Warp Tour

"Oh, Steven, you're supposed to sneeze into your antecubital fossa."

"Warp Tour" is the 36th episode of the first season of Steven Universe, and the 36th episode overall.

Synopsis
Steven thinks he sees something creepy traversing the warp streams, and the Gems try to ease his paranoia.

Plot
The Gems warp back home after a mission in Flower Meadow, Pearl and Amethyst even praising each other's contributions, and finding out Steven is allergic to pollen. While warping back, Pearl tells Steven to sneeze into his antecubital fossa (his elbow), but his sneeze propels him to the edge of the warp stream and his head pops out of the stream, seeing the space. Steven sees something warping through one of them. Garnet pulls Steven back and tells him not to stick his head outside as there is not much air and it's cold. Steven tells Pearl there was something there, and she doesn't believe him. Garnet agrees with Pearl, telling Steven that there hasn't been anything else out there for a long, long time.

At night, Steven can't sleep due to his paranoia about the warp pad. Amethyst then appears, grabbing a midnight snack and offers Steven some macaroni cheese. Steven then tells her he can't sleep, and Amethyst teases him, questioning him about something jumping out from a Warp Pad while he is asleep. Steven denies this, then Amethyst tells him not to let a "warp monster bite" and leaves joyfully. Armed with a water gun, Steven decides to stay up and watch over the warp pad for any dangers that lurk. While on his post, however, he eventually falls asleep.

In the morning, Pearl wakes up Steven which startles him into spraying her with his water gun. Garnet states that he can't get any of cookies they made as a surprise, Amethyst then eats them all. Steven was tired and apologizes for this because of his lack of sleep. Pearl questions if it was about the thing in a warp stream, Steven then snaps at her that it was real. Pearl says, "Nothing on Earth can use these warps but us." Garnet suggests that to cure his sanity, they'll have to check on it. Steven agrees.

They check back at the grass fields, the place the Gems were leaving from at the beginning of the episode Steven sneezes and Garnet says bless you. Then at the Geode, Pearl says there is nothing here either, and comments on the Geode's good condition before they leave. They check the Sky Spire, and find Steven Jr. who is now a father to three children. Pearl says that they looked all over and there's nothing to find. Steven claims that she's wrong, which angers Pearl and he says to her that it must have come from space.

Finally back at the Galaxy Warp, as Pearl judges Steven that all warp pads are broken because its inactive, showing Steven the marked sad cartoon Steven put on. Steven agrees with the gems that they are safe. While they talk about what's important for Steven to be safe, Steven snaps back at them for telling him how he feels and knows something was inside the stream, which leads to Pearl and Steven arguing. Amethyst stated that it was a new thing and she liked it. Pearl tells Steven that he doesn't know what he's talking about, to which Steven yells back that she doesn't know what he is talking about. This aggravates Pearl, and Garnet tells Steven to let it go.

That night, Steven is sitting in the house staring at the warp pad while eating dry macaroni (as Amethyst had eaten the cheese packets the previous night). Amethyst comes out of her room and tries to cheer Steven up, but seeing he is still in a bitter mood, she gives up and leaves the house. Just as Steven is about to give his watch and admit that he was wrong, a small metallic ball crashes through the roof. Legs expand from the ball, revealing it to be some sort of robot. The robot goes for the warp pad, but Steven blocks it, and the robot tackles him and shoots a liquid at him which he avoids. Steven grabs one of its legs and throws it into the side of the warp pad, damaging both the robot and the warp pad, for which he apologizes. The robot shoots some goo on to the warp pad fixing the crack before activating the pad. Steven then jumps into the stream after it.

As Steven struggles with the robot, others just like it appear in the stream and begin to crowd Steven, pushing him towards the edge of the stream. Steven tries to break free, but accidentally tumbles out of the warp stream and begins slowly floating away, still holding one of the robots. Steven takes comfort in the fact that he was right all along, but that quickly turns to despair as he realizes he is going to die cold and alone. Suddenly, a warp stream opens right behind him and Garnet sticks her arms out and pulls Steven in to safety. She comforts him, telling him to take deep breaths. Pearl and Amethyst appear just a few seconds later, and are relieved to see Steven is all right. Garnet notices the robot Steven still has with him and says that must have been what he saw in the stream. Steven says he doesn't care about that anymore, but Garnet says that she does. She apologizes to Steven, telling him that he is Crystal Gem too and they should have listened to him before.

