Steven Universe · Season 1
What you want to see is a vertical alignment; no angle in the exit; a clean, strong silhouette. None of these holes come close!
What about that one?
[They look up at Jasper's big exit hole]
Jasper.
This is Jasper's hole?
It's huge!
Oh, come on. We already know she's tall. Let's take a closer look. A Kindergartener can tell a lot about a Gem's makeup and flaws by their exit marks.
[walks out of Jasper's exit hole; defeatedly] She's even got frictional rock melt. It's glass all the way to the back. Actually, I uh… I've never seen an exit hole this perfect.
These aren't exit holes, anymore.
Then what are they? [gets startled as a Corrupted Gem appears from the shadows] Corrupted Gems, in cages?
Why?! Who would do this?!
[gasps in surprise as she spots a silhouette behind a cloud of dust] That's who.
[The dust cloud clears away, revealing Jasper]
Jasper!
Pipe down! You take orders from me now! You used to be a Quartz too, didn't you? What happened to you? Disgraceful. I can't believe I've resorted to recruiting you freaks! You're almost as bad as that Crystal runt! Just look at you. This planet ruins everything! Well, [chuckles] except for me.
Every Gem is made for a purpose—to serve the order of the Diamonds. Those who cannot fit inside this order must be purged! To come out misshapen, to reshape yourself outside your purpose, and to defend this worthless, ruined planet is a disgrace!
[Steven throws his shield over a towering Injector; Amethyst backs away from Jasper as it falls between them]
Steven... I-I can't win. No matter what I do, no matter how hard I work, she came out right, and I came out... wrong.
That's just what Jasper thinks! She's the only one who thinks you should be like her!
But…
Stop trying to be like Jasper. You're nothing like Jasper! You're like me! Because we're both not like anybody! And yeah, it sucks! [Jasper lifts up the Injector and throws it aside] But at least I've got you. And you've got me! [tearing up] So stop leaving me out of this!
Us worse Gems stick together... [sniffles] right? [Steven holds out his hand]
That's why we're the best.
[Amethyst takes his hand, and they hug… and fuse]
What a BEAUTIFUL DAY!
Huh?! Who are you supposed to be?!
Oh, yeah. Who am I? I feel like Amethyst knows this.
Forget your name, you've got a fight to win!
I think, a Rose Quartz and an Amethyst, make a… [jumps into the air and combines Steven's shield and Amethyst's whip to make a yo-yo, lands safely back on the ground] Smoky Quartz!
Is fusion the only trick you Crystal Gems know?!
I've got plenty of tricks. Ever say, "Sink the sink?"
I will not be beaten by another fusion! [fuses with the corrupted ocean Gem to form Zebra Jasper]
What the…?! [Zebra Jasper begins to attack her, but dodges] Hold on, I've got a move that will really blow you away. [twirls her yo-yo around like a fan, pushing Zebra Jasper back, but it is not strong enough as Zebra Jasper regains her footing and approaches her again] It's cool if you don't like it, I've already got three huge fans! [summons two more yo-yos, creating a tornado, engulfing and lifting Zebra Jasper off the ground]
[Zebra Jasper begins separating back into the corrupted ocean Gem, as it tries to escape, and Jasper, holding it back]
We could beat them… if we stay together!
[After briefly fusing with a corrupted Gem, the corruption spreads slowly in Jasper's left arm]
Eww, that's disgusting!
It's... corruption. [defuses back into Steven and Amethyst]
Steven, be careful.
But this just happened - maybe I can do something! Jasper, it's okay. I'm here. [starts approaching her]
[snarling] Rose...
I'm not Rose, I'm Steven. I just wanna try and heal you. [licks his palm and reaches for her but she slashes at him, tearing his shirt]
Steven!!
[Peridot unsuccessfully tries to mentally move the metal rod again]
[as Amethyst tries to charge at Jasper] Stop!
[chuckles] I see how you do it now, Rose. You want Gems after they're worthless. You wait until after they've lost. Because when you're at the bottom, you'll follow anyone that makes you feel like less of a failure. [as Peridot rushes over] Huh... Just look at this one! You've stripped her of everything! Her limb enhancers, her status, her dignity...
I still have one of those things.
How can you side with Rose Quartz?! Why? Why protect this useless shell of a planet?!
It's not a shell. There's so much life, living here. [smiling] That's what I'm doing! I'm living here! I've been learning new things about myself all the time! Like how I can make metal do my bidding! [tries to show this off, but the rod just falls behind her] The point being: Earth can set you free. [Steven smiles]
[angrily, as the corruption spreads rapidly in her body] Earth... is a prison! I got out because I'm better than this place!
It's getting worse.
I only came back to finish you off.
Try not to move!
You can't manipulate me, Rose Quartz!
I-I'm not manipulating! I'm trying to help!
Help? HELP?! I've been fighting from the second I broke free of the Earth's crust! Because of what YOU did to my colony! Because of what YOU did to my planet! Because of what YOU did to my Diamond!
[confused] I... Yellow Diamond?
Wha...?! MY DIAMOND! YOUR DIAMOND! PINK DIAMOND!!! [becomes fully corrupted, barely recognizable, and looks ready to attack; Peridot finally gets the metal rod to move, plunging it into Jasper and making her poof]
[after a brief silence] You're... welcome.
