Connie Maheswaran/History

Connie Maheswaran is a human female of Indian-American descent and the only daughter of Doug and Priyanka Maheswaran. As a result of being raised in a strict household, that frequently moved from place to place, Connie found it difficult to form relationships with other people for most of her life.

Season 1
Exactly one year before the events of the episode, "Bubble Buddies," we see Connie attending a parade. Steven saw Connie drop her bracelet at the parade, and decided to keep it in his freezer so he could return it to her the next time he saw her. One year after the parade, Steven runs in to Connie, who is reading a book near his house. Steven then tries to impress her by doing tricks on his bike, but unfortunately, he fails. Steven panics, and runs back into his house. As a backup plan, Steven grabs Connie's glowing bracelet from the freezer, and runs back to her. While on the way, Steven is practicing his greeting, when a piece of the cliff crumbles and falls towards Connie. When Steven jumps to rescue her, his gem glows, and encases both of them in a pink bubble that deflects the rocks. Steven and Connie introduce themselves, and Connie asks Steven if he can deactivate his bubble. Steven then realizes that he can't disable the bubble. He says the Gems can help, but Steven and Connie are unable to roll up the hill to the house. Steven and Connie try multiple methods of popping the bubble, but none of them seem to work. They eventually end up on a roller coaster track. The roller coaster hits them and launches Steven and Connie in to the ocean.

As the two try and roll back to shore, a giant worm appears, and frightens Connie. When the worm eats some kelp, it buries itself into the ground, which creates a trench that Steven and Connie fall into. For a moment, the trench is dark, but then some animals start to light the surroundings. Steven ended up accidentally putting his foot in Connie's face. He tries to apologize to her, but she finally explodes, frustrated that Steven doesn't know what he's doing, and that she might die without ever making a friend. Connie starts crying, and Steven shows her the glow bracelet, telling her that they can be friends. He tells her that he saw her during a parade the year before, but couldn't find her to give her back the bracelet, so he kept it in case he met her again. Connie reveals she saw him last year too. As the two reconcile, the bubble finally bursts. Steven and Connie make it to the suface, but it turns out that the monster followed them. They swim to shore, and run under a dock, when Steven realizes the monster is chasing Connie because of her glow bracelet. Steven takes the bracelet and uses it to lure the worm to a nearby pier, where he uses the pillars to trap and defeat her. The Gems show up and Garnet bubbles of the monster's gemstone. When Pearl and Amethyst try to introduce themselves, Garnet stops them by telling them not to mess with Steven's "funky flow". Connie asks what "funky flow" is, and Steven gets embarrassed. In Lion 2: The Movie, Connie shows Steven the trailer for a new movie called Dogcopter 3 starring Dogcopter, a dog-cop robot that saves a city by shooting missiles from its butt. Connie tells Steven why it is her favorite film franchise, and she hopes it stays loyal to the book. Amethyst sees Dogcopter and decides to shape-shift into it, astounding Connie. Steven assures her that the movie will be more impressive than any magic. Connie, unsure of this, asks how they will get to the movies as the theater is far away. Outside the house Steven introduces Connie to their mode of transportation, Lion; Connie is shocked. When Steven says he isn't trained very well, Lion leaps above the ocean, terrifying Connie and Steven. He runs across the ocean, taking Steven and Connie on a magical ride. Lion creates a portal by roaring and runs through it, and the three arrive inside an empty training temple.

Steven unwittingly activates a floating robot that shoots various projectiles at Steven, Connie and Lion. Lion helps them escape the temple and takes them to the Beach City theater, but the robot follows them through the portal. After being slightly burned by the robot, Steven offers Connie a can of soda to ease her pain. She says to just forget about the movie, as Steven probably has more important things to do than watch a movie. Steven says that Dogcopter 3 is very important to him, and asks why Connie would hang out with him because he messes everything up. Connie asks why he would ever hang out with her, because she is so much less interesting. Suddenly, the robot comes back, even more aggressive than before. Lion summons a sword from his head to help them defend against the robot, and Connie helps Steven to destroy the robot by using her tennis serves to reflect its shots, destroying the robot. After dealing with the largely unfazed ticket clerk, they finally get to see Dogcopter 3.

