TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Steven Universe

Go To

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#58526: Jul 31st 2019 at 8:42:18 PM

Rewatch: Day 13

    Story for Steven 
  • Greg has the picture of Steven with cat fingers (the one Ronaldo took) framed on the wall. Seems like an odd choice.
  • That photos been in Greg's van without Steven noticing, possibly since when Marty and Greg were still in contact. Says a lot about how neat Greg's van is.
  • It took me forever to figure out the whole "now with Marty" justification is because of Greg's account back in "Laser Light Cannon". The subtext is still that the flashback is based around Steven knowing what his mother sounds like and looks like in motion, but it still seems Greg would have to leave a lot out without Marty.
  • Marty's most villainous act is making you think of "Pepe's Burgers" whenever you hear "Comet".
  • It is almost certain that Vidalia and Marty were having sex in the van. That said, I can't imagine it being very comfortable with so little open floor space.
  • I think Marty's sharp teeth were just a board artist's improvising. They're absent even in the last shot of his first scene, and Greg had them too for a moment when he was angry in the van.
  • Amethyst is the most polite of the trio here—she called Greg "he" instead of "it" and didn't want to throw him over a fence.
  • "What time is it?" "Night time?" Do gems just not bother to keep track of the time of day?
  • Wonder if Vidalia's "wild and crazy" friends include anyone we know. Barb did include her with Greg in a card game.
  • Marty's got a bizzare horse face in the van scene.
  • Marty was dumped out in the rain on the outskirts of Beach City. He presumably had to find a ride to... wherever he'd go to next. Hell, maybe he hung out with Vidalia a while longer.
  • According to the recent AMA, the "Elect Buck Dewey" sign is not an error, that was for Bill Dewey's father, and the Buck Dewey we know is named after his grandfather.
  • Rose can hear through the temple door, even though it's in another dimension. I guess that makes sense when the room can hear people outside it.
  • Greg decides to keep Marty's picture on the wall. Was it ever visible again?

    The Message 
  • Greg is a good illustrator. Also a forum moderator. (I half-expect he means for offline forums people held over local radio stations and at convention centers.)
  • "Plus I get to eat the rest of this pizza." Despite his weight, that's one of the few mentions of Greg eating a lot. I get the feeling he's fat less because of how much he eats, more because of what he eats and physical inactivity.
  • Holding the button down kept the Wailing Stone quiet. Why did they let go of it?
  • I really wish you could totally mute something that loud with a few couch pillows.
  • I cannot imagine how terrible it must have felt for the sound to travel through Steven's hand and out his mouth.
  • Pearl can apparently surpass any human at mechanical and aerospace engineering while knowing very little about signals and audio engineering. Clearly the ME program she made for herself needs more EE pre-requisites.
  • Greg running his equipment off his van battery is a terrible idea, especially when he's so close to It's a Wash and has a bunch of extension cords.
  • "I've never started a car with a key before." Am theft auto
  • People long assumed from Lapis' "Homeworld is different" lines that it made her super-unhappy when she returned. But it doesn't seem Homeworld's quality of living was especially different between Eras, and Lapis didn't mention it again even when discussing where to go in "Same Old World" (instead pointing out how she'd be unwelcome). In hindsight, Lapis' concern may have just been how that technology would endanger Steven.

    Political Power 
  • Pearl got one of the Robonoids online. Whatever happened to them?
  • Steven seems happy Pearl managed to knock out the lights in town.
  • Pearl is OK if Steven wears the same shirt for a long time, but that sounds quite unsanitary.
  • Dewey knows the Crystal Gems are responsible, but doesn't insist they try to fix it or even deflect the blame onto them (which wouldn't even be scapegoating). Maybe he's just too afraid of them.
  • Steven's confusion over Dewey calling the people of Beach City "Boardies" is probably an in-joke about how there was a Production Nickname for them but fans used something different. Unfortunately, I can't remember the other name Jones-Quartey mentioned, or which was which.
  • Sadie's scar is much bigger in this episode. I kind of like it.
  • "We could be in Ocean Town" makes most of the adults laugh, but the children don't respond and Greg just looks back and forth. Presumably whatever happened was before Greg moved in, and Greg lived a significant distance away before.
  • More eavesdropping.
  • Hopefully that pin that hit Dewey in the eye was not open.
  • The truck was flipped overly by just Peedee, Mr. Smiley, and Mr. Fryman. That is not an easy task for two adults and one child.
  • Said tipping is also animated strangely. It's that sort-of-CG look I also mentioned with the Crystal Shrimp.
  • That's a real inspiring speach Steven, but if the power was out for a year, I think everyone would just move.
  • You can make out Peedee's wallah in the crowd.

