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 helps Peedee with his grueling job by using a magical gem shard that can bring clothing to life.

Plot
Steven is searching for his pants when Pearl comes in, searching for a Gem Shard. She warns Steven that the shard holds bad power and can possess clothing 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 the Gem Shard 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 and give her the gem shard.

While looking for Pearl, Steven 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 doing a mediocre job at being part of the Fryman business. After his dad goes back inside the shop, Peedee tells Steven he just wants to help his dad without wearing the costume, and Steven 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, also mistaking him for fries.

Steven eventually takes the costume off, which is damaged. Steven has another idea: to use the gem shard to get Frybo to come to life. This plan succeeds; Frybo is repaired and listens to Steven's every command. 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 is not inside the costume) that he is doing a good job.

Once Mr. Fryman returns to the store, Peedee claims that he is free, and tells Frybo that he got the job and to shake on it. Frybo takes this literally and physically shakes Peedee when he is 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 Funland.

Later the two hear screaming from the Fry Shop and run to see what's going on. They discover Frybo (who strangely resembles Chucky) using fry tentacles to force people to eat fries, taking Peedee's earlier command literally. He throws Mr. Fryman out the window on top of Steven and Peedee. Eventually Pearl arrives and asks Steven if he put the shard into the costume. Pearl summons her weapon and throws it into Frybo's eye. Ketchup erupts from its eye, splattering Pearl, and she drops the remaining gem shards.

While Peedee checks on his father, Frybo emerges from the fry shop with Pearl's weapon protruding its eye. Peedee gets in front of his dad and swings a wooden plank at Frybo, in the process shouting that he has always hated Frybo. This happens just as his dad wakes up, who asks him about what he just said. Frybo then knocks Peedee into his dad, and just before he attacking them, Steven's pants are seen leaping onto Frybo and kicking him. Steven has taken all of his clothes off and used the shards to bring them to life. Steven commands his clothes to attack Frybo while he tries to remove Frybo's shard and fails.

Steven exclaims he did not want to do this, but Frybo left him with no choice. His underwear, along with the other clothing, are seen attacking Frybo, finally ending Frybo's reign of terror. Steven plunges his arm into Frybo's cheese-filled mouth and rips the gem shard out making the costume revert back to normal.

The scene transfers to the beach, where the Fryman mascot is given a viking funeral (the costume is sent into the ocean on a flaming fishing boat.) Peedee asks if his dad is alright and his dad replies he does not need Frybo because he has Peedee. Steven heroically states that their mission is complete, and Pearl tells Steven 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 episode in which only one of the Crystal Gems makes an appearance; neither Garnet or Amethyst appear in this episode.
 * This is second time Pearl is defeated by a condiment, the first in "Together Breakfast" where she is defeated by the possessed Together Breakfast with whipped cream.
 * This is the first episode to depict nudity, as Steven takes off all his clothes to defeat Frybo and does not wear them again until the end of the episode.
 * In some storyboards, this episode is rated TV-PG-S. (rather than TV-Y7)
 * This is the only episode in Season 1 to have a one word title, all others contain two or more.
 * Mr. Fryman has no visible ears from any angle except during Frybo's costume funeral scene, when he takes his hat off, which would not cover his ears.

Cultural References

 * The way Steven brought his clothes to life to defeat Frybo is similar to how the Magi in 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 is misspelled as "Petey" in closed captioning.
 * At the beginning, Frybo's eyes look in the upper left direction, but when Steven wears the costume and throws it while the birds attack him, the eyes are looking to the upper right. This changes several times throughout the episode. After Pearl hit its eye with her spear, its eyes were shown closed the moment its head comes out of the door.
 * After Fryman is thrown at Peedee, Steven and Pearl appear in front of the table. In the next scene, Pearl is behind the table.
 * Steven has six fingers at exactly 6:03 minutes into the episode.

Transcript
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