Lars Barriga/History

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Laramie Barriga, better known simply as Lars, is a human male resident of Beach City. He is the son of Dante and Martha Barriga, and is of Filipino descent.

Season 1

"Gem Glow"

Lars becomes annoyed by Steven's crying and whining after he discovers that Cookie Cats are being discontinued. Lars concludes that the ice cream brand couldn't compete with Lion Lickers. Lars mocks Steven by telling him that he should just make more ice cream with his "magic belly button". Later on outside of the Big Donut, Amethyst destroyed a garbage container. Lars finds the garbage container in two pieces again, shouting "AGAIN?".

"Laser Light Cannon"

Lars can be seen standing outside of the Big Donut, staring at the incoming Red Eye.

"Frybo"

Lars is one of the victims that is force-fed fries by Frybo. Frybo throws Lars at Steven and Peedee. He spits out the fries and runs away, saying that he doesn't even like fries.

"Cat Fingers"

Lars is shocked to see one of Steven's fingers is a cat. Lars roughly pokes the cat, causing it to bite him. When Steven states that his cat finger doesn't have any friends, Lars teasingly states that he is just like Steven.

"Bubble Buddies"

Lars makes fun of Steven when he is trapped inside of his bubble with Connie. Lars asks him if it is his "magic love bubble". and assumes that he is in love with Connie. Lars presses his face against the bubble, and pulls faces with his tongue. Sadie tells Lars to quit being a jerk, but Lars replies by stating he is helping Steven on his "date". Lars and Sadie then get into an argument, which even causes Sadie to push him. Sometime afterward, Lars presses his face against the bubble once more and makes kissing faces with his lips to tease Steven.

"Tiger Millionaire"

Lars shows up to many of the Beach City Underground Wrestling shows with Sadie. Sadie brings up how Tiger Millionaire looks like Steven, but Lars doesn't see it. Lars is seen being amazed by many of Tiger Millionaire's tricks, laughing at his opponents' failures. Lars finds it funny when Tiger Millionaire seemingly buys everyone sodas, and then spills them all on the ground. Lars runs up to Tiger and asks for him to sign his soda, but the latter knocks it out of his hands. Lars then walks away, disappointed. At later shows, Lars holds up a sign saying "TIGER IS A JERK" for what he did to him. When it's up to Tiger Millionaire and Purple Puma to save wrestling, Lars cheers them on, and says that he loves Tiger after the duo wins.

"So Many Birthdays"

Steven, aged into an older man, asks for two of the usual order he gets from the Big Donut. However, Lars doesn't recognize him. When the older man claims to be Steven, yelling that he is old, Lars comments "and nuts". Lars looks amused when Steven asks for him and Sadie to fit him in his birthday suit.

"Lars and the Cool Kids"

Lars leans up against Fish Stew Pizza, waiting for the Cool Kids to exit the building. Steven approaches him, which causes Lars distress because he believes Steven will embarrass him in front of them. Lars tells Steven that he is just "playing it cool", and looks concerned when Steven states that they are alike. Steven believes that Lars is just too shy to go in and order pizza, so he starts walking towards building, causing Lars to stop him. Steven points out Jenny, Buck, and Sour Cream, and Lars says that he will probably hang out with them at some point. Lars tells Steven that the plan is to look cool and wait for them to approach him. When the Cool Kids begin to approach them, Lars becomes worried and tells Steven to act natural. The kids walk by, which angers Lars; he lashes out at Steven by telling him his hair was blocking him. Steven tries to fix things by going over and talking to the kids himself, which makes Lars even angrier. Lars watches Steven talk to the Cool Kids from a distance, believing that he will wreck his intentions. Steven calls Lars over, which makes him try to act cooler in front of the group. After learning that the Cool Kids invited them along for a ride, Lars tells him not to ruin anything with his "lame shtick".

