Reformed

"I think my favorite round thing was in there!"

"Reformed" is the 8th episode of the second season of Steven Universe, and the 57th episode overall.

Synopsis
Steven, Amethyst, and Garnet chase after a monster on the loose inside the Temple.

Plot
The episode begins with Steven taking a "Crying Breakfast Friends!" personality quiz. After discovering he is "Sniffling Croissant", he looks for Pearl and Greg, who are working on Greg's Van, so he can ask them to take the quiz too. After they decline (due to not understanding the cartoon itself), Steven goes inside the Beach House to find Amethyst making herself a huge sandwich. Amethyst asks Steven for some engine oil to put into it, and Steven tells her it is possibly outside with Greg's Van. Steven then wants to quiz Amethyst on which " Crying Breakfast Friends! " she is, but she gives him false answers. Amethyst gets bored and heads toward the temple with Steven desperately on her heels to find Garnet inside Amethyst's room. Amethyst, being curious, confused and slightly irritated, asks why Garnet is in her room. Garnet replies by saying that she saw a corrupted Gem in Amethyst's room. Garnet claims it is similar to the thing Pearl described seeing on the loose in her room.

Garnet, Amethyst, and Steven then chase the corrupted gem which Steven dubbed "The Slinker" around the temple. Steven tries to ask Amethyst questions for the personality quiz again, but Amethyst becomes defensive when asked personal questions regarding hidden feelings. It is at this point that Garnet spots the creature, attacks, but misses. Amethyst is upset at Garnet for "wrecking" her stuff, but before she can finish her sentence she is grabbed by the Slinker.

After tightly gripping Amethyst with its tentacle, the Slinker squeezes her like a snake, and Amethyst is forced to retreat into her gem, which alarms Steven. Amethyst has been "poofed" and Steven immediately begins to panic and miss her, for when Pearl was "poofed" in "Steven the Sword Fighter", she took "two whole weeks to come back!" Garnet comforts him by saying that Amethyst would be back before he knew it. Proving this true, Amethyst regenerates within a matter of seconds, but with legs where her arms usually would be along with her regular legs. Although Steven is amused, Garnet is displeased by this, saying that Amethyst regeneration was fast "even for you", suggesting Amethyst has been fast to regenerate in the past. Amethyst blows off Garnet and cartwheels away, leading the Gems in the continuation of their search.

After a while of searching, they find another tunnel made by the Slinker. When Steven comments on Amethyst's new form, saying he wished he had four legs too, Garnet notes that Pearl took her time and came out better. This makes Amethyst mad and when she stops to convey her distaste in Pearl, she is crushed by the Slinker, once again causing her to retreat into her gem. Garnet comforts Steven again and tells him that at least now Amethyst now gets a second chance to regenerate into a new form, hoping that she will take it more seriously this time around. When Amethyst comes back, even faster than previously, she takes on an a form resembling an exaggerated parody of Pearl. Garnet again expresses her distaste, saying that it isn't funny. The Gems resume their search for the monster while Amethyst continues to poke fun at Pearl. Amethyst and Garnet get into an argument about how Amethyst's form affects the strength of the team, but they are interrupted when Amethyst is grabbed by the Slinker and forced back into her gem for a third time. Still angry at Garnet for what she interpreted as Garnet calling her weak, Amethyst regenerates into a "stronger" form with an uneven body and bulging muscles on one arm and one leg. Steven expresses concern for Amethyst's health, and Garnet tells Amethyst that her form isn't sustainable. Enraged, Amethyst runs away to find the Slinker.

When Garnet and Steven catch up to her, she is seen embroiled in battle with the Slinker. As she struggles with the beast, Garnet tells her to let go, but Amethyst refuses, insisting that Garnet "wanted [her] to be stronger". Garnet then tells her that she didn't want this. Unable to maintain her unstable new form, Amethyst's left arm loses its strength and falls to the floor distorted. Amethyst then asks Garnet to tell her what she wants from her, but Garnet tells her that she has to figure it out for herself, and Amethyst only seems more frustrated by her response. Steven then makes the observation that Amethyst can't figure it because she is upset and doesn't want to think about herself. Amethyst is startled by Steven's comment, and she is suddenly engulfed by the monster, retreating to her gem one last time. Garnet punches it, forcing it to release Amethyst's gem from its mouth, and finally, Garnet and Steven return to the Beach House with Amethyst's gem, intending to find the monster after Amethyst regenerates.

Instead of immediately regenerating, Amethyst remains in her gem for four hours, which Pearl notes is the longest she's ever taken. When Amethyst finally does regenerate, it is shown that she put more thought into her regeneration and has no abnormalities. The other gems are very supportive of her new form and compliment her on it, Pearl saying that she likes it much better now that the shoulder strap that was bothering her is gone. Garnet says it's perfect, but Amethyst brushes the compliment off and claims that it's "just what feels right". Garnet says that's what makes it perfect and they then have a group hug, which Amethyst secretly enjoys while the usual star-shaped ending iris focuses on her face.

