion, has no ears. |
| 775 | * BerserkButton: For obvious reasons, he does ''not'' like Marty spending time with Sour Cream. |
| 776 | * CharacterDevelopment: The reason behind his and Sour Cream's strained relationship is the former wanting the latter to take over the fishing business but the latter wanting to be a DJ. By the end of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E7DropBeatDad "Drop Beat Dad"]], Yellowtail comes to accept his son's aspirations. |
| 777 | * EdibleThemeNaming: A yellowtail is a type of fish. His sons are named Sour Cream and Onion. His wife is named after a type of onion. Hence, fish and chips. |
| 778 | * FamilyThemeNaming: He and his family have EdibleThemeNaming. |
| 779 | * FamilyMan: He loves his family very much. |
| 780 | * FatherNeptune: He's a fisherman who's always wearing a yellow raincoat and has a full SeadogBeard. |
| 781 | * GoodParents: Despite not always being there for his family, he does love them dearly and genuinely cares about their well-being. |
| 782 | * HappilyMarried: With Vidalia. She doesn't care for her ex-lover, Marty, and is happily content with Yellowtail. And a brief scene of them together in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E16OnionFriend "Onion Friend"]] shows her painting a portrait of him like a model. |
| 783 | * IntelligibleUnintelligible: Sour Cream understands him, at least. |
| 784 | * MeaningfulName: Yellowtail is named after the fish of the same name, corresponding to the fact that he is a sailor. |
| 785 | * MoralityPet: He and Vidalia are the only ones that [[BrattyHalfPint Onion]] respects and will stop his mayhem when he's around either. |
| 786 | * PapaWolf: He's none too happy when Marty starts associating with Sour Cream, and he becomes furious when he finds out Marty had been using Sour Cream to gain a quick buck. |
| 787 | * ParentsAsPeople: He may not understand Sour Cream's desire to be a DJ, but he loves him anyway and he eventually comes around to accept it just because it makes his stepson happy. |
| 788 | * SeadogBeard: Just look at his picture. |
| 789 | * SecondLove: To Vidalia after her brief fling with Marty, though "love" may be pushing what she felt for Marty. |
| 790 | * SignificantDoubleCasting: Shares the same voice actor as Greg. |
| 791 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: A photo seen on the fridge in Vidalia's kitchen during [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E16OnionFriend "Onion Friend"]] shows that Yellowtail looked a lot like Onion when he was younger. |
| 792 | * TheUnintelligible: While more talkative than his son, said talking is a string of murmuring gibberish. This is later implied to be an actual language, with Vidalia at least being shown to understand it, and both Sour Cream and Onion speaking it fluently (Sour Cream even gave a short ForeignLanguageTirade when Marty finally showed his true colors). |
| 793 | * WhenYouComingHomeDad: His job doesn't give him much time to spend with his family. Around his house, there's a piece of paper that lists him as only being home every other week. |
| 794 | [[/folder]] |
| 795 | |
| 796 | [[folder:Sour Cream]] |
| 797 | !!Sour Cream |
| 798 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sour_cream_clear.png]] |
| 799 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrianPosehn, Creator/AtticusShaffer ([[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E5Frybo "Frybo"]])\ |
| 800 | ''"I can totally rave to this."'' |
| 801 | |
| 802 | A mellow teenager often seen hanging around town. He's Yellowtail's stepson, Onion's half-brother, and Greg's manager Marty's [[HeroicBastard illegitimate son]]. He aspires to be a DJ. Eventually, he and the other "Cool Kids" start jamming with Steven, which eventually leads to the formation of a band with Sadie Miller as frontwoman and lead singer. He brings his talents in electronic music to the band. |
| 803 | ---- |
| 804 | * BigBrotherInstinct: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E23AreYouMyDad "Are You My Dad?"]], Sour Cream is passing [[spoiler:missing posters for Onion]] and is visibly worried over [[spoiler:his little brother's disappearance.]] |
| 805 | * CallingParentsByTheirName: He has a somewhat strained relationship with his stepdad Yellowtail, who wants Sour Cream to follow in his footsteps and be a fisherman. Sour Cream even calls his dad by name a few times in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E7DropBeatDad "Drop Beat Dad"]], though after he helps salvage a rave that Sour Cream's biological father Marty bailed on, Sour Cream calls him "[[AffectionateNickname Yellowdad]]". |
| 806 | * CallingTheOldManOut: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E7DropBeatDad "Drop Beat Dad"]], Sour Cream reunites with his absent father Marty, who offers to make up for lost time by upgrading his son's ramshackle rave into a full-blown concert. When it is revealed that [[ItsAllAboutMe Marty]] hijacked the show to shill disgusting soda, Sour Cream makes it known that he doesn't need Marty or his product endorsement to be a DJ — in the same [[IntelligibleUnintelligible gibberish language]] his stepfather and half-brother speak. |
| 807 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "I could totally rave to this." |
| 808 | * CharacterDevelopment: Due to Yellowtail disapproving of Sour Cream's aspiration to being a DJ, their relationship was strained, with Sour Cream often referring to Yellowtail as either his name or "stepdad". After the event of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E7DropBeatDad "Drop Beat Dad"]], which includes Yellowtail coming to terms with his son's passion, Sour Cream also begins to warm up to him and even refers to him as "Yellowdad". |
| 809 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After years of struggling to get along with Yellowtail, he begins regularly deejaying in Empire City, as of [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E9LittleGraduation "Little Graduation"]].]] |
| 810 | * EdibleThemeNaming: Sour Cream and Onion. Their father is named after a fish. Their mother is named after an onion. Fish and chips. |
| 811 | * FamilyThemeNaming: He and his family have EdibleThemeNaming. |
| 812 | * FollowInMyFootsteps: Yellowtail wants him to be a fisherman, but Sour Cream only wants to be a DJ. |
| 813 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Sour Cream (responsible) is a rebellious teen, he's nowhere near as destructive as Onion (foolish). |
| 814 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Sour Cream has pale, blond hair and is one of the nicest characters in the series. |
| 815 | * HairstyleInertia: Sour Cream has had the same point from his baby days. |
| 816 | * HeroicBastard: Vidalia and Marty conceived him out of wedlock. Thankfully, he's the exact opposite of his biological father. |
| 817 | * IGotBigger: Pointed out by Amethyst in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E16OnionFriend "Onion Friend"]]. |
| 818 | -->'''Amethyst:''' I can't believe how long it's been! I mean, check this guy out! I used to be bigger than him! |
| 819 | * ImprobableHairstyle: His pale blond hair is styled into a point similar to Pearl's. |
| 820 | * InnocentBlueEyes: He has ice blue eyes and is one of the nicest characters in the series. |
| 821 | * IntelligibleUnintelligible: [[https://youtu.be/TNR1vB2UL0Q?t=1m51s Can speak the same mumble-language as his half-brother and stepfather.]] |
| 822 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: Like many of the teens he has one with Steven, mainly due to their love of music and performing. |
| 823 | * InTheHood: He wears a blue-grey hoodie. |
| 824 | * LikeFatherUnlikeSon: He is the exact opposite of his selfish ass of a biological father. |
| 825 | * LikeParentLikeChild: |
| 826 | ** His interest in the music business, albeit in different aspects of it, is the ''only'' personality trait he shares with his father. |
| 827 | ** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E16GregTheBabysitter "Greg the Babysitter"]] shows that he inherited his mother's laid-back attitude. |
| 828 | * MealTicket: Marty briefly uses Sour Cream as one during their time together in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E7DropBeatDad "Drop Beat Dad"]]. The second he hears about his son's rave, Marty turns it into a concert, which he then hijacks to promote Guacola. Even in their interactions, Marty strictly refers to Sour Cream with nicknames and his DJ status, showing that he sees him as a sucker to get rich off of rather than a son. |
| 829 | * MellowFellow: Very laid back, though he has issues with his stepdad's wishes for him. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E16GregTheBabysitter "Greg the Babysitter"]] reveals he's been like this since birth. |
| 830 | * NiceGuy: Sour Cream has a soft-spoken, easygoing, and honest personality and gets along with Steven. |
| 831 | * ParentWithNewParamour: It's not known when exactly Vidalia entered a relationship with Yellowtail after Sour Cream was born, but besides the tension over Sour Cream's dream of being a DJ they seem to get along pretty well. If anything Yellowtail's desire to see Sour Cream continue the family fishing business suggests he draws no distinction between his biological and step children. |
| 832 | * SimilarSquad: More than few fans have noted how he and Pearl have some very similar features, including hairstyle, skin tone, eye design, body type, and associated colors. |
| 833 | * SmallParentHugeChild: Teenager Sour Cream towers over his stout stepfather Yellowtail. |
| 834 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: It is implied that Rose meeting him as a baby may have inspired her to have Steven. |