In Jenny's Car, Lars points out the snake on his shirt. Buck Dewey says that the snake is nasty, making Lars pretend that he hates snakes as well. Steven tells everyone that it is time to buckle up, causing Lars to tell him to quit being lame, which makes Sour Cream annoyed. At the Big Donut, Buck and Jenny both express how they believe the shop is rundown, and when Steven tries to explain the Lars works there, Lars coughs loudly over Steven's voice. At the Dead Man's Mouth, Lars tells Steven to stop being lame again when the group wants to explore the area. Steven tries to prevent the Cool Kids from entering the lake due to Rose Quartz's Magic Moss. Lars asks Steven what his deal is, and struggles to break free from Steven's grip, who is holding him back so he doesn't enter the lake. Lars falls back in fear when he sees the moss engulfing the other Cool Kids. Lars and Steven try to rip the moss off of their bodies, but to no avail. Lars believes that everything that happened is Steven's fault, and calls Rose weird, which enrages Steven. Ashamed, Lars helps Steven takes the Cool Kids to the car and he drives them to the top of the hill. At the hill, the moss starts to engulf them as well, but the rising sun causing the moss to bloom into flowers and save the kids. Lars tries to credit Steven for saving them, and hive fives his chest. However, Lars soon becomes embarrassed by the two of them touching each other's chests.

"Rose's Room"

Lars appears in the fake Beach City that Rose's Room creates for Steven. At the Big Donut, Lars stands smiling next to Sadie. They both talk at the same time, saying the same things. They give Steven his donuts and leave the building through the back door without walking, saying they love Steven.

"Coach Steven"

At the Big Donut, Lars makes fun of Steven when he sees that Steven's "battle damage" is a tiny scratch. Lars tells Steven to toughen up, and that if he wasn't so modest, he would reveal his six-pack. Lars then struggles to open a can of sardines, so he has Sadie easily open it for him. Lars and Sadie agree to later join Steven's gym. Lars is seen doing crunches while Steven holds down his feet. The two later ask for Steven to join them in working out because, according to Lars, all Steven has been doing was singing some "dumb song". The ground starts to shake which concerns Lars, and he jumps off of the monkey bars when Sugilite emerges. After Pearl causes Sugilite to unfuse, Lars is confused as to what he just witnessed.

"Joking Victim"

Lars is annoyed that Steven ran into the Big Donut and washed his mouth with the soda dispenser, getting soda all over the floor. Lars walks over and slips on the soda. He fakes an injury by telling Sadie that his back is too hurt to clean the soda. Lars then exaggerates his injury to get out of doing any work, and successfully gets the day off by Sadie. Later on, Sadie tells Steven that in the break room, she and Lars watch TV together and sometimes Lars even covers for her so she doesn't miss her show. Sadie goes on to tell Steven that she thinks he is a good guy once you get to know him. She explains to Steven that when a video game Lars wanted came out, Sadie stood in line for seven hours for him since he was banned from the store, but when she got to his house, he actually cleaned up his room a little and got Sadie her favorite oyster crackers, and they spent the night together.

Lars invites the Cool Kids over to his house to play on his trampoline when Sadie and Steven arrive to bring donuts in order to make him feel better. Lars tells the kids that he got the whole day off by faking a back injury, which makes Sadie breakdown into tears. The next day, Lars walks into the Big Donut, still faking the injury to try and get another day off. Sadie gives Lars a donut laced with Fire Salt, which causes his face to swell up and violent breathe a stream of fire. Lars panics and flees the store and looks for anything to cool his mouth down with. Lars becomes angry when Steven reveals that he was the one behind the prank. When the fire finally stops, Lars struggles to speak. Steven gets the fire donut out of Lars' throat by pushing below his diaphragm. Ashamed, Lars approaches Sadie and wishes to help her clean up the mess that he caused.

Steven and the Stevens (episode)

Lars is seen in the crowd with Sadie watching the Crystal Gems perform.

"Mirror Gem"

Lars and Sadie set up tables outside of the Big Donut for the summer. Lars is excited about all of the "out-of-town summer babes travelling without their boyfriends". Lars is excited about the idea of getting a girl's number. Lars tells Steven that next time he sees him, it'll be around the arm of a woman.

"Ocean Gem"

As the Beach City citizens talk about how the summer won't be good with the ocean gone, Lars is sad that all of the "beach babes" won't come to the town. When the ocean floods in at the end of the episode, Lars shouts "yes! Babe city, here we com-" before being pushed into the water by Sadie. Lars later joins the townsfolk in cheering on Steven and Connie.

