Serious Steven

Serious Steven is the eighth episode of Steven Universe in Season 1. It premiered on January 13th, 2014.

Synopsis
While navigating out of an ancient maze, Steven tries to prove himself worthy to Garnet.

Plot
The episode begins with Steven waking up in Fun Land. He then sees that the teacups on the teacups ride have flew out of their position with everyone else riding in them. The episode then goes to two weeks after the incident with Steven and the other Gems in the teleporter, Garnet mentioning that this is their first serious mission. Steven, for an unknown reason, brought his ukulele. Eventually, the warp leads to a large field full of large strawberries. Pearl mentions the wild strawberry field used to be a battlefield for Gems, probably being represented with all the swords in the ground. Eventually, the Gems find a large, upside down pyramid, which is what they were looking for. Inside, there were many murals of some of the journeys of the Crystal Gems. Steven finds a strange, smaller pyramid and touches it, causing it to flip over, and causing everyone inside to gravitate towards a hole in the ceiling. Eventually, they fall into a large room with many doors. Pearl decides the group should split up, and suggests that she should stay with Steven. Amethyst then picks Steven up, saying she will go with him, but Pearl takes Steven back, saying that Amethyst and Steven are just a disaster waiting to happen. Garnet then chooses to take Steven with her while Pearl goes with Amethyst.

Characters

 * Steven
 * Garnet
 * Pearl
 * Amethyst

Trivia

 * Inside the strange maze, before Steven caused it to flip over, murals of some of the Crystal Gems' journeys can be seen, as well as a picture of Rose Quartz, Steven's mother.
 * It is revealed that all Gems can summon glowing bubbles. Garnet summons them most often, Steven and Pearl summoned them once, and Amethyst hasn't been seen summoning one yet.
 * That rumbling noise, the shaking that caused Steven to fall on a non-glowing tile, was from the rooms turning.
 * The layout and the music of the temple seemed to have been heavily influenced by the Legend of Zelda series. Some examples include the music at the beginning of the temple and the moment when Garnet had blocked the falling spiked ceiling (which is similar to the use of the "stone umbrella" in the shadow temple in The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time).

Songs
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