Characters

 * Steven
 * Amethyst
 * Garnet
 * Pearl
 * Greg
 * The Slinker (debut/antagonist)
 * Sugilite (indirectly mentioned)

Objects

 * Gas Mask
 * Human Skull
 * Steven's Phone
 * Greg's Van
 * No Home Boys Series
 * Fione Summer Special Book

Locations

 * Beach City
 * Beach House
 * Crystal Temple
 * Amethyst's Room

Music

 * TBA

Trivia

 * In honor of the episode, the Steven Crewniverse shared "Grape Popsicle Amethysts Gemstones" (prepared by Christy Cohen).
 * This is the second episode to have a one word title, the first being "Frybo".
 * Coincidentally, if you don't count the three episodes that were moved from season 1, this is the fifth episode of season 2 and "Frybo" was the fifth episode of season 1.
 * This is the first time we see a Gem regenerate more than once in a single episode.
 * It's revealed that when regenerating, Gems can customize their base physical forms as they please.
 * This is also shown discreetly in "Steven the Sword Fighter", when Pearl chose her new physical form.
 * However, if regeneration is rushed, deformities may occur such as limb placement and improper proportions.
 * A Gem can also decide how long to take to regenerate, as it took Amethyst seconds to and at the end of the episode several hours, where as it took Pearl two weeks.
 * This is the second time Garnet uses her gauntlets as projectiles, with the first being in "Watermelon Steven".
 * It's shown that after Garnet performs this, she loses her hands and her gemstones move to the top of her wrists.
 * This is the third episode to have a Gem with a redesigned outfit following their regeneration, the first being "Steven the Sword Fighter" and the second being "Jail Break". As of this episode, Steven is the only member of the Crystal Gems to still be in his debut form.
 * Amethyst's rapid regeneration would explain Ruby and Sapphire's appearances in "Jail Break".
 * If they had both taken two weeks to regenerate (like Pearl), the Gem Warship would have been in space for two weeks, which wouldn't make sense. However this episode proves regeneration doesn't necessarily take two weeks or longer.
 * This is the first time where a Crystal Gem is "poofed" by a Gem Monster.
 * The Slinker is the second Gem Monster that the Crystal Gems have fought without bubbling away its gemstone. Unlike the Tardigrade (the first Gem Monster not to be bubbled), the reason the Slinker was not bubbled was because they could not defeat it.
 * Amethyst indirectly mentioned Sugilite when she asked Garnet if she wanted to "mix it up" with her after her third regeneration was rushed.
 * This episode shows Pearl admitting that she had always found Amethyst's crooked shoulder straps irksome.
 * Pearl is hanging out with Greg, revealing that their relationship has improved since earlier episodes, most notably "The Message".
 * This is the fifth episode in which Amethyst blushes, the first being "An Indirect Kiss", the second being "Warp Tour", the third being "On the Run" and the fourth being "The Return".
 * This is the second episode where Amethyst verbally fights with Garnet, the first being in "Tiger Millionaire".
 * This is the first time Amethyst is shown fighting a Gem Monster without using her whip.
 * The Crying Breakfast Friends! characters that appear in the episode are correlated to the Crystal Gems and Greg. Steven indirectly describes both Pearl's and Greg's characteristics through Weeping Egg Cup and Pining Grapefruit, respectively. Afterwards, he directly describes Garnet through Spilled Milk.
 * It is currently unknown when the first encounter with the Slinker occurred, due to the fact there is no episode about it.
 * The hiatus was announced on the official Crewniverse Tumblr on April 30th after Reformed aired.
 * This is the second episode to precede a summer hiatus, the first being Rose's Room.
 * It is shown that Amethyst likes engine oil on her sandwiches.
 * In total, Amethyst regenerates four times in this episode.
 * This was the last episode to feature the first intro that was shown since the series premiered.
 * Starting with "Sworn to the Sword", episodes begin with a different intro.

Cultural References

 * A Mario coin block can be seen among the items in Amethyst's room.
 * A Gyroid very much resembling ones found in Animal Crossing also appears in the room.
 * A bottle of Lon Lon Milk from the Legend of Zelda can be seen on the kitchen shelf shortly before Amethyst reforms for the final time.
 * A pot of pansies that are similar to Animal Crossing can be seen.
 * The Wheel from the American television game show Wheel of Fortune can also be spotted in the room behind Steven after Amethyst's first regeneration.
 * The Slime monster from the Dragon Quest series can also be found to the left of Amethyst as she searches her pile of junk.

Continuity

 * Amethyst is shown to have kept the fashion magazine from "Beach Party", as it appears in her room.
 * She also appears to possess a copy of a The No Home Boys: The Mystery Train from "On the Run".
 * Steven recalls the events of "Steven the Sword Fighter".
 * During Amethyst's final regeneration, several different (assumed previous regenerations) silhouettes of Amethyst can be seen, similar to how several of Pearl's previous forms can be seen in "Steven the Sword Fighter".

Errors

 * In the beginning when Steven entered, a light switch was on the wall to his right. In the next scene, it wasn't there, then in the next scene, the light switch was there, but more to the right than before when it was in the middle.
 * When Steven was talking to Amethyst about her new form (extra legs), her pant sleeve and her shoulder strap on her right shoulder was missing. In the next scene, it came back.
 * The second time Amethyst got poofed from above and Garnet and Steven look down, there was no hole above them.
 * In one scene, Amethyst's gemstone had the same cut as Steven's gemstone, a pentagon, while she was imitating Pearl.
 * When Amethyst is in her final form, even though the cut in her pants in patched, the cut is still there in her pants when she hops off the table.
 * In the scene where Amethyst says it was her monster so she'll deal with it, the base of Garnet's gauntlets is black instead of orange.

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