Connie Maheswaran/History

Connie Maheswaran is a character in Steven Universe. She is Steven's best friend and debuted in the episode "Bubble Buddies".

Season 1
Before her debut, saw Connie about a year before the start of the series during a parade. He saw her drop her bracelet and decided to keep it in his freezer so he could return it the next time he saw her. In "Bubble Buddies" Steven sees Connie, who's reading a book nearby. Steven then tries to impress her with his bike,but he stumbles, and panics and retreats into the house. Steven grabs her glowing bracelet from the freezer and runs out. As Steven approaches her, practicing his greeting, a piece of the cliff crumbles and falls towards her. When Steven jumps to rescue her, his gem activates and encases both of them in a protective bubble that saves them at the last minute. Steven introduces himself to Connie and she asks if he can disable the bubble. He then realizes that he cannot disable the bubble. He says the Gems can help, but Steven and Connie are unable to roll up the hill. After multiple attempts to remove the bubble fail, they end up being launched into the ocean.

As they try to roll back to shore, a giant worm appears, frightening Connie.The worm creates a trench which the kids fall into. Steven discovers he accidentally put his foot in Connie's face. He tries to apologize to her, but she finally explodes, frustrated that Steven does not know what he's doing and that she might die without ever making a friend. Connie cries and Steven shows her the glow bracelet, telling her that they can be friends. He reveals that he saw her during a parade the year before but could not find her to give back the bracelet, so he kept it in case he met her again. Connie reveals she saw him last year too. As the two reconcile, the bubble finally bursts, and they make it to shore, but the monster follows them. Steven realizes the monster is chasing Connie because of her glow bracelet, so he takes and uses it to lure the worm to a nearby pier where he uses the pillars to trap and defeat her. The Gems show up and Garnet disposes of the monster's gemstone. When Pearl and Amethyst try to introduce themselves, Garnet stops them by telling them not to mess with Steven's "funky flow". Connie asks what "funky flow" is, and Steven gets embarrassed. In Lion 2: The Movie, Connie shows Steven the trailer for a new movie called Dogcopter 3 starring Dogcopter, a dog-cop robot that saves a city by shooting missiles from its butt. Connie tells Steven why it is her favorite film franchise, and she hopes it stays loyal to the book. Amethyst sees Dogcopter and decides to shape-shift into it, astounding Connie. Steven assures her that the movie will be more impressive than any magic. Connie, unsure of this, asks how they will get to the movies as the theater is far away. Outside the house Steven introduces Connie to their mode of transportation, Lion; Connie is shocked. When Steven says he isn't trained very well, Lion leaps above the ocean, terrifying Connie and Steven. He runs across the ocean, taking Steven and Connie on a magical ride. Lion creates a portal by roaring and runs through it, and the three arrive inside an empty training temple.

Steven unwittingly activates a floating robot that shoots various projectiles at Steven, Connie and Lion. Lion helps them escape the temple and takes them to the Beach City theater, but the robot follows them through the portal. After being slightly burned by the robot, Steven offers Connie a can of soda to ease her pain. She says to just forget about the movie, as Steven probably has more important things to do than watch a movie. Steven says that Dogcopter 3 is very important to him, and asks why Connie would hang out with him because he messes everything up. Connie asks why he would ever hang out with her, because she is so much less interesting. Suddenly, the robot comes back, even more aggressive than before. Lion summons a sword from his head to help them defend against the robot, and Connie helps Steven to destroy the robot by using her tennis serves to reflect its shots, destroying the robot. After dealing with the largely unfazed ticket clerk, they finally get to see Dogcopter 3.

In Rose's Room a cloud version of Connie is imagined by Steven in his mother's room. Her cloud version turns around and is stuck on a repeat of saying "He was incredible!" exactly the way she said it in "Bubble Buddies"

In An Indirect Kiss, Connie and Steven are having a picnic, when she notices he is visibly upset and asks him why there was a fence over the cliff. After Steven tells the story of them rescuing Amethyst, Connie is shocked when she hears that Steven feels that he feels bad after getting his hopes up to feel useless to the gems. Connie tells him that he can always come to her, magic or not, and leans in for a kiss only to stop short and exclaim that she has a headache. After taking her glasses off, she realizes she can see without them. Both are shocked, and they realize Steven's juice (which he foreshadows by stating that the juice box trade was his spit mostly) healed her. The episode ends with Steven rushing off to the Gems to tell them about his new healing saliva ability, while Connie pops the lenses out of her glasses.

In Mirror Gem Connie tells Steven that they could hang out more now that she was released from school for summer vacation.

