[slams Greg's face onto table] Have some more breadsticks... dear.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
Things are going pretty good so far, huh?
[with her hands on her head] Steven, are you kidding me?! What is this thing that you brought to dinner?!
It-it's my family. It's all the gems fused together into a six-armed, giant woman.
Why couldn't you just bring one of the gems?
'Cause that would be a lie.
So, Steven was telling me that on his mom's apple farm, they're bio-engineering a gala-fuji hybrid.
Yes, that's definitely true.
Isn't that right, Mrs. Universe?
(sniffs) Ugh! What are you doing? I'm hungry!! I don't think so. Cut it out, you two.
Where's this bus taking us?
Wherever we end up. We'll find a way to survive. I've been reading about sustainable living.
Maybe it'll take us to a real apple farm!
What's up with you and apples today?
[They both hear thumping sounds and look out the back window and see Alexandrite is running after them]
STEVE-E-E-N! [Steven and Connie scream; picks up the bus] You two, come out of that bus this instant!
Aah! Okay! J-just put the bus down first.
[Back at The Crab Shack; the two kids are reunited with their families as they begin to rebuke them]
MDr. Maheswaran
I don't even know where to begin with you, young la--
What were you thinking, running off with Connie like that? You could have gotten yourselves hurt!
Or gotten mangled in traffic.
Or thrown in prison.
Steven, you are in very big trouble, and we have no choice but to punish you.
But...
No dinner for 1,000 years.
(sad expression) 1,000?
We would never starve you, but you will lose your TV privileges… for 1,000 years.
No! The midseason pre-finale of "Under the Knife"! How can you do this to me?!
Because we love you, Steven.
MDr. Maheswaran
Wow. That was a masterful use of the "because we love you" shutdown. I'm quite partial to the "It's for your own good!" myself.
MMr. Maheswaran
That "1,000 years of no dinner" bit, was pretty funny. [laughs]
All comedy is derived from fear.
MMr. Maheswaran
[laughs] You are too much.
MDr. Maheswaran
I did not know what to make of the two of- Excuse me, four of you, but I see that you are responsible parents. Uh, caregivers? Guardians.
So, I can still hang out with Steven?
MDr. Maheswaran
Sure.
Alright!
Steven bomb! [jumps on top of Garnet and lands on her hair, still giggling] I got you!
You got me.
[covers Garnet's shades] And now you're blind!
Tiny hands. [picks Steven up and holds him in front of her] My only weakness.
[notices the bubbled gem that Garnet is holding] Whoa! What did you do today?
Tell me what you think I did.
[Garnet walks forward and picks up the cloaked figure. She removes the cloak revealing a frog]
FFrog
Hop o' the morning to ya, Garnet! Nothing like some morning training to get the blood pumping. Am I right?
Hopper, nice to see you too. [drops her]
HHopper
By the way, have you seen Hoppy? She was hoppin' excited to train with us.
[a shadow jumps high above the trees; Garnet gasps as the kitana-wielding rabbit swoops down]
RRabbit
YAAHHHH!!! WAAAHHH!!! [Garnet summons her right gauntlet, the rabbit slashes] HI-YAH!!!
[Garnet clasps and holds the rabbit's blade, with a pulsating gust of wind blows all leaves]
RRabbit
Garnet.
Hoppy.
HHopper
[holds radar-like device] Wow, Garnet! I can tell you've been training! Your power levels are hoppin' high!
[jumps down] Yes, Hopper, but they could always be higher. We should train more. I nearly had the jump on you that time.
HHopper
Oouhhh!
[retracts gauntlets] We can train some other time, Hoppy. Right now, there's a gem artifact to recover.
HHopper
I wonder what it is this time. Maybe a magic power amulet, or a flying power carpet, or maybe an enchanted power onion!
Whatever it is, we should hurry. There's somebody at home [takes out photo] that I need to get back to.
[closeup on the photo showing Garnet and Steven doing the peace sign. Hoppy and Hopper peek at the photo]
HHopper
Who is that?
My most favorite person in the world.
Have you ever told him that?
No.
HHopper
Why not?
[clenches fist] I'm not strong enough.