    The Return 
  • SO MUCH GLASS. IN PEEDEE'S FACE.
  • The ship suddenly being visible after the sound seemingly confirms that was warping in, but we never heard it again.
  • Where the hell did Steven get that picture of Mayor Dewey with just an undershirt?
  • "People! I need everyone to consider evacuation! Evacuation is something we all depend on—" Is that a poop joke?
  • A lot of Molisee's scruffy, soulful faces in this episodes.
  • Personally, I would not evacuate, I'd just get on a roof and hide behind a sign to keep watching the space ship.
  • "Gems were destroyed, people too..." Does he mean humans being directly killed (either because they also fought or were being targeted), or dying from environmental damage? (Also, that's another time where the show uses "people" as a synonym for "human", not "sapient life", the bigger one being in "We Need to Talk".)
  • "If it weren't for her shield, man, I don't know." Did Greg know about that and how the gem monsters were corrupted as well!?
  • "Say Uncle" almost has to be (semi-)canon because Steven actually expected to be able to use his shield.
  • The way Lion is there the second Steven says he needs a ride makes me think Lion is constantly watching Steven from hiding, or can heard his thoughts, or something.
  • We never figured out where the evacuees went. They're just all back by the next afternoon.
  • This wouldn't be the last time Lion just kind of hangs back arbitrarily during a confrontation.
  • Peridot's first lines are the last time she speaks in a monotone.
  • Jasper also suddenly sounded softer for a few lines. Presumably Brooks was still figuring out how to do the voice consistently.
  • "You knew about this." Lapis was apparently not so much a prisoner on the trip to Earth.

    Jail Break 
  • The jail cell placement is bizarre—they're spread all over the ship. Was containing prisoners the ship's primary function?
  • There a flashback to Garnet's gems dropping so you can see what color they are when not caked in green light.
  • Does Jasper hate music or just that Sapphire was making any sound? I can't imagine anyone finding soft, melodic humming so annoying.
  • It's odd to separate Ruby and Sapphire but leave Pearl and Amethyst in adjacent cells. Those two also fused right in front of the ship and were pretty clearly powerful.
  • It really seems that, without outside intervention, Garnet and Jasper could have kept fighting for a really long time.
  • I recall people saying Garnet's "They are really bad for each other." was uncharacteristically flippant or even hypocritical. While it's funny to us, Garnet's tone makes it clear she's being sincerely disturbed and expressing some sympathy.

Edited by thatother1dude on Aug 1st 2019 at 6:06:15 AM

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#58527: Jul 31st 2019 at 11:47:29 PM

Garnet was mostly losing the fight, they probably couldn't have kept fighting that long.

Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#58528: Jul 31st 2019 at 11:52:28 PM

I was under the impression that Garnet would have won that fight if they had kept going. Yeah, Jasper was getting some hits in, but those hits didn't seem to be doing much damage to Garnet, while most of Garnet's attacks seemed to be hurting Jasper quite a bit.

razorrozar7 Migrated to Chloe Jessica! from Chloe Jessica Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Migrated to Chloe Jessica!
#58529: Aug 1st 2019 at 12:21:50 AM

garnet takes fusion very seriously. look how excited she gets when she meets stevonnie and smoky quartz. it's important to her for obvious reasons. malachite genuinely bothers her quite a bit.

e: spoiler, my bad

Edited by razorrozar7 on Aug 1st 2019 at 12:23:10 PM

Migrated to Chloe Jessica!
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#58530: Aug 1st 2019 at 4:57:28 AM

Neither Garnet nor Jasper was really slowing down. Jasper was taking more hits, but could probably have taken a lot more given she was still standing after the power core and crash.

[up]Spoiler marks are generally only used in this thread for the first couple posts after a new episode.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#58531: Aug 1st 2019 at 6:38:22 PM

On tangentially related issues, I'd known for years that Estelle's biggest hit was "American Boy", but not never got around to listening to it until until last night.


