Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service

"We've just been looking at the toppings of the problem. We've got to track this back to the sauce!"

"Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service" is the 13th episode of the third season of Steven Universe and the 91st episode overall.

Official Synopsis
Steven saves Kiki from some delicious nightmares.

Plot
Steven prepares a fancy looking table. Someone knocks on the door. Steven is eager to answer it. On the other side awaits Kiki's Pizza, delivering the pizzas that Steven ordered. They both greet each other. Steven is surprised by the fact that Kiki is making the deliveries this time, instead of Jenny. Kiki reveals that Jenny blew the delivery car's tires by blasting one of Sour Cream's mixtapes and took the car to the repair shop, meaning Kiki has to do the deliveries on foot.

Kiki leaves to make other deliveries, and then Steven prepares to eat. Hours later, the table is a mess and Steven is seen sleeping on the couch while covered in sauce.

Steven then dreams up with rocket feet and flies around while giggling and signs his initials in clouds. After gazing at the cheese he sees a hand grasping onto him to dear life, only to learn that it belongs to Kiki. Kiki is then attacked by big cheesy hands, which Steven then destroys with rockets from his elbow joints. Kiki then thanks "Dream Steven" as Steven rockets away on Dogcopter.

The next day Steven walks over to Fish Stew Pizza to tell Kiki the bizarre dream he had, only to see Jenny begging her to cover for her again so she can go to a metal show. Kiki agrees, Jenny leaves in the Pizza car and then Kiki talks with Steven. As Steven describes his dream, Kiki is shocked to find out she had the same dream as him, because Steven was actually in her dream. Steven initially apologizes, only to see Kiki delighted because of Steven she had the first good night of sleep in weeks. Steven then agrees to help fight the cheese monsters in Kiki's dreams.

Days go by as Steven continues to fight in Kiki's dreams, all the while Kiki taking on more favors from Jenny. The more times Steven helps out, the more physically exhausted he clearly becomes. At one point, Steven became so exhausted that he sleeps in until 3:00 PM much to his own surprise. He then tells Kiki that she should quit her job because judging from her dreams she has a problem with pizza. Steven then tells her that they'll go into her dreams one more time, but that he can't help her.

Inside the dream they are once again attacked by pizza cheese which they initially defend against. Steven then realizes that they should go into the cheese, where they are attacked by anchovies and pepperaihnas. At the end of the cheese cavern, they see a pizza version of Jenny who continues to ask Kiki for favors to which Kiki says no problem to even though she clearly has a problem with it. Steven points this out, telling her that her feelings matter which makes Kiki finally say no to Pizza Jenny which she accepts.

The next day, Steven goes to check on Kiki only to find Jenny sweeping up. She reveals that after a talk with her sister, Jenny graciously gave Kiki a day off for her to run as much as she wants without pressure. Delighted things went well, Steven falls asleep on the boardwalk.

Characters

 * Steven
 * Kiki Pizza
 * Jenny Pizza
 * Dogcopter (dream)
 * Sour Cream (cameo)
 * Buck Dewey (cameo)
 * Kofi Pizza (mentioned)
 * Rose Quartz (pictured)

Objects

 * Jenny's Car

Locations

 * Beach City
 * Beach House
 * Fish Stew Pizza

Music

 * TBA

Trivia

 * Zach Callison and Reagan Gomez-Preston were the only two voices for the entire episode.
 * This episode's name was first revealed in the episode listing on the Cartoon Network website.
 * This is writer, Colin Howard's first episode on the crew.
 * Peridot had a pizza delivered to her by someone who was most likely Kiki, when asked to pay she didn't know what money was until she searched the definition, the delivery person eventually gave up and said that it was on the house which confused Peridot. You can read about it on her Twitter.

Cultural References

 * The episode title is a reference to the Studio Ghibli film, Kiki's Delivery Service.
 * After clearing Kiki's mind of the cheese, two pizza slices can be seen as they look towards the horizon. This is a reference to a famous scene from the animated film The End of Evangelion.
 * Steven's rocket shoes may be a reference to "Astro Boy".
 * Steven's elbow rockets are similar to the joint rockets of Cyborg 004 from the Cyborg 009 series.
 * Near Steven's bed, there is a game-box with artwork similar to the Gamecube video game "Animal Crossing".
 * Steven says "Pizza Time" during this episode, a common colloquialism best known from the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" franchise.
 * When Steven throws the Giant Pizza-Cutter, the way he raises his hands and throws it is very similar to the Spirit Bomb from the Manga/Anime series "Dragon Ball Z".
 * Steven wearing a bandana on his head could be a reference to the "Rambo" series.

Continuity

 * Steven interacts with another character through his dreams for the second time, the first being in "Chille Tid".
 * Also, like in "Chille Tid", Dogcopter meows instead of speaking.
 * Steven's line "Sorry for using the same pun twice." is a direct callback to "Steven's Lion", after Kiki used the pun with "lie" and "lion" for the second time, after they leave the restaurant.

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