"Island Adventure"

Lars sleeps at the counter of the Big Donut. Sadie goes to get Steven and donut and accidentally falls onto him, causing him to wake up with a cranky attitude. Sadie warns Lars that he could get fired, but it doesn't bother him since he is sick of working, and wants to go somewhere new. This gives Steven the idea to take Lars and Sadie to Mask Island. Lars is only more annoyed when they arrive on the island, since they live on a beach, which makes the location nothing special to see. Steven tells Lars that he was on the island to look for a Corrupted Gem, leading him to look for the exit. According to Lars, "if I'm going to be bored out of my mind, and possibly die, I'm gonna go to work, and get paid for it". After the trio aren't able to locate the Warp Pad to bring them back to Beach City, Lars is furious. He then looks for reception so he can use his phone. The next day, Lars is still walking around the island, looking for signal. After being threatened by Sadie, Lars agrees to cook the fish she catches.

That night, Lars cooks the fish. The taste of the fish pleases Sadie, which makes Lars happy. Steven sings "Be Wherever You Are", which showcases a montage of the group's adventures while being stuck on the island. One day, a giant fish emerges from the ocean and bites Sadie's arm. Lars helps her out by grabbing onto her and pulling her towards the land. At night, Sadie is shown wrapping Lars's arm in material from his pant leg; the two seem happy together. When it is time for them to sleep, Lars hugs cuddles with Sadie, and kicks Steven away when he gets close. One morning, Sadie finds Lars once more looking for signal on his phone. Out of frustration, she throws his phone into the ocean. Sadie comforts Lars as he begins to breakdown; he wonders if they will ever make it off of the island. Lars and Sadie then share a kiss, but are interrupted by Steven, who is revealed to have been watching them. When the Corrupted Gem appears, Lars is shown to be scared, and he goes to Sadie for protection. He cries hysterically, wishing to go home instead of facing the threat of an invisible monster. Sadie reveals that she hid the Warp Pad under leaves, which makes Lars livid. He yells at her for tricking him and making him go through all of that emotional pain. The two get into an argument, and Sadie slaps Lars into a pit of mud where the monster is. After Sadie poofs the monster, Lars admits that she did a good job fighting against it.

"Watermelon Steven"

Lars is seen sweeping in the Big Donut.

"Alone Together"

Lars and Sadie are having a conversation when Stevonnie enters the Big Donut. Not realizing that they are a fusion of Steven and Connie, Lars is attracted to them. He nervously takes their order, and even blushes. Lars agrees with Sadie to give them donuts for free.

"Future Vision"

When Garnet tells Steven that there is a possibility Lars will give him a high five, Steven startles Lars when he is carrying a pitcher full of hot coffee. Lars drops the pitcher, but Garnet stands in front of Steven to save him from being burned. Lars makes sure Garnet is okay, but hot liquid doesn't affect her.

"Horror Club"

The episode begins with Lars waiting outside the Big Donut for Sadie so that they can lock up for the night, with a surprise he finds Steven, who mentions attending a party thrown by Ronaldo. Lars retorts Stevens response by mocking Ronaldo. Sadie finally comes outside where she and Steven are ready to attend Ronaldo's party which comes to a surprise to him. Lars immediately closes the Big Donut, and quickly joins the two. At the Lighthouse Ronaldo greets everyone with a disguise, not noticing that Lars tagging along with them, which makes Ronaldo uncomfortable.

Ronaldo decides to play a horror flick, while everyone is watching the movie, the power goes off. immediately everyone starts to get more freaked out when objects around the house begin the float. While everyone is questioning the Lighthouse motives, Ronaldo begins to think that its a poltergeist, and that its haunting everyone because of Lars. Lars quickly begins to mock Ronaldo idea, while pleading with Sadie to ditch the rest thinking its a game, elaborated by Steven and Ronaldo. The lighthouse somehow kidnaps Sadie, and the basement door opens.

