Greg Universe

"Greg Universe" is Steven's father, and was previously involved in a romantic relationship with Rose Quartz.

Appearance
Greg appears as a plump man with a beige beard surrounding his mouth. Greg has taupe hair and eyes, his hair is grown past his shoulders, with his hair having a large bald spot on the top of his head. He usually wears white tank tops, with long or short gray pants. He has a tan line on his shoulders and feet. (From his slippers, and possibly a shirt he wore before). Greg's skin color is a peachy color, with the tan line spots being a light apricot color. He wears teal flip-flops, although he tends to go barefoot. In "Fusion Cuisine", he wears a green turtleneck sweater, orange jacket, and his shorts. In "Winter Forecast", he wears a purple dress-shirt with pinkish plum spots over his tank, a blue baseball cap with a red underside, and brown footwear.

Description
Greg Universe was once a traveling musician, but now he lives in his van and works at a car wash. When he was a one-man-band he played a concert in Beach City, and the only person who came to the concert was Rose Quartz. After that they spent all their time together and eventually started a romantic relationship until she gave up her physical form to give birth to Steven. Greg is an easy-going guy; his catchphrase is "If every porkchop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs."

He seems to be a little uncomfortable in dealing with Gem powers, which he refers to as "magic stuff." He chooses to avoid the magic situations Steven gets in, unless he feels he needs to help him. Greg also appears to have some mechanical skills as shown in "Space Race", where he built Steven a "rocket", and also helped Pearl build her rocket, although it should be noted Pearl did most of the work.

Major Appearances

 * "Laser Light Cannon"
 * "Cat Fingers"
 * "Coach Steven"
 * "Ocean Gem"
 * "House Guest"
 * "Space Race"
 * "Fusion Cuisine"
 * "Winter Forecast"
 * "Maximum Capacity"
 * "The Message"

Minor Appearances

 * "Bubble Buddies" (Non-Speaking Cameo)
 * "So Many Birthdays" (mentioned)
 * "Onion Trade"
 * "Rose's Room" (Room's magic)
 * "Steven and the Stevens"
 * "Watermelon Steven"
 * "The Return"

Steven Universe
Greg is the father of Steven Universe. The two have a good father-son relationship, however Greg seems to be trying to make things up to Steven. This may be because he doesn't believe himself to be the best father. In the episode "Laser Light Cannon" when Rose's old light cannon that Greg supplies to Steven and the Crystal Gems doesn't work at first, he says "It's okay Steven! We'll figure out something else. Something even better!"

Even though Steven is his son and Greg was in a romantic relationship with Rose who also had the power of the gems, he is still weirded out (and maybe even scared) by the magic happenings that occur. However, even with his lack of understanding for these events, he always comes to his son's aid when he is needed (as seen when Steven turns into a cat monster in "Cat Fingers").

Greg isn't the current guardian of Steven. While Steven lives with the members of the Crystal Gems, Greg remains in his van that he lives in near the car wash. However, even though they don't live together, Steven seems to visit Greg on a regular basis (as seen in the episode "Cat Fingers" when Steven helps out at the car wash).

Crystal Gems
The Members of the Crystal Gems rarely interact with Greg, even though he is Steven's father and the partner of former Crystal Gems member: Rose Quartz. The reason behind this lack of communication is because even though they think Greg is nice, they think he is, as Amethyst describes it, "kind of a mess." Because of this, the group advised Greg to stay out of "magical matters," as they were much more capable than him. Greg seems not to mind as he, like most humans, seem apprehensive if not terrified of "magic Gem stuff". However, even with their belief in Greg's questionable reliability, Greg has come to their aid when he is needed (as seen in "Laser Light Cannon") but so far this seems only because his son asked him to.

Both Greg and the Gems also seem uncomfortable around each-other due to the circumstances surrounding Steven's birth, and consequently Rose's "death". It is revealed in "Maximum Capacity" that Greg and Amethyst were very good friends while Rose was around but their friendship couldn't last after Rose "died" as Amethyst at least partially blamed Greg for her demise and used her shape-shifting powers to torment him. In "The Message" it is shown Greg is deeply saddened and hurt by the Gems constantly patronizing him not thinking that he can offer any real help with their "magical matters" and he expresses through song how all he wants is their approval.

Recently it seems that the Crystal Gems and Greg have warmed up to each-other, especially Greg and Amethyst.

In an in-character interview with Newsarama, Greg notes that "the Gems didn’t know much about raising a baby. That I get, I had that covered. But I don’t know much about being a Gem." This is likely one of the reasons he and Steven no longer live together.

Rose Quartz
Rose Quartz was the romantic partner to Greg before she gave up her physical form to bring Steven into existence. Not much else is known about Rose's relationship with Greg except for they met when she was the only attendee at one of Greg's concerts in Beach City back when he was a one-man band. Greg seems to consider himself very lucky to have met Rose. Greg was also heard saying in the episode "Laser Light Cannon": "I don't know what a magical lady like that ever saw in a plain old dope like me..."

Mr. & Mrs. Maheswaran
Greg desperately want to come off as a good, responsible parent in the eyes of Connie's parents and makes every effort to earn their approval, with mixed results: in one possible future in "Winter Forecast" he walked the children home to Connie through a blizzard because he thought that was what a responsible parent would do. This ended up only angering her parents as Connie caught a cold in the process. In another possible future in the same episode where he did manage to drive Connie home, her parents were very welcoming towards the Universes (even inviting them to stay the night to avoid driving home during the raging blizzard) indicating that as long as he doesn't make a mess of things they have warmed up towards him and Steven.

Trivia

 * Despite his reluctance to become involved in Gem affairs, he still seems to know quite a lot about Gem history and their invasion on Earth. This is most likely due to his marriage to Rose and his prior involvement with The Crystal Gems.
 * Greg Universe's catchphrase is "If every porkchop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs".
 * The catchphrase was said 3 1/2 times in "Laser Light Cannon". The last one (4th one) was said by Steven, but Greg cut him off when his van got carried away by the ocean tide.
 * Pearl mentioned the catchphrase in "Ocean Gem" when Greg's van was destroyed including the steering wheel that Pearl was holding.
 * Judging from his catchphrase, as well as his picture with Rose Quartz, his favorite food is most likely hot dogs.
 * This catchphrase was said again in "The Return" to activate the 4 Laser Light Cannons used to fire at the Gem Warship.
 * The first song we hear Greg sing is "Let Me Drive My Van into Your Heart".
 * It has been revealed in "Maximum Capacity" that Greg doesn't like shape shifting. Although it was previously implied that he was uncomfortable with Amethyst's shape shifting in "Cat Fingers" based on his uncomfortable expression upon viewing it.
 * It's implied heavily that the reason he doesn't like it is because Amethyst has used it to torment him in the past, shown when she shifted into Rose in "Maximum Capacity".
 * His voice actor, Tom Scharpling, also voices Yellowtail, Onion's Dad.
 * He is the second person to perform a duet, "Dear Old Dad", with Steven, the first being Pearl with "Strong in the Real Way" and the third being Amethyst with "On The Run".
 * According to an interview, favorite comic books include many kid-oriented titles published by Harvey Comics, such as Richie Rich and Casper the Friendly Ghost, which he has given to Steven, and the more adult-oriented SF comic Heavy Metal, which he says Steven will get when he's older.
 * It is possible that "Greg" is short for "Gregory" as Amethyst calls him that in "The Message".

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