Alone Together

"Alone Together" is the 37th episode of the first season of Steven Universe, and the 37th overall episode of the series.

Synopsis
The Crystal Gems try to teach Steven to use his fusion powers.

Plot
The episode starts with Steven dancing with all of the Gems. After they finish their last move, a jump, he comments that it's a lot harder than he thought it would be. Amethyst tells him its okay, that all of the Gems have trouble with it. Garnet chimes in that she doesn't. Pearl then begins to wondering if Steven will even be able to fuse, since he's half human and organic. Amethyst comments that it's Steven and "Who knows what's gonna happen?" Garnet then tries to reassure Steven that she believes he can do it.

Later, on the beach, he starts talking to Connie. He tells her that the fusing process was hard, and that he wasn't sure he could do it. She tells him that she's impressed that he can dance with the Gems at all, because she doesn't like to dance in front of other people. This prompts him to ask her to dance, stating that it's only the two of them. They begin to dance together, start laughing and having fun. Steven then trips over Connie and she catches him, causing them to almost kiss. Instead, They laugh and touch foreheads while Steven's gem begins to glow...

Then their fusion wakes up, and wonders why their (Steven's) sandals don't fit. As they get up, Steven and Connie, inside of them, began panicking and rejoicing at the same time. Eventually, they find resolve in rejoicing their fusion, and their fusion begins running around the beach with vim and vigor. They then decide to tell the Gems.

When they do, Pearl immediately starts to worry, saying that fusing with humans was impossible and was at the very least, inappropriate. Amethyst points to Garnet, who's absolutely beaming. Amethyst runs up to their fusion and asks them how they feel, naming them "Stevonnie". Pearl then tells Garnet to talk to them. When Garnet goes up to Stevonnie, she tells them, "Stevonnie, 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!"

Stevonnie runs towards Beach City, the first thing they do is jumping off of a cliff on to the ocean. When they wash up on shore, they feel their stomach grumbling and decide to get donuts. Inside, Sadie and Lars are playfully arguing. When they see Stevonnie, they are both left breathless by their beauty. Stevonnie asks for two donuts and Lars gives it to them, but when they try to pay, Sadie tells them, "It's on the house". Stevonnie accepts the donuts gratefully, but tells the two on the way out, "That isn't a very sound business practice".

Stevonnie goes to a bench and pulls out the donuts. Connie's and Steven's personalities begin to bubble up and Steven asks Connie if she wants to stop. Connie is going to answer when Sour Cream gives Stevonnie an invitation to a party he's DJ-ing. Stevonnie accepts, and then goes to the party.

In the warehouse where the party is held, they see several people dancing, except Kevin, who just says, "whatever". They walk a midst the partygoers and begin to dance, drawing everyone's attention to them. Sour Cream says "Whoa", and plays the music louder. When they're done, they realize no one is dancing with them. Connie's anxiety takes over and Stevonnie panics. The people seem to grow taller and they're 'encased' in a large disco ball. After a second, Kevin joins them and starts dancing. They reject him and walk over to a wall. There, the Connie part of the fusion thinks about how she'd be enjoying this if her friend was there, but being fused into one person with Steven isn't the same thing as having Steven with her. Over there, Kevin bugs and harasses Stevonnie to dance with him, until they get angry and accept. When they pull him out onto the dance floor, they begin dancing wildly and ferociously. Their gem begins to glow, and they split into Steven and Connie once again.

This freaks out Kevin, who runs out of the building. Steven and Connie, after a moment, start laughing crazily and cry tears of relief. Sour Cream, unperturbed, starts throwing everyone glow sticks, which Steven and Connie run through, still laughing.

Characters

 * Steven
 * Amethyst
 * Pearl
 * Garnet
 * Connie
 * Stevonnie (debut)
 * Lars
 * Sadie
 * Sour Cream
 * Kevin (debut)
 * Jenny
 * Buck Dewey
 * Ronaldo Fryman

Songs

 * Alone Together
 * Be Cool at the Club
 * Twilight Run

Trivia

 * This was the first time we see Garnet dancing with Pearl. The dance they showed Steven was how they would fuse together. However, they don't.
 * This is the third episode in a row not ending in a full star-shaped iris and the eighth over all.
 * This was the first time Garnet is shown grinning.
 * This is also the happiest state Garnet has been seen in.
 * Steven dances with Connie, Pearl, and Amethyst for the first time.
 * The moves the Gems were teaching Steven were most likely how they fused with his mother, Rose Quartz.
 * Steven fuses for the first time.
 * The episode title "Alone Together", implies that even though Stevonnie is a fusion of both Steven and Connie and is technically both of them together, they feel alone.
 * It was implied that the Gems can't fuse with humans, although this doesn't apply to Steven, who is part human himself.
 * Pearl finds the fusion with Steven and Connie unsettling, either because:
 * A: Steven and Connie share one single body, having to preform an intimate dance with each other to fuse.
 * B: The fusion consists almost entirely human.
 * C: She is scared and confused at seeing something she believed impossible.
 * Stevonnie tries to pay for their doughnuts with several $3 bills, most likely referencing the running joke of 3 dollar-bills showing up in the show.
 * Stevonnie also asks for two donuts. They don't specify what kind at all, but they still get two donuts.
 * This is also the 3rd-known time a 3 dollar-bill shows up, the first being the Pilot episode, and the second in Watermelon Steven.
 * Lars being so flustered around Stevonnie may be a call-back to the Pilot, where Lars informed Steven he, "wasn't exactly a hot girl".
 * Stevonnie is the first Fusion to show an interest in eating food, though this is most likely due to the fact that Stevonnie is mostly Human.
 * This is the third time the title card is different from the others.

Cultural References

 * When Sour Cream was DJ-ing at the rave, you can see that he is using two devices that look like Game-boy Colors and one that looks like a Game-boy Advanced.
 * The second dance Amethyst and Steven did had the moves from the song "Macarena".

Continuity

 * Sour Cream's rave party takes place in the same warehouse from "Tiger Millionaire".
 * It seems that Lars and Sadie are on better terms since "Island Adventure". Although it is unknown what they could've been talking about.

Errors

 * When Stevonnie is talking to Sour Cream, one of the doughnuts they put down on the bench next to them changes from a filled doughnut to a ring doughnut.

Transcript
View the episode's transcript here.

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