Rewatch, Day 14

    Full Disclosure 
  • I always wonder how the writers decide which conflicts to include Connie on. In this case, I guess Jasper would have logically either ignored Connie or killed her on the spot, so she might as well be absent entirely.
  • Sensing his plot relevance has concluded, Lion leaps out of the episode.
  • Greg's kind of overreacting to a simple black eye.
  • "Super beefy" remains one of my favorite of Steven's lines.
  • I think they included that flashback assuming there'd be a decent amount of time between seasons airing. It wasn't until the fifth season that a finale was followed by any significant kind of break. Though it also save money.
  • Curious that the Crystal Gems worry about humans accessing the gem technology scattered on the beach, but not the old gem tech all over Earth.
  • Wannabe-edgelord Steven is always hilariously, adorably pathetic.
  • "Did I do something wrong" is sort of a recurring sentiment that always gets some kind of reaction.
  • Surprising that Connie so quickly noticed the black eye under all the snot and tears.
  • They sure fixed the windows fast.
  • I'm still disappointed Ronaldo hauling away a piece of the wreckage was never followed up on, even as a brief joke (like if Steven mentioned getting it away from him in "Joy Ride").

    Joy Ride 
  • Buck and Sour Cream seem to just ride along with Jenny for pizza deliveries.
  • Why was the landing site glowing? I think the writers wrote it as making a crop circle, then realized it wouldn't be visible from the road.
  • Imagine if Peridot was in there.
  • Why did Peridot abandon the pod? It still worked and would get her around faster than walking (or however she got around).
  • More Buck without glasses.
  • The pod had a store of repair gel. Presumably it didn't work on the pod, or Peridot would have used it, but then what was it for?

    Love Letters 
  • Connie's phone has only one camera, opposite to the screen, yet she still tries to take a selfie.
  • Jamie left and no one took up his route. Barb kind of sucks at her job.
  • Jamie never saw Garnet before. Had he ever seen Pearl or Amethyst?
  • By the show's ethos, Jamie should taken the more reasonable route and acted on his infatuation by deciding to learn more about Garnet instead of deciding he was in love immediately. Still would have been rejected, assuming he didn't lose interest for some reason.
  • Steven already knew Garnet being a fusion based on romance means she wouldn't be romantically interested in anyone. That's not really a perfect assumption on his part—it didn't stop Fluorite.
  • I have to wonder how Cordero's casting as Jamie worked. He's not normally even a voice actor and didn't do more than a few lines until nearly two years after his first recording.

razorrozar7 Migrated to Chloe Jessica! from Chloe Jessica Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Migrated to Chloe Jessica!
#58532: Aug 1st 2019 at 8:03:50 PM

i think it's interesting that garnet is consistently portrayed as monogamous. there's no cultural reason for it the way there is on earth. all romantic relationships seem equally taboo to gems, so it's not like there's a special social stigma for polyamory.

it's good that monogamy and polyamory are treated as equally valid choices, though. positive portrayals of polyamory are all but nonexistent, especially in children's fiction.

Edited by razorrozar7 on Aug 1st 2019 at 8:05:05 AM

Migrated to Chloe Jessica!
akanesarumara Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#58533: Aug 1st 2019 at 9:48:10 PM

[up] Remember though that Garnet herself said something to the effect of "three's a crowd". It may be in line with human "standards and expectations" as far as monogamy goes but it is her own preference.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#58534: Aug 1st 2019 at 9:50:43 PM

Garnet and that Offcolor that looks a lot like Garnet prefer fusion as a healthy monogamous romance, while the other big worm-like one is a metaphor for an (probably) equally healthy polyamorous one. Simple enough.

Preference either way doesn't matter, as long as there's no judgement.

RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
True colors
#58535: Aug 2nd 2019 at 4:44:58 AM

Rhodonite.

When Garnet saw Florite she was thrilled. So she doesn't judge Gems for being poly, she just isn't herself.

The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.
razorrozar7 Migrated to Chloe Jessica! from Chloe Jessica Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Migrated to Chloe Jessica!
#58536: Aug 2nd 2019 at 6:20:40 AM

i really do hope we hear rhodonite's story at some point. there aren't many pearls and they're at the bottom of the caste system. how a pearl fell in love with a ruby must be a hell of a story.

Migrated to Chloe Jessica!
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#58537: Aug 2nd 2019 at 7:39:04 AM

I wonder if Lars has a good enough grasp on “gem stuff” to recognize Rhodonite or Fluorite’s components on sight.

razorrozar7 Migrated to Chloe Jessica! from Chloe Jessica Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Migrated to Chloe Jessica!
#58538: Aug 2nd 2019 at 8:45:03 AM

do we know fluorite's components? the show never listed them, did it?

also, obsidian is a five-gem fusion, albeit one containing a diamond. fluorite should be incredibly strong, shouldn't she?

