Steven Universe: The Movie

Steven Universe: The Movie is a feature film musical based on Steven Universe that aired on Cartoon Network on September 2, 2019. It was first announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2018 during the Steven Universe panel. A DVD set will be released on November 12, 2019. The film runs at approximately 82 minutes long.

Story
The movie is set two years after the events of Season 5 and features a visibly older Steven in his sixteenth year against a world filled with new developments. The official synopsis follows:

"Steven thinks his time defending the Earth is over, but when a new threat comes to Beach City, Steven faces his biggest challenge yet."

Plot
After an introduction from the Diamonds ("The Tale of Steven"), Steven Universe (now 16 years old) greets the citizens of the Gem Homeworld. The Diamonds want him to stay to fulfill his mother Pink Diamond's role as leader ("Let Us Adore You"), but he refuses. Back on Earth, Steven sees Connie off to space camp. Steven, Pearl, Garnet and Amethyst celebrate their newfound "Happily Ever After". Almost immediately afterwards, a giant drill lands on the hillside of Beach City and Spinel, a deranged, cartoonish Gem, appears, announcing her intent to kill Steven and the rest of the Earth ("Other Friends"). Using a scythe-like weapon, she "poofs" Pearl, Garnet and Amethyst back into their gem forms; her attacks also weaken Steven's Gem powers, though his body is unharmed. Steven manages to poof Spinel with the scythe.

Steven calls his father, Greg, for help. The Gems regenerate their bodies (including Ruby and Sapphire separately), but their memories have been erased; Pearl assumes that she is Greg's servant ("system/BOOT. PearlFinal (3).Info"). With her memories gone, Spinel is a goofy and happy-go-lucky Gem whose role is to entertain her companion. Steven and Spinel take Ruby and Sapphire to seek advice from Peridot, Lapis Lazuli and Bismuth; they encourage Steven not to give up ("Who We Are"). Bismuth identifies Spinel's scythe as a "Rejuvenator", a device that can reset the mind of a Gem back to when it was first created. Spinel compares the situation to a puzzle, suggesting that they find the Gems' "missing pieces" to restore their memories, inspiring Steven to try to reenact Ruby and Sapphire's first fusion. Spinel's antics cause scaffolding to collapse, almost crushing Ruby; when Sapphire shoves her to safety, the pair fuse into Garnet ("Isn't It Love?"), but she still has no memory of her life.

After Steven recovers Amethyst's memory by reenacting experiences the two had together ("No Matter What"), Peridot discovers that the drill is injecting a toxic chemical that will kill all life on Earth. In order to revive Pearl's memory, the group takes her to a Sadie Killer and the Suspects concert, in the hope their music will bring back her memories of rebellion ("Disobedient"), but Pearl says that as long as Greg exists she will obey him. Steven uses what little energy he has left to fuse with Greg ("Independent Together"), which enables Pearl to recover her memory. She tells Steven that Spinel was once Pink Diamond's playmate; Spinel is suddenly overcome with sadness and flees.

After sending for Connie, Steven finds Spinel crying at his house. She takes Steven to a desolate garden in space and reveals her backstory: she was Pink Diamond's playmate until the other Diamonds gave Pink her own colony. Pink told Spinel to wait for her, and left her alone in the garden for 6,000 years until she learned of Pink Diamond's fate ("Drift Away"). Steven tells her that he will never abandon her and that he will make up for his mother's mistakes ("Found").

Back in Beach City, Spinel turns off the drill, but when Steven begins shifting his attention back to everyone else, she accuses Steven of just using her and then abandoning her or planning to wipe her memory again. She turns the drill back on and attacks Steven. As he tries to explain the truth to her, Garnet recovers her memory. Steven sends the others out to rescue the humans of Beach City while he confronts Spinel ("True Kinda Love"). Steven finally realizes why his Gem powers have not yet returned: his desire for an unchanging "happily ever after" has left him resistant to the very notion of growth and change, which he needs to re-experience ("Change"). Embracing this fact, he regains his powers and battles Spinel. Their fight destroys the drill, and Spinel realizes that hurting Steven will not make her feel better, and relents.