In Rose's Room a cloud version of Connie is imagined by Steven in his mother's room. Her cloud version turns around and is stuck on a repeat of saying "He was incredible!" exactly the way she said it in "Bubble Buddies"

In An Indirect Kiss, Connie and Steven are having a picnic, when she notices he is visibly upset and asks him why there was a fence over the cliff. After Steven tells the story of them rescuing Amethyst, Connie is shocked when she hears that Steven feels that he feels bad after getting his hopes up to feel useless to the gems. Connie tells him that he can always come to her, magic or not, and leans in for a kiss only to stop short and exclaim that she has a headache. After taking her glasses off, she realizes she can see without them. Both are shocked, and they realize Steven's juice (which he foreshadows by stating that the juice box trade was his spit mostly) healed her. The episode ends with Steven rushing off to the Gems to tell them about his new healing saliva ability, while Connie pops the lenses out of her glasses.

In Mirror Gem Connie tells Steven that they could hang out more now that she was released from school for summer vacation.

In Ocean Gem, Connie agrees to go with Steven on his quest to find Lapis along with Greg. When they make it to the Water Tower, Lapis tells them to stay away, and creates Water clones to fight the Gems. Steven's water clone attacks Connie and him, and breaks Greg's leg in the process. In anger, Steven puts up his shield in the process and goes up the tower to talk to Lapis. After Steven heals Lapis, he falls with the tower. Teaming up, Lion and Connie are able to catch him before he lands.

In Fusion Cuisine, after her mom calls, Steven hands the phone to Garnet to pretend to be Rose, but she panics, making it sound like they had died playing with swords. Connie says she cannot because her parents are upset and refuse to let Connie hang out with Steven until they have met both of his parents. Steven assumes that he is going to bring all of the Gems to the dinner, but Connie objects. Connie admits the fact that she told her parents that Steven lives in a nuclear family. Steven exclaims that the Crystal Gems are not radioactive, but then Connie explains the meaning of a nuclear family. At night, both families have dinner with each other. After the fusion with Alexandrite destabilizes, Dr. Maheswaran admonishes Connie for lying to her, which causes Connie to run crying to the bus stop, with Steven going after her. Connie and Steven decide to run away so they can be friends without having to worry about Connie's parents' disapproval. As they are leaving on a bus, the enraged Gems (fused back as Alexandrite) catch up to them and force them to return. The Gems angrily chastise Steven in front of the Maheswarans. The Maheswarans, impressed with the Gems' parental abilities, allow Connie to hang out with Steven.

In Alone Together, Steven and Connie are on the beach when he tells her that fusing is hard, and communicates his discouragement over his failure. She tells him that she is impressed that he can dance with the Gems at all, admitting that she does not like to dance in front of other people. This prompts him to ask her to dance, stating that it is only the two of them. They begin to dance together, eventually getting more comfortable with each other. Steven suddenly trips over Connie, and she catches him. They laugh and touch foreheads while Steven's gem begins to glow. Once the glow fades, their fusion wakes up, and wonders why their (Steven's) sandals do not fit. As they get up, Steven and Connie, inside of them, begin panicking and rejoicing at the same time. Eventually, they find resolve in rejoicing their fusion, and they begin running around the beach with vim and vigor. After they go to Sour Cream's party, Stevonnie they realizes no one is dancing with them. Connie's anxiety takes over and Stevonnie panics. Kevin coerces Stevonnie to dance with him until they get angry and begrudgingly 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 makes Kevin panic, who runs out of the building. Steven and Connie, after a moment, start laughing hysterically and cry tears of relief. Sour Cream, unperturbed, starts throwing everyone glow sticks, which Steven and Connie run through, still laughing.

In Winter Forecast, Steven obtains future vision from Garnet temporarily and sees the best option for himself to take Connie home before the snowstorms hit Beach City.

In Marble Madness, Connie introduces Steven to her favorite book series, The Spirit Morph Saga and tries to tell him the story, but they are constantly interrupted by the Plug Robonoids Peridot kept leaving.

In Open Book, Steven and Connie go into Rose's Room to recreate a better ending to The Spirit Morph Saga series. Steven turns into a character in the book after explaining that the room can overload. Connie then exclaims her wish to be the character Lisa. The room doesn't obey her command, however, as the room only listens to what Steven wants. Steven asks for a suggestion and Connie requests a costume shop so she can dress up as the character she wishes to. After a few moments, Steven says that he wants to see her. Connie exits the shop in her costume. Throughout their attempt in creating a new ending, Connie keeps asking for what Steven wants whenever Steven asks her what she wants, as he intended it to be all for her. After making some endings, Steven, once again, asks Connie what she thinks. She then asks again what Steven wants. Steven says that he's trying his hardest and asks Connie to not do what he wants. This causes Connie to break down, repeating the word "want". Steven soon realizes that this "Connie" is one he accidentally summoned (as the room listens to what Steven says he wants), and that the real Connie must still be in the costume shop. He undoes the creations, but is unable to un-summon the fake Connie, who says that he didn't want her to do what he wants. Steven attempts to fly away on a Wind Lizard, but the fake Cloud Connie grabs its tail and pushes Steven off. They land near the costume shop where Connie is calling out for Steven. Steven is trapped under the fake Connie in a wedding dress who says she knows what Steven "really wants". Steven asks for help, and Connie has a short fight with her, but the fake Connie seems to ignore her presence, still wanting to trap Steven. Steven finally gives in and admits he likes the book's ending, and the fake Cloud Connie evaporates.Connie is shocked and asks why he said he disliked it. Steven states that he didn't want Connie to think less of him. Connie says she doesn't think less of him, saying she cares more about Steven than a book. It ends with Connie and Steven exiting the temple discussing why Archimicarus "obviously" had feelings for Lisa.