| 835 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks ''a lot'' like his biological father, minus the shark teeth and age lines. That's the ''only'' thing they have in common. |
| 836 | * VocalDissonance: A noodle-skinny rave kid, with the deep baritone voice of Creator/BrianPosehn. He also inexplicably had that same voice as a baby. |
| 837 | [[/folder]] |
| 838 | |
| 839 | [[folder:Vidalia]] |
| 840 | !!Vidalia |
| 841 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vidalia_by_lenhi.png]] |
| 842 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see her in her younger years.]]\ |
| 843 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/youngvidaliapng.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 844 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Jackie Buscarino |
| 845 | |
| 846 | Sour Cream and Onion's mother. She's a long-time friend of Amethyst. She likes to paint artwork (mostly of Amethyst, whom she considers inspiring) in her free time, when she's not looking after her sons. |
| 847 | ---- |
| 848 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: In the past, she had a fling with [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Marty]] and conceived Sour Cream from it. [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan Her interests thoroughly reversed after that point]], however, since she married Yellowtail. |
| 849 | * AnimeHair: Her hairstyle matches perfectly with that of a Vidalia onion. |
| 850 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Her name refers to a type of onion and her hair looks exactly like one. |
| 851 | * BirdsOfAFeather: With Amethyst. One reason why she and Vidalia are such great friends is because they're both free spirits. |
| 852 | * ChildrenRaiseYou: In her younger days, she was a punk rocker and party girl. Then she became pregnant with Sour Cream, and she had to get a job and raise him on her own. Now she's HappilyMarried with two children and seems to be pretty happy with her life. |
| 853 | * CoolOldLady: She is roughly the same age as Greg and is just as cool, if not cooler than him (Amethyst's statement in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E16OnionFriend "Onion Friend"]]). She's a loving family woman, paints as a hobby, and is not afraid to use a ''shotgun'' [[MamaBear to protect her family]]. |
| 854 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Her brief appearance in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E5StoryForSteven "Story for Steven"]] suggested she was rather cold and aloof, but photos of her with Amethyst show a softer side that's much more obvious when she's older. |
| 855 | * EdibleThemeNaming: As with her two sons Onion and Sour Cream, she shares her name with the Vidalia onion. With her husband Yellowtail, the entire family is named after food. |
| 856 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In her youth, her hair was ''much'' longer. Nowadays, it's chin-length, neat and practical. |
| 857 | * FamilyThemeNaming: She and her family have EdibleThemeNaming. |
| 858 | * FormerTeenRebel: Her first appearance showed she was a snarky, punk-rock wearing JerkWithAHeartOfGold type of girl. In the present, she has become a mellowed out NiceGirl and [[GoodParents responsible mother]]. |
| 859 | * GoodParents: She's supportive of Sour Cream's dreams to be a DJ, and she dotes on Onion. |
| 860 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blond hair and is one of the kindest characters in the show. |
| 861 | * HappilyMarried: With Yellowtail. Vidalia doesn't care for her ex-lover, Marty, and is happily content with him. And a brief scene of them together in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E16OnionFriend "Onion Friend"]] shows her taking portraits of him like a model. |
| 862 | * HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Marty implies Vidalia and her friends party pretty hard. Theories quickly popped up that she got pregnant with Sour Cream with Marty inside Greg's van while he was up on stage performing for Rose (and if she didn't, they were doing something that made Greg cringe). All this apparently changed when Sour Cream was born. |
| 863 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Was apparently once this with Amethyst, considering they chat up a storm after they meet again and all the paintings in her garage were of Amethyst. |
| 864 | * {{Housewife}}: She's HappilyMarried to Yellowtail, and watches over the house while he's out at sea. She doesn't see him too often, but this doesn't get her down. In terms of parenting her sons, she's very supportive and shows that she's a really great mother. |
| 865 | * InterspeciesFriendship: Vidalia (a human) is close friends with Amethyst (a Gem). |
| 866 | * IWasQuiteALooker: While Vidalia is still pretty good looking, as a young adult she was ''stunning''. |
| 867 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: During her younger days. She was sarcastic and aloof, but did her best to be a good mom to Sour Cream, tolerated Greg despite his being a freeloader, and was a good friend of Amethyst. She's evolved into a NiceGirl by the present time. |
| 868 | * MamaBear: |
| 869 | ** When she thinks someone is breaking into her house (not realizing it's Steven and Amethyst), she greets them with a double-barreled shotgun. |
| 870 | ** In WholeEpisodeFlashback [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E16GregTheBabysitter "Greg the Babysitter"]], she gives this line to Greg when he babysits Sour Cream for her. |
| 871 | --->'''Vidalia:''' ''[to Greg]'' 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. |
| 872 | * MayflyDecemberFriendship: She's actually well-acquainted friends with Amethyst, but they haven't seen each other in a while. She's middle-aged since her introduction in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E5StoryForSteven "Story for Steven"]]. Of course, Amethyst is 5,000 years old and immortal. |
| 873 | * MellowFellow: Vidalia shares her eldest son's laid-back nature, though she is a bit quicker to anger. |
| 874 | * MoralityPet: She and Yellowtail are the only ones that [[BrattyHalfPint Onion]] respects and will stop his mayhem when he's around either. |
| 875 | * NiceGirl: She's very empathetic, listening to Amethyst talk about how Garnet and Pearl's fight has been affecting her. Even she was younger, she was exceedingly patient with Greg's habit of crashing at her house and eating her food. |
| 876 | * OddFriendship: A bit unexpected to find that she's friends with Amethyst, but they are both free-spirited, [[BirdsOfAFeather so it's easy to see how they did]]. |
| 877 | * OldFriend: With Amethyst. They used to hang out together a lot, but they drifted away for a while before meeting up again in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E16OnionFriend "Onion Friend"]]. |
| 878 | * OneTrackMindedArtist: Her art consists almost entirely of paintings of Amethyst. |
| 879 | * OpenMindedParent: She doesn't mind Sour Cream using up the house's electricity while [=DJing=], while mentioning Yellowtail would be cross. |
| 880 | * ParentalObliviousness: Although she affectionately calls Onion a "little troublemaker", she seems completely oblivious to the mayhem and illegal antics that Onion commits on a regular basis. |
| 881 | * RebelliousSpirit: She's settled down a little bit from her youth, but only a little; when Amethyst makes fun of her for wearing slippers, Vidalia jokes that Amethyst doesn't know what she's done in those slippers. |
| 882 | * RememberTheNewGuy: [[DownplayedTrope Partially]]; Steven didn't learn Vidalia lived in Beach City until the audience did, while Amethyst [[OldFriend lost touch with her at some point]]. However, Greg seems to have been in contact with her most of the last two decades (she's even let him stay at her house multiple times), but only previously mentioned Vidalia in one flashback. |
| 883 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Despite having a brief fling with [[{{Jerkass}} Marty]], she ended up marrying Yellowtail, a mellow and hard working [[FamilyMan family guy]]. |
| 884 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Like her son Onion, she has an onion-shaped head, hair the same color and similar shape, similar skin tone, and the same nose. Her hair is not as long as it once was, but now out of all of her family, hers resembles an onion the most. |
| 885 | * SoulSuckingRetailJob: When she raised Sour Cream alone she worked at a T-shirt shop. The uniform itself had a silly face on it. |
| 886 | [[/folder]] |
| 887 | |
| 888 | !Beach City Post Office |
| 889 | |
| 890 | [[folder:Jamie]] |
| 891 | !!Jamie |
| 892 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jamie___love_letters___model_0.png]] |
| 893 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Eugene Cordero |
| 894 | |
| 895 | Beach City's mailman, and an aspiring actor. |
| 896 | ---- |
| 897 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Jamie has olive-toned skin and it's unknown what his exact ethnicity is. |
| 898 | * ArtEvolution: In the early seasons, Jamie's nose was more prominent. |
| 899 | ** [[FridgeBrilliance Considering he left Beach City to become an actor, it's possible he got a nose job.]] |
| 900 | * AscendedExtra: He appeared in one early Season 1 episode for about a minute, appeared in a few crowd shots, then vanished. Come Season Two, he is given two [[ADayInTheLimelight starring roles]]. Lars didn't even receive a Season Two episode. |
| 901 | * BigOlEyebrows: Jamie's eyebrows are quite thick. |
| 902 | * BirdsOfAFeather: With Steven. He shares several [[CloudCuckooLander quirks]] and [[NiceGuy tendencies]] like him, making the two good friends. |
| 903 | * TheBusCameBack: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E7LoveLetters "Love Letters"]], he reveals that he actually did leave Beach City. He went to Kansas to become an actor. |
