Garnet quotes from Steven Universe

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Ringo

I told you he was strong.

Garnet

Then we'll just have to get stronger.

HHoppy

[gasps] Training time!

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Garnet

Now give back the gem.

FFoxman

But I'm the sworn protector of the gem! What did that liar tell you?! [gasps] No!

Ringo

You dummies feel for it! Now the sacred magic gem of ultimate power is mine! [laughs as he places the gem in his hair ring and turns into a buffed version of himself] Ultimate Ringo!

FFoxman

Curse you, Ringo! I'll make you pay for this!

Ringo

Too bad you didn't outfox me when you had the chance! [zaps his staff at Foxman, turning him into an onion ring]

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[narrating] And so, Garnet used the gem to return the Foxman to his original form. And as for Ringo? He stay trapped in the Ringo Zone… forever. That day, Garnet learned a valuable lesson: that being strong was about more than just how many mountains you could punch in half. It was about love. And there was no greater love than Garnet's love for Steven. [back at the house] And then you came back here, and I got you, and you were blind. And that's what you did today!

Garnet

Yeah, that's pretty much what happened.

[smiles] Really?

Garnet

No.

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These are the warps that once connected us to other planets. If something tried to come from space, it would be through here. But wait—this warp pad is broken! Marked inactive by the very depressed cartoon breakfast sticker you placed here yourself!

[walks up to Steven] Look, Pearl's right, like usual. Ugh... you get used to it. [Garnet places hand on Steven's head; Steven moves her hand off him]

Garnet

We're safe.

[beat] Well... I guess so.

[Steven places his hand beside the "Crying Breakfast Friends" sticker; the Gems all sigh]

Oh, man! Finally! That took all day.

Garnet

It was important to make Steven feel secure.

Yes, Steven feels much better now. [Steven starts losing his temper even further]

I'm a little tired... of you guys telling me how I feel!! I know I saw something outside the stream!

And I know you didn't!

SPSteven/Pearl

Why is it so hard to just "listen to Steven"?! / You don't tell me what I already know! [continue arguing]

..Uh, this is new. I kinda like it.

Steven, you just don't know what you're talking about.

It sounds like... maybe... YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!

..Ugh!!

Garnet

[cuts them off] Okay, Steven, that's enough. Let it go.

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I don't get it! I thought I almost had it.

Nobody expects you to be able to perform fusion right away, Steven.

Yeah! It's really hard, even for us.

Garnet

Not for me.

We'll keep working on the dance for now, and who knows, in a few years... I wonder though if Steven's body is capable of fusion. Fusion merges the physical forms of Gems, but Steven is half-human. He's organic.

Organic?

Aw, come on! It's Steven! Who knows what's gonna happen? [laughing out loud]

Garnet

Well, I think Steven can do it.

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Stevonnie

I have to show everybody. [shows the Gems their form back at the temple] Pretty cool, right?

[baffled] He fused with his friend, Connie?

[chuckles as she looks at Garnet] Pearl, look at Garnet.

[Garnet has her hands clapped together and a big grin on her face]

This is unprecedented. [examines Steven and Connie's fusion] A Gem fusing with a human being? It's impossible! Or, at the very least, inappropriate.

Wow! You two look great together! How does it feel, Steven? Connie? …Stevonnie?

Stevonnie

It feels amazing!

Yes. Well, I'm glad you're enjoying yourselves, but you two should un-fuse this instant.

Stevonnie

Wait, what?! Pearl, you were so worried Steven wouldn't be able to do this. Aren't you proud of him?

Of course I am! I... [turns to Garnet] Garnet, help me out here!

Garnet

Stevonnie... [walks to her] listen to me. [Pearl and Amethyst walk away] You are not two people, and you are not one person. You... are an experience! Make sure you're a good experience. Now... go…have…FUN!

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[holds the Sea Spire statue, sighs] I... I'm really sorry I forgot it on our mission that time.

Oh, Steven...

If I had just remembered to pack it, then maybe the Sea Spire would still be around. But now it's gone forever 'cause of me.

Well, yeah, but... Don't worry about it, guy.

Garnet

You did your best on that mission and that's what counts.

