Bluebird (episode)

"Everyone can change, but not everyone wants to."

"Bluebird" is the 5th episode of Steven Universe Future and the 5th episode overall.

Official Synopsis
Steven questions the motives of a mysterious fusion that suddenly shows up at his house.

Plot
The episode begins with Steven filming a commercial for Little Homeworld, telling all Gems across the galaxy to come learn to be an Earthling at Little Homeschool. Once Steven finishes the commercial, Peridot walks up to him and lets him know that he smells good. When Steven acts confused by this, Peridot pulls a note off his back that reads "Tell Me I Smell Good."A couple more pranks happen shortly after which include Steven's Juice being replaced with Tomato Soup, and finding a stack of toilet paper on top of the Dondai Supremo. Steven isn't bothered by this, seeing as he likes Tomato Soup and that he won't have to collect wads of Toilet Paper off his car. He does hear a mysterious voice however, which catches him off guard.

Steven drives home and finds a party inside the house. He automatically realizes that a new gem has come to earth. Amethyst welcomes Steven and tells him to go introduce himself. When the gem turns around, Steven feels threatened, immediately realizing that this was a fusion of Aquamarine and Ruby (Eyeball). However, the gem acts kind towards Steven, such as introducing herself as Bluebird Azurite, hugging him, and handing him a tray of food.

While Greg is in the bathroom combing his hair, Steven pulls Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl in there with him and lets them know who this gem really was. They remain unfazed, revealing that they knew this all along, causing Steven to wonder why. He then reminds them of when Aquamarine kidnapped him to bring him to Homeworld. Also adding the fact that Eyeball tried to stab him in space while attempting to remove his gem, and when she ratted him out when he was on trial with Yellow Diamond and Blue Diamond. Garnet informs him that was all in the past and that people can "Change." Steven uses a couple more excuses, such as wondering why Bluebird showed up at his house all of a sudden. Pearl then informs Steven that Bluebird Azurite's presence is his fault, indicating that he broadcast a commercial that welcomed gems from all across the galaxy to earth. Steven then decides to give Bluebird a chance and Garnet informs him that if things go south, they'll squash her.

Once they leave the bathroom, Bluebird approaches Steven and apologizes to him for giving him all that food without a beverage. She proceeds to hand him a can of juice which sprays Steven in the face once he opened it. She wonders how that happened in a sarcastic tone, in response, Steven angrily tells her that she shook it and she knew it. Garnet corrects him and he changes his approach.

The next few scenes of this episode show Steven thinking that Bluebird Azurite will do harm to one of his friend's but was really a mislead. Such as when he noticed her approaching Pearl with a knife, to cut the cake she made. Or when she had Garnet pinned down, to pop a few things back in place. Or when there where chainsaw noises and Greg's screams heard from the van, only to find out they were watching a horror movie. Steven also finds a few small crummy pictures of himself around the house and he assumes that they were drawn by Bluebird, but were actually drawn by Amethyst, which hurts her. However, Bluebird shows up and complements her drawings, making her feel better.

Later, Steven is in the bathroom getting ready for bed. When he notices Bluebird Azurite's gems drawn on his face, he laughs at this as he cleans it off. Then the warp pad is heard activating followed by the sound of tire screeches. He runs out of the bathroom and sees that Greg's van had warped between warp pads and was now in the Beach house. Steven comes to conclusion that Bluebird and Greg were just having some fun. Greg's scream is heard, to which Steven thinks is just another horror movie their watching. When Greg is heard screaming again, Steven goes outside to check things out.

Once Steven goes outside, he looks up and sees Bluebird dangling Greg off the roof. He asks his dad if he was screaming out of fun and Greg assures him that he is not. Bluebird then starts to talk about how there were two separate gems that were loved for taking down the greatest traitor (Steven) from Homeworld and they were cast out once they duped Homeworld into loving him instead and now they've come to earth to have their revenge. She then unfuses, "revealing" herself to be Eyeball and Aquamarine. Steven isn't surprised by this however, as everyone knew this and that they were just being nice. Aquamarine ignores his statement and grabs Greg by the hair and dangels him over the roof again as Eyeball holds her chisel near him. Aquamarine then tells Steven if he wants "My Dad" back, he'll have to listen to their demands. Such as destroying the Beach House and Little Homeworld and bubbling his friends. Steven refuses to do as such. Then Aquamarine says, "Then "My Dad" gets it." Eyeball then questions what she meant by "gets it." In response, she tells her to do what they saw in the horror movie earlier. Before Eyeball could do anything, Greg grabs her chisel and cuts his hair. Steven catches him as Aquamarine throws his hair down in disgust. Greg, heartbroken, grabs his hair and grieves. While Eyeball and Aquamarine argue, Steven angrily tells his dad to go wait inside, and the latter does so while holding his hair. Steven goes Pink again and attacks the two.