| 904 | -->'''Jamie:''' [[LampshadeHanging What's up, Steven? Long time, no see.]] |
| 905 | * CampStraight: Though effeminate in his acting and his expressions of love, he's instantly smitten with Garnet, who he thinks is a woman instead of a genderless alien. |
| 906 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He has an odd personality that comes out when he lets his hammy side take over. |
| 907 | * CoolShades: Wears a pair in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E7LoveLetters "Love Letters"]] that appear again in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E17HistoricalFriction "Historical Friction"]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS0E4Unboxing "Unboxing"]]. |
| 908 | * ADayInTheLimelight: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E7LoveLetters "Love Letters"]] is not only his first main role, but his first speaking role since [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E3CheeseburgerBackpack "Cheeseburger Backpack"]]. He would get this again in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E17HistoricalFriction "Historical Friction"]]. |
| 909 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: After losing his dream, and having his heart shattered, he learns a lesson on love from Garnet, and his play is such a hit that the mayor begs him to act in more productions. |
| 910 | * EnemyMime: Averted. He does a mime routine in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E20SadiesSong "Sadie's Song"]]. [[http://41.media.tumblr.com/257c607241603413d454fdea1ded1666/tumblr_nuucjibxEJ1sbs98vo1_1280.png This being Jamie, it's adorable rather than creepy.]] |
| 911 | * {{Foil}}: To Ronaldo. Both are LargeHam [[{{Manchild}} manchildren]] with big imaginations that have taken a bigger role among the Beach City citizens when it comes to the Crystal Gems (albeit inadvertently) that have a close, friendly relationship with Steven. While Jamie's passion is 100% sincere and he is fully capable of growing as a person, trying to improve his lot in life with local theater and accepting Garnet's rejection (with a pep-talk first), Ronaldo only does everything [[ItsAllAboutMe out of a disingenuous plea for attention]] and will [[IRejectYourReality reject facts and common sense whenever it contradicts his insane worldview]]. |
| 912 | %%* FriendToAllChildren: Jamie's relationship with [[{{Keet}} Steven]] heavily implies this. |
| 913 | * GeniusDitz: He's undoubtedly as ditzy as Steven, and although his artistic pretensions are usually PlayedForLaughs, he seems to be genuinely good at acting and directing. He manages to pull off Pearl's play in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E17HistoricalFriction "Historical Friction"]] while playing ''every character'' except the protagonist, and the crowd loves it. Garnet, of all people, also calls him a "fantastic" actor, although she might have done that just to get him off her back. |
| 914 | * HandshakeSubstitute: He and Steven share one as of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E17HistoricalFriction "Historical Friction"]]. Both high-five and proclaim out "Acting!" to each other. |
| 915 | * HiddenDepths: He is an aspiring actor. As noted above, he's not bad. Also, while he seems foppish, ridiculous, and over-dramatic while mooning after Garnet, in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E17HistoricalFriction "Historical Friction"]] we see that he does have a fair amount of insight into good writing and characterization. |
| 916 | * HopelessSuitor: Jamie's major crush on [[TheStoic Garnet]] didn't go anywhere because of two reasons: First, [[CelibateHero she isn't interested in ANYONE]] since she ''is'' a relationship (and not a polyamorous one like Fluorite). Secondly, Jamie's crush on her was solely based on LoveAtFirstSight, a belief that Garnet defies and deconstructs simultaneously, explaining that love takes time and work, and requires both parties to actually get to know each other. |
| 917 | * HumansAreFlawed: Something he states in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E17HistoricalFriction "Historical Friction"]]. |
| 918 | -->'''Jamie:''' To be human is to be flawed. A real hero must struggle! |
| 919 | * LargeHam: Drops into this occasionally. He calls it "the Drama Zone". |
| 920 | * {{Leitmotif}}: He has his own song when he shows up, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIWFEk5cRR8 based on Steven's little song about him]] in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E3CheeseburgerBackpack "Cheeseburger Backpack"]]. |
| 921 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: He seems to indirectly acknowledge his 52-episode absence between [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E3CheeseburgerBackpack "Cheeseburger Backpack"]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E7LoveLetters "Love Letters"]] when he tells Steven in the latter that he hasn't seen the boy in a while and has a great deal of deliveries to make. |
| 922 | * LoveAtFirstSight: Feels this for Garnet, until she snaps him out of this. |
| 923 | * MasterActor: While Jamie is an amateur actor, it's shown on a number of occasions, specifically [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E17HistoricalFriction "Historical Friction"]], that Jamie is a ''talented'' amateur actor. |
| 924 | * MilkingTheGiantCow: A habit of his whenever he's really laying on the drama. |
| 925 | * NiceGuy: Jamie is easygoing, friendly, kind, and (mostly) dedicated to his job. |
| 926 | * NotGoodWithRejection: He is very sensitive at times and does not take rejection well. His failed attempts to make it big in Kansas were particularly difficult for him to deal with. He was also so heartbroken over Garnet not returning his affections he decided to give up the Beach House route so as to not have to face her again. |
| 927 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E24IAmMyMom "I Am My Mom"]], Jamie is such a LargeHam that he loudly laments being stuck in Topaz [[CasualDangerDialogue as she's in the middle of a battle]]. When Topaz [[FacepalmOfDoom puts her hand around his head, ready to crush his skull]], Jamie can barely break the StunnedSilence. |
| 928 | -->''Uh... S-Steven?'' |
| 929 | * PromotionToOpeningTitles: A very minor version: the second opening features Jamie in the background among the citizens of Beach City, which he was absent from in the first. |
| 930 | * PutOnABus: Literally, as he left Beach City on a bus in order to head to Kansas and try to make it big as an actor. |
| 931 | * ShipperOnDeck: Jamie says Steven and Connie look cute together. |
| 932 | [[/folder]] |
| 933 | |
| 934 | [[folder:Barb Miller]] |
| 935 | !!Barb Miller |
| 936 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barbara_miller_9.png]] |
| 937 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KateFlannery |
| 938 | |
| 939 | Sadie's mother, and Jamie's superior at the Beach City Postal Service. |
| 940 | ---- |
| 941 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: She's really enthusiastic to help out her daughter to prepare for Beachapalooza in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E20SadiesSong "Sadie's Song"]]. She shows Steven the tutu from when Sadie used to do ballet, her swimsuit when she tried out swimming for a year, and ended up getting Sadie banned from the softball league after punching an umpire. The trope is downplayed though, as Sadie never reacts like she wants to drop off the face of the earth in response. |
| 942 | * CoolAndUnusualPunishment: She threatens to withhold Greg's mail if he backs out of an arrangement with her, "and she is not a woman of idle threats." |
| 943 | * DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: Sadie has some issues with Barb not quite having caught up to the fact that Sadie is an adult now. |
| 944 | * DotingParent: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E35Lion3StraightToVideo "Lion 3"]] has Sadie being originally uncomfortable with her insistence on always making her lunch. |
| 945 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Was first mentioned by Jamie all the way back in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E3CheeseburgerBackpack "Cheeseburger Backpack"]] and [[http://keepbeachcityweird.tumblr.com/post/67586435369/jobs-man the KBCW entry]] that coincides with [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E5Frybo "Frybo"]]. Her first physical appearance is next to Sadie in the crowd that goes to check on Steven and Greg in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E48TheReturn "The Return"]]. |
| 946 | * GenkiGirl: A rare adult example. Barbara is loud and overly enthusiastic about everything, especially if it is related to her daughter, Sadie. Energetic to a point where she's violent, strongly stepping around the house and pal-slapping Steven in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E20SadiesSong "Sadie's Song"]]. |
| 947 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Barb obviously loves Sadie, but, for example, doesn't seem to have picked up on the fact that her college-aged daughter doesn't actually like the stuffed animals Barb buys her. |
| 948 | * MamaBear: Barb once punched someone who she thought was not giving Sadie the respect she deserved. |
| 949 | * MrViceGuy: Barb is a nice and caring person, especially to Sadie. She is also ''very'' overbearing, [[MyBelovedSmother especially to Sadie]]. |