HHopper
Will we get to meet him soon?
Not yet. He's not ready to learn that I have secret animal friends.
Tell us your name, stranger.
My name is Ringo. I am but a humble caretaker of the shrine atop Yonder Mountain. [points to his shrine atop the mountain in the distance]
How did you get those wounds? Was it from some kind of training.
Well, you see, [flashback starts with him sweeping and cleaning with a broomstick before a Foxman shows up with his camera, wanting to take some pictures] an innocent Foxman wanted to see the shrine. Such a sweet, sweet Foxman. Naturally, I obliged. Inside rested the sacred magic gem of ultimate power! It was then that the Foxman double-crossed me! [Foxman then bashes him on the head with his camera, rubs his paws, and absorbs the gem's power, with a big buffed body] He used the power of the gem to banish me from my own shrine. [end of flashback] Ever since then, I've been searching for someone strong enough to help me.
That gem must be contained. No one should have that much power.
Oh, you can have the gem. [desperately] I just want my shrine back.
Foxman, give us the gem.
FFoxman
What? [spots Ringo] You again? [Ringo hisses at him like a snake] Oh, I see what this is. If you want them gem, you'll have to defeat me!
So be it!
I told you he was strong.
Then we'll just have to get stronger.
[gasps] Training time!
Now give back the gem.
FFoxman
But I'm the sworn protector of the gem! What did that liar tell you?! [gasps] No!
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!
Too bad you didn't outfox me when you had the chance! [zaps his staff at Foxman, turning him into an onion ring]
[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!
Yeah, that's pretty much what happened.
[smiles] Really?
No.
Everyone! Please! Stop! I'm okay, look! You don't have to fight anymore!
HELP!
[Amethyst has been dogpiled by Watermelon Stevens while two nearby dig a hole]
They're gonna put me in the ground! [sobbing] No! [A Watermelon Steven appears with a bouquet] THOSE FLOWERS ARE LOVELY! AAHHH!
[takes snacks out of paper bag] Alrighty, let's see what we got here. Looks like a classic PBJ sandwich cut into triangles. [Lion puts paper bag on his nose, walks backwards] Very nice, it's the only shape a sandwich should be. Mama Sadie, this lunch is a win. [Lion backs up towards the front door] And for dessert we have... Whoa, look at this! Lion! Lion, look! It's a cookie shaped like a star. [chuckles] I guess you could say this cookie is... "out of this world"? Eh?
[Lion blows the bag into Steven's face. It falls down, and Steven bites the cookie. He then looks up at the portrait of Rose Quartz on the wall]
I wonder what kind of lunch my mom would've made me. [gasps] Maybe actual space cookies! [beat, sighs] I just wish... I know a little more about her.
[Lion nudges Steven; he stares at Lion with stars in his eyes]
Blink if this means you love me.
[beat. He then blows Lion's face, blinks]
He loves me!
[Steven dreams himself playing checkers with Dogcopter on an island. Dogcopter places a chess piece on his tile]
DDogcopter
I win.
Oh, what? That was a good move!
DDogcopter
Thanks.
Dogcopter, how do you do it?
DDogcopter
How do I do what?
I mean, what's your secret? How'd you get so talented?
DDogcopter
Don't focus so much on talent, Steven. Making art is all about communication. A piece of art is a conversation. Every choice you make is a statement. [eats, munches chess piece] Don't worry about labels or conforming to a standard. Just be true to yourself, and people will appreciate your honesty. [gulps it] Ahh.
Whoa. Thanks for the advice.
DDogcopter
And take a deep breath.
What?
[cut footage to Greg strumming his guitar at the sea with the seagulls]
"Isn't it remarkable, Steven? This world is full of so many possibilities. Each living thing has an entirely unique experience. The sights they see, the sounds they hear, the lives they live... are so complicated, a-and so simple. I can't wait for you to join them."
[the camera then rotates back at Rose]
"Steven, we can't both exist. I'm going to become half of you. And I need you to know that every moment you love being yourself — that's me. Loving you and loving being you... because you're going to be something extraordinary. You're going to be a human being."
"Hey, Rose!"
"Take care of them, Steven."
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