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Growing Pains

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“

Not wrong! It's that adverse childhood experiences or childhood trauma can have a lasting impact on how your body responds to stress. This can affect your social, emotional, and physical development.

 ”
—Dr. Priyanka Maheswaran


"Growing Pains" is the 14th episode of Steven Universe Future and the 14th episode overall.

Official Synopsis

Steven sees a doctor for the first time.[2]

Plot

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The episode begins with Steven, who is eating ice cream, watching a preview of a Dogcopter movie (which is ironically about Dogcopter getting married), where he laments how everyone is getting married except him and glows pink in frustration. He calls the Gems on his phone but cannot reach them due to them doing a field trip for Little Homeschool. He skips calling Connie and calls Greg, who manages to get through the phone to Steven's delight, but Greg is managing Sadie on tour which is extended, and Greg loses the call when they go through a tunnel.

While going to the fridge, Steven sees Connie's glow bracelet and glows pink again while he grows and accidentally rips the freezer door off. As Connie calls him, Steven at first decides to let her message go to voicemail, but his hand grows big so that he accidentally accepts her call. On video, Connie expresses her worry for him as she sees his face and body begin to grow and swell up, but Steven responds to her concern about it not being a big deal. She suggests he goes to see her mother.

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Dr. Priyanka Maheswaran had a cancellation and sees Steven to determine what is going on. Connie assures Steven everything will be alright, and she exits the room while on the phone. Dr. Maheswaran checks his temperature and then his heart beat after he turns pink, getting a sound from his gem. As she takes his blood pressure, his right arm swells and breaks the cuff, concluding his blood pressure is high. She asks about his general practitioner, and Steven states that he never went to the doctor until now. Her surprise accidentally provokes him to glow and swell up, and she manages to calm him before running more tests.

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After taking an x-ray, Dr. Maheswaran first shows Steven a human skeleton on an x-ray as an example, then shows Steven the x-rays of the other Gems (revealing only their gemstone shows up on the scan except for Amethyst whose x-ray also shows food in her stomach) but, since Steven has a human body, his x-ray does reveal a human skeleton albeit with the gem visible on the navel. His x-ray, however, show numerous unusual fractures on his bones across his body. Despite "miraculous recoveries", she wonders if he has suffered emotional trauma in addition to the physical trauma his body has survived.

Steven recalls past events such as: favorite ice cream being cancelled, attacked by a corrupted Gem, nearly drowning with Connie, nearly turning into a lump of cats, aging quickly, Amethyst's near-death and Pearl's first poofing, and being captured as a prisoner, but he considers those as the "early parts". Dr. Maheswaran shows surprise and concludes despite everything he's been through during his childhood, his body is responding to minor threats as major ones from the incredible stress he has dealt with through his life, and every threat is being reacted to by his body as if his life was in danger. Steven shows concern as to why this is happening now, and Dr. Maheswaran suggests a couple possibilities, however Steven particularly reacts when it comes to the possibility of having a recent experience that didn't go so well for him. As he thinks about his proposal to Connie backfiring, he starts to glow pink again and grow exponentially.

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As Connie comes into the room, she witnesses Steven's glowing pink and growing out of control and her mother demands to know what is going on. When Connie realizes that Steven's rejected proposal the other day was the doing of this and that their presence is making Steven's condition worse, Steven continues to grow more and becomes even more stressed when he learns Connie never told her mother about what happened (in "Together Forever"), and persuades them to leave when shouting, "I... Can't... BE AROUND YOU RIGHT NOW!" The entire room is damaged as Greg arrives at the last second.

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Greg rushes into the room and explains Connie called him about Steven's condition. Before Connie and Priyanka leave to give Steven the space he needs, Steven thanks Connie softly. Greg apologizes for not knowing what Steven has been through, but Steven assures him that it wasn't his fault. Steven reveals his proposal to Connie to him, and he begins weeping as he doesn't know how to deal with all of this stress. Greg assures him that he'll be there when he needs him and is able to calm him down and get him back to normal size.

Back at the house, Steven and Greg talk about how making mistakes is okay and normal to most people, which makes Steven realize that his future is for him to decide. Steven begins to show concern for pulling his father away from his tour, however Greg waves off the concern. He suggests Steven gets some rest and tells him to take care of his problems one at a time, putting Steven a bit more at ease.

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Trivia

  • When Gems are given X-Rays, only their gemstones are seen. This is due to the fact that their bodies are made of light being projected by their gemstone (the only permanently-physical part of their body.)
  • In the Dogcopter 6 trailer, Drew's name might be a nod to Drew Green, who also storyboarded on this episode.
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Steven's medical chart.

  • Steven’s birthday being on August 15th is finally shown in the show on Steven’s hospital chart.
    • This birthday of August 15th, while not mentioned or shown on-screen until this episode, has been mentioned by the Crewniverse before, and Steven shares a birthday with Rebecca Sugar's brother Steven Sugar (the namesake and inspiration for the character).
    • The chart also lists Steven's height as 5 feet 6 inches, and his weight as 145 pounds.