| 950 | * MyBelovedSmother: Like Dr. Maheswaran, Barb loves her daughter and wants the best for her. Unfortunately for the laid-back, easygoing Sadie, Barb's ambitions involve over-enthusiastically supporting, pushing into, and eventually completely taking over anything Sadie is remotely interested in, in hopes of Sadie excelling and becoming some kind of superstar. Barb also seems to enjoy buying stuffed animals and making lunches for Sadie, despite Sadie apparently having already graduated high school. The fact that Sadie doesn't eat the lunches and leaves the stuffed animals in a pile on her bedroom floor does not seem to have gotten through to Barb. It takes Sadie having a panic attack and lashing out at Barb after being stampeded into doing a stage act that would have wound up publicly humiliating Sadie to make Barb (and Steven) reconsider their position. |
| 951 | ** By season 5 Barb has taken the message to heart and doesn't get involved in Sadie's band stuff. When it looks like she might get super-involved after finding out the band has a gig in Empire City, Sadie lashes out at her again and tells her to stay out of it. In response, Barb calmly acknowledges that Sadie needs her space, leaves, and doesn't come to the show. [[note]]Though Sadie visibly felt bad about yelling at Barb and realized after the show that she had actually wanted Barb to come. The end of the episode implies that she invited Barb to their next show.[[/note]] |
| 952 | * NiceGirl: Flaws aside, Barb proves to be a decent and loving person who can properly apologize for her mistakes when called out on them. |
| 953 | * OpenMindedParent: By the fourth season, she accepts that Sadie is an adult who can get along without her. [[spoiler:When Sadie doesn't come home one night, Barb isn't worried the next day until presented with evidence that Sadie meant to come home.]] |
| 954 | * ShipperOnDeck: She once assumes Sadie is spending time with "her boyfriend", clearly referring to Lars. |
| 955 | * StageMom: Though [[InnocentlyInsensitive it's not malicious]], Barb tends to push Sadie too hard in all of her interests, and tends to do things her own way rather than listening to what Sadie wants. |
| 956 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks like a taller, older version of Sadie. |
| 957 | * VicariouslyAmbitious: A benevolent version, but the way Barb talks about wanting people to see what ''her'' daughter can do hints that she might be trying to live her own desires through Sadie, despite Sadie having a very different personality and approach to her interests. |
| 958 | [[/folder]] |
| 959 | |
| 960 | !Other Residents of Beach City |
| 961 | |
| 962 | [[folder:Suitcase Sam]] |
| 963 | !!Suitcase Sam |
| 964 | [[quoteright:160:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suitcase_sam.png]] |
| 965 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Lamar Abrams |
| 966 | |
| 967 | The eyepatched proprietor of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Suitcase Sam's]], where he sells various bags and cases. |
| 968 | ---- |
| 969 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''uitcase '''S'''am. |
| 970 | * LivingProp: He has no character beyond his appearance and owning a suitcase shop. |
| 971 | * ObfuscatingDisability: He can see out of both eyes, but wears an eyepatch over his left. It flips up when Onion and his friends flash him. |
| 972 | * RecurringExtra: He's been seen throughout Beach City, most memorably trading his lunch to Onion in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E15OnionTrade "Onion Trade"]]. |
| 973 | * TheVoiceless: Has never talked onscreen, barring his gasp of fear/shock in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E7OnionGang "Onion Gang"]]. |
| 974 | [[/folder]] |
| 975 | |
| 976 | [[folder:Jane]] |
| 977 | !!Jane |
| 978 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jane_8.png]] |
| 979 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Deedee Magno-Hall |
| 980 | |
| 981 | A teen who works at Beach City's local movie theater. |
| 982 | ---- |
| 983 | * AffectionateNickname: Jane is called "ohime-sama" by Ronaldo, which means "princess". |
| 984 | * BackForTheFinale: She reappears in [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E20TheFuture "The Future"]] as one of the people seeing Steven off. She is seen conversing with Ronaldo, implying they got back together. |
| 985 | * BirdsOfAFeather: In just one scene, she proves herself to be just as over-dramatic and nerdy as Ronaldo. |
| 986 | * ChekhovsGunman: Of the BrickJoke variety. She only shows up twice in the series as a nondescript background character, only to be revealed as Ronaldo's girlfriend in her third appearance. |
| 987 | * GirlfriendInCanada: Neither Ronaldo's friends nor family believed in her existence at first. |
| 988 | * {{Otaku}}: Just like her boyfriend, Jane is a non-Japanese fan of anime. |
| 989 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Shows up at the moment Ronaldo and Kiki are pulling off a fake romance to get their fathers to stop their feud and getting it to work, [[MistakenForCheating mistaking the former for cheating on her and dumping him]], leading the attempt to go up in smoke when Ronaldo reveals the nature of the ploy. She still doesn't believe him, and worse, Kofi reinstates the feud. |
| 990 | [[/folder]] |
| 991 | |
| 992 | !Historical Characters |
| 993 | |
| 994 | [[folder:William Dewey]] |
| 995 | !!Captain William Dewey |
| 996 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/william_dewey_su.png]] |
| 997 | |
| 998 | Mayor Dewey's ancestor, an explorer who helped to colonize the land that would one day become Beach City. According to [[UnreliableNarrator Mayor Dewey]], he was flawless and ruggedly handsome. According to Pearl, who was actually there, this is less than entirely accurate. |
| 999 | ---- |
| 1000 | * ButtMonkey: They called him a dunce back in his home country, and his voyage to find new land was almost catastrophic until the Crystal Gems intervened. |
| 1001 | * HistoricalBadassUpgrade: Mayor Dewey wrote a script that portrayed him as unfailingly hyper-competent and even literally superhuman. According to Pearl's personal accounts, William Dewey was lacking in most aptitudes except [[TheDeterminator fortitude]], and she rewrote Mayor Dewey's play to be more truthful. |
| 1002 | * IdenticalGrandson: The illustration for the play portrays him as identical to William Dewey. |
| 1003 | * NonSpecificallyForeign: We're given no details about where he was from before landing in Beach City. His name suggests he's British or Scottish, but it's also possible he's from some part of America that was colonized earlier. |
| 1004 | * OurFounder: Founded Beach City, and had a bronze statue erected in his honor. |
| 1005 | * TwoFirstNames: Something he shares with his descendants — "Dewey" can be used as a first name. |
| 1006 | [[/folder]] |
| 1007 | |
| 1008 | [[folder:Buddy Buddwick]] |
| 1009 | !!Buddy Buddwick |
| 1010 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/su_buddy_buddwick.png]] |
| 1011 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Eugene Cordero (imagined version) |
| 1012 | |
| 1013 | First mate of Captain William Dewey, the founder of Beach City. Buddy traveled the world and studied Gem locations in an attempt to make a name of his own. |
| 1014 | ---- |
| 1015 | * AlliterativeName: '''B'''uddy '''B'''uddwick. |
| 1016 | * BadassBookworm: Wrote enough books to fill a library, [[spoiler:the Buddy Buddwick Public Library, to be specific]]. |
| 1017 | * BadassNormal: He traveled the world, visiting and recording Gem locations, including places like the Lunar Sea Spire and Sky Spire. These places are difficult to get to for '''Gems''', much less a normal human. |
| 1018 | * ADayInTheLimelight: The focus of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E3BuddysBook "Buddy's Book"]]. |
| 1019 | * GlorySeeker: His adventures were so he would be famous and remembered like Captain William Dewey. After he realizes he didn't actually ''discover'' anything, he instead becomes an author and gets the glory he wanted, a library full of his books named in his honor. |
| 1020 | * HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E17HistoricalFriction "Historical Friction"]], he is referred to as "First Mate Buddy". The clarification that "Buddy" actually ''is'' his name doesn't come until [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E3BuddysBook "Buddy's Book"]]. |
| 1021 | * HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Steven and Connie imagine him as looking like Jamie the mailman. His portrait in the library reveals he wasn't as good-looking as they imagined, and the two say they prefer their image of him. |
| 1022 | * LargeHam: In his writings, he announced things with great gusto, and his HeroicBSOD was a crying fit about his failures (at least the way Steven and Connie imagined it). |
| 1023 | * PosthumousCharacter: Lived 200 years before the start of the series. |
| 1024 | * TooDumbToLive: Wandered the desert in a thick coat, refusing to take it off so people would know he's an explorer despite knowing that doing so would give him relief. |
| 1025 | [[/folder]] |
| 1026 | |
| 1027 | !Others |
| 1028 | |
| 1029 | [[folder:Kevin]] |
| 1030 | !!Kevin |
| 1031 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kevin_su.png]] |
| 1032 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndrewKishino\ |
| 1033 | ''"You've had a taste of Kevin, and now you're obsessed."'' |
| 1034 | |
| 1035 | A pompous teenager occasionally seen hanging with the cool kids of Beach City. Everyone seems to hate Kevin, and he wouldn't have it any other way. |
| 1036 | ---- |
| 1037 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: It was thought that, judging by [[http://hilaryflorido.tumblr.com/post/108208739368/heres-hoping-kevin-was-traumatized-into this piece]] of art made by one of the crew, his skin isn't dark at all, it just seems that way because he's only been shown so far in a darkly-lit warehouse. As of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E11BeachCityDrift "Beach City Drift"]], however, his skin is just about as semi-dark as it is in his character portrait. |
