Bismuth (episode)/Transcript

[Open int. Beach House]

Pearl: Oh my goodness!

Amethyst: Go for it, bro!

Garnet: This is your last chance.

(Steven playing video games.)

Steven: No... no... jump... jump...

Steven, Amethyst, and Pearl: Awh!

Steven: Dying a bunch in video games is emotionally exhausting.

Steven: Huh?

(All look toward Lion, who is chewing up one of Steven's shirts.)

Steven: Lion!

(Steven tries to pull the shirt from Lion's mouth.)

Steven: Drop it!

(Steven pulls the shirt from Lion, and falls on his back. He raises it and looks at it.)

Steven: Lion, you can't chew this up.

(Steven looks at the shirt, revealing that it says "Thunder Bird - Always Remember".)

Steven: How else am I going to remember the time I rode the Thunder Bird at Funland?

(Steven puts the shirt on his dresser and begins to walk back to his Dolphin game console.)

Steven: Okay, I'm sure this time...

(Steven turns to face Lion, who has again grabbed Steven's shirt.)

Steven: Lion!

(Lion jumps down from the top level, heading for the door as Steven jumps down to block him from leaving.)

Steven: Don't even think about it!

(Steven grabs the shirt and pulls it away from Lion again.)

Steven: Since you can't play nice, I'm gonna have to put this where you can't get it: (in a teasing voice) In ya mane!

(Lion lays down and closes his eyes.)

Steven: Thank you, boo.

(Steven dives into Lion's mane, entering his pocket dimension. Steven hangs his shirt on a treebranch on the small island inside Lion's mane.)

Steven: There we go.

(Steven is shown standing on a tree branch adjacent to the one he hung the shirt on.)

Steven: Now it'll be safe forever, hanging in this perfectly stable magic tree.

(The tree branch breaks, causing Steven to fall, in which his fall is broken by landing on a bubbled gem inside Lion's mane. Landing on the bubble bursts it, freeing the gem inside.)

(The scene quickly cuts to back in the Beach House, where Amethyst is playing video games and Garnet and Pearl are encouraging her.)

Garnet: Jump! Jump!

Amethyst: I am jumping!

(Steven emerges from Lion's man and lands on his back with his eyes shut.)

(Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl all turn toward to look at Steven.)

Steven: I've made a horrible mistake!

Pearl: What?

(Amethyst looks back toward the game screen, displaying GAME OVER.)

Amethyst: Aw man.

Steven: Hold on, I can fix it!

(Steven leaps back into Lion's mane as he chews on one of Steven's shirts.)

(Back inside Lion's mane, Steven reaches for the gem, and becomes surprised when it begins to reform, which quickly turns to fear.)

(The gem reforms, landing on her knees and stumbling up and back before taking a frightened expression and a fighting stance.)

(The gem looks around, confused, before spotting Steven and staring at him.)

(The titlecard for the episode appears next to her, simultaneously telling us the name of the episode and the name of the gem, both being Bismuth)

(Cut to Steven exiting Lion's mane, breathing heavily for air.)

(All the gems are standing near Steven.)

Steven: There's a gem inside of Lion's mane!

(Peal looks toward Garnet questioningly.)

Pearl: A gem? (Garnet looks toward Pearl before looking back towards Steven.)

Garnet: Describe her.

Steven: Uhh... hang on a sec.

(Steven dives back into Lion's mane, peeking only his head above the fur to see Bismuth looking around. Bismuth spots Steven as he ducks back out of Lion.)

Bismuth: Hey, wait!

(Steven pulls his head back out of Lion and turns toward the gems.)

Steven: She's big!

(Steven returns to Lion's mane, spotting Bismuth nearly directly next to him.)

Bismuth: Huh? Hey! Don't go!

(Steven returns from Lion's mane, facing toward the gems once again.)

Steven: With rainbow hair and tattoos!

Pearl: Rainbow hair..?

(Garnet and Pearl lean forward.)

Pearl: What does her gem look like?

Steven: It's... an innie?

Pearl: It can't be...

Amethyst: Can't be what?

Garnet: Steven, bring her out.

(Steven's expression of shock turns to one of determination.)

Steven: Okay.