Migrated to Chloe Jessica!
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#58539: Aug 2nd 2019 at 9:58:41 AM

do we know fluorite's components? the show never listed them, did it?
No, though Sugar said she had designs for them.

obsidian is a five-gem fusion, albeit one containing a diamond. fluorite should be incredibly strong, shouldn't she?
Not if none of her parts ever learned to fight.

32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#58540: Aug 2nd 2019 at 10:41:33 AM

Well, Fluorite might be rather powerful, but unless at least one of her components has any sort of fighting experience, she might just be Unskilled, but Strong. And even that is a relative term compared to an average gem. But given that we've never seen her in a situation that requires strength at all (although it's certainly pretty easy to imagine that some of the offscreen adventures the Off Colors had that led them to get the Sun Incinerator involved some such situations), it's kind of more of a point of conjecture regardless. It's reasonable to assume that Fluorite is strong, but who knows how much. Also, as things currently stand, it's kind of moot.

Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#58541: Aug 2nd 2019 at 4:05:58 PM

I assume Flourite's fairly strong, just based on being a Gem at her size. I just don't think she's much of a fighter.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#58542: Aug 3rd 2019 at 9:05:43 PM

Rewatch, Day 16, Part 1

(I'm including days where I didn't watch any just because it's easier to keep count that way.)

    Reformed 
  • The Crying Breakfast Friends! quiz makes me recall a FiveThirtyEight article pointing out the biggest problems with these personality quizzes/categories is that they just tell you one group you best belong to without showing how close a match it was compared to others.
  • "Is there any more engine oil?" "I think that's for cars..." Did Steven think she didn't know what she was eating?
  • "There's a prize inside!" Amethyst totally stole that guy's body, and probably from a battlefield.
  • Garnet's hand stubs. I'm just realizing, wouldn't that mean Garnet turns her hands into the gauntlets instead of just putting them over? I don't recall her ever sliding them off.
  • This episode always confused me in that it really seems Amethyst's gemstone can hear Steven at some points, even though there are other times where poofed gems clearly can't.
  • Steven is oddly unconcerned about Amethyst having hand feet. Though she is oddly nimble on them.
  • The way a gem can end up with a completely dysfunctional body leaves the implication that gems sometimes have to poof themselves (or have someone else do it) just to change their default form.
  • "Yo, I heard that!" This is one reason I always figured gems have ears, the show's art style just doesn't draw women's ears unless they're completely unobstructed. Now we see Rutiles, Pebbles, and arguably Topaz have no ears, but I still think most gems do.
  • As Amethyst has her Pearl-based form, the music includes piano (Pearl's instrument).
  • This is actually the only episode where a corrupted gem poofs an uncorrupted one. When the Slinker briefly gets Amethyst's gemstone, it just kind of gums on it.

    Sworn to the Sword 
  • The biggest difference between the openings isn't what the characters are doing, it's color palette. The first had a huge focus and contrast of teal and fuchsia. The second has a more consistent dark blue tone.
  • Connie takes that face plant like a champ. Odd that Greg, Sadie, and Lars never had that problem.
  • Pearl learning of the specifically-human concept knighthood in the Sky Arena is a really bizarre detail. Did she hear of it from humans that were there for some reason, or just happen to be there when Garnet, Amethyst, or Rose told her about it?
  • Frog Steven staring up may be my favorite reaction shot in the show.
  • Connie steps into Steven's house already wearing her martial arts outfit. One has to wonder what she told her parents she was wearing it for.
  • For that matter, how is Connie getting all this time to train when her mom already schedules so much stuff?
  • Although it was only an Imagine Spot, we get the only "long distance" shot of Rose that I can think of. Kind of looks like Nancy Green.
  • When a Holo-Pearl runs into someone they weren't told to fight, it attacks them anyway. That is a very poor design choice.
  • Episode-exclusive power: Pearl is able to control the mist in the Sky Arena.
  • This is where we first Steven summoning his shield at will in a less emergency.
  • I can't recall Steven using his shield and bubble together after this point.
  • Of course Pearl was confused by "jam buds". They said Steven was biscuit and Connie was the strawberry. They never said anyone was strawberry jam.
  • It's kind of unsatisfying that Pearl disarm Steven and Connie between shots.
  • Underwater dueling sounds somewhat possible, but midair dueling?

