So Many Birthdays

"" is the thirteenth episode of season 1 of Steven Universe.

Synopsis
Steven learns that the Gems are thousands of years old and decides to make up for all the thousands of birthdays they’ve missed.

Plot
The episode starts off with the Crystal Gems searching through Amethyst's room for where the smell that has been stinking up the Temple. Steven finds the object that's stinking up the whole place: a tuna burrito Amethyst saved from a restaurant that closed five years ago. Amethyst eagerly takes a bite; Steven is grossed out, Pearl stares in horror.

Steven then notices a photo of the Gems and Rose Quartz in pioneer clothes. Pearl states that was them many years ago. Pearl then tells Steven that they're immortal and don't age, but they can still get injured and die, which upsets Steven. Amethyst starts to get queasy after eating the burrito; which makes Pearl say that they can't die from food poisoning. Steven is amazed that they're over a hundred years old, in which he remarks how can they find a cake big enough for all the candles. Garnet then says that they don't celebrate birthdays, because she states, "It's not our way."

Steven is flabbergasted and decides to make up all the birthdays that they missed. Amethyst; still queasy vomits when the screen cuts to black. When Steven throws a party for Amethyst, Pearl and Garnet, Pearl felt that all the activities that Steven was planning for them were for children. Which made Steven think, resulting into him aging as he aged into a teenager he felt he should not play childish games anymore.

As an adult he wanted to look for a proper job and he aged to a point of him being an old man, lion brought him to the gems where they were shocked to see Steven as an old man. They tried to host many birthday parties but instead of becoming younger Steven aged even more, when the gems were arguing an elderly Steven suddenly stood up and reverted back to an adult Steven as he wanted them to stop freaking out.

The gems then figured out that Steven is aging due to his gem reacting to his state of mind. They managed to get him to feel like himself again and he manages to return back to normal, except that he still had adult legs the episode then ends.

Characters

 * Steven
 * Pearl
 * Garnet
 * Amethyst
 * Lion
 * Lars
 * Sadie
 * Onion

Production Notes
TBA

Songs
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Trivia

 * It is revealed by Pearl that while the gems are immortal, they can still get hurt and possibly die if they don't get treated.
 * It is also revealed by Pearl that though Gems can die from their injuries, but they are immune to food poisoning.
 * The original title for this episode was 10,000 Birthdays.
 * This is the first time we see Pearl and Garnet cry.
 * Steven's middle name is Quartz.
 * Which happens to be his mother's last name.
 * The gems claim that their age is an illusion.
 * Garnet talks more than usual in this episode.
 * This is the first episode that reveals Garnet's "soft" side.
 * This episode shows how Onion got so many arcade tickets as seen in the episode "Arcade Mania" by opening the ticket vaults in the arcade machines.