As the rest go downstairs, Steven begins to feel emotions from something, when they finally reach the end it reads Lars name across the wall. Ronaldo then faces Lars and angrily exclaims that it should have been him and not Sadie. The beating structure then forms a mouth just below it. Ronaldo headlocks Lars and makes his way towards the mouth, lifting Lars up with the intent to sacrifice him in exchange for Sadie. Lars pleads to Ronaldo, saying that they used to be friends, but Ronaldo quickly remarks that he threw him and their friendship away as he throws Lars into the mouth

Steven retrieves Lars, at the same time saves Sadie, and destroys the mouth which is revealed to be a gem. The gem then produces a form of a flashback memory where its between Ronaldo and Lars when they were friends. Both boys were part of a club called Beach City Explorer Club, but tensions came when Lars tried to carve his name into the Lighthouse gem, which retaliates by having a board hit Lars across the room, which is captured on camera by Ronaldo. Afraid from the fact that his best friend wants to release an embarrassing picture of him, Lars rips the photo which makes Ronaldo furious, which is what ruins there friendship.

After the gem concludes the memory it is bubbled by Steven, while everyone makes sure if Sadie' fine, Steven tells Sadie he will walk her home while Ronaldo and Lars are left to clear things up. Ronaldo begins to tell Lars he wasn't trying to make him look bad, with Lars trying to avoid the conversation exiting the Lighthouse. Ronaldo tells him to take it down a notch, a callback to what Lars said to him earlier, which causes Lars to blush, and the iris closes in on him.

"Shirt Club"

Lars is seen listening to music at the Big Donut while Steven is putting up flyers for his dads guitar lessons. Buck then walks into the Big Donut which gets Lars' attention, Buck orders a caprese salad, when Sadie begins to tell Buck they only sell donuts, Lars' assures Buck that he will make Buck a salad running in the back with Sadie telling Lars they don't have vegetables at the Big Donut.

Lars is then seen walking in town when he is hit with a Guitar Dad T-Shirt by Buck and Steven, at first he thinks the shirt is garbage, but when notices that Buck made it, he begins to to accept shirt thanking buck for it. Lars is then seen at Mayor Dewey's bench commemoration, while there Steven begins launching T-Shirts at everyone which is revealed to be a design of a picture Buck made for his father when he was child, this makes Lars,Jenny, and Sour Cream laugh.

"Political Power"

As Mayor Dewey and Steven drive through the city, they stop at the Big Donut where Lars and Sadie are cleaning all the melted ice cream from the power outage. Later Lars is seen with the crowd of people forming a mob, blaming Mayor Dewey for his failure to bring back the power

"The Return"

Lars is seen evacuating the city with the rest of the Beach City residents.

Season 2

"Full Disclosure"

Lars can be seen sleeping outside the Big Donut while Sadie is cleaning.

"Say Uncle"

Uncle Grandpa first releases a canon at a ship that has Lars and Sadie in it.

"Historical Friction"

Lars can be seen in the crowd with Sadie watching Mayor Dewey's play

"Sadie's Song"

The episode first begins with Steven handing out flyers for Beach-a-Palooza, when Lars leaves the Big Donut he is greeted by Steven who tries to hand Lars a flyer, in return ignores Steven.

Lars is then seen watching the performances with The Cool Kids, while Sadie begins to feel super nervous she looks into the crowed, noticing Lars and the other waiting for her performance. As Sadie begins to feel uncomfortable Steven takes Sadie place as the mystery guest by singing her song, which causes everyone attention with excitement except for Lars who is busy with his phone.

Season 3

"Steven Floats"

In Stevens fantasy where he doesn't get his donut, he imagines Lars embezzling a donut.

"The New Lars"

Steven is at the Big Donut surveying Lars and Sadie, asking which animal would be the most laziest between Koala and Sloth. Sadie begins to ask Lars if he has plans for tomorrow since the store is closing, she asks Lars to come over to her house to watch a movie, Lars denies her invitation instead tells her he'll see if Bucks doing anything. Steven then approaches Lars asking him why he denied Sadie response, he tells Steven that he is not interested in Sadie romantically, Steven tells Lars he's lying knowing how he feels about Sadie, which Lars angry telling Steven to back off.

Steven is then seen sleeping at night dreaming about Lars when he somehow goes inside Lars' body using his astral projection powers. He wakes up in Lars' room and begins to head downstairs where her meets Lars' parents. At first Lars' parents seem bit nervous acknowledging their son, they address Steven by Lars full name (Laramie), and want to talk about Lars report card. They ask Lars for a little effort in his school as Lars promises to do his best at being their son.

Steven proud to be in Lars walks around Beach City singing, even freaking out Onion, Lars then runs into the Cool Kids and begins to act cool around them, even getting an invitation to their dance group, which he kindly refuses because he has something that he has to do.