In Ocean Gem, Connie agrees to go with Steven on his quest to find Lapis along with Greg. When they make it to the Water Tower, Lapis tells them to stay away, and creates Water clones to fight the Gems. Steven's water clone attacks Connie and him, and breaks Greg's leg in the process. In anger, Steven puts up his shield in the process and goes up the tower to talk to Lapis. After Steven heals Lapis, he falls with the tower. Teaming up, Lion and Connie are able to catch him before he lands.

In Fusion Cuisine, after her mom calls, Steven hands the phone to Garnet to pretend to be Rose, but she panics, making it sound like they had died playing with swords. Connie says she cannot because her parents are upset and refuse to let Connie hang out with Steven until they have met both of his parents. Steven assumes that he is going to bring all of the Gems to the dinner, but Connie objects. Connie admits the fact that she told her parents that Steven lives in a nuclear family. Steven exclaims that the Crystal Gems are not radioactive, but then Connie explains the meaning of a nuclear family. At night, both families have dinner with each other. After the fusion with Alexandrite destabilizes, Mrs. Maheswaran admonishes Connie for lying to her, which causes Connie to run crying to the bus stop, with Steven going after her. Connie and Steven decide to run away so they can be friends without having to worry about Connie's parents' disapproval. As they are leaving on a bus, the enraged Gems (fused back as Alexandrite) catch up to them and force them to return. The Gems angrily chastise Steven in front of the Maheswarans. The Maheswarans, impressed with the Gems' parental abilities, allow Connie to hang out with Steven.

In Alone Together, Steven and Connie are on the beach when he tells her that fusing is hard, and communicates his discouragement over his failure. She tells him that she is impressed that he can dance with the Gems at all, admitting that she does not like to dance in front of other people. This prompts him to ask her to dance, stating that it is only the two of them. They begin to dance together, eventually getting more comfortable with each other. Steven suddenly trips over Connie, and she catches him. They laugh and touch foreheads while Steven's gem begins to glow. Once the glow fades, their fusion wakes up, and wonders why their (Steven's) sandals do not fit. As they get up, Steven and Connie, inside of them, begin panicking and rejoicing at the same time. Eventually, they find resolve in rejoicing their fusion, and they begin running around the beach with vim and vigor. After they go to Sour Cream's party, Stevonnie they realizes no one is dancing with them. Connie's anxiety takes over and Stevonnie panics. Kevin coerces Stevonnie to dance with him until they get angry and begrudgingly accept. When they pull him out onto the dance floor, they begin dancing wildly and ferociously. Their gem begins to glow, and they split into Steven and Connie once again. This makes Kevin panic, who runs out of the building. Steven and Connie, after a moment, start laughing hysterically and cry tears of relief. Sour Cream, unperturbed, starts throwing everyone glow sticks, which Steven and Connie run through, still laughing.

In Winter Forecast, Steven obtains future vision from Garnet temporarily and sees the best option for himself to take Connie home before the snowstorms hit Beach City.

In Marble Madness, Connie introduces Steven to her favorite book series, The Spirit Morph Saga and tries to tell him the story, but they are constantly interrupted by the Plu Robonoids Peridot kept leaving.

In Open Book, Steven and Connie go into Rose's Room to recreate a better ending to The Spirit Morph Saga series. Steven turns into a character in the book after explaining that the room can overload. Connie then exclaims her wish to be the character Lisa. The room doesn't obey her command, however, as the room only listens to what Steven wants. Steven asks for a suggestion and Connie requests a costume shop so she can dress up as the character she wishes to. After a few moments, Steven says that he wants to see her. Connie exits the shop in her costume. Throughout their attempt in creating a new ending, Connie keeps asking for what Steven wants whenever Steven asks her what she wants, as he intended it to be all for her. After making some endings, Steven, once again, asks Connie what she thinks. She then asks again what Steven wants. Steven says that he's trying his hardest and asks Connie to not do what he wants. This causes Connie to break down, repeating the word "want". Steven soon realizes that this "Connie" is one he accidentally summoned (as the room listens to what Steven says he wants), and that the real Connie must still be in the costume shop. He undoes the creations, but is unable to un-summon the fake Connie, who says that he didn't want her to do what he wants. Steven attempts to fly away on a Wind Lizard, but the fake Cloud Connie grabs its tail and pushes Steven off. They land near the costume shop where Connie is calling out for Steven. Steven is trapped under the fake Connie in a wedding dress who says she knows what Steven "really wants". Steven asks for help, and Connie has a short fight with her, but the fake Connie seems to ignore her presence, still wanting to trap Steven. Steven finally gives in and admits he likes the book's ending, and the fake Cloud Connie evaporates.Connie is shocked and asks why he said he disliked it. Steven states that he didn't want Connie to think less of him. Connie says she doesn't think less of him, saying she cares more about Steven than a book. It ends with Connie and Steven exiting the temple discussing why Archimicarus "obviously" had feelings for Lisa.