The Diamonds suddenly arrive and state their intention to live on the Earth with Steven. He introduces Spinel to them and they take an immediate liking to her and her goofy personality ("Let Us Adore You (Reprise)"). The Diamonds accept her in place of Steven and she happily goes with them, now with people who will love her unconditionally. Steven and his friends gather to rebuild Beach City, thanks in part to Steven's healing powers undoing the damage of the poison. Steven, Connie, Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst and Greg perform a Broadway-style "Finale".

Protagonists

 * Steven Universe
 * Garnet
 * Amethyst
 * Pearl

Antagonists

 * Spinel (debut)

Supporting

 * Peridot
 * Lapis Lazuli
 * Bismuth
 * Connie Maheswaran
 * Ruby
 * Sapphire
 * Greg Universe
 * Blue Diamond
 * Yellow Diamond
 * White Diamond
 * Blue Pearl
 * Yellow Pearl
 * Steg (debut)
 * Opal
 * Alexandrite
 * The Off Colors
 * Lars Barriga
 * Fluorite, Rhodonite, Rutile Twins, Padparadscha
 * Citizens of Beach City
 * Sadie Miller
 * Nanefua Pizza
 * Onion
 * Sour Cream
 * Vidalia
 * Yellowtail
 * Bill Dewey
 * Buck Dewey
 * Harold Smiley
 * Ronaldo Fryman
 * Peedee Fryman
 * Mr. Fryman
 * Kiki Pizza
 * Jenny Pizza
 * Kofi Pizza
 * Barbara Miller
 * Jamie
 * Various unknown Gems
 * Various Uncorrupted Gems
 * Snowflake Obsidian
 * Biggs Jasper
 * Snow Monster
 * Nephrites
 * Quartz Monsters
 * Heaven and Earth Beetles
 * Worm Monster (presumably)
 * Ice Monster (presumably; corrupted form is pictured)
 * A Watermelon Tourmaline
 * Zircon (Defense) and Zircon (Prosecuting) (cameo; non-speaking)
 * Jasper (pictured)
 * Nephrite (as the Centipeetle; pictured)
 * Doc (pictured)
 * Eyeball (pictured)
 * Holly Blue Agate (pictured)
 * Aquamarine (pictured)
 * Topaz (pictured)
 * Carnelian and "Skinny" Jasper (pictured)
 * Peridots, Topazes (non-speaking)

Musical contributors
The movie will include collaborations with several outside musical artists in different kinds of genres, as well as regular contributors to the franchise:

A new soundtrack is scheduled to be released both physically and digitally alongside the film.
 * Estelle (voice of Garnet)
 * Aimee Mann (voice of Opal)
 * Patti LuPone (voice of Yellow Diamond)
 * Uzo Aduba (voice of Bismuth)
 * Aivi & Surasshu
 * Jeff Liu
 * Mike Krol
 * Jeff Ball
 * Chance the Rapper
 * James Fauntleroy
 * Gallant
 * Grant Henry (Stemage)
 * Julian "Zorsy" Sanchez
 * Macie Stewart
 * Ted Leo (voice of Steg)

Vocal

 * The Tale of Steven
 * Let Us Adore You
 * Happily Ever After
 * Other Friends
 * system/BOOT.pearl_final(3).Info
 * Who We Are
 * Isn't It Love?
 * No Matter What
 * Disobedient
 * Independent Together
 * Drift Away
 * Found
 * True Kinda Love
 * Change
 * Let Us Adore You (Reprise)
 * Finale
 * True Kinda Love (Music Video Version) [Digital Bonus Track]

Instrumental

 * Once Upon a Time
 * Message to the Universe
 * Home Sweet Home
 * The Arrival
 * One on One
 * With Friends Like These
 * Crystal Gem Huddle
 * Hijinks Will Ensue
 * Search Party
 * Echoes of Friendship
 * Our Handshake
 * No Ordinary Injector
 * Let's Duet
 * Running Out of Time
 * Feelings Flooding Back
 * A Special World
 * Downward Spiral
 * The Missing Piece
 * Not Good at All
 * There’s No Such Thing as Happily Ever After
 * Are We Interrupting Something?