But the Sea Spire! It was a special, important Gem... place!

[walks to Steven] Oh, Steven, no, no, no. If the Spire had been crucial, we wouldn't have used it as a test for you. It's fine, really.

[beat] ..Test? What do you mean, "test"?

[Garnet and Amethyst glance at each other. Pearl gets worried with thunderous sounds]

Uhh... well, it wasn't really a "test", per se—not in the traditional sense... We just wanted to see if you were ready to go on missions.

..That's exactly what a test is!

Oouhh...

Garnet

Steven, it wasn't something we planned behind your back. We just saw an opportunity and—

[gasps] And I failed it! [long beat] I failed the test...

No way, you got at least a 50 percent.

Oh! And you had that raft so we didn't have to swim home? That's a solid 75—not failing at all! Besides, that Spire was in much worse shape than we thought. It should have been even easier.

[beat] ...I FAILED AN EASY TEST!?!

[to Pearl] Nice one.

Garnet

[stands up] Hmm...

[sweating] That's not what I meant! I—

No! I need another test! A hard one!

[pause] But, Steven... you've come so far.

Let me prove it! Test me! Test me!!

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I... can't believe it. Arrgh!! "It won't be easy. Good luck, you're gonna need it!" [beat] How am I supposed to prove myself if you guys keep—

[heard offscreen] What's taking him so long?

I didn't think mine was very difficult. [Steven observes the Gems in the distance] Do you think he hurt himself?

Garnet

There's no way. It's impossible for him to fail.

Uggh. So what's the point?

The point is that he's come so far. He can make Rose's bubble and he's pulled out Rose's shield twice, but he's lost his healing powers. We have to give him another success. He can't lose his confidence like that again!

[Pearl and Amethyst remain silent for a long beat]

We're bad at this.

What?!

Yeah. You can't control him, and he shouldn't be taking advice from me, and we don't have Rose to tell us what to do!

But he needs us to show him how to be a Gem!

Garnet

Steven is not just a Gem. If there's never been anything or anyone like Steven... we don't know what he needs.

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[Steven trips on a tennis ball going downstairs that sends him flying before being catched by Garnet]

Ah! Garnet!

Garnet

Good morning to you, Steven.

Boy, I sure am lucky you showed up when you did. [Garnet puts him down]

Garnet

Luck's got nothing to do with it.

Wait... what do you mean by that?

Garnet

Aw, don't worry about it.

No, seriously! How do you always know when to be?

Garnet

[holds MC Bear-Bear] Mmm... I don't think you can handle that information.

Are you gonna tell me something cool about yourself? [smiles excitedly]

Garnet

Nope.

Aw, come on! I'm a b— large... man now!

Garnet

Well... I guess you could say that I have a sort of... future vision. [shades glimmer] I'm able to see possible outcomes to most situations—which comes in handy since you seem to attract a lot of danger.

Well, danger is my middle name.

Garnet

That's a lie. Your middle name is cutie pie. [touches his nose]

Hahh!

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[enters the Big Donut] So, what would happen if I said hi to Sadie?

Garnet

The most probable outcome is that Sadie will say hi back.

Hmm... Hi, Sadie!

Sadie

Oh, hi, Steven.

[chuckles] Aw, that was an easy one. What would happen if... [points to Lars at the coffee machine] I said hi to my BFF, Lars? Our friendship is deep but complicated. So the outcome of this experiment is waaaay unpredictable!

Garnet

I see a single potential future where Lars gives you a high five. [starry-eyed Steven gasps at Garnet] And two more potential futures where you suffer third-degree burns all over your body.

A high five... from Lars! [runs to him] Hi, Lars!

[a startled Lars suddenly throws the coffee jar up high and falls down onto Steven before Garnet blocks it with coffee all over her body]

Lars

Criminy! Are you okay?! That coffee was really hot!

Garnet

I drink coffee for breakfast. [absorbs coffee with her body]

Eh-heheheheh... Funny!

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Garnet

Steven! Get off the roof!

No! [lightning crashes] If something is going to happen to me... just let it happen.

Garnet

Steven! You don't understand!