They arrive at the Galaxy Warp and the robot joins the rest of its troop over at the Gem home world warp. Pearl questions what they are doing to the warp as they spray it with their liquid. Soon all the cracks in the warp are gone, and it begins to activate. Garnet grabs her teammates and quickly takes them to a hiding spot. A green Gem appears on the warp pad and begins speaking to an audio recording log, revealing her name to be Peridot. She says the warp pad repair was successful and is about to continue on when she is distracted by the damaged, now named, Flask Robonoid. She then crushes it under her foot, much to the shock of Steven, who has been watching.

When Peridot steps off of the warp pad, she notices the Crying Breakfast Friends! sticker and fears the area may have been compromised. She places an EMP device on the warp pad and warps away. The device then detonates, deactivating the remaining Flask Robonoids. Pearl and Amethyst are worried about what just happened, seemingly afraid of being found by Peridot or who sent her, as Steven asks questions about Peridot's motives. Garnet then starting walking towards the homeworld warp, saying that it doesn't matter while summoning giant versions of her gauntlets. Garnet then smashes the homeworld warp, dramatically ending the episode saying "She's not coming back". The episode then cuts to black in a stark contrast to the usual star outline ending.

Characters

 * Steven
 * Amethyst
 * Garnet
 * Pearl
 * Steven Jr.
 * Peridot (debut)
 * Steven The Third (debut)

Objects

 * Flask Robonoids (debut)
 * Water Gun

Locations

 * Sky Spire
 * Geode
 * Beach House
 * Galaxy Warp
 * Crystal Temple
 * Flower Meadow (debut)

Soundtracks

 * Peridot (Song)

Trivia

 * This episode marks the first time Pearl is mad at Steven.
 * It is also first time that Pearl and Steven argue with each other, even though Amethyst and Pearl are usually seen arguing.
 * Steven's irritability may have been due to his lack of sleep at that time.
 * This is the first time we see Amethyst admitting Pearl to be right at something.
 * But as she said: "Look, Pearl's right. Like usual. You get used to it" it shows that Amethyst perhaps is trying to mend her relationship with Pearl.
 * Another reference is at the beginning of the episode, when Pearl and Amethyst talk about how amazed they were at each other's techniques.
 * It is revealed that Steven is allergic to pollen.
 * This episode marks Peridot's debut.
 * This is the second time a non-Crystal Gem has been introduced to the series, with the first being Lapis Lazuli in "Mirror Gem."
 * It's revealed that its there isn't much oxygen outside warp streams.
 * This explains why the Gems tell Steven to stay in the stream, as he needs oxygen to breathe.
 * Garnet also stated that its "very cold," this is supported by the fact that something appearing to be ice could be seen on Steven when he was outside the stream.


 * This is the first episode to air in 2015.
 * When Peridot leaves, Pearl says, "They're coming back," which implies more Gems could come back with Peridot and that they were there before, which alludes to the events of "The Return."

Cultural References

 * The title seems to be a reference to Vans Warped Tour.
 * Amethyst says "Don't let the warp monster bite." This is a parody of the phrase "Sleep tight, don't let the bed-bugs bite."

Continuity

 * The Galaxy Warp from "Space Race" reappears again.
 * The Crying Breakfast Friends!'s stickers that Steven put on the warp pad from "Space Race" are also still there.
 * The Geode from "House Guest" reappears again.
 * Greg's duck tape used to mend the Geode is still there.
 * Steven Jr. from the episode "Giant Woman" makes a reappearance at the Sky Spire, and is revealed to have children.
 * The Flask Robonoids are the second object to come from space, the first being the Red Eye.
 * During the dictation of her log entry, Peridot states that she was now going to "locate and manually reactivate the Kindergar..." at which point she was interrupted by the damaged robonoid. The "Kindergarten" is later revealed in "On the Run," and Peridot, despite multiple attempts, was unable access it until "Marble Madness."
 * Pearl's warning that "they", i.e. the Gems from the Homeworld, "were coming back" turns out to be prophetic as Peridot returns with powerful gem called Jasper, along with a Gem warship.
 * Garnet's weighted gauntlets from "Garnet's Universe" appear at the end of the episode.
 * This could mean some aspects from "Garnet's Universe" are real.

Errors

 * When the Gems reach the geode, the bottom of Garnet's attire has the colors reversed.
 * The robot that was on Peridot's shoulder disappears before she leaves.
 * When the Crystal Gems hid from Peridot, Garnet's shoulder pad was colored black instead of crimson red.
 * When Steven was at the front door of the temple sleeping, there wasn't any keys on the coat rack, then in the next scene, there were keys on it.
 * When Amethyst gobbles up all the cookies that Garnet baked, her gem is missing.

Transcript
View the episode's transcript here.

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