Cultural References

  • Steven referring to his issues as "third-era problems" is a play on the phrase "first-world problems" with "Era 3".

Continuity

  • Steven's ringtone from "Full Disclosure" plays before Connie videocalls Steven.
  • During Steven’s medicinal examination ‘Quartz Cutie-pie DeMayo Diamond’ can be seen under Steven’s middle name on Priyanka’s clipboard. This name was mentioned by Steven in "Together Forever".
  • The mug that Steven drinks from at the end of the episode was seen previously in "Gem Hunt", where Connie also used it.
  • In explaining his mental trauma, Steven recalls the events of numerous past episodes, clips of which appear on-screen.

Errors

  • Despite "Snow Day" taking place during winter (which would imply Steven is now 17 given his birthday is on August 15th), Dr. Maheswaran says that Steven is still 16 years old.
  • When Priyanka was listening to Steven’s heartbeat his gem appeared to have a hexagonal facet instead of its usual Pentagonal facet.

Transcript

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References

v • e Episode List
Pilot Pilot
Season 1 A: Gem Glow • Laser Light Cannon • Cheeseburger Backpack • Together Breakfast • Frybo • Cat Fingers • Bubble Buddies • Serious Steven • Tiger Millionaire • Steven's Lion • Arcade Mania • Giant Woman • So Many Birthdays • Lars and the Cool Kids • Onion Trade • Steven the Sword Fighter • Lion 2: The Movie • Beach Party • Rose's Room • Coach Steven • Joking Victim • Steven and the Stevens • Monster Buddies • An Indirect Kiss • Mirror Gem/Ocean Gem

B: House Guest • Space Race • Secret Team • Island Adventure • Keep Beach City Weird • Fusion Cuisine • Garnet's Universe • Watermelon Steven • Lion 3: Straight to Video • Warp Tour • Alone Together • The Test • Future Vision • On the Run • Horror Club • Winter Forecast • Maximum Capacity • Marble Madness • Rose's Scabbard • Open Book • Shirt Club • Story for Steven • The Message • Political Power • The Return/Jail Break

Season 2 Full Disclosure • Joy Ride • Say Uncle • Love Letters • Reformed • Sworn to the Sword • Rising Tides, Crashing Skies • Keeping It Together • We Need to Talk • Chille Tid • Cry for Help • Keystone Motel • Onion Friend • Historical Friction • Friend Ship • Nightmare Hospital • Sadie's Song • Catch and Release • When It Rains • Back to the Barn • Too Far • The Answer • Steven's Birthday • It Could've Been Great/Message Received • Log Date 7 15 2
Season 3 Super Watermelon Island/Gem Drill • Same Old World • Barn Mates • Hit the Diamond • Steven Floats • Drop Beat Dad • Mr. Greg • Too Short to Ride • The New Lars • Beach City Drift • Restaurant Wars • Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service • Monster Reunion • Alone at Sea • Greg the Babysitter • Gem Hunt • Crack the Whip • Steven vs. Amethyst • Bismuth • Beta • Earthlings • Back to the Moon • Bubbled
Season 4 Kindergarten Kid • Know Your Fusion • Buddy's Book • Mindful Education • Future Boy Zoltron • Last One Out of Beach City • Onion Gang • Gem Harvest • Three Gems and a Baby • Steven's Dream • Adventures in Light Distortion • Gem Heist • The Zoo • That Will Be All • The New Crystal Gems • Storm in the Room • Rocknaldo • Tiger Philanthropist • Room for Ruby • Lion 4: Alternate Ending • Doug Out • The Good Lars • Are You My Dad? • I Am My Mom
Season 5 Stuck Together • The Trial • Off Colors • Lars' Head • Dewey Wins • Gemcation • Raising the Barn • Back to the Kindergarten • Sadie Killer • Kevin Party • Lars of the Stars • Jungle Moon • Your Mother and Mine • The Big Show • Pool Hopping • Letters to Lars • Can't Go Back • A Single Pale Rose • Now We're Only Falling Apart • What's Your Problem? • The Question • Made of Honor • Reunited • Legs From Here to Homeworld • Familiar • Together Alone • Escapism • Change Your Mind
Film Steven Universe: The Movie
Steven Universe Future Little Homeschool • Guidance • Rose Buds • Volleyball • Bluebird • A Very Special Episode • Snow Day • Why So Blue? • Little Graduation • Prickly Pair • In Dreams • Bismuth Casual • Together Forever • Growing Pains • Mr. Universe • Fragments • Homeworld Bound • Everything's Fine • I Am My Monster • The Future
Shorts Lion Loves to Fit in a Box • The Classroom Gems: What Are Gems? • We Are the Crystal Gems • The Classroom Gems: How Are Gems Made? • Unboxing • The Classroom Gems: Fusion • Cooking with Lion • Gem Karaoke • Steven Reacts • Video Chat • Steven's Song Time
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