    Rising Tides, Crashing Skies 
  • That's an excellent punching sound they got for every individual word of the title.
  • You can tell the editor/director really savored the opportunity to make a bunch of hilariously jarring cuts.
  • Ronaldo's editing skills are a lot better when he wants to Roll 212 on his little brother.
  • This episode actually had a lot of great lines: "Unbelievable—I MISSED IT!", "High-five of the third kind." "Even at the highest levels of local government" "Thaw out the cryogenically frozen pets of the one percent!?" (even if that last one is bordering on word salad)
  • The Frymans could still see Beach City when the hand ship crashed? That had to have been at least an hour later. What were they driving at, thirty feet an hour?
  • Episode-exclusive power: Amethyst uses her hair like an axe.
  • Borderline episode-exclusive power: Pearl's spear shoots energy blasts elsewhere, but this is the only time it works like a machinegun instead of a cannon.
  • I love imagining why the scene of Ronaldo tripping on the wet floor was filmed, much less added in to the documentary.
  • That scene is also an excellent use of the technique where you cut away at the exact moment a pratfall should have killed someone.
  • Pearl mentions that corrupted gems are drawn to them. Keeping the aforementioned scene with the Slinker and Amethyst's gem in mind, I'm now wondering what they actually want to do to the Crystal Gems.
  • First time noticing Garnet touches her glasses before "agreeing" to leave town. It does make more sense that she'd plan it out; just flat-out lying to Ronaldo so he'd leave before coming back seems too short-sighted. (Is it technically "lying" if you promise someone you'll do something under the correct assumption they'll take back their request before you do it?)
  • Speaking of which, it goes unremarked that Ronaldo does accept the Crystal Gems cause all this stuff in Beach City, but still consider them "weird" regardless.
  • Between the line hinting at the Zoo and the townsfolk's nigh-suicidal apathy, I get the sense this was when the writers were getting the idea of Homeworld gems directly, intentionally accosting humans.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#58543: Aug 3rd 2019 at 9:21:29 PM

Strawberry Jam doesn't flow as well.

Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#58544: Aug 3rd 2019 at 10:55:16 PM

Rewatch, Day 16, Part 2

    Keeping it Together 
  • Molisee is the one storyboard artist that usually shows both of Amethyst's eyes.
  • Why did it take Peridot so long to get to the Kindergarten? She could have walked there from where her pod landed in a few days at most. And if she didn't have a map, how did she ever get there?
  • Peridot's robot voice is totally gone, and shows the first signs of it getting higher when asking about the "other ones".
  • Wow, Peridot's durability was shown off right there—that Injector falls on her and she doesn't even slow down. Those Limb Enhancers must also be pretty strong to get it off.
  • Peridot was like ten second from revealing the fusion experiments in "Marble Madness" before Steven interrupted.
  • Those freaky ass cluster noises made this an excellent episode to start listening with headhpone.
  • Garnet poofs the hand cluster by just pulling it apart.
  • You have to wonder what the individuals who conceived and personally performed the fusion experiments were like or did. Narratively, the show pretty much treats it as Yellow's thing top-to-bottom.

    We Need to Talk 
  • "At home, we only have classical music and movie soundtracks." I bet the soundtracks are Doug's.
  • This is a unique transition, showing a video but going into a full flashback.
  • Greg's quite a musician to keep singing and playing with all of that.
  • Clearly not the first time Pearl gave Greg crap.
  • "Rose may find you charming, but that's only because you're human. You're a novelty, at best." A novelty Rose has been habitually into for almost the entire time she's known you.
  • I can't recall the specific phrase "fusion dance" being used in any other episode.
  • In another of the few details we have of Greg's pre-Beach City life, he mentions previously being in love and possibly having a girlfriend.
  • Those camera cuts while Greg and Rose are talking after the dance has what I can only describe as "intense sexual energy".
  • POV Break: Steven knows what Amethyst, Pearl, and Garnet said off in the corner, even though Greg shouldn't have been able to hear them.

    Chille Tid 
  • POV Break: Steven is underwater, but we clearly hear Amethyst and Pearl above the water.
  • Gems learning to sleep seems like a much more abstract process than eating or breathing, but going by Lapis later on, they don't need to modify their bodies to do so.
  • Amethyst skateboards off the corners of the "stage".
  • Lapis came just in time to cut off dream Connie, keeping the voice cast down by one.
  • I wonder if meowing Dogcopter was just meant as a non-sequitir, or if they had the followup in Keep Beach City Weird already planned.
  • This is the only time Pearl's hologram makes sounds that isn't Holo-Pearl. The audio quality is terrible, though it can definitely do more than Pearl's voice.
  • There's not really a clear reason for the dreams to stop at that point.