| 1038 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: Refuses to believe that Stevonnie is anything more than two kids standing on each other's shoulders. This is apparently reversed by [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E10KevinParty "Kevin Party"]], as he'll actively consider Stevonnie a separate person from them — one who's great at everything, even though he thinks Steven and Connie are [[JustAKid just kids]]. |
| 1039 | * AttentionWhore: Despite Kevin's claims to act the way he does because people's reactions are "funny", his motives seems more driven by an egotistic desire for people to think ''something'' about him. He apparently [[FameThroughInfamy finds it easier to attract hate than love]], and thus goes out of his way to infuriate people. It's only when people ignore him that he starts getting upset. |
| 1040 | * BigOlEyebrows: Kevin has thick eyebrows. |
| 1041 | * ChildHater: Kevin has a very condescending attitude to Connie and Steven for being younger than him, constantly calling them "brats" or such, even though they're much more mature than he is. |
| 1042 | * EntitledToHaveYou: His attitude to Stevonnie was essentially "I'm hot and you're hot, so you ''have'' to be my girlfriend." |
| 1043 | -->'''Kevin:''' We're angels walking among garbage people. We're perfect for each other.\ |
| 1044 | '''Stevonnie:''' How can you say that? You don't even know us! |
| 1045 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: In his first episode, he's a jerk to Stevonnie who can't take no for an answer, and in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E11BeachCityDrift "Beach City Drift"]], he insults Greg, then drives away without paying for his carwash. |
| 1046 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 1047 | ** He may be an obnoxious jerk, but the minute he finds out that the hottie he's flirting with/harassing is actually two small children, he bails. |
| 1048 | ** Kevin originally referred to Stevonnie as female (given the rather obviously female form Stevonnie takes, with, "Stevonnie," even being a feminine-sounding name), though he is later shown to respect their preference and use neutral pronouns when referring to Stevonnie. |
| 1049 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: He's not exactly "evil" but there are a couple instances of this throughout the show: |
| 1050 | ** After Stevonnie is a GracefulLoser to him, he refuses to accept that they're not still obsessed with him and ends up screaming at their departing car, ironically showing that now they're the one inordinately taking up space in ''his'' head. |
| 1051 | ** When Kevin wants Stevonnie at his party, but Steven and Connie aren't talking to each other, he tries to get them to reconnect. After finding out they weren't dating, as Kevin assumed, he tries to think of how to treat a friend... [[TheFriendNobodyLikes and draws a blank]]. |
| 1052 | * {{Foil}}: He has the same color scheme as Stevonnie (clothes, hair, and skin), encouraging the viewer to compare them directly. Even his name echoes Stevonnie's: it sounds like the first part of "Connie" and the second part of "Steven", instead of vice versa. However, while Stevonnie is the embodiment of respecting boundaries and is a component of two nice people, Kevin doesn't care about someone's space if he likes them and is a complete jerk. |
| 1053 | * ForgottenFirstMeeting: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E11BeachCityDrift "Beach City Drift"]], it takes him a while to remember Steven and Connie/Stevonnie. |
| 1054 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: He may occasionally hang out with the Cool Kids, but they don't really like him. Kevin himself seems vaguely aware that, even though he has a wide social circle, no one he knows is actually his friend. |
| 1055 | * FreudianExcuse: He was dumped in the past, possibly for unloading his feelings on his then-girlfriend, leading to at least some of his constant posturing. |
| 1056 | * HandsomeLech: He's a handsome pretty boy who just so happens to be an overbearing dullard. |
| 1057 | * HateSink: Kevin is a chauvinistic jerk who constantly invades Stevonnie's personal space, even after they voice their discomfort. Even ''[[AllLovingHero Steven's]]'' reaction to this guy is to genuinely snarl his name through gritted teeth when he shows up at It's A Wash, and he flat out [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness states that he]] ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness hates]]'' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness the guy]] not a minute later. The Cool Kids also don't seem to have much use for him either, during "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E11BeachCityDrift Beach City Drift]]" they seem to even give ''Ronaldo'' more respect than Kevin. |
| 1058 | * HiddenDepths: While he seems to possess some level of charisma, attracting a crowd to his party, he seems completely out of touch and unable to espouse any advice to Steven when he learns that Connie was his friend and not his ''girl''friend, implying that he has [[FriendlessBackground never had real friends]]. He also seemed generally upset when he accidentally mentions "Sabina". |
| 1059 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He is very self-centered, and had a minor breakdown when Stevonnie stops responding to his taunts. |
| 1060 | * {{Jerkass}}: Kevin is an annoying and unpleasant person. It's not even like he's that villainous or evil of a person (especially when compared to the gems Steven fights), he's just kind of a twat. |
| 1061 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Even if Connie wouldn't have minded, Kevin rightly tells Steven not to try to reconnect with her [[InelegantBlubbering as a sobbing mess]]. |
| 1062 | -->'''Kevin:''' You can't just dump your "emotional honesty" face all over her. You're gonna freak her out. |
| 1063 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Kevin has a well-rehearsed sob story about a sick younger brother that he'll recite for sympathy, then immediately admit it's a lie he tells to amuse himself. |
| 1064 | * {{Manchild}}: He throws a childish temper tantrum when Stevonnie accepts defeat with humility, instead of fueling him with more hate to fill his ego. |
| 1065 | * TheMatchmaker: He spends "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E10KevinParty Kevin Party]]" trying to get Steven and Connie back together ([[NominalHero for his own purposes]]), and had assumed they were already dating. |
| 1066 | * {{Narcissist}}: Kevin has a high opinion of himself and is incredibly condescending to others. He can't seem to comprehend the idea that someone genuinely is ignoring him, and basically throws a temper tantrum when Stevonnie just walks off without paying attention to him. |
| 1067 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He invades Stevonnie's space even after they express disapproval. |
| 1068 | * NominalHero: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E10KevinParty "Kevin Party"]], he attempts to get Steven and Connie back together after their fight, but only because he's still obsessed with Stevonnie, and by extension them making him look cool. Even his more sincere moments don't peg him up high enough to a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. |
| 1069 | * NoodleIncident: Whatever happened between him and his previous crush Sabina? |
| 1070 | * PrettyBoy: Don't let it fool you though, [[BeautyIsBad he's not nearly as pretty on the inside]]. |
| 1071 | * RichBastard: Kevin drives a modified high-performance sports car that lets him [[BiggerStick easily outrace everyone else with minimal effort]]. Given his age, it's very unlikely he paid for it himself. When he throws a party at his house, he refers to it as a "palatial estate" where Steven gets lost on the driveway. |
| 1072 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Almost has this word-to-word reaction after he sees Stevonnie defuse into Steven and Connie. |
| 1073 | -->'''Kevin:''' That's two kids! I'm out. |
| 1074 | * {{Slimeball}}: Approached Stevonnie as if he was this cool guy, but quickly revealed what a colossal {{jerkass}} he is. |
| 1075 | * SmallNameBigEgo: He's not as very well-known as he thinks he is. |
| 1076 | * {{Troll}}: He outright admits his condescension and mockery are because [[ItAmusedMe he finds the frustration of others to be funny]]. Steven and Connie realize the best response is to be congenial and ignore him. |
| 1077 | * UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Kevin races cars in the street, and the opportunity to gloat seems to be the main appeal to him. It's even implied that he ''slowed down'' so Stevonnie would see him win. |
| 1078 | * UpperClassTwit: In contrast to his wealth and looks, Kevin is not shown to be very bright, thinking that Steven's name was "Clarence" somehow, thinks Steven and Connie are half of their ages, referring to [[MistakenForDog Lion as a dog]] (especially dumb, considering he is allergic to dogs) and espousing [[AdviceBackfire misguided advice to Steven that makes his situation worse]]. |
| 1079 | * VillainousBreakdown: He basically throws a temper tantrum when Stevonnie just ignores him after he won their race rather than reacting to his taunting and boasting. |
| 1080 | [[/folder]] |
| 1081 | |
| 1082 | [[folder:Marty]] |
| 1083 | !!Marty |
| 1084 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/su_marty.png]] |
| 1085 | [[caption-width-right:200:[[labelnote:Click here to see how he looked in Greg's story.]]\ |
