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This is a transcribed copy of "Back to the Kindergarten". Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the episode.
Previous: "Raising the Barn" Next: "Sadie Killer"
Speaker Dialogue
[Open Int. Beach House]
(Steven wakes up in the morning from the buzzing of his Cookie Cat™ alarm clock. He begins his morning routine at the kitchen sink, such as brushing his teeth, washing his face, and cleaning his ears. He then dunks his head into the sink full of water to wash his head further. At that moment, Amethyst emerges through the Temple Gate and Pumpkin, barking excitedly, runs up to her.)
Amethyst Oooh, hey there, girl! *pets Pumpkin* Yo, Steven! This a bad time?
Steven Of the three things I have to do in the sink now, this is the one I least mind you seeing.
Amethyst Ugh, Peridot is still depressed all up in your B-room?
Steven Yeah. She still hasn't gotten over Lapis leaving and taking the Barn with her into space. I think she just... needs a little more time to herself?
Amethyst Nope! That's it, we're getting her out.
Steven Wait, Amethyst!
[Trans. Int. Steven's Bedroom]
(Steven and Amethyst opens the door to the bathroom.)
Steven Uhh... Peridot?
(Somber country music is heard playing from Peridot's tablet on the sink, while Peridot lies hanging from the bathtub onto the floor, with puddles of water everywhere on the floor. Steven and Amethyst exchange worried looks, and Amethyst walks in.)
Steven You... feeling any better?
Peridot Uugghhh...
(Amethyst pauses the music on Peridot's tablet.)
Steven So... Uhh what have you... been up to?
(Peridot mumbles something onto the floor.)
Steven *walks over* I uhh... couldn't really hear you there.
(Amethyst lifts Peridot's foot from the bathtub and flips her over to the floor, looking absolutely haggard.)
Peridot Nothing...
Steven You've been in this bathroom kind of a long time? Maybe you should get some fresh air.
Peridot *in decrepit* ... What's the point?...
Steven To feel better?
Amethyst Come on, Peridot! I can't stand seeing you like this!
Peridot Like what?...
Amethyst Dude, let's just get out of the house. We could go check out my old Kindergarten. We met all those other Amethysts up in space, and they all came out of the same rock as me. I've been meaning to get a look at the old neighborhood now that I've met the neighbors.
Steven That sounds fun. What do you say, Peridot?
Amethyst You can make us feel dumb by telling us all the stuff we don't know!
Peridot I miss that...
Amethyst Great, it's settled! *picks Peridot up and hoists her over her shoulder* Let's get out of the bathroom.
Peridot Can I bring my music?...
Amethyst No.
[Trans. Int. Train Carriage]
(Steven, Amethyst and Peridot board a train that is passing by the countryside. Steven and Amethyst are gazing out at the scenery, while Peridot is laying in a fetal position inside.)
Peridot Ugh. Why exactly are we taking this outdated, clackity ship there? The Prime Kindergarten has a very convenient Warp Pad.
Amethyst Ehh, we're taking the scenic route.
Steven Come on, Peridot! Take a look at the beautiful countryside.
Peridot No. Your efforts to entrance me with Earth's beauty are pointless. My sector of countryside was perfect. Now it's somewhere in space. Just let me know when we get there.
(Steven looks at Peridot with deep concerns.)
[Trans. Int. Prime Kindergarten]
(The trio arrives at the Kindergarten and begins walking towards Amethyst's hole.)
Amethyst Good ol' Kindergarten! Just the way I left it! Aww, some things never change. Gah- Actually, everything's different now! Man, I-I used to think this place was full of empty holes, but now it's like, it's empty with holes which were once full! All those Amethysts I met in space, they were all here! While I was right there in the ground. But now, I can finally start putting some faces to holes! Hohohoh, let's see... Hup!
(Amethyst proceeds to hop from hole to hole.)
Amethyst This must've been 8XJ! Ooh! 8XK! 8XL!
Peridot Actually, the order goes from top to bottom. That's 8XJ.
Amethyst Really?
Peridot Yes. Curly hair, right?
Amethyst Yeah! How'd you know?
Peridot You can tell from the iron deposits in the formation there. And that's 8XL down below.
Amethyst *hops down and inspect the hole* Whoa, that's pretty amazing, Dot.
(Peridot blushes and smiles from the compliment, but comes to a gloomy realization.)
Peridot This used to make sense to me. I thought life was generated in a Kindergarten. Formless, aimless energy channeled into new, useful Gems. But life doesn't start in a Kindergarten. It ends here. I've gotten used to plants everywhere. Bugs and breeze and sunshine... All of that has been sucked out of this place. It's with the Amethysts that were produced here, and now, this place is nothing but a miserable husk. All of the Amethysts are gone.
Amethyst Hey!
Peridot Oh, all the well-made Amethysts are gone.
Amethyst Yo, not better.