[smiles, then walks over to Jasper's gem and sighs] Come here, sis. [bubbles her gem and sends it off to the temple]
[the Rubies walk up the moon base stairway followed by Amethyst (disguised as Jasper), Pearl, Garnet and Steven]
The Earth was Pink Diamond's colony. Everything was going smoothly at first. Kindergartens were incubating their first soldiers—big, warm pieces of quartz, like this mountain over here—were being created from its rich minerals with great success. Then, bam! One of Pink Diamond's very own quartz soldiers started a rebellion and took it too far. Where were you when that happened?
Oh, you know... around. ["Eyeball" turns to Amethyst]
I was there. I saw it with my own eye. I watched the leader of the Crystal Gems, Rose Quartz... [projects her light on the mural] shatter Pink Diamond!
[Steven looks up in his horror; Garnet is frozen still for a beat, Pearl starts shivering in fear]
No... [beat] Rose Quartz w-would never do that! [tearing up] A-And, sure, she had to fight but... But she would never shatter someone!
[Steven (in his bubble) and "Eyeball" Ruby drift in space far away from the Earth]
There goes the Earth.
There goes my whole platoon! [growls at him] This is a mess! [walks around his bubble] What'll I say about my report?! How will I even make my report?! This is a nightmare! [looks down at him] And this is all your fault.
Whoa, hey, no it's not! You were trying to hurt my friends!
But you opened the airlock in the moon base. You sent us flying into space with no hope of ever returning!
[long pause] Okay, so maybe that was my fault. I'm sorry. There! Are you happy?
No! Lucky you're in that bubble, or I'd pop you right in the face.
Well, if you're going to be a grump about it, then we can just float in silence until we both die!
Sounds great!
Fine!
I can't wait!!
Me neither!
When I heard rumors there might still be Crystal Gems on Earth, I couldn't believe it. A thousand years of fighting were all for nothing! And Rose Quartz might still be alive? [scoffs, rolls on her side] She must be. Why else would someone as important as Jasper be back on Earth? For closure, that's why. I wanted it, too. I wanted to see Rose Quartz with my own eye. At the very least, I thought Jasper might have some answers, but... it wasn't even her. Just another trick.
How come nobody told me about Pink Diamond?
We all did what we had to during the war. Everything's different now.
But did Mom really do it? Did she really... shatter her?
She had to. The Earth belonged to Pink Diamond. Destroying her was the only way to save the planet. For Amethyst to be herself, for Pearl to be free, for me to be together. [clutches her hand] For you to exist.
But I thought... a-at least she'd never—
She didn't always do what was best for her. But she always did what was best for Earth.
Even... if it meant shattering someone?
Yes.
[Steven pauses, takes a deep breath and sighs as the Gems pilot the Rubies' Roaming Eye back to Earth]
Thanks for telling me.
[laughing at the Crystal Gems' failure to capture the gem tongue monster] That was terrible!
[offended] This is harder than it looks, you know!
How could you all be outsmarted by that thing?
Well, first, it ran over Garnet, and then Amethyst tried to use her-
Pearl, we don't need the play by play. Mistakes happen, even when you can see the future.
Yeah, Peridot. Let's see you do better.
Well, I saved all your butts from Jasper. I suppose I could help you here, too.
Feel free.
Okay... I've analyzed the problems with the previous two Peri-plans. Relying on the injectors introduced too many complicating variables. Now we only have to rely on simple physics! We'll wait until it gets right up under us, not suspecting a thing - because it's so dumb - and then we'll drop this rock right on its stupid head! It's even more flawless! And at this height, nothing can fall on us!
What if it doesn't stop where we want it to?
I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN, STEVEN!
Why can't I master this?
Aw, Peridot, it's okay. Even if none of your Peri-plans worked, at least they were really funny. [eats some marshmallows] And the others will probably think so, too when we go back and get them.
"Go back?" Let it be known that I, Peridot, refuse to move forward, or back, until I am victorious.
Right...
I don't get it. I'm smarter than your average peridot. How did I fail today against some barely functional, stupid, cloddy dumb-dumb?!
Hey, hey. Corruptions aren't dumb. They just think a little different. That's all.
[pause] Okay. Just to make sure my Earth vocabulary is correct on this. Let's say, I'm a monster. I spend all my time slamming my face into hard objects and throwing my tongues in the air for fun. How am I not... dumb?
..Well, she must be doing something right. She hasn't fallen for any of your Peri-plans. [Peridot's face twitches at Steven]
It's luck! Nothing that thing does makes any sense! [angrily kicks a rock. Steven thinks it over, then throws a marshmallow at her] Hey! [shields herself as Steven continues throwing handfuls of marshmallows at her] Why are you bombarding me with your confectionery puff rocks?!
[continues throwing marshmallows] To show you what it's like to be a monster! Pretend I'm a freaked-out human screaming at you in fear! Pretend I'm an Earth animal chasing you away from your first safe hiding spot! Pretend I'm an angry green gem trying to poof you! This is life for you, now! ENDLESS SUFFERING!
[Peridot angrily snatches the marshmallow bag from Steven and thrashes it around in her mouth]
There. You see?
[calms down, spits out the bag] Yeah.
What you're doing makes total sense. You remember what it was like to have everything important taken away. Being under attack, feeling trapped. You were frustrated. So is she. Why don't you try thinking about all of this from her point of view?
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