Frybo (episode)


 * This article is about the episode. For the character, see Frybo (character).

"Frybo" is the fifth episode of the first season of Steven Universe, and the fifth overall episode of the series.

Synopsis
Steven brings clothing to life to help a boy with his job.

Plot
Steven is searching for his pants when Pearl comes in, searching for a Gem Shard. She warns Steven that it holds bad power and can possess garments, turning them into violent, living entities. Steven is distracted by his missing pants and hears little of her explanation. She tells him to be on the lookout for it and heads out to search the town.

After Pearl leaves, Steven finds his pants walking on their own, saying "That's unusual!" and chases his pants throughout the house. Eventually, Steven catches his pants after tackling them, and finds the gem shard Pearl is looking for inside. Steven then goes out to find Pearl to give her the gem shard.

Eventually, he sees Peedee Fryman being attacked by seagulls mistaking him as fries. After chasing away the seagulls, Peedee's dad, Mr. Fryman, comes out of his shop and tells Peedee that he's sort of doing good, half-way to being a great part of the Fryman business. After his dad goes back inside the shop, Peedee tells Steven he just wants to find a way to have more fun, and Steven then gets an idea: to wear the costume himself. However, this idea backfires when the seagulls come back and attack Steven while he is wearing the costume, mistaking him as fries.

Steven eventually takes the costume off, which is damaged. Steven then gets the idea to use the gem shard to get Frybo to come to life. This plan succeeds as Frybo is repaired and actually listens to every command Steven says, and when Steven tells Frybo to do a little dance, Frybo grows legs made out of fries and dances. Mr. Fryman then comes out, and tells Frybo (Not knowing Peedee isn't actually inside the costume) that he's doing a good job.

Once Mr. Fryman went back inside the building, Peedee claims that he's free, and tells Frybo that he got the job and to shake on it. Frybo takes this literally and physically shakes Peedee when he was only supposed to shake his hand. After letting go of Peedee, Peedee tells Frybo to make people eat fries, and plans to go be kids with Steven as they run off to Fun Land.

Later, the two heard screaming from the Fry Shop, and sees what's going on. They find out that Frybo (who strangely depicts Chucky) terrorized the people, using fry tentacles to drag the running people and forcing them into eating fries, just as Peedee told him to, and then throws Mr. Fryman out the window and on top of Steven and Peedee. Eventually, Pearl arrives, asking Steven if he put the shard into the costume, and then summoning her weapon, throwing it into Frybo's eye, causing ketchup to erupt from its eye and at Pearl, making her drop the rest of the shards. Steven then gets an idea to use the shards, while Peedee checks on his father, only to see Frybo emerge out of the fry shop with Pearl's weapon in its eye. Peedee then gets in front of his dad, and swings a wooden plank at Frybo, claiming that he has always hated him, just when his dad wakes up, questioning what Peedee just said. Frybo then knocks Peedee into his dad, and just before Frybo can attack the two, Steven's pants are seen jumping at Frybo and then they kick him. It then shows Steven has taken all of his clothes off, and used the shards to bring them to life. Steven then commands his clothes to attack Frybo while he tries to remove the shard from Frybo, which fails at first. Eventually, Steven claims he didn't want to do this, but Frybo left him with no choice: to let his underwear attack Frybo along with his other clothes, which succeeds. Steven then plunges his arm into Frybo's cheese-filled mouth, and rips the gem shard out, making the Frybo costume revert back to normal. The scene then goes to the beach, where the Fryman mascot is given a viking funeral. Peedee asks if his dad is alright and his dad says he doesn't need Frybo anymore because he has Peedee. Steven then says that their mission is complete, and Pearl tells him to put his clothes back on.

Characters

 * Steven
 * Pearl
 * Fryman
 * Peedee Fryman (First Appearance)
 * Frybo (First Appearance; Antagonist)
 * Ronaldo Fryman (Cameo; First Appearance)
 * Lars

Songs

 * That's Unusual!
 * Peedee's Blues

Trivia

 * This is the first time not all of the Crystal Gems are seen together; neither Garnet nor Amethyst appear in this episode.
 * This has been the second time that Pearl was defeated by a condiment (first in " Together Breakfast," where she was trapped by whipped cream).
 * This is the first episode to depict nudity, as Steven had to take off all his clothes to defeat Frybo, and didn't wear them again until the end of the episode.
 * In some storyboards, this episode is rated TV-PG-S.

Cultural References

 * The way Steven brought his clothes to life to defeat Frybo is how the Magi from Adventure Time brought a few objects to life to defeat a possessed Gumball Guardian.

continuity

 * Steven's Cheeseburger Backpack makes its second appearance since the episode                            " Cheeseburger Backpack."

Errors

 * Peedee's name was misspelled as "Petey" in closed captioning.
 * After Fryman was thrown at Peedee and Steven, Pearl appeared in front of the table, but in the next scene, she was behind the table.
 * Steven has six fingers at exactly 6:03 minutes into the episode.

Transcript
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