Peridot And nothing will ever grow here again, not even this flower.
(Peridot point at a flower growing on the ground, and the trio realizes that it, a form of biotic life, seems to be able to exist in the Kindergarten despite Peridot's descriptions.)
Amethyst Wait! *jumps down and observes the flower* Oh! I've never seen anything growing here, and I've been hanging around this joint for 5,000 years. Man, it looks healthy, too.
Steven Wow! That's Earth for you: Always bouncing back.
Peridot I don't know. I'd have to run some tests to see if this is not an anomaly.
Steven You want to try planting stuff here? You know how to farm!
Amethyst Yeah, that could be fun!
Peridot It could be an interesting experiment.
Steven Yeah! Let's re-garden the Kindergarten!
[Time-Skip]
(The trio warp back to the Kindergarten, bringing along gardening tool, some sunflowers and Peridot's tractor, and a montage begins. Rocks are moved to make way for the tractor to plow and cultivate the soil. Holes are dug in the soil and the sunflowers are planted into them, after fertilizers are added. Steven and Amethyst begins watering the sunflowers by blasting them with water guns. Peridot calls it off, suggesting they sprinkle the water from above instead, using Amethyst as a helicopter. Lastly, Amethyst puts a plastic flamingo next to the sunflower field, and the trio celebrates.)
[Trans. Int. Beach House, The Next Day]
(Steven wakes up in the morning and gets ready for the day, happily taking a hot shower. As he leaves his bathroom, he sees Peridot speaking to Amethyst in the kitchen.)
Peridot They don't need any more water after yesterday, but according to several tutorials I read, the roots should be starting to take hold.
Amethyst Oh, yeah?
Peridot So, that's something we can check for today as soon as- *notices Steven* Steven! What are you doing in that bathing gown?! Get dressed already!
Steven Oh! Uh, right!
[Trans. Int. Train Carriage]
(The trio boards a train again to get to the Kindergarten, and they begin discussing inside a carriage.)
Steven Do you think they grew much overnight?
Amethyst Yeah, I bet the place looks even better!
Steven We should plant even more stuff. What do you think we should do next?
Amethyst What about, hydrangeas?
Steven Uh, which one's that?
Amethyst I don't know, but it sounds good, right?
Steven What do you think, Peridot?
Peridot Hey... Thanks for doing this with me.
Amethyst What? Haha, come on.
Steven It was fun.
Peridot I'm just glad I was able to fix something.
Amethyst Yeah, the Kindergarten looks better than ever!
[Trans. Int. Prime Kindergarten]
(The trio witnesses in shock at the dead sunflowers on the ground. Peridot picks one up, and it disintegrates with the wind. Steven and Amethyst look on nervously to see what Peridot does next.)
Peridot Well, I don't know why I'm surprised. I should've known not to have hope.
Steven But maybe if we try again-
Peridot It's not going to work! It's never going to work, okay?!
Amethyst Hey, don't be a jerk! We were just trying to cheer you up.
Peridot And good job with that! I feel just great now that I know that nothing's ever going to get better! Everything is just ruined forever! We can't get any of it back! Not my home! Not Lapis! And not this crummy planet, either! We might as well just throw it all in the garbage and toss ourselves in after, because it's all just hopeless trash!
Steven Peridot, maybe the sunflowers didn't work, but we know something can grow here.
(Steven points at the flower they saw from before, and Peridot walks towards it.
Peridot This clod's just like us! Too dumb to get with the program!
(Peridot stomps on the flower in frustration. Steven and Amethyst whimper, and Peridot immediately feels bad for her actions. Suddenly, the ground starts rumbling.)
Peridot Uhhh.
Steven Uh?
Amethyst Waaaa!
(The ground around the flower cracks and a Flower Monster pops out of the ground, roaring at the trio loudly.)
Peridot Oh, of course!
(The Flower Monster grabs Peridot with its hand-like tongue and consumes her.)
Steven Peridot!
(Steven and Amethyst run toward the Flower Monster, as it burrows underground and appears behind the duo. Amethyst uses her whip to grasp the Flower Monster's leg, only for the latter to drag her with it underground. Steven attempts to catch up while Amethyst continues to fight it underground.)
Amethyst Want to get this together?
Steven Let's do it!
(Steven and Amethyst hold hands and fuse into Smoky Quartz. They throws the Flower Monster onto the surface and wraps it with their yo-yos, squeezing it tightly until the corrupted Gem poofs back into its gemstone. Peridot lays unimpressed on the ground, while Smoky bubbles the gemstone away.)
Peridot I need to go to the bathroom.
[Trans. Int. Train Carriage; Evening]
(The trio lay down inside the train carriage, disappointed.)
Amethyst Man, you were right. The Kindergarten really is dead forever.
Peridot I was a fool to think we could reinstitute life there.
Steven *sighs* Tell me about it.