(Steven heads back into Lion's mane, searching around for Bismuth, seemingly not finding her until she appears from the top of the shot, looking directly at Steven)

Bismuth: Hey, little friend!

(Steven backs away a small bit and whimpers)

Bismuth: No, don't go! I believe I'm lost. And there's no one here but us, so how about a little help?

(Steven sticks out his hand, offering her to grab it)

(Steven and Bismuth exit Lion's mane, who stands still, apparently in awe of seeing Garnet and Pearl.)

(The camera switches to a view of Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. Garnet has a slack-jawed expression of disbelief and Pearl is covering her mouth while crying.)

Amethyst: Wow, a total stranger.

(Garnet takes off her visor.)

Bismuth: Pearl... Garnet...

Pearl: (overjoyed, runs toward Bismuth and hugs her) Bismuth! Ahahahaha! You're back!

(Steven and Lion look at each other, confused.)

(Bismuth lightly tosses up Pearl, catching her and holding her in her hands.)

Bismuth: Woah! Hehehehe! The Pearl I know never jumps into my arms! Hey, did somebody lose a Pearl? Who do you belong to?

Pearl: Nobody!

Bismuth: Haha!

Garnet: Alright, alright, settle down.

Bismuth: Oh, you're one to talk, oh, oh, excuse me, you're two to talk.

(Garnet scoffs, casually summoning a gauntlet and punches Bismuth playfully in the arm.)

Bismuth: Hey, cool it, your Ruby is showing.

(Amethyst joins Steven and Lion in looking very confused.)

Pearl: Where have you been? We thought you'd been captured! Or worse, shattered.

Bismuth: Shatter me? Pshh, Homeworld couldn't lay a scratch on this gem.

Amethyst: Ahem. Who is this?

(Garnet smiles and leans on Bismuth's shoulder.)

Garnet: Guys, this is Bismuth. She's one of the original Crystal Gems.

Bismuth: Oh, hey! New recruits! Welcome aboard, we could always use more Amethyst. And who's this meatball?

Steven: Hi, I'm Steven! Y-you were in my lion and now you're in my house.

(Bismuth leans down to shake Steven's hand.)

Bismuth: Well, thanks for having me!

Pearl: I can't believe it! Rose said she lost track of you at the battle for the Ziggurat! She was worried sick!

(Bismuth's smile turns into an expression of worry.)

Bismuth: Wait, where is Rose?

Steven: Hi, um... actually, I'm Rose's son. She kinda turned into me... well, I have her gem, the rest is from my dad.

Bismuth: Ohh... There she is. You... do you know me?

Steven: No, I'm so sorry.

Pearl: It's not always easy to understand Rose's choices... but we have to stand behind them.

Bismuth: Rose really is something else.

(Steven looks at Bismuth not knowing what to say.)

Bismuth: I mean... Look at this! She really is somethin' else!

(Bismuth laughs while putting her hand on Garnet's shoulder.)

Bismuth: Wow! Everythin's changin'! And we're buildin' bases out of wood now?!

(Bismuth tears a piece of wood from the floor.)

Bismuth: Hmph! Who's terrible idea was this? And where is everybody else?

Steven: Everybody else?

Bismuth: Yeah, the rest of the Crystal Gems! Old Crazy Lace, Biggs, Snowflake?

(Steven and the Gems give each other worried looks.)

(Steven and the rest of the Crystal Gems warp to the Gem Battlefield.)

Bismuth: *Gasp* No! No way! We were just here! How long was I out?

Pearl: It's been about 5,300 years. We, the Crystal Gems, were able to save the Earth...

Bismuth: But we're all that's left of the Rebellion huh?

(Pearl begins to cry.)

Bismuth: Oh, come on Pearl. You know I can't take it when you cry like that!

Pearl: [Sniffles] I'm sorry.

Bismuth: No, no need to apologize.

Garnet: Homeworld's final attack on Earth wiped out all of the Crystal Gems.

Pearl: Rose was able to protect Garnet and myself and by the looks of it, she was able to protect you as well.

Bismuth: *Grunts* I knew those Homeworld elites were twisted. How many of us did they shatter?! Crazy Lace, Biggs, Snowflake?! If I was there, I-I could've stopped it!