| 1086 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leuglymarty.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 1087 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Jon Wurster\ |
| 1088 | ''"See, Greg, this is your problem: you want one huge woman, when you could have multiple small ones."'' |
| 1089 | |
| 1090 | Greg's manager from when he was a [[BlatantLies celebrity musician]], and Sour Cream's father. |
| 1091 | ---- |
| 1092 | * AnimalMotifs: His facial features (especially the teeth) bear resemblance to a shark. With his reappearance in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E7DropBeatDad "Drop Beat Dad"]] it becomes a bit more apparent due to his mouth being elongated like a shark's snout, and his hair having the appearance of a shark's pectoral and dorsal fins. |
| 1093 | * BadBoss: When he isn't just straight-up brow-beating Greg, he grifts him out of 75% of what little profits they manage to earn. He is also shown to be rather incompetent, having booked Greg a show at Beach City with no one showing up and leaves the merch station unattended. It isn't until after Greg fires him does he ever make any money by selling one of Greg's songs as a burger jingle, only returning to Beach City to give him the check he is legally obligated to give him. |
| 1094 | * ComicBookFantasyCasting: His present physical appearance bears an ominous resemblance to Creator/JackNicholson. |
| 1095 | * DisappearedDad: He had an intimate but short relationship with Vidalia which ended up with her getting pregnant with Sour Cream. He seemingly had no part in raising Sour Cream and only saw him sporadically. He shows up in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E7DropBeatDad "Drop Beat Dad"]] after not having seen Sour Cream for nine years, for what are actually incidental reasons. Instead of really spending time with his son, he just wants to use his music to help peddle Guacola. |
| 1096 | * EvilMakesYouUgly: A realistic example; Marty was once a somewhat approachable guy before the stress of his financial failures caused him to age horribly. |
| 1097 | * EvilOldFolks: Even after aging into an old man, Marty's still a colossal {{jerkass}}. |
| 1098 | * FalseFriend: Was essentially an insincere companion using Greg before revealing his true colors. |
| 1099 | * {{Foil}}: To Greg. Greg was faithful and genuinely loving to his girlfriend, a {{Good Parent|s}} to his son who he's supportive of, and an over all content and genuinely good person. Marty ReallyGetsAround, left the woman he got pregnant, is a thoroughly terrible parent to his son who he only uses as a means to get ahead, and is ultimately an awful, greedy person. Greg, despite not being wealthy at all, is content with his life while Marty, despite being rich, is still greedy for more money. It's even reflected in their character designs; Greg is BigFun while Marty is LeanAndMean. |
| 1100 | * HairTodayGoneTomorrow: He already had a far-back hairline when we first saw him, and is sporting some serious male pattern baldness when he appears in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E7DropBeatDad Drop Beat Dad]]". |
| 1101 | * HateSink: While other unpleasant characters in the show usually show HiddenDepths at some point, Marty shows no redeeming qualities whatsoever, and seems to exist just to be hated. Both Greg and Vidalia, the people who primarily interacted with him, have expressed that they neither know nor care where Marty is today, with Greg adding that Marty was dead to him. You know you're a bad person if ''[[AllLovingHero Steven]]'' is distrustful towards you. |
| 1102 | * {{Hypocrite}}: |
| 1103 | ** He berates Greg for losing money by giving away stuff to a woman he likes. Marty abandoned the merchandise table in the middle of a concert to fool around with Vidalia in the back of Greg's van. |
| 1104 | ** Marty states that Greg is just a spaced-out kid who needs Marty to point him in the right direction. About five seconds later, Marty nearly drives the van into an oncoming semi-truck, only averting the crash when Greg tells him to look where he's going. |
| 1105 | ** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E7DropBeatDad "Drop Beat Dad"]], Marty lends Sour Cream some new equipment and helps him set up a rave on the beach, as a way of "making up for lost time", but when it starts Marty turns the whole thing into an advertisement for Guacola. When Sour Cream complains, Marty has the gall to accuse ''him'' of being selfish. |
| 1106 | * HypocriteHasAPoint: As irresponsible as Marty himself is, he wasn't entirely wrong in his criticism of a young Greg when he called Greg "a spaced-out kid" and said that Greg needed others to point him in the right direction. Future episodes would show that when Greg was young, despite occasional moments of insight and maturity, Greg was also an enormous ManChild with very little sense of responsibility and no idea of how to survive in the world. |
| 1107 | * IWasQuiteALooker: [[BeautyEqualsGoodness Marty was always kind of creepy-looking]], but in his youth was able to present himself in a way [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys that some women found attractive]]. Since then, he's aged ''way'' worse than Greg or Vidalia, becoming so skinny and wrinkly as to look almost skeletal. |
| 1108 | * {{Jerkass}}: He sees women as objects, only took in Greg to make a quick buck, and is all but stated to have conned Greg out of the majority of any money he made, and he's a deadbeat dad who hasn't visited his son, Sour Cream, in nine years. |
| 1109 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Despite saying he wants to make up for lost time with his son by helping him set up for his DJ rave, he really just planned on using the event to promote a new soda he's being paid to endorse. |
| 1110 | * LackOfEmpathy: He doesn't care about any of the women he picks up. He also isn't really concerned with having a good father-son relationship with Sour Cream. |
| 1111 | * LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: In the present, Greg described him as "dead to me" and Vidalia doesn't care what's happened to him either. |
| 1112 | * LikeFatherLikeSon: His interest in the music business, albeit in different aspects of it, is the ''only'' personality trait he shares with his son. |
| 1113 | * ManipulativeBastard: He exploited Greg's musical talents for his own personal gain, and later tried to do the same thing with Sour Cream. |
| 1114 | * MockMillionaire: In the flashback featured in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E5StoryForSteven "Story for Steven"]], Marty said he's going to make both himself and Greg rich "and as far as these saltwater saps" knew, they already were. Based on that episode's line about Marty getting 75% of whatever comes from selling Greg's merchandise and the ten million dollars he's legally obligated to give Greg in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E7DropBeatDad "Drop Beat Dad"]], the "Mock" part [[FakeRealTurn no longer applies]]. |
| 1115 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: In the present, he looks bizarrely like Mr. Burns from ''The Simpsons'', including a Groening-style overbite, and his hands have an atypically high level of detail. |
| 1116 | * ObviouslyEvil: Basically everything about Marty's appearance screams "creep"; he has very harsh, jagged features, including [[ScaryTeeth all-pointy teeth]] and usually sports a [[SmugSmiler shit-eating grin]]. |
| 1117 | * ParentalNeglect: He vanished from his son's life for years, and when he returned to town in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E7DropBeatDad "Drop Beat Dad"]] for entirely unrelated business, he quickly tried to manipulate him for his own profit. |
| 1118 | * PetTheDog: |
| 1119 | ** For all of his foulness, even he can't resist liking Steven. He even gives Steven a roadie badge and allows him to help set up. |
| 1120 | ** While he's deeply neglectful of his relationship with Sour Cream, he also didn't write him off entirely, as one might expect a guy like Marty to do with a child he conceived with a woman he never expected to see again. He's implied to have visited him at least sporadically when Sour Cream was younger. |
| 1121 | * PointyHairedBoss: Greg's commercial failure as a musician, in spite of his obvious skill, seems to largely stem from Marty's managerial incompetence and negligence; Marty is shown to spend more time trying to pick up women than advertising Greg's concerts or selling their merchandise. |
| 1122 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He disrespects women and spends both his major appearances as a manipulative antagonist. |
| 1123 | * ReallyGetsAround: His brief fling with Vidalia and conversation with Greg imply he wants to spend most of his tour time sleeping around with groupies, which he seems somewhat successful at. He gives Greg advice to do the same that he thankfully shoots down. |
| 1124 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Steven has never heard of him, despite Greg thinking that he'd mentioned him before when telling his son how he met Rose. Justified, as Greg hates the guy and likely wouldn't want to bring him up in the first place, even as an afterthought. |
| 1125 | * ScaryTeeth: Marty's teeth are all pointy during the scene at the Beach City concert. Strangely, he has normal teeth in Greg's photo and his next scene in the van. In the present, his teeth look pointy but not razor-sharp. |
| 1126 | * SellOut: He's become a very shameless sponsor of a terrible product called "Guacola" which he claims that he "needs", either because he's in debt or has gotten used to an expensive lifestyle. |
| 1127 | * SinisterShades: He currently wears a visor now and still retains his egotistical attitude. |