I've actually noticed something very bizarre about the temple: The hand with the laundry machine is clearly shown with a Warp Pad in its hand in "Sworn to the Sword" and "Keeping It Together", which in Save the Light is fully functionally. However, no one ever uses it in the show (on account of it being absurdly redundant), all the title cards show it as a round gem, and the first shot of the movie trailer shows warp pads are much larger than what you see above ground—so much that one couldn't fit in that hand.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#58545: Aug 3rd 2019 at 11:04:39 PM

When Stephen sees Malachite?

What if he was just scared?

Like a wittle child.

Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.
razorrozar7 Migrated to Chloe Jessica! from Chloe Jessica Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Migrated to Chloe Jessica!
#58546: Aug 4th 2019 at 2:15:18 AM

maybe the rest of the warp pad is in hammerspace? given the gems' spatial manipulation abilities it's not too far-fetched to think they could stick the rest of the warp pad somewhere else and still allow it to be functional.

e: i remember in Opal's debut episode Pearl makes a little hologram that references the classic DBZ fusion dance, followed by Amethyst saying she doesn't dance like that, but i dont remember whether the phrase "fusion dance" was actually used

e2: [down]im sleepy don't judge me

Edited by razorrozar7 on Aug 4th 2019 at 2:54:12 AM

Migrated to Chloe Jessica!
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#58547: Aug 4th 2019 at 2:44:02 AM

Pearl makes the hologram...in the episode Giant Woman.

Where Opal debuts.

Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#58548: Aug 4th 2019 at 2:27:14 PM

It actually wasn't a hologram, Pearl made moving sand miniatures—which as I said a while ago, is possibly the most blatant time a character used a unique power exactly once. A hologram would have made more sense, but maybe "Giant Woman" was boarded before they decided Pearl had that power.

i dont remember whether the phrase "fusion dance" was actually used
The ability overall is just called "fusion", and they'll frequently say it involves dancing, but "We Need to Talk" seems to be the only time the dance itself is called a "fusion dance". (In context, Greg says it first, but then Amethyst repeats it.)

Rewatch, Day 17, Part 1

    Cry for Help 
  • Curious how Peridot's signal visibly shook the TV.
  • Considering Peridot was overwriting the signal of every TV in the world, you have to wonder if anyone would recognize her, even if she's not famous.
  • Only Steven hid in Lion's mane to save space while riding him, even though he was the only one who needed to breathe. (The out-of-universe reason being that Garnet or Pearl would notice Bismuth.)
  • Lion tries to eat the light dragonflies Sardonyx's weapon turns into. Wonder if they taste like anything.
  • Amethyst canonically has no depth perception.
  • We are not shown what must have been a very awkward ride home.

    Keystone Motel 
  • This is the first time we see Greg's black T-shirt in the present (it was first shown in the For Steven video), but it wouldn't become his default until season four.
  • Going by the "Welcome to Keystone" sign, they must be near state lines.
  • "You're choosing to take it personally." That's really raising the question of what "taking it personally" even means.
  • Ruby has to be insanely hot if she's burning concrete.
  • The first time we Sapphire's eye, she's squinting from both corners of her forehead.
  • Ruby straight-up necking Sapphire almost feels like S&P told the crew they could't kiss on the lips, but someone decided to compensate by making it even more suggestive.

    Onion Friend 
  • Steven offers the cream cheese container for Amethyst to eat, and I'm now wondering what exactly all that trash comes out as. Amethyst mentions later that she goes outside, so she might well be littering.
  • I can't tell if Steven remembers Vidalia's name from Greg's flashback.
  • Sure it's been said before, but it's still quite baffling that Amethyst and Vidalia lost contact for years when Amethyst could jump to her house from the temple.
  • Amethysts knew Sour Cream as a kid, but that raises the question of if she recognized him in "Joy Ride". She half sounds like she knew Yellowtail, but calling him "Fishtail" might mean she was faking.
  • From now on, when I see when the staff contrived a reason for there to be one fewer voice actors, I'll write "One fewer voice": Sour Cream grooving to music at the dining table.
  • Vidalia and Amethyst trashed the mayor's boat at some point.
  • I will give more credit now to the idea that part of the joke for "Happy Birthday Onion" was that it sounded like it was porn at first.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#58549: Aug 4th 2019 at 5:16:44 PM

What kind of XXX tape sounds like it's starting from the middle?

It's an impossible question, but one to consider nonetheless.

Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#58550: Aug 4th 2019 at 5:18:02 PM

layers,you know,stripping down

have a listen and have a link to my discord server

Total posts: 63,336
Top