In "The Return", Steven calls Connie, but she doesn't pick up, so he leaves a vocal message telling her about the Gem Warship.

In "Jail Break", Connie calls Steven and she desperately starts asking him about what was going on, but he doesn't say anything.

Season 2
In "Full Disclosure" Connie calls Steven multiple times to ask him if he is okay. When Steven doesn't answer the phone due to wanting to avoid Connie, Connie goes to his house to check on him. Steven leaves the house when Connie arrives, but Connie notices him and chases him through the wreckage of the Gem Warship. Steven hides behind one of the Warship's fingers and tells Connie that he no longer wants to be friends. Connie tells him that she will only believe him if he says it to her face, so Steven comes out of hiding. He then confesses that he still wants to be Connie's friend, and was just trying to protect her from everything that was happening. Steven then tells Connie everything that happened during "Jail Break" and "The Return".

In "Love Letters" Connie and Steven deliver a letter to Garnet from Jamie which professed Jamie's love. When delivering Garnet's response, Steven stops Connie from giving the harshly worded letter to Jamie for fear of shattering his heart. Connie then rewords the letter poetically, in an attempt to let Jamie down easy.

In "Sworn to the Sword" Connie is convinced by Steven to begin taking swordfighting lessons from Pearl. As the lessons progress Connie becomes a very skilled swordfighter, but Pearl's influence on Connie start making her become obsessed with protecting Steven with her life. Concerned with her safety, Steven follows Connie to one of her lessons and convinces her that they should fight together. After arguing with Pearl, she is convinced that Steven and Connie would both be great knights. The episode ends with Connie still taking lessons from Pearl, now with Steven by her side.

In "We Need to Talk" Connie and Steven are helping Greg sort through his old records. Connie comments that at home she doesn't have any music other than movie soundtracks and classical music. Greg responds by playing The Philosophy Majors for her. Steven and Connie dance, causing them to accidentally fuse into Stevonnie. They quickly unfuse, startled, and Connie panics, asking Greg not to tell her parents. Greg tells her that he's probably the only human being on the planet who would understand. He then tells Connie and Steven a story about him and Rose, and tells Connie if she ever needs someone to talk to that he's okay with talking with her.

In "Nightmare Hospital" Steven takes Connie home from sword training and gives her Rose's Sword to practice with. Connie's mother discovers the sword and confiscates it, and takes it back to the hospital with her to check on her patients. Connie and Steven sneak into the hospital to retrieve the sword, but are caught by Connie's mother. Before anything is able to happen, the patient wakes up and begins attacking them. Steven reveals that the patient is a gem mutant, and Connie pleads with her mother to let her use the sword to help fight. Her mother refuses to back down on a rule, so they run out of the room and attempt to escape the hospital. They are cut off by another gem mutant, and Steven bubbles Connie and her mother to protect them. Connie continues to plead with her mother to allow her to use the sword, but her mother still refuses to listen. Steven insists that Connie has been training to use a sword for a long time, but Dr. Maheswaran insists that she knows more about her daughter than Steven does. Connie then remarks that her mother doesn't know anything about her, as she hasn't even noticed that Connie's glasses no longer have lenses, despite the lenses having been removed almost a year prior. Connie then grabs the sword and defeats the gem monsters, before she, Steven, and her mother leave the hospital. Connie apologizes to her mother for lying so much about Steven, and her mother realizes that she and her husband may be too controlling. Her mother promises to back down on some of the rules and to keep an open mind about everything that has been happening. Connie and her mother then embrace.