Production

 * The movie is executive produced by Cartoon Network Studios and Rebecca Sugar. Co-executive producers include Kat Morris, Joe Johnston, Alonso Ramirez Ramos (known for storyboarding 14 episodes of the series Gravity Falls), and Ian Jones-Quartey.
 * Rebecca Sugar also serves as the film's director.
 * Former Crewniverse member Ian Jones-Quartey is also involved in the film's story.
 * Storyboard work on the movie took place between late 2017 and early 2018.
 * Christopher Pianka, otherwise known for The Owl House, is credited as a storyboard artist on the movie.
 * It is to be animated by Sunmin Image Pictures Co.
 * On June 13, 2019, Chance the Rapper and Gallant were announced to be new musical additions to the cast.
 * The official trailer for the movie was released on July 19th, 2019 during the Steven Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con.

Artbook
An artbook, The Art of Steven Universe: The Movie, published by Dark Horse, will be made by Ryan Sands and Rebecca Sugar and released alongside the premiere of the movie. It can be pre-ordered through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, DarkHorse.com, and at your local comic shop. This unique, 96-page zine-like softcover retails for $19.99.

Trivia

 * This movie takes place May 21-22, as seen on Sadie Killer and the Suspects' poster.
 * Given Steven's birthday is August 15, Steven is 16 years, 9 months and 6 days old in the movie.
 * The mysterious treasure chest in Lion's mane has been opened during the two-year time-skip, although its contents are still unknown.
 * Lars only has one line in the whole movie.
 * At the end of the first airing of "Change Your Mind", the teaser trailer played revealing a part of the planned release date.
 * The brief glimpses of the Gems in the teaser shows them in their pre-regeneration outfits. This was most obvious with Garnet's visor being their original shape instead of the top of a star. This was likely done to avoid spoiling the Diamond Days arc's mass regeneration, though their appearances were not updated for the trailer shown after "Change Your Mind" first aired on Television.
 * A video by Cartoon Network (featuring sketches by Rebecca Sugar and interviews with Sugar and Zach Callison) confirmed that the movie would take place approximately two years after Season 5. Steven receives a new design first shown in the official poster. Steven, in his 16-year-old design, now wears a blue star shirt with a pink jacket, is taller, and has a visible neck.
 * Alongside some Peridots, Topazes, and other Gems, the two Zircons from "The Trial" — Zircon (Defense) and Zircon (Prosecuting) — are seen in the crowd that receives Steven's message.

Continuity

 * Amethyst plays the drums for Sadie Killer and the Suspects' song "Disobedient", a skill she was shown to have in the episode "Steven and the Stevens".
 * The Lunar Sea Spire (from "Cheeseburger Backpack) and Vidalia's painting of Garnet and Steven (from "Pool Hopping") are shown in Steven's room.
 * The remains of Rose's old sword, which got broken in "Reunited", is seen on one of Steven's shelves.

Cultural References

 * Spinel's mannerism and behaviour is akin to rubber hose animation, an early style of animation originating in the United States during the 1920s. Its name is derived from the rubber-like features prominent in cartoon characters from the era, which included arms, and sometimes legs, that are able to stretch and flow without any apparent articulation (no hinged wrists or joints).
 * The posters advertising the Sadie Killer and the Suspects gig outside the warehouse features a design similar to that of the flag commonly associated with libertarian socialism, a political philosophy rooted in anti-authortarianism and criticism of capitalism and wage labour relationships within the workplace, themes that are often explored in songs perfomed by Sadie.
 * A picture of Connie re-enacting the "Is this a pigeon?" meme can be seen in Steven's room in the background.
 * The musical opening of the film "The Tale of Steven" is a reference to the old openings in classic Disney Animated films like "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Cinderella", and "Sleeping Beauty".
 * Spinel pulling out a giant fist to punch Steven is a reference to Monkey D. Luffy's gum-gum attack from the anime, "One Piece".

Errors

 * The tools Peridot throws out from her garbage bin disappear in the next scene.
 * Amethyst's feet appear to be missing when she was mimicking Pearl's actions as she was standing behind the table.

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