Watermelon Steven

"Watermelon Steven" is the 34th episode of the first season of Steven Universe, and the 34th overall episode of the series.

Synopsis
Steven discovers a new power when he grows a patch of Steven-shaped watermelons!

Plot
Steven and his dad start off eating watermelons near Greg's car wash in the afternoon. They then have a competition to see who spits out the seeds in the coolest manner, ending in Steven winning with his "Hurricane Spin Spit". This ultimate move results in Steven being awarded the crown becoming "Watermelogisty".

When Steven wakes up the next day, still outside the car wash, he sees that he

is surrounded by watermelons. Shocked to see the watermelons are shaped

like h

im, he immediately calls the Crystal Gems, to which Pearl explains that Steven's Mother had the ability to grow sentient plant life, and that he may have it too. Amethyst then states that Rose's plants could move while his plants don't do anything. Greg then asks what to do with the watermelons after stepping on one. This gives Steven the idea of starting a business off of them.

As Steven is setting up for his business at the entrance of Funland, Mr. Smiley comes over to Steven asking for proper permits for his business. Steven then tries to bribe Mr. Smiley with a watermelon, to which Mr. Smiley accepts and leaves Steven be. Sadie then comes over wanting to buy a watermelon after being amused by Steven's salesmanship. Steven explains to Sadie that he

doesn't want money and was initially going to give the watermelons

for free. Ronaldo then comes over, t

aking pictures with his phone of the weird watermelons and blogging about it. Whilst Ronaldo is still writing his blog, Sadie becomes bored and just gives Steven five bucks and takes a watermelon. Surprised at the low price, Ronaldo then causes an uproar saying Steven is practically giving away watermelons, to which everybody comes over to buy one. When they are all sold out, Onion crawls from under the table asking for Baby Melon, but Steven explains how he is not for sale. As Steven is explaining, Onion then steals Baby Melon and begins to run.

Steven chases Onion in pursuit of Baby Melon, Baby Melon suddenly springs to life and jumps out of Onion's arms and runs to hug Steven. Steven is then shortly surprised, then after he exclaims that he really shouldn't be surprised about it, he realizes that all the Watermelon Stevens are alive and goes through town reclaiming the ones he sold. When Steven goes to get the last one from Ronaldo, who is about to perform a live "autopsy" on one of the

watermelons to a website. Steven then interjects, asking for him to stop and saying that the watermelon is alive, to which Ronaldo replies with "not for long". As Steven tries to stop Ronaldo, he gets his hand slapped by a spatula. The Watermelon Stevens be

come upset and begin attacking Ronaldo, due to him being seen as a threat to Steven. Ronaldo, whilst being attacked by the Watermelon Stevens, asks Steven if the camera is still capturing the event, to which Steven pans the camera towards Ronaldo. Steven then alerts the gems that the Watermelon Stevens came to life and are attacking people.

Surprised, the Gems go outside only to be immediately greeted with an army of Watermelon Stevens. Garnet then explains that Rose's plants lived to fight. Though initially peaceful, they become slightly aggressive when Pearl abruptly puts both of her hands on Steven's shoulder, as they see Pearl's actions as a threat towards Steven. After seeing the signs of aggression, Pearl then shoves Steven inside the house, to which the Watermelon Stevens become full-on aggressive.

An all out battle then begins, with Garnet taking the lead followed by Amethyst and Pearl. Though the gems start off great, only to be easily overpowered by the sheer numbers of Watermelon Stevens. Steven then shows up, being a pacifist, explaining to the Watermelon Army that he is okay and there is no need to fight, only to be ignored. Steven then turns to Baby Melon asking him what to do to stop the fighting, in which Baby Melon replies by closing his eyes and then punching Steven in the stomach that sends him flying back. The Watermelon Stevens then stop thei

r fight with the gems and begin to attack Baby Melon, whom accepted his fate by closing his eyes and appearing to embrace the oncoming attack.

After the attack, Steven sees that Baby Melon has been reduced to a pile of watermelon slices. Upset, Steven tells the Watermelon Stevens to look at what Baby Melon did to stop the fight, and to think about what they did and tells them to go and not return unless they understand what true loyalty is. The Watermelon Stevens begin to leave, many walking towards the ocean and one being lifted by a seagull to possibly be eaten. Garnet then compliments Steven and his actions to which he humbly dismisses. With Pearl and Amethyst putting one of their hands on each of Steven's shoulders and Garnet behind Steven. The episode ends with Steven taking a bite of the Baby Melon slices, to which the Gems show the faces of slight disgust as the iris closes in on Steven.

Characters
*Steven Quartz Universe
 * Mr. Smiley
 * Garnet
 * Amethyst
 * Pearl
 * Rose Quartz (Mentioned)
 * Greg Universe
 * Ronaldo Fryman
 * Sadie
 * Onion
 * Lars (Non-speaking cameo)
 * Watermelon Stevens
 * Baby Melon

Songs
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Trivia

 * It is revealed that both Garnet and Pearl's weapons harbor ranged capabilities (Garnet's gauntlets were able to be fired from her fists, while Pearl had an energy blast
 * from her spear).


 * It is revealed in the episode that Rose Quartz had th
 * e ability to make mobile sentient plant life as her defenders (chlorokinesis).
 * Steven is revealed to now share the same ability in the episode.

Cultural References

 * Greg's statement about the seeds after Steven's Hurricane Spin Spit is a direct reference to a similar quote in Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space Oddyssey.


 * Ronaldo is using a streaming website called Weirdstar. This may be a reference to Wordstarhiphop, a site infamous for violent fight videos.


 * Amethyst's attack on the Watermelon Stevens highly resembles the Spin Dash from Sonic The Hedgehog.Tumblr_nfdkqkSJ8r1tk8ivso1_1280.png
 * One of the poses Garnet does while fighting the Watermelon Stevens resembles the Frogner Park Babyfighter statue in Oslo, Norway.

Continuity

 * Sadie is shown to have a scar on her cheek from the events of the episode "Island Adventure".
 * The Magic Moss ("Lars and The Cool Kids") and the bramble guarding the spring ("An Indirect Kiss") could have been sentient plants that were made by Rose Quartz.
 * A billboard for Dogcopter 3 (the movie Connie and Steven go to see in "
 * Lion 2: The Movie") was seen when Steven is running around collecting the Watermelon Stevens.

Errors



 * The signboard advertising the free Watermelon Stevens isn't attached to anything, but the signboard still hangs off the table.


 * When Onion signals his want for a Watermelon Steven, part of the table is not colored.
 * At 7:36 Baby Melon disappears from Steven's front pocket.

Transcript
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