| 1128 | * {{Slimeball}}: Marty attempts to endear himself to everyone he meets, but it's only because he's always trying to get something from them. |
| 1129 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: In the first two seasons, he appears in two scenes with a combined screen time of about four minutes. If it weren't for him driving Greg away from touring, he would have never stayed in Beach City and Steven would have never been born. |
| 1130 | * TheSociopath: Marty shows a lot of traits of a non-criminal but otherwise low-functioning sociopath. He saw Greg as nothing more than a MealTicket, couldn't care less about the women he sleeps around with, and seems fundamentally driven by his own hedonism. |
| 1131 | * TheSvengali: He bosses Greg around without much concern for his personal or artistic concerns, at the same time undermining his confidence with constant insults and taking ''75%'' of his profits. |
| 1132 | * TotallyRadical: He uses outdated phrases to appeal to the "young crowd" in his advertisements. |
| 1133 | [[/folder]] |
| 1134 | |
| 1135 | [[folder:Jeff]] |
| 1136 | !!Jeff |
| 1137 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jeff_su.png]] |
| 1138 | |
| 1139 | A classmate of Connie's, whose arm she accidentally breaks on reflex. |
| 1140 | ---- |
| 1141 | * NiceGuy: Forgives Connie easily and quickly becomes her friend. |
| 1142 | * OneShotCharacter: Only appears in "Mindful Education". |
| 1143 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears in a brief flashback and a picture, but the guilt Connie feels over hurting him serves as the focus of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E4MindfulEducation "Mindful Education"]]. In addition, her anxiety causes Steven to think about his own anxieties. |
| 1144 | %%* TearsOfFear: After Connie lays him out. |
| 1145 | * {{Tuckerization}}: [[https://twitter.com/howhowhoward/status/827625074312089600 Named after series storyboarder and composer Jeff Liu]], who worked on [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E4MindfulEducation "Mindful Education"]]. |
| 1146 | [[/folder]] |
| 1147 | |
| 1148 | [[folder:Quentin Frowney]] |
| 1149 | !!Quentin Frowney |
| 1150 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mrfrowney_6.png]] |
| 1151 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrianGeorge\ |
| 1152 | '''Steven (as Zoltron):''' Zoltron sees... sadness in your future, no matter what you do. |
| 1153 | |
| 1154 | A sad, pessimistic Englishman who used to be partners with Mr. Smiley in a stand-up comedy act. He shows up in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E5FutureBoyZoltron "Future Boy Zoltron"]] looking to get in touch with his old friend. |
| 1155 | ---- |
| 1156 | * AmbiguouslyGay: His reunion with Mr. Smiley reads less like them talking about a failed comedy act and more like a failed relationship. |
| 1157 | --> '''Mr. Frowney''': Did you just come here to laugh at me?\ |
| 1158 | '''Mr. Smiley''': No! I'm here to tell you that- I wanted it to work, alright? But it wasn't making you happy.\ |
| 1159 | '''Mr. Frowney''': I just wanted you to take it seriously.\ |
| 1160 | '''Mr. Smiley''': And I just wanted you to have fun.\ |
| 1161 | '''Mr. Frowney''': Oh, I guess it was never going to work. [pause] But I really thought we had something. |
| 1162 | ** The 'Ambiguously' is cut out completely in the book ''"Steven Universe: Art & Origins"'', where in the concepts it's detailed that they were explicitly in a relationship, combined with a note stating that "they were clearly lovers". |
| 1163 | * BackForTheFinale: After only appearing in one episode in the original series, Mr. Frowney has a cameo in the last episode of ''Future'' when the boardies are seeing Steven off. |
| 1164 | * BigOlEyebrows: He has thick, brown eyebrows. |
| 1165 | * ColorMotifs: Brown. There's his brown hair and most of his clothing is dark brown (sweater, jacket, and shoes). |
| 1166 | * TheCynic: Mr. Frowney is not very positive about his life. When Steven tries using Garnet's Future Vision to figure out what'll make him feel better, ''all'' outcomes come up wrong, in part due to Frowney's cynicalness causing him to take it the wrong way. |
| 1167 | * TheEeyore: Mr. Frowney is as miserable as Mr. Smiley is cheerful. |
| 1168 | * EyesAlwaysShut: He almost never opens his eyes, adding to his forlorn appearance. |
| 1169 | * FailureIsTheOnlyOption: In part due to Frowney's cynical attitude, all of the possible futures Steven sees using Garnet's future vision end with Frowney sad, no matter what he does. |
| 1170 | * MeaningfulName: Like how Mr. Smiley always smiles, Mr. Frowney always frowns. |
| 1171 | %%* MessyHair: His hair is quite unkempt. |
| 1172 | %%* OddCouple: Used to be in one for entertainment with Mr. Smiley. |
| 1173 | * OneShotCharacter: Barring his cameo in "The Future", Frowney's only appearance is in "Future Boy Zoltron". |
| 1174 | * PerpetualFrowner: As can be expected with a name like "Frowney", his face is almost always set into a frown. |
| 1175 | * WhenHeSmiles: He finally gives a sincere smile when he realizes that Smiley still considers him a friend. |
| 1176 | [[/folder]] |
| 1177 | |
| 1178 | [[folder:Mystery Girl/"S"]] |
| 1179 | !!Mystery Girl |
| 1180 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/punkdiamond.png]] |
| 1181 | |
| 1182 | A mysterious, non-speaking pink-haired biker girl that Pearl gets a crush on in "Last One Out of Beach City" because of her resemblance to Rose Quartz. Pearl manages to get her phone number. |
| 1183 | ---- |
| 1184 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: She has light tanned skin, but her ethnicity is unknown. |
| 1185 | * AnatomyAnomaly: She's one of a few characters, and the only human, who is normally drawn with eyelashes. This is presumably to emphasize her dark eye makeup. |
| 1186 | * BadassBiker: She has a motorcycle, and Pearl is smitten with her. |
| 1187 | * BigBeautifulWoman: Her tall, stocky figure — and how this makes her resemble Rose — is part of what attracted Pearl to her. Though compared to Rose, she seems less fat and a bit more muscular. |
| 1188 | * ButchLesbian: Has a somewhat butch look going on, especially when standing next to the petite Pearl, and gives her number to a female-presenting alien after some flirting. |
| 1189 | * TheCameo: Is seen among the audience at Sadie Killer and the Suspects' concert in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E14TheBigShow "The Big Show"]]. |
| 1190 | * DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: She looks like a human version of Rose and Pearl is ''instantly'' taken aback upon meeting her for the first time. Subverted, as her relationship with Pearl isn't explored further. |
| 1191 | * HairFlip: Tosses her hair up when she enters the Big Donut and again when Pearl starts talking to her. |
| 1192 | * IdenticalStranger: She looks like a human version of Rose gone wild. Steven even points it out. |
| 1193 | * InterspeciesRomance: She, a human, has a mutual attraction with Pearl, a Gem. |
| 1194 | * MayflyDecemberRomance: Pearl has a crush on her for all intents and purposes, but as a Gem, is obviously going to outlive her. |
| 1195 | * NoNameGiven: She is credited simply as Mystery Girl. All we know besides that is that her name starts with an S, since it was on the paper she gave Pearl. |
| 1196 | * OneShotCharacter: Barring a background cameo in "The Big Show", her only appearance is in "Last One out of Beach City". |
| 1197 | * StatuesqueStunner: She isn't as inhumanly huge as Rose, but she's still [[OneHeadTaller noticeably taller than Pearl]], who seems to be taller than the average human woman. |
| 1198 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Despite what Pearl may have thought, she wasn't bothered by Pearl mentioning that she was a Gem who saved Earth. |
| 1199 | * VagueAge: Going by her appearance, she can be anything from an older teenager to an adult in her early 40s. |
| 1200 | * TheVoiceless: She only speaks when her and Pearl are out of earshot. |
| 1201 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Pearl gets her phone number, she's not seen again except in a crowd shot. It's shown with other numbers in "A Single Pale Rose", implying Pearl moved on, though if they actually dated is unspecified. |
| 1202 | [[/folder]] |
| 1203 | |
| 1204 | [[folder:Onion's Gang]] |
| 1205 | !!Onion's Gang |
| 1206 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/onions_gang.png]] |
| 1207 | [[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Soup, Garbanzo, Pinto (in backpack), Onion, and Squash.]] |
| 1208 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Lamar Abrams (Garbanzo) |
| 1209 | |
| 1210 | Three kids Onion's age (and a baby) whom Onion hangs out with. |
| 1211 | ---- |
| 1212 | * AmbiguousGender: Soup, Squash and Pinto's genders are never referred to, though we can assume that Pinto is a girl (by the pink bow). |
| 1213 | * BirdsOfAFeather: A platonic example. They are a group of {{Creepy Child}}ren with a really weird [[{{Troll}} and a love for trolling unsuspecting people]]. It's no mystery why they and Onion get along so well. |
| 1214 | * CreepyChild: Although their games are largely harmless (except to bugs), the kids are pretty creepy at times: most of them don't talk at all, they play a game that involves Garbanzo pretending to be killed in a car crash, and they race bugs and other little critters and smash the winner with a hammer. |
| 1215 | * EdibleThemeNaming: They're named Garbanzo, Pinto, Squash, and Soup. They, like Onion, are named after food, particularly foods placed in soup... except for Soup. This is {{Lampshaded}} by Steven, who guesses Pinto's name solely based on the fact that Garbanzo is named after a bean. |
