Talk:Pilot/@comment-25222742-20140704175406/@comment-25021853-20150327112945

Um, you do know it's the same voice actors in the Pilot and the series, right? The kid voicing Steven does sound younger in the Pilot because he was significantly younger. They are probably using different, higher quality microphones to record the voices for the series, which will make a subtle change in the voices, but I'm betting Rebecca Sugar used very good microphones for the Pilot, just not the same ones being used in the series (the voice work in the Pilot is great, but she didn't have the budget she has now, and the voice actors have had time to refine the character voices since the Pilot, which will cause a subtle difference in how some of the characters sound).

Even aside from the Pilot versus the series, try watching a recent episode and then switch to an early episode. The animation and character designs are more refined now, and even the adult voice actors are doing their characters slightly different now when compared to the first several episodes.