Garnet: It's not like they've stopped trying.

Bismuth: What's that?

Garnet: Homeworld still has its eyes on this planet.

Pearl: We continue to thwart their plans over and over.

Steven: But they just keep coming back!

Amethyst: Yup. They want us bad.

Bismuth: Good. I thought I wouldn't get another chance to show those uppercrusts who's boss! Let's show 'em what happens when you mess with the Crystal Gems!

Steven: Yeah.

Garnet: Bismuth, the Gems on Homeworld outnumber us by a huge amount.

Pearl: And their technology far surpasses anything we have available on Earth.

[Laughs]

Bismuth: What else is new? Garnet, remember when you and I took on a battalion of Quartz soldiers? We walked out with our stones shining brighter than when we walked in.

Garnet: [Chuckle] As I recall, it was three battalions.

Bismuth: And, Pearl, remember when we stopped that drop ship? I'll never forget the look on that Nephrite's face when you pulled her out of the cockpit!

Pearl: [Laughs] I know. How embarrassing for her.

Bismuth: Ha-ha! So let's pick up where we left off! To the forge!

Steven: Yay! To the forge!

Amethyst: Yo, what's a forge?

[Sparkle!] [Resonating]

[Scene changes to a volcanic like land.]

Bismuth: That brings back memories, huh?

Steven: Is this the forge?

Pearl: [Chuckling] Not yet.

Bismuth: Follow me.

Steven: Is this the forge?

Amethyst: Ugh. Don't ask me. I've never been here before.

Pearl: Well, since Bismuth was gone, we've had no reason to come back here.

Bismuth: Let's just say this place ain't the same without me.

Steven: What does that mean? Amethyst! What do think you that means?

Amethyst: I don't know, dude. I've never even seen this Gem before today.

Bismuth: We took a huge blow from Homeworld. But, now, we're back in Bismuth. [business]

Steven: [Laughing] She's got jokes! Is this the forge?

Pearl: Not quite.

[Resonating]

Bismuth: Wah. -Wah. [Slamming] Ta-da!

Steven: Wow. -Now, that's an entrance.

Pearl: Bravo, Bismuth!

[Warbling]

Aaaah! Bismuth.

Steven: Whoa!

Pearl: It's just like I remember it.

Steven: It feels like an oven in here.

Bismuth: You think it's hot now?

Steven: Yeah, like an oven. [Laughs]

Bismuth: Well, it's about to get way hotter!

Steven: Ah, cool! Ooh. Hah!

Bismuth: Nothing like a hot lava bath to get into a working mood.

Steven: Uh, what, exactly, do you do here?

Bismuth: Homeworld used us Bismuths to erect spires and temples for the Gem elites to enjoy. But Rose taught me that my life was my own, that I could choose to do whatever I wanted. So I chose this. [Blows]

Steven: Bismuth, you make... weapons?!

Bismuth: That's right! I outfitted the entire Rebellion. Every material weapon used by the Crystal Gems was made right here in this forge. Wait. Is it still here? Aha! Yes! Here. Something to pack a little extra punch. And why don't you try a trident.

Pearl: Oh, Bismuth, you shouldn't have.

Bismuth: It's no big deal. I was working on them since before... Well, may as well give them to you now.

Garnet: It was worth the wait.

Bismuth: Hey, it's a pleasure doing Bismuth with you.

Steven: *laughs* Bismuth is so funny.

Amethyst: I don't know. Same joke twice?

Steven: Well, it'll be really funny if she does it a third time.

Amethyst: Right. Sorry, I -- I don't know. I mean, she's one of the original Crystal Gems and no one ever mentioned her to me, not even Rose? Don't you think that's a little bit, uh.. suspicious?

Steven: I guess that is a little strange.

Bismuth: Hey, deep cut, don't think I forgot about yo. What you packin'?

Amethyst: Oh, this old thing?

Bismuth: Oh, wow.

Amethyst: What is it?

Bismuth: -Well... Not every Quartz can make a whip like this. You mind if I take a look?

Amethyst: Knock yourself out.

Bismuth: Hold on! I've got an idea. [Clatter] Here. With this, you can really do some damage.

[Clang!]

