Lion/History

Lion lived with a pack of six other lions in the Desert hundreds of years ago, accompanying Rose Quartz when she visited. Lion briefly met Buddy Buddwick when he traveled into the Desert. After dying through unknown means, Lion was resurrected by Rose, granting him pink skin and magical abilities. Once resurrected, Rose stored many of her most important personal belongings inside of Lion's magical pocket dimension, and got him familiar with her most important locations, such as her fountain and armory. Rose also entrusted Lion with the key to her landfill. Following Rose's departure upon giving birth to Steven, Lion roamed the Desert alone.

Season 1
In "Steven's Lion", Lion approaches Steven when the Crystal Gems visit the Desert. Although appearing intimidating, Lion acts playful towards Steven, letting him pet him and climb on top of him. When the Gems return after bubbling the Desert Glass, they immediately become alarmed by Lion until Steven convinces them that he's harmless. When the Gems return to the Crystal Temple, Lion follows and begins scratching at the door of the Beach House. Steven is ecstatic to see Lion has returned and attempts to play games with him, even though Lion wants to get into the house. After failing to have Lion play trust fall and catch, Steven takes him to Fish Stew Pizza and tells him to wait outside the shop. Lion runs back to the Beach House when Steven goes in and continues scratching at the door. He eventually breaks through and emits a magical roar at Amethyst who is sleeping near the Desert Glass. Frustrated that Lion cares more about the Desert Glass than himself, Steven throws the Desert Glass against the beach which causes it to reform sandcastles and other structures. Lion saves Steven by using his magical abilities to stop the Desert Glass, and decides to stay with the Crystal Gems when the they allow it.

In "So Many Birthdays", Lion shows up to Amethyst's birthday party. Lion plays with his birthday hat until Steven shows him how to properly put it on his head. Later on when Steven's abilities cause him to age into an old man, Lion finds him and brings him back to the Gems.

In "Steven the Sword Fighter", Lion can be seen sitting underneath the porch of the Beach House while it rains.

In "Lion 2: The Movie", Steven presents Lion as transportation to the movie theater to Connie. Lion can be seen eating a Crystal Basilisk. Steven and Connie mount Lion, but he doesn't move until moments later when his eyes widen. Lion jumps and lands on the ocean, revealing he can walk on water. Although Steven tells him he is going the wrong way, Lion continues sprinting on the ocean until creating a portal with his magical roar. The portal leads to Rose's Secret Armory, where Lion shows Steven and Connie the device which reveals Rose's weapons. When Steven and Connie accidentally activate the Robot Shooty Thing, Lion takes them through another portal he created, bringing them to the movies. The robot also manages to enter Lion's portal and follows them to the movies. Lion gives Steven and Connie Rose's Sword which was stored in his mane to defeat the robot. After the robot is defeated, Lion watches Dogcopter 3 with Steven and Connie, and is shown wearing 3-D glasses.

In "Rose's Room", Lion appears in the fake Beach City Rose's Room creates.

In "Monster Buddies", Lion stands alongside the Crystal Gems in front of the chained up Centipeetle, ready to strike in case she attacks.

In "An Indirect Kiss",