No, you don't understand! Everything I do shoves me violently towards the end! The more I know, [kneels down with his hands in the air] the more I know that I don't know! I can't live like this! Why did you tell me about future vision?! What's going to happen to me on the roof?!

Garnet

[beat] This.

Wh...what?!

Garnet

I knew you might do this if I told you about my power. I saw this, and I told you anyway.

But... why?!

Garnet

I took a risk at your expense! There was a chance you'd understand this so we'd be closer! [takes off her shades] Steven, I see so many things that can hurt you. [closeup on three-eyed Garnet in the rain] I should never have let one of them be me.

[Steven pauses for a beat, Garnet puts her shades back on]

Garnet

There are millions of possibilities for the future, but it's up to you to choose which becomes reality. Please understand! You choose your own future.

I do understand! I— [lightning crashes] ..What am I doing? [beat] I guess I can't really... see a future for myself up here.

[Steven slides down the roof, runs to Garnet and embraces her]

I'll watch out for myself from now on.

[for a beat, Garnet gazes at the dark clouds and blocks a lightning bolt which is about to hit Steven]

What was that?

Garnet

Oh, nothing important.

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[Steven warps to the desert where Garnet, Pearl and Amethyst start brawling another giant marble robot]

Stop—coming—here, you—stupid—balls!!

Yeah, let it out! Get crazy!! Whoa!

Guys, guys, guys! [flailing his arms] Stop!! How many more of these things are you gonna have to fight?!

We don't know! They just keep coming and coming, and we don't even know what they are! We don't know anything!!

[beat] That's okay. I don't know anything all the time. It's like my whole life. But I have you guys to tell me about tell me about Gem stuff, Connie can explain what Familiars are, and Dad tells me weird dad stuff.

But nobody knows what these things are here to do.

Well... it probably does.

[pause] ..What?

We could follow it and see where it goes.

ARE YOU NUTS!?!

Who knows what could go wrong?!

Garnet

We can't keep fighting these things forever. Well, we can, but I don't want to. Let's do it Steven's way.

Yeah! [sings] Let's follow the funky flow!

[beat] ..We're dead.

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[quietly] It's Peridot!

[gasps in shock; quietly] Is she trying to reactivate the Kindergarten? Doesn't she know it'll destroy all life on Earth?!

Why don't we ask her?

Garnet

[quietly] Shh! Steven, we're facing an enemy we don't know, with technology we don't understand. This isn't the time to be asking questions.

Really sounds like it is.

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Now accounting for all operational injectors. Checking for aberrations in perimeter. Ugh, this Gem tech is simply archaic.

I don't know... I think it looks pretty cool. [Peridot abruptly cancels out all the operations and turns her screen at him] Hi! I'm Steven. [Peridot's screen swoops up close at him]

There appears to be an infestation of Stevens in the Kindergarten.

Aw, I'm not so bad once you get to know me.

And how many more Stevens are present in this area?

Oh... just me.

Ah, that's a relief. So tell me—have Stevens replaced humans as the dominant species on Earth?

Oh, no! There's lots of humans! There's my dad, Connie, Lars and Sadie, the mailman, Onion... I think—lots of people!

"Hmm..."

Now I get to ask a question. What are you doing?

"Hm, just picking up where we left off."

[one of the giant hand constructs hovers above Steven, forms a fist and plummets down at him before Garnet catches and throws it away]

"A Gem?!" [Amethyst and Pearl jump up] "Ah! More?! But the Red Eye didn't report the presence of any Gems on this planet!"

That's because we destroyed it!

"You what?! But the records say that Gems were wiped out on Earth! Wait a minute... [turns resilient] You were the ones that have been destroying my plug robonoids! Are you the reason the Homeworld warp is down again? [shows crying waffle sticker] This is your bizarre icon?! Uhrooh!! Why do you keep destroying my things!?!"

Because we are the Crystal Gems! We're still alive and we're still the guardians of this planet and all its living creatures!!

"..The Crystal Gems?" [the Gems charge and attack the giant hands] "Stop! How dare you! I'm doing this one way or another! You're just... making it... really... difficult!!"

Garnet

Amethyst! Now! [Amethyst latches the hand in mid-air]

DESTROY!!! [swings hand and crashes into the power source]

"I'm reporting this!"