Amethyst: [Gasping] Aw, yeah, baby. [Clanging] Bismuth's the best!

Bismuth: Homeworld treats us like dirt because we don't shine like the elites. But the Crystal Gems are back and we'll give those Diamonds another taste of what's coming!

[Clang]

Bismuth: Now, show me what you got, soldiers.

Garnet: Huh!

Bismuth: Unh! I think the power couple's losin' their spark.

Steven: Hmm.

Bismuth: Who's next?

Pearl: Ha ha-a-a!

Bismuth: Pearl, I don't recall asking you to bring me a spear. Uhh!

Pearl: You won't like how I give it to you.

Bismuth: Ah! Lasers? When did that happen? Wha...?!

Amethyst: Haha! *shapeshifts into Purple Puma* I'm gonna wreck your Bismuth!

Bismuth: *laughs* Very creative.

Amethyst: Yeah, *shapeshifts back into herself* I guess I am pretty great.

Bismuth: That's right! *fist-bumps Garnet* We are powerful. We are important. We! are! the Crystal Ge-e-e-e-e-ms! *breaks a rock* Steven, come down and show me what you're made of!

Steven: Uh, I would, but this is a little intense for me.

Bismuth: *shapeshifts her hands back into hands* *Garnet and Pearl go to her and she puts an hand on each of them* But it's a ritual for us Crystal Gems to spar before battle.

Steven: Well, actually, I have some rituals I like a little better.

Bismuth: Oh, yeah? Let me see 'em.

(The Crystal Gems start playing badminton on the beach.)

Bismuth: *jumps* Huh! *shapeshifts her hand into a tennis racket* Ah!

Pearl: Ohh!

[Trans. to the Crystal Gems playing cards in Steven's room]

(Amethyst shapeshifts to look at Steven's cards. Garnet puts down all her cards and wins.)

Amethyst: Wha...?

Bismuth: Hahahaha!

[Trans. to Steven using a rolling pin to flatten dough]

(Bismuth is looking at him then shapeshifts her hand into a rolling pin.)

(She pulls a pizza out of the oven.)

[Trans. to the Crystal Gems watching a Lonely Blade movie]

(Bismuth and Steven are both eating a slice of pizza.)

Lonely Blade: The powerful, legendary demon blade, possessed by Muramasa. With this demon blade, I will be the most powerful fighter in all the world!

Steven: No, Lonely Blade! Don't use it!

Bismuth: What? If that thing's got infinite power, then, of course Lonely Blade should use it. It just makes sense.

Pearl: It doesn't have to make sense. It's entertainment.

Lonely Blade: Infinite... powe-e-e-e-r!

[Trans. to Steven's house at night]

Steven: Bismuth, you can chill out here tonight and...sleep, if you want to.

Bismuth: You know what? I think I'll give it a try. I like these new Crystal Gem rituals.

Steven: *laughs* You know, usually, when I meet a new Gem, they try and kill me and it takes me forever to become friends with them. I guess I mean I'm really glad you're here.

Bismuth: Me, too. Glad to have another chance. So, tomorrow, you gonna show me what you got on the battlefield?

Steven: Oh, I mean, I-I would, but, most of my weapons are for defense. Oh, except for one.

(Steven pulls out Rose's sword out of Lion's mane.)

Bismuth: *gasp* Rose's sword. My finest piece of work.

Steven: You made this?

Bismuth: You really don't remember, huh? Rose Quartz changed my life. I came to Earth thinking this was just another colony. Build another arena for important fighters to fight in, build another spire for important thinkers to think in, and then, I met her. Just another Quartz soldier, made right here in the dirt, but she was different. And she was different because she decided to be. And she asked me what I wanted to build, and I'd never heard that before. And Gems never hear they can be anything other than what they are, but Rose opened our eyes.

Steven: Everybody always tells me how great Mom was. I just don't feel like I can ever measure up to her.

Bismuth: I can't believe this, that I'm the one giving the pep talk to Rose's... Rose's...?

Steven: Son.

Bismuth: Right. You are different. That's what's so exciting. You don't have to be like Rose Quartz. You can be someone even better. You can be you. And you know what? You deserve an even better weapon.

