Tiger Millionaire (episode)


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"Tiger Millionaire" is the ninth episode in the first season of Steven Universe and the ninth episode overall.

Synopsis
Steven joins Amethyst in an underground wrestling league.

Plot
The episode begins with the Gems returning to the temple. Pearl is yelling at Amethyst because she was being too childish on their mission. Steven is covered in mud which he considers fun at first. But it eventually hardens and prevents him from movement. He asks for help, but the others are busy arguing and ignore him for the rest of the evening. Steven remains covered in mud overnight and falls asleep standing in the kitchen. He is woken by Amethyst leaving the house. He falls over with surprise, breaking the mud and setting him free.

Steven follows Amethyst from the house to a wrestling match. He looks through the window and sees Amethyst enter the rink and shape shift into a giant wrestler named "Purple Puma." Ronaldo meets Amethyst in the ring dressed as the "Loch Ness Blogster" and tries to fight her, but she takes him down easily. After the fight ends, Amethyst leaves the building and returns to her previous form. Steven jumps on Amethyst, and Amethyst flips him forward onto the ground. She is shocked to see Steven there, and Steven asks if she is secretly a wrestler.

Amethyst reveals that she is indeed a secret wrestler, and this excites Steven. She tells him that she participates in matches because in the ring she can do whatever she wants and everybody loves it. Steven asks if he can join in, and she says that he can become her tag-mate if he agrees not to tell Pearl and Garnet. Later that night, Steven dresses up as a tiger and calls himself "Tiger Millionaire." He and Amethyst return to the match and fight a new contender. At first Steven is little help to Amethyst in the matches. But after he distracts an opponent with a fake bribery and uses his suitcase to knock him out, Steven becomes a strong asset to her.

After dozens of victories, Steven knocks several drinks on the floor meant for the crowd. Lars, without knowing Tiger Millionaire's true identity, asks him to sign his drink. Steven knocks his drink to the floor, hurting Lars' feelings.

Garnet and Pearl discover Amethyst and Steven's nighttime occupation when they find the flyers Steven created to advertise the final match. After scolding them, Garnet demands they to return to the temple. Amethyst refuses, and they begin fighting. Steven interrupts and tells the crowd

Purple Puma's "backstory," helping Garnet and Pearl understand Amethyst's reasons for wrestling. The audience begin chanting for a fight between the two groups. Garnet replies "no," saying she and Pearl are "wrestling haters." The four pretend to fight in order to please the crowd; Garnet and Pearl let Tiger and Puma win ending the match. Garnet and Amethyst apologize to each other. The episode closes with Sadie wondering if Tiger Millionaire was actually Steven, and Lars softly stating, "I love you, Tiger Millionaire" and shedding a tear.

Characters

 * Steven
 * Amethyst
 * Lars
 * Sadie
 * Mr. Smiley
 * Loch Ness Bloggster
 * Concrete Heat
 * Chunk Truck
 * Dashing Danny Doober
 * Handsome Hank Hackleschmidt
 * Pearl
 * Garnet

Locations

 * Beach City
 * Beach House
 * Crystal Temple
 * Beach City Underground Wrestling

Songs

 * Purple Puma and Tiger Millionare

Trivia

 * This is the first time the title card appears as a nighttime scene.
 * Garnet and Pearl act as antagonists for the first time, pretending to be the Notorious Order Of Wrestling Haters.
 * This is the first time Garnet is noticeably upset by Amethyst's antics.
 * This is the first time that two Gems fight each other.

Cultural References

 * Steven's wrestling identity could be a reference to Tiger Mask, a Japanese masked wrestler from the self titled manga/anime, Tiger Mask. Both Steven and Tiger Mask are wrestlers whose stage identities are "bad guys," and both characters regret these aliases and later become "heroes."
 * The character may be a reference to the professional wrestler, Ted "Million Dollar Man" DiBiase, who was known for flaunting his wealth, being a jerk, and stuffing dollar bills in his opponents' mouths after they lost. Just look at how he spends his Thanksgiving.
 * Additionally his outfit bears resemblance to that of "Irwin R. Schyster" (also known as IRS,) Ted DiBiase's partner in a tag team.

Continuity

 * Amethyst transforms into Purple Puma again in "Cat Fingers", "Ocean Gem", and most recently "Maximum Capacity".

Transcript
View the episode's transcript here.

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