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"It's a lot to take in. Don't worry if you're a little lost. I was too for a while. I can tell you everything you need to know." The Steven Universe Series Recap is a promotional video that was released on Cartoon Network Youtube channel. Like its name suggested, it serves as a recap to all the events that had happened throughout the Steven Universe series. It was released on March 21, 2018.

Synopsis
Steven Universe fills you in on everything you need to know about Rose Quartz, the Crystal Gems, and the Diamond Authority before you dive in to new episodes! And there might just be a sneak peek of what’s to come...

Plot
The recap begin with Rose Quartz briefly saying her Manifesto: "Fight for life on the planet Earth. Defend all human beings, even the ones that you don't understand. Believe in love that is out of anyone's control. And then risk everything for it!" It then shifts to Steven's narration as he explains that the Manifesto is also the motto of the Crystal Gems, and that his mother, Rose, was their leader. Rose had give up her physical form so that Steven can be born, and he now had to lead them. Steven explains to the viewers that they don't have to be worried if they're feeling lost in the entire storyline and he start to tell them everything they need to know about the background of the series:

The Great Diamond Authority are elite Gems who colonized other planets in order to make new Gems, and that Pink Diamond chose the planet Earth as her first colony. If Pink succeed in colonizing the Earth, it'll result on all life in the planet being destroy. So Steven's mother, Rose Quartz, formed the Crystal Gems to protect the Earth and made their stand against their Gem Homeworld. Homeworld doesn't approve Gems who're part of the Crystal Gems (meaning rebels), look different (meaning unaligned Gems who present abnormal physique, behavior, or abilities and have been deemed "defective" and "off-color" by Homeworld's strict standards and caste system), fuse together (meaning Perma-Fusions that made up of different types of Gems instead of the same type), and/or fight back. On Earth, the Gems can be their true selves and it's worth protecting. So during the Rebellion, Rose uses her sword and "shattered" Pink Diamond in order to free the Earth. Steven explains that shattering a Gem's gemstone lead to their demise and destroy them forever.

We then see a clip from "Your Mother and Mine" showing the three remaining Diamonds launching a direct attack against Earth to end the fighting, and Rose quickly creates a massive shield and pulls Pearl and Garnet behind the shield to protect themselves from the light that intensifies and engulfs the Earth. The rest of the Diamonds thought they've destroy all the Crystal Gems, but then they find out about Steven, Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. The problem is that they all mistakes Steven for Rose because he has her gemstone and think he shattered Pink Diamond and they all really mad about him. So they send Homeworld Gems after them, but they manage to held their own. We then see several clips showing the Crystal Gems fighting against their enemies, such as Jasper and Lapis Lazuli's water clones. Steven explains that the Crystal Gems also have a few Gems that're on their sides, such as Peridot and Lapis Lazuli.

The next clips shows the brief ending of "I Am My Mom" and later "The Trial" in which Steven turns himself in to Aquamarine and Topaz in order to save his friends. He was taken to Homeworld for a trial that was meant for Rose. He explains that while he's there, he learn something that don't make sense. Everyone claimed that they saw Rose "shattered" Pink Diamond with her sword, but in reality Rose's sword can't shatter a Gem and it can only poof them (as explain from Bismuth in the episode "Bismuth"). It lead to Steven become confused on how Rose is able to shatter Pink while using her sword. He manage to escape Homeworld and return home on Earth. But he later has a vision of Pink Diamond during the events of "Jungle Moon". He then wonder what is all mean and if the Diamonds are actually planning to launch another attack.

Steven still want to know more answers to the mystery and thinks that the Crystal Gems know more than they're telling him. He explains that every time he learns something new, he would still have so many questions. He wishes he could talk to his mother about the situation. He wants to live up to her motto so he protect his friends and lead the Crystal Gems. He felt that she left her job to him and he knows that he can do it. The Crystal Gems can all do it together.