[Trans. to Bismuth's forge]

Bismuth: I designed this sword for a fair fight. It can cut through a Gem's physical form in an instant! Destroying the body, but never the Gem.

Steven: Cool.

Bismuth: But... Homeworld doesn't fight fair. That's why we need a different strategy.

Steven: Ohh. Whoa.

Bismuth: I was working on a weapon that would've been a gamechanger. Homeworld knows how to hit us where it counts, but we can do everything they can do, and better. Here it is: the weapon that would've won the war.

Steven: Whoa! What is it?

Bismuth: I call it a Breaking Point.

Steven: Cool! What does it do?

Bismuth: Just watch. Hah! Listen up, you Homeworld upper crusts! We! are! the Crystal Gems! Unh! So, what do you think?

Steven: Y-You shattered it.

Bismuth: That's right! One shot from this baby will shatter any Gem in the galaxy, in the blink of an eye.

Steven: Shattering a Gem would destroy them forever.

Steven: Exactly! The Homeworld Gems won't be able to retake this planet when they're reduced to shards. There. Now, you look like you really mean Bismuth.

[Commercial break]

Bismuth: Now, that's a real weapon. Why don't you give it a test run? This one's got your name on it. Wait, let me get out of your way. Hooh!

Steven: Ah. Bismuth, I can't use this.

Bismuth: What? Why not?

Steven: Shattering Gems, wouldn't that make us the same as Homeworld?

Bismuth: Of course not! We'd be shattering them for the sake of our cause, to protect our allies, our friends, to free all Gems from Homeworld's tyranny!

Steven: It's just, it -- it's not what a Crystal Gem would do.

Bismuth: Don't tell me what a Crystal Gem would do. Nobody's more Crystal Gem than I am. If you won't take it, I'll just use it myself.

Steven: No! No one is using it! I'm sorry, Bismuth, but it's not right.

Bismuth: That's exactly what she said.

Steven: Huh?

Bismuth: That's exactly what you said.

Steven: Uh, uh...

Bismuth: It is you, isn't it, Rose?

Steven: Wha-What are you talking about?

Bismuth: Don't lie to me. You can't expect me to believe you now, after you lied about everything? You're lying about this new form, just like you lied to the others about me! But I didn't just disappear, did I? You know what happened to me!

Steven: Mnh! -Unh! Uh! Wait! Bismuth! This is just a big misunderstanding!

Bismuth: Liar! Don't play games with me, Rose. We were right, here. I offered you the secret to victory, and you refused. The Breaking Point would've changed everything. I didn't want to fight you, but you left me no! choice! What type of leader doesn't give her army the best chance to win?! Ah! Ah! How could you value the gems of our enemies more than our own? And look what you've done without me, without the Breaking Point! Ah! Ah! You've...lost!

Steven: Ah! Annnnh! Unh. W-Wait. I'm not my mom! I-I don't know what she did, but, I'm sure she didn't want to hurt you.

Bismuth: It's too late. I don't believe you anymore! Huh! Huh! All that talk about how Gems could take control of their own identities, how we'd been convinced to ignore our own potential.

Steven: Ah! Hot!

Bismuth: That's all it was, wasn't it? Just! talk! Unh!

Steven: Uh!

Bismuth: You should've listened to me, Rose. I would've taken the war to Homeworld and shattered the Diamonds. I would've liberated -- unh! -- everyone. Ah!

Steven: Unh! Ah! Annh! Bismuth, watch! out!

Bismuth: Uh! Oh. Aggh!

Steven: Bismuth, this has to stop.

Bismuth: So, what are you gonna do, shatter me? Go ahead! Just do it!

Steven: No! Even if we don't agree, nobody deserves this.

Bismuth: Uhh.

Steven: Uh!

Bismuth: You should've shattered me back then. At least, if I were in pieces, I wouldn't have to know how little I mattered to you. *crying* You didn't even tell them. You bubbled me away and didn't ever tell your friends -- my friends.

Steven: I'm going to tell them. I'm gonna tell them everything.

Bismuth: Hahaha... Then you really are better than her.

[Trans. to Steven's room]

Pearl: Steven!

Amethyst: Oh, hey, dude.

Pearl: Oh!

Amethyst: What?

Steven: There's something I need to tell you.