Secret Team

"Secret Team" is the 29th episode of season 1 of Steven Universe.

Synopsis
Steven, Amethyst, and Pearl accidentally pop a bubbled gem and form a secret team to secretly retrieve the missing shards.

Plot
Steven is in Amethyst's room jumping in a puddle when Amethyst tells Steven " put more ball into your cannon", which scares Steven when Amethyst demonstrates by jumping then turning into a ball. Steven and Amethyst crawl out of the puddle to find one for Steven to jump into when he looks into one to find The Burning Room and Garnet bringing back a bubbled gem. Amethyst then pulls Steven back and tells him only Garnet is allowed in there. Amethyst suggests for Steven to climb up a pile of trash and jump into another puddle which leads him to Pearl's room.

When they get in Pearls room they see Pearl with a gem that Rose Quartz had bubbled staring at it with contempt. Amethyst realizes that Garnet would be agitated if she found out what Pearl did, and decides sneak up on Pearl. After being suprised, Amethyst threatens to tell on Pearl which results in them arguing. Steven tries to intervene so he grabs the bubble, and Pearl tells Steven to be careful with it. Simultaneously, Pearl and Amethyst push the bubble and pop it. To their horror, the gem fragments escape, turning into hideous arms. Steven wants to tell Garnet what happened but is told not to do so as they would be severely punished if she knew, so they form a secret team to recover the fragments.

After a series of montages of Steven struggling to take out one fragment and the Gems taking out many with teamwork they finally retrieve all the fragments. Steven bubbles them and while attempting to put them back he sees Garnet in the Burning Room and freaks out so Amethyst and Pearl pull him up to see whats wrong. After telling what happened them they ask if Garnet saw him, which Steven replies with a "no". Pearl and Amethyst then put Steven back in the puddle and he puts the bubble back. They then disband secret team much to Stevens dismay.

Characters

 * Steven
 * Amethyst
 * Pearl
 * Garnet
 * Rose Quartz (mentioned)
 * Ronaldo Fryman
 * Kiki (Non speaking cameo)

Songs

 * Pearl's Theme
 * The Waterfall (instrumental)

Cultural References

 * The promotional art for this episode is a reference to "Charlie's Angels," a show which featured 3 women working for a man by the name of Charlie.

Trivia

 * There are puddles in Amethyst's Room that leads to The Burning Room and Pearl's Room.
 * A waterfall from Pearl's room falls down into Amethyst's room, implying that Pearl's room is above Amethyst's room, but Amethyst has the ability to access Pearl's room via a puddle in the floor.
 * It is revealed that only Garnet is allowed in The Burning Room.
 * Pearl is shown to have possession of a gem Rose Quartz bubbled.
 * Steven's bubbles are the same color as Rose's due to him possessing the same gem his mother had.
 * This is the second episode with animate gem shards, the first being "Frybo".
 * This is the 3rd episode taken place inside the temple. The first was "Together Breakfast" and the second was "Rose's Room".
 * Apparently Rose Quartz bubbled shards of gems that have limbs of the Gems they come from.
 * Although it has been stated that Gems don't eat or drink, i t is shown in this episode that Garnet drank a soda. Pearl is the only Crystal Gem that has not yet shown to eat or drink.
 * It is revealed that Amethyst can't shapeshift when she is freaking out.
 * Likewise, its shown that Pearl cannot shapeshift in times of frustration.
 * This marks the second time Garnet is seen shapeshifting.
 * This marks the third time Steven is seen bubbling an item.
 * It is revealed that Gems can summon their weapon as many times as they want.
 * Amethyst's whip dropped from her hand while figthing one of The Hands so she summoned another whip.
 * In "Ocean Gem", Pearl summoned another spear while having one already in order to fight her own water clones.
 * Steven's voice sounds slightly deeper in this episode, indicating he is hitting puberty.

Transcript
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