Garnet's Universe

"Garnet's Universe" is the 33rd episode of the first season of Steven Universe, and the 33rd overall episode of the series.

Synopsis
Steven imagines what Garnet does with her day.

Plot
The episodes starts with Garnet warping into Steven's room with a bubbled red gem. She hears Steven laughing so she looks around for him. Steven then "Steven bombs" her and he asks Garnet what she did with her day, to which she tells him to tell her what he thought she had done with her day. Steven then proceeds to tell a story about what she did.

In the story, Garnet warps into a cartoonish world, where everything is simplistic. She is then attacked by a masked figure who throws bombs at her. She then reveals the person to be Hopper, a talking frog that Garnet trains with. Hopper then says that Hoppy, a talking bunny, wants to train. Hoppy then jumps out of a tree with a katana, but Garnet blocks the blow. Hoppy and Hopper begin to ensue in conversation about training. Garnet reminds them that she needs to retrieve a gem artifact, and that she needs to hurry. She wants to get back to Steven at the Temple. Hoppy and Hopper look at the photo, soon asking who the boy in the picture is. Garnet replies, "My most favorite person in the world," showing us Steven's (possible) maternal love for Garnet. They ask if she told him, and she says that she's not strong enough.

They then are shown walking through the forest, until somebody drops out of a tree. The person looks very hurt, and Hopper says his power levels are low. Garnet then "revives" him by spitting water in his face and slapping him. Garnet learns that his name is Ringo, and he is a caretaker of the shrine on top of the mountain. Ringo tells the story of his wounds, saying a foxman stole his power gem and banished him. Garnet wants to retrive the Gem, but Ringo says all he wants is the shrine back. They then travel to the shrine in a Mario game fashion, where the Foxman is looking at cats on tumblr. Hopper measures him with her power device, and says that his powers are off the charts. They warn Garnet to be careful, but Garnet walks up to him and demands the gem back. They start to fight, and the Foxman punches them all off the hill and back into the forest.

Hoppy is actually happy at this because it means they have to train to be strong enough to beat the Foxman, which Garnet does. They go back and beat the Foxman, but it turns out Ringo lied -- the Foxman was the real caretaker of the shrine and Ringo wanted the gem it holds to turn into the evil Ultimate Ringo. He and Garnet have a very long fight and Ringo seems too strong to beat, until Garnet's able to defeat Ringo and take back the gem out of her love for Steven.

Steven wraps up the story, and Garnet laughily tells him that's exactly what happened. He asks her if she means it and she says no.

Characters

 * Steven
 * Garnet
 * Onion (Pictured)
 * Rose Quartz (Picture)
 * Ringo
 * Hoppy
 * Hopper
 * Foxman

Songs
TBA

Cultural References

 * Hopper resembles Frog from Chrono Trigger.
 * Hoppy resembles Usagi from Usagi Yojimbo.
 * The scar on Hoppy's eye and that Hoppy is a swordsman resembles Roronoa Zoro from One Piece
 * The device Hopper uses to measure power levels of others resembles a Wii U gamepad.
 * Garnet stopping a bomb with her hand, along with the camera position, resemble a scene in Akira, in which Tetsuo stops a missile.
 * This wouldn't be the first time the show make a reference to Akira, the first time being during "Cat Fingers".
 * There are many Dragon Ball references in this episode:
 * The device Hopper uses to measure power levels is similar to a scouter.
 * The explosion of the device after someone exceeds their power levels.
 * The power level reader skipped the number "9,000" during its rise even in its increments of thousands, possibly to avoid reference to the "Over 9,000" meme.
 * During Garnet's training, she increases her power while holding a pose similar to the most common one in Dragon Ball.
 * She takes off her hair (weight), similar to how Piccolo takes off his cape.
 * The fact that her hair grows bigger when she increases her power level, resembles the transformation of a Super Saiyan.
 * Taking off her hair/weight, could also be a reference to Rock Lee from Naruto.
 * Garnet meditating under the waterfall is similar to how Libra does it in Saint Seiya.
 * Garnet's last attack in the episode bears a resemblance to Mazinger's Rocket Punch.
 * The background on this episode (including the mountain Garnet breaks in half with a punch) is very similar to the one used in Super Mario Bros 3.
 * Ringo's transformation shares the same colors and characteristics of the Sailor Scouts from Sailor Moon.
 * Garnet's "super fast punching" during her training resembles Kenshiro's Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken technique from the Fist of the North Star series. The attack is a very iconic rapid punching move which has been paid homage in many other popular series.
 * When Hoppy is introduced and the screen is cut in three parts, this could be a reference to Samurai Jack.
 * According to Jeff Liu, storyboard artist on Steven Universe who did some of the animated sequences on this episode, Garnet’s final move was inspired by Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann.
 * Foxman is browsing tumblr on his phone. He can be seen watching cat images/gifs.
 * The magic power amulet that Hopper mentions resembles the Demonic Wishing Eye from the series Adventure Time.

Trivia

 * It is revealed that Steven had a strong imagination in making a story about Garnet's day.
 * Ringo resembles Ronaldo.
 * This is the first episode where Garnet is the primary character.
 * This is the first episode where Steven is a minor character.
 * All of the new characters in the episode were voiced by the main cast of Steven Universe.
 * Hopper is voiced by Deedee Magno-Hall, who voices Pearl.
 * Hoppy is voiced by Michaela Dietz, who voices Amethyst.
 * Foxman is voiced by Matthew Moy, who voices Lars.
 * Ringo is voiced by Zachary Steel. who voices Ronaldo.
 * Hopper and Hoppy seem to act different than the counterparts of their voice actors. Hopper acts more like Amethyst, while Hoppy's attitude is similar to Pearl's.
 * After her training, the Korean symbols that appear on the background are hangul for "miin", which means "Beauty" or "Beautiful Woman".
 * This is the second episode where Amethyst doesn't appear in and the second one Pearl doesn't appear in.
 * This is the fourth episode where Garnet speaks more than a few words, with the first three being "So Many Birthdays", "Beach Party", and "Monster Buddies".
 * This is the second episode to be told as a story, the first being "An Indirect Kiss". The only difference is that the story in this episode was fictitious.
 * The narration at the end of the story was Zach Callison's (voice of Steven Universe) normal voice
 * This is the second episode that reveals what Garnet looks like without her bodysuit, the first being "Beach Party".

Transcript
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