Installments:
- Steven Universe is Puella Magi Madoka Magica meets Saved by the Bell meets Jem and the Holograms meets Trollz meets Avatar: The Last Airbender.
- Or Sailor Moon meets Adventure Time meets the character drama of Fruits Basket meets a kid-friendly version of Invincible, with a slice of 3rd Rock from the Sun.
- One comment
on Know Your Meme described it as "if Jem and the Holograms had a baby with the Transformers". - Alternatively, it's Sakura Wars meets Land of the Lustrous meets The Powerpuff Girls meets a less quirky Adventure Time.
- Or Gravity Falls meets Sailor Moon meets Teen Titans (2003) with a dash of Animaniacs and Phineas and Ferb.
- Or Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Revolutionary Girl Utena with the down-to-earth character study of Hey Arnold!.
- Steven Universe: Future is Steven Universe meets Berserk.
- Or the original series meets a kid-friendly version of I Am Not Okay With This.
Characters:
- Steven is Gohan meets Po meets Kitty Pryde meets Tohru Honda.
- Or Madoka Kaname meets the MCU version of Spider-Man (with a bit of Chowder in earlier episodes).
- Alternately, he's Billy Batson meets Sailor Moon / Usagi Tsukino meets Mamoru Amami/Latio.
- Or Phosphophyllite meets Aang meets Vash the Stampede.
- Steven Universe Future adds Subaru Natsuki and Dean Venture (as he's written in later episodes of The Venture Bros.), with heavy doses of Zounda mixed in.
- Connie is Sailor Mercury meets Sakura Shinguji meets Dipper Pines.
- Or Connie Souphanousinphone meets Meg Murry.
- Stevonnie is Ichiro Ogami meets Zoey meets Juniper Lee.
- Greg looks like a mix between Homer Simpson (has the beard mouth, pear body, balding head, and legs and feet of Homer) and Carl Brutananadilewski (the white sleeveless T-shirt and shorts look like his white sleeveless T-shirt and sweatpants). Personality wise, he is more akin to a mix of Jay Sherman and Troy McClure.
- Garnet is Sailor Pluto / Setsuna Meioh meets Maria Tachibana meets Ferb Fletcher meets Storm, and looks like Bling.
- Or Bort meets Animated!Prowl.
- Ruby and Sapphire are Sailor Uranus/Haruka Tenon and Sailor Neptune/Michiru Kaioh meets EnRyu and HyoRyu.
- Amethyst is Toph Bei Fong meets Rocket Raccoon.
- Or Buttercup meets Jake the dog.
- Or Marceline meets Michelangelo.
- Or Spinelli meets Kanna Kirishima.
- Pearl is Blossom meets Double D.
- Or Sumire Kanzaki meets Diane Chambers meets Anthy Himemiya.
- Or Squidward meets Blossom meets Larry 3000.
- Or Yellow Diamond meets White Diamond (The other ones) and Rarity.
- Peridot is Zim meets Li Kohran.
- Lapis Lazuli is Leni Milchstraße meets Ichimatsu Matsuno meets Daria.
- Or Cinnabar meets Terra.
- Or Katara meets Aradia Megido.
- Jasper is Vegeta meets "Green Scar" Hulk.
- Lars is Duncan meets Tomoya; or Squidward meets Robbie. After the events of "Off Colors", he's Captain Harlock meets Peter Quill.
- Mayor Dewey is Toshiki Miyamizu meets the Rt. Hon. Jim Hacker.
- Rose Quartz / Pink Diamond is Queen Serenity meets Optimus Prime.
- Or Princess Celestia meets Kongou-Sensei.
- The Off-Colors as a whole are Sid’s toys meet the Guardians of the Galaxy, with a dash of the Bebop crew.