| 1216 | * FamilyThemeNaming: As mentioned and {{Lampshaded}} by Steven, Garbanzo and Pinto are both named after varieties of bean. |
| 1217 | * FreeRangeChildren: Their parents aren't shown, and it's only known that they hang out in Beach City during the summer. |
| 1218 | * OneShotCharacter: Their only appearance is in "Onion Gang". |
| 1219 | * PokemonSpeak: Throughout his only appearance, Garbanzo only says his name as an exclamation. |
| 1220 | * StickyFingers: One of the kids tries to steal Steven's wallet offscreen. |
| 1221 | * TheSpeechless: While the other ones don't talk and Garbanzo only says his name once, Pinto is this, as they're a baby and sucking on a pacifier. |
| 1222 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristics: One may guess that Garbanzo's baby sibling, Pinto, is a girl by the pink bow in her hair. |
| 1223 | * TotemPoleTrench: They do this with Onion (and Steven). They proceed to walk up to Suitcase Sam and throw it open, taking a picture of him in his shock. Their pictures show they've done it to others, including Sour Cream and Garnet. |
| 1224 | * {{Troll}}: The kids like messing with people, and are shown to have done their TotemPoleTrench gag with several Beach City citizens. |
| 1225 | * TheVoiceless: The only member of the group who talks is Garbanzo, and he speaks only in PokemonSpeak. |
| 1226 | [[/folder]] |
| 1227 | |
| 1228 | [[folder:The Zoomans]] |
| 1229 | !!The Zoomans |
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| 1233 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peoplezoo.png]] |
| 1234 | [[caption-width-right:350:An assortment of Zoomans, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Greg]].]] |
| 1235 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Lamar Abrams (Wy-Six), Creator/CristinaValenzuela (Jay-Ten) |
| 1236 | |
| 1237 | The descendants of humans put in Homeworld's PeopleZoo back when Earth was still a colony. |
| 1238 | ---- |
| 1239 | * AmbiguouslyBi: While their concept of relationships is immature and stunted, they do have preferences. And when Greg introduces the concept of independently choosing one's own mate to them, they all immediately choose him. |
| 1240 | * BarefootCaptives: The uniform they wear doesn't include shoes, and signifies how absurdly sheltered their lives are. |
| 1241 | * BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage: They have a ritual called the “Choosening”, where the zoo chooses their partner for them. |
| 1242 | * CreatorCameo: Wy-Six is voiced by storyboard artist Lamar Abrams. |
| 1243 | * GildedCage: Everything is provided for them and they're left wanting for nothing, but the implications of them being prisoners for a highly-advanced alien race are still there. |
| 1244 | * IgnoranceIsBliss: They live their lives contently, mostly because they're well-cared-for and don't have any concept of living life otherwise. |
| 1245 | * InUniverseNickname: "Zooman" is a nickname Greg uses for them once. |
| 1246 | * LoinCloth: Every Zooman, no matter what gender, wears white loincloths, along with blue vests and earrings. |
| 1247 | * ManChild: The Zoo's constant control of their life leaves them in a state of perpetual emotional immaturity. They don't even understand the concepts of pain or rejection and start bawling like children when introduced to them. |
| 1248 | * MyNaymeIs: The credits and closed captions spell their names phonetically instead of with letters or numerals (e.g. "Wy-Six" instead of "Y-6"), likely to demonstrate their ignorance that their "names" are just serial codes. |
| 1249 | * NiceGuy: They are kind and welcoming, accepting Greg and Steven immediately. |
| 1250 | * NotGoodWithRejection: It doesn't exist in their society — every decision is made for them, which they accept without question. They are upset and confused when Greg rejects all of them choosing him during the Choosening. Two ''years'' later, they still hold a grudge. |
| 1251 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Wy-Six shows signs of a pettier side in "Rose Buds", still holding a grudge for Greg rejecting two years later. |
| 1252 | * PerpetualFrowner: One of the males, seen while the rest chant "The bits, the bits!", is always frowning. |
| 1253 | * TragicKeepsake: Along with the Earth Quartzes, they are kept by Blue Diamond as living reminders of Pink Diamond. |
| 1254 | * TookALevelInBadass: They started out as a group of ignorant manchildren, who had everything given to them, so they end up throwing a tantrum when Greg rejects them. In ''Steven Universe: Future'', their bad experience with Greg and [[spoiler:the dismantling of the Gempire]] has toughened them up considerably, now ''they'' are the ones [[spoiler:in charge of the Human Zoo]]. |
| 1255 | * TransplantedHumans: They're descended from humans who were abducted by aliens. |
| 1256 | * WagonTrainToTheStars: [[spoiler:In Era 3, the Zoomans are given full control of the Zoo, taking it wherever in the universe they wish.]] |
| 1257 | * WhatIsThisFeeling: They have never felt sadness or pain before, to the point of lacking words to describe them, because their every need is taken care of in the zoo. When Greg gently rejects them during the Choosening (a mandated matchmaking period), they experience sadness for the first time and become almost inconsolably upset. |
| 1258 | -->'''Jay-Ten:''' ''[crying]'' I feel... not good! I feel... bad!\ |
| 1259 | '''Wy-Six:''' ''[also crying]'' Could this be... is this... "hurt"?\ |
| 1260 | '''Wy-Six:''' Why would Gah-reg hurt us?! Take this hurt away! |
| 1261 | * WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: [[EternalEnglish They're still mutually comprehensible with modern humans after thousands of years]], but they have strange intonations and pronounce Greg and Steven's names to sound more like their own [[YouAreNumberSix alphanumerical designations]]. |
| 1262 | * YouAreNumberSix: Like Gems, they lack individual names, each human instead of having a unique letter and number designation. They seem to have never been educated about the ''concept'' of letters or numbers, so they don't see it as unusual. In spite of this, Greg gets to keep his name, although the way they pronounce it is somewhat odd ("GAH-reg"). They also pronounce "Steven" as "Stee-VON". |
| 1263 | [[/folder]] |
| 1264 | |
| 1265 | [[folder:Sunshine Justice]] |
| 1266 | !!Sunshine Justice |
| 1267 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sunshine_justice.png]] |
| 1268 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Music/JoanJett |
| 1269 | |
| 1270 | An old friend of Greg's from his days in the music industry. Provides Sadie and the Suspects their first big gig in Empire City. |
| 1271 | ---- |
| 1272 | * DeadpanSnarker: In the email she sends Greg, she has a couple quips about his former career. "Reminds me of your old space gimmick... except that people actually like it!" |
| 1273 | * IdenticalStranger: Looks a lot like Barb, to the point where Sadie mistook her as being her mom in a PaperThinDisguise. |
| 1274 | * OneShotCharacter: Only appears in "The Big Show". |
| 1275 | * SunglassesAtNight: She keeps her shades on until after Sadie Killer and the Suspects' show, even in the dark theater where it'd be impractical to wear sunglasses. |
| 1276 | [[/folder]] |
| 1277 | |
| 1278 | [[folder:Shep]] |
| 1279 | !!Shep |
| 1280 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shep_by_rylergamerdbs.png]] |
| 1281 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IndyaMoore |
| 1282 | |
| 1283 | Sadie's partner that she met while on tour with the Suspects. They first appear in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E9LittleGraduation Little Graduation]]". |
| 1284 | ---- |
| 1285 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Shep has a somewhat darker skin, but their exact ethnicity is unknown. It's worth noting that their voice actor Indya Moore has a pretty mixed ethnic background, being of Dominican, Haitian, and Puerto Rican descent. |
| 1286 | * CaptainObvious: They observe that Steven's powers going haywire and trapping his friends ''might'' have something to do with his anxieties about being left behind. It's implied the others realized this, but were too polite to point it out. |
| 1287 | * FantasticallyIndifferent: When Steven's powers start going haywire, Shep doesn't bat an eye, and immediately sees his emotions are causing it. |
| 1288 | * FashionableAsymmetry: Downplayed. Shep's outfit would be symmetrical if it weren't for the different colored wristbands they wear on each arm. |
| 1289 | * NiceGuy: They are a calm and friendly person, and don't even hold anything against Steven when his powers nearly crush them. |
| 1290 | * OneShotCharacter: Their only onscreen appearance is in "Little Graduation", though they're mentioned in "Growing Pains" and "The Future". |
| 1291 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: They are introduced simply to be Sadie's new love interest, and have little character beyond being Sadie's partner. |
| 1292 | * SecondLove: Sadie started dating Shep sometime after she and Lars realized they were growing apart. |
| 1293 | * TotallyRadical: Their outfit strongly evokes fashion from TheNineties, complete with pastel geometric shapes and a backward baseball cap. Their dialogue also includes some 90's slang, [[DownplayedTrope but no more than any other young adult character.]] |
| 1294 | * WhoopiEpiphanySpeech: They are the only completely human non-binary character on the show, and in one of their only speaking lines, it is ultimately them that save the day in "Little Graduation" by summing up Steven's abandonment issues and telling him that he can't force his friends to stay by his side forever. |
| 1295 | [[/folder]] |
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