In "Steven's Birthday" Connie goes to the Barn to visit Steven and spend the night there for his birthday. She is shocked to learn that Steven is fourteen years old and therefore older than her. After Greg shows her a picture album depicting Steven's several birthdays during his life, she is surprised to see that he hasn't grown up in his last few birthdays. Connie asks Greg to talk in private and asks him whether Steven is going to grow up. As Greg says that he isn't sure, Connie is visibly concerned. When Steven uses shapeshifting to make himself look older, Connie is impressed and amazed at his change. They spend the rest of the day together. Later on the same day, Connie and Steven are stargazing when she decides to confess that she was worried that they wouldn't be able to grow up together, and that she was relieved to see that she was wrong. This revelation causes Steven to lose control of how old he feels and revert back into a baby. Connie gets desperate and takes Steven to Greg. She rides on Greg's van with Greg, Steven and Amethyst, hoping to calm Steven down. She tells Steven that she will always be with him no matter what age he is, which makes him stop crying. She wakes up the next day to find Steven back to his normal age. She notices a single hair on his face and is relieved to see that he is growing up, although slowly.

Season 3
In Beach City Drift, Connie and Steven encounter Kevin asking Steven if they have met before, calling him a twerp. Connie nervously runs over, excusing Steven by saying that Kevin looks like another guy they know. Greg asks if the two know Kevin, and Connie explains the events of what happened when they formed Stevonnie before. Connie then continues that it was uncomfortable when Kevin kept asking them to dance, and Steven adds that Kevin did not even care about their feelings. Greg says that if he is causing this much trouble, then there’s no point to even thinking about him, and Connie thanks Greg. At night, Steven and Connie are sitting on Greg’s “new” car at It's A Wash. Steven is still mad at the incident with Kevin, but Connie is somehow thinking about the situation and wishes that she could just say something big to Kevin to get him to think. Steven says that he wishes he could race Kevin, and rub the winning ribbon in his face. Connie says that kids cannot drive because it is against the law, but Steven mentions that they were not kids when they were Stevonnie, and Connie understands Steven’s metaphor. As they race Kevin, Stevonnie eventually unfuses after becoming unstable. Steven and Connie are shown in the back seat, asking each other if they are ok after they unfused.Connie asks what they explains to Steven that all they have been doing for that past day is because they are obsessed with Kevin. The two decide to finish the race, but for themselves instead of to beat Kevin.

In Gem Hunt, Steven, Connie and Pearl warp to the Great North in front of a large Wailing Stone. Steven takes lots of pictures with his phone per Mr. and Mrs. Maheswaran's requests. Connie thanks Pearl for allowing her to come along to help them find a corrupted Gem and takes it as an honor to work along Pearl. Pearl complements Connie about her impressive 'Sword fighting' which have exceeded beyond her expectations, she also states that with her careful supervision, she's confident Connie will be able to accomplish a simple Gem recovery mission. Connie thanks Pearl and promises she won't let her down. As Connie asks how they would know whether a corrupted Gem is nearby, a huge roar is heard and the Corrupted Gem appears. Pearl exclaims that Connie and Steven have to work together; Connie quickly takes out her sword, Steven summons his shield, and they ready themselves to battle but when they were just about to face the beast, another Corrupted Gem appears but they run. Connie tells Pearl that they should split up. Pearl tells Connie that she's her pupil and knows that her combat skills are excellent but states it being too risky because she has never been in a real fight before. Steven tells Pearl about the Gem Mutants they fought in the Hospital and quickly interrupts Pearl by taking out a Cookie Cat Walkie Talkie to help communicate with each other when necessary and Connie takes out a survival guide book that she read at least 20 times. Both look at Pearl, who, having lost a battle of will, decides to allow it under the condition that they would communicate with her the very moment they find the monster because she doesn't want them fighting her alone.

The two find tracks in a humanoid shape along with the Corrupted Gem's paw-shaped tracks. A blizzard comes, so Connie and Steven take shelter in a hollowed tree. They hear a roar and follow more tracks to the Aquamarine-colored Corrupted Gem. Steven and Connie attempt to be quiet so they will not attract her attention, but Pearl calls on the Walkie Talkie, which attracts the Corrupted Gem's attention. Connie takes the Gem's growling as a sign of aggression and she draws her sword; the sword's glint causes the Gem to attack them and she manages to pop Steven's bubble, pushing them out of the Gem's reach. Connie throws a snowball at the Gem to bring her attention to her, but she hesitates to attack, saying that she wasn't prepared for this. She slides past the Gem, recovers the Walkie Talkie and calls Pearl, informing her that they have found the Gem just as Jasper appears. Connie realizes that the Gems were running from Jasper. Pearl tells Connie she would not have brought her on the mission if she knew Jasper would be present. Connie considers her mission a failure, since she found herself unable to fight earlier. However, Pearl considers Connie's mission a total success, since Connie followed Pearl's instructions to call Pearl when they found the Gem.