We then cut to a Cartoon Network announcer saying "Steven Universe, on your Cartoon Network". The recap ends with Rose saying, "Take care of them, Steven".

Characters

 * Steven (narrator)
 * Garnet
 * Amethyst
 * Pearl
 * Bismuth
 * Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond (pictured/flashback)
 * Greg Universe (no lines)
 * White Diamond (flashback)
 * Yellow Diamond (cameo)
 * Blue Diamond
 * Peridot
 * Lion (cameo)
 * Connie Maheswaran (cameo)
 * Fluorite (cameo)
 * Rutile Twins (cameo)
 * Rhodonite (cameo)
 * Padparadscha (cameo)
 * Stevonnie (cameo)
 * Holo-Pearl (cameo)
 * Alexandrite (cameo)
 * Malachite (cameo)
 * Ruby (cameo)
 * Sapphire (cameo)
 * Jasper
 * Ruby (Eyeball)
 * Aquamarine (cameo)
 * Topaz (cameo)
 * Water Clones (cameo)
 * Smoky Quartz (cameo)
 * Snow Monster (cameo)
 * Lapis Lazuli (cameo)
 * Lars Barriga (cameo)
 * Sour Cream (cameo)
 * Sadie Miller (cameo)
 * Jenny Pizza (cameo)
 * Buck Dewey (cameo)

Locations

 * Beach City
 * Beach City Woods
 * Beach House
 * Crystal Temple
 * Miller Residence
 * Sadie's Room
 * Onion's House
 * The Lighthouse
 * Ancient Gem Colony Ship
 * Moon Base
 * Strawberry Battlefield
 * Gem Homeworld
 * Homeworld Kindergarten
 * Unknown City
 * Trial Room
 * Ancient Sky Arena
 * Galaxy Warp
 * Beta Kindergarten
 * The Barn
 * Bismuth's Forge
 * Jungle Moon Base (flashback)
 * Prime Kindergarten (flashback)

Objects

 * Rose's Battle Flag
 * Rose's Sword
 * Gem Weapons
 * Warp Pad
 * Ancient Gem Colony Ship
 * Rose's Scabbard
 * Greg's Van
 * Mr. Universe Shirt
 * Roaming Eye
 * Limb Enhancers
 * Aquamarine's Ship
 * Pink Diamond's Palanquin (flashback)
 * Blue Diamond's Palanquin
 * Buddy Buddwick's Journal
 * Sun Incinerator
 * Ronaldo's Telescope

Instrumental Songs
TBA

Trivia

 * The video was release five days before "Your Mother and Mine", "The Big Show", "Pool Hopping", and "Letters to Lars" premiere on the Cartoon Network app.
 * This means all the events that happened during the recap take place before "Can't Go Back" and "A Single Pale Rose" since Steven didn't find out that Rose and Pink Diamond are the same person yet.
 * The video contains clips from "Your Mother and Mine", "We Are the Crystal Gems", "Storm in the Room", "Lion 3: Straight to Video", "Friend Ship", "What Are Gems?", "Sworn to the Sword", "It Could've Been Great", "Rose's Scabbard", "Ocean Gem", "Off Colors", "Super Watermelon Island", "Mindful Education", "The Answer", "The Trial", "The Return", "Lion 4: Alternate Ending", "Story for Steven", "Bismuth", "Barn Mates", "Are You My Dad?", "Catch and Release", "Earthlings", "Crack the Whip", "Same Old World", "I Am My Mom", "Jungle Moon", "Steven's Dream", "Steven Floats", "A Single Pale Rose", "Can't Go Back", "The Big Show", and "Pool Hopping".

Errors

 * According to Steven, Rose "gives up her gem" so that he can be born. But Rose actually gives up her physical form and inherit her gemstone to him.
 * According to Steven, Homeworld doesn't approve Gems who fused together. But he should have said that Homeworld actually doesn't approve Fusions that are made of different types of Gems instead of the same type.