Monster Reunion

"They've been waiting here for her. They didn't want to leave her behind."

"Monster Reunion" is the 14th episode of the third season of Steven Universe and the 92nd episode overall.

Official Synopsis
Steven’s healing powers have returned, and he’s determined to use them to heal Centipeetle. But while he’s able to restore her partially to her former self, memories of her past keep threatening to revert Centipeetle back to her monstrous form. Corruption is harder to fix than cracking – maybe impossible.

Plot
The episode starts with Steven sitting on his bed, mentioning that his teddy bear, MC Bear Bear, has got a tear. Steven says that even though he's hurt, he'll look after him. Steven then kisses the bear's head and his tear gets fixed with Steven's healing spit.

Steven then goes downstairs. Trying to show the Crystal Gems that his healing spit is back, he breaks a plate Pearl had in her hands and tries to fix it, but Pearl says she believes in him, stopping him from touching the broken plate out of fear of Steven harming himself. Then Steven thinks of healing Centipeetle, but Garnet says no before he can say anything. Steven asks her if he can make her change her mind, which she does, so they go to the Burning Room. Amethyst grabs the bubble in which the "Chaaaaps," Centipeetle's favorite snack, are preserved so Steven can give them to Centipeetle. Steven then proceeds to release her gemstone from the bubble.

Centipeetle starts forming, but before she can fully form again, Steven uses his healing spit on her gem. Centipeetle then fully forms into a more humanoid form, yet still corrupted. She stands up, horrified. Steven says it worked and takes the "Chaaaaps" to Centipeetle, but she hisses at Steven before he can give her the chips. Amethyst tells Steven that she probably doesn't remember them, so Steven just puts away the chips dejectedly. Steven then asks Centipeetle if she remembers him, to which she looks at him confused, and Steven realizes that it didn't work as he wanted it to. Then he kisses her gem, intending for it to work positively, but Centipeetle just screeches at Steven in pain and crawls away from him. Garnet says this is the best healing they've seen of a corrupted gem, but Pearl says it didn't work and that it'll probably take more than a kiss to heal what the diamonds have done to this gem. Steven is confused and slightly disappointed because even though his healing powers are back, he couldn't fully heal Centipeetle. Pearl tells him that it's ok, since she's not cracked, but corrupted, which is different and nearly impossible to describe. Garnet then makes a comparison to MC Bear Bear, and tells Steven that corruption is as if the bear tore his mind instead of his arm. Amethyst then comments that it's pretty explained to her. Garnet asks Amethyst to poof Centipeetle, to which Amethyst agrees with a stern face. Promptly, Steven refuses and tells the gems that she's not a monster anymore, but is actually like them now because she is possibly sentient. Steven then asks them to please let him keep her and try to heal her further instead of just poofing her. The gems accept in an almost relieved manner. Steven even tells them that she could stay in his room, and they acquiesce.

Later, Steven and Centipeetle, or as he calls her, "Centi", are in his room. He asks her for her real name, but she can't talk so she just screeches, which he doesn't understand. Steven asks Centi if she really doesn't remember saving him from the seagulls, them adventuring on the ice cave, or even when he electrocuted her with the Cookie Cat freezer, but Steven tells her that it's better for her to forget that one. Steven then sadly opens the bag of Chaaaaps and Steven starts singing the chip's jingle, and Centi follows him, then Steven realizes that she does remember and she takes a chip and eats it happily and proceeds to sing again with Steven.

Seeing that she remembers, Steven then tries to communicate with her through writing, but she seemingly draws a bunch of squiggles. Steven then asks her to draw her feelings, revealing she remembers being friends with Steven. She then shows her past, revealing that she was originally captain of a ship of Gems from Homeworld sent to Earth by her unnamed commander. Upon Earth she gets caught up in the Gem War, getting separated from her crew. Her commander then tells her to leave, and while frantically looking for her crew and ship, she gets hit by a white light, the memory of which causes her to cry. Steven then asks what caused it, to which she draws three diamonds with a black crayon, signifying that it was "The Great Diamond Authority".

Centipeetle then starts frantically crying, reverting slightly to her fully corrupted form. She then leaps toward the warp pad attempting to leave but can't due to being corrupted. Steven graciously takes her to the Gem Ship, causing her to cry again, and then run to her ship while once again reverting leaving only two human like hands on her right side. Upon reaching the ship she frantically tries to enter it with Steven's help, needing his hand to open it as her hand reverts to more insect like legs. Upon entering we see two other Centipeetle's, who were her crew-mates who were waiting for her all this time. Upon reuniting them, Amethyst, Pearl and Garnet walk in revealing they followed Centi's note which was actually written in Gem language. They then decide to leave them in the ship as they are all happy together, and Steven asks Pearl if she could teach him how to speak Gem while wistfully looking at Centi's picture of the diamonds saying "I'm sorry."

Characters

 * Steven
 * Garnet
 * Amethyst
 * Pearl
 * Centipeetle Mother
 * Yellow Diamond (indirectly)
 * Blue Diamond (indirectly)
 * Peridot (mentioned)
 * Other Centipeetles
 * Unknown Gems

Objects

 * Master of Ceremonies Bear Bear
 * Chaaaaps

Locations

 * Beach City
 * Beach House
 * Crystal Temple
 * The Burning Room
 * Ancient Gem Colony Ship
 * Lunar Sea Spire (drawing)

Music

 * "Blue Diamond"
 * "The Mother"
 * "Fight, Flight, or Love"
 * "Monster Buddy"

Trivia

 * This episode reveals that Steven can repair inorganic objects, such as MC Bear-Bear, with his healing ability. This suggests that his healing ability is not genetically based, rather it reverts an item back to a previous state considered "whole". This classification of an item's fixed state may be based on Steven's mental state, as his healing powers were unavailable when he believed they were useless.
 * It is revealed that, prior to her corruption, the Centipeetle Mother was one of the gems sent to colonize the Earth, and she had some involvement in the war.
 * It is revealed that Gems have a secret language they write in, which looks nothing like English, or symbols.

Cultural References

 * The crayon box Steven and Centi use is similar to the famous "Crayola" brand of crayons.
 * A tower Centi drew is similar to Spirit Tower from Adventure Time.

Continuity

 * Master of Ceremonies Bear Bear, first seen in "Future Vision", appears in this episode.
 * Steven's comment about losing too many good bears refers back to "Mirror Gem" when Pearl stabs M.C. Bear Bear with her spear.
 * Centipeetle reappears from "Gem Glow" and "Monster Buddies".
 * Steven's ability to float from "Steven Floats" makes another appearance when Steven floats to get Centipeetle's bubble.
 * The flash of light from Lapis' flashback in "Same Old World" is revealed to be a tool used by the Great Diamond Authority as a means of corrupting the remaining Gems on Earth, near the end of the war.
 * In "The Return", Greg's statement that Rose could only save her closest friends with her shield refers to this incident.
 * The Ancient Gem Colony Ship from "Friend Ship" reappears.


 * The box of crayons has a picture of Crying Breakfast Friends on it.
 * Steven's healing powers return after losing them in "House Guest".
 * The building in the Centi's drawing to the far right appears to be the Lunar Sea Spire.

Errors

 * When Centipeetle shows Steven her name on the paper, her gloves turn black.
 * Steven refers to Master of Ceremonies Bear Bear as "M.C. Bear Bear", but they are two different toys.
 * The Ancient Gem Colony Ship is missing the hole in the roof that Peridot shot in "Friend Ship".

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