Once on the beach, they try to fuse back into Bluebird Azurite but with no prevail and they argue once more. Steven turns back to normal and try to teach the two about what fusion really is and why gems do it. The two Homeworld gems ignore him and they bond over how much they hate Steven, fusing again, much to Steven's dismay. Bluebird then draws out a long scabbard (an upgraded version of Eyeball's chisel) and attacks Steven. Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl go outside after seeing Greg cry in the bathroom and see Bluebird Azurite attack Steven over and over while telling him to die. She then notices the three and she plays dumb to them while calling them "her favorite trio." The three obviously do not fall for this as they fuse into Alexandrite and "squash her." Making her unfuse, as well as Alexandrite does upon knowing this. Steven asks if their okay and Aquamarine states that she's learned her lesson and offers Steven a handshake. This was a trick however, as she pulls her hand away when Steven reaches to shake it. She laughs as she picks up Eyeball and flies off into the sky, saying that this isn't the last they'll see of them. The three walk up to Steven and Amethyst says to him, "I guess there are gems out there that hate you." In which he agrees, but looks at Greg and informs them that he isn't the one they hurt.

Steven then joins up with his dad by the ocean, who is still upset about his hair. Steven apologizes to Greg and states that he never should have given Bluebird a chance. Greg responds by telling him that he loves how Steven believes that everyone can change, but lets him know that everyone's not gonna want to. He says goodbye to his hair before placing it on the ocean water and the two watch as it drifts off into the sea.

Characters

 * Steven Universe
 * Peridot
 * Garnet
 * Larimar
 * Amethyst
 * Pearl
 * Pumpkin
 * Bluebird Azurite (debut)
 * Greg Universe
 * Aquamarine
 * Ruby (Eyeball)
 * Lapis Lazuli (non-speaking)
 * Angel Aura Quartz (non-speaking)
 * Blue Lace Agate (non-speaking)
 * Biggs Jasper (cameo)
 * Zebra Jasper (cameo)
 * Crazy Lace Agate (cameo)
 * Orange Spodumene (cameo)
 * Ronaldo Fryman (cameo)
 * Lace Amethyst (cameo)
 * Bixbite (cameo)
 * Snowflake Obsidian (cameo)
 * Alexandrite (non-speaking)
 * A Ruby (cameo)

Objects

 * Greg's Dondai Supremo
 * Hot Dog Duffel Bag
 * Greg's Van

Locations

 * Beach City
 * Crystal Temple
 * Beach House
 * Steven's Bathroom
 * It's a Wash
 * Little Homeworld

Instrumental

 * Change Your Mind

Songs

 * Haven't You Noticed (I'm a Star)
 * Sadie Killer and the Suspects

Trivia

 * A new painting of the Crystal Gems is seen in place where Rose's was before by Steven's room.
 * As of this episode, Greg is now the second person in the series to have cut their long hair short; the first person to do this being Connie, who did so at some point during her estrangement from Steven in between "Dewey Wins" and "Kevin Party".

Cultural References

 * When Ruby and Aquamarine depart, they disappear similar to how the Team Rocket trio blasts off when defeated in the Pokémon anime.

Continuity

 * Steven and the Gems once again hide in the bathroom to discuss their concerns about a new character.
 * Aquamarine refers to Greg as Steven's "My Dad", referencing the events of her debut episodes, "Are You My Dad?" and "I Am My Mom".

Errors

 * While Bluebird handed Steven the disgusting food at the welcome party, both of her shirt sleeves look blue, despite the right arm of her shirt being red.