He runs to Sadie's house, Sadie answers the door with annoyance and looks up at "Lars," who ask her if she still wants to hang out. Sadie at first seems annoyed but apologizes and lets Lars in to pick a horror flic, for which he chooses a movie called Fangs of Love. At the end of the movie Lars starts to get more emotional, and him and Sadie begin to share their feelings with one another, with Sadie wanting to know if how Lars really feels about her. Lars admits that he loves Sadie which actually turns her off, making her think that he's playing with her feelings. As she throws Lars out of her house Lars admits he's not Lars but Steven in Lars body. Its merely seconds for Sadie to believe in that, because she knows Lars would never apologize, then the both question whether Lars is in Stevens body.

Lars and Sadie begin to run towards the Temple, be followed by The Cool Kids, and Lars parents. When they finally reach Stevens body they begin to wake him up by slapping him, in the process shocking everybody, and having both Steven and Lars switch back. Lars is shocked to find out that he and Steven had switched minds, and Lars yells in anger that he was acting weird all day and they liked it. Lars seems to calm down for a second, but then yells.

The next day at the Big Donut, Steven tries to apologize to Lars by giving him a card with Koala and a Sloth. Lars still depressed begins to cringe when he finds out that Steven admit that Lars loved Sadie, Lars then ask Sadie's response which was that this was only something that Lars would say to hurt her, Lars sadly admits and then confesses thats why everyone liked Steven-Lars better than the real Lars. Steven says that not everyone did when Sadie walks in, greeting the two. Lars runs over to Sadie, and Sadie asks Lars if he thinks it was a weird day yesterday. Sadie says that it is good to see the real him, and Lars invites Sadie over to his place for a movie which Sadie accepts, and Steven smiles at them.

"Crack the Whip"

In order to get free Donuts, Amethyst shapes shifts into Lars.

Season 4

"Future Boy Zoltron"

Lars and Sadie both pass by Zoltron booth, contemplating whether to skip work and watch movies at Sadie's house. They both decide to ask Zoltron (Steven in disguise), as Zoltron tells them they should go to work because Lars really likes to do a good job, and having people to depend on him, which makes Lars blush. And that even though Sadie likes to take charge , she will still be impressed with all of Lars's effort. Both Lars and Sadie begin to feel uncomfortable, questioning how Zoltron knows their names, which makes the two go to work.

"Onion Gang"

Steven tries to find people to hangout with scrolling past Lars' name which had three different numbers.

"The New Crystal Gems"

While Connie is patrolling Beach City, she uses her binoculars to see Lars and Sadie both sitting on a bench. Lars' is then seen with Sadie waiting in line for Crystal Temps to perform there car wash routine. Lapis and Peridot begin to fight over control, begin to unleash chaotic incident that chases Lars and others away.

"Tiger Philanthropist"

Lars is seen watching underground wrestling match, cheering on Tiger Millionaire, and Purple Puma. Once Purple Puma announces she's retiring from wrestling so does Tiger Millionaire, this upsets many fans especially Lars. Lars is still depressed from Tiger Millionaire retirement while working, still unaware that Steven is Tiger Millionaire. When Steven tells him Tiger quit because of Puma, Lars says just because Purple Puma quits doesn't mean Tiger has to, which gives Steven the idea to continue his wrestling legacy without Amethyst, but instead go by the name Tiger Philanthropist.

Steven returns to the Big Donut, wanting to hear Lars' opinion of the previous night's match. To his surprise, he discovers that Lars found Tiger Millionaire's new identity "lame" and out of character, referring to it as "the sequel no one asked for". Steven is confused about what angle Lars would like for the persona, and Lars is unable to give a clear answer, angrily telling Steven to get out of the store and stop inquiring him about his personal life and opinions.

Lars is seen with Sadie watching another match, as Tiger claims it will be his final act of wrestling, everyone in the crowd including Lars boos. Purple Puma then comes to the rescue claiming that if Tiger is going to finish with a bang, they must do it together. Steven and Amethyst willingly allow themselves to be crushed, and when Tiger Philanthropist is struck to the ground, Lars is distressed, he runs to the ring claiming for the match to stop, but is carried out by a security guard, crying towards the end that it had just gotten good, and that they shouldn't quit now.