In Crack the Whip, Steven, Amethyst, Connie, and Lion have fun around Beach City and sword fighting on the beach while Pearl and Garnet went to find the gems. Eventually, Steven and Amethyst go into the water, and Connie soon joins them after a little coaxing. While Steven and Connie splash each other, the ground starts to shake and the Orange Great North Monster climbs out of the water onto the beach. Amethyst tells Steven and Connie to fight the Corrupted Gem while she takes on Jasper Eventually, Jasper's crash helmet slams Amethyst into the ground, poofing her. Steven and Connie see this and go to get Amethyst back from Jasper. As they run toward her to attack, they fuse into Stevonnie and get her back.

Season 4
In Buddy's Book, Connie and Steven warp on Lion outside of Buddwick Public Library. She is taking Steven to a librayr for his first time, which has his favorite thing: books. Connie picks up three educational books with intent to get a head start in 7th grade. Steven asks why Connie does not look up information on her phone. Connie remembers the last time she did that, she wrote an "erroneous paper about raccoons having heat vision." Connie suggests to Steven to have a look around the library since there is stuff she is sure Steven will love. Steven sees a book underneath one of the shelves and picks it up. Steven takes a look inside and sees sketches of various Gem structures. He runs back to Connie to show her what he found. It is Buddy Buddwick's journal. Steven recalls Jamie recreating a scenario about Buddy Buddwick helping Mayor Dewey discover Beach City, and Steven and Connie imagine Buddy as Jamie as they read through the book. Steven and Connie realize how Buddy Buddwick left his mark on Beach City by writing so many books that he thought he could fill a library with them which is how Buddwick Public Library exists today. They notice Buddy Buddwick's picture frame and how he actually looked. They realize they had imagined him way off by imagining Jamie starring as Buddy. They preferred Jamie regardless and laugh it off.

In Mindful Education, The episode begins as Connie is walking up the stairs of the Beach house, and knocks on the door. Answering the door is Steven, who appears bald, asking what a lovely day it is. Connie, unaware that Steven is bald, agrees with Steven, although with a calm demeanor, and proceeds to walk into the house. When Connie finally sees, she continues to appear calm and uncaring of the situation, but asks what happened, as Steven reveals that it was just a joke, but disappointed, and puts the bald cap in his pocket. Connie dully replies with “Oh… ok", and continues to dig through a bag with Rose’s sword in it. Steven asks Connie if she is ok, when Garnet and Pearl warp in, reminding the two of their fusion training, and that Garnet is excited to see them fight as Stevonnie.

The scene changes to the Sky Arena, where Connie still seems depressed. The Holo-Pearls are shown fusing together, and Steven and Connie perform a brief fusion dance before fusing into Stevonnie. Stevonnie unlocks their floating abilities while fighting the Holo-Pearl fusion, and takes pride in it, but they are stopped by a vision of a boy. Stevonnie hits the ground at a hard pace and separates into Steven and Connie. Connie runs out of the Sky Arena, and Steven follows her. Steven finds Connie on the steps behind the area, near the warp pad, and decides to talk to her about the way she’s been acting. Connie admits that she beat up a kid at school, and Steven is shocked, asking her to explain more about the situation. Connie claims that her training instinct just “kicked in”, and she did it on accident. Steven tells Connie not to think about it, but Garnet interrupts and takes the kids to the beach to meditate with her as Stevonnie.

Garnet meditates with Stevonnie and sings the song "Here Comes a Thought". Stevonnie looks the other direction and sees Steven and Connie dealing with their problems. Connie finally accepts to confront them. The next day, Connie comes back to the house to train again, feeling better. Connie comes in with a picture of the kid she beat up and how she made up with him. Steven is impressed while Connie talks about how nice it was to be able to release and do something about her problem. While Connie goes to change, Steven suddenly sees a butterfly from Stevonnie and Garnet's meditation on his mother's sword. Later at the Sky Arena, Stevonnie is fighting better but when they go to stab a Holo-Pearl another vision suddenly comes, but this time of Bismuth, the exact moment where she was impaled by Steven. Stevonnie is confused about who that was but at the same time not, since they're made out of two people. The visions have switched from being from Connie to Steven.

Stevonnie unfuses in mid-air as they fell, and Connie suggests they refuse as to be able to hover and prevent themselves from falling. Steven is still sobbing while saying he didn't mean to hurt anyone. Connie assures him that it's okay to feel bad, and he had to be honest about how bad it feels because that's what she did. Steven understands, and they reform Stevonnie, who manages to hover safely to the ground. They then laugh, sigh, and stare at the sky saying "I'm here", referencing their song from earlier.