Peridot All right. I will. I was pretty much using this as a distraction from losing Lapis, losing the barn, and just a general sense of complete hopelessness I tend to deal with on a day-to-day basis. But it really only confirmed to me that once you mess something up, it's ruined for good and nothing will ever be able to grow again.
Amethyst Yeah, we got the subtext.
Steven ...Oh, wow.
(Steven looks outside the train carriage as they pass by a vast field of sunflowers.)
Steven What about all this?
Amethyst Now that's some plants.
Peridot Huh. Guess the countryside out here is pretty beautiful. But who cares? I wanted to have this for the Kindergarten!
Steven Even if there was nothing we can do for that one patch of land, there's still a whole Earth blooming all around us.
Amethyst Yeah! Why don't we try gardening in literally any other place? It'll be easier than trying to plant in the Kindergarten. That dirt doesn't care how green your thumb is.
Steven Green thumb! 'Cause you're green! *laughs*
Peridot I know that!
Amethyst So, are ya in?
Peridot Umm...
Steven Do it, do it, do it, say yes!
Peridot Ughh. Fine. I've got literally nothing else to do.
Steven Yay!
Amethyst Oh, yeah!
(Steven and Amethyst hug Peridot and the trio gazes at the countryside scenery. The star iris closes in on the trio as Peridot returns the hug.)
[END]


ve Transcripts
Pilot Pilot
Season 1 A: Gem GlowLaser Light CannonCheeseburger BackpackTogether BreakfastFryboCat FingersBubble BuddiesSerious StevenTiger MillionaireSteven's LionArcade ManiaGiant WomanSo Many BirthdaysLars and the Cool KidsOnion TradeSteven the Sword FighterLion 2: The MovieBeach PartyRose's RoomCoach StevenJoking VictimSteven and the StevensMonster BuddiesAn Indirect KissMirror Gem/Ocean Gem

B: House GuestSpace RaceSecret TeamIsland AdventureKeep Beach City WeirdFusion CuisineGarnet's UniverseWatermelon StevenLion 3: Straight to VideoWarp TourAlone TogetherThe TestFuture VisionOn the RunHorror ClubWinter ForecastMaximum CapacityMarble MadnessRose's ScabbardOpen BookShirt ClubStory for StevenThe MessagePolitical PowerThe Return/Jail Break

Season 2 Full DisclosureJoy RideSay UncleLove LettersReformedSworn to the SwordRising Tides, Crashing SkiesKeeping It TogetherWe Need to TalkChille TidCry for HelpKeystone MotelOnion FriendHistorical FrictionFriend ShipNightmare HospitalSadie's SongCatch and ReleaseWhen It RainsBack to the BarnToo FarThe AnswerSteven's BirthdayIt Could've Been GreatMessage ReceivedLog Date 7 15 2
Season 3 Super Watermelon Island/Gem DrillSame Old WorldBarn MatesHit the DiamondSteven FloatsDrop Beat DadMr. GregToo Short to RideThe New LarsBeach City DriftRestaurant WarsKiki's Pizza Delivery ServiceMonster ReunionAlone at SeaGreg the BabysitterGem HuntCrack the WhipSteven vs. AmethystBismuthBetaEarthlingsBack to the MoonBubbled
Season 4 The Kindergarten KidKnow Your FusionBuddy's BookMindful EducationFuture Boy ZoltronLast One Out of Beach CityOnion GangGem HarvestThree Gems and a BabySteven's DreamAdventures in Light DistortionGem HeistThe ZooThat Will Be AllThe New Crystal GemsStorm in the RoomRocknaldoTiger PhilanthropistRoom for RubyLion 4: Alternate EndingDoug OutThe Good LarsAre You My Dad?I Am My Mom
Season 5 Stuck TogetherThe TrialOff ColorsLars' HeadDewey WinsGemcationRaising the BarnBack to the KindergartenSadie KillerKevin PartyLars of the StarsJungle MoonYour Mother and MineThe Big ShowPool HoppingLetters to LarsCan't Go BackA Single Pale RoseNow We're Only Falling ApartWhat's Your Problem?The QuestionMade of HonorReunitedLegs From Here to HomeworldFamiliarTogether AloneEscapismChange Your Mind
Film Steven Universe: The Movie
Future Little HomeschoolGuidanceRose BudsVolleyballBluebirdA Very Special EpisodeSnow DayWhy So Blue?Little GraduationPrickly PairIn DreamsBismuth CasualTogether ForeverGrowing PainsMr. UniverseFragmentsHomeworld BoundEverything's FineI Am My MonsterThe Future
Shorts Lion Loves to Fit in a BoxThe Classroom Gems: What Are Gems?We Are the Crystal GemsThe Classroom Gems: How Are Gems Made?UnboxingThe Classroom Gems: FusionCooking with LionGem KaraokeSteven ReactsVideo ChatSteven's Song Time
Other We